The week in pictures
A selection of snapshots taken from the Express and Star across the last week.
Intrepid Jim Mee, sporting a bowler hat, prepares to take the plunge of Fort Dunlop in his kayak, as part of Birmingham's first Rat Race.nextpage
A Mitsubishi Warrior lying on its side after it smashed into a taxi on Three Tuns Lane, Wolverhampton. It overturned on impact and skidded for 50 yards before coming to a halt on its side.nextpage
As gales brought chaos to the UK, this train came to an abrupt halt after the cab was hit by a piece of debris, which left trains across the Midlands delayed or cancelled while the mess was cleared up.nextpage
Air Commodore Neil Gammon, Commandant of the Cosford Defence College, says that it is very good news that RAF Cosford will live on when two British Army units take up residence on the base in 2014.nextpage
Leicester Crown Court heard how Parviz Khan, 37, of Alum Rock, Birmingham, was the mastermind of the plot.
Khan has pleaded guilty to charges relating to a plan to kidnap and kill a Muslim British soldier.nextpage
Four men were hospitalised after a car hit a kerb and flew through the air, landing on its roof on top of another vehicle. It happened on Codsall Road at its junction with Birches Road in Bilbrook, near Wolverhampton.nextpage
The Vauxhall Corsa smashed through bollards and landed on a blue Vauxhall Vectra, belonging to Victor Mulligan, aged 68. It was parked in the front garden of his home.
