Ipswich's ex-Wales defender James Collins cancelled a deal with Aston Villa because he would have felt "embarrassed" to stay on.

A canal towpath has been closed following the discovery of a device suspected to be an unexploded World War One bomb, police say.

Staffordshire Police said it was discovered close to Bratch Lock, Wombourne, and is asking people to find alternative routes.

The Conservative MP for North Shropshire says he will vote against the Prime Minister's Brexit deal today because it "does not let us leave" the EU.

Owen Paterson, who was a leading Leave campaigner, also says Theresa May's draft agreement has "horrors in it" such as the plans for the Northern Ireland backstop.

All but one of Shropshire's five Conservative MPs say they will oppose the deal, with only Ludlow MP Philip Dunne in favour.

He says most MPs want to avoid "no deal" and that the one at the centre of this evening's vote is the "only deal on the table that can achieve that".

It's quite possible you've heard MPs are preparing to vote on the Prime Minister's Brexit deal later.

It's widely expected to be defeated. Nadhim Zahawi, though, says he is backing Mrs May's deal and the Conservative MP for Stratford-on-Avon has called on his colleagues to do the same.

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Some patients at Worcestershire Royal Hospital are being moved 40 miles away to be treated in Warwick.

Ambulances in the county have already been diverted to hospitals in Hereford and Wolverhampton this winter to ease pressure on A&E, but this is the first time patients already on a ward have had to be moved.

The Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs the site, says it's necessary to ensure care for the most seriously unwell patients.

A Worcestershire school has set up a crowdfunding campaign to raise money to pay for general upkeep of school buildings, new play equipment and transport to swimming lessons.

Bayton CofE Primary School has set a target of £20,000, saying a "squeezed" main budget left it with no choice but to supplement finances.

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The school says it has an "ongoing struggle" because it is trying to do the things larger schools do, but is only funded per pupil - and it has fewer than 100.

More details here.

The owner of a property at the centre of a search for missing estate agent Suzy Lamplugh says he's still owed money to pay for damage caused by the onsite police hunt.

Officers searched the Shipton Road property in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, last October. It was once owned by the mother of John Cannan - the prime suspect in Suzy's murder and disappearance.

Owner Phillip Carey told the BBC that police had caused damage totalling thousands of pounds during the operation and said he had been waiting ten weeks for compensation.

He said "our kitchen tops are broken, our fridge freezer’s on the patio, our cooker’s on the patio, we’ve had to loan a cooker, the shed’s collapsing - you name it, it’s broken".

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The work involved the excavation of parts of the garden, with a garage dismantled and paving removed. It's unclear how the items listed by Mr Carey came to be damaged.

The Met Police, which led the operation, said it was "committed to restoring the property to its original condition" and was "liasing with the family".

No evidence of Ms Lamplugh's remains were found at the site during the search which ended in November. She disappeared in London in 1986.

Birmingham Live

Some of the Birmingham Live headlines today are:

• West Midlands Police 'failing to record more than 16,600 violent crimes', external
• Police alert over ‘aggressive beggars’ in Erdington, external
• Mugger in 'women's coat' chased by dad after stealing schoolgirl's bag, external

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Investigations continue after a suspected arson attack at a house in Stoke-on-Trent left one man needing hospital care.

The 33-year-old was inside the property on Roundwell Street, Tunstall, and had to jump from a window to escape the fire in the early hours of Sunday morning, said Staffordshire Police.

He has since been released from hospital.

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Tom Davis

A plan for 550 homes on former green belt land, external in Coventry has been submitted.

Developers Bellway Homes has submitted an outline planning application for land between Tamworth Road and Five Field in Keresley.

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The proposal include 25% affordable housing and bring “significant benefits” to Coventry’s housing market and economy, developers say.

The site forms part of the Keresley Sustainable Urban Extension, which has already been adopted for 3,100 houses under the Coventry Local Plan 2011-2031.

A public consultation exercise ends on February 4.

Express and Star

Some of today's Express and Star headlines are:

• Victims 'let down' as West Midlands Police fails to log violent crime, external
• Teen driver killed 80-year-old while racing on A449 in rush hour, external
• Bogus undercover police ransack elderly cancer patient's home, external

Stoke City and Shrewsbury Town meet in an FA Cup third-round replay tonight, with the winners taking on Wolves.

The first match ended in a one-all draw, with Olly Norburn putting the League One side ahead with a penalty.

Substitute Peter Crouch forced a replay for Stoke.

Their new manager Nathan Jones will be taking charge of his first home game.

Police investigating the robbery of a woman in her 70s have released CCTV footage of her being dragged to the pavement by three people.

They stole her tablet device during her ordeal near Havelock Road, Birmingham, on 28 December, although she was uninjured.

Chief Constable Dave Thompson has appealed to the public for help, calling the criminals "vile".

A man is set to appear in court again today accused of having an illegal stun gun following his weekend arrest at Birmingham Airport.

Thomas Kavanagh, 51, of Sutton Road, Mile Oak, Tamworth, was detained on Saturday as part of a National Crime Agency investigation.

The Irish national has been charged with possession of a prohibited item under Section Five of the Firearms Act.

He is set to appear at Stafford Crown Court later, having appeared before magistrates on Monday.

The future of Coventry City Football Club at the Ricoh Arena is set to be debated in Parliament this afternoon.

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The Sky Blues only have a deal to play at the stadium until the end of this season because of a dispute between the club's owners and those of the stadium.

The debate in Westminster Hall later has been arranged by Coventry South MP, Jim Cunningham.

West Midlands Police has failed to record more than 16,600 violent crimes each year, with some victims "let down and not believed", a watchdog has said.

Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) rated the force - one of the biggest in the country - as "inadequate", having found only 78.2% of violent crime and 89.2% of sexual offences were recorded.

The force is challenging the rating, saying the examination does not take into account its action on recording crime overall.

"It does not include the results of other crimes, and consequently it has not recognised the force's overall crime recording from which we have good, reliable crime accuracy," a spokesperson said.

The watchdog - which said the force was "failing victims of crime" - was not able to look at other types of offence because the force was updating its systems.

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BBC Weather

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The head teacher says some fundraising will pay for maintenance as its central budget is being "squeezed".

In four years Lee DeSanges has gone from throwing pizza parties to running his own restaurant.