Watch: Your 50-second weather forecastpublished at 08:19 British Summer Time 26 June 2017
Lucy Martin
BBC Weather
A dry, bright day with some sunny intervals and highs of 21C (70F).
Latest weather for the West Midlands
Summary
Man jailed for 'child-like' sex doll import bid
Crewe crane collapse: Killed men identified
Hugh Grant offers £1,000 for return of WW2 veteran's medals
World Transplant Games competitor 'didn't expect to be here'
Updates from Friday 23 June 2017
Watch: Your 50-second weather forecastpublished at 08:19 British Summer Time 26 June 2017
Media caption, Travel: Trains disrupted between Rugeley and Birmingham New Streetpublished at 08:07 British Summer Time 26 June 2017
BBC News TravelTrains between Rugeley Trent Valley and Birmingham New Street are being disrupted this morning.
National Rail Enquiries say it's likely to continue until 08:30., external
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End of twitter postTerror 'tipping police budget over edge'published at 18:55 British Summer Time 25 June 2017
Staffordshire's commissioner calls for more council tax money to go on anti-terror policing.
Read MoreRestored steam engine back in servicepublished at 12:03 British Summer Time 24 June 2017
It was sent from Isle of Wight Steam Railway to be restored at the East Somerset Railway.
Read MoreOur live coverage across the daypublished at 18:03 British Summer Time 23 June 2017
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.
No Staffordshire high-rises 'thought to have similar cladding to Grenfell Tower'published at 17:56 British Summer Time 23 June 2017
BBC Radio StokeThere aren't thought to be any tower blocks in Staffordshire with cladding similar to that used in Grenfell Tower, external, according to the fire service today.
Image source, Met PoliceA national operation has been under way following the fatal blaze on 14 June to identify buildings that raise safety concerns.
Today, councils, housing associations and the fire service in Staffordshire met to discuss high-rise blocks in the county.
Tests are being carried out on around 600 tower blocks across England but Staffordshire Fire Service says it doesn't believed any in the county have similar cladding to the Grenfell Tower.
Fatal crane collapse: Fundraising for teenager memorialpublished at 17:53 British Summer Time 23 June 2017
Jennifer Harby
BBC News OnlineA fundraising campaign has been launched to pay for a memorial bench in memory of a teenager who died in Wednesday's fatal crane collapse.
Rhys Barker, 18, from Castleford was named alongside David Newall, 36, from Bradford as the two building site workers who died on Dunwoody Way on Wednesday.
Mr Barker's former school's principal said one of his friends was fundraising for money for a memorial bench in the school grounds, external and students had organised a balloon release in his memory.
On Midlands Today from 18:30: A jet-powered scooterpublished at 17:48 British Summer Time 23 June 2017
Ben Sidwell
BBC Midlands TodayThis evening on BBC Midlands Today, something you won't see everyday - a jet-powered mobility scooter.
It's been built by Staffordshire inventor Tom Bagnall in his garage in Cheadle and it's being featured in a BBC TV programme tonight.
I'll be with this mighty machine in our programme from 18:30 on BBC One.
Search for two men after 'suspicious incident' at schoolpublished at 17:41 British Summer Time 23 June 2017
Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio StokeTwo men are being hunted after police were called this afternoon to reports of them, external "acting suspiciously" outside a school.
Staffordshire Police says the men had arrived at Trentham High School just before 15:00 in a blue Ford Fiesta with the numberplate taped over.
Image source, GoogleThey say the pair, thought to be aged around 17, were wearing hooded tops with the hoods up and the vehicle was then spotted heading from Allerton Road towards New Inn Lane.
Officers have checked the surrounding area and say they're still at the school to reassure parents, staff and pupils.
Small business owners' homes burgled in Tamworth, police saypublished at 17:36 British Summer Time 23 June 2017
Allen Cook
BBC Local LiveMasked men are thought to be behind a string of burglaries in Tamworth which have seen jewellery and large amounts of cash stolen., external
Image source, GoogleThe group of men, Staffordshire Police says, have targeted the homes of small business owners in several roads between 16 June and 21 June.
In all cases, the force says they've worn face coverings or balaclavas, got in through doors and windows and then escaped in a white Audi.
Watch: Your weekend weather forecastpublished at 17:31 British Summer Time 23 June 2017
Rebecca Wood
BBC Midlands TodayAfter a mainly cloudy day, here's what's in store for the start of this weekend across the West Midlands.
