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A fallen tree on the railway near Rowley Regis is causing delays.

Services are delayed between Stourbridge Junction and Birmingham stations.

In a post on Twitter, Birmingham New Street station said a team was on site and preparing to move the fallen tree.

The cases in Stafford, Tamworth and east of the county are linked to households, the council says.

Shefali Oza
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Today might be a little drier than the past few days, with top temperatures of 17C.

A trust is given a warning notice over concerns around staffing and governance.

A government notice comes after a court ruled three children were "utterly failed".

A hearing finds "immature" Oliver Banfield committed gross misconduct when he assaulted Emma ���˿���r.

Sarah Ngaba is jailed for 14 years for the assault on her seven-week-old daughter.

Fast bowler Craig Miles signs a new deal which will keep him at Warwickshire until at least the end of the 2023 season.

The River Teme in Shropshire and the River Leam in Warwickshire will be cleaned up, to make the water clean enough to swim in.

Severn Trent is planning to spend £78m on the work and aims to reduce the amount of waste getting in to the rivers.

The money will be spent on a number of projects, which will focus on reducing the amount of discharge from storm overflows, installing disinfection processes at three water treatment works, more river quality monitoring and more work to advise farmers on run-off from fields.

The work has been welcomed by the MP for Ludlow, Philip Dunne, who introduced a Private Members Bill last year, calling for action on sewage pollution.

He said: "I am hopeful that these £78m pilots will show not only an improvement in water quality for wild swimming, which is becoming increasingly popular, but also wider ecological benefit to the Teme.”

Here are three of the stories from the Shropshire Star today:

• Man in 20s near Ludlow
• Waiting list for 'routine' hospital treatment at
• Shrewsbury's new mayor

A hit-and-run driver who admitted causing the death of a grandmother by dangerous driving has had his jail term increased.

Krishna Devi Droch, 62, was struck by a Vauxhall Zafira travelling on the wrong side of the road in Handsworth, Birmingham, on 9 November 2017.

In March, Mohammed Ishfaq, 34, from Leonard Road, Lozells, was jailed for six years and three months and disqualified from driving for 10 years.

But Court of Appeal judges have ruled Ishfaq had been given an unduly lenient sentence.

Image source, West Midlands Police

His jail sentence was increased to eight years.

Image source, Family handout

The Shropshire County Show will go ahead this year but it will be limited in its scale because of coronavirus concerns.

Ian Bebbington, chief executive of the Shropshire West Midlands Agricultural Society, said there would be no marquees or entertainment in the main ring when the event returned to the West Mid Showground on 17 July.

Mr Bebbington said it was being scaled down to reduce the show's financial risk and added: "If we have to cancel the show at very short notice then our expenses are limited."

There will also be fewer trade stalls this year and he said: "It's the Shropshire County Show, Covid-style."

Here are three of the stories from the Hereford Times today:

• Controversial bird farm on Herefordshire border
• Former chef banned from the roads
• Crisp manufacturers'

People living in Newcastle-under-Lyme are being warned about callers posing as workers for the Environment Agency (EA).

The EA said it was aware of an incident where an individual was claiming to work for it.

It says staff will always carry ID and never ask to enter your home.

The agency has been carrying out checks in the area over continuing concerns about the odour surrounding Walleys Quarry, in Silverdale.

The festival garden site will host comedy and music gigs as well as food outlets and a box office.

A man has died after being hit by a car in Birmingham.

The pedestrian, believed to be 41, was struck by a white Range Rover in Spring Hill just before 19:00 on Monday, West Midlands Police said.

He was pronounced dead in hospital a short time later.

Image source, Google

The driver of the car stopped at the scene and is helping with police inquiries.

No-one has been arrested, the force added.

It has appealed for anyone with information to come forward.

Shropshire Council has voted in its first female leader since becoming a unitary authority.

Conservative Lezley Picton replaces Peter Nutting, who lost his seat in the recent council elections.

Image source, Shropshire Council

Ms Picton, who represents the Tern ward, was previously the member responsible for leisure and culture.

She was elected by her party ahead of the former deputy leader Steve Charmley and said she was "thrilled humbled and excited".

The forecast for today is for more of the same, with bright sunshine in-between rain showers.

Temperatures will reach 14C (57F) in parts of the West Midlands and tonight they will drop to about 7C (45F).

It's a similar forecast for the rest of the week, but for more informationgo to the ���˿��� Weather page.

The photos donated at a photographic show are believed to have been found in an attic clear-out.

Sandra hasn't hugged her daughter Sam for more than a year due to coronavirus restrictions.