Port Vale maintain their rise from the foot of League Two with a third straight win, at high-flying Exeter.

Tom Pope's contribution to Port Vale's surge in form is not just about his goals, says manager Neil Aspin.

Unite general secretary, Len McCluskey, has paid tribute to Derek Robinson saying: "History will show that Derek was unfairly maligned by the media as he aimed to find solutions to British Leyland's industrial disputes and turn around the car company.

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"He is quoted as saying: 'If we make Leyland successful, it will be a political victory.

"It will prove that ordinary working people have got the intelligence and determination to run industry'.

"These words are a suitable epithet for a stalwart of the trade union movement, whose passing we mourn."

Mr Robinson, shop steward at British Leyland at Longbridge, was a member of the Amalgamated Engineering Union (AEU), now part of the Unite union, and stood as a Communist candidate in four consecutive general elections in Birmingham, Northfield between 1966 and 1974.

He died on Tuesday morning, aged 90.

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• Flood barrier work on busy road postponed, external
• Arrests made in police drugs crackdown, external
• Rail staff help woodland planting project, external

Our BBC Weather Watchers have been merrily uploading their Halloween-themed pictures onto the website, like this one from Peter58Home taken in Shirley.

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Laura and Glenn took this less-spooky picture of pumpkins in Brierley Hill.

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James Bond
Sports Producer, BBC Shropshire

Shrewsbury Town's Omar Beckles says he is looking to make the most of his chance in the first team.

He has been included in a re-jigged defence following Junior Brown's season-ending injury and will face one of his former clubs in the FA Cup this weekend - Aldershot.

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The defender said it would be "good to meet up with a few friends" after the game, but that his main focus is "getting the result", despite happy memories with the Conference Premier side.

Six men and a teenager have been charged with causing public nuisance in connection with an illegal bike rally in June last year, police say., external

It's alleged the seven took part in a five hour "ride out" through Solihull and across Birmingham.

They are set to appear at Birmingham Magistrates Court in November.

The woman in her 60s believes she has a "cyst" and thinks medics treating her are "impostors".

The family of a pilot who died when his plane crashed say they want lessons to be learnt from the incident.

An inquest concluded today that 66-year-old Lawrence Sumner, also known as Mike, died as a result of misadventure.

His widow, Patricia Sumner, said it had "provided some important answers" about the crash near Shifnal, in Shropshire.

But lawyers representing the family have pointed to a number of accidents involving the light aircraft used by Mr Sumner and said there had been 16 since 1994.

Mrs Sumner said that "better training and guidance" could help prevent similar accidents in the future.

The World Health Organization says 44 towns and cities in the UK failed its air quality test.

St Peter's Bridge in Burton-upon-Trent will reopen on November 18, in time for the town's Christmas lights switch-on.

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The bridge has been shut for nearly three month for repairs which the county council said were "absolutely crucial."

Burton Bridge in the town will be repaired next summer.

Graham McGarry
Crewe Alexandra commentator, BBC Radio Stoke

Crewe Alexandra manager, David Artell, says he might have to get more aggressive with his players, to get them performing better.

The team is 18th in the table after two successive defeats and he said they should all be worried about their position in League Two.

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Crewe next play a league game on 11 November, but face Rotherham in the FA Cup this weekend.

A skip company has admitted corporate manslaughter after a worker died falling into a waste sorting machine.

Safi Qais Khan became entangled in the device, called a trommel, at Master Construction Products (Skips) Ltd off Pentos Drive, Tyseley in January 2015.

The company was fined £255,000 at Birmingham Crown Court today after pleading guilty to the charge.

The company's sole director, Jagbir Singh, 37, was given a 12-month prison term, suspended for two years, and handed 300 hours community service, after admitting a health and safety law breach.

He was also banned from being a company director for eight years.

A man accused of murdering his six-month-old son has been granted bail by a judge at Wolverhampton Crown Court.

Ricky Walker, 27 of Bilston, is accused of killing Kayden Walker in June last year and has been ordered to reappear before the same court on 6 December.

Kayden's mother, 24-year-old Laura Davis, has been charged with causing or allowing the death of a child as well as ill-treatment or neglect of a child and was bailed by police to appear before magistrates on 27 November.

Birmingham City striker Isaac Vassell may miss the rest of the season with a ruptured cruciate knee ligament injury.

Pupils who went to a group of private schools, including Rugby and Shrewsbury, are still 94 times more likely to reach the most powerful and prominent positions in society, a study has found, external.

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Research suggests that former pupils of nine leading fee-paying schools, the Clarendon Schools, are much more likely to be included in Who's Who than those who attended any other school.

Data on around 120,000 entrants to Who's Who was analysed by researchers at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

A woman has been left with potentially life-threatening injuries after a two-car collision.

The crash took place on the A4189 Henley Road, close to the junction of Kington Lane in Claverdon, Warwickshire, shortly after 07:30.

The driver and teenage passenger in one car had to be cut from the wreckage.

The driver of the second car involved managed to get himself out of his vehicle.

The road remains closed.

A cheese which hasn't been seen on the shelves for more than 100 years is making a comeback after a chance discovery.

Shropshire Cheese, said to be similar to Lancashire, with a crumbly, buttery texture, but with a milder taste, was last recorded as being in production in 1912.

Dudley Martin, dairy manager at the Ludlow Food Centre, said he decided to bring it back after finding references to it while carrying out research into local dairies.

Image source, Ludlow Food Centre

He said the first mention of the Shropshire Cheese was in a document from 1562 and that it appeared to reach a peak in its popularity in between 1750 and 1800.

Mr Martin believes it died out because small-scale producers in the county lacked the ability to transport it around the country in the early 20th Century.

Nidal Alboraiki deliberately drove at Ben Morse, who was returning from a night out with friends.

Allen Cook
BBC News

There’s been reaction on social media to news that Birmingham’s Tower Ballroom could close unless a settlement is reached over its rent.

Image source, Tower Ballroom

On Twitter, @DotsandIs said, external: “Please don't let this building go. Wonderful ballroom, great venue. It also appeared in the TV production of Boon.”

Also on Twitter, @deadly_doug posted, external: “Terrible news - was the first place I ever saw Miles Hunt of The Wonder Stuff play, along with the mighty Peter Hook and New Order.”

There’s also been plenty of reaction on the BirminghamPub, Nightclub & Restaurant Memories Facebook Group, external.

They include Susan Fewtrell who posted, external: “Loved this place. Many years ago, they wouldn't let a few of us ladies in. We all had stilettos on and they had just had new floor.”

While Mark James added, external: “It was like walking into a time warp back in the day when I DJ’d there for a year on a Wednesday night. Playing ballroom for the first hour and working on that rotating stage.”