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A serving police officer has been charged with voyeurism.
Staffordshire Police says the 46-year-old works for West Midlands Police and was arrested at his home in May.
The force says he's also been charged with two counts of common assault and will appear before magistrates this afternoon.
A bottle of whisky that was nearly poured into a pot of marmalade has sold for £1,800 this morning.
The 18-year-old 1975 Macallan scotch was in the hand of Mark Regan from Worcester, but he thought he'd better make a last-minute check with an auctioneer, before using it.
Image source, BrightwellsIt was one of 400 bottles of whisky for sale at Brightwells in Leominster.
Here are some of the headlines on the Crewe Chronicle website today:
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Where would we be without the volunteer coaches in sport? The men and women who give up their free time to go to their local clubs and train the young athletes of today.
Get Inspired went to Woodrush RFC in Birmingham to find out just what these people offer to their community.
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The demand on Shropshire's two accident and emergency departments at the moment is "concerning", the chief officer of Telford's Clinical Commissioning Group has said.
David Evans said more than 3,000 people were taken to the hospitals in Shrewsbury and Telford last week and more than 500 this Monday alone.
For two hours yesterday ambulances were diverting patients from Shrewsbury and Telford to other hospitals.
Quote MessageWe are seeing a peak in activity, a surge in activity at the moment."
David Evans, Chief officer, Telford CCG
The mother of a four-year-old with a rare form of leukaemia has been describing the family's delight after learning they'd got enough money to take him for treatment in America.
Zac Oliver reached his £500,000 target after getting £100,000 from a mystery donor last night and Hannah Oliver-Willets said "he was very excited, in fact he decided to run around like crazy, laughing and throwing himself around the place".
Image source, Hannah Oliver-WilletsShe said they'd hope to fly to Philadelphia in the first or second week of November, after more chemotherapy next week, depending on blood results.
The hospital over in the United States has told the family it can be ready accept him in a week and Ms Oliver-Willets said she'd given it a call and that the "wheels are in motion".
Daz Hale
BBC WM
A bridge that is named among those most-hit by lorries has been hit again this morning even as I was reporting on plans to stop such strikes happening.
The bridge over Upper St John Street's in Lichfield has been hit 19 times in the 12 months up to March and it was also hit twice on Monday alone.
Fortunately, in this latest case, the yellow lorry was able to reverse back out again with the driver telling me he missed a sign about the low bridge.
Staffordshire County Council says it's looking to work with Network Rail to find solutions to HGVs colliding with the bridge - which could include new signage.
Trains between Paddington and Worcester, Great Malvern and Hereford are being affected by damaged power cables this morning.
Network Rail said a reduced train service will operate from the three stations to Oxford and Reading this morning.
Image source, PAA limited train service will operate from Oxford to Worcester in the afternoon.
Services are likely to be affected all day, Network Rail said.
Some services at the Worcestershire trust had "worsened" since its last inspection, the CQC said.
Read MoreLast night's skies produced some stunning sunsets across the West Midlands, judging by the photos we received from our BBC Weather Watchers.
These three came from users Liam Ball in Dawley, Shropshire, Timbo in Birmingham and GiddyCov in Coventry:
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Image source, GiddyCovThe mother of Zac Oliver said she feared a £100,000 pledge towards her four-year-old son's potentially life-saving treatment was a hoax.
Hannah Oliver-Willets said she took a call saying: "Is it correct that you have raised £400k and need another £100k to get your son the treatment he needs?"
When she asked who it was, she said the person said "it doesn't matter who I am, I just want you to start arranging flights because I'm going to make it up to £500K - this is not a prank, so pack your bags". She said the money was deposited in the trust's account within hours.
Image source, Hannah Oliver-WilletsMs Oliver-Willets said she thought she recognised the voice, but wanted to respect the person's wish for anonymity at this stage.
But, she said she was waiting for other fundraisers to deposit around £116,000 and they will need more money when they get out to the USA.
Four-year-old Zac has a rare form of leukaemia and his family want to pay for him to have the pioneering Car-T treatment at a hospital in Philadelphia.
Birmingham Live
The Birmingham Live website is covering these stories this morning:
Rob Mayor
Political reporter, BBC WM
The chief constable of West Midlands Police says pension changes will cost his force more than £20m and are "utterly extraordinary".
