West Mercia's police and crime commissioner said keeping vulnerable young people safe "remains a top priority" for the police, council and other partners.

Calls are being made for a new inquiry into child sexual exploitation in Telford, Shropshire, following further allegations hundreds of girls were abused.

John Campion said "this horrific crime is happening in our communities now and has been for many years" and that it was a "continued area of focus" by police.

West Mercia Police said it took all allegations "extremely seriously" but the latest information was "not new".

About 20 homes are affected near The Rolleston brook at Anslow, Burton due to river levels.

Staffordshire Fire and Rescue is in attendance and has a damage limitation unit on scene.

The flood information service, external had warned that flooding "is possible."

Image source, Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service

Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

Police are asking people to avoid areas in Burton due to "serious" flooding.

The fire service shared these pictures and said about 20 houses are affected.

Hereford Times

Some of the main stories on the Hereford Times website today are:

• Council vote against motion to protect land for future bridge crossing, external
• Man taken to hospital following assault in Ross-on-Wye, external
• Villagers form group to conserve a well-known landmark, external

Monica Rimmer
BBC News

We told you earlier about a "trashed" playground which is for young people with special needs to use.

Claire Dainty, the charity's treasurer, said paint was thrown everywhere and they "trashed" the whole building at Old Fallings Adventure Playground, Wolverhampton.

The city council, which owns the site, said it had now put in security measures to prevent further incidents.

Over on the BBC Midlands Facebook page, external, it is something which has angered many of you.

Image source, Family picture

Activists from Peta disrupted the final of the dog show over claims it encourages "extreme breeding".

An 87-year-old man is in hospital with serious leg injuries after being hit by a car, police say., external

Image source, Google

Emergency services were called to the car park of the Co-op, in Headless Cross Drive, Redditch, on Saturday, shortly after 09:00.

Officers are calling for any witnesses to come forward.

Two intruders were wrestled to the ground after running into the show arena at the NEC in Birmingham.

BBC Weather Watchers

Now the snow is out of the way, we're back to well, more cloudy, drizzly weather.

And what two pictures better sum that up than these lovely snaps sent in by BBC Weather Watchers Dawn Treader, in Congleton, and Di's walk, in Sutton Coldfield.

Image source, Dawn Treader

Send us your weather pictures here and we'll feature our favourites.

Image source, Di's walk

Birmingham Live

Here are some of the stories Birmingham Live are covering today:

• Heartbroken Birmingham relatives launch appeal after 'four killed in arson attack, external, including toddler'
• Watch: Hero 4x4 driver plunges into flooded ford to rescue strande, externald Mercedes
• New images of what the world’s biggest Primark will look like when it opens, external in Birmingham

The team was invited to compete in the Ability Counts League at Aston Villa.

Facebook

We've been asking you today on the BBC Midlands Facebook page what advice you would give your younger self.

It's after we asked four members of the Birmingham 1,000 Elders group at the University of Birmingham to reflect on their lives.

On the Facebook page, Karen Tunley posted, external: "Live for today not tomorrow you never know what's round that corner."

Angela Gregory added, external: "Stay strong, the best is yet to come."

While Laura Evans wrote, external: "I don't think I'd change anything, unless I could guarantee I'd get my son the way he is."

And Rob Adams went with, external: "Take a risk, say yes to women more often, smile more. Don't ride a motorcycle into a skip."

A Worcestershire woman, once featured in the BBC show DIY SOS, is trying to raise £200,000 for a life-saving operation in Spain.

Tonia Payne-Cheney, from Eckington, spent three years in hospital as a teenager with the debilitating condition Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.

She has now developed cranial instability and needs to fly to Barcelona for an operation, if she can raise the funds.

Her mother Victoria Cheney said: "Effectively her brain stem is being crushed.

"The only way to stop those symptoms progressing further is to have surgery.

"We've literally got just over three weeks to raise £200,000."

A "full investigation" will be conducted into claims that more than 100 members of the public abused a man running a charity stall at Stratford-upon-Avon market on Saturday, police said.

Image source, Warwickshire Pride

Warwickshire Police said they'd made an appointment to take a statement from the member of Warwickshire Pride, who said he'd endured three hours of abuse in the town.

One person approached the stall to say that he has nothing against LGBT+ people "because it’s an illness that people can’t help catching", the organisation said.

Ch Insp Lee Kemp said: "Hate crime of any kind is completely unacceptable and we will conduct a full investigation into these incidents."

Peter Wilson
BBC Midlands Today Special Correspondent

The search for the remains of Coventry teenager Nicola Payne has resumed at Coombe Abbey this afternoon.

A specialist investigation team is carrying out searches of the lake and surrounding land to try to locate the body of the 18-year-old.

Nicola went missing from her home in Henley Green in 1991.

Peter Faulding, CEO of Specialist Group International, the firm that is leading the investigation in Coombe Country Park, said he remained confident he would find the teenager's body.

Clare Lissaman
BBC News

Families of children and young people with special needs say they can no longer use a much-loved play area after it was "completely trashed" by vandals.

The Give us a Break charity said Old Fallings Adventure Playground, Wolverhampton, provides facilities but is targeted by vandals.

Claire Dainty, (pictured) the charity's treasurer, said: "Somebody completely trashed the whole building. All the glass, all the internal doors, the kitchen. They threw paint everywhere."

The group said it had called for better security, such as roller shutter doors.

The city council, which owns the site, said it had now put in security measures to prevent further incidents.

Four people from the University of Birmingham's 1000 Elders group on what they might do differently.

BBC Archive

The Selecter and The Specials, at the forefront of the 2-Tone scene in Coventry, were both highlighted in an Arena documentary on this day in 1980.

NME journalist Adrian Thrills visited the city for the film Rudies Come Back.

It may not be with the original line-ups, but 38 years on both bands are still performing.

After heavy rain over the weekend and more forecast today, the Environment Agency has issued flood alerts for rivers across the region., external

Image source, Environment Agency

Flooding is possible, particularly on low lying land and rural roads.

With river levels expected to rise over the next couple of days, the flood gate at New Street in Upton-upon- Severn has been closed.