Cleavage-sparing op left mum 'deformed'published at 17:30 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2017
A witness tells a jury she was led to believe the procedure would allow her to wear "pretty tops".
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Domestic abuser threw girlfriend down stairs
Former Wolves player 'most wanted' by police
Fly-tippers cost West Midlands councils millions of pounds
Bow ban for Shiz Tzus at Crufts
Updates from Friday 10 March 2017
Cleavage-sparing op left mum 'deformed'published at 17:30 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2017
Watch: Your 80-second weather forecastpublished at 17:14 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2017
Rebecca Wood
BBC Midlands TodayHere's a look at tonight and tomorrow's weather for the West Midlands.
Keep up-to-date with the BBC Weather website at any other time.
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Drug gang infiltrator: I had Samurai sword held to my throatpublished at 17:12 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2017
Victoria Derbyshire"I've had a samurai sword to my throat, a knife in my groin, stripped naked at gun point." For 14 years, Neil Woods infiltrated UK drug gangs for the police, at great personal risk.
Image source, VOLTEFACEPosing as an addict to infiltrate some of the UK's biggest drug gangs is not for the faint-hearted.
It takes resolve, courage, and an ability to think on your feet in the most high-pressure of environments.
But for Neil Woods, who ended up helping to bring six members of the notorious Burger Bar Boys gang to justice, it was not a life calling that led him to devote 14 years to this cause, but a failure to perform in his normal role .
'Irreplaceable' Broad Street busker diespublished at 17:00 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2017
A Broad Street busker who became, external a “landmark” on Birmingham’s Golden Mile has died.
Plan for £392m 'Midlands Engine' revealedpublished at 16:47 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2017
The Black Country, Derby city centre, Sherwood Forest and Warwick Arts Centre to receive investment.
Read MoreCommunity Party of Britain fields a candidate for the first West Midlands' mayor published at 16:45 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2017
The Communist Party of Britain is to field a candidate in May's election for the Mayor of the West Midlands.
Graham Stevenson, who is originally from Coventry, is a retired trade union organiser.
His policies include nationalising the M6 toll motorway and introducing a living wage of £10 an hour.
The other candidates are Andrew Street for the Conservatives, James Burn is running on a Green Party ticket, Sion Simon stands for Labour, Beverley Nielsen for the Liberal Democrats, and Pete Durnell is the UKIP candidate.
Dogs of Instagram meet their admirerspublished at 16:35 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2017
Mika the Husky, Ramsey the Staffordshire Bull Terrier and Winston the Corgi meet fans at Crufts.
Read MoreMan charged with prison officer attackpublished at 16:15 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2017
Allen Cook
BBC Local LiveA man's been charged with attacking a prison officer at HMP Oakwood in Staffordshire. , external
Image source, PAStaffordshire Police say the 27-year-old has been charged with Section 18 wounding with intent.
The force say a date's yet to be set for his court appearance.
Council paid £1.3m on consultants' fees, Dudley's shadow finance boss reveals published at 16:00 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2017
There were gasps of shock in the council chamber as the borough's shadow finance boss revealed Dudley Council has spent £1.3m on consultancy fees in the last year - here's today's front page, external .
Image source, Stourbridge NewsFacelift for major routes into Wolverhamptonpublished at 15:40 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2017
BBC WMMajor routes into Wolverhampton are going to be smartened up.
New boundary signs will be put in as part of a £2m improvement package over the next two years.
There will also be new tourist signs showcasing city attractions such as the Art Gallery, Civic and Wulfrun Halls and Molineux.
Tens of thousands of dogs and owners descend on Cruftspublished at 15:20 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2017
BBC WMThe Crufts dog show, external - the biggest in the world - starts at the NEC near Birmingham today.
More than 20,000 dogs and 160,000 people are expected at the four-day event which is now in its 126th year.
Image source, Matt Cardy/Getty ImagesFootball: Laird says Walsall are hitting form at the right time published at 15:01 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2017
BBC WM SportWalsall defender Scott Laird has told BBC WM the club is hitting form at the right time.
Image source, Rex FeaturesThe Saddlers head to Charlton on Saturday, lying six points outside the play-offs in League One.
Laird says no-one will be relishing playing them.
Demand for vinyl records in Birmingham shows city is 'becoming the hippest place in the UK' published at 14:41 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2017
Birmingham EastsideThe organiser of a record fair says demand for vinyl in Birmingham, external shows the city is “becoming the hippest place in the UK”.
Midlands Engine: Where investment will be spentpublished at 14:17 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2017
The chancellor was in the West Midlands this morning as the government set out its plans for the so-called Midlands Engine.
Philip Hammond was revealing where an investment of £392m will be spent.
Wolves must keep believing - Marshallpublished at 13:51 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2017
Wolves winger Ben Marshall says the Championship strugglers will get out of trouble if they keep believing.
Read MoreComing up on TVpublished at 13:37 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2017
Ben Sidwell
BBC Midlands TodayThe community of Wolverhampton is coming to terms with a fatal stabbing after a brother killed his sister and critically injured his mother, before turning the knife on himself.
I've been to a nearby church where people have been paying tribute this morning. Join me for the latest on Midlands Today on BBC One now.
Wolverhampton stabbing: Two dead named on social mediapublished at 13:16 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2017
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Chris Blakemore
BBC WMA woman stabbed to death by her brother in Wolverhampton has been named on social media.
Tributes have been paid on Facebook to 33-year-old Ann Marie James, who lived in a block of flats in the Merry Hill area.
Her 36-year-old brother, who stabbed himself, has been named as Melvin James.
Their mother, who is 59, is being treated for stab wounds to the stomach at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.
Cricket: England look to whitewash West Indiespublished at 13:05 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2017
BBC SportEngland's One Day International side, including Warwickshire's Chris Woakes and Worcestershire's Moeen Ali, will be looking to complete a first series whitewash when they take on West Indies in Barbados later on Thursday.
Football: Bree says Villa will 'take confidence' from losspublished at 12:39 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2017
Villa defender James Bree says the club will "take confidence" from their midweek performance at Huddersfield, even though they lost 1-0 .
Image source, EmpicsBree says the team are encouraged by the way they played - especially in the first half.
Wolverhampton stabbing: Community in shock as brother kills sister and leaves mother fighting for her life published at 12:17 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2017
Fear gripped residents in a 16-storey block of flats as dozens of police officers – many of them armed – stormed their high-rise homes, external .
