Lucius: The horse that followed Red Rumpublished at 18:20 British Summer Time 11 April 2018
Grand National-winning jockey Bob Davies recalls the day, 40 years ago, that he rode Lucius to victory at Aintree.
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Lucius: The horse that followed Red Rumpublished at 18:20 British Summer Time 11 April 2018
More showers ahead in latest weather forecastpublished at 18:18 British Summer Time 11 April 2018
Shefali Oza
BBC Midlands TodayBe prepared for more showers tonight and tomorrow across the West Midlands, here's the full forecast for the region:
Media caption, Shefali Oza
You can also stay up-to-date with your local weather forecast by heading to the BBC Weather website.
Man in serious condition after collisionpublished at 18:16 British Summer Time 11 April 2018
A man has been taken to hospital in a "serious condition" following a "serious collision" on the A38 in Birmingham.
Tyburn Road heading out of the city was closed, but one lane has now reopened.
'How football helped my stammer'published at 18:12 British Summer Time 11 April 2018
Adam Wright, 38, uses post-match fan videos on YouTube to raise awareness of stammering.
Read MoreOfficer 'narrowly avoids being blinded' after coin throwpublished at 18:03 British Summer Time 11 April 2018
A police officer has "narrowly avoided being blinded" after a fan "pelted" a coin outside Villa Park last night, West Midlands Police said.
The force said it is also looking into reports a 14-year-old girl suffered a facial injury after being struck by a bottle following match between Aston Villa and Cardiff.
Both incidents happened as away supporters were held back in the coach park after the match, the force said.
The thrown coin lodged in the officer’s eye socket and needed to be removed by a doctor.
Image source, West Midlands PoliceCarer jailed for stealing rings at elderly woman's homepublished at 17:56 British Summer Time 11 April 2018
Allen Cook
BBC NewsA man stole rings and money from an elderly woman he was meant to be caring for.
Rozaul Ahmed, of Cromartie Street, Stoke-on-Trent, worked as a carer but stole a wedding ring and an engagement ring, along with £20, from the 80-year-old's house , external in Smallthorne, police said.
Image source, Staffordshire PoliceThe 30-year-old admitted taking and selling the rings for £130 last year and also charges of theft of money, fraud and of committing an act with intent to pervert the course of justice.
He was jailed today at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court for 25 months.
Officers say the victim has since died and they're appealing to try and get the rings returned.
Children killed by wrong-way driverpublished at 17:54 British Summer Time 11 April 2018
Ray and Reya Wang, aged seven and two, died when a drunk driver was involved in a crash with their family car.
Read MorePM visits Birmingham....and throws a beanbagpublished at 17:49 British Summer Time 11 April 2018
Kathryn Stanczyszyn
Political Reporter, BBC WMPrime Minister Theresa May has announced a £70m plan to expand Birmingham's Alexander Stadium in time for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
In a visit this afternoon, she said the investment would be transformational and benefit the local community and the West Midlands region.
She also met young children and took part in a beanbag throwing event.
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End of twitter post'Pink painter' fly-tippers leave trailpublished at 17:45 British Summer Time 11 April 2018
The householders were fined £400 for dumping paint pots and bags of rubbish at the top of an alleyway.
Read MoreMan jailed for nightclub row stab murderpublished at 17:44 British Summer Time 11 April 2018
A man who stabbed two men in a mass brawl at a nightclub, killing one of them, has been jailed for 26 years.
Image source, GMPDorian Graham, 30, of Hamilton Grove in Old Trafford, attacked father-of-one Jordan Ross and his friend outside Suburbia on Manchester's John Dalton Street in September 2017.
The 24-year-old from Birmingham died later in hospital.
After being found guilty at Manchester Crown Court of murder and attempted murder, Graham was sentenced to life.
In the papers: Report due soon in child abuse probepublished at 17:40 British Summer Time 11 April 2018
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Man jailed for nightclub row stab murderpublished at 17:36 British Summer Time 11 April 2018
A man who fatally stabbed a father-of-one in a nightclub is jailed for at least 26 years for his murder.
Read More£42m each for Melrose bosses ahead of GKN takeoverpublished at 17:28 British Summer Time 11 April 2018
BBC Business NewsFour Melrose bosses trousered nearly £42m each last year, ahead of their successful £8.1bn bid for Redditch-based GKN.
Its annual report showed four executives benefited from the payout of a five-year long-term incentive plan, which meant they were handed an extra £41.7m each on top of their salaries for 2017.
