Police have released an image of a man they want to speak to after shop staff were threatened with a knife and "several hundred pounds" was stolen from the till.

West Mercia Police say a man first stole a charity box from Tesco Express on the Old Birmingham Road, Marlbrook, near Bromsgrove, at about 20:10 on Saturday night.

He returned 15 minutes later with the weapon and stole money from the till.

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A Birmingham-based imam accused of trying to recruit people to fight for Islamic State can be extradited to Spain to stand trial, a court has ruled.

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Tarik Chadlioui was one of six people arrested across Europe in June at the request of investigators on the Mediterranean island of Mallorca.

The 43-year-old Belgian national, from Sparkhill, is wanted by Spanish authorities over a charge of collaboration with, or membership of, an armed group.

He faces a maximum of 20 years in prison if convicted.

A mother rescued by firefighters after a blaze in a block of flats in Stoke-on-Trent has died in hospital, police say.

Staffordshire Police say 36-year-old Zainab Adam, from Ringlands Close, died at 20:18 last night.

Firefighters also rescued her son, Tafaoul Fadoul, six, and her six-month-old daughter Tamunni Fadoul from the fire, which broke out on Sunday. Both remain in a critical condition in hospital.

Police believe the fire started in a wall mounted storage heater and say their investigations are continuing.

Det Ch Insp David Giles, who is leading the police investigation, said "the cause of the fire was not a deliberate act".

A group of women from Coventry are travelling to the Conservative Party conference in Manchester to protest against changes to the state pension.

Millions of women have been caught up in government efforts to cut the mounting costs of paying for the state pension and to equalise the age at which men and women receive the state pension.

The campaigners belong to Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) and say some women had very little notice that they would not get a pension at 60.

Cheryl Sloan, the local group co-ordinator for WASPI said what they were asking for was "fair transitional payment until we reach our new state pension age".

"The government did all this without giving us any notice whatsoever."

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The Birmingham Mail is on the move after ten years.

Journalists at the news title, along with the Birmingham Post and Sunday Mercury, will be based back in a new home in Church Street in Birmingham city centre, external by the end of the year.

A driver who admitted killing a cyclist by on a rural Warwickshire road has been jailed for four-and-a-half years.

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Simon Worthington was killed after being hit by George Hacker's Range Rover on the B4452 between Harbury and Ufton in February last year.

Hacker, of Stowe Drive, Southam, Warwickshire, pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and possession of cocaine at Coventry Crown Court yesterday.

The 26-year-old was also disqualified from driving for six years and three months.

After three days with no tap water, people in Tenbury Wells have had their water supplies restored after Severn Trent carried out more than 250 tests to make sure it is safe to drink.

A burst pipe on Friday led to flood water contaminating drinking water - over the weekend Severn Trent handed out hundreds of thousands of litres of bottled water.

Severn Trent has apologised for the length of time it has taken to restore supplies, but says the test results took some time to process.

It is the second day of the inquest into a Stafford woman killed during Storm Doris.

Tahnie Martin, who was 29, was hit by a section of water tank cover which fell from the roof of a six-storey building in Wolverhampton city centre during high winds in February.

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Ms Martin, who worked at the University of Wolverhampton, suffered serious head injuries and died at the scene.

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A bereaved mother caught up in the Shrewsbury ashes scandal said the council leaving it up to parents to create a memorial would be "beyond painful".

Bereaved parents approached Shropshire Council to erect a memorial for the 60 children whose remains were not returned between 1996 and 2012.

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Rhiannon Davies's daughter Kate was one of the 60 children whose ashes weren't recovered at Emstrey crematorium.

The council has said it is prepared to fund a memorial and this would be "led by the parents, rather than by the council".

A reader got in touch to remind people about the staff who've lost their jobs after the collapse of Monarch Airlines, as it's been confirmed more than 300 jobs have been lost at Birmingham Airport:

"My 20-year-old brother came off his night flight and woke up to an email about a meeting. In this meeting staff were told they were no longer Monarch employees and were being made redundant. No 'thank you' or your service, no apology, just - "we advise you to go to the job centre and sign on".

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"My brother is devastated to lose a job he worked so hard for and served his second summer season this year with the company. He has friends that were taken on just a few months ago for the summer season, moving to Birmingham from as far as Scotland only to be let down and left without redundancy money.

"For the company to keep this a secret from the staff and for them to wake up with no job this morning is disgusting. Even if they had been given a warning, some may have been able to look for new jobs or at least get a head start on it.

"I feel so sorry for all the staff, they have been mistreated and deceived and are now left with nothing. Summer season is over now, so other airlines may not have vacancies until next sumner. What are they supposed to do in the meantime?"

A busy road in Birmingham remains closed in both directions after a fire at a cafe was tackled overnight.

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Cafe Desi Express in Ladypool Road has been sealed off while investigations take place.

The closure is also affecting Brunswick Road both ways between Stoney Lane and Hertford Street.

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Wasps Number eight, Nathan Hughes, has been given a citing commissioner's warning after using his elbow in a tackle against Taulupe Faletau in the 25-9 loss to Bath at the Ricoh on Sunday.

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Hughes' elbow hit the Welsh international in the neck and face.

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BBC Weather presenter

A mainly dry day with the odd light shower but feeling breezy and chilly with top temperatures of 15C (59F).

It's been confirmed more than 300 employees at Monarch Airlines in Birmingham have been made redundant.

Administrators KPMG revealed the figure following the collapse of the airline and tour side of the business.

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The demise of Monarch will mean 1,858 job losses nationally. A few have been kept on to help with the repatriation process and other admin issues.

KPMG said in a statement: “Regrettably, with the business no longer able to fly, a significant number of redundancies were made."

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Holidaymakers arrive at airports to find their flights cancelled and staff are made redundant by email.

Two 950kg scaffolding beams span the Severn as part of repairs at the historic Shropshire site.

A woman, a boy of six and a baby girl are in a critical condition in hospital.