Updates from Friday 12 May 2017
Alex Homer
BBC Local Live
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Nick Owen
Presenter, BBC Midlands Today
Drayton Manor theme park in Staffordshire has been closed for a second day today after the death of a schoolgirl from Leicester.
A football league set up to make the sport cheaper for players in deprived areas of Birmingham is going from strength to strength.
And one Birmingham restaurant says it is losing out on thousands of pounds because people are not showing up despite booking a table. But is it right for restaurateurs to get tough?
More on these stories and more on the Midlands Today on BBC One from 18:30.
Chelsea manager Antonio Conte asks his side to turn a "good" season "great" with the three points against West Brom at Stamford Bridge on Friday night that would give the Blues the Premier League title.
Read MoreDerby County fan Hannah Bladon was repeatedly stabbed in Jerusalem on Good Friday.
Read MoreMore than 18 million fans watched English Football League games in 2016-17 - the highest figure since the 1958-59 season.
Read MoreThe Prince of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne, has been unveiled as one of this year's participants in the annual event.
Image source, Getty ImagesBBC Music Day, which was established in 2015, celebrates music that "aims to unite communities and generations".
A surprise event will take place in Black Sabbath frontman Osbourne's hometown of Birmingham, with similar events taking place in the home cities of Shaun Ryder and Alfie Boe.
Elsewhere, Texas are playing with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in a free concert from Glasgow's Barrowlands and more than 45 official new blue plaques will be unveiled to commemorate significant locations in music history.
Each BBC local radio station has chosen one for their area.
BBC News Travel
London Midland services through Smethwick may be cancelled or delayed.,
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People on Corbyn Road in Dudley reveal their wish list in the run-up to the general election.
Read MoreCraig Gardner signs a three-year deal at Birmingham City following a loan spell from West Bromwich Albion.
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BBC Local Live
A hydraulic platform has been sent to Longbridge to help extinguish a fire in the "partly-demolished chimney" of a "void factory and in the ventilation system on its roof".
Initially four crews - around 20 firefighters - were sent to the scene after a man rang the service from his mobile to report the flames at around 15:30.
That has since been reduced to three crews - around 15 firefighters - assisted by a hydraulic platform staffed by two people to bring the fire under control.
Rebecca Wood
BBC Weather
It's going to be another mild night and the warm weather should continue tomorrow, but there's a chance of some showers in the morning.
Rebecca Wood has your forecast
BBC WM Sport
A national newspaper is suggesting that Wolverhampton Wanderers' boss Paul Lambert is considering his future at the club.
Image source, Rex FeaturesThe Daily Telegraph reports Lambert is concerned that super-agent Jorge Mendes will dominate this summer's transfer business at Molineux.
We'll bring you more news of this when we have it.
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Alex Homer
BBC Local Live
Drayton Manor theme park says it will stay closed on Friday "to allow the Health and Safety Executive to complete their work" following the death of 11-year-old Leicester schoolgirl Evha Jannath who fell into water there on Tuesday.
The attraction said its "thoughts continue to be with the family and all those who have been affected by Tuesday’s incident".
BBC Radio 1
Two BBC Introducing acts from Birmingham have been chosen for Radio 1's Big Weekend festival this year.
The band Superfood (pictured), as well as grime artist Scorpz will perform in Hull at the end of the month.
A football league set up in deprived areas of Birmingham has grown as more players sign up.
Read MoreMan who went missing before his attempted robbery trial has admitted three counts of the offence.
Read MoreWest Bromwich Albion boss, Tony Pulis, has confirmed the club's interest in signing Leeds defender Charlie Taylor.
Image source, Rex FeaturesTaylor, who's 23, is out of contract in June and set to leave Leeds after refusing to play in their final game of the season at Wigan.
"He's been on our radar for a bit," said Pulis.
"There are a lot of clubs interested. It could go to a tribunal but our club would rather try and sort a deal out with Leeds."
Tahnie Martin died after being hit by debris during high winds during Storm Doris.
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