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A man in his 70s was kicked in the chest and face during an assault on a towpath.
Image source, West Midlands PoliceCCTV images of a man police would like to speak to in connection with the assault, in Birmingham city centre, have been released.
The attack happened at about 06:00 on 22 February.
Chris King
Reporter, BBC Radio Stoke
A charity's offered to pay back a woman charged for items she broke when she was having an epileptic seizure in one of their shops.
Sandra Kirkham says she was told to pay £17 for smashed crockery at the Mencap store in Congleton on Monday.
The 72-year-old had fallen into one of the display cases while having a seizure.
Mencap says she should "absolutely not" have been asked to pay for damages and they've apologised, offering to pay her back in full and inviting her back to "choose an item of their choice from the shop".
Quote MessageThis is not our policy and unfortunately a new member of staff who was temporarily in the shop on their own was unsure how to react and made the wrong decision."
Glen Hall, Head of Retail at Mencap
Fraudsters Arfan and Imran Ali failed to provide any services or money for good causes.
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Jodie Looker
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke
People living in part of Stoke-on-Trent have told BBC Radio Stoke it's taken the city council three weeks to clear a pile of fly-tipping.
Image source, Karen BirksThe rubbish, including tyres and mattresses, appeared on a public footpath by Fenton cemetery.
Residents took to the Facebook page "Our Fenton, external" to complain about the mess, branding it "disgusting, external" and saying the area's "becoming a big tip, external".
The city council says it relies on residents to report fly-tipping and it cleared the incident after it was reported on Sunday.
BBC News Travel
Trains between Derby and Birmingham are being disrupted after a points failure blocked the line in the direction of Birmingham., external
National Rail Enquiries says there could be delays of up to 50 minutes until around 13:30., external
It's so contractors can continue resurfacing the carriageway between J14 and J15.
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The Shropshire Star's covering these stories today on its website:
Owen Phillips
BBC Sport Online
You might imagine that, for Adam Peaty, he has conquered everything in his chosen event of breaststroke.
Adam Peaty looks to get 'near' world records
The 23-year-old from Uttoxeter is nearly four years unbeaten and is Olympic champion, world champion, European champion, Commonwealth champion, British champion and world record holder.
But it's the stinging prospect of tasting an oh-so-rare defeat that continues to spur Peaty on.
BBC Sport has been speaking to him ahead of this year's Commonwealth Games to find out what drives him and more about his ongoing attempts to become the first swimmer to break the 57-second mark in his event.
BBC Sport
Stoke City's Jack Butland will be looking to stake his place in England's World Cup team as he plays tonight in their Wembley friendly with Italy.
Image source, Getty ImagesHe replaces Jordan Pickford, who started in goal in the 1-0 win against the Netherlands on Friday.
Butland, 25, became England's youngest senior goalkeeper when he made his debut - also against Italy - at the age of 19 years and 158 days in 2012.
But he fractured his ankle against Germany and missed Euro 2016, spending more than a year on the sidelines, which has limited his England appearances to six to date.
After the spring sunshine yesterday, we look to have gone almost autumnal on the weather front, with cloud and rain for much of us.
These are from BBC Weather Watchers HillyJilly in Aston Pigott, Skye in Clee Hill and Z70 in Seighford.
Image source, HillyJilly
Image source, Skye
Image source, Z70The team leading an inquiry into a disgraced breast surgeon who botched hundreds of operations, has met more than 150 patients and their families.
Image source, SWNSIan Paterson, 59, was convicted of multiple charges of wounding with intent and had his jail term increased to 20 years by the Court of Appeal.
Now, the terms of reference of the independent inquiry , externalfollowing his conviction have been published.
Inquiry chairman, the Bishop of Norwich, the Right Reverend Graham James, said: 'The interests of all patients, whether they are treated in the NHS or the private sector, should be at the heart of this inquiry.
Two people in a car which overturned on the M40 earlier escaped with only minor injuries.
Image source, West Midlands Ambulance ServiceEmergency services attended the crash close to junction 16 and the M42 slip road.
Port Vale defender Adam Yates announces his retirement, but will remain with the club and work with the Port Vale Foundation.
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Faith Page
Reporter, BBC Shropshire
The Iron Bridge has been all wrapped up since before Christmas.
Now a walkway is being opened up to show visitors what's going on underneath all that scaffolding and tarpaulin.
The £3.6m conservation project, external is English Heritage's largest since becoming independent of government and is due to take another year to finish.
Completed in 1779 over the River Severn, the Iron Bridge was the first single span bridge in the world to be made of cast iron.
English Heritage says they've put a walkway in place and hope to have it open every day to visitors from 29 March until the end of August., external
A man who made threats using an imitation firearm at a cafe has been jailed.
Image source, Warwickshire PoliceMatthew Hoare, 45, of Church Hill, Coleshill, admitted pointing the firearm at a man who'd asked him to leave the cafe in the town in January.
He pleaded guilty to possession of an imitation firearm with intent to case fear of violence, and sentenced at Warwickshire Crown Court to two years and 11 months.
Det Sgt Carl Buckley said: "This was a terrifying incident for everyone in the cafe at the time. They wouldn't have known that the firearm wasn't real or what Hoare's intentions were."
Epilepsy sufferer Sandra Kirkham, 72, was ordered to pay £17 after falling into a glass cabinet.
Read MoreThe all-conquering Adam Peaty tells BBC Sport a fear of defeat motivates him as he continues his golden quest on the Gold Coast.
Read MoreMore than 150 patients have contributed to the inquiry into Ian Paterson's botched operations.
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Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke
Repairs to Staffordshire's roads have been "on the back burner for a year" due to budget pressures.
Image source, Staffordshire County CouncilThe government yesterday announced an extra £100m is being shared among councils in England to fund repairs to roads damaged by recent storms.
Staffordshire's getting £2.2m from that sum and the authority says it's also already pledged to spend an extra £5m this year on potholes and repairs., external
Quote MessageWhile we have the pressures of social care and children's services and all the other things, roads have been on the back burner for a year but we've had to put and we are putting additional money in to make sure the roads are put right this summer."
Philip Atkins, Leader of Staffordshire County Council
BBC Business News
Business Secretary Greg Clark has written to Melrose demanding "binding" commitments from the turnaround specialist over its £8.1bn bid for GKN.
Image source, GKNRedditch-based GKN is one of the UK's largest industrial firms, employing more than 59,000 people globally - 6,000 of them in the UK.
Mr Clark sought "extensive and clear" measures over GKN's workforce, research and development, and pension schemes.
He also raised concerns over national security given GKN's role in supplying the UK armed forces.
In response, Melrose set out a number of pledges, including not selling GKN's Aerospace Division for five years.
