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Rebecca Wood
BBC Midlands Today
It should be a dry night, with some long clear spells as the winds ease, allowing it to turn rather chilly with lows of 6C (43F).
Latest weather for the West Midlands
Faith Page
Reporter, BBC Shropshire
Plans for a new quarry look set to be approved in Shropshire.
Image source, GoogleJPE Holdings wants to extract 3.5 million tonnes of sand and gravel over 14 years from green-belt land on Bridgnorth Road, Shipley, between Bridgnorth and Wolverhampton, because its site in Staffordshire is due to close.
A planning report is due before Shropshire Council next week, external and says the need for building materials outweighs other considerations and the land will be restored in 15 years time.
However, the proposals have been opposed by Claverley Parish Council over issues including road safety and damage to woodland.
Allen Cook
BBC News
Warwickshire fast bowler Olly Stone has been called up for the first time by England to be part of their Test squad to face Sri Lanka this winter.
Image source, ALLSPORT/Getty ImagesFor the 24-year-old, it comes just days after he was also called up for the first time for England's ODI squad to tour the same country next month.
He's taken 37 wickets at 12.27 for Warwickshire in Division Two this season.
Fellow Bears player Chris Woakes keeps his place in the squad, along with Worcestershire all-rounder Moeen Ali.
Jenson Lindop-Lamens, who is profoundly deaf, has been left without a school since December.
Read MoreAllen Cook
BBC News
Police searching for a university student who disappeared during Freshers' Week are appealing for people who may have used a footbridge at the time he went missing to come forward.
They've continued their search today along the River Severn in Worcester, around the area where Thomas Jones, 18 was last seen, early on Wednesday morning.
Image source, GoogleBecause of that, they're calling on anyone who used the bridge between 03:30 and 04:00 on Wednesday to come forward.
BBC Sport
Former Liverpool goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar's revealed running around with an umbrella at Crewe Alexandra almost cost him his move to Anfield.
He's been speaking to BBC World Service in a wide-ranging interview which also covers match-fixing allegations and the Heysel disaster.
Image source, Getty ImagesBut his career almost didn't take off at Liverpool when, he reveals, he nearly blew his first opportunity to impress then-Reds manager Bob Paisley while on loan at Crewe.
"When I ran in from the warm-up, our manager was shaking his head. I said 'what's the matter?' and he said 'those two very important people came to watch you play'. They had then gone to watch Stoke City play Port Vale instead.
"It was maybe because I was running outside with an umbrella to do my warm-up because it was raining."
Warwickshire bat out the day to draw against Sussex at Hove to secure promotion back to Division One.
Read MorePolice footage shows the moment a cash machine is dragged out of a shop in Birmingham.
Read MoreThe father of the injured boy was one of the seven defendants to appear in court.
Read MoreThese stories are on the Worcester News' website today:
Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke
Thousands of tickets for a BBC children's TV Christmas panto in Stoke-on-Trent sold out in under an hour today.
The CBeebies Christmas Show, Thumbelina, is set to be filmed at the Regent Theatre in November and then broadcast in December.
The first of batch of about 6,000 tickets went on sale at 09:00 and went in about 45 minutes.
Last year, when the pre-school festive show was staged in Leicester, there were more than 370,000 applications for tickets.
Thomas Jones, 18, has not been seen since the early hours of Wednesday morning.
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Alistair Binney
Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester
Friends of a missing university student are putting up hundreds of posters as the search for him continues.
Image source, West Mercia PoliceHis family and police say Thomas Jones' disappearance in Worcester is "out of character" and he's not been seen since Wednesday.
Specialist divers have been brought in by West Mercia Police as they check the River Severn by Worcester Rowing Club.
A group of his friends say they're handing out the posters and flyers this afternoon as they want to raise awareness of his disappearance.
Quote MessageIt is completely out of character because I've been out with him in the past and he's had a few drinks here and there but he's always with people, people know where he is, he's never on his own so, for a situation like this to happen, is just completely out of the blue, which is why we're worried
Harley Hetherington, Friend of Thomas Jones
Tom Edwards
Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester
Taxpayers across Worcestershire are being warned to expect another council tax rise next year due to serious budget problems at the county council.
Image source, PAAbout £17m needs to be saved by March and at least another £8m in the 2019/20 financial year, with the authority saying as many jobs as possible are set to be 'deleted' once staff leave. , external
The council's also admitted there's a risk of bus services being scaled back while libraries are to be placed under review.
The authority says it can't guarantee there won't be more increases in council tax in the future.
Quote MessageThis year we've had to put it [council tax] up by nearly 5%, of which three of that 5% increase has gone to support adult social care. This is part of a national problem really, in terms of the pressure, ageing population, more people with disabilities needing help
Councillor Simon Geraghty, Leader, Worcestershire County Council
Coventry Live
Some of the headlining stories on the Coventry Live site today are:
People with some of 2017's most unpopular baby names consider why they have fallen out of favour.
Read MoreWe had plenty of photos from our BBC Weather Watchers reflecting the rain over the past 24 hours, including this one from user Jon, in Barlaston:
Image source, JonThen today, with the sun coming out in places, fellow weather watcher Kingfisher Whisperer snapped this rainbow in Coventry:
Image source, Kingfisher WhispererTwo people became trapped when a tree fell on to two narrow boats at a Warwickshire wharf last night.
The falling tree caused one of the boats to tip on to its side, said the fire service, but the trapped people managed to get out of the boat without help.
The water rescue unit, along with fire crews, was sent to Clifton Wharf, in Clifton-upon-Dunsmore, shortly after 23:00, said the fire service.
Machinery was used to lift the tree from the boats to make the scene safe, it said.
Andrew Hewkin
Newsreader, BBC Shropshire
The leader of Telford and Wrekin Council has delivered a scathing attack, external on senior NHS managers in the county, saying he has "issues" with how they're running local hospitals.
Labour's Shaun Davies was responding to news the trust that runs the Royal Shrewsbury and Princess Royal hospitals is under increasing scrutiny for the way it's run.
This week, it emerged a review into baby deaths and serious injuries is now looking at more than 100 cases.
Additionally, the Care Quality Commission confirmed it had also taken urgent enforcement action against maternity units run by the NHS trust, following a recent inspection.
Quote MessageI do not apologise for the fact I do have issues with the current management team because of the culture... [it] is not good enough, it's not acceptable
Shaun Davies, Leader of Telford and Wrekin Council
Trust chief executive Simon Wright has been approached for an interview, but has yet to respond.
In a statement, the hospital trust said it "remains committed to providing the best care possible for our patients and continues to engage fully with the CQC during our current, ongoing inspection".
Hand and finger wounds suggest she tried to fend off a knife, a pathologist tells jurors.
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