BBC Midlands Today

Thousands of pregnant women in Shropshire are to be given bracelets to record their baby's movements in the hope of reducing stillbirths.

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) says there are 14 beads on it and expectant mums move a small hoop around each of them when they feel movement., external

By doing that, the trust says they should find it easier to track their baby's movement pattern, know when to expect movement and report any concerns earlier.

It comes as the county's hospitals are being investigated over avoidable baby deaths since 1998.

Last month, NHS Improvement said it had asked for details of hundreds more cases but they were not necessarily the result of sub-standard care.

Allen Cook
BBC News

A body's been found by police searching a quarry for a missing teenager. , external

West Mercia Police had been at Shavers End Quarry, near Stourport, since yesterday evening when the 18-year-old had disappeared after going into water at the site.

While the body's not been formally identified, the force believes it is the teenager and are not treating it as suspicious.

BBC News Travel

Drivers are being warned stretches of two motorways in the West Midlands will be shut tonight.

Highways England is bringing in the closures from 21:00 to 06:00 on the northbound M6, from J14 to J15, and on the north side of the M42, from J9 to J10. , external

It's also shutting the A38 northbound, in Branston, near Burton-upon-Trent, up to the Toyota Island from 20:00 to 05:00.

BBC Sport

Warwickshire have been set a target of 404 runs in their second innings to beat Hampshire at The Ageas Bowl.

Having been bowled out today for 307, 232 runs behind the hosts, Hampshire then declared 171-8 on day three with Aneurin Donald scoring 52.

While in Division Two, 20-year-old paceman Dillon Pennington has taken two wickets for Worcestershire, but Derbyshire have still extended their lead today towards 250 on day two.

Follow both games on BBC local radio commentary or via the BBC Cricket website.

Jennie Aitken
Reporter, BBC Radio Stoke

A garden in memory of four children who died in a house fire has been officially opened today.

Riley Holt, eight, Keegan Unitt, six, Tilly Rose Unitt, four, and Olly Unitt, three, died in a blaze at their family home in Stafford on 5 February.

The memorial has been built in the grounds of Castlechurch Primary, where the children went to school.

BBC Midlands Today

Young racers aiming for a Formula One career said it was "pretty amazing" when a current F1 driver turned up at their event at the weekend.

The youngsters were at Bromsgrove's racing academy, karting around the track in what's still seen as a traditional route into motorsport.

But this time, Daniel Ricciardo turned up to watch them and talk to them, as he's in the UK preparing for the British Grand Prix.

Local Democracy Reporting Service
Joe Burn

Knife crime's nearly doubled in eight years in Staffordshire, latest police figures have revealed.

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The number of recorded cases have jumped from 367 in 2010-11 to 709 in 2018-19.

They also reveal Stoke-on-Trent accounts for 42% of all stop and searches related to knives, the most of any area in the county.

Responding to the figures, Chief Constable Gareth Morgan said nearly a quarter of the county's knife crime was domestic-related.

But he told a public police performance meeting that he believed visible policing with stop and searches, combined with following up on crimes, was needed to bring the figures down.

A Coventry MP, who's represented a city seat since 1976, has decided not to stand at the next general election.

Geoffrey Robinson, who has been the MP for Coventry North West, suffered a mini-stroke in December 2018.

In a letter posted on Twitter he said "every day has been a privilege and a pleasure but it can't go on for ever".

He also called on the party to select a local candidate to succeed him.

Coventry Observer

Some of the main stories on the Coventry Observer website today are:

• Only half of visitors attended Coventry's Godiva Festival, external
• Probe into chemical fumes scare at Jaguar Land Rover Solihull, external
• Boy, 14, and man discharged after double stabbing in Coventry, external

The judge told drink-driver Victoria Parry she would have gone "straight down" to jail if she was a man.

Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

A taxi driver has been threatened with a knife and cash stolen in a robbery.

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Staffordshire Police said it happened on Clough Hall Road, Kidsgrove, early on Saturday.

Two boys, both aged 16, and a girl and a boy, both 14, have all been arrested on suspicion of robbery and released on bail.

Melissa Compton has overcome illness, flooding and low tides to complete the charity swim.

BBC Sport

New Saints manager Scott Ruscoe says he wants his side to "continue the journey" in the Champions League.

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The Welsh Premier champions face Feronikeli of Kosovo in the first qualifying round first leg at home on Tuesday.

Saints have qualified for the Champions League for the eighth season running but have never progressed beyond the third qualifying round.

"We're looking to go as far as we can," Ruscoe told BBC Sport Wales.

"We don't set any targets that aren't realistic to our club and our budget, but we want to go as far as we can and continue the journey."

Shropshire farmers Robin and Joanna Spencer say age has caught up with them.

Shropshire Live

The Shropshire Live website's headlines today include:

• Work begins on replacing kerbs and paving on Shrewsbury’s High Street, external
• Outstanding care praised at South Shropshire home, external
• Shropshire-based leaders declare climate emergency, external

Rich Davis
BBC Weather presenter

It will be a cloudy night with the chance of a few showers and lows of 12C (54F).

Local Democracy Reporting Service
Carl Jackson

A Birmingham night club is to keep its operating licence following a man’s death last month, as councillors were told it is not one of Birmingham’s "drug clubs".

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At a full review of Bambu, on Wrottesley Street earlier councillors heard there had been a "significant turnaround" in the running of the club.

It was also explained to councillors sitting on the licensing sub-committee that "drug consumption is changing" making it harder to detect.

Whilst at the scene of the death on 10 June, police discovered extensive evidence of drug-taking, including bags of white powder, empty "dealer bags", and an empty box which had contained nitrous oxide canisters.

The council initially suspended Bambu’s licence only to lift the sanction at a subsequent hearing when a raft of new temporary measures were proposed including stepping up security, staff training, drug checks and installing a defibrillator.

Today’s decision means they can continue to trade with the interim measures now made permanent.

Hampshire have dismissed Warwickshire for 307, and now lead by 267 in Southampton.

Oliver Hannon-Dalby was the last man out with Sam Hain ending unbeaten on 129.

A child born in 2011 in Birmingham may die two to seven months early, researchers say.

New Birmingham City boss Pep Clotet adds Champions League-winning ex-Liverpool number two Paco Herrera to his backroom team.