West Bromwich Albion boss Tony Pulis says he is not taking the credit for substitute Hal Robson Kanu's goal that he scored a minute after coming on.

The investigation has a number of "lines of inquiry", says the National Crime Agency.

Craig Dawson scores twice as West Brom inflict a big blow to Arsenal's hopes of a top-four finish with victory at The Hawthorns.

That's it from the BBC Local Live team for the week. Please join us again from 08:00 on Monday for more news, sport, travel and weather updates for Birmingham and the Black Country.

Keep an eye out here for breaking news before then.

Ian Paterson cut into a patient's breast 27 times to take biopsies in an operation which, prosecutors allege, was entirely unjustified, a jury has heard.

Giving evidence at Nottingham Crown Court, Frances Perks of Burntwood, Staffordshire said after that particular operation the surgeon recommended a double mastectomy as her breast was "becoming unstable".

She went on to have a single mastectomy under Mr Paterson, which resulted in complications and further surgery by a different team. 

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Mr Paterson, 58, of Altrincham, Greater Manchester, is expected to claim none of the operations were unnecessary when his defence begins next week.

He denies 20 counts of wounding with intent, relating to procedures carried out between 1997 and 2011.

He was formerly employed by Heart of England NHS Trust and practised at Spire Healthcare. 

Rob Mayor
Black Country Political Reporter, BBC WM

Andy Street, the conservative candidate for the West Midlands Metro Mayor election in May, has pledged to ensure wages here rise quicker than any other part of the country.

Launching his manifesto, the former John Lewis boss told supporters the West Midlands had been "left behind" and that he was "the man with a plan to sort things out".

Other key pledges include a plan to build 25 thousand new houses, eradicate youth unemployment and reduce crowding on public transport.

Andy Street is making a pitch based around his Midlands roots and background in business.

He says he’s still getting used to the switch from business to politics, but likes to reinforce the point that he is not a career politician unlike his main rival Labour MEP Sion Simon.  

Mr Street acknowledges he loses some of his ‘non politician’ status by standing under the banner of the Conservative Party, though it’s no mistake that there were no Tory grandees or Party branding at his manifesto launch today.

Stephanie Barnard
BBC Local Live

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A lawyer who brought false claims against Iraq War veterans has been declared bankrupt.

Solicitor Phil Shiner was struck off in February after being found to have acted dishonestly in bringing murder and torture claims against British war veterans.

Mr Shiner ran the now-defunct Public Interest Lawyers and 12 charges of misconduct, which he had denied or partially admitted, were found proved against him by a panel of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal.

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The Insolvency Service website states Mr Shiner, 60, from Birmingham, was made bankrupt on Tuesday.

A property in Birmingham, which the Insolvency Service lists as his address, was transferred to his daughters for £300,000 in January.

The service said the sale of the house and any other transfer of assets would be subject to investigation to ensure his creditors recoup as much of the money owed to them as possible.

More than 200 red cards were handed to players in grassroots football across Birmingham in December.

Birmingham Country FA says it is a rise of 50% on the previous year and calls the situation "shameful". 

It also calls on players to improve their behaviour.

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A man is arrested on suspicion of holding a staff member at gunpoint at a bank in Birmingham.

Rebecca Wood
BBC Weather

We're forecast more rain this evening and tomorrow, so you might want to celebrate St Patrick's Day indoors - or take an umbrella.

Royal Sutton Coldfield Observer

Sutton Coldfield's biggest swimming club will not be able to teach local youngsters , external how to swim at the town's only municipal pool under new rules which will come into effect later this year.

A drunk plane passenger who had to be tied to a seat with a mask over his mouth during a flight from Dubai to Birmingham has been jailed for seven months.

Khalid Mir was arrested last November after crew on an Emirates jet were forced to put a mask over his mouth during a seven-hour flight from Dubai to Birmingham.

The 39-year-old swore and threw drink over passengers and crew on the flight, as well as spitting in the face of a steward who came to give him a drink.

Mir, of Havelock Road, Saltley, Birmingham, admitted being drunk on an aircraft and failing to obey the pilot.

BBC Midlands Today

The number of people using the Midland Metro increased by a third last year 

More than six million people used the tram service which, following an expansion, now runs from Wolverhampton into the centre of Birmingham.  

Latest predictions show the number of passengers could top the seven million mark by May.  

Jacqueline Oakes was not given the support she needed, her daughter has said.

Ms Oakes, a domestic violence victim was killed by her abusive ex-partner in 2014.

Nineteen West Midlands Police staff members are facing misconduct proceedings over the matter.

Her daughter said she was glad an inquiry had led to a large number of staff facing further scrutiny.

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"My mother was someone who would do anything for anybody, yet when she was making calls for help and needed the police to take all steps to protect her, I feel they just completely let her down," she said.

"Minimal investigation and communication by police would have made it clear she was at risk. 

"I will never be able to understand how such a slack attitude to a situation of potential escalating domestic abuse can be taken by so many people at a police force."

There was an arrest warrant outstanding for Marcus Musgrove when he killed Jacqueline Oakes, the IPCC has said. 

He was wanted for a breach of bail conditions.

The lead investigator said there were "significant organisational failings" in how West Midlands Police managed its outstanding arrests.

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Nineteen West Midlands Police staff members "have a case to answer for misconduct" over Jacqueline Oakes murder,  the IPCC investigation found, external :

• Control room staff, police constables, a sergeant, detective constables and detective sergeants are amongst those with a case to answer
• The misconduct offences include failing to get enough information about a reported incident, not completing appropriate risk assessments and failing to complete adequate inquiries
• Others include not accurately recording an incident and not completing appropriate intelligence checks

An investigation has found 19 West Midlands Police officers and staff have got cases to answer for not doing their jobs properly, after a woman was murdered by her ex-partner in Birmingham. 

Mother-of-four Jacqueline Oakes was battered to death by Marcus Musgrove in January 2014 at her flat in Aston, Birmingham. 

He was jailed for life later that year for a minimum of 18 years for what the judge said was a "dreadful" crime. 

Discplinary measures have been recommended against 19 West Midlands Police staff members.

The force said it agreed with the investigation's findings and has apologised to Ms Oakes's family for failing to help protect her. 

A woman who said she underwent "horrendous" and "painful" surgery claims she was "conned" into an unnecessary mastectomy in order to avoid "full-blown breast cancer" a court has heard.

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Frances Perks from Staffordshire described how breast surgeon Ian Paterson played heavily on her family history, urging her to have the procedure as she was in a "high-risk category".

Ms Perks told jurors she was tested by a genetics lab after her operation.

"As it turned out I am no higher risk than anybody else walking the streets," she said.

Ian Paterson, 58, denies 20 counts of wounding with intent.

BBC WM

Campaigners are calling for the Birmingham based pubs code adjudicator to quit because they say he's not helping landlords. 

It's a year since the government appointed Paul Newby to help people running so-called tied pubs to get a fair deal, external for the beer they buy from big pub companies. 

Campaign groups say the code isn't working and pubs are still closing.

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Kathryn Stanczyszyn
Reporter, BBC WM

Police remain in Northfield after a man was arrested following reports of an "armed man" at Nat West at about 11:45 this morning.

A man who's mother was inside the bank during the armed hold up says police have told him no-one was hurt.