A local newspaper editor called for violence in Birmingham to be on the conference agenda 24 hours before.

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BBC News

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

Shefali Oza
BBC Midlands Today

It's been a cloudy day for most of us and we could see some mist and fog tonight, but it should be a bit clearer tomorrow.

Here's your forecast.

Andy Giddings
BBC News

Telford Tigers expect to welcome Doug Clarkson back to training tonight, after he went back on a decision to retire.

The 6ft 5in forward moved back to his native Canada before the start of last season, but said he realised he still had the desire to play.

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In the 2016/17 season, Clarkson scored an impressive 50 goals in 53 games.

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The big question this evening - who should replace Steve Bruce at Aston Villa?

We opened up the phone lines and Kevin from Kent suggested former manager Brian Little. He added he had a lot of respect for Bruce, saying: "I'd like to thank him for his efforts last season".

Steve texted to suggest the club should look at a foreign manager, like David Wagner at Huddersfield.

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Dean Smith, Mick McCarthy and the Bristol City manager Lee Johnson have already been mentioned so far.

Five more Staffordshire libraries are to be passed into community hands.

Out of the county's 43 libraries, 20 are already managed by the public.

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The authority now wants to hand over the running of Cheadle, Cheslyn Hay, Clayton, Eccleshall and Penkridge too.

A 40-year-old man who was found unconscious in a West Bromwich street has died of his injuries, West Midlands Police said.

Officers were called to Temple Street during the early hours of Sunday and said the man had been in the nearby Klimate Polski Bar that night.

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The force went on to say his death is being treated as unexplained at this stage.

Police say it's unclear how a pedestrian came to be hit by a car in the Northfield area of Birmingham last night.

The 63-year-old suffered serious head injuries and remains in a critical condition in hospital, West Midlands Police said.

The force said it was trying to ascertain if he was crossing the road when he was struck.

The parents of student Thomas Jones speak of how the public's support is helping with their grief.

One of the biggest screens to be used in British sport is going be turned on this weekend in Coventry.

Wasps have spent more than £100,000 on the 188 metre sq LED screen and say it will be used to show highlights and to entertain fans with competitions.

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The screen will be used in the Wasps game against Gloucester on Saturday.

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A blue plaque commemorating the life of a Birmingham suffragette is to be installed at the city's museum and art gallery, where she famously attacked a painting with a meat cleaver.

Bertha Ryland slashed a painting known as Master Thornhill by the 18th Century artist George Romney three times in 1914, forcing the gallery to close for six weeks.

The blue plaque has been revealed in a planning application to Birmingham City Council which states it will be located on a wall in the Round Room – fittingly next to the gallery’s show-piece artworks.

It will state "Bertha Ryland (1882 -1977) Edgbaston suffragette. Member of the Women’s Social and Political Union who slashed a painting at this museum on 9th June 1914 as part of militant campaigning across Birmingham to secure votes for women."

Aston Villa sack manager Steve Bruce after one win in their past nine Championship matches.

Giovanni Lewis, 28, died from a stab wound after he was left outside Heartlands Hospital.

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BBC Weather Watcher Liam Ball took this stunning picture showing a whole array of different coloured leaves in Madeley.

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Margrose took this snap in Bromsgrove.

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BBC Midlands Today journalist Satnam Rana is supporting Breast Cancer Awareness Month by producing a series of films to mark her cancer journey.

Satnam is in remission after being diagnosed with breast cancer more than a year ago.

Her films are running all week on the BBC Midlands Facebook page, external.

A stolen van, used by a Worcestershire charity, has been recovered after an appeal by its owner.

The Good Soil Trust, which delivers hot food to homeless people outside Maggs in Worcester uses the van every Saturday night.

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On Sunday it was taken from the driveway of one of its trustees, Steve Gillgan, in Hallow.

Worcestershire captain Joe Leach is on target to return to full training when the players report back to commence their winter programme in November.

Leach, 27, played just five County Championship matches this summer, after being diagnosed with a stress fracture of his back in June.

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But Worcestershire head of sports science and medicine Ben Davies said: "He is progressing exactly how we want him to do.

"He will join in full training with the lads in November. He has made a real good start to his rehab with no pain at all. He is doing bike work, cross-trainer work, circuits in the gym.”

Former Shropshire all-rounder Leach, Worcestershire’s leading wicket-taker for the previous three seasons, was badly missed as the Pears suffered relegation.

BBC Sport Online at least made good use of him as occasional summariser for Worcestershire's Championship and one-day matches.

Beatties had been earmarked to close after its owner House of Fraser went into administration.

A fire at a factory near Stone this morning was caused by an electrical fault, Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service has said.

Staff at the Smart Fleet Solutions site in Cold Meece had tried to put the fire out themselves with fire extinguishers, but called out the emergency services when that failed.

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The fire service said they "did exactly the right thing in the circumstances" and praised the company for having a folder with information on how to isolate gas and water supplies.

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BBC News

A man appeared in court yesterday charged with violent disorder following the death of Fidel Glasgow, the grandson of Specials star Neville Staple's.

Mr Glasgow, 21, died in a stabbing in Coventry.

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Atikou Diallo, 23, of no fixed address, is due to be back at Birmingham Crown Court tomorrow.