Thousands gather for annual scooter event bbc.in/3UMq2bA

Virgin Trains targets West Coast in return to rail bbc.in/4bKwBCo

Hunt continues for missing Viking hoard artefacts bbc.in/3UQd7Fo

Children in care sent hundreds of miles away bbc.in/4aucBCG

Man charged with firearms offences after crash bbc.in/3yr1VYo

House searched after chemicals scare bbc.in/3wEWPHw

New mayor outlines bus reform plans bbc.in/3K4NqvQ

If you missed today’s #PoliticsMidlands with Rob Mayor then you can catch up with it anytime you like on the BBC iPlayer Just click on the link … 📺 📱 💻

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'I'm the least likely person to actually support any union however in this instance they have every right to be outraged'

Stourbridge Conservative MP Suzanne Webb backs GMB Union school support staff who are striking over equal pay at Bham City Council #PoliticsMidlands

'The privatised model basically has had it's day ... I get regular complaints about the bus company cutting services'

Warley's Labour MP John Spellar backs the plan from Mayor Richard Parker to take West Midlands bus services back under public control #PoliticsMidlands

Coming up next on BBC1 join Rob Mayor and guests Suzanne Webb OBE MP and John Spellar for #PoliticsMidlands

On today’s agenda: Mayor’s bus plans, equal pay strike and children in care sent hundreds of miles away. Watch now on BBC iPlayer

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Support staff at 35 schools in Birmingham went on strike last week over equal pay

@bhamcitycouncil and the unions are yet to settle the long-running dispute which has plunged the authority into financial crisis. Do you back the strike? #PoliticsMidlands begins 10am BBC1

'We need more urgent action from government ... these are some of the most vulnerable children in society'

The West Mids has the highest rate of children in care in England. Katherine-Sacks Jones from Become says some are sent hundreds of miles away for care. #PoliticsMidlands