Allen Cook
BBC News

A camera's going to be used to try and stop drivers repeatedly ignoring "no entry" signs on a town centre road.

Image source, Google

With more people using the centre of Stafford, due to the Riverside Shopping Centre, the council says drivers are using South Walls to try and take short cuts.

But vehicles are banned from travelling west along the route from Greengate Walk and only buses, certain taxis and bicycles are allowed to use it in the other direction.

The enforcement camera's going to be placed on the route from 12 November.

National League North side Nuneaton Borough close their academy as uncertainty over the club's future continues.

BBC Midlands Today

A new therapeutic playground to help children with prosthetic limbs improve their mobility has officially opened.

It follows an appeal by the West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre to raise £10,000 to build the playground on its site in Selly Oak, Birmingham.

One user, Lois, said it was amazing to be able to practice with her new leg because there was no worry about people staring at her.

Occupational therapist at the site, Sue Barlow said the site was a safe area for patients to practice mobility.

James Bond
Sports Producer, BBC Shropshire

Shrewsbury Town defender James Bolton admits the side need to pick themselves up quickly after being beaten 3-0 at Oxford on Saturday.

The Shrews looked a shadow of the team that beat Barnsley 3-1, threatening only from set pieces.

The result leaves them just a point above the relegation places, having made the League One play-off final in May.

Oswestry & Border Counties Advertizer

The Oswestry and Border Counties Advertizer has these stories today:

• Man charged in connection with Oswestry stabbing, external
• Woman taken to hospital with serious injuries after crash, external
• Oswestry School's Sam celebrates successful 2018 motocross season, external

Rich Davis
BBC Weather presenter

There will be some clear spells this evening, but cloud will move in meaning there will be odd patches of rain and lows of 3C (37F).

Jodie Looker
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

A 19-year-old man who was stabbed in a serious assault is said to now be in a stable condition in hospital., external

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He was attacked shortly after 22:00 BST on Saturday in Carron Street, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent.

Today, police say a 16-year-old boy from the city, arrested yesterday on suspicion of grievous bodily harm with intent, has been released on bail.

Another 16-year-old boy, arrested in the early hours of Sunday morning, has already been released under investigation.

Amy Woodfield
BBC News

A motorcyclist, killed in a crash in Middleton last weekend, has been named as 39-year-old Leslie Upton from Cheadle.

Image source, Google

Mr Upton was driving near the Rising Sun pub on the B5035 when his bike left the road on a bend and crashed into trees.

The air ambulance was called but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Birmingham Live

Some of the headlining stories on the Birmingham Live website today are:

• Police probe after woman 'sexually assaulted' in a car, external
• Driver rams police officer, external into his patrol car in Sparkhill and escapes
• Much loved curry house closes leaving customers devastated, external

Simon Gilbert
Political Reporter, BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

A Coventry councillor, who threatened to "stamp" on a colleague and "take him to the cleaners" during an investigation into his business declarations, has been found to have breached the council's code of ethics, a report says.

Labour councillor Rois Ali was elected in May 2016 to the city's Cheylesmore seat, and was accused by Conservative Tim Mayer of failing to declare his business interests within the 28 day deadline.

Image source, Coventry City Council

The independent report found Mr Ali had not acted dishonestly in that he had not made any personal gain and that he had "not deliberately sought to conceal his interests," but had breached the council's code on four occasions.

During the course of the investigation Mr Ali made comments in respect of Mr Mayer including that he would "stamp on him", breaching the code of respect, the report said.

In a written response to the report Mr Ali said he agreed he had "technically" breached the code but that the rules surrounding the declaration of interests are "complicated and confusing".

He denied acting disrespectfully to a colleague as his comments needed to be "taken in context of the conversation".

The complaint will be discussed at a meeting of the councils ethics committee, external on 6 November.

Members of the Afro-Caribbean community in part of Birmingham are being offered wellbeing classes to help tackle loneliness.

Queenie Thomas has set up a wellbeing hub for over-50s in Handsworth, which provides various activities including African yoga, meditation and pampering sessions.

Ms Thomas says she hopes to roll out more hubs across the West Midlands in the future.

Local Democracy Reporting Service
Kerry Ashdown

A large town centre shop which has stood empty for more than two years could be divided up into smaller units to encourage new businesses to move in.

The former Marks & Spencer branch on Gaolgate Street, Stafford, closed when the retailer moved into new premises at the Riverside Shopping Centre in 2016.

It's still empty but the council is considering if it could be divided into smaller units, to try and encourage other firms to take on the site.

Local Democracy Reporting Service
Kerry Ashdown

An investigation's been launched to try to find out how a wire was left in a patient's body after surgery.

It was found on a chest X-ray, 12 hours after the operation at the Royal Stoke University Hospital.

The discovery was made in August but the case has been revealed in a report to the North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs).

The age and sex of the patient hasn't been revealed and the CCGs say the wire was successfully removed, "causing no ill effects" but it "should never have happened".

Matt Sandoz
Stoke City commentator, BBC Radio Stoke

Stoke City's Tom Edwards deserves the chance to become a regular in the team's starting XI, according to current captain Ryan Woods.

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The England Under-20 international impressed as he helped the Potters keep a clean sheet at Bristol City on Saturday.

The 19-year-old right-back broke into the England team for his age group this season, after debuting for Stoke last year.

Worcester News

From the Worcester News:

• Man and woman die in Cotheridge house fire, external
• Assault victim who suffers 'extreme pain' told to go back to work, external
• Worcestershire cervical cancer screenings above average, external

Allen Cook
BBC News

Drinking in public, littering and arson will soon be banned at a nature reserve, external in a bid to tackle anti-social behaviour.

Image source, Tamworth Borough Council

Tamworth Borough Council says two public space protection order have been brought in Bolehall and Kettlebrook.

The Bolehall one includes the Warwickshire Moor Nature Reserve.

The council says the orders will come into force on 1 November and last three years, after several reports of bad behaviour this year including excessive noise, assault, arson and littering.

Gregory Irvin, 26, stabbed his grandmother Anne James more than 30 times.

A man is held on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and failing to stop, police say.

Hereford Times

The Hereford Times has these stories today:

• Tributes paid to 'kind hearted' crash victim, external
• Man taken to hospital following two-car crash, external
• Schoolgirl smashes fundraising target, external

Jennie Aitken
Reporter, BBC Radio Stoke

Plans to cut £600,000 from the voluntary sector in Staffordshire are being criticised., external

The county council says it needs to make £35m of savings to pay for the rising cost of adult social care., external

The cuts would be to the funding for services which then support voluntary groups.

But several of those groups have told BBC Radio Stoke they will struggle to find the money to replace the funds they lose.