Bromsgrove Standard

A few of the stories appearing on the Bromsgrove Standard website today:

• School holds touching remembrance service with handmade poppies, external
• Piper to perform on the Lickey Hills on Remembrance Sunday, external
• Bromsgrove residents can have their say at councillors' surgery, external

The names of 1,223 Coventry men who died in World War One have been printed around Coventry railway station.

It's part of the Armnistice commemorations and organised by the Royal British Legion and the Coventry Building Society.

The work is expected to remain in place until 15 November.

BBC Shropshire

The Accident and Emergency unit at Telford's Princess Royal Hospital is still set to close overnight from 5 December, the hospital trust has said.

Rumours have appeared on social media that the planned temporary closure would be shelved now Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust has been put in special measures.

However, Chief Executive Simon Wright has said the plans remain in place at the moment, but a "huge amount of work is going on to try and avoid this".

The overnight closure, first set out as a contingency plan years ago, is being introduced due to staff shortages, particularly among middle grade doctors and specialist emergency nurses.

James Pearson
Political reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester

About 100 extra agency nurses are needed to help Worcestershire's main hospitals cope with winter pressures.

That's according to Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust's new chief operating officer Paul Brennan, who's been setting out the latest plans today to the trust's board., external

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His best-case scenarios currently put the Worcestershire Royal Hospital 41 beds short of what it needs to cope with winter pressures.

This morning, hospital bosses discussed those winter plans, with analysis suggesting the hospital will struggle to meet demand, though Redditch's Alexandra Hospital is expected to have a surplus of beds.

Mr Brennan says managers are working hard to come up with new plans before the start of December.

Local Democracy Reporting Service
Joe Sweeney

Changes to the way Walsall organises its polling stations are set to make a cash saving for the town council in 2019, it has been revealed.

The council is proposing to merge two polling districts and rename them.

There are also planned changes to the location of polling stations previously used for the 2018 elections.

The new information is contained in a review of polling districts and places carried out by the town’s Electoral Services, which is due to be discussed at a council meeting next week.

Two men have been arrested after cannabis plants with a street value of about £16,000 were found in several police raids., external

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Officers searched buildings in three roads in Burton-upon-Trent and another in Rugeley this morning.

They say they found a total of 28 plants and arrested the two men on drugs offences.

Temporary road closures will be in place on Sunday in Warwick town centre for Remembrance Day events.

Warwickshire Police is reminding drivers to remove their cars early

Stratford Observer

Some of the main stories on the Stratford Observer website today are:

• War memorials get listed status to commemorate centenary, external
• Canal towpath robbery attempt in Stratford, external
• Communities prepare to honour the fallen, external

Balvinder Singh, 59, died of his injuries after the van he was driving was hit by Jason Bannister.

Sara Thornton
BBC Weather

It will be very wet and windy for a time overnight with heavy rain moving through and lows of 7C (45F).

A post-mortem examination found the 55-year-old victim had been beaten to death, police said.

Stoke City winger James McClean apologises to the "vast majority" of the club's fans for his "uneducated cavemen" post.

Not all soldiers who died as a result of World War One are recorded as war dead, researchers say.

Mark Regan
BBC WM Sport

Aston Villa manager Dean Smith has told BBC WM he feels anyone can catch anyone in this season's Championship.

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Villa are five points off the top six and nine points behind the top two as they prepare to take on Derby County this Saturday.

With Villa about to face seven of the current top 10 in their next few games, the Smith feels anyone can make big moves in the table with some back-to-back results.

A Birmingham school is planning to honour former pupils who survived World War One but died later from their injuries, or in some cases took their own lives.

Only those who died from their injuries before 1921 are recorded on Commonwealth War Graves memorials.

The 245 old boys killed in the war will be remembered at a service at King Edwards in Edgbaston today.

But thanks to new research the school's archivist has also identified so-called "forgotten casualties" who died years after the armistice.

Rex Bowers is calling for Zaheer Mahmood's taxi licence to be removed, following his conviction.

Three men have been charged with murder, external after police say a man was found beaten to death in Birmingham.

The 55-year-old, thought to be from Eastern Europe, was discovered on a road in Sparkbrook on Tuesday evening and died in hospital.

West Midlands Police says a post-mortem examination found he had died from multiple blunt force injuries to his head and body.

The trio, all from Lithuania, are due to appear in court tomorrow.

Former footballers Ian Taylor and Andy Townsend, along with former England captain Bryan Robson, were among those attending the funeral of Sir Doug Ellis today.

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Hundreds turned out at Villa Park to pay their respects to the former owner, chairman and life president.

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The 90-minute private service touched on all aspects of his life, as a businessman who gave many of the millions he made to causes supporting others.

A 22-year-old man arrested after another man was stabbed in Stoke-on-Trent has been released and won't face any further action, police say., external

The 35-year-old victim of the attack on Sandon Road, Meir, yesterday evening, is said to be in a stable condition in hospital.

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Cheralene Lavery
BBC Hereford and Worcester

Hundreds of mourners have turned out this afternoon for the funeral of university student Thomas Jones who was found dead in Worcester in September.

The 18-year-old University of Worcester student was missing for more than a week, sparking a huge search in the city, with his photo shared widely on social media.

Screens have been set up at Redditch Crematorium, showing the service to people who have come to remember him.