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Amy Cole
BBC Midlands Today
More than 120 tonnes of aid, which includes food and blankets, has been collected for people suffering in war torn Syria.
Two containers packed with items for those in desperate need, will leave for Syria later on.
The charity Crisis Aid, along with the Bearded Brothers from Small Heath, external, Birmingham, say they've been overwhelmed by the generosity of local communities.
The kickabouts are social and keep-fit sessions that began with children's birthday parties.
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Local Democracy Reporting Service
More than 1,000 women from mid and south Cheshire were not sent invitations for routine breast cancer screening.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust which runs Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich and Elmhurst in Winsford said 1,400 women failed to receive breast cancer screening invitations between their 68th and 71st birthday.
Last week, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt announced up to 270 women in England may have died as a result of the national computer error.
Quote MessageWe are now working through that with NHS England and Public Health England. We have locked in with East Cheshire Trust to look at how to do this and we are working through that at the moment. Any patients that are affected are being diverted to the national helpline.
Chris Oliver, Chief operating officer, Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Local Democracy Reporting Service
Police are opposing plans to re-open a nightclub that was shut down after a gun was brandished at the venue.
Prisma on Bristol Street, Birmingham, had its licence suspended following the incident in January when a man's face was also cut open during a fight.
Police say re-opening the venue as Domus - for which an application has been submitted - would simply replicate its predecessor.
A council sub-licensing committee will determine the application next Monday.
It proposes the venue remains open until 05:30 seven days a week.
Quote Message[The application] was a massive concern to West Midlands Police as it showed the clear intentions with this application to carry on where the premises had left off before."
PC Abdool Rohomon, Licensing officer, West Midlands Police
Ex-Watford, West Brom and Birmingham defender Paul Robinson eyes a Blues coaching role following his retirement, at 39.
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Alex Hamilton
BBC Weather
It should be a dry night ahead with long clear spells and lows of 5C (41F).
Latest weather for the West Midlands
A postman who served 17 years in prison for an attempted rape he has always denied was entitled to be presumed innocent, the Supreme Court has heard.
Victor Nealon who was found guilty of attempted rape and given a life sentence in 1997, has previously suffered two defeats in a bid for compensation.
The former postman from Redditch had his conviction quashed in 2013 after fresh evidence came to light.
Mr Nealon appeared at the Supreme Court today to fight for compensation.
His lawyers argued that when the Criminal Justice Act 1988, was amended in 2014 it changed the definition of - the presumption of innocence - because it required a person seeking an award to prove they were innocent.
Simon Gilbert
Political Reporter, BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
An independent traffic tribunal has slammed Coventry's Restricted Parking Zone (RPZ) scheme as "unenforceable".
Chief adjudicator Caroline Sheppard said with 58,356 notices issued since it was introduced it must have dawned on the city council that the RPZ scheme was far from self-enforcing.
Image source, Traffic Penalty TribunalThe city centre plans were brought into force in 2012 with all yellow lines supposed to be removed, and all parking made illegal other than in "clearly defined bays".
But road campaigners argued the system wasn't clear because of confusing signage and failure to remove double yellow lines in some areas.
The adjudicator looked at five appeal cases against the city council and ruled that parking notices must be cancelled.
It's not clear whether it will have implications for the other almost 60,000 notices.
Supercars including the Ferrari 458 Italia and Audi R8 V10 are to take part in time trials on Coventry’s streets when MotoFest returns on 2 and 3 June.
Members of the Supercar Drivers Club will be among the racers who will compete in one of the first competitive UK street races in 30 years.
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Hereford's annual May Fair returns to the city today - kick-started by the ringing of bells and a ceremony which dates back to Medieval times.
It has been held in the city centre since 1121 and was officially opened with the traditional offering of 12-and-a-half bushels of wheat.
Image source, herefordshire.gov.ukA number of roads in the town will be closed, external, including Broad Street and King Street.
Stoke City's former chief executive Jez Moxey says the club must remain calm after being relegated from the Premier League over the weekend.
Image source, Getty ImagesQuote MessageThere will be feelings of guilt, embarrassment, frustration and great despondency as they face up to life outside the Premier League and that's not an easy thing to comprehend. The first thing to remember is not to panic."
Jez Moxey, Ex-Stoke City chairman
A dry evening is in store with long clear spells, before a cooler night with just a light wind.
There'll be a dry and bright start to tomorrow morning, but cloud will increase thickening in the afternoon to bring rain later on.
It's looking like we'll see much less sunshine for the rest of the week, unfortunately!
The Traffic Penalty Tribunal compared the council's parking scheme to delusional King Canute.
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David George
BBC Spotlight
Final speeches have been given and a judge's summing up has begun in the trial of a man from Cheshire accused of beating his partner to death at their flat in west Cornwall.
Dean Lowe, 33, is accused of murdering Kirby Noden (pictured) in January 2017 at the flat they shared in Marazion.
Prosecutors allege Mr Lowe beat Kirby Noden to death with a rock and a metal pole before disposing of her body in bin bags and flushing some parts down the toilet.
Mr Lowe's defence lawyers told Truro Crown Court that Ms Noden sprayed their flat with her own blood and that she was still alive, living with a man called Dan in South Africa to do missionary work.
Mr Lowe, of Beacon Road, Marazion, denies one count of murder. The trial, in its third week, continues.
Image source, Via PolicePort Vale manager Neil Aspin releases 10 players following the League Two club's brush with relegation.
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