BBC Local Live: Breast surgeon performed needless operations

Summary

Breast surgeon Ian Paterson guilty of wounding
He performed needless operations on patients
There were ten victims - nine women and a man
Paterson 'wanted to play God'
He mutilated women 'for power'
Updates from Friday 28 April 2017

Live Reporting

M5 delays: 'Dog caught' on the roadpublished at 11:07 British Summer Time 27 April 2017
Stephanie Barnard
BBC Local Live
There are long delays on the M5 in both directions between junctions 2 and 1 between West Bromwich and Oldbury after a dog got onto the carriageway.
The Highways England team say the dog has been safely captured and traffic will be released shortly.
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One-Day Cup: Northants v Warwickshirepublished at 11:02 British Summer Time 27 April 2017
Warwickshire begin their title defence at Northamptonshire in the One-Day Cup starting at 11:00.
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You can follow all the live action here.
Aston Villa defender gets two-game international banpublished at 10:26 British Summer Time 27 April 2017
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Villa defender Neil Taylor has been banned for two international games, external for the tackle which left Republic of Ireland captain Seamus Coleman with a double leg break.
Sport headlines: Warwickshire face Northampton in the Royal London One-Day Cuppublished at 09:54 British Summer Time 27 April 2017
Steve Hermon
Journalist, BBC WM Sport
The top sport stories we're looking at this morning include:
- Warwickshire begin the defence of the Royal London One-Day Cup they won last year with a trip to Northampton
- It's a massive weekend coming up for Blues. BBC WM pundit Richard Sneekes has dismissed suggestions that Villa will take it easy against Blackburn, a game which could affect their rivals
- Birmingham Brummies youngster, Danyon Hume, has broken his arm in three places after crashing out of the British Under-21 final last night
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Residents from the same street go on coach holidaypublished at 09:31 British Summer Time 27 April 2017
Tamworth Herald
Members of a Tamworth street have gone on , externala jolly holiday together as part of an initiative to bring the community together and to get to know their neighbours.
Almost 400 acid attacks in regionpublished at 09:05 British Summer Time 27 April 2017
BBC Midlands Today
New figures obtained by the BBC show there were nearly 400 acid attacks in our region in the last three years.
West Midlands Police says it recorded 372 attacks.
In Staffordshire there were five and in Warwickshire there were nine.
Across the UK, more than 400 people were hurt so badly they were admitted to hospital after being attacked with acid or other corrosive substances.
School to cut length of day in a bid to save moneypublished at 08:39 British Summer Time 27 April 2017
Louise Hancock
Newsreader, BBC WM
The school day will be shortened from September at a Birmingham school as a money-saving exercise due to cuts to its education funding, parents have been told.
The headteacher of Selly Oak Trust School, Chris Field, says, external if the school wants to maintain the quality of learning there, the only thing it can do is reduce staff costs and it's decided to cut the school day by 30 minutes.
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We have made significant savings over the last few years and we are at the point that if we want to maintain the quality of learning at Selly Oak then the only thing to do is to reduce staff costs. Therefore, we have decided to reduce the school day by 30 minutes. Our school hours are still in line with other special schools and we will be able to maintain the quality of the learning experience for our students."
Chris Field, Headteacher, Selly Oak Trust School
The government says school funding is at its highest level on record and is set to rise over the next two years.
Video: Your 50-second weather forecastpublished at 08:21 British Summer Time 27 April 2017
Lucy Martin
BBC Weather
After a cool start to the day, with some bright patches, cloud will thicken with outbreaks of mainly light and patchy rain and highs of 12C (54F).
You can find a detailed forecast for your area on the BBC Weather site.
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Latest weather for the West Midlands
Thursday: Live updates for Birmingham and the Black Countrypublished at 08:02 British Summer Time 27 April 2017
Stephanie Barnard
BBC Local Live
Good morning.
I'm in the WM newsroom bringing you the latest news, sport, travel and weather updates for Birmingham and the Black Country between now and 18:00.
If you'd like to get in touch - email, tweet @BBCWM, external or visit the BBC WM Facebook page, external.
Teens 'plan carjackings on WhatsApp'published at 07:39 British Summer Time 27 April 2017
Police believe the group are sharing screen shots of press coverage between themselves.
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Our coverage across the daypublished at 18:01 British Summer Time 26 April 2017
We're back from 08:00 on Thursday with more news, sport, travel and weather updates.
Filming for new series of Peaky Blinders heads to Manchesterpublished at 17:57 British Summer Time 26 April 2017
Peaky Blinders star Cillian Murphy has been spotted filming scenes for the gangster drama in Manchester.
Footage posted on Twitter by photographer Robert Walker shows Murphy holding a gun as he stands on a fire escape in Manchester's Northern Quarter.
