The 'persistent and heavy' rain that is hitting the country is causing chaos across travel networks including train services - with Birmingham New Street services affected

The 34-year-old, who died after being attacked on Smallbrook Queensway on Friday, was "so beautiful and kind" and "our special and gentle daughter," her family says.

The network currently links Wolverhampton to central Birmingham and Edgbaston with trams operating every six to eight minutes at peak times. Construction work is under way on two extensions routes from Wednesbury to Merry Hill Shopping Centre, via Dudley town centre, and the Birmingham Eastside extension to High Street, Deritend in Digbeth.

Katie Fox was stabbed on Smallbrook Queensway in Birmingham city centre shortly before 9pm on Friday November 7, a death being treated by West Midlands Police as murder

A teenager has been sentenced after stabbing a 17-year-old at a college near Birmingham city centre. The emergency services were called to Summer Row, at around 3.30pm on September 10, where they found the victim with knife wounds. He was taken to hospital, and thankfully his injuries were not life-threatening.

Police are appealing after a woman was left needing surgery after being bitten by a dog in Birmingham. West Midlands Police have appealed for information after a woman was bitten by a dog in the Pershore Road area of Birmingham last month. On October 14, at around 8.30am, a woman was walking along Pershore Road when she was attacked by a dog.

Audit, accountancy, tax, and advisory firm Bishop Fleming has appointed a new business development director to support its growth in the West Midlands.

A Birmingham man who subjected a woman to a brutal assault in Walsall has been convicted of rape. Simon Tang was convicted at Birmingham Crown Court following the attack on a sex worker near a car park in Birmingham Street, Walsall, on May 5.

West Midlands Police have arrested three men on suspicion of terrorism offences. Officers swooped on multiple addresses in Coventry, detaining two 18-year-old men on suspicion of disseminating terrorism material. A 24-year-old man was also arrested for the preparation of a terrorism act.

Leading property firm Bradley Hall has appointed Chartered Surveyor Bryony Nixon as Property Consultant at its recently launched Birmingham office, as part of its strategic expansion