None of the lemurs were hurt in the blaze, which broke out on Friday afternoon.

The risk to the public from the strain of flu is "very low", a council says.

The three teens from Birmingham began by making products at a local workshop during lockdown.

Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust has offered its "sincere condolences" to the families affected.

Live updates have now ended for the West Midlands.

We'll be back with you from 08:00 on Monday with the usual mix of news, sport, travel and weather.

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A grant of £125,000 from the Culture Recovery Fund will safeguard a theatre's future, its artistic director said.

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The Albany Theatre in Coventry is among several theatre's across the West Midlands to benefit from the third round of awards from the fund.

Kevin Shaw said the money will make a real difference: "While audiences are still drifting back to the theatre, we cannot necessarily rely on the tickets being sold."

The teenager is thought to have been left with life-changing injuries, police say.

The family of Anthony Treadgold have been informed about the discovery, police say.

The 19-year-old victim suffered serious injuries in the campus stabbing on Wednesday, police say.

About 175 jobs are saved across two aluminium factories in the West Midlands.

A man found dead at a home in Redditch has been named by police.

Anthony Jones, 66, was declared dead after police were called to Cropthorne Close, Redditch, on 19 October.

West Mercia Police have not revealed the cause of his death.

Two men, from Redditch, one in his 40s and another in his 50s, were arrested on suspicion of murder soon after Mr Jones' death.

Detectives said the pair's bail had been extended while they continued to investigate.

Adam Brunskill, 22, died after falling through a glass rooflight on his second day on the job.

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Police have issued an urgent appeal for information after a 13-year-old boy was shot in the back close to a busy flyover in the Hockley area of Birmingham on Thursday evening.

"This is a busy area with lots of motorists, so we're asking anyone with dashcams to check their footage as this may help us identify the people responsible," the force said.

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The boy is in a critical condition and is believed to have suffered life-changing injuries.

It is understood he was walking down Hockley Circus in Birmingham shortly before 19:00 GMT on Thursday when attacked, West Midlands Police said.

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A man's suffered minor injuries after being stabbed in a Telford alleyway, police said.

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West Mercia Police said the man was assaulted at around 01:00 on 30 October in an alleyway by the Duke of York pub on Market Street in Oakengates.

Officers would like anyone who saw three men in, or approaching, the alleyway or captured them on dash cam to get in touch.

Charlotte Richards says the mothers provided each other with support under Covid restrictions.

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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has called for urgent action to reduce noxious gases and strong odours from a landfill site in Staffordshire.

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"There needs to be some knocking heads together", Mr Starmer said on a visit to Newcastle-under-Lyme when asked about the ongoing situation at Walleys Quarry.

A ruling by the High Court in September said the Environment Agency had to do more to cut levels of hydrogen sulphide from the site.

The agency promised more wells, better modelling and a review of the amount of capping on the site among its targets.

Mr Starmer said he felt there should be more urgency from authorities in curbing the smells and gases.

"Whatever the powers are, they need to be exercised straightaway. If there need to be extra powers then let us have that discussion," he said.

Mark Lawrenson
BBC football expert

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Brighton have turned into the draw specialists, with five of them in their past six league games.

At the start of the season the Seagulls were making the most of their chances and winning games, but they have stopped taking those opportunities now and are not beating teams.

In that regard, they have regressed a bit to the way they were last season, when they did not score enough goals.

That's one of the reasons I can see Villa winning this one 2-0.

Steven Gerrard will have made a difference in training already and I think we will see a response from their players here.

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Six-year-old Arthur Labinjo-Hughes died after suffering an "unsurvivable" brain injury.

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Two people have been charged by police after a man was stabbed at a university halls of residence.

The 19-year-old victim suffered serious injuries and was treated in hospital after being found at the University of Warwick accommodation on Wednesday evening.

Rohan Ahluwalia-Pandor, 18, from Kings Langley, Hertfordshire and Anam Ausaf, 18, from London, have been charged with section 18 wounding.

They are due to appear at Coventry Magistrates' Court on Friday.

A man has pleaded not guilty to murder after an 18-year-old was shot at in a taxi.

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Kimani Martin (pictured) was killed when a shotgun was fired at him from someone in another car in Tividale, West Midlands, during the early hours of 20 June.

Atif Khan, from Park Lane, Tipton, entered his plea at Birmingham Crown Court on Friday.

The 25-year-old is due to go on trial in May 2022 alongside three other men.

They have also all pleaded not guilty to Mr Martin's murder.