Kathryn Rodwell put off seeing her doctors for months before being diagnosed at the age of 20.

The tree in Warwickshire was voted England's best tree in 2015 in a poll run by the Woodlands Trust.

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BBC News

We'll return tomorrow from 08:00 with the latest updates for the West Midlands.

Jenny Lester says her son receives "very patchy" care and had no NHS help during national lockdown.

A pub linked to an outbreak of coronavirus is going to have its licence reviewed.

Staffordshire Police visited the Crown and Anchor in Stone, Staffordshire, on 18 and 19 July following social distancing concerns.

Twenty-two people linked to the pub tested positive for Covid-19 out of about 1,000 people who were tested.

Stafford Borough Council says the venue was ordered to carry out a "stringent" risk assessment and a deep clean before reopening.

The pub's licence will be reviewed in November and the authority says revoking it is an option., external

Coventry Live

From the Coventry Live website today:

• Work begins on new green space in city centre, external
• Huge homes plan on golf site in Coventry submitted, external
• Pub closes after punter tests positive for Covid-19, external

Facebook

We have had hundreds of comments from you about your Mini Metros as we mark the car's 40th anniversary.

The first model was designed in just over six weeks and they rolled off the production line at Longbridge, Birmingham.

Image source, British Leyland

Among the comments today on Facebook:

Nigel Bee said, external: "I had an F-reg MG Metro in British racing green, red seatbelts and 'bucket' front seats. Loved the car. Oh, the days you could fill the tank from empty for less than £15! I went miles in it."

Sue Thomas added, external: "I was working for British Leyland at that time and the employees were able to cast a vote on the name from a choice of three - Match, Maestro and Metro. Obviously Metro won the poll at that time although the Maestro name did subsequently reappear for a different model range."

Barbara Carpenter posted as well:, external "My first car was also a Mini Metro - I decided to upgrade when the gear stick fell through the floor!"

Angie Kilmister typed, external: "I had a white Metro MG turbo - it was like driving a tank, no power steering but it went well. My gran had to pay £750 because she wanted a black one. She had one of the first Metros, I think it was a W-reg - I thought she was so posh."

A group that uses magnets to fish metal items out of Birmingham's canals has been asked to help retrieve missing e-scooters.

Image source, Marie Collins

A 12-month trial of the devices is taking place across parts of the West Midlands by Swedish company Voi.

Marie Collins, from the Peaky Dippers group, said it had helped fish one from the water and the company had "already told us where there's a few that need pulling out".

A spokesperson from Voi said the company was against any acts of vandalism that could lead to pollution and was developing a "drowning feature" that would alert it immediately when a scooter ended up under water.

Since launching in the city, the company said there had been more than 24,000 rides taken by more than 6,700 unique users.

BBC Midlands Today

Businesses in England on the border with Wales are fearing a "massive impact" from Friday's two-week lockdown.

Image source, PA Media

Welsh people are being told to stay at home and pubs, restaurants, hotels and non-essential shops will shut until 9 November.

In Herefordshire, several towns and villages are close to or straddle the border between the two countries.

Jonathan Smith-Milne, who owns The Old Court Hotel in Whitchurch, says they are already seeing Welsh visitors cancelling bookings.

"I think there will be a massive impact. We were fortunate, we had a pretty good summer, but there will be businesses that suffer because they haven't had that solid summer trade."

Hay-on-Wye is mostly just inside Wales but Josh Green, from Green Ink Booksellers, says the lockdown will mean different parts of the town having different restrictions.

"There are businesses here that are in Herefordshire technically so we have accommodation providers that are still going to be allowed to be open to visitors but a town they are basically attached to will be closed."

Heavy rain is likely to lead to travel disruption in parts of the West Midlands on Wednesday, the Met Office is warning. , external

Image source, Met Office

A yellow warning for rain has been issued starting at 03:00 BST and lasting until 14:00.

About 10-15 mm of rain is expected to fall, with as much as 30 to 50 mm in a few locations.

It is set to affect parts of the West Midlands conurbation along with Warwickshire and Worcestershire.

