Tim Wedgwood
BBC News

Managers of an indoor skate park in Stoke-on-Trent say they urgently need to find a sponsor to try to stop them from going out of business.

Image source, Unit 1 Park Works

The not-for-profit Unit 1 Park Works has been operating on Ogden Road for the last four years and bosses say they regularly have up to 40 youngsters skating there.

But they said the owners of the building want to "dramatically" increase the rent from £625 to a total "which will be impossible for us to afford, external".

Manager Jess Siegertsz told BBC Radio Stoke it needs financial help from local firms if it is to survive.

The student's local council has been asked to update its policies and apologise to his family.

BBC News Travel

There will be a number of motorway closures in the West Midlands tonight, to allow roadworks to be carried out.

Highways England said the closures would start at 21:00 and finish at 06:00 tomorrow and will affect:

• The M6 northbound between junctions 13 and 14
• The M6 southbound between junctions 4 and 2
• The M6 northbound between junctions 5 and 6

And there will be another closure, beginning at 20:00 and finishing at 06:00 tomorrow, affecting the M5 between junctions 2 and 1.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

These are some of the stories being covered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service in Solihull today:

• Criminal gangs which exploit vulnerable residents and children have expanded into many parts of the town, a council meeting's heard.
• Solihull Council's promising a "hard prune" of plants this winter after claims from councillors that many residents have complained of overgrown open spaces.
• Unanimous backing's been given by councillors to a target for Solihull Council to become carbon neutral within 11 years.

Image source, Solihull Police

Cpl Anasa Matau had a suspected heat injury before "best mate" Joshua Hoole died, an inquest hears.

Coventry Live

Here are three of the stories featured on the Coventry Live website today:

• Plans for hotel and McDonald's near Ricoh, external
• Woman cut out of car after crash, external
• Man left with serious injuries after stabbing, external

It is part of the government's £750m funding plan to hire 20,000 extra officers over three years.

Firefighters are working to free two elderly women who are trapped in their car after a collision with a lorry near Nantwich just after 15:00.

The crash happened on Wrexham Road in Burland and North West Ambulance Service is preparing to take them to hospital.

It comes months after a deliberate fire in which £200,000 worth of damage was caused.

The increase in the number of visitors to Shropshire's libraries comes as Shropshire Council is considering making further changes to the way they're run.

Two years ago, the local authority announced a five-year plan, which grouped library services into three tiers, based on their size, but it now says a "refreshed strategy" is needed, "following a period of significant change".

Image source, Shropshire Council

People are being asked what they think the priorities should be , externalfor the library service, with the consultation period due to end on 8 November.

Liberal Democrat councillor Andy Boddington has previously said he feared it could spell the end of the mobile library service.

The council said the increase in visitor numbers, up by 15,000 when comparing the first quarter of this year with the first quarter of last year, are partly explained by the launch of new e-book services.

The Unite union rep at Jaguar Land Rover said the government doesn't appreciate the impact of a no-deal Brexit on manufacturing.

Yesterday, a No 10 source said a Brexit deal was "essentially impossible" after a call between the PM and Angela Merkel.

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Unite's Mick Graham and other union leaders are meeting cabinet minister Michael Gove today, who is in charge of no-deal preparations, to set out their concerns.

"I just don't recognise the rosy glow that Mr Gove and other ministers are trying to put on their Brexit strategy," Mr Graham said.

He said JLR relied "on frictionless trade and open customs arrangements to ensure the just in time delivery of the 20 million components our plants consume every day".

JLR Chief Executive Ralph Speth has previously described the prospect of a cliff-edge break with the European Union as "horrifying".

The prime minister's official spokesman said negotiations with the EU were far from over.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

Coventry could go down the same leafy path as Shropshire and commit to planting a tree for every person in its council area.

City councillors will be asked to vote on the proposal when they meet next Tuesday.

Image source, Getty Images

The local authority says if the plans are approved, then funding for the 360,000 trees would have to be found and it will look to work with residents, schools and developers to find suitable land.

Last month Shropshire Council voted to plant more than 300,000 trees between now and 2050.

A 17-year-old has been charged murder after a stabbing in Coventry.

Robert Burgess died from a wound to his chest after being attacked in Armfield Street last Thursday.

Image source, West Midlands Police

West Midlands Police said a second male, arrested on suspicion of murder, also aged 17, has been released on police bail, while enquiries continue.

A 19-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman, who were previously arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, were also released along with a 41-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of murder.

Allen Cook
BBC News

The West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) says he's concerned targets for new officers aren't high enough and are seeing the area lose out to "leafy, lower crime areas".

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The government's pledged to hire an extra 20,000 by 2022 and today allocated 366 out of the first year of 6,000 to the West Midlands force.

But PCC David Jamieson, while welcoming the extra officers, says they don't cover the more than 2,000 the force has lost since 2010. , external

"It would have been more sensible to allocate officers based on the crime threat and need of forces," he added.

The Home Secretary Pritti Patel says "the public are clear they want to see more police officers on their streets, whether they live in the city or the countryside".

Dudley News

The Dudley News has these stories today:

• Residents object to plan to extend pub, external
• Councillor announces she's standing down, external
• Winger set to leave Stourbridge after differences with boss, external

BBC WM Sport

West Bromwich Albion striker Charlie Austin says he doesn't regret tipping the club for a return to the Premier League this season.

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The Baggies are top of the Championship after beating Cardiff City 4-2 at the weekend with Austin grabbing one of the goals.

Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

A teenage girl is being questioned on suspicion of attempted murder after a man was attacked at a house in Nantwich.

The 40-year-old victim suffered serious head injuries at the Blagg Avenue property on Monday evening. , external

Cheshire Police says a 16-year-old girl from Merseyside has been arrested in relation to the investigation.

A 39-year-old man from Nantwich was earlier also arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and has since been released on conditional bail.

Allen Cook
BBC News

A suspected arson attack at a bus depot has caused damage estimated at £150,000, police have said.

Image source, Steve Peach

West Midlands Police has launched an investigation , externalinto the blaze involving 15 vehicles at the Tipton Road depot in Tividale, Sandwell, last night.

About 20 firefighters battled the fire and West Midlands Fire Service said the buses had been badly damaged.

Diamond Buses has confirmed its vehicles were damaged although it says they were all parked up to be sold and not part of their daily operations.

The firm adds it's the second arson attack at the depot this year after four buses were damaged in January - causing damage put at more than £200,000.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

Here are three of the stories covered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service in Shropshire today:

• There are plans for 150 homes next to the Meole Brace retail park in Shrewsbury, which will preserve a late Neolithic to early Bronze Age double ring ditch, found there by archaeologists.
• An extra 12,000 people visited Shrewsbury's Theatre Severn in the first quarter of this year and there were 15,000 more visits to Shropshire's libraries.
• Shropshire Council has 1,000 fewer full-time employees compared with six years ago.

Dean Petley's offences were uncovered when abuser Jodie Little was jailed in August.