Hereford Times

Here are three of the top stories on the Hereford Times website:

• Tributes paid to family man who was found dead in Hereford, external
• School looks to widen pupils' aspirations, external
• Drug dealer avoids immediate prison sentence, external

Firefighters have been dealing with a blaze at a warehouse near Wellesbourne airfield in Warwickshire.

It's under control now, but traffic is being advised to avoid the area because of the amount of smoke.

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Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service said no-one was hurt.

A man has admitted his part in an illegal bike rally.

Robert Roye, 25, from Livingstone Road, Handsworth and nine fellow defendants, aged between 20 and 33, appeared at Birmingham Magistrates' Court charged with causing public nuisance.

It comes after "five-hour rampage" which saw an illegal bike rally tear through Birmingham and Solihull in June 2016.

Seven of his co-defendants denied the charge, the other two have yet to formally enter a plea.

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Police have arrested 53 people on suspicion of being involved in illegal so-called ride out events and this brings the total number charged to 29.

The rest remain on police bail awaiting a charging decision from the Crown Prosecution Service.

Armel Houanda said he had turned round to to check on 22-month-old Amelie when the crash happened

Lee Blakeman
Port Vale commentator, BBC Radio Stoke

Port Vale winger Marcus Harness admits he's not done enough this season to be a regular in Neil Aspin's starting eleven.

The on-loan Burton player has started only once since the middle of January.

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He hopes his hard work in training this week will earn him a recall to the first team tomorrow.

The new leader of Herefordshire Council has said he'll continue to fight for more government funding, but that people have to be realistic about what's possible.

Conservative councillor Jonathan Lester also said the authority's finances were in a good position, despite the pressure of budget cuts.

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Mr Lester replaces Tony Johnson who's retiring after five years as leader.

Birmingham Live

Some of the main stories on the Birmingham Live website today are:

• Man accused of Aston church stabbings found dead in prison, days before trial, external
• Man creates extreme new gadget to end annoying pavement parking forever, external
• Night of heroism at Pride of Birmingham Awards, external

Alaeldien Ahmed stabbed Anthony Banting more than 50 times in the "frenzied" attack.

Matt Sandoz
Stoke City commentator, BBC Radio Stoke

Paul Lambert says his Stoke City side will have to be at their very best if they are to stun the Premier League leaders Manchester City on Monday night.

Stoke are one of only three Premier League teams to score two or more goals against the champions-elect this season, but he believes they will have to take every chance they get, to stand a chance of getting a result.

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Lambert also says they will have to be at their best defensively, to deny the division's top-scorers.

A woman who was inspired to lose weight after getting stuck in a seat on a rollercoaster at Alton Towers has won a slimmer of the year award.

Laura Cosbie, 35, was nearly 19st (120kgs) when she got wedged in the theme park's Air ride.

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The mother-of-two, from Leicester, admitted to being "mortified" when it took three men to free her.

Now weighing under 10st (63kgs) and having gone from size 24 to size 10, she has taken the Slimming World title.

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Captain Michael Morrison says Birmingham City must keep their Championship survival hopes alive for as long as possible.

West Brom forward Jay Rodriguez contests a charge of racially abusing Brighton defender Gaetan Bong.

Andrew Hewkin
Newsreader, BBC Shropshire

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust is no longer at the bottom of the accident and emergency waiting times list.

All 133 NHS trusts in England are rated on the number of patients they see within four hours and the two hospitals are now rated fourth from bottom.

The hospitals are still only managing to treat two-thirds of patients within the four-hour target, against the national target of 95%.

The spray-painted tribute to Doctor Who musician Delia Derbyshire marked International Women's Day

Ofsted raised concerns about cleanliness and conditions at the unnamed residential home.

BBC WM

Birmingham’s nine Labour MPs have written to the chief executive of the Legal Aid Agency calling on him to reverse its decision to refuse Legal Aid to the families of 10 of the victims of the Birmingham pub bombings.

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They are fighting a coroner's decision that IRA suspects will not be named at new inquests into the 1974 attacks.

Lawyers presenting the coroner’s case will be publicly funded but, after the Legal Aid Agency’s decision, the families will be denied equivalent funding to present their case.

Shropshire Star

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

• Shropshire mum murdered son with a scarf, court is told, external
• New owners hoping to reopen Oswestry's oldest pub, external
• Thousands attend Telford apprenticeship show, external

Adi Yussuf scores twice as Solihull triumphed 3-1 at Dagenham in the National League, leaving the hosts with one win in nine matches.

A Wolverhampton home, caring for children with emotional and behavioural difficulties, has a high level of violence and sexualised behaviour, an inspection has found., external

Ofsted inspectors visited the unamed site, run by Cambian Childcare, in February. They found staff were often off sick.

A recent "serious" incident "led to the arrest of two young people and complaints of sexual and physical assault from two members of staff", the report said.

The home was rated as "requires improvement".

Andy Giddings
BBC News

Telford Tigers head coach Tom Watkins says he plans to give up playing after Sunday's home game against Nottingham Lions.

He was semi-retired going into this season and said he hadn't planned to play at all, but was forced into action on a number of occasions because of a shortage of players.

Image source, Steve Brodie

Now, he says he wants to bow out on home ice after a career of more than 20 years and that "it will be fun to be out there with the boys for one last time".