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  1. 'Perfect visibility' during M6 crashpublished at 21:47 British Summer Time 10 September 2018

    A lorry driver failed to spot a car with hazard lights flashing, a court hears.

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  2. Three charged with terrorism offencespublished at 20:45 British Summer Time 10 September 2018

    Two men and a boy are charged with being members of banned far-right organisation National Action.

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  3. Sibley hits ton as Bears dominate Foxespublished at 19:02 British Summer Time 10 September 2018

    Warwickshire vice-captain Dom Sibley hits 106 as the Bears bowl out Leicestershire for 100, then reach 190-3.

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  4. Our live coverage across the daypublished at 19:00 British Summer Time 10 September 2018

    We'll be back with our usual mix of news, sport, travel and weather from 07:00 tomorrow, but keep an eye out here for more updates this evening and into the morning.

  5. Cautious welcome for 100 extra police officerspublished at 18:51 British Summer Time 10 September 2018

    Kate Tebby
    Journalist, BBC Shropshire

    The Police Federation says it welcomes a decision to recruit 100 extra West Mercia Police officers, but is calling for a realistic view of the benefits.

    Police officersImage source, PA

    Today, Police and Crime Commissioner John Campion said the move would bring the total number of officers to just over 2,000. , external

    However, that would still be fewer than the number of officers the force had in 2012, before cuts.

    Responding, the chair of the West Mercia Police Federation, Sarah Cooper, says the news recognises the "enormous pressure" officers are under.

    But she says there are increasing numbers of officers leaving the force due to their current working conditions and she's worried whether they would attract "the right people" to become police officers.

  6. 'Rough sex' claim man guilty of murderpublished at 18:50 British Summer Time 10 September 2018

    Police say Richard Bailey slept in the room with Charlotte Teeling's body "for days" after her death.

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  7. Music education 'should be birthright'published at 18:42 British Summer Time 10 September 2018

    The boss of the world-renowned Birmingham Conservatoire, Julian Lloyd Webber is calling on the government to recognise the importance of music education.

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    A team from the Conservatoire has been working with children from Coventry who’ve been missing out on learning about music.

    Professor Lloyd Webber said music education should be a "birthright" for children, and the city's Soundlab shows what can be achieved.

    You can see more on this story on tonight’s Inside Out, on BBC One at 19:30.

  8. 'Rough sex' claim man guilty of murderpublished at 18:38 British Summer Time 10 September 2018

    CCTV shows footage from the night Richard Bailey and Charlotte Teeling first met.

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  9. Medical student 'decapitated' housematepublished at 18:33 British Summer Time 10 September 2018

    Hassan Mustafa pursued Khalid Yousef into a Birmingham betting shop armed with four knives, the court heard.

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  10. 'We won't wait for our son to relapse'published at 18:30 British Summer Time 10 September 2018

    The family of Zac Oliver, four, hope to raise £500,000 to treat a rare form of leukaemia.

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  11. Child arrests in county fall by more than 3,000 since 2010published at 18:17 British Summer Time 10 September 2018

    Vicky Norton
    BBC Radio Stoke

    The number of children being arrested in Staffordshire has fallen by almost three-quarters in the last seven years.

    Person in handcuffsImage source, Getty Images

    The figures, from the Howards League for Penal Reform, show police in the county arrested 1,081 youngsters aged 17 and under in 2017, compared with 4,163 in 2010.

    Across England and Wales, the campaign group says arrests of children have fallen by more than two-thirds in the same timeframe., external

    The charity says efforts were made to keep children out of the system.

  12. Worcestershire defy title-chasing Surreypublished at 18:10 British Summer Time 10 September 2018

    Ross Whiteley makes 91 as Worcestershire reach 288-6 on the opening day against leaders Surrey at New Road.

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  13. Video: What's the weather got in store?published at 18:07 British Summer Time 10 September 2018

    Sara Blizzard
    BBC Weather

    Tonight will be cloudy with spells of rain spreading from the north-west with lows of 14C (57F).

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    Latest weather for the West Midlands

  14. Baby alpacas volunteer plea attracts 50published at 17:59 British Summer Time 10 September 2018

    Whiskey and Pep must be walked by volunteers as they need to be more comfortable around humans.

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  15. Two questioned in murder probe after man found deadpublished at 17:59 British Summer Time 10 September 2018

    The body of a man was discovered at a property in Wolverhampton, police said, after reports of an earlier fight in the street.

    Bilston cordonImage source, Tracey Fullard

    Emergency services were called to Beckett Street, The Lunt in Bilson just after 18:30 on Sunday where a 42-year-old man was found with serious injuries.

    He was pronounced dead at the scene.

    Two men, aged 34 and 42, have been arrested on suspicion of murder and are being questioned by police.

  16. 'More staff needed for ambulances' under hospitals revamppublished at 17:47 British Summer Time 10 September 2018

    BBC Shropshire

    Ambulance bosses say they would need more staff to deal with the expected reorganisation of hospital services in Shropshire.

    The Future Fit proposalsare looking at centralising services at either of the two main hospitals in Shrewsbury or Telford.

    Artist's impression of Shrewsbury hospitalImage source, SATH

    A consultation into the plans has been running since May and ends tomorrow at midnight., external

    The ambulance service says, regardless of which hospital is chosen as the centre for emergency care, it will mean "significant additional travel time" for some patients.

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    What it will mean is that we would need to put in much more resource in order to compensate for that additional travel time and, as well, if we have delays when we get to the hospitals that we're going to, that's something that we don't need so, additional resource is almost certainly going to be required."

    Mark Docherty, West Midlands Ambulance Service

  17. Special needs pupils make 'weak' progresspublished at 17:28 British Summer Time 10 September 2018

    Ofsted wants a written statement of action due to "significant areas of weakness".

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