Julia Fuxman sends children's books on her experiences to refugee camps around the world.

Other celebrity contributors to an auction of sketches include Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn.

Yorkshire captain Steve Patterson hits a season's best 60, then takes 3-21 against Warwickshire on an even day at York.

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BBC News

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Police have released a CCTV image of a man they would like to speak to following a stabbing in Wolverhampton.

Image source, West Midlands Police

A man sustained a deep cut to his arm that's not believed to be life-threatening in the attack at the Lyme Kaye pub, on Worcester Street, shortly after 05:00, West Midlands Police said.

Officers are asking for anyone with information to come forward.

Shropshire Star

Here are three stories from today's Shropshire Star newspaper:

• Government response leaves council merger talk dead in the water, external
• Historic former school for sale at £1.1m, external
• Carnival postponed due to flooding, external

The decision to delay the introduction of Birmingham's Clean Air Zone has been described as "utterly unacceptable" by Asthma UK.

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The council has blamed a software delay, but Joe Farrington-Douglas, head of policy at the charity, said it will result in people "continuing to breathe in toxic air" and warned "delays in cleaning up our air could have dire consequences".

He added: "The introduction of an Ultra-Low Emission Zone in London has been a step in the right direction to tackle filthy air, but it is high time that local and national government protect those outside the capital through similar schemes."

The West Midlands is to get its first Violence Reduction Unit after getting £3.3m government funding.

Police and Crime Commissioner David Jamieson said the unit would bring together police, social services, health and education professionals to tackle rising levels of violence.

Mr Jamieson said knife crime was up by 85% since 2012 and gun crime by a third.

This includes the fatal stabbing of three teenagers within 12 days at the start of 2019.

The unit is set to offer training and employment help and talks by ex-offenders about the consequences of crime.

The PCC previously said the West Midlands force had seen its budget cut by £175m since 2010.

Alex Hamilton
BBC Weather

Areas of showery rain will move in this afternoon with more widespread rain expected throughout the night and lows of 12C (54F).

HMP Birmingham's difficulties in getting much-needed body scanning equipment have been discussed in Parliament.

The jail's failure to secure funding for a body scanner to help stop drugs being smuggled in is "inexplicable", the chief inspector of prisons has said.

The prison was taken back into public ownership after private company G4S had its contract terminated.

The Commons Justice Committee was told that procurement of kit is a real problem for prisons.

Conservative Victoria Prentis said the committee was "distressed" to hear that HMP Birmingham had not got the scanner, "which would make life so much easier for drugs finding".

BBC Sport

Birmingham City fans have taken to Twitter to voice their anger at the sacking of Garry Monk who will leave after just 15 months in charge.

Malc Newton tweeted: "This is my 50th year supporting Blues and my recently renewed season ticket goes back tomorrow morning. If they think there won’t be a backlash they’re bigger fools than I thought."

And Jim Crabtree added: "So Garry Monk, the best thing to happen to Blues in years, pays the price for standing up to a CEO who hasn't a clue how to run a football club. I'm even more embarrassed & ashamed than when Gary Rowett was sacked."

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Kym Ypres-Smith tweeted: "Yet another shocking decision from a board that clearly don't understand that building a decent team takes time."

And Stuart Griffith commented: "The club has the ability to shoot itself in the foot every time. Will we ever learn?"

Bridgnorth Carnival has been postponed because of flooding.

The town council said part of the land near Severn Park, where the procession is due to end, is under water and the rest is too soft for large vehicles, stalls and fairground rides.

Image source, Bridgnorth Town Council

More rain is forecast between now and Sunday, when the event was due to be held, and a meeting's expected to take place later this week to decide whether to re-arrange it for a later date.

Ben Brown and Chris Jordan share an unbroken stand of 83 as Sussex rally from 102-6 against Worcestershire at rain-hit Kidderminster.

BBC Radio Stoke

Cheshire's police commissioner says the chair of the county's police and crime panel should resign over remarks about officers wearing rainbow lanyards.

Bob Foussert suggested a senior police officer was in breach of impartiality regulations by wearing a rainbow lanyard, which supports the inclusion of LGBT people, saying they crossed the boundary from impartiality into making an overtly political statement.

In an open letter, external, Police and Crime Commissioner David Keane says Mr Foussert's views could create a "crisis of public confidence".

Mr Foussert has been approached for comment.

Nick Smith
BBC News Online

Police are looking for a 15-year-old girl who went missing from Swadlincote yesterday morning.

Georgia Mundy was last seen at around 11:30 in Alexandra Road and it is believed she may have travelled to Tamworth.

She is described as 5ft 4in tall, of slim build and is believed to have been wearing a black Nike jacket, blue skinny jeans, dark-coloured Nike trainers and carrying a beige shoulder bag when she was last seen.

Image source, Derbyshire Police

Birmingham City sack manager Garry Monk after 15 months in charge of the Chinese-owned Championship club.

The man in charge of hospitals in Shrewsbury and Telford has "decided not to take up a position" in Nottinghamshire when he leaves the role next month, a hospital trust has confirmed.

Simon Wright announced he was leaving the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust (SATH) a fortnight ago, saying he was taking up a new role leading health and social care in the East Midlands.

Image source, SATH

Mr Wright's decision to leave came after months of criticism of SaTH, which was put in special measures in November due to concerns about maternity and emergency services.

SaTH's chairman Ben Reid said the trust remains on course to have alternative plans in place for when Mr Wright departs.

Fire crews were called in to help rescue a sheep marooned in a Warwickshire canal earlier.

Image source, Warwickshire Fire Service

The animal was found in the water at Salters Lane, Bearley, shortly before 05:30, said Warwickshire Fire Service.

The "distressed" animal was tired from swimming in the water and was lifted to safety using an improvised halter.

Contact was then made with the landowner and the lamb was reunited with the flock.

Local Democracy Reporting Service
Tom Davis

Coventry City Council is preparing to accept £4.5m government funding for its air quality action plan, but said it “in no way indicates” they are agreeing to Clean Air Zone charges.

The authority will use emergency powers to accept the grant from the Joint Air Quality Unit (JAQU) at a full council meeting later today.

Funding will be used to carry out “associated work to meet the terms of the direction issued by government on 26th March” – the implementation of a Class D clean air zone.

In the same meeting, the council is also set to accept a grant of £2,517,500 to enable the retrofit of 131 buses to be compliant with desired low emission requirements.

BBC Shropshire

Shropshire Council says there isn't a link between the increase in the number of academy-run secondary schools and the increase in the number of pupil exclusions in the last couple of years.

The majority of those secondary schools are now academy-run, meaning the local authority has less say in how they are run, but the council said it had a "long standing very positive relationship" with the headteachers.

Some parents have suggested Shropshire schools are choosing to expel pupils to maintain their reputation, but Conservative councillor Ed Potter, who is responsible for children's services said he didn't think any schools were "set out to exclude people".

He added: "We are seeing young people with more and more complex needs and a combination of complex needs."