A request has been received by the Attorney General for Robert Brown's sentence to be reconsidered.

An amusing poster put up in a Maplin shop window by a member of staff has been praised for its "humour in the face of anguish".

Maplin, which has more than 200 stores and 2,300 staff, went into administration in February.

Perhaps worn down by facing the same questions from customers, a member of staff at the Shrewsbury store decided to pre-empt further queries, much to the amusement of users on the BBC Shropshire Facebook page, external.

Image source, Ian Hayward

Mark Elliott
BBC News

A Shropshire solicitor says changes made to the way defendants on remand are dealt with have led to safety being compromised.

At the beginning or the month, the five remand courts within West Mercia's policing area were replaced by just one in Kidderminster.

Some defendants, victims and witnesses in Shropshire will have a round trip of more than 50 miles.

Image source, Google

Jennie Aitken
Reporter, BBC Radio Stoke

A butcher from the Staffordshire Moorlands says risque signs used to advertise meat offers are just a bit of harmless fun.

J W Ash and Son in Leek has placed blackboards on the street with phrases about "big breasted birds" and "hungry horny sausages" to promote its produce.

Pete the butcher says a police officer asked him to "bring a sign in in case it was offensive to people" - but the butcher has carried on with the signs.

BBC Sport

West Bromwich Albion caretaker boss Darren Moore has thanked the fans for believing in them, after the Baggies maintained their recent revival.

The team's victory at Newcastle means he's taken eight points from four games.

The club are five points adrift of safety in the Premier League.

Daniel Sandford
Home Affairs Correspondent

Sajid Javid is the first Black and Ethnic Minorities Home Secretary and the first man to hold the post in eight years.

An MP since 2010, he is the son of a bus driver and went to a comprehensive school.

This will be the fourth government department he has run.

BBC News Travel

Traffic on the M42 southbound has been temporarily stopped between junctions two and one due to a crash involving two lorries.

All lanes have been affected by a large fuel spillage.

Highways England said staff were on the scene beginning the clean-up operation.

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Sajid Javid MP is due to arrive at the Home Office in Marsham Street to take over the department.

The Bromsgrove MP moves from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, which he has led since 2016.

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Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable earlier told the BBC that the Home Office was "in terrible trouble" in the wake of the Windrush story.

BBC Politics

Sajid Javid, MP for Bromsgrove, is named as the new Home Secretary.

It follows the resignation of Amber Rudd, who said she had "inadvertently misled" MPs over targets for removing illegal immigrants.

Kenilworth Station closed during the 1960s, part of the Dr Beeching cuts.

For more than 30 years campaigners tried to get it reopened, citing the town's population of 22,000, its thriving night-time economy and its tourist-attracting historic castle.

The station finally opened today with a new rail service running between Coventry and Leamington Spa.

Michael Coker, resident and town councillor for many years, said he went to a Strategic Rail Authority meeting in the early 1990s and was told the return of rail to Kenilworth was not a question of "if" but "when".

In December, a war of words between Warwickshire County Council and the government was triggered when the council appeared to blame the Department for Transport (DfT) for the delay.

The council said the site was complete but had been told by the DfT neither trains nor drivers could be supplied until February.

BBC Radio Stoke Sport

Stoke City manager Paul Lambert says his side's goalless draw at Liverpool on Saturday has set up a thrilling finish in their battle to avoid relegation to the Championship.

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Elections on Europe's largest local authority are under the spotlight in BBC WM's debate at 10:00.

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For the first time in 14 years, all seats on Birmingham City Council are up for election as the number of councillors is cut from 120 to 101.

Those in the hot seat this morning include Ian Ward (Labour), Robert Alden (Conservatives), John Hunt (Liberal Democrats) and Rob Grant (Greens).

Coventry Live
Coventry Live

Some of the headlining stories on the Coventry Telegraph this morning include:

• Body armour and military vehicle firm closes Coventry factory, external
• Primary school considering scrapping hot school meals for pupils, external
• Man injured in , external"machete attack" at Skydome

BBC News Travel

An incident on board a train at Widney Manor has been dealt with, says National Rail, but services between Birmingham New Street and Leamington Spa are still subject to delays.

A normal service is expected to resume by 10:30.

Wolves fans will be able to apply for tickets tomorrow for next Monday's celebrations after the club won promotion back to the Premier League.

Image source, Wolverhampton Council

Tickets will be free, but limited to four per person.

About 30,000 people are expected at the party, held in Wolverhampton's West Park on Bank Holiday Monday.

Details of how to apply for them will be released via the council and football club’s websites later.

In inquest will open today into a boy who died after paramedics were allegedly denied permission to take him to his local hospital.

Image source, Family handout

Callum Cartlidge, eight, suffered a cardiac arrest at home after developing suspected sepsis.

Paramedics were allegedly told to take him 18 miles (29km) to Worcestershire Royal Hospital and not the nearby Alexandra Hospital in Redditch.

The five-day hearing will take place at Worcestershire Coroner's Court, in Stourport-on-Severn.

BBC News Travel

An incident is blocking rail lines between Birmingham Snow Hill and Leamington Spa.

Trains running through these stations may be cancelled or delayed, said West Midlands Railway.

Emergency services are at the scene.

Up to 200,000 people have visited the Weeping Window display of poppies at Hereford Cathedral.

Sunday marked the last day of the six-week display in which poppies were seen cascading down from the top of the building.

A service was held to mark the sculpture, first seen at the Tower of London and created to commemorate those who lost their lives in World War One

The service also marked the centenary of the RAF.

An ambulance has been damaged while responding to a call in a "disgusting act of vandalism" in Telford, that has seen the vehicle taken off the road for repairs.

Image source, West Midlands Ambulance Service

The vehicle's wing mirror was broken and mud thrown by a male, an ambulance service worker tweeted. , external

Express and Star

Here are some of the stories making the headlines on the Express & Star website this morning:

• Should speed cameras be reintroduced on Black Country roads?, external
• Longer sentence bid fails over car bomb plot, external
• Cannock nightclub where man fell to his death back on market, external