BBC Local Live: Birmingham and the Black Country on Friday 16 June 2017

Summary

Motorist drove car into man at car boot sale
Mistakes made in murder case - police chief
Council waste collection jobs 'axed'
Teens in Jo Cox remembrance events
Family of seven escapes fire
Edgbaston breaks attendance record
Manchester bomb victim talks of his surgery
Back problem keeps Hollywood star from Wolverhampton
Updates from Friday 16 June 2017

Live Reporting

Monica Rimmer

Man who stabbed dog to death banned from keeping animalspublished at 16:01 British Summer Time 16 June 2017
A man who killed his dog and left his body to rot in his flat for several days has been sentenced to 18 weeks in prison, suspended for two years, and given 250 hours of community service.
Wayne Bishop, 30, of Weston-Super-Mare admitted killing his dog, General, in a moment of cruelty at his flat in Droitwich when he appeared before magistrates in Worcester.
He was banned from keeping animals for life.
Image source, RSPCA
General was discovered by police officers with a stab wound to his chest after neighbours raised concern of the stench coming from the property.
Bishop initially claimed he stabbed his dog after he attacked him but later admitted this was not true and that he had stabbed General in anger.
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General’s death was an absolutely horrific case of animal cruelty at its worst. There is simply no excuse for such extreme cruelty."
Rachel Hayward, RSPCA inspector
Don't tempt me Frodo: First edition Lord of the Rings trilogy for auctionpublished at 15:40 British Summer Time 16 June 2017
BBC WM
A rare first edition of The Lord of the Rings trilogy has come up for auction in Wolverhampton.
The novels by JRR Tolkien, who spent much of his childhood in Birmingham, are expected to go for between £500 and £800.
Image source, Cuttlestones
The books are still in their original dust jackets.
Your pictures: Still Stourbridgepublished at 15:13 British Summer Time 16 June 2017
BBC Weather Watchers
Despite the grey sky, there's something rather great about this picture.
The picture was taken in Stourbridge by BBC Weather Watcher Susanne.
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Soldier treated in Birmingham after military training deathspublished at 14:43 British Summer Time 16 June 2017
BBC Midlands Today
A soldier is being treated in hospital in Birmingham following an incident at a military firing range in which two soldiers died.
The government says there will be a full investigation into what happened at Castlemartin in Pembrokeshire after a Royal Tank regiment training exercise on Wednesday.
Murdered MP Jo Cox remembered by Birmingham colleaguespublished at 14:22 British Summer Time 16 June 2017
Monica Rimmer
Journalist, BBC Online
The Labour MP Jo Cox is being remembered across the country on the first anniversary of her murder.
Events are being held today and over the weekend as part of The Great Get Together.
Emma Reynolds, the Labour MP for Wolverhampton North East, says Jo achieved more in 12 months than others manage in a lifetime of politics.
Image source, PA
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She gathered together with Andrew Mitchell, you might say an unlikely partnership, but they got on very, very well, they put Syria on the map again, people had started to forget how much suffering there was in Syria and she called on the government repeatedly to do more. She brought so much energy and commitment to the role of being an MP."
Emma Reynolds, Labour MP for Wolverhampton North East
Staffordshire celebrated in five audience picturespublished at 13:59 British Summer Time 16 June 2017
Allen Cook
BBC Local Live
The southern part of Staffordshire gets well featured in today's pick of pictures you've sent in of the county.
If you want to send in one of your photos, drop us an email or use Instagram, external (adding #bbcstoke to show you agree to share it).
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US Open golfer had hole-in-one aged fivepublished at 13:46 British Summer Time 16 June 2017
Flashback to when the sportsman was a child golfing prodigy with designs on being a racing driver.
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Saddlers to visit The Bladespublished at 13:33 British Summer Time 16 June 2017
Walsall have been drawn away to Sheffield United in the first round of the Carabao Cup.
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Football: Wolves v Yeovilpublished at 13:17 British Summer Time 16 June 2017
Wolverhampton Wanderers will host Yeovil in the first round of the League Cup.
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Football: Colchester United v Aston Villapublished at 13:17 British Summer Time 16 June 2017
Villa will travel to Colchester United in the first round of the League Cup.
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Football: Birmingham City v Crawley Townpublished at 13:08 British Summer Time 16 June 2017
The Blues will play Crawley Town at home in the first round of the League Cup.
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Bromsgrove MP heads to Kensington over Grenfell tower block firepublished at 12:44 British Summer Time 16 June 2017
