Summary

  • Paedophile who 'preyed on boys' jailed for abuse

  • Murder arrest after woman's body found

  • 'Serious' multi-vehicle M6 crash

  • Arrest over people-smuggling network

  • Burglar breaks into house and takes a bath

  • 'H&M hamster' abandoned in park

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  • Updates from Friday 6 April

  1. Here's how today's weather is lookingpublished at 07:18 British Summer Time 9 April 2018

    Charlie Slater
    BBC Weather presenter

    We had some spring sunshine for part of the weekend but let's have a look at what Monday's got in store for us.

    You can also get an updated weather forecast for your part of the West Midlands at any other time from the BBC Weather website.

    Media caption,

    Charlie Slater

  2. Pozzi qualifies quickest for 110m hurdles finalpublished at 06:06 British Summer Time 9 April 2018

    England's Andrew Pozzi qualifies for the men's 110m hurdles final but Northern Ireland's Benjamin Reynolds, England's David King fifth and Wales' David Omoregie miss out.

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  3. Lincoln City 1-0 Shrewsbury Townpublished at 17:21 British Summer Time 8 April 2018

    Elliott Whitehouse scores the goal as League Two Lincoln upset Shrewsbury to win the Checkatrade Trophy final at Wembley.

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  4. Postpublished at 78 mins

    Lincoln 1-0 Shrewsbury

    Ged Scott
    BBC Sport at Wembley

    Shrewsbury fansImage source, Rex Features

    It might be one of Wembley's smaller crowds, but there's certainly no shortage of noise.

    Shrewsbury's 12,000 following from Shropshire might be more than doubled in size by the 26,000 army of Lincolnshire fans.

    But they have certainly made themselves known. And the Shrewsbury team have responded well since the break - and Imps boss Danny Cowley has just had to give it a bit of the old double windmill on the touchline to get his side's supporters roaring raucously again.

  5. Woman found stabbed at city churchpublished at 14:01 British Summer Time 8 April 2018

    The victim is critically ill after the attack in the early hours of Sunday.

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  6. Worcester report £8.1m losses for 2017published at 13:25 British Summer Time 8 April 2018

    Premiership club Worcester Warriors report a pre-tax loss of £8.1m for the 2016-17 season.

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  7. bronze medal

    Bronze Medal - Emily Kay (England)published at 12:12 British Summer Time 8 April 2018

    Women's scratch race final

    And it's Coventry's Emily Kay who gets the bronze! She just pips Scotland's Katie Archibald into the final medal position, Archibald finishes fourth.

    Emily Kay - EnglandImage source, Getty Images
  8. West Bromwich Albion 1-1 Swansea Citypublished at 19:31 British Summer Time 7 April 2018

    West Brom caretaker manager Darren Moore praises the "first class" response of his players as they end their eight-game losing streak by drawing with Swansea.

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  9. Birmingham City 1-1 Burton Albionpublished at 18:40 British Summer Time 7 April 2018

    Birmingham City level late on through Lukas Jutkiewicz to keep relegation rivals Burton Albion bottom of the table.

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  10. Port Vale 1-2 Crawley Townpublished at 18:13 British Summer Time 7 April 2018

    Crawley come from behind to beat Port Vale and record their first victory in two months.

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  11. Walsall 1-0 Burypublished at 18:06 British Summer Time 7 April 2018

    Bury are on the brink of relegation from League One after Adam Thompson's own goal condemns to defeat at Walsall.

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  12. Hartlepool United 0-1 Solihull Moorspublished at 17:44 British Summer Time 7 April 2018

    Adi Yussuf earns 10-man Solihull Moors a 1-0 win over Hartlepool that moves them out of the National League's bottom four.

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  13. Notts County 2-1 Coventry Citypublished at 17:42 British Summer Time 7 April 2018

    Jonathan Forte scores twice as Notts County beat League Two promotion rivals Coventry City at Meadow Lane.

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  14. Worcester 27-13 Newcastlepublished at 17:28 British Summer Time 7 April 2018

    Newcastle miss the chance to move into a Premiership play-off place as Worcester complete a second-half comeback.

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  15. Mansfield Town 3-4 Crewe Alexandrapublished at 17:28 British Summer Time 7 April 2018

    Mansfield Town's brave fightback falls just short as they are pipped at home by Crewe in a League Two thriller.

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  16. Laughing gas stolen from hospitalspublished at 16:51 British Summer Time 7 April 2018

    Seven people are arrested after a spate of thefts of nitrous oxide from a Staffordshire hospital.

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  17. Telford leader in abuse probe U-turnpublished at 16:10 British Summer Time 7 April 2018

    Shaun Davies has repeatedly called on the government to lead an inquiry into child abuse in Telford.

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  18. Woman killed in house stabbing namedpublished at 16:10 British Summer Time 7 April 2018

    A 73-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of Tracy Stonehouse in Chelmsley Wood.

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  19. Norwich City 3-1 Aston Villapublished at 14:26 British Summer Time 7 April 2018

    Aston Villa's automatic Championship promotion hopes are dealt a blow with defeat at mid-table Norwich City.

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  20. Man killed in crash with tractorpublished at 13:41 British Summer Time 7 April 2018

    The motorcyclist, a 69-year-old from Stoke-on-Trent, died at the scene on Friday.

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