Coventry City winger Jodi Jones is ruled out for the rest of the season with an ACL injury for the second year running.

The charity Mencap says it has concerns about the dental care offered to people with learning difficulties.

It has been speaking out as questions are being raised about full dental-extractions carried out by Worcestershire's community dental service.

Sarah Coleman, Mencap's health policy officer, said more needed to be done to make sure people with learning disabilities can access "good quality dental care" before they "reach the point where multiple teeth need to be extracted".

Image source, Diana Johnston

In two cases highlighted by the BBC, families said they didn't know their children with learning difficulties would have all their teeth removed in the operating theatre.

Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, which is responsible for the community dental service, said decisions sometimes have to be made in the treatment room because dentists do not want to pause a procedure while a patient is under anaesthetic.

Local Democracy Reporting Service
Tom Dare

A public consultation into the building of three Sprint bus lanes for the Commonwealth Games will be published before Christmas, it has been confirmed.

By using dedicated lanes, it is hoped the buses will bypass areas of congestion.. Seven routes have been identified, but three are being prioritised in time for the games in 2022.

Image source, Transport for the West Midlands

Speaking at an Overview and Scrutiny Committee this week, mayor Andy Street said publication of the consultation was "imminent".

And he also confirmed that the consultation showed that part of the route through Walsall will be "more difficult" to complete than the other two routes.

"On all three routes there are some tricky issues," he said, "so what will happen with the consultation is we’ll go back with the feedback on what we heard and how we’re going to progress".

The A34 Action Group claims that businesses and residents along the Walsall Road will be adversely affected by the removal of a slip road and parking spaces.

A sailor is set to reach land soon after being stranded at sea during a round-the-world yacht race.

Susie Goodall, from Worcestershire, was rescued by a 40,000-tonne cargo ship in stormy conditions - two days after her boat violently capsized 2,000 miles west of Cape Horn during the Golden Globe Race.

She's expected to arrive at a port in Chile around 11:00.

Birmingham Live

Some of today's Birmingham Live headlines include:

• Watch gang swoop and nick £300k jewellery - in 50 seconds, external
• Armed robbers steal Falklands war veteran's medal in masked raid, external
• Wetherspoons is opening a massive £7m museum in the West Midlands, external

It was a bit chilly in Shobdon, Herefordshire overnight as temperatures there plummeted to -4.5C (23F).

Apart from the summit of Cairn Gorm it was the coldest place in the UK, Dave Throup from the Environment Agency tweeted.

Rebecca Woods
BBC News

A disabled woman from Worcestershire died after having all her teeth removed by a dentist at an NHS trust criticised for its "drastic" full extractions from other vulnerable patients.

Rachel Johnston underwent the operation after it was deemed necessary because of severe tooth decay, but collapsed after being discharged and died days later in hospital.

Image source, Diana Johnston

The procedure was carried out by the community dental service in Worcestershire and two more families have told the BBC of their concerns with the service after their sons, who have learning disabilities, had all their teeth removed.

Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, which runs the dental service, insisted it followed the correct procedures for vulnerable patients, while three clinical commissioning groups are investigating Ms Johnston's death.

A 20-year-old man has been arrested this morning in connection with damage to a car after the Port Vale-Stoke City match last week.

Staffordshire Police is describing it as a "significant arrest" and the man from the Trent Vale area of Stoke-on-Trent is the 19th to be arrested since the game.

The vehicle was vandalised on Hamil Road after the EFL Trophy game on 4 December.

BBC News Travel

A broken rail line near Nuneaton is delaying rail services in the area.

Services through Nuneaton between Stafford and Northampton are affected.

Engineers are at the scene fixing it, said Network Rail.

BBC Weather Watchers

The BBC Weather Watchers were up early to record some stunning scenes of sunrise and frost this morning, as temperatures dropped overnight.

Here are a few of our favourites.

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England midfielder Jake Livermore signs a contract extension with West Bromwich Albion, tying him to the club until 2022.

Coventry Live

Here are some of Coventry Live's headlining stories:

• Grieving sisters fear losing home just weeks after devastating death of mother, external
• Nicola Payne: £30,000 reward to find missing mum's body, external
• Three arrested after 100mph chase through Nuneaton, external

BBC Radio Shropshire Sport

The New Saints are looking to make up lost ground in the Welsh Premier League tonight, away to Bala Town.

But Chris Seargeant, who scored a hat-trick in last week's 3-0 Welsh Cup win at Cwmbran, warns their opponents "have hit a little patch of form".

Image source, Getty Images

Defending champions TNS have won only once in their last five league matches, drawing two and losing the other two.

A man popped the question to his penguin-mad girlfriend in front of a huddle of 74 Humboldts at Dudley Zoo this week.

Image source, Dudley Zoo

Image source, Dudley Zoo

Grant Lucas, 27, went down on one knee to ask girlfriend Hayleigh Valentine to marry him during a meet and greet penguin experience at the zoo's Penguin Bay.

Luckily for Grant, the 26-year-old nursery worker said yes, and, after the birth of their first child in 10 weeks, are expected to marry soon afterwards.

Grant said: “It couldn’t have gone any better... and everyone we dealt with at the zoo helped make it a very special occasion."

BBC News Travel

Train services between Birmingham New Street and Redditch, via Longbridge, are being disrupted due to a signalling fault.

Tickets are being accepted on London Northwestern and CrossCountry services, said West Midlands Railway.

Work to replace a broken water main pipe on Hagley Road in Birmingham has been completed, said Severn Trent.

It means repairs will now move on to resurfacing the carriageway, damaged by flood water.

The road is expected to open fully tomorrow.

Image source, Severn Trent

The 20-inch main (pictured below), one of the larger in Birmingham, burst on Wednesday night and caused mayhem for commuters on Thursday morning.

Buses were diverted and people reported being stuck on Hagley Road for over an hour while trying to get to work.

Thousands also lost water or had a poor supply.

Image source, Severn Trent

Explorer Capt Lou Rudd has reached the South Pole in his bid to be become the first person to cross Antarctica solo and unsupported.

He now plans to take stock of his supplies, before starting the second half of his journey, to the other side of the continent.

He took on the 1,000-mile trek in memory of his friend, explorer Henry Worsley, who died after he tried to complete the same journey in January 2016.

But Rudd's US rival Colin O'Brady remains ahead, and reached the South Pole yesterday.

A car that failed to stop for police officers mounted pavements and was driven at speeds reaching 100mph, police said.

Three men were arrested after the pursuit through Nuneaton on Tuesday night.

The suspects eventually abandoned the car in Omaha Road, Hinckley, and attempted to flee before being detained by officers.

Two people aged 19 from Hinckley and a 20 year-old man from Leicester have been released under investigation while enquiries continue, said Warwickshire Police.

A man has been injured after getting trapped in machinery at a factory in Telford last night.

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Fire crews used ropes to rescue him from a press, 15 metres above the floor, at GKN Sankey, said Shropshire Fire Service.

The Hadley Castle factory makes wheels for the off-road market.

It's not known yet how bad the worker's injuries are.

Express and Star

Here are some of the early headlines on the Express and Star website today:

• Council tax bills hike to boost police budgets amid row over funding, external
• Knife arches at Walsall venues this Christmas after fatal stabbing, external
• Woman critically injured in Stourbridge Road crash, external