James Bond
Sports Producer, BBC Shropshire

AFC Telford manager Rob Edwards has left the club., external

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AFC Telford says they and Edwards agreed the move was "in the best interests" of the club as they're seeking a longer-term appointment.

Speaking to the club's website, the now former boss says it's "one of the hardest decisions" he's had to make.

The prime minister tweets her congratulation to the Conservative leader of Dudley council for the election result.

The Tories and Labour are tied on 35 councillors each after UKIP lost seats.

The party will also attempt to take control of Walsall Council after finishing one seat short of a majority.

Sophie Calvert
Political Reporter, BBC Radio Stoke

We're more than two-thirds of the way through the declarations in Newcastle-under-Lyme and Labour is maintaining its lead.

With 17 wards declared, they have 15 councillors.

Three behind them are the Conservatives with 12 and the Liberal Democrats have three, alongside three Independents.

A Shropshire school says it needs an alternative system to tackle dinner money owed by parents.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

Getting there:

Labour backbencher Jess Phillips said her party leader has a "problem with trust in huge parts of the country" following disappointing local election results.

The Birmingham Yardley MP, said she's been left "surprised" by local results in Birmingham.

"i didn't necessarily pick it up", she said.

"What I read into it is that is for about 10 years, possibly longer, there have been towns and cities - just like where I live - where apathy and a decline in industrial towns has led people to feel really and utterly out of trust with politicians.

"At the moment they find they don't have anywhere obvious to go to trust people and to help care about their lives and I think that's why we've ended up in the stalemate that we're in."

Coventry Live
Coventry Live

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

• Local elections: Coventry and Warwickshire full results, reaction and analysis, external
• Mystery of light aircraft fireball tragedy, external
• Thieves raid Nuneaton store and steal cash machine, external

An NHS trust in the West Midlands, along with one in London, raised concerns about breast cancer screening invitations last year, but were told it was a "local issue", it's been claimed.

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Public Health England says it was not aware of a national problem with the screening programme until January.

But the BBC understands that two NHS trusts in England raised concerns about IT issues as early as March 2017.

Dr Jenny Harries, deputy medical director of Public Health England, said:"There are a number of organisations involved in this and I think we are all - Public Health England, the NHS, NHS Digital, the Department of Health - devastated by this.

Kathryn Stanczyszyn
Political Reporter, BBC WM

Labour sources have been telling me they're hearing their majority in Birmingham could be as low as 57 - out of 101 - which would be a huge change.

The result is very hard to predict, given the boundary changes.

Jess Phillips, MP for Birmingham Yardley tells me she would have laughed anyone out of the room if they'd suggested they'd even be in sniffing distance of losing council control and said the mixed bag of results were "disappointing".

The party gains four seats to win the authority while Worcester stays under no overall control.

Two people have been taken to hospital after a car crashed into a pub in Netherton, Dudley, earlier.

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The driver of the vehicle, a man in his 60s, was treated for a suspected medical episode, prior to the crash, said the ambulance service.

The front seat passenger was also taken to hospital, after the crash at the Old Swan, on Halesowen Road, shortly before 07:00.

Local Democracy Reporting Service
David Irwin

Two party leaders and a former mayor have lost their seats on Solihull Council in a day of shock results for the borough.

While the Conservative group has increased its overall majority by one, it did suffer a defeat in its traditional stronghold of Castle Bromwich.

This was offset by a double gain from the Lib Dems, with veteran councillor and group leader John Windmill (Olton) losing his seat.

In Kingshurst & Fordbridge, there was victory for Labour, who defeated UKIP leader Debbie Evans to take back the seat they lost four years ago.

Leader of Solihull Council and the ruling Tory group, Cllr Bob Sleigh, said he was pleased to have increased the majority.

A teenage boy's been attacked by a group of youths who stamped on him during the assault., external

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The 16-year-old was walking on Silverdale Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme on Saturday evening when the group assaulted him, police say

They say he was rescued by a male nurse.

Hereford Times

The Hereford Times is covering these headlines today:

• Protest outside police station over South Herefordshire Hunt case, external
• Phone charger explodes and fills bedroom with smoke, external
• Woman injured in hit and run while crossing road with daughter, external

Coventry midfielder Carl Baker ends his second spell at the club by mutual consent after failing to make an appearance.

CCTV shows a vehicle pulling up, the suspects getting out and then padlocking the gates.

Historic England said the locations helped to shape the country and the modern world.

Three men have been charged with violent disorder after a man died from a stab wound.

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Thirty-year-old Bradd Darby from Nuneaton died following an incident on Barpool Road in the town in February, police said, external.

The three defendants are all set to appear at Warwick Crown Court on 11 May.

James Norton, 29, from Nuneaton has previously been charged with his murder.

Sophie Calvert
Political Reporter, BBC Radio Stoke

As half the seats have now been declared in Newcastle-under-Lyme, this is how the results have panned out so far:

With 31 of 101 seats declared this is how the results in Birmingham look: