West Brom score three first-half goals as they sweep aside a Burnley team that is struggling away from home this season.

Colin Calderwood's move to Aston Villa as assistant manager from Brighton is confirmed by the West Midlands club.

Fast cars and girls were of equal importance to football in the early career of Dalian Atkinson.

West Brom striker Saido Berahino says he is positive about his prospects despite being sent back to a French conditioning camp.

Wolves boss Paul Lambert gets the same adrenaline rush from football, even if it is "still heart-attack material".

Paul Lambert speaks to BBC WM after his first game in charge at Wolves ends in a 0-0 draw at Preston.

The funeral is held of former Aston Villa footballer Dalian Atkinson, who died after being shot with a Taser.

Paul Lambert starts his reign as Wolves boss with a goalless draw against Preston at Deepdale.

Che Adams scores a late winner as Birmingham City beat Bristol City to move into the Championship's top six.

Rail firm Southern apologises after crowds of football fans were left "stranded" by cancelled trains after a match.

Brighton & Hove Albion boss Chris Hughton confirms to BBC Sussex that assistant manager Colin Calderwood will leave the club to join Aston Villa.

A teenager is with attempted murder after several men were hit by a car which then careered into a house.

Glenn Murray's 10th goal this season helps Brighton draw with Villa to stretch their unbeaten league run to 11 games.

More time is granted to question a man held on suspicion of terrorism offences.

That's it for live updates today. 

We'll be back from 08:00 on Monday with the latest news, sport, travel and weather updates for Birmingham and the Black Country.

One of the men wrongly convicted for the Birmingham pub bombings in 1974 is having his life story depicted in a play.

Paddy Hill, who as one of the Birmingham Six spent 16 years in prison, said he was fascinated by the production called "I confess", which is being worked on at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow.

The title is intended as black humour because Mr Hill has always protested his innocence.

The Birmingham Six were were freed by the Court of Appeal in 1991 after their convictions were ruled unsafe.

Inquests into the 21 people who died are due to resume next year.

An exhibition about how the Battle of the Somme influenced J.R.R Tolkien’s novels has opened at Lichfield Library today.

It is one of a number of events taking place to mark 100 years since the battle, which saw 146,000 soldiers killed and more than 200,000 injured. 

Tolkien served in the Great War and was evacuated to Great Haywood after three months on the Somme’s front lines.  

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Sophie Calvert
Newsreader, BBC WM

The latest headlines for Birmingham and the Black Country include:

- A man who died when he was hit by a lorry in West Bromwich yesterday morning has been named

- A boy, 11, suffered a serious leg injury after being hit by a lorry this morning, West Midlands Ambulance Service says

- A man who killed his friend with a rock following an argument over stolen money has been jailed for life

What's in store for us later?

The family of a former footballer who died after being shot with a Taser by police said his death has caused "agony and frustration". 

Dalian Atkinson, who played for Aston Villa, died aged 48 in August following the incident in Telford, Shropshire. 

His funeral will be held on Saturday.

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The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is investigating and two West Mercia police officers are under criminal investigation.