The 11-year-olds tackling knife crimepublished at 17:06 British Summer Time 17 May 2019
Children have been mentoring others in safe solutions to knife crime risks.
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The 11-year-olds tackling knife crimepublished at 17:06 British Summer Time 17 May 2019
What is causing rising knife crime in Birmingham?published at 17:00 British Summer Time 17 May 2019
Eight of the 100 people stabbed to death in the UK have been in the West Midlands area.
Read MoreBiker badly hurt in tractor crashpublished at 16:38 British Summer Time 17 May 2019
Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio StokeA motorcyclist's been seriously hurt in a crash with a tractor on the border of Staffordshire and Cheshire.
Image source, GooglePolice said the crash happened on the B5500 in Balterley, between Crewe and Newcastle-under-Lyme, just before 11:00, at the junction with Back Lane.
The ambulance service said the man was taken to the Royal Stoke University Hospital.
Wasps face Manchester Thunder in grand final deciderpublished at 16:21 British Summer Time 17 May 2019
BBC SportWasps are set to face Manchester Thunder tomorrow to decide the 2019 Netball Superleague title.
Image source, Ben LumleyCoventry-based Wasps, formed in partnership with the rugby club, have been champions since their debut season in 2017, but this time around have lost both home and away to their Manchester opponents.
The grand final is being held at London's Copper Box Arena from 17:30 on Saturday, following the third-place play-off.
Rail users group unhappy with timetable changespublished at 16:04 British Summer Time 17 May 2019
BBC Radio StokeA Staffordshire rail users group says timetable changes being introduced this weekend are bad news for passengers wanting to travel to London.
While some routes are getting more trains, the North Staffs Rail Promotion Group says people using West Midlands Railways services from Stoke-on-Trent will have to change at Stafford or face a much longer journey.
Image source, GoogleThe rail operator says increased demand on the Trent Valley lines, and an inability to have more than four carriages per train, have partly caused this new timetable and it's working to fix any issues passenger groups have.
No charges over fox's deathpublished at 15:48 British Summer Time 17 May 2019
Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio StokeNo-one will face criminal charges over the death of a fox that died while a fox hunt was held in a village, police have said.
Cheshire Police started their investigation of the incident, which happened in Church Minshull, near Crewe, in November.
But, after talking with prosecutors, they've said there's not enough evidence to charge anyone with deliberate and intentional hunting under the 2004 Hunting Act. , external
The force adds that it's still probing several other cases from the last hunting season.
Earlier this year, protesters demanded tougher police action against fox hunts.
Cheshire Constabulary has never successfully prosecuted anyone for illegal hunting.
Bears collapse to defeat by Hampshirepublished at 15:37 British Summer Time 17 May 2019
Warwickshire old boy Keith Barker helps Hampshire to a 314-run win as the injury-hit Bears buckle at Edgbaston.
Read MoreReports of woman trapped in house firepublished at 15:29 British Summer Time 17 May 2019
Tom Edwards
Reporter, BBC Hereford & WorcesterA woman is believed to be trapped in a house in Hereford where a fire has been burning since lunchtime.
About 30 firefighters are at the property in Cobhall Close, Redhill since being called at about 12:30.
Plumes of smoke can be seen from about half a mile away.
Neighbours described how an elderly man managed to escape the flames, along with a dog.
It's thought a woman who lives in the property is unaccounted for, and the ambulance service said crews were still at the scene.
Council to consider 'urgent' request for hall fundspublished at 15:22 British Summer Time 17 May 2019
Local Democracy Reporting Service
Carl Jackson"Urgent" repairs are needed to Highbury Hall in the West Midlands where leaks have caused damage estimated at thousands of pounds.
Image source, PurcellBirmingham City Council’s planning committee will be asked to approve a programme of works to the Grade II* listed property including asbestos removal and replacement of roof lights, guttering and wallpaper.
Highbury, in Moseley, was built in 1878 for famous Birmingham politician and former mayor Joseph Chamberlain, who lived their until he died in 1914.
