Manchester United defender Cameron Borthwick-Jackson and Benfica forward Ola John join Wolves on season-long loan deals.

Andy Giddings
BBC Shropshire

An inquest into the death of Dalian Atkinson is set to open in Shrewsbury on Wednesday.

The former Aston Villa striker died shortly after being Tasered at his father's house in Telford last week.

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Two police officers are under criminal investigation after the death of the 48-year-old.

Patrick Burns
Political editor, Midlands

Newspaper reports that Theresa May does not share the former Chancellor’s enthusiasm for elected “metro mayors” come as no surprise. 

As Home Secretary she was responsible for introducing a similar “high profile focal point for accountability” in the shape of the police commissioners, Low turnouts in the first police and crime commissioner elections four years ago were blamed in part on what was seen by some observers as the mere token effort she put into leading it. 

Given the widespread grass roots hostility to metro mayors, there is bound to be speculation that “devo max” will no longer have to involve the elected metro mayor. But the deal already agreed for the West Midlands Combined Authority, which includes such a position, is now so far advanced that it appears nigh on impossible to stop it in mid-stream.

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Labour has selected the MEP Sion Simon as its candidate and the Conservatives are widely expected to unveil the John Lewis boss Andy Street as their official candidate during their annual conference in Birmingham at the beginning of October.  

Just over 13% of "modern slavery” victims helped by the Salvation Army in 2015/16 were referred from the West Midlands, according to new data.

The charity says it supported 1,805 people in England and Wales during the period – nearly a five-fold increase in the number since 2012.

Anne Read, director of anti-trafficking and modern slavery at the Salvation Army, said the nature of the crime meant it was "always difficult to know the full extent of the problem" and the increase in referrals could be because there were more victims but also "improvements in training and awareness-raising".

The TIMES says it's learnt that Theresa May is to ditch former Chancellor George Osborne's plan for directly elected mayors in city regions., external

The report says the PM is not enthused by the concept of one person in charge of powers and cash devolved from Whitehall. 

According to the newspaper, Mrs May is also said to be nervous that the policy would boost Labour moderates such as Andy Burnham, who's hoping to be elected mayor of Manchester next year.

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In the West Midlands, the metro mayor would represent Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, and Wolverhampton.

BBC Midlands Today

More than half a million people in the West Midlands have taken part in clinical trials in the last decade - a greater number of participants than anywhere else in the country.

Drugs firms are choosing this area to carry out trials because of the diverse population and the number of hospitals and universities involved in medical research. 

For patients, it gives access to new drugs and treatments not available on the NHS and more on this story on BBC Midlands Today at 18:30.

Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter

A dull and cloudy start to the week but it will become drier through the day. 

Tomorrow looks better, though, as it'll be brighter and feeling warmer.

Joanne Malin
BBC Midlands Today

Warwickshire will stage a trial of day-night cricket at Edgbaston this week to see if it could work for test matches in England. 

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The Bears' second XI match against Worcestershire, which starts today, will be played under the floodlights and use a pink ball. 

The cricket authorities hope day-night fixtures will attract more spectators. 

BBC Midlands Today

The water company Severn Trent is tripling its intake of apprentices this year, welcoming the largest number of new recruits the company has ever taken on. 

More than 800 people applied for the scheme, external and 81 were recruited. 

The apprentices will train in a variety of engineering and digital roles.  

Rihanna and Justin Bieber were among hundreds of acts who entertained the crowds at V Festival.

BBC Weather

It will be rather cloudy today, with scattered showers during the morning. These will slowly ease from midday, allowing the cloud to gradually thin and break with some sunny intervals developing later - highs of 22C (72F).

The M6 motorway between Wolverhampton and Walsall reopens after a fatal crash.

Listen to live BBC Newcastle commentary of Durham v Warwickshire in the County Championship Division One.

A protest is held as families say they have been told to remove flower beds at a cemetery.

A three-year-old boy dies in a collision with a tipper vehicle in Wolverhampton.

Explosions are heard as a huge blaze rips through a haulage yard in Wolverhampton.

A first win for Leeds and a scorer born in 2000 all feature in our round-up of things you may have missed in the EFL.

Everton boss Ronald Koeman says Tony Pulis' teams "have direct play and a lot of tall people" after his side beat West Brom 2-1.

West Brom boss Tony Pulis says his side still need five new players after the 2-1 defeat by Everton.

Rangers could offer a deal to defender Philippe Senderos after the collapse of Joleon Lescott's move to Ibrox.