In the papers: Men banned from Stoke City gamespublished at 11:16 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February 2019
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In the papers: Men banned from Stoke City gamespublished at 11:16 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February 2019
Gordon Banks: Hundred of tributes to 'the greatest'published at 11:05 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February 2019
Hazel Morgan
Journalist, BBC Radio StokeTributes including flowers, scarves and replica Stoke City shirts have continued to be left this morning at the Gordon Banks statue at the Bet365 Stadium.
Banks, who died yesterday aged 81, joined the Potters the year after winning the World Cup with England and went on to win the League Cup with them in 1972, the club's only major honour.
Fans have left messages at the statue including thanking him for the memories and calling him "the greatest goalkeeper ever".
Fox 'lucky to survive' after getting impaled on railingspublished at 10:55 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February 2019
A fox which was "lucky to survive" after getting its leg impaled on a metal railing has been released back into the wild after making a full recovery.
Spike was left dangling after attempting to leap a garden fence in Coventry on 13 January and the RSPCA said the metal post had missed vital arteries by millimetres.
Image source, RSPCAVets also found a gun pellet embedded in his body and needed more than three weeks of treatment at the charity's centre in Evesham.
Demolition work to start on former bus stationpublished at 10:44 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February 2019
BBC Radio StokeDemolition of an old bus station is set to start later today.
The site in the middle of Stoke-on-Trent has been empty for years after developers decided not to pursue development plans in the city.
Last year, the city council - which already owned the old Hanley bus station, external - announced it was also buying the nearby East-West precinct for £4m to tear it down.
In January, work was started to clear out the site ahead of demolition, which is expected to start today.
The council says £3.5m has been earmarked to turn part of the "eyesore" into a youth facility for eight to 19-year-olds although proposals for the whole site have yet to be finalised.
Nurse manager faces neglect chargepublished at 10:32 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February 2019
An 87-year-old woman died in hospital following her "unexplained injuries" police said.
Read MoreGordon Banks: Newspapers dominated by tributespublished at 10:30 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February 2019
BBC NewsThe death of England and Stoke City goalkeeper Gordon Banks has dominated the national newspapers this morning.
Image source, The MirrorOver many pages they pay tribute to what the Mirror , externalcalls the "rare greatness" of the World Cup-winning goalkeeper. And - as the paper points out - he was so much more than that.
For the Sun, external, he was "the goalkeeping god who pulled off the greatest save the game has ever seen" - referring to that Pele header in the 1970 World Cup in Mexico.
The Mail , externalsays his seemingly effortless ability to prevent a football from entering the net made him the finest goalkeeper England, and perhaps the world, had ever seen.
He was, the Times , externalsays, the "gold standard for goalkeeping".
In the papers: Carjacker stabs womanpublished at 10:14 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February 2019
Birmingham LiveThe Birmingham Mail's covering these stories today:
Community rallies round to help zoo after break-inpublished at 09:59 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February 2019
People have been raising funds and giving up their time to help a Telford zoo that suffered a break-in on Monday night.
Thieves smashed down a fence to steal a mechanical digger, which it is having to replace at a cost of £13,500 and while no animals were hurt, it's left the zoo with a big repair bill too.
The zoo's CCTV captured this image of three masked people and it says it is working with the police to identify them.
Image source, Exotic Zoo TelfordThe local branch of Jewson has lent a digger to the Telford Exotic Zoo, so it can get the site ready to open on 16 February and volunteers have been giving up their time to help as well.
Local fencing and gardening businesses have offered their time as well and the zoo described the response as "amazing" and "humbling".
An online fundraising page has so far raised more than £3,000.
Stafford house fire: Fundraising event cancelledpublished at 09:47 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February 2019
Jennie Aitken
Reporter, BBC Radio StokeA community fundraising event, organised after a house fire that killed four children, has been cancelled.
Image source, Police HandoutOrganisers say they've decided to call off the event in aid of the family affected by the blaze on Sycamore Lane, Stafford.
They say they could see no way to suitably raise money now a trust fund is being set up.
Riley Holt, eight, Keegan Unitt, six, Tilly Rose Unitt, four, and Olly Unitt, three, died in the blaze.
Following the fire last week, a 24-year-old woman and a 28-year-old man were arrested on suspicion of manslaughter by gross negligence and released on bail
Gordon Banks: 'Would have been embarrassed' at knighthoodpublished at 09:37 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February 2019
BBC Radio StokeA man who fought to get England's 1966 World Cup-winning goalkeeper Gordon Banks a knighthood says the former Stoke City player would have been "very embarrassed" if he'd known about it.
Image source, ReutersBanks died yesterday aged 81, having been regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time.
David MacDonald, from Uttoxeter Racecourse, tried unsuccessfully to get Banks a knighthood.
"He would have been very embarrassed if he had known what we were doing behind the scenes with regard to the knighthood... I don't think he'd have approved because of the humble man that he was."
