Derby boss Gary Rowett signs a new contract with the Championship club following speculation linking him with Stoke.

We'll be back with our usual mix of news, sport, travel and weather from 07:00 but keep an eye out here for more updates this evening and into the morning.

Jennie Aitken
Reporter, BBC Radio Stoke

Four more libraries could be taken over by local community groups as Staffordshire County Council looks to offload more of them., external

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Out of a total of 43 libraries in the county, just 20 are directly run by the authority and it's started another consultation exercise over the future of the remaining ones.

The council says it's proposing letting community groups take over the four "least busy" sites - Cheadle, Clayton, Eccleshall and Penkridge.

The consultation finishes on 1 April.

Ledbury Reporter

The Ledbury Reporter's website features these stories today:

• Hero speaks of how he pulled driver from overturned chocolate tanker, external
• Store manager stole over £4,000 in takings, external
• Inquest: Man died after fall from loft ladder, external

BBC Business News

It's being reported that Aston Martin is looking to sell shares on the stock market to raise as much as £5bn.

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Bloomberg reports that talks , externalhave been held with advisers.

The car company, based in Gaydon, Warwickshire, plans to move into the SUV market and that could bolster interest in a share sale.

The company has reported hefty losses in recent years, but has been successful in raising financing.

Aston Martin is controlled by several big investors, including Italy's InvestIndustrial and two Kuwaiti groups.

Construction company Carillion will reveal a new business plan tomorrow after issuing a series of profit warnings in the last few months.

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The Wolverhampton-based group, which used to be part of Tarmac, is one of the government's biggest contractors but has seen its shares fall by 90% since July.

Last week the company said it was being investigated by the Financial Conduct Authority over the "timeliness and content" of its stock market announcements from December 2016 to July last year.

Rochdale sign defender Ryan Delaney from Championship club Burton Albion on a two-and-a-half-year deal.

Worcester Warriors' England centre Ben Te'o is set to miss the start of the Six Nations because of an ankle injury.

Mark Elliott
BBC News

Pressure's mounting on health bosses to switch off Shropshire's out-of-hours GP number, according to the county's clinical commissioning group (CCG).

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Nationally, they say there's a move to use the NHS non-emergency care telephone number 111.

Shropshire is one of the few areas to have an alternative through Shropdoc and the county's CCG says they're likely to switch it off by the end of this year.

Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

A woman's been attacked near a cemetery in Newcastle-under-Lyme by a man trying to get hold of her bag.

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The 44-year-old victim was on Loomer Road on Sunday, just past the gates to the graveyard, when a man came up and grabbed her coat, police said.

As she turned, he elbowed her in the face and punched her several times, before the woman got away from him.

Worcester News

The Worcester News is covering these stories today on its website:

• Worcester man arrested after woman falls to her death, external
• Worcestershire MP loses trade role in Theresa May's cabinet reshuffle, external
• Rugby club pays tribute to stalwart, external

The worst is yet to come for diesel cars which will see their sales continue to plunge, a study by Aston University has warned.

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The report predicts they will account for just 15% of the UK market by 2025, down from a 50% peak.

Automotive expert Professor David Bailey said diesel's "slow death" was being driven by "environmental pressures and consumer confusion" .

James Pearson
Political reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester

Plans for CCTV cameras in Worcester taxis , externalare being considered.

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At a meeting last night, city councillors agreed the move would offer protection for both customers and cabbies.

But the authority decided to postpone putting together a formal proposal until it gathered more information.

Concerns were raised about drivers having to bear the cost of installation as well as issues of privacy.

Threatened wild-fowl are coming back in greater numbers and providing visitors with beautiful visual displays.

BBC Business News

Burger chain Byron could close up to 20 restaurants, including outlets in Birmingham and Stratford-upon-Avon, as part of a financial rescue proposal.

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Accountancy firm KPMG, which is handling the restructuring, confirmed the plan which would also involve cutting rent payments at other outlets.

Any deal would need approval from Byron's creditors, who will vote on the plan on 31 January.

Byron, which has more than 70 outlets, employs about 1,800 staff across the UK.

Harun Jama, from the Birmingham area, was found stabbed in Friars Wharf, Oxford.

The MP for Stratford-on-Avon, Nadhim Zahawi, has been given his first ministerial post in the prime minister's reshuffle.

He becomes parliamentary under secretary of state at the Department for Education; joining Damien Hinds who was announced as the new education secretary.

Birmingham Mail

Here are some of the headlining stories on the Birmingham Mail website today:

• Much-loved daughter Bethany Shipsey overdosed on online diet pills, external
• Student died after eating chicken burger at restaurant, external
• 'My Aussie flu hell' - man and woman's grim stories of bug symptoms, external

Rich Davis
BBC Weather presenter

It should remain cloudy and dry through this evening before overnight rain and lows of 3C (37F).

Five men and a woman are charged with belonging to the banned far-right group National Action.