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The reason last time was low hanging trees at Hinksford.

Two more road closures in Tipton are coming up to allow engineers to undertake structural assessments on bridges that pass over the Metro route.  Lower Church Lane will be closed to vehicles and pedestrians from 26 October, followed by Horseley Road.  At present, both bridges are controlled by traffic lights that only allow single line traffic which suggests that, as a minimum, they will need strengthening later on if two-way traffic is to be restored.

Apparently a hybrid had a collision on the Bristol Road.

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/updates-bristol-road-blocked-near-19092654

Network Rail has stipulated that all structures along the line must be rebuilt or strengthened to heavy rail standards to support the possible reintroduction of freight trains along the line from about 2045 onwards.  When the Jewellery Line between Snow Hill and Smethwick was reopened in 1995, at least three bridges had to be completely rebuilt as they had weakened significantly in the 23 years since the line originally closed.  The line from Round Oak to Wednesbury has been closed for 27 years.  Between Dudley and Wednesbury, at least 4 bridges will need replacement and others will need strengthening.

The biggest structure to be brought up to standard will be Parkhead Viaduct between Dudley and Brierley Hill.  When the line originally opened, the viaduct was a wooden structure.  The current viaduct was built around this, encasing the wooden viaduct inside.  The wood is now warping and causing the brick viaduct to twist and it is thought that the viaduct would collapse within the next 30 years if nothing is done.  The existing brick arches have to be retained as the viaduct is a listed structure.  It will be interesting to see how they achieve this, but the plan is to remove the wood from inside the viaduct and replace it with something more solid.

Work is due to start on 12 October to demolish the bridge in Coneygree Road, Tipton.  The work is expected to take about 6 weeks.  Like the bridge in Sedgley Road West, it will be rebuilt later on during the project. 

I would like to see diamond running the Wolverhampton 15 on evenings

You'd be in a minority of one.  The last time they ran it, it was unreliable.  Also, the 15 and 16 (or 255 and 256 in those days) were then run by two different companies on evenings which meant that tickets were not interchangeable on the common sections of route which was very unpopular with passengers.

A second bus has been decapitated today, this time in central Bristol.  The bus is LR52 BLK which was in the First West of England fleet as fleet number 32231 until last December.  It hit a bridge in Frogmore Street - a street that hasn't had a bus service for at least 70 years, so what it was doing there is anybody's guess. 
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/gallery/park-street-bus-crash-pictures-4505098

Regular testing of the Class 196 DMUs started today.  6 paths have been created (5Z21/22/23/24/25/27) between Tyseley and Stratford to run on Tuesdays to Fridays but only 2 of these were used today.

In addition, the first Class 730 EMU has been exported to be tested at Velim in Czechia.

First West of England is trialling a booking system on three services.

https://www.firstgroup.com/bristol-bath-and-west/news-and-service-updates/news/%E2%80%98book-my-bus-ride%E2%80%99-uk-%E2%80%99s-first-scheduled-bus

WMR DMU 196101 on its first ever run today. On test from Tyseley LMD to Hereford

A link to a video of 196 101 passing through Kidderminster is on the Stourbridge Line User Group Facebook Group
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JMHRu8OHhY&fbclid=IwAR0PNP1LkRa4grA9G-2Yc9QV_k7poeX9_tsbnu4-pWChrDTInqf8DHTowqU&app=desktop

Not the best thing to do to a brand-new Gas bus!

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/live-bus-stuck-under-nailsea-4351057

A short section of Sedgley Road East in Tipton will close completely to vehicular traffic from Monday 27 July to remove the railway bridge on the Metro route.  This will mean that the 42 bus will need to be diverted from that date.  The work is expected to take up to 6 weeks.  In addition, Trindle Road becomes one way towards King Street from Monday.

Is this at the junction of Dudley Port and Sedgley Road East?

No, it's at the railway bridge near the junction with Mayfair Gardens.  An access road needs to be built up to the railway track.  The bridge needs to be replaced as it is too weak and this will mean a diversion to the 42 bus later this summer.  A number of bridges in the Tipton area will either need strengthening or replacing later on.
https://www.tfwm.org.uk/news/metro-extension-works-set-to-begin-in-sandwell/

Some news on the Class 730/0 units for the Cross City line.  The first unit has been completed at Derby and is currently in test.  The second unit is in production.

Work is due to start today in the Sedgley Road East area.  Three-way lights will be installed as there will be a lane closure to allow an access road to be built.  Later this summer, Sedgley Road West will be closed for about 4 weeks to allow the railway bridge to be removed.  A new bridge will be installed later on.