Pardew has 'clear the air' talks at WBApublished at 14:16 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2018
West Brom boss Alan Pardew says he has held talks with the club hierarchy about the speculation around his future.
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Pardew has 'clear the air' talks at WBApublished at 14:16 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2018
Judge slams council for child 'failures'published at 14:13 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2018
A judge said children had been in accommodation for "wholly inappropriate lengthy" periods of time.
Read MoreVan with no brakes or MOT stopped on M6published at 14:11 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2018
The unlicensed driver was using the handbrake to slow down when it was pulled over.
Read MoreNicola Payne: Private team ends search for missing teenpublished at 14:09 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2018
Peter Wilson
BBC Midlands Today Special CorrespondentA search team brought in to try to locate the body of a missing teenager are ending their search having found nothing of significance.
Nicola Payne, an 18-year-old mother of one, went missing while walking across wasteland near her parents' house in Coventry on 14 December 1991.
The private forensic team searching Coombe Country Park in Warwickshire say they've not given up their efforts to find the body of the missing teenager.
You can see my full report on Midlands Today at 18:30 on BBC One.
Woman attacked on her doorsteppublished at 13:57 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2018
A woman has been attacked on her own doorstep by a man holding what's believed to be a knife.
Warwickshire Police said it happened at a house on Clarendon Square in Leamington Spa last Saturday after the victim answered the door.
She was treated for injuries to her cheek, chest and arm.
Image source, GooglePolice say the man, who was aged between 25 and 30, had a distinctive Celtic tattoo on one hand and a birthmark under his left eye.
Man released from crashed coachpublished at 13:46 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2018
A man, thought to be the driver, has been released from a coach after a three-car crash on the A38 in Staffordshire which also involved a lorry.
Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service said he had been taken to University Hospital North Midlands and that traffic would remain slow for some time.
Image source, Staffordshire Fire and Rescue ServiceThe collision happened at Barton-under-Needwood and Highways England earlier warned there were four-mile queues in the area.
Image source, Staffordshire Fire and RescueWhy did the toad cross the road?published at 13:36 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2018
Hundreds of toads cross a road in Herefordshire on their way to a breeding lake.
Read MoreIn photos: Canal empties after embankment collapsespublished at 13:28 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2018
Allen Cook
BBC NewsThese are some of the scenes near the part of the Shropshire Union Canal which has collapsed in Cheshire.
It was spotted in the early hours of this morning and Cheshire Police says it looks to be a huge sink hole.
Twitter user @Canal_Network has been to the site today and tweeted these photos:
Image source, @Canal_Network
Image source, @Canal_Network
Image source, @Canal_NetworkMarathon cancelled over new route planspublished at 13:19 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2018
Building and road works are restricting options for a new route for this year's race.
Read MoreHalf marathon cancelledpublished at 13:11 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2018
BreakingCoventry's half marathon, due to take place on Sunday, has been cancelled due to the weather, the organisers say.
Image source, Coventry Half MarathonThe race was due to start at 09:00 on Sunday.
Female jockey bids for historic win at Cheltenham Gold Cuppublished at 13:05 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2018
Vicky Breakwell
BBC Hereford and WorcesterA Worcestershire-owned horse could make history at the Cheltenham Festival today.
Lizzie Kelly partners Tea For Two as she bids to become the first female jockey to win the Gold Cup.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe horse is part-owned by Len Jakeman from Upton-upon-Severn.
A sell-out crowd of 70,000 is expected at the Gloucestershire track, where the going is described as soft, heavy in places.
Quote MessageI think all the rain has probably decreased our chances unfortunately. But it's a dream to have a runner in the Gold Cup and so we're going to let him take his chance and we'll see what happens."
Len Jakeman, Part-owner of Tea For Two
Wheelchair user asked to prove disabilitypublished at 12:58 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2018
Liam Maxwell, who has cerebral palsy and scoliosis, was asked to prove his disability at Tussauds.
Read MoreBurton bring in Czech defender Egertpublished at 12:57 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2018
Championship strugglers Burton Albion sign Czech defender Tomas Egert on a deal until the end of the season.
Read MoreIn the papers: Dinner lady sacked from academypublished at 12:52 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2018
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Man trapped after crash involving bus and lorrypublished at 12:42 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2018
BreakingThe A38 is shut at Barton-under-Needwood after a three-vehicle collision involving a bus and a lorry.
Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service says it is working to release a man, thought to be the driver, from the bus.
Image source, Staffordshire Fire and Rescue ServiceMan dies and woman in hospital after crashpublished at 12:20 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2018
BreakingA man has died and a woman has been taken to hospital following a two-car crash on the A442 in Worcestershire this morning.
West Midlands Ambulance Service said it happened between Kington and Inkberrow at 07:35 and the man was in cardiac arrest when crews arrived.
The woman, who is in her 40s, was in the other car and is said to be suffering chest and back pain.
Tributes to 'kind-hearted' motorbike crash victimspublished at 12:12 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2018
The families of two teenagers killed in a bike collision in Walsall have paid tribute, external to the "talented and kind-hearted" young men.
Image source, Family HandoutTarik Campbell, 18, and 19-year-old Alex Lees were killed after the motorbike they were riding was involved in a crash with a car on Broadway West in Walsall on Tuesday.
Image source, Family HandoutThe parents of Alex said he "loved life".
"He could never sit still and was always on the go, he lived every moment to the fullest."
Image source, Family handoutTarik's family said they "couldn’t be more proud of him".
“He was a hardworking and well-mannered young man and a huge role model for all of his siblings."
A 58-year-old man arrested on suspicion of drink driving and causing death by dangerous driving has been released under investigation.
Teenagers killed in bike crash namedpublished at 12:07 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2018
A 58-year-old man arrested on suspicion of drink driving is released under investigation.
Read MoreRoad to remain closed as river levels risepublished at 12:02 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2018
BBC News TravelA road in Upton-upon-Severn that was due to open today, after flooding, is going to remain closed, with water levels on the River Severn now forecast to peak tomorrow afternoon.
The Environment Agency said the New Street flood gate would also stay shut.
'Sink hole' causes canal embankment to collapsepublished at 11:56 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2018
BreakingThe embankment on the Shropshire Union Canal at the Middlewich Aqueduct has collapsed, with Cheshire Police saying there appears to be a "very large sink hole".
Engineers are now on the scene and a man found on board a nearby boat has been moved to safety.
Image source, SwanWhispererThe Canal River Trust says the canal and towpath is closed until further notice.