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Virgin Trains has announced that it has stopped selling the Daily Mail newspaper on its West Coast trains.

A spokesperson for Virgin said it regularly reviewed products sold on its trains, adding that "after listening to feedback from our people" it decided to stop stocking copies of the paper.

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A Daily Mail spokesman called the decision "disgraceful".

The Virgin spokesperson added that when it stocked the paper, it only sold one copy for every four trains.

The West Coast Mainline connects London with Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool

Those with suspected norovirus are asked not to visit until they have been free of it for 48 hours.

Allen Cook
BBC News

Theresa May's reshuffle has been continuing today and two more Midlands MPs have been given roles.

Both Cannock Chase's Amanda Milling (pictured) , external and Aldridge-Brownhills' Wendy Morton, external have been given the job of assistant government whip.

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Allen Cook
BBC News

A 999 call was made by a dog in what police have labelled a fluke incident, external.

It came from the Jackfield area near Ironbridge on Sunday, and when the operator tried to speak to the caller, no one responded.

The operator phoned back immediately and spoke to a "very apologetic" woman who explained her dog had knocked the telephone off the hook and managed to phone the emergency number.

Ashley Foster's ex-partner refused to let him to choke her while they were having sex, jurors hear.

League One promotion hopefuls Shrewsbury sign Burnley defender Luke Hendrie, following his return from loan at Bradford.

Allen Cook
BBC News

Pub firms in Staffordshire are being urged to stop using plastic straws and stirrers on environmental grounds.

The Burton MP Andrew Griffiths says he's written to all his local ones, external, calling for them to "help our planet".

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It's part of an ongoing campaign against the plastic straw - in September, JD Wetherspoon said it would stop automatically putting straws in drinks.

In Scotland, the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) says it's backing a campaign by MSPs for a UK-wide ban on plastic straws.

The MCS said the number of straws and other single-use plastic items found on beaches and in seas was rising.

Stoke City sign Austria right-back Moritz Bauer from Rubin Kazan for an undisclosed fee.

Vicky Breakwell
BBC Hereford and Worcester

A man's appeared at Worcester Crown Court accused of murdering a disabled woman in Warndon.

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Julie Fox, 51, was found dead in her bungalow in Carnforth Drive on 27 December. A post-mortem examination found she died of a head injury.

Adrian Jenkins, 43, also from Carnforth Drive, was remanded in custody and is due to next appear at the court in March.

Shropshire Star

Among the stories covered today by the Shropshire Star:

• Mother pays tribute after death of Telford boxer, external
• Town devastated as landlady and friend killed in motorway tragedy, external
• Historic Coalbrookdale Aga foundry site up for sale, external

BBC Sport

Coventry hosted coverage of the FA Cup draw and were rewarded with an away trip to MK Dons in the fourth round of the competition.

West Brom will face seven-time cup winners Liverpool at Anfield.

The Blues also face Premiership League opposition with a trip to Huddersfield.

Wolves will take on Notts County if they can get past Swansea in their replay next week.

And Shrewsbury face a trip to Bournemouth if successful in their replay against West Ham.

Fourth-round draw in full:

Liverpool v West Brom

Huddersfield v Birmingham

Notts County v Wolves/Swansea

MK Dons v Coventry

Bournemouth/Wigan v Shrewsbury/West Ham

The fourth-round ties will be played on the weekend of 26-29 January.

A consultation exercise starts today allowing people to have their say on planned improvement works, external to the M42 at junction six.

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The proposed £282m project is designed to ease traffic around the National Exhibition Centre and the A45 dual carriageway.

The consultation runs until 19 February - details here, external.

Leominster Community Hospital has been closed to visitors after an outbreak of the winter vomiting bug Norovirus.

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The trust which runs the hospital said visiting had been stopped as a "preventative measure" to stem the further spread of symptoms affecting some patients.

Norovirus saw two wards closed at the site in December.

Anyone who has experienced vomiting or diarrhoea in the last 48 hours is asked to avoid visiting any of the hospitals in the county.

The fatal blaze caused structural damage to the property, the fire service says.

Allen Cook
BBC News

There are ministerial roles for two of our local MPs as Theresa May's reshuffle continued today.

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Margot James (pictured), the MP for Stourbridge, has been named a minister at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport., external

And the MP for West Worcestershire, Harriett Baldwin, is now minister of state at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development., external

Reece Vella, 25, is in custody in Pattaya, Thailand on suspicion of causing death by negligence.

Two women who died following a crash on the M42 on Friday are from Powys in Wales, say police who have not released their names.

The pair, a woman in her 60s and one in her 50s, were back-seat passengers in a car that crashed with a van between junction nine at Coleshill, Warwickshire, and junction 10 for Tamworth, Staffordshire.

The van driver, a 37-year-old man from Birmingham, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs and has been released under investigation.

The driver of the car, a man in his 70s, and a third passenger, a man in his 30s, were uninjured.

Six people, including one from Wolverhampton, have appeared in court charged with being members of banned far-right group National Action.

Appearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court, all six indicated not guilty pleas.

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The five men and one woman were charged after an inquiry involving the West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit.

The decision by the Government to ban National Action came into force in December 2016, making membership of the group a criminal offence carrying a sentence of up to 10 years' imprisonment.

BBC News UK

Former football coach Barry Bennell was a "predatory and determined paedophile" who abused young boys he trained, a court has heard.

The ex-Crewe Alexandra coach "had pretty much unfettered access" to boys dreaming of a life in the professional game, prosecutors alleged.

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Liverpool Crown Court was told offences took place between 1979 and 1991.

Mr Bennell, 63, who is now known as Richard Jones, denies 48 sex offence charges against him.

Mr Bennell is on trial for 35 counts of indecent assault, 11 serious sexual assaults and two counts of attempted sexual assault.

The trial continues.

Mark Elliott
BBC Shropshire

Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) risks adding a further £2m to an existing £19m deficit, external, a health chief says.

The CCG's accountable officer Dr Simon Freeman says the group has overspent on areas including complex care and on the Royal Shrewsbury and Princess Royal hospitals.

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In 2015, the CCG was put into special measures due to its poor financial position and had been working towards having a £19.4m deficit in this financial year, external.