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Wolves coach Nuno says their run in the Carabao Cup has given the squad huge confidence ahead of some difficult games in the Championship.

They were knocked out at the fourth round stage on Tuesday, but not before beating Southampton, and holding Manchester City to a goalless draw after 120 minutes.

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Wolves travel to QPR tomorrow, before a visit to sixth-placed Norwich on Tuesday night.

Worcester Warriors are advertising for a new director of rugby, to replace Gary Gold.

Their online advertisement says "the successful applicant will have a proven track record of overseeing sides at club or international level".

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Gary Gold will leave at the end of the season.

Chris King
Reporter, BBC Radio Stoke

A pile of waste believed to be more than 20m (66ft) long has been dumped in Stoke-on-Trent near a canal.

The rubbish has been left by the entrance of the Harecastle Tunnel by Chatterly Road.

Stoke-on-Trent City Council and the Environment Agency say they’re investigating to find out who’s responsible.

James Bond
Sports Producer, BBC Shropshire

Paul Hurst believes Shrewsbury Town's incredible start to the League One season is partly down to improved fitness - something he worked hard to change over the summer.

They are still unbeaten in the league and have pinched a number of wins with late goals by playing hard for the full 90 minutes.

New operators have been found for a Shropshire medical practice.

The Claypit Street medical practice in Whitchurch will be taken over by the town's Bridgewater surgery, starting on 1 November.

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The out-of-hours medical advice line Shropdoc has been running the practice at Whitchurch Community Hospital since 1 November last year, following the withdrawal of the previous operators.

The Claypit Street surgery and the Bridgewater surgery will both be closed on Tuesday 31 October, so that computer records can be updated.

Patrick Burns
Political editor, Midlands

With less than 18 months to go until we leave the European Union, hundreds of Midlands business leaders say it's the continuing uncertainty that's worrying them most.

Sunday Politics surveyed almost 700 local businesses across the West Midlands - 26% of them said Brexit was having a negative impact, while only 11% reported positive effects. Yes, nearly two-thirds, 63%, reported a neutral impact.

There are increasing signs that this political uncertainty could drag on well beyond the government's proposed two-year "implentation period" after Brexit.

See more on Sunday Politics at 11:00 on BBC One on Sunday.

A 43-year-old van driver from Shropshire has died after his vehicle collided with a lorry in Buckinghamshire.

Thames Valley Police said the crash happened on the A421 between Buckingham and Milton Keynes yesterday afternoon and the man was declared dead at the scene.

His family have been told and an investigation is under way.

David Gregory-Kumar
Science correspondent, BBC Midlands Today

A wildlife group in Brewood is changing the way skylarks are caught and tracked.

It has been using a thermal imaging camera to help track down and trap the birds at night, when they are roosting, and as a result they have gone from ringing the odd skylark every decade to hundreds over the course of a few months.

The West Midland Bird Club and the Brewood ringers have been using it on three farms around Penkridge.

This will revolutionise what we know about skylarks, especially if more groups borrow this camera or even buy their own.

Ludlow could benefit from having a multi-storey car park, Lib Dem councillors in the town have said.

They're not happy with changes to car parking charges being put forward by Shropshire Council and have come with an alternative set of proposals, which would include creating the new car park on Upper Galdeford.

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They also say on-street parking should go up by £1 an hour, instead of the £2 being proposed, and that some short-term parking spaces should be kept.

Kevin Reide
Reporter, Midlands Today

Former sailors of HMS Coventry have laid a wreath at sea to remember their comrades lost in the Falklands War.

I've been following the veterans as they have travelled to the Falkland Islands 35 years after they fought there.

The destroyer was bombed during the conflict in 1982 - 20 sailors lost their lives and 29 were injured.

A 96-year-old Shropshire pilot says he decided to take up flying again, because his wife persuaded him.

Flight Lieutenant John Trotman from Marchamley Wood flew more than 70 missions during World War Two, clocking up more than 2,000 flying hours.

In 1946 he left the Royal Air Force and didn't return to a cockpit for 50 years.

Then, after marrying his second wife, he decided to sit his pilot exams and qualified to fly private planes.

Almost 200 people have been given £75 on-the-spot fines this year as part of an anti-litter crackdown in Stafford.

Those who haven't paid the fixed penalty have been prosecuted and ordered to pay court costs, as well as bigger fines, the borough council said.

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The family of a Nuneaton woman who was conned out of thousands of pounds, just hours after she was told she had cancer, say they want to see the culprits brought to justice.

Linda Gibbs, who was 70, died just a few weeks later and Warwickshire Police said the "heartless criminals" responsible had "targeted someone who had just received the most awful news".

She died just weeks later and the police have now released these CCTV images of a woman they want to talk to, external.

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Officers say someone claiming to be from her telephone provider contacted Mrs Gibbs and asked for her bank details and PIN before arranging for her bank card to be picked up.

Port Vale manager Neil Aspin says he's planning to have a chat with striker Anton Forrester about his career plans, following his return from injury.

Forrester played for 45 minutes for the reserve team in the week and Aspin said he was interested in hearing how the player sees his future.

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Aspin also confirmed that Tyler Denton will be back in the squad for the home match against Swindon this weekend.

Dudley News

Here are some of the stories making the Dudley News website this afternoon:

• Search efforts to find missing Stourbridge man Matthew Gill to continue this weekend, external
• Council leaders say 2018-19 budget is 'most positive in recent years', external
• Midlands Air Ambulance Charity invests £7m in new helicopter, external

Paramedics found Kayden Walker unresponsive at his home in Bilston, West Midlands last June.

Richard Gallear who was abandoned as a baby near a canal towpath did not know about the relative.

A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of his six-month-old son.

Kayden Walker was found by paramedics collapsed at the family home in Bilston on 12 June 2016. He died shortly after arriving in hospital.

Ricky Walker, 26, was remanded in custody and is next due to appear at Wolverhampton Crown Court later this month.

Kayden’s mother, Laura Davis, was also charged with causing or allowing the death of a child, and ill treatment or neglect of a child. She has been released on bail and is due to appear in court in the coming weeks, say police.

BBC WM Sport

Ahead of Sunday's derby at St Andrew's, the Villa manager Steve Bruce says he's well ware that for the fans this is one of the biggest, if not the biggest, game of the season.

BBC WM's sport commentators take a look at the game ahead.

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Huge puppets are the stars of the Dinosaur World show at Coventry's Belgrade Theatre.