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We're forecast some rain later in the week, but tomorrow is looking pretty much the same as today - cloudy and warm, with temperatures up to 22C (72F).

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A hearing took place earlier today into the breadth and scope of a new inquest into the deaths of the 21 victims of the Birmingham pub bombings in 1974.

The court heard from counsel representing the family of Eugene and Desmond Reilly who both died at the Tavern in the Town pub.

Miss Heather Williams QC argued that the inquests should include the response of the emergency services on the night of the attack and discussion of who planted the devices.

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She said: "No inquests were ever held. The families have waited a long time, there is a clear public interest, and this inquest provides the only opportunity for these matters to be investigated."

Speaking on behalf of West Midlands Police, Mr Jeremy Johnson said the force agreed that the process should include discussion of whether the force had received forewarning of the attack, but argued examination of the emergency response should be more limited.

"Only where the emergency response may have had an impact on an individual death, should it be considered."

Breast surgeon Ian Paterson carried out needless surgery on patients he told had cancer.

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Born on the African island of Sao Tome and Principe, this will be Nuno's fourth club as manager.

He began with Rio Ave in Portugal's top division, before 16 months in Spain at Valencia, who he took to fourth in La Liga.

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Nuno was appointed Porto head coach in June 2016 on a two-year deal, but he left in May having led Porto to second in the Portuguese Primeira Liga, six points behind champions Benfica.

Porto also reached the last 16 of the Champions League, losing 3-0 on aggregate to eventual finalists Juventus.

Five of the top six clubs in the Championship in 2016-17 had foreign managers, including three - Newcastle's Rafael Benitez, Huddersfield's David Wagner and Reading's Jaap Stam - who had not experienced a full season in the division before.

Patricia Welch said no sentence could compensate for what Paterson had put his victims through.

Two baby rabbits have died after seven baby rabbits and two adult rabbits were dumped in a crate in a layby.

They were found by a member of the public in a layby in Withy Hill Road, Sutton Coldfield, in the early hours of Monday morning

The RSPCA are now appealing for information and are caring for the seven surviving rabbits.

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Wolves have named former Porto and Valencia boss Nuno Espirito Santo as their head coach to succeed Paul Lambert, who left Molineux on Tuesday.

Nuno, 43, is the seventh man to take charge of the Championship club since February 2012 and the fourth boss in 10 months under Chinese owners Fosun.

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"I first got to know Nuno two years ago," said Wolves director Jeff Shi.

"At that time, we hadn't taken over Wolves. But, when talking to him, I was impressed by his football tactics."

Wolves name former Porto boss Nuno Espirito Santo as their new head coach to succeed Paul Lambert.

Patricia Welch was told by Paterson she needed a mastectomy and immediate reconstruction - which an expert later told her was a huge exaggeration.

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Prof Philip Drew, a cancer surgeon, gave expert evidence for the prosecution at Ian Paterson's trial, he believes Paterson's behaviour is similar to that of killer doctor Harold Shipman.

"They both seemed to not understand that what they were doing was wrong. Or if they understood it, they did it anyway," he said.

While it is not known whether the surgeon's actions have contributed to any deaths, unlike in Shipman's case, Prof Drew believes Paterson's actions were fuelled by selfish, mysterious desires.

"Shipman was bizarre, Paterson is bizarre. They're both deliberately harming people and I think you have to understand the whole mindset of the medical profession that that is so wrong, it doesn't even occur to you that it can happen."

Questions must be asked about how rogue breast surgeon Ian Paterson was able to carry out a raft of unnecessary operations, the General Medical Council has said.

The body, which suspended Paterson in 2012, said it is crucial such crimes are prevented from happening again.

Charlie Massey, chief executive and registrar of the GMC, said Paterson's crimes were"deeply shocking acts that betrayed patients' trust".

He added: "It is absolutely right that questions are asked about how this happened and more crucially how the health system can prevent it from happening again.

"As soon as we were made aware of these issues we took action to curb his practice and then suspend him, but his practice went unchecked for so long because some of those in the health system, managers but also his colleagues, had their concerns but failed to report them to us.

"The world is a fundamentally different place now, with regular checks on a doctor's fitness to hold a licence and a UK-wide network of senior medical staff responsible for ensuring that every aspect of their doctors' competence and behaviour is up to standard."

Kathryn Stanczyszyn
Political Reporter, BBC WM

One of the ten victims who bravely gave evidence during this trial told me they're still struggling to feel relief today - because it's yet to fully sink in that Ian Paterson deliberately set out to cut them open for no reason at all.

The judge said this case is unprecedented, and that's reflected in the fact there seems to be no accurate description for what Paterson did - the convictions were for wounding with intent and unlawful wounding, but to the victims the crimes were so much more - described in court today as a 'criminal and outrageous patient harming system' which has left them all with psychological scars that run deeper than the physical ones.

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During sentencing today Paterson shook his head several times as Mr Justice Jeremy Baker painstakingly went through the personal stories of each of the ten victims, describing the former surgeon as having a complete lack of remorse.

The judge also said such is the impact of this case that not only has it resulted in a devastating loss of trust in the medical profession for the victims - but it may also have caused those not directly involved to doubt it too.

Tragically, many patients have died; whether Paterson's actions contributed to their deaths is not yet known.

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Paterson carried out "cleavage sparing mastectomies", with the review into his work at the Heart of England NHS Trust finding a number of women were exposed to the risk of the cancer returning.

The report said Paterson carried out inadequate partial mastectomies on many women, which he defended by saying he had left behind "fatty tissue" to give the women a more "satisfying aesthetic appearance".

The hospital trust offered an unreserved apology to all patients and their relatives following the report's publication.

Sir Ian's review was heavily critical of senior figures at the trust, saying they chose to ignore Paterson's failings or took inadequate action.

Even when the trust did decide to take decisive action years later, it recalled only 12 women for further investigation - an approach which was "hopelessly flawed".

A full recall of all patients was announced only when new managers took up posts at the trust in 2010.

One of Paterson's victims, Judith Conduit, doesn't think the sentence was long enough.

Paterson was sentenced to 15 years in prison after a jury at Nottingham Crown Court found him guilty of 17 counts of wounding with intent and three counts of unlawful wounding.

Paterson, 59, operated on nine women and one man after falsely telling them they had breast cancer.

He was convicted of 17 counts of wounding with intent and three of unlawful wounding, after a trial last month.

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The judge told Nottingham Crown Court how Paterson lied to his patients, exaggerating or inventing the risk of cancer, abusing trust, believing himself to be untouchable.

Speaking after the sentencing, one of his victims, Diane Green, gave her reaction.

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It wasn't just Ian Paterson's private work that was a cause for concern.

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He was also employed by the NHS at the Heart of England Trust, based in and around Birmingham.

His job here did not form part of the criminal case but there are serious questions about his work.

In 2011, it emerged he had been performing an unorthodox and unregulated procedure known as a cleavage-sparing mastectomy.

By definition, a mastectomy removes the whole breast, but this procedure left some tissue behind, putting women at risk of the cancer returning.

Despite repeatedly being asked to stop by managers, Paterson continued to use the technique for several years.

The Heart of England Trust has now paid out nearly £18m in damages and legal costs to hundreds of his former patients.

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