University of Birmingham student Hannah Bladon was stabbed in Jerusalem on Good Friday 2017.

More than 100 fruit trees are to be planted around Solihull to encourage residents to pick fruit.

About 120 trees, including apples, pears, mulberries and damsons, will be planted around the borough, Solihull Council said.

Residents will be able to harvest the annual crop, external.

Foraging for food has become increasingly popular, although residents around the country have been urged not to trespass or remove food that could damage the environment.

A candle that was left burning beside the bath is being blamed for a fire at a flat in Stafford overnight.

Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service said a closed door prevented it from spreading to other rooms and becoming a lot worse.

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A smoke alarm alerted the person living in the flat, who got out safely, the fire service said.

Singer Jimmy Osmond suffered a stroke after performing in Birmingham, a spokeswoman confirmed.

The 55-year-old had been starring in Peter Pan at Birmingham Hippodrome on Thursday, before he was taken to hospital and diagnosed with a stroke.

The spokeswoman said: "On the evening of Thursday December 27th after pushing through the evening’s performance of Peter Pan at Birmingham Hippodrome, Jimmy Osmond was driven straight to hospital and diagnosed with a stroke."

She added he will be taking time out in 2019.

The Hippodrome said it was "deeply saddened to hear of Jimmy's sudden illness".

Two men have been arrested after being stopped by police in a drugs bust in Staffordshire.

The suspected dealers were stopped in a black BMW in London Road, Lichfield, on Sunday night as part of an intelligence-led drugs operation, Staffordshire Police said.

Officers found a quantity of suspected heroin, mobile phones and £600 in cash.

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Men aged 28 and 19, both from Birmingham, were arrested on suspicion of possessing a controlled drug and possessing controlled drugs with intent to supply.

Hereford Times

Here are three headlines from the Hereford Times today:

• Stay of deportation granted for festival volunteer, external
• Donation made to hospital in memory of Katie, external
• Video shows scuffle on bridge, external

BBC Radio Shropshire Sport

Shrewsbury Town manager Sam Ricketts says he thinks he's inherited a "large squad" that has "a few too many players".

He is looking to trim down the numbers in the January transfer window and won't be bringing in many new players, saying there might be a handful of new faces "to complement the squad that's already here".

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Ricketts says it's not just for his benefit, he believes "all players want to play" and it's not fair to keep footballers who aren't needed.

A woman in her 90s was injured by a man who tried to steal from her handbag in Kidderminster.

West Mercia Police said she had suffered a cracked bone in her arm when the would-be thief knocked her over in the Rowland Hill shopping centre on 27 December.

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Nothing was taken and she told police she had noticed someone trying to open the zip on her bag and he had pushed past her when she looked at him.

Police investigating a robbery at a Co-op store in Worcester have arrested a 38-year-old man from the city.

Cash and cigarettes were stolen from the store in Ambleside Drive in the raid on 23 December after an aerosol was sprayed over staff.

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West Mercia Police said it appeared the substance sprayed has had no lasting effects, but staff remain shaken.

An 82-year-old man has died after being hit by a car at Gorsley, near Ross-on-Wye, last night.

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West Mercia Police said he was hit by a Mini on the B4221 at 18:00 and the man, who lived nearby, died at the scene.

His family have been told.

Coventry police are appealing for the owners of a hoard of "likely stolen" jewellery to come forward.

Several bracelets and earrings were recovered after they made an arrest on Saturday.

Officers are asking anyone who recognises the pieces to contact them.

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A 57-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of Stuart Roe's murder.

Shropshire Star

Here are three stories from the Shropshire Star this morning:

• Business rates blamed as Telford DIY store shuts, external
• 15,000 miss latest breast cancer screening, external
• Nobody prosecuted for blue badge abuse, external

A TUI flight from Birmingham Airport has been diverted after a mid-air medical emergency.

The Boeing Dreamliner had taken off from Birmingham at 09:14 and was heading for Goa before it made a u-turn over Germany to Gatwick Airport.

A TUI spokeswoman apologised to customers on board TOM548 and said the flight had now left Gatwick for Goa.

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A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with a fatal stabbing in Halesowen.

Stuart Roe, 34, was found with stab wounds in Springfield Drive in the early hours of Sunday.

West Midlands Police believe Mr Roe was attacked in the street.

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A 57-year-old man from Tipton was arrested in Halesowen on Sunday and remains in custody.

Detectives wish to speak to anyone who saw Mr Roe at The Britannia Wetherspoon pub in Halesowen Street, Rowley Regis, shortly before his death.

BBC Radio Stoke Sport

Port Vale manager Neil Aspin says he won't sleep tonight "because of all the goals we've conceded", but won't lose any sleep worrying about losing his job.

Their last league win was on 27 November and he said job insecurity was something managers just have to accept as part of the business.

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Port Vale's next match is away to league leaders Lincoln City on New Year's Day.

Police are appealing for help to identify a woman who left a Warwickshire A&E before finishing her treatment.

The woman had attended George Eliot Hospital, in Nuneaton, on Sunday night and left at 06:10 GMT this morning before her treatment was completed, Warwickshire Police said.

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The woman is described as white, 5ft 2in (1.6m) tall, with long black hair. She was wearing black trousers, a dark hat, a black coat, a red top and black boots.

Police said the woman gave incorrect details and they were concerned for her welfare.

Explorer Lou Rudd says he plans to spend next Christmas at home, after spending this one trekking across Antarctica.

He became the first Briton to make the crossing, alone and unsupported, but was narrowly beaten to the world first by an American rival Colin O'Brady.

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Capt Rudd, from Hereford, said it was "pretty brutal at times" and revealed he skied between 12 and 14 hours a day, without taking a rest day, because he was in "a bit of a race" with the American.

But he said becoming the first in the world would have been "a bonus" and he was doing it for the challenge and to honour the memory of his friend, explorer Henry Worsley, who died in 2016 attempting the trek.

He plans to join a small New Year's Eve party in Antarctica before returning home but won't need to lose any weight in the new year after shedding more than two stone on the expedition, despite eating more than 6,000 calories a day.

Stoke-on-Trent Live

Here are three headlines from the Stoke-on-Trent Live website today:

• Snoop Dogg offers Snoop the dog a new home, external
• Dancer says brother 'saved his life' during nightclub attack, external
• Crossing wardens speak out over council cutbacks, external

Local Democracy Reporting Service

Coventry City Council has unveiled plans to make it tougher for landlords to gain a licence.

The proposal would allow the local authority to impose a "selective licensing" policy in certain areas in a bid to combat badly-vetted tenants and overcrowded housing.

The scheme is set to be discussed , externalat a cabinet meeting on 8 January and will require owners of rented properties to apply and pay for a property licence.

Landlords applying would need to have “sufficient competence” and pass the ‘fit and proper test’.