Relive the action from Saturday's EFL matches as Newcastle return to the top of the Championship and Barnsley beat Leeds.

Elizabeth Glinka
BBC Midlands Today

NHS prescription drugs are being wasted on an "industrial scale", according to health officials in the West Midlands. 

England's cricketers are wearing black armbands during their One Day international in India to honour Baroness Rachael Heyhoe Flint OBE who died yesterday.

And we review last night's FA Cup action.

Join me on BBC One at 13:30 for the Midlands Today.

BBC Sport

Matt Ritchie's double helped Newcastle ease into the FA Cup fourth round with victory over Birmingham City as Blues failed to emulate their 5-1 victory over the same opponents a decade earlier to the day.

Wolverhampton Wanderers meanwhile learnt they would face Liverpool at Anfield on 28 January in the next round as the Reds saw off League Two Plymouth Argyle.

Bob Hockenhull
BBC Midlands Today

Three West Midlands Police officers will stand trial later this year charged with perverting the course of justice and perjury in connection with the death of a man who had been under restraint.

Image source, Burrell family

Paul Adey, aged 36, 45-year-old Mark Fannon and 50-year-old Paul Greenfield were charged last year over evidence they gave at the May 2015 inquest into the death of 29-year-old father-of-three Kingsley Burrell. 

Mr Burrell died after suffering a cardiac arrest in hospital in 2011 following his detention hours earlier by police under the Mental Health Act.

An inquest in 2015 found restraint had been a factor in his death. All three constables facing charges - which they deny - have been suspended by West Midlands Police.

BBC Sport

England's international cricketers are wearing black armbands today as a mark of respect for Baroness Rachael Heyhoe Flint OBE, who died yesterday aged 77.

Warwickshire's Chris Woakes has picked up four of the wickets to fall so far in the second One Day International of the series in Cuttack.

Follow the action here.

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Alex Homer
BBC Local Live

Here are the top stories on Thursday so far:

- Bomb squads were called to 14 Birmingham and Black Country schools in three months in the wake of government advice about a potentially hazardous chemical

- England's cricketers are wearing black armbands in tribute to Baroness Rachael Heyhoe Flint OBE who died yesterday

- GP appointments are being offered at two surgeries in Walsall on Saturdays in a bid to ease demand on A&E and Urgent Care Centres

Wolves sign Derby forward Andreas Weimann on loan from Championship rivals Derby County until the end of the season.

The history of a Birmingham housing estate is being documented in a new project inspired by the BBC TV series Who Do You Think You Are? 

The Heritage Lottery Funded scheme aims to create an archive for the Alum Rock estate and collect the stories of some of the people who've lived there.

Lisa Wright
Journalist, BBC News Online

Bomb disposal teams were called out to 14 schools in Birmingham and the Black Country in the wake of government advice about a potentially hazardous chemical.

A further four were visited in neighbouring Staffordshire.

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The warning about stocks of 2,4 dinitrophenylhydrazine (DNPH) sparked a flurry of calls to the Army, which carried out hundreds of explosions nationwide.

The Department for Education (DfE) said it worked with the Army to support schools with "necessary disposals".

The controlled explosions were carried out between 21 October and 21 December 2016 after schools were advised to check the chemical by the government advisory science service CLEAPSS (Consortium of Local Education Authorities for the Provision of Science Services).

They included Wolverhampton Girls School, Handsworth Grammar School, St Francis School in Aldridge and Broadway School in Perry Barr.

Louise Hancock
Newsreader, BBC WM

GP appointments are now available for patients in Walsall on Saturdays in a move to try to tackle the demands on A&E and Urgent Care Centres. 

Earlier this month, Walsall Manor hospital said it was coping with "unprecedented pressure". 

Rebecca Dickenson used the service on Saturday for her 18-month-old son Buddy who had a viral infection and conjunctivitis and needed some antibiotics.

She said: "If it wasn't available, I probably would have rung the 111 service but this was really useful as it was local."

Tributes are continuing to be paid to Baroness Rachael Heyhoe-Flint OBE, who's died after a short illness at the age of 77.

Image source, Wolverhampton Wanderers FC

As well as being vice president of Wolverhampton Wanderers she was a pioneer of women's sport, captaining the England cricket team for more than a decade. 

Former Wolves goalkeeper Matt Murray told us he was "in shock" and when he began at the club she was already so well-known there.

Express and Star

His boiled sweets had not changed in almost 200 years, external and, some would tease him, neither had his office.  

A man convicted of causing his girlfriend's death while on a Greek island is seeking a judicial review into an inquest's findings.

Chelsea Hyndman, 20, died on Crete in May 2010, with Luke Walker found guilty of inflicting grievous bodily harm leading to her death.

Her inquest heard of a "disagreement" in post-mortem test results, with one suggesting a fall may have killed her.

At Wakefield Coroner's Court, a narrative verdict was recorded.

Firefighters are working at the scene on Lower Rushall Street.

Lucy Martin
BBC Weather

We're looking at plenty more cloud but it should be mostly dry.

Highs of 7C (45F).

Find out more.

Alex Homer
BBC Local Live

We've got our usual mix of the latest news, sport, travel and weather on Thursday.

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Matt Ritchie's double helps Newcastle ease into the FA Cup fourth round with victory over fellow Championship side Birmingham at St James' Park.

Matt Ritchie's double helps Newcastle ease into the FA Cup fourth round with a 3-1 victory over fellow Championship side Birmingham at St James' Park.

West Brom criticise 'unclear' EFL Trophy rules after Andre Wright's loan move to Yeovil has to be called off.

A man convicted of causing his girlfriend's death in Crete is seeking a judicial review into an inquest's findings.