Dr Suzanna Bull suffered "catastrophic" injuries when she was hit by a lorry in Birmingham in 2017.

Allen Cook
BBC News

A lorry driver's been found guilty of causing the death of a cyclist by careless driving.

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Children's doctor Suzanna Bull (pictured), 32, was killed while cycling in Birmingham in 2017.

Birmingham Crown Court had heard during the trial that Robert Bradbury had failed to see her bicycle because of objects "cluttered" on his dashboard.

The 50-year-old, of Cambridge Way, Acocks Green, Birmingham, had told jurors he installed a dashboard tray table to be "one of the lads".

He had denied a more serious charge of causing death by dangerous driving and of causing death by careless driving.

BBC Business News

Hong Kong's CK Assets Holdings has announced that its takeover bid for Britain's largest pub and brewery firm Greene King has been accepted by shareholders.

In July 2018, Greene King, which brews beers including Greene King IPA, Old Speckled Hen and Abbot Ale, cut 100 jobs in its Bury St Edmunds and Burton upon Trent offices due to a challenging year of rising costs, increased competition and poor weather.

Image source, Greene King

The pub chain and brewer is the latest to be bought in a wave of consolidation in the sector.

What is it about doctors and politics?

Leyton Orient and Port Vale are fined by the Football Association after an on-pitch melee during their League Two match.

The victim was left with a serious eye injury when he was shot at as a car drew up alongside him.

The MP for Telford has said the government shouldn't hand over the money to reorganise hospital care in the county unless there's a commitment for a full accident and emergency department at the Princess Royal Hospital.

And she said it must be open 24 hours a day and staffed by consultants.

Under plans approved by the health secretary last week, the hospital would see its A&E replaced by what's being called an A&E local - but it hasn't yet been said what that means, how it will be staffed and how many hours it will be open.

The Future Fit plans already pledge a 24-hour urgent care centre for Telford, but not staffed by consultants.

The plans, involve making Shrewsbury the main centre for emergency medicine and moving specialist women and children's services there, from their current base in Telford.

The government said in March 2018 it would set aside £312m for the changes.

Hereford Times

Here are three headlines from the Hereford Times today:

• Ex-council leader’s bid for new home rejected, external
• Challenge to run, kayak and cycle across Australia, external
• New magazine launched for Herefordshire businesses, external

Travel agent Hays Travel is to acquire all 555 of the old Thomas Cook stores across the country.

About 50 of those are in the West Midlands and had employed hundreds of staff selling holidays and currency.

They were among 9,000 staff across Thomas Cook's UK operation that were made redundant when the 178-year-old travel firm went into liquidation.

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At the time, the collapse also left 150,000 British holidaymakers stuck overseas.

Hays said it would re-employ a "significant" number of former Thomas Cook shop staff who were made redundant.

Hays has already offered jobs to 600 Thomas Cook staff and it plans to hire more as part of its rapid expansion.

The founder of the Coventry-based peace group Normandy Day UK has passed away, aged 96.

Dennis Davison said he wanted to bring generations together in the cause of peace through educational trips, talks and resources and set up the charity in 2010.

Image source, Alison Baskerville

He was awarded the Legion D-Honeur by the French government for his contribution to the Normandy campaign and his work with the French Resistance.

Earlier this year he was also given the Points of Light , externalaward by the then-Prime Minister Theresa May, for making a change in his community and inspiring others.

His funeral will be at Coventry Cathedral at 13:00 on Tuesday 29 October.

Lee Blakeman
BBC Radio Stoke

Port Vale captain Tom Pope says he has nothing to prove to anybody despite critics saying he's "past it".

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The 34-year-old was left out of the Vale's starting XI for several games this season but scored twice in the 3-1 win over Morecambe on Saturday.

Local Democracy Reporting Service
Stephen Topping

Increasing demands on children's services and adult social care has left Cheshire East Council having to find £7.5m in savings to balance its books this year.

The local authority has been reviewing its budget for 2018-19 and currently has a £5.5m overspend in its People department.

That includes coping with a rise in the number of cared-for children from 484 in March, to 510 in August.

There's also a £2.1m overspend in adult social care, £1.1m in the Corporate department and £1m related to employer pension contributions.

However, the council says it believes it'll take enough "mitigating actions" to balance the budget by the end of March.

BBC Weather Watchers

The BBC Weather Watchers have excelled themselves today, with some fantastic autumn photos.

These ones were taken near Delph and Leek.

Image source, Laura and Glenn

Image source, Videoman

And this one was taken by a Weather Watcher using the nickname Mrs Baggins close to Bromyard.

Or possibly Mirkwood.

Image source, Mrs Baggins

Allen Cook
BBC News

People in parts of Staffordshire and Shropshire are being warned heavy rain on Friday could result in flooding.

Image source, Met Office

A yellow weather alert's been issued by the Met Office from midnight on Friday morning until 18:00., external

It covers some of the Staffordshire Moorlands around Leek and touches the edge of Shropshire near Oswestry.

Official flood alerts are in place , externalfor the rivers Trent, Sow and Penk in Staffordshire.

Birmingham Live

A few of the headlines on the Birmingham Live website today:

• Drug dealer caught red handed with £800k worth of drugs in secret compartment of van, external
• 'Drive-by shooting' in Smethwick as man 'shot at from 4x4', external
• Dumped boyfriend spared jail after sending revenge porn videos of ex to her mum, external

Neville Scattergood died when a tree fell on him in Stafford.

West Mercia Police is expecting the Home Office will announce funding for more officers, on top of the extra 93 the force has been allocated today.

Last month, West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner John Campion said he hoped to eventually get between 300 and 360 as a result of a pledge by the chancellor of £750m to fund 20,000 police officers across the UK.

Image source, West Mercia PCC

Sajid Javid's promise included £45m to hire 2,000 police by March next year and the West Mercia PCC's office said these extra 93 officers were seen as part of that first tranche of spending.

It hopes further announcements will bring it closer to that aim of 300-360 extra officers.

Last autumn, West Mercia Police announced it was recruiting an extra 100 officers and in February it confirmed it would hire another 115 on top of that.

All 215 of those recruits should have started work by December this year.

A teenager's been charged after a carjacking left a woman with life-changing injuries.

A man was first attacked by a gang on a driveway in Boden Road in Hall Green, Birmingham, on 11 September, who then took his Mercedes.

A 66-year-old woman who was a pedestrian was then struck the car. West Midlands Police said she was still in hospital in a serious but stable condition.

The 17-year-old, who's not been named for legal reasons, has been charged with wounding with intent and robbery and is due to appear before magistrates today., external

A police sergeant is running three marathons in three days to raise money to help a boy with leukaemia.

Owen Atwell, from Oswestry, is supporting the family of five-year-old Oscar Saxelby-Lee, who hope to take him to Singapore for treatment.

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More than £500,000 has already been raised to help Oscar, from Worcester, after a stem-cell transplant failed to cure him.

Jodie Looker
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

A councillor responsible for regenerating east Cheshire has admitted Crewe's bus station "looks awful".

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Last month, BBC Radio Stoke heard from bus users who described it as "dilapidated and dangerous".

It's due to be replaced as part of major regeneration plans for the town centre. , external

At a meeting yesterday, Nick Mannion from Cheshire East Council said there'll be a further update on those proposals next week.