Hundreds more NHS maternity cases under review
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PC charged with causing death by dangerous driving
Human remains found in 'murdered' mother search
Special constable hit by car dies months later
Updates on Friday 10 July
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.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe 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.
Andy Giddings
BBC News
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Leighton Webster, from Redditch, spent 60 days in intensive care with coronavirus.
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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".
Image source, Stoke-on-Trent City CouncilMs Baddeley was set to be made Lord Mayor in September.
BBC Sport
The Warwickshire batsman Dominic Sibley says he feels his fitness has improved ahead of tomorrow's first test against the West Indies.
He is expected to return to the top of the England batting order to win his seventh cap, along with his county teammate Chris Woakes.
Image source, Getty ImagesSibley said "for the first time in my career I felt a little bit self conscious about my physique and my weight" while he was on the aborted tour of Sri Lanka.
And he said he'd been concentrating on improving his fitness during lockdown.
Here are three stories from the Shropshire Star today:
DHL Supply Chain will cut about 40% of its workforce at car plants in the Midlands and North West.
Read MoreLeeds United sign on-loan Wolves winger Helder Costa on a four-year deal for a reported fee of £16m.
Read MoreCadbury 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.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe 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.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe 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.
Midfielder Stephen Quinn, defender John Brayford and utility Kieran Wallace take pay cuts for new Burton Albion deals.
Read MoreIt's been another wet July day and the BBC Weather Watchers have been sharing their photos of soggy animals in the rain.
These ones were taken in Leek, Hockley and Delph.
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Image source, Laura and GlennLeighton Webster meets his children as he leaves hospital to cheers from staff.
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Local Democracy Reporting Service
A new operator is wanted for the Priory Visitor Centre in Coventry in time for it becoming UK City of Culture next year.
The centre, which features history exhibits, closed in 2019. It's built in the ruins of the city's first cathedral, which was uncovered in 1999 after an archaeological investigation by the city council and Channel Four's Time Team programme.
Image source, GoogleCarole Donnelly, a founding director of the last group to run the centre, Coventry Priory CIC, said it was "the heart of the city centre", but warned it needed money to pay for things like security and lighting.
The Conservative Party has decided to call off its plans for a party conference in Birmingham in the autumn.
It said it would organise a virtual conference instead, to be held in October.
The party added "conference is a highlight of the political calendar and we know many people will be disappointed if they can't attend conference in person".
Port Vale sign ex-Manchester City forward Devante Rodney from fellow League Two side Salford City on a free transfer.
Read MoreHere are three stories from the Worcester News today:
Families call for justice outside the plant where five men were killed in a wall collapse in 2016.
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