Detectives are continuing to question five men, including three detained in Birmingham, on suspicion of terrorism offences. 

The arrests a week ago came as an army bomb disposal team was called to a business in Birmingham city centre. 

Police have been granted a further seven days to question the men. 

Mikey Burrows
BBC WM Sport

Warwickshire are in trouble going into the third day of their county game with Middlesex at Edgbaston.

The visitors have a second innings lead of 133 with all 10 wickets left. 

Live commentary continues online and via the BBC Sport app from 11.

Sara Blizzard
BBC Weather

Some drizzle throughout the day. Highs of 21C (70C).

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Kathryn Stanczyszyn
Political Reporter, BBC WM

A police force is facing a £1.5m bill to plan safety operations for the next three Conservative Party conferences, its crime commissioner has said.

PCC David Jamieson said it would cost West Midlands Police about £500,000 a time when the Tories meet in Birmingham in October and return in 2018 and 2020,

He has written to Home Secretary Amber Rudd to ask for a discussion about a "fairer arrangement".

The Home Office said the funding had been reviewed as "fairer" than before. The ICC in Birmingham previously hosted the Conservative Party conference in 2014.

Image source, Marketing Birmingham/ICC

Alex Homer
BBC Local Live

Here are the top stories on Friday:

- West Midlands Police is facing a bill of £1.5m for three Tory party conferences because it has been asked to cover planning costs

- The force has meanwhile been given more time to question three terror suspects arrested in Birmingham

- A fire that tore through the thatched roof of a Black Country restaurant was an accident, firefighters say

BBC Travel

A lane is blocked on the exit slip road of J10 of the M6 northbound at Wolverhampton because of a breakdown, drivers are warned.

A fire that ripped through the roof of a site where The Beatles once played was an accident, investigators say.

Alex Homer
BBC Local Live

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A police force is facing a £1.5m bill to plan safety operations for the next three Conservative Party conferences, its crime commissioner says.

Police are given more time to question five men arrested in Birmingham and Stoke on suspicion of terror-related offences.

Middlesex build on their first-innings lead at Edgbaston after Ian Westwood's run-out triggers a Warwickshire collapse.

A family have had their home completely transformed by volunteers after news spread that their three-year-old daughter had an aggressive form of cancer.

A shopper with sore feet calls an ambulance to give her a lift two miles home.

That's it from us on Thursday.

Join us again from 08:00 on Friday for more news, sport, travel and weather updates.

You can check here for breaking news before then.

Have a great evening from everyone in the newsroom.

Nick Owen
Presenter, BBC Midlands Today

An international arrest warrant has been issued for the business partner of a Wolverhampton hotelier who disappeared in India last year.  

More on this story and others on Midlands Today on BBC One at 18:30.

Tom Turrell
BBC Midlands Today

A house in Birmingham has been completely transformed for a family whose daughter has an aggressive form of cancer.

Just like in the TV programme DIY SOS, members of the community came together to overhaul Emily Cassidy's Stechford home.

They did it while three-year-old Emily was in the USA having treatment.

West Midlands Fire Service says, external the fire that gutted a Black Country restaurant was "started accidentally by an electrical fault in a refrigeration unit".

At its height, 100 firefighters tackled the blaze at Hickory's Smokehouse restaurant in Wall Heath, Dudley - a Grade II listed former nightclub.  

Image source, West Midlands Fire Service

Part of the University of Birmingham and the city's airport will turn gold this month as part of a campaign to raise awareness of childhood cancers. 

Nearly 200 landmarks around the world - including the Taj Mahal in India - will be lit up.

It has been organised by Jennifer Kelly who's daughter Grace died just three weeks after being diagnosed with the illness. 

Her family have already raised just under £100,000 for the charity set up in her name.

Shefali Oza
BBC Midlands Today

It's been a sunny start to September.

As we head into this evening and overnight we see cloud rolling in and a few outbreaks of rain.

Lows of 14C (57F).

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BBC Travel

One lane is blocked and there is slow traffic on the M6 southbound between J7 for Great Barr and J6 for the A38(M) Aston Expressway because of a crash, drivers are warned.

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