Updates from Monday 2 November to Sunday 8 November
Here are three stories from the Shropshire Star today:
West Bromwich Albion dropped into the relegation zone of the Premier League last night after a 2-0 defeat at Fulham.
The Baggies remain without a win and showed few signs of fighting back after conceding twice in the first half-hour.
West Brom manager Slaven Bilic said he was "disappointed" by the side's performance.
West Brom manager Slaven Bilic says he is 'hurt' by the lack of quality shown by his side
A man who died after a car crashed in Stoke-on-Trent in the early hours was the passenger, the ambulance service said.
The incident happened at about 04:00 outside Ormiston Meridian Academy on Sandon Road, in Meir, police said.
The driver of the vehicle was cut free from the wreckage by the fire service before being taken to hospital with injuries not thought to be life-threatening.
The school remains closed today.
A six-year-old girl who suffered "potentially serious injuries" in a "stabbing" at a house in Stoke-on-Trent last week is now out of hospital.
A woman in her 40 who was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after the incident on Warren Road in Chell.
She remains in hospital.
Local Democracy Reporting Service
Tom Davis
A cinema, gym and garden rooftop terrace have been included in plans to build a 281-bed student block behind Central Six Retail Park in Coventry.
Image source, Regent Street PartnershipThe scheme at the end of Regent Street in Earlsdon also includes two courtyards, a common room with a games area as well as a separate laundry room.
Image source, Regent Street PartnershipApplicant Regent Street Partnership said the scheme – up to six storeys high – will provide “high-quality student rooms” and “attractive accommodation” on the edge of the city centre.
The application, external was validated by the council at the end of last month with a decision due in mid-December.
Local Democracy Reporting Service
Shrewsbury could get a new train station on the outskirts of the town.
Shropshire Council leader Peter Nutting said, if the party remain in power following elections, the council will look at the possibility of a station near the Preston Island, to take traffic out of the town centre.
There could also be a park and ride hub there.
Image source, GoogleMr Nutting also said he was looking into the possibility of reopening the line to Ironbridge and the line to Gobowen.
Opposition councillors have called for more money to be spent on public transport saying its essential to reduce the reliance on cars.
"More coronavirus outbreaks than ever" are being dealt with in Sandwell, says the council's director of public health.
Dr Lisa McNally has made a plea for people to report outbreaks of Covid-19 as infection rates hit "dangerous levels".
In the seven days up to 29 October the local authority had 340.7 positive cases per 100,000 population, up from 268.5 the previous week.
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BBC Radio Shropshire Sport
The Shrewsbury Town manager has urged his players not to feel sorry for themselves after losing their last four games.
The run included a big 5-1 defeat to Peterborough on Saturday, but Sam Ricketts said it was important to stay positive and "take things into your own hands".
Image source, Getty ImagesShrewsbury are at home to Burton Albion tonight.
Quote MessageNever ever feel sorry for yourself, whether it be a footballer (or) anybody in life. Because as soon as you do that you're looking around for excuses."
Sam Ricketts, Shrewsbury Town manager
Birmingham Live
Some of the Birmingham Live headlines:
Firefighters from across Warwickshire have held a two-minutes silence 13 years after a fire that killed four colleagues.
Image source, Warwickshire Fire and Rescue ServiceIan Reid, John Averis, Ashley Stephens and Darren Yates-Badley [pictured below] died after entering a burning warehouse in Atherstone-on-Stour .
Firefighters held the silence at 19:28 on Monday, the anniversary of the blaze which started on 2 November 2007.
The deaths of the firefighters during the huge blaze is at risk of being repeated amid staffing cuts, the Fire Brigades Union said in 2017.
The region's former chief fire officer Andy Hickmott has previously said: "The attention we give to firefighter safety is extending and developing all the time."
Warwickshire County Council admitted a health and safety charge following the fire.
Philippa Roxby
Health reporter, BBC News
Scientists at the University of Birmingham have found evidence of immune cells responding to Covid-19 six months after people were infected.
Image source, Getty ImagesIn a study of 100 people with the virus, those with symptoms had a much higher T-cell reaction.
But it is still not clear whether this leads to better protection against re-infection.
The research was carried out by the UK Coronavirus Immunology Consortium, involving the University of Birmingham, the NIHR Manchester clinical research facility and Public Health England.
The research team says the findings are "just one piece of the puzzle" on immunity and there is still a lot to learn.
You can read more on the story here.
Vanessa Pearce
BBC News
Readers have been getting in touch with questions about the latest coronavirus lockdown rules that are set to come in from 00:01 on Thursday.
Carol Smith from Birmingham emailed us to ask:
"My husband is a painter and decorator, is he allowed to work? Is he allowed to go in people's homes?"
The government has said that certain businesses will have to close during the lockdown, with only those offering what are deemed essential services staying open, but has said construction is allowed to continue.
We contacted the Painting and Decorating Association, based in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, that said it had been told to advise members of the sector to continue working "as long as all social distancing measures are undertaken, and neither party is suffering Covid-19 symptoms".
Chief executive Neil Ogilvie said the organisation had produced information sheets for members and clients, available on its website. , external
Further detailed guidance is expected to be issued by the government ahead of Thursday.
You can find out some of the answers to the questions being asked on our Your Questions Answered page.
Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke
One person has died and another has been seriously injured following a crash outside a school in Stoke-on-Trent.
The incident involving a single car happened at about 04:00 outside Ormiston Meridian Academy on Sandon Road in Meir, police said.
The road will be closed for some time for forensic work, the Staffordshire force says.
The school will also be closed today.
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BBC Midlands Today
After a wet start it will be a mostly dry day with the odd shower and highs of 10°C (50°F).
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Vanessa Pearce
BBC News
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We'll be bringing you all the news, sport, travel and weather for the West Midlands.
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Warwickshire will become the first county to adopt the Rooney Rule in their search for a new first-team coach.
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A doctor has said she and her colleagues are "bracing... for the worst" as England prepares to go into a second lockdown.
Dr Sarb Clare, a consultant in acute medicine at City Hospital in Birmingham said the number of admissions it was seeing had "definitely gone up".
“We definitely feel more confident in dealing with Covid," she said.
"We know what the illness is about and how to treat it, the oxygen, the steroids that we can give, but of course it is an illness we don't want to be treating, and if you get it there is a chance that you may not get through it."
Dr Clare was appointed an MBE in October for her dedication to the medical profession.
"We are disappointed that we have had to go into a second lockdown, however we are ready, as nurses, doctors," she said.
"We are here to look after our patients and deal with them and look after them in the most vulnerable time of their life."
BBC Radio Stoke
A hospital boss has admitted coronavirus "feels like it is more out of control now" compared with the first wave in England.
Image source, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS TrustTracy Bullock, chief executive of the University Hospitals of North Midland [UHNM] NHS Trust, said she thought the government's lockdown plan was the right decision.
"I think we do need to get control of this virus, to me it feels like it is more out of control now than it was in the first surge and I do think we need to get some control of it," she said.
UHNM runs the Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital, Stafford, and Mrs Bullock said the number of Covid patients had been rising steadily with 235 over the weekend compared with 195 on Friday.
She told BBC Radio Stoke the increase was putting pressure on the workforce with 499 staff currently off sick with Covid-related issues.
A man who tried to stop his car rolling backwards before being run over by it has suffered potentially serious injuries.
The incident happened in Warren Farm Road, Kingstanding, Birmingham at about 14:50 today.
Bystanders were able to free him before paramedics arrived, said the ambulance service.
After being treated at the scene he was taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in the city.
