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Updates from Friday 9 June 2017
A man who died following a crash in Walsall has been named as John Hickinbottom, 74.
He was hit by a BMW last Friday and died on Monday in hospital.
West Midlands Police said the car overturned and after landing on its roof, the occupants left the scene.
Image source, West Midlands PoliceA 29-year-old man was arrested in connection with the collision and has been released pending investigation.
Phil Mackie
Midlands correspondent, BBC News
An Islamic State recruiter who helped two British would-be jihadis in their attempt to join fighters in Syria is facing years behind bars.
Iraqi Kurd Awat Hamasalih, 35, came to the UK in 2002, became a British citizen in 2008 then went on to launch an "active and committed" campaign for IS from his home in Birmingham.
He helped the terror group through speeches, social media, crowdfunding and even tipping off an IS commander in Iraq of imminent attack.
Hamasalih was also found in possession of a military document containing information about the identities of Peshmerga fighters resisting IS expansion.
The jury found Hamasalih, of Finchley Road, Kingstanding, Birmingham, guilty by a majority of 10 to two after 15 hours' deliberation.
More than 200 school pupils take part in the tribute to the murdered MP.
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Rebecca Wood
BBC Midlands Today
We're forecast a hot weekend and a muggy night tonight.
Temperatures could reach as high as 27C (81F).
Rebecca Wood has your forecast
More than 120 waste collection jobs are being axed at Birmingham City Council, says the union Unite which estimates it amounts to a fifth of "the actual refuse collection squad".
The BBC has contacted the local authority for comment on the number quoted by the union - 122 - and the claim it is 20% of the provision.
It has so far said that it has consulted extensively on a "new waste services operating model", with "alternative employment within the council" offered for those affected. An additional £10m per year, it said, would need to be found if its proposed changes were not made to an operation it called inefficient and outdated.
Industrial action is now being considered by members of Unite which also says the jobs will go "in the next fortnight".
Allen Cook
BBC Local Live
A man who drove his car into a marshal at a car boot sale in Staffordshire has been given a suspended sentence and a driving ban.
Martin Wiggin from Stourbridge had pleaded guilty to dangerous driving.
The Crown Prosecution Service says he hit the traffic marshal's legs as he tried to avoid the long queue leaving the car boot sale in Wombourne in May 2015.
The 48-year-old was given a two month suspended prison sentence at Stafford Crown Court, banned from driving for 18 months and told he would have to pass an extended driving test.
It's been 50 years since Percy Thrower launched Gardener's World, one of the first BBC programmes to be shot in colour.
The show was produced for many years in Birmingham.
A special edition filmed at Gardener's World Live at the NEC is being shown tonight on BBC Two in celebration.
A man from Dudley has been charged with attempted murder following an incident on George Street, Worcester on Sunday night.
Image source, West Mercia PoliceEthan Bell-Milne, 19, from Himley Street in Dudley was charged with attempted murder, wounding with intent and possession of an offensive weapon.
He has been detained and will appear at Worcester Magistrates' Court later today.
A 33-year-old woman and a 41-year-old man, both from Worcester, who were arrested on suspicion of aiding and abetting attempted murder have been released without charge.
Allen Cook
BBC Local Live
People in Lichfield, Burton, Cannock Chase and the surrounding areas are being warned of road closures and diversions this Sunday, external.
Image source, Staffordshire County CouncilLichfield Police says it's because of the Staffordshire Ironman race which will see more than 2,000 people take on the course. , external
They'll be running, swimming and biking through the area and the county council's released a list of the roads affected on their website here, external.
Dan Pallett
BBC Midlands Today Sport
Four West Midlands boxers will attempt to become European amateur champions in Ukraine over the next week.
Galal Yafai, who's the younger brother of world professional champion Kal, is joined in the team by fellow Brummie Niall Farrell.
The Darlaston middleweight Ben Whittaker and Burton's Super heavyweight Frazer Clarke make up the Midlands quartet.
A man who killed his dog and left his body to rot in his flat for several days has been sentenced to 18 weeks in prison, suspended for two years, and given 250 hours of community service.
Wayne Bishop, 30, of Weston-Super-Mare admitted killing his dog, General, in a moment of cruelty at his flat in Droitwich when he appeared before magistrates in Worcester.
He was banned from keeping animals for life.
Image source, RSPCAGeneral was discovered by police officers with a stab wound to his chest after neighbours raised concern of the stench coming from the property.
Bishop initially claimed he stabbed his dog after he attacked him but later admitted this was not true and that he had stabbed General in anger.
Quote MessageGeneral’s death was an absolutely horrific case of animal cruelty at its worst. There is simply no excuse for such extreme cruelty."
Rachel Hayward, RSPCA inspector
BBC WM
A rare first edition of The Lord of the Rings trilogy has come up for auction in Wolverhampton.
The novels by JRR Tolkien, who spent much of his childhood in Birmingham, are expected to go for between £500 and £800.
Image source, CuttlestonesThe books are still in their original dust jackets.
Despite the grey sky, there's something rather great about this picture.
The picture was taken in Stourbridge by BBC Weather Watcher Susanne.
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BBC Midlands Today
A soldier is being treated in hospital in Birmingham following an incident at a military firing range in which two soldiers died.
The government says there will be a full investigation into what happened at Castlemartin in Pembrokeshire after a Royal Tank regiment training exercise on Wednesday.
Monica Rimmer
Journalist, BBC Online
The Labour MP Jo Cox is being remembered across the country on the first anniversary of her murder.
Events are being held today and over the weekend as part of The Great Get Together.
Emma Reynolds, the Labour MP for Wolverhampton North East, says Jo achieved more in 12 months than others manage in a lifetime of politics.
Image source, PAQuote MessageShe gathered together with Andrew Mitchell, you might say an unlikely partnership, but they got on very, very well, they put Syria on the map again, people had started to forget how much suffering there was in Syria and she called on the government repeatedly to do more. She brought so much energy and commitment to the role of being an MP."
Emma Reynolds, Labour MP for Wolverhampton North East
Sunderland will travel to Bury in the EFL Cup first round following their relegation from the Premier League.
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BBC Local Live
The southern part of Staffordshire gets well featured in today's pick of pictures you've sent in of the county.
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Flashback to when the sportsman was a child golfing prodigy with designs on being a racing driver.
Read MoreWalsall have been drawn away to Sheffield United in the first round of the Carabao Cup.
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