We had a question from Wesley Cadby, from the Solihull constituency, about the various parties and what they're promising to do to improve access to GPs in the West Midlands.

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The Conservatives have said they will spend an extra £2.5bn on more NHS staff to create an extra 6,000 GP appointments by 2025.

If Labour win power, they've promised to double the recruitment of GPs meaning an extra 1,500 training places.

For the Liberal Democrats, they said they would stop Brexit, meaning freedom of movement could continue and, by also putting 1p on income tax for the NHS, there needn't be any kind of health service recruitment crisis.

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The Green Party said it would fund new community health centres.

The Brexit Party said it would introduce 24-hour GP surgeries.

To see how the parties compare on health and numerous other policy areas, visit the BBC's Who Should I Vote For page.

If you've got an election question you'd like us to answer, get in touch via this page.

An inquest has concluded a Shropshire woman took her own life in Western Australia after learning her future husband had died following a road collision - and sent a text to his phone, explaining she was planning to join him.

Alice Robinson, from Much Wenlock, had gone to live in Western Australia, with her boyfriend Jason Francis and they had been due to announce their engagement last Christmas.

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An inquest heard Mr Francis, who was 29 and a former footballer with Market Drayton Town, had been hit by a car near their home in Perth.

Coroner John Ellery recorded he died as the result of a traffic collision - and Alice had subsequently taken her own life.

Madeley's Anstice Hall has been given £14,000 by the Arts Council to help decide what sort of activities should take place in the building.

It was first opened in 1870 to honour a local mine owner and the Grade II listed building has been undergoing a £1.2m refurbishment, with completion due next month.

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The hall will officially open to the public on 15 February and will contain a large room for events, a bar, a cafe and a library.

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Birmingham chef Glynn Purnell has said celebrity chef Gary Rhodes was one of his heroes growing up and was "very inspirational".

The 59-year-old Rhodes, known for his spiky hair and passion for British cuisine, died on Tuesday.

He was made an OBE in 2006 and his TV work included appearances on MasterChef, Hell's Kitchen and his own series Rhodes Around Britain.

Mr Purnell worked with him early in his own career and said he changed the way British chefs approached their work when he emerged in the 1990s.

"He bought back British classics and told us not to be frightened to cook from our heritage rather than try and cook like the French or the Spanish," he added.

Former Wolverhampton Wanderers managing director Laurie Dalrymple decides against taking the club to an employment tribunal.

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These photos show a massive crater which was created in Staffordshire on this day, 75 years ago, when an underground bomb storage depot exploded during World War Two.

The Commonwealth Graves Commission called it "one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history".

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On 27 November, 1944, about 4,000 tonnes of bombs stored at RAF Fauld, near Burton-upon-Trent, exploded, killing 70 people.

The force of the blast left a 400ft-deep (120m) crater in the landscape, which still exists as you can see from this photo taken near the time and one from Google Maps:

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Elaine Housley also made unacceptable comments either to or about the children, a panel found.

Telford Steam Railway has applied to more than double the number of days it can run services every year.

It's to update planning approval granted in 1991 to run trips on 35 days, between 09:30 and 18:30, and it has now asked Telford and Wrekin Council for permission to run services on 75 days a year, until 21:00.

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Some local residents complained to the council in August, claiming the railway had breached its planning permission by running too many services, but the council found it had complied by the conditions.

The steam railway is about to start running its annual Polar Express trips, which have brought in thousands of visitors and made millions of pounds - enough to pay for ambitious expansion plans to lengthen the track and one day maybe take it down to Ironbridge.

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Presenter, BBC Radio Stoke

The singer-songwriter who helped compose Sir Rod Stewart's famous 1975 hit song Sailing has died.

Iain Sutherland and his brother Gavin recorded the song in 1972 before it became a worldwide hit for Sir Rod.

Iain was born in Scotland, grew up in Blythe Bridge, Staffordshire, and died on Monday aged 71 following an illness.

The pair also had a Top 10 hit with Arms of Mary which Iain wrote while living in Stockton Brook, near Stoke-on-Trent.

The UK car industry is warning a hard Brexit could cut production by a third.

The major political parties are either promoting a transition deal with the EU or pulling out of Brexit altogether.

Even if a deal is agreed by all sides and the UK leaves early (or later) next year, it signals the start of talks over a permanent trade deal with the EU and, according to the current rules, the transition deal only covers until December 2020 - although that could well be extended.

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Either way, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) is worried that tariffs will end up being applied on UK exports to the EU in the long-term.

The automotive industry is very important to the West Midlands, with the region employing 28% of the sector's overall workforce in the UK, more than double the size of any other region in the country, according to the West Midlands Combined Authority, external.

SMMT's chief executive Mike Hawes says: "Whether you can come to an agreement, especially if the clock is ticking to get it done by the end of December next year, I would suggest there is a real prospect of tariffs being applied."

Worcester and England flanker Ted Hill signs a two-year contract extension at Sixways until 2022.

The ladies team from Shrewsbury Golf Club is back in the country after winning the UK Golf Club Classic, external at Jerez in Spain.

They beat a team from Hampshire in the final last Friday in a competition involving 300 other ladies teams from clubs around the country.

The competition was set up four years ago and invited golf clubs to enter teams of five men or five women.

Captain Sue Pritchard said the sport had been "the sanity in my life as a single mum" and that she's been playing it twice a week for some time now.

Photos have been released showing new gantries being installed on the M6 in Staffordshire as part of a £335m smart motorway scheme.

The work has been completed even as smart motorways come under fire over safety concerns.

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Highways England is currently making the changes to the route between J13, for Stafford, and J15, for Stoke-on-Trent.

Last night, it finished work to install new gantries to display electronic signs., external

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The scheme could take until 2022 to finish with the next stage to see the current northbound contraflow switched to the southbound side in the new year. , external

Last month, the government said it would review smart motorways following concerns over driver safety.

Dudley News

A few of the stories making the headlines on the Dudley News:

• Four masked men break into Halesowen home and threaten woman, external
• Planning permission for new Dudley leisure centre expected, external
• Rowley Regis pub to transform into soup kitchen to help homeless, external

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Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

Cannabis plants put at an estimated £80,000, external have been seized in Stoke-on-Trent.

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Police searched a building on Rushton Road, Cobridge, yesterday morning after getting reports of a possible break-in.

They found 86 cannabis plants and production equipment.

The bear sat on Tom Matthews' father's lap during a victory parade in Berlin in 1945.

BBC Midlands Today

BBC Midlands Today is coming live from a farm tomorrow with a general election special.

This time we are focusing on the environment and rural affairs and want to know what issues matter most to you?

Air pollution, carbon emissions and single-use plastics have all been in the headlines in recent months.

Sian in Dudley contacted us last week to highlight the problems of commuting even in urban areas, but getting access to public transport in villages and even smaller towns is often a huge issue, as is rural broadband.

You can send us your questions on the environment and rural issues here.

BBC News Travel

All lines have reopened between Birmingham New Street and Stafford/Shrewsbury after emergency services finished dealing with the incident in Coseley, near Dudley.

National Rail Enquiries said, while it was cleared, passengers could still expect delays of up to 45 minutes to their journeys., external

The investigation will now only be subject to "periodic review" after the man, 34, was released.

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Trains aren't running through Wolverhampton Railway Station at the moment, external. It has been shut after a person was hit by a train, operator West Midlands Railways said.

All lines are closed, National Rail Enquiries said, external, with services between Birmingham New Street and Stafford/Shrewsbury either cancelled or amended.

It expects the disruption to last until at least 14:00.