With schools closed to most students, young people are getting to grips with remote learning.

A blind social media star could wait years for a new guide dog due to delays linked to the pandemic.

Bristol City beat Aston Villa 2-1 to become the first team into the Women's Continental League Cup semi-finals.

Warwickshire will become the first county to adopt the Rooney Rule in their search for a new first-team coach.

Doctors are trying to tackle anti-vaccine messages and misinformation being spread online.

Coventry City loan winger Marcel Hilssner to Oldham Athletic on a deal until the end of the season.

Sheffield Wednesday postpone games against Coventry City and Wycombe Wanderers because of positive Covid-19 tests.

Joshua Sanna was killed in a crash on the A50 in Stoke-on-Trent in April 2018.

Australian superstar Greg Inglis' decision to come out of retirement with Warrington shows his hunger, writes BBC rugby league correspondent Dave Woods.

Eighteen cases of Covid-19 are recorded in Premiership Rugby's latest round of tests on Monday.

New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton is increasing its ICU capacity by 200% to cope with more cases.

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A Wolverhampton secondary school has been given permission for four extra classrooms.

Edmund’s Catholic Academy, in Compton Park, has also been given planning permission for a new changing room and an extension to its dining room.

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Total pupil numbers are estimated to reach 1,170 by 2025 and it already has 995 pupils - 100 more than the building was designed for.

The school said it would take on 16 extra staff as a result of the expansion.

Police said the Midlands pair found in Brixham had "no excuse to be so far from home".

The BBC is launching a temporary local radio station in Wolverhampton on Friday.

BBC Radio Wolverhampton will be broadcast on DAB radio and online between 06:00 and 14:00 with presenters Elise Evans and Letitia George.

Another local station will be launched in Sunderland and the plan is for them to broadcast until March.

Both stations will provide local news and sport.

Chris Burns, head of BBC Local Radio, said: “Listeners will get more localised news and information from the BBC.

"They will get a better sense of what is happening in their area and will feel more in touch with their community even as they stay at home.”

Richard Hall's body was found near the summit of Brown Clee hill in Shropshire in August.

Cheshire council leaders warn lockdown guidance leaves too many areas of "uncertainty" for police.

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Here are three stories from the Shropshire Star today:

• Plea to follow rules as ambulances queue up outside A&E, external
• Off-duty firefighter saves two canoeists, external
• New Covid guidance will put 'increased strain' on fire service, external

Customers raised a glass of milk as a milkman who died suddenly made a final round aboard his float.

The store is thought to be the first supermarket in the country to offer the vaccination.

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A Sikh community centre in Wednesfield which was supposed to open as a coronavirus testing centre this week has been declared unsuitable by the Department for Health.

Ward councillor Bhupinder Gakhal said he was "really surprised" and said "the Guru Nanak Gurdwara had kindly donated the community centre free of charge and it was all set up and ready to go."

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Mr Gakhal said the process of recruiting volunteers for the centre had had already begun and he hoped they would be willing to work at an alternative venue, when one is found.

He said he hadn't been told why the community centre on Rookery Street was unsuitable.