Updates on Thursday 16 June 2016
News, sport, travel and weather updates to resume at 08:00 on Friday
Live updates have finished for the day but stories could still appear through the night and into tomorrow.
We'll be back from 08:00 on Wednesday with more live news, sport, travel and weather.
Mary Rhodes
Presenter, BBC Midlands Today
Our reporter Sarah Falkland visits a fruit and veg farm near Stourport on Severn to see how work continues in the heat.
A couple from Stoke-on-Trent urge the NHS to fund a treatment which saved the life of their daughter and a Telford lorry driver has his £10,000 fine, for having five illegal immigrants in his trailer, waived.
Find our more on Midlands Today, BBC1 at 18:30.
A weather warning for thunderstorms across the West Midlands, external is in force from 17:00.
The Met Office says while most places will miss the worst, it's warning of localised flash flooding, lightning, hail and strong winds.
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Port Vale midfielder Anthony Grant will not be allowed to leave the club on the cheap, says chairman Norman Smurthwaite.
Read MoreA man dies after reportedly jumping into a river "to cool off" in hot weather.
Read MoreEight people have been sentenced, external after victims were conned out of more than £31,000 in a fraud scam say police.
The men were sentenced at Warwick Crown Court after committing 64 offences in Warwickshire and 17 in Staffordshire between October 2014 and January 2015.
Victims receive phone calls informing them their bank card has been used fraudulently and they are tricked into handing over their details.
Police say the seven men and one 16-year-old boy targeted the elderly and vulnerable and the fraud had a "devastating" impact on the victims.
BBC Travel
Virgin Trains West Coast is reporting delays between Nuneaton and Lichfield Trent Valley due to a speed restriction because of high track temperatures.
West Midlands Ambulance Service has issued a warning to take care in the sun, external, with temperatures set to go above 30C today.
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A hospital warns players of the smartphone app game Pokemon Go not to enter the accident and emergency department while they hunt for virtual monsters.
Read MoreClose economic links should be forged between mid and west Wales and the West Midlands, according to Wales' economy secretary.
Read MoreAnglican churches are urged to welcome players of Pokemon Go who use their premises as Pokestops.
Read MoreYep you read that right - according to BBC Weather it will be hotter in the Midlands than Hawaii, Jamaica and the Maldives.
But wait - it'll start cooling down tomorrow so don't cancel your holiday just yet.
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Burton Albion are working on re-signing teenage midfielder Hamza Choudhury from Leicester City, says boss Nigel Clough.
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Adrian Goldberg
Presenter, BBC WM
A former UKIP MEP for the West Midlands says she hasn't worked since losing her seat two years ago because she was accused of expenses fraud.
It took four years to bring the case to court and Nikki Sinclaire was cleared of the charges last week.
Quote MessageI feel quite angry that two years of my professional life has been stolen and seemingly there is no way that I can have any redress about that and that is not fair
Nikki Sinclaire, Former UKIP MEP
Temperatures across the West Midlands are expected to soar to 33C (91F) today, prompting warnings from health bodies urging people to take care in the sun.
The hot weather began over the weekend and is expected to continue tomorrow.
Quote MessageThe heat can kill particularly for older people, young children and babies. What we're saying is when you go out wear your hat, your sunglasses, loose clothing, sun screen and take some water.
Dr Lola Abudu, Public Health West Midlands
Allen Cook
BBC Local Live
Our colleagues at BBC News have come up with a little tool on the BBC website which allows you to see how the temperature where you are compares with more than 50 cities around the world.
So currently Stoke-on-Trent, with a high of 26C, is as hot as New York and Bejing - but some way behind Madrid with 35C.
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Graham McGarry
Crewe Alexandra commentator, BBC Radio Stoke
Crewe Alexandra manager Steve Davis says budget restrictions mean he won't be able to add another striker to his squad.
Image source, crewealex.netThe club have already signed Ryan Lowe and Chris Dagnall this summer but Davis told BBC Radio Stoke that, ideally, he would like to sign another, taller striker.
Quote MessageI think that would be a good plan and maybe could have done that instead of Chris Dagnall but Chris is proven. What I can't do is bring in a big, proven one."
Steve Davis, Crewe Alexandra manager
Jack Dowling
Journalist, BBC Radio Stoke
A new £3m unit to care for people who've had orthopaedic surgery , externalhas opened today at Stafford's County Hospital.
The University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust says it has 29 beds and a dedicated therapy area - which, they claim, is a first for the site.
Three other wards are due to open at County Hospital in the next 18 months with a refurbishment of A&E due to be completed by the end of this year.
BBC Travel
There are more delays on the M6 northbound with delays back to J10 at Wolverhampton, from J12 for Gailey, because of a breakdown, drivers are warned.
Stuart George
Presenter, BBC Radio Stoke
A Stafford bride-to-be says she's really disappointed she found out her wedding venue had closed on social media rather than from the business itself.
Jamie McClaren told BBC Radio Stoke she was planning to get married in November at the Post House in Stafford, which has gone into voluntary liquidation.
A statement on the venue's Facebook page, external says customers seeking refunds for recent bookings should contact the administrators.
Quote MessageI thought everything was already sorted out, already arranged and to then find out three months before (that it has closed), it has been extremely worrying."
Jamie McClaren, Stafford bride-to-be