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Olivia Morley
Journalist, BBC WM
Staff and students at a college in the West Midlands are boosting their health and wellbeing at a special animal cafe.
It's an idea which started in Japan where customers can pet a furry friend while grabbing a cuppa to help them relax.
Halesowen College has adopted this technique after a member of staff came up with the idea.
A week-long pause in production in April is to be introduced at Jaguar Land Rover due to potential disruption from Brexit.
The three assembly plants - at Castle Bromwich, Solihull and Halewood - as well as the engine plant at Wolverhampton will be affected.
The plants were already due to close from 15-23 April, as part of the company's normal annual maintenance programme.
However, given the lack of progress towards a Brexit deal and the uncertainty associated with it, JLR has decided to extend the shutdown.
The firm has previously warned about the impact of Brexit. It has already had to cut production due to slowing demand in China.
Oswestry's community cinema is to close its doors in three months' time, it's been announced.
Image source, GoogleKinokulture was set up by partners Ian Garland and Ruth Carter five years ago in an old town centre chapel, and in that time has built up a regular audience.
The couple say the cinema itself has been a success, but they've been unable to agree a new lease with their church landlords.
They're trying to find a suitable venue for a possible reopening in the future.
A man accused of arranging an acid attack on his young son had violent tendencies, his trial hears.
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BBC Radio Derby
Three men have been arrested by Derbyshire's armed response unit on suspicion of poaching and dangerous driving.
Officers said they were called to Snelston, near Ashbourne, just after 01:30 this morning and seized a 4x4 vehicle with a number of dead animals inside.
Image source, Derbyshire ConstabularyThe men are aged 22, 29 and 34 and all come from Coventry.
The sentences now "reflect the severity of their crimes", the solicitor general says.
Read MoreA move to postpone plans to relocate the headquarters of Warwick District Council has been described as a "desperate move" to avoid negative publicity in the run-up to local council elections, said an MP.
Image source, Warwick District CouncilLabour MP for Warwick and Leamington, Matt Western, said the plans, which have been put on hold until July, were "seriously flawed" and had been postponed for "political reasons".
The Conservative leader of the council, Andrew Mobbs said the delay was due to the "current uncertainty in the economy".
"The council simply doesn’t need brand new offices," he said, adding the council leadership had shown "contempt for businesses, residents and councillors – even some in his own party".
Local Democracy Reporting Service
A plan to to build 16 new council-owned affordable homes is to go before Sandwell's cabinet next week.
The proposal to develop land on Old Hobicus Lane will provide two and four bed houses and is part of £70m strategy to construct local authority properties over the next three years.
Councillors will discuss the plan at their meeting on 30 January.
BBC Sport
Brighton manager Chris Hughton says he will make some changes ahead of the visit of West Brom on Saturday in the fourth round of the FA Cup.
He told a press conference his players will treat Saturday's cup tie "like any other game", despite facing Championship opposition.
Image source, Reuters"We're delighted to still be in the competition and it gives me a chance to rotate and use the squad," said Hughton.
"It's a difficult game to analyse - all we can do is prepare ourselves for a game against a tough side.
"They'll be very motivated and they're still a strong side despite last season."
Coventry Live
Some of the Coventry Live updates today are:
Lisa Skidmore was raped and murdered by a convicted sex offender in Wolverhampton.
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BBC Sport
Shrewsbury Town manager Sam Ricketts faces one of his toughest challenges yet as he attempts to inspire his side - who are 18th in League One - to a famous FA Cup win over his former club Wolverhampton Wanderers at a sold-out New Meadow in the fourth round.
Image source, Getty ImagesThis time last year the 37-year-old ex-Wales defender was coaching Wolves' under-16s team.
Having already orchestrated an FA Cup third-round surprise win at Stoke, he is now seeking to knock out the club he captained to the League One title in 2014.
"We're known as little Shrewsbury and Wolves are eighth in the Premier League and trying to get into Europe," Ricketts told BBC Sport.
"No-one expects us to get through because of the gulf between the clubs."
Local Democracy Reporting Service
Buildings at an historic park once owned by Birmingham's famous Cadbury family are set for a revamp thanks to a £250,000 insurance payout.
The Cadbury Barn at Manor Park Farm in Northfield was torched by arsonists in 2017 and insurance money will now pay for other improvements at buildings in the park.
It was originally hoped the barn could be rebuilt but the idea has since been abandoned.
Image source, Friends of Manor Park FarmMoney will instead be spent on paying for a lodge to be re-roofed to be used for staff facilities and a feasibility study to be carried out around bringing some of the other buildings into community use.
Birmingham City Council's Trusts and Charities Committee agreed for £49,000 of the insurance money to be spent at a meeting yesterday.
The barn was built in 1895 by George and Elizabeth Cadbury, from the city’s famous family of chocolate manufacturers.
Image source, Friends of Manor Park FarmTwo men have been charged after a gunshot was fired on a housing estate in Leegomery in Telford on Saturday.
The pair, both aged 27, have been charged with possessing a firearm or imitation firearm with intent to cause others to fear unlawful violence was being used against them, police said. , external
They're due to appear in court today.
League tables go live and the BBC reveals how long it could take for poorer pupils to do as well as the rest.
Read MoreA former investment banker has started a new career in Worcestershire after training to become a midwife at the age of 61.
Image source, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals TrustClare Slater from Redditch recently started her job in the neonatal intensive care unit at Worcestershire Royal Hospital after completing her midwife training, the local NHS Trust said., external
“I had always wanted to be a midwife," she said, "ever since I was 10 years old I’d always dreamed of doing it as a career.
"But life had got in the way and my parents had encouraged me to use my A-Levels and go to university instead,” she added.
Stoke-on-Trent Live
Stoke-on-Trent Live is looking at these stories today:
Jurors had failed to reach verdicts in the case against all-rounder Alex Hepburn earlier this month.
Read MoreBoyd Rankin confirms his Warwickshire departure to focus full-time on international cricket with Ireland
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BBC News Travel
A lorry is currently blocking Town Walls in Shrewsbury town centre, the police have tweeted.
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