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Updates from Friday 10 March 2017
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Our region will stay mostly cloudy and damp today , though Shropshire and Staffordshire will probably stay dry.
It will feel milder with temperatures up a few degrees compared with yesterday. Highs of 11C ( 52F).
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Judith Conduit underwent an 'unnecessary' mastectomy at the hands of Ian Paterson, a court hears.
Read MoreScott Laird's strike moves Walsall up to eighth in League One, sending Chesterfield a step closer to relegation.
Read MoreIpswich Town are held to a goalless draw at home against strugglers Wolves, who remain one place above the relegation zone.
Read MoreDan Burn scores the only goal of the game as Wigan beat Birmingham to improve their Championship survival chances.
Read MoreTommy Smith's second-half goal gives promotion-chasing Huddersfield Town victory over Aston Villa.
Read MoreThat's it from us on Tuesday. Please join us again from 08:00 on Wednesday for our familiar mix of news, sport, travel and weather updates.
Any breaking news will be posted here overnight.
A patient under the care of breast cancer surgeon Ian Paterson, at Solihull Hospital, told a court he diagnosed her with Dercum's disease and told her there was no known cure.
Judith Conduit told jurors the surgeon told her the other two ladies he knew who had the same condition had had mastectomies.
He also told her that without the operation in 2001 she would "without a doubt" have breast cancer and he assured her he had removed all her breast tissue.
However in 2008, after finding another lump, she was told it was benign and that, despite being told otherwise, she had breast tissue left.
A breast surgery expert told the court he thought the mastectomy was too much surgery for the condition and the condition had been mis-labelled.
Mr Paterson, of Castle Mill Lane, Ashley, Altrincham, Greater Manchester, who was formerly employed by Heart of England NHS Trust and also practised at Spire Healthcare, denies 20 counts of wounding with intent.
Breast cancer surgeon Ian Paterson is alleged to have told patient Judith Conduit she had Dercum's disease (a condition where many tumors form) after she had undergone a number of procedures to remove lumps.
She told the court Mr Paterson he could not keep on removing the lumps as he was removing too much breast tissue and the only way forward was a bilateral mastectomy.
Image source, GoogleMr Paterson had only seen Dercum's disease twice in his career before making the diagnosis, the court heard.
He is standing trial after denying 20 counts of wounding with intent against nine women and one man relating to procedures he carried out between 1997 and 2011.
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Nick Owen
Presenter, BBC Midlands Today
An investigation has been launched into the death of an eight-year-old boy, who died less than 24 hours after he was sent home hospital.
We hear more about Coventry's efforts to stamp out anti-social behaviour in the city centre.
And Billy Elliot, the hit film which told the story of young boy's fight to become a ballet dancer against the backdrop of the miners strike, is being re-told in a stage musical starring a West Bromwich lad.
More on these stories and others on the Midlands Today on BBC One from 18:30.
BBC WM Sport
We'll have updates on Walsall's game as they look for a sixth home win in a row against Chesterfield.
The Saddlers are nine points off the League One play-offs and striker Amadou Bakayoko says they have to keep believing.
Image source, saddlers.co.ukThe death of a man who fell from a flat window in Birmingham as "unexplained", police say.
Emergency services were called to an address on the Stratford Road in Sparkbrook last night, but the life of the man, who was in his 50s, could not be saved, according to the West Midlands force, external .
Officers are examining CCTV footage and carrying out house-to-house inquiries to try and work out what happened.
A patient had to return to hospital 94 times in 12 months after an unnecessary mastectomy, a court has been told.
Judith Conduit said she was rushed to another hospital after a blood clot was discovered close to her heart during the procedure in July 2001 and another surgeon did not have the correct implements to remove it.
Image source, Trinity MirrorA wound on her left breast was left "black and rotting" after the operation, she said, and she had to return 94 times as part of her recovery.
She was giving evidence in the trial of Ian Paterson, a breast cancer surgeon who denies 20 counts of wounding with intent. The trial continues.
A man accused of killing a woman in 1981 claimed he was assaulted during a police interrogation.
Read MoreThanks to Ron Kosys from Coventry who sent us these pictures he captured of the drama that unfolded earlier when RAF jets intercepted a Hungarian plane after the aircraft lost communications, and escorted it to Birmingham .
The Saab 340 travelling from Bucharest in Romania landed in Birmingham at about 07:30 GMT. After escorting the plane, one of the Typhoons flew alongside an A330 Voyager refuelling tanker
Image source, Ron Kosys
Image source, Ron KosysBlues can draw closer to guaranteeing a place in the Championship next season with a win over Wigan at St Andrew's.
Image source, EmpicsWe've got full match coverage on DAB in Birmingham.
Boss Gianfranco Zola is confident they can bounce back from last week's defeat at Leeds.
BBC Business News
A chain of 34 Budgens stores has failed to find a buyer and will close with the loss of more than 800 jobs.
Image source, PAThe owner of the stores affected, Food Retailer Operations Limited (FROL), was put in administration a month ago after hitting "difficult" trading conditions.
The stores are spread around the UK, from Dorset to Norfolk to Scotland - including the Weoley Castle store that was closed on 26 February - and were bought from the Co-op in 2016.
The closures do not affect the remainder of the Budgens chain , which has more than 100 stores.
BBC WM Sport
Aston Villa travel to Championship promotion hopefuls Huddersfield without injured midfielders Birkir Bjarnasson and Jack Grealish.
Image source, EmpicsVilla are looking for a fourth win in a row and midfielder Mile Jedinak says they've finally found a formula in the second tier of English football.
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