The plans outline 77,000 panels on an 18-hectare site in Telford.

A car key robbery is being investigated in Worcester, police say.

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The window of a property in Towneley was forced and a key stolen for the owner's vehicle.

A silver Mercedes was then taken, said West Mercia Police.

It's asking for anyone with information about the robbery, which happened between 18:00 and 20:00 GMT last night, to get in touch.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

A major £78m project to remodel a busy motorway junction in Walsall is on track to finish on time, but more closures are set to take place

A meeting heard the two-way programme to transform Junction 10 of the M6 is set to be completed before the Commonwealth Games next summer.

The work, which started in August 2020, will see the replacement of existing 50-year-old bridges across the motorway, and the number of lanes increased from two to four.

At a Walsall Council economy and environment scrutiny meeting on Thursday Matt Crowton, Walsall Council transportation major projects and strategy manager, confirmed two further closures will be required in May 2022.

He said: “We are on schedule. Obviously, with any large construction project, there will be challenges along the way.

"The scale of works at M6 Junction 10 are quite significant but it is on programme.”

A 13-year-old boy is in a critical condition after being shot in the back close to a busy flyover in Birmingham.

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

The boy is believed to have suffered life-changing injuries and remains in hospital.

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Police have issued an urgent appeal for anyone in the area with information to come forward.

"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.

The Coventry South MP, Zarah Sultana, was told to withdraw the word "dodgy" after using it to describe government ministers in Parliament yesterday.

The Labour MP said: "It has been reported that the Transport Secretary used public money to create a departmental team that lobbied against plans to build on airfield sites, including a giga-factory at Coventry Airport.

"Disgracefully, that would mean he used public funds to lobby against green investment and jobs coming to Coventry."

But she was stopped by the Deputy Speaker when she continued and said: "From a dodgy Transport Secretary to a dodgy Leader of the House who last week tried to rewrite the rules to let his mate off the hook. This Conservative Government is rotten to the core. Is the Leader of the House proud of this shameful record?"

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Ms Sultana refused to withdraw the word "dodgy", and she replied: "I don't think another word suffices the level of corruption and what we have seen from this Government, so I think that term suffices."

After being told to "moderate her language" three times, she withdrew the word.

Two men are sentenced for their roles in the supply of drugs across Leicestershire.

A fire involving an oil tank has broken out at a factory in Worcester.

Firefighters were called to Aeromet on the Blackpole Trading estate just before 07:00 GMT..

The fire is under control and there are no reports of any injuries, said Hereford and Worcester Fire Service.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

A care home's been given the green light to renovate after a long campaign by family members to stop its closure.

Sandwell councillors approved a report to look into significant investment into Walker Grange and provide modern dementia-friendly facilities.

It is hoped the improvements to the care home will allow an additional eight placements for people with dementia and an additional ten placements for people with debilitating needs.

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Diane Anderson-Smith, 47, the main organiser of the Save Walker Grange campaign, said: “I am absolutely jubilant. I cannot believe this has happened. “

Councillor Archer Williams said: “I’ve been honoured to be able to play a leading role in the Save Walker Grange campaign. “

The cost of the investment into the care home’s buildings over the next ten years is £746,500, according to a cabinet report seen by the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS).

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A child has been freed from a car after it crashed into a house in Mow Cop on the Cheshire-Staffordshire border.

The nine-year-old was trapped in the car as a result of their injuries at 15:45 on Thursday and firefighters were called to free the child.

A structural engineer was also called in to check the damage to the house.

Theatres, cinemas, dance groups and museums are among 75 places in the West Midlands to get a share of £6.3m from the third round of the Culture Recovery Fund.

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The recipients include the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre, FRONTLINEdance in Stoke-on-Trent and the Mockingbird Cinema Birmingham.

Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight welcomed the funding for cinemas as he said anything which helped their survival "is to be heartily welcome".

Birmingham’s independent Mockingbird Cinema has been given £78,140 and director Lee Nabbs said it would let them "carry on the work we have been doing in the local community".

The funding will see disability-focused dance company FRONTLINEdance receive a further £32,993, on top of an award in the second round of grants.

Artistic director Rachael Lines said: "We were able to continue to engage with our community and produce positive outcomes during a very scary time for us and our participants."

We're going to see light cloud and temperatures up to 13C (55F) and that weather should continue through the weekend.

But next week it's going to get a bit colder, with temperatures dropping.

You can get a full weather forecast for your area from the BBC Weather page.

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West Midlands Police says it is supporting the young man's family.

Plans for a weekly food waste service are revealed, but black bags will be collected less often.

Herefordshire Council says it's looking to find some replacement buses.

Ryan Passey's family have been pursuing legal action against Kobe Murray, who was cleared.

Live updates have now ended for the West Midlands.

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HS2 was originally meant to connect London with Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds.

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Work has already started on the first phase, linking London and the West Midlands.

The next section will extend the line to Crewe.

The final phase was to take HS2 to Manchester and Leeds.

But the Leeds leg is being scrapped. This had been billed as reducing the journey time from London to Leeds by 50 minutes.

You can read more on this story here.

Zephaniah McLeod killed Jacob Billington in his deadly attack in Birmingham in September 2020.

Keith Billington questions why his son's killer, who had paranoid schizophrenia, was not monitored.