Local Democracy Reporting Service
Emily Lloyd

A day after protests in Shrewsbury and Ludlow, Shropshire councillors have agreed more amendments to their proposed parking strategy.

A meeting of the local authority's cabinet was told the changes had been made following talks with councillors in Ludlow and that free on-street parking there would start at 18:00, instead of the 20:00 previously proposed.

Parking concessions have also been offered to Ludlow market traders.

Council leader Peter Nutting said it was proof they had "listened to people", but the Labour leader Alan Mosley called it a "dog's breakfast".

Luke Morgan and Emma Cole are also accused of manslaughter, causing the death and child cruelty.

Dudley News

On the Dudley News website today:

• Couple hope 'Luna's Legacy' can build hospital suite for bereaved parents, external
• Five men charged over ‘acid attack’ on three-year-old boy, external
• Dudley Council leader to head regional environment board, external

Plans for a new Warwick District Council headquarters in Leamington have cleared what appears to be their final hurdle

A judicial review against the scheme for the Covent Garden site's been rejected, meaning the council is free to build there.

Image source, Warwick District Council

As well as a new council headquarters there will be offices and housing on the site.

BBC Sport

Coventry City should welcome back Tony Andreu for their friendly against Derby County at Liberty Way tonight.

He has recovered from the dead-leg he sustained at Stevenage on Saturday and is fit to play.

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Liam Kelly and Jordan Willis remain doubtful.

A statue of a giraffe which was vandalised last week has returned to Worcester's High Street.

Gregory is one of 57 giraffe sculptures forming a trail through the city centre as part of an art project called Worcester Stands Tall.

His plinth, at The Cross stood empty when he was taken away for repairs, but was replaced briefly by an inflatable dinosaur, called Dave.

Arrests made after a group tried to stop an ambulance and a paramedic car from going down a road.

Local Democracy Reporting Service
Tom Dare

Care workers in Birmingham are set to start a series of strikes next week in protest over council cuts to the service.

They're from the Home Care Enablement Service, which is given to elderly people who've left hospital and are recovering from illness or injury.

But the council says the current system only results in a fifth of users leaving the service "enabled" and it wants to revamp the rota, meaning the most hours per week that they'd work would be 23.

The authority's cabinet is due to discuss the change on Tuesday, external and, if they approve them, the union Unison says its workers in the service will walk out.

They're planning to strike on Tuesday and Wednesday, followed by three days the following week, four days the week after, and then five days after that.

Five men appear in court charged with conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm.

The campaign is backed by the family of Ryan Evans, who died while swimming in a lake.

A man and woman have been charged with the murder of their baby son in 2014. Staffordshire Police said the pair, aged 25 and 22, have also both been charged with manslaughter and face further charges of causing or allowing an infant death and child cruelty.

A public consultation on hospital services in Shropshire has been extended by a week after the publication of a new NHS report rejecting suggestions a new emergency hospital could be built in the county.

Under the Future Fit proposals, either the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford or the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital would become the county's one centre for emergency medicine, with the other site becoming a centre for planned care.

Image source, SATH

Some have argued it would instead be better to have emergency care at a new site in the centre of the county, but the idea has previously been dismissed by the Future Fit review as being too expensive.

The new report by Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust and the Future Fit review body is one of the reasons the consultation period being extended by another week, so people can take in the new information.

Somerset eventually break Worcestershire's record 10th-wicket partnership to win by 141 runs and keep their title hopes alive.

Scotland midfielder Chloe Arthur signs for Birmingham City Women following her departure from Bristol City Women.

Local Democracy Reporting Service
Stephen Topping

A petition with more than 4,000 signatures has been handed to a council calling for a hospital to be protected from closure.

Those behind it say they're concerned East Cheshire NHS Trust has been forced to close Congleton War Memorial Hospital in the past when staff were needed in Macclesfield due to "challenges".

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Recent figures revealed that the minor injuries unit at Congleton was open for just two days in January.

The petition was handed over at Cheshire East Council's health board with several councillors backing the campaign.

NHS Eastern Cheshire Clinical Commissioning Group says they are looking at the facility but "no decision has been made".

Worcestershire have lost by 141 runs to Somerset, despite a brave effort by the last wicket pair of Steve Magoffin and Alex Milton.

They scored 136 together - nearly half the Worcestershire total - and Milton, who was playing on his debut, was left not out on 104.

In doing so they broke a Worcestershire batting record that had stood since 1906.

Shefali Oza
BBC Midlands Today

There's rain forecast for later in the week but, at the moment, the rest of Wednesday and Thursday is continuing to look sunny and dry - here's the full forecast:

If you want to get an up-to-date forecast for your part of the West Midlands at any other time, head to the BBC Weather website.

Halesowen News

The Halesowen News has these headlines today:

• Final preparations as Halesowen welcomes 'Britain In Bloom' judges, external
• Third Cradley road shut this week by water leak, external
• Scouts compete for 80th camping competition title, external

BBC Sport

Alex Milton and Steve Magoffin break the highest 10th-wicket partnership record for Worcestershire!

They've surpassed the 119 shared by William Burns and George Wilson, also against Somerset at New Road, in 1906.

Phil Bowers
Journalist, BBC Radio Stoke

Four teenagers have been arrested by police after they say a gang of youths 'obstructed' paramedics trying to help a seriously ill teenage boy.

It happened at the weekend on Rockwood Avenue, Crewe.

Image source, Google

The force says the boys, three aged 15 and one 13, are in custody after being arrested.

They haven't revealed the condition of the teenager who paramedics were called to.