Elliott proud of Bears' T20 campaignpublished at 10:45 British Summer Time 4 September 2017
Birmingham Bears captain Grant Elliott says he is proud of his side's run to T20 Blast Finals Day.
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Updates from Monday 4 to Friday 8 September 2017
Elliott proud of Bears' T20 campaignpublished at 10:45 British Summer Time 4 September 2017
New details of Victorian Christmas Marketpublished at 10:31 British Summer Time 4 September 2017
More details of Wolverhampton's first Victorian Christmas Market taking place later this year have been announced., external
Elliott 'will be coming back next year'published at 10:16 British Summer Time 4 September 2017
BBC WM SportCaptain Grant Elliott says he'll return next year, after the Birmingham Bears' defeat in the T20 Blast final.
Image source, Matt Bunn/BPI/REX/ShutterstockThe Notts Outlaws beat them by 22 runs at Edgbaston at the weekend after batting first and making 190-4.
In March, the Bears signed the former New Zealand all-rounder on a "Kolpak contract" for the T20 Blast.
Kolpak contracts are signed by foreign players, using a European Court ruling, to avoid counting against the quota of one overseas player per club.
Quote MessageI've signed for two years with Birmingham so... I will be coming back next year... To get this far I think with the group we've got I'm really proud of the guys, proud of the way that they've carried the team and that they've done everything I've asked for and they've played for the team."
Grant Elliott, Bears' skipper
Trouble flares at HMP Birminghampublished at 09:40 British Summer Time 4 September 2017
Trouble broke out at HMP Birmingham after inmates refused to return to their cells.
The disorder was confined to one wing and involved a "small number of prisoners", according to the Prison Service.
It began just after 17:00 on Sunday and was resolved at 23:45. No staff or prisoners were injured.
West Midlands prisoners handed thousands of days in additional jail timepublished at 09:15 British Summer Time 4 September 2017
Prisoners in West Midlands jails were handed a staggering total of 42,756 days of additional imprisonment for breaking prison rules last year. , external
Reaction as Spurs, Arsenal & Brighton score three, Chelsea beat Leicesterpublished at 09:08 British Summer Time 4 September 2017
Listen to commentary on BBC Radio 5 live and watch Final Score, plus updates and analysis from the five Premier League games at 15:00 BST.
Read MorePost workers recruited by gangs to steal bank cardspublished at 08:39 British Summer Time 4 September 2017
Postal workers are being offered £1,000 a week to steal bank cards, a BBC investigation has found.
Online adverts offer huge sums to tempt Royal Mail staff to intercept letters containing cards and PIN numbers.
Media caption, Undercover BBC reporter confronts post fraud gang member
More than 11,000 people in the UK have been affected by this type of fraud in 2016, where bank cards are stolen in transit, according to UK Finance.
Royal Mail would not disclose how many workers had been convicted but claimed "the theft of mail is very rare".
It added its security team was investigating the findings by BBC Inside Out West Midlands and it had no evidence of its employees being involved.
A BBC journalist posed as a postman and responded to an advert offering £1,000 a week to intercept letters.
Watch: Your 50-second weather forecastpublished at 08:19 British Summer Time 4 September 2017
Rich Davis
BBC Weather presenterAfter a cloudy start with some bursts of rain and drizzle it should be a largely dry day with some bright spells this afternoon and highs of 20C (68F).
Media caption, Latest weather for the West Midlands
Good morning Birmingham and the Black Countrypublished at 08:00 British Summer Time 4 September 2017
Back to school blues? You don't even need to be a pupil to feel that...
We'll do our best to cheer you up. But, you know.... bins.
Let's bring you a weather forecast shortly. Can't say it'll help though.
