The number of people allowed to visit Dudley Zoo once it reopens will be limited each day, the zoo has said.

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Zoos across the country have been told they can reopen from Monday by the government as long as they follow social distancing rules.

Visitors to Dudley Zoo will have to pre-book tickets for time slots and managers said they would initially cap entries at 300 a day., external

BBC Shropshire

New Street in Shrewsbury has become one-way from today, to make room for a new cycle lane and to make it safer for pedestrians.

A temporary traffic order means vehicles will no longer be able to travel westbound down the road, in the Frankwell to Radbrook direction.

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Chemicals worth £17,000 have been stolen in what police believe was a targeted theft.

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Three offenders are thought to have broken into a unit at Hilton Main Industrial Estate, Essington, Staffordshire, last night, police said. , external

They took a pallet of the chemicals, normally found in paint, along with 25 litre drums and pumps.

West Indies legend Sir Viv Richards is voted as English county cricket's greatest overseas player by BBC Sport users.

Kerim Mrabti will leave Birmingham City at the end of his contract, but striker Scott Hogan agrees a loan extension.

Stoke-on-Trent Live

The Stoke-on-Trent Live website has these headlines today:

• Calls made to change names of north Staffordshire pubs, external
• Drink-driver who crashed on grass verge claimed to be Donald Duck after passing motorist stopped to help, external
• Figures reveal 529 hospital patients discharged to care homes without Covid-19 tests in 41 days, external

Other measures to keep apart coronavirus-positive and negative patients include one-way people traffic.

BBC Shropshire

A Shrewsbury secondary school is going to continue teaching after one of its pupils tested positive for Covid-19, but it will be thoroughly cleaned.

The student, who last attended Belvidere School on 4 June, was asymptomatic at the time and all parents have been sent an email to inform them.

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The school is continuing to accept the children of key workers and still intends to open to Year 10 pupils next week, after taking advice from Public Health England.

Two men have been badly hurt after a reported fight on a street in Walsall.

Paramedics were called yesterday evening to Lewis Street and found three people with injuries, the ambulance service said.

The men had suffered potentially serious injuries and were taken to hospital.

West Midlands Ambulance Service said a woman was also treated at the scene but refused hospital treatment.

Birmingham Live

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

• Call for more diversity in top team at Birmingham City Council, external
• Two seriously injured after violence erupts on Walsall street, external
• Five people from Birmingham fined after camping out in Cumbria during lockdown, external

BBC Business News

Marmite lovers who haven't been able to buy larger jars of the spread during lockdown can blame the coronavirus.

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Unilever, which owns the brand, says it has temporarily stopped producing all pack sizes other than its 250g jar, prompting a flurry of complaints on social media.

The firm blamed surging demand and a shortage of brewer's yeast, a key ingredient.

It said Marmite's factory in Burton-on-Trent had temporarily limited its supply to shops, although production levels were now back to normal.

Less than 25% of patients discharged to Staffordshire homes were tested between 1 March and 15 April.

The loss of parking machine revenue has cost Worcester City Council £400,000.

Flooding earlier in the year and the coronavirus lockdown have forced the local authority to dip into its reserves to plug the gap.

Councillors also agreed to look for funding from the government’s business rates retention pilot scheme.

Footage of a funnel cloud appearing was shared on social media on Wednesday.

Part of a dry ski slope's been damaged in an arson attack, the fire service said.

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The blaze broke out at Ackers Adventure, Birmingham, yesterday afternoon.

The fire service said, external it was "set deliberately by youths" and questioned if they couldn't find something better to do, "maybe try monopoly next time?"

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Shropshire Star

Here are three of the stories from the Shropshire Star today:

• Pub owners weigh up reopening decision, external
• Drive-in concert to launch in Shrewsbury, external
• Bridgnorth shops prepare to reopen, external

BBC CWR Sport

Coventry City "would have won the league on the field" if the season had finished properly, their chief executive Dave Boddy has said.

He also said they'd won promotion "on a budget that's probably mid-table", compared with some of their big-spending rivals.

And they'd done it while playing their home games in Birmingham too.

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Mr Boddy said next season "we will be one of the minnows in terms of terms of the budget we've got in the Championship" and their first priority would be to avoid an immediate relegation to League One.

But he said they expected to retain all but two of their promotion-winning squad and were close to making two or three signings.

A council says it could only assume illegal fly-tipping had been responsible.

The Birmingham Commonwealth Games has been pushed back a day to avoid clashing with the semi-finals of the Women's European Championship in 2022.

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The Commonwealth Games Federation Executive Board approved the move, external which will see the event begin on 28 July and finish on 8 August 2022.

It added it came after the "significant impact" from Covid-19 which led to the Women's European Championship being pushed back a year.

An arrest has been made after police and ambulances were sent to reports of people being hurt and trouble involving machetes, which turned out to be a hoax 999 call.

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Ten police officers, two ambulances, a critical care car and the Midlands Air Ambulance were sent on Wednesday to Newtown, Birmingham, the ambulance service said, external.

West Midlands Police said, external it turned out to be a hoax and one person was in custody accused of wasting police time.