In the papers: CCTV catches toilet break-inspublished at 09:36 British Summer Time 5 April 2018
Stories in the Sentinel today include:
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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
In the papers: CCTV catches toilet break-inspublished at 09:36 British Summer Time 5 April 2018
Autism film project launchedpublished at 09:10 British Summer Time 5 April 2018
BBC Midlands TodayA group of students in Warwickshire are making a film to explain what it's like to have autism and cope with everyday life at school.
The students are working with a team of experts and a charity called Act for Autism.
A recent government survey showed that 50% of young people on the autistic spectrum said their teachers struggled to support them.
Motorway was shut over body findpublished at 08:54 British Summer Time 5 April 2018
The discovery of a man's body on a bridge over the M42 led to this morning's closure of a stretch of the motorway in Worcestershire, West Mercia Police said.
The force said it was not treating the death as suspicious.
Both carriageways between junctions two and three were reopened at about 08:00, although one lane of the eastbound carriageway remains closed.
The body was found at about 06:30.
Crews tackle van on firepublished at 08:43 British Summer Time 5 April 2018
Police have released pictures of a van on fire with which firefighters have been dealing this morning.
It happened on the A442 at Quatford in Shropshire.
Image source, Shewsbury PoliceNo one has been hurt in the incident, but drivers are warned to avoid the area.
Image source, Shrewsbury PoliceM42 reopenspublished at 08:27 British Summer Time 5 April 2018
Both carriageways of the M42 have reopened between junctions two and three in Worcestershire.
One lane of three remains closed on the northbound carriageway.
The stretch was closed earlier as emergency crews attended what Highways England called a "serious incident".
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End of twitter postBridge reopens after floodingpublished at 08:20 British Summer Time 5 April 2018
Eckington Bridge near Worcester has reopened after recent flooding.
Drivers are being warned, however, that there is still water around but the road is passable.
Image source, BBC Weather Watchers / J9North's transport body takes up powerspublished at 08:10 British Summer Time 5 April 2018
Transport for the North will enact a 30-year road and railway upgrade scheme unveiled in January.
Read MoreBurst water pipe affecting suppliespublished at 08:06 British Summer Time 5 April 2018
A burst water pipe in the Bromsgrove area of Worcestershire is causing water supply problems for some customers, Severn Trent says.
Its engineers are at the site in a field near Birmingham Road.
Hereford and Worcester Fire Control said crews were called to one property overnight and used sand bags and a pump to minimise flooding.
Traffic released after 'serious incident' on M42published at 07:44 British Summer Time 5 April 2018
Traffic caught between two closed junctions of the M42 in Worcestershire has been released following what Highways England calls a "serious incident".
Police say it is vehicles on the eastbound carriageway that are moving again.
The motorway remains shut between junctions two and three, however; with diversions in operation.
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End of twitter postFlood conditions 'set to improve'published at 07:35 British Summer Time 5 April 2018
Flood alerts remain in place across the West Midlands, with a flood warning still in place for the river Severn, Shrewsbury.
Conditions, though, are expected to improve, the Environment Agency said - with drier conditions forecast over the day.
Image source, Environment AgencyVideo: Your 50-second weather forecastpublished at 07:23 British Summer Time 5 April 2018
Rich Davis
BBC Weather presenterIt should be a sunny day, with some cloud moving in later and highs of 9C (48F).
Media caption, Latest weather for the West Midlands
'Serious incident' closes M42published at 07:16 British Summer Time 5 April 2018
The M42 is closed in both directions between junctions two and three near Redditch due to a "serious incident".
Police and ambulance services are at the scene.
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End of twitter postLive updates for the West Midlandspublished at 07:00 British Summer Time 5 April 2018
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Hoarder's sons evicted from mum's housepublished at 20:38 British Summer Time 4 April 2018
May Appleton's sons failed a legal bid to keep her house in Northwich as she left it after she died.
Read MoreOur live coverage across the daypublished at 19:00 British Summer Time 4 April 2018
We'll be back with our usual mix of news, sport, travel and weather from 07:00 tomorrow, but keep an eye out here for more updates this evening and into the morning.
Link between car fire 'arsons' investigatedpublished at 18:58 British Summer Time 4 April 2018
Allen Cook
BBC NewsFour car fires in Telford are being treated as arson by police, external who are also considering whether they are linked.
In three of the four cases, the vehicles suffered "extensive damage" with the last, on Corfield Crescent today, left burnt out by the blaze.
West Mercia Police says no-one was hurt in any of the fires.
Wolves and Shrewsbury Town among EFL awardspublished at 18:55 British Summer Time 4 April 2018
BBC SportWolves' Ruben Neves has been nominated for the EFL's Championship Player of the Season award while Shrewsbury Town manager Paul Hurst's been named manager of the League One Team of the Season.
Image source, ALLSPORT/Getty ImagesImage caption, Ruben Neves
Midfielder Neves, 21, has played 36 times and scored four goals since joining the Championship leaders for a reported 15.8m from Porto last summer.
While Hurst has masterminded Shrewsbury's promotion challenge from League One.
Wolves, Aston Villa, Shrewsbury and Coventry all have players in their respective league's teams of the season.
Petition over old airport terminalpublished at 18:52 British Summer Time 4 April 2018
The petition calls for the Elmdon terminal building, once visited by Concorde, not to be demolished,
Read MoreGas cylinders stolen from hospitalspublished at 18:51 British Summer Time 4 April 2018
Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio StokeMore than a dozen gas cylinders have been stolen from two hospitals in Staffordshire in the past week., external
Image source, GoogleImage caption, Cannock Chase Hospital
Three men forced their way into a storage room at Cannock Chase Hospital on Saturday and took 13 bottles of nitrous oxide.
Then this morning, a storage room at County Hospital, Stafford was broken into and two oxygen cylinders taken.
Council gender pay pay gap 'one of the biggest'published at 18:47 British Summer Time 4 April 2018
BBC Coventry & WarwickshireStratford District Council has the biggest gender pay gap of any local authority in Coventry and Warwickshire.
Stratford had a 20.6% gap between staff, double the size of any other council in the region.
Organisations with more than 250 employees must state the average difference between male and female employees by midnight tonight.
Find out more about the gender pay gap and see if you're workplace is at your company.