Inspectors say more work is needed across four West Midlands counties to safeguard the public.

Substitute Dean Ebbe scores a crucial goal in the second leg away to Feronikeli to send The New Saints into the Champions League second qualifying round.

Yousef Makki, 17, was stabbed in the heart with a flick knife, with another teenager cleared of murdering him.

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BBC News

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A 24-year-old sculptor who works out of a tiny workshop at his parents house has been commissioned to make a large bronze statue for Telford.

Jacob Chandler from Wellington, who currently has an exhibition in the shopping centre, hasn't revealed what it will be a sculpture of.

He said he originally planned to become an architect but had to end his studies because of ill-health and turned his sculpture-making hobby into a career instead.

Writer Cressida Cowell says new homes will spoil an ancient site that has inspired her fiction.

Investigators say a collision on the railway near Nantwich that injured two workers was down to a number of factors, including confusion among workmen about where line-work was being carried out.

Two light rail vehicles crashed into each other at Cholmondeston just after 02:00 on 19 September 2018, leaving one of the workers with life-changing leg and back injuries.

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch concluded, external the design of one of the vehicles meant it had limited visibility while reversing, nobody was controlling its movements from the trackside and because of the confusion about the location of the work, the two vehicles were closer together than expected.

The RAIB made a number of recommendations about safety measures that could be taken, including better awareness of the limited visibility on some rail-vehicles.

Worcester News

Here are three stories from the Worcester News today:

• Human bones found in village, external
• Call to 'cull the gulls' in Worcester, external
• Social services bosses under fire, external

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BBC Weather presenter

It's expected to be a dry night at first with a few showers possible and lows of 12C (54F).

Local Democracy Reporting Service
Tom Dare

Birmingham should provide free sanitary products in its council buildings, a city councillor says, after it was revealed that one in ten women in the city have experienced period poverty.

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'Period poverty' refers to a lack of knowledge or access to sanitary products due to financial constraints with figures presented to a meeting suggesting 32,490 women across the city have experienced this at some point.

An officer for Birmingham Youth Services said the organisation’s approach, which offers little in the way of provisions available, has not changed significantly in the 25 years that she has worked for the service.

Councillor Nicky Brennan, whose motion it was that began the debate, believes the council should start providing free sanitary products for women in all of its buildings.

Drone footage of an illegal car cruise in Birmingham is being studied after dozens of people gathered there.

Police set up road blocks and carried out spot-checks on Sunday night to disrupt a group of around 100 who gathered on the A38 between Minworth and Bassetts Pole and also Heartlands Parkway in Nechells.

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No arrests were made on the night, but there is a court order which prohibits people taking part in car cruises in Birmingham, Solihull and the Black Country and it also applies to spectators and promoters of these events.

West Midlands Police said its drone footage "captures the activity in detail" and it will also be looking at CCTV footage.

BBC Radio Stoke

Repairs to the A53 flyover in Stoke-on-Trent are due to start on Wednesday, more than a week after it was closed because of safety concerns.

A faulty joint was discovered on the bridge and there has been a wait for specialists to become available to carry out the work.

Stoke-on-Trent Live

Here are three of the top stories from Stoke-on-Trent Live today:

• Teenage arsonists cause up to £500k damage, external
• Son leads tributes at funeral of popular oil-rig worker, external
• Warning after six foot boa constrictor goes missing, external

Human remains have been found in Kempsey, near Worcester.

West Mercia Police, who are handling the inquiries, say the bones were found on Friday afternoon and the death is being treated as unexplained at this stage.

Police said they are in the early stages of an investigation and inquiries are still ongoing.

A post-mortem examination will be carried out.

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"This could be a lengthy process but we will continue to update the public in due course," Det Ch Insp Carl Moore said.

Cannabis plants worth an estimated £73,000 have been found at a house at Wellington in Shropshire.

Police found dozens of plants growing in rooms over two floors after a raid earlier.

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A man has been arrested and remains in custody while investigations continue.

Two men have been charged with drug supply offences after an investigation into the alleged movement of drugs from Wolverhampton into Worcestershire, Staffordshire and Derbyshire.

The two, both 26 and from Wolverhampton, have been charged with three counts of conspiring to supply heroin and three counts of conspiring to supply crack cocaine.

They have also been charged with facilitating the travel of another person with a view to exploitation, said Warwickshire Police.

They're both due to appear at Warwick Magistrates' Court on 31 July.

BBC Sport

Visualisation techniques which helped Novak Djokovic win Wimbledon can be used by "almost every human being", a psychologist has said.

Djokovic said after lifting the title "I always try to imagine myself as a winner" and Dr Jennifer Cumming from the University of Birmingham said there has been "tons of research" on the power of imagery in normal life.

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The technique of "imagery" involves creating or recreating an successful experience in your mind, to encourage positive thinking and improve performance.

"Generally we can all capitalise on this and the more we use it, the more we can improve it," Dr Cumming said.

She said we probably already use the technique without realising, for instance re-tracing your steps when you lose your keys, and that it can help in situations like job interviews or exams to imagine, in detail, how they will happen.

BBC News Travel

A points failure is causing disruption to rail services between Wolverhampton and Stafford.

Lines are now open but services may still be cancelled, delayed by up to 30 minutes or diverted, the National Rail website reports., external

This is expected to continue until approximately 19:30.

CrossCountry, London Northwestern Railway and Virgin Trains services are affected.

In addition, Transport for Wales services between Newport and Hereford have been disrupted by a fault on a train at Abergavenny earlier.

Services may be cancelled, delayed or revised until 17:00.

BBC Midlands Today

About five tonnes of fly-tipped rubbish has been cleared from alongside a canal in the Black Country.

It was dumped over two days after a gate to an access road was left open at Coseley.

Dudley Council and the Canal and River Trust have cleared items including furniture and household waste.

Chris Rushworth ends with match figures of 10-67 as Durham beat Worcestershire by 109 runs at Chester-le-Street.