Bromsgrove MP Sajid Javid, the secretary of state for communities and local government, says the government "will do whatever it takes" to improve safety in tower blocks following the fire in west London which killed at least 17 people.
He told BBC Breakfast he wanted to reassure people living in similar tower blocks across the country, saying an emergency review would start straight away but would be informed by the fire investigation report into the tragedy.
Mr Javid said he was going to the area today and wanted to make sure the council owning the tower block was suitably assisted during the fire's aftermath.
Wolverhampton golfer in US Openpublished at 12:21 British Summer Time 16 June 2017
Nick Clitheroe
BBC Midlands Today
Wolverhampton's Aaron Rai - the world number 166 - is currently in action in the US Open.
Image source, Getty Images
It's the 22 year old's first major tournament and he tees off in the second round at about 19:00.
Rai carded a one over 73 in his first appearance at a major, five shots better than Rory McIlroy who's returning from a month out with a rib injury.
Family of seven treated for smoke inhalation after house firepublished at 11:52 British Summer Time 16 June 2017
Louise Hancock
Newsreader, BBC WM
A family of seven have been treated for the effects of smoke inhalation following a fire at their house in Bordesley Green.
West Midlands Ambulance Service says it was called to the property in Keeley Street at about 07:50.
Image source, West Midlands Ambulance Service
The service said all seven had made it outside the property when it arrived but the building had been badly affected.
They were taken to hopsital, with a 53-year-old father the worst affected after helping his family escape.
M6 crash: Lorry driver in court over death of courierpublished at 11:32 British Summer Time 16 June 2017
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A man accused of causing death by dangerous driving on the M6 has appeared in court., external
Manchester victim's daughter thanks 'guardian angels'published at 11:11 British Summer Time 16 June 2017
The daughter of a man, from Hagley, injured in the Manchester bomb has written a note thanking nurses "for saving my dad".
The note, signed with a heart, reads: “Just want to say a big thank you to Liahna and Martin for saving my dad! I’m so thankful to them and they deserve the very best. Also wishing Brogan Jean a speedy recovery".
Garry Farr says his 11-year-old daughter Amy "is generally a bright and bubbly girl" and has managed to maintain that despite the attacks.
"We’ll be keeping an eye on her over the coming weeks because there are things she’s seen that no 11-year-old should see so she may need some help with that as time goes on."
Cricket semi-final beaks Edgbaston attendance recordpublished at 11:05 British Summer Time 16 June 2017
Edgbaston cricket ground hosted a semi-final of the Champions Trophy yesterday.
The venue's One Day International attendance record was broken, with 24,340 turning up to see India beat Bangladesh.
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Mistakes in Kevin Nunes case a 'terrible' situation - outgoing police chiefpublished at 10:44 British Summer Time 16 June 2017
The outgoing chief constable of Staffordshire Police says mistakes were made in the investigation of the 2002 murder of Kevin Nunes, a suspected drugs dealer from Wolverhampton.
Jane Sawyers is retiring today after more than 30 years in the force.
She was the head of professional standards there when 20-year-old Mr Nunes was killed in a suspected gangland shooting in Pattingham, Staffordshire. Five men were convicted of his murder but were later cleared.
Image source, Staffordshire Police
She said "it is terrible that mistakes were made and no one has been brought to justice".
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The mistakes were around disclosure and there was certain national rules that were not in place, those same mistakes would not happen again not because of the case but because things have moved on significantly."
Jane Sawyers, Outgoing chief constable
In 2017, a report highlighted concerns about officers in relation to looking after protected witnesses.
Football: League Cup draw at 13:00published at 10:30 British Summer Time 16 June 2017
BBC Sport
Seventy clubs will find out their opponents in the first round of the League Cup later on.
All 24 League Two clubs, all 24 League One sides and 22 of the 24 Championship teams will be involved.
Those numbers include Walsall, Aston Villa, Birmingham City and Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Premier League West Brom will enter in the second round.
Watch: Manchester bomb victim father not afraid to go back to gigspublished at 10:12 British Summer Time 16 June 2017
A father caught up in the Manchester bomb attack with his 11-year-old daughter has been speaking for the first time and says he is lucky to be alive.
Garry Farr, from Hagley, had to have surgery the day after the explosion and says he was saved by a trained nurse who made a tourniquet for his leg using two belts.
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Manchester bomb victim father not afraid to go back to gigs
Mr Farr says he was extremely lucky not to have been more badly injured and has since been getting on with his life and hasn't been afraid to go out to gigs as he normally would.