The father of the victim, three, is accused of plotting the attack after a custody row with his mother.

James Bond
Sports Producer, BBC Shropshire

A Shropshire teenager has been selected for the Great Britain team for next month's European Youth Winter Olympics.

Gabe Adams, who is 15 and from Bridgnorth, will represent his country in the snowboarding event in the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo.

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The current world and european under-16 number one started in the sport when he was eight years old and living in France.

He said he got the text to tell him he'd been selected while he was in class at Wrekin College and "went crazy" at the news.

Birmingham MP Jess Phillips made an impassioned speech in Parliament in defence of low-paid workers during a debate on post-Brexit immigration plans.

The Yardley MP was attacking government proposals for a minimum salary requirement of £30,000 for skilled migrants seeking five-year visas, saying "the idea that my constituents are not skilled because they don't earn over £30,000 is frankly insulting."

She went on to have a dig at some wealthy colleagues in Parliament, who she said had "no discernible" skills, adding she had no idea how posh people could be before she got her job in politics.

"I thought I'd met posh people before I came here, but I'd actually just met people who eat olives," she joked.

Shrewsbury sign Manchester United defender Ro-Shaun Williams and former Wolves defender Scott Golbourne.

A city centre road in Worcester is to stay closed until the beginning of March to allow extra time for gas mains renewal work.

Sansome Walk closed earlier this month, originally for for six weeks, but that's now been extended by a fortnight.

Contractor Cadent say the extension will allow it to work with Severn Trent and Network Rail and avoid the need for separate closures at different times.

Archaeologists revealed the bodies were the remains of 18th century Protestant dissenters.

Fleetwood Town sign defender Harry Souttar on loan from Championship side Stoke City until the end of the season.

A dog warden, police officers, and the RSPCA were all needed to round up an escaped ram with "impressive horns" on the streets of Sutton Coldfield.

He was spotted on residential streets in the Four Oaks area on Friday morning and according to RSPCA animal collection officer Cara Gibbon, he "proved to be quite an elusive chap".

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His pursuers, who decided to call him Rambo after another famous - but fictional - fugitive, said they were eventually able to corner him in a back garden.

Rambo was microchipped, so his owners have been traced. In the meantime, he is being cared for at a donkey sanctuary in Sutton Park.

A court has heard how father accused of plotting an acid attack on his young son sent an image to an alleged co-conspirator hours after the attack with the caption "Nailed It!".

The boy, who can't be named for legal reasons, suffered serious burns in the attack at the Home Bargains store in Worcester last July.

The prosecution also read out messages from a conversation allegedly held between one of the defendants and his sister, in which she asked: "Why did you do this, you know what's going to happen to you?"

He's alleged to have responded: "I'm stupid, I know, I'm going for a minimum of 15 years to prison."

The boy's father, along with five other men and a woman, deny of conspiring to throw sulphuric acid and the trial at Worcester Crown Court continues.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

A pathway for walkers, cyclists and horse riders could be created near the former Ironbridge power station.

The owners of the site, Harworth, plans to demolish the cooling towers with up to 1,000 homes built in their place.

Shropshire Council suggests the proposed route could be created from the old railway line that leads to site.

The idea is set to be discussed by members next week.

Sophie Calvert
Political Reporter, BBC Radio Stoke

Plans to make savings of £35m at Staffordshire County Council , externalhave been approved by the authority's cabinet this morning.

They include a 2.95% rise in council tax and cuts to some concessionary bus passes.

The proposals are due to go before the full council next month for final approval.

League One side Walsall sign QPR forward Aramide Oteh on loan until the end of the season.

BBC Radio Shropshire Sport

Shrewsbury Town manager Sam Ricketts says his team can't continue to concede costly injury-time goals.

Since he took charge, his team have been denied wins in the 92nd minute against Peterborough and in the 93rd minute against Wolves. Last night, he suffered defeat in the 96th minute.

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Shrewsbury fought back from 3-1 down to equalise in the 93rd minute and Ricketts said "you need to see the game out and we switched off".

He also said he was "bitterly disappointed" and "angry" with the loss, which saw them fall to 19th in the table and only outside the relegation zone on goal difference.

A decision to move emergency care to Shrewsbury needs to be reviewed "urgently", the council says.

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BBC Midlands Today

A body has been found on a large building site near Coventry.

It's not known how the man, thought to be in his 30s or 40s, came to be there, but West Midlands Police says there appears to be no suspicious circumstances.

West Midlands Ambulance Service said it was called to "reports of a cardiac arrest".

The site is between the A45 and Jaguar Land Rover's research centre at Whitley.

Phil McCann
Cheshire Political Reporter, BBC News

Fines paid by people caught dropping litter are going to be used to pay for a town's new "grot spot" team.

Crewe Town Council says the two-person team will target fly-tipping in the town with the aim of preventing it before it happens.

They're being paid by Cheshire East Council from charges collected from more than 10,000 people, fined over 17 months for dropping cigarette ends and other litter.

Scottish Premiership side Motherwell loan full-back Aaron Taylor-Sinclair to Crewe Alexandra for the rest of the season.

Police footage catches the moment a drug dealer throws his stash out of a car window during a chase.

Daniel Fairclough said 27-year-old Grant Saville's 20-month sentence was "well deserved".