Nick Owen
Presenter, BBC Midlands Today

Survivors of Hillsborough say they are hopeful prosecutions will be brought against West Midlands Police officers who investigated the 1989 disaster. 

We look back at a funeral service to remember Rachael Heyhoe Flint, remembered by Wolverhampton as 'our Rachael'.

And a heartbroken bride has appealed to burglars for the return of stolen memory cards and computer equipment which contained her wedding photographs. 

More on these stories and others in the Midlands Today on BBC One at 18:30.

Louise Hancock
Newsreader, BBC WM

Former Birmingham City and West Bromwich Albion striker Geoff Horsfield has swapped football strips for overalls.

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He's now working as a maintenance man for his own foundation which helps find homes for vulnerable adults and homeless people. 

He told us he was "just trying to do his bit to help". 

Bob Hockenhull
BBC Midlands Today

A campaign has been launched to stop 200 houses being built opposite a listed windmill near Solihull. 

Berkswell Windmill is nearly 200 years old. It's believed to be one of the most complete buildings of its kind in the country. 

Protesters say they will fight Solihull Metropolitan council's housing masterplan for the borough, which has earmarked that land for homes in the future, all the way to the High Court if necessary. 

Shefali Oza
BBC Midlands Today

After a mainly cloudy day with the odd shower around, here's how tonight and tomorrow are looking - be prepared for cold weather.

You can also find latest forecasts for your area on the BBC Weather website.

Alice Rosenthal
BBC WM

Concrete bollards are going to be put in at Birmingham's Cocks Moors Woods leisure centre to stop travellers moving in to the car park in future.

Around 40 caravans are on the car park at the moment, and have been given until one minute before midnight tomorrow night to leave. They entered the site over a grass verge.

Birmingham Leisure, which runs the centre in Kings Heath, says it does have height restriction barriers in place, but has now ordered concrete bollards too.

As the crowds make their way away from this afternoon's service remembering the late Rachael Heyhoe Flint, we will return to our usual Local Live service.

BBC WM Sport

Rachael Heyhoe Flint is being remembered by Wolverhampton this afternoon but had already become part of the city's furniture - this image of her is in a mural at the city's railway station.  

John Bray
BBC Midlands Today

Richard Skirrow, secretary at Wolves, said at the service: "Our Rachael was a warm and wonderful person - an uplifting presence. 

"You would never be brought down by a meeting or conversation with Rachael."

Judith Chalmers said: "We admired and loved her."

Angela Rippon has paid tribute, highlighting Rachael Heyhoe Flint's "genuine lifelong love and passionate support for this team [Wolves]."

She said: "She quite deliberately stole all of our hearts. She was a superstar in sport.

"She created a veritable tapestry of love and respect and I don't think anyone will ever forget her."

Alex Homer
BBC Local Live

We shared a video earlier on the BBC Midlands Today Facebook page, external, documenting the key moments in her life.

Here are some of the lovely tributes that have been left. 

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Image source, Facebook

John Bray
BBC Midlands Today

The Reverend David Wright has told this afternoon's funeral service: "Rachael's death is a painful loss and it leaves a gap that no-one else could ever fill. Rachael was unique - one of a kind.

"She has made a contribution that no-one else could have made because, you don't need me to say, she was unique."

"She told me 'I want a funeral like Sir Jack's but it can't be as grand because I'm not as grand'."

Rachael Heyhoe Flint received freedom of the city of Wolverhampton in 2010.

This is the scroll she was presented with on the day. 

I think it's fair to say she was very pleased to be presented with the honour. 

Wolverhampton Wanderers have joined the many people paying their respects to the late Rachael, who did so many things for the club. 

Rachael Heyhoe Flint had a glittering career on and off the field. 

She also paved the way for many other women, breaking down barriers, and became the first woman to achieve a number of things

• The first female sports presenter, in 1973 on ITV's World of Sport
• One of the first 10 women to became a member of the Marylebone Cricket Club (Lord's)
• Hit the first six in a women's Test match in 1963  

• Helped substantially in the campaign to hold the first Women's World Cup  
• Captained the first England women's team to play at Lord's 
• The first woman to be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame

The president of Marylebone Cricket Club, which remains the guardian of the laws and spirit of the game, Matthew Fleming has said Rachael Heyhoe Flint was the "first global superstar in the women’s game and her overall contribution to MCC, cricket and sport in general was immense".

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"Her impact on MCC, be it through events on the field or in the committee room, was immeasurable and her enthusiasm, wisdom and gentleness of character will be missed by everyone with whom she came into contact. We all loved her.”

The funeral cortege earlier made reference to how Rachael Heyhoe Flint was Wolves through and through.

People lined the streets and applauded as the limousines passed by Molineux en route to the church.

Cricinfo's Martin Williamson said, external as a batsman Rachael Heyhoe Flint was one of the best, capable of cavalier aggression or determined defence. 

She took over the England captaincy in 1966 and remained unbeaten in six series. 

In 1976, aged 37, she batted for 521 minutes in making 179 against Australia at The Oval, and in doing so earned England a series draw. 

When she retired she held the Test record for runs scored. 

In Test matches she averaged 45.54 and in One Day Internationals 58.45. 

Express and Star

Hundreds of people lined the streets of Wolverhampton to bid farewell, external to former England women's cricket captain and Wolves vice-president Rachael Heyhoe Flint. 

Rachael had first contacted former Wolves owner Sir Jack Hayward in 1970, when she asked him to sponsor the England ladies cricket team. 

He agreed and a long-lasting friendship was formed.

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It was after Sir Jack took over the club in 1990 that Rachael became involved in the club’s public relations department and from 1997 to 2003 she served as a director of the club at his request, later being made a vice president.

Wolves Managing Director Laurie Dalrymple said:  “Rachael’s contribution to the world of sport, the local community and, in later years, politics cannot be measured and neither can her seemingly never-ending kindness and generosity of spirit. 

“Her best friend Sir Jack helped ensure that Wolverhampton Wanderers were able to benefit from her boundless energy, enthusiasm and unquenchable desire to improve people’s lives."

Ian Winter
BBC Midlands Today Sport

"She was a small lady but she had a big heart."

Wolves' record goalscorer Steve Bull said he knew Rachael Heyhoe Flint for 30 years and remembered her with fondness.

Don Goodman said Rachael Heyhoe Flint made sure he and his young family were looked after when they first moved to Wolverhampton.

"She was so genuine, she would do anything for everybody and I think that's why so many people all over the place respect her so much," Goodman said.