Summary

  • Post-mortem test on boy, 7, 'inconclusive'

  • Birmingham could face rivals in bid to host Commonwealth Games

  • Husband jailed for life after admitting wife's murder

  • Girl found 'safe' after huge police hunt in Coventry park

  • Dance teacher, 72, guilty of child sex abuse

  • RBS to close 11 branches in the West Midlands

  • Hospital A&E to offer routine HIV test

  • Veterans protest over charity closure

  • Updates on Friday 1 December

  • Click on Related Stories to view stories from your area

  1. Birmingham City 0-1 Wolvespublished at 22:32 Greenwich Mean Time 4 December 2017

    Wolves re-establish their four-point lead at the top of the Championship as they beat Birmingham City at St Andrew's.

    Read More
  2. Rail disruption sparked no-travel warningpublished at 00:17 Greenwich Mean Time 4 December 2017

    All West Coast main line services in and out of London Euston were affected by the problems.

    Read More
  3. Fewer teenagers have part-time jobspublished at 00:14 Greenwich Mean Time 4 December 2017

    The number of schoolchildren with a part-time job has fallen by a fifth in the past five years.

    Read More
  4. Coventry City 3-0 Boreham Woodpublished at 16:23 Greenwich Mean Time 3 December 2017

    Coventry City ease into the FA Cup third round with a comfortable victory over non-league Boreham Wood.

    Read More
  5. Blackburn Rovers 3-3 Crewe Alexandrapublished at 16:17 Greenwich Mean Time 3 December 2017

    Crewe Alexandra rally from 3-0 down after 20 minutes to earn an FA Cup second-round replay against nine-man Blackburn.

    Read More
  6. Footage shows 'asleep at the wheel' crashpublished at 15:45 Greenwich Mean Time 3 December 2017

    A lorry crashes into two cars when its driver 'falls asleep' at the wheel on the M6.

    Read More
  7. Footage shows 'asleep at the wheel' crashpublished at 15:16 Greenwich Mean Time 3 December 2017

    Footage has been released of the moment a sleeping lorry driver crashed into two cars on the M6. West Midlands police said the car drivers were treated for broken bones, and back and neck injuries. The 47-year-old lorry driver, from Liverpool, admitted causing serious injury by dangerous driving and was jailed for 16 months.

  8. Extra time to question murder suspectpublished at 13:17 Greenwich Mean Time 3 December 2017

    A 68-year-old woman was found dead at a house in Coventry on Friday evening.

    Read More
  9. Track suits: More railway stations worth lingering atpublished at 01:44 Greenwich Mean Time 3 December 2017

    The railway stations that offer cats, beer and album covers.

    Read More
  10. Coventry: The home of sky blue thinkingpublished at 01:40 Greenwich Mean Time 3 December 2017

    Coventry is one of five cities hoping to become UK City of Culture in 2021, with the winner due be announced on Thursday.

    Read More
  11. Stoke City 2-1 Swansea Citypublished at 19:20 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2017

    Mark Hughes praises Stoke's "courage and character" after they come from behind to send Swansea bottom of the table and add to the pressure on manager Paul Clement.

    Read More
  12. Wasps 32-25 Leicesterpublished at 18:53 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2017

    Kearnan Myall scores a last-minute try for Wasps to edge out Leicester in a pulsating encounter in Coventry.

    Read More
  13. Shrewsbury Town 2-0 Morecambepublished at 18:50 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2017

    Alex Rodman and Shaun Whalley score the goals as Shrewsbury Town reach the FA Cup third round by beating Morecambe.

    Read More
  14. Solihull Moors 1-0 Leyton Orientpublished at 18:29 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2017

    National League strugglers Leyton Orient are just three points clear of danger after losing at bottom club Solihull.

    Read More
  15. Port Vale 1-1 Yeovil Townpublished at 18:26 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2017

    Port Vale and Yeovil will contest an FA Cup second-round replay in Somerset as the sides played out a draw at Vale Park.

    Read More
  16. Fleetwood Town 1-1 Hereford FCpublished at 18:09 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2017

    Seventh-tier side Hereford FC earn an FA Cup second-round replay by holding League One side Fleetwood at Highbury.

    Read More
  17. Fresh appeal over 1992 family killingspublished at 17:52 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2017

    Harold and Mary Smith, both 72, and their disabled son were found dead at their Birmingham home.

    Read More
  18. Girl pupils 'made to ask for loo roll'published at 15:42 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2017

    Students at Park Avenue Girls' High School in Stoke-on-Trent avoid using the toilet, inspectors find.

    Read More
  19. Murder arrest after body found at housepublished at 14:10 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2017

    A man is held after a woman - believed to his mother - is found dead at a property in Coventry.

    Read More
  20. Girl seriously injured in disorderpublished at 13:35 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2017

    Up to 20 people were involved in the disturbance in Telford, police said.

    Read More