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A lane on the A500's been shut near Crewe on the approach to the M6 because of a collapsed manhole., external
Cheshire East Council says it's happened as it gets to junction 16 of the motorway and the closure will be in place into this evening.
The Worcester News is covering these stories today:
Nick Triggle
Health Correspondent
Three A&E units in the West Midlands are among the top 10 worst-performing A&Es in the last financial year, BBC analysis reveals.
Hospitals are meant to see 95% of patients in four hours.
Data from NHS England for 2017-18 show that, overall, the NHS has recorded its worst ever annual performance - at 88.4% - since records began in 2004.
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust was among the 10 worst services, seeing just 74.6% in four hours during 2017-18.
The University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust in Staffordshire with 77.5% and the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust with 78.9% were also among the 10.
Yusupha Sarr and Christ Lidiu are linked to a Birmingham gang known as "23 Drillas", police say.
Read MoreThe hybrid car, which was charging, burst into flames, damaging the family's home.
Read MoreLynda Clinton says she based the claims on some national media reports.
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BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
Farmers across Warwickshire are warning that this year's harvest could be very late - because of bad weather so far this year.
The planting of spring crops has been delayed by about three weeks and in some places across the Midlands, the weather's led to the death of some livestock.
Image source, PAQuote MessageWe've had to rent some other buildings to put sheep in that have already lambed, just so we can keep them off the ground because we've got no grass. Snow has been blowing through and causing havoc - freezing water supplies and created a lot of extra work."
Martin Greenfield, Sheepfarmer in Atherstone
Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke
Four arrests have been made and a gun recovered after armed officers were deployed to a street in Newcastle-under-Lyme., external
Image source, GooglePolice were sent to Bath Road, Silverdale (pictured) last night after reports of people in a car with a handgun.
They say two men and a woman from Coventry were later stopped in Solihull and arrested on suspicion of making threats to kill and having a firearm.
A 51-year-old from Newcastle-under-Lyme was also arrested on suspicion of conspiring to make threats to kill.
BBC News England
Thousands of people who arrived in the UK as children in the first wave of Commonwealth immigration face being threatened with deportation.
A new petition on the government's website calling on the Home Office to grant them an amnesty has attracted more than 23,000 signatures.
Image source, PAThose campaigning have highlighted the case of Paulette Wilson who arrived in Telford from Jamaica in 1968 aged 10, but in August 2015 her benefits were stopped and she was later detained at a removal centre.
The 61-year-old was told by the Home Office in January she can now stay.
Image source, Paulette WilsonThe Migration Observatory at Oxford University estimates there are 500,000 people who could be affected.
The Home Office said it would handle applications to stay "sensitively".
Stephanie Barnard
BBC News
Police have revealed more details, external after a body was found in a Wolverhampton park this morning.
Officers say the body of teenage girl was discovered in West Park at 07:00 and it is now being treated as murder.
A post-mortem examination of the girl, who has not yet been named, is yet to take place.
Image source, Express and StarQuote MessageThe investigation is at an early stage, but we’re really keen to hear from anyone who was in or around the park overnight."
Det Ch Insp Edward Foster, West Midlands Police
Thomas Chipperfield cannot use two lions and a tiger in his travelling circus, a court rules.
Read MoreA woman's died after police believe she lost control of her mountain bike and hit a lamp-post., external
Image source, GoogleThe 43-year-old from Telford was cycling on Bishopdale, Brookside, on Wednesday evening when it happened.
West Mercia Police says an off-duty fire officer was first to try to help her with CPR before paramedics arrived, but she was pronounced dead at the scene.
Leamington Observer
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Rob Mayor
Political reporter, BBC WM
A third of seats are up for election in the four metropolitan boroughs in the Black Country.
In 2016 Labour fell just three votes short of taking overall control in Dudley., external
Both they and the Conservatives will be targeting the six seats defended by UKIP which were won at the height of the pro-Brexit party’s popularity four years ago.
Walsall, external also hangs on a knife edge, with a Labour – Liberal Democrat coalition looking to hold on to a narrow majority.
Labour hold such a healthy majority in Wolverhampton, external that they could survive almost total disaster at the ballot box and cling on to control, while Sandwell, external is a virtual one party state.
Labour councillors hold 67 of the 72 seats there, four of five independents were Labour party candidates when they were elected.
A series of scandals over councillor conduct could provide an opportunity for other parties, though even winning one of the 24 seats up for grabs would give them cause for celebration.
Ged Scott
BBC Sport
Ahead of this year's Grand National, former champion jockey Bob Davies has been remembering for BBC Sport "one of the best spare rides in history".
Lucius was only the Shropshire jockey's fourth ride in the race - and he had previously only once got around the 30 fences on National day.
Image source, Getty ImagesHe only inherited the ride when Dave Goulding was injured in a fall five days before the race.
Fate then smiled on Davies, as the legendary Red Rum pulled out on the morning of the National having suffered a hairline fracture the day before.
Read what happened next for Bob and his famous win in one of the tightest-ever finishes here on the BBC website.
BBC WM
Details of this year's Black Country Day, external have been announced.
The celebrations start at the end of June, with Black Country Day falling on 14 July.
There will a family fun day in Dudley town centre, as well as events in Halesowen, Wolverhampton and Walsall.
Wondering what it's all about? Here's Jennifer Meierhans looking at the truth behind the name.
The Black Country: The truth behind the myth
Kathryn Stanczyszyn
Political Reporter, BBC WM
Things are a bit different this year for Birmingham – the country’s biggest local authority.
It is having an all-out election after the Kerslake review found the council wasn’t operating efficiently and recommended scaling the number of councillors down from 120 to 101.
So ALL seats are being contested and the Birmingham wards , externalhave changed – there’ll actually be more, 69 now up from 40. But they are smaller (fewer residents to each one) and will be represented by either one or two councillors.
That means it’s all up for grabs at this election, and has caused a bit of soul-searching over whether traditional voting patterns within the city might be affected.
Add to that the possible effect of last year’s bin strike and some internal turmoil within Labour when it comes to new candidates from the Momentum side of the party and some Conservatives say they’re confident of gains.
But with strong individual records in certain areas and a very healthy existing majority, Labour says it’s optimistic the city will remain under its control.
You can register to vote online via the gov.uk website., external
John Platt
BBC WM Sport
Italian sporting director Giuliano Terraneo has been appointed as a technical consultant at West Bromwich Albion., external
The club announced that he'll be joining the club on a six-month deal - to help bring in a new head coach and restructuring of the squad, as well as the long-term hiring of a new sporting and technical director.
He will also be involved in the complete review of the recruitment department.
Image source, West BromStephanie Barnard
BBC News
A 27-year-old man is in hospital after being stabbed in the car park of a hospital in Birmingham.
Police say they were called to a car park at Birmingham Women's Hospital this morning, following "a dispute".
Officers are at the scene and say it's believed to be an isolated incident.
The man's injuries are described as minor.
Gibraltar Lane in Leamington Hastings is closed after a lorry collided with a bridge this morning, Warwickshire County Council has said.
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