Driver faces jail over girl's road death
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Hijab row councillor steps down from cabinet
Man sentenced for coffee shop killing
Female boxer making history
Villa's Bacuna receives six-match ban
Updates from Friday 3 March 2017
A Wordsley pub landlady is celebrating after her disabled daughter's benefits were reinstated, external weeks after being told she would no longer receive financial support.
Parents say 75 girls were stopped from entering when their uniforms were inspected.
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Aston Villa will be forced to make at least one change for their home game against Bristol City in the Championship this evening.
Leandro Bacuna begins a three-match ban for bumping into an assistant referee during Saturday's 1-0 victory over Derby County .
Featherstone prison is rife with drugs and violence with prisoners locking themselves up for months on end to escape it all, it can today be revealed, external .
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Sir Philip Green has agreed a £363m cash settlement with the Pensions Regulator to plug the gap in the BHS pension scheme.
Workers will get the same starting pension that they were originally promised under the agreement.
It brings to a close a long-running negotiation over benefits for former workers of the collapsed retailer, which had outlets in Birmingham city centre, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Redditch, Sutton Coldfield, Coventry, Warwickshire, Hanley, Telford and the Merry Hill centre in Brierley Hill.
The regulator had launched enforcement action against Sir Philip and other former owners of BHS.
Michele Paduano
Health correspondent, BBC Midlands Today
Breast surgeon Ian Paterson failed to wait for a report which ultimately did not recommend surgery on a female before he went ahead and carried out out two "unnecessary" procedures" on her, jurors have been told.
Three of the 20 charges denied by Mr Paterson relate to GP Rosemary Platt, whom the court heard was referred to him in 1997 due to a lump in her right breast.
Then 47, Dr Platt went for a mammogram and had fluid removed, with the idea of further investigation being considered.
The court heard Paterson did not wait for a report by a specialist breast pathologist, which ultimately did not recommend any surgery, to carry out two procedures on Dr Platt.
Dr Platt later underwent a full mastectomy which "required blood transfusion and painful after effects" following concerns of lumpiness in her right breast, prosecutor Julian Christopher QC said.
"Mr Paterson systematically misinterpreted time and time again Dr Platt's pathology results, thereby raising her anxiety, so that it is not surprising that she was apparently presenting with new concerns about possible lumps leading to excessive clinical visits and ultrasound examinations, and consenting to what in fact was a traumatic series of unnecessary operations," Mr Christopher said.
The trial continues.
More than 75 girls were sent home from a Solihull school after staff said their trousers were too tight, external .
A pony left by travellers who were evicted from a Birmingham school's car park has been taken into an animal sanctuary.
Image source, Shenley AcademyAn abandonment notice will be displayed at Shenley Academy to allow the rightful owners of the pony to come forward if they wish, the Weoley Castle school said, external . Travellers were evicted on Monday .
If this is not the case the pony will be cared for by the sanctuary and rehomed.
The school thanked a resident who provided the academy with food for the pony whilst it was on the site.
The travellers said on Monday more sites should be available for them to park their caravans, but they have not commented on the animal left behind.
London Midland are warning of problems on their services.
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Nicola Beckford
Reporter, BBC Midlands Today
A breast surgeon who worked at hospitals around the Midlands has gone on trial accused of causing grievous bodily harm to patients. We report from Nottingham Crown Court.
And some inmates at a south Staffordshire jail have been choosing to stay in their cells 24 hours a day to escape the violence of other prisoners, according to a new report.
Join us for more on these stories and others on the Midlands Today from 13:30 on BBC One.
Families of Britons killed in a terror attack at a Tunisian beach resort will take civil action against a holiday firm, their legal representatives have said.
They had wanted a coroner to consider whether neglect by holiday firm TUI or the hotel owners was a factor in their relatives' deaths.
Judge Nicholas Loraine-Smith concluded they were " unlawfully killed " when a gunman opened fire at a hotel in Sousse in June 2015, claiming 38 lives in total.
He rejected a finding of neglect against holiday firm TUI and the hotel.
After the inquest concluded, Kylie Hutchinson who is representing 22 of the victims' families, however said they would begin civil proceedings against TUI.
Wolves report a pre-tax profit of £5.8m for 2015-16, their final season under former owner Steve Morgan.
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An unbeaten 47 runs from Warwickshire's Chris Woakes led England to a narrow two-wicket win over a President's XI in their final warm up game on tour in the West Indies yesterday.
The first of three one-day internationals will take place in Antigua on 3 March.
Image source, Getty ImagesProsecutor Julian Christopher QC has opened the case by setting out the allegations against breast surgeon Ian Paterson.
Image source, Trinity MirrorHe told jurors: "The 20 counts of wounding relate to individual operations which he told the patients were necessary, usually, but not always, on the basis that the patients had or were at risk of developing cancer.
"All of the operations the prosecution allege were in fact completely unnecessary.
He said: "Mr Paterson was carrying it out [the surgery], not because he thought it was in the best interests of the patient, but for his own perhaps obscure motives - whether to maintain his image as a busy successful surgeon in great demand and at the top of his game, whether to earn extra money by doing extra operations and follow up consultations... or because Mr Paterson enjoyed the responsibility that came with helping people."
Mr Paterson denies 20 charges of wounding with intent against nine women and one man. The trial, which is expected to last 10 weeks, continues.
Michele Paduano
Health correspondent, BBC Midlands Today
A breast surgeon has gone on trial accused of causing grievous bodily harm to his patients.
Ian Paterson, 59, is standing trial accused of 20 counts of wounding with intent against nine women and one man - all of which he denies.
It is alleged the procedures were carried out between 1997 and 2011.
Paterson, of Castle Mill Lane, Ashley, Altrincham, used to work for Heart of England NHS Trust, which runs Heartlands Hospital, and Spire Healthcare. The case at Nottingham Crown Court is due to last up to 10 weeks.
Tim Page
News Editor, BBC Shropshire
Around 100 Shropshire people have had their say so far on new parliamentary constituencies which could see Shropshire having to share one of its seats with Herefordshire.
Image source, Boundary Commission for EnglandThe Boundary Commission for England has published all the submissions so far on its website. , external
You've got until the end of March to take part in the consultation.
The police response to a terror attack at a Tunisian resort in which 30 Britons were killed was "at best shambolic and at worst cowardly", a coroner has concluded .
In all, 38 people were killed when an Islamist gunman opened fire at a hotel in Sousse on 26 June 2015.
Judge Nicholas Loraine-Smith said the gunman had been intent on killing as many tourists as he could.
He said he would rule that all 30 Britons were "unlawfully killed". Among the victims were Charles Patrick Evans, his son Adrian Evans, and grandson Joel Richards - along with former Birmingham City player Denis Thwaites, his wife Elaine and Sue Davey, from Tamworth, and her partner Scott Chalkley.
A missing 16-year-old girl from North Ayrshire is believed to have travelled to Birmingham to meet someone she was in contact with online.
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BBC Local Live
Two men have been arrested in the early hours of this morning over the theft of about £2m of rail track from across South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and the West Midlands.
Image source, BTPThe men, aged 50 and 54, were arrested in in Bessacarr, Doncaster, and are currently in custody.
Ten people were also arrested in November as part of the investigation, which has involved more than 100 British Transport Police officers.
BBC Midlands Today
A prison officer is recovering in hospital after being attacked by an inmate at HMP Oakwood near Wolverhampton.
Image source, PAG4S, which runs the jail, confirmed the officer suffered a fractured skull and a bleed on the brain after being punched while letting a prisoner out of his cell. Police are investigating the incident.
