Hammer gang attacks coffee shop staffpublished at 18:03 British Summer Time 20 October 2017
A security guard suffers a broken arm and hand after standing up to the armed attackers.
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Hammer gang attacks coffee shop staffpublished at 18:03 British Summer Time 20 October 2017
Video: Your weekend weather forecastpublished at 17:57 British Summer Time 20 October 2017
Rebecca Wood
BBC Midlands TodayA cloudy night ahead with a band of rain moving north, which could be heavy at times and lows of 10C (50F).
The weekend is looking cloudy and windy, with blustery showers, as Storm Brian passes through.
Media caption, Latest weather for the West Midlands
Calls to extend killer driver's sentencepublished at 17:48 British Summer Time 20 October 2017
Roger Goodall was jailed for four-and-a-half years for killing 11-year-old Olivia Reeves.
Read MoreFootball: Crewe strike force 'to be feared' says Raynespublished at 17:48 British Summer Time 20 October 2017
BBC SportCrewe's strikers can be a threat to any side in League Two, according to captain Michael Raynes.
Chris Porter and Jordan Bowery joined the club in the summer to link up with experienced striker Chris Dagnall.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe trio have scored 12 goals so far this season, with Porter getting half of those.
Quote MessageI know if it was the other way around, I'd hate to be playing against our front three."
Michael Raynes, Crewe Alexandra captain
The cars parking underneath bus shelterspublished at 17:41 British Summer Time 20 October 2017
You wait all day for a car to park under a bus stop - and then three turn up there all at once.
West Midlands Police photographed these cars on Washwood Heath Road, Birmingham, on Thursday and said the driver of the black car was facing three points and a fine, with the other two reported for wilful obstruction.
Image source, PADogs home couple face £450k fraud chargepublished at 17:31 British Summer Time 20 October 2017
The former boss of a charity and his wife are charged with fraud over the disappearance of £450,000 in donations.
Read MoreFootball: Hurst says 'bar set high' after Rovers winpublished at 17:30 British Summer Time 20 October 2017
James Bond
Sports Producer, BBC ShropshirePaul Hurst is looking for another performance to match the one that resulted in Shrewsbury Town's 4-0 win over Bristol Rovers during the week.
They host ninth-placed Fleetwood Town tomorrow and Hurst says he knows that no two games will ever be the same and that every opposition brings different challenges.
Media caption, Hurst looks for repeat of Bristol Rovers performance
Storm Brian rail travel warningpublished at 17:23 British Summer Time 20 October 2017
BBC News TravelTrains around the region are likely to be affected by Storm Brian tomorrow, Network Rail is warning., external
It said it will have to impose speed restrictions on trains, because of the high winds, and that could mean delays.
Image source, Getty ImagesLondon Midland says it is expecting to run a full service, but Arriva Trains Wales says the Cardiff to Manchester line will not operate between Crewe and Manchester Piccadilly and routes from North Wales into Birmingham will not operate between Wolverhampton and Birmingham.
Customers will be able to use Virgin, Cross Country and London Midland services instead.
Gang beats coffee shop staff with batspublished at 17:11 British Summer Time 20 October 2017
Footage captured on CCTV shows four masked men attacking staff a coffee shop in Birmingham.
Read MoreRugby: Warriors travel to face Connachtpublished at 17:08 British Summer Time 20 October 2017
BBC SportWorcester Warriors travel to play Connacht in the European Challenge Cup tomorrow.
The club says Australian fly-half Jono Lance will make his first start, with head coach Carl Hogg making seven changes to the side which beat Brive.
Image source, Getty ImagesJackson Willison, Josh Adams, Jack Singleton, Will Spencer, David Denton and Alafoti Faosiliva also make the starting line-up, while Simon Kerrod also makes his debut from the bench.
'Urgent' search for father and two boyspublished at 16:59 British Summer Time 20 October 2017
Police are concerned for the long-term welfare of the missing children.
