A line of inquiry is whether a car was deliberately driven at mopeds after a road rage incident.

Allen Cook
BBC News

A man's been found guilty of the murder of a man who was stabbed to death in a street.

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Stuart Roe, 34, from Brierley Hill, died on Springfield Drive, Halesowen, in December.

Martyn Turley, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty at Birmingham Crown Court of murder and possession of an offensive weapon.

The 58-year-old is set to be sentenced on 17 December.

BBC Sport

Birmingham City and Cardiff City have been charged by the Football Association for failing to ensure their players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion.

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It relates to a coming-together of players following Harlee Dean's red card in injury time of Cardiff's 4-2 win over Birmingham in the Championship.

The bad-tempered contest saw both sides have a player sent off.

Both clubs have until Friday 8 November to provide their responses.

Labour has decided not to re-select Roger Godsiff, its MP for the Birmingham seat of Hall Green for the last nine years.

The decision was confirmed by the party's National Executive Committee this morning, after complaints from local activists.

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Mr Godsiff was formally reprimanded by the party in June after he was seen in a video agreeing with protesters complaining about lessons on LGBT issues at Birmingham primary schools.

BBC Political Reporter Kath Stanczyszyn said it was understood the chief whip recommended to the National Executive Committee that Roger Godsiff not be endorsed.

Mark Kimber has only just passed his driving test but he's been racing go-karts since he was eight.

BBC Weather Watchers

Here's a small collection of photos taken by BBC Weather Watchers up on the hills in south Shropshire today.

They were taken near Clee Hill, Ludlow and Church Stretton.

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BBC Midlands Today

A woman who was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease at the age of 34 is fronting a charity's Christmas campaign.

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Nicky Doyle, from Brierley Hill, is the face of this year's Parkinson's UK appeal which is trying to find better treatments for people affected.

She began to experience symptoms at the age of 21 when she noticed her hands were shaking and said it was horrendous.

She added: " I couldn't wash up, I couldn't fasten buttons, I couldn't fasten my shoes."

BBC Radio Stoke Sport

The former Stoke City winger Liam Lawrence has said he doubts there's a manager capable of getting the club out of trouble.

Stoke are bottom of the Championship and are looking for their fifth manager in less than two years and Lawrence said "I don't think there's going to be a queue of managers" wanting the job.

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Lawrence also questioned whether the best managers would want to risk their reputation at the club.

Gary Truefitt discovered the footage of his pet Cleo being killed when the cat failed to return home.

BBC Sport

The FA Cup first round takes place this weekend and several non-league team are targeting an upset.

They include Nantwich Town, Solihull Moors and Stourbridge.

You can read more from BBC Sport here.

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BBC WM

A GP surgery in Wolverhampton is going to stay open after campaigners fought plans to shut it.

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The original proposal would have seen patients from the Tettenhall Wood Road surgery move to the one at Lower Green.

NHS bosses said they'd been struggling for a year to keep the branch open due to a shortage of doctors and finance problems. , external

But residents said local services wouldn't cope with the change and more than 1,000 people signed a petition opposing the closure. , external

The local clinical commissioning group announced at a meeting yesterday it was changing its mind, but the surgery would only be operational three days a week.

BBC Shropshire

The balloon-maker Per Lindstrand says it's been "exciting" and "challenging" to be involved in the new movie The Aeronauts.

The gas balloon used in the film was made at his factory on the Mile Oak Industrial Estate, Oswestry, and is a close replica of the real-life, record-breaking balloon on which the film is based.

Per and his team also worked as advisors to the producers.

They couple were helped by 'complete strangers' and are in much better spirits, their daughter said.

BBC Shropshire

Jeremy Corbyn has been speaking at a Labour event in Telford this morning.

He grew up in Shropshire and opened by telling the room "it’s great to be here in Telford - it feels like I’m at home”.

He went on to say he wanted to put an end to food banks, address climate change and "protect the NHS from Donald Trump".

The Labour leader added he wanted a future Labour government to be "judged by whether it changes people's lives for the better after five years".

Jennie Aitken
Reporter, BBC Radio Stoke

The manager of a pub who painted giant poppies on its walls says she's been "overwhelmed" by the response from the public.

Danni Molloy painted the 4ft (1.2m) tall flowers last week on the outside of the Blacksmiths Arms, Kingsley Holt, near Leek, Staffordshire, ahead of Remembrance Day.

Since then, she says they've been featured in local and national newspapers. , external

The 28-year-old added: "Everybody's coming in and thanking me and remembering their loved ones and people who served, it's just been absolutely incredible."

BBC WM Sport

West Bromwich Albion winger Matt Phillips says he hopes his goals for the club push it to promotion this season.

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The 28-year-old is the Baggies leading scorer with six goals so far including the opener in their latest win, over Stoke City on Monday.

The result moved the club to the top of the Championship and he told BBC WM: "What we want is promotion so as long as the goals keep helping the team then I'm delighted."

Allen Cook
BBC News

A man's body has been found in a canal in Birmingham this morning.

West Midlands Police said it was called to Montgomery Street, Sparkbrook, at about 07:40.

It is yet to release any further information.

BBC Shropshire

A Labour candidate deselected five weeks before the general election says she is a victim of a “pretty sustained campaign of bullying and undermining”.

Dr Laura Davies was told on Monday after a phone hearing by Labour’s ruling National Executive that the party wouldn’t support her for a third election campaign in the Shrewsbury and Atcham constituency.

A statement from the local party said: “A majority of the local party had lost confidence in Laura Davies’s candidacy and the NEC has responded to this with their decision."

It also cited a "refusal to support our community's campaign to retain 24-hour A&E hospitals in Shrewsbury and Telford".

Dr Davies said she wasn’t expecting the decision and was unaware of some of the complaints against her, which she says dated back to 2017. She alleged they were trivial or fabricated.

The local party has been contacted for comment.

She had already lost a vote of confidence among her local party earlier this year after concerns were expressed about her stance on local hospital reorganisation, but she continued to stand as the vote had no power under party rules.

Birmingham Live

From Birmingham Live:

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• Interpol investigates as Ward End gran vanishes on pilgrimage to Mecca, external
• Mum jailed for failing to get teenage son to school, external

Glamorgan's Chris Cooke hopes playing for Birmingham Phoenix in the Hundred will take him out of his comfort zone and raise his game.