Updates on Monday 13 June 2016
News, sport, travel and weather updates to resume at 08:00 on Tuesday
That's it for today for live updates, but we’ll be back with our usual mix of news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 tomorrow.
Keep an eye out here for more updates through the evening and into the morning.
Drivers are being warned they could be facing heavy rain through this afternoon and evening.
The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning covering most of the West Midlands:
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A folk festival has banned Morris dancers in black face make-up after receiving complaints they could cause racial offence.
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Body cameras could be issued to ambulance staff across the West Midlands because of a rise in the number of attacks on paramedics.
There were 298 attacks on ambulance staff last year - that's nearly a third more than in 2012.
CCTV cameras are already being fitted to vehicles to offer them extra protection from patients who are angry, drunk or on drugs.
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I've been looking at whether paramedics need protection after a big rise in the number of assaults over the past four years. You can see more in Midlands Today, on BBC One at 13:30 and 18:30.
Big increase in attacks on paramedics.
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Body cameras for ambulance staff is "something we are seriously considering", according to the head of security for West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS).
There's been a steep rise in the number of attacks on paramedics - up from 82 to 129 in the last four years in the West Mercia area.
Quote MessageWe have already got CCTV on our vehicles, both external and internal, and we're doing some research now into looking at the possibility of using portable body-worn CCTV cameras - it's still in the research stage but it is something we are seriously considering."
Steve Elliker, Head of Safety and Security WMAS
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West Midlands Ambulance Service are considering introducing body cameras after a rise in the number of their ambulance staff being attacked.
The number of attacks in the West Mercia area, which includes Shropshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire rose from 82 to 129 between April 2012 and March 2016.
Physical assaults went up from 21 to 56 in the same period - 19 of those attacks involved people who were drunk.
Nicola Beckford
Reporter, BBC Midlands Today
This lunchtime on BBC Midlands Today we'll have more on a grenade attack in Sweden that killed a boy from the West Midlands.
You'll also hear from a local paralympian who says Team GB's success is inspiring his own quest for gold in Rio.
Those stories and more on BBC One from 13:30.
BBC Midlands Today
The water company Severn Trent says it is tripling its intake of apprentices this year, adding the largest number of new recruits the company has ever taken on.
More than 800 people applied for the scheme, external and 81 were recruited.
The apprentices will train in a variety of engineering and digital roles.
Just over 13% of "modern slavery” victims helped by the Salvation Army in 2015/16 were referred from the West Midlands, according to new data.
The charity says it supported 1,805 people in England and Wales during the period – nearly a five-fold increase in the number since 2012.
Anne Read, director of anti-trafficking and modern slavery at the Salvation Army, said the nature of the crime meant it was "always difficult to know the full extent of the problem" and the increase in referrals could be because there were more victims but also "improvements in training and awareness-raising".
Nobody has been injured in a "tent explosion" at V Festival, an ambulance worker says.
Liz Parkes is one of West Midlands Ambulance Services medics at the 2016 event which is winding down today.
She tweeted that the fire service onsite had "dealt with" the explosion.
We'll bring you more information as we get it.
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Allen Cook
BBC Local Live
More than 1,200 people needed medical treatment at the V Festival in Staffordshire at the weekend, external, according to the ambulance service.
The wet weather led to many people getting hurt due to slips, trips and falls, West Midlands Ambulance Service says. A number were also treated for drinking too much alcohol.
The service says the total treated was 1,218, an increase on 2015 - 40 were taken to hospital for more treatment.
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More than half a million people in the West Midlands have taken part in clinical trials in the last decade - a greater number of participants than anywhere else in the country.
Drugs firms are choosing this area to carry out trials because of the diverse population and the number of hospitals and universities involved in medical research.
For patients, it gives access to new drugs and treatments not available on the NHS and more on this story on BBC Midlands Today at 18:30.
The West Midlands has more people involved in clinical trials than anywhere else in the country.
More than 500,000 people in our region have taken part in clinical trials in the last decade - giving them access to new drugs and treatments not available on the NHS.
Image source, iStockDrugs firms are choosing the region to carry out trials because of the diverse population - and the number of hospitals and universities involved in medical research.