Shropshire Star

Here are some of the stories on the Shropshire Star website today:

• £100 Telford vaccination centre parking fines cancelled as 'gesture of goodwill', external
• New gardens at Shropshire hospitals will honour Captain Sir Tom Moore, external
• Police raid sophisticated Telford drugs farm, external

Artura Busma was found with injuries to his body and head in Wolverhampton in April.

A post-mortem examination found Artura Busma had suffered blunt force trauma to his head and body.

Simon Wilkins, 28, who did not know his victim, is jailed for more than 17 years.

Rob Lamb, a 58-year-old Scotsman, was greeted back home by applause and bagpipes.

The post office owner says he feels "not so alone" after the community helped to raise money.

A 15-year-old cyclist was taken to hospital after a collision with a White Skoda in Telford.

West Mercia Police said it happened on First Avenue, Ketley Bank, just before 21:30 GMT on Thursday.

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PC Matthew Jones said the boy was in a stable condition.

Anyone with information or dashcam footage has been asked to contact the force.

Rob Lamb suffered a spinal cord injury in October, leaving him paralysed from the chest down.

Stoke-on-Trent Live

Here are some of the stories on the Stoke-on-Trent Live website today:

• Family lead tributes after sudden death of ‘gentle and loving’ hairdresser, external
• Bride-to-be in tears as hotel 'moves her wedding for dance competition', external
• Delays expected as five weeks of roadworks hit this busy Stoke-on-Trent junction, external

BBC local radio will continue to broadcast ball-by-ball county cricket commentary for the next four seasons.

With fewer than 500 days to go to the 2022 Games, here's a video update of the work under way at the Perry Barr stadium.

Plans to almost quadruple its size were approved last year.

Permanent capacity will increase to 18,000, with temporary seating taking it up to a limit of 40,000 spectators.

Birmingham Live

Here are some of the stories on Birmingham Live website today:

• Birmingham Commonwealth Games mascot announced as Perry the Bull, external
• Fraudsters used cloned cards to swindle £10,000 from shops, external
• Drunk driver with kids in car threatens to sue police after being pulled over, external

A mobile unit offering rapid testing for Covid-19 has been set up in Wolverhampton.

Anyone without symptoms is invited to get tested at the site, at Rocket Pool Strengthening Families Hub, in Bradley.

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A teenage girl was grabbed during an attempted kidnap in Coventry, police say.

The West Midlands force has issued CCTV images of a man they would like to speak to in connection with the 12 February incident.

It is thought she was approached in St James Lane in the city.

BBC Radio Stoke

A woman has been arrested on suspicion of poisoning after a man was found in cardiac arrest.

Staffordshire Police officers were called by the ambulance service to a property in Rowhurst Crescent, Newcastle-under-Lyme, at 16:45 GMT on Sunday.

The man in his 30s was taken to hospital where he was in a critical condition, the force said.

A 43-year-old woman from Newcastle-under-Lyme was arrested and remains in police custody.

The force said she was arrested on suspicion of "section 23 offences", or maliciously administering poison, as to endanger life or inflict grievous bodily harm., external

Emma Lou, 10, won a national competition to design the mascot for the 2022 games.

BBC Weather

It will be a dry day with occasional bright spells and highs of 13°C (50 to 55°F)

The latest news and updates from across the West Midlands and south Cheshire.

Areema Nasreen was one of the youngest NHS workers to die of Covid-19 at the start of the pandemic.

The chimes of the 118-year-old Jewellery Quarter clock are to ring out for the first time in 30 years.