Graham McGarry
BBC Radio Stoke Sport

Stoke City goalkeeper Jack Butland says he feels the pain of the club's relegation to the Championship.

The England stopper was seen with tears in his eyes as he left the pitch after Saturday's 2-1 defeat to Crystal Palace.

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Stoke-on-Trent Live

Some of the stories being covered by Stoke-on-Trent Live:

• Grieving parents left heartbroken after yobs steal gnome from their baby's grave, external
• Charlie Adam: Four or five Stoke players have been getting away with murder, external
• Amazing mum-of-seven loses half her body weight, external

Worcester Warriors backs Max Stelling and Ben Howard are to leave Sixways at the end of the season.

BBC Radio Stoke

Business experts say Stoke City's relegation from the Premier League could cost the city hundreds of jobs,

The club will continue to receive so-called parachute payments from the Premier League which are worth more than £80m over the next three years.

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Coventry Live
Coventry Live

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

• Jogger and beloved pet covered in blood after vicious dog attack, external
• The old Co-op building in Coventry has got its first tenant, external
• Student so ill she 'couldn't stand for longer than 5 minutes' hosts charity knitathon, external

Stephanie Barnard
BBC News

One park in Birmingham looks like it's been left in a sorry mess after the gorgeous bank holiday weekend.

Comedian and proud Brummie Joe Lycett tweeted and posted on Instagram a picture of the rubbish in Cannon Hill Park this morning.

Work is due to start on resurfacing a busy roundabout in Stoke-on-Trent tomorrow night.

Snow Hill roundabout in Shelton is surrounded by potholes and defects.

It will be closed between 19:00 and 08:00 until Friday, with diversions in place.

The work's part of an £11m investment on the road network by the council.

Work is set to begin to restore a fountain put up in memory of men who died during a World War Two mission.

It commemorates the Czech and Slovak soldiers, based in Leamington Spa, who took part in a successful mission to assassinate a Nazi police chief in Prague.

Image source, Warwick District Council

Their exploits were recounted in the film Operation Anthropoid,starring Cillian Murphy and Jamie Dornan, in 2016.

The fountain in Jephson Gardens will be restored to full working order, hedges replaced and additional roses from the Czech Republic planted.

The Friends of the Czechslovak Memorial Fountain have raised funds for its restoration.

A major road through Nuneaton has been closed to install traffic lights and a pedestrian crossing.

Eastboro Way will be shut between 09:30 and 15:30 for the next five days.

Birmingham Live

Some of today's headlines on the Birmingham Live website:

• Birmingham closing on Superprix deal, external
• Here’s what an underground tube system could look like in Birmingham, external
• Audi destroyed in huge crash in Walsall, external

One lane is closed on the M42 southbound near Tamworth and is causing delays of about 30 minutes.

Facebook

Lots of people have been reacting to the news that Super Prix looks set to return to Birmingham.

Formula 3000 cars last raced on the city's streets in 1990 and many people have been posting on the BBC Midlands Facebook, external page to say they have fond memories.

Michelle Jones posts: "I remember going to it all those years ago. My father in law lived in the high rise flats on Bristol road (opposite the cinema) so had a fabulous view!"

Mac Beth said: "this is excellent ...when i worked at the Holiday Inn by alpha tower, this event was probably the highlight of the year."

Matt Lakin posts: "Great news. I went to the first one as a 10 year old and got totally soaked. Loved it."

Express and Star

Some of the headline at the Express and Star:

• Off-road bikers to face prison if caught in Sandwell, external
• Dudley man knifed driver in row over car crash, external
• Formula E motor racing heading to the streets of the West Midlands, external

Birmingham New Street has been named as one of Britain's most popular railway stations.

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Independent watchdog Transport Focus took the views of more than 28,000 people at 56 stations.

The station, which has undergone major reburbishment, was given a 92% "satisfation" ranking - the third highest in the country.

London King's Cross achieved a 96% score and was the most popular station.

Glasgow Queen Street was named the most unpopular.

Birmingham's Super Prix event would put the city alongside the likes of Paris, Berlin and Zurich, the West Midlands Metro Mayor says.

"This will be the UK's race and it's brilliant that it's here rather than in any other UK city," Andy Street said.

"This of course is the centre of the UK's automotive sector and of course that sector is becoming an electric vehicle sector."

The case of a Worcester man who spent 17 years behind bars after being wrongfully convicted of attempted rape, is to be heard at the Supreme Court today. .

Victor Nealon, 53, was convicted of attacking a woman outside a nightclub in Redditch in 1996.

His conviction was quashed in 2013 after a DNA test pointed to "an unknown male" - not Mr Nealon - as being the likely assailant.

His case for compensation, along with that of Sam Hallam, whose conviction was also overturned, will be heard today.

The High Court and Court of Appeal dismissed their compensation cases.

Local Democracy Reporting Service
Carmelo Garcia

The former mayor of Hereford, Jim Kenyon, has decided to quit his political party.

He said the "It’s Our County," his former party, is "not for him" any more but says he will continue as a councillor.

Councillor Kenyon was first elected to Hereford City Council and Herefordshire Council for the Tupsley ward for the newly-formed party in 2011.

He was re-elected to both authorities in 2015 with one of the largest majorities in the county.

A teenager who was called an offensive name by her MP on Twitter says she will not be "bullied" by further comments from him and his followers.

Darcy Norgate, 19, of Burntwood, Staffordshire, was called a rude word by Michael Fabricant after she tweeted he had "neglected" her town.

She said he has posted and re-tweeted negative remarks rather than apologise.

The Tory MP, who said he thought the word used was a synonym for "twit", has offered to meet Ms Norgate.

BBC Sport

Stoke midfielder Charlie Adam says "four or five" of his team-mates have been "getting away with murder for a long time".

The Potters have gone 13 games without a win and their 10-year stay in the Premier League was ended on Saturday.

"It's embarrassing because we should never have been in that situation," Adam, 32, told BBC Radio 5 live.

Her attacker may have sought medical attention after he fled the scene in Droitwich, police say.