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The driver caught swerving on the M40 was one of 21,000 incidents caught during a safety operation.

The partnership that runs the surgeries says it is hiring more staff following complaints.

A woman, 24, is arrested by police on Monday on suspicion of racial abuse.

A cycle hire scheme has launched across Birmingham.

More than 300 bikes are now available for people to rent from 43 docking stations in and around the city centre.

Monday's launch follows rollouts of the scheme over the last two months in Coventry, Solihull, Stourbridge, Sutton Coldfield, Walsall and Wolverhampton.

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By the end of the year there will be 170 fixed docks and 1,500 bikes for hire across the region, of which 150 will be powered e-bikes, West Midlands Combined Authority said.

The bikes can be hired using the Beryl Cycle Hire app.

A Worcestershire road has been closed due to a collapsed wall.

The wall came down on Lansdowne Crescent Lane today.

Worcestershire County Council Highways said the road would remain closed while officers work to make it safe.

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West Midlands Police is appealing for help tracing a man who attempted to ram a police motorcycle during a pursuit.

It happened in Oldbury on 5 May.

The car, which the force said was later discovered to be on cloned plates and is suspected stolen, was pursued by the officer on a motorcycle, before the suspect "attempted to reverse ram the officer".

The officer was not injured, but the car did make off from police.

Anyone with information is urged to contact the force.

Demolition work to remove a steel frame building housing the plastic waste finished at the weekend.

Police have appealed for witnesses after a woman was sexually assaulted by a group of men in Kidderminster.

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The woman was attacked while walking in the Broom Crescent and Dovedale Avenue area of the town at about 18:30 on bank holiday Monday, 3 May, police said.

"We would especially to like to identify a family that the victim spoke to at their home in the same area following the incident who offered her support," a West Mercia Police spokesperson said.

Anyone with information was urged to contact the force on 101 or call Crimestoppers anonymously.

The Army was called to deal with an unexploded shell found at a Shropshire beauty spot.

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A member of the public came across the Anderson shell in Callow Hollow, on the Long Mynd, said West Mercia Police.

It was removed and destroyed in a controlled explosion,

After a bright start for some, it will be another cloudy day with some heavy and thundery showers with highs of 12°C (54°F).

This was the scene earlier in Aldridge in the West Midlands as captured by ´óÏó´«Ã½ Weather Watcher Tippytoes.

Image source, Tippytoes

The latest news, sport, travel and weather from across the West Midlands and south Cheshire.

Notts take 14 wickets on the last day to earn an innings and 170-run win over Worcestershire and go top of Group One.

Essex and Warwickshire play out rain-affected draw with only 23 overs possible on day four at Chelmsford.

Ben Duckett's 177 not out and six late wickets give Nottinghamshire a chance of victory against Worcestershire.

Essex gain a first-innings lead against Warwickshire as Alastair Cook and Ryan ten Doeschate make half-centuries.

Two protesters were arrested at the Leicester drone factory protest, which has entered its fourth day.

Mary Ball was executed in 1849 after being convicted of poisoning her abusive husband with arsenic.

Natalie Mottram is charged with unauthorised access to computers and perverting the course of justice.

Oliver Bel was arrested after posting on Facebook that he wanted to "go on a spree", a court hears.