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
The British Conservative MP Nusrat Ghani wants to see an end to the phrase "honour killing", used to describe murder carried out by family members who feel betrayed and ashamed by a woman relative. She explains why.
Photo: Nusrat Ghani Credit: Nusrat Ghani
That's the end of our updates on Monday's news, sport, travel and weather.
Join us again for the latest from 08:00 on Tuesday and keep an eye out here in the meantime for breaking news.
Mary Rhodes
Presenter, BBC Midlands Today
The BBC has learned Aston Villa Football Club sacked a scout accused of sexually abusing boys in 1988 - but did not go to police.
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering his wife, who was found in the same car as him outside a supermarket in the early hours of Monday.
Gig venues are being urged to take action over the regular sexual harassment of teenagers.
And we look back at an historic win for Wolves at Anfield in the FA Cup.
These stories and more on the Midlands Today on BBC One at 18:30.
Ibrahim Ismail was found with wounds to his chest and back outside the shisha lounge in December.
Read MoreChampionship side Wolves sign their on-loan winger Helder Costa for a club record fee of £13m from Benfica.
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Birmingham City are trying to agree a loan deal for Watford forward Jerome Sinclair.
The 20-year-old cost £4m from Liverpool last summer, but has started only one Premier League game for Watford.
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Alex Homer
BBC Local Live
In case you are just catching up on Monday's headlines, here is what we have been covering over the past few hours:
- A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering his wife, who was found with him in a car on a supermarket car park
- A 10th person has been arrested in connection with a fatal street stabbing, police say, external
- A Walsall statue is said to look more like the "Jolly Green Giant" than the saint it should depict because it's covered in moss
Rob Mayor
Black Country Political Reporter, BBC WM
The Liberal Democrats' candidate to become the first elected Mayor of the West Midlands says she doesn’t think people voting to leave the EU in this region "thought through all the implications of a very complex set of factors".
Launching her campaign, Beverley Nielsen put keeping access to the EU single market a core part of her strategy, arguing that jobs in the region depended on it. Voters in the council areas which will elect the Mayor returned a majority to leave in the EU referendum in July.
Ms Nielson also announced a £1bn "human goldmine" fund to help young people into work with measures like free bus travel for the under-25s and a regularly-published scorecard on her performance if elected in May.
Andrew Street is running for the Conservatives, Sion Simon is the Labour candidate, James Burn is running on a Green party ticket and Pete Durnell represents the UKIP bid.
A 10th person has been arrested in connection with a fatal street stabbing, police say, external.
Ibrahim Ismail was found dead outside Raxo Shisha lounge in Moseley Street, Highgate, Birmingham, at about 03:30 on 17 December last year. He was 23.
On 18 January, six men and a woman were arrested on suspicion of being involved in disorder that led to the killing.
It followed the arrest of men aged 23 and 24 earlier this month. All nine have been bailed.
The tenth suspect is a 24-year-old man, arrested at an address in Handsworth earlier.
Championship side Wolves will be without winger Ivan Cavaleiro for "a few weeks" after he suffered a knee injury.
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There are delays on London Midland and Virgin Trains West Coast services this afternoon at Lichfield Trent Valley, due to a signalling problem.
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Wolves are attempting to turn Helder Costa's loan from Benfica into a club record £13m permanent deal.
It comes after Costa set up Andreas Weimann's winner at Anfield in the 1-2 FA Cup win over Liverpool on Saturday.
Image source, Getty ImagesDavid Sillito
Media correspondent
A National Geographic explorer passed through Wolverhampton, Dudley and ended up in Birmingham as he electronically measured his changing mood around the UK.
Image source, DANIEL RAVEN-ELLISONWearing an EEG monitor strapped to his head, Daniel Raven-Ellison collected millions of snapshots of the activity in his brain as he crossed 69 cities over seven months in the UK from June last year.
Its software provided metrics on how stressed, relaxed, excited, focused, interested and engaged he was during his walks.
He said he loved "Dudley with its hills and great views".
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering his wife after a woman's body was found in a car on a Lidl car park.
The couple were reported missing before police traced a vehicle to the store in Mackadown Lane, Tile Cross, Birmingham, at about 04:45 GMT.
They discovered a man and a woman inside. The woman was confirmed dead at the scene and the 42-year-old man was arrested, police said.
Rob Gurney
BBC WM Sport
West Bromwich Albion boss Tony Pulis has ruled out moves for Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic and Bournemouth striker Callum Wilson - two players with whom the club had been linked in the press.
Pulis said be believed the link with the Baggies and Ivanovic had gathered credence as he was spotted by TV cameras sitting in the stands to watch the FA Cup game between the Blues and Brentford on Saturday.
He was however there to see some of Chelsea's younger players, including forward Ruben Loftus-Cheek, defender Kurt Zouma and others at Brentford that "had been mentioned", Pulis said.
He also confirmed he had phoned Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe to check whether Wilson was available but was told "no chance". He said he expected any further business by the Baggies in this window to be in the form of loan deals.
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Dan Evans is the new British men's number two after his run to the fourth round at the Australian Open.
The 26-year-old from Hall Green has reached a career high 45 in the latest rankings released this morning.
Image source, Getty ImagesA Darlaston statue is so neglected it looks "more like the Jolly Green Giant than a heroic emblem of our nation", a councillor claims.
Image source, Doug JamesThe Saint George statue is on the edge of The Green - an "apt" location Doug James says, also likening the statue, which has become covered in moss, to something from "a fancy dress monster party".
Mr James said "perhaps uncertainty" over who was responsible for its upkeep may have led to neglect.
He said he would be approaching the parish church, St Lawrence Church, and the Arts Council, to see what could be done to improve the situation.
A man who was inside the vehicle has been arrested on suspicion of murdering his wife.
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Giles Latcham
BBC Midlands Today
The BBC has learned Aston Villa Football Club sacked a scout accused of sexually abusing boys in 1988 but did not go to the police.
Ted Langford later admitted offences against children.
We will have more on this story and others on the Midlands Today on BBC One at 13:30.