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Drivers are being warned that part of the southbound carriageway of the M6 will be completely closed overnight.
Highways England says it's shutting it between junctions 17 and 16 from 22:00 on Monday until 06:00 on Tuesday., external
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Here's a few of the stories making headlines in the Birmingham Mail today:
A supermarket says it's banned customers from wearing nightwear after a customer did a Sunday morning shop in his pants.
The owner of the Shropshire store - where pyjamas and dressing gowns have been outlawed - says it's about standards.
Image source, OtherHarry Delves of Tuffins in Craven Arms said: "We had someone not long ago on a Sunday morning coming in in their pants and a dressing gown.
"You've got to look at that and think 'hang on, that's not acceptable is it'?
"We're a family business at the end of the day.
"It comes to a point where you've got to have standards."
A West Midlands Police officer is facing a gross misconduct hearing after it is alleged he used excessive force on a woman detained under the Mental Health Act.
Image source, West Midlands PoliceSgt Matthew Shaw is alleged to have used excessive force to remove the woman after she wrapped her arms around cell bars, causing her to dislocate her elbow.
The woman had been arrested in February 2015 in Birmingham to "prevent a breach of the peace".
An investigation by the force found no concerns regarding Mr Shaw's conduct but the IPCC found there was a case to answer. The Crown Prosecution Service dropped a case into the matter in March 2017.
Mr Shaw's misconduct hearing will start on Tuesday and is expected to last three days.
Police say the incident happened at about midday on Monday.
Read MoreGritting lorries could be out and about this evening as lower temperatures are being forecast for tonight:
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These are among the top stories on the Hereford Times website:
Allen Cook
BBC News
Work to strip down a Spitfire on display at a Stoke-on-Trent museum has started.
Image source, Stoke-on-Trent City CouncilSpecialists are taking the wartime aircraft apart at the Potteries Museum, Hanley in readiness for it to be removed and fully restored.
The fighter plane, the brainchild of Staffordshire-born Reginald Mitchell, will go on display again at the museum in 2019 in a brand new extension., external
The 51-year-old woman died from a gunshot wound to the neck, a post-mortem examination finds.
Read MoreAn airline with plans for a new route from Birmingham to the USA has axed flights, even before the route was launched.
Primera Air announced in October that it would fly passengers from Birmingham Airport to Boston, but has since said "significantly lower demand" has made it reconsider.
The airline also announced that flights to New York would be reduced, with four flights per week from June 2018.
Alternative flights or refunds are being offered to passengers with existing bookings.
Allen Cook
BBC News
Armed police were called to a railway station after reports of up to 20 youths armed with weapons at the site.
Police were called to to Tamworth station on Saturday evening.
Image source, GoogleTrains weren't allowed to stop at the station while the situation was sorted.
Two men, aged 18 and 20, both from Birmingham, have been charged with possession of knives in a public place and will appear in court next month.
Kilmarnock sign midfielder Aaron Tshibola from Aston Villa on loan until the end of the season.
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Joe Baldwin
News Editor, BBC Hereford & Worcester
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a man was stabbed.
Another man and a woman have also been arrested on suspicion of attempting to pervert the course of justice.
The victim was stabbed just after 12:00 GMT on Commercial Street, Hereford, and is in a serious condition in hospital.
The area remains closed and there is a police presence as investigations continue.
For the fifth year running Birmingham has been named the best place for start-up companies outside London.
In 2017, more than 12,000 new businesses were set up in Birmingham, BQ reports, external, which was almost 4,000 more than Manchester, which ranked third.
Image source, PAA woman found shot dead inside her car on Friday has been named as 51-year-old Cheryl Hooper.
Image source, GoogleFarmers Gate lies within a newly-built estate on the outskirts of Newport
Ms Hooper was found dead at Farmers Gate in Newport. A post mortem examination confirmed she died from a gunshot wound to the neck.
A 45-year-old man, believed to have been known to Ms Hooper, was arrested on suspicion of murder on farmland near Sutton, Shrewsbury, where a shotgun was also recovered.
He remains in hospital under police guard, where he is being treated for gunshot wounds which are not thought to be suspicious.
Vicky Breakwell
BBC Hereford and Worcester
A family's been made homeless after a fire thought to have been started by a tumble dryer., external
Image source, GoogleFire crews were called to Woodmans Rise, Droitwich, on Saturday.
They say the ground and first floors of the end-of-terrace house were already well alight when they arrived.
The family escaped unhurt and Wychavon District Council says it's put them up in a hotel.
Stratford Road in Birmingham is now expected to be closed until Thursday morning.
Sunday afternoon's fire in a row of shops has left buildings unsafe and they need to be demolished.
Bus routes will be affected by the road closure, including the X20A, X20, 2, 3, 5, 6, 6A. 31, 34 and 37.
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Reading sign Aston Villa centre-back Tommy Elphick on loan until the end of the season.
Read MoreBBC WM Birmingham City commentator Richard Wilford thinks not.
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