Customs staff will be checking HGVs at Birmingham Airport to ease congestion at ports.

Stoke-on-Trent Live

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

• Another 41 Covid-19 deaths recorded in North Staffordshire, external
• Shops reopen in Tier 3, external
• Stoke-on-Trent now England's seventh worst Covid hotspot, external

The chair of Worcestershire's Local Medical Committee believes life won't start returning to normal until next summer "at the absolute earliest", even with vaccinations expected to start next week.

Dr Shaun Pike, who is also a GP in Redditch, also said: "As we start rolling it out we will start gathering data" and that this will be used by policy makers to inform future decisions.

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In case you missed it, the UK has approved the use of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, paving the way for mass vaccination, possibly starting as soon as next week for the most vulnerable.

Shropshire Star

Here are three stories from the Shropshire Star this morning:

• Tier 2 confirmed with support of Shropshire MPs
• Number of Covid patients at Shropshire hospitals triples in a month, external
• Shropshire libraries reopen, external

Birmingham Live

Here are three stories from the Birmingham Live website today:

• Shoppers return to Bullring after lockdown, external
• New mum forced to wait five hours in 'Covid hot hub', external
• Part of West Midlands challenging government over tier 3, external

Depending on where you are in the West Midlands, you're either waking up in a tier two or a tier three area this morning.

The Shropshire, Telford, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and East Cheshire local authority areas have left lockdown under tier two restrictions.

All the other parts of the West Midlands, including Warwickshire, which had previously been in tier one, are now under tier three restrictions.

Temperatures should stay above freezing, but not by much.

And we could have a few showers later too.

Tonight it will remain cold and tomorrow we're expecting more showers.

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BBC Radio CWR

The decision to put Stratford-on-Avon under the highest coronavirus restrictions from this morning could end up in court.

The district council is warning it'll take the decision to put the area into tier three to a judicial review if it's not reconsidered.

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The Conservative-led authority said infection rates aren't high enough to warrant the restrictions and is calling the decision "irrational", claiming it has it's devastated hospitality businesses.

Businesses hope for a positive few weeks before Christmas as they reopen after lockdown.

More than 200 council-run pools will stay closed despite the easing of lockdown restrictions.

Wayne Rooney says he would relish becoming Derby's full-time manager after Coventry City's late equaliser denies his side victory.

Three stories of people working in hospitality who have set up new businesses during Covid-19.

How two people living about 250 miles apart ended up tending the graves of one another's relatives.

Barnsley come from 1-0 down late on to beat Birmingham City with a Cauley Woodrow penalty and Callum Styles' deflected winner.

Wolves striker Raul Jimenez says he hopes to "return to the pitch soon" in his first statement since fracturing his skull on Sunday.

Stratford-on-Avon District Council's leader says the data does not "warrant" the decision.

Jackie Barnes, a Stoke-on-Trent councillor, is set to find out her fate on Wednesday.

The Herefordshire jockey Hollie Doyle is on the shortlist for the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year award.

The 24-year-old last month beat her own record for the most winners in a calendar year by a female jockey.

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Doyle also rode a historic double on British Champions Day, became the first woman to ride five winners on the same card and claimed her first victory at Royal Ascot. Doyle was named Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year.

Read more on Hollie Doyle.

Prosecutors allege Sarbjit Kaur, 38, was strangled by her husband in February 2018.

Express and Star

Some of the Express and Star headlines today include:

• Drayton Manor facing up to £2.5 million fine over water ride death, court told, external
• Man killed by falling slabs at Dudley industrial estate, external
• Businessman staged 'fake burglary' after murdering wife, court told, external