Teenager jailed over Syria travel bidpublished at 14:56 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2018
A judge says Sandeep Samra, 18, was effectively "training" herself to watch extreme content.
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Teenager jailed over Syria travel bidpublished at 14:56 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2018
Signal fault disrupting rail servicespublished at 14:52 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2018
BBC News TravelA signalling failure at Rowley Regis is disrupting services, says West Midlands Railway.
Trains running through the station may be delayed or cancelled.
Disruption is expected until 15:45.
Energy firm's testing plans refusedpublished at 14:48 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2018
Anti-fracking protesters welcome council planners' decision to reject IGas's plans to test for gas.
Read MoreMP 'crawling in the political gutter' says council leaderpublished at 14:42 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2018
The leader of Sandwell Council has described the MP for Halesowen and Rowley Regis as a "coward... crawling around in the political gutter" after the Conservative called for him to step down.
Image source, GoogleJames Morris called the council "a stain on the reputation of the local area" in a speech made in Parliament yesterday.
Steve Eling, leader of the Labour-run council, told BBC WM he wouldn't be resigning and described the attack by the MP as the "bottom end of gutter politics".
If any of the allegations were true, he said, "why is it he has never raised any of these issues directly with the council's standards process, or produced any evidence whatsoever to support it".
He accused Mr Morris as abusing the parliamentary process and said the council would be making a complaint to the speaker to that effect.
Cricket: Woakes stars with bat but England lose ODIpublished at 14:25 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2018
Allen Cook
BBC NewsWarwickshire's Chris Woakes starred for England with the bat today, but the visitors went on to lose the fourth game of their one-day series with Australia.
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Chris Woakes batting today
At one stage, England were 8-5 and then 61-6 before Woakes hit 78 to raise their total to 196 all out with Worcestershire's Moeen Ali scoring 33 of the runs.
The Warwickshire man then went on to take a wicket, but Australia eased to a three wicket win with 13 overs remaining.
England still lead 3-1 in the series with one match to go.
River levels continue to fallpublished at 14:16 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2018
River levels in Shropshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire are continuing to fall, but a number of Environment Agency flood alerts, external remain in force across the three counties.
They cover stretches of the rivers Avon, Lugg, Severn, Tern and Perry.
Image source, Helens ViewMost of the rivers reached their peak last night.
Flood barriers in Shrewsbury town centre have been removed.
Knife attack lands teen in jailpublished at 14:00 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2018
A 19-year-old man has been jailed for carrying out an unprovoked knife attack on a teenager outside a Coventry dessert shop.
Image source, West Midlands PoliceShai Dilbert was found guilty of knife offences after slashing a 17-year-old on his chin.
The youth had tried to intervene in an altercation that Dilbert has having with another person outside Creams desert shop in the Hillfields area of the city last July.
Unemployed Dilbert, of Victoria Street, Coventry, was jailed for five years for wounding, possession of an offensive weapon in a public place and possession of a class B drug. He was sentenced at Warwick Crown Court on 19 January.
Murdered woman inquest to be reopenedpublished at 13:51 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2018
Jacqueline Oakes died in 2014 and was found to have been let down by police failings.
Read MoreOldham add Wolves striker Nazon on loanpublished at 13:34 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2018
Wolves loan striker Duckens Nazon to Oldham Athletic until the end of the season, subject to clearance.
Read MorePostal service praise after Christmas cards returnedpublished at 13:27 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2018
A Shrewsbury man whose wife accidentally posted some incorrectly addressed Christmas cards has praised Royal Mail for returning them 22 days later.
David Bevan-Jones says the cards were marked with the first names of his son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter - and nothing else - when they went into the postbox.
They were found among 30,000 items at the main sorting office in Chester and returned with £200 still inside.
Quote MessageI think we take things for granted, that people do the same job every day. People we never see very often. And we take the whole thing for granted. And I think they deserve absolute credit."
David Bevan-Jones
Council leader brands MP a 'coward'published at 13:25 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2018
Steve Eling says he will launch a complaint over MP James Morris's speech in Parliament.
Read MoreBitcoin: Youngsters using pocket money to investpublished at 13:16 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2018
David Gregory-Kumar
Science correspondent, BBC Midlands TodayA Coventry shopkeeper who has introduced a machine allowing customers to buy and sell the virtual currency Bitcoin says he has a variety of customers using it.
The machine allows customers to purchase the digital currency and transfer them to a wallet stored on a smartphone.
Paul Cheema, of Malcolm's NISA store in Elm Tree Avenue, said some youngsters are using their pocket money to buy the currency "a fiver at a time" along with "more serious traders".
You can see my full report on Midlands Today on BBC One at 13:30.
Sandeep Samra: Terror accused teen jailedpublished at 13:02 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2018
BreakingA teenager who planned to travel to Syria to "join in with the brothers" and carry out acts of violence, has been jailed for three and a half years.
Image source, GoogleSandeep Samra, 18, of Alder Road, Coventry, pleaded guilty to a single count of engaging in conduct in preparation for terrorist acts by attempting to travel to Syria between 1 June and 31 July last year.
But she denied intending to carry out acts of violence there.
She was handed the custodial sentence after a two-day trial-of-issue at Birmingham Crown Court today.
Bradford sign McGowan, Warnock and Lundpublished at 12:52 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2018
Bradford City sign Ryan McGowan on an 18-month deal and Stephen Warnock and Matty Lund on loan from Burton Albion.
Read More'Lucky escape' for man who threw water on chip pan firepublished at 12:45 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2018
Allen Cook
BBC NewsA man had a "lucky escape" according to fire crews after throwing water on a burning chip pan., external
Image source, West Midlands Fire ServiceWest Midlands Fire Service sent two fire engines to the Pleck area of Walsall at 03:46 last night.
They say the man only suffered minor burns, despite throwing the water on a "dangerous" chip pan fire.
First animal for 2018 born at Twycross Zoopublished at 12:34 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2018
Calum McKenzie
BBC NewsTwycross Zoo has announced the birth of its first ever Kirk's dik-dik.
Image source, Twycross ZooThe animal, which is a type of small antelope, is originally from east Africa.
Named "Pogo Junior" by zookeepers, she currently weights less than 1kg (2lbs) at the moment.
Birmingham pub bombings: Inquest to be widenedpublished at 12:09 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2018
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Sima Kotecha
Midlands Correspondent, BBC NewsA court has ruled a corner was wrong to restrict the scope of an inquest into the Birmingham pub bombings.
Two bombs were detonated in the city in 1974 killing 21 people.
Last year a coroner decided the names of the alleged perpetrators would not be part of the framework of the new inquest.
Mrs Justice Sue Carr said "we will quash the coroner’s decision".
Shrewsbury Town goalie banned for three matchespublished at 12:01 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2018
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James Bond
Sports Producer, BBC ShropshireThe Shrewsbury Town goalkeeper Dean Henderson has been given a three-match ban by the Football Association, starting with tomorrow's match away to Portsmouth.
Image source, Getty ImagesHe is alleged to have reacted to being pelted with objects by Blackburn fans two weeks ago by throwing a bottle back into the crowd.
Tigers agree deals for Thompson & Spencerpublished at 11:54 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2018
Leicester Tigers agree to sign Wasps back-row forward Guy Thompson and Worcester lock Will Spencer for 2018-19.
Read MoreIn the papers: Woman arrested over migrant worker allegationspublished at 11:41 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2018
Three of the headlines from the Shropshire Star today:
- Woman arrested on suspicion of attempting to supply migrant workers, external
- Shrewsbury MP under fire over private health insurance call, external
- Bridgnorth water supplies hit after pipe burst, external
