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. Good morning from Local Live for Birmingham and the Black Countrypublished at 08:00 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2017

    Monica Rimmer
    Journalist, BBC Online

    I'll be bringing you the latest news, sport, travel and weather updates on Wednesday.

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  2. Drivers face M5 closures over 18 monthspublished at 07:50 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2017

    Motorists face 30mph speed limits and closed lanes when work to repair the Oldbury viaduct begins.

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  3. Forest sign McCormack and Cloughpublished at 00:22 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2017

    Nottingham Forest sign Bolton forward striker Zach Clough for about £2.5m and Aston Villa's Ross McCormack on loan.

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  4. Hogan completes £12m move to Villapublished at 23:44 Greenwich Mean Time 31 January 2017

    Aston Villa sign striker Scott Hogan from Championship rivals Brentford for a fee that could reach £12m.

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  5. West Brom sign Cherries' Wilson on loanpublished at 23:39 Greenwich Mean Time 31 January 2017

    West Brom sign Bournemouth's Marc Wilson on loan until the end of the season, with the defender leaving the Cherries for personal reasons.

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  6. Bristol City sign Taylor and Cotterillpublished at 23:38 Greenwich Mean Time 31 January 2017

    Bristol City sign Matty Taylor from rivals Bristol Rovers for an undisclosed fee and Birmingham's David Cotterill on loan.

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  7. Birmingham bring in Sinclair and Bielikpublished at 23:17 Greenwich Mean Time 31 January 2017

    Birmingham sign Watford striker Jerome Sinclair and Arsenal defender Krystian Bielik on loan for the rest of the season.

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  8. Karanka 'proud' of Middlesbrough attitudepublished at 22:49 Greenwich Mean Time 31 January 2017

    Middlesbrough manager Aitor Karanka says he is "proud" of the commitment his side showed in their 1-1 draw at home to West Brom.

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  9. Middlesbrough 1-1 West Bromwich Albionpublished at 22:46 Greenwich Mean Time 31 January 2017

    Middlesbrough come back from a goal down but are ultimately left frustrated as West Brom claim a point at the Riverside Stadium.

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  10. Wolves sign Blackburn's Marshallpublished at 22:45 Greenwich Mean Time 31 January 2017

    Wolves sign midfielder Ben Marshall from fellow Championship club Blackburn Rovers for an undisclosed fee.

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  11. Pulis questions Boro penalty decisionpublished at 22:40 Greenwich Mean Time 31 January 2017

    West Brom boss Tony Pulis believes Middlesbrough should not have been awarded the penalty from which Alvaro Negredo earned a 1-1 draw.

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  12. Bury sign Beadling and Deslandespublished at 22:36 Greenwich Mean Time 31 January 2017

    Bury sign Sunderland defender Tom Beadling and Wolves defender Sylvain Deslandes on loan until the end of the season.

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  13. Pompey sign Doyle and Simpson on loanpublished at 22:19 Greenwich Mean Time 31 January 2017

    Portsmouth sign Preston striker Eoin Doyle and Wolves defender Aaron Simpson on loan until the end of the season.

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  14. Birmingham City 0-1 Readingpublished at 22:01 Greenwich Mean Time 31 January 2017

    Reading dig deep to beat an out-of-sorts Birmingham and move to within three points of the automatic promotion places.

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  15. Barnsley 1-3 Wolverhampton Wandererspublished at 22:00 Greenwich Mean Time 31 January 2017

    Wolves follow up their FA Cup heroics at Liverpool with an eventful Championship victory at 10-man Barnsley.

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  16. Brentford 3-0 Aston Villapublished at 21:43 Greenwich Mean Time 31 January 2017

    Brentford cruised to victory over Aston Villa to shrug off the likely loss of striker Scott Hogan to their rivals.

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  17. Swans clinch Ayew-Taylor Villa swappublished at 21:42 Greenwich Mean Time 31 January 2017

    Aston Villa's Jordan Ayew joins Swansea City for fee around £5 million with Wales defender Neil Taylor going the other way.

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  18. Wyke among four Bradford signingspublished at 21:08 Greenwich Mean Time 31 January 2017

    Bradford sign Carlisle striker Charlie Wyke and Huddersfield defender Jacob Hanson as well as two players on loan.

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  19. School back in special measurespublished at 20:16 Greenwich Mean Time 31 January 2017

    Ofsted inspectors rate a previously outstanding school "inadequate" in five key areas.

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