The manager of a shopping centre in Burton says the temporary closure of one of the town's bridges has hit traders hard.

St Peter's bridge is one of two in the town centre and has been closed since August for repairs as part of a £6m improvement scheme.

Staffordshire County Council says the bridge will re-open this month ahead of schedule, but shop owners have reported significantly reduced sales.

Graham McGarry
Crewe Alexandra commentator, BBC Radio Stoke

Crewe manager David Artell says there will be divided loyalties for his family this weekend when they face his hometown club - Rotherham United.

Artell played for the Millers when he was younger and he says his dad remains a fan.

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They play their FA Cup first round tie at 15:00 tomorrow.

A caravan overturned in a crash which shut the M54 last night.

The westbound delays lasted several hours while emergency services tried to clear the scene near junction 6, Telford.

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BBC WM Sport

Wolves take on Fulham tonight at Molineux in their final game before the international break.

It's the last of a testing set of fixtures for the team, following trips to Manchester City, QPR and Norwich within the last 11 days.

Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo says it's been a very demanding period for his players.

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David Deakin
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

A former soldier who's been suffering post traumatic stress disorder has described how Bonfire Night reminds him of being under fire from the Taliban.

But retired Lance Corporal David Smith, from Coventry, who served with the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, says he's going to try watching fireworks this weekend for the first time since returning from Afghanistan in 2013.

"If I hear a crackle or a thump or a certain bang it can just take me back, and you do feel like you're in that moment," he said.

"At some points I've thought that people down the street are chasing me or they're after me or they're insurgents, and your frame of mind changes.

"This year I just want to try and move on and go to an actual firework display, and with my partner Becky, hopefully I can get past it."

Lee Blakeman
Port Vale commentator, BBC Radio Stoke

Port Vale goalkeeper Ryan Boot could get the chance to play tonight, with the club's three other keepers all out.

They're at home to Oxford United in an FA Cup first round tie.

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The 22-year-old is one of nine goalkeepers to play for the team in 2017.

A Birmingham nightclub said it's working with West Midlands Police and the council after a teenager had a drugs-related seizure at a Halloween party there and later died.

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The Rainbow Venues, in Lower Trinity Street, Digbeth has had its licence suspended after the incident shortly before midnight on Sunday.

The council said the man's death followed a similar incident at the venue two years ago.

The club said its thoughts were with the grieving family.

Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online

A Cornish company has created a huge cake in the shape of a seahorse which will go on display at a national baking show.

Bakers, based in Penzance, have made the cake in a bid to raise money for the Marine Conservation Society (MCS).

The cake, which stands at 6ft (1.8m), will be cut up on the final day of the Cake International show in Birmingham and sold to visitors.

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A spokesman from the MCS said: "Not many people realise that seahorses inhabit our waters in the UK, mainly around the south coast. But their habitat is under threat – here it's the loss of their seagrass habitat whilst abroad they are taken from the wild as part of the horrendous curio trade."

BBC WM

A life-sized horse, made out of cake, is one of the exhibits you can find at the Cake International Show at the NEC this weekend.

Cake artist Emma Jayne recreated the World War One scene featuring the horse and soldier inspired by Michael Morpurgo's 1982 novel War Horse.

If you're mourning the end of Bake Off doors open to the public at 09:30.

Worcester News

Some of the morning's headlines:

• 'Charming' career conman jailed again, external
• Missing man was travelling from Worcester, external
• Two new trains to London plan, external

A Muslim convert is being sentenced today after he was convicted of planning to travel to Syria to engage in terrorism.

Ismael Watson - born Jack Watson - was stopped as he tried to cross the Turkish border into Syria in July 2016, the Old Bailey had heard.

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Watson, originally from Liverpool, moved to the West Midlands after undergoing an Islamic marriage in September 2015, but the relationship broke down.

His estranged wife called police after becoming concerned he was becoming radicalised.

He was stopped by police as he boarded an EasyJet flight to Marrakech from Manchester Airport.

BBC Entertainment and Arts

After playing a member of an anarchic and murderous girl gang in 1978 punk film Jubilee, Birmingham actress and singer Toyah Willcox is revisiting the story in its first stage version.

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We've been taking a look at whether she's still punk, 40 years on.

"If I was given the choice to be 20 now, I would say, no, I'm happy with where I am. And having experienced that incredible revolution, it felt like a really successful participating revolution," she says.

Shropshire Star

Some of the headlines this morning:

• Teacher banned after using cocaine, external
• A5 roadworks expected to last two months, external
• New hotel given approval, external

The new Remembrance Centre at the National Memorial Arboretum has been honoured for its design.

The "deceptively simple" building does well to incorporate visitors' requirements by including a restaurant, education centre and shop in its design.

Image source, National Memorial Arboretum

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors awards showcase outstanding buildings and developments.

The centre won the Leisure and Tourism category with judges commenting on how the building fits in with its surroundings.

The building was redeveloped last year and leads on to the 150-acre site.

Warwickshire cricketer Chris Woakes says he would love the chance to bat up the order against Australia in the Ashes this winter.

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England start their opening two day tour match at the Waca in Perth tomorrow morning.

The five-test series against Australia begins in Brisbane on 23 November and the one-day series on 14 January 2018.

Worcestershire's Moeen Ali is unlikely to play because of a side strain, but Woakes is hoping to make his case to replace Ben Stokes as the team's all-rounder.

Patrick Burns
Political editor, Midlands

This week we visit the Royal University Stoke Hospital as it prepares for winter.

The trust which runs the hospital is in financial special measures, it has a £69m deficit and it hasn't hit the government's A&E target for four years.

Joining me in the studio is the Conservative MP for Halesowen & Rowley Regis James Morris, Labour MP for West Brom West Adrian Bailey and Robin Morrison from Healthwatch Staffordshire.

Watch BBC One from 11:00 on Sunday.

Express and Star

Some of this morning's headlines:

• Pupils told to wear extra layers as heating breaks, external
• Bowling alley put up for sale, external
• Robbers jailed for 16-day crime spree, external

Fog could cause hazardous driving conditions in parts of the West Midlands, the Met Office is warning., external

A yellow warning for fog is in place for the south of the region until 11:00 today.

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The Royal Stoke University Hospital is cancelling routine operations for two weeks in January as part of a plan to tackle overcrowding.

The hospital's winter strategy also includes restrictions on nurses' holiday and opening 45 new beds.

The hospital has missed A&E waiting time targets for four years and faces an overspend of £70m this year.

Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter

A dull and cloudy start to the day. But the cloud will clear later allowing for some brighter weather with highs of 12C (54F).