Former Ukip MEP Nikki Sinclaire is accused of submitting 10 expenses claims dishonestly between 2009 and 2010.

In six, Antonie Muller, prosecuting, said Sinclaire flew via Brussels, Basel in Switzerland or Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, despite allegedly signing claims stating she had driven.

Ms Sinclaire denies all the charges against her. The trial continues.

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West Mercia police have corrected their figures for the number of hate crimes reported immediately before and after the EU referendum result.

On Monday they were saying there had been a slight rise when comparing June 17-19 to June 24-26, but after looking at the numbers again, they are now saying there has been a slight fall - from 10 to six.

And the number of those hate crimes which were found to have some racial element was exactly the same - four.

A former Ukip MEP's expenses claims for road journeys she never made would "certainly not" have been paid if it was known she had travelled more cheaply by plane, an EU bureaucrat in charge of expenses has told a court. 

Nikki Sinclaire, who represented the West Midlands until 2014, signed and submitted "significant" expenses "in excess of the flight costs", according to the prosecution. 

It is alleged Sinclaire wrongly claimed for thousands of euros in road and ferry travel expenses when she had travelled more cheaply by air, but she denies all charges against her.

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Francisco Estela Burriel, head of the European Parliament members' travel and subsistence expenses unit, said: "In the files and documentation presented for the member for the European Parliament there is no evidence of flying."

As a man is convicted of allowing a former nuclear bunker to be used for growing cannabis, BBC News looks at some of the more unusual places police have uncovered cannabis factories.

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A record number of children in the West Midlands are being brought up by their grandparents.

It's not because their own parents are busy out at work, but because they're incapable of looking after them, due to problems ranging from alcohol and drug abuse to mental health issues. 

But what's it like parenting the second time around? Find out on BBC Midlands Today on BBC One from 13:30. 

Andy Giddings
BBC Shropshire

The police say people drove off from the petrol station without paying 866 times in the West Mercia area last year.

Of the forces which replied to a Freedom of Information request by confused.com, West Midlands police saw the highest number of these thefts, with over 4,000.

West Mercia police were able to charge just five people in connection with petrol thefts last year.

Jennie Aitken
Reporter, BBC WM

A record number of children in the West Midlands are being raised by their grandparents - that's more than 10,000. 

The region is proportionately the second-highest in the UK, according to the Economic and Social Research Council. 

Jonk Watts, from Birmingham, is the full-time carer for his grandson.

Those stuggling to deal with drug and alcohol addictions or mental health issues often find their own parents stepping in. 

Mr Watts took early retirement three years ago so he could be around for his grandson after his alcoholic daughter could not cope.

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Singer and Loose Women star Jamelia claims she and her daughters were racially abused by a police officer during an angry confrontation.

A man who allowed more than 800 cannabis plants to be grown in a former nuclear bunker he looked after is found guilty by a jury.

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Worcestershire Royal Hospital experiences what doctors believe was its busiest day ever last weekend.

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Bromsgrove's new train station is set to open next month, officials have confirmed.

A motorist dies and her two daughters are airlifted to hospital after a two-car crash in Herefordshire.

A former MEP for the West Midlands fraudulently claimed "significantly higher sums" for travel "not undertaken at all", a court hears.

Nick Owen
Presenter, BBC Midlands Today

A Midlands family has set up a charity to help the loved ones of terror victims - after three members of their family were killed in the Tunisia beach attacks. 

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We'll be hearing from them - and also seeing the six West Midlands athletes who have booked their places in the British team for the Rio Olympic Games. 

Both those stories and others plus your latest weather will be on Midlands Today from the later time of 19:30 on BBC One.

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BBC Midlands Today

This lunchtime on BBC Midlands Today we'll hear from a Midlands family who have set up a charity to support the loved ones of terror victims. 

They've done it a year after the deaths of three members of their family in the Tunisia beach attacks. 

You'll see their story from 13:30 on BBC One.

A Black Country woman whose father, brother and son were shot dead by a gunman on a Tunisian beach a year ago has said she carries the grief every day.

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