Hospital death leaves children motherlesspublished at 14:45 British Summer Time 7 September 2018
An inquiry has been ordered into the Dudley hospital after the deaths of 54 patients over six months.
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Hospital death leaves children motherlesspublished at 14:45 British Summer Time 7 September 2018
City to bid farewell to Dippypublished at 14:38 British Summer Time 7 September 2018
If you haven't seen it yet, this weekend is the last chance to see Dippy the Diplodocus at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
Image source, Birmingham Museum and Art GalleryThe 21m (70ft) long replica of a diplodocus - which comes in 86 sections, has been an icon of the Natural History Museum in London for more than 100 years but is now on a tour of the country.
Media caption, Timelapse footage of Dippy at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
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Eviction bid as travellers move on to landpublished at 14:23 British Summer Time 7 September 2018
Council officals in Nuneaton are carrying out welfare checks after a group of travellers moved into land off Donnisthorne Avenue.
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council said it would then serve a direction to leave on the group as soon as possible.
Man robbed after 'baton attack by gang'published at 14:15 British Summer Time 7 September 2018
Allen Cook
BBC NewsA man's been robbed after being hit with a baton by a gang of men. , external
The 27-year-old victim was in an alleyway near Kidderminster Harriers football stadium, say police, when the attack happened last night.
Image source, GoogleThey say it's thought three men came up to him and hit him with the baton but were scared off when another person walked past.
Officers say the victim kept walking, but, as he left the alleyway, the same three men are believed to have run up and taken his bag.
In the papers: Supermarket ATMs targetedpublished at 14:07 British Summer Time 7 September 2018
The Worcester News features these stories today:
Safety fear after lollipop warden not replacedpublished at 13:57 British Summer Time 7 September 2018
Charlotte Foster
Newsreader, BBC Radio StokeParents say they fear for their children's safety as the school no longer has a crossing patrol.
Image source, GoogleThe existing lollipop warden at Woodcroft First School, Leek, Staffordshire, left over the summer holidays and the county council hasn't replaced them.
The school told BBC Radio Stoke it was only told there would be no crossing patrol on Tuesday and is backing the parents' campaign.
Staffordshire County Council says a mobile patrol will be sent to the school as soon as one is available.
Quote MessageWe're at the brow of a hill, opposite a junction so, already, there's a lot of traffic who use the road - vans and at least six school buses access the high school and middle school. Our children are aged three up to 10 and we're crossing often, two or three children across the road."
Kelly Birch-Machin, Mother
Trains delays after level crossing barriers hitpublished at 13:33 British Summer Time 7 September 2018
BBC News TravelReplacement coaches are running between Worcester and Stourbridge, external after a vehicle hit the barriers at a level crossing.
West Midlands Railway says the collision happened at around 13:00 between Rowley Regis and Stourbridge Junction. , external
It says services may be cancelled or delayed as all lines are blocked.
Hundreds of decontamination kits issued to policepublished at 13:21 British Summer Time 7 September 2018
Andy Giddings
BBC NewsHundreds of decontamination kits have been issued to West Midlands Police officers, to help them treat the victims of acid attacks.
Media caption, Police officers have been given decontamination kit to treat acid attack victims
The force took the decision to design the bags, containing water, protective gear and scissors in February 2018 and spent three months researching what was needed, after deciding the decontamination cases used by Metropolitan Police officers were too large and cumbersome.
In May, 320 kits went into service and they were carried as a precaution at the Royal wedding earlier in the year.
The force says they are for treating all sorts of injuries involving hazardous substances, not just acid attacks, and they are to allow officers to provide immediate care, until paramedics can arrive.
Freedom of city and plaque for D'Oliveirapublished at 13:04 British Summer Time 7 September 2018
The posthumous honour is set to take place next week at Worcester's Guildhall.
Read MoreNHS Trust 'may consider overnight A&E closure'published at 13:00 British Summer Time 7 September 2018
Eric Smith
Presenter, BBC ShropshireHospital bosses may have to consider closing an A&E unit overnight after an inspection highlighted safety fears, a health expert says.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspected Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust last week and there have been long-running problems recruiting enough staff.
The watchdog said yesterday it had taken "urgent enforcement action" on two issues, including sepsis control.
The trust, which has 28 days to appeal against the notice, said it would "work hard to reassure the CQC and patients".
Concerns have already been raised over the two emergency departments with the trust's chief executive, only last week, saying staff shortages were unsustainable, and that the situation was "very fragile".
Professor Naomi Chambers, healthcare management expert from the Alliance Manchester Business School, told the BBC that hospital managers may now look at shutting one of the A&Es overnight.
She said: "It's better to close than to have unsafe staffing where patients arrive expecting to get treatment that they can't get because there aren't the staff on the ground."
