A coroner has criticised the manufacturer of an ejector seat which led to the death of a Red Arrows pilot. Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham, who was 35 and from Coventry, died in November 2011 at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire.
The number of metal thefts in the West Midlands fell by almost 30 per cent in 2013.
Last year the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 was introduced which makes it illegal for traders to offer cash for scrap being weighed in at their yards. It also made it obligatory for them to have a licence to deal in scrap metal.
In December offers from across the Black Country carried out two weeks of operations tackling traders who were operating illegally on the region's roads.
In two weeks last month the police say they stopped more than 90 scrap metal collectors and found that 27 people did not have a licence.
West Midlands Weather: Windy on Sunday with showers and sunny spells
East Midlands Weather: Heavy rain over Derbyshire hills, drier and brighter elsewhere
The city’s spike in coronavirus cases has sparked a report that it may be the first UK location to be subjected to a district lockdown.