The latest news, sport, travel and weather from across the West Midlands and south Cheshire.

A former "sofa surfer" who received help says she approves of the online scheme.

Staffordshire Police says a Land Rover in which the man was a passenger crashed on Kingsley Moor.

Police say the boy's cause of death is yet to be established after his body was found on a road.

Former professional rugby league player Liam Walsh dies at the age of 23, his former club Widnes confirm.

Grace Oakley is supporting a suicide prevention charity because her mother took her own life.

West Midlands Police says the 73-year-old victim died in hospital after an attack the night before.

The girl had been out with her family at a playground when she was lured into a wood, police say.

Helen and John Theron, from Hereford, bought the weather vane in a reclamation yard in 2009.

Police appeal for information after the man was struck by a Vauxhall Corsa in Widnes.

Kent Spitfires beat Somerset to win the T20 for the second time - 14 years on from their first triumph at Edgbaston

Two Birmingham fans are arrested after an allegation of racist abuse aimed at Peterborough captain Nathan Thompson.

Aston Villa score three second-half goals in a brilliant display which saw Everton's unbeaten run ended at Villa Park.

Daniel Bell-Drummond stars with 82 as Kent go through to meet Somerset in the T20 Blast final after beating Sussex at Edgbaston.

The couple say they have no idea how the 5ft female python got into their home.

Millwall and Coventry share the points in an entertaining Championship match that should have had more goals.

Peterborough United return to winning ways with a resounding victory over a disappointing Birmingham City.

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is cataloguing 27,000 items, including the samurai scroll.

Somerset rally superbly from 79-6 to beat Hampshire by two wickets and reach their first T20 final in 10 years.

A 23-year-old man is charged following a disturbance in Birmingham in the early hours.