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BBC Weather

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Nick Owen
Presenter, Midlands Today

Death threats and intimidation - the fallout from the Trojan Horse scandal in Birmingham is still being felt, according to one head teacher. Our special correspondent Peter Wilson has the details.

And as we know, the number of marginal seats in our region is crucial to all the main parties. Jeremy Vine brings us more on the West Midlands battleground.

Join us for Midlands Today on BBC One at 18:30.

Solihull News

The Resorts World entertainment complex has started recruiting - and more than a thousand great opportunities are up for grabs, external.

Any of the 6,500 people who took part in the inaugural 10km race through Birmingham on Sunday can search for pictures of themselves at the event and even watch a video clip of themselves crossing the finishing line at this link, external.

Image source, Great Birmingham 10K

Stourbridge News

Ambitious Stourbridge Football Club has been given the green light to increase the crowd capacity of its War Memorial Athletic Ground.

Plans have now been approved to allow the Glassboys to double the size of their existing capacity, external from 2,087 to just over 4,000.

BBC Travel

A third fallen tree is causing delays today - this time partially blocking the Lichfield Road in Sutton Coldfield, drivers are warned.

Alex Homer
BBC Local Live

Here are some of the stories we've been looking at today:

• More pictures have been released, external of men, to whom police wish to speak following trouble at the Blues versus Wolves game last month

• A worker had to be rescued from 30 feet off the ground, external on an elevated section of the M6 after suffering back spasms

• A diseased tree has fallen on to three cars in Edgbaston, causing the road to be closed by emergency services

Three more men have been identified following an appeal into disorder at a football match between Birmingham City and Wolverhampton Wanderers, external.

Seven men have been arrested and bailed in connection with the investigation and four others have been identified and will be spoken to at a later date.

Image source, West Midlands Police

West Midlands Police today re-issued pictures of five suspects, who were among a number identified by the force earlier in the investigation.

Express and Star

Managers of a social club which left neighbours unable to sleep as live music blared out, external have been hit with a £640 bill.

A worker who was part of the team renovating the aerial section of the M6/M5 motorway link has had to be rescued by ambulance staff and firefighters after suffering back spasms while almost 30 feet off the ground, external, says West Midlands Ambulance Service.

Image source, @OFFICIALWMAS

The drama unfolded at about 11:50 today on the section of the southbound carriageway of the M6 on to the M5, near Ray Hall Lane, Great Barr.

Birmingham Mail

We're taking a look back at some of the weird and wonderful places in Birmingham and the Midlands where we have cast our votes in the past, external, including a caravan and a shed in an allotment.

Caroline Gall
BBC News

The age-old tradition of canvassing is a mainstay of every election, so what is it like pounding the streets and knocking hundreds of doors? And with social media playing an ever-increasing role, is it still relevant?

I spoke to Michelle Edinburgh, who lives in Shirley and is standing for the Green party for the first time in local elections in the town this week.

"Is all that work worth it? Yes, I feel it is.

"There's nothing like meeting someone to get a sense of character from them."

BBC Travel

The Kenilworth Road in Knowle is blocked and there is very slow traffic in both directions because of a fallen tree, drivers are warned.

Alex Homer
BBC Local Live

Here's a recap of some of the stories we've been looking at today:

• Labour has defended an election rally in Birmingham where Muslim men and women sat separately at the weekend

• Former Warwickshire and England cricketer Dennis Amiss says Jonathan Trott's decision to retire from the international game is a brave one

• There have been long delays in Edgbaston today after a diseased tree fell in high winds - damaging three cars

Noel Phillips
Brum Votes

We have had candidates singing for their votes and today, well they're battling for them as they've got just 48 hours of campaigning left.

Here are Lee Dargue, running for the Liberal Democrats in Edgbaston, and Joe Belcher, Green candidate in Erdington, taking the battle quite literally to each other.

The Daily Mail

West Bromwich Albion are keen on Wolves striker Benik Afobe (pictured) but team-mate Bakary Sako could price himself out of a move, external to the Hawthorns.

Image source, Empics

Royal Sutton Coldfield Observer

A project to expand the oldest school in Sutton Coldfield has been given a multi-million pound boost, external ahead of the start of building works later this month.

David Lumb
Brum Votes

This map shows Labour (red), Conservative (blue) & Lib Dem (yellow) controlled Birmingham after the General Election in 2010. How will it look on Friday?

BBC WM

We have been told the number of criminals re-offending in the West Midlands will increase as a result of community rehabilitation being privatised.

Sandwell and Dudley have some of the country's lowest re-offending rates, according to the most recent figures - from 2013.

Private companies are now dealing with offenders who have been released from prison and ex-prisoner Jonathan Robinson says more needs to be done while inmates are still behind bars.