A Wolverhampton woman who was allowed to go home after being threatened with deportation to Jamaica last month is still having trouble with the Home Office, her solicitor has said.

Paulette Wilson, who moved to Telford when she was 10 years old in 1968, had to spend a week at the Yarl's Wood detention centre, before she was released.

Image source, Paulette Wilson

Government guidelines state that anyone who settled in the UK by 1 January 1973 has the right to remain in the country and she was able to provide evidence she had been in the country before that date.

But James Wilson, a solicitor working on her case, said the Home Office had still not officially acknowledged she has a right to be in the UK and is still insisting she reports regularly to an office in Solihull.

He said she was also still unable to claim benefits and was having to live off the kindness of friends.

We have approached the Home Office for a response.

Reports that the UK might have to pay up to 50 billion euros to leave the EU aren't worrying the Conservative MP for Lichfield, Michael Fabricant.

The leave campaigner said this afternoon that the figure had to be taken in perspective and that it could have been worse.

Mr Fabricant said there had been claims the so-called divorce bill could be double that.

The Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has said he hopes an improved offer on the Brexit divorce bill will be enough to move the process on to trade talks.

His North Shropshire colleague Owen Paterson meanwhile asked for a guarantee from the government that no legally binding commitment to spend money would be agreed until the EU agrees to a free trade deal and zero tariffs.

Matt Sandoz
Stoke City commentator, BBC Radio Stoke

Stoke City manager Mark Hughes has warned his players about the threat that Liverpool's Mohamed Salah will pose tonight.

The Egyptian has scored 15 goals in 20 appearances in all competitions this season.

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Hughes says he's a player that sides are struggling to handle and that he was playing the best football of his brief Liverpool career.

The Sentinel

Here are some of the stories making the news on The Sentinel website this afternoon:

• Police raid Stoke-on-Trent house and find £10k cannabis inside, external
• Police name driver, 17, who died after collision with lorry, external
• Town centre shop was forced to close after thieves left trail of destruction and damaged stock, external

A man killed in a crash in Cannock last week has been named by police as 71-year-old local resident Maurice Murcott.

He was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham after the collision on Hill Street on Friday 24 November, but died from his injuries.

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Stuart George
Presenter, BBC Radio Stoke

The leader of Stoke-on-Trent City Council has given an emotional interview, saying he's lost his independence since losing his eyesight and will step down next year.

Dave Conway, 75, said the decision came in the past six weeks.

He told me that he went to Uttoxeter Racecourse three months ago and watched the big screen but then "went last week and couldn't see what was happening".

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Worcestershire county cricketer all-rounder Alex Hepburn is due before magistrates next month.

More than 220 guns have been handed in to police in Shropshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire over the past two weeks.

West Mercia Police and other forces around the country have been giving people the opportunity to surrender firearms and said 228 weapons and 93 lots of ammunition were surrendered between 13 and 26 November.

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Most of the guns will now be cut up and melted down, although rare or valuable ones may be donated to museums.

The police station to receive the most guns was Malinsgate in Telford, where 47 were handed over.

Redditch police station saw the fewest, with 31.

Crewe Alexandra midfielder Ryan Wintle signs a new two-and-a-half-year contract with the League Two strugglers.

Demolition work to create 300 homes has started on a Wolverhampton estate.

There are still delays on the M6 southbound exit slip road at J8 after a car fire closed one of the two lanes.

Highways England says the fire is now out and the car is being recovered.

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A charity shop in Congleton has been both burgled and flooded in the same night.

Police say thieves smashed a first-floor window to get into Age UK on High Street between 02:00 and 03:00 yesterday.

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The store said it had to close after thousands of pounds worth of damage was caused to both the building and stock when the burglars broke a sink on the way in, causing water to leak through the floor.

Free ballet classes are being held across Birmingham in a bid to help older people avoid falls.

Anyone over the age of 50 is being encouraged to attend the weekly sessions in Ladywood, Lozells and Handsworth.

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The Dance To Health, external programme is being run in the city with the help of GP surgeries and Birmingham Royal Ballet.

Lee Blakeman
Port Vale commentator, BBC Radio Stoke

Port Vale winger Cristian Montano reckons the team has the ability to be much higher in the table.

After successive defeats to Mansfield and Lincoln, they are just one point above the League Two relegation zone.

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Montano said the start of the season didn't go as planned, but believes a corner has been turned since Neil Aspin arrived at the club.

Shropshire Star

The top stories on the Shropshire Star website:

• A53 crash victim named, external
• Call for new safety measures following Bridgnorth bridge crash, external
• Avian flu could be on its way to Shropshire this winter, external

Firefighters in Staffordshire are urging people to never go back into burning buildings, external after a 75-year-old woman was injured trying to save her dog.

A passing motorist who saw the fire on Fletcher Road yesterday stopped after seeing the blaze and stopped her from going back into the house which was alight.

Image source, Staffordshire Fire & Rescue

Image source, Staffordshire Fire & Rescue

The 65-year-old man and the woman both needed hospital treatment. The dog tragically died.

It's believed the blaze started accidentally in the kitchen.

Stuart George
Presenter, BBC Radio Stoke

The leader of Stoke-on-Trent City Council has announced he is to step down due to his failing eyesight.

City Independent Dave Conway plans to leave the leadership role next May, but will remain as a local councillor., external

Last year the 75-year-old spoke about being diagnosed with macular degeneration, external saying he wouldn't be beaten by the condition which causes people to lose central vision.

You can hear the full interview on BBC Radio Stoke from 16:00.

Councillors say there is an ongoing "risk to public safety" at the Rainbow Venues in Birmingham.

Small businesses in Cannock Chase got a mention in Prime Minister's Questions this lunchtime as local MP Amanda Milling called on Theresa May's stand-in Damian Green to recognise the sector's role in the economy.

Mr Green was happy to oblige, but not before his fellow Cosnervative got a plug in for her local shop competition.