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Some of the stories making the headlines on the Coventry Live website today are:
Local Democracy Reporting Service
Stephen Topping
Two parts of Cheshire are set to lose their dermatology services with patients having to travel several miles for skin treatment.
Image source, GoogleVernova Healthcare, which is owned by 22 Cheshire GP practices, took on the services withdrawn by East Cheshire NHS Trust two years ago.
But the firm says it's making a loss so needs to scale back what it does, meaning dermatology care will end in Congleton and Knutsford's local hospitals in August.
Local health bosses say they are talking to another NHS organisation about taking on the service, but the earliest that could begin is October.
Dan Pallett
BBC Midlands Today Sport
Those organising next year's Cricket World Cup are looking for volunteers in the West Midlands to help make next summer memorable.
Edgbaston in Birmingham will host five games in 2019 including a semi-final.
Mary Cahill, from the volunteer programme, said about 4,000 people are needed to meet and greet spectators and "to create that real buzz and atmosphere".
Other roles include hospitality and media support, she said.
You can see my full report on Midlands Today on BBC One at 18:30.
Nearly half of the UK's classical musicians don't earn enough to live on, says the Musicians' Union (MU).
Image source, Getty ImagesAlthough rank-and-file members of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra or BBC Philharmonic are paid about £30,000 a year, wages have stagnated as funding cuts take hold.
Forty-four per cent of players told the MU they struggled to make ends meet.
"Wages are increasingly depressed," said Michael Kidd, who plays French horn with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
"If it continues in that direction, it's not going to remain a viable career option."
BBC Politics
Can I vote if I've been drinking? Do I have to show my face? Are you allowed to take a selfie?
All the questions, well, nearly all, on what you can and cannot do in a polling station, answered here.
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Jack Dowling
Journalist, BBC Radio Stoke
A suspected haul of cocaine with an estimated street value of £10,000 has been found by police, along with a knife, after a car chase., external
Image source, Staffordshire PoliceThey arrested three men, aged between 19 and 30, all from Stoke-on-Trent, after the pursuit yesterday afternoon along the A34 which ended in Stone.
The trio were all arrested on suspicion of possession of a Class A drug with intent to supply and are still in custody.
The Hereford Times has these headlines today:
Images just released , externalshow how Birmingham International station could look after redevelopment which will see it linked to the new HS2 interchange station in Solihull.
Image source, Urban Growth companyFunding worth £9.27m has been given to the Urban Growth Company, set up by Solihull Council, by the West Midlands Combined Authority.
The HS2 interchange station will be situated on land in Solihull near the M42 from 2026.
Ged Scott
BBC Sport
Stafford Rangers have appointed one of their former players Steve Burr , externalas their new manager.
Image source, Getty ImagesBurr, 58, who had a prolific scoring record as a non-league striker, largely with Macclesfield Town, will be taking charge of his eighth club as a manager.
He has also been in charge at Nuneaton Borough, Hucknall Town, Northwich Victoria, Stalybridge Celtic, Kidderminster Harriers, Chester and Southport.
Burr has also been assistant manager of the England C non-league side since 2005.
Stafford finished 14th in this season’s Northern Premier League.
The Baylis family say paying off debts allows them to spend more quality time as a family.
Read MoreA 14-week consultation over a plan to radically overhaul services at two Shropshire hospitals is due to start on 30 May. , external
The Future Fit proposals, first floated in 2013, seek to centralise services at either Royal Shrewsbury Hospital or Telford's Princess Royal.
Image source, SATHThe government awarded the project £312m of funding in March.
The public consultation will feature two options, with one proposing emergency care be centred at the Shrewsbury site, other other proposing Telford.
The county's clinical commissioning groups (CCG) are being asked to approve the consultation plans with Telford and Wrekin's CCG due to meet on Tuesday., external
Allen Cook
BBC News
Warwickshire have had the better of the morning session on day one at Edgbaston.
Image source, Getty ImagesDerbyshire were 72-1 at one stage, but had a wobble before lunch, Bears captain Jeetan Patel (pictured) taking two of the four wickets to fall in the session.
If Derbyshre are to post a reasonable first-innings score, much will depend on the experienced Wayne Madsen, who is unbeaten on 39.
You can continue to follow updates on the game on the BBC Cricket website or via BBC local radio commentary.
Gavin Kermack
Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester
An actor says people need to have a better understanding of learning difficulties after his disabled son was forced to leave a theatre performance while he was on stage.
Image source, GoogleMartin Boniface, who lives in Drakes Broughton, Worcestershire, was taking part last month in a matinee performance of Into the Woods at The Swan Theatre, Worcester.
During the show, he says his 25-year-old son Harry, who expresses himself by making sounds and noises, was asked to leave by a fellow theatre-goer.
The theatre says they're devastated by what's happened and would have been able to deal with it in an appropriate way had staff been made aware.
Quote MessageI'm minded of the sign you often see on disabled toilets that will say 'please remember not all disabilities are visible', because some people use a disabled toilet for example and you can't see anything but actually they may have some disability that isn't so visible. I would love for people to be more tolerant."
Martin Boniface, Actor
Some of the main stories on the Express and Star website today include:
Carlie Swain
BBC News
We told you earlier that a baton relay to mark 100 years of the RAF is heading through Shropshire today.
BBC Radio Shropshire's Adam Green joined service men and women as the baton travelled by bike from Shawbury to Atcham.
Image source, MOD Crown Copyright 2018The baton then continued its journey to Jackfield, in the Ironbridge Gorge, by canoe.
RAF baton relay continues along River Severn
Police say they are treating injuries to two cyclists in Wolverhampton as a suspected hit-and-run crash.
As we reported earlier, a 48-year-old woman remains in a serious condition in hospital after the collision on Wolverhampton Road, near New Cross Hospital at about 20:45 yesterday.
Another cyclist, a 50-year-old man is in a stable condition, police say.
Sgt Mark Bull from West Midlands Police's Traffic Unit called on the driver to "do the right thing" and come forward.
The return of sunshine this morning's sent our BBC Weather Watcher out into the great outdoors.
These three are from users Frodo Baggins in Bromyard, WolgarstonSci in Penkridge and Fraser in Coventry:
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Image source, FraserOfficers investigating an attempted child abduction in Coventry have arrested a man.
The incident happened on Momus Boulevard in the Stoke area of the city on Tuesday 1 May.
A man asked the girl to get into his car twice, before she ran off and alerted her parents, said West Midlands Police., external
The 21-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of attempted child abduction and remains in police custody.
BBC Politics
Why are only some councils up for election?
What do councillors actually do and what am I voting for?
Confused about this and other key issues? These questions and many more areanswered here by the BBC.
Image source, PAJasmine Forrester died in hospital from a serious head injury on 9 February.
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