There are now 17 cases of Covid-19 known to be linked to a bingo night in Newcastle-under-Lyme last month.

Staffordshire County Council said more than 1,000 people took a test over the weekend, after the outbreak linked to Silverdale Working Men's Club.

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The council has produced a list of 12 other pubs, clubs and restaurants, external where those 17 people visited following the event on 16 August and is urging anyone who visited them to get a test.

A man who was arrested following a suspected chemical attack in Ross-on-Wye has been bailed.

He arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm after reports a man was injured when a chemical substance was thrown at him on Thursday.

The suspect, who is in his 50s, has to return to Hereford police station on 18 September.

BBC Radio Stoke Sport

We've got a quick update to this afternoon's friendly against Leeds - Ryan Shawcross lasted just seven minutes before leaving the pitch after "picking up a knock".

The defender is making his latest bid to return from a succession of injuries and has been replaced by Liam Lindsay.

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BBC Radio Stoke Sport

The Stoke City striker Benik Afobe has been told he is part of manager Michael O'Neill's plans for the coming season.

After a season on loan at Bristol City which was largely lost to injury, O'Neill said he hoped Afobe would see it as "the right place for him to really kick-start his career again."

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The Stoke City captain Ryan Shawcross, who also missed time through injury last season, is starting in this afternoon's friendly at home to Leeds.

BBC Weather Watchers

The arrival of September has brought with it beautiful blue skies, and BBC Weather Watchers in Shrawardine, Newport and Hereford have been capturing them in all their glory.

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A nine-year-old boy is in hospital after being hit by a van at Rugeley bus station yesterday afternoon.

Staffordshire Police said the boy, who is from the town, suffered leg injuries and is in a "stable condition" at Birmingham Children's Hospital.

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The collision happened on Elmore Lane at 14:20 and the 57-year-old driver of the van and his 60-year-old female passenger were unhurt.

BBC Midlands Today

Tributes have been paid to the former Midlands Today sports presenter Steve Lee, who has died at the age of 68.

He covered events like Aston Villa's European campaigns and Coventry City's FA Cup final win in 1987, before moving on to Sky Sports later in his career.

Nick Owen paid tribute, tweeting: "Shattering news about former BBC colleague Steve Lee. Always seemed so fit, yet he’s gone. Can’t believe it. First class sports broadcaster and always good company."

And Warwickshire Cricket Club added: "Steve was a close friend of the Club who covered the Bears for many years."

Stoke City said he was a "consummate professional and a familiar face to TV viewers in the Midlands".

And Jeff Stelling from Sky Sports said he was "a lovely man who I would chat with often after Soccer Saturday".

Shropshire Star

Three top stories from the Shropshire Star today are:

• Councils braced for big housing bill, external
• Theatre Severn panto cancelled, external
• 6,600 support petition over free NHS parking, external

Local Democracy Reporting Service

A factory in Telford has been given permission to set up four acres of solar panels on nearby land.

Ricoh UK said the measure would save 521 tonnes of carbon emissions every year and would generate power equivalent to the amount used by 281 homes in a year.

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Ricoh said it wasn't able to mount the panels on top of its factory because they would have been too heavy.

Officers say they broke up the event in Birmingham just as music equipment was being set up.

Whitchurch Alport have been given permission to double the capacity of their ground to 300 for tonight's FA Cup match against Haughmond.

Until the weekend the Shropshire club been limited to 150 by the FA for social distancing reasons, but passed the conditions to extend that.

Firefighters are still tackling a large barn fire outside Stone, Staffordshire, which broke out yesterday.

Crews have been working to move about 70 tonnes of hay out of the barn on Knenhall Road at Moddershall.

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Coventry Live

From the Coventry Telegraph today:

• Police cordon put up in Nuneaton town centre, external
• Ancient customs of Coventry's Ukrainian community, external
• Coventry in the top 10 cities for green space, external

Eight workers at an Asda supermarket in Smethwick have tested positive for coronavirus.

The store in Cape Hill is staying open and Asda says no delivery drivers have been affected.

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The eight employees have gone into isolation, with extra cleaning being carried out at the premises.

Sandwell Council said the infection rate in Smethwick remained high.

The company says the employees from the store who tested positive self-isolated immediately.

A man in his 30s died in a crash yesterday morning which closed the M50 in one direction for most of the day.

West Mercia Police said it happened at 00:20 near Ledbury.

The eastbound side of the motorway was closed for more than 12 hours between Ledbury and Tewkesbury.

This year's pantomime production of Beauty and the Beast at Shrewsbury's Theatre Severn won't be going ahead.

The decision was taken because of uncertainty around the lockdown restrictions for theatres later this year.

The annual pantomime generates about 20% of the theatre's annual income.

BBC Weather

August might have been a wash-out, but September is kicking off with sunshine, light cloud and temperatures up to 18C (64F).

It should be mild overnight too, with temperatures falling to around 11C (52F), but some rain is forecast tomorrow.

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Andy Giddings
BBC News

Welcome to our live service for Tuesday 1 September.

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