Around the web: Bar goes into administrationpublished at 18:44 British Summer Time 20 July 2020
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Around the web: Bar goes into administrationpublished at 18:44 British Summer Time 20 July 2020
New choice for mayor after ex-BNP councillor stands downpublished at 18:31 British Summer Time 20 July 2020
A new councillor's been put forward to be Stoke-on-Trent's next lord mayor after a former British National Party parliamentary candidate stepped down from taking on the role.
Melanie Baddeley was to take over from current mayor Jackie Barnes in September but earlier this month withdrew after online "abuse".
The city council said, external City Independent councillor Jean Bowers had been proposed as the next lord mayor and would take the role if voted for by councillors in September.
The coronavirus pandemic means the term of office for the role will be eight months rather than the usual 12, the local authority added.
Hundreds of new special school places announcedpublished at 18:14 British Summer Time 20 July 2020
Thousands of new school places will be created for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) with 35 new free special schools, the government has announced.
Image source, Getty ImagesThree will be in the West Midlands, providing about 300 places including for children with Social, Emotional & Mental Health conditions (SEMH), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and Multiple Learning Difficulties (MLD).
They are expected to provide tailored support and specialist equipment such as sensory appliances and communication aids.
The schools are due to be built by September 2022, the Department for Education said.
Council urged to rethink leisure centre reopening planpublished at 17:59 British Summer Time 20 July 2020
Local Democracy Reporting ServiceThe Local Democracy Reporting Service in Staffordshire's been covering these stories recently:
- Lichfield District Council been urged by a scrutiny committee to think again after it emerged a city leisure centre is not due to reopen until October. With the government allowing gyms and such centres to reopen from 25 July, the local authority said the site in Burntwood would reopen "as soon as possible" but Friary Grange Leisure Centre would stay closed until October, when the furloughing scheme ends, to "manage the financial risk" and cost of reopening sites.
Image source, Lichfield District Council- Meanwhile, Cannock Chase residents will be able to use Chase Leisure, Cannock, from 25 July when it partially reopens. However, Rugeley Leisure Centre won't reopen until 1 August as Cannock Chase Council said it wanted to allow the new "secure operating practice" to be tested.
- A developer's been criticised for closing a play area the day before other playgrounds were allowed to open across England. A mother told the Local Democracy Reporting Service her boys were frustrated they could not use football and basketball courts on the Sancerre Grange estate where they live in Eccleshall. But Bovis Homes, which built and kept ownership of the estate, said the new government rules required them to carry out risk assessments and they shut the area after carrying one out.
Around the web: Life sentence for pensioner's killerpublished at 17:43 British Summer Time 20 July 2020
The Worcester News has these stories today:
Chris Woakes clocks up 100 test wicketspublished at 17:33 British Summer Time 20 July 2020
England need three wickets to beat the West Indies on day five of the Test match at Emirates Old Trafford, with Chris Woakes clocking up 100 test wickets.
At 30, the Warwickshire player is the second oldest seamer to reach 100 wickets for England since the 1950s, after Devon Malcolm, according to Test Match Special statistician Andy Zaltzman
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End of twitter postMen deny killing man detained by publicpublished at 17:28 British Summer Time 20 July 2020
Christopher Walters, 25, died in Stoke-on-Trent in May 2019.
Read MoreMan in court over machete murderpublished at 17:14 British Summer Time 20 July 2020
A man has appeared in court accused of murder after a father-of-one died in a machete attack.
Image source, Police handoutPaulius Petrasiunas, 24, died at the scene in Chervil Rise, Heath Town, Wolverhampton, on 13 July.
Sean Bulle, 20, from Clover Ley, Heath Town, appeared before Wolverhampton Magistrates' Court on Monday, where he was remanded into custody to appear at the city's crown court on Tuesday.
Outdoor smoking ban proposals backed by councilpublished at 17:02 British Summer Time 20 July 2020
Birmingham is backing a bid to make all pubs, cafes and bars smoke-free inside and outside.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe Local Government Association wants the House of Lords to back legislation - so a ban on smoking would be included in all pavement licences.
The licenses are being given out by councils to help venues keep to social distancing rules.
Paulette Hamilton, the city's cabinet member for health said it was not about venues "denying" opportunity, but a chance for them to widen their customer base.
