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It's been a wet and windy start to the day for most of us in the West Midlands, here's what's ahead for the rest of Wednesday.
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Allen Cook
BBC News
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Visitors to the exhibition will get clip-on microscopes for smartphones to help them see the images.
Read MoreChelsea's under-21s reach the EFL Trophy semi-finals with victory over Oxford, as Lincoln and Shrewsbury also progress.
Read MoreHe was pinned to the wall after he interrupted the former coach abusing a boy, a court hears.
Read MoreSandeep Samra admits planning to travel to Syria as a nurse supporting the so-called Islamic State.
Read MoreAn 18-year-old woman from Coventry has admitted planning to travel to Syria last summer to work as a nurse supporting so-called Islamic State terrorists.
Sandeep Samra, a Muslim convert from Alder Road in the city, denies intending to carry out acts of violence in support of Daesh, but at Birmingham Crown Court pleaded guilty to a single count of engaging in conduct in preparation for terrorist acts.
Ms Samra, from a Sikh background, faces a court hearing to decide whether she intended to commit terrorist acts herself. Prosecutors allege social media messages show Samra - who claims she only planned to help Isis as a nurse - intended to die.
She is expected to give evidence to the trial-of-issue on Wednesday.
Andy Giddings
BBC News
We'll be back with the latest news, sport, travel and weather from 07:00 on Wednesday, but keep an eye out here for more updates before then.
Londonderry Playing Fields in Smethwick, Sandwell will host the "state-of-the-art leisure facility".
Read MoreThe West Midlands Chief Constable has spoken of the of the "high profile, very tragic case", of Mylee Billingham paying tribute to the emergency staff who attended the incident.
Image source, West Midlands Police and Crime CommissionerCh Con David Thompson told a meeting earlier that one of the benefits of body cameras is that it enables officers to see "the challenges and things our staff have to deal with".
"In this particular case the work that took place...was just so intense and its just very, very, sad that on this occasion it wasn't able to make a difference."
He told the board: "I would pay tribute to the work that took place on the scene that night by those people because that is simply not the sort of incident that anybody joins the police service to expect to deal with but actually deal with it people do."
Andrew Pass allegedly assaulted a man last April, the police watchdog says.
Read MoreThe team chef for the England men's rugby team has become a food ambassador at New College, Worcester.
Patrick McDonald, who has a Michelin star, will work with blind and visually impaired children to teach them about food and help them to get better exam grades.
Image source, GoogleHe has featured on TV shows This Morning and Masterchef and previously helped to set up the hospitality catering business at Worcester Warriors' south stand.
Pictures have been released of two men for whom police are looking in connection with a series of violent robberies.
Jimmy Connors (below, left) who is 28 and 17-year-old Tom Ward (below, right) are suspected of stealing jewellery worth thousands of pounds.
West Midlands Police said Ward was wanted for questioning about a robbery in Sparkhill on 7 December in which the occupants of a house were assaulted with a pick axe handle.
Image source, West Midlands PoliceThe force said Connors, wanted on a recall to prison, was also being sought by detectives from Met Police over three London break-ins, one of which saw a victim threatened with nunchucks and a hammer.
Police who raided a Birmingham property discovered more than 50 cannabis plants.
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Moseley Heath Police tweeted details of the raid saying their officers were executing a drugs warrent in the area.
A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: “Officers attended an address in Wake Green Road, Moseley, at around 7.10am today and discovered just over 50 cannabis plants.
“A 42 year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of cultivation of cannabis.”
Rail workers are in a state of "chaos" over the collapse of construction company Carillion, a union says.
Research by the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union found few of the affected rail employees had been contacted by the liquidator.
Image source, Getty ImagesOnly one in 20 workers who took part in the survey thought the government had handled the situation well.
Carillion employees working on Network Rail projects have been told their wages are guaranteed to mid-April, while those on the HS2 rail project and Smart Motorways scheme in England have been offered the chance to join other companies.
Faith Page
Reporter, BBC Shropshire
An old horse called Chance has been given a second one after being rescued from a ditch in north Shropshire.
Last night the 26-year-old was found on his back, covered in a foot of mud, and tangled in wire fencing in a field in St Martin's.
Image source, Shropshire Fire and Rescue ServiceIt took 15 fire fighters to pull him from the ditch.
Despite his three-hour ordeal, he is recovering in his stable - does that count as a stable condition?
Showers easing overnight leaving some clear spells before more rain moves in from the west with lows of 7C (45F).
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Satnam Singh Blugher was found stabbed more than 50 times at the cafe he ran.
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Peter Plisner
BBC Midlands Today
Production is being scaled back at the Jaguar Land Rover plant in Castle Bromwich.
Special "shutdown" weeks have already been taking place to reduce the number of vehicles made there - with more planned.
The news came as the company formally announced plans to cut production at its giant plant at Halewood on Merseyside.
No similar announcement is due here in the Midlands although JLR is not ruling one out.
Some of the main stories in the Coventry Telegraph today are:
