29/05/2017 Midlands Today

A woman from the Black Country who beat cancer three times has

given birth to one of the world's oldest frozen egg babies.

Alannah Roberts from Stourbridge was just 17 when she had her eggs

frozen ahead of gruelling radiotherapy, which

She was born more than 12 years after her mother was told treatment

for her aggressive cancer could make her infertile.

I was only 17, so I wasn't thinking about having children

But my sister, who was in her early 20s, she was the one

who asked the question, you know, "Would I be

able to have children with the treatment I was having?"

She said, "Is there a way we can save her eggs?"

They said, "Yes, we can look into having her eggs frozen

After freezing her eggs, Alannah battled and beat

cancer for a second, and then a third time.

After seven years in remission, she and husband Andrew decided

to find out if their hopes of starting a family

They say it was a miracle when baby Faith was born eight months ago.

We were just overwhelmed with joy, weren't we?

Gill Lockwood at IVI Midland in Tamworth has been treating

Being a fertility doctor is the most rewarding job in the world,

but there was something very special about being able to help this brave,

young couple achieve parenthood against all the odds.

Alannah now hopes to inspire other young women going

through cancer that they too could have a family one day.

The love that I have for her is just incredible.

It's like nothing else and I want people to be able

to have that as well, you know, to have the feeling

Jennifer Meierhans, BBC Midlands Today, Stourbridge.

A murder investigation has begun after a man died in Atherstone.

The 21-year-old was found shortly before ten o'clock last night

in Barsby Close with serious injuries to his head and body.

He was taken to hospital but died this morning.

Two men, aged 50 and 20 and both from Atherstone,

were initially arrested on suspicion of attempted murder

and remain in police custody while investigations continue.

West Midlands Police kept up increased patrols today,

despite the UK's terror threat level being scaled back.

Dozens of locations across the Midlands have

been guarded in the wake of the Manchester bomb.

Extra patrols were put on at public events such

The number of officers on patrol will be scaled back from tomorrow.

A teenage boy has been charged after a fire

was started at a supermarket in the Black Country

on Saturday, triggering a massive police response.

Armed officers and a fleet of ambulances were called

to the Sainsbury's store in Blackheath following reports of

No-one was hurt, but the shop and surrounding area were cordoned off.

Officers have charged the 15-year-old with possession

of a knife and maliciously causing an explosive substance

A racetrack in Worcestershire has held stock car and banger racing

for the first time this year, despite legal action leaving

it at risk of closure over noise complaints.

The owners of Grimley Oval Raceway, near Worcester, had to meet strict

This racetrack has been alive with action for more than 50 years.

Been coming here since, oh, about 1979 or so.

Thoroughly enjoyed it, and going back to the days

when it was all post and wire, it's always been good fun

It's my little boy who took to it, so we come every week, he loves it.

Just a good day out, really, for the family.

But today is the first time since the season started in March

that racing has been allowed to take place.

Legal action has prevented any race days being held

because some residents have complained about noise.

The cars have undergone a strict noise-testing assessment

to make sure they meet an agreed decibel level.

And they can only race between 11am and 6pm.

We want to race and continue to do our activities in a way

that respects the wishes of the residents.

If that means we're not allowed to have music

on the PA, we accept that, it's just inevitable.

We're bending over backwards to meet the requirements of the council

because we want to continue racing here for as long as we can.

It's very important for us because it's the only place we can

Malvern Hills District Council says it's about balancing the sport

We're very keen on growing our economy and our tourism

offer in Malvern Hills, and this is a sport

But we have to balance that with residents who have the right

to live in their properties with reasonable expectations

of noise and other environmental issues on this.

Behind the track lives Michael Jukes and his family,

who have been in Grimley all their lives.

Since these people took over, and the ones before them,

They've cut the music down, cut the sound down.

With more than 100 cars taking part, all involved in the sport say

they hope an agreement can be reached soon.

Amy Cole, BBC Midlands Today, Grimley, in Worcestershire.

Staffordshire strongman Eddie Hall has fulfilled his ambition

of being crowned World's Strongest Man.

The 29-year-old from Newcastle-under-Lyme has won

Britain's Strongest Man for the last four years.

Now he's beaten 29 other men to take the world title

A soldier's become a record-equalling champion

cheese-chaser today after running and tumbling his way

to victory down a very steep hill in Gloucestershire.

Chris Anderson, who's an infantryman with the 1st Battalion The Rifles,

joined dozens of brave men and women taking part in the annual

cheese-rolling races at Cooper's Hill.

They were watched by thousands of spectators who attended one

of England's stranger Bank Holiday traditions.

Before the annual event on Cooper's Hill, a minute's applause

in tribute to those killed or injured in Manchester.

After which, the games began, gravity, a slippery

double Gloucester getting the better of everyone, including in a white

Do you know, I have wanted to do this for probably the best

part of a decade now and when I was filming

things like this for TV, I was never allowed to,

health and safety, so I have come on my own today and I did it,

I have done it now and I can tick that one off.

The origins of this cheese rolling tradition are possibly pagan

or linked to grazing rights, what is certain is that the Internet

means a village event is now high on the international bucket list.

I saw this on the news ten years ago and thought it looked

Once you get up to the top it is so scary, it was really cool.

I have been around with bulls in the street,

so it is quite similar, that is why I came.

What is more dangerous, cheese rolling or bull riding?

You can tell from our faces it was mainly just mud.

It was a lot slippery than it looked.

Long-time viewer of the videos online, so they're sure

I really wanted to get down there and get involved.

What is the reality like appear to the videos?

It is great, a lot steeper than I thought it would be.

Injuries were few and minor, the local rugby team

It is a bit like a rugby match, they are running a bit quicker

They would go all the way to Brockworth if we did not stop them!

Despite an international field, honours went to Brockworth

The soldier has now won 20 overall to equal the cheese rolling record.

When one extra and we will see, maybe when he edged

I am 30 next year, so I am not getting any younger.

Well, you've got to do something with your Bank Holiday!

Before the Midlands and national weather, there's just time to tell

you that tomorrow night, in the run-up to the general

election, five of the region's leading politicians will be taking

part in a special BBC Midlands Today election debate.

They'll be taking questions from a live studio audience.

That's tomorrow night, at 10:45pm, here on BBC One.

For now, though, it's goodnight from me and I'll leave

Good evening, well, I'm afraid it has been a rather wet

It started off rather grey and cloudy and you definitely needed

one of these right the way across the region.

Plenty of rain today, it is steadily starting to ease away

We will see it clearing away to the north and east,

behind that there will be a few clear spells, a largely dry night

with our temperatures a little down on where they have been,

so perhaps an easier and more comfortable night to sleep with lows

We start the day tomorrow with a weather system trying

to push its way in from the west, fragmenting all the time,

but it will bring with it a few spells of rain during the day.

So we start off on a bright note then we start to see that rain

Breaking down all the time, so not everywhere will see it

but there will be a few showers, particularly through the afternoon.

Now, in the sunshine it will not feel too bad,

temperatures pushing up to 18 Celsius, but there will be some

It is better news as we head through the middle of the week,

things drying out, the sun returning.

A freshening breeze so it will not be quite where we have been for much

of this week but still, temperatures up close to 20.

There is more information on all of that in the national forecast next.

I will leave you with the outlook for next few days.

Hello. There I think we've seen the back of the thunder storms now. Over

the next few days, our weather will start to come in from the Atlantic.

We'll draw down fresher air from the North West. Recently, we've been

drawing up humid