Birmingham boxer Kal Yafai's first world title defence opponent has been revealed.

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He'll defend the WBA super-flyweight belt against Japan's Suguru Muranaka and it will take place in his home city at the Barclaycard Arena in May. 

Stourbridge's Sam Eggington is also on the card as he aims to follow up his recent win over former world champion Paulie Mallinaggi by beating Spain's Cerferino Rodriguez for the European Welterweight title.

Specialist officers seal off a branch of NatWest in Birmingham before detaining a suspect.

A man believed to be from the Northfield area has been arrested on suspicion of holding a bank worker at gun point.

Police are questioning the 60-year-old , external to find out his motive after "no threats or demands for money were made".

A 60-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of holding a member of staff at a bank at gun point.

West Midlands Police say, external the man made no threats or demands for money.

The man surrendered himself to police at 12:50 after armed police surrounded the building and negotiators were sent to Nat West bank on Bristol Road South.

Kathryn Stanczyszyn
Political Reporter, BBC WM

The police cordon on Bristol Road South in Northfield has been lifted following reports of an armed man at a bank.

The road is reopening now.

Kathryn Stanczyszyn
Reporter, BBC WM

This is Bristol Road South in Northfield where police have just arrested a man.

A man has been arrested after reports of an armed man being seen at Nat West bank in Northfield.

Stephanie Barnard
BBC Local Live

A number of roads in Northfield are closed while police are at a bank reported to have an armed man inside.

One shop keeper says he's been ordered by police to put his shutters down on the store and stay inside.  

Bristol Road South is shut with no access to pedestrians or vehicles.

We will bring you more details as we get them. 

Stephanie Barnard
BBC Local Live

A bank in Birmingham has been sealed off by police after reports of an armed man inside.

West Midlands Police says "negotiators are on the way" to Natwest bank in Northfield.

Solicitor Phil Shiner brought false claims against Iraq War veterans.

Nineteen officers and staff at West Midlands Police "have a case to answer for misconduct" over events that led to a woman's murder in Birmingham.

Marcus Musgrove was jailed in July 2014 for killing 51-year-old Jacqueline Oakes.

In 2015 a review was launched over her death , including contact she had with various agencies at the time. 

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) says its complex investigation is one of the biggest it's dealt with.

Tamworth Herald

Two people were injured when their vehicle rolled over and crash into a car dealership garage in Tamworth. , external

Amy Cole
BBC Midlands Today

Improving public transport in the West Midlands is the top priority for former John Lewis managing director Andy Street as he ramps up his fight to become the region's new mayor. 

The new mayor will be responsible for housing, transport and job creation, but Andy Street says his focus will also be on getting us from A to B more quickly.

Express and Star

A man who attacked his wife and 14-year-old son with a broom handle has been locked up for 16 months.  , external

Do you recognise this man in three different disguises?

Police are looking to speak to him following three bank robberies in the last month.  

In each incident it's thought the same robber handed a bank worker a note saying he was armed with a gun.  , external

He threatened to harm staff at branches in Oldbury and Birmingham if they did not hand over money. He eventually fled with substantial amounts of cash.  

Wolverhampton, at the heart of the industrial revolution, has never been known for its beautiful landscape. The story goes that when Queen Victoria passed through she asked for the curtains in her carriage to be drawn because she was so offended by the sight of the town. Writer, Sathnam Sanghera grew up with a railway running through his back garden and an industrial estate running alongside his street. For this edition of Open Country he returns to his home town, now a city, and finds a burgeoning natural scene, he goes birdwatching at Smestow Valley, discovers why otters are thriving along a particular patch of the Staffordshire and Worcester canal and even canoes in a thriving local waterway. The producer is Perminder Khatkar.

BBC Radio Derby

Convicted robber Daniel James Wyatt, who was jailed for eight years for a string of offences, has absconded from Sudbury., external

He was serving part of his sentence at the Derbyshire open prison, but left on Wednesday night.

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The 50-year-old has links to Solihull and Birmingham. Derbyshire police believe he may have returned to the area.

BBC WM Sport

The top sport stories that we're looking at this morning include:

• West Bromwich Albion midfielder Jake Livermore says he's really happy he made the move from Hull, after breaking back into the England squad, four and a half years since his one and only senior cap

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• Walsall midfielder George Dobson says he's been frustrated by not being in the team, but now he is, he plans to stay there
• The opponent for Birmingham boxer Kal Yafai's first world title defence has been revealed. He'll face Japan's Suguru Muranaka at the Barclaycard Arena in May

Birmingham Mail

A Birmingham taxi driver has been landed with a court bill, external of over £1,000 for refusing to take a blind passenger and his guide dog in his cab.  

An appeal to identify Irish construction workers from a photograph at one of England's best-known motorway junctions has ended in success.

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The Birmingham Irish Association has identified all 24 men who worked on Spaghetti Junction in 1972 after a world wide appeal.

The photos are now being displayed in an exhibition - We Built This City - at the Birmingham Art Gallery and Musuem.

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