Stoke City manager Mark Hughes says they must be patient in their bid to sign West Brom striker Saido Berahino.

A jury is shown CCTV footage of when masked gunmen burst into a warehouse and shot the manager dead at point blank range.

Mary Rhodes
Presenter, BBC Midlands Today

There's a still a chance of a medal for the Warwickshire archer Naomi Folkard following another win in Rio today. 

Folkard, who is from Leamington Spa, was in dominant form to beat the Brazilian Ane Marcelle dos Santos 6-2. She will now face a quarter final, later this evening.

And we will have more on four plumbers jailed for fraud after targeting vulnerable pensioners.

Join us for more on these stories and more on the Midlands Today on BBC One at 18:30.

A jury has been shown CCTV footage of an armed robbery in Birmingham during which a businessman was shot dead.

Legal action is being taken against a surgeon who is accused of carrying out unnecessary operations.

BBC Radio Stoke

A scooter ride who crashed into a tree in Cannock has died, external, police have confirmed today. 

Staffordshire Police say Daniel Harper, 19, from the Bilston area, hit the tree on the Mill Green Nature Reserve area, Lichfield Road, on Sunday. 

Image source, Staffordshire Police

He was airlifted to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham but died there. 

His family have appealed for information following his death, saying Daniel "will be missed by all that knew him, he will be in our hearts forever".

Chris King
Reporter, BBC Radio Stoke

Four plumbers from a firm in Birmingham, who have been jailed for over-charging elderly and vulnerable people in Staffordshire, have been called "scandalous".

Staffordshire County Council say Plumb-Tech charged one couple, external around £900 for changing a tap - almost nine times the going rate.  

The authority says it's found 14 elderly victims who were affected between March 2014 and January 2016. 

Sandra Stirzaker (featured in video) says she got them in to fix a leaky tap and was quoted £1,300 for the work.

The four plumbers pleaded guilty between them to 14 charges of fraud by false representation at Stafford Crown Court and were jailed for sentences of between nine and 32 months.

New Wolves head coach Walter Zenga wants to make Molineux a "frightening" place for visiting teams, says Conor Coady.

A football fan tells a jury he felt "scared and intimidated" by a group of youths before two men he was with were beaten, leaving one in a coma.

West Bromwich Albion accept Aston Villa's bid for Wales defender James Chester, reports BBC WM.

Joanne Writtle
BBC Midlands Today

A court's heard from football fans in the trial of five teenagers accused of an "unprovoked" attack on a Watford fan following a Wolves match in March last year. 

Today the trial heard that as Nic Cruwys walked back to the train station in Wolverhampton after the match on 7 March 2015, it is said that he was attacked by a group of youths.

Image source, WEST MIDLANDS POLICE

One witness described seeing Mr Cruwys come under attack along with another man and then, later, seeing Mr Cruwys lying unconscious on the ground with blood coming from his nose. 

Four 19-year-olds, including one from Staffordshire, and a 15-year-old deny grievous bodily harm with intent. The trial continues.

A social experiment has revealed people in Coventry are the most likely to return a child's lost teddy bear, compared to their West Midlands neighbours in Warwick, Stratford, Wolverhampton, Birmingham and Stoke-on-Trent.

A total of 500 teddy bears were intentionally lost in 25 major towns and cities, each in a different location, such as a café, gym or park bench, between May to June this year. 

Image source, My Nametags

All had name-tags with a child’s name and contact number, to see which places and type of person were most likely to return a lost bear.

My Nametags, which commissioned the research, said Coventry came in seventh place overall out of 25 for the most bears returned. York came top.

Police investigate the "suspicious" death of a man whose body was found in a house in the Black Country.

The mother of a boy from Walsall who lost his limbs after contracting meningitis B has said she will continue fighting for all children to be vaccinated against the infection.

Birmingham City boss Gary Rowett says the deal to sign Dundee forward Greg Stewart is "not 100% dead".

Jennifer Meierhans
BBC News Online

More than 100 live rifle rounds were found in a weapon surrender bin in Wolverhampton, says the West Midlands Police Crime Commissioner., externalOther finds across Birmingham and the Black Country included a stun gun, six blank-firing pistols and 132 knives.

Image source, West Midlands Police

BBC Midlands Today

A mother from Walsall, whose son lost three limbs following meningitis, has urged the government to introduce vaccination for all children. 

Julie Tuckley has been campaigning for the meningitis B vaccine since four-year-old Tommy was diagnosed as a baby. 

Although the vaccination now available to newborns on the NHS, her younger daughter isn't eligible because she's too old.

Health officials say they have to prioritise those most at risk.  

A mother from Walsall whose son lost his limbs following meningitis has urged the Government to introduce vaccination for all children.

Julie Tuckley has been campaigning for the meningitis B vaccine since four-year-old Tommy was diagnosed as a baby.

A mother whose son's limbs were amputated after he contracted meningitis is calling on the government to vaccinate all children under five.

Charges for dropping people off at Birmingham Airport are some of the most expensive in the UK, according to the RAC. 

They say it costs £4.70 to park for up to 60 minutes at the site.

London Luton airport came out worst, with a 40-minute stay costing a minimum of £7.