Summary

  • Engines 'worth £3m' stolen in JLR heist

  • Teenagers sentenced over taxi stone attack

  • Lettuce shortage the tip of the iceberg

  • 'Dr Evil' in court over 'removed ear'

  • Berahino 'served eight-week suspension' before leaving WBA

  • Lorry stuck in central Birmingham for second time this week

  • Man jailed for 14 years for sex assault on baby

  • Updates from Friday 3 February 2017

  1. Passenger, 74, dies in car crashpublished at 16:56 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2017

    A driver is arrested and bailed over a crash which killed a woman and injured her husband.

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  2. Driver killed in motorway crashpublished at 13:06 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2017

    Part of the M6 was closed to deal with the fatal crash in Warwickshire.

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  3. Man shot in leg at city centre nightclubpublished at 11:37 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2017

    The shooting victim, aged 30, is said to be in a stable condition in hospital.

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  4. Black Sabbath bow out with final gigpublished at 10:17 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2017

    The heavy metal pioneers' last concert in a 49-year career was in their home city of Birmingham.

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  5. Why I had to go to Black Sabbath gigpublished at 09:23 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2017

    The band credited with inventing heavy metal music has played its last concert.

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  6. Hughes 'disappointed' at Berahino leakpublished at 23:05 Greenwich Mean Time 4 February 2017

    Stoke City boss Mark Hughes says he is disappointed news of striker Saido Berahino's two-month ban was made public.

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  7. West Bromwich Albion 1-0 Stoke Citypublished at 20:35 Greenwich Mean Time 4 February 2017

    West Brom beat Stoke thanks to James Morrison's goal, but ex-Baggies striker Saido Berahino is booed against his former club.

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  8. First win eases the doubt - Zolapublished at 20:35 Greenwich Mean Time 4 February 2017

    Birmingham City manager Gianfranco Zola tells BBC WM that his first win as boss eases the doubts over what he is trying to achieve.

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  9. Relief for Zola & handshakes all roundpublished at 20:30 Greenwich Mean Time 4 February 2017

    Gianfranco Zola's first win at Birmingham and Yeovil's personal touch are among five EFL stories you may have missed.

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  10. Nottingham Forest 2-1 Aston Villapublished at 19:42 Greenwich Mean Time 4 February 2017

    Teenage striker Ben Brereton's late goal earned Nottingham Forest a hard-fought win over 10-man Aston Villa.

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  11. Walsall 2-1 Northampton Townpublished at 18:47 Greenwich Mean Time 4 February 2017

    Marc Richards skies a stoppage-time penalty as Northampton's recent woes on the road continue with a defeat at Walsall.

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  12. Pulis has 'no problem' with Hughespublished at 18:18 Greenwich Mean Time 4 February 2017

    West Brom manager Tony Pulis says he has "no problems" with Mark Hughes after the pair failed to shake hands at end of the Baggies' 1-0 win against Stoke.

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  13. NFL Show's Osi tackles keepy-uppy challengepublished at 18:09 Greenwich Mean Time 4 February 2017

    #PeoplesCup

    There's quite a big football game this weekend on the other side of the pond in the American version of the game.

    But how would a former NFL star get on with the FA People's Cup keepy-uppy challenge?

    Media caption,

    FA People's Cup: Osi Umenyiora's hilarious keepy-uppy challenge

    Entries to the 2017 FA People's Cup are now open (but there's not that long left) and you can find out how to get involved here.

  14. 'Poor first-half' frustrates Hughespublished at 17:53 Greenwich Mean Time 4 February 2017

    Stoke manager Mark Hughes is frustrated by a "poor first-half" in his side's 1-0 Premier League defeat by West Brom at The Hawthorns.

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  15. Birmingham City 1-0 Fulhampublished at 17:34 Greenwich Mean Time 4 February 2017

    Lukas Jutkiewicz's goal against 10-man Fulham ends a 10-game winless run since Gianfranco Zola became Birmingham boss.

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  16. Burton Albion 2-1 Wolverhampton Wandererspublished at 17:11 Greenwich Mean Time 4 February 2017

    Cauley Woodrow scores an injury-time winner as Burton Albion fight back from a goal down to beat Wolves.

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  17. 'Not good enough'published at 17:09 Greenwich Mean Time 4 February 2017

    West Brom 1-0 Stoke City

    Stoke City

    Stoke City's Erik Pieters: "We started really sloppy and tried to get the equaliser. I myself had a really good chance but overall it wasn't good enough.

    "Crouch is good in the air but it doesn't mean we have to play long ball all the time. 

    "They created a few more chances in the first half and we were lucky it was only 1-0, but it just wasn't good enough."

  18. 'We had to dig deep'published at 17:04 Greenwich Mean Time 4 February 2017

    West Brom 1-0 Stoke

    West Bromwich Albion

    West Brom goalscorer James Morrison: "We had to dig deep against a Stoke side who have players that can hurt you. We said at half-time to take our chances.

    "We're delighted with the three points, we've got a good bunch of lads here and dig deep for each other. That was a good result because Stoke are on our heels and now we've gained a bit of breathing space."

  19. Berahino on bench for Stokepublished at 14:33 Greenwich Mean Time 4 February 2017

    West Brom v Stoke (15:00 BST)

    Jake Livermore makes his full debut for West Brom after joining them from Hull for £10m. He's the only change to Tony Pulis' side, with captain Darren Fletcher making his 300th Premier League appearance.

    West Brom: Foster, Nyom, Dawson, McAuley, Brunt, Fletcher, Livermore, Chadli, Morrison, Phillips, Rondon.

    .Image source, BBC Sport

    Stoke are unchanged, giving Saido Berahino some more time to get used to the Hawthorns' away dressing room. The former West Brom striker, who switched to Stoke for £12m in January, is on the bench.

    Stoke: Grant, Bardsley, Shawcross, Martins Indi, Pieters, Whelan, Adam, Afellay, Allen, Arnautovic, Crouch.

    .Image source, BBC Sport
  20. Hunt for missing m-way crash driverpublished at 14:31 Greenwich Mean Time 4 February 2017

    Concerns grow for a driver not seen by his family since crashing through an M6 barrier three weeks ago.

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