Organisers say the new date gives them "the most realistic opportunity" to hold the festival.

Worcester News

Here are some of the stories on the Worcester News website:

• University of Worcester lecturer calls for Uber Eats boycott, external
• How many South African variant cases do we have in Worcester?, external
• WCG calls for patience after criticism of Malvern Hills College closure, external

Premierships side Wasps sign Ospreys tight-head prop Nicky Thomas on a short-term loan deal.

Express and Star

Here are some of the stories from the Express & Star website:

• Four men taken to hospital after triple stabbing in Smethwick, external
• Nine in 10 over 70s vaccinated against Covid in region, external
• Infections falling but still too high, external

This year's Birmingham Pride event has been pushed back until September.

It was due to be held on 29 and 30 May, but the organisers made the change after the government announced large scale events could return from 21 June.

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The organisers said in a tweet, external: "We firmly believe that delaying until later in September gives us the most realistic opportunity to finally deliver a safe and enjoyable Pride for us all."

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Aston Villa's Tyreik Wright, who is currently on loan at Walsall, reports racist online abuse to West Midlands Police.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

Council tax bills for the average Coventry resident will rise by an extra £60 from April.

The proposed 4.9% rise was approved by all but one councillor at a meeting on Tuesday.

Residents in Band A and B properties – the most common in Coventry – will now pay an extra £1.25 a week.

An adult social care precept of 3% is included in the rise, which council bosses say will generate £4.3m to help meet rising social care costs.

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The city’s trade unions also opposed the rise and called for a campaign for increased government funding.

Cabinet member for finance councillor Richard Brown said the decision had "not been made lightly".

A pre-budget gap of £6m – initially £19m – was closed after use of £2.9m council reserves, government funding and "techinical savings", the meeting heard.

Jonathan Gullis was barred from speaking in the House of Commons until he had put on a jacket.

HS2 will not be a "rich man's business-class railway", according to the boss of the firm developing the project.

Mark Thurston, chief executive of HS2 Ltd, said the ticketing structure would ensure trains can be used by "all working people".

The level of HS2 fares and whether trains will have first-class compartments has not been decided.

Opponents of the railway have claimed tickets will be significantly more expensive than for conventional trains to help pay for the railway.

The government-commissioned Oakervee Review warned in 2018 HS2's final bill could reach £106bn at 2019 prices.

During a virtual appearance at the National Rail Recovery Conference, Mr Thurston insisted it "needs to be an affordable railway" so it becomes "an integral part of the rail network".

Aerial footage has shown the London to Birmingham leg of the HS2 high-speed rail network and the state of its construction.

The move would see the Coventry store become one of the biggest venues of its kind in the world.

BBC Radio WM

BBC Radio Wolverhampton helped arrange a surprise for arguably the biggest Wolves fan in America.

Logan Navarro is a nine-year-old YouTuber from Los Angeles whose commentary of Joao Moutinho's goal against Arsenal has been viewed 11,000 times on social media.

He now has hundreds of subscribers to his channel, which is all about his love of Nuno’s team.

This morning he heard from Ruben Neves who recorded a message for him.

Neves said he enjoyed watching his YouTube channel and appreciated him waking up very early in the US to watch Wolves play.

Logan was a little lost for words afterwards and said he was very grateful for the surprise.

BBC News

Covid-testing in schools comes with a "myriad of concerns", the chief executive of the Marches Academy Trust in Shropshire has said.

Sarah Finch, who has teenage children herself, said: "There's the vulnerable children, the children in challenging circumstances, whether they'll be given the encouragement to the tests, the space to do the tests.

"Things are very fraught at certain times in some families."

Pupils at the Sir John Talbot School told BBC news they thought children would get used to it when everyone was doing it.

Brooke (pictured below) said: "I think some people will complain, but they're going to do it by the end anyway."

Local Democracy Reporting Service

Plans for a hydro-electric turbine in Shrewsbury which were shelved in 2017 could be resurrected.

The original plans, put forward by a community group, were abandoned when changes to energy tariffs made it financially unviable.

The town council has now committed about £30,000 to see if the scheme could be revived.

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Council leader Labour's Alan Mosley said “The climate emergency makes it vital that we move to much more green energy and the hydro scheme at the weir will make a good local contribution to our objectives."

And he said it would generate enough electricity to power the equivalent of about 400 homes every year.

The Albany Theatre, in Coventry, has been given £2.9m to pay for redevelopment work.

The money from the city council was approved in a meeting on Tuesday night, with some of the money coming from the City of Culture fund.

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Work can now begin to improve the Studio Theatre, create three new studios, a new café and improved audience and community facilities.

A boundary review suggests merging the rowdy local authority with neighbouring Wilmslow.

Stoke-on-Trent Live

Some of the Stoke-on-Trent Live headline today include:

• Pregnant mum with toddler grabbed by two men in 'attempted mugging' near Tunstall Matalan, external

• Landlord drills through wall to discover cannabis factory in house next door, external
• North Staffordshire sees lowest weekly death toll this year as 39 Covid patients die, external

A new centre for the West Midlands' creative industries could be opened as soon as next year.

The hub, which has been made possible due to £3m from the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership, will be based in the Digbeth area of Birmingham.

The project hopes to attract some big media names to the city while keeping the region's creative talent here.

Neil Duncanson, from North One, a Birmingham-based production company, says the region has so much to offer.

"I've watched as one after another production company has disappeared. Some go out of business completely, some have moved to London [and] some have moved elsewhere but they're starting to drift away.

"It was clear to me that if we didn't do something quite seminal immediately, that there would not be an industry left."

BBC Radio WM

Nine-year-old Logan Navarro, from Los Angeles, started supporting Wolves four years ago after finding them on the Fifa video games.

He now has a YouTube channel where he reviews the games and has gained hundreds of subscribers from the Black Country.

To thank Logan for his passionate support, BBC Radio Wolverhampton got in contact with the club to arrange a special surprise which you can hear on the Breakfast show today.

BBC Weather

Today we are forecast cloudy skies and some light showers, with temperatures up to 15C (59F).

There will also be a light breeze.

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An early goal-fest sets Shrewsbury Town on their way to a convincing 4-2 home win over in-form MK Dons.