Police officers in a Shropshire town are warning of traffic disruption caused by queues for a petrol station.

Officers in Newport say there are "significant" delays on Lower Bar and Salters Lane while drivers try to reach the Shell site.

It comes as some petrol stations have closed due to supply issues.

Patients could be prescribed cycling or walking by their GP as part of a new social prescribing scheme.

The plan hopes to help people in Birmingham and the Black Country get more active with free-to-access cycling and walking activities, such as walking groups and cycle training.

The new scheme has been launched by the Active Wellbeing Society working with the West Midlands Combined Authority to try to tackle issues such as obesity, inactivity and loneliness, which have been a factor for those hardest hit by the Covid 19 pandemic.

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The scheme will initially run through eight surgeries and health centres, where patients may be referred to non-clinical activities to combat physical or mental health issues.

Leila Yafai, senior social prescribing link worker, who works in Bordesley East, said: “Having witnessed the isolation and social, physical and mental impacts of the pandemic, social prescribing is a helping hand.”

Dr Subeena Suleman, clinical director at Iridium Medical Practice, added: “These services open up opportunities for people to get more physically active, where in a supported environment they are able to build their confidence and ability and can see genuinely life-changing results, not just in their physical health but in a range of ways.”

A victim of modern slavery has said he will never forget the 'tragic' conditions he lived in.

The 91-year-old got her booster in Coventry alongside the matron who administrated her first dose.

One man earned £900,000 in two years by exploiting the workers and skimming off their wages.

David Boswell has not been seen since flames broke out at a factory left too unsafe to access.

While some fuel stations report no petrol deliveries, others experience "panic buying".

Warwickshire beat Somerset at Edgbaston to pip Lancashire and win their first County Championship title in nine years.

Conservative councillor Angela Sandison steps down after criticism from parents and politicians.

Patients normally treated in Worcester are instead being sent 18 miles away to Redditch.

The 91-year-old got her booster in Coventry alongside the matron who administered her first dose.

Solihull council received more than 15 complaints following Angela Sandison's comments.

Coventry is set to celebrate the "Sound System" culture that came to the city more than 50 years ago.

Coventry City of Culture Trust is holding events this October and November to bring dub & roots and dancehall lovers together to celebrate the sounds of the city and the Caribbean.

It will highlight how West Indian arrivals to the city in the 1950s built their own sound systems with huge speakers and amps, introducing new reggae and ska music to local audiences at parties.

The music went on to inspire a wealth of art and culture, including 2-Tone.

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Chenine Bhathena, creative director of Coventry City of Culture Trust, said: “Coventry is a music city. Jamaican reggae culture is part our city’s cultural heritage."

Tickets for each event can be purchased online.

Queues are being reported at petrol stations across the West Midlands amid supply problems which have caused closures.

A "handful" of BP stations, and a small number of Esso-owned Tesco Alliance stations, were closed nationally on Thursday because of a lack of delivery drivers.

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said people should carry on buying petrol as normal.

Some stations, including those at Leamington Shopping Park in Leamington Spa, have seen queues of drivers trying to fill up.

The Road Haulage Association's Rod McKenzie said issues were being caused by a shortage of HGV drivers, and called for the government to relax visa restrictions for foreign workers in the short term to ease the problem.

The plans are backed despite concerns about the design of a three-storey apartment block.

The singer says she is not emotionally able to perform after her ex-band mate's death.

Merseytravel and Halton Council step in to save the Runcorn-to-Liverpool bus service.

A hospital consultant says colleagues "hang on by a thread" due to a raft of Covid and non-Covid issues.

A hospital consultant says workers at the QE in Birmingham are already under "immense" pressure.

Coroner Alison Mutch says delaying Yousef Makki's inquest until June is a "worst case scenario".