The Post Office should repay former postmasters with interest for the money they spent trying to pay for alleged shortfalls on their tills, an MP has said.

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Lucy Allan, MP for Telford, said, external there had been a "failure to be open and honest" at the organisation and it should repay shortfalls "with interest to all those affected".

Her reaction came after judges quashed the convictions of 39 former postmasters after the UK's most widespread miscarriage of justice.

They were convicted of stealing money, with some imprisoned including Tracey Felstead, from Telford, after the Post Office installed the Horizon computer system in branches.

Some sub-postmasters attempted to plug the gap with their own money, even remortgaging their homes, in an attempt to correct errors.

The system was flawed and postmasters and postmistresses have spent years trying to clear their names.

Gavin Parry, 31, was found dead at an industrial site in Birmingham on 13 April.

A leisure centre will stop being used as a Covid-19 test centre so it can prepare to fully reopen for users as lockdown continues to ease.

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The site in Dudley has been used for several months to track symptom-free cases of coronavirus.

The leisure centre reopened with limited access earlier this month and the council said, with positive cases staying very low, the testing site will close on 30 April., external

Tracy Felstead was jailed when she was just 19 after being wrongly accused of stealing over £11,000.

Rob McBride has catalogued hundreds of ancient trees along the Offa's Dyke path.

BBC Midlands Today

Seven charities across the Midlands are to benefit from a total of £30,000 of funding from the Cadbury Foundation.

They include Guide Dogs in Birmingham, Molly Olly’s Wishes, Warwick and Friends of Herefordshire Alzheimer's & Dementia Sufferers.

Charities across the region were nominated by employees at Cadbury World.

The successful recipients were chosen based on the life-changing work and support they offer to individuals and families.

Jack Barry, 19, was found seriously injured in Birmingham in March and died at the scene.

A woman in her 70s has been sexually assaulted while she was walking her dog.

The victim was on a footpath between Blake Avenue and Witton Avenue, Droitwich, Worcestershire, on Thursday afternoon, West Mercia Police said., external

Extra officers have been drafted in to patrol the area while they investigate.

Gary Hicken asked for help moving his injured mother from his car into A&E but was told to call 999.

BBC Midlands Today

People are being given the chance to drop off donations for a hospice by using a drive-through station.

The Myton Hospice, based in Warwick, said it made it easier for supporters to drive up and drop-off donations, without having to worry about parking.

People have to pre-book a slot online and Anthony Dwyer, from the charity, said hundreds had already used the drive-through.

Coventry Live

The Coventry Live's headlines today include:

• Boy taken to hospital after crash on main road in Nuneaton, external
• Thug jailed for unprovoked attack on vulnerable man, external
• Two-year battle over missed bin collections branded a ‘nightmare’, external

BBC Radio Stoke

Vehicles and vehicle parts which in some cases may have been stolen in 2019 have been found during raids in Stoke-on-Trent.

Staffordshire Police said, external it searched locations on Milburn Road, Cobridge and Parsonage Street, Tunstall.

The vehicles included a white Ford Transit stolen in Wilmslow, Cheshire, in 2019 and a black Land Rover stolen in Manchester in December, the force added.

A 30-year-old man, from Biddulph, has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to steal a motor vehicle and released under investigation.

A 14-year-old boy was stabbed multiple times in a park in Birmingham.

BBC Radio CWR

Students from India due to be studying in Coventry said they felt unfairly penalised by new travel restrictions.

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India has joined the UK's travel red list - effectively banning travel - as a deadly second wave of infections sweeps the country.

British and Irish nationals can travel to the UK from India, but they must now isolate in a government-approved hotel.

Rohish Mirje is an MA student at the University of Warwick and said he faced a cost of nearly £2,000 to come back and stay in such a hotel.

"I have to come to the UK because I am a Masters student and was in my own country India for literally five months after the Christmas break. I want to be there to enjoy everything," he said.

Fellow Warwick student Smriti Misra is also currently in India and said she felt they were facing an unfair cost and it should be subsidised.

"Students are not earning, they are studying, they are already paying a hefty amount to get the degree they are studying," she said.

The University of Warwick said it valued its international students, but could not alter the government's quarantine rules.

Birmingham Live

The Birmingham Live website has these top stories today:

• More than 100 firefighters battle huge fire in Sparkhill as 40 homes evacuated, external
• Teens guilty over kidnapping kids in Birmingham carjacking, external
• Teenage boy stabbed in Lightwoods Park, external

The convictions of 39 Post Office branch managers have been overturned, but for one family it is too little, too late.

BBC Weather Watchers

Well, it is just lovely outside isn't it? Lots of sunshine and dry weather on the forecast and our BBC Weather Watchers have been sharing photos of blue skies with not one cloud about.

Here are three from this morning from users LynneH in Lichfield, Staffordshire, Serena in Newport, Shrosphire and Mrs Baggins in Bromyard, Herefordshire:

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Drivers and residents are being warned of "continued disruption, external" around the site of a huge factory blaze in Birmingham.

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Dozens of firefighters remain at the scene of the fire this morning in Sparkhill, the fire service said.

The city council, external urged drivers to find alternative routes with several roads in the area closed.

Two people needed treatment for minor injuries, the ambulance service said.

Residents breaking their fasts for Ramadan are praised for sharing food with firefighters.

More than 125 firefighters were called to tackle the large fire at the factory in Sparkhill.