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  1. Keeper Butland out for up to six weekspublished at 11:06 Greenwich Mean Time 13 November 2017

    Stoke goalkeeper Jack Butland is ruled out for between four and six weeks with a broken finger.

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  2. Tumbling teen wins goldpublished at 10:57 Greenwich Mean Time 13 November 2017

    A gymnast from north Worcestershire is returning home with a gold medal around his neck this morning.

    Kallum Mulhall

    Kallum Mulhall, 17, from Bromsgrove won the medal as part of a four-man team at the World Trampoline and Tumbling Championships in Bulgaria.

    Media caption,

    Trampoline World Championships: Willerton secures gold for British tumbling team

  3. Cyclist injured in crashpublished at 10:47 Greenwich Mean Time 13 November 2017

    A cyclist has been hurt after a collision with a car.

    The cyclist, a man in his 40s, was taken to hospital with head injuries.

    Black Country New Road near Woden Road WestImage source, Google

    West Midlands Ambulance Service were called to Black Country New Road near Woden Road West in Darlaston at about 08:00 this morning.

    Crews said there was considerable damage to the car, but its driver was unhurt.

  4. Queen Elizabeth doctor charged with sexual assaultpublished at 10:23 Greenwich Mean Time 13 November 2017

    A doctor at the Queen Elizabeth hospital in Birmingham has been charged with three counts of sexual assault and one count of assault.

    Vibhore Gupta, 52, of Wintney Close in Harborne was arrested in March this year, following a report made to police.

    He is due to appear at Birmingham Magistrates' Court on 21 November.

    Vibhore Gupta
  5. Birmingham City Ladies lose against Liverpoolpublished at 10:13 Greenwich Mean Time 13 November 2017

    BBC Sport

    Birmingham City Ladies lost 1-0 to Liverpool in Women's Super League 1.

    A stylish Niamh Charles lob earned Liverpool Ladies the win.

    Both sides missed good openings, with Charles the only player to show true composure when she calmly lobbed keeper Hannah Hampton following a long ball.

  6. Your pictures: Early frost and sunshinepublished at 10:02 Greenwich Mean Time 13 November 2017

    BBC Weather Watchers

    Our BBC Weather Watchers have been busy capturing this morning's frosty start.

    Laura and Glenn snapped this image in Brierley Hill.

    Frozen leafImage source, Laura and Glenn

    Earlybird 311 captured this scene of the early morning sunshine in Halesowen.

    HalesowenImage source, Earlybird311
  7. Work to demolish estate startspublished at 09:50 Greenwich Mean Time 13 November 2017

    The next stage of a major regeneration scheme in Wolverhampton starts today.

    Preparations are being made to remove garages an underground car park and a number of disused buildings from Chervil Rise in Heath Town.

    Heath Town buildings

    About 300 new homes are to be built on the site.

    Wolverhampton City Council says the demolition work should last about seven months.

  8. Who were the real Peaky Blinders?published at 09:36 Greenwich Mean Time 13 November 2017

    As the new series begins on BBC Two, a historian looks at the real-life members of the Birmingham gang.

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  9. Burst water main affecting tram servicespublished at 09:20 Greenwich Mean Time 13 November 2017

    BBC News Travel

    Midland Metro tram services are being affected by a burst water main in Birmingham city centre.

    Services are terminating at Bull Street.

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  10. Sky Blues 'can't feel sorry for themselves'published at 09:11 Greenwich Mean Time 13 November 2017

    Sky Blues boss, Mark Robins, said the team shouldn't "feel sorry for ourselves" after the team's 1-0 loss to Mansfield at the Ricoh Arena.

    The team, currently in sixth place in League Two, need to "concentrate for the next three games" he said.

    Mark RobinsImage source, Getty Images
    Quote Message

    We can be down and fed-up for five minutes and then we've got to get on with the next three games because we've got three games coming up in a week. We've got to look forward to them and we've got to be ruthless in front of that goal."

    Mark Robins, Coventry City manager

  11. Blue Planet II 'boosts' sea life attractionpublished at 08:55 Greenwich Mean Time 13 November 2017

    The National Sea Life Centre in Birmingham says it's seen a huge spike in the number of visitors.

