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. Wolves winger Hunte joins Stevenagepublished at 13:11 British Summer Time 15 August 2016

    League Two side Stevenage sign Wolves winger Connor Hunte on loan until January.

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  2. Former Villa players express shockpublished at 12:48 British Summer Time 15 August 2016

    Former Aston Villa footballers have been expressing their shock at the news that a man died after being Tasered in Telford last night is believed to be Dalian Atkinson.

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  3. Taser victim believed to be ex-footballer Dalian Atkinsonpublished at 12:21 British Summer Time 15 August 2016

    Andy Giddings
    BBC Shropshire

    The man who died after being tasered by police in Telford last night is believed to be the former Aston Villa footballer Dalian Atkinson.

    The police have not yet formally identified the dead man, but people living in the area have named him to reporters.

    Dalian AtkinsonImage source, Getty Images
  4. Taser victim thought to be Aston Villa striker Dalian Atkinsonpublished at 12:11 British Summer Time 15 August 2016

    A man who died after being shot with a Taser by police is believed to be former footballer Dalian Atkinson.

    West Mercia Police said officers responded to a report of concern for the safety of a man at about 01:30 BST in the Trench area of Telford.

    A Taser was used on the 48-year-old man and after receiving medical help, he was pronounced dead at about 03:00.

    Dalian AtkinsonImage source, PA
  5. Knife crime repeat offenders spared jailpublished at 10:25 British Summer Time 15 August 2016

    Almost half of repeat knife offenders were not immediately jailed, despite new laws requiring judges to impose a prison sentence.

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  6. County Championship - Middlesex extend leadpublished at 09:42 British Summer Time 15 August 2016

    Follow live text and ball-by-ball commentary of the latest County Championship fixtures, as Middlesex beat Durham

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  7. Crackdown on off-road biking continuespublished at 09:39 British Summer Time 15 August 2016

    West Midlands Police has seized ten off-road bikes in a further phase of crackdowns on dangerous riders.

    Officers carried out raids at addresses in Coventry, South Yardley, Wolverhampton and Solihull yesterday.

    Bikes being loaded onto police recovery vehiclesImage source, West Midlands Police
  8. Curran's career-best gives Surrey edgepublished at 20:09 British Summer Time 14 August 2016

    Sam Curran's career-best 5-44 gives Surrey the edge after Keith Barker leads Warwickshire's fightback at Edgbaston.

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  9. Protest against park sell off planpublished at 17:35 British Summer Time 14 August 2016

    A protest is held against plans to sell off part of a Solihull nature reserve for housing.

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  10. Boy, 16, arrested over fatal stabbingpublished at 15:24 British Summer Time 14 August 2016

    A 16-year-old boy is arrested over the death of a man who was stabbed in the Black Country.

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  11. Second body is teen missing at seapublished at 11:56 British Summer Time 14 August 2016

    A second body which washed ashore in Gwynedd is identified as a teenager who went missing with his friend while swimming in the sea.

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  12. A police escort and a home win at lastpublished at 21:07 British Summer Time 13 August 2016

    A police escort to the game and a six-month wait for a home win are among five tales you may have missed from the EFL.

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  13. We hope we can keep Berahino - Pulispublished at 19:56 British Summer Time 13 August 2016

    Manager Tony Pulis says he does not want Saido Berahino to leave the club and says West Brom want five new players.

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  14. Bolasie deal is close, says Pardewpublished at 19:44 British Summer Time 13 August 2016

    Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew says Yannick Bolasie's "heart and soul" is elsewhere after his side lose 1-0 to West Brom.

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  15. Spinner Patel makes Surrey suffer againpublished at 19:09 British Summer Time 13 August 2016

    Warwickshire spinner Jeetan Patel stars again to take his season's haul of first-class wickets to 14 against Surrey.

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  16. One-Day Cup: Warwickshire v Essexpublished at 18:46 British Summer Time 13 August 2016

    Listen to BBC Radio 5 live sports extra and local radio commentary of the One-Day Cup quarter-final between Warwickshire and Essex.

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  17. Oldham Athletic 0-0 Walsallpublished at 18:41 British Summer Time 13 August 2016

    Oldham share an entertaining goalless League One draw with Walsall at Boundary Park.

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  18. Crystal Palace 0-1 West Bromwich Albionpublished at 18:27 British Summer Time 13 August 2016

    Salomon Rondon's header is enough to give West Brom a narrow win over Crystal Palace in a dreary Premier League opener.

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  19. Leeds United 1-2 Birmingham Citypublished at 17:49 British Summer Time 13 August 2016

    Birmingham City skipper Michael Morrison lashes in a close-range strike as Blues win against Leeds at Elland Road.

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  20. Aston Villa 3-0 Rotherham Unitedpublished at 17:30 British Summer Time 13 August 2016

    Rudy Gestede's brace helps Aston Villa to comfortably beat Rotherham and claim their first win in more than six months.

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