Summary

  • Wedding dress funded brother's 'IS' mission

  • Trial of three accused of murdering music shop owner

  • West Bromwich Albion sold

  • WBA joins Wolves and Villa in Chinese ownership

  • WBA's new owner is Guochuan Lai, 42

  • Updates from Friday 5 August 2016

  1. Charity runners to remember Joelpublished at 12:41 British Summer Time 9 September 2016

    More than 1,000 people are expected at Sandwell Valley Country Park on Sunday to take part in the Run For Joel.

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  2. Three things revealed in The Archers trialpublished at 12:39 British Summer Time 9 September 2016

    It has been a rollercoaster week for Helen Titchener in The Archers who has been on trial accused of attempted murder. The storyline has shone a light on the workings of British courts.

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  3. John Lewis boss 'to run for Mayor job'published at 12:12 British Summer Time 9 September 2016

    John Lewis confirms managing director Andy Street plans to run for the office of the Mayor of the West Midlands.

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  4. Men charged over Stratford jewellery store raidpublished at 10:08 British Summer Time 9 September 2016

    Two men have been charged and remanded in custody after an armed raid , externalat a jewellers in Stratford-upon-Avon on Wednesday.

    Ioachim Karp, 19, from Birmingham, was charged with aggravated burglary and Andrei Florin, 28 and also from Birmingham, charged with aggravated burglary and escape from lawful custody.

    Both men are due to appear at Leamington Magistrates' Court later. 

  5. Zenga 'can play two teams' at Wolvespublished at 18:59 British Summer Time 8 September 2016

    Wolves head coach Walter Zenga says he now has enough players to "play one team on Tuesday and one on Saturday".

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  6. Man in court over fatal street stabbingpublished at 17:08 British Summer Time 8 September 2016

    A man appears in court charged with murder after another man is found in a street with multiple stab wounds.

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  7. PC sacked after Asda meat aisle attackpublished at 17:07 British Summer Time 8 September 2016

    A police officer is sacked after being caught on CCTV attacking her mother's love rival in the reduced meat aisle of Asda.

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  8. Batsman Chopra joins Essex earlypublished at 14:48 British Summer Time 8 September 2016

    Varun Chopra joins Essex from Warwickshire earlier than expected, to feature in their final two games of the season.

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  9. Head: 'I'll pay for correct uniforms'published at 12:35 British Summer Time 8 September 2016

    A head teacher offers to pay to replace the "wrong uniforms" worn by pupils - after dozens of children ended up in isolation for flouting rules.

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  10. Somerset beat Bears to enter title huntpublished at 11:54 British Summer Time 8 September 2016

    Somerset spinner Jack Leach finishes off Warwickshire at Taunton to edge his team into title contention.

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  11. Almost 80,000 on zero-hours contractspublished at 11:50 British Summer Time 8 September 2016

    Daniel Wainwright
    Data unit - English regions

    Almost 80,000 people in the West Midlands are on zero-hours contracts, according to the latest official figures.

    That number, covering April to June, has stayed roughly the same as the previous year.

    Across the UK, the number of those whose main job did not guarantee a minimum number of hours increased to 903,000, a rise of 21% on last year, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said, external.

    Zero hours figures

    In the West Midlands there were 79,000 people on zero hours contracts between April and June, representing 3.0% of people in employment.

    For the same period in 2015, there were also 79,000 but they made up 3.1% of people in employment.

  12. Why Steven Spielberg came to Birminghampublished at 11:33 British Summer Time 8 September 2016

    The legendary Hollywood director Steven Spielberg is filming his latest blockbuster in Birmingham. Just what is it about the city that is attractive to filmmakers?

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  13. County Championship: Warwickshire fight on against Somersetpublished at 09:45 British Summer Time 8 September 2016

    BBC Sport

    Warwickshire go into day three of their Championship match with Somerset with an outside chance of victory.

    The Bears are on 131 for 8, needing another 53 runs with two wickets in hand.

    Rikki Clarke and Chris Wright have put on 70 runs so far for the ninth wicket.

    Follow all the action here.

    Rikki ClarkImage source, Getty Images
  14. Relive day three of County Championshippublished at 09:13 British Summer Time 8 September 2016

    Relive text commentary from day three of the latest round of County Championship games, including three early finishes.

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  15. Housing 'experts' panel launchedpublished at 08:00 British Summer Time 8 September 2016

    A panel launches to find more land for new houses and businesses in the West Midlands.

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  16. Living in the slums of Birminghampublished at 01:29 British Summer Time 8 September 2016

    The housing charity Shelter is appealing for help to find people pictured living in the slums of Birmingham in the 1960s and 70s.

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  17. What happened to the slum children?published at 01:26 British Summer Time 8 September 2016

    A charity is trying to trace children who were photographed in the post-war slums of Britain.

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  18. Man jailed for 'horrific' attack on wifepublished at 19:22 British Summer Time 7 September 2016

    A man is jailed for 20 years for attempting to murder his wife in a "horrific" attack at their family home.

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  19. Bears tail rallies in Taunton thrillerpublished at 18:45 British Summer Time 7 September 2016

    Somerset spinner Jack Leach takes 5-33 before ninth-wicket pair Rikki Clarke and Chris Wright rally Warwickshire.

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  20. Debt advice firm announces 500 job cutspublished at 18:31 British Summer Time 7 September 2016

    Up to 500 jobs are under threat after a debt advice company announced plans to restructure.

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