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Storm Ciara is set to bring strong and possibly damaging winds across the West Midlands.

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The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for the region from 18:00 on Saturday to midnight on Sunday.

Its forecast says gusts of between 80 and 100km/h (50-60mph) are likely across inland areas.

Any early mist and fog should clear leaving a dry and bright day with highs of 5C (41F).

It's forecast to be a cold, clear night for most of us and in some places the temperature will drop below freezing.

Temperatures tomorrow will remain cold, and further ahead there's some stormy weather expected at the weekend.

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West Midlands Police has now arrested 1,090 people on suspicion of domestic abuse since the start of 2020.

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The force is targeting domestic abuse in an intensive campaign and said it had detained suspects for offences ranging "from nasty assaults to bullying behaviour, harassment and breaches of restraining orders".

Among its latest arrests are a man from Coventry who allegedly held a hot iron to his partner's face, and another man from Netherton accused of biting a woman's ear in an attack on Christmas Day.

“Every day we are tracing and arresting people who are accused of domestic violence and abuse.

"Not just physical abuse, but also emotional, psychological, verbal and financial abuse," West Midlands Police Supt Sally Simpson said.

It's a foggy and misty start to Wednesday across the West Midlands but that should lift over the morning for a bright afternoon.

It's going to start to change though, and a yellow weather warning is already in place for high winds that are due to develop ahead of the weekend.

It will be a clear and dry night with some cloud likely in the early hours with lows of 1C (34F).

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You can find a detailed weather forecast for your area on the BBC Weather site.

It will be a mostly clear and sunny day with highs of 10C (50F).

It will be a cloudy and misty night with the chance of showers and lows of 8C (46F).

Patchy rain should move away, leaving a brighter day tomorrow.

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You can find a detailed weather forecast for your area on the BBC Weather site.

It will be a cloudy day with some rain this afternoon and highs of 13C (55F).

It will be a cloudy day with some patchy drizzle and highs of 12C (54F).

Tonight will be cold and largely dry with long clear spells and lows of 0C (32F).

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Wednesday will be dry and fine with long sunny spells and patchy cloud.

You can find a detailed weather forecast for your area on the BBC Weather site.

Wintery showers and ice could lead to travel disruption in parts of the West Midlands, the Met Office is warning.

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A yellow warning is in place until 10:00 for Herefordshire, Shropshire, and Staffordshire.

It will be a chilly and breezy day with some bright spells and mainly dry with highs of 7C (45F).

We've had all kinds of skies today from the look of our local BBC Weather Watcher photos.

Here are three from users Shaun in Gnosall, Staffordshire; Raj's Range in Bicton, Shropshire; and Spennells Pensioner in Kidderminster, Worcestershire:

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It will be a cold and breezy night with some wintry showers and lows of 1C (34F).

There will be sunny spells tomorrow with some showers drifting eastwards.

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You can find a detailed forecast for your area on the BBC Weather site.

People in parts of Herefordshire, Shropshire and Staffordshire are being warned of slippery conditions due to ice this evening and overnight.

The Met Office has put out a yellow weather alert which runs from 19:00 until 10:00 on Tuesday.

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It will be a chilly breezy day with sunny spells and highs of 8C (46F).

It will be a cloudy night with the odd clear spell and lows of 4C (39F).

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Saturday will be another mostly cloudy and dull day with the possibility of some sunny spells in the afternoon.

You can find a detailed forecast for your area on the BBC Weather site.

Staffordshire MPs say they want more investment in local bus services.

They've been discussing the issue in Parliament and the MP for the Staffordshire Moorlands, Karen Bradley described the public transport network as "woeful", with some services only running twice a day.

She said conversations with bus companies and local authorities showed a lack of funding and a lack of profitability were to blame.

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Although considerably better in Stoke-on-Trent, local MP Jack Brereton, who called the debate, said bus services were often "too few, too slow and too infrequent".

He said cuts to services left the most vulnerable in society and those looking for work cut off.

Mr Brereton said opening up old railway stations in the area, taken out of action during the 1960s Beeching cuts, could also help the wider public transport network.

The government says it's committed to making sure there's equal access to services and employment, and good public buses are at the heart of it.

It will be another cloudy misty day with some light drizzle and highs of 9C (48F).

