Updates from Monday 14 October to Sunday 20 October
Two people have been arrested after a man was stabbed during disorder in Leamington Spa.
The victim was taken to hospital with leg and chest injuries, although they are not thought to be life-changing, Warwickshire Police said.
Officers were called to Ranelagh Terrace in the town in the early hours of Sunday.
A 25-year-old man has been bailed and another aged 26 released under investigation, the force said.
A cow's been rescued by firefighters after being stuck up to its neck in "very deep mud, external".
Image source, Staffordshire Fire and Rescue ServiceThey were called to a field in Mobberley, near Tean, Staffordshire, yesterday afternoon.
Specialist equipment along with a tractor were used to release the cow which was checked by a vet and said to be recovering afterwards., external
Image source, Staffordshire Fire and Rescue ServicePremier 15s side Worcester Warriors Women appoint their former player Jo Yapp as director of rugby, replacing Roy Davies.
Read MoreA man has been jailed after pleading guilty to raping a 14-year-old girl in an alleyway.
Image source, Warwickshire PoliceThe attack happened off Overslade Lane, in Rugby, at about 19:45 on 17 July.
Mujdat Altuntas, of Edmund Road, Coventry, pleaded guilty in August to rape of a child and sexual assault of a child over 13.
He was given a nine-year extended sentence at Warwick Crown Court with five years and three months served in prison and the rest on licence.
The 28-year-old was also given a sexual harm prevention order for 22 years and given an indefinite restraining order preventing him from contacting the victim.
Graham McGarry
Crewe Alexandra commentator, BBC Radio Stoke
Crewe Alexandra football club's majority shareholder has agreed to sell his stake in the club.
Image source, ReutersNorman Hassall has held 51% of the shares since 2006, but will now sell them to a group of local business owners and investors.
The Alex have issued a statement, external saying the move will mean no single shareholder will own more than 12.5% of shares.
Coventry Live
Some of the Coventry Live headlines today include:
Stoke's reigning Olympic K1 canoeing champion Joe Clarke says his non-selection for Tokyo 2020 feels 'a bit unjust'.
Read MoreWorcester Warriors have appointed Jo Yapp as their new Director of Rugby for Warriors Women., external
Image source, Getty ImagesDescribed as a "club legend", Yapp won 70 caps while she was at Worcester and appeared in three World Cups, captaining England in the 2006 competition.
After coaching England Under-20s, she's recently returned to Sixways as skills coach and succeeds Roy Davies in the role with immediate effect.
Reality Check
Shrewsbury MP Daniel Kawczynski has been on the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme this morning ahead of the state opening of Parliament.
Politicians were facing questions from a small studio audience.
But Mr Kawczynski immediately faced a backlash about claims regarding the nation's finances.
Speaking during the programme, Mr Kawczynski defended the government's record in recent years, the need for the country to "live within its means" and said: "Now we are running a balanced budget we can start to increase funding, but you have to have a sound economic structure."
But according to our colleagues at BBC Reality Check said suggestions that we are running a balanced budget are "not true".
Last week's Green Budget from the IFS suggests it's not likely to be true for several years, even assuming a smooth Brexit process.
The homes of elderly people in the Black Country have been targeted in a series of "nasty" burglaries, police said.
Three men, said to be in their 30s or 40s, forced entry to at least five homes on the hunt for cash and jewellery.
In one incident, a deaf man was threatened with a brick before the offenders barged into his home in Amblecote, Stourbridge on Saturday.
Offenders later broke into an 89-year-old woman’s house in Dudley before stealing her purse – and also on Saturday an 84-year-old man was sprayed in the face with a substance after men kicked open the door to his Bilston home.
One elderly female victim was taken to hospital after suffering a suspected heart attack due to the shock of what happened, said West Midlands Police.
Offences have been reported in Dudley and Wolverhampton and follow similar incidents last week in Walsall.
It's been a bit of a damp, grey start to the week in the West Midlands although, from the look of the photos from our local BBC Weather Watchers, there have been hints of brightness around.
These three are from users Margrose in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, Mr Twister in Leek, Staffordshire and Di's Walk in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham:
Image source, Margrose
Image source, Mr Twister
Image source, Di's WalkA girl working at the Wolverhampton Ramada venue is one of three people taken to hospital.
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Birmingham Live
Some of the Birmingham Live headlines today include:
Rough sleepers in Birmingham are to get swifter access to mental health treatment, NHS England has pledged.
Image source, PA MediaNew funding has been used to hire specialist staff trained in dealing with trauma, it said.
Seven areas, Birmingham, Hull, Brighton, Lincoln, Luton, Lambeth and Haringey, are due to benefit once the services go live after Christmas.
It is hoped the programme can build relationships between staff and rough sleepers, with NHS workers attending therapy sessions and doctor appointments, as well as providing a point of contact.
A man's died in a motorcycle crash in Worcester.
Image source, GooglePolice were called on Saturday morning to the A449, external between the Six Ways roundabout and the Blackpole exit.
They found the body of the man, who was in his 20s, on the grass verge along with a damaged motorcycle nearby.
Officers have called for any witnesses to come forward.
BBC Sport
England manager Gareth Southgate is set to hand an international debut to Tyrone Mings as one of several changes to his starting line-up for the Euro 2020 qualifier in Bulgaria.
Image source, Getty ImagesAston Villa defender Mings is poised to get the nod ahead of Liverpool's Joe Gomez to replace Everton's Michael Keane, who struggled against Kosovo last month and in Friday's 2-1 loss to the Czech Republic.
You can read more on the story here.
BBC Shropshire
Part of Telford is still being searched by police this morning after reports of a woman being threatened with a knife in an incident which the force believes is domestic-related.
A woman was taken to hospital along with a man, although West Mercia Police doesn't believe either suffered life-threatening injuries., external
Officers cordoned off part of Hadley Road and are searching the area to find the suspect.
Stoke-on-Trent Live
The Stoke-on-Trent Live website's top stories today include:
Three people were taken to hospital after emergency services were called to reports of a mass brawl at a wedding in Wolverhampton.
Image source, GoogleThe ambulance service said it received nine emergency calls to the incident at the Park Hall Ramada at about 21:30 on Saturday and deployed about a dozen staff.
A teenage girl, who had been working at the event, was taken to hospital along with two men in their 20s.
A man in his 40s, who had also been injured, chose not to go to hospital, against advice.
No one has reported being assaulted, West Midlands Police said.
A hearing into the legality of an injunction barring parents from protesting outside a school in Birmingham will begin later.
Image source, PA MediaHundreds of mainly Muslim campaigners demonstrated against the teaching of LGBT relationships outside Anderton Park Primary School for months earlier this year.
A High Court injunction against the protests was quashed in June, but a temporary order was sought by Birmingham City Council to prevent demonstrations outside the school gates until this hearing.
