Port Vale and Harrogate keep their unbeaten League Two records as they play out a hard-fought draw at Vale Park.

Plymouth extend their unbeaten League One start with a home draw against Shrewsbury, still seeking their first win after three league games.

Jenny Nelson and Nick Barratt decided on Tuesday to bring forward their wedding by two weeks.

A 69-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene in Cradley, police said.

The venue, in Stafford Park, was in breach of Covid-19 legislation, police said.

About 100 military personnel will be brought in to assist the "drop and collect" testing service.

A year on from the firm’s collapse, many staff are still out of work while others have set up businesses.

Retiring assistant chief constable Chris Johnson completed 5,000 steps on the day he retired.

"They need to wake up and smell the coffee." So says Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey talking about his party and how it has failed to connect with voters.

Listen to the goals he has for the Lib Dems on the Politics Midlands Podcast on BBC Sounds this Sunday.

West Midlands deputy police and crime commissioner Waheed Saleem says officers will "move faster" to enforce the Covid-19 guidelines and those "wilfully flouting the rules" could quickly find themselves in trouble, a coronavirus briefing heard.

Earlier, Birmingham City Council deputy leader Brigid Jones said there had been more than 1,000 allegations of breaches.

Mr Saleem also said people continued to flout rules over weddings and fines of up to £10,000 were possible.

"People would rather spend money on [their] honeymoon or other things than putting money into the government coffers." he said.

Solihull Council deputy leader Karen Grinsell told the combined authority briefing the local area's rate had "fallen just slightly", but that did not "mean we are complacent in any way".

She also highlighted Arden Academy in Knowle, where some 1,800 pupils will be off school - it is closed for two weeks due to rising Covid-19 cases.

Ms Grinsell added that transmission was still predominantly between family members and friends.

Sandwell has seen an increase of more than 70% in coronavirus cases, a West Midlands Combined Authority briefing was told.

There were 337 cases on Friday, compared with 193 last week. The highest rates were again in the Smethwick area, Council Leader Maria Crompton said.

Hospitals were reporting an increase in deaths and people needing critical care, she added.

League One club Shrewsbury Town sign experienced former Sheffield United striker Leon Clarke on a one-year deal.

He says his children have no memory of their mother who had been subjected to "staggering failure".

Reece Cox, 24, was found outside a pub in Dudley with serious head injuries in August.

Following on from our story earlier about the military being asked to help with coronavirus testing in Birmingham, the city council has now said about 100 armed forces personnel will now support drop-and-collect testing.

They're expected to start within the next week.

There are 30 wards in Birmingham with more than 20 coronavirus cases, a West Midlands Combined Authority briefing has heard.

City council deputy leader Brigid Jones said there had been 118 outbreaks and a number of wards with more than 40 cases in the last seven days, including the highest, Sparkhill, with more than 70.

She said it was seeing a rise particularly among those aged 20-40, and Asian communities remained those with the highest numbers.

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There were six walk-through testing sites, five mobile ones and a regional facility at the airport.

Ms Jones said the council hoped to launch two more testing sites in the coming week.

Speaking in connection with the drop and collect initiative, she said about 500 council staff out of an 11,000-workforce had been seconded into high-risk areas, offering people tests, which could be picked up an hour later.

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A number of former Selly Oak Hospital buildings are going to be turned into flats.

Latimer Planning has got permission to convert three listed blocks on Raddlebam Road and build another, new block to create 46 apartments.

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The buildings were used up until 2011 and a report to city councillors said they were in a "poor state of repair".

The Victorian Society had raised concerns about previous plans, but approved of these amended proposals, saying “proposed retention and reuse of the Nursing School and Well House addresses earlier objections".

People living in student areas of Birmingham are being encouraged to report any coronavirus rulebreakers to the council.

There are about 120,000 students at the five universities in the city and they are all due to return over the next few weeks.

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Earlier this week there was a spate of coconavirus cases in Scotland and students were told not to visit bars and restaurants, or return home this weekend.

Deputy Leader of Birmingham City Council Brigid Jones said: "We expect the same of students as we do of everybody else. So if you’re seeing households not complying, if you’re seeing student venues aren’t complying, then report it."

Stoke-on-Trent Live

Here are three stories from Stoke-on-Trent Live today:

• Warning to parents as 'suspicious man tries to walk off with baby, external
• Pyjama-wearing driver smashes car into house, external
• Stoke-on-Trent firm offers private coronavirus tests for '£250', external