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A fault with the signalling system at Kings Norton means that all lines between Birmingham New Street and Bromsgrove are being delayed.

Disruption is expected until the end of the day, said National Rail.

BBC Weather Watchers

Bright blue skies with the odd, fluffy white cloud around - that's what our local BBC Weather Watchers are reporting today.

Here are photos from three of them, Suttonwalker in Sutton Coldfield, Wrekin Rambler in Telford, Shropshire and Snow Crystals in Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire:

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Image source, Wrekin Rambler

Image source, Snow Crystals

Express and Star

Some of the headlines on the Express and Star website today are:

• Thousands forced into insolvency, external
• Thieves target farms as rural crime soars, external
• Head teacher bought leather reindeer with school cash, fraud trial hears, external

A man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after "disorder" near Barford has been released on police bail.

A man in his 40s was taken to hospital with a stab wound, after the incident near the A429 close to the Longbridge Island shortly after 16:15 last Thursday - he has since been discharged.

Four others - two men and two women - aged between 18 and 48, have been arrested on suspicion of affray, have also been bailed, said Warwickshire Police.

Officers are keen to speak to anyone who saw a black Audi A1 pulling into a layby on the A429 near Wasperton around that time.

It's thought all those involved were known to each other, the force added.

Coventry has seen the largest increase in bike thefts in the West Midlands in the past three years, with a 150% rise.

Data obtained by the BBC shows Birmingham New Street was one of the stations with the most bicycle thefts, with 134 taken from 2016-2019.

Some 921 bikes were stolen from 74 train stations in the region.

Canley in Coventry had the highest rate of thefts, with three bikes snatched for every 100,000 visitors.

Sam Jones, senior campaigns officer for the Cycling UK charity, said bike theft was "notoriously under-reported".

"Bicycle theft might seem a relatively minor offence - and unfortunately is sometimes treated as such by some police forces - but it is most definitely not," he said.

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Plans for two new stations on the Walsall to Wolverhampton line have been boosted by a £10m grant from government.

Image source, Transport for West Midlands

The funding will go towards the construction of stations at Darlaston and Willenhall, said Transport for West Midlands. , external

The original stations closed in 1965 and only through services have used the line since.

Planning applications are due to be submitted later this year and it is hoped to start work next year with a view to reopening the line to passengers by the end of 2021.

Small businesses in the West Midlands are among those most likely to fall victim to cyber attacks, a new study suggests.

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The government is being urged to do more to help businesses after new research found they are being subjected to almost 10,000 attacks a day.

The annual cost of the attacks is estimated to be £4.5bn, with the average cost of an individual attack put at £1,300, said the report by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).

More than 500,000 small firms were hit by a phishing attempt from such an attack over the past two years, while others reported malware or fraudulent payment requests, said the FSB.

Firefighters from Staffordshire and the West Midlands have been helping pump water from a reservoir to stop its dam bursting and flooding a town.

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Whaley Bridge residents are spending a fifth day out of their homes in Derbyshire because of the partial collapse of the dam wall.

Toddbrook Reservoir is 48% full but needs to drop to 25% before the 1,500 people evacuated are allowed home.

Image source, Staffordshire Fire Service

Staffordshire Fire Service tweeted several times over the weekend that it had crews helping work the pumps and, this morning,, external had handed over to West Midlands Fire Service.

Stoke-on-Trent Live

The Stoke-on-Trent Live website's covering these headlines today:

• Construction workers stopped from entering site of new hotel in Hanley, external
• Family's heartache as thieves steal tree planted in memory of barman, external
• Pranksters turn Stoke-on-Trent park's fountain into outdoor jacuzzi, external

Allen Cook
BBC News

Who's lost a teddy bear on the M6?

Highways England said it was picked up on Saturday between J15 and J14, near Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford.

They tweeted a photo of the bear safely strapped in with a seat belt:, external

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A company is claiming to offer women the chance to postpone the menopause by up to 20 years.

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The Birmingham firm ProFam says nine women have already undergone its medical procedure, which involves kick-starting hormone production by tricking the body into thinking it's younger.

The procedure is being offered privately to women up to the age of 40.

The fertility expert Professor Simon Fishel, who's one of those behind the technique, says part of the women's ovaries is removed before being reattached at the onset of the menopause.

A large amount of cash has been seized by officers executing a warrant on an address in Coventry.

Cannabis plants being grown in three underground rooms were also discovered at the house on Gulson Road.

The town crier for Nuneaton and Bedworth has won a national title for his craft.

The Loyal Company of Town Criers British Championships was won by Paul Gough in Darlington.

He described himself as "from the county of Warwickshire [home to] Shakespeare and the Teletubbies".

Competitors rang a bell, cried "Oyez, Oyez, Oyez", which is aimed at "demanding attention", then shouted out a celebration of their home town, and a proclamation on a given subject.

BBC Sport

British number two Dan Evans qualified for the main draw of the Rogers Cup in Montreal with a 6-3 6-3 victory against Spain's Marcel Granollers.

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The 29-year-old, from Birmingham, beat the world number 103 in their only previous match in Sydney two years ago.

He wrapped up another win in an hour and 21 minutes to ensure there are three British players in the main draw.

Kyle Edmund faces Washington finalist Nick Kyrgios while Cameron Norrie will take on Hungary's Marton Fucsovics.

The drugs, including ketamine, could potentially be fatal if taken by humans, police warn.

Genuine and imitation firearms, knives and other bladed weapons are found by Staffordshire Police.

Nine people including three children drowned when a small ferry crossing the river overturned in 1919.

Andy Webster lost his right arm in a farming accident seven weeks ago.

Hotel staff carried out a roll call to ensure no-one was left inside, the fire service says.

Victoria Derbyshire

A woman conceived by rape wants her father brought to justice in a so-called "victimless prosecution".

"Vicky" says her mother was under the age of consent when a family friend she claims was in his 30s raped her.

She says her birth is proof of the crime and wants DNA testing to convict her father of statutory rape.

Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley, Jess Phillips, says children conceived through rape should "absolutely" be considered victims.

You can see more on this story on the Victoria Derbyshire programme on BBC Two and the BBC News channel from 10:00.