Two BBC presenters have pleaded not guilty in connection with a string of sex offences against seven boys under the age of 18. 

Tony Wadsworth, 69, of Old Mill Road, Broughton Astley, Leicestershire, and his 59-year-old wife Julie, of the same address, appeared at Warwick Crown Court to enter their pleas.

The offences are alleged to have taken place between July 1992 and August 1999. 

The pair had broadcast for BBC WM in Birmingham, BBC Coventry and Warwickshire, and BBC Radio Leicester.

When Rony arrived in the UK three years ago he could not speak English - now he is fluent, right down to a Brummie accent!

He was nine when he and his family fled their home in Syria and started a new life in Birmingham.

He has been telling School Report about what it is like to have a home and his hopes for the future.

Three years after fleeing his home in Syria, Rony, 12, talks of his new life for BBC School Report.

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Wolves boss Paul Lambert feels his team has the potential to become a force in the Championship if they can get one or two new players over the summer.

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Wins over Rotherham and then Brentford have moved them four points clear of relegation. 

And Lambert says they now have nothing to fear going into Saturday`s game at Fulham.

Pacey, a student at Birmingham's John Henry Newman Catholic College, would normally have been in a history lesson but today he has been interviewing a teacher from another school as part of BBC School Report News Day .

In a way, though, history was still the topic - they were discussing the experiences of one of the teacher's pupils, Rony; a refugee from Syria.

Rony (pictured below) attends Balaam Wood School, in Frankley.

Pacey said Rony's story was interesting because "he's had to leave so much behind and try and start afresh".

Police smashed a window to free a dog locked in a hot car parked at a branch of McDonald's.

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It happened in Bassetts Pole where Birmingham meets Staffordshire and Warwickshire.

The small dog had been left in the unattended vehicle with all the windows closed, parked in direct sunlight, at about 12:30 yesterday, said Warwickshire Police which was alerted by a member of the public.

The owner, found in a nearby business, was cautioned and reported for the offence of causing an animal unnecessary suffering. 

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Graham Drury insists this will be his final season as the Birmingham Brummies' team manager.

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The National League champions are up for sale after owner Tony Mole declared he would be ending his involvement this year. 

Drury says he and his wife Denise believe the time is right for them to also step down.

Students from Birmingham's John Henry Newman Catholic College are at the BBC in the city asking visiting peers about what they've been up to so far as part of News Day 2017 . 

Manpreet, a student from Holyhead Community School in Handsworth, Birmingham, said she enjoyed playing with the technology in the Blue Room; her favourite device being a 360-degree camera.

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A group linked to the notorious Johnson crew gang have been jailed after police smashed a drugs ring, external in the Black Country and Birmingham.

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A team at Birmingham's Mailbox has been getting ready to host students as part of BBC School Report News Day .

Staff will welcome students from eight schools and help them get a taste of online journalism, along with a look behind the scenes of BBC One's Midlands Today and a masterclass in sports commentary.

Lawyers representing the Education Secretary Justine Greening say a ban imposed on a former chairman of governors over an alleged "Trojan Horse" Muslim takeover plot in Birmingham schools is "appropriate" and should "not be revoked."

Tahir Alam was banned from involvement in schools by the Department for Education in September 2015.  

Officials ruled he had engaged in conduct aimed at undermining fundamental British values. 

Mr Alam, the former head of governors for Park View Education Trust, has always denied any wrongdoing and has launched an appeal to overturn the ban. 

A specialist tribunal began analysing appeal evidence yesterday .

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One of Birmingham’s most high profile nightclubs has closed after 14 years, external .  

Louise Hancock
Newsreader, BBC WM

Staffordshire Police has become the 12th force to have sent files to the Crown Prosecution Service, as part of investigations into allegations of overspending during the General Election in 2015.

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It is in relation to expenses claimed by the Cannock Chase MP Amanda Milling. 

Police are looking into whether strict spending limits in target seats were breached, during the Conservatives' "battle bus" campaign. 

The CPS will now decide if charges should be brought.

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Black Country Political Reporter, BBC WM

Sandwell Council is planning to spend £200,000 on a "short stay" travellers site in Smethwick. 

The authority says it will give police the power to move on illegal camps elsewhere in the borough, which, it adds, cost more than £400,000 to clear up last year. 

It is thought the site would be the first of its kind in Birmingham and the Black Country and would see travellers paying £80 per caravan, with a £250 deposit, for a stay of no more than three months at the site near Black Patch Park. 

Before a similar site was opened in Telford and Wrekin back in 2013, that area saw as many as 250 illegal encampments each year - down to 16 in 2016. 

Critics say the scheme simply moves any people who leave rubbish into other areas.

Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter

Not as nice as yesterday, with some fog around first thing, then a cloudy day with the potential for drizzle later on with highs of 11C (52F).

You can find a full forecast for your area on the BBC Weather site.

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Any breaking news will be posted here overnight.

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The revamp of Rubery village centre, which will cost £100,000 , external , has been confirmed and is set to get under way in the coming weeks.  

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Presenter, BBC Midlands Today

A vision of the future of Wolverhampton has gone on show on the French Riviera, at a conference for developers from around the world.

BMW workers in Coleshill could be going out on strike, in protest at the car maker's plans to end their final salary pension scheme.   

And a total of 261 drivers have been given new heavier fines for using mobile phones at the wheel in one week, including one on the M5 motorway who had a bank statement in their hand and who was trying to access online banking on their phone at the same time.

More on these stories and others on the Midlands Today on BBC One from 18:30.