Michael Furnival was having his licence checked in the Forest of Dean when he became "threatening".

The grade II* listed swimming pool faced closure last year before funding was provided to secure its future.

West Midlands Ambulance Service says yesterday was its busiest day but it doesn't know why.

The service said demand was 20% higher than expected with it receiving 5,001 calls.

The previous busiest day was 1 January 2017 with 4,628 calls.

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Call-numbers were also high on Sunday, when WMAS received 4,451 calls.

It said it expected an increase in demand during the snowy weather, but the spike in calls since then was "very worrying" and that it would be looking into the causes.

Former Ulster head coach Neil Doak agrees to join the coaching set-up to complete a major reshuffle at Worcester.

Around £6m worth of medicine has to be destroyed every year after being taken back to pharmacies in Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent Clinical Commissioning Group has said., external

It wants GPs and pharmacies to do more to cut the numbers of prescriptions that are not needed.

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The CCG also want patients to check the amounts of medicines they have and any use by dates on the drugs before ordering more.

Simon Gilbert
Political Reporter, BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

Conservative councillors in Coventry are demanding more transparency over the final cost of moving 350 staff to a city centre office block.

Councillors meet today to discuss plans to spend up to £1m on refurbishing Broadgate House, external, because there's not enough space for them at their new One Friargate base.

The staff have been displaced by the decision to rent two floors of the building to the Financial Ombudsman Service.

Conservative councillor Gary Crookes told BBC Coventry and Warwickshire he wanted to know if there were other properties that either wouldn't need refurbishing, or could be decorated "more cheaply".

City Council officer, Nigel Clews said it was value for money to upgrade the building, and gives the council "flexibility going forward... for the next five years at least".

Paramedics have been called to a Staffordshire trampoline park more than 60 times in the last two years, figures show.

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Flip Out Stone had one of the highest callout rates in England, according to new data seen by the BBC.

In 2017, ambulances were called out to 1,181 incidents at trampoline parks across England - more than three a day.

An industry body said it would "not be averse" to regulation of the sector.

BBC News Travel

The rail route between Shrewsbury and Swansea (the Heart of Wales Line) is reopening.

Safety checks following the severe weather have been completed, Network Rail says.

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The first trains to run will be the 14:05 Shrewsbury to Swansea service and the 14:35 Swansea to Crewe service.

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These are some of the headlines from the Shropshire Star today:

• Work begins on danger A483 junction near Oswestry, external
• Flood alerts in place for Shropshire after snow, external
• Mother’s Day service in memory of mum killed outside her home, external

A man arrested after sustaining injuries during an incident in a police vehicle in Perth is a former Staffordshire library assistant.

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Staffordshire County Council said 45-year-old Stuart Lymer had worked at Uttoxeter library but resigned on Tuesday, 27 February.

He was stopped by officers at Perth railway station on Monday morning with a teenage girl after police issued a missing persons appeal.

The council said it was "supporting Staffordshire Police in their enquiries".

Charlotte Teeling, 33, from Worcester, had been reported missing on 26 February.

Children suffered worse injuries at trampoline parks than when using home equipment, a hospital finds.

Nine people have been arrested in a series of dawn drugs raids across Greater Manchester and the West Midlands.

Police searched 12 addresses across Manchester, Trafford, Suffolk and West Midlands.

The raids were part of Operation Friction, which has targeted an organised crime network supplying drugs across the UK.

The seven men and two women were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to supply Class A and Class B drugs.

A 45-year-old man and 17-year-old woman are arrested following an incident in a police vehicle.

New Birmingham City manager Garry Monk will be hoping his players give him a birthday present of three points tonight.

The new boss turns 39 today and he marks it with a debut match against his old club Middlesbrough at St Andrews.

Boro sacked him just before Christmas - but all of his focus is on the challenge of keeping Blues in the Championship - before focusing on the long term project.

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The proposed takeover of UK engineering giant GKN should be blocked, a group of 16 MPs has said in a letter to Business Secretary Greg Clark.

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The letter, led by Labour MP Jack Dromey and Conservative MP Rachel Maclean, is the latest sign of worry over the deal.

Melrose Industries has offered £7.4bn for the 259-year-old firm.

The Redditch-based company is defending itself against the approach from Melrose, a firm that specialises in buying up industrial companies it believes are undervalued and restructuring them before selling them on.

Graham McGarry
Crewe Alexandra commentator, BBC Radio Stoke

After playing for eight clubs in the last 10 years, Crewe's Eddie Nolan is glad to be getting a run in the first team.

He made 100 appearances for Scunthorpe United, but admits he has been frustrated by his lack of opportunities elsewhere.

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He is now targeting 40 appearances for Crewe this season.

TV and radio presenter, Zoe Ball, will finish day two of her Sport's Relief Challenge in the village of Upton Magna near Shrewsbury tonight.

She's aiming to cycle 300 miles (482km) from Blackpool to Brighton in five days, to raise awareness of mental health issues.

Today's route started in Widnes and finishes in the Haughmond Pub car park at about 17:30.

Bill Wilson
BBC business reporter

Female footballers were playing in front of large crowds and making big money 100 years ago before the Football Association banned them from its grounds.

Jean Williams, Professor of Sport at the University of Wolverhampton, has been researching the history of the women's game for more than 25 years.

Here she tells the story of the fall and rise of women's football through 10 objects collected by the National Football Museum.

A conference about the history and heritage of women's football , externalhas been organised for International Women's Day on Thursday.

Residents say parts of Northfield saw heavy traffic as people tried to get water during the shortage.