Read MoreNew operators for marketpublished at 16:53 British Summer Time 20 October 2017
Newcastle-under-Lyme's daily market on High Street is going to be run by a private company, for at least the next five years.
The Borough Council says the appointment of Market Place Management means it will be developed to appeal to more modern tastes.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe council also says a fresh look to the market, which has 55 fixed stalls, will improve the image of the town centre.
In the papers: Car crashes into flatpublished at 16:43 British Summer Time 20 October 2017
Three stories featuring on the Hereford Times website:
- Car crashes into flat near roundabout, external
- Deputy headteacher feared a man was going to burn down special education needs school, external
- Schoolchildren place poppies at war memorial at rededication service, external
Taxi driver jailed for intimidating jurorpublished at 16:29 British Summer Time 20 October 2017
A Birmingham taxi driver has been jailed for nine months for intimidating a juror at the trial of his nephew.
Police said it sent out a "strong message to anyone who might be tempted to interfere with the course of justice".
Image source, West Midlands PoliceAbdul Ghafar, 47, of Normandy Road, Perry Barr asked the jury member personal questions outside Birmingham Crown Court during a lunch break in the trial of Kumran Ghalib, who was accused of conspiring to supply firearms and ammunition, police said.
He was convicted of witness intimidation and perverting the course of justice.
His nephew, 37-year-old Ghalib, of Davey Road, Perry Barr, faced a retrial and was jailed for 12 years.
Museum to take part in dialect studypublished at 16:12 British Summer Time 20 October 2017
The Avoncroft open air museum, external, near Bromsgrove, is taking part in a national study of dialects.
Researchers at Leeds University have spent four years examining how different words are used to describe the same thing around the country.
Image source, GoogleSome of their work so far will go on display at the museum.
Keeper Bywater signs new Burton dealpublished at 16:01 British Summer Time 20 October 2017
Burton keeper Stephen Bywater signs a new contract that will keep him at the Championship club until the summer of 2019.
Read MoreSneaky peek at Peaky Blinderspublished at 15:56 British Summer Time 20 October 2017
BBC TwoFancy joining us for an exclusive premiere screening of the latest series of Peaky Blinders, as it returns to BBC Two next month?
The cast and production team are coming to Birmingham and inviting fans to join them for a look at the new series.
Golden ticket winners will be picked at random to watch red carpet arrivals and the first episode of the new series.
Flax mill could be 'structurally sound' in a yearpublished at 15:47 British Summer Time 20 October 2017
Historic England says the flax mill in Shrewsbury could be made structurally sound within the next year.
Work is under way on a £20m restoration of the grade I listed mill, which is the world's first iron-framed building and regarded as the forerunner of the skyscraper.
It was built in 1797, but has remained empty for the last 30 years. It has topped Historic England's At Risk register for many of those.
Strengthening the building, and replacing windows, will complete stage one of the restoration project.
Quote MessagePeople have been here from America and more recently from China and their jaws drop."
Alastair Godfrey, Historic England
Football: Aspin has respect for Exeter's Tisdalepublished at 15:37 British Summer Time 20 October 2017
BBC SportPort Vale boss Neil Aspin says clubs like tomorrow's opponents Exeter City deserve success, because they have stuck by their managers.
Paul Tisdale is the longest-serving football league manager having been in charge with Exeter since 2006.
Image source, Getty ImagesPort Vale played Morcambe in the week, another team with a long-serving manager - Jim Bentley.
He has been in charge there since 2011.
Quote MessageThey've had stability in terms of their management and now I feel they are getting the rewards for that."
Neil Aspin, Port Vale manager
In the papers: Mother attacked in Walsallpublished at 15:13 British Summer Time 20 October 2017
Some of the top stories on the Express & Star website today include:
- 'Thug broke my leg because I said no to kiss': Mother attacked in Walsall town centr, externale
- Birmingham pub bombings:, external Scope of inquests ‘could be widened’
- Fed up traders braced for legal action over A41 Bilston Road Metro works
