Coventry Telegraph

Here are some of the stories featured in the Telegraph today:

• Toddler killed in car crash as mum fights for life, external
• Young man stabbed in Nuneaton during attack by three thugs, external
• This is what Meggitt's new Ansty 'super site' will look like, external

Otto Putland tells a court that accusations he forced himself on the woman are lies.

BBC Weather Watchers

We had a misty start for much of the West Midlands this morning and here are three photos from across the region from our BBC Weather Watchers:

Image source, Peter Bear Lowe

Image source, Peter Steggles

Image source, Dawn Treader

Three men are bailed after a man, 47, dies following an incident at a Bromsgrove pub.

Nicola Beckford
Reporter, BBC Midlands Today

More than 4,000 people have signed an online petition calling for a disused airport terminal building to be saved and restored.

The Birmingham Airport Elmdon terminal building opened in 1939 and up until recently had been used as offices.

But it's not yet protected as a listed building and recent cold weather has caused serious flooding problems meaning it's now empty.

Allen Cook
BBC News

A body found on land in Staffordshire has been confirmed as that of a missing teenager., external

Image source, Staffordshire Police

Jordan Taylor, 18, had been reported missing since Easter Sunday.

Staffordshire Police says a post mortem examination has been carried out and is awaiting toxicology results to determine the exact cause of death.

Mr Taylor's body was discovered at the back of Underwood Road, Silverdale, on Thursday evening., external

Ledbury Reporter

Today's Ledbury Reporter stories include:

• Social housing row over Ledbury's Neighbourhood Plan, external
• New estate for Newent, external
• Siblings are wizards at chess, external

Tracey Higgins
Journalist, BBC Shropshire

People in the West Mercia Police force area are being promised they'll see more officers in their communities, external despite no rise in staff numbers.

The force says it's changed shift patterns and claims that means it can have a third more officers at times of "greatest need", such as evenings and weekends.

But there's been no rise in the total number of police constables or PCSOs, with numbers simply being protected.

West Mercia Police says it is pulling out of the Central Motorway Police Group, putting 25 officers who were part of it into its own roads policing unit.

BBC Sport

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

Image source, Getty Images

Losses for the 12 months up to 30 June 2017 came after the club reported a pre-tax profit of £14.3m a year before.

The profit for 2015-16, however, came after the club's owners - who have put the Sixways side up for sale - wrote off loans worth £20.4m.

In the directors report for 2017, it says the Warriors remain reliant on shareholders for financial support.

West Brom have a proposal to introduce safe standing at The Hawthorns rejected by the government.

A woman who witnessed the aftermath of a crash in Coventry in which a toddler was fatally injured said she heard "a big bang" and "a lady screaming".

The boy, two, was hit by a car on Sunday night and his mother was left in a critical condition.

The witness, who did not want to be named, said: "A lot of people had come out... we were all in shock.

"I was praying, hoping he [the boy] was ok. I'm in shock, it was really horrible."

BBC Midlands Today

A family is in "shock and disbelief" over a crash which left a two-year-old boy dead and his mother critically injured, a friend says.

Daljit Bhogal said: "They are just a proper, normal family that has just been devastated. My heart just goes out to them."

The injured pair were struck in Stoney Stanton Road, Coventry, last night. Three of the toddler's siblings were unhurt.

Mr Bhogal said witnesses went to help and had to lift a car to get the trapped boy out from underneath it.

England's Adam Peaty settles for silver after he is beaten by South African Cameron van der Burgh in the men's 50m breaststroke.

What a remarkable effort from Sarah-Jane Perry though. She bounced back from 2-0 down to level at 2-2, and then found herself at 8-8 in the decider.

She called for a stroke at the wrong time and that ultimately gave King the advantage.

Four hundred young people will take part in a live dance performance broadcast from the city centre.

Three men arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after a man collapsed and died following a pub "disturbance" have been bailed.

It happened at the Dog and Pheasant on Worcester Road, Bromsgrove, at about 20:50 on Saturday.

The West Mercia force said a 47-year-old man collapsed following what it called a disturbance at the venue - he was taken to hospital where he died.

The arrested trio - two men from Derby aged 52 and 25, and a 48-year-old from Telford - were originally suspected of affray before their subsequent arrest on suspicion of manslaughter.

They have been bailed until the start of May.

Det Sgt James Beard said: "We're continuing enquiries to establish how the man died. We are awaiting the results of a post mortem."

The police and crime commissioner for the West Midlands says the home secretary Amber Rudd is "in complete denial" over the link between police cuts and an increase in violent crime.

A fall in police numbers is likely to have contributed to a rise in serious violent crime, according to a leaked Home Office document seen by the BBC.

Ms Rudd said it was a "mistake" and "disservice" to communities and families to blame police numbers.

David Jamieson said people didn't "need to be Sherlock Holmes" to see a connection between the two.

He said: "The Home Secretary is in complete denial about that," adding "I think she ought to accept that this is a problem and look at police funding".

Nine fire cadets units in Cheshire have closed due to lack of volunteers to help run them, Cheshire Fire says.

The fire service says it needs more adult volunteers to "lead, guide and inspire" cadets in order to keep a unit at each fire station.

Image source, Cheshire Fire

There were about 350 local cadets, aged between 12 and 17, at 26 locations across the county, but Cheshire Fire said the following nine units were being forced to close:

• Poynton
• Ellesmere Port
• Audlem
• Penketh
• Bollington
• Birchwood
• Frodsham
• Malpas
• Holmes Chapel

Head of Prevention at Cheshire Fire, Nick Evans said people from "all walks of life" are needed to help and "firefighting experience" was not necessary.

He added:

The schoolgirl has decided to raise money with 10 lots of 10 tasks after meeting a homeless man.

The victim, a woman in her 30s, remains in a "critical condition", West Midlands Police says.