The government wants forces to increase the amount they contribute to officers' pensions.
But Dave Thompson says it'll cost the equivalent of almost 500 officers and the force is now facing the prospect of an emergency budget in order to cope with the cost.
Quote MessageI don't think I've ever seen anything dropped on us with such short notice. If that was equating to police officers, it is a significant number, I think they're approaching 500 officers. Clearly our intention would not be to try and do that but let's all be realistic, that is a huge amount of money if policing has to find that."
Dave Thompson, West Midlands Police Chief Constable
The Home Office say they'll work with police forces to understand the impact of the change and they're committed to ensuring the service has the resources it needs.
Lex Warner died while diving off northern Scotland in 2012 - but his family still have "many unanswered questions".
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Emma Thomas
Reporter, BBC Midlands Today
A six-year-old boy from Sutton Coldfield has won a case at the Supreme Court in London to allow him to sue for damages following his father's death in a scuba diving accident.
Vincent Warner’s Dad, Lex, died following complications on a dive off the coast of Scotland in August 2012.
Image source, CollectIn May 2015, his wife Debbie began taking legal action against the boat's owners, Scapa Flow Charters.
But she was unable to proceed as a law known as the Athens Convention imposes a two-year limit to action following a death of a passenger at sea.
However, the couple’s son was nine months old at the time of Lex’s death, so Debbie has since pursued legal action on his behalf.
She claimed his young age meant he was “legally disabled” and therefore the limit didn't apply to Vincent as infant son of the deceased.
The boat's owner, Scapa Flow Charters, disagreed and took the case to the Supreme Court to stop any legal action being taken.
This morning, the appeal was dismissed, concluding Vincent’s young age qualifies as a legal disability and the time limit does not apply, leaving him free to take legal action.
Photos of two men wanted in connection with the murder of one man and the suspected kidnapping of another have been released by West Midlands Police.
Daniel Shaw, (aged 28) from Coventry (below, left) died after being shot in the chest in Coventry on Sunday 25 March and the force believes the disappearance of 33-year-old Johnny Robbins on 21 March (below, right) from the city is linked.
It believes he was kidnapped, tortured and killed, but his body has not been found.
Image source, West Midlands PoliceDetectives say Ryan Hobday (below, left) and Ben Whyley (below, right) are both 29 years old and from Coventry
They went on to say there are also concerns for their welfare, as they have not been seen since March.
Image source, West Midlands PoliceThe force has also released CCTV footage of a man they believe could be a vital witness and has called for reports of anything suspicious seen near Daniel Shaw's home on Torrington Avenue between 21 and 25 March.
Two men, aged 22 and 47, were arrested on suspicion of his murder and were released while further investigations were carried out.
Allen Cook
BBC News
Apples blown into the River Wye by Storm Callum last week now appear to have drifted dozens of miles away, heading towards the Atlantic Ocean.
Image source, Environment AgencyOn Monday, Environment Agency manager for Herefordshire and Worcestershire Dave Throup tweeted , externalthe "strangest thing" - a picture of "thousands" of apples coming down the river.
Today, he updated on Twitter , externalto say some of the same apples had been spotted out in the Severn Estuary by fishermen.
Some of the headlines on the Express and Star website this morning:
Sophie Calvert
Political Reporter, BBC Radio Stoke
Two town halls are going to be reopened at a cost of £5.7m with some council staff moving into the buildings.
Stoke-on-Trent City Council's approved the plans to revamp the buildings in Longton and Tunstall., external
Image source, Stoke-on-Trent City CouncilUnder the proposals, Tunstall's library and children's centre will move into the town hall on the High Street.
While in Longton, the building will be turned into a local centre aimed at bringing more people into the town and a new entrance will also be built for the market (pictured).
BBC Shropshire
Ambulances were asked not to take patients to hospitals in Shrewsbury and Telford for a period yesterday due to strain on Shropshire's A&Es.
The West Midlands Ambulance Service told BBC Shropshire it had been asked by the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust to divert crews to other A&Es for a two-hour period, unless patients' lives were in danger or they were children.
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust says its emergency departments have been very busy this week.
The Telford A&E is set to close from next month overnight under plans recently approved by the hospital trust board due to a shortage of emergency doctors and nurses.
