BBC Shropshire

The Labour MP for Rotherham says Telford can't move on unless an inquiry's held into child sex abuse in the town.

Sarah Champion's been outspoken on grooming in her constituency and says politics should be put aside for the good of the borough.

In Rotherham, the 2014 Jay report found at least 1,400 children had been abused in the town between 1997 and 2013.

Both Telford's Conservative MP Lucy Allan and the Labour-run council agree the issue in their area needs investigating but they differ on who should do it.

It comes after a Sunday Mirror report on "groups of mainly Asian men" targeting vulnerable white teenagers in the town since the 1980s, external.

Max Stainton has cerebral palsy and is practising by spending a lot of time in the saddle.

A street shut for a year ahead of construction work on a new 600-space car park.

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Shrub Walk in Coventry will remain closed until completion of the works, expected to be finished in spring 2019.

Robert Brown, 53, has pleaded guilty to causing the death of two brothers by dangerous driving in a hit-and-run in Coventry.

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Corey, six, and Casper Platt-May, two, were with their mother when they were hit on 22 February.

Coventry Telegraph

Some of the main stories in the Coventry Telegraph today are:

• Shocking rise in the number of homeless families in Coventry as figures hit record levels, external
• Could Coventry bypass Brexit with a Saxony trade deal?, external
• This is when the ring road works will be completed, external

Coventry's 600-year-old monastery is to be restored and opened to the public as a major attraction in time for City of Culture 2021.

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The Grade I-listed Charterhouse, a Carthusian monastery dating from 1381, is set to benefit from a £4.3m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

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Historic Coventry Trust has been working in partnership with Coventry City Council on plans to restore the medieval building, its walled gardens and grounds since 2011.

The grant will lead to the opening of a heritage visitor centre and educational attraction as well as the creation of the first 30 acres of the planned 70 acre Heritage Park.

BBC Sport

Warwickshire's Chris Woakes (pictured) hit a battling 52 but couldn't prevent England losing to New Zealand by an innings and 49 runs in the first Test at Auckland.

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Starting the day on 132-3, the visitors lost three wickets in the first session including Worcestershire's Moeen Ali for 28.

But Ben Stokes then proved difficult to dislodge as he shared a seventh-wicket stand of 83 with Woakes.

However, when the Durham man went before tea, New Zealand needed just three wickets in the final session to complete a comfortable victory and go 1-0 up in this two-match series.

A big wheel attraction will open in Coventry on Good Friday, organised by the city's Business Improvement District.

The ride, at Millennium Place, will be open for a month.

The Sentinel

The Sentinel newspaper's covering these main stories today:

• Brave bus driver tackled gunman outside his home, external
• Parents brand job losses at two schools as 'disgusting', external
• Hundreds back controversial plans for car park near Stoke-on-Trent mosque, external

Contractors are still trying to fix the burst pipe.

The lack of public charge points for electric vehicles in the West Midlands has been highlighted in a report.

Analysis from HSBC Commercial Banking shows about 27,500 people in the region for every publicly-available charge-point.

That's below average compared to the rest of the UK which is one for every 17,000 people.

The report warns that private sector investment is needed.

Express and Star

Some of the main stories on the Express and Star website today are:

• 239 jobs axed at Carillion's Wolverhampton headquarters, external
• Trusted teenager stole £33k from firm who gave him 'great start in life', external
• Albanians caught throwing bags full of drugs in Wolverhampton, external

There are calls for a new crackdown on drivers who use their mobile phones behind the wheel.

Figures obtained by BBC Hereford & Worcester under the Freedom of Information Act show the number of motorists being pulled over by West Mercia Police has dropped by a third.

Last year just over 1,000 people were stopped for using their handsets.

Campaigner Paul Carvin, lost his wife Zoe when a lorry driver crashed into her stationary car while he was reading a text message, is calling for harsher penalties for drivers caught using phones.

The force said the fall is down to fewer people using their mobiles at the wheel.

The Guardian

The remains of a monastery founded in 1385 by Richard II and the spectacular wall paintings added in later centuries, will open to the public for the first time almost 80 years after being left to the people of Coventry by a wealthy local businessman., external

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The monastery at Charterhouse will open in 2020, in time for the City of Culture celebrations.

The actress is planning a new TV series, which will give Shakespeare plays a "female perspective".

BBC Midlands Today

A Sikh boxer has welcomed the decision to lift a ban on amateur boxers fighting with beards.

England Boxing has announced that bearded amateur boxers will be able to compete in tournaments from 1 June.

It says the decision forms part of its aims to fully embrace inclusivity in the sport.

Karam Singh from Walsall said the decision would now allow more people to box increasing diversity in the sport.

Students learning Russian told us what they think of the current ongoing diplomatic crisis between Russia and the UK.

BBC Business News

Another day, another extraordinary development in Melrose's £7.9bn hostile bid for Redditch-based GKN.

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In a stock exchange announcement, it says: "GKN notes the articles published by the Sunday Telegraph and Sunday Times on 25 March 2018 relating to GKN and Melrose Industries PLC.

"The Sunday Telegraph article , externalcontained a comment by Anne Stevens, chief executive, that "Stevens says … she's convinced investors will back [GKN].

"The Sunday Times article , externalcontained a comment by Jos Sclater, group finance director, that "long-only shareholders are mostly supportive of existing management, and understand that the Dana deal and becoming a pure play aerospace company has, longer term, significantly more value than the Melrose bid".

"GKN confirms that these statements of shareholder support in respect of GKN were not verified and are hereby retracted."

BBC WM Sport

Birmingham City Ladies claimed their fourth win in five Women's Super League 1 games as they eased past Liverpool Ladies at Damson Park.

Birmingham stay fifth in the table, but the result leaves them only two points behind fourth-placed Liverpool.

Chelsea Clinton and actress Rose McGowan (pictured) are among the speakers at this year's Hay Festival.

The 31st festival runs from 24 May - 3 June in Hay-on-Wye, Powys.

More than 600 guests will appear at 800 events, including musical performances and stand-up comedy.

Festival director Peter Florence said insecurities and crises facing the world meant "we need to hear the wisest voices, not the loudest".