One lane is closed and there is heavy traffic due to a broken down vehicle on M42 Northbound at J7 M6.

One lane is closed and there is slow traffic due to a broken down vehicle on M6 Northbound between J5 A452 (Castle Bromwich) and J6 A38(M) Aston Expressway / A5127 Gravelly Hill / A38 Tyburn Road / Slade Road Spaghetti Junction.

An accident on the M6 northbound is blocking one lane between junction 12 for Gailey and 13 for Stafford.

Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the murder of a man found stabbed to death in a Birmingham street. Ibrahim Ismail, 23, found dead outside Raxo Shisha lounge in Moseley Street, Highgate, at 3.30am on December 17.

Tributes have been paid to a woman who was found stabbed to death in a car outside a supermarket.