A council report raises concerns that people who are refused a taxi licence in Shropshire are still operating in the area, after getting licences from neighbouring authorities.

Shropshire Councillors will be told at a meeting today that cross-border hiring poses a significant risk to public safety.

The authority is considering signing up to a national database later this year which will allow all licence refusals and revocations to be flagged up.

Coventry City defender Dominic Hyam signs a two-year contract extension with the League One side.

An inquest has been opened and adjourned today into the death of a 15-year-old boy who was stabbed.

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Keelan Wilson was found yards from his home in Merry Hill, Wolverhampton, on 29 May, but died in hospital from his injuries.

Four teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of murder over his death and have been released by police while their inquiries continue.

The inquest was opened this afternoon at the Black Country Coroner's Court.

Halesowen News

The Halesowen News is covering these stories today, among others:

• Council look to offload £500,000 changing rooms, external
• Roads to close for street cleansing, external
• Artist creating sculpture to honour WW1 South Asian soldiers, external

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BBC News

Work to extend the Midland Metro tram line is going to continue in Birmingham,, external despite the discovery of an old cobbled road during excavation works.

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It's turned up in Victoria Square and the Midland Metro Alliance says an archaeologist has been to survey the paving.

They say they're waiting for the results to come back as to when it was built, with suggestions on Twitter ranging from Roman times to Victorian. , external

The alliance adds that it's not their first historical find during the works, with Victorian roller shutters turning up at a shop in Pinfold Street earlier this year.

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There's been a rise in the number of house fires in Staffordshire.

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The fire service says there were 152 fires between January and March this year, compared with 133 for the same period the year before.

Revealing the figures, the service's chief fire officer, Becci Bryant, said they included an increase in fires in homes housing vulnerable people - from 13 to 18.

She says those ones included "preventable" blazes started by chip pans, a child with a lighter and a faulty appliance.

Allen Cook
BBC News

An artist behind an exhibit created by refugees in Birmingham says the women involved have been inspired to realise their own ambitions.

Salma Zulfiqar, along with the women from places like Somalia, Yemen and Senegal, put together the Migration Blanket, which was shown at the Library of Birmingham earlier this year., external

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The blanket depicted their struggles, hopes and dreams and was aimed at promoting integration and stopping hate crime and extremism.

Today, on World Refugee Day, Salma says putting the blanket together made the women realise they wanted to achieve ambitions including starting their own business and going into teaching.

She says they're now hoping to take the exhibition to London.

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Solihull Moors appoint former Wolves, Blackburn Rovers, Southampton and England keeper Tim Flowers as manager.

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Britain's Dan Evans has not been awarded a Wimbledon wildcard after he served a ban for taking cocaine.

It means the 28-year-old from Birmingham must play in this week's pre-qualifying tournament.

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The former world number 41 has been in fine form since his return in April and was runner-up in the Nature Valley Open final in Nottingham on Sunday.

All England Club sources say the decision was based on a matter of "principle".

Two men are accused of raiding a house in Coventry where they took cash and jewellery.

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BBC News

Two World War One memorials are going to be restored after years of wear and tear and vandalism., external

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Wolverhampton City Council's going to initially pay thousands of pounds to revamp the memorials.

They are the pair in Church Road, Pennfields, and at St Michael and All Angels Church in Tettenhall.

The council's agreed to fund the repairs in advance while applications are made to the War Memorials Trust to pay for up to 75% of the work, once it's been finished.

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Consumers in rural areas of the UK are far less likely to use their smartphones for banking than their urban counterparts, a survey says.

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The findings, from the UK's financial regulator, are set to reignite the debate over bank branch closures - particularly in rural locations.

Dozens of branches have closed in smaller towns across the West Midlands in recent years.

Worcestershire's batsmen have struggled on the first day of their County Championship match against Lancashire at New Road.

They reached lunch at 85-5, with opener Daryl Mitchell (pictured below) still there on 25.

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Meanwhile, Warwickshire's bowlers have kept Kent under control at Tunbridge Wells.

The home side were 104-4 at lunch, with two of the wickets going to Oliver Hannon-Dalby.

Medical student Xander Van der Poll has no feeling in his legs after falling from a tree.

The organisation responsible for installing a broadband cable in a Herefordshire street last week, to the annoyance of some residents who saw their drives torn up, has said they were all told about the work.

One of the residents in Hope under Dinmore, Mary Marshall, said they'd had no warning the work was going to be carried out on 13 June, but Fastershire said a letter was sent out in March.

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Ms Marshall said following the work, a section of the Cotswold Stone drive was replaced with "dirt".

Fastershire and its partner company Gigaclear said they "regret that the work was not completed to the resident's satisfaction" and a site visit had taken place to assess the work, in the hope of finding "an acceptable solution".

Dismissing his appeal, Lady Justice Hallett said he had carried out a campaign "of rape on a huge scale".

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BBC Radio Stoke

A new railway station is going to be built in Leek, Staffordshire, within the next four years, according to a heritage railway group.

Churnet Valley Railway is currently based around Cheddleton (pictured), Froghall and Kingsley and runs regular steam train excursions.

Now, it's been given planning permission by Staffordshire Moorlands District Council to extend the current line by 1,000m (1,093yds) to Leek. , external

The group says a separate application will be made for the station, which should be built just 400m (437yds) from the old Leek station, which shut in 1970.

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These stories are among the headlines on the Coventry Telegraph website today:

• Changes to the A46 could speed up your journey, external
• Coventry MP meets with Save Coventry Speedway campaigner, external
• Two accused of threatening baby with knife, external

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BBC News

Royal Derby Hospital has admitted liability after a man died from sepsis following a routine bowel cancer operation.

Simon Tulitt, 62, from Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, died from multiple organ failure two days after the surgery at the hospital in 2013.

An investigation found doctors failed to prescribe the correct antibiotics for septicaemia.

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Mr Tulitt's wife Janet said she has spent the past five years demanding answers from Derby Teaching Hospitals, which runs the hospital.

“Nothing will fill the loss I feel for my husband and the loss our children feel for their dad," she said.

"The hospital failed so poorly in its basic duty of care."

Following Mr Tulitt’s death, the trust said it has created a sepsis care bundle, which has been implemented in all emergency areas and adult wards.

It added that as a result of the improvements it now has one of the region’s lowest in-patient mortality rates for sepsis.

Politicians representing the area around the former Ironbridge power station say they're looking forward to meeting the new owners, the Harworth Group.

Shropshire councillor Claire Wild said a meeting had been arranged for early July and Telford and Wrekin councillor Nicola Lowery added: "I look forward to working closely with Harworth Group over the forthcoming months to ensure we achieve an iconic regeneration project for our region.”

Ms Lowery added it was important to make use of "this once in a lifetime opportunity" to realise the "national economic potential of this strategic and important site".

The Harworth Group has said it intended to consult on the future of the land later this year.