'Blood-stained' killer jailed for lifepublished at 14:01 British Summer Time 24 August 2016
A man is jailed for life after admitting stabbing a woman to death at a house in Staffordshire.
Read MoreSummary
Bomb disposal team sent to Birmingham after 'terror' arrests
'Nonsense' claim A&E will close at hospital yet to open
Man had cocaine worth £185k with him on 'day out'
Two stabbed in Wednesbury
Custody death protesters occupy CPS offices
'Lack of proper' records checks cancels kids' activities
'Unsafe' A&E services' knock-on effect in Black Country
Updates from Friday 26 August 2016
'Blood-stained' killer jailed for lifepublished at 14:01 British Summer Time 24 August 2016
Paramedic body worn cameras 'could cut assaults'published at 13:40 British Summer Time 24 August 2016
Alec Blackman
BBC Coventry & WarwickshireProposals that could see paramedics at West Midlands Ambulance Service, external wear cameras on their kit, could help cut the number of attacks on staff, according to an academic.
Dr Alex Sutherland, external from RAND Europe, a policy research institute, says more work needs to be done to see if they actually do cut the number of attacks.
Image source, PAImage caption, West Midlands Ambulance Service
Figures from West Midlands Ambulance Service show 298 members of staff were assaulted in the last year, 56 of them in Coventry and Warwickshire.
St Etienne sign Saivet and Veretoutpublished at 13:31 British Summer Time 24 August 2016
French side St Etienne sign Newcastle's Henri Saivet and fellow midfielder Jordan Veretout from Aston Villa on loan.
Read MoreVilla sign Gestede and Veretoutpublished at 13:25 British Summer Time 24 August 2016
Aston Villa complete the signings of Blackburn striker Rudy Gestede and Nantes midfielder Jordan Veretout.
Read MoreEmergency landing after reports of smoke in cockpitpublished at 13:07 British Summer Time 24 August 2016
Stephanie Barnard
BBC Local LiveA flight from Birmingham has had to make an emergency landing after reports of smoke in the cockpit.
The captain of the Aer Lingus service EI3701 from Birmingham to Cork declared a "full emergency" about 10 minutes before it was due to land but was "stood down" once landed.
The Dublin Airport Authority says all 59 passengers safely disembarked.
The Air Accident Investigation Unit in Dublin is now investigating
Police search after man critically stabbedpublished at 12:49 British Summer Time 24 August 2016
Police are trying to find the person behind a stabbing in Birmingham which has left a man with life-threatening injuries.
Emergency services were called to Summer Lane in Newtown at about 20:00 last night.
Officers believe the victim knows his attacker, no-one has been arrested. , external
Man charged over £35,000 of drugspublished at 12:31 British Summer Time 24 August 2016
A man from Birmingham is charged after drugs with an estimated street value of almost £35,000 were seized in Peterhead.
Read MoreConservative council candidate 'slapped fellow colleague in the face' during a heated party meetingpublished at 12:17 British Summer Time 24 August 2016
A "heated" Tory party meeting in Wolverhampton saw an election candidate slapped in the face and the group leader verbally abused, a court heard, external.
Tasered footballer had CPR for 35 minutespublished at 11:57 British Summer Time 24 August 2016
Doctors battled in vain for 35 minutes to save footballer Dalian Atkinson after he was Tasered by police, the inquest into his death hears.
Read MoreWatch: Big increase in attacks on paramedicspublished at 11:39 British Summer Time 24 August 2016
Matthew Bone
Political reporter, BBC Hereford & WorcesterI've been looking at whether paramedics need protection after a big rise in the number of assaults over the past four years. You can see more in Midlands Today, on BBC One at 13:30 and 18:30.
Media caption, Big increase in attacks on paramedics.
Dalian Atkinson investigation to take nine monthspublished at 11:25 British Summer Time 24 August 2016
The investigation into the death of Dalian Atkinson by the Independent Police Complaints Commission will take nine months, an inquest into his death has been told.
