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A pub landlady said she is "absolutely gutted" she will have to close from Thursday due to the national lockdown.

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The Red Lion in Leek, Staffordshire, had already had to deal with tier two restrictions from Saturday which was when the prime minister announced the stricter measures.

Lucille Baines said it was a nightmare: "Obviously cost a lot of money to get everything up in place for the Covid regulations.

"Tier two hit us on Saturday which obliterated our trade and then lockdown on Thursday so all feeling very down in the dumps today."

Mother and son Julie and David Williams were found dead at addresses in Coventry.

Month-long measures set to slow the spread of coronavirus are due to come into force on Thursday until 2 December, the government has announced.

Pubs, gyms and non-essential shops will close, but schools, colleges and universities can stay open.

Here are the details of how it might affect you.

• People will be told to stay at home except for specific reasons
• These include work which cannot be done from home, childcare or education, exercise outdoors, medical reasons, essential shopping, providing care for vulnerable people, and visiting members of your support bubble

• Pubs, bars, restaurants will have to close, but can still provide takeaway and delivery, excluding takeaway of alcohol
• Indoor and outdoor leisure facilities, such as gyms and swimming pools, will also close, along with entertainment venues and personal care facilities such as beauty salons
• Places of worship will close, unless they are being used for funerals, to broadcast acts of worship, or essential services such as blood donation or food banks
• Construction sites and manufacturing workplaces can remain open
• Weddings and civil partnership ceremonies will not be able to take place except in exceptional circumstances, and funerals will be limited to a maximum of 30 people
• Children will still be able to move between homes if their parents are separated
• Clinically vulnerable people will be asked to be "especially careful" but people will not be asked to resume shielding
• Overnight stays, staying in a second home, and holidays will not be allowed - including in the UK and abroad - although there are exceptions, such as work trips
• People will be told to avoid all non-essential travel by private or public transport

BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester

More financial support is needed to support the beauty industry, according to a salon owner in Worcestershire.

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The government has extended the furlough scheme to cover 80% of staff wages as it announced a new lockdown from Thursday.

But Cymone Wood, who runs Malvern Serenity, said that support didn't go far enough.

"Furlough helps us cover staff wages but in terms of actually paying bills for the premises and keeping it running it doesn't cover that so we do need some sort of extra help put in place," she said.

Mrs Wood also criticised the lockdown only forcing some firms to shut, like salons, pubs, restaurants and gyms, but allowing schools, colleges and universities to stay open.

"I would agree with it had they shut everything down because everything just needs to be shut down to reboot but there are still bits being kept open so there is a likelihood of an extension."

Express and Star

The Express and Star is covering these stories today:

• ‘We hope lockdown means we can see our families over Christmas’, external
• Fears for Black Country businesses ahead of second national lockdown, external
• Black Country parents' desperate fight to save son with brain tumour, external

BBC One

Former Redditch MP Jacqui Smith said she had had "the greatest adventure it’s possible to imagine" after being the first celebrity voted off Strictly Come Dancing this year.

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The former home secretary and her partner Anton Du Beke found themselves in the bottom two after the public vote and in the Dance Off with Jamie Laing and Karen Hauer.

But their samba didn't hold up and the three judges voted unanimously to send them home.

Jacqui told the BBC "I’m just sorry I can’t continue it with this man [Anton], who has been absolutely fantastic and gorgeous to be with.

"But I don’t feel too much shame in losing to these guys because they are a fantastic bunch of dancers, they really are. So I’ll be watching you and supporting you."

Four paths lost from maps have been uncovered between Herefordshire and Shropshire.

A man's been charged, external after a pedestrian was hit and seriously injured by a car.

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Staffordshire Police said it was one of two connected incidents in Chesterton, Newcastle-under-Lyme. , external

On Saturday night, armed police were called out to a "disturbance involving clashes between groups of people carrying weapons" on Palatine Drive.

Police were then called to a crash involving a man and a car on Loomer Road which left the 24-year-old victim in a critical but stable condition in hospital.

The 25-year-old suspect, of no fixed address, has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent and causing serious injury by dangerous driving, and will appear before magistrates today.

Three others, a 16-year-old boy, a 21-year-old woman and a 22-year-old man, all arrested on suspicion of attempted murder have been released on bail.

A Wolverhampton Windrush victim was among nine people to have died before receiving money applied for through a government compensation scheme, figures show.

The Windrush scandal saw deportation threats made to the children of Commonwealth citizens.

Despite living and working in the UK for decades, many were told they were here illegally because of a lack of official paperwork.

Earlier this year, one of the most prominent Windrush victims, Paulette Wilson, died aged 64 without receiving her compensation.

The government apologised in 2018 and the compensation scheme was launched.

Sir Bobby Charlton has become the fifth member of England's 1966 World Cup-winning side to be diagnosed with dementia.

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A study by Glasgow University in 2019 found former professional footballers were three and a half times more likely to die of dementia than people of the same age range in the general population.

The study began after claims that former West Brom striker Jeff Astle died at the age of 59 because of repeated head trauma and compared deaths of 7,676 ex-players with 23,000 from the general population.

Astle's daughter, Dawn, said "players who have suffered dementia must not be a statistic" after she was left "staggered" by the study's findings.

BBC Midlands Today

Work is set to resume at a hospital construction site which has been shut following an outbreak of coronavirus.

Twenty-five people directly linked to the Hereford County Hospital worksite tested positive for Covid-19.

The site, run by contractor MTX, was closed by Herefordshire Council and Public Health England.

Health bosses will be visiting the premises this week.

An officer who was run over attempting to stop a driver on the run from police has won a Pride of Britain award.

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PC Claire Bond was pursuing Gurajdeep Malhi when he reversed, crushing her against a fence before flipping her in the air and dragging her along the ground.

The Staffordshire Police officer had vital surgery to save her leg after the incident in 2018.

PC Bond dedicated her award to her husband and all police officers.

"To win a Pride of Britain Award, I am totally honoured," she said.

You can read more on the story here.

Two men, a woman and a boy are being questioned on suspicion of attempted murder after a man was hit and seriously injured by a car.

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Staffordshire Police said it was one of two connected incidents in Chesterton.

There was a "disturbance involving clashes between groups of people carrying weapons" on Palatine Drive at 23:00 on Saturday.

Police were then called to a crash involving a man and a white Seat car on Loomer Road.

A man is set to appear in court charged with the murder of three people.

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Julie Williams, 58, and her son David, 32, were found at separate flats in Coventry on consecutive days last week.

The body of Nicole McGregor, 31, was later discovered in woodland in Newbold Comyn, Leamington Spa.

Anthony Russell, 38, of Riley Square, Coventry, was arrested in Staffordshire on Friday and is duet to appear before magistrates in Birmingham.

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