MP for #Stafford Leigh Ingham MP confirms Home Office is no longer continuing with plans to use former university accommodation at Beaconside to house asylum seekers awaiting claim decisions.

Parents distraught as baby graves regularly flood bbc.in/3AP4jJP

You can see more on this issue on BBC Midlands on BBC One at 1:30pm & 6:30pm today.

Susan O’Sullivan tells Emma J Thomas she’s one of many retired public sector workers still waiting for pay-outs from the West Midlands Pension Fund See the full report in #PoliticsMidlands at 10am on BBC1 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Strong opinions being shared at a public meeting on the proposals this morning. I’ll have more details on ⁦BBC Midlands⁩ at 6:30pm. 📺 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Ben and Liberty’s parents spoke so powerfully to me yesterday about the impact of the loss of their teenagers. You can read more here, or hear their words on BBC Midlands at 6:30pm. 📺

I’ll have more on this live on ⁦BBC Birmingham & Black Country⁩ in 5 minutes 🎙️& on ⁦BBC Midlands⁩ at 6:30pm 📺… Widows' 'trauma' at pension delays bbc.com/news/articles/…

The Conservatives Party Conference continues in Birmingham. #Wolverhampton born leadership contender Robert Jenrick is on the main stage this afternoon. I’ll have more on BBC Birmingham & Black Country. 📻 🎙️

If you missed today’s #PoliticsMidlands with Rob Mayor then you can catch up with it anytime you like on the BBC iPlayer Just click on the link … 📺 📱 💻 bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

Could 'Midlands man' Jenrick become Tory leader? bbc.in/3TYLB9c

Council urged to reconsider car parking charges bbc.in/4eTiaxj

Fire service chief exec reverses decision to quit bbc.in/484KDOw

💛 Thinking of Cub 💛 🕯️ Thinking of all babies loved and missed 🕯️ Baby Loss Awareness Week #WaveOfLight

Setting an ‘Out of Office’ reply on my emails as I sign-off to start maternity leave. Work will return in 2025, until then… our next adventure. 👶🏼

Home with the newest member of our family. A huge “THANK YOU” to the wonderful maternity team UHNM NHS Trust 🏥 for their care. 🩵

Breaking my maternity X hiatus to share this story. It’s special to me as ‘Nurse Julie’ is my Mom. 50 years dedicated to working for the NHS in Wolverhampton is an incredible achievement. 👏 🤩🙌🏼 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

The end of maternity leave delivers complex emotions. 🩵🩵 It’s time for a new chapter… after a few weeks on the sofa, I’m a little more familiar with my new Sunday evening home. We’ll have your late BBC Midlands news at 10:25pm on BBC One. 📺

Port Vale has parted company with first team manager, Darren Moore. BBC Midlands

A fresh start on the first Monday of 2026: blue skies, frozen pools and deer. ❄️

BBC Midlands Today presenter Nick Owen is recovering after surgery for kidney cancer. It's the second time he's had cancer in little over two years, having been diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2023. bbc.in/3LqCn4u