Two killed in car and lorry collisionpublished at 16:32 British Summer Time 1 July 2016
Two people are killed when the car they were travelling in collides with a lorry in Shropshire.
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Two killed in car and lorry collisionpublished at 16:32 British Summer Time 1 July 2016
In pictures: Battle of the Sommepublished at 15:42 British Summer Time 1 July 2016
BBC News UKThe Battle of the Somme was one of the bloodiest of World War One, with more than one million people killed or wounded. It lasted five months as the British and French Armies fought the Germans on a 15-mile front.
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Image source, PAThis time last year: The weatherpublished at 14:29 British Summer Time 1 July 2016
Need cheering up? Perhaps don't look here. A year ago today, temperatures were rather hotter at 36C.
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End of twitter postThe weather for the West Midlandspublished at 14:22 British Summer Time 1 July 2016
The weather for the West Midlands.
Bradford sign defender Knight-Percivalpublished at 14:15 British Summer Time 1 July 2016
Bradford sign centre-back Nat Knight-Percival on a two-year deal after he rejected a new contract at Shrewsbury.
Read MoreMidlands business leaders expect the unexpectedpublished at 13:52 British Summer Time 1 July 2016
Patrick Burns
Political editor, MidlandsMy latest blog post takes the temperature among Midlands decision-makers at the launch event for the West Midlands Combined Authority.
The atmosphere was spiced-up of course by the Brexit vote.
Image source, Getty ImagesLord Heseltine was the star attraction, but I spent plenty of time mingling with the men and women at the sharp end of economic decision-making during the lunch and coffee breaks.
Their mood was, above all, uncertain.
Why was first day of Somme battle such a disaster?published at 13:21 British Summer Time 1 July 2016
The first day of the Battle of the Somme, in northern France, was the bloodiest day in the history of the British Army and one of the most infamous days of World War One.
But why was 1 July 1916 such a disaster? We've been looking it in detail on the BBC iWonder website.
End of an era as leisure centre demolishedpublished at 12:49 British Summer Time 1 July 2016
It's the end of an era this week - as a 30-year-old leisure centre in Kidderminster is demolished.
The Wyre Forest Glades Leisure Centre - which was opened by Princess Diana - is to be relocated on the Kidderminster to Stourport Road in the town next week.
Image source, GoogleDefence Minister backs 'straight-talking' Stephen Crabbpublished at 12:22 British Summer Time 1 July 2016
Defence Minister Philip Dunne backs Stephen Crabb in the Conservative leadership election
Cheshire MP backs Theresa May's leadership bidpublished at 11:19 British Summer Time 1 July 2016
Phil McCann
Cheshire Political Reporter, BBC NewsThe Cheshire Conservative MP Antoinette Sandbach has announced her support for Theresa May, external as the home secretary bids to become Tory leader.
The Eddisbury MP told BBC Radio Stoke the next Conservative leader will have a big affect on people's lives in her constituency.
Quote MessageThe decision to leave the EU is one of the most momentous decisions that's been taken for many, many years. It's going to impact on all my constituents and I think it's really important to have somebody who will unite both sides of the party."
Antoinette Sandbach, Conservative MP for Eddisbury
Latest weather for the West Midlandspublished at 07:40 British Summer Time 1 July 2016
Latest weather for the West Midlands
Midlands business leaders expect the unexpectedpublished at 17:54 British Summer Time 30 June 2016
Patrick Burns
Political editor, MidlandsThe launch of the West Midlands Combined Authority had been designed to set out our long-term prospects but instead the day was impaled on the hooks of real and present dangers after the watershed vote for Britain's exit from the European Union.
Should I perhaps turn to astrology for some inspiration as to what this uncertain future might hold?
A local lad who hailed originally from one of the combined authority's "non-constituent" or "associate" local authority areas, Stratford-upon-Avon, once said: "It is not in our stars to hold our destiny, but in ourselves."
Read more in my latest blog.
MEP 'expenses fears raised with UKIP'published at 16:24 British Summer Time 30 June 2016
A former aide to an ex-UKIP MEP raised fears her expenses claims were being inflated six months before going to police, a court hears.
Read MoreFour jailed for burgling over 100 homespublished at 15:58 British Summer Time 30 June 2016
Four men have been jailed after a spate of burglaries across Shropshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Derbyshire, North Wales and Staffordshire.
Gytis Dambaokas, Tomas Juospaitis, Grazvydas Kasarauskas and Giedrius Batutis, all of no fixed abode, targeted 120 properties which saw them escape with jewellery with an estimated value of £200,000, police say.
Image source, West Mercia Police"These offences were undoubtedly concerning for the individuals targeted by this group of men, who gave no thought to the concern and distress they inflicted on their victims as they proceeded to ransack their homes," Det Sgt Andrew Chatting said.
All four - pictured above - were each found guilty of conspiracy to burgle at Shrewsbury Crown Court.
- Gytis Dambaokas, 30, was sentenced to six years and six months in prison
- Tomas Juospaitis, 31, was sentenced to eight years in prison.
- Grazvydas Kasarauskas, 34, was sentenced to 11 years in prison.
- Giedrius Batutis, 33, was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Regulator inspecting ambulance trustpublished at 14:08 British Summer Time 30 June 2016
The West Midlands Ambulance Service trust is being inspected by the Care Quality Commission throughout this week.
The commission, which is the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England, will be looking at all aspects of the service and speaking to staff.
A spokesman from the trust said: "The inspection is designed to ensure we are providing patients with a safe, effective and high quality service."
'New planet' discovered by work experience teenagerspublished at 13:46 British Summer Time 30 June 2016
Allen Cook
BBC Local LiveA group of teenagers on work experience at Keele University may have found a new planet., external
The university says 24 students, aged between 15 and 17, from across Cheshire, Shropshire and Staffordshire, have been working on a research project.
Image source, Keele UniversityThey were aiming to discover exoplanets - planets which orbit other stars outside the solar system.
Keele University say they've found a new, strong candidate which is the size of Neptune and the discoveries will be followed up.
Last year a planet 1,000 light-years away was found by a schoolboy from Staffordshire.
Latest weather for the West Midlandspublished at 07:46 British Summer Time 30 June 2016
Latest weather for the West Midlands
MEP's claims 'would have been refused'published at 18:48 British Summer Time 29 June 2016
An MEP's claims for road journeys she never made would not have been paid if it was known she had travelled more cheaply by plane, a court is told.
Read MoreFormer MEP denies accusation she claimed for mileage to Europe when she flew insteadpublished at 16:44 British Summer Time 29 June 2016
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.
MEP 'claimed travel expenses for mileage and ferry trips when she drove more cheaply'published at 15:41 British Summer Time 29 June 2016
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.
Image source, PAFrancisco 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."
