Belgian midfielder Franck Moussa has signed a one-year deal with Walsall FC.

Ben Godfrey
BBC Midlands Today

Jordanne Whiley from Halesowen has won her third consecutive women's wheelchair doubles title at Wimbledon. 

The top seed and her tennis partner Yui Kamiji beat their opponents 6-2 6-2 in one hour and nine minutes. 

The defending champions were 2-love down in the second set, but fought back to win six straight games and secure a comfortable victory.

Bob Hockenhull
BBC Midlands Today

Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has told a conference in Birmingham that building work on HS2 will definitely begin next year.

He was responding to speculation that the £56bn project could be in trouble economically because of the decision to leave the EU. 

The tone of the High Speed Rail conference at Millennium Point, though, is it's very much business as usual and the rail line is more vital than ever to Britain's economy.

Parents are protesting outside a school earmarked for closure.

The trust that runs Baverstock Academy in Druids Heath, Birmingham, is consulting on plans to close the site - which is in special measures - next year.

Earlier this month, parents and students were told of the plans at an open evening. A councillor branded the way the information was delivered as "appalling". 

Image source, Curt Mucklow

The school has been in special measures since 2014 and had announced plans to close its sixth form, but there's now consultation on closing the entire site by August 2017.  

West Midlands Police says the expenses case against ex-UKIP MEP Nikki Sinclaire has been "long and complex".

Outside Birmingham Crown Court earlier, after being cleared of fiddling travel expenses, the 47-year-old claimed £1.5m of public money had been spent to build a case against her - a figure as yet unsubstantiated.

Superintendent Maria Fox said: "This long, complex inquiry has been investigated in a diligent and professional manner."

Ex-UKIP MEP Nikki Sinclaire has criticised what she claims has been a public spend of £1.5m on the case against her.

She was cleared by a jury earlier of fiddling travel expense claims while in office and laundering the cash.

She criticised West Midlands Police's handling of the criminal inquiry, saying that the 10 claims upon which the Crown's case rested - and of which she was cleared - were now nearly "seven years old", dating to October 2009.

The force defended its handling of the investigation and has declined to say how much the inquiry cost.

Returning midfielder Stiliyan Petrov can play a significant part in Aston Villa's season says left-back Joe Bennett.

Richard Wilford
BBC WM

Carson Yeung loses final appeal against money laundering conviction.

Alexandra Hamilton
BBC Weather

The sun could break through from behind the clouds, but we're due more rain this afternoon.

Former Birmingham City chairman Carson Yeung loses an appeal against his six-year prison sentence for money laundering.

Walsall agree a one-year deal, with an option for a further 12 months, with Belgian midfielder Franck Moussa.

As a court clears former MEP Nikki Sinclaire of misconduct in a public office and fraud the BBC profiles her eventful private and political life.

A 13-year-old boy who was seriously injured after coming off his motorcycle at Snetterton race circuit is said to be making good progress.

Caleb Smith crashed yesterday and was put into an induced coma before being taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge by air ambulance. Since then, he's been taken off a ventilator and is moving his hands and feet.

The teenager, from Solihull, is being moved from intensive care to a general ward, and will stay under assessment. 

Rob Mayor
Political reporter, BBC WM

Today's verdicts clear Nikki Sinclaire of allegations that have been hanging over her since she was arrested almost four years ago.

At times tearful and angry as she gave evidence, it was clear the suggestion she had abused the trust of voters was what hurt her the most.

Ms Sinclaire admitted there were errors in her expenses claims, but her lawyers maintained they had been "deliberately corrupted" by office aide John Ison in an atmosphere of political "hostility" - a defence that convinced the jury.

There had been an atmosphere of "hostility" between ex-UKIP MEP Nikki Sinclaire and party leader Nigel Farage, Birmingham Crown Court heard.

The jury was told John Ison, Ms Sinclaire's former office aide, had passed information about her to the senior figure.

Ms Sinclaire and her lawyers said Mr Ison had "deliberately corrupted"  her expenses.

The 47-year-old has been cleared of making false travel expenses claims.

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Nikki Sinclaire and her lawyers claimed her expenses had been "deliberately corrupted" by her former office aide, John Ison. 

Mr Ison admitted in court sending a message to another party about the 47-year-old which read: "Ok, Plan B - fraud."  

The jury at Birmingham Crown Court cleared Ms Sinclaire of falsely claiming travel expenses.

Former UKIP MEP Nikki Sinclaire has been cleared of making false travel expenses claims amounting to £3,250.

The former West Midlands MEP, who represented the region in Brussels and Strasbourg until 2014, denied deliberately submitting 10 dishonest claims for road travel she never made when she had flown more cheaply.

Former West Midlands MEP Nikki Sinclaire has been cleared in court of making false expenses claims.

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Tamworth Herald

A professional artist is launching a children's art competition in Tamworth, external – giving youngsters the chance to see their favourite landmark on the side of a coach.

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BBC Sport

Birmingham City Ladies earned a point from a 1-1 draw at Chelsea in Women's Super League One. 

Freda Ayisi gave Blues the lead before ex-Blues player Eni Aluko equalised for the London team.