Image source, Getty ImagesExecutive chairman Christopher Miller, executive vice chairman David Roper, chief executive Simon Peckham, and group finance director Geoffrey Martin all cashed-in.
The company's remuneration committee said: "We believe that this remuneration strategy has also directly driven historical outperformance when compared with our competitors and supported the company's success.
The bosses are in line for similar payouts in 2020.
Melrose won control of GKN last month after getting support from the majority of investors.
Woman threw dog out of car and tried to run him overpublished at 17:19 British Summer Time 11 April 2018
Allen Cook
BBC NewsA dog that was thrown from a car, kicked and almost run over has been taken into care by the RSPCA., external
Image source, RSPCAA witness saw the German shepherd being thrown from the vehicle in Eaton-on-Tern, near Newport, Shropshire, on Saturday.
The charity says the woman driving the car was then seen to get out, kick the dog three times and then try to run him over.
They say he wasn't seriously hurt and is recovering in their care.
Inquiry chairman asked to step downpublished at 17:00 British Summer Time 11 April 2018
Phil McCann
Cheshire Political Reporter, BBC NewsThe man in charge of investigating allegations against two of the most senior managers at Cheshire East Council has been asked to step down by officials.
Image source, GoogleThe authority says "concerns" have been raised about Councillor Howard Murray,, external who chairs the investigation and disciplinary committee.
He's declined to comment but says he will continue his work as a councillor in Poynton.
The council says it's a neutral act which has not affected the investigation into chief operating officer Peter Bates and chief executive Mike Suarez.
Mr Bates and Mr Suarez have made no comment.
Council investigation head suspendedpublished at 16:46 British Summer Time 11 April 2018
Concerns are raised about a Cheshire East councillor investigating allegations against senior officers.
Read MoreYoung striker hoping to learn in Stoke's relegation battlepublished at 16:38 British Summer Time 11 April 2018
Matt Sandoz
Stoke City commentator, BBC Radio StokeStoke City's young striker Tyrese Campbell says he's still hoping to be given the chance to play a part in the club's battle to stay in the Premier League.
Image source, Stoke City FCThe 18-year-old came off the bench in Saturday's 2-1 defeat to Tottenham, having also featured at Leicester in February.
Stoke are four points from safety with five games remaining.
Quote MessageI'm trying to make a career in the game so there's a lot of stuff I've got to take on board and try and add to my game and also improve on so it's great to learn from the strikers here."
Tyrese Campbell, Striker
Drunk farm worker caused crash which killed brother and sisterpublished at 16:20 British Summer Time 11 April 2018
Claudia Berry
BBC NewsThe deaths of two children in a car crash were caused by a Bulgarian farm worker driving on the wrong side of the road while drunk, a coroner has ruled.
Ray Wang, seven, and his two-year old sister Reya were in a car being driven by their father on the A438 between Trumpet and Ledbury, Herefordshire, last September.
Image source, GoogleImage caption, The crash happened at the junction between the A438 and A417 in Ledbury
The inquest heard it collided head-on with a Honda Civic driven by Atanas Jenov, 28, who was later found to be twice over the drink drive limit.
He died at the scene while the two children suffered severe head injuries and died in hospital.
Today, the coroner in Hereford concluded all three died as a result of the crash.
Great Western Railway accounts breachedpublished at 16:09 British Summer Time 11 April 2018
BBC News TechnologyA British rail operator has reset more than a million customer accounts after discovering hackers had successfully breached a small percentage of them.
Image source, PAGreat Western Railway runs trains between London, Penzance and Worcester.
The business said about 1,000 of its passengers' details had been exposed.
It said all bank information had been protected by encryption.
Cyclist lost seven stone to win Commonwealth Games bronzepublished at 15:54 British Summer Time 11 April 2018
Vicky Breakwell
BBC Hereford and WorcesterA cyclist who won bronze for England at the Commonwealth Games says anyone can lose weight, after she lost seven stone.
Redditch-born Hayley Simmonds started cycling in 2010 to lower a peak weight of around 16st 5lbs (104kg) with a mantra of "lose an ounce gain a second".
The 29-year-old came third in the women's time trial and now wants to make the British team at the 2020 Olympic Games.
Quote MessageThere have been times where I just wanted to go and eat a big cake but I'm lucky I have people supporting me. If I'm going for that slice of cake my husband may say 'do you really need that?'. Anyone can do it. It doesn't matter if your goal is a 30-minute time trial, just little, regular goals."
Hayley Simmonds, Medal-winning cyclist
