Elizabeth Glinka
BBC Midlands Today

We hear more about the Dudley driving instructor jailed for sexually assaulting pupils and hear from one of his victims.

We also find out why the first fuel bank has been introduced in Birmingham.

Join us for the Midlands Today on BBC One at 13:30.

Here are the top stories on Friday so far:

- Birmingham's first fuel bank has opened to help people unable to heat their homes

- A Wolverhampton businessman thought to have been murdered in India, disappeared a year ago today

- An independent NHS inquiry has found a whistleblower at a health trust in Wolverhampton was "not treated fairly"

Steve Hermon
Journalist, BBC WM

Wolves defender Matt Doherty has missed out on a place in the Republic of Ireland squad for Euro 2016.

Their player of the season has not been picked for the 35-man provisional line up - which does include Villa's Ciaran Clark and Albion's James McClean.

Elizabeth Glinka
BBC Midlands Today

Birmingham's first fuel bank, aimed at helping people who are struggling to heat their homes, is being launched today.

The scheme will be based at the B30 Foodbank in Cotteridge and anyone eligible for food parcels will also be able to get emergency credit for their pre-paid gas and electric meters. 

The project was set up by energy firm Npower and the charity the Trussell Trust.   

BBC Midlands Today

After narrowly missing out on automatic promotion Walsall begin their play-off bid tomorrow evening at Barnsley. 

The Saddlers won 0-5 on the final day of the League One season at Port Vale, but they still finished a point behind second-placed Burton. 

Walsall are confident they can now reach the Championship via the play-offs, starting with a two-legged semi-final against Barnsley. 

Louise Hancock
Newsreader, BBC WM

A new £1m complex including a bar, recording studio, conference centre and radio station opens today in Digbeth.

It's no new rock star venture; instead Recovery Central is run by the Changes UK charity to help people recover from addiction to alcohol and drugs. 

Steve Dixon is the charity's founder and told us the aim is to give users a sense of purpose.

Ben Godfrey
BBC Midlands Today

A driving instructor from Dudley has been jailed for four years for sexually assaulting six pupils. 

Gary Rolinson, aged 60, ran 500+ Driving School in Kingswinford. 

He groomed the 17-year-old boys during lessons between 2012 and 2014, Warwick Crown Court heard.

Detectives described him as a sexual predator. They said he told the pupils no instructor would teach them again if they went to the police. 

Stephanie Barnard
BBC Local Live

Saturday night marks the 61st Eurovision song contest. Joe and Jake are hoping to woo the crowds for the UK with their song You're Not Alone.

Go back 18 years - the last time the UK hosted the contest was in 1998 at Birmingham’s National Indoor Arena.

Ulrika Jonsson and Terry Wogan hosted the 43rd contest after Katrina and the Waves, Love Shine A Light won in the previous year.

It was the last year that a live orchestra was used but more importantly Dana International won with Diva... Here she is performing at the BBC Greatest Hits events last year.  

Don't miss it on Saturday from 20:00 on BBC One.

BBC Sport

Wolverhampton’s Alan Ash is named amongst the 12 wheelchair rugby players set to compete for ParalympicsGB at Rio 2016.

Ash, 43, will be appearing in his fifth games.

A man was left hanging upside down by his seatbelt for nearly an hour after the van he was in collided with a car.

He was one of six people involved in the crash - four in the car and two in the van - at a road junction in Cannock on Thursday.

The man, who was cut free, suffered arm and chest injuries in the collision at the junction of Penkridge Bank and Broadhurst Green.

Image source, West Midlands Ambulance Service

Alex Homer
BBC Local Live

Here are the top stories on Friday so far:

- Birmingham's first fuel bank opens today

- A Wolverhampton businessman thought to have been murdered in India, disappeared a year ago today

- A whistleblower at a health trust in Wolverhampton was "not treated fairly" an independent NHS inquiry has found

It's exactly a year since a Wolverhampton man, thought to have been murdered in India, disappeared on a business trip to the country.

Ranjit Singh Power owned the Ramada Park hotel in Goldthorn Park. 

It emerged last year that a body found in a river in India and flown home to the Black Country was not his.

Image source, family photo

Michele Paduano
Health correspondent, BBC Midlands Today

A whistleblower at a health trust was "not treated fairly," an independent inquiry for the NHS has found. 

Head of clinical coding and data quality Sandra Haynes-Kirkbright, who raised concerns the hospital trust had misrecorded deaths to make it look as though fewer patients had died needlessly, was suspended by The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust. 

The trust said it acknowledged the report's findings "none of which" relate to issues around patient safety. 

Ms Haynes-Kirkbright said she hoped her reputation would now be repaired.

After a rather dull start, the cloud will tend to break up to allow some warm sunny spells.

However, the odd shower may develop in the south later, whilst it will turn noticeably fresher and cloudier in the north - highs of 17C (63F).

BBC Travel

There is slow traffic on Smallbrook Queensway in Birmingham near Theatre Approach because of a traffic light failure, drivers are warned.

Alex Homer
BBC Local Live

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