A councillor says she has evidence of "concerning" cases in Shropshire.

A school's relationships programme says gay and lesbian people cannot marry or have sex.

Rob McBride records ancient and culturally significant trees along Offa's Dyke.

The granddaughter of Richard Hall, killed at random as he walked, describes her family's pain.

Terry Cole asked Bob Munn to join him and his family when the Royal Oak closed for lockdown.

Mohammed Ishfaq pleads guilty to causing death by dangerous driving.

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BBC News

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BBC Weather

This grey cloud is forecast to remain with us through the weekend, with temperatures unlikely to rise much about 6C (43F).

Overnight, temperatures are likely to drop below freezing and looking further ahead we're forecast rain next week.

You can find out more about the forecast in your area by clicking on this link.

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Local Democracy Reporting Service

Telford and Wrekin Council has said it had "no choice" but to raise taxes by nearly 5%.

The councillor responsible for finances, Rae Evans, suggested authorities announcing lower rises might be doing it for political gain.

The Conservative opposition leader, Nigel Dugmore, said: “Politicians on all sides agree now is not the time to increase financial pressures on individuals while the pandemic is still with us."

And he said the increase was a "kick in the teeth to hard-pressed residents who have managed to negotiate their finances through the impact of the pandemic and a killer punch to those who have not."

Local Democracy Reporting Service

Student parties in Birmingham have become a problem in the last month, the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner has said.

David Jamieson said nearly 40 officers were called out to deal with them last week, with the Birmingham University and Aston University students the worst offenders.

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Mr Jamieson also said police "should not be the first port of call" for these incidents and added: "These matters should be largely for the universities to deal with and those people who run the halls of residence, many of whom are private contractors."

This year's Ludlow Food Festival is expected go ahead, the organisers have said.

It's due to take place in September, well after the current coronavirus restrictions are due to end and events manager Hannah James said the Magnalonga Food Walk in August would also go ahead.

The food events have been on hold since last March and this year's Ludlow Spring Festival in May has also been cancelled.

A health and beauty clinic advertises the AstraZeneca vaccine for £149 on its website.

A hospital boss has described how his staff have "performed a miracle" in the 12 months since the hospital saw the first death of a patient who had tested positive for coronavirus.

Prof David Loughton of the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, told a weekly Covid-19 briefing: "On Sunday at 1pm it will be exactly a year ago I got the call I was dreading, and I came in for the first death.

"As I was driving in I had the same doubts most people would have had - I thought to myself how am I going to lead 10,500 people into the unknown."

He went on to describe how staff had been redeployed to deal with the pandemic, saying dental nurses had been working in intensive care units along with consultants "acting down" as nurses.

"No one came into the NHS to see death on this scale," he added.

"Staff have performed a miracle to get us through this."

BBC Hereford and Worcester

The Wye Valley NHS Trust says more than 2,000 people in Herefordshire have now been waiting for hospital treatment for more than a year.

The trust's managing director Jane Ives said discussions are under way with clinical teams at Hereford County Hospital as to how to reduce what she described as "a huge backlog".

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Ms Ives said part of the problem was the withdrawal of national funding to help discharge patients, as well as a lack of national guidance on how to deal with the waiting list.

Birmingham Live

Here are three stories from the Birmingham Live website today:

• Drug dealer mowed down and killed 'much loved' grandmother, external
• Hospital to repay gran after '£2k jewellery disappears', external
• First picture of woman found dead at Burton home, external

Local Democracy Reporting Service

A Black Country authority wants plans for 3,000 homes on green belt land in Shropshire to be revived.

Shropshire Council decided against including the 'garden village' at Tong in the latest version of its development plan for the county, arguing there isn't enough justification to build there.

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The council's local plan includes 1,500 homes and 30 hectares of employment land for the Association of Black Country Authorities (ABCA), which is not able to meet its housing need within its own boundaries.

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council leader, Patrick Harley said that's not enough and has suggested another 1,500 homes could be built on land around Shifnal and Bridgnorth,

Shropshire Council leader Peter Nutting said: “I am disappointed by this objection and don’t think Shropshire should be expected to find space for the extra housing required by the urban area around Birmingham."

BBC Hereford and Worcester

Worcester Warriors captain Ted Hill will return to lead the side in tomorrow's Gallagher Premiership match against Bristol Bears at Sixways.

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Hill is one of three changes, with Beck Cutting coming in at hooker in place of Niall Annett and Perry Humphreys returning on the wing, with Nick David switching to full back.

BBC Radio Stoke Sport

Port Vale goalkeeper Scott Brown has said the club's recruitment over the last couple of years has been "really, really poor".

He said the majority of the team which started the season had been there since Neil Aspin's spell as manager and added "that's not good enough."

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Port Vale are now starting again under new manager Darrell Clarke and Brown said the club's transfer dealing is "something that needs to improve".

Shropshire Star

Here are three stories from the Shropshire Star today:

• Shrewsbury riverside revamp plan unveiled, external
• ‘Grave concern’ at Shrewsbury cinema bid, external
• Criticism over 'crime-reduction' alley gate scheme, external

BBC Radio Stoke

The proposed 1% pay rise for NHS workers has been criticised by the chief executive of the University Hospitals of North Midlands Trust.

Tracy Bullock said: "I don't think it recognises what our NHS staff have done or have been through during this time."

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Ms Bullock also said her staff "have been at the coal face, at the wrong end of this" and on top that have "suffered their own personal tragedies.

The government has said that the pay rise is all it can afford, but the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) called the proposed rise "pitiful", arguing that its members should get 12.5% instead.