The headlines from the political week are reviewed in 60 seconds by BBC Sunday Politics West Midlands.

A Birmingham road is due to be closed until Monday after some 600 litres of a chemical leak from nearby storage tanks.

A man who killed his partner in a "brutal attack" at the flat they shared in Evesham is jailed for life.

We'll be back with our usual mix of news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 on Monday, but keep an eye out here for more updates this evening and into the morning.

Rebecca Wood
BBC Midlands Today

Showers tending to die away this evening to leave dry and clear conditions for a time before further showers spread in from the southwest at the end of the night. Lows of 10C (50F).

You can read a full forecast on the BBC Weather page.  

A 51-year-old-man has been jailed for life after he pleaded guilty to murdering his partner, external.

Mark Pearce, of Bewdley Street Evesham, was told by Worcester Crown Court he would serve a minimum of 16-and-a-half years.

Image source, West Mercia Police

West Mercia say Pearce stabbed his partner once after "a domestic argument".

A senior court prosecutor who stabbed his wife in the head during a bout of work-induced depression is jailed for six years.

Worcester News

A leading Conservative politician has become embroiled in an astonishing council blunder - after funds were diverted from her bank account to fund the Labour Party, external.

Peter Plisner
BBC Midlands Today

An electric three-wheeler made by the Morgan Motor Company, based in Malvern, has gone on sale at a department store.

I've been taking a look at the technology behind the car.

A lawyer who worked for the Crown Prosecution Service in the West Midlands has been jailed for six years after admitting attempting to murder his wife while depressed.

Iain Farrimond, 54, of of Battenhall Road in Worcester, failed to kill his wife Tina of 28 years with a large kitchen knife, and then beat her with a wooden ornamental cat - only stopping the assault when she pleaded with him.

Judge Gregory Dickinson, in sentencing "loving and devoted husband" Farrimond at  at Nottingham Crown Court, described it as a sad case, committed while the attacker was "in the grip of severe depressive illness". 

BBC Hereford and Worcester

Here are some of the main stories we are looking at in Herefordshire and Worcestershire:

- Man jailed for life after admitting murdering his partner after a domestic row

- Former prosecutor with the Crown Prosecution Service pleads guilty to the attempted murder of his wife while depressed

- Man taken to hospital with a stab wound after being attacked in Worcester city centre

A man has been taken to hospital with a stab wound after being attacked in Worcester city centre.

West Midlands Ambulance Service says crews were called by the police at 15:21 to reports a man had been attacked in St Nicholas Street.

Hereford Times

Paralympic golden boy Sascha Kindred, external will be speaking to British Swimming next month to see if they think he has what it takes to compete in next year's World Championships.  

Peter Plisner
BBC Midlands Today

The Worcestershire-based car-maker Morgan is looking to make something of a fashion statement - it's selling its first-ever electric cars not in a showroom but in Selfridges department store.

You can find out more about the technology that lies behind the car on Midland Today at 18:30 on BBC One.

Here is the Warriors' squad for Saturday's home game against Newcastle Falcons - Tom Heathcote returns to the side at number 10.

You can hear full commentary of the game on BBC Hereford & Worcester from 15:00 on Saturday.

Image source, Getty Images

BBC Hereford and Worcester

Here are some of the main stories we are looking at in Herefordshire and Worcestershire:

- A Worcester lawyer who worked for the Crown Prosecution Service for 23 years has pleaded guilty to attempted murder

- Electric Morgan goes on sale in department store

- World heavyweight champion trains hopeful in Redditch gym

A court has heard how a senior court prosecutor with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in Birmingham stabbed his wife in the head as she slept after a bout of depression brought on by the pressures of work.

Nottingham Crown Court heard that Iain Farrimond, 54, told police immediately afterwards that he had intended his assault in the early hours of 26 May, the day before his wedding anniversary, to be the "day of death".

Farrimond, of Battenhall Road in Worcester, who had penned a suicide note at the scene of the assault, admitted attempted murder.

The court was told that his wife, who suffered five stab wounds in the attack, had enjoyed a "remarkably successful" recovery from her physical injuries. 

Farrimond, who was dismissed from the CPS following the incident, will be sentenced later. 

The road is being closed for The Tour Ride - a cycling event, external.

Graeme Keeble looks after the pitch at Edgar Street - he tweeted this picture of his handiwork,

The pitch will stay in pristine condition as the Bulls are playing away on Saturday in the FA Cup at Tonbridge Angels.

Michael Perkins
BBC Hereford & Worcester

A lawyer has pleaded guilty to attempted murder. 

Iain Farrimond, 53, of Battenhall Road, Worcester, worked for the Crown Prosecution Service in Birmingham for 23 years. 

At Nottingham Crown Court this afternoon he's admitted stabbing a woman in Worcester in May.