A doctor says Stoke-on-Trent South has lost out to more affluent areas of North Staffordshire.

Warwickshire begin work on the second £93m phase of their three-phase 'Masterplan' to transform their Edgbaston home.

Passenger numbers on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway dropped by 77% in 2020.

An Asda store in Birmingham will be the first supermarket in the country to offer coronavirus vaccinations.

NHS England has approved the use of the store as a vaccination centre and the retailer said it will be open from 08:00 to 20:00, seven days a week.

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The centre will be able to administer 250 Pfizer/BioNTech jabs per day from 25 January.

Asda said it wouldn't reveal which store until closer to the time on the advice of NHS England, because of concerns staff would be bombarded with requests for appointments.

A stranded motorist's decision to enter a river while out for a drive was "disappointing", police say.

Coventry Live

Here are three stories from Coventry Live:

• Coventry retirement complex set for green light, external
• Murder trial jury shown CCTV of fatal incident, external
• Manufacturer Covrad goes into administration, external

BBC Weather

We're forecasting some light rain today, but it should be a bit warmer than yesterday with temperatures up to 8C (46F).

Tomorrow we're expecting more of the same, but Friday should be drier.

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Joanne Gallacher
Political reporter, BBC Radio Shropshire

Shropshire's chief fire officer Rod Hammerton is worried new coronavirus rules for firefighters will put a “strain” on the service in the county.

At the weekend, Public Health England changed the guidelines and now anyone travelling on a fire engine with a colleague, who subsequently tests positive for Covid-19, needs to self-isolate for 10 days.

Before the rules changed at the weekend, staff were advised they didn't need to be treated as close contacts because they routinely wear full fire kit, surgical face coverings and gloves.

Some on-call firefighters may be financially worse off if they’re isolating and unable to work as a result of the new rules.

The fire service has pledged to support them and is calling for firefighters to be vaccinated.

A clean-up operation at a nature reserve has cost the taxpayer more than £25,000, a council says.

Everton maintain their challenge for a Champions League spot with victory at Wolves thanks to Michael Keane's 77th-minute winner.

Figures reveal raw sewage was discharged into the water more than 1,000 times in 2019.

A leaked memo warns several Birmingham hospitals risk being "overwhelmed" by coronavirus patients.

Earlier this month videos showing supposed empty hospitals were shared on social media.

PureGym says the first vaccination centre in one of its buildings could open "in a matter of days".

Shabaz Ali was jailed after the car he was travelling in to buy drugs crashed, killing a teenager.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

Coventry's transport museum is to become a coronavirus testing station, capable of carrying out 1,300 tests a day.

It will take over from the existing centre in Coventry University’s Priory Building, which opened last month.

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The Transport Museum, run by Culture Coventry, is closed at the moment due to the pandemic.

Two new testing centres are due to open at the Indian Community Centre in Foleshill and the Moat House Leisure and Neighbourhood Centre in Henley on 18 January.

Jill Carvell is sentenced to 18 months in prison over the crash in Dudley.

Birmingham Live

Here are three of the stories from the Birmingham Live website today:

• Man weeps in court over pal's torture, external
• Mum shares shocking free school meal food parcel, external
• M5 crash in Worcestershire, external

BBC CWR

The Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance is expecting a drop of more than £2m in income because of the pandemic lockdowns.

It also said it has carried out more than 1,367 operations in 2020, with almost 400 of them in Warwickshire.

The service, which does not receive any government funding, relies entirely on voluntary donations and support from communities.

BBC Radio Shropshire

The size of classes during the most recent lockdown is causing concerns for teachers with some saying classroom sizes have risen by more than 50%

Tom Plim, head teacher at Highley Primary School in Shropshire said: "In March we ran a single group for key worker children and vulnerable children and never had more than 10 children in school. This time, we have 5 groups of up to 15 at any one time."

In Shrewsbury, staff at Mount Pleasant Primary sent a letter to parents to say the school is running at 40% capacity, with some classes up to 63%.

More professions have been added to the key worker list and children classed as vulnerable now include those without broadband, no remote device and no quiet place to work.