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Uttoxeter's Adam Peaty has lost in the men's 50m breaststroke final at the Commonwealth Games.
South Africa's Cameron van der Burgh took gold, leaving Peaty to settle for silver.
A man has been arrested after a women was found stabbed outside a church in Coventry in the early hours of Sunday morning.
West Midlands Police said , external they arrested a 26-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder. He is being questioned by officers.
The woman - discovered with a stab wound to her abdomen outside St Margaret's on Walsgrave Road - has not been named and remains in a critical condition in hospital.
Police say she is believed to have been stabbed with a knife.
Kathryn Stanczyszyn
Reporter, BBC WM
Two of the people behind the Birmingham side of the Commonwealth Games handover at the weekend are "excited and proud" to showcase their work to an international TV audience.
The Gold Coast in Australia passes on the baton to the 2022 host on Sunday.
Daniel Alexander, who's made "We're from Birmingham", says his film is packed with "tonnes of Birmingham's personality".
He said: "For me it was one of the most important things. Birmingham's people are the heart of the city. This is one of the biggest stages that Birmingham has ever had."
Rapper Lady Sanity is also due to perform and says she is "up for a challenge".
She said: "We just want it to showcase our amazing talents as a city. I just want the performance to be as good as possible."
Stephanie Barnard
BBC News
Police said there was a "large number of people" at the scene of a crash , externalwhich left a toddler dead and his mother critically injured.
The boy, two, was with three other siblings when he and his mother were hit by a car in Coventry last night.
The woman, 32, sustained multiple fractures, police said. She is in a critical condition in hospital, where her son died of his injuries.
Quote MessageThere was a large number of people at the scene and if anyone witnessed the collision and hasn’t yet spoken to us I would urge them to make contact."
Det Sgt Paul Hughes, West Midlands Police
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Emergency bus tickets are being handed out to homeless people across the West Midlands so they can access practical help more easily.
It's part of a pilot scheme being run by National Express West Midlands and comes in the form of a scratch card.
Outreach workers can issue day passes to get a rough sleeper to a hostel, a benefits appointment or a doctor.
Robert Haden from Knypersley died after his motorbike was involved in a collision with a tractor.
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Jodie Looker
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke
A motorcyclist who died near Leek when his bike collided with a tractor has been named by police., external
Image source, GoogleRobert Haden, 68, from Knypersley, was riding his Kawasaki on Friday afternoon when the collision happened on Camrose Hill, near the junction with Top Road.
Police said he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Matt Sandoz
Stoke City commentator, BBC Radio Stoke
Stoke City's manager Paul Lambert says his side need to win three of their five remaining games to stay in the Premier League.
Stoke 1-2 Tottenham: Paul Lambert believes Potters need three victories
The Potters missed out on a point against Tottenham on Saturday after Christian Eriksen scored twice in a 2-1 victory.
Stoke had been level when Mame Biram Diouf equalised after Eriksen's first strike but they are now four points off safety.
Quote MessageThe effort and commitment I can not ask more of, we are just not getting the breaks. If they played like that at the beginning of season we would not be in position we are in. I think we have to win at least three games now. As long as belief and fight is there, we are in with a fighting chance."
Paul Lambert, Stoke City manager
Kathryn Stanczyszyn
Reporter, BBC WM
"A global advert for Birmingham" - the executive producer for Birmingham 2022 is giving a briefing to the media as the next host city prepares for the Gold Coast's handover.
Martin Green is giving details of the Birmingham side of the ceremony which will take place this Sunday and involve 400 young people.
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Alec Blackman
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
West Midlands Police officers mistakenly filled patrol cars with the wrong type of fuel more than 60 times last year.
Image source, PAThe figures, from a Freedom of Information request by the Press Association, show the force recorded the most incidents in the country - 66 - which cost it £3,737 in repairs.
Its fleet manager says it's largely down to the force moving away from in-house re-fuelling since 2013 in favour of petrol stations.
Steve Hermon
Journalist, BBC WM Sport
Sutton Coldfield's Alice Kinsella has picked up a hat trick of medals at the Commonwealth Games.
The gymnast who competes for Park Wrekin Club in Telford only turned 17 last month.
She won Gold on the beam, to add to her silver in the women's team final and bronze in the all-around.
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West Brom caretaker manager Darren Moore says his side showed "character" to draw with Swansea and end their eight-game losing streak.
A positive performance and result – Baggies boss Moore
The Premier League's bottom side remains 10 points from safety with five games left after Jay Rodriguez's second-half goal was cancelled out.
Swansea took a point in their own fight for survival courtesy of Tammy Abraham's headed equaliser.
Quote MessageI'm always one for 'if you don't win the game, you don't lose the game' - but I'm really pleased they showed character to stay in it, dig in and work well with each other."
Darren Moore, West Brom caretaker boss
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A toddler's died after being hit by a car in Coventry while with three siblings and his mother who was also injured., external
Image source, GoogleThe party of five, who were not in a vehicle, had been visiting family, police said, when the two-year-old boy and his mother were struck by a Volkswagon Bora on Stoney Stanton Road last night.
The toddler suffered serious injuries and died in hospital while the 32-year-old woman suffered several fractures and was left in a critical condition.
Police said the three siblings were unhurt.
The West Midlands force added the 39-year-old driver was helping with enquiries.
Three people are arrested and released as police investigate the death of James Greenwood.
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The Birmingham gymnast Dom Cunningham has won a bronze medal in the men's vault at the Commonwealth Games.
Image source, ReutersIt's his second medal after gold in the team event.
Tributes have been paid to a pedestrian from Shropshire killed when he was hit by a car near Keswick on the A66.
Image source, Family photoJames Greenwood, 61, from Market Drayton, died when he was hit by a silver BMW 1 Series, just after 00:30 on Saturday at Braithwaite.
In a statement his family said: "Jimmy was a keen biker who had a larger than life personality, with family and friends at the centre of everything he did."
Two men and a woman from west Cumbria arrested in connection with the collision have been released under investigation, Cumbria Police said.
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