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Updates from Wednesday 7 June 2017
Monica Rimmer
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Read MoreA court hears Julie Wadsworth has been unfairly portrayed as a "salacious and predatory" public figure.
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Confidential items have been stolen from a police officer's car, the West Midlands force has said.
But it has not confirmed reports that the theft was from the car of counter-terrorism boss Assistant Chief Constable Marcus Beale, external.
Police said a locked metal box containing documents relating to police matters was taken.
The box was locked in the boot of an unmarked car, police said. They did not say where or when the theft happened.
Police have not confirmed reports that the theft was from the car of counter-terrorism boss Assistant Chief Constable Marcus Beale
Lucy Martin
BBC Weather
This rain is forecast to stay with us tonight and into tomorrow.
Temperatures should remain mild though, falling to around 10C (50F) overnight.
Lucy Martin with the weather forecast for the West Midlands
The items were in a locked metal box, locked in the boot of an unmarked car.
Read MoreBirmingham Library will be lit up in red, white and blue this evening as the city remembers the victims of Saturday's terror attack in London, says the council.
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Father of two Simon Johnson was attacked at his home in Dudley in August 2016.
Read MoreA Birmingham expert on radicalisation says "tolerating extremism" is not the problem behind it.
Dr Katherine Brown, lecturer in Islamic Studies at University of Birmingham, said: "We need to push past the misleading narrative that Islam or Muslim communities are responsible for radicalisation."
Image source, PAQuote MessageThere is no one-size-fits-all solution, however what appears to work is improving religious and political literacy, developing critical thinking and debating skills in young people, regardless of their background, ensuring resources are made available to social services and the police, and by empowering all communities."
Dr Katherine Brown, Lecturer
She said authorities needed to focus on the "push and pull factors leading to radicalisation" and on how to support "well-resourced interventions".
In a speech following the attack, Prime Minister Theresa May said there had been "far too much tolerance of extremism in our country".
A Dudley burglar has been told he will be spending a "long, long time", external behind bars after he admitted trying to kill a 73-year-old security guard in a raid on a Brierley Hill factory.
An 18-year-old man has been charged with murdering a man who was found at his Dudley home with fatal stab wounds.
Damilola Johnson will appear before Walsall magistrates next month, West Midlands Police says.
Simon Johnson [pictured] was attacked at his home in Cradley Road, Netherton, in August 2016.
Image source, West Midlands PoliceA 16-year-old boy has previously been charged with his murder and another 16 year old has been charged with burglary.
Hampshire beat the bad weather to go top of Division One as Warwickshire suffer a third innings defeat of the season.
Read MoreAnd that is that for Hampshire against Warwickshire.
Sunny Singh is the last man to go for the Bears as Sean Ervine gets him leg before.
Hampshire pick up a third win of the season and move to the top of Division One for now.
Warwickshire's struggles continue as they take just three points from this game.
West Midlands Police's firearms unit is thanking the public for its support for armed response vehicle officers who have been offered coffee in the wake of the weekend's terror attack.
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Image source, PABirmingham will be joining other towns and cities around the country in holding a minute's silence for those killed and injured in London's terror attack.
The silence will take place outside Birmingham City Council's offices in Victoria Square at 11:00 on Tuesday.
Council leader John Clancy and the Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Anne Underwood, are among those expected to attend, the authority said.
Seven people died and 48 were injured when attackers drove into pedestrians on London Bridge and stabbed people in Borough Market on Saturday night.
Elizabeth Glinka
BBC Midlands Today
A man has appeared in court in connection with the death of a 17-year-old girl whose remains were found in a wardrobe wrapped in cling film.
Ashley Foster, 24, appeared at Wolverhampton Crown Court charged with preventing the lawful and decent burial of Megan Bills (pictured) between 16 April and 4 May this year.
Image source, West Midlands PoliceThe body of the teenager was discovered at a flat on Highgate Road, Brierly Hill, after neighbours reported a bad smell.
Mr Foster, of no fixed abode, was remanded in custody and is due to appear again on 21 June.
The 2 Sisters Food Group factory in Smethwick will close at the end of the month.
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Bob Hockenhull
BBC News
A jury's been told a radio presenter accused of sex offences with underage boys is the victim of a cheap attempt to paint her as "salacious and predatory".
Julie Wadsworth, 60, is on trial at Warwick Crown Court along with her husband Tony - both are charged with indecent assault and outraging public decency between 1992 and 1996.
Her defence says she was damaged by a past abusive relationship.
The couple, from Broughton Astley, Leicestershire, who have presented on BBC WM and BBC Coventry and Warwickshire, deny five counts of outraging public decency. Mrs Wadsworth has also pleaded not guilty to 11 charges of indecent assault, while her 69-year-old husband denies nine counts of the same offence.
The trial continues.
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