You can stay updated over the next couple of days through the BBC Weather website.
Media caption, Rebecca Wood
World Transplant Games competitor 'didn't expect to be here'published at 17:22 British Summer Time 23 June 2017
Emma Thomas
BBC Radio StokeA Staffordshire woman whose life was saved by a liver transplant two years ago says she can't believe she'll be competing at the World Transplant Games in Spain next week.
Sue Bennett from Ranton had planned her own funeral when a rare autoimmune disease left her with weeks to live.
But the mother-of-three has been training three times a day to compete in swimming, cycling and running events, in the hope of winning a medal to give to her organ donor's family.
Quote MessageI was doing my funeral arrangements, my time was running out, I was getting too sick and my chances of getting a transplant were getting slimmer. I didn't expect to be here at all, never mind wearing Team GB kit and putting on trainers and going for hot runs."
Sue Bennett, World Transplant Games competitor
Mum's frustration as thieves steal baby clothes off washing linepublished at 17:15 British Summer Time 23 June 2017
A Tamworth mum has been left shocked after thieves entered her garden and stole baby clothes from the washing line., external
Image source, Tamworth HeraldMen killed by crane collapse identifiedpublished at 17:08 British Summer Time 23 June 2017
The two men had been working on the building site when the crane collapsed on Wednesday.
Read MoreExtra security for mosques as Ramadan nears endpublished at 17:05 British Summer Time 23 June 2017
Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke
There'll be extra police patrols around Staffordshire's mosques this weekend, external, as Eid celebrations begin to mark the end of Ramadan.
Staffordshire Police says it wants to provide reassurance after a van was driven into worshippers near a mosque in north London on Monday.
Man jailed over 'child-like' sex dollpublished at 17:01 British Summer Time 23 June 2017
Police described the doll - ordered online from Hong Kong and intercepted at East Midlands Airport - as "obscene".
Read MoreSnapchat map update raises child safety worriespublished at 16:56 British Summer Time 23 June 2017
BBC News Technology
An update to Snapchat that shows publicly posted images on a searchable map has raised safety concerns among parents.
A message to parents posted by St Peter's Academy in Stoke-on-Trent warned, external that the location-sharing feature lets people "locate exactly where you are, which building you are in and exact whereabouts within the building".
Image source, SnapSnap Map lets people search for places such as schools and see videos and pictures posted by children inside.
It also lets people locate their "friends" on a map that is accurate enough to determine where people live.
Snap, the company behind Snapchat, stressed to the BBC that location sharing was an opt-in feature.
BBC Weather Watcher photos: Deers and farming in Staffordshirepublished at 16:44 British Summer Time 23 June 2017
The weather might have spent most of the day threatening to rain but our BBC Weather Watchers haven't been put off from taking photos.
These two are from users Terry Eyre in Rugeley and AppyIppy in Ipstones.
Image source, Terry Eyre
Image source, AppyIppyMan jailed for trying to import 'child-like sex doll'published at 16:28 British Summer Time 23 June 2017
Monica Rimmer
Journalist, BBC OnlineA man who attempted to import a child-like sex doll into the country has been jailed in what Cheshire Constabulary say is the first case of its kind in the UK., external
Andrew Dobson, pleaded guilty at Chester Crown Court to one count of importing an indecent object, one count of possessing indecent images of children and two counts of making indecent images of children.
Image source, Cheshire PoliceDobson, 49, of Merrivale Road, Wistaston has been sentenced to two years and eight months in jail and will be put on the sex offenders register for life.
Cheshire Police says border forces seized a parcel from Hong Kong at East Midlands Airport and found inside an "obscene" child-like doll.
The force says they then searched Dobson's house and indecent images of children were found on his computer.
Image source, Cheshire PoliceHugh Grant offers £1,000 for return of WW2 veteran's medalspublished at 16:16 British Summer Time 23 June 2017
BBC News EnglandHugh Grant has offered a £1,000 reward for the return of a blind WW2 veteran's medals which went missing at a motorway service station in Staffordshire.
Image source, BBC/Blind Veterans UKAlfred Barlow, 95, of Stockport, Greater Manchester, was returning from a pilgrimage to Normandy, France, on 8 June when he noticed they were missing.
He was at Norton Canes Services on the M6 Toll.
The Love Actually and Bridget Jones's Diary star tweeted that anonymity was "guaranteed" for whoever returned them.
