Birmingham's Clean Air Zone charges are due to come into force on Monday morning.

No trams will run on the West Midlands Metro network until further notice.

Abdi Mohamed was found with neck injuries and died later in hospital, say police.

Abdi Mohamed was found with serious neck injuries and died in hospital, police say.

A driver who killed two men when he crashed a stolen car head-on into another vehicle has been jailed for 12 years.

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Marvin Griffiths was in a Jeep chasing another vehicle near Wednesbury on 6 December 2019 when the collision happened, West Midlands Police said, external.

The 26-year-old turned from Bull Lane onto the wrong side of the A41 Black Country New Road and hit a black VW Golf head-on.

The Golf's driver, Palminder Singh Kalkat, and a passenger in the Jeep, William Kai Bristow, 21, died at the scene.

Griffiths, from Mill Street, Willenhall, pleaded guilty to two counts of causing death by dangerous driving and two of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

As well as his prison sentence, he was banned from driving for nearly nine years.

Mr Kalkat's family, in a statement issued through the force, said "his loss has left our family broken".

Express and Star

A few of the early headlines from the Express and Star:

• Huge scale of fraud revealed as £70m stolen from region's residents during pandemic, external
• Brother preparing for skydive in memory of relatives killed in Tunisia terror attack, external
• Historic pictures capture final days of Wolverhampton's old wholesale market, external

Express and Star

The Express and Star has these headlines this morning:

• Grandfather twice put on ventilator back home in Black Country one year after catching Covid, external
• Police probe as human remains found next to M6 in the Black Country, external
• Wild zoo near Wolverhampton 'forced' to stay shut as other attractions open, external

BBC Midlands Today

Police are investigating after human remains were discovered near the M6 in the Black Country.

They were discovered yesterday evening in woodland on Axeltree Way in Wednesbury.

Police say the remains appear to have been there for some time and are carrying out tests to identify the victim and establish the cause of death.

Nuh Raheel, 19, is accused of collecting terrorist information and will face trial in June.

BBC Midlands Today

"Horrendous" paperwork is delaying exports from the West Midlands to Europe, a business owner has said.

New UK-EU trade rules came into operation on 1 January which have seen manufacturers facing more checks and increased costs.

Some firms have even said they were considering opening satellite offices in the EU to try to ease the flow of goods.

Steve Richards, from Strut Direct, Wednesbury, Sandwell, said its future supplying the water, gas and rail industries was at stake.

"We would pick a pallet up and be there in two days - it is three or four weeks now," he said.

"Same pallet, paperwork is horrendous. You have 10-15 lines on an invoice now you have to fill in just to get something over the water."

Some people ignored tier four rules and held large parties, says the West Midlands Police chief.

The charity helps about 3,000 people per year into education, training and employment.

BBC News England

A 19th Century pub and a "tin tabernacle" church are among the sites to have been given extra protection in 2020.

Historic England has added or upgraded 423 National Heritage List sites.

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In the West Midlands they include the Grade II listed Horse and Jockey in Wednesbury which was built in 1899.

It has many original features including a ceramic-fronted bar counter which is one of only 12 known examples in England.

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Also added to the list is the Church of St Mary and Sunday School, Lyonshall, Herefordshire.

The Grade II listed tabernacle church was built in 1860 using a corrugated iron prefabricated design known as a "tin tabernacle" that has become increasingly rare as such churches were only meant to be temporary structures.

There are only 86 remaining corrugated iron churches - of all denominations - surviving in England, and fewer than 20 of these have been listed.

Historic England has added 423 sites to its National Heritage List in 2020.

BBC Weather Watchers

One of our BBC Weather Watchers asked this morning if this was the first frost of the autumn, and for some it possibly was.

There was certainly a lot of it about, as you can see from these photos taken in Wednesbury, Rushbury and Ashow.

Image source, Sunrisefire

Image source, Peter Steggles

Image source, Ade the cool person

Mark O'Reilly slept outside the National Portrait Gallery in Trafalgar Square during lockdown.

BBC Radio Shropshire

Railway tracks from a disused line are going to save a heritage railway £200,000.

Image source, John Titlow

The tracks have been removed as part of the ongoing Midland Metro tram-line extension works from Wednesbury to Brierley Hill.

Instead of being scrapped, Transport for West Midlands has donated them to the Severn Valley Railway which said they'll be stockpiled for future replacement track work.

General Manager Helen Smith said: "Every year we try and replace about half a mile worth of track. That costs us in the region of £100,000.

"This is a mile worth of track so it will save us a lot of money and it just makes such a difference."

Nuh Raheel, from the West Midlands, is accused of having "articles for terrorist purposes".

Local Democracy Reporting Service

Work on a new medical centre in Wednesbury is expected to start next year and will take around 42 weeks, a report has said.

It is due to be build on King Street, along with five new council houses, on derelict land owned by Sandwell Council.

Image source, Sandwell Council

The new centre will replace the clinic at Woods Mesty Croft and a temporary building at Albert Street.

The Kingsbury House And Resource Centre, which used to be on the land, was pulled down in 2008.

The 19-year-old is being question by police in London following an arrest in Wednesbury.