More than 50 people have taken part in an attempt to break the world record for the most diverse conga line.

Image source, Dylan Parrin

Image source, Dylan Parrin

The record was set in January in Los Angeles where 50 people from different nationalities took part.

Fifty-three people took part in Coventry city centre on Wednesday, organisers said.

Image source, Dylan Parrin

Image source, Dylan Parrin

Evidence of the record attempt has been submitted to Guinness World Records for scrutiny and official validation, said the Coventry Business Improvement District team.

These images were captured by local photographer Dylan Parrin.

Hereford Times

These are three of the headlines from the Hereford Times today:

• Surgical mistake led to death of patient, external
• Resident calls for an end to rubbish saga, external
• Cattle 'incident' closes road, external

She has been remanded in custody after appearing in connection with Mark Lloyd's death.

The chair of the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust has told a meeting it's not clear what will replace Telford's accident and emergency department when services are reorganised at the two hospitals.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has backed plans which would involve a so-called "A&E Local" in its place, but Ben Reid said "we don’t know what that means at the moment".

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Mr Reid went on to say it's unclear if consultants will be based there, but added conversations were taking place to get a clearer picture and a full business plan would be submitted soon.

David Pomphret is accused of murdering Ann Marie Pomphret who was found at stables they owned.

A plan to locate Shropshire's main emergency unit in Shrewsbury at Telford's expense is "appalling".

Local Democracy Reporting Service

Plans for repair work on Hereford's Shirehall have been referred to the culture secretary after concerns were raised the rules hadn't been followed.

Work began on the grade II listed building without planning permission and ward councillor Jeremy Milln said: "We need to demonstrate by example. We cannot expect others who care for listed buildings in this county to do so in an exemplary manner unless we are prepared to do so ourselves."

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Herefordshire Council said it had started the work after part of a ceiling collapsed and believed it was acceptable after taking advice from specialists.

But it has now applied for retrospective planning permission and permission to continue with the scheme.

BBC Hereford and Worcester

Brothers Graham and Andrew Kitchener will line up alongside each other for the first time for Worcester Warriors in Friday night's Premiership Rugby Cup match against Exeter Chiefs at Sixways.

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The brothers, both locks, were on opposing sides when Warriors defeated Leicester Tigers in the same competition at Welford Road last November.

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BBC News Online

A prisoner serving time for GBH has absconded from jail.

Derbyshire Police are appealing for help to find Rees Adamson, who did not return to HMP Sudbury at the end of his day release yesterday.

They believe he may be in Birmingham, where he was originally convicted in 2015.

Image source, Derbyshire Police

BBC Weather Watchers

The rain has cleared and the flooding is starting to disappear, but the Environment Agency is warning it could take some time and it's likely to get worse at the weekend when more rain is forecast.

These photos were taken by BBC Weather Watchers in Gnosall and Hereford.

Image source, Shaun

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Coventry Observer

Some of the Coventry Observer headlines today include:

• Prosecutions for fly-tipping in Coventry rise amid crackdown, external
• Plasterer who stole cooker hobs led police on high speed chase, external
• Rise in Coventry care leavers going into universities, external

Armed police were sent to a street in Stoke-on-Trent after reports a man was seen attacking a parking meter and traffic lights with a pickaxe

The officers went to Broad Street, in Hanley, just before 13:00.

Traffic was temporarily halted close to the Mitchell Art Centre, in the town. A man has been arrested.

Officers tracked him to a building where he was detained, said Staffordshire Police.

The road has since been reopened.

Stoke boss Nathan Jones says the club's owners are "fully behind" him despite their winless start to the Championship season.

Warwickshire's Chris Woakes will play for the Birmingham-based cricket franchise in The Hundred.

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The Hundred is a new cricket competition in which eight freshly formed teams, representing seven cities from around the UK, compete against each other.

He'll play alongside Moeen Ali and Pat Brown for the Birmingham Phoenix.

Each team has both a men's and women's side with Warwickshire's Amy Jones also named.

The new 100-ball tournament was launched on Thursday, with the eight franchises officially named and the first batch of players allocated.

You can follow live updates here.

One driver was pronounced dead at the scene, while the other suffered serious injuries.

Birmingham Live

These are some of the headlines on the Birmingham Live website today:

• New bride fights for life - amid claim that brain bleed was misdiagnosed, external
• Severe blaze rips through bedroom after phone charger sets alight, external
• Slump in visits to leisure centre last year blamed on pool closures, external

Local Democracy Reporting Service

An environmental group has said it's got concerns about plans to build 1,000 homes on the site of the former Ironbridge power station.

The Shropshire Hills AONB board partnership manager Phil Holden said the plans did not consider the impact on the surrounding countryside and pointed out they also included the development of agricultural land.

Mr Holden added: "The extent of development on the green-field land needs to be reduced and its layout and landscaping carefully considered with these considerations in mind.”

BBC WM Sport

Wolves will take on the Turkish side Besiktas in Istanbul in their second Europa League group game.

Besiktas are the highest-seeded club in the group, but both they and Wolves lost their opening matches.

Captain Conor Coady said the side was "excited" and "here to win the game".

A father-of-two from Shropshire who has a brain tumour is calling for proton-beam therapy to be made more widely available on the NHS.

The treatment allows doctors to precisely target a tumour, with less risk of damage to surrounding tissue.

As it stands, anyone over 24 years of age cannot access the treatment on the NHS.

Image source, Nick Haves

Nick Haves, 46, from Sheriffhales, is trying to raise £59,000 to pay for the treatment privately.

If he does not have this treatment in a matter of weeks, he'll need to have radiotherapy instead.

A crowdfunding page has been set up. He says side effects of the radiation could include sight loss, seizures, mood swings and memory loss.

Friends and family of Christel Callow, from nearby Shifnal, were successful last month in raising the money for her to have the proton beam therapy.

Stoke-on-Trent Live

Here are three of the stories featured on the Stoke-on-Trent Live website today:

• Man dies after being struck by tree, external
• Mum's terror as armed police surround home, external
• Off-duty Marine fought in vain to save shopper, external