A woman, 86, murdered at her home in Small Heath, Birmingham, has been named as Riasat Bi., external

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A murder investigation was launched after she was discovered in Aubrey Road yesterday.

A 20-year-old man, arrested in Stoke -on-Trent, remains in hospital, police said, and officers are expecting to interview him once he is discharged.

His injuries are not life-threatening, said West Midlands Police.

Idris Akinwunmi transferred £13 into his account after the attack on National-Lottery.co.uk

BBC Business News

Six Poundworld stores in the West Midlands are among another 80 branches which will be closed, the company's administrators have said.

The latest announcement means that 105 of the company's 335 stores are now earmarked for closure, including the one in Crewe, Cheshire.

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The closures in this region include two in both Coventry and Shrewsbury and one in Burton upon Trent and Bloxwich, resulting in 85 job losses.

They're set to shut by 22 July.

Poundworld went into administration last month after failing to cope with rising costs, fewer shoppers and greater competition.

A protest will be held in Birmingham later over the visit of US President Donald Trump.

People also gathered at Birmingham's Central Mosque today to travel to London to join a march there.

One protester Naeem Malik said of the President: "Everything he stands for we are against"

But another member of the public disagreed, saying "he's the sort of person who can bring things together".

Sporting Lisbon say they want 57 million euros (£50m) in compensation for Portugal goalkeeper Rui Patricio following his transfer to Wolves.

Sarbjit Kaur was found dead at home in Rookery Lane in Penn, Wolverhampton.

The man was knocked through a shop window and his jewellery was taken by the occupants of a car.

Families say they won't be returning to the shop after a cheap teddy offer caused eight-hour queues.

The family of Riasat Bi has asked for privacy while officers investigate what happened.

Protesters are set to take to the streets of cities and towns across the West Midlands this afternoon to demonstrate against Donald Trump's visit to the UK.

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Mr Trump is on a two-day working visit to the country and has said that Britons "like me a lot" and he feels "fine" about any protests.

In the West Midlands, protests are planned in locations such as Birmingham, Coventry, Stoke-on-Trent, Leamington, Bewdley, Shrewsbury and Malvern.

A weather warning for thunderstorms , externalcomes into effect across the West Midlands from 11:00 today.

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Heavy showers and thunderstorms could could some localised flooding, said the Met Office.

Police are warning that road surfaces are likely to be slippery after the recent hot spell of weather.

BBC Business News

Retailer The Works - which sells gifts, arts, crafts, toys, books and stationery - is to float on the London Stock Exchange.

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Shares in the Birmingham-based chain, external, which has 447 stores and concessions and an online business, have been priced at 160 pence each and the sale will raise £65.2m.

The Works will retain £28.5m, with the rest going to shareholders.

The company said it would use the money to repay debt.

It's expected that dealing will begin on 19 July.

Birmingham Live

Here are some of the headlines appearing on the Birmingham Live website this morning:

• Brave victim of Birmingham grooming gangs tells how she was raped and abused by 70 men, external
• This is what Bullring Build-a-Bear store is telling customers after chaos, external
• Road rage driver Shahid Ali who slowly crushed a man has sentence increased to 15 years, external

More needs to be done to help disabled passengers at Birmingham, Manchester, London Gatwick and London Stansted airports according to the Civil Aviation Authority.

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Manchester was the only airport rated "poor", but the other three have been told they "need improvement".

Birmingham, Gatwick and Stansted had been marked down for failing to provide sufficient information about their standards of service, the CAA said.

In its annual report on accessibility, it said all three airports were taking action to remedy these problems.

The CAA said there were now more than three million requests for disability assistance at UK airports annually - a rise of nearly 80% since 2010.

Express and Star

Here are a few of the stories making the headlines on the Experss & Star website this morning:

• New £4.9m Wolverhampton Market entrance revealed, external
• Senior Russells Hall Hospital staff raise concerns in damning letter, external
• Controversial plans for 200 homes in Penkridge to get green light, external

A secret spy camera from the Cold War era has sold for £29,000, despite an estimate of only £80-£100.

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The sale of the camera, disguised as a packet of cigarettes, was an auction house record, at Aston's Auctioneers in Dudley yesterday.

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A camera disguised as an umbrella sold for £2,700, and another behind the button of a man’s jacket £1,000.

The collection of cameras made more than £60,000 in total.

Rich Davis
BBC Weather presenter

It will be a mainly dry day with the risk of some showers, which could turn thundery, and highs of 24C (75F).

BBC Sport

Cyclist Dan Martin produced a superb late attack on the Mur de Bretagne to win stage six of the Tour de France.

Birmingham-born Martin went with a kilometre to go on the final climb and held off the late challenge of Pierre Roger Latour by a second.

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Team Sky's Geraint Thomas was part of a group three seconds behind but climbed to second overall after securing two bonus seconds during the stage.

Chris Froome was eight seconds back but Tom Dumoulin lost nearly a minute.

Meat that has fallen on the floor at a major UK chicken supplier "is now being swept up" and "nothing is getting back on to conveyor belts", an MP says.

Members of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee visited the 2 Sisters Food Group's West Bromwich plant on Thursday morning.

The committee launched an inquiry into 2 Sisters, which has 12 UK sites, after undercover reporters alleged a range of food safety breaches - leading Marks and Spencer, Aldi, Lidl and the Co-op to stop taking chickens from the West Bromwich plant.

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Neil Parish MP, the committee's chairman, told the BBC: "Meat that may have fallen on the floor is now being swept up and put into waste."

Citing Food Standards Agency visits, on-site CCTV and labeling improvements, Mr Parish said "there has been a real tightening up of the operation and that's what our inquiry was about".

He added: "I think [2 Sisters has] learned a lot of lessons - I think they needed to and they've done it."

Shefali Oza
BBC Midlands Today

Rain is spreading over from Wales, meaning some of us could see some showers over the coming days.

In other parts of the region there will be more sun.