Summary

  • Updates from across the week

  1. Man killed in police chase hit-and-runpublished at 14:39 British Summer Time 27 March 2017

    Police are hunting the driver of a Ford Mondeo who fled the scene in the car after hitting the man.

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  2. Kevin Howells's team of the seasonpublished at 23:46 British Summer Time 26 March 2017

    BBC Radio 5 live's Kevin Howells chooses his County Championship team of the season

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  3. London attacker's friends' home searchedpublished at 16:12 British Summer Time 26 March 2017

    Counter-terrorism officers comb the house where associates of Westminster attacker Khalid Masood lived.

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  4. Villans on the risepublished at 12:32 British Summer Time 26 March 2017

    #PeoplesCup

    Aston Villa DisabilityImage source, Midland Mencap

    It's been a tough year or so for Aston Villa , but alongside the recent revival in their senior team's Championship fortunes (five wins in six before the international break) - they also deserve a shout out for their excellent work in the FA People's Cup disability categories.

    Uniquely, Villa teams qualified from the first round in all five disability categories : Adult Female (straight to finals), Youth and Adult Male Premiership, Championship and League (all competing today).

    In the Youth category, they've made it through to today's final against Cedarsfield after a goal bonanza of a group section - both scoring 18 goals in three matches.

    Cedarsfield beat Villa in the final group game 3-1 to top the table. Who will win the rematch and today's trophy?

    Star City tablesImage source, Goals Star City
  5. Mud, sweat and cheerspublished at 02:19 British Summer Time 26 March 2017

    How did "mud running" become the fastest growing mass participation sport in the UK?

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  6. Reaction as Chelsea lose & Spurs close gap on leaderspublished at 17:29 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2017

    Watch Final Score, listen to Radio 5 live commentary and follow all the Premier League action as it happens.

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  7. Hundreds of Muslims condemn terror attackpublished at 16:20 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2017

    Crowds gather in Birmingham and call for the city not to be defined by terrorist extremism.

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  8. Unity vigil held after London attackpublished at 19:03 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2017

    The event was held to bring the community together in the aftermath of the terror attack.

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  9. Our coverage this weekpublished at 18:00 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2017

    That's it from us on Friday. Join us again from 08:00 on Monday for more news, sport, travel and weather updates.

    Any breaking news will be posted here in the meantime. Enjoy your weekend.

  10. Coming up on TVpublished at 17:57 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2017

    Nick Owen
    Presenter, BBC Midlands Today

    We'll have all the latest on the major police investigation in Birmingham following Wednesday's attack in Westminster and the community reaction to the atrocity.

    Join us for the Midlands Today on BBC One from 18:30.

  11. Birmingham vigil after Westminster terror: 'Important we stand together' published at 17:55 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2017

    Lisa Wright
    Journalist, BBC News Online

    Fawn Goodwin, 20, from Birmingham helped organise the event. She said: "It's really important that we show solidarity with the people who are affected by it, but also that we are anti-racist and that's the main reason why I'm here. 

    "I don't want the attack that happened to reflect badly on the Muslim community. I think it's really important that we all stand together."

    Fawn Goodwin
  12. Authorities must do more to prevent radicalisation, Birmingham vigil told published at 17:48 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2017

    BBC WM

    A former government counter-terrorism adviser says the authorities need to do more to engage with hard-to-reach Muslim communities in Birmingham, if attacks like the one seen on Wednesday in London are to be avoided.

    Jahan Mahmood's comments come as a unity meeting was held at Birmingham Central Mosque today. 

    Imam Dr Ather Hussein spoke to condemn the attack, saying Islam does not condone the taking of innocent lives.  

  13. Birmingham vigil in wake of Westminster terror attack: 'Not in Muslims' name' published at 17:40 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2017

    Lisa Wright
    Journalist, BBC News Online

    I'm at a vigil in Birmingham organised in the wake of the terror attack in Westminster on Wednesday.