    Bosses are putting the increase down to BBC's Blue Planet II.

    Sea Life CentreImage source, Google

    It's become the most-watched programme of 2017 - with 14m people tuning-in to the ground-breaking natural history programme.

    The National Sea Life Centre says it's seen a 30% increase in visits since the series started.

    Media caption,

    Blue Planet II: Eel suffers toxic shock in underwater lake

  12. Student suicide research project beginspublished at 08:42 Greenwich Mean Time 13 November 2017

    A project aimed at understanding the issues behind the incidence and prevention of student suicide at UK universities is being led by a team at the University of Worcester.

    James Wentworth-Stanley

    A new framework was recently launched by Universities UK to help improve the mental health and well-being of university students across the UK.

    The project is partly being funded by the family of James Wentworth-Stanley from Broadway, who took his own life when he was studying at Newcastle University 11 years ago.

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    If we could save just one life as a result of the charity we've set up that would be something. But I'm absolutely confident that the charity's work has successfully avoided other people going through the same nightmare."

    Nick Wentworth-Stanley, James's father

  13. Council unveils plans for budget cutspublished at 08:23 Greenwich Mean Time 13 November 2017

    Phil McCann
    Cheshire Political Reporter, BBC News

    Cheshire East Council is to give more details today on how it will fill a £70m funding gap over the next three years.

    Cheshire East Council headquartersImage source, Google

    Five libraries in the north of the borough could be transferred to a charity that also runs local leisure centres.

    Respite care services at Lincoln House in Crewe and Mountview in Congleton could also cease, under the plans.

    Demand for adult social care is adding more than £50m of extra costs, the council said.

  14. Video: Ambulance parking notes 'pretty normal'published at 08:07 Greenwich Mean Time 13 November 2017

    A paramedic says an incident in which a note was left on an ambulance windscreen criticising alleged blocking of a driveway is not uncommon.

    Media caption,

    Paramedics 'shocked' by 'stupid place' parking note

    A handwritten message tweeted by West Midlands Ambulance Service telling paramedics not to park their "van" in a "stupid place" while seeing to a critically ill patient on Friday went viral.

  15. Cash machine bulldozed in raidpublished at 07:53 Greenwich Mean Time 13 November 2017

    Police continue to hunt for thieves who used a bulldozer to steal a cash machine at a Coventry supermarket, leaving the building with structural damage.

    Scene of raidImage source, Amber McDonagh

    A group of two or three raiders used the bulldozer to remove the machine from the Co-operative food store in Alfall Road, and then loaded it into a white vehicle which they used to escape.

    Scene of raidImage source, Amber McDonagh
  16. Investigations continue into 'brazen' supermarket robberypublished at 07:45 Greenwich Mean Time 13 November 2017

    Police are continuing to investigate an armed robbery at a supermarket in Coventry in what police said was a "particularly brazen attempt".

    AsdaImage source, Google

    Three men armed with weapons went into the Asda store in Daventry Road, Cheylesmore, in Coventry, at about 17:30 on Saturday. No-one was hurt.

    Officers said they received "numerous calls" about the robbery from members of the public.

    A 46-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of robbery.

  17. Man seriously injuried in two-vehicle crashpublished at 07:32 Greenwich Mean Time 13 November 2017

    A man remains in a critical condition following a serious crash in Barton-Under-Needwood on Saturday night, police say. , external

    Police vehicleImage source, Staffordshire Police

    The two-vehicle crash happened on the the B5016 at about 19:25.

    The driver of one car suffered serious injuries and was taken to the Royal Stoke University Hospital.

  18. Police urge public to surrender firearmspublished at 07:23 Greenwich Mean Time 13 November 2017

    Police forces are urging the public to give up any guns under a two-week surrender starting today.

    Media caption,

    Police urge public to surrender unwanted firearms

    Anyone handing over a firearm at their local police station during the fortnight will not face prosecution for illegal possession.

    Speaking at the launch in Birmingham, Assistant Chief Constable Helen McMillan, National Police Chiefs' Council lead for criminal use of firearms, said gun crime had risen in the past year and they wanted weapons out of harm's way.