Updates from Monday 4 to Friday 8 September 2017
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Ireland captain William Porterfield to leave Warwickshire when his contract expires at the end of the season.
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Of our six sides in the FA Cup second qualifying round, external, only Stourbridge are at home.
They will play St Ives Town at the War Memorial Ground [pictured above].
Tamworth are away to Stafford Rangers, Alvechurch go to Grantham Town, Rushall Olympic are at AFC Mansfield, Redditch United will visit Stratford Town and Chasetown travel to Buxton.
Those ties are scheduled for 16 September.
Brian White can take his place at Oxford after being granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK.
Read MoreA drunk reveller, who stabbed a peacemaker after the victim helped calm the situation following a nightclub bust-up, has avoided jail "by the skin of his teeth, external".
Twenty eight inmates are moved out of HMP Birmingham after disorder led by 10 'key protagonists'.
Read MoreAlmost five times as many students as 10 years ago have disclosed a mental health condition to their university, say researchers.
Image source, ThinkstockIn 2015-16, more than 15,000 UK-based first-year students disclosed mental health issues, Institute of Public Policy Research analysis suggests.
Universities UK said student mental health was "a strategic priority".
At some universities one in four students is using or waiting to use counselling services, and some report dramatic increases. The University of Birmingham estimated a 5-6% annual increase in demand throughout the past 10 years.
Warwickshire, external have announced batsman William Porterfield and all-rounder Ateeq Javid are to leave Edgbaston at the end of the current season when their current contracts expire.
Image source, Getty ImagesIreland captain Porterfield [pictured above], who's 32, has played for the Bears for seven seasons after arriving from Gloucestershire.
Javid, who's 25, has agreed a two-year contract with Leicestershire.
Quote MessageWilliam and Ateeq have been great servants to the club and have been instrumental in our success in recent years, being part of the teams that have won all major trophies across the three formats of the game in a five-year period."
Ashley Giles, Warwickshire CCC sport director
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A woman has described her distress after her daughter was sent home from France because her passport was out of date.
Janet Kimmings says her daughter, Jackie, had her passport checked at Birmingham Airport, external [pictured above] on three occasions and was allowed to board a flight. It was only when she arrived in France the problem was discovered.
Birmingham Airport and Flybe, external are investigating and say they will be in touch with the family once they've established how this was allowed to happen.
Quote MessageI could see her through the glass with a smile on her face saying to them 'no you must have got it wrong'. They would not have it and they offered her a night in a detention centre or [to] go back on the same aircraft that we'd just arrived on."
Janet Kimmings, Mother
A brave student left fighting for life after a speeding driver ploughed into her and killed her childhood friend, external has described the heartbreaking loss in a poignant new blog.
Leicestershire sign all-rounder Ateeq Javid on a two-year contract from Warwickshire.
Read MoreA Cadbury worker who raced another car at speeds of up to 120mph, external through Birmingham before crashing and seriously injuring a husband and wife has been jailed.
Footage shot outside HMP Birmingham shows what happens when disorder breaks out.
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Rob Mayor
Black Country Political Reporter, BBC WM
Children's services in Walsall "require improvement" according to the watchdog Ofsted, external.
Image source, GoogleInspectors say positive change in the service is being undermined by a high turnover rate of frontline social workers.
Inspectors who visited Walsall in June and July say that work to protect children at risk of sexual exploitation in the borough is "not rigorous enough" at the moment.
They say Walsall Council, external [pictured above] can't be sure it has an accurate picture of every child's circumstances and that sometimes social workers and managers don't sufficiently understand the impact on children living in situations of neglect, domestic abuse and parental drug misuse.
Ofsted does, though, acknowledge that the authority is working hard to improve and provide the help and protection children need.
Giles Latcham
BBC Midlands Today
Birmingham City Council, external leader, John Clancy, is facing a possible vote of no confidence over his handling of the dispute with bin workers.
Refuse workers returned to the picket lines on Friday morning.
And trouble broke out at HMP Birmingham on Sunday after inmates refused to return to their cells.
Join me for BBC Midlands Today at 13:30 on BBC One.
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Birmingham City Council, external leader John Clancy is facing a possible vote of no confidence over his handling of the dispute with bin workers.
The council has published details on its website of how it plans to clear waste over the next two weeks.
Moseley and Kings Heath councillor Claire Spencer is one of two local Labour councillors who have submitted the no-confidence motion.
It claims the leader has "seriously mishandled" the dispute and lost the confidence of colleagues, council staff and union officials.
Quote MessageAcas are quite clear that there was a deal. When Unite went to the media praising John Clancy and saying that a deal had been struck, nothing came from the leadership to disagree with that for over a week, so I can completely see why both Acas and Unite would believe that a deal had been struck."
Claire Spencer, Councillor
A fed-up Black Country man says he is constantly disturbed by motorists, external who mistakenly drive up the pathway outside his home.
A 28-year-old man is fighting for life in hospital after being attacked in Walsall town centre, external.
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Walsall boss Jon Whitney has praised the understanding between debutant Dan Agyei and Amadou Bakayoko in attack, after Saturday's win.
Image source, Rex FeaturesThe transfer deadline day loan signing headed home, as the Saddlers secured a 2-1 home win over Plymouth and Whitney [pictured above] says the pair worked well together.
Quote MessageWe've got a couple of choices we can do now moving forward and what's nice for me is we've got players who are fighting for places now. We know we can compete in every single game. There [were] a couple of games last year where we didn't compete... We've got every single player who will do that now."
Jon Whitney, Walsall manager
Louisa Currie
Reporter, BBC Midlands Today
A G4S spokesman said trouble flared at HMP Birmingham "after a group of prisoners refused to return to their cells" at the end of evening association.
He said: "Staff have successfully resolved disorder on one wing at the prison.
"No staff or prisoners were injured during the incident and the rest of the establishment was unaffected."
One inmate, believed to be in his 20s, was taken to hospital for an unrelated medical matter.
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