Fans have been getting in touch on Facebook to share their reaction to news that Wolves head coach Paul Lambert has left the club after seven months in charge of the first team.

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Former Wolverhampton Wanderers striker Mel Eves says the club won't be able to challenge for promotion from the Championship if they don't find stability.

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It's after owners Fosun parted company with manager Paul Lambert earlier.

He's the third first team coach to leave the club in less than a year following the departure of Kenny Jackett and Walter Zenga.

Three men have been jailed and a fourth is awaiting sentencing, external following a police crackdown on a drug network operating between Birmingham and Bradford.

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Officers in the West Midlands joined forces with West Yorkshire Police after a taxi in Bradford was found to be transporting a rucksack filled with five kilos of the drug in February last year.

The investigation that followed found the heroin had been dispatched from Birmingham and further inquiries led detectives to the men behind the operation.

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Imaan Haidri, 25, from Erdington was sentenced to ten years, Vijay Kumar, 42, from Leicester received nine years and Ahtsham Hussain, 26 from Balsall Heath was jailed for eight and a half years.

Mohammed Jangir, 33, of Erdington will be sentenced at a later date.

Lichfield Cathedral is to stay closed for the rest of the day.

Staff say they are continuing to work with Staffordshire Police after a member of the public reported a man acting suspiciously.

The cathedral was evacuated at lunchtime and officers have been searching the site.

A fire and explosion has rocked a car parts garage in Earl St, Bilston.

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Willenhall Fire Station tweeted this picture of the aftermath.

The service is now warning people that asbestos has been spread over small area which they say will be cleared by the council.

Nearby residents are advised to keep doors and windows closed.

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The Birmingham pub bombing families have been dealt a fresh blow in their fight to be legally represented at the historic renewed inquests into the 21 deaths. , external

The developers behind plans to turn a derelict pub in Erdington into a care home say the area is in need of such a facility.

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The Hare and Hounds on Marsh Hill closed in April after being put up for sale in July 2016.

A planning application has since been submitted to build an £80 million care home on the site but residents are opposing the proposals.

A panel rules the integrity of the process has been called into disrepute.

Lichfield Cathedral was evacuated after a member of the public reported a man acting in a suspicious way, police say.

Searches are ongoing at the cathedral, which has been closed since lunchtime.

It's been stressed there's no specific threat to the landmark.

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Pictures of a cordon around Lichfield Cathedral have been posted on social media as police respond to reports, external of a "suspicious incident".

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The landmark was evacuated at lunchtime

Police say they aren't aware of any specific threat and are still investigating.

Police officers are carrying out a "thorough search" of Lichfield Cathedral after earlier reports of a "suspicious incident", the Dean says.

"Police are here now. They're continuing to search," the Very Reverend Adrian Dorber said.

"They've asked the close to be kept quiet.They're here in force basically for everyone's peace of mind."

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A woman has told BBC WM how she helped save the life of a Birmingham man who was caught up in last week's terror attack in Manchester.

The man, called Gary, was injured by shrapnel from the bomb blast at the Ariana Grande concert last Monday.

Lianna Stutt, who's a trained nurse, says she provided aid after she spotted he had been injured.

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A wheelchair-bound pensioner was targeted by a thief who followed him home from a Post Office and tricked his way into his house., external

A court has heard how an alleged victim "felt guilty" making attempts to contact Julie Wadsworth, years after he said the abuse took place.

Under cross examination from Wadsworth's barrister, he also denied becoming "wholly obsessed" with the female radio presenter, only reporting the couple to police when his "heart-felt" messages were ignored.

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In one message, he accepted sending her on Facebook in 2015, the alleged victim said he wanted to meet up with Mrs Wadsworth. It read: "Been years - I still look back very fondly on fun times xx."

However, he claimed in court to have deleted the messages hoping they were unread, and just over two weeks later made allegations about the couple to the police.

Julie Wadsworth and husband Tony Wadsworth both deny all charges against them.

A man died after being left at a Birmingham hospital with serious stab wounds

Birmingham Mail

Labour has accused the Conservatives of planning to rob 37,000 Birmingham children of free school meals, as one of the party's big hitters visited the marginal seat of Birmingham Erdington. , external

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This is not the first time these professional misconduct hearings have run into difficulties.

The fact the case presented by the National Council for Teaching and Learning has been so heavily criticised will surely be an embarrassment, not just to the organisation, but perhaps also the Department for Education which commissioned the Clark Report.

In February this year legal representatives for Birmingham City Council and two teaching unions appeared at the proceedings, in an attempt to protect the identities of whistleblowers who had given evidence regarding the senior teachers' behaviour to the Clark investigation.

During that evidence lawyers for the five teachers argued repeatedly that the NCTL had mishandled the case and failed to disclose material which would have allowed them to better defend their clients.

Today the panel said the "integrity" of the whole process had been called into question, after it became clear the NCTL legal team had "deliberately withheld " material from the other side.

There is no question in the blame for the collapse of the hearings has been placed at the door of the NCTL.

Lichfield Cathedral has been evacuated because of a "suspicious incident", Staffordshire Police say., external

Management at the cathedral got everybody out before the police arrived at lunchtime.

The force says it's "not aware of any specific threat", but is reviewing the situation.

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An alleged victim of two ex-BBC presenters accused of child sex offences has claimed he was eventually rejected by the married couple because he was "probably too old".

The man has claimed he had sex with Julie Wadsworth up to 15 times between the ages of 14 and 18, including once when her husband Tony Wadsworth joined in a "threesome".

He is among seven youths alleged to have been indecently assaulted in the 1990s by the Wadsworths, who have worked for BBC Radio Leicester and BBC WM.

Mrs Wadsworth, 60, has pleaded not guilty to 12 charges of indecent assault while her 69-year-old husband denies 10 counts of the same offence. The couple also deny five counts of outraging public decency.

Five people have been arrested following an investigation into the death of a Birmingham man., external

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Joel Richards, 20, was taken to City Hospital on Sunday with serious stab wounds and a murder investigation was launched after he died of his injuries.

Police say a 17-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of murder at a service station on the M40 at around 19:30 yesterday.

Officers also stopped a car on the M40 near to Oxford last night and arrested three men and a woman on suspicion of assisting an offender.