Following a police raid in Birmingham, the 21-year-old has appeared before city magistrates.

BBC Midlands Today

More than 1,300 knives, machetes and other dangerous weapons have been surrendered to West Midlands Police over the last six months.

They've been placed in 20 secure collection bins deployed as part of a strategy to help get weapons off the streets.

Three handguns have also been handed over during the amnesty, says the force area's police and crime commissioner.

Knife crime has more than doubled in the West Midlands since 2012 and is a problem across the country, he explained.

"Every weapon that is deposited into these bins is potentially saving a life," said Simon Foster.

“With this number of weapons collected in such a short period of time, clearly these bins are working by taking dangerous items off our streets."

The third day's play in the County Championship Division One clash between Yorkshire and Warwickshire is rained off in Leeds.

Nine different players scored to help the club achieve its biggest margin of victory.

Two teenagers have been arrested over a stabbing, after a police dog "tracked for half a mile" to a suspect's door, the West Midlands force said, external.

A 30-year-old man, who had multiple knife wounds, was in hospital in a serious condition following disorder in Stockwell Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, at about 03:00 on Tuesday.

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Three-year-old German Shepherd Police Dog Viper followed a scent over several streets into a road where a 14-year-old was arrested from an address on suspicion of involvement in the disorder.

He was found with injuries and taken to hospital for treatment.

The teenager and a 15-year-old boy, who had suffered injuries and was taken to hospital, have been arrested on suspicion of wounding.

Det Sgt Marc Petford said: "The dog did a brilliant job at the scene to pick up a scent and follow it over a considerable distance to an address about half a mile away where we made an arrest."

The man's injuries were not deemed life-threatening, police said.

Ethan, seven, was sent postcards from people across the world after losing the bunny on a Devon bus.

Steve Jagielka played more than 170 times for Shrewsbury Town between 1997 and 2003.

Trail hunting, which uses a scent, is merely a "smokescreen" for illegal hunting, campaigners say.

Birmingham Live

Some of the Birmingham Live headlines today include:

• Lee Martin manhunt enters day nine as 'cops search Northfield area', external
• Huge haul of knives and guns surrendered to police helping to 'save lives', external
• Minister to investigate plight of businessman whose land was seized by HS2, external

The Coventry businessman says leaving his children behind in Afghanistan is "unimaginable".

A weather warning for heavy rainfall has been updated, with downpours now expected to only affect the eastern parts of the region.

Image source, Met Office

The rain could bring travel disruption and localised flooding until 21:00, says the Met Office.

One feature of a so far low-scoring game this week at Lord's was Worcestershire’s teenage spinner Josh Baker yesterday claiming his maiden first-class half-century.

It turns out that not only is this the 18-year-old Worcestershire-born Malvern College pupil's first game at the home of cricket, he had never actually been as a spectator either.

“I’ve never been to Lord’s before,” Baker told BBC Hereford & Worcester. “So it’s really nice to get a first-class fifty and do it here, of all places."

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After finishing 11 not out overnight on Sunday, he went on to finish unbeaten on 61. And that was a massive improvement on the total of 18 he had managed in his previous four innings . . . 12*, 5, 0, 1.

It improved his career average from 6.00 to 26.33 in one knock!

“I was trying to play positively and be proactive after a couple of weeks of getting ducks and stuff," added Baker, who made his Pears debut shortly after leaving school in June, after sitting his A levels. "So I changed it up a bit.”

Former conjoined twins from Birmingham have launched a fundraiser for the children's hospital that carried out surgery to separate them.

Image source, The Mowatt Family

The operation on three-month-old Sanchia and Eman Mowatt took place at Birmingham Children's Hospital in 2001 - the first time such a procedure had been carried out in the UK.

The pair celebrated their 20th birthday yesterday and, along with sister Damaris, 19, have embarked on a fundraising scheme aiming to raise £10,000 by December.

Image source, The Mowatt Family

"We left the children's part of the NHS two years ago now, but we didn't get to say goodbye because of the pandemic, so we were 'how are we going to say thank you'? So then we came up with fundraising," said Eman.

The sisters have been holding online "singathons" to help raise money for the physiotherapy and the urology departments.

Mobile recycling centres recently launched in Birmingham have collected more than 118 tonnes of waste.

Image source, Birmingham City Council

Two of four planned projects have been operating since mid-July and comprise three vehicles - one for recycling, another for items for landfill and a van for furniture.

Rubbish collected includes 5.5 tonnes of paper and card as well as 2.7 tonnes of textiles, said the city council.

A cardiac surgeon's specialist operating glasses were snatched from his car outside the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham on Saturday.

Stephen Rooney's "loupes" are necessary for him to perform life-saving surgery, says West Midlands Police.

The glasses are custom-designed for him to carry out intricate heart procedures and are of no use to anyone else, the force adds.

It has launched an appeal to find them.

They have a black frame with Mr Rooney's name engraved in the arms and were in a black and aluminium box when they were taken.

With heavy rainfall expected across the West Midlands, there's the chance of localised flooding later, the Met Office is warning.

Travel could be disrupted as rain moves northeastwards across much of the country, with thunder also expected.

Some places could see up to 40mm of rain, and intense rain of up to 70mm possible in a few places.

A yellow warning, external is in place until the end of the day.

The company is told to take action to control vermin and prevent landfill gas outside its boundary.

Rich Davis
BBC Weather presenter

It will be a wet day with heavy rain at times and highs of 17°C (63°F).

Police say the man is suspected of being a high-ranking member of a people-smuggling network.

Division Two leaders Essex continue their dominance of Surrey while Durham's lower order set landmarks at Northants.