    Mona Elshazly, originally from Egypt but now living in Handsworth Wood, said: "I'm here because I feel sorry for what's happened in Westminster and to show solidarity for people in London and to tell everyone that what's happened doesn't happen under my name or Muslims' name."

    Mona Elshazly
  14. Officer charged with assaulting a woman in custodypublished at 17:33 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2017

    Alex Homer
    BBC Local Live

    A serving West Midlands Police officer has been charged with assaulting a woman in custody.

    Sgt Matthew Shaw, aged 40, is alleged to have assaulted the woman at Birmingham Central Police Station on 13 February 2015.

    Police watchdog the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) investigated a complaint it said it received in April 2016. 

    Mr Shaw is due to appear before magistrated in Newcastle-under-Lyme on Monday.

  15. Watch: Weather for this evening and the weekendpublished at 17:30 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2017

    Rebecca Wood
    BBC Weather

     It will be dry, clear and cold tonight with a touch of frost , particularly in rural areas. 

    We may see a few mist and fog patches forming by dawn in places. Lows of  2C (36F).

    Media caption,

    Rebecca Wood has your forecast

  16. 'Cannabis factory' worth £60k found after motorist arrestedpublished at 17:26 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2017

    Allen Cook
    BBC Local Live

    Cannabis with a street value of about £60,000 has been seized by police , external after they found a drugs factory in the West Midlands. 

    Staffordshire Police say they arrested a driver on Hednesford Road, Cannock after they saw him using a mobile phone at the wheel and then found cannabis in the car. 

    Lothians Road, PelsallImage source, Google

    The force says the 38-year-old was arrested on suspicion of possession of cannabis with intent to supply. 

    Officers say they then searched a house in Lothians Road, Pelsall, where they found 51 cannabis plants and "a large amount" of harvested cannabis.

  17. Germanwings crash two years on: Father denies pilot crashed plane on purpose published at 17:20 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2017

    BBC WM

    The father of the Germanwings pilot who crashed his aircraft in the French Alps killing all 150 people on board says his son did not deliberately bring the plane down.

    
          Martyn Matthews with his wife Sharon and children, Jade and Nathan
        Image source, MATTHEWS FAMILY

    Prosecutors believe Andreas Lubitz locked his co-pilot out of the cabin before flying the aircraft into the mountainside. 

    On the second anniversary of the crash Guenther Lubitz said his son was not depressed at the time but that he was overcome by fumes in the cockpit. 

    One of the passengers who died was 50-year-old Martyn Matthews from Wolverhampton.

  18. London terror attack: Police receive flowers in sympathypublished at 16:59 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2017

    Vanessa Pearce
    BBC Local Live

    Flowers continue to be laid at police stations in thanks and sympathy after the London attack. 

    West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner David Jamieson tweets this picture of flowers left by a police colleague.

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  19. Former Bishop of Lichfield, Keith Sutton, diespublished at 16:13 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2017

    Allen Cook
    BBC Local Live

    A former Bishop of Lichfield, the Right Reverend Keith Sutton, has died aged 82 , external .

    The news has been confirmed by the Lichfield Diocese - he served in the role from 1984 to 2003. 

    Portrait of Keith SuttonImage source, Andrew Festing

    Before becoming Bishop of Lichfield he'd been a special envoy for the Archbishop of Canterbury in South Africa during the apartheid period in the 1980s. 

    The diocese says the former bishop, who had been living with dementia for several years, died today at a care home in Surrey.

    The diocese covers large parts of Staffordshire, northern Shropshire and the Black Country.

  20. London attack: Police appeal for information on Khalid Masood published at 16:09 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2017

    A new picture has emerged of Westminster attacker Khalid Masood - who had been living in Birmingham for months - as police try to establish if he acted alone or was directed by others .

    Khalid Masood

    His fourth victim has been named as Leslie Rhodes, 75, from Clapham, south London - one of three people killed by Masood's car on Westminster Bridge.

    A Romanian woman who fell from the bridge is stable in hospital.

    Police said they had made two more "significant arrests", taking the total number to 11.

    Ten people are still being questioned by police.