Bishop's Castle Community Hospital is reopening to patients on 6 November, after a three-month closure for maintenance.

The work included laying new flooring. The NHS said it has been trying to treat patients in their own homes, where possible, during the closure.

The Shropshire Community Health Trust, which runs the hospital, said it would see if lessons could be learnt from the period of care in the community.

Staff at a Cheshire wildlife centre have been naming rescued seal pups after characters from Game of Thrones.

The Stapeley Grange centre in Nantwich is looking after 10 at the moment - the most it has ever seen.

Staff said they had seen a big influx because recent storms had separated pups from their mothers, leaving them stranded on beaches.

Here we have Daenerys (top left), Drogo (top right), Ramsey (bottom left) and Jamie (bottom right).

Image source, Stapeley Grange Wildlife Centre

The pups have been unable to feed themselves and staff have been giving them a fish soup, to help them gain weight.

Here are the other Game of Thrones seals - Jon Snow (top left), Bran (top right), Hodor (bottom left) and Ned and Cersei (bottom right).

Image source, Stapeley Grange Wildlife Centre

Highways England says firefighters are on the M42 trying to put out a car fire that's blocking part of the northbound carriageway between J3 and J3a.

One lane is blocked, external.

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Giles Latcham
BBC Midlands Today

A man who was abandoned in Birmingham as a baby has met a sister he never knew he had.

Richard Gallear was left by his mother wrapped in a newspaper next to a canal near Gas Street Basin in 1954.

Neither Richard nor his half-sister Patricia Stephens knew the other existed until Richard began researching his childhood in care and in foster homes.

Now the pair have met for the first time.

The Sentinel

Here are three of the top stories from the Stoke Sentinel today:

• Insurance giant launches recruitment drive for 100 staff, external
• Police on alert as far right group to stage rally in Stoke-on-Trent, external
• Mountain of rubbish dumped by the canal, external

Aston Villa boss Steve Bruce perceives the extremes of Championship football going into Sunday's derby at Birmingham.

Six men and two women died in a crash involving two lorries and a minibus near Newport Pagnell.

Sarah Bishop
BBC Midlands Today

Four people continue to be questioned by police after a van set alight under a railway bridge between Rugby and Coventry caused thousands of commuters to be delayed this morning.

The railway line was closed following the blaze affecting services running between London, Rugby, Coventry and Birmingham.

Francis Thomas, head of corporate affairs at London Midland said: "The fact that it's happened during half term is a blessing as there are a lot less people travelling today but thousands have been affected."

Virgin Trains, external and London Midland services continue to be heavily delayed or cancelled.

A former Mayor of Worcester has lost his wife, following a crash on the A458 near Much Wenlock yesterday afternoon.

Aubrey Tarbuck said 88-year-old Anne was taken to the Royal Stoke University Hospital, but died of her injuries. He described her as a "wonderful woman" and said "I thought the world of her and would do anything for her".

Image source, Google

Mr Tarbuck is receiving treatment for four broken ribs at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.

A man and his daughter in another car were flown to hospital.

The young girl had head and chest injuries and the man suffered minor cuts and bruises.

Australian Jono Lance will make his first Premiership start for Worcester Warriors when they travel to Harlequins tomorrow.

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Skipper Donncha O’Callaghan, Perry Humphreys, Joe Taufete’e and Sam Lewis have all been recalled to the side.

Michael Dowsett and Huw Taylor could make their first Premiership appearances of the season from the bench.

Suggestions that the Clive Barracks near Market Drayton could be turned into an airfield have been generating some comment on the BBC Radio Shropshire Facebook page, external.

Robert Wyatt wrote: "The Army don't use the airfield as it's used by the RAF for the helicopters from Shawbury. The runways are not that long either, suitable for general aviation, as is Sleap airfield near Wem."

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John Haslegrave also had concerns about the idea, and commented: "With the current levels of traffic using the A41, there is a whole load of other infrastructure issues that need addressing before you can think about developing an airport."

The car is suspected of failing to stop for police in Birmingham before the fatal collision.

A 26-year-old man has been charged with the murder of his six-month-old son.

The boy was found by paramedics collapsed at the family home in Bilston on 12 June 2016.

Worcester News

Three headlines from the Worcester News today:

• Woman lost over £10,000 in 'dream' campervan deal, external
• Lorry driver from Evesham denies causing death by dangerous driving, external
• Children's hospice founder dies, external

A man from Birmingham has appeared in court, charged with possessing a shotgun with intent to cause fear of violence.

Jamie Wood, 22, from Wasdale Road in the Northfield area has been remanded in custody to reappear on 24 November.

West Midlands Police said it relates to an incident on Coriander Close in Northfield on 20 February.

British sailors returning to the Falklands where their ship sank have bumped into Argentine veterans.

A 21-year-old man from Lichfield has been jailed for four years and nine months for causing a fatal crash in the town last year.

Staffordshire Police said Harry King from Hobs Road was driving at nearly twice the speed limit on Beacon Street, when he lost control at a roundabout and hit Stephanie Grainger from Lichfield, who had been walking home with her partner.

She died in hospital four days later.

Image source, Staffordshire Police

Police said King, who was also banned from driving for six and a half years, ran from the scene of the collision and was tracked down and arrested the following morning.

A 19-year-old has handed himself in to a police station, the West Midlands force says.

The Tour of Britain brought an extra £500,000 into the Worcester economy, when a stage of the race passed through the town last month, the city council has said.

The local authority believes it generated extra spending in hotels, shops, cafes and restaurants.

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The event organisers have said 800,000 people tuned into TV coverage of the Worcester stage start, when it was broadcast live on ITV4.

Teenagers with fireworks are causing distress for people living in parts of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire Police says.

Officers had "numerous reports" of incidents in the Lightwood and Florence areas, involving people in their early and mid-teens and are urging people to be responsible.

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The force says it is also working with shops selling fireworks, to stop them getting into the hands of underage people.