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Jo Tidman
BBC News
A teenager who fatally stabbed a budding male model been sentenced to a minimum of 17 years in detention.
Image source, West Midlands PoliceAmmar Kharod, 17, of Walsall Road, Aldridge, was found guilty of murder.
The court heard he stabbed James Brindley, 26, once in the heart as Mr Brindley walked home after a night out.
Matt Sandoz
Stoke City commentator, BBC Radio Stoke
Stoke City manager Paul Lambert is challenging striker Saido Berahino to give him a selection problem.
Image source, Getty ImagesLambert says Peter Crouch and Mame Diouf have both performed well in his first two games in charge while he gave Berahino a late substitute appearance on Wednesday night.
The Potters are at Bournemouth tomorrow and the Stoke boss says he believes Berahino has all the attributes to be a good player for the club.
Quote MessageI've only seen the lad really in training. What a fantastic finisher he is, he knows where the goal is. I think he's got to get a little bit fitter than what he's got but regarding an actual goalscorer, he's been excellent."
Paul Lambert, Stoke City manager
Jo Tidman
BBC News
The identity of a teenager convicted of fatally stabbing a budding male model in Walsall can be revealed.
Image source, West Midlands PoliceJames Brindley
Ammar Kharod, 17, of Walsall Road, Aldridge, was found guilty yesterday of stabbing James Brindley, 26, in June.
He had denied murder.
Mark Brindley, James's father, said the family were "traumatised and tortured on a daily basis" by his death.
Efforts to try to pinpoint the site of a War of the Roses battlefield are being made.
The battle of Mortimer's Cross is thought to have taken place near Luctonians sports ground at Kingsland, Herefordshire, but nobody knows exactly where.
Image source, GoogleIt was fought on this day 547 years ago between Edward, Duke of York and Jasper and Owen Tudor.
The Battlefields Trust , externalhas been given £80,000 by the Heritage Lottery Fund to carry out the work.
The Wolverhampton-based firm won a £75m contract for the 670-bed Midland Met Hospital in Smethwick.
Read MoreWe've had some stunning photos of sunrises today all taken by our BBC Weather Watchers.
These are from users Marguerite in Ellesmere, Shropshire; Dawn Treader in Congleton, Cheshire and Z70 in Stafford:
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Image source, Dawn Treader
Image source, Z70Tammy Langton is cleared of causing death by dangerous driving when she ran out of petrol on the M25.
Read MoreA motorist drove the wrong way down a motorway earlier.
The driver was spotted going along the M54 and the A5 near Telford, during the early hours.
The driver was eventually stopped by a police stinger and was arrested.
Image source, West Mercia Police
BBC Sport
Worcester centre Ben Te'o will start in England's Six Nations opener against Italy in Rome on Sunday.
He had been expected to miss the start of the championship because of his ankle problem but has made a surprise return to fitness following rehabilitation in Australia. He has been chosen ahead of Jonathan Joseph.
Image source, Getty ImagesTe'o has been out since mid-October and last played for England almost a year ago.
Wasps lock Joe Launchbury is also in the starting 15.
Allen Cook
BBC News
The inquiry into the death of a man in an industrial blast has been handed to the Health and Safety Executive.
Image source, West Midlands PoliceAaron Johnston, 39, from Sutton Coldfield died after a cooling pipe burst at Timet UK, Witton Industrial Estate, Birmingham during the early hours of 12 December.
West Midlands Police had been leading an inquiry but the HSE says it's now taken over.
The executive says it's still gathering evidence and can't comment further.
On the Birmingham Mail's website today:
The Spitfire will be restored and become the centrepiece of a new £6m extension at the Potteries.
Read MoreVicky Breakwell
BBC Hereford and Worcester
A hero police officer who died in Malvern in the 1920s is to have his grave restored.
PC Howard Overton was killed in Malvern saving a child who had run into the road in 1928, external.
He pushed the boy to safety but was killed when he was hit by two cars.
Sgt Alex Denny, of West Mercia Police, is part of group raising money to restore Pc Overton's grave which is currently overgrown and part-covered with dirt.
Quote MessageWe're working towards 14 April which is going to be the mayor's civic ceremony. It's going to be held in Malvern and that's going to be dedicated to the emergency services and public service. What I'm really keen to do is have the grave completely restored.
Sgt Alex Denny, West Mercia Police
BBC Sport
Worcester Valkyries hooker Lark Davies is expected to make her first start for England in the Six Nations on Sunday.
The 22-year-old is one of four new faces in the squad for the tournament.
Image source, JMPUKShe has made a number of appearance for the under-20s side and has been named on the replacements bench for the senior teams, but has been waiting to make her full debut.
Tom Cooke
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
Members of one of the country's leading horticultural research centres say more should be done to save it from being sold off.
Image source, GoogleGarden Organic, external has been based in Ryton, Warwickshire, for more than 30 years but has said the site's too expensive to run.
They've now listed it for sale on a property website., external
A campaign group called Save Ryton Gardens, external has been set up saying they want the sale to be stopped and the 20,000 members of the charity to be consulted to see if they can help with the finances.
Garden Organic says running costs are stopping them from working at full potential and they're looking at all possible options to reduce cost pressures.
A fault with a train means there's no services between Stourbridge Town and Junction at the moment.
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BBC One
Women with separate lives
Thousands of people live totally separate lives in the multi-cultural city of Birmingham.
But does it have to be that way? What about the power of conversation?
An attempt is being made to turn strangers into friends, led by a woman whose family suffered anti-Muslim violence.
Crossing Birmingham's Invisible Borders is on BBC One West Midlands at 19:30 GMT on Friday 2 February and available afterwards on iPlayer.
BBC Midlands Today
Worcester Warriors winger Josh Adams says he's hoping nerves won't affect his game as he makes his Wales debut against Scotland this weekend.
Image source, Huw Evans AgencyIt's their first match in the 2018 Six Nations and will be in Cardiff tomorrow.
The 22-year-old is the top try-scorer in the Premiership this season.
Quote MessageIt's going to be a big thing, isn't it, first time at the stadium, potentially sell-out and trying to just take the occasion in if you like but it's like any other rugby game I'm hoping. Once the first kick-off goes, it's just into it then, just trying to focus on your job."
Josh Adams, Worcester Warriors winger
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Reporter, BBC Shropshire
A stream which has run bright orange for years is to be helped to turn to a healthier colour.
Image source, Shropshire Wildlife TrustThe Serpentine flows through the old Hadley brickworks in Telford where deposits of clay and iron turn it an orange colour.
Shropshire Wildlife Trust says it's now working to restore a reed bed system in the river and cutting back overhanging trees to let more sunlight in.
They say their work should lead, in a few months, to the water changing to at least a less vivid orange, if not blue.
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