BBC Midlands Today

A mother is campaigning for all under-fives to be vaccinated against meningitis after her son lost both legs and an arm after contracting the infection.

Julie Tuckley is from Walsall and her son, Tommy, was diagnosed as a baby - his sister missed out on vaccination because she was born a month after they were available for newborns on the NHS.

Health officials say vaccination for all children is "not cost-effective". 

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.

Express and Star

The YMCA has unveiled £6 million plans to transform a derelict city centre building, external into an arts centre and apartments.

The 1804 Liverpool Lime Street train to Birmingham has been cancelled.

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

Jennifer Meierhans
BBC News Online

A man in his 40s is in a serious condition after his car hit a lamp post, external in Kingswinford, police say.

It happened in Stream Road at about 05.30.

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Sgt Paul Hughes, from the Regional Collision Investigation Unit, said: "I urgently want to trace the driver of a silver saloon style car that was overtaken by a small red sports car and a blue Subaru just before the crash.

"I also want to appeal to the driver of the small red sports car that was travelling with the Subaru, or anyone who knows the driver, to do the right thing and get in touch."

Jennifer Meierhans
BBC News Online

Three firms in Birmingham are named and shamed on the government's latest list of companies who have not been paying workers the National Minimum Wage, external(NMW) - £6.70/hour for people aged 21 or above.

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy said:

- Rice Chamberlains Estate Agents Ltd, Birmingham, owed £6,580.63 to three workers

- Small Talk Nurseries Ltd, Birmingham, owed £1,499.30 to 10 workers

- Arcadia Care Ltd, Birmingham, owed £286.00 to one worker

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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.

Birmingham Mail

A Birmingham sculpture allegedly showing crashed locomotives is based on a rail tragedy which killed 112 people, external, an expert claims.  

Dramatic photos from a fire in Walsall.

Jennifer Meierhans
BBC News Online

Here are the stories we've been looking at so far:

- Police say they are treating a man's death in Netherton as suspicious

- A rogue plumber from Birmingham has been jailed for two years

- A Walsall mum who's suffered the devastating effects of meningitis first hand says a vaccine for the infection should be offered to all children

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.

This is due to ongoing signalling problems at Marston Green.

Jennifer Meierhans
BBC News Online

A woman was hurt after a collision with a cyclist as she walked along Hill Street in Birmingham, West Midlands Ambulance Service said., external

The pedestrian in her 50s was taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham with a serious head injury and possible back and pelvic injuries at about 17:00 on Wednesday.

The cyclist was unhurt.

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More problems on the line caused by faulty signalling.