Robert Sampson, 63, was found with a serious head injury and fatal stab wound on Thursday.

Thieves broke into the 71-year-old's home and stole the signed instrument she won a competition.

Sheffield United move back to the top of the Championship as two Billy Sharp goals help them see off Burton Albion.

Michael Tindall, who falsely claimed over £53,000 over seven years, was given a suspended sentence.

Andy Giddings
BBC News

We'll be back with our usual mix of news, sport, travel and weather from 07:00 on Monday.

A cycling group which organises confidence-building rides for people in Walsall, many of them elderly, has had all 11 of its bicycles stolen.

The Walsall Arboretum Community Cycle Club bought them at the end of September, using more than £3,000 from Sport England, and said the theft was "upsetting" and "deeply frustrating".

Image source, Cycling UK

It's thought someone broke into a locked compound at the arboretum last weekend to take the bikes, which were new and suitable for cyclists lacking in riding confidence.

A Bewdley woman who collected incontinence pads from people in her street to mop up a bus's fuel spill said she was worried it might leak into a nearby brook.

Jo Bloom also used 10 packs of emergency flood sacks, which belonged to the Riddings Brook Flood Group.

Image source, Jo Bloom

She said surface water from the affected road drained directly into Riddings Brook, which feeds the River Severn.

She said various wildlife lived along the brook's route.

Bus services in south Cheshire are likely to be affected by further strikes involving Arriva North West workers next month.

Members of the Unite and GMB unions are due to take nine days of industrial action, after calling the latest pay offer from managers "insulting".

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They plan to walk out on 4, 7, 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 22 and 23 December and already had strikes planned for the next two Mondays.

Arriva earlier this week said it was "keen" to meet the unions and "resolve the pay dispute".

BBC Sport

Kidderminster Harriers have signed Torquay United's Yan Klukowski on loan.

The 30-year-old has also played for York City, Newport County and Forest Green Rovers.

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He will be available for tomorrow’s trip to York City.

Shefali Oza
BBC Midlands Today

There will be some cloud around tonight, but also some clear spells meaning pockets of frost in places with lows of 2C (36F).

Tomorrow any patchy showers should clear leaving some bright spells.

James Bond
Sports Producer, BBC Shropshire

The AFC Telford manager Rob Edwards says he wants to see the home fans enjoying their football again after a run of away defeats.

Their last home win in the National North was on 7 October, but they have two matches at the Bucks Head coming up - against Alfreton tomorrow and Tamworth on Tuesday.

Edwards said was up to him and his players to excite the fans and prove the doubters wrong.

Port Vale's Jon McCarthy says "it feels right" to be back after rejoining the League Two club as fitness coach.

The city council also proposes rough sleepers would get a three-year city ban.

The Sentinel

Three of the headlines on the Stoke Sentinel website today:

• Plan to fine rough sleepers living in tents, external
• Police rescue young girls from suspected brothel, external
• List of cleanest restaurants in Stoke-on-Trent, external

Stephanie Barnard
BBC News

How are you raising money for Children In Need today? From bake sales to sponcered bike rides - you've been a busy bunch.

This caught our eye though... St Leonard's Primary School in Bridgnorth are having a "are you famous day". Stacey Tranter tweeted us, external this photo of her eight-year-old niece Ava who has dressed as a mini Donald Trump.

Image source, @staceyt_83

And kids in Bromsgrove are getting into the spirit adorning Pudsey ears and clothing.

Police carrying out vehicle checks around Birmingham's Christmas Market say they have arrested two men after finding them with knives and class B drugs.

More than 350 vehicles have been stopped and checked by officers in the city over the last week and the West Midlands force says this will continue while the market is operating.

Police say the vehicle and foot-based patrols in the city centre are not a result of any specific threat or intelligence.

Andrew Thomas McIntosh, 54, has also been charged with drink-driving.

Andy Giddings
BBC News

News that Network Rail is carrying out tests on "slime" running down the walls of Shrewsbury's railway station bridge has got you talking on BBC Radio Shropshire's Facebook page., external

Stewie Forbes suggested it might be "engine oil from the locomotives".

But, Barry Penson said it was more likely to be "mould of some sort, caused by water running down the walls, and mixing with the organisms and dirt etc already there".

And Andy Huxley suggested "has anybody tasted it? Maybe it's curry sauce".

After you Andy.

BBC WM Sport

West Bromwich Albion will be without Nacer Chadli until around Christmas, the club says.

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The midfielder tore a thigh muscle in training with The Baggies, on his return from international duty for Belgium.

He joins teammate James Morrison on the sidelines, but winger Oliver Burke is fit and available for tomorrow's game at home to Chelsea, where Albion are seeking their first win in 10 Premier league matches.

The murals, which are believed to have been protected by Shakespeare's father, are to be displayed.