BBC WM will be holding a special service in memory of Ed Doolan next month.

The legendary local broadcaster died in January at the age of 76.

His wife Chris says the memorial service at St Phillips Cathedral in Birmingham next month will be an opportunity for family, friends and listeners to remember him.

Manager Peter Beadle hails an "outstanding" season as phoenix club Hereford FC win a third successive promotion.

BBC News Travel

The congestion misery in Crewe due to the Crewe Green Roundabout closures we mentioned earlier has been added to by another closure due to a sewer collapse.

Cheshire East Council says it happened yesterday on Middlewich Street , externaland United Utilities are working to get it reopened later today.

Temperatures of up to 24C are expected over the next few days, matching those Nairobi and Athens.

The mini heatwave prompted West Midlands Fire Service to ask what was the "warm yellowy ball of light" seen in the sky this morning.

It also released an outdoor weather warning, external for the first time this year - offering guidance for barbeques and budding campers.

Image source, West Midlands Fire Service

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A woman who suffered a brain injury seven years ago was asked to leave a JD Wetherspoons pub after staff mistook her disability for drunkenness.

Grace Currie was escorted out of The Shrewsbury Hotel by door staff on Saturday night who told her she was too drunk, despite having only one drink.

Over on the BBC Midlands Facebook page, external, many of you have been sharing your feelings on the story.

Image source, GRAEME CURRIE

The chain apologised for the mistake and the "misjudgement" of staff.

Ruben Neves is one of three players from promoted Wolves to be named in the PFA Championship Team of the Year.

BBC WM

A Birmingham hospital is taking delivery of a revolutionary piece of equipment today which could dramatically increase the number of heart transplants it carries out.

The Heart in a Box allows a heart to stay alive outside the body, increasing the amount of time surgeons have to operate.

It's hoped doctors at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham will now be able to perform 50% more transplants than they currently do.

Riyah Collins
BBC News

A 20-bedroom mansion used to train Free French soldiers during World War II has sold at auction for £810,000.

Free French leader Charles de Gaulle is believed to have regularly visited cadets and officers based at Ribbesford House in Bewdley, Worcestershire.

Image source, MERRYN HOWELL

Estate agents Andrew Grant said the property, which had "an amazing heritage", was in need of complete renovation.

It was given a guide price of £500,000 at the auction at the Crown and Sandys pub, Ombersley, yesterday.

Shropshire Star

Here are some stories behind the headlines on the Shropshire Star website today:

• Jail for student who tried to smuggle cannabis, external into jail
• Ask for Angela codeword scheme to help Telford pub-goers in danger, external
• The ghost which made a landmark Shropshire church change, external direction

Chris King
Reporter, BBC Radio Stoke

Drivers across Crewe are suffering delays this morning as long-term works to ease congestion on a roundabout have got under way., external

Cheshire East Council's spending £7m changing the layout of the Crewe Green Roundabout and says the alterations will improve traffic flow in the future.

Last night, the council shut the exit from the junction on to Hungerford Road and Sydney Road and it'll be closed for the next three months.

This morning, I've been in Crewe and traffic's been horrendous with long queues in the areas around the roundabout.

BBC Shropshire

A woman was rescued from a house fire in Ludlow last night.

It broke out in the kitchen of a house on Lower Broad Street at about 21:10.

Image source, Google

The fire service says the woman was assisted from the building before crews arrived.

The fire was caused by unattended cooking.

Allen Cook
BBC News

It's not your average crime but in Cheshire there have been a string of thefts of... dry stone walls.

In total, police say they've had eight reports of either the walls or paving slabs being stolen in the past six weeks. , external

Officers say they've happened in places including Henbury, Adlington, Bollington and Sutton.

BBC Hereford and Worcester

The boss of Vimto says more jobs could be created under a major upgrade of its factory in Herefordshire.

The drinks firm revealed yesterday it is going to revamp its base in Ross-on-Wye at a cost of £4.5m.

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About 50 people currently work there but Vimto's CEO, Marnie Millard, hopes they will be able to take on more staff soon.

More than 650 homes and businesses near Bromsgrove and Droitwich Spa are without power this morning.

Energy supplier Western Power Distribution has apologised on Twitter , externaland says it hopes to have supplies restored by 10:00.

The Sentinel

Here are some of the headlines on The Sentinel this morning:

• Robber, 29, is back behind bars - eight years after he killed a man, external
• Xherdan Shaqiri: I love Stoke City, I'm frustrated... I have more ambition than, external a relegation fight
• Drug-dealing woman, 30, jailed after police found cocaine, cash and a knuckle duster , externalin her car

BBC Radio Stoke

A listed building in Hanley is set to become a restaurant after lying empty for more than a decade.

The Grade II listed Bethesda Building on Albion Street, built in the 19th Century, is currently being renovated and the City Council has now granted a premises licence.

The building which started life as the offices of Staffordshire Potteries Water Board could open as a restaurant within the next year to 18 months.

Health inspectors were forced to intervene to help a patient with suspected sepsis, external at a hospital which was ordered to improve, a report has revealed.

Staff in the emergency department of Russells Hall Hospital in Dudley, West Midlands, failed to properly monitor and treat the patient after they were admitted, according to a Care Quality Commission (CQC) report.

The CQC report said in one case, the inspection team "had to intervene to ensure a patient was reviewed and attended to as a matter of urgency".

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"This patient in particular was admitted early in the morning and placed on the sepsis pathway, but did not receive antibiotics until two hours later and did not receive timely observations," the report said.

"The trust are currently undertaking a serious incident review into this case."

The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, which operates the hospital, was given an overall rating of "requires improvement".

The trust says it's put an improvement plan in place for the emergency department to ensure patient safety.

BBC Shropshire

Shrewsbury Town failed to put the pressure on their League One promotion rivals following a disappointing 2-0 defeat against Charlton at The Montgomery Waters Meadow last night.

The result leaves Paul Hurst's Shrewsbury five points adrift of the automatic promotion places with four games remaining.

Hammerson, the owner of Birmingham's Bullring and Grand Central shopping centres, has said it is no longer recommending shareholders vote in favour of its acquisition of Intu, just months after announcing an offer for the firm.

Intu owns the Merry Hill and Potteries shopping centres, among others.

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In a statement, Hammerson said the move was "no longer in the best interests of shareholders" and that the stock market's view of the UK retail property market had "deteriorated" since the start of the year.

Simon Gilbert
Political Reporter, BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

Work to repair the ageing Coventry ring road will overrun by several months.

About £6m is being spent to improve the section between Foleshill Road and London Road.

It's the first major structural work undertaken on the ring road since it was built more than 40 years ago.

Resurfacing work and other improvements are taking place since it fell into disrepair.

Work was meant to finish last month, but will now run until the summer.