Woman's brain tumour discovered after eye testpublished at 15:14 British Summer Time 29 August 2019
Christel Callow wants to raise £62,000 to have treatment not widely available on the NHS.
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Woman's brain tumour discovered after eye testpublished at 15:14 British Summer Time 29 August 2019
In the papers: Rapper shot at luxury villapublished at 14:51 British Summer Time 29 August 2019
Birmingham LiveSome of the Birmingham Live headlines today are:
- Police reveal they are hunting two gunmen after Birmingham rapper Mist shot at luxury villa, external
- Dentist killed ex-teacher in crash as she crossed road, external
- Shocking McDonald's brawl as mum puts down toddler to punch worker, external
Leadership development initiatives receive investmentspublished at 14:30 British Summer Time 29 August 2019
Organisations in Coventry and Staffordshire have been awarded funding to address issues around diversity across leadership in the areas.
Coventry City of Culture Trust has been awarded £450,000 from Arts Council England from the Transforming Leadership Fund.
Staffordshire University has been given £150,000 to lead the Placemaking and Co-Creation Leadership Programme
Image source, Coventry City of Culture TrustQuote MessageWe need our leaders in the arts and culture sector to reflect the diversity of the city and we are therefore delighted that Arts Council England has backed our vision for a programme that will invest in a cohort of socially engaged, cultural entrepreneurs working in Coventry.
Martin Sutherland, Chief executive of Coventry City of Culture Trust
4,000 tonnes of hay involved in firepublished at 14:13 British Summer Time 29 August 2019
A fire involving 4,000 tonnes of hay covered in plastic sheeting has broken out at a farm in Broomhall near Nantwich.
About 30 firefighters are at the scene in Heatley Lane after being called at about 12:15.
A nearby hydrant is being utilised and a water relay has been set up, said Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service.
International call-up for Crewe goalkeeperpublished at 14:00 British Summer Time 29 August 2019
BBC Radio Stoke SportCrewe Alexandra will be down to just one senior goalkeeper for their matches against Burton Albion and Grimsby Town.
That's because Will Jaaskelainen has been called up to Finland's under 21's squad for their matches against Ukraine and Northern Ireland.
Image source, crewealex.netJaaskelainen has started in each of their five League Two fixtures this season, but Dave Richards has played in their two cup games.
Ten arrested in series of police raidspublished at 13:39 British Summer Time 29 August 2019
BBC Radio StokePolice have arrested 10 people after a series of raids across Stoke-on-Trent today.
The Staffordshire force has been targeting the south of the city in a county-wide operation to target serious crime, known as Operation Disrupt.
Your photos: Cobwebs, bridges and horsespublished at 13:20 British Summer Time 29 August 2019
It's not a heatwave, but the weather is forecast to remain dry for the next few days and the BBC Weather Watchers have been sharing their photos from around the West Midlands.
These ones were taken in Bidford-on-Avon, Rushbury and Stone.
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Image source, JeffManor house residents 'lost everything' in blazepublished at 13:12 British Summer Time 29 August 2019
One woman says her "world has gone" following the fire at the grade II-listed site.
Read MoreBlaze at block of flats extinguishedpublished at 12:58 British Summer Time 29 August 2019
A fire which broke out on the seventh floor of a tower block in Druids Heath has been extinguished, the fire service has said.
Image source, GoogleThe fire service was called to Saxelby House at 11:55 and sent five crews, a brigade response vehicle and a hydraulic platform.
The ambulance service was also in attendance and said there had been no reported patients.
Warwickshire trio agree new contractspublished at 12:39 British Summer Time 29 August 2019
Former England wicketkeeper Tim Ambrose is one of three players to sign contract extensions with Warwickshire.
Read MoreFire on seventh floor of block of flatspublished at 12:38 British Summer Time 29 August 2019
BreakingA fire has broken out on the seventh floor of a block of flats in Birmingham.
West Midlands Fire Service said it was called out to Saxelby House on Kimpton Close, in the Druids Heath area.
Image source, GoogleCCTV appeal over suspected arsonpublished at 12:24 British Summer Time 29 August 2019
Police have released CCTV of people they want to talk to the five people following a suspected arson attack on the old Qinetiq site in Malvern on Tuesday.
