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Wolves are set to confirm the club-record signing of striker Raul Jimenez from Benfica for £30m later today.

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The Mexican, 27, has scored 15 goals in 37 games since joining the Premier League newcomers on a season-long loan in June 2018.

He has helped Wolves to seventh in the table and played a key role in them reaching Sunday's FA Cup semi-final against Watford.

The fee surpasses the £18m paid for Adama Traore in August 2018.

A yellow warning for snow this morning could affect travel in parts of Shropshire and Herefordshire, says the Met Office.

Rain and sleet is also expected to have an impact on driving conditions in the West Midlands.

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This is the scene in Hopton Heath, south Shropshire, where BBC Weather Watcher Hopton Karen recorded a light dusting of snow this morning.

The yellow alert for snow is in place until 11:00.

A statue to honour three West Bromwich Albion footballers, known as The Three Degrees, is finally set to be unveiled in May.

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The Celebration Statue commemorates Brendon Batson, Cyrille Regis and Laurie Cunningham, who played in the 1970s.

The statue is set to stand in New Square in West Bromwich town centre.

It suffered a series of setbacks when a 2014 finish date and a new one for April 2018 failed to materialise.

Express and Star

These are some of the early headlines on the Express and Star website today:

• Police officers honoured for tackling man who killed his niece, external
• All pupils back on site at school three weeks after flood damage, external
• Pubs gearing up for big FA Cup crowds in Wolverhampton, external

The coroner in the Birmingham pub bombings inquests will resume his summing up this morning as the jury prepares to consider its verdicts.

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Sir Peter Thornton QC is going through nearly six weeks-worth of evidence about the explosions at the Mulberry Bush and Tavern in the Town pubs in November 1974.

The coroner listed eight questions about the bombings which the jury had to answer, including the adequacy of warnings telephoned to a local newspaper, whether the authorities had forewarnings of the attacks and whether the IRA was responsible.

He has directed the jury to answer "Yes" to the question whether the 21 people were unlawfully killed.

"This was murder in ordinary language and murder in law," he said.

Officers are questioning a woman on suspicion of murdering a man who was stabbed in Birmingham.

The 53-year-old is known to the victim, police said.

Officers were called to Alwold Court, Barnes Hill, at about 01:00 on Tuesday and discovered a man, 52, with a serious stab injury. He later died in hospital.

The woman remains in custody and detectives have been granted more time to question her.

Alex Hamilton
BBC Weather

It will be a cloudy day with showery rain this afternoon and highs of 7C (45F).

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BBC News

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Curator Aisha Zia wants people to "celebrate" their heritage rather than feeling "fear and shame".

The number of people using trains between Glasgow and London increase by almost a third in six years.

The England boss has surprised a former football hooligan who has got his life back on track.

Wolves are set to confirm the club-record £30m signing of striker Raul Jimenez from Benfica on Thursday.

PC Jonathon Hillier Tasered a man in the face after a row over swearing in Birmingham, a court hears.

Ann Marie Pomphret, 49, was found with fatal head injuries at a stables in Burtonwood, Cheshire.

A court hears PC Colin Noble "sexually groomed" the woman, leaving her feeling "intimidated".

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BBC News

We'll be back with the news, sport, travel and weather from 07:00 tomorrow.

Woodland that was cleared during the First World War to provide timber for the trenches is going to have a memorial to mark the end of the conflict.

Listening posts, information boards and artwork will tell the story of Queenswood Country Park and Arboretum in Herefordshire.

Part of the woodland will also be turned into a place for contemplation.

Coventry City Council says it could be at least three years before work could start on a new ground for Sky Blues at the site of former school Woodlands Academy.

BBC Coventry and Warwickshire reports the football club has identified the area in the west of the city as a potential site for a new stadium, but council officials say there would be a number of obstacles to overcome, including issues involving listed buildings, protected woodland and restrictions on use.

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The club is facing expulsion from the football league if it can't agree a deal to continue playing at the Ricoh stadium - owned by rugby club Wasps - or find an alternative home.

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There's a local derby to open the speedway season at Perry Barr this evening, as the Birmingham Brummies host Wolves in the David Mason Farewell meeting.

Nick Morris misses out for Wolves with a wrist injury, although the new signing from Swindon says he's close to full fitness.

The 24-year old was raised in Australia but has a strong local connection.

A bed frame, old bottle tops and other rubbish has been turned into an outdoor play area in Hereford.

Children were invited to visit the new garden at Saxon Hall for the first time today and it includes a mud kitchen and raised flower beds along with activity panels and tables.

It's been created with funding from the property developer Prime, which is covnverting the former council HQ in Hereford into a care home.