West Mercia Police says it's been contacted by a "small number of victims" following the media coverage of child sex exploitation in Telford this week.

The force says they all involve "non recent" activity and officers are offering support.

It added that since 2016, 56 people had been arrested by its CSE team in the town, resulting in 29 charges.

A number of investigations were ongoing, it said.

A fire that caused "significant damage" at a house in Burton was started by tea lights on the window sill, Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service said.

An investigation found they had set fire to curtains at the property on Blenheim Close.

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A woman in the house was uninjured, but was taken to Queens Hospital for precautionary checks.

Revised plans have been unveiled for a new flyover on the A46 in Coventry.

Work on the project at TGI island is expected to get under way in 2020 and take two years to complete.

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It follows a major upgrade to neighbouring Toll Bar island which opened a year ago today.

West Brom boss Alan Pardew says he will talk to owner Lai Guochuan about his future but concedes the Chinese might believe a "change is a better thing".

Stafford half marathon is the latest race to be called off this weekend after forecasts of snow and ice.

The organisers said they consulted with local authorities and emergency services and decided it was in the best interests of spectators, competitors and volunteers that it didn't go ahead on Sunday. It is due to be held on 15 April instead.

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Sunday's Coventry half marathon has also been called off because of the weather.

But 69-year-old Doug Richards from Redditch (pictured below) wasn't going to be put off by a bit of cold weather - he's completed a half marathon in Antarctica today, in temperatures of -3C (27F).

It means he's run a half marathon in all seven continents.

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The Canal and River Trust says it's trying to discover what caused a large hole to open up in the Shropshire Union Canal, draining it of millions of litres of water.

A 1.2km (0.75 miles) section near Middlewich has been affected and the Canal and River Trust said there had been no serious damage to property and most of the water had flowed into a nearby river.

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Police are still trying to work out whether a pistol found at the bottom of the empty canal is real or fake.

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Shrewsbury Town's Luke Hendrie predicts the League One promotion race will go down to the wire, with Wigan and Blackburn in a three-team battle for the two automatic spots.

Shrewsbury are in third place, level on points with Wigan but behind on goal difference.

They travel to fifth-place Scunthorpe tomorrow and Hendrie said with 11 games to go, this is his favourite part of the season, because everyone knows what they're playing for.

The former Telford Labour MP David Wright is back in politics.

He won a place on St Georges and Priorslee parish council in a by-election last night.

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Mr Wright was elected as the Telford MP in 2001 and lost his seat to the Conservative Lucy Allan in 2015.

Richard Williams
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

A Coventry woman says her quality of life would be dramatically affected if her 24-hour care was withdrawn.

Lorraine Howard has a muscle-wasting condition which means she has problems with her mobility.

She's been told her night-time and domestic support could be withdrawn because of funding problems.

The city council say it's still assessing Lorraine's case and will "manage any changes sensitively".

A wet and windy night ahead with lows of 0C (32F) to be followed by a bitterly cold and windy day tomorrow with chances of snow.

You can find a detailed forecast for your area on the BBC Weather site.

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Herefordshire jockey Richard Johnson won his second Cheltenham Gold Cup in a thrilling race today.

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He was on the 5-1 chance Native River which gave Dorset trainer Colin Tizzard his first victory in the race after some spectacular jumping by the champion jockey.

Johnson had a memorable battle throughout, with the King George VI Chase winner Might Bite going toe-to-toe over the 22 fences in soft ground.

The win gave him his second Gold Cup win, 18 years after his first on Looks Like Trouble.

Hannah Quinn
BBC Radio Stoke

I've been to the collapsed section of the Shropshire Union Canal in Cheshire and what I've seen is boats lying on top of the silt.

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Most of them are tilted inwards, pulling against their mooring ropes.

Some people live on these boats and they're facing a long wait to get out of this situation.

Firefighters have rescued two men who they say fell 10ft (3m) down a shaft at the Hawthorn Trading Estate in Oldbury.

West Midlands Fire service said the pair sustained minor injuries and were taken to hospital.

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The former West Bromwich Albion and Coventry City striker recently joined non-league Halesowen Town.

A 24-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a body was found at a house in Cheadle, Staffordshire.

The Staffordshire force said it was called to the property on Sun Street this morning and a woman, aged 53, was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Graham McGarry
Crewe Alexandra commentator, BBC Radio Stoke

Crewe Alexandra are facing their "hardest game of the season" tomorrow according to the manager, David Artell.

Coventry City are seventh in the table and have the best defensive record in League Two, conceding just 30 goals in 36 games.

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Artell said his side would have to be at its best to record a third game unbeaten.

Doug Richards was more worried about crossing the rough seas to Antarctica than about his run.

A man's been left with life-threatening skull and spinal fractures after being attacked with an axe in Wolverhampton, police say. , external

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The 42-year-old from Penn, also suffered a brain injury in the attack involving around ten men on Parkfield Road, in the Parkfield area of the city just before 20:00 yesterday.

A 22-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

Det Insp Chris Fox, leading the investigation, said it was an “incredibly serious and violent assault, which has left a man in a critical condition with life-changing injuries".

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Both the Solihull Barons and the Telford Tigers are in play-off action this weekend.

Tigers travel to Whitley Bay to play the Warriors tomorrow, before returning to their own rink on Sunday for the home leg.

The Barons face a long trip to Scotland to face Solway Sharks, before a home leg the following day.

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The Barons and Tigers are on opposite sides of the play-off draw, so if they win these matches and then likely encounters with the Pirates and Steeldogs, they could both end up at the end-of-season finals in Coventry next month.

League One club Walsall appoint Wrexham boss and ex-Saddlers midfielder Dean Keates as their new manager.