The fire destroyed the derelict building on St Andrews Road and the West Mercia force said these people were seen in the area at the time.
The force said officers are keeping an open mind as to how the fire may have started and are keen to trace the five people seen in the area at around the time the fire occurred and may be potential witnesses.
Image source, West Mercia PoliceShots fired outside housepublished at 12:04 British Summer Time 29 August 2019
A vehicle was damaged after shots were fired outside an address in Sandwell last night, police said.
Officers were called to Shetland Drive, Smethwick, just before 19:30 where up to four gun shots were heard.
The windows of a Vauxhall Corsa were damaged, said West Midlands Police.
There were no reported injuries, said the force.
Tributes to 'legendary' prisoner of warpublished at 11:53 British Summer Time 29 August 2019
Jack Reynolds, known for a two-fingered salute to a German photographer, died in his sleep aged 97.
Read MoreShrewsbury artist sees painting displayed in Times Squarepublished at 11:32 British Summer Time 29 August 2019
Andy Giddings
BBC NewsA Shrewsbury artist has seen her work displayed in Times Square as part of a campaign to save a cancelled Netflix show.
Netflix announced at the start of August that it was cancelling sci-fi thriller The OA after two seasons, and artist MJ Ryle has joined a campaign group fighting to bring it back.
Image source, MJ Ryle/The Purple FinchThe group raised money to hire an electronic billboard in New York and all this week they have been displaying a series of fan art images, with her painting chosen to be one of them.
MJ, who is originally from Boston, said the painting took around three months to complete and it was "exciting and surreal" to see it the size of a building.
She added: "I just can't believe one of my paintings is reaching so many people."
Image source, Jeremy GrossmanProsthetic limb trial 'liberating' for toddlerpublished at 11:10 British Summer Time 29 August 2019
A toddler from Herefordshire has been helping designers to create a soft prosthetic arm especially for children.
Three-year-old Hero, who lives near Ross-on-Wye, was born with one hand.
She has been using her arm designed by Mitt Wearables for six months.
Hero's mum, Amy, said the trial has been "liberating" for her.
Rhodes joins Foxes ahead of schedulepublished at 10:56 British Summer Time 29 August 2019
George Rhodes joins Leicestershire on loan, having already agreed to join from Worcestershire next season.
Read MoreRestored Spitfire reaches US on round-the-world trippublished at 10:45 British Summer Time 29 August 2019
Pilots attempting to fly a restored Spitfire around the world have reached California.
Matt Jones, 45, from Exeter, and Steve Brooks, 58, from Oxfordshire, are flying a Mk IX Spitfire which was originally built in 1943 in Castle Bromwich.
They will stop off at 100 locations in 30 countries during the five-month, 27,000-mile journey.
They hope the trip will "showcase" the plane and "reunite the Spitfire with the many countries that owe their freedom, at least in part, to this iconic aircraft".
Ricketts not worried by lack of Shrewsbury goalspublished at 10:25 British Summer Time 29 August 2019
BBC Radio Shropshire SportThe Shrewsbury Town manager, Sam Ricketts, says he's not worried by their lack of goals in League One, as he says they're creating between 12 and 14 chances a game.
His side has scored only four times in six matches and only Accrington Stanley and Bolton Wanderers, at the bottom of the table, have scored fewer.
Image source, Getty ImagesRicketts is without the injured Fejiri Okenabirhie, but still has time to add another attacking player before the League One transfer window closes.
Quote MessageIf you can get to 15 chances per game and get five or six on target then that's up there with the clubs that got promoted last season."
Sam Ricketts, Shrewsbury Town manager
Cadbury offices reopen after gas leakpublished at 09:59 British Summer Time 29 August 2019
Work has resumed at a Birmingham factory after a gas main leak.
Up to 800 people were evacuated from the Cadbury offices in Bournville on Wednesday after workmen ruptured a gas main with a digger.
Firefighters and gas engineers were sent to the site.
A spokesperson for Cadbury's owner Mondelez, said: "As the gas leak has now been repaired and the area is safe, normal service has resumed at our Bournville site."
