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Updates on Friday 29 January 2016
BBC Sport
West Bromwich Albion striker Saido Berahino has "wasted three or four months" of his career, according to Baggies boss Tony Pulis.
"It's been dreadful to have an outstanding player who has dropped off because of circumstances," said Pulis
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BBC Midlands Today
Church services will be held across the Midlands this weekend to mark the centenary of the deaths of dozens of people killed in Zeppelin raids during World War One.
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The airships, pictured above in footage from British Pathe, caused destruction in Wednesbury, Walsall, Tipton and Bilston where 35 people died - 15 were also killed in Burton-upon-Trent.
It's thought the German crews planned to bomb Liverpool but got lost in thick fog over the Black Country.
Taking in 10 Syrian refugees will cost Cannock Chase Council more than £85,000, external, it has emerged.
BBC WM Sport
Diego Fabbrini has told us he is delighted to have returned to Birmingham City and is hopeful of helping the club into the Championship play-offs.
Blues boss Gary Rowett says Fabbrini's signing "future proofs" the club as he thinks on-loan Jon Toral is unlikely to return next season.
Richard Westcott
Transport correspondent
Jeff Shannon, who has been making Land Rovers for 40 years hangs up his tool belt on the same day as the last Defender rolls off the production line.
All 700 employees who worked on the Defender were invited to a farewell to the iconic model.
Land Rover also brought in some of the vehicles from the past. It was quite a send-off.
Four out of 10 teachers have experienced violence from pupils in the past year, a survey suggests.
Of the 1,250 staff surveyed by the ATL teachers union, 77% said they had been pushed or shoved and around half were kicked or had an object thrown at them.
Nine out of 10 staff had dealt with challenging behaviour, such as swearing or shouting, in the past year.
Image source, ThinkstockThe last Land Rover Defender has rolled off the production line in Solihull to cheers and fireworks.
Jaguar Land Rover has discontinued the 4x4, which dates back 67 years and has been sold around the world.
Royal Sutton Coldfield Observer
A car vandalism epidemic has broken out in one Sutton Coldfield district with police urging other victims to come forward in a bid to catch those responsible.
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Wolverhampton Wanderers have signed experienced Newcastle United defender Mike Williamson for an undisclosed fee on an 18-month contract.
Image source, EmpicsA couple of celebrity action men are particularly disappointed to see the Land Rover Defender disappearing into the distance, as production ends today after 68 years.
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Alex Homer
BBC Local Live
If you are just catching up on Friday's headlines, here are the stories we have been covering:
- The last Land Rover Defender has rolled off the production line
- West Midlands Police has denied crime trends are linked to immigration after Jess Phillips MP compared sex attacks in Cologne to a night out on Birmingham's Broad Street
- Call for under-fire Lord Mayor of Birmingham to stand down
A Wolverhampton money launderer dubbed "notorious" by police has been sent back to prison for failing to repay what a court dubbed proceeds of his previous crimes.
Carl Johnson, 53, previously of Bushbury Road, and Anthony Johnson, of Sandy Lane, Tettenhall, were found guilty of money laundering in July 2012.
Police said the brothers had earned about £2.4m working as "protection" for Thomas Scragg, of Solihull, who was jailed for 17 years at Birmingham Crown Court on 9 July for a £34m tax fraud.
Image source, West Midlands PoliceCarl Johnson had been ordered to pay back £71,500 which was deemed to be "ill-gotten gains" according to police, but because he had only repaid £30,029 he was re-jailed for 452 days when he was unable to pay at Birmingham Magistrates' Court on Thursday.
Anthony Johnson, 54, has complied with an order to repay outstanding money, said the force.
West Midlands Police has issued a statement in the wake of MP Jess Phillips's comments comparing sex attacks in Cologne with women being "baited and heckled" on Birmingham's Broad Street.
Inspector Gareth Morris said: "Birmingham city centre is a safe, positive and vibrant place for people to visit, live, invest in and enjoy.
"Like any city centre, we of course experience issues associated with people enjoying nights out, but my team has worked hard on the policing style in recent years, together with business representatives and other partners, to achieve some great results, the biggest being a reduction in violent crimes fuelled by alcohol.
"There is certainly nothing to suggest any crime patterns or trends related to immigration and I would invite anyone to come and enjoy a night out in Birmingham and experience what the city has to offer."
Here's exactly what Jess Phillips MP said on Question Time, comparing the sex attacks in Cologne over the new year to the "baiting and heckling" of women she claimed occurred on an average night on Birmingham's Broad Street.
It was a historic moment on the production line in Solihull as the final Defender wheeled away to applause from workers.
BBC Sport
Former Cardiff City captain Mark Hudson does not understand why striker Joe Mason has been sold to Wolves.
Mason has joined Championship rivals Wolves on a three-and-a-half-year deal for an undisclosed fee.
Hudson played alongside Mason, who scored 22 goals in 60 league starts since joining Cardiff from Plymouth in 2011.
Image source, Huw Evans picture agencyQuote MessageI wouldn't want to see him leave my squad.
Mark Hudson
Peter Plisner
BBC Midlands Today
The last of Jaguar Land Rover's classic Defenders has rolled off the production line today, ending 68 years of production.
The Land Rover has been a favourite with many thousands of motorists over the decades - including the Queen, as these photographs from the Press Association archives confirm.
The last Land Rover Defender has rolled off the production line in Solihull, ending 67 years of the popular 4x4 being made.
More than two million have been made since the original Land Rover Series began production in 1948
Alex Homer
BBC Local Live
Here are the top stories in the BBC WM newsroom:
- The last Land Rover Defender rolls off the production line later
- Jess Phillips MP compares sex attacks in Cologne to a night out in Birmingham
- Call for under-fire Lord Mayor of Birmingham to stand down
Peter Plisner
BBC Midlands Today
James Bond has driven one, and so has the Queen, but the manufacture of one of Britain's best-loved vehicles will come to an end today.
Peter Plisner reports: "With production ending today, prices for second hand defenders have already risen"
