A man is jailed for life after admitting stabbing a woman to death at a house in Staffordshire.

Alec Blackman
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

Proposals that could see paramedics at West Midlands Ambulance Service, external wear cameras on their kit, could help cut the number of attacks on staff, according to an academic.

Dr Alex Sutherland, external from RAND Europe, a policy research institute, says more work needs to be done to see if they actually do cut the number of attacks.

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Figures from West Midlands Ambulance Service show 298 members of staff were assaulted in the last year, 56 of them in Coventry and Warwickshire.

French side St Etienne sign Newcastle's Henri Saivet and fellow midfielder Jordan Veretout from Aston Villa on loan.

Aston Villa complete the signings of Blackburn striker Rudy Gestede and Nantes midfielder Jordan Veretout.

A man from Birmingham is charged after drugs with an estimated street value of almost £35,000 were seized in Peterhead.

Doctors battled in vain for 35 minutes to save footballer Dalian Atkinson after he was Tasered by police, the inquest into his death hears.

Matthew Bone
Political reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester

I've been looking at whether paramedics need protection after a big rise in the number of assaults over the past four years. You can see more in Midlands Today, on BBC One at 13:30 and 18:30.

The investigation into the death of Dalian Atkinson by the Independent Police Complaints Commission will take nine months, an inquest into his death has been told.

Mr Atkinson had been Tasered by police - two officers have been suspended while a criminal investigation is carried out.

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The inquest, which opened this morning, also heard that doctors had tried to give Mr Atkinson CPR for 35 minutes, before he was pronounced dead at Telford's Princess Royal Hospital.

Andy Giddings
BBC Shropshire

An inquest has opened into the death of the former Aston Villa footballer, Dalian Atkinson.

Mr Atkinson, of Holly Road in the Dawley area of Telford, died shortly after being Tasered outside his father's home in the town just over a week ago and a full inquest has now been scheduled for three months' time.

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His death is the subject of an investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission and two police officers have been suspended.

No cause of death was given this morning and more tests have been ordered after an initial post-mortem examination proved inconclusive.

Paramedics in the West Midlands could be given wearable video cameras, after an increase in attacks when they are on duty.

Ambulances have already been fitted with CCTV to record offenders.

Almost 300 members of staff were physically assaulted across the region last year.

Steve Elliker, head of security and safety at West Midlands Ambulance Service, said most attacks happened away from existing CCTV cameras.

Relatives of a Muslim man murdered by a racist say they have been recent victims of race hate abuse.

League One Northampton Town come from behind to beat Premier League side West Brom on penalties in the EFL Cup.

Helder Costa scores one goal and sets up another as Wolves beat Cambridge to extend their unbeaten run and reach the EFL Cup third round.

The body of a 34-year-old man is found at an address in Birmingham.

Jeetan Patel takes another five-wicket haul as Warwickshire bowl out Durham for 207 at Chester-le-Street.

An eight-year-old boy killed by a grenade while on holiday in Sweden was cradled in his mother's arms as he died, his father says.

BBC Travel

There's slow traffic on the M40 northbound between J15, A46 (Longbridge Island) and J16, A3400 (Henley In Arden), because of an accident earlier on. All lanes have been re-opened.  

There's also a lane closed on M6 northbound between J10, A454 (Walsall) and J10a M54, because of emergency repairs and heavy traffic and a lane closed on M6 northbound between J12, A5 (Gailey) and J13, A449 (Stafford South), because of a broken down vehicle.

The father of an eight-year-old boy killed by a grenade while on holiday in Sweden has spoken of his wife's grief.

Grenade attack Birmingham boy Yuusuf Warsame 'was sleeping at the time'. His father said he was like "all children", that he was "friendly...liked reading books...liked all sports".

Last night Edgbaston held a trial day-night cricket match under floodlights and with a pink ball.

Warwickshire County Cricket Club says it will hold further trials in second team cricket this season.

"We would love to be the first venue in England and Wales to host an international in day/night conditions with a pink ball," a spokesman said.