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A man has been seriously injured after being assaulted in a village near Shrewsbury, West Midlands Ambulance Service says.
A spokesperson said it happened today on The Leasowes in Ford.
Image source, GoogleLuay Mohammad was "screaming and struggling to breath" from food poisoning, his mother says.
Read MoreA four-year-old boy with a rare form of leukaemia has been invited to be the AFC Telford United mascot for their FA Cup tie this weekend.
Zac Oliver from Broseley does not meet NHS criteria for an experimental treatment and his family hopes to raise £500,000 in seven weeks so he can go to Philadelphia to receive care.
Image source, AFC Telford UnitedThe football club is supporting the campaign and is asking supporters to get behind the Wear Red for Zac fundraising day on 28 September.
Learn more about his story here:
'We're not prepared to wait for our son to relapse'
The Duke of Cambridge is in the West Midlands today and has been handing out prizes to primary school children with the help of author and actor David Walliams.
Image source, PAPrince William was at the University of Birmingham to carry out the first of three engagements in the region.
Walliams introduced the royal visitor by saying: "He's not the ginger one, he's the other one."
Image source, PAThe university was hosting the National SkillForce Prince William Award Graduation Ceremony which celebrated the achievements of children from across the UK.
Three reservists died after a selection exercise in the Brecon Beacons on one of the hottest days of 2013.
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Peter Plisner
BBC Midlands Today
The golden age of steam returns to railway lines in the West Midlands today as a new operator starts running trains.
Publicly-owned Vintage Trains is one of only a handful of companies to be given permission to run steam trains on the mainline.
It said the first trips were still in the planning stage but likely to open to the public in the autumn from the Great Western Railway steam depot at Tyseley in Birmingham.
A man is arrested after a car which reached 130mph during a police pursuit ran out of fuel.
Read MoreAlcohol-free zones banning street drinking have been introduced in Worcester.
The council has enacted a Public Spaces Protection Order which means that in certain areas across the city, anyone found drinking outside the confines of licensed premises could receive an on-the-spot fine of £70.
If prosecuted, that could increase to as much as £1,000.
The move follows a consultation exercise earlier this year.
A message was sent to pubs and clubs about "young black males intent on committing disorder".
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Birmingham Live
From Birmingham Live:
Three men have been arrested after raids in Stafford this morning to disrupt the trade in the synthetic drug known as Monkey Dust, police say.
Four flats in Pennycroft Court were searched in the early hours and a quantity of drugs was discovered.
Image source, Staffordshire PoliceThe three men, local and aged between 20 and 40, have all been detained on suspicion of drugs offences.
Stoke-on-Trent Live
Three headlines from the Sentinel:
They're taking lunch at Chelmsford after Worcestershire were bowled out for just 94 runs this morning.
Pace bowler Jamie Porter took seven of the wickets and claimed another through a run-out.
Image source, Getty ImagesJoe Clarke was Worcestershire's highest-scorer with 28.
Police say they've seized fake goods in Shropshire worth £50,000.
The West Mercia force said the items including 400 pairs of trainers and football shirts were spotted when an erratically-driven vehicle was stopped in Hodnet on 13 September.
Image source, West Mercia PoliceThe counterfeits also included perfume, hair straighteners and watches.
A 28-year-old man has been arrested and released on police bail.
Image source, West Mercia Police
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
The last high street bank in the Earlsdon area of Coventry is set to close, Lloyds has announced.
There are not enough customers using the branch, meaning it will shut at Christmas, the bank says.
The death of a man at a waste disposal company in Wolverhampton is believed to be a result of an industrial accident, police say.
Image source, GoogleOfficers were sent to Timmins Waste in Mander Street on Saturday after the 30-year-old failed to return home from work.
The precise cause of his death remains unexplained, the West Midlands force says.
The Health and Safety Executive said it was "supporting police with their investigation".
The site has been secured by police while enquiries continue.
Five supporters have been given football banning orders after one Port Vale player was elbowed in the jaw during a match against Crewe and a second was pushed.
Cheshire Police says the violence broke out when four of the five men got on to the pitch at Crewe after the Alex equalised in the 93rd minute of the derby game on Easter Monday last season.
The group - subjected to banning orders spanning between three and five years - is believed to include fans of both clubs.
Image source, Getty ImagesCrewe and Port Vale meet again this weekend and the force says there will be more officers and stewards on duty.
BBC Sport
Worcestershire have got off to a bad start against Essex at Chelmsford, having lost their first six wickets for just 32 runs.
Jamie Porter (pictured) took five of those wickets himself and got the other by running out Ollie Westbury.
Image source, Getty ImagesIt took Porter just 4.4 overs to complete his five-wicket haul and he came close to getting a hat-trick.
Worcester has been rated the happiest city in the UK; rising from fourth place in last year's rankings.
The study, external by the personal finance firm Provident also rated the city among the top five in the country for being welcoming, friendly and safe.
Image source, GoogleWolverhampton and Birmingham appeared near the bottom of the tables in a number of categories.
From the Shropshire Star today:
