Police are investigating what they're calling an "unprovoked attack" in Middlewich, involving a group of more than 10 people.

A 21-year-old woman was hit in the face and a 25-year-old man was kicked and punched several times, as they walked towards Wallcroft Gardens off Wheelock Street, Staffordshire Police said.

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The group were said to be dressed in black, with scarves over their faces.

The woman was treated at hospital for minor injuries and the man suffered serious, but not life-threatening injuries.

Shrewsbury chief executive Brian Caldwell says promotion to the Championship would mean a huge rise in Town's turnover.

The new West Brom manager, Darren Moore, says he's willing to give youth a chance as he looks to rebuild the team for life in the Championship.

He said players like Sam Field, Jonathan Leko, Rakeem Harper and Rayhaan Tulloch would all be in his plans.

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Moore has also reassured fans that he will only sell players this summer if it's best for the club.

The driver lay down on tracks to avoid a train going at 85mph on a line he thought had been blocked.

Local Democracy Reporting Service
Tom Dare

More than 240 children have been locked overnight in police cells in the West Midlands force area in the past 12 months, new figures have revealed.

The force's Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) revealed the statistics at a board meeting and said they were because of a lack of suitable alternative accommodation.

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Under legislation, custody officers are told to transfer young people remanded in custody into local authority accommodation.

But PCC David Jamieson says there's no secure accommodation for children in the West MIdlands and he'll be raising the issue with local councils.

Plans for 40 holiday lodges at Langdale woods in Worcestershire go back before councillors again tonight.

It comes after an application to build 50 on land owned by the Three Counties Agricultural Society was rejected by Malvern Hills District Council three months ago.

Campaigners have gathered outside the building to protest against the application for planning permission.

Andrew McIntosh is found guilty of battering his estranged wife to death at their former home.

Tom Hanks isn't the only celebrity fan getting behind his team for the football league play-offs.

Aston Villa can claim a number of famous supporters, including the musician Nigel Kennedy, Prince William and the Warwickshire batsman Ian Bell.

Coventry City also have some celebrity-backers, such as local band The Enemy and former Sky Sports presenter Richard Keys.

Celebrity Shrewsbury Town fans are harder to find, but there are plans to dress the town's statue of Lord Hill in a blue and amber hat this weekend and if he were alive, he'd probably be cheering on Paul Hurst's team.

Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

A woman's had to be freed from a shower by firefighters after falling over, external and getting "trapped".

Firefighters took the cubicle apart on Brown Avenue, in Nantwich, this morning.

They then say paramedics treated her, although they haven't revealed what injuries she suffered.

A number of post offices in Coventry and Warwickshire are currently experiencing problems because of a computer fault.

The main post office in Kenilworth is currently down, along with those in Leamington and Warwick.

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The post office says engineers are working to fix the fault in the network.

Rochdale sign defender James Finnerty on a two-year deal after three years with Championship side Aston Villa.

Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

A Porsche has been stolen from a car dealership , externalafter the thieves first used one of the other cars to ram the garage's front gate to get out.

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Police say it was taken early on Monday morning from the site on The Hill, Newcastle Road, Sandbach.

The Porsche was later found abandoned in Hale, Altrincham later the same day.

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BBC News

CCTV images have been released of two men police, external say they want to speak to in connection with a "brutal, unprovoked" stabbing of an American in Birmingham.

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The attack happened at Roj Roj Fish and Chips on Smallbrook Queensway on 17 May.

Police say the 20-year-old victim was on a visit to the UK and on a night out when he was repeatedly stabbed and is still being treated in hospital.

Officers say they believe he tried to stop an argument that had broken out in the takeaway just before he was attacked.

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• School vows to make 'rapid improvements' in wake of inadequate Ofsted report, external
• Memorial football tournament raises more than £10,000 for charity, external
• End of roadworks hell in sight - but traders' concerns are not over, external

BBC Business News

Jaguar Land Rover has reported a drop in profits after slower sales growth and rising business investment.

Annual pre-tax profits fell to £1.5bn from £1.6bn the year before, and fourth quarter profits almost halved from £676m to £364m.

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Annual sales grew 1.7%, helped by strong demand in China.

But the Coventry-based firm blamed a sharp fall in UK sales on "consumer uncertainty surrounding diesel models, Brexit and vehicle taxation".

UK sales dropped 12.8% to 108,759 cars, while European sales also fell.

Local Democracy Reporting Service
Carl Jackson

Charges are set to be introduced at a planned new multi-storey car park for a railway station in Birmingham., external

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The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) has drawn up proposals for 644 bays at the current plot at Longbridge, accessed from Devon Way, which has 102 spaces at the moment.

They're free to use at the moment, but the WMCA's planning application to the city council says a daily charge will be brought in for the new five-level facility.

The contract to run Welsh trains for the next 15 years has been awarded to two European firms, France's Keolis and Spanish-owned Amey.

Arriva Trains Wales, which has run the service since 2003, announced it was dropping out of the bidding race in December.

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Full details of its plans for the routes, which include services in and out of the West Midlands, will not be revealed until next month, to allow for the potential challenge to the process by the other bidder.

The new franchise will come into effect from 14 October but all 2,200 staff will be able to transfer and terms and conditions will be protected.

Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

A library in Stoke-on-Trent could be turned into housing in the future.

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The city council says there are plans to move the library in Tunstall into the town hall, external, after £3.8m of restoration works.

The authority's also planning to move its children and customer services there too.

Port Vale sign Cambridge United centre-back Leon Legge and fellow defender Connell Rawlinson from Welsh champions TNS.

Worcestershire have set Yorkshire a target of 351 in their one day match at Headingley.

Australian all-rounder Travis Head top scored with 77 and there were also 50s from Joe Clarke, Ross Whitley and Ben Cox as they finished 350-6.

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