A 17-year old boy has been treated for stab injuries following a robbery near a Warwickshire park.

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Three teenagers were targeted by a gang of six or seven males while walking through a tunnel from the Pingles running track in the direction of Riversley park, in Nuneaton, at about 18:00 GMT on Saturday, police say.

Three 17-year-olds and two boys aged 16 have been arrested on suspicion of robbery and released on bail, said Warwickshire Police.

The victim was treated in hospital and since been discharged.

A race meeting at Ludlow in Shropshire has been abandoned tomorrow.

The course has been affected by frost in the ground.

The next scheduled race day is 21 January.

A 59-year-old man is held by police after police find a body in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

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Some of the Birmingham Live headlines today include:

• Hospital video 'idiots' condemned by furious medics battling to save lives, external
• Six parts of the West Midlands with Covid-19 rate over 800, external
• 'Never seen it so quiet' - Birmingham mums say some school gates deserted as kids kept off, external

Chiltern Railways is running a reduced service from today, because of an increase in sickness and the number of staff having to isolate because of coronavirus.

The train company says there will be 42 fewer trains each weekday and is advising customers to check before travelling.

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A regional health chief has backed calls for teachers to be prioritised in the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccination.

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Dr Lisa McNally, Sandwell's public health director, says she feels it would bring "enormous benefit" to have teachers vaccinated as soon as possible, with the desired effect being a reduction in the disruption to education.

Some schools in the West Midlands remain closed today following the Christmas break, and the leader of Birmingham City Council has demanded a new national lockdown.

Dr McNally said: “I’d love to see us prioritise school staff for Covid vaccination. I think we could get this done quickly, vaccinating whole school teams at once.

“I think it would bring enormous benefit – including significant reduction in school closures by February if we acted now.”

Icy stretches are likely to cause difficult travel conditions in parts of Staffordshire, the Met Office is warning.

A yellow warning for ice, external has been issued from 16:00 today until 11:00 tomorrow.

We shared earlier that the leader of Birmingham City Council Ian Ward has called for a full lockdown of the type seen in March.

He's continuing to make his case today, pointing out how intensive care beds are almost completely taken up across a swathe of the city and wider region.

He said University Hospitals Birmingham Trust had 98% of its intensive care beds occupied, while Sandwell and West Birmingham Trust had all of its intensive care beds occupied.

Public Health England figures show in the seven days to 30 December, Sandwell had a coronavirus rate of 557.7 per 100,000 population, up from 346.6 the previous week - a leap of 61%. Birmingham has seen a 46% leap, with the latest figure showing a rate of 477.

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"We really are back in the situation we were in last March and April," Mr Ward told BBC WM.

"The Government needs to recognise where we are and unfortunately we need another lockdown.

"For a period - probably it's going to be a period of over a month, I would suggest - but we need the Government to act now to keep people safe."

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This morning, we're sharing views on the debate over whether primary schools should be shut under current Covid restrictions or continue teaching all pupils.

Some primary schools in the West Midlands have remained closed this morning after the Christmas break.

Single mother Shaz, who has MS, is among those to get in touch. She says she would prefer that her four-year-old son didn't go to school this week.

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"I am currently on immunosuppressants which makes me clinically extremely vulnerable.

"I do not wish to send my child to school, as even though he's less likely to have serious infection, I am [more likely]."

"School closures should have been put in place a long time ago.

"Maybe we are seeing a surge in cases due to them being open, with parents still not following social distancing and also children unable to follow it too."

A Department for Education spokesman said: "Children's education has consistently been a national priority, which is why we want classrooms to reopen wherever possible in the new term.

"Schools will continue to implement appropriate safety measures to help mitigate the risk of transmission."

Are you a parent of schoolchildren? Or are you a teacher? How will the latest advice affect you? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk, external.

Amid the 180,000 elderly women to be domestically abused in 2019-20, one tells her story.

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Three primary schools in Telford have decided not to reopen tomorrow due to concerns over whether pupils should be returning under the current Covid restrictions.

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Both Woodlands Primary School , externaland Sir Alexander Fleming Primary School, external said they would only be open on Tuesday for children of key workers and vulnerable pupils.

Donnington Wood CE Juniors said, external in a letter to parents the school would stay shut until at least 18 January and would open only for those in similar circumstances.

Telford and Wrekin Council said, external it would support head teachers with whatever decisions they made.

The Department for Education said closing should only be a "last resort".

The leader of Birmingham City Council says another full lockdown is needed as the city's hospitals reach capacity due to coronavirus.

Speaking to BBC WM, Ian Ward said government action was needed now and not in several weeks.

Coronavirus rates are rising across the West Midlands and the NHS is under "intensive pressure", he said.

"We're not in a position here to wait until the overall case rate gets up into the thousands where it is in some London boroughs.

"We need decisive action now."

A headteacher says she has been left feeling "sick with anxiety" at the uncertainty surrounding the opening of primary schools in England.

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Bryony Baynes, head of Kempsey Primary School in Worcestershire, said she felt "frustrated" by what she called a lack of leadership and another potential last-minute change.

The school is open for teacher training today after the Christmas break, with a full opening due on Tuesday.

"I emailed all my staff last night because I am aware that the NEU (National Education Union) has issued guidance letters and all of my staff are committed to being in school.

"They are, as I am, very anxious, but are determined to do their best for the children in our care.

"I am not an epidemiologist - I trained to be a teacher, not to study viruses. I have to depend on the DfE and my local authority to lead me and, at the moment, I don't feel that leadership is clear."

Domestic abuse among older people is on the rise, figures suggest. Among victims was Sarah*, who left her abusive husband in her seventies, after 55 years of marriage.

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She was not allowed to paint her nails, wear perfume or go to bed until her husband, Barry*, came home from the pub.

He never bought her birthday or Christmas presents. His behaviour was so controlling that he would draw a line around objects in the house to check whether she moved them while he was out.

Abuse by Barry, both mental and physical, began two years into their marriage. Never believing she had a way out, Sarah endured it almost daily for more than five decades.

But after once again being accused of moving a household object when he forbade her to do so, Sarah, 73, made up her mind to leave.

She fled more than 100 miles to her daughter's home in the West Midlands. There, she is ready to rebuild her life, free from fear.

You can read more on the story here.

A hospital trust in Warwickshire is set to be one of the first to begin administering the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab today, with 530,000 doses ready for use nationally.

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Dialysis patient Brian Pinker, 82, became the first person to receive this version of the vaccine at a hospital in Oxford earlier.

The George Eliot Hospital in Nuneaton will be one of six locations also giving out the vaccine today.

Chief executive Glen Burley said frontline healthcare workers would be among the first to receive the vaccine at the hospital.

"We're really pleased that we've been able to demonstrate that we're ready to take this this week and we've got sufficient doses to have a good start at it," he told BBC CWR.

Some primary schools across the West Midlands have remained closed amid the continuing row over whether pupils should return under the current Covid restrictions.

In Wolverhampton and Birmingham, schools have been told local councils would support a decision to not reopen fully.

Parents of pupils at four Birmingham primary schools run by Create Partnership Trust were told on Sunday the sites would not open at all this week due to lack of staff.

Brookfields Primary, Greet Primary, Conway Primary and Hodge Hill Primary are those that are closed.

Elsewhere in Birmingham, Lakey Lane in Hall Green and James Watt in Handsworth have also closed. You can read letters from those schools here...

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It will be a chilly day with the chance of showers and highs of 5°C (41°F).

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BBC News

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