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Updates from Friday 3 March 2017
A woman whose husband collapsed from a heart attack in a hospital car park after he had visited his mother has thanked the off-duty nurse and the paramedics who saved his life , external .
The three necklaces and a bracelet found in a field are believed to be about 2,500 years old.
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BBC Business News
Sir Philip Green has agreed a £363m cash settlement with the Pensions Regulator to plug the gap in the BHS pension scheme.
Workers will get the same starting pension that they were originally promised under the agreement.
It brings to a close a long-running negotiation over benefits for former workers of the collapsed retailer, which had outlets in Birmingham city centre, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Redditch, Sutton Coldfield, Coventry, Warwickshire, Hanley, Telford and the Merry Hill centre in Brierley Hill.
The regulator had launched enforcement action against Sir Philip and other former owners of BHS.
A fire affecting 1,000 tonnes of waste "caused distress" to the local community, a council says.
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Tim Wedgwood
BBC Local Live
A coroner at the inquests into the deaths of 30 British tourists in Tunisia, in 2015, has sharply criticised the police there.
He said the force's response to the attack by an Islamist militant, was "at best shambolic and at worst cowardly ".
Mother of three, Suzanne Davey, from Tamworth, was killed alongside her partner Scott Chalkley, in the attack.
Judge Nicholas Loraine-Smith said he would rule that all 30 Britons were "unlawfully killed".
Image source, PAA coroner has ruled that a collection of Iron Age gold jewellery found by two metal detectorists is treasure, and has added that it will be worth "a bob or two".
Mark Hambleton and Joe Kania found the three necklaces and bracelet, named the Leekfrith Iron Age Torcs, on Staffordshire Moorlands farmland.
Slideshow: Iron Age gold jewellery found.
The two men say they will share any proceeds with the family living where the finds were made.
A formal valuation will now take place but a fund-raising campaign is expected to be launched within weeks, aimed at securing the jewellery for permanent public display.
Tim Wedgwood
BBC Local Live
Staffordshire swimmer Adam Peaty will receive an MBE at Buckingham Palace today for services to swimming.
The 22-year-old from Uttoxeter broke his own world record at Rio 2016 to take gold in the men's 100 metre breast stroke .
He was the first British man to win an Olympic gold in the pool for 28 years.
Adam Peaty on the steps of Uttoxeter Town Hall
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Some might think that It’s Not Unusual – but all 6,000 tickets for pop legend Sir Tom Jones’ summer concert at Cannock Chase sold out in just one day, external .
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You'll be able to see for yourself Iron Age gold jewellery found in the Staffordshire Moorlands at the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery from tomorrow .
The rare find will go before the coroner this morning to determine if the find is actually treasure.
The pieces, unveiled for the first time this morning, was discovered in December by lifelong friends and metal detectorists, Mark Hambleton and Joe Kania, in a field near Leek.
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Quote MessageThe torcs were probably worn by wealthy and powerful women, perhaps people from the continent who had married into the local community. Piecing together how these objects came to be carefully buried in a Staffordshire field will give us an invaluable insight into life in Iron Age Britain."
Dr Julia Farley , Curator of British & European Iron Age collections for the British Museum
Coroner Ian Smith will rule at today's inquest in north Staffordshire if the pieces are treasure and they will then be provisionally valued by an expert.
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Image source, BBC Weather WatchersThe police response to a terror attack at a Tunisian resort in which 30 Britons were killed was "at best shambolic and at worst cowardly", a coroner has concluded .
In all, 38 people were killed when an Islamist gunman opened fire at a hotel in Sousse on 26 June 2015.
Judge Nicholas Loraine-Smith said the gunman had been intent on killing as many tourists as he could.
He said he would rule that all 30 Britons were "unlawfully killed". Among the victims were Charles Patrick Evans, his son Adrian Evans, and grandson Joel Richards - along with former Birmingham City player Denis Thwaites, his wife Elaine and Sue Davey, from Tamworth, and her partner Scott Chalkley.
A 23-year-old woman ended up in court – after she pocketed a £20 note she found, external in a shop.
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BBC Radio Stoke
Keele University is offering you a free meal today.
The university's Sikh Society is having a Langar, which translates as 'free kitchen' - a concept which dates back to the 1400s in India and highlights the religion's idea of equality.
It basically means anyone, regardless of race, religion, gender or status, can come along and be fed.
Image source, Getty ImagesIt's taking place at the students union between 11:00 - 16:00.
BBC Midlands Today
A prison officer is recovering in hospital after being attacked by an inmate at HMP Oakwood near Wolverhampton.
Image source, PAG4S, which runs the jail, confirmed the officer suffered a fractured skull and a bleed on the brain after being punched while letting a prisoner out of his cell. Police are investigating the incident.
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Midlands correspondent, BBC News
What's believed to be the oldest Iron Age gold ever discovered in Britain has been found in the Staffordshire Moorlands. Lifelong friends and metal detectorists, Mark Hambleton and Joe Kania, uncovered three necklaces and one bracelet in a field near Leek.
Here's the moment the pieces were unveiled at the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery.
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The inquest into the deaths of 30 Britons in a terror attack at a Tunisian resort is to conclude later.
Image source, ReutersA total of 38 people were killed when an Islamist gunman opened fire at a hotel in Sousse on 26 June 2015.
The inquest examined whether the UK government and travel firms failed to protect British tourists.
Three members of the same Black Country family - Charles Patrick Evans, his son Adrian Evans, and grandson Joel Richards - were killed in the attack, along with former Birmingham City player Denis Thwaites, his wife Elaine and Sue Davey, from Tamworth, and her partner Scott Chalkley.
Violent attacks against staff have risen at HMP Featherstone, with drug use rife, a report finds.
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Today the inquest into the deaths of 30 British tourists, killed by an Islamist gunmen in June 2015, will deliver its conclusions .
Sue Davey from Tamworth was among those who died. Sue's partner, Scott Chalkley from Chaddesden, Derby, was also among the Britons who lost their lives.
Ms Davey's son Conor Fulford told the inquest she had been caring with a "do-good attitude."
Image source, ReutersQuote MessageScott really did give mum a new lease of life. He was a really good guy and gave mum a lot of happiness. Knowing that she was with someone like that is really comforting."
Conor Fulford, Ms Davey's son
The inquest examined whether the UK government and travel firms failed to protect British tourists.
Families wanted the coroner to consider whether neglect was a factor in their deaths, but he has ruled this out.
