The news that Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust has to produce weekly reports for the Care Quality Commission should be reassuring, the chairman of Telford's Clinical Commissioning Group has said.

The CQC took the action after concerns were raised about maternity and emergency services at Royal Shrewsbury and The Princess Royal hospitals in August.

It said it needed convincing that standards were improving.

David Evans (pictured above) said he was "confident the trust have taken the right actions so far".

A fundraising appeal has been set up in memory of a 28-year-old man who died in a crash at Wellesbourne in Warwickshire on Sunday night.

Christopher Aston, known as Chrisy to friends, was killed when the Ford Focus he was driving left the road and hit a tree on Newbold Road.

A passenger, a 24-year-old man, was taken to hospital with serious injuries.

The Just Giving page says money raised will be used to buy flowers and to support the West Midlands Ambulance Service.

Shrewsbury's Flaxmill Maltings has had a new sign painted across the main mill building, in the style of signs of the past.

The iron-framed structure has gone through a number of uses and owners, with the sign on the side changing to match.

Image source, Friends of the Flaxmill Maltings/Historic England

It is now being redeveloped by Historic England as part of a larger development for homes and businesses.

These photos show previous painted signs.

Image source, Friends of the Flaxmill Maltings/Historic England

Image source, Friends of the Flaxmill Maltings/Historic England

BBC Sport

Crewe Alexandra manager David Artell thinks the return of Shaun Miller to the starting line-up will make a big difference to the team.

The 31-year-old had been struggling with injury and returned to the subs bench earlier this month, before making his full return in the win over Stevenage at the weekend.

Image source, Getty Images

Artell said he was impressed by Miller's contribution and thought the injections he'd been having in his knee had helped.

BBC News Travel

Vandalism to signalling cables at Bromsgrove is continuing to disrupt rail services in and out of Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

West Midlands Trains said it was affecting trains between Longbridge, Bromsgrove and Droitwich, and buses were being put on as a replacement.

There has also been a knock-on effect on services to Hereford, Great Malvern and Ledbury, which are also being serviced by buses.

A fund to tackle problem gulls in the Worcester area could be doubled to £30,000 tonight, if approved by councillors.

The increased budget would expand anti-gull measures to St John's, Blackpole and Bedwardine.

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Earlier this year, the city council trialled the use of a drone in spotting hard-to-find nests.

Hereford Times

Here are three of the headlines from today's Hereford Times:

• Commuters facing delayed and cancelled trains, external
• Brothers plead guilty in relation to attack, external
• Fire service offers condolences after retired firefighter dies, external

His passenger has been injured in the collision with a car, the driver of which is unhurt.

BBC Weather

It should be staying dry tonight, with temperatures of 8C (46F).

A Bridgnorth auction house has held its last sale today, bringing to an end 170-years of trading.

Perry and Phillips auctions were held once a month at the Old Mill Antiques Centre in Low Town, but they've come to an end because auctioneer John Ridgeway is retiring.

The centre will continue to sell antiques.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

A nightclub in Coventry has lost its licence due to a "persistent failure to comply with conditions".

West Midlands Police said at a licensing sub-committee they had no confidence in the management of Club Junction.

It becomes the second club in the space of a month to close after neighbouring Club M shut in September following the fatal stabbing of Fidel Glasgow.

The meeting heard management failed to keep relevant documentation and did not enforce a challenge 25 policy.

Police said the club failed to manage a group of youths who moved in and out of the club, which "ultimately led" to a man being stabbed outside Club M.

Additionally, Feast Junction can no longer sell or supply alcohol, but can still open and operate as a restaurant.

The man and woman are due to be sentenced in November over the knifepoint incident in Handsworth.

A Telford car parts maker has offered its support to an appeal to refurbish three homes for local hospital staff.

The appeal was launched by Telford and Wrekin Council, in the hope of attracting more doctors to the Princess Royal Hospital, which is suffering staff shortages in its accident and emergency department.

Denso has made a donation of £2,500 to the appeal and is also offering the assistance of its contractors on the job.

Other firms to offer their support include the Wrekin Housing Trust and the housing developer Lovells.

BBC Sport

Port Vale manager Neil Aspin says a new striker is his main priority in the January transfer window.

The team goes into tonight's match against Stevenage averaging a goal a game and with a goal difference of minus-five.

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Aspin said that ideally he wanted to have four strikers who were regularly scoring, so that if one or two go down injured the goals don't dry up.

Thieves smashed a jewellery shop window taking £1,000 worth of items, police said.

West Mercia Police said it happened on Corve Street last night, and it appeared the thieves had made a small hole in the window which they used to reach inside and grab the jewellery.

Coventry Live

Here are some of the stories on the Coventry Live website today:

• Boy, 14, arrested after police chase suspected stolen BMW in Coventry, external
• You can now pay to get your bins emptied every week, external
• Woman airlifted after incident in woods near Nuneaton, external

Health watchdog the Care Quality Commission has concerns over maternity and emergency services.

Local Democracy Reporting Service
Carl Jackson

Birmingham's bins boss Cllr Majid Mahmood has defended the service amid a performance slump, saying the council collects 250 hippopotamuses worth of waste every day.

Mr Mahmood, cabinet member for clean streets and waste, admitted that missed collections had increased since controversial changes were implemented on 24 September.

In a blog post, external he said the council had now reached a "significant milestone" and vowed that performance was improving.

The service has been heavily criticised by workers and councillors in the last month.

Mr Mahmood said: "On a typical day we collect 1,000 tonnes of waste.

"A quick Google suggests this is equivalent to the weight of 250 hippopotamuses or in 10 days of collecting, we pick up waste that weighs as much as the Eiffel Tower.

"The figures are staggering. No other council has a service on the size and scale we do."

Birmingham Live

The Birmingham Live is looking at these stories today:

• Police issue warning after vile trolls threaten to mar Birmingham City fans' tribute to Chloe Kerr, external
• Kidnapping suspect, 18, hunted by police in Birmingham, external
• Brother of Home Secretary Sajid Javid 'killed himself after taking drink and drugs', external

People in a Herefordshire village who say they've been cut off from the rest of the world by a long-running road closure have formed their own action group.

The main road into Symonds Yat West was shut in June because of a collapsing wall, forcing residents on one side of the village to use the narrow, potholed, Ferrie Lane.

It is only just wide enough for one car and is on the edge of a steep drop into the River Wye.

The group aims to pressure Herefordshire Council into action before the winter, when they fear the road will become even more dangerous.

Herefordshire Council said it wants to get the road reopened as soon as possible, and is working with the owner of the wall to have it removed.