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  • Driver jailed for nine years for brothers' hit-and-run deaths

  • Sports coach convicted of child sex offences

  • Mosque hit-and-run 'may be terror-related'

  • GP jailed for assaulting patient

  • Labour expels activist over remarks to MP

  • Wolves reveal details of promotion celebrations

  • Taxi driver fined for refusing to pick up disabled passenger

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  • Updates from Friday 27 April

  1. Living with an undiagnosed syndromepublished at 01:14 British Summer Time 27 April 2018

    Liz Toft's son is one of about 6,000 children born each year in the UK with an undiagnosed condition.

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  2. Body found in missing woman murder probepublished at 21:28 British Summer Time 26 April 2018

    Police continue to question a 35-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murdering Hollie Kerrell.

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  3. Fire fears mean £10k for flats' tenantspublished at 19:28 British Summer Time 26 April 2018

    Tower block residents are in line for compensation amid concerns over buildings' fire safety.

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  4. Our live coverage across the daypublished at 19:00 British Summer Time 26 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.

  5. Crime rise of 36% 'partly down to better recording'published at 18:55 British Summer Time 26 April 2018

    Lee Thomas
    Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

    A rise in recorded crime of more than a third in Cheshire's being put down in part to better recording of offences.

    According to the figures from the Office for National Statistics, there were 82,443 offences in the county in 2017.

    Cheshire Police logo

    They show increases of 43% for violent crime, 96% for stalking and harassment and 34% for sex offences.

    Last year, Cheshire Police was rated inadequate after failing to record more than 11,600 crimes.

    But today, the force says improved recording processes have played a part in the rise in recorded crime., external

  6. Honour for man maintaining stranger's WW2 gravepublished at 18:50 British Summer Time 26 April 2018

    Ben Godfrey
    BBC Midlands Today

    A man's been honoured for his dedication in tending to the grave of a World War Two airman.

    Warrant Officer John Benjamin Burrows' grave

    For 26 years, Wayne Hartshorne from Cannock has voluntarily maintained the resting place of Warrant Officer John Benjamin Burrows from Australia.

    He died when his aircraft was shot down in 1943 and was buried at Cannock Cemetery.

    Mr Hartshorne, who works as a golf course greenkeeper, has been honoured for his efforts by the RAF Association.

    Wayne Hartshorne
  7. Man's death prompts probe into injuriespublished at 18:37 British Summer Time 26 April 2018

    Gavin Kermack
    Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester

    The death of a man at his home is being treated as unexplained by police, external.

    Timothy Bassett, 46, was first found injured in Hereford town centre on Sunday afternoon and was taken to hospital for treatment.

    But police say he then died at home yesterday - a post-mortem examination is yet to be carried out.

    Officers say they want to find out how he came to be injured and whether that was linked to his death.

  8. Walsall-Cobblers may be nervy - Keatespublished at 18:34 British Summer Time 26 April 2018

    Walsall boss Dean Keates expects Saturday's League One 'six pointer' against fellow strugglers Northampton to be nervy.

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  9. Flooding fears fade for Worcestershirepublished at 18:24 British Summer Time 26 April 2018

    Dave Bradley
    Cricket commentator

    Worcestershire's pitch looks to have fully recovered following the customary flood problem at New Road earlier this year.

    Worcestershire's players managed to find a one dry corner of the New Road outfield for their pre-season photocall

    At the start of April, over two-thirds of the outfield was under water following prolonged heavy rain throughout March.

    Worcestershire's first home County Championship game starts tomorrow against Nottinghamshire and it looks like the flooding issues are now a distant memory:

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  10. Berahino & Rodriguez won't play for Stokepublished at 18:18 British Summer Time 26 April 2018

    Strikers Saido Berahino and Jese Rodriguez will not be recalled to Stoke's first-team despite a lack of goals, says manager Paul Lambert.

