Talking to residents like Paul from Birmingham who are still waiting for unsafe flammable cladding to be removed from their flats on tonight’s BBC Midlands at 1830.

Talking to Ben Elton on this evening’s BBC Midlands 1830 about his return to standup and his hopes to honour his late friend Rik Mayall.

Celebrities including Stephen Graham and Danny Dyer were at #Hednesford Town today to play football to raise money for#Manup ?, a mental health charity, in memory of two Aston Villa fans who took their own lives. Report on @bbcmtd1850.

Heartwarming story on BBC Midlands today about Nuneaton care home resident Ann Lucas who has formed a lasting friendship with Angela Martin from Canada over the Internet, thanks to Adopt a Grandparent charity.

Staffordshire police have made their one hundredth arrest in connection with the violent disorder in Stoke on Trent and Tamworth last month. Full story BBC Midlands 1830

Veterans attend unveiling of this memorial to the #Gloucestershire Regiment at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire. The Regiment was amalgamated in 1994 but this will help ensure the name lives on. More on BBC Midlands 1830.

Hundreds of people taking to the streets of #Rugby today to protest about plans to close Hoskyn Ward at St Cross Hospital BBC Midlands

Filming back at Coventry’s 14th century Charterhouse today as the National Trust takes over management with big plans. Full story BBC Midlands 1830.

The Bailey Head in Oswestry in Shropshire is awarded #CAMRA Pub of the Year. BBC Midlands will be live there this evening

Bringing on the beavers ! Two of the giant rodents have been reintroduced to Shropshire after a 400 year absence. All will be revealed on BBC Midlands 1830.

Demonstrators protesting about plans to move #Walsall’s Leather Museum - full story on BBC Midlands

Dog attacks on farm animals in the Midlands have increased by 36 percent in a year according to NFU Mutual. We’ll be speaking to affected #farmer Ollie Raybould on BBC Midlands at 1830bm

As all out bin strike in Birmingham starts tomorrow, I’ll be reporting on the latest on BBC Midlands 1830 including an appeal from the West Midlands mayor and a warning from the union that the chaos could last into the summer.

Families who’ve lost loved ones in car crashes walking up The Wrekin to raise money for #Roadpeace. Full story on BBC Midlands 13/4/25

Reporting on the latest on the Birmingham bin strike tonight with some interesting voices from the picket line and elsewhere Robert S.

Reporting about the West Midlands Growth Plan with Mayor Richard Parker and some of those who’ll hopefully help create tens of thousands of jobs in the future. BBC Midlands 1830.

Statue of #Birmingham City legend Trevor Francis unveiled at St Andrew’s today. Story on inconnu on IPlayer.

A Worcestershire Wildlife Trust project at Green Farm near Monkwood in Worcestershire has resulted in a nature bonanza. Full story on ⁦BBC Midlands⁩ at 1830.

And more #nature stories from me on Farming Today today with a piece about nightjars on Cannock Chase. You can listen on BBC Sounds.

At the Birmingham Pub Bombings Memorial reporting on Government’s decision not to have a public inquiry. Report on BBC Midlands tonight at 1030.