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Homeless people in the middle of Stoke-on-Trent are being offered hot drinks and support by local police officers., external

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Staffordshire Police says PC James Howard came up with the idea and will comb through Hanley with community support officers every morning.

When they find anyone living on the streets, the force says they'll be directed to a mobile police unit where other agencies will offer support along with hot beverages.

PC Howard says he suggested the move as he was getting concerned at the number of people sleeping out in the area as the weather got worse.

A scheme to revamp an historic building in the middle of Birmingham's set to start next year.

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Plans from the University of Birmingham , externalhave been approved by the city council to renovate the Grade II listed Municipal Bank on Broad Street.

It'll be used for a range of roles including growing student businesses and parts of the building, including the old banking hall and vaults, will be reopened to the public.

The university says it's aiming to finish the revamp in 2021.

Oswestry & Border Counties Advertizer

The Oswestry and Border Counties Advertizer has these stories today:

• Fifteen Primary schools to get running tracks made from recycled Shropshire roads, external
• Woman charged with drink driving after two-vehicle crash, external
• Diabetic eye screening team expands staff numbers, external

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Proposals for up to 1,500 new homes in Stafford have been approved today., external

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The application was for land to the west of the town at Castlefields and includes plans for a neighbourhood centre with retail and a health centre., external

Ahead of Stafford Borough Council's planning committee meeting today, there were more than 110 letters of objection, citing concerns including traffic and where a link road would go.

The meeting heard that the development would deliver more than £28m in Section 106 funding towards the area, including £15m for the Stafford Western Access Route scheme.

The boys were taken to hospital after being stabbed outside a school at about 16:40 GMT.

Local Democracy Reporting Service
Tom Dare

Constructing a new velodrome in the West Midlands for the Commonwealth Games was never a viable option, it has been revealed.

Lee Valley Velopark in London will host all track cycling events for the 2022 games, although there has been a campaign to move the event closer to Birmingham, the host city.

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However, a feasibility study originally put together for the 2026 bid states that neither Birmingham, nor fellow Midlands city Derby, were tenable options.

When Durban pulled out of hosting the 2022 event, the study was used as Birmingham launched its bid.

Responding to an FOI request, Birmingham City Council has now published the feasibility study.

"With velodromes existing in London, Manchester, Glasgow, Newport and Derby there is no strategic or long-term sustainable need for a permanent velodrome in Birmingham," the report says.

Staffordshire Live

The Staffordshire Live website is covering these stories today:

• Staffordshire church removes treasured items from gravestones, external
• NHS tells 3,450 patients to find new GP because their surgery is shutting, external
• Over £40,000 given for 'outdoor gym' to a village already with tennis courts and games area, external

Local Democracy Reporting Service
Gurdip Thandi

A Walsall councillor is calling for automatic prison terms for violent thugs who attack emergency services workers.

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Labour’s Doug James said tougher penalties were needed to stop assaults being carried out against ambulance, police, fire and front-line NHS staff as they go about their daily jobs.

Perpetrators are currently getting away with “a slap on the wrist” and added incidents were having a long-term negative impact on the health of victims, he said.

Maximum jail term for people who assault emergency services workers has been increased from six to 12 months.

Renovating Shropshire Council's headquarters is going to cost more money, but the local authority says the plans will still save funds in the long term.

The council has been assessing how to update the Shirehall in Shrewsbury as it says the building is structurally sound, but needs modernising.

A report, going before the full council this Thursday, , externalsays it's estimated the work will cost £24.1m, but will then save money from things like cutting energy and maintenance costs.

Councillors will be asked this week to approve an extra £1.15m in order to get tenders for the work and draw up detailed designs and a full business case.

Part of Birmingham's been sealed off this afternoon after three teenagers were stabbed.

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Police say they were called to Weoley Park Road, Selly Oak, and the trio were all taken to hospital.

The ambulance service says their injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.

Part of the road's been cordoned off.

Formerly inadequate areas of children's services at Dudley Council have "turned around", Ofsted say.

Rich Davis
BBC Weather presenter

It will be a cloudy night with the odd spot of drizzle and lows of 7C (45F).

The Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley Jess Phillips has questioned why the prime minister is going back to the EU to negotiate "minutiae" of the backstop.

This afternoon, Theresa May announced she was cancelling tomorrow's vote on her Brexit deal, largely down to concerns over the Northern Irish backstop.

Ms Phillips told the House of Commons that Mrs May's move would "make no difference to a group of people in her party who refer to themselves as Aslan and are circling around her head".

On Sunday's Andrew Marr show, Boris Johnson revealed that his friends liken him to Aslan in CS Lewis's Narnia series.

Theresa May says "there is a consensus across this House that there are concerns with the backstop, and it is entirely right that the government addresses it".

Repairs to a hill-top monument on the Shropshire-Wales border are being held up as no one knows who owns it, a local councillor's told the BBC.

Rodney's Pillar, near Oswestry, attracts thousands of visitors each year, but a report says the 200-year-old structure could collapse in the next two years if renovations aren't made.

The study, commissioned by three neighbouring community councils, says the overall repairs could cost £140,000 to £150,000.

The pillar was built to celebrate the naval victories of Sir George Brydges Rodney.

Primary school league tables show pupils with special needs are dropping further behind their classmates.

Theresa May has been urged by one of her own to MPs to get "real change" from the EU on her Brexit deal, after she today called off Tuesday's crucial vote on it.

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She told the House of Commons that MPs backed much of the deal she has struck with the EU, but there was concern over the Northern Ireland backstop.

It is the insurance policy aimed at avoiding a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland after Brexit.

Tweeting after her announcement, external, the Lichfield Conservative MP Michael Fabricant said the UK "must able to leave the backstop unilaterally with no fudge".

Meanwhile, the Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central, Gareth Snell, said Mrs May's announcement meant the Tory party "has given up governing but intends to say in government".

He tweeted , externalthat the only course of action for him now was for there to be a vote of no confidence in the government.

A man's been arrested after a car was driven away from a Birmingham dealership by a thief posing as a customer who wanted a test drive.

The thief drove off from the forecourt at AMH Cars, in Kingstanding, last month after being given the keys by a salesman.

West Midlands Police said the 47-year-old, who was also wanted on recall to prison, was charged with theft of a car, driving without an MOT, insurance or valid driving licence.

West Midlands manufacturers are concerned a no-deal Brexit would cause "unnecessary economic damage", MP Caroline Spellman has told Parliament.

MPs are currently debating the way forward after Prime Minister Theresa May made a statement to the Commons calling off Tuesday's crucial vote on the Brexit draft agreement - saying it "would be rejected by a significant margin".

Her statement prompted anger and jeers from large sections of the house, and several West Midlands MPs have spoken during the debate, calling for the prime minister to continue talks with Brussels and drop the current draft deal.

However, in confronting portions of her own party, as well as opposition MPs, Conservative MP for Meriden, Caroline Spellman asked them to consider the impact of leaving without a deal.

Theresa May responded by assuring the MP that she had listened to manufacturers in the West Midlands "and up and down the country" while putting the deal together.

"That has underpinned," she said, "the desire to protect people's jobs and livelihoods while respecting and delivering on the result of the referendum."

You can follow live updates on the debate here.

Hereford Times

A few of the top stories appearing on the Hereford Times website:

• Man damaged landlord's car after being barred, external
• New Post Office to open, external
• Cat rescued from six-inch wide drain, external