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  11. Social media 'played large part' in violent crime increasepublished at 18:10 British Summer Time 26 April 2018

    Social media and the internet are being partly blamed by police for the rise in certain crimes in Staffordshire., external

    iPhone 6 Plus screen displaying icons of social media applicationsImage source, Getty Images

    Figures from the Office for National Statistics show recorded cases of violence are up 14% in 2017 compared with 2016.

    The force says a large proportion of that increase is down to offenders using social media to threaten and intimidate victims.

    There's also been a 22% rise in rape and sex offences and officers say some of that is down to people having more ways, on and off-line, to find and engage potential victims.

    Responding to the overall rise of 11% in recorded crime in 2017, Staffordshire Police says it's going put more money into more neighbourhood police officers in the next year.

  12. RFU chief concerned over club financespublished at 18:08 British Summer Time 26 April 2018

    The head of English rugby, Steve Brown says the current financial situation at many Premiership clubs is a concern.

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  13. 'I spent years tending stranger's grave'published at 18:00 British Summer Time 26 April 2018

    A man has been keeping a war grave tidy for more than 25 years after seeing it near a relative's plot.

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  14. £65m QE Hospital expansion approvedpublished at 17:57 British Summer Time 26 April 2018

    Local Democracy Reporting Service
    Carl Jackson

    A £65m expansion to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital has been approved, despite widespread concerns about parking problems.

    Artist impression of hospitalImage source, Prime UK Developments

    One councillor compared the lack of spaces to the number of lifeboats on the Titanic, branding the infrastructure at the Edgbaston site a "disaster".

    But Birmingham City Council’s planning committee heard the main QE building was operating at near full capacity and a new facility was desperately needed.

    The scheme, funded by Healthcare UK, will see the Postgraduate Centre opposite the women’s hospital demolished and replaced by a new, partly private, seven-storey specialist facility.

  15. Rapist jailed for abusing childrenpublished at 17:54 British Summer Time 26 April 2018

    Anthony Ashley has been sentenced to 22 years in prison over a campaign of abuse decades ago.

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  16. Stoke boss expecting 'good' Liverpool side this weekendpublished at 17:41 British Summer Time 26 April 2018

    Matt Sandoz
    Stoke City commentator, BBC Radio Stoke

    The Stoke City boss says Liverpool will still put a good side out against them on Saturday even if they decide to rest a few players.

    Photo from when Liverpool beat Stoke 3-0 in NovemberImage source, Getty Images

    Jurgen Klopp's team will go into the game off the back of their 5-2 beating of Roma in Tuesday's first leg of their Champions League semi-final at Anfield.

    The second leg is next week, but Potters' manager Paul Lambert isn't expecting an easy ride as Stoke battle to survive in the Premier League.

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    Whether Liverpool rest one or two I don't know, that is up to Jurgen Klopp. They still have a good team whatever one we face on Saturday."

    Paul Lambert, Stoke City manager

  17. Emergency services check flooded vehiclespublished at 17:33 British Summer Time 26 April 2018

    Emergency services checked flooded vehicles in Wednesbury after a burst water pipe caused major problems.

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  18. Video: What's the overnight weather got in store?published at 17:26 British Summer Time 26 April 2018

    Shefali Oza
    BBC Midlands Today

    It will turn cloudy tonight with the chance of rain later and lows of 4C (45F).

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    Latest weather for the West Midlands

  19. Landmarks to turn orangepublished at 17:13 British Summer Time 26 April 2018

    Thirteen key landmarks across the West Midlands are being turned orange from 19:00 tonight to highlight promised improvements in the region's infrastructure.

    Under the terms of its franchise, West Midlands Railways will introduce new rail services are from December,

    Hive

    Richard Brooks from the firm said it is also "looking at the feasibility of seven new stations" in the region.

    He said the train operator wanted to "play our part" in the "economic prosperity in the region".

    The Hive in Worcestershire (pictured), Lady Godiva statue in Coventry, Walsall Art Gallery, the Lord Hill Column in Shrewsbury and Lichfield Clock Tower are among the buildings being illuminated tonight.