Eight locations across the UK are testing ideas aimed at ensuring future access to cash for those who need it.

The sisters want West Midlands mayoral hopefuls to give practical business help to young people.

Megan Smith's family is fundraising to support the 26-year-old's cancer treatment in America.

A hat-trick from Joe Quigley earns Yeovil a 3-0 home win in their National League mid-table battle with Solihull Moors.

Firefighters say they expect to be at the scene for the next seven to 10 days.

The large-scale operation was found by police, firefighters and a chemicals expert.

The National Crime Agency releases footage showing inside the lab which was raided on Tuesday.

Warwickshire's County Championship match against Nottinghamshire, from 27-30 May, can be played in front of a crowd.

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Tom Davis

A 168-bed student accommodation scheme could be built on an industrial site in Coventry.

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Applicants SAMA Investments have proposed the plan on the current site of Mills Forgings Ltd, on Charterhouse Road, which is just outside the city centre.

It is proposed that the existing buildings are demolished to make way for three blocks of accommodation which form a u-shape around a central, enclosed courtyard.

Plans were validated by the council this month with a decision expected in July, pending a consultation.

The family of Thomas Lee Rhodes, 21, says he was always there for anyone who needed him.

Worcester Warriors sign Wasps number eight Sione Vailanu on a two-year deal, starting from next season.

After Covid halted clinical trials, £50,000 was raised to pay for Carol Player's cancer treatment.

Former counter-terror investigator Mark Roberts has taken the helm at Cheshire Constabulary.

Ian Rivers, who escaped across Syria in 2013, plans to row across the North Atlantic alone in May.

Delays to speech and language skills are a top concern for primary schools, researchers say.

The child was found at a house in Coventry in 2018 and died two days later in hospital.

A man has suffered a serious head injury following a dispute between two groups in Coventry last night.

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A number of others were also injured during the incident thought to be between people who are known to each other, police said.

Officers were called to Alderman's Green Road in the city at about 20:15.

A 49-year-old man was treated in hospital and discharged this morning, said West Midlands Police.

Two man aged 55 and 23 have been arrested on suspicion of wounding.

Wasps lock Joe Launchbury is ruled out of this summer's British and Irish Lions tour of South Africa with a knee injury.

More than £2,000 was taken from Eric Armitt's account after he died with Covid-19, his family say.

Michele Paduano
Health correspondent, BBC Midlands Today

A highly-respected medical pioneer is facing a tribunal following evidence he gave to a court hearing in a row over copyright.

A logo used by Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust infringed the rights of another company, the High Court ruled in 2018.

The mental health trust's system - Rapid Assessment and Interfaced Discharge service (RAID) – is designed to improve patient assessment and discharge for people experiencing mental health crises and trauma who attend hospitals, including A&Es.

Prof George Tadros, who joined the NHS trust’s RAID team in 2009, is alleged to have given misleading evidence to the High Court during a hearing, according to documents on the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service website.

His fitness to practise as a doctor will now be examined at a tribunal next month.