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Footballing great Duncan Edwards is to have a blue plaque unveiled in his honour at a Dudley park where the Manchester United star played football as a child.

Edwards, who lived on the town's Priory estate, signed for United as a teenager. The 21-year-old died along with other United team members in the 1958 Munich air disaster.

In addition to United, the plaque has been funded by donations from local residents, Wolverhampton Wanderers and West Bromwich Albion, Dudley North MP Ian Austin said.  

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The plaque will be unveiled on 1 October by another famous Dudley son, England manager Sam Allardyce, who says he is honoured to commemorate "one of English football’s greatest ever players".

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A Good Samaritan “gentleman” hugged and comforted a woman who crashed her car - then promptly drove off in it. , external

A £5,000 reward is being offered for information about the whereabouts of a man wanted in connection with the death of a Birmingham teenager in a drive-by shooting.

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Kenichi Phillips was shot as he sat in the back of a car in Ladywood on 17 March.

Detectives want to speak to 36-year-old Isaiah Wright-Young and are urging anyone with information about his whereabouts to contact Crimestoppers.

He is described as a "key suspect".

Wolves captain Danny Batth signs a new four-year contract with the Championship club.

A police custody sergeant says he "went nuclear" and hit a detainee 12 times in the head and face to ensure his own safety, a court has heard.

Jason Hayles, 44, of West Midlands Police, denies assaulting Clinton Copeland causing him actual bodily harm at Stechford police station, Birmingham, on 25 February last year.

The officer said he could tell "instantly" the robbery suspect was going to be physically aggressive and the court heard Mr Copeland, 30, lunged at him and colleagues in a dispute over a phone call.

Mr Hayles began grappling him, describing it as "almost like trying to ride on the back of a crocodile". 

He told Birmingham Crown Court: "I went nuclear right at the start because I believed it was the only option and the right thing to do."

The trial continues.

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West Brom boss Tony Pulis says that it "couldn't be scripted better" as he prepares to play Stoke in his 1,000th game as a manager.

Birmingham is going to host a 15,000 capacity,100-mile cycling race next September that will take in parts of Worcestershire and Herefordshire.

Riders will head off from the city centre, along closed-off roads, into the nearby counties, before returning to the city as part of Velo Birmingham, external.

Organisers say they expect demand to be "huge". 

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Joining political editor Patrick Burns this Sunday will be the Conservative MP for Halesowen & Rowley Regis James Morris and UKIP MEP for the West Midlands Jill Seymour.  

James Bovill will be live with guests at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool with reaction from politicians across the West Midlands to the leadership election race. Where does Labour go from here? 

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UKIP is opposed to regional devolution and elected mayors and is also against the HS2 high speed rail project. So what is UKIP’s vision for the future of the West Midlands? Patrick meets new party leader Diane James to find out.  

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"He was a black guy in England with Brazilian skills," says Cyrille Regis of former West Bromwich Albion teammate Laurie Cunningham, who has been commemorated with a blue plaque.

Regis played for Albion with Cunningham - among the first black footballers to play for England - in the late 1970s and were dubbed, along with Brendon Batson, the Three Degrees. They are credited with inspiring a generation of black footballers.

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Regis said "everyone could see he was special" and described his play as "balletic, beautiful and graceful".

The plaque was unveiled at Cunningham's childhood home in Stroud Green, north London.  

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In speedway, Wolverhampton have a 12-point deficit to overcome in the second leg of their Elite League play-off semi final against Poole next Monday. 

Last night, Wolves fought hard after a bad start in the first leg in Dorset, but lost 51-39.

A former fell running champion who today has admitted stabbing three athletics officials at Birmingham's Alexander Stadium will be sentenced in November.

Lauren Jeska, 42, appeared at Birmingham Crown Court via video link.

Judge Philip Parker QC was told Jeska, of Powys, had been the subject of psychiatric assessment but further reports would be necessary before sentencing.

She was remanded in custody.

Staff who intervened when their colleague was stabbed at offices in a stadium helped to save the victim's life, employer UK Athletics has said.

Former champion runner Lauren Jeska, 42, struck at Alexander Stadium, Birmingham, in March, stabbing Ralph Knibbs, 51, several times. She today admitted in court his attempted murder.

UK Athletics says it "brings to a close a difficult period for our colleagues" and has thanked staff "who worked calmly and yet with urgency to apply what was life-saving first aid to Mr Knibbs".

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Two of his colleagues were hurt when they intervened in the attack. Jeska - who will be sentenced in November - admitted assaulting them, causing actual bodily harm.   

A runner who tried to stab to death an athletics official drove from her home in Wales to a Birmingham stadium "armed with a number of knives," the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said.

In March, Lauren Jeska, 42, entered the workplace of Ralph Knibbs at Alexander Stadium and asked to speak to him. When requested to wait in reception, she walked into an open plan office and attacked, stabbing the 51-year-old several times. This morning she admitted in court his attempted murder.

Sean Kyne, District Crown Prosecutor from West Midlands CPS, said Jeska had a disagreement with officials that escalated and "rather than resolve the matter through the appropriate channels, she armed herself with a number of knives, drove from her home in Wales to Birmingham and launched a premeditated and savage attack on the victim". 

Two of Mr Knibbs' UK Athletics colleagues, Kevan Taylor and Tim Begley, were hurt when they intervened. She admitted assaulting them, occasioning actual bodily harm, and two counts of possessing a knife.   

Seven men are arrested over a burglary at a jewellery store in which £400,000 worth of watches were stolen.

Laurie Cunningham, West Bromwich Albion star and one of the first black footballers to play for England, has been honoured with a blue plaque at his childhood home.

Cunningham was with the Baggies for three years in the 1970s, under the helm of Ron Atkinson, when the club became one of the most exciting teams in the top division.  

He then went on to be the first British footballer to play for Real Madrid. He died in a car crash in Spain in 1989.

The plaque was unveiled in Stroud Green, north London.

Clare Balding walks on Cannock Chase with Tara Bariana who recalls his extraordinary walk home to India.

Tara Bariana was born in Punjab, and at the age of 13 came to the UK with his mother. His father and older brother had arrived four years earlier, in 1958.

In 1995 Tara decided he needed an adventure and made the decision to walk from the Midlands - where he'd grown up, married and settled - back to his home village in India.

He walked to Southampton where he caught the ferry to Cherbourg. There he realised he didn't speak any French, he couldn't even say 'bonjour'... but, despite being hit by the reality of what he'd decided to do, he couldn't turn back.

Nineteen months later, of almost non-stop walking, he arrived in his home village but instead of returning home, remembers thinking 'is that it?', and stayed in India for a further 18 months.

On this walk, around Cannock Chase in Staffordshire, Tara is accompanied by his son, Clive, Clive's wife, Jodie, and their two children.

Producer: Karen Gregor.

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BBC WM

Warwickshire have strengthened their position on the third morning of their relegation decider against Lancashire at Edgbaston.

Jonathan Trott (42) and Ian Westwood (34) have helped them to 110 for three in their second innings, taking them into a lead of 177 runs in bowler-friendly conditions.

With Hampshire still strongly placed in their game against Durham in Southampton, the Bears have to assume they will need to beat Lancashire to remain in Division One next season.