Suspect in canal drama

Emergency services spent more than an hour coaxing a runaway suspect from a canal in Wednesfield.

The man jumped into the water at Coxwell Avenue at 1am yesterday after being chased by police.

Andy Froggatt, of West Midlands Fire Service, said: "Firefighters used a throw line and personal flotation device to remove the man." He was taken to hospital yesterday and later arrested.