Coventry City Football Club say they're still waiting for an update on when tickets for this weekend's game at Bolton will go on sale.

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Bolton Wanderers, who are in administration, were due to put tickets on sale from 09:00 on Wednesday, but these were subsequently put on hold without any explanation.

Saturday's fixture is the first game Bolton will host since April, after their final home game of last season against Brentford was called off.

In a statement, the Sky Blues said: "We remain in regular contact with Bolton Wanderers and the EFL regarding Saturday.

"While there unfortunately remains no ticket update currently, we have been assured by Bolton that the game will go ahead."

West Brom borrow West Ham midfielder Grady Diangana, Benfica striker Chris Willock and Sporting Lisbon winger Matheus Pereira.

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BBC News

For a lot of people in Staffordshire it's been a day of celebration and getting stuck into a much-loved local foodstuff - it's the annual Oatcake Day, external.

Described as "like a pancake, but not a pancake", plenty of locals have been tweeting their love today:

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BBC News

Dozens of firefighters are battling a fire a care home this evening. , external

They were called just after 16:30 to Rolls Avenue, in Crewe, and said the three-storey building was being evacuated.

The fire's in the roof space and, by 17:35, had burst through.

Jeffree, an eight-year-old moggie from Coventry, beat hundreds of other felines to bag accolade.

BBC News Travel

Trains between Stafford and Stoke-on-Trent are likely to be disrupted through the rest of the day after overhead electric lines were damaged near Stone.

National Rail Enquires reported the issue from 14:30 and said it was affecting all services with replacement road transport running instead. , external

Network Rail said it was working to repair the damage., external

BBC News Travel

Trains between Birmingham New Street and London Euston are facing major disruption after a power and signal failure in the capital.

It also affects services through Coventry and Leamington Spa.

Network Rail said power had now been restored, but there was still "significant disruption" while trains get back to normal.

Passengers described a scene of chaos as thousands of travellers packed the concourse.

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BBC Radio Stoke

Former Stoke City manager Lou Macari says he hopes donating £24,000 to the Stoke-on-Trent food bank will make a difference to families in the city.

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He made the donation, via his Macari Foundation, which helps homeless people, after hearing a talk about the work the charity does.

The city's food bank says it handed out 12,773 food parcels in 2018-19, including 4,646 for children, an increase of 33.5% on the year before., external

Worcester News

The Worcester News is reporting on these stories today:

• Tributes to 'amazing' mum who died in crash, external
• Hospital trust unlikely to receive £7m from housing developers to help ease pressure, external
• Park day encourages outdoor play, external

Wigan sign Leeds' England Under-21 left-back Tom Pearce for an undisclosed fee, plus Wolves' Bright Enobakhare on loan.

A police station had to be evacuated this afternoon after a suspected hand grenade was handed in.

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Bomb disposal experts were called to the building in Redditch at about 15:30, West Mercia Police said.

The police station was cordoned off for an hour, external while they checked the device.

The benefit assessment company stopped Victoria Smith's PIP payments months before she died.

Nick Southall
Journalist, BBC Shropshire

Parents whose babies' ashes were lost at a Shropshire crematorium are calling on a council to end a deadlock over the final design of a memorial to their children.

A BBC investigation found 60 families did not have their children's ashes returned after cremations at Shrewsbury's Emstrey Crematorium between 1996 and 2012.

Shropshire Council said it would pay for a memorial in The Dingle, within Shrewsbury's Quarry park, but its original design was rejected by parents who've now said the process had stalled.

The local authority said it working hard with the families involved and asked that the conversations were allowed to continue, to provide a memorial to everyone’s satisfaction.

Earlier we bought you the news that a Coventry cat who helped a teenager cope with the death of his father picked up an award for being the best Furrever Friend.

At the awards in London Jeffree has also been named overall Cat of the Year at the National Cat Awards.

Well done Jeffree and owner Finn.

BBC Sport

The New Saints manager Scott Ruscoe (pictured) is looking to his more experienced players to guide the rest against Ludogorets Razgrad in the Europa League third qualifying round this evening.

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Ludogorets, Bulgarian champions for the past eight seasons, reached last season's Europa League group stages.

Saints dropped into the Europa League after bowing out of the Champions League, losing 3-0 on aggregate against FC Copenhagen.

Hereford Times

Are are a few of the headlines on the Hereford Times website today:

• Herefordshire set for wet, windy weekend, external
• Tributes to horseman and adventurer, external
• Rare chance to explore the grounds of Shobdon Court, external

Local Democracy Reporting Service

A few of the stories being covered by our Local Democracy Reporting Service reporters in Staffordshire:

• People in Staffordshire will have to report potholes online in the future as the county council's decided to phase out its telephone reporting service.
• Stone Town Council's decided to finally use £100,000 raised from a tax hike a decade ago to turn a former fire station (pictured) into a heritage centre.
• Residents continue to object to housing plans in Madeley, Staffordshire, despite the development being redesigned.

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Birmingham City defender Josh Dacres-Cogley signs a new contract with the club and joins Crawley Town on a season-long loan.

A cat who helped a teenager cope with the death of his father has been recognised at a national award ceremony.

Jeffree was crowned the winner of the Furrever Friends category at The Cats Protection's National Cat Awards 2019.

Finn, from Coventry, lost his father to cancer just weeks after his diagnosis. The 13-year-old, who has Asperger syndrome, became increasingly withdrawn, his mother Gayle said.

But within an hour of meeting eight-year-old stray Jeffree "the change in Finn's outlook was remarkable", she said.

The pair formed a close bond, helping Finn cope with his loss and giving him a purpose in life.

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West Bromwich Albion sign former Swindon, Burnley and QPR striker Charlie Austin from Southampton for £4m on a two-year deal.