More libraries reopenpublished at 16:46 British Summer Time 20 July 2020
BBC ShropshireLibraries in Shrewsbury, Oswestry (pictured) and Ludlow have reopened their doors today.
Image source, GoogleOther libraries across the Shropshire Council area will follow, external in the coming weeks with a number of libraries in Telford & Wrekin already open.
A click and collect book service, rolled out by Shropshire Council at some libraries earlier this month, will be available to other sites from today as well.
They include Bishop’s Castle, Market Drayton and Shifnal as those sites will stay shut until 3 August.
Private rehabilitation hospital set to openpublished at 16:38 British Summer Time 20 July 2020
A specialist rehabilitation hospital, run by private healthcare company Circle, is due to open in Birmingham in September.
The 120-bedroom hospital, described by the firm as the largest facility of its kind in the UK, has been built on the site of the former BBC studios at Pebble Mill in Edgbaston.
Image source, CircleThe facility, which will also attract about 200 jobs, is for patients recovering from a range of conditions – including Covid-19, stroke, sporting injuries and joint replacements.
Around the web: Part-time model in coma in hospitalpublished at 16:12 British Summer Time 20 July 2020
Stoke-on-Trent LiveThe Stoke-on-Trent Live website's covering these stories today:
Plans for 'garden' apartments submittedpublished at 15:56 British Summer Time 20 July 2020
Local Democracy Reporting Service
David IrwinRooftop gardens and plants “cascading” down the wall are among the plans for a trio of apartment blocks in the heart of Solihull.
Image source, Solihull CouncilProposals handed to the council would see the three new buildings – containing a total of 83 flats – erected on Homer Road.
Image source, Solihull CouncilThe scheme would involve the demolition of Homer House, the current home of Shakespeare Martineau Solicitors.
Previously, planning permission had been granted for an office development at the same site, but the latest proposal will instead focus on housing.
The plans are likely to be considered by Solihull planners in the coming months.
Man jailed for murdering great uncle aged 80published at 15:54 British Summer Time 20 July 2020
Adam Mason, 33, will serve a minimum of 20 years for the killing,
Read MoreYour photos: County viewspublished at 15:39 British Summer Time 20 July 2020
Here are some of the great photos our local BBC Weather Watchers have been taking across the West Midlands.
These three are from users Poetic Verse at The Roaches, Staffordshire, Skye in Clee Hill, Shropshire and Alison S in Warwick:
Image source, Poetic Verse
Image source, Skye
Image source, Alison SNew test centre set up as Covid-19 cases risepublished at 15:21 British Summer Time 20 July 2020
Allen Cook
BBC NewsA mobile coronavirus test centre is being set up in Burton upon Trent this week amid a rise in cases in the town.
Image source, AFP/Getty ImagesFrom 4-15 July there were almost 40 cases, mainly in the areas of Anglesey and Shobnall as well as some in Horninglow, Staffordshire County Council said. , external
It added the figures included two families which had 14 people test positive for Covid-19 in the households.
The local authority said it had no plans for any imminent lockdown measures, but was setting up the mobile centre at Burton Albion's Pirelli Stadium and urged people to get tested if they had any symptoms of Covid-19.
As a comparison, Blackburn with Darwen, which is seen as England's latest coronavirus hotspot, has had 118 cases in the past week.
Woman jailed for spitting blood on police officerspublished at 15:17 British Summer Time 20 July 2020
The "unacceptable" attack put the officers at risk of coronavirus, Warwickshire Police said.
Read MoreAround the web: Human remains identified as grandmotherpublished at 15:05 British Summer Time 20 July 2020
The Shropshire Star's headlines today include:
Young people on benefits double in lockdownpublished at 14:48 British Summer Time 20 July 2020
More than one in every six young people is now claiming out-of-work benefits in some parts of the UK, BBC analysis of official figures suggests.
Parts of Walsall and Birmingham have been worst hit, with closures of pubs, cafes and restaurants all contributing.
The number of people aged 18-24 claiming Universal Credit or Jobseeker's Allowance doubled in the UK in the last three months.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a £2bn scheme to help young workers.
Firm has 15,000 applications for 10 jobspublished at 14:34 British Summer Time 20 July 2020
They will be in Birmingham, where 30,000 more are claiming unemployment benefits than in February.
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