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A senior nurse at a psychiatric hospital where a woman killed herself says he repeatedly told management he felt staffing levels were not safe.

An inquest found failings in Claire Greaves's care at Cygnet Hospital, Coventry, including insufficient staff, contributed to her death.

Ms Greaves, 25, from Pontypool, had anorexia and a personality disorder.

Cygnet said staffing levels were always run at nationally recognised safe levels.

Express and Star

The Express and Star's early headlines today include:

• Boss joins protest group against greenbelt development, external
• Thief drove stolen car straight at police officer, external
• Just one in 10 charged over knife crimes, external

Louise Brierley
BBC News

In the UK many of us won't notice if the air quality has worsened, but if you have a lung condition it can be life-threatening.

Haziqah Zaman, six, Peter Edwards, 33, and Bridget Malin, 73, all feel the effects of pollution.

In January 2020 the city they live in will introduce a clean air zone.

Following in the footsteps of London, drivers of high-polluting vehicles will have to pay to travel into the centre of Birmingham.

Allen Cook
BBC News

Four arrests have been made after a man was shot in the foot in Wolverhampton.

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The victim, in his 30s, suffered the wounds on Joan Street yesterday afternoon, police have said.

Four men were arrested on suspicion of firearms offences and are still in custody.

Alex Hamilton
BBC Weather

More fine, dry weather today with sunny spells - here's the full forecast for the West Midlands:

You can get a latest forecast at any other time for your area by heading to the BBC Weather website.

Allen Cook
BBC News

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Claire Greaves killed herself at a "high risk" time when she should have had one-to-one monitoring.

People with lung conditions describe the impact air pollution has on their health.

How did primary school lessons about equality spark a national outcry?

Roger Godsiff, Hall Green MP, says the lessons should be left until children are six or seven.

A chair company spokesman admits that a serious risk of entrapment was caused by the absence of the bar.

Lancashire enjoy late breakthroughs against Worcestershire as 14 wickets fall on day two at Old Trafford.

Andy Giddings
BBC News

We'll be back with the news, sport, travel and weather from 07:00 tomorrow.

Telford and Wrekin Council has made five promises to residents following the local elections earlier this month.

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The Labour group strengthened its grip on power with an increased majority and said it would stick to its pledges between now and the next set of elections.

They council says it will:

• Fight for services at the Princess Royal Hospital
• Keep council tax low
• Spend £80m a year on vulnerable adults and children
• Spend £50m a year on roads and footpaths
• Fight plans to merge the authority with Shropshire Council

BBC Midlands Today

Garden designers from the West Midlands have won five gold medals at the Chelsea Flower Show.

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The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) event is seen as the pinnacle for many UK gardeners.

Among those to get the highest honour is Birmingham City Council, winning their eighth gold with a climate change-inspired garden. , external

Other gold winners include Worcestershire-based Hardy Eucalyptus, Shropshire's David Austin Roses and the Family Monsters Garden, designed in Coventry.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

West Midlands Ambulance Service says it's going to be relying less on motorbikes and response cars and more on traditional ambulances in the future.

Mark Docherty, its executive director of clinical commissioning, said: “We invested a lot in response cars, a lot of motorcycles and even bicycles. But what we found was that it was all well and good getting a paramedic there, but what do they then do with the patient?"

Mr Docherty said he also wanted more defibrillators "on every street corner", so that if someone suffered a cardiac arrest, they could get help quickly.

Coventry Live

From Coventry Live today:

• Claims that Ricoh groundshare deal is almost done, external
• Driver taken to hospital after car overturns, external
• Teenager arrested after drive-by shooting, external

Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

An £11m scheme to widen a bridge won't finish for at least another month, with the delay being blamed by a council on poor weather and utility firms.

Image source, Cheshire East Council

Sydney Road bridge in Crewe, Cheshire, was shut at the end of October, external so the crossing could be replaced with a wider structure to carry traffic in both directions.

But Cheshire East Council says bad weather earlier this year and delays with work carried out by utility firms has seen the re-opening date slip from the end of this month to the end of June., external

BBC Radio Shropshire Sport

Shrewsbury Town's Sam Ricketts says he wants his players to be fit when they report back for pre-season training.

He felt their standards had slipped when he took over in November and that was having an effect on performances.

He said: "When I first came in we were the team conceding late goals, the longer the season went on, it was us scoring late."

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The Shrewsbury players are due to return next month.

Campaign groups brand it an "environmental disaster" as the saplings are having to be replanted.