Coventry Telegraph

Among the stories making the Coventry Telegraph's headlines:

• Rising numbers of homeless people have piled huge pressures on Coventry City Council’s budget , external
• Police appeal to find missing Coventry football player, external
• Coventry City takeover hopeful in threat to walk away over treatment by fans, external

Parking charges in some parts of Stoke on Trent could be going up under City Council plans to save £10m.

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The proposed increases are part of wider proposals to help the authority balance its books next year.

Under plans, free parking at Westport Lake and Central Forest Park would end, with increases introduced at leisure centres.

BBC Sport

In the Premier League last night, Stoke drew to Brighton at the Amex Stadium 2-2, despite taking the lead twice.

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Stoke had chances to take all three points, but were denied by several key saves from Seagulls goalkeeper Mat Ryan.

The draw keeps Mark Hughes' Potters side 15th in the table, four points above the relegation zone.

Cyclists in Shropshire who are riding without lights on their bikes will be stopped by police officers from today as part of the county’s “Be Safe, Be Seen” initiative.

They will be given advice about complying with law on having front and rear lights in the dark.

High visibility items will also be handed out to cyclists who are wearing dark clothing.

The campaign follows a crash last month in which a 13-year-old boy died when he was hit by a bus while cycling in Telford.

The Herefordshire owner of Barry Island funfair "put profit ahead of public safety" after he was told there were structural concerns about one of its amusement arcades.

Henry Danter, 73, was told by Vale of Glamorgan council officers that foundations failings meant the dodgems building was not structurally sound.

Danter, of Symonds Yat, Herefordshire, admitted breaking building regulations at Cardiff Magistrates' Court on Monday.

He will be sentenced in January.

A memorial service will take place at St Philip's Cathedral in Birmingham this evening to mark the 43rd anniversary of the pub bombings in the city.

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Twenty-one people were killed on 21 November 1974 when bombs exploded in two city centre pubs.

The victims were given posthumous freedom of Birmingham at a special ceremony in the city last night.

A mainly dry and cloudy day, with a few bright spells and top temperatures of 14C (57F).

Vanessa Pearce
BBC News

Good morning and welcome to our live updates for Tuesday.

We'll bring you the latest news, sport, weather and travel updates for the West Midlands between now and 19:00.

If you'd like to get in touch to comment or share your news and photos, go to the BBC Midlands Facebook page, external, email us, or tweet @bbcmtd, external.

The Road Safety Foundation says the death and injury levels on some A roads are "unacceptable".

More than 50 stolen phones were recovered by police after the show by Royal Blood on Saturday.

The organisers of Winter Wonderland said the "unjust rumour" had caused "enormous" hurt.

That's it for updates today. We'll be back from 07:00 on Tuesday with the latest news, sport, travel and weather updates for the West Midlands.

Chris King
Reporter, BBC Radio Stoke

Is this the loudest town crier you've ever heard?

Leek’s town crier is trying to find out how loudly he can cry. Bill Lomas, who’s been carrying out the role in Leek for the past two years, wants to see if he can get anywhere near the record.

Bill says the current record appears to be 121DB, held by an Irish teacher who yelled “quiet” at her class.

Watch (or should we say, listen!) to this space. I'm sure we'll hear from Bill again and whether he manages to break the record.

James Bond
Sports Producer, BBC Shropshire

Telford Tigers have released defence man Kim Miettinen.

Coach Tom Watkins says the import quota in their league made it difficult to keep Miettinen on the ice as much as they'd like.

The 23-year-old joined the club last month, external after a move from Solway Sharks.

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A 3D scan of a cake has helped to preserve a slice of the Queen’s wedding day history.

A councillor from Shropshire says patients in rural areas are being let down by the ambulance service.

Earlier the BBC learnt a woman was left lying in a street in Ludlow for an hour and 45 minutes before an ambulance could attend. She had fallen, injuring her head.

Local councillor Andy Boddington said it was a symptom of a "broken" NHS service in rural areas such as Ludlow.

"Last Wednesday, one of the doctors' surgeries called for an ambulance for someone they thought was at risk of death. It took 59 minutes to arrive," he said.

West Midlands Ambulance Service apologised and in response to the delays today said it was seeing levels of demand typically associated with New Year's Eve.

As a result, it had to prioritise care.

Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter

A much milder night in store than it has been recently with some rain and lows of 10C (50F).

Tony Pulis is sacked by West Brom with the club a point above the relegation zone and without a win in 10 Premier League games.

People in the West Midlands are more vulnerable to attack because of soaring crime and police cuts, an MP has claimed.

Jack Dromey, the Labour MP for Birmingham Erdington, told Parliament that young constituent, Dan Baird, stabbed outside a pub in Digbeth, had become "one of 253 additional victims in the last 12 months, with knife crime rising 15%".

But the Home Secretary Amber Rudd rejected the claim saying the government had a "comprehensive plan to look at violence and serious violent crime".

"We recognise that the police need their resources," she continue, "but it is about early intervention, and making sure that those knives and guns don't get into the hands of people that can do such damage".

Stoke-on-Trent City Council is looking to make savings of £34m over the next three years.

Today the local authority, led by a coalition of City Independents and Conservatives, has announced its budget,.

Services which are under review between 2018-19 and 2019-20 include:

• The running of Northwood Stadium and Burslem Gym Centre - potentially saving £364,000
• Sport and leisure events budgets - potentially saving £558,000
• Reduction to the council's methadone prescribing programme and its drug and alcohol servives - potentially saving £885,000
• Sexual health contract - potentially saving £650,000

The authority announced it is to raise council tax for a consecutive year by 4%, following last year's increase.

A consultation has been launched, external by the council and it is asking local residents to get in touch by email, external, Twitter, external, Facebook , externalor via the council website., external