The option to close one unit has been part of the hospital trust's contingency plans for some time.
In the papers: Suspended sentence for drug dealerpublished at 12:50 British Summer Time 7 September 2018
Stoke-on-Trent LiveThe Stoke-on-Trent Live website features these stories this lunchtime:
Primary school defends unisex toiletspublished at 12:38 British Summer Time 7 September 2018
Some accused those complaining about the loos for five to seven-year-olds of "sexualising" the issue.
Read MoreEnd nearing on £450k village revamppublished at 12:36 British Summer Time 7 September 2018
A £450,000 scheme to improve roads, pavements and drains in Barton-under-Needwood, in Staffordshire, should be finished by the end of this month., external
Image source, Staffordshire County CouncilWorking with Barton-under-Needwood Parish Council, Staffordshire County Council started work earlier this year on the project.
New kerbs, paving and road resurfacing has taken place around St James' Square along with drainage works and improvements around the village's war memorial.
This week, the main road through Barton has reopened, although the council says there'll still be some weekend closures this month to finish off works on the approach to the village.
Hospital given £8.82m for two new wards for winterpublished at 12:18 British Summer Time 7 September 2018
BreakingAllen Cook
BBC NewsTwo new wards are going to be created at the Royal Stoke University Hospital as the government gives the city £8.82m to try and ease the pressure this winter.
Last year, the University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust cancelled elective surgery for two weeks and hospital staff had their leave capped during the most challenging periods of the winter.
But the pressures still led to a consultant at the hospital, Dr Richard Fawcett, apologising via Twitter in January for "third world conditions" in his hospital department.
The government says the cash is part of £145m for NHS trusts across the country to improve urgent care., external
New memorial planned for factory fire heroespublished at 12:07 British Summer Time 7 September 2018
Vicky Breakwell
BBC Hereford and WorcesterThere are plans for a new, permanent memorial to two firefighters, 25 years after they lost their lives in one of Herefordshire's largest fires.
John Davies, from Leominster, and Dave Morris, from Hereford, died at the Sun Valley poultry processing factory in 1993 when they were trapped by a fallen ceiling.
The Fire Brigades Union told BBC Hereford and Worcester that it is planning to put up a plaque in their memory at Hereford Cathedral, funded by the Firefighter 100 Lottery Fund.
There is also a plaque at Hereford fire station dedicated to the pair.
In the papers: Family get toxic fire payoutpublished at 11:53 British Summer Time 7 September 2018
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Your pictures: Early mist and autumnal feelpublished at 11:43 British Summer Time 7 September 2018
It was a misty start for some this morning, including BBC Weather Watcher Ade, who snapped this scene in Ashow, Kenilworth.
Image source, AdeMikes Lens said it was the first autumnal feel to the year, as he and his dog left an impression during their early morning in Leominster.
Image source, Mikes LensHome education of 'major concern'published at 11:30 British Summer Time 7 September 2018
Local Democracy Reporting Service
Joe SweeneyThe lack of rules governing the parents of children who are educated at home has been identified as a "major concern" for education bosses in Wolverhampton.
A recent investigation into how families can be monitored by the council found that 28 families in the borough had not submitted any evidence of work showing "effective progress".
At present there are no specific government guidelines as to how local authorities can measure individual cases with regard to Elective Home Education (EHE), with the law stating that parents are under no obligation to teach the National Curriculum.
A meeting of the council's Children, Young People and Families Scrutiny Panel, external this week heard the situation was "very concerning".
Community garden revamp unveiledpublished at 11:22 British Summer Time 7 September 2018
BBC WMA community garden has been unveiled for people living in Birmingham tower blocks.
As part of the Make A Difference project for BBC WM, a secret makeover was given to the largely unused garden at the front of the Bells Farm community centre in Druids Heath.
It's hoped it will bring huge benefits to local residents - particularly young children.
Monkey Dust: 'Little evidence of city-wide epidemic'published at 11:08 British Summer Time 7 September 2018
Allen Cook
BBC NewsCalls for the drug Monkey Dust to be reclassified as a Class A substance is unlikely to cut the number of people taking the drug, an academic says.
Earlier this month, Staffordshire Police and Crime Commissioner Matthew Ellis said the Class B drug should be moved into the most serious category to reflect the impact it is having.
Media caption, Monkey dust: 'I hate that I'm addicted'
It follows claims that the "highly unpredictable" substance has reached epidemic levels in Staffordshire.
But, writing on the academic news website The Conversation, , externalsenior lecturer Sarah Page from Staffordshire University, says the move wouldn't address the level of users or their behaviour.
She says she believes it would instead "simply enable a longer prison sentence for possession and supply" and also questioned how widespread use of the drug is.
In the article, she says in speaking to homeless people, students and people working to tackle drug issues, she saw "little evidence of an epidemic".
