Twenty years after they survived a machete attack, former nursery nurse Lisa Potts and a child she saved say they forgive the man who tried to kill them.

A nursery nurse who saved the lives of children from a machete-wielding attacker 20 years ago says she has forgiven the assailant.

Twenty years after they survived a machete attack, former nursery nurse Lisa Potts and a child she saved say they forgive the man who tried to kill them. Lisa Potts, now called Lisa Webb, and Francesca Quintyne were both badly hurt when Horrett Campbell went on the rampage at St Luke's Infant School, in Wolverhampton.

Latest weather for the West Midlands

A former MEP who denies making fake expense claims tells a court she would empty a handbag full of receipts and leave staff to deal with them.

Birmingham's Wales winger David Cotterill is a target for his home-city club Cardiff among other teams.

Jeetan Patel takes his second five-wicket haul of the match as Warwickshire go top by beating Surrey inside three days.

We'll be back on Tuesday with our usual mix of news, sport, travel and weather for Birmingham and the Black Country, but keep an eye out here for more updates this evening and into the morning.    

Bob Hockenhull
BBC Midlands Today

With a month to go until the start of the Rio Olympics, one Midlands academic has devised a ground-breaking study about what we can learn from the competitors' attitudes, backgrounds and sporting experiences.

It's hoped his research could be used to uncover the champions of the future.

The stars of yesterday may have important lessons for the young sports stars of the future. 

Dr Jonathan Grix, from the University of Birmingham, is conducting pioneering research - capturing the life stories of 200 former Olympians.

Alexandra Hamilton
BBC Weather

It will be fairly cloudy tonight with the possibility of patchy intermittent rain moving eastwards overnight and lows of 13C (55F).  

BBC WM Sport

Walsall boss Jon Whitney says the players who rejected new contract offers are "old news" to him and he's concentrating on his new squad. 

Several of the leading players at the club last season have departed - some, it appears, without even responding to the offers made by the Saddlers. 

The former UKIP MEP Nikki Sinclaire has broken down in tears as she gave evidence at her fraud trial.

Ms Sinclaire, who denies misconduct in public office while a serving MEP, is on trial at Birmingham Crown Court.  

Image source, PA

She was asked "the key allegation is that you abused the trust of those who elected you to represent them. Did you?" 

''No" she replied, adding "I wanted to be different, and show it was possible to positively represent people, no-one could accuse me of being motivated by money."

"Were you in it for the money?" asked the barrister.  Her reply was: "Absolutely not."

Queen Victoria's visit to Wolverhampton 150 years ago is being marked this week.

She was there to unveil the statue of her late husband Prince Albert, which is still in Queen Square.

It's thought the trip to the Black Country was her first public appearance after years of private mourning following the death of her husband. 

BBC Travel

There's a lane blocked and slow traffic on the M6 northbound between J10, A454 (Wolverhampton) and J10a M54, because of a broken down vehicle, BBC Travel reports.

Chris Blakemore
BBC WM

A man's been re-united with his lost dog after we featured it on the BBC WM Facebook page. , external

Thousands watched and shared the video of Ronnie, a Staffie and the longest resident at Birmingham dogs home, including his original owner who lost him in November.

UK Independence Party MEP for the West Midlands James Carver says he's not surprised Nigel Farage has stood down as party leader.

"He's still going to lead our group in the European Parliament, which is an extremely powerful position to be in.

"He's been a great leader but there's plenty of talent within UKIP."

BBC Panorama
Investigative TV show

Adrian Chiles goes home to the West Midlands to meet Leave voters from both sides of the political divide and find out why Britain voted for Brexit.

He discovers an unlikely alliance of young and old, wealthy and non-wealthy, white and non-white, who all share a belief that their views have not so far been listened to by mainstream politicians. Adrian learns about their lives and their concerns about immigration, jobs and feeling excluded from the benefits of an increasingly globalised world. He also meets Remain voters who blame the Breixters for pushing Britain into crisis.

As the nation reels from the fallout of the Referendum result, Adrian's journey across the region shows just how divided Britain has become.

Watch the programme on BBC One at 19:30 tonight.

BBC Midlands Today

The government has announced it's creating a foreign investment hub in Birmingham, close to Birmingham Airport. 

When it's set up, the "Midlands Engine hub" will be expected to create 1,400 jobs and bring in £15m of investment over the next three years. 

Companies will also be able to bid for a share of a £2m "challenge fund" designed to boost the local economy.

Police have released photos of two men they want to speak to following a sexual assault in Birmingham city centre.

Image source, West Midlands Police

West Midlands Police has released the photos, external after the attack in Lower Essex Street last December.

Six men are jailed after smuggling "truly colossal" quantities of drugs from Holland to the UK in fake ambulances.