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Sixty seven years ago today, the BBC broadcast its first ever TV weather forecast.

Oh dear it appears not much changes... rain is forecast today and there were showers back in 1949 as well.

A five-year-old boy who received part of his father's liver is 'competing' in the British Transplant Games - with dad.

Ben Godfrey
BBC Midlands Today

On Midlands Today this lunchtime we'll see how rail passengers in Birmingham are more likely to be forced to stand on a peak-time train than in any other major city in England and Wales outside London.  

Plus there's news of a revolutionary blood test to detect brain injuries which has been developed in the region. 

We'll have more on those stories and much more from 13:30 on BBC One.

Alexandra Hamilton
BBC Weather

The BBC Weather website's also a great place to head to get the latest forecasts for where you live.

Alexandra Hamilton
BBC Weather

Alexandra Hamilton
BBC Weather

Patchy rain will move southwards through today, easing this afternoon - highs of 20C (68F).

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

A woman died from the untreated side effects of the combined contraceptive pill, a coroner concludes.

Walsall sign winger Josh Ginnelly from Premier League side Burnley on loan until January 2017.

Rebecca Wood
BBC Midlands Today

For weather forecasts at another time, bookmark our BBC Weather website.

Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter

Outbreaks of rain, possibly heavy in places, will move east across all parts. Brighter conditions with isolated heavy, possibly thundery, showers will then develop later. Highs of 21C (70F).

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

BBC Midlands Today

The Midlands has more than a hundred fewer pubs than it did six months ago, according to the Campaign for Real Ale, external (CAMRA).

While 129 have opened across the region, 241 have closed and CAMRA say it's rural and suburban pubs that are the worst hit. 

It adds that those not serving food are also struggling but the expansion of places serving food and the increase in demand for craft beer is seen as a positive.

Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter

You can get local updates at any time from the BBC Weather website.

A lorry which smashed into the side of a house is embedded in the brickwork, blocking a road, police say.

A woman admits decapitating her pet snakes using scissors and a kitchen knife.

A family from Birmingham was "terrified" when the car they were in got caught between two fighting rhinos.

BBC Midlands Today

Emergency services in the Midlands are warning of the dangers of swimming in open water, especially during the school holidays. 

Image source, Paul Thomas / Stringer

In the past week, eight people across the UK have died after swimming in rivers, quarries and lakes, including 46-year-old Sylwester Ficon in Burton upon Trent.

You can see Lindsay Doyle's report on Midlands Today on BBC One from 18:30 tonight.

A British tourist died accidentally after apparently losing his footing while on a solo trek in Peru, a coroner rules.

Sara Blizzard
BBC Weather

We might see some showers today and we will have highs of 20C (68F).

Find out more.

Jennifer Meierhans
BBC News Online

The Independent Police Complaints Commission says it was the driver of a Vauxhall Corsa who died after being in collision with another car near Newcastle-under-Lyme last night. 

It's investigating because the Corsa was being followed on the A53 by a West Mercia Police vehicle at the time.

Image source, MARKET DRAYTON SNT

Meanwhile a series of tweets, external from Market Drayton's Safer Neighbourhood Team said the P-registration burgundy Corsa had earlier been involved in crime in Cheshire and the villages of Woore and Norton-in-Hales in Shropshire.  

Rail services are disrupted and homes evacuated after a wartime training device is found near a railway line.