The proposed job losses will not affect manufacturing staff, the car maker says.

The royals thank medical staff while visiting a vaccine programme at a Birmingham hospital.

Two paramedics who won a wedding worth £10,000 in a competition have been forced to reschedule due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Megan Baker, 28, and Tristan Holmes, 31, were set to get married at the Rugby School tomorrow after they entered a contest open to NHS workers. Their first wedding scheduled for May was also cancelled due to the virus.

Mr Holmes said they have both had their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine and are hoping the roll-out means they will be able to have a bigger celebration on their new date in October.

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"Although we have had to reschedule we have not had to do anything, so we are feeling very lucky and looking forward to being married," he said.

The pair are currently on leave from work and Mr Holmes said they will mark the day tomorrow by walking their dogs and enjoying a glass of bubbly.

Current restrictions, external mean weddings or civil partnerships already booked can only go ahead in exceptional circumstances with up to six people.

Steve Nash was murdered the day after separating from his friend who was injured.

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• More Shropshire firms offered rapid Covid-19 testing for staff, external
• Hit-and-run victim near Shrewsbury complains to police over compensation claim, external
• Firms crippled by export rules, Shropshire Chamber of Commerce warns, external

Wasps winger Josh Bassett signs a new undisclosed-length contract with last season's Premiership runners-up Wasps

A Covid-19 testing site has been relocated after problems with heating.

Community testing, using the lateral flow tests which give results in about 30 minutes, had been ongoing at Burntwood Leisure Centre in Staffordshire.

But it has been moved to Lichfield City FC on Brownsfield Road until the heating issue has been resolved.

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Fourteen new Nightingale Courts, including in Birmingham and Wolverhampton, have been announced by the government to clear a backlog of more than 50,000 cases.

Event spaces in Birmingham and London are among the latest venues to be confirmed dealing with mostly non-custodial Crown Court cases.

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There will be three additional hearing spaces at Maple House in Birmingham (pictured) and two in Wolverhampton.

A total of 23 Nightingale Courts are now up and running.

Hearings in crown courts have slowed due to social distancing measures put in place limiting the numbers in court buildings for lawyers, defendants, witnesses and jurors.

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From the Express and Star:

• Only one in four Covid fines paid in West Midlands, external
• Jail for Black Country cannabis farmer put to work to pay back traffickers, external
• Lack of disabled access criticised as Wolverhampton train station work puts lift out of action, external

The southbound M6 has reopened in Cheshire after being shut since Tuesday afternoon due to two crashes.

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A fuel tanker hit a bridge and was torn open, spilling half its 28,000 litres across the motorway.

The other crash saw a van collide with a lorry carrying vodka and gin which spilt onto the road.

Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service said , externalthe road reopened just before midday on Wednesday.

The men beat Robert Morrison leaving him with broken ribs, police said.

The death of a man in Staffordshire is not being treated as suspicious, police say.

The 47-year-old was found on Laches Lane in Coven on Sunday morning but was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.

The force said he is yet to be formally identified and a file is being prepared for the coroner.

CCTV footage has been reviewed and house-to-house enquiries conducted by officers as they work to understand his movements before his death.

The man is described as wearing a navy blue tracksuit top with a white collar, white cuffs, waistband and zip, grey jogging bottoms, black trainers and black bag.

HMP Birmingham says it has started vaccinating people in the first four priority groups.

It added: "We aim to have all of those meeting this criteria vaccinated by the end of this week, in preparation for us to be able to vaccinate the next group in line with the community roll out."

Volunteers have been thanked for their efforts in helping to run Covid-19 vaccination sites.

At the County Showground in Stafford, over half of those on duty at any time can be volunteers, said Together We're Better, the region's sustainability and transformation partnership.

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Vaccination Centre Director, Steve Powell said: “They are pivotal to the success of the operation.

"They come from all walks of life and a wide range of ages, with some that are retired and others that have been furloughed.

"They are quite happy to roll up their sleeves to do whatever needs to be done to get as many people possible vaccinated.”

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Walsall head coach Brian Dutton says he was pleased with their second-half display, after they were beaten in his first game in charge, following Darrell Clarke's departure to Port Vale.

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Promotion-chasing Cheltenham won 2-1 at the Banks's Stadium in League Two, with Caolan Lavery putting the Saddlers ahead early on before debutants Sam Smith and Callum Wright found the target later in the first half.

Mark Coombs from Weymouth died when his motorcycle was in collision with a Land Rover.

BBC Midlands Today

Two testing sites set up to track cases of the South African variant of Covid-19 are due to shut.

More than 6,000 people have come forward to use the facilities in Fernhill Heath and at Sixways stadium in Worcestershire or were given a home testing kit.

The council has thanked local people and says that turnout means it can close the centres earlier than expected.

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Highways England is warning that the southbound M6 in Cheshire could be closed through the morning.

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It follows two crashes yesterday afternoon between junction 17 for Sandbach and 16.

One of the crashes involved a tanker, which hit a bridge and was torn open.

It was carrying 28,000 litres of fuel. Half of that ended up on the road.

The other crash involved a van and lorry. The van driver suffered serious injuries.

Brian Dutton suffers defeat in his first match in charge as Walsall are beaten by promotion-chasing Cheltenham.

Additional community testing is to take place in Norfolk, Southampton, Surrey and Manchester.