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As 2020 draws to a close temperatures in the UK drop and parts of the country are bathed in snow and frost.

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Happy new year!

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Former Manchester United, Aston Villa, Wolves and Scotland manager Tommy Docherty has died at the age of 92 following a long illness.

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As a player, Glasgow-born Docherty made over 300 leagues appearances for Preston and won 25 caps for Scotland.

He went on to manage 12 clubs, leading Chelsea to victory in the 1965 League Cup and won the 1977 FA Cup with the Red Devils.

He was in charge at Aston Villa in the 1960s and Wolves in the 1980s.

"Tommy passed away peacefully surrounded by his family at home," his family said in a statement.

"He was a much-loved husband, father and papa and will be terribly missed."

BBC Radio Stoke

People who feel lonely over the new year period are being offered a chance to talk through a mental health helpline set up in Staffordshire during the pandemic.

Stoke-on-Trent City Council says the project began during the second lockdown when the government offered some funding to help.

From 7 November to 13 December, 7,533 calls were made to the 24-hour helpline.

Councillor Ally Simcock oversees adult social care and has written on the council website , externalabout her struggles with anxiety during the lockdown and hallucinating after not sleeping for three days.

She said people do not have to get to her situation in order to call the number.

"It is not something where you have got to actually be at that point where you are absolutely desperate to ring it, you can be at a point where you are just struggling a bit."

BBC Weather Watchers

We've had plenty of wintry scenes in the photos today from our local BBC Weather Watchers.

These three are from users Webby in Bewdley, Worcestershire, Les at Large in Wolverhampton and Kenthevet in Seighford, Staffordshire.

Image source, Webby

Image source, Les at Large

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They were due to marry on New Year's Eve, but brought it forward a day to beat restrictions.

A rainbow light display is going to be beamed across Birmingham and the Black Country by a theatre.

Image source, Birmingham Hippodrome

Birmingham Hippodrome said, external the light installation aimed to "share a vision of hope and peace for 2021" and would be beamed over the new year period.

Organisers said the lights would be sent from the north west of the city towards the Black Country and should be visible up to 10 miles away on a clear night.

They urged people to stay at home and enjoy the display and not to travel to see it.

BBC Radio Shropshire

Pub managers in Shropshire and Worcestershire said they are facing more weeks of struggling on under tighter Covid restrictions.

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Both counties moved up to tier three today meaning they have to close, except for takeaway and delivery.

Jack Limond, landlord of the White Horse in Clun, had to throw away about £600 of beer and said he didn't expect to make much from takeaways.

"We did do takeaways quite successfully during the big lockdown but I noticed once it got into November, no-one really wanted to wander on down here," he said.

While Emma Peach, at the Three Lions in Stourport-on-Severn, said the financial support from the government was not enough for them.

"We get a little bit but nothing compared to the big lockdown we had previously this year. What we do get does not help with all the bills, we still have to pay our landlord so it is a very, very worrying time."

Coventry Live

The Coventry Live website has these headlines today:

• Boy robbed at knifepoint for electric scooter he got for Christmas, external
• Warwickshire area in top 10 highest Covid-19 rates in the West Midlands, external
• Primary schools in Coventry planned to open as normal following Tier 4 announcement, external

New Year is the "worst time" to have tougher Covid-19 rules imposed, says Cheshire's hospitality sector.

Chris Hunt ran about five miles a day every day to raise funds for St Giles Hospice.

Local Democracy Reporting Service
Tom Dare

Pictures have been released of a planned new building in Birmingham which would be among the tallest in the city.

Image source, Birmingham City Council

The building would replace the former Irish centre in Digbeth after the previous owners moved to Kings Heath in December 2019.

It would contain 454 apartments, a gym, cinema, lounge and sky bar.

At 48 storeys, the building would have more floors than the 39 at 10 Holloway Circus, otherwise known as Beetham Tower or the 25 of the Rotunda.

Councillors are set to consider the application on 7 January with planning officials recommending they approve it., external

Image source, Birmingham City Council

BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester

A heritage railway has been forced to close "until further notice" after Shropshire and Worcestershire were moved to tier three Covid restrictions.

Image source, Ryan Green

The Severn Valley Railway said , externalthe rules, which mean households can't mix indoors, meant they could not run the railway.

Passengers who had bought tickets will be contacted about refunds.

The railway revealed earlier this year it was losing about £500,000 a month during the first lockdown closure.

BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester

A head teacher said there are "real challenges" facing his school to be able to carry out mass testing of pupils for the coronavirus when they return next term.

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The Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said there is "absolutely no reason" schools in England will not be ready to test and there was £78m of funding for schools to get testing up and running.

Andy Dickensen, head of The Chantry School, Martley, Worcester, said at the moment he did not know how they would carry it out and find the staff they need to test all 812 pupils.

"There are nice soundbites there from the government and it sounds great but the mass testing, I think is desirable, but I think to implement it we have got to do a lot of work to get it up and running," he said.

"We have some real challenges to understand mass testing better, we do not know all of the detail around that just yet."

A man has suffered serious injuries in an attack in Telford.

The 30-year-old was assaulted on Tuesday evening in a communal parking area off Highlander Drive, West Mercia Police said., external

His injuries are not thought to be life threatening.

Officers said a 44-year-old man has been arrested.

Hereford Times

From the Hereford Times:

• Police warning after plans for large New Year's Eve parties in Hereford reported, external
• Drink-driver jailed over Herefordshire crash he blamed on his dog, external
• Hereford man handed curfew after resisting police, external

A care home in Wellington has become the first in Shropshire to host Covid-19 vaccinations for its residents.

Image source, Telford and Wrekin Council

Wrekin Primary Care Network described the vaccinations, external at the Morris Care Centre as a huge step forward.

Two more GP practices in Telford also started to offer the vaccine this week following the first roll-out in mid-December.

The government is being urged to be more consistent with its messages over Covid restrictions.

Image source, Reuters

The chief executive of Coventry City Council said residents had suffered an "almost Hokey Cokey" of restrictions being toughened and relaxed.

Martin Reeves said consistency was vital to bring infection rates down with the city now in tier four.

"What we have seen is almost a Hokey Cokey where we have been in quite tough restrictions, slightly back out again then back in," he said.

"It has not been helpful in terms of businesses during an incredibly tough 11 months."