Nick Clitheroe
BBC Midlands Today

The new head coach at Wolves, who wants to be known only as Nuno, went through the ritual football photos at Molineux this morning, promising that hard work would be the key to success.

He has a good pedigree, managing big European clubs like Porto and Valencia as well as coaching in the Champions League; a CV that impressed the fans I spoke to at the stadium earlier.

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They told me they felt the club had got the right recipe now and Nuno was tactically better than his predecessor Paul Lambert who left earlier this week.

This is a critcal moment for Wolves after going through so many managers in recent seasons. They have to get this appointment right.

The author of The Lord of the Rings came up with the story after returning from the Somme.

Two teenagers hurt at train tracks in the Black Country were injured by an electric current, paramedics have confirmed.

Four boys had been playing next to a stretch of railway near a park in Wednesbury.

There emergency crews found two teenagers, both believed to be 13 years old, with serious injuries.

One was in a critical condition and flown by air ambulance to Birmingham Children's Hospital.

The second is described as being in a serious condition and is being treated at the same hospital.

Trains services are affected between Bescot Stadium in Walsall and Tame Bridge Parkway and coaches have been ordered to run between Walsall and Rugeley, London Midland said.

Forest Green Rovers sign Reece Brown on a one-year contract after the midfielder is released by Birmingham City.

The new boss of Wolverhampton Wanderers says there is ambition at the club which he wants to harness from day one.

After a "clear conversation" with Chinese owners Fosun, Nuno Espirito Santo - the fourth head coach in 10 months under their stewardship - says he is impressed with the facilities and is looking forward to getting started.

The former Porto and Valencia boss was appointed after Paul Lambert "parted company" with the Championship team earlier this week.

In his first interview, he said he felt "great".

"This is a new project. We have ambition... it starts [on] day one."

Paintings by the former Wolves footballer Jody Craddock have gone on display in Ellesmere along with work by a number of local artists.

Ellesmere College is hosting the exhibition, which will be free to get in and open until Sunday.

Image source, Jody Craddock

Craddock says he's been interested in art since he was at school and now that he has retired he finally has time to devote to his hobby.

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Two people hurt at railway tracks in Wednesbury earlier have been described by West Midlands Ambulance Service as "young male teens"

They have been taken to Birmingham Children's Hospital. The condition of one has been described as critical, with the other said to be in a serious condition.

London Midland said it happened near the railway between Bescot Stadium in Walsall and Tame Bridge Parkway. British Transport Police, alerted at about midday, said that according to reports, the pair were injured on the tracks.

All lines are blocked.

Two teenagers have been hurt on train tracks in Wednesbury.

An air ambulance, along with paramedics and transport police, is at the scene near Kent Road.

The incident has blocked lines between Bescot Stadium and Tame Bridge Parkway, London Midland said.

Police were alerted at about midday.

Three masked men have demanded staff hand over cash at a bank in Kings Heath, Birmingham, police say.

According to the West Midlands force, officers were called to reports of a raid at Halifax on Alcester Road South just after 10:00.

The men fled in a vehicle.

Police are unable to say at this stage whether any cash was stolen.

Edgabston is the venue for five matches in the Champions Trophy in June, so don't get caught out by road closures.

England made their tournament start against Bangladesh at The Oval earlier today. New Zealand take on Australia at Edgbaston tomorrow, with the Birmingham venue hosting India v Pakistan on Sunday.

A teenager has appeared in court accused of murdering a man who was left outside a hospital after being stabbed.

Joel Richards, 20, was left at Birmingham's City Hospital on Sunday, where he died from his injuries.

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A 17 year old arrested at a service station on the M40 near Oxford on Monday appeared before Birmingham magistrates today.

The teenager, who can't be named for legal reasons, was remanded in custody to appear at Birmingham Crown Court on Friday.

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Warwickshire's Chris Woakes has suffered a side strain, picked up while bowling against Bangladesh in England's first game in the ICC Champions Trophy.

He's so far bowled only two overs, conceding four runs.

You can follow the game on the BBC Sport live page.

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In the run-up to the general election on 8 June, we're asking people across the country to tell us what #GetsMyVote.

For Tara Gahir, who runs Mr Simms Olde Sweet Shoppe in Birmingham's Great Western Arcade, Brexit is the issue that matters most and she hopes to see a fair trade deal negotiated.

The 47-year-old married mother-of-two, from Dorridge, Solihull, voted Remain and said she wished Brexit "wasn't happening".

She wants to see a deal that "needs to be fair to Europe, as Europe needs to be fair to us".

And Mrs Gahir said she had already seen the impact of Brexit on her own business.

"The prices of things like our Belgian chocolates have already gone up. I've swallowed that cost so far and not passed it on to the customer because I'm too scared, so to get a fair trade deal is massive.

"If business rates go up, and taxes on things like sugar, it's going to make places like me close, I can't see how I would be able to sustain the overheads."

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The former Sainsbury's superstore at Merry Hill is to become one of the biggest Next stores in the UK,, external shopping centre owner intu revealed today.

West Midlands Police starts a month-long campaign today to test drivers for alcohol and drugs.

Motorists face roadside checks by force officers and motorway police.

Sgt Mark Bull from the force's road policing unit said: "There are big risks involved with drink or drug driving, not only are you risking killing or injuring yourself or others you also risk losing your licence and potentially your livelihood."Such behaviour is totally unacceptable and drivers found to be driving in excess of the limit will be put before the court."

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BBC Sport

Warwickshire's Chris Woakes is among the England team taking on Bangladesh in their first match of the ICC Champions Trophy.

He's bowling already as England, having won the toss, have elected to field first - follow the action here on the BBC Sport website.

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BBC Weather Watchers

The sunshine's out again today and our BBC Weather Watchers have been snapping away across Warwickshire.

Here are two from users Outwiththedog in Wishaw and Graham Hedges in Rugby.

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Birmingham Mail

A renowned tattoo artist who worked in Birmingham for 20 years, external will receive a fitting send-off today when his funeral cortege passes his shop.

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Warwickshire fast bowler Boyd Rankin is in line to make his first start of the 2017 season following a back injury.

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The 32-year-old Ireland, and ex-England, international has not featured for the Bears since last July, having suffered a fractured tibia in training.

Rankin was fit enough to make four appearances in seven days for Ireland in January, in the Desert T20 in Dubai.

But he then suffered his most recent problem, another back injury, while on Ireland duty again in April.

He came through a Second XI match last week against Derbyshire bowling almost 20 overs to take 3-60 in the match.

A mother and son have admitted faking her death to fraudulently claim a £136,000 insurance payout.

Arafa Nassib conspired with her son Adil Kasim, 18, to commit fraud against Scottish Widows by pretending she died in Zanzibar.

They pleaded guilty at Birmingham Crown Court to making false representations between March and December last year.