Birmingham Live

The Birmingham Live website's headlines today include:

• Up to 650 Jaguar Land Rover jobs at threat in new voluntary redundancy scheme, external
• Desperate dad who lost job in pandemic 'considered dealing cannabis' to feed family, external
• Boy, 13, arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after cyclist stabbed, external

BBC Radio Stoke

Closing JCB factories down as part of another national lockdown in England would be a blow to hundreds of supply firms, according to the company's chairman.

Image source, JCB

Lord Bamford said he was against the idea of a "short, sharp" lockdown such as Wales has announced as "all that does is it pushes it on to another day".

The firm has 10 plants in Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Wrexham in north Wales and announced 950 job cuts in May as a result of falling demand caused by the pandemic.

JCB is recruiting again, but Lord Bamford said the idea of another lockdown would be a blow beyond just the digger maker.

"I just don't want to close our business down. It's not just our business, it is 350 other suppliers in Britain, it affects them," he said.

BBC Radio WM

Birmingham's director of public health says it's a case of "when rather than if" the city moves to tier three - very high alert coronavirus restrictions.

Birmingham, which is in tier two - high alert - had 185 cases per 100,000 people in the latest figures for the seven days up to 17 October, Dr Justin Varney said.

He stated he was seeing a "steady climb", but thought restrictions in the city on household mixing for a few weeks "do look like they have slowed the speed of climb".

About a week ago the figure was running at about 145, Dr Varney said.

Asked if he thought it was time for a circuit-breaker - a short limited lockdown - or another full lockdown in England now, he said "all it does is delay" and "you really probably need three weeks plus for it to be effective".

He said: "We've also got to keep in mind that what we're seeing in hospitals now reflects what happened in the community at least three to four weeks ago. So we're going to see those numbers continue to rise in hospital as [they have] in the community."

Different households across parts of the West Midlands cannot mix indoors, as Birmingham, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton are in the tier two - high alert category.

BBC Weather Watchers

We've had some lovely autumnal photos from our local BBC Weather Watchers of leaves changing colour and falling to the ground.

Here are three: Two from Worcestershire users OgySnaps, in Lickey End, and Flower UN, in Tenbury Wells, and one from DaveA, in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire

Image source, OgySnaps

Image source, DaveA

Image source, Flower UN

BBC Radio Stoke

A school in Stoke-on-Trent has closed for the rest of the week after further positive tests for Covid-19.

In a letter to parents, the principal of Northwood Broom Academy said , externalit had shut at the end of Monday after two more cases were confirmed.

Children have been told to self-isolate for 14 days.

The school is due to break up for half-term at the end of the week.

BBC Radio Stoke

A spike in Covid-19 cases in Stafford is a "genuine concern", according to the county council., external

Image source, Reuters

Since 1 September, the borough has seen 660 confirmed cases and the authority said they were continuing to rise across the area.

Officials said the infection was being spread within and between households, care homes, schools and businesses.

The infection rate per 100,000 people in Stafford has risen from 138.4 in the seven days to 8 October to 158.1 a week later.

Stafford is currently in tier one – medium alert - but Dr Johnny McMahon, the council's cabinet member for health, said the government was likely to bring in more restrictions.

"Cases in Stafford are a genuine concern. People need to act now to prevent the risk of Covid-19 cases increasing further, which could lead to the government stepping in with additional restrictions," he said.

BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester

Families in Worcestershire have been told they can visit loved ones in care homes again.

Image source, Science Photo Library

All but essential or compassionate visits were stopped last month, external by the county council to protect vulnerable residents from Covid-19.

But the authority said this week, external it would allow limited ones to be arranged under strict safety measures.

Melanie Dawson, who runs Lawns Nursing Home, in Kempsey, said: "People not seeing their family for weeks and weeks and weeks can have a detrimental mental affect on residents."

A teenager has been taken to hospital after being attacked on a road.

Image source, Google

The 17-year-old suffered a head injury in the assault on Thomas Street, Tamworth, Staffordshire Police said. , external

An 18-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of wounding with intent and is still in custody.

Stoke-on-Trent Live

From the Stoke-on-Trent Live page today:

• Entire year group sent home from Staffordshire high school due to coronavirus, external
• Man taken to hospital after medical incident on building site scaffolding, external
• Police find 22 crack cocaine wraps after raiding Stoke-on-Trent hotel room, external

Stuart Towns suffered fatal head injuries working at Alutrade Ltd in Oldbury, Sandwell, in 2017.