Ashley Johnson has signed a contract extension with Wasps.

He is in line to make his 150th appearance for the club on Saturday, when Wasps play Newcastle Falcons at the Ricoh Arena.

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Johnson, who has scored 175 points for the club, said: "It has been a real honour to represent Wasps for the past six years. It is a massive privilege to have re-signed with the club.

"I have been at Wasps from the start of this new journey in Coventry and I want to be a part of continuing that journey with the club."

Worcester News

Here are some of the stories making the headlines on the Worcester News website today:

• Family-of-five's six-month bed and breakfast hell is 'breaking us apart', external
• Residents says parking problems near hospitals are, external "health and safety" risk
• Traffic released after earlier multi vehicle crash on M5 , external

BBC WM

Badgers are causing a bit of a nightmare for Dudley Town.

The football club has had to cancel games because the animals have been digging up the pitch at the Dell.

Patrick Harley, leader of the council, said the pitch's proximity to a number of nature reserves made it difficult to stop the animals getting in.

"Badgers are a wild animal and as such are protected by law. This means that the council is severely restricted as to what it can do, but we are making every effort to protect the pitch, including strengthening and securing fencing," he said.

Stoke-on-Trent businesswoman Denise Coates, founder of online betting company Bet365, took home more than £200m last year, it's been revealed.

In 2016, she became the highest-earning businesswoman in UK history, bringing in £117.5m from salary and dividends.

Asked about it on BBC Breakfast this morning Carolyn Fairbairn, director of the CBI said if companies are willing to take big risks, then big rewards can be "entirely appropriate".

The Hermann Reemtsma Foundation has made a one million euro donation to repair work on the bridge.

The £3.6m project to conserve Shropshire's Iron Bridge was given a welcome boost thanks to a one million euro (£880,000) donation from a German foundation.

"Not only do we admire the Iron Bridge as an important technical landmark, but we also see it as a potent reminder of our continent's common cultural roots and values," Jochen Muennich of the Hermann Reemtsma Foundation said.

Kate Mavor, English Heritage's chief executive, said: "The Iron Bridge is one of the most important - if not the most important - bridges ever built."

As well as stresses in the pioneering, but unrefined, ironwork, the bridge was also damaged in an earthquake in the 19th Century.

Thanks to the latest donation, just £25,000 is now needed to complete the work - English Heritage has launched a crowdfunding page to raise the money.

There's a bull on the loose in Monkspath, Solihull.

Police described , externalthe bull as a "young brown bull", and that it is currently being "contained in a field".

Earlier there were reports of the animal in the town centre and, the Birmingham Mail reports, external, near Monkspath Junior and Infant School.

Earlier, police said the bull was causing queues on some local roads.

Image source, West Midlands Police

Wolves' teenage midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White says the quality of the Championship leaders' squad is helping him develop.

Birmingham Mail

Some of the main stories in the Birmingham Mail today include:

• 'Cowards' smash up police car during Remembrance Sunday service, external
• Suspected gang member arrested for three schoolgirl rapes but bailed each time by police, external
• Sister of boy who tragically drowned finally learns who left flowers on his grave for 70 years, external

Two police cars were damaged as officers took part in Remembrance parades yesterday.

A parade was being held in Brookvale Park, Erdington, when two men smashed the windows of the cars.

Police want to speak to two men who were spotted driving towards Brookvale village on a moped.

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BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

Coventry City Council should consider imposing limits on the number of students who can live in a residential area, according to a Conservative councillor.

It's after a survey by locals in the Cannon Park area, found that 40% of the family homes in the area, have been let out to students at the University of Warwick.

John Blundell told BBC Coventry and Warwickshrie he's presenting a petiton to the council calling for limits.

For more on Coventry's housing squeeze, read here.

A Leamington-born footballer's become a world record holder after playing his 1250th competitive game at the weekend.

Wisbech goalkeeper Paul Bastock has made his 1,250th appearance to surpass Peter Shilton's record in competitive club football.

The 47-year-old played the full game as the United Counties League Premier Division side won 4-1 in front of 286 people at Thetford Town in the FA Vase.

Read more about the keeper who beat Shilton's record here.

Coventy Blaze forward Garrett Ladd has left the ice hockey team with immediate effect.

The 28-year-old from America, has signalled his intention to return to North America for personal reasons.

A national gun surrender has been launched today in the West Midlands.

While anyone handing over weapons won't face prosecution for possessing them, the firearms will be tested to see if they were used in recent crimes and charges could be brought over those.

That's why it's a gun "surrender", not "amnesty".

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Realistically, police chiefs know weapons being handed over are more likely to have been inherited or discovered in attics, rather than come from gangs.

However, officers are keen to limit the number of guns that criminals can get their hands on and it's hoped this latest campaign will help.

The consultant in emergency medicine is also charged with one count of assault, police say.

Jupiter and Venus - the two brightest planets - have appeared together in the morning sky, with photographers taking to social media to share their photos of the planetary display.

Weather Watcher LuluB captured this image in Telford.

Image source, LuluB

And Cactus uploaded this image, taken in Great Bridgeford in Staffordshire to the Weather Watchers site.

Image source, Cactus

Shropshire Star

Some of the stories making the headlines in today's Shropshire Star:

• Market Drayton death crash: Family want sentence appealed , external
• Attorney General to review four-and-a-half year sentence handed to 11-year-old's killer, external
• Fears raised over NHS 111 advice line, external

A £10,000 reward has been offered for information about the death of man killed by a commercial-sized firework that was deliberately put in his home.

Anthony Nicholls, 56, died in hospital following the blaze at his home in Birchtrees Crescent, Tile Cross, on 2 November.

Image source, West Midlands Police

His partner, a 50-year-old woman, escaped with fractures to her lower limbs after jumping from a first-floor window at the property.

Image source, West Midlands Police

A critically ill patient taken to hospital in an ambulance that had a rude note left on the windscreen while paramedics treated him has died.

The man had been taken from an addiction rehabilitation centre to Heartlands Hospital in Birmingham on Friday night, after going into cardiac arrest.

Image source, West Midlands Ambulance Service

A spokesman for Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust said: "We can confirm that the patient in question sadly passed away."

The hand-written note read: "You may be saving lives, but don't park your van in a stupid place and block my drive."

BBC WM

A Birmingham company advertising furniture has been removed from eBay and Facebook, after customers said their goods never arrived.

A joint investigation by BBC WM and the Radio 4 You and Yours programme, has seen listeners get in touch about Xquisite Interiors.

eBay said any transaction not completed on their platform, including a case where a buyer follows instructions on an email and sends money to a bank account is not an eBay transaction.

It has since removed the company from its website, Xquisite Interiors have failed to comment.