It will be a mild night with areas of fog and cloud with occasional drizzle and lows of 5C (41F).

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Friday will again be mainly cloudy and misty with some fog.

You can find a detailed weather forecast for your area on the BBC Weather site.

Staffordshire Police is one of only four forces in the country to see a drop in overall crime, in the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics.

Between September 2018 and September 2019, they show a 4% fall in the number of recorded crimes, excluding fraud.

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The figures also show falls in the number of burglaries, sex offences, robberies, bike and vehicle crimes and violent crime resulting in injuries.

Temporary Chief Constable, Nick Baker, said he was "delighted" to be one of only four forces in the country to see a drop in overall crime.

The family of a nurse who was murdered by a recently-released sex offender have said an apology from West Midlands Police's Chief Constable is not enough.

Dave Thompson admitted his force failed to protect Lisa Skidmore before she was killed in Wolverhampton in November 2016.

Her family said steps still need to be taken to stop the same thing happening to someone else.

Both the police and the probation service said lessons had been learnt but Lisa's sister Alison Parker said they've asked for a further meeting with Mr Thompson.

The cloudy skies are set to continue tonight with patches of fog forming. Low: 6C (43F).

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Then staying cloudy tomorrow with mist and fog around and a few spots of drizzle later in the day. High 8C (46F).

Get a latest forecast from the BBC Weather website.

The new woman in charge of the Severn Valley Railway says it will have to look at its carbon footprint in the future and conceded "we're using a lot of coal".

Helen Smith has taken over as the heritage railway's general manager and said part of her role was to prepare it for the future and said the board was "very active" on issues like this.

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Ms Smith, who was previously deputy director of the Tank Museum in Dorset, said there had to be a balance, and at the same time, "we want to carry on operating steam engines as they were always operated".

The line, which runs roughly 16 miles between Kidderminster and Bridgnorth, operates a mix of steam and diesel locomotives, carrying some 250,000 passengers a year.

Those kind of challenges are going to have to be faced in the future. We're going to have to really kind of look at what we're doing and how we're doing it to make sure that we are acceptable in another 20, 30 years' time and are we going to be able to operate the same way?"

A lorry driver was arrested for dangerous driving on the M6 Toll yesterday, after trying to reverse out of the toll gates and back on to the motorway.

The police said the driver had attempted the manoeuvre after realising he didn't have the correct payment.

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Cloudy and misty to start today with fog patches around. It'll then become a cloudy day with the odd bright spell and there could be drizzle this afternoon. High: 10C/50F.

Then some clearer spells this evening but it'll be mainly cloudy tonight with the chance of drizzle and mist spreading across most areas. Low: 6C/43F.

Get a latest forecast for your area at any time from the BBC Weather website.

Two men have been arrested after a police chase on the M6 through Staffordshire and Cheshire.

The vehicle, which had been stolen from the West Midlands last November, was spotted by Central Motorway Police at junction 13 and was followed after it failed to pull over.

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It was stopped by officers after in entered junction 16 and the two men were arrested for theft and dangerous driving.

There will be a few clear spells overnight but mainly it will be cloudy and misty with lows of 3C (37F).

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Tomorrow is set to be a mainly cloudy and misty day with a few bright spells.

You can find a detailed forecast for your area on the BBC Weather site.

Early patches of fog will clear to leave a cloudy day with some bright spells and highs of 7C (45F).

After a cold start it will be a dry day with sunny spells and highs of 6C (43F).

Lives will be lost if a town's community ambulance hub is shut, a former paramedic's told the BBC.

West Midlands Ambulance Service wants to remove the response base in Cheadle, Staffordshire, by the end of March.

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Instead, it wants to convert the rapid response vehicle there into an ambulance as it says the current vehicle only attends 2.2% of calls in the area.

But former paramedic Carole Winning told BBC Radio Stoke she believes lives are at stake: "They're saying they'll have an ambulance here but they won't because they're so busy, they'll never get here."

Cheadle Town Councillor Dave Sargeant said it would take longer for ambulances to respond: "You've got areas like Whiston, Ipstones, Foxt. These are difficult places to get to and, if you think of somebody coming from Newcastle to Cheadle, a minimum time to get here, it's going to be 25 minutes."

The ambulance service said it believed the move would save money and would not change the level of ambulance cover in the area, "if anything, this will increase over the coming months".