Warwickshire County Cricket Club says it will ban those responsible for life.
Warwickshire County Cricket Club says it will ban those responsible for life.
The number of domestic abuse specialists working with victims is being doubled, the PCC says.
About £20m is being spent to replace panels and retrofit sprinklers, a council says.
Visually impaired people share concerns over the use of e-scooters in Birmingham.
Sam Harvey now works at the London Electric Vehicle Company and an air stewardess has acted as a volunteer at Solihull Hospital.
Vulnerable children were wrongly told to use buses, the ombudsman finds.
Warwickshire County Cricket Club says it will ban those responsible for life.
The number of domestic abuse specialists working with victims is being doubled, the PCC says.
About £20m is being spent to replace panels and retrofit sprinklers, a council says.
Visually impaired people share concerns over the use of e-scooters in Birmingham.
Sam Harvey now works at the London Electric Vehicle Company and an air stewardess has acted as a volunteer at Solihull Hospital.
Vulnerable children were wrongly told to use buses, the ombudsman finds.
The number of domestic abuse specialists working with victims is being doubled, the PCC says.
About £20m is being spent to replace panels and retrofit sprinklers, a council says.
M42 West Midlands northbound severe disruption, from J4 for A3400 Stratford Road Shirley to J5 for A41 Solihull By-Pass Solihull.
M42 West Midlands - Two lanes closed on M42 northbound from J4, A3400 (Shirley) to J5, A41 (Solihull), because of flooding.
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Visually impaired people have been sharing their concerns over the use of e-scooters in the city.
Wolverhampton Speedway will resume home meetings next month after putting them on hold until restrictions on crowd numbers were eased.
Organisers said early-season meetings made unsustainable losses, but, after talks with the council, they would be allowed to have more spectators in outdoor parts of the stadium until all the restrictions are lifted.
They race at home to Sheffield on 5 July.
Four men and a teenager have been charged with violent disorder after three people were injured in Smethwick on Wednesday afternoon.
The four men aged from 20 to 22, and a 17-year-old boy, have also been charged with possessing a weapon.
They are all due before magistrates in connection with the Stony Lane incident, police said.
A 16-year-old boy arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and possession with intent to supply Class A drugs has been released on police bail, said West Midlands Police.
A 21-year-old man arrested on suspicion of violent disorder remains in police custody.
A38(M) West Midlands southbound severe disruption, at B4132 Waterlinks Boulevard.
A38(M) West Midlands - A38(M) Aston Expressway lane closed on exit slip road southbound at B4132, Park Circus, because of a van which has broken down.
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M6 West Midlands southbound severe accident, between J8 for M5 and J7 for A34 Birmingham Road.
M6 West Midlands - One lane closed and queues on M6 southbound between J8 M5 and J7, A34 (Great Barr), because of an accident.
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Venues across the Black Country will be offering walk-in vaccination appointments this weekend for people who need their first or second Covid-19 jab.
Dr Lisa McNally, Sandwell's director of public health said people in the area have been "fantastic" in their take up of the vaccine, so far, with 4.98 million people in the West Midlands now fully vaccinated with their second dose.
"This is a golden opportunity for those who have yet to have their first or second doses to play their part and help protect everyone," she said
No appointments are needed for sessions during the walk-in weekend, which runs from today until Monday.
Places offering the walk-in sessions include Saddlers Vaccination Centre in Walsall; Tipton Sports Academ; the Cardiac Rehab Gym at City Hospital in Birmingham and Aldersley Leisure Village in Wolverhampton.
M6 West Midlands southbound severe accident, at J7 for A34 Birmingham Road.
M6 West Midlands - M6 lane closed on exit slip road southbound at J7, A34 (Great Barr), because of an accident.
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Express and Star
A few of the early headlines from the Express and Star today:
George McGavin and Zoe Laughlin investigate the revolutionary science finding vital renewable resources and undiscovered life in sewage.
A456 West Midlands eastbound severe accident, between The Kings Head pub and A4040 Barnsley Road.
A456 West Midlands - A456 Hagley Road in Bearwood, Birmingham closed and queues eastbound between The Kings Head pub junction and New Talbot Junction, because of an accident.
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M6 West Midlands northbound severe disruption, between J6 for A38 Tyburn Road and J7 for A34 Birmingham Road.
M6 West Midlands - One lane closed and queues for four miles on M6 northbound between J6, A38 (Spaghetti Junction) and J7, A34 (Great Barr), because of a van which has broken down. Travel time is 15 minutes.
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BBC Midlands Today
Some staff at Sandwell Leisure Trust will stage a one-day strike today over changes to the contracts of about 280 employees.
The trust runs sites including Tipton and Wednesbury leisure centres and Smethwick Swimming Centre.
Union Unison said staff were told if they didn’t accept new agreements their jobs could be at risk.
The trust said the pandemic has had a "significant" impact on the leisure industry and they are committed to protecting jobs "by managing increased costs".
The government should set up vaccination centres on university campuses across the country to ensure students are fully vaccinated at the start of the autumn term, leading institutions have said.
The Russell Group, which represents some of the traditionally most selective institutions in the UK, has offered spaces and facilities on campuses for vaccines to ensure a smooth start to the next academic year.
Top universities have written to the government to call for pop-up vaccination sites to be set up on campuses through university partnerships with clinical commissioning groups and public health teams.
The University of Birmingham will run a vaccination centre on campus next week for students, in partnership with local GPs and University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.
The site, which is being hosted in a marquee, has the capacity to vaccinate more than 1,000 people a day using the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine.
An NHS spokeswoman said: "The NHS is already administering vaccines at some universities, including Canterbury, York and Sheffield, and local NHS areas will continue to organise pop-up and walk-in clinics to ensure students can receive their jab in a convenient location."
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