Stephanie Barnard
BBC Local Live

Three people believed by police to be a couple and their son are being treated for "very serious injuries".

The ambulance service says , external staff treated a man, woman and boy for stab wounds at Greyhound Lane in Norton, Stourbridge.

Stephanie Barnard
BBC Local Live

More now on this morning's breaking story...

A spokeswoman for the ambulance service says it received a 999 call shortly after 08:00 to a house on Greyhound lane in Stourbridge where it treated three patients.

Police said earlier they believed the three people were a man, woman and their son - they were suffering from stab wounds.

Emergency services remain at the scene.

One man has been arrested.

Stephanie Barnard
BBC Local Live

A man in his 20s has been arrested after what police believe to be a couple and their son were found stabbed at their home in the Black Country.

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Police were called to a house in Greyhound Lane, Norton, Stourbridge, at about 08:00.

A Land Rover stolen from outside the home was intercepted by West Midlands Police about 30 minutes later in Norton Road.

A man in his 20s was arrested on suspicion of wounding.  

Three members of the same family have been found stabbed in their house in the Black Country.

Police say a man, woman and boy sustained serious stab wounds , external  and understand them to be a couple and their son.

Emergency services were called to a house in Greyhound Lane, Norton, Stourbridge, just after 08:00 this morning.

Republic of Ireland footballer plays match in Derry after manager's appeal on social media.

Daz Hale
BBC WM

More than 150 Birmingham streets have been missed on rubbish collection rounds this week. 

Quinton, Kings Heath, Kings Norton and Bournville are among the places not to have bins emptied.

Birmingham City Council has apologised and says it aims to catch up with any missed collections over the next few days.

Steve Hermon
Journalist, BBC WM Sport

Our top sports stories this morning include:

• Snooker: Walsall's Mark Joyce has knocked out five-time World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan at the China Open
• Cricket: Warwickshire's Ian Bell and Jonathan Trott had a decent partnership on the final day of their warm up match with Northamptonshire at Edgbaston
• Speedway: Despite taking a 10-point lead to Wimborne Road, Wolves lost the Elite Shield against the Poole Pirates after going down 58-32 in the second leg

A man's been charged with the murder of his father.

West Midlands Police was called to Wensleydale Road in Great Barr on Tuesday afternoon. , external

Sebert Mitchell, 86, died as a result of head injuries and stab wounds to the neck.

His son Garey Mitchell, 42, is due to appear before Birmingham magistrates later today.  

Express and Star

Fosun, the Chinese conglomerate that owns Wolves, has revealed it made record profits of £1.2 billion over the last year.   , external

BBC Midlands Today

The budget airline Jet 2 will start flying from Birmingham airport to 22 destinations around Europe from today. 

The airline said it would create 300 jobs when it announced plans to come to Birmingham last year.   

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Travel experts predict the move could lead to a price war because all the destinations are already served by other operators.

Destinations include Crete, Lanzarote and Krakow., external

Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

Part of the M6 in Staffordshire had to be completely shut after a spillage of double cream in a tanker crash. 

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Highways England says it was called just after 07:00 to the southbound side between junctions 10A and 10, near Featherstone.  , external

Staff say a tanker and a lorry collided and double cream was spilt over the carriageway, leading to them shutting it to treat the spillage.

Three lanes of the M6 were reopened at 07:30, external and Highways England say no-one was hurt in the crash.

Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter

After a cloudy start to the day, any early rain should clear leaving a dry, bright and warm afternoon with highs of 18C (64F).

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

Stephanie Barnard
BBC Local Live

Good morning. I'm in the BBC WM newsroom bringing you the latest news, sport, travel and weather updates for Birmingham and the Black Country between now and 18:00.

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The designer studied how a flamingo stands to work out the heel/height/pain distribution ratio.

Armed counter-terrorism police swooped on Alum Rock Road in a planned operation.

Ian Paterson denies 20 counts of wounding with intent against 10 people at hospitals in the West Midlands.

We'll be back with our usual mix of news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 tomorrow, but keep an eye out here for more updates this evening and into the morning. 

BBC Midlands Today

Travellers have moved on to a Birmingham park for the fifth time in less than a year.

They first arrived on Selly Park, near Bournville, last summer and have returned periodically ever since. 

A summit was held in the city last month to look at the problem of illegal camping on parks and other private land, which costs the council thousands of pounds in legal and clear up costs. 

A man from Birmingham has been charged with drug smuggling after allegedly attempting to bring 14kg of heroin with an estimated street value of £700,000 through Heathrow Airport.

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The 48-year-old, of Bordesley Green East, was stopped on 26 March at 20:50 after arriving on a flight from Pakistan.

Border Force officers searched his bags and recovered the drugs.

The accused is charged with attempting to import a class A drug. 

A surgeon is currently on trial charged with 20 counts of wounding with intent against nine women and one man relating to procedures he carried out between 1997 and 2011.

Prosecutors allege Ian Paterson, 59, wrongly carried out a mastectomy on Patricia Welch, then 48.

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Mr Paterson, from Altrincham, Greater Manchester, told jurors at Nottingham Crown Court that Mrs Welch's "whole breast (was) active".

Mrs Welch had been undergoing six-monthly check-ups at the Little Aston Hospital, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, after being told pre-cancerous cells had been found.    

Mr Paterson, 59, told the court: "It's interesting to then compare it to the other information from the other breast - which is completely silent."  

The surgeon denies the charges.