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The family of footballer Dalian Atkinson says the passing of time will not weaken its resolve to find out the facts surrounding his death - one year ago today after being tasered by police.

The device was deployed against the former Aston Villa star at his father's house in Telford. He was 48.

Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter

It will be a much drier and brighter day on the whole with a low risk of catching a brief shower.

There will be plenty of sunny spells and it will feel warm in the sunshine - highs of 23C (73F).

The family of Dalian Atkinson say they're still reeling from their loss, a year after the death of the former Aston Villa star.

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The 48-year-old died after being tasered by police last August outside his father's house in Telford.

Police watchdog investigators are still looking into the case.

In a statement released by the family, they say they're determined to get to the facts and are in it "for the long haul".

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A child was among Albanian nationals found in a car boot by border officials, a court hears.

Marcia Shakespeare says she is angry her work in schools to fight violent crime had lost funding.

Birmingham City win their appeal against Maikel Kieftenbeld's red card in Saturday's win over Bristol City.

Birmingham City Council is using agency staff and contractors to help clear the backlog.

Birmingham's bin strike is said to be costing the city £40,000 a day as it enters a seventh week.

Anna Clancy used a company credit card to order make-up, fake tan and other items, a court is told.

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Wolves' meeting against Kings Lynn has been called off tonight due to the latest weather forecast.

A former employee of a marketing firm denies knowingly using a company credit card to buy herself hundreds of goods from Amazon.

Miss Clancy, 28, of Wheats Avenue, Harborne, told the court she had set up an Amazon account using her work email, but had wanted to use the online retailer's Prime feature, which included free next-day delivery, and so added her own personal bank details, which were set, she said, as the default payment details for the account.

She then continued to use an app to order personal items using the "one click" method, again assuming the money was coming directly out of her bank, the court heard.

Earlier, magistrates in Birmingham heard a spending spree at her employer's expense totalled more than £4,500, with purchases made months after she left the firm.

She denies fraud by false representation

Beryl Hammond, 81, had not been seen around her Sutton Coldfield home for some time.

Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter

We're forecast some heavy rain tonight, but it will be a much better day tomorrow, with just a few showers expected.

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Birmingham City have signed striker Isaac Vassell for an undisclosed fee from League Two side Luton Town.

The 23-year-old moves to St Andrew's on a four-year deal having been under contract at Luton until next summer.

Blues manager Harry Redknapp bemoaned the lack of fit strikers as a "crazy situation" after losing Che Adams in Saturday's victory over Bristol City. Vassell will go straight into Redknapp's squad for the home match with Bolton on Tuesday.

Having moved to Luton on a free transfer last summer, Vassell - a cousin of former Aston Villa and England striker Darius Vassell - scored 10 league goals for the Hatters in 42 appearances last season.

He will provide Redknapp with another option up front with Lukas Jutkiewicz also missing with a calf problem.

Newquay-born Vassell, who graduated through the youth ranks at Plymouth, becomes Birmingham's fifth summer signing.

Birmingham City sign striker Isaac Vassell for an undisclosed fee from League Two side Luton Town.

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BBC Local Live

Concerns have been raised over staff turnover at one of the UK's largest prisons, Staffordshire's HMP Oakwood.

A report by the prison's Independent Monitoring Board (IMB), external said the number of prison officers at the site in Featherstone who are aged under 25 "appears to be increasing" over the past year.

The IMB says they're satisfied "everything is being done that can be" with recruitment but says they're concerned some new recruits don't last long before leaving.

They also say the prison is doing well to tackle the increase of drugs and mobile phones entering UK prisons using drones or being thrown over the fences.

In one example the IMB says a drone was found in the prison's grounds in October with a package of mobile phones and the psychoactive substance Mamba.

Private firm G4S, which runs HMP Oakwood,, external says they're taking steps including fitting rip-proof nets to stop the flow of illegal items and are overall "encouraged" by the report's findings.

A man has been remanded in custody after appearing in court charged with the murder of an 81-year-old woman who police believe to be his mother.

Her body was discovered on Saturday in Sutton Coldfield following concerns about her whereabouts.

Darren Hammond, of Ebrook Road, Sutton Coldfield, appeared before Birmingham Magistrates Court earlier. The 41-year-old is due to appear before Birmingham Crown Court on Tuesday morning via video link.

Police think the dead woman is his mother Beryl Hammond, although she is yet to be formally identified.

West Brom manager Tony Pulis says the club are "desperate" to sign players before the end of the transfer window.