Bin collections change as union set for legal actionpublished at 09:25 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February 2019
BBC Midlands TodayBin collections in Birmingham will switch from every week to every fortnight from Monday as the dispute between the council and workers worsens.
Image source, Getty ImagesUnite union members have been working to rule since 29 December over a payment given to GMB members and are set to strike twice a week from 19 February.
The council's introducing fortnightly collections to ensure what it calls "reliability of service" but it says it may also go to court to try to prevent further industrial action.
Unite is seeking its own High Court injunction against the council today.
Protest expected after special school shut due to sicknesspublished at 09:15 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February 2019
BBC Midlands TodayParents are expected to protest outside council offices in Walsall today following the temporary closure of a school for children with special needs.
Image source, GoogleStaff sickness was blamed as The Jane Lane School in Walsall said in a letter last week that to open without sufficient staff would "compromise" health and safety.
Parents and carers have been invited to meet council officials at the school this morning, ahead of a council cabinet meeting this afternoon.
The school said it was unlikely to reopen before half term starting on 18 February.
Earlier in the year, Ofsted inspectors rated the school as inadequate, external.
In the papers: Four-year campaign over housing planpublished at 09:05 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February 2019
Stoke-on-Trent LiveThe Stoke-on-Trent Live website is covering these stories today:
Modern slavery cases 'set to rise'published at 08:55 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February 2019
BBC Midlands TodayReports of modern slavery are expected to rise by about 20% over the next year, according to West Mercia Police.
In the past 12 months, the force says there were 49 reports of modern slavery and human trafficking across Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Shropshire.
The West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner is holding a conference this morning to raise awareness and share tactics for dealing with the crime., external
Thieves vandalise exotic zoo and leave reopening in doubtpublished at 08:37 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February 2019
BBC ShropshireAn exotic zoo has been broken into just days before it was due to open for the school half-term.
Writing on its Facebook page, external, the venue in Priorslee, Telford, says fences and gates have been torn and smashed down and a rented digger has been stolen - leaving then with a £13,000 bill.
The group says its volunteers have been working hard to lay disabled friendly paths and the break-in could delay their reopening with no plant machinery to finish off the work.
They add that no animals were harmed during the break-in and West Mercia Police is investigating.
A fundraising page set up to raise money to repair the damage has already seen more than £2,000 donated.
Rape arrest after teenage girl found on streetpublished at 08:26 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February 2019
BBC ShropshireA man's been arrested on suspicion of rape after a 17-year-old girl was found unresponsive on a street in Shrewsbury.
Image source, GoogleWest Mercia Police believes the assault happened inside a premises on St John's Hill before she was found by a member of public yesterday morning.
The force says the girl is being supported by specialist officers.
Football: Setbacks for West Brom and Birmingham Citypublished at 08:15 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February 2019
BBC SportWest Brom failed to move up to third in the Championship as they were held to a 2-2 draw by Nottingham Forest last night.
The Baggies secured the point through a controversial late penalty, scored by Jay Rodriguez.
Image source, Getty ImagesMeanwhile, Birmingham City suffered a shock defeat as struggling Bolton Wanderers claimed their first league win since 26 December.
In League One, Walsall's battle to avoid relegation was hit by a defeat as they were beaten by AFC Wimbledon.
In League Two, Crewe Alexandra's Shaun Miller grabbed a late winner against his former club Carlisle United in a 2-1 victory.
In the papers: Jail for street violencepublished at 08:03 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February 2019
A few of the early headlines on the Express and Star website:
Festival organisers upset by lantern theftspublished at 07:53 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February 2019
The organisers of the Newport Chinese New Year Festival say someone climbed up the side of a building in the town centre and cut down a number of hanging lanterns.
They say the thieves must have gone to a great effort and while the lanterns are worth very little individually, it cost a lot of time and money to import the full set from China, so they will be difficult to replace.
Image source, Newport Chinese festivalThe festival committee is hoping CCTV may have caught the thieves and it's appealing for the lanterns to be returned.
The organisers say it's the latest in a series of petty crimes like this, following the damage to the Newport in Bloom hanging baskets and the theft of Christmas decorations.
Book of condolence to be opened for Gordon Bankspublished at 07:42 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February 2019
BBC Midlands TodayStoke City are to open a book of condolence, external for their former goalkeeper and club president Gordon Banks whose death was announced yesterday.
Image source, ReutersIt will be located at the main reception at the Bet365 Stadium for fans to leave their own personal tributes.
Banks was a key part of England's 1966 World Cup-winning side and is regarded as one of the game's greatest in his position.
He won the League Cup with Stoke and Leicester, before retiring in 1973.
Tributes have poured in for him including from England manager Gareth Southgate, who called him an "all-time great" and former England striker Gary Lineker, who described him as "an absolute hero of mine".
