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Allen Cook
BBC News
Work is on track to lift a £10m footbridge into position in the centre of Telford.
Telford and Wrekin Council says one of Europe's largest cranes, brought in for the job, is now fully built.
It had to be brought into the town on 16 lorries but the authority says they are now ready for the bridge lift tomorrow night., external
Image source, Telford and Wrekin Council
Gavin Kermack
Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester
A woman who faced being deported to South Africa, despite a medical report saying she'd be likely to die, says she's won her battle to remain in the UK.
Brenda Ackerman, 71, moved to Lower Broadheath, Worcestershire, with her family in 2012 and, despite numerous appeals, her application to stay was repeatedly turned down.
Her family says she was told she had to return to South Africa, a country she hasn’t lived in for nearly 15 years, and where she has no friends or family.
But today, she says she received confirmation from the Home Office that she can stay for the next 10 years and her family told BBC Hereford and Worcester that they're overjoyed.
Rebecca Wood
BBC Midlands Today
It could start cloudy tomorrow morning, but don't worry, it's going to be sunny and hot again.
There is a chance of a shower on Sunday though (do you remember rain?).
Rebecca Wood with the weather forecast for the West Midlands.
More than 100 events are being held across the West Midlands this weekend as part of the first Mayor's Community Weekend.
Image source, West Midlands Combined AuthorityThe Big Lottery Fund has given grants to groups in order to "encourage communities to come together" to celebrate the region's diversity, said Metropolitan Mayor Andy Street.
You can view events, which are being held across the whole of the region, here., external
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Lucy McNamara
BBC Radio Stoke
Three men have been arrested after reports of a man brandishing a gun which police believe may be linked to a previous incident.
Officers say, after being called to Pretoria Road, Stoke-on-Trent, they searched a house but didn't find any firearms.
Image source, GoogleThe trio, aged 23, 25 and 40, all from the city, were arrested on suspicion of possessing a firearm and remain in custody.
Detectives say they're looking into whether it's linked to a violent assault on the same street on Saturday.
In the earlier case, a man suffered serious injuries after being reportedly shot in the eye with an air weapon which, at the time, police believed was a, external "targeted attack".
Passengers reported severe delays and cramped trains as people avoided the station.
Read MoreStephen Moorman is given a community order after admitting causing the death of a 70-year-old cyclist.
Read MoreA call for the M6 Toll road to be nationalised, after price rises of up to 10% were announced, has been made by the RAC.
The motoring research organisation said the route, operated by Midland Expressway Ltd (MEL) should be brought under the control of the government-owned Highways England.
Price increases will be brought in from 30 July, the company announced today.
MEL said: "The M6 Toll offers significantly increased reliability and reduced journey times compared to the heavily congested M6 through Birmingham and continues to offer great value for money for drivers."
Three bottled-water collection points in Shropshire have been shut down because Severn Trent says water supplies are back to normal., external
Image source, Severn TrentThe firm's faced struggles all week in the Much Wenlock area, blaming poor supply or low pressure on a surge in demand creating pockets of air in its network.
But as of this afternoon, Severn Trent says the problem's fixed although it's still urging people not to use garden sprinklers and baths.
Sukhwinder Singh, 40, is "extremely dangerous", the judge says at sentencing.
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Chris King
Reporter, BBC Radio Stoke
Businesses and schools in parts of Cheshire are without water this afternoon in the hot weather.
Parts of Crewe, Congleton and Bridgemere all have a reduced water supply.
Bridgemere Primary School says it's had to send children home due to its supply being cut off.
United Utilities says the heatwave has caused a surge in demand for water, causing pressure to drop.
The firm adds that, across the north west, people are using 500 million more litres of water a day in the hot weather., external
Police say they're protecting a man in his 20s and his family after he was shot in Nuneaton this morning.
A police cordon is still in place around the scene, on Bull Street in Attleborough and extra patrols are being carried out in the area.
Warwickshire Police believes the man, who remains in a serious condition, was targeted deliberately.
Police are investigating a "targeted" attack in Nuneaton
Allen Cook
BBC News
A car driver has been stopped by police because he was towing a large wheelie bin., external
Image source, Cannock PoliceOfficers in Cannock say the driver told them the commercial bin hadn't been emptied, so he was dragging it to the recycling centre.
The force hasn't revealed if he was given a penalty or just a warning for his actions.
Police have stopped a man who was towing a wheelie bin behind his car.
BBC News Travel
A shed-load of meat is blocking the eastbound carriageway of the A5 in Dordon Warwickshire.
Traffic is being temporarily held for work to be carried out to clear the spillage.
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The authority needs to make and implement difficult decisions "without delay", a panel has said.
Read MoreAllen Cook
BBC News
The grass fire next to the railway lines in Crewe is now out, the fire service says.
Fire crews say they left the scene at 15:40 and handed it over to Network Rail., external
National Rail Enquiries says it expects disruption to services between Crewe and Chester, which are currently suspended, to last until around 17:00., external
An "extremely dangerous" man suffering paranoid schizophrenia was fleeing an outstanding murder conviction in India at the time he stabbed his brother-in-law to death.
Image source, West Midlands PoliceAt Wolverhampton Crown Court today Sukhwinder Singh, 41 of Macdonald Close, Tividale, West Midlands , was jailed for life with a minimum term of five years and made subject to a hospital order.
At an earlier hearing he admitted the manslaughter of Harish Kumar on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
Sentencing, Judge Michael Challinor told Singh: "I have to say the circumstances of this offence lead me to conclude without hesitation that you are an extremely dangerous individual."
Allen Cook
BBC News
Train lines between Crewe and Chester are shut this afternoon, external due to a large fire next to the railways lines in Crewe.
Cheshire Fire Service says crews were called at 13:20 to the area off Dunwoody Way and found an area of grass and wood on fire. , external
They say they tried to control it with beaters at first but it spread so rapidly they switched to hoses.
A man has been arrested on suspicion of wounding after a man suffered serious injuries in a machete attack in Wolverhampton.
A 24-year-old man is in hospital in a stable condition after the incident on Tremont Street, on Tuesday 26.
A 21-year-old is being questioned after handing himself into a police station last night.