Parents of pupils at the school say it is not discriminatory to segregate male and female pupils.

The Centre for Computing History looks at the unheralded role of women, including the composer of the Dr Who theme.

A BBC investigation also finds more than 100 tower blocks in Birmingham have just one exit stairwell.

Improvements made to a tower block in Birmingham have made it less safe in the event of a fire, according to a safety expert.

Steve Edwards fits training around his job in IT and has set himself a target of 1,000 marathons.

Bristol City miss the chance to go second in the Championship as they are held to a goalless draw at home by Burton.

New Birmingham boss Steve Cotterill gets off to a winning start as his much-changed side beat Championship leaders Cardiff City.

Curtis Stewart drove at 100mph and reversed on part of the motorway to evade police, officers say.

Relive all the action as Championship leaders Cardiff lose at Birmingham, while high-flying Bristol City draw with Burton.

That's it for our live updates from across the Midlands.

Join us again from 07:00 on Monday.

James Bond
Sports Producer, BBC Shropshire

Shrewsbury Town are unbeaten in League One and are two points clear at the top of the table after 12 games.

Plymouth Argyle are bottom and have won just once all season.

Tomorrow's match should result in another win, but will match number 13 prove unlucky for Paul Hurst and his team?

Hundreds of knives and other bladed weapons have been handed in to police stations across Shropshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire over the past four weeks.

West Mercia Police launched a "knife surrender" scheme on 18 September and it is due to come to an end on Monday.

Image source, West Mercia Police

More than 250 bladed weapons have been handed into stations in Shropshire alone, including the ones pictured here.

Image source, West Mercia Police

Once the collection is complete, the knives will be passed on to an artist at the British Ironworks Centre near Oswestry, who plans to turn it into a plinth for his giant knife angel sculpture.

A Coventry wood, planted by Sikh employees who worked for Marconi and its many guises in the city, is to be commemorated this weekend.

Image source, Bali Panesar

Khalsa Wood was planted in Longford park in 1999 as part of the Millennium Woods project, and also to mark the tri-centenary of the founding of the Sikh Khalsa.

Bali Panesar, who was working at Marconi as an engineer, and remembers planting the trees, said unfortunately over the years the plaque had become neglected and obscured.

A new larger plaque is to be unveiled on Sunday as part of the Festival of Lights event organised by the Sikh Union and Lions Club.

BBC Sport

Crewe manager David Artell says his team must build on last week's late win over Stevenage when they go to Yeovil this weekend.

The Alex haven't won away since they beat Port Vale two months ago.

Image source, Getty Images

The win last weekend brought to an end of six successive defeats, five of them in League Two, and Artell said that the effort hadn't been there in all those matches.

A bullet fired through a Birmingham chip shop window last weekend narrowly missed a six-year-old boy, West Midlands Police have revealed.

Officers were called to Classic Fish Bar in St Margaret’s Avenue, Washwood Heath, just before 21:00 on Saturday to reports of two people chasing a man into the chip shop and opening fire with a handgun.

Image source, West Midlands Police

The shot smashed the front window, but none of the staff or customers were hurt.

The police say it was "undoubtedly a targeted attack" and that it appeared the men were looking for their intended victim.

A Shropshire magazine-writer said he was "absolutely gobsmacked" to get a hand-typed letter from Tom Hanks, asking for a subscription.

Les Jones from Woore had produced an issue of his magazine Elsie, external, featuring photos of lost and discarded gloves, and a friend sent it to the movie-star, because he also photographs lost gloves.

Image source, Les Jones

Hanks replied with a letter saying he thought the magazine was "gorgeous" and that he is "all in favour" of one-man, independent magazines, because "they will make he world a little more lovely of a place".

He enclosed a photo, asking if it would cover the cost of a subscription.

Aston Villa boss Steve Bruce marks the end of his first year in charge with a trip to Wolves, the team he started against.

Rebecca Wood
BBC Midlands Today

Patchy rain will ease this evening. It should remain cloudy, but dry, in most places overnight.

It will be a mild and rather muggy night for all, while remaining breezy - 15C (59F).

Caroline Gall
BBC News

A man has been stabbed during a disturbance between a group of men outside the Custard Factory in Digbeth, Birmingham.

The victim was attacked after disorder broke out between four or five men, who had their faces covered, West Midlands Police say.

Image source, Google Maps

Police are at the scene in Gibb Street after being alerted at about 16:00 BST.

No-one has been arrested.

Telford primary school children are painting over 500 rocks to remember fallen soldiers.

The stones have been decorated by pupils at Newdale Primary School with poppy designs and will each carry the name of a Shropshire soldier.

They are being sponsored to raise money for The Royal British Legion and will be hidden for people to find and return them.

They will eventually form a permanent rockery memorial on the school grounds.