Historic England has recently placed it on its At Risk register.
Post-mortems today into 'unexplained' deathspublished at 15:11 British Summer Time 17 May 2019
Allen Cook
BBC NewsPost-mortem examinations are going to be carried out today after the bodies of a man and a woman were found by police.
Image source, GoogleOfficers were called to a house in Hill Street, Hednesford, near Cannock, yesterday morning.
They say they're treating the deaths of the 27-year-old man and 49-year-old woman as "unexplained".
Plans for thousands of city homes unveiledpublished at 14:57 British Summer Time 17 May 2019
Plans to transform an area of Birmingham, delivering more than 5,000 new homes, have been unveiled.
Image source, Birmingham City CouncilThe 73-hectare Rea Valley Urban Quarter , externalwill provide new family homes in the city centre, expanding out from the Birmingham Smithfield development, the city council said.
Image source, Birmingham City CouncilThe plans include rejuvenating Highgate Park, creating new pedestrian routes and extending the cycle network, it said.
Pocket parks and green "roofscapes", are also being planned.
Residents are being asked to take part in an eight-week consultation, launched today, external.
Man jailed over hit-and-run deathpublished at 14:47 British Summer Time 17 May 2019
Mohammed Ahmed has been sentenced to 22 months in prison for killing a pedestrian.
Read MoreCrash closes M6 Toll carriagewaypublished at 14:47 British Summer Time 17 May 2019
BBC News TravelIt looks like the crash on the M6 Toll is serious at junction eight northbound.
Traffic is at a standstill and Highways England says emergency services are on their way.
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End of twitter postRelegated Walsall release 11 playerspublished at 14:36 British Summer Time 17 May 2019
New Walsall manager Darrell Clarke releases 11 players following the club's return to League Two.
Read MoreIn the papers: Youth service cuts a 'huge problem'published at 14:34 British Summer Time 17 May 2019
Birmingham LiveSome of today's Birmingham Live headlines are:
- Police boss: Huge problem that knife crime youth services have disappeared, external
- Students locked up for machete gang attack which left victim pouring with blood, external
- Former JLS star Oritse Williams on trial accused of Wolverhampton rape, external
No further action in fox death probepublished at 14:25 British Summer Time 17 May 2019
Police cite a lack of evidence following its investigation of video footage.
Read MoreMore firefighters called to battle 'severe' house firepublished at 14:18 British Summer Time 17 May 2019
Allen Cook
BBC NewsSix fire crews are now fighting the house fire in Hereford this afternoon which the fire service has described, external as "severe".
Image source, Stacey SmithThey've been at Cobhall Close since being called at 12:35 and have been trying to stop the blaze spreading along the row of terraced homes.
Photos from one eyewitness appear to show the roof of one house has collapsed.
The fire service hasn't been able to say if anyone's been hurt, but eyewitness Stacey Smith, said everyone was safely out of the building.
Image source, Stacey SmithRail delays expected until 15:00 as line blockedpublished at 14:06 British Summer Time 17 May 2019
BBC News TravelAn incident between Birmingham Moor Street and Solihull, which is blocking the railway lines, is expected to cause disruption until 15:00.
The incident is affecting Chiltern Raildways, Cross Country and West Midlands Railway services.
Tickets are being accepted on other services and some bus routes., external
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End of twitter postDozens of firefighters battle house blazepublished at 13:50 British Summer Time 17 May 2019
About 20 firefighters are battling a house fire in a terraced house in Hereford this afternoon.
Image source, GoogleThey were called at 12:35 to Cobhall Close , externaland say they're working to put out the blaze in the two-storey house.
Because it's a mid-terrace building, they say they're also working to stop it spreading.
There's no word yet on whether anyone's been hurt.
Mental health fears raised before killingpublished at 13:40 British Summer Time 17 May 2019
Delroy Forrester was found guilty of the manslaughter of his great-niece Jasmine in 2018.
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