Mr Atkinson had been Tasered by police - two officers have been suspended while a criminal investigation is carried out.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe inquest, which opened this morning, also heard that doctors had tried to give Mr Atkinson CPR for 35 minutes, before he was pronounced dead at Telford's Princess Royal Hospital.
Stabbing in Newtown leaves man fighting for his lifepublished at 10:49 British Summer Time 24 August 2016
A man is fighting for his life after being stabbed in Newtown, Birmingham, on Tuesday.
Police say they believe the victim and suspect are "known to each other" after the attack at around 19:55 on Summer Lane.
The man was found with "life-threatening injuries" and his condition was described as "critical" this morning, West Midlands Police said.
No arrests have yet been made but officers are appealing for information, external.
Dalian Atkinson inquest openspublished at 10:16 British Summer Time 24 August 2016
Breaking
Andy Giddings
BBC ShropshireAn inquest has opened into the death of the former Aston Villa footballer, Dalian Atkinson.
Mr Atkinson, of Holly Road in the Dawley area of Telford, died shortly after being Tasered outside his father's home in the town just over a week ago and a full inquest has now been scheduled for three months' time.
Image source, Getty ImagesHis death is the subject of an investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission and two police officers have been suspended.
No cause of death was given this morning and more tests have been ordered after an initial post-mortem examination proved inconclusive.
Football: Albion dumped out of EFL Cup at second roundpublished at 09:57 British Summer Time 24 August 2016
Mikey Burrows
BBC WM SportWest Bromwich Albion fans are licking their wounds today after League One Northampton Town came from behind to dump the Baggies out the EFL Cup second round after penalties.
Black Country rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers saw off Cambridge United to book their place in the same cup's third-round draw.
Dozens of laser pen attacks on planes prompts call for law changepublished at 09:35 British Summer Time 24 August 2016
People found carrying powerful laser pointers should be arrested even if they are not in use, the head of the UK's aviation regulator has said.
Andrew Haines, chief executive of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), says new legislation is needed to cut the number of laser attacks on aircraft.
It is an offence to act in a manner "likely to endanger an aircraft" under the existing Air Navigation Order 2009.
A government spokeswoman said it was "looking to make changes" to the law. Last year there were 94 of these incidents at Birmingham Airport.
County Championship: Warwickshire's Jeetan Patel helps to bowl out Durhampublished at 09:16 British Summer Time 24 August 2016
BBC SportIan Westwood and nightwatchman Chris Wright will resume Warwickshire's innings today after the Bears bowled out their hosts Durham for 207.
Off-spinner Jeetan Patel helped himself to the 23rd five-wicket haul of his first-class career to put the visitors in the ascendancy before Varun Chopra was out in the penultimate over on Monday.
Image source, Getty ImagesMan's body found in Handsworth 'unexplained' deathpublished at 09:04 British Summer Time 24 August 2016
An investigation has begun after the body of a 34-year-old man was been found at an address in Birmingham.
Part of Wellington Road, in Handsworth, was cordoned off on Tuesday while police investigated the "unexplained" death.
Image source, GoogleWatch: Latest weather forecast for the West Midlandspublished at 08:53 British Summer Time 24 August 2016
A fairly summery day is ahead.
Highs of 24C (75F).
Media caption, Weather for the West Midlands
Latest: Body cameras for paramedics; Albion cup embarrassment; laser pens shone at planespublished at 08:35 British Summer Time 24 August 2016
Alex Homer
BBC Local LiveHere are the latest stories on Wednesday:
- Body cameras could be given out in a bid to protect ambulance staff from attacks
- West Bromwich Albion dumped out of the EFL Cup by lower league opposition
- Calls for a law change over laser pens being shone at planes, including dozens at Birmingham Airport
Ambulance staff could get body-worn cameras after rise in attackspublished at 08:18 British Summer Time 24 August 2016
Paramedics in the West Midlands could be given wearable video cameras, after an increase in attacks when they are on duty.
Ambulances have already been fitted with CCTV to record offenders.
Almost 300 members of staff were physically assaulted across the region last year.
Steve Elliker, head of security and safety at West Midlands Ambulance Service, said most attacks happened away from existing CCTV cameras.
