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  1. Two men in court over stab murderpublished at 22:29 British Summer Time 10 May 2019

    A 33-year-old man was stabbed to death in Bedworth on Monday afternoon.

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  2. Man arrested over Tesco car park murderpublished at 20:39 British Summer Time 10 May 2019

    Nadeem Uddin Hameed Mohammed died from a stab wound to the chest, police say.

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  3. Two men deny charges over factory firepublished at 19:00 British Summer Time 10 May 2019

    About 1,500 tons of recycled waste went up in flames in 2017.

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  4. Our live coverage across the weekpublished at 19:00 British Summer Time 10 May 2019

    Andy Giddings
    BBC News

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

  5. Shrewsbury winning praise for development of loan playerspublished at 18:47 British Summer Time 10 May 2019

    BBC Radio Shropshire Sport

    Shrewsbury Town's chief executive says word is spreading around higher-league clubs that they're a good place to send players on loan.

    The club has had success bringing in players like Greg Docherty from Rangers and Dean Henderson from Manchester United on season-long loans and Brian Caldwell said "players like living here" and that big clubs were impressed by their training facilities.

    Brian Caldwell

    Caldwell also revealed that he'd had a call from Norwich City about another loan-player from last season, Ben Godfrey, saying he "wouldn't be the player he is today without the help of Shrewsbury Town."

  6. Police rammed before seven-car smashpublished at 18:42 British Summer Time 10 May 2019

    A 'stolen' Golf hits three force vehicles then collides with more cars in Walsall.

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  7. A wet start to the weekendpublished at 18:35 British Summer Time 10 May 2019

    Rebecca Wood
    BBC Midlands Today

    Showers should ease overnight leaving some clear spells and lows of 5C (41F).

    Some rain is likely to return tomorrow, but Sunday should be warmer, with temperatures up to 16C (61F) in parts of the West Midlands.

    Forecast picture
  8. Councillor resigns a week after being electedpublished at 18:24 British Summer Time 10 May 2019

    Local Democracy Reporting Service

    A Herefordshire county councillor has resigned just a week after being elected.

    Hereford mayor Sue Boulter has not saidwhy she's decided to stand down as the ward member for Our County’s Whitecross

    Sue BoulterImage source, Hereford City Council

    Herefordshire Council says there will be a by-election to fill the vacancy within the next 35 days.

  9. Murder trial told victim was 'depressed'published at 18:12 British Summer Time 10 May 2019

    The trial of a man who is accused of killing his wife has heard evidence that she went to her GP a month before her death, saying she was depressed.

    Gurpreet Singh, who is 43, is accused of killing Sarbjit Kaur (pictured below) at their Wolverhampton home last year and his barrister summarised GP notes which said she was also "tearful, doesn't want to go out, feels lonely."

    She also had thoughts of killing herself because he didn't want to have children with her, the court heard.

    Sarbjit KaurImage source, West Midlands Police

    Singh denies murdering Sarbjit with the help of an "unknown accomplice" and and also denies having any involvement in the death of his first wife, Amandeep Kaur, who died in 2014.

    The trial at Birmingham Crown Court continues.

  10. Somerset win at Worcester to reach semispublished at 18:11 British Summer Time 10 May 2019

    Tom Banton makes a List A best 112 as Somerset beat Worcestershire to set up a One-Day Cup semi-final with Notts.

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  11. Worcestershire suffer 147 run defeatpublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 10 May 2019

    BBC Sport

    Worcestershire have suffered at 147 run defeat to Somerset in the one day cup.

    Set 338 to win at New Road, none of the home batsmen scored more than 34 runs and they were all out for 190 in 38 overs.

    Ross WhiteleyImage source, Getty Images

    Earlier, wicketkeeper Tom Banton had scored 112 for the visitors in their total of 337-8.

  12. Murder accused husband 'loved' wifepublished at 17:59 British Summer Time 10 May 2019

    Gurpreet Singh is accused of murdering his second wife and soliciting the murder of his first.

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  13. Debate to reconsider changes to Worcestershire hospitalspublished at 17:37 British Summer Time 10 May 2019

    A parliamentary debate about the future of Worcestershire's hospitals is taking place next week.

    The NHS decided to transfer maternity, emergency surgery and children's services from the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch to the Worcestershire Royal, citing staff shortages.

    Rachel MacleanImage source, UK Parliament

    The town's MP Rachel Maclean has called the debate and wants those decisions, taken in 2017, looked at again.

  14. Police station prepares to close front counterpublished at 17:22 British Summer Time 10 May 2019

    The front office counter at Tamworth police station will close to the public next Friday.

    Police officers will continue to operate out of the building on Spinning School Lane and Staffordshire Police says people can contact them over the phone or online.

    Tamworth police stationImage source, Google

    The closure is part of a force-wide move and it says "evidence shows that the number of visitors using police front counters has dropped steadily over the past few years", with people choosing to contact them in other ways.

    It will leave three front office counters remaining in the force-area - in Burton, Cannock and Longton.

  15. Work on damaged water main to continue through weekendpublished at 17:05 British Summer Time 10 May 2019

    Work to repair a damaged water main in Redditch is likely to continue throughout the weekend, Severn Trent Water says.

    Around 800 homes and eight schools lost their water when it burst yesterday morning, flooding Warwick Highway, but all have now been connected to an alternative supply.

    PipeImage source, Severn Trent

    One lane on Ickneild Street Drive is expected to remain closed while the work continues.

  16. Arsonist jailed over house firepublished at 16:48 British Summer Time 10 May 2019

    Two men were taken to hospital with smoke inhalation after the blaze in Norton, police said.

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  17. Velo Birmingham & Midlands: Travel disruption expectedpublished at 16:41 British Summer Time 10 May 2019

    Widespread road closures , externalacross the 100-mile Vélo Birmingham & Midlands route, spanning Birmingham, Coventry and Warwickshire will be put in place, starting at 01:00 on Sunday.

    Closure mapImage source, Velo Birmingham & Midlands

    Parking restrictions will be in place along the event route in order to ensure the safety of participants, the general public and the vehicles in question, organisers say.

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  18. Police cars rammed and seven vehicles damagedpublished at 16:23 British Summer Time 10 May 2019

    Three police cars were rammed and seven other vehicles damaged by a car being pursued by police.

    Damaged carsImage source, John Kennett

    A white Volkswagen Golf, which police believed to be stolen, was spotted in Wolverhampton Road, Walsall earlier today.

    In order to get away the vehicle rammed three police cars and, after failing to stop, crashed into a further three cars, resulting in four other cars being hit on Pleck Road.

    Smashed carsImage source, John Kennett

    The driver then jumped from the car, before being detained at the scene, police said.

    Crashed carsImage source, John Kennett

    Two people were checked at the scene, but there were no serious injuries, the force said.

    A 29-year old man remains in police custody on suspicion of robbery and theft of a motor vehicle.