Built in 1797, Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings is thought to be the first iron-framed building.

The latest news, sport, travel and weather across the West Midlands and south Cheshire.

Thomas Jones has not been heard from since the early hours of Wednesday morning.

The Hyatt Regency is to host some of the Conservative Party conference from Sunday.

We'll be back with our usual mix of news, sport, travel and weather from 07:00 on Tuesday, but keep an eye out here for more updates before then.

Les Walton
BBC News

A care home's opened a shop in its grounds to help residents with dementia take part in normal daily tasks, such as buying a newspaper or sweets.

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It's been created at Lightmoor View, Telford,, external in a converted summerhouse and the home says it was paid for through staff spending a night sleeping outside, collecting £2,000 in donations.

Managers add that the process of buying items like a bar of chocolate can stimulate residents' brains and keep them living independently.

Will Rhodes hits 102 not out for Warwickshire after the Bears bowl out Kent for just 167 in their Division Two title decider.

Allen Cook
BBC News

Worcestershire say they "did everything that we could" to try to hold on to batsman Joe Clarke but he decided to join Nottinghamshire.

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Clarke, 22, had been the subject of interest from several other counties.

He broke into the Worcestershire team as an England Under-19s player in 2015 and went on to score 12 centuries for the Pears, averaging 40.12.

Pears chief executive Matt Rawnsley says although they're disappointed, the club's wishing him well for the future - adding that their goal as a county, external "is to produce England cricketers".

Local Democracy Reporting Service
Kerry Ashdown

A security gate and bars could be installed at a 16th Century building to stop it being burnt down by discarded cigarettes.

The Ancient High House is the oldest building in Stafford, is Grade II listed and owned by Stafford Borough Council.

But a planning application to install the security measures says it has been vandalised,, external urinated on and put at risk by used cigarettes being pushed into the timber joints.

The borough council wants to install the security measures in the front porch.

Vicky Breakwell
BBC Hereford and Worcester

A man who received contaminated blood says he hopes an inquiry into the scandal, which has got under way today, will give him and thousands of others the answers they've been looking for.

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The inquiry is looking at how thousands of NHS patients were given blood products infected with hepatitis and HIV during the 1970s and 1980s.

Many say the risks were not explained, in what has been called the worst treatment disaster in NHS history.

Andy Evans, from Hinton-on-the-Green, Worcestershire, contracted both HIV and hepatitis C after a transfusion when he was just five years old.

Evidence "points to the possibility that there is a common source," health experts say.

Worcestershire's Daryl Mitchell hits a century but Yorkshire have most to celebrate as they officially secure safety.

CCTV images have been released of two men officers would like to speak to in connection with robberies at two Coventry car parks.

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Pay machines were forced open at Whitefriars and Barracks sites, and money stolen, causing damage estimated at £5,000 said West Midlands Police.

Both car parks had to be closed in August for repairs to be carried out.

Local Democracy Reporting Service
Herbert Soden

New taxi drivers in Newcastle-under-Lyme face having to prove they can speak English in a council crackdown on cabbies’ language skills.

The borough council says it wants applicants to provide an English language certificate to show they can communicate effectively with customers.

It's part of the authority's plans to create an in-house knowledge test to prove drivers know the rules of the road - the proposal is now going out to consultation.

Alex Hamilton
BBC Weather

There should be plenty of early evening sunshine today, leading into a dry night with clear skies and lows 0C (32F).

BBC Sport

British Olympic canoe slalom champion Joe Clarke says he "lost all confidence" in his ability after a lacklustre return to competition.

The 25-year-old from Stone took six months out from the sport after Rio 2016 but struggled to make an impact when he returned.

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He is back at the Rio course this month as part of a 10-strong team for the Canoe Slalom World Championships - and says he has now overcome self-doubt.

Clarke has climbed to fourth in the world rankings for the K1 (individual kayak) event and now feels confident he can win a first World Championships medal in Brazil.

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Local Democracy Reporting Service
Tom Dare

Claims that lorries are "racing each other" on motorways in the West Midlands have been dismissed as "absurd".

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The allegation was made at a recent meeting of a West Midlands Combined Authority's transport committee meeting by councillor Diana Holl-Allen.

In a discussion around lorries and easing congestion, she said: "We’ve got to stop them. They seem to enjoy this, every now and again. Whether they get tired I don’t know, but lots of them are racing each other."

Responding, the Road Haulage Association said HGV drivers are "highly trained" and "lorry drivers don’t do joyriding”.

Allen Cook
BBC News

Six cases of Legionnaires' disease are being investigated to see if they are directly linked., external

Public Health England (PHE) says there have been two recent cases of the infection in Tamworth - both patients are recovering.

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The disease is a potentially fatal lung infection, , externalcaused by legionella bacteria, which is not contagious and cannot be spread directly from person-to-person.

Officials say they're also investigating four other separate cases in the past six months, to see if they're linked. All of those patients have now recovered.

PHE says it hasn't found a direct cause but has evidence pointing towards a possible common source and is now trying to track it down.

Lofty the boa constrictor is now being cared for at a wildlife sanctuary.