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Birmingham's Joe Fraser is competing for Great Britain in the men's all-around final at the World Gymnastic's Championship at the moment.
Along with James Hall, he helped GB finish fifth in the team event earlier in the week, 10 marks behind winners Russia.
You can see more from the competition here.
Image source, Getty ImagesSeven councils in the West Midlands are among a group of 42 across the country campaigning for fairer funding in schools.
The F40 group includes some of the lowest funded local authorities in England and says it wants "fairness and equal opportunities in education for all children, regardless of where they live".
The F40 group includes:
Responding to today's news, Shropshire Council said it was "generally pleased with the settlement" and acknowledged it came at a time when schools "have been experiencing challenges in balancing their budgets".
“Shropshire’s schools have not been well funded and so we would hope this is a fairer settlement in relative funding terms with those schools in other areas, who have historically attracted higher levels of funding per pupil," Ed Potter, cabinet member for children’s services, said.
The F40 group has previously said while it recognised that those schools with pupils with higher additional needs should receive more funding, "the way this is applied across the country is inconsistent and unfair".
Stoke-on-Trent Live
Here are some of the stories making the headlines on the Stoke-on-Trent Live website this afternoon:
A friend says Danny Johnson tried to save Kim Fletcher, but strong undercurrents caught them.
Read MoreOfficers investigating a double stabbing at a Birmingham club have released details of two men they would like to speak to.
Image source, West Midlands PoliceCory Dixon, (pictured left) aged 30, and 33-year-old Ashley Holder are being sought after two men were stabbed and another suffered a serious head injury in Medleys on Bristol Road South in Northfield.
All three have since been discharged from hospital.
The incident happened at about 02:20 on 9 March.
Members of the public with information are being urged not to approach the men but to contact police.
An athletics track in Telford is going to see £100,000 investment, in the hope it might see more use around the time of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
Telford and Wrekin Council said it would like to see athletes and officials use the facilities at Oakengates and work to resurface the running surface had already begun.
Image source, Telford and Wrekin CouncilThe council said it was also planning to install new spectator seating next year.
Quote MessageThe profile of athletics as a sport is set to rise and rise the closer we get to the 2022 games and we want Telford to play a full part in that."
Councillor Hilda Rhodes, Telford and Wrekin Council
A £1m plan to revive what's claimed to be the first, oldest and largest Shakespeare collection in any public library has been launched in Birmingham.
Image source, University of BirminghamOpened in 1868 as the first great Shakespeare library in the world, Birmingham’s Shakespeare Memorial Library contains more than 40,000 volumes, 17,000 production photographs, 2,000 music scores, as well as hundreds of production posters and programmes.
The Everything to Everybody project, a collaboration with the University of Birmingham and the city council, has been awarded £32,700 of development funding to help progress plans to apply for a full National Lottery grant.
Image source, University of Birmingham
Image source, Spandan PhotographyOne of its greatest treasures is the First Folio - considered one of the most important books in the English language.
There are also some Shakespeare-related artworks by Dali, Picasso and Kokoschka, as well as costume designs by Jean Cocteau.
A loaded gun along with ammunition has been found in Birmingham woodland after a tip-off, police say.
Image source, West Midlands PoliceThe pistol and its magazine were found with a box containing more than 30 bullets after a search of Moseley Bog off Yardley Wood Road.
It will be examined and checked for links to any shootings, said West Midlands Police.
BBC News Travel
There's severe congestion on the M5 northbound in Worcestershire due to an earlier crash.
All vehicles involved have been moved to the hard shoulder between J8 and J7.
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A homeowner has been attacked with weapons including an axe and a machete during a violent burglary in Balsall Common.
Image source, West Midlands PoliceThe 36-year-old victim sustained serious injuries, including deep cuts to his head, leg and hand, but managed to fend the suspects off and they fled empty-handed.
Five people in the house at the time, including three children, had to be treated by paramedics as it's believed the robbers sprayed some kind of substance on their way out.
CCTV images of the suspects have been released by officers investigating the 27 September incident.
More heavy rain is on its way and we're seeing some grey skies from the BBC Weather Watchers today.
These photos were taken in Stone, Condover and Bromyard.
Image source, Matthew
Image source, STFC Goose
Image source, Mrs BagginsHere are three of the stories included on the Worcester News website today:
Under today's schools funding deal, the best-funded local authorities in the West Midlands will continue to receive the most money, while the lowest-funded will remain among the poorest in England.
However, the gap is narrowing.
Five people have been stabbed in an attack at Manchester's Arndale Shopping Centre.
Freddie Houlder, 22, from Market Drayton, was in the centre at the time buying and said he heard "a load of screams just outside" the shop he was in.
A woman who came into the shop told him an attacker had attempted to stab her.
Image source, @GrizzleMarineShopping centre has been evacuated and local trams suspended.
Police say there have been no fatalities and that a man in his 40s has been arrested on suspicion of serious assault.
You can follow live updates here.
Quote MessageWe heard screams maybe 15 metres to the left of the shop. A woman just after the screams ran into the shop as we were closing the door. This guy apparently tried to stab her. Luckily the knife grazed her jacket so she didn’t get hurt. This guy had tried to stab her."
Violent disorder charges have been brought against seven men from Stockport and five from Hereford after trouble at the football match between Hereford FC and Stockport County at the end of last season.
The men are all due to appear before Hereford Magistrates' Court on 30 October.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe violence broke out at the league match between the two sides at Edgar Street on 6 April.
Schools in Birmingham will continue to see the highest funding per pupil under spending plans laid out by the government this morning.
Primary school children in the city are expected to get on average £4,559 each and secondary school children £5,943 each by 2020-21.
However, the city, which has seen a number of schools close at lunchtimes in a bid to save cash, will also see one of the lowest increases in funding under the latest deal - £93 extra for each primary pupil and £138 more for each secondary pupil.
At the other end of the scale, primary school children in Solihull will get an average of £4,000 per pupil by 2020-21. That represents a rise of £162.
Historically, the area has received the lowest primary school funding in the region - currently £629 less per pupil than nearby Birmingham.
Under the new deal, secondary school children in Shropshire Council area will continue to be the poorest funded in the region - getting £5,105 from April.
However, this represents a rise of £193 or 4.8% on current figures.
Hundreds of music fans have been allowed in to HMV for a performance by former One Direction singer Liam Payne.
Image source, HMVThe world's largest HMV store opened its doors to shoppers in Birmingham just months after the chain announced dozens of branch closures.
A permanent stage has been installed in the Vault to showcase live music and performances.
One visitor said the prospect of live performances made the store "more interesting".
"I didn't realise it was here until I found out on social media but I'm really, really excited," she said.
Image source, HMVA total of 400 people were allowed in at 12:30 to watch the live shows in store while doors will open to the general public at 14:00.
The constituency office of the Conservative Stratford-on-Avon MP has been targeted by vandals.
Image source, South Warwickshire ConservativesNadhim Zahawi tweeted, external the attack on the South Warwickshire Conservatives office was "appalling!".
"The great staff at my consituency association should not have to face this," he added.
An anti-Brexit sticker was also left at the Trinity Street headquarters.
The incident has been reported to police, said a spokesperson.
Here are three stories from the Shropshire Star today:
The incident caused 'considerable damage' to a passenger coach, investigators say.
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