Car theft surge blamed on write-offspublished at 14:32 British Summer Time 18 August 2018
Police say criminals selling insurance write-offs are making a hefty profit by stealing cars for parts.
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Car theft surge blamed on write-offspublished at 14:32 British Summer Time 18 August 2018
Grimsby sign defender Hendrie on loanpublished at 12:14 British Summer Time 18 August 2018
Grimsby Town sign Shrewsbury Town defender Luke Hendrie on loan until January 2019.
Read MoreEuston station closes for three weekendspublished at 01:11 British Summer Time 18 August 2018
Network Rail is urging people not to travel on a major line into or out of London.
Read MoreBears' Elliott to quit at end of seasonpublished at 22:33 British Summer Time 17 August 2018
Birmingham Bears captain Grant Elliott plans to retire from cricket at the end of the 2018 season.
Read MoreDominant Birmingham held by Swanseapublished at 21:57 British Summer Time 17 August 2018
Birmingham City fail to find a way past Swansea City despite dominating their Championship encounter.
Read MoreCrews tackle blaze at pottery factorypublished at 20:46 British Summer Time 17 August 2018
Firefighters say one building at the Emma Bridgewater factory in Stoke was "well alight".
Read MoreSerious case review into girl's killingpublished at 20:09 British Summer Time 17 August 2018
Delroy Forrester killed his great-niece Jasmine hours after his family tried to get him help.
Read MoreMosque attacks 'random criminal damage'published at 19:16 British Summer Time 17 August 2018
Further reports of damage to property and a car dissuade police from "racial motive" theory.
Read MoreSpeeding driver jailed over baby deathpublished at 19:09 British Summer Time 17 August 2018
Four-month-old Malia Porter died after Reuben Johnson's BMW hit her family's car head on.
Read MoreOur live coverage across the daypublished at 19:01 British Summer Time 17 August 2018
We'll be back with our usual mix of news, sport, travel and weather from 07:00 on Monday, but keep an eye out here for more updates this evening.
Colleagues 'sorely miss' midwife after deathpublished at 18:59 British Summer Time 17 August 2018
Midwives have thanked police for their efforts investigating the death of their colleague Samantha Eastwood.
Image source, Samantha EastwoodToday, midwives at the hospital say they met with Ms Eastwood's sister and mother along with Staffordshire Police officers to thank them and tell them how much she meant to them, and that she would be "sorely missed".
Michael Stirling, 32, of Gratton Road, Bucknall, has been charged with her murder.
Vandalised giraffe back at full heightpublished at 18:56 British Summer Time 17 August 2018
Allen Cook
BBC NewsA multi-coloured giraffe sculpture badly damaged by vandals has returned to its plinth in Worcester.
Image source, Worcester Stands TallThere are currently about 60 giraffe sculptures forming a trail across the streets of the city.
But, on 3 August, one of them, called Diversity is Us, was broken off its plinth and organisers say they removed it from the trail for repairs.
Now, Worcester Stands Tall says it's been fully restored and is back on the trail until it ends on 16 September.
Once finished, the sculptures will be auctioned off for a local hospice.
Family ready for balloon battle in world championshipspublished at 18:54 British Summer Time 17 August 2018
Vicky Breakwell
BBC Hereford and WorcesterThree members of one family are preparing to battle each other in the skies over Austria to try and become a world champion.
Media caption, Up in the skies with the UK's hot air ballooning champion
David Bareford, from Cookley, near Kidderminster, is competing in the hot air balloon contest alongside his son Dominic and daughter Stephanie.
Dominic, 25, has won the the British National Hot Air Balloon Championships three times in a row.
Father David took his children up in balloons when they were still toddlers. The world championships take place from tomorrow until 26 August.
Quote MessageThey all flew from the maternity hospital within three days of their birth. They sat in the balloon, they were quite happy to sit in the balloon when I flew and then, of course, during their early teenage years they sort of drifted away from it for a bit."
David Bareford, Father of hot air balloonists
In the papers: Man jailed for stabbing partnerpublished at 18:48 British Summer Time 17 August 2018
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Police still hunting carjackers who took babypublished at 18:44 British Summer Time 17 August 2018
A police investigation continues after a four-week-old baby girl was taken by carjackers in Birmingham last month.
Officers still do not know who took the Audi A3 off Marie Drive in Acocks Green but want to speak to someone they believe has vital information., external
They are asking the driver of a blue VW Golf travelling on Shirley Road, near Robin Hood roundabout about 16:00 on 19 July to come forward.
Image source, West Midlands PoliceQuote MessageWe have made progress with the recovery of the stolen vehicle but we are still seeking witnesses or anyone with information to help us. We believe the driver of the VW Golf may have vital information and I would urge them to speak to us as soon as possible.”
Det Insp Jim Munro, West Midlands Police CID
The mother of the baby, Clare O'Neill, was pushed to the ground by two men, who made off with the vehicle.
Baby Eliza was found at Small Heath Health Centre in Chapman Road at about 16:45.
The stolen car has since been recovered in Small Heath and is undergoing forensic testing.
Bringing a 'segregated' city togetherpublished at 18:42 British Summer Time 17 August 2018
Birmingham City Council has told the BBC segregation in the city must be addressed so that communities are no longer living in isolation.
Read MoreSerious case review to be held into girl's deathpublished at 18:37 British Summer Time 17 August 2018
Allen Cook
BBC NewsA serious case review is to be held into the case of an 11-year-old girl who was bludgeoned to death by her great-uncle.
Yesterday, Delroy Forrester, 51, formerly of Lower Villiers Street in Blakenhall, Wolverhampton, was convicted of Jasmine Forrester's manslaughter.
Image source, Family HandoutThe court was told Forrester's daughter, Tyler, was angry that she had approached a crisis team at Penn Hospital in Wolverhampton the day before the attack but was told they could do nothing to help.
West Midlands Police said Forrester had been complaining to his close relatives and friends that he was "getting messages through the TV telling him what to say" and also spoke of demons in his head.
The review will be carried out by Wolverhampton Safeguarding Children Board who've described it as an "horrific case".
Large fire at Emma Bridgewater pottery factorypublished at 18:31 British Summer Time 17 August 2018
Lucy McNamara
BBC Radio StokeAround 25 firefighters are battling a large fire this evening at the Emma Bridgewater factory in Stoke-on-Trent., external
Image source, GoogleThe fire service says they were called just before 18:00 to the firm on Lichfield Street, Hanley.
They say five fire engines are at the factory now.
Son's suicide sees mental health project move into schoolspublished at 18:29 British Summer Time 17 August 2018
Sarah Robertson
Journalist, BBC Radio StokeA mother has set up a project to teach schools how to spot children who have mental health problems, after her son took his own life.
Joshua Smith, from Stone, was missing for a month in 2016 before his body was found near Barlaston. A coroner recorded a verdict of suicide. , external
His mum, Sarah Buckley, says teachers, students and parents at Allyenes Academy in Stone will be the first to get the training.
Quote MessageOne of the things that I think is really important is that support is there for, not just parents, but families, communities, whoever it is the young people might be able to speak to."
Sarah Buckley, Mother of Joshua Smith
Burglars use cat excuse in house break-inpublished at 18:15 British Summer Time 17 August 2018
Allen Cook
BBC NewsBurglars have threatened the occupants of a house after one of them claimed to be looking for his cat., external
Image source, GooglePolice say they got in via the back door of the home on Walthall Street, Crewe, Cheshire, yesterday afternoon.
The force says, after threatening the people inside, they searched rooms and made off with cash and jewellery, along with bags and purses.