BBC News Travel

A fault on a train between Stourbridge Junction and Birmingham Snow Hill is delaying rail services in the area.

BBC Radio Stoke

Firefighters have dealt with a fire in Biddulph, Staffordshire during the night.

It involved a metal container of tyres next to a building on Wharf Road and was out by 04:45.

A boy is due in court today charged with terrorism offences.

The boy, from Rugby, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was arrested on 3 September from his home address during a planned operation.

A 62-year-old man also arrested on the same day at a separate address in Rugby remains on bail while inquiries continue.

The teenager has been charged with the commission, preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism, as well as six counts of collecting terrorism information.

He's set to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court.

After a cloudy start it should be a dry bright day with highs of 18C (64F).

Vanessa Pearce
BBC News

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Richard Keedwell "simply wanted justice" but has lost his savings and his sons' inheritance money.

The teenager is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, police say.

Retired custody sergeant Howard Price and detention officer Steve Orton denied any wrongdoing.

We'll be back with the Midlands Live service from 07:00 on Tuesday, but keep an eye out here for more updates before then.

Officers investigating a number of cash machine thefts have released CCTV images of men they'd like to speak to.

Image source, Warwickshire Police

A total of four thefts were carried out at a cash machine on a petrol station forecourt on Chesterton Drive, Sydenham, Leamington Spa between 22 June and 27 July.

The incidents are being linked, said Warwickshire Police.

PC Gareth Phillips is on a "long road to recovery", the Crown Prosecution Service says.

Hereford Times

Here are some of the stories making the headlines on the Hereford Times website:

• Road reopened after crash between lorry and car, external
• Hospital food set to be scrutinised by volunteers, external
• Hereford's floral displays miss out on In Bloom gold, external

BBC WM Sport

It’s the opening day of the World Para-swimming Championships in London and multiple Paralympic champion Walsall's Ellie Simmonds goes in the 400m freestyle final tonight.

Image source, Getty Images

She came through her heat this morning.

Alex Hamilton
BBC Weather

Rain will clear away overnight leaving a dry night with lows of 9C (48F).

Staffordshire Live

Here are some of the stories featuring on the Staffordshire Live website this afternoon:

• Hero Asda Tamworth worker saves customer's life, external
• Police stop 'death trap' Mercedes on M6 in Staffordshire, external
• Police swoop on McDonald's car park to catch this drink-driver speeding on A50, external

John Bercow has announced this afternoon he will stand down as Commons Speaker and MP at the next election or on 31 October, whichever comes first.

Speaking in Parliament, Mr Bercow said: "Throughout my time as Speaker, I have sought to increase the relative authority of this legislature for which I will make absolutely no apology to anyone, anywhere, at any time."

The news has prompted tributes from MPs across the Commons, but Mr Bercow has also faced fierce criticism from the front benches and from Brexiteers, who have questioned his impartiality on the issue of Europe.

Speaking this afternoon, Conservative MP for the Wrekin Mark Pritchard said: "For every good decision Bercow made - he undid with multiple bad decisions. He was a reforming speaker but went too far in believing his office was superior to the executive, which it is not."

Fellow Tory, Daniel Kawczynski, MP for Shrewsbury and Atcham, described Mr Bercow as "a man who has abused the highest office in Commons to engineer the destruction of Brexit with Labour and Lib Dems". He added that the speaker had "damaged his office terribly".

Ludlow Conservative MP Philip Dunne said: "John Bercow has been a powerful advocate for backbenchers in Parliament, which as a backbencher now I fully appreciate. He will also go down as an activist modernising Speaker, but sadly not as an impartial one."

A man and a woman who were found dead in a house in Burton-upon-Trent have been formally identified, police say.

The bodies of Kirils Nemcevs, 31, and Lana Nemceva, 33, were discovered in Henhurst Hill at about 22:45 on Wednesday.

A two-year-old boy found unharmed at the property is being cared for by relatives.

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Staffordshire Police said it was treating the 33-year-old woman’s death as murder and the 31-year-old’s death as not suspicious.

They were both from Burton and known to each other, Staffordshire Police said. Officers added that nobody else was being sought in connection with the incident.

Post-mortem results have been inconclusive and further tests are now required to establish causes of death for both, police say.

The force said a report was being prepared for the coroner and would be submitted at the conclusion of the police investigation.

BBC WM Sport

In Speedway, Cradley Heathens' scheduled National League meeting with Kent Kings at Monmore tonight is off due to rain.

It's been rearranged for next Monday, as part of a double header with Belle Vue Colts in the Knockout Cup.

Open auditions are to take place across the West Midlands for BBC local radio's biggest ever talent search.

You don’t need any previous presenting experience. You just need a passion for radio and the ability to tell a great story.

Every local BBC radio station in England and The Channel Islands is holding auditions on either Saturday 28 September or Sunday 29 September 2019.

You can find out how to apply here.

BBC News Travel

Drivers are being urged to allow more time for their journeys for the next 24 hours if it involves using J16 of the M6.

The traffic lights on the roundabout under the motorway junction are currently only staying green for between seven and 10 seconds, Highways England's said, external.

The fault's led to congestion, especially at rush hour, on the A500 in both directions, near to Crewe and Stoke-on-Trent.

Highways England says it'll take until tomorrow night for it to complete repairs.