The handling of the Ryan Passey case by West Midlands Police is to be examined by another force.

The new houses will be built on the site of a former golf course in Tamworth.

Laura Van Marle has admitted manslaughter after stabbing Susanna Van Marle in Herefordshire.

Coventry striker Matt Godden is banned for two games by the FA for diving to earn a penalty in City's win over Fulham.

BBC Radio Shropshire

A mum whose son was knocked off his bike is calling for 20nph zones to be introduced outside schools.

Joe, 14, was hit on Bank Farm Road in Shrewsbury three weeks ago.

He was taken to hospital with a suspected broken foot.

Shropshire Council is looking into introducing traffic calming outside some schools.

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Joe's mother, Angela Warren said: "What is it going to take? Is it going to take a child to be killed down that road before we actually action something?

"We need to be proactive about this, we need to stop this before it happens to anybody else."

Old Joe has been out of action at University of Birmingham since February 2020.

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Up to 65 jobs could be created under plans to open a new residential SEND school.

Plans have been revealed for a farmhouse just outside Albrighton in Shropshire to be redeveloped into a school, with three residential homes accommodating 18 children.

The seven-bed house, Poole Meadow, sits in 15.5 acres of grounds off Beamish Lane and has been on the market for £1.8m.

It is now being purchased by Witherslack Group, which operates nearly 50 special schools, children's homes and vocational training centres across England.

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A planning statement submitted by Berrys, the company's planning agent, said there is demand for SEND school places in Shropshire.

It said Poole Meadow had been selected as an appropriate site for a new school due to its rural location, where children will "benefit from a much quieter environment that offers a more nurtured relationship with the local environment".

The planning application will be decided by Shropshire Council.

Angie Hopson, from Claverley, did not know her leg was broken until after the race.

BBC Radio WM

The Queen's Baton for Birmingham's Commonwealth Games has been to Birmingham Airport, ahead of flying to Cyprus to begin its travels across 72 nations and territories.

The baton's 90,000-mile, 269-day journey takes place ahead of the Games in 2022.

Its journey was set in motion by the Queen in London yesterday.

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Sutton Coldfield gymnast Alice Kinsella, pictured second left, was one of the first people to carry the baton.

She said: "It was such an honour, especially with it being in Birmingham next year, and that being my home crowd.

"Such a surreal moment and definitely going to be a story to tell."

The Games will take place in Birmingham and across the West Midlands from 28 July to 8 August 2022.

BBC Midlands Today

Wolverhampton has missed out on becoming City of Culture 2025.

The city put in a bid for the title but its been announced it hasn't made it to the final shortlist of eight.

It had hoped to follow in the footsteps of Coventry, which is the current title-holder.

City council leader Ian Brookfield said they had bold plans for Wolverhampton to become an "events city" with a growing international profile.

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Among the cities to make the longlist is Bradford, Stirling, County Durham and Wrexham.

David A Lindon recreates Munch's The Scream and van Gogh's The Starry Night, among others.

Harlequins face Bristol Bears in the Premiership and Hartpury RFC host Coventry in the Championship - listen to BBC radio commentary.

One opponent says the plans will be of "little benefit to many local people on low incomes".

A witness says a crowd came out of nearby pubs in the 17 minutes Shane Bryant was held down.

The relay marks the Queen's first major event at Buckingham Palace since the Covid pandemic began.

The feature in Birmingham's Victoria Square is to be refurbished ahead of the Commonwealth Games.

The centrepiece bronze statue of Birmingham's Victoria Square is being removed for cleaning.

Birmingham's "Floozy in the Jacuzzi" fountain is to be refurbished ahead of the Commonwealth Games next year.

The water feature officially called The River, sprung a leak in 2013 and is was for a time filled with bedding plants.

Safety barriers in the square will also be made permanent and there will be improved facilities for cyclists, said the city council.

The total cost of it all the refurbishments is more than £20m and they're set to be completed by October 2023.

A coroner rules on Kelly Webber, 41, after the discovery of her body in March.

Arthur Labinjo-Hughes suffered months of abuse by his father and stepmother, a court hears.

BBC Radio Shropshire

A Shropshire training programme which has helped people find work is set to close unless more than £300,000 can be found.

The Marches Construction Ready Partnership has managed to get 150 previously unemployed people into jobs this year - but now has a shortage of funding.

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Telford-based employment and training charity Landau is working with the group to find the money needed.

Its chief executive Sonia Roberts said: "To enable the project to run for another 12 months we're looking for £300,000 and what that will deliver is over 160 people back into the construction industry."