Peaky Blinders is set in Birmingham and follows a much-feared gang led by the ruthless Thomas Shelby (Murphy).
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'Controversial' NUS president loses re-electionpublished at 17:54 British Summer Time 26 April 2017
The controversial president of the National Union of Students has been ousted from her post after being defeated in her bid for re-election.
Last October, the Commons home affairs committee concluded that comments made by Malia Bouattia Bouattia describing Birmingham University as a "Zionist outpost" smacked of "outright racism".
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Malia Bouattia lost out on a second term to Shakira Martin, who previously served as the union's vice president for further education.
Ms Bouattia's statement in a co-authored 2011 blog said that Birmingham "has the largest Jsoc (Jewish Society) in the country whose leadership is dominated by Zionist activists" was condemned in the MPs' report as "unacceptable, and even more so from a public figure such as the president of the NUS".
Weather: A mixed outlook for the regionpublished at 17:45 British Summer Time 26 April 2017
Shefali Oza
BBC Midlands Today
We're forecast a real mixture of weather tonight and tomorrow, including everything from warm sunshine to snow.
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Shefali Oza with the weather forecast for the West Midlands
Red lines get the green lightpublished at 17:38 British Summer Time 26 April 2017
Red lines are going to be introduced on a stretch of road in Cradley Heath to stop "bad parking" and "stopping at any time".
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council are going to put down the lines on the mile-long stretch of Forge Lane, Lower High Street, Foxoak Street and Upper High Street.
The council says they have received "multiple complaints" about vehicles blocking pavements and preventing drivers from passing due to parked cars.
The work will be carried out overnight between 2 - 4 May.
Tamworth men could face jail over TalkTalk hackpublished at 17:30 British Summer Time 26 April 2017
Leona Smart
Broadcast Journalist, BBC WM
Two men from Tamworth might be facing jail for their role in a multi-million pound hack on the TalkTalk website.
Matthew Hanley, 22, pleaded guilty to hacking it in October 2015.
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His friend Connor Allsopp, who is 20, admitted supplying a TalkTalk customer's details for fraudsters to use.
The firm said the fallout from the cyber attack in October 2015 cost it £42 million and the personal data of nearly 160,000 people was accessed.
They'll both be sentenced at the end of May.
'Blood was everywhere': Brutal axe attack leaves grandfather with huge head woundpublished at 17:14 British Summer Time 26 April 2017
Express and Star
A man who was struck on the head with an axe while trying to protect his home from burglars has , externalspoken of his horror at the savage attack.
Blow as 250 jobs to leave Coventry with firm's Birmingham movepublished at 17:00 British Summer Time 26 April 2017
The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors has announced it is no longer staying in Coventry after its bid to move to the new Friargate site fell through.
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The Friargate site in Coventry as work began in 2015
The decision means that 250 jobs will leave the city as the organisation vacate their current home at Westwood Business Park in favour of Birmingham.
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While we are obviously disappointed that the proposal to move into a new development in Coventry city centre did not materialise...we are more than satisfied that our new premises will fit our organisational needs and vision for the future.
Sean Tompkins, CEO of RICS
'Good to be back' says Dudley MP after battle with sepsispublished at 16:43 British Summer Time 26 April 2017
Monica Rimmer
Journalist, BBC Online
The Dudley South MP Mike Wood has told Parliament it's "good to be back" after he returned to work following his brush with death.
The Conservative MP was hospitalised with life-threatening blood poisoning in January and overcame pneumonia and kidney failure triggered by the condition.
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Mr Wood told the Prime Minister: "It's good to be back - and to be honest, it's good to be anywhere...but each year in the UK, 44,000 people are less lucky.
"Will you look at the measures we can take to reduce deaths from sepsis, including awareness raising, including a national registry to properly record the burden of sepsis and effective commissioning levers to incentivise best practice?"
Mrs May, in reply, said: "You are absolutely right to bring a focus on this issue of this devastating condition of sepsis and every death from it of course is a tragedy."
Councils plans to fill empty homespublished at 16:18 British Summer Time 26 April 2017
Louise Hancock
Newsreader, BBC WM
A new scheme to encourage owners of empty properties in Wolverhampton to rent or sell their homes is expected to get the go ahead later.
It's all part of the city council's plan to reduce the number of empty homes in the area.
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Owners will be given grants of up to £500 pounds to tempt them into renting or selling their property.
They hope this new scheme will stop rundown empty properties becoming unsightly, whilst tackling homelessness.