People who have received a coronavirus vaccination are being urged to be cautious and not change their behaviour.

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Prof Janet Lord, the director of the Institute of Inflammation and Ageing at Birmingham University, said it was "really important that people stay on their guard even if they've had that first vaccination".

Asked whether people who have received the jab can hug their children, she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "I would certainly advise not to do that at the moment because, as you probably know, with the vaccines they take several weeks before they are maximally effective."

She also warned against the idea of a coronavirus immunity passport until more is known about transmission of the virus among those who have been vaccinated.

Police say the woman, in her 30s, is recovering from "serious injuries".

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Homes and businesses are also at risk of flooding, it said.

The wet weather is expected to affect the region from late on Tuesday into early Thursday as Storm Christoph affects the UK.

A yellow warning has been issued.

Graffiti has been daubed on rocks at a Staffordshire beauty spot.

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Rocks at The Roaches, near Leek, were damaged at some point between 17:00 GMT on Saturday and early Sunday morning, said Staffordshire Police.

The force is asking for anyone with information to come forward.

The forthcoming sixth series of Peaky Blinders will be the last, writer and creator Steven Knight has confirmed.

The BBC crime drama set in Birmingham has resumed filming after being hit by Covid-related production delays.

Knight said the show was "back with a bang" and warned fans the mobsters would face "extreme jeopardy" in the sixth and final season.

He teased that while the TV series is coming to an end, "the story will continue in another form".

BBC News Travel

Flooding has closed a stretch of the A34 Talke Road in Staffordshire.

It is closed from the A500 Talke roundabout and Parkhouse Road West.

There is also no access to the A34 from the A500.

BBC Weather

It will be a mild and cloudy day with brisk southwesterly winds and a few showers before heavier rain moves in later, with highs of 11°C (52°F).

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BBC News

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Warren Bridgen was diagnosed with depression after the pandemic forced the shop he works in to shut.

Days after the birth of his first child, Owen Murray was told the cancer he has is terminal.

Sandwell public health director Dr Lisa McNally also condemns vaccine sceptics amid social media abuse.

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BBC News

We'll be back tomorrow from 08:00 with the latest updates for the West Midlands.

BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester

Replica Victorian gas lamps could be installed in one of Malvern's railway stations under plans to revamp the Grade II listed building.

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The town already has more than 100 gas lamps spread across the area with one said to have been the inspiration for C.S. Lewis's Narnia books.

The Friends of Malvern Railway Group is working with Network Rail on upgrading the Great Malvern station.

Michael Pritchard, from the group, said the proposed lights would not be gas-powered but should still fit in with the town's heritage.

"They will not be gas of course because gas is no longer available or even desirable but they will be LED-powered with modern electronics and I think will look exactly right from outside," he said.

BBC Weather Watchers

Our BBC Weather Watchers not only keep us updated with their local weather forecast, many of them also upload great photos from across the region.

Here are three picked from today's selection, from users Reynard in Kinver, Staffordshire; Peter Steggles, in Rushbury, Shropshire; and Cumulo, in Ledbury, Herefordshire:

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BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester

One hundred acres of farmland on the edge of Hereford could be turned into flood plain meadows if a campaign group is successful.

The Friends of Bartonsham Meadows group was set up in early 2020 and wants to manage the land in a more environmentally friendly way.

The area it is looking at had been used to graze dairy cows until last year and is currently sub-let for arable farming.

The group is working with Herefordshire Wildlife Trust and will hold an online question and answer session on Thursday. , external

It hopes to be able to take over the lease and install ponds, scrubland and reed beds to encourage more wildlife as well as keeping access for people who use it for walking and running every day.

Ruth Westoby, from the group, says the current mood over climate change chimes with what they want to do.

"What we would like to do here fits with political objectives locally, regionally and nationally and internationally, so this is a really exciting project," she said.

Local Democracy Reporting Service
Keri Trigg

A "mad scramble" is on to find somewhere to host Covid vaccinations in north east Shropshire after the NHS rejected several locations.

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Market Drayton town councillors said they were worried elderly and vulnerable residents were having to travel to Gobowen, Shrewsbury or Telford to receive their jabs.

Councillor David Minnery said: "One property which I can’t identify was put forward but they didn’t like it, so there’s a mad scramble going on to find something more suitable."

The meeting heard several places had not met the right criteria for the NHS but health bosses were looking at options including nearby cottage hospitals.

Mayor Roy Aldcroft added people unable to attend the current vaccine centres did have the option to postpone their jabs until appointments were being offered locally.

Shropshire Star

The Shropshire Star has been covering these stories today:

• Man arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life after tent set on fire, external
• Cyclist attacks woman after she asks him to slow down in Ironbridge, external
• Shropshire Council confirms plan to leave Shirehall HQ for Pride Hill Shopping Centre, external

Keelan Wilson, 15, was stabbed more than 40 times in a planned attack in Wolverhampton.

Police have described the killers of 15-year-old Keelan Wilson as a "pack of animals".

Hull City sign Birmingham City midfielder Dan Crowley on loan until the end of the season.