George Loveridge died at a house in Wellington on Saturday morning.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

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

• Plans to double the size of Kingsbury Quarry in Dosthill have been approved allowing clay to be extracted from the site for the next 33 years.
• A toilet for people with multiple learning difficulties is going to be created in Rugby Central shopping centre, at a cost of £60,000.
• A temporary classroom at High Meadows Community School in Coleshill will be moved, after complaints from neighbours.

The crew were hurt after being called to check on the welfare of a man at his home in Wolverhampton.

A man has been treated for hand injuries after being attacked with a machete in Burton upon Trent.

Staffordshire Police said officers were called to Goodman Street at about 18:50 on Monday and the 41-year-old man was taken to Queen's Hospital, but later discharged.

BBC Shropshire

The name of one of the four houses at the Habadasher's Adams' Grammar School in Newport is being changed, following the Black Lives Matter protests.

Clive House was named after Robert Clive, the Shropshire-born Major General who played a leading role in establishing British colonial rule in India.

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The school has decided to change the name after consulting staff, past and current pupils and parents.

It received more than 800 responses and head teacher Gary Hickey said the renaming would contribute, "in a small but useful way, to recognising the injustices inflicted on ethnic minority communities."

A new name will be chosen in the autumn and the school has also committed to teaching more black history.

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Shropshire Council will discuss the possible removal of Clive of India's statue from Shrewsbury Square at a meeting a week tomorrow.

Melanie Baddeley was due to become Lord Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent, but said she received abuse online.

Hereford Times

Here are three stories from the Hereford Times today:

• More coronavirus cases found in Herefordshire, external
• Centuries-old oak tree destroyed by fire, external
• New ways to register to vote, external

The Rugby Football Union confirms that County Championship will not be played again until 2022.

Clare Lissaman
BBC News

A junior doctor at Royal Stoke University Hospital has told how she looked after her father at home when he became seriously ill with coronavirus.

Hina Morjaria, 27, an Army reservist who is completing her foundation training at the hospital, said he became ill days after she tested positive for Covid-19.

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Captain Morjaria, who lives with her parents in Stoke-on-Trent, cared for him after he was diagnosed with bilateral covid-pneumonia after having a chest x-ray.

“He is usually really outgoing and really happy and has a huge hobby with his electrical gadgets and stuff but he was just staring into thin air and he dropped 11kg because he was eating teaspoons of food a day. It was shocking to see,” she said.

Captain Morjaria closely monitored his blood pressure and fluid intake and used her mobile phone to track the oxygen levels in his blood.

She later began taking him on “walks down to the garden” but said he was now much better and was "making lots of dad jokes" again.

A 27-year-old man has been treated for a serious head injury after been hit with a glass bottle in a road rage attack in Warwick.

Warwickshire Police said it happened on Saturday evening, on the slip road of the M40.

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The force said two cars pulled over and one couple got out of their car to attack another couple.

The Wales Comic Con event, due to be held at Telford International Centre next month, has been cancelled because of coronavirus.

A statement from the organiser said existing ticket holders will automatically be transferred to a new date next year and details would be announced soon.

It was originally planned for April, with guests including Val Kilmer, John Barrowman and the cast of the sci-fi series Firefly.

The event has previously been held in Wrexham, but moved to Telford's International Centre because it needed a bigger venue.

BBC Weather

We're forecast thick grey cloud today, with the possibility of some rain later.

And that rain is expected to continue overnight and into tomorrow, but the weather should improve by the end of the week.

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David Gregory-Kumar
Science correspondent, BBC Midlands Today

Scientists from Kings College in London have included Wolverhampton and Dudley in a list of places which might need a local lockdown because of a rise in coronavirus cases, like Leicester.

The researchers have been using data from an app they developed, which was downloaded by nearly four million people, to learn about the spread of the coronavirus.

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The data only runs up until the first of this month though and the numbers are quite small, so it's possible the number of cases in Dudley and Wolverhampton could just as easily fall.

Leighton Webster, from Redditch, spent 60 days in intensive care with coronavirus.

BBC Radio Stoke

The Deputy Lord Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent, who stood as a BNP candidate in the 2010 general election, has quit the role.

Melanie Baddeley was also elected to the city council to represent the BNP, although later represented the City Independents.

She says she's resigned because of social media abuse for "past decisions".

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Ms Baddeley was set to be made Lord Mayor in September.

Shropshire Star

Here are three stories from the Shropshire Star today:

• Telford man remanded on murder charge, external
• Furniture firm Cousins buys Alan Ward site, external
• Latest coronavirus death confirmed, external

DHL Supply Chain will cut about 40% of its workforce at car plants in the Midlands and North West.

Leeds United sign on-loan Wolves winger Helder Costa on a four-year deal for a reported fee of £16m.

Cadbury World in Birmingham has announced it will reopen on 18 July, with safety measures in place, including temperature checks for visitors.

Kidderminster's Museum of Carpet and the Commandery in Worcester have reopened today, with limits on the number of people entering.

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The Museum of Cider in Hereford will stay closed until at least the end of August.

And the Waterworks Museum, also in Hereford, isn't expected to reopen until the autumn at the earliest.

The RSPCA in Staffordshire is worried about a surge in the number of abandoned animals amid the coronavirus pandemic.

It said 745 animals were dumped in the county last summer, adding the season was normally the peak time for abandoned pets.

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The charity said the Covid-19 outbreak could mean more people struggle to feed pets, and that in turn could lead to them being let go.