The arrangements are made after Ann Ruddock is given a week to live.

Coventry City striker Matt Godden signs a new deal with the Championship side until the summer of 2024.

Stoke-on-Trent Live

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

• 22,253 patients flood Royal Stoke A&E in one month as waits worst in six years, external
• Furious families fight plan for children's home in Stoke-on-Trent street, external
• Stoke-on-Trent children's nursery shuts without warning, external

Local Democracy Reporting Service

Health bosses have warned the amount of unvaccinated school children and young people in Walsall could be causing a spread of Covid-19 across the borough.

Members of Walsall’s Health and Wellbeing Board were told take up rates of the vaccine amongst 12-16-year-olds was “slow” with some schools reporting only one in three taking their jabs.

One of the issues cited is parents’ reluctance to let their children be vaccinated and even threatening to pull them out of school.

Latest figures show that, in the seven day period up to October 15, Walsall recorded overall rates of 408.1 cases per 100,000 population.

But statistics show the 10-14 year-old age group is the most affected in Walsall with rates reaching 1,625 per 100,000 during this month.

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West Midlands Police Ch Supt Phil Dolby told Tuesday’s meeting he had met with head teachers from schools and said in one case, only 500 pupils out of 1,500 eligible were going to take their jabs while other schools had similar numbers.

Mr Dolby said: “I do think it’s a real health issue for young people.

"It is appropriate for us to consider what kind of surveillance we might have around the reasons for that and what we might be able to do to address it.

Stephen Gunther, Walsall’s director of public health said: “It is really important to say vaccinations are our best and safest approach to reduce the virus and its spread but, more importantly, it’s impact."

Andrew Carvel built the ghost ship, which measures 30ft long, from scrap wood and pallets.

An arts project is documenting the hundreds of "demons and fantastic creatures" across the city.

An ice rink will be returning to Coventry Cathedral's ruins this winter.

The Coventry Glides rink, will be in place from 26 November, until 9 January.

It will open for one hour time slots, with prices starting from £5, and tickets can be booked from the Coventry 2021 website from next week.

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Chenine Bhathena, creative director of the Coventry City of Culture Trust, said: "We can’t wait to welcome the people of Coventry, and hopefully lots of new visitors, to take to the ice and enjoy themselves this festive season."

Councillor Abdul Salam Khan, deputy leader and cabinet member for events at Coventry City Council, added: "The ice rink proved really popular last year, and it is great to see it back to add some festive cheer."

Warwick has been the county town of Warwickshire for 1,100 years but seeks an upgrade from the Queen.

BBC Midlands Today

An appeal is being launched today for thousands of new blood donors in the West Midlands to reverse the decline in numbers that happened during the pandemic.

The NHS Blood and Transplant service said there was a massive drop in the number of donors in the region last year.

It has made thousands of new blood appointments available at its Birmingham centre and stated it was particularly looking for more black donors to help treat sickle cell patients.

Stoke City midfielder Nick Powell will be out for up to eight weeks with a cracked fibula bone in his right leg.

A housing boss calls on the government to reform supported housing in the UK.

Nearly 1,500 suspected drug traffickers have been arrested, while weapons including zombie knives and samurai swords were seized, in a week-long county lines crackdown by police across England and Wales.

From 11-17 October, West Midlands Police raided the homes, external of people suspected of running cannabis, crack cocaine and heroin supply networks.

The force said it arrested 143 people, seized 630 wraps of Class A drugs and 3,400 cannabis plants, plus recovered weapons, including firearms and more than 30 knives and machetes.

The force worked alongside police in Warwickshire, West Mercia and Staffordshire and recovered nearly £30,000 in cash and dozens of suspected burner phones suspected of being used as drugs hotlines.

Supt Wendy Bailey said: "Last week was really successful, we executed 43 warrants as we went after offenders and ran operations at transport hubs, and on the road and rail network, looking for people moving drugs."

The 99-acre project would have generated power for 8,650 homes, its proponents say.

Wasps sign former Bath outside back Alex Gray and Hartpury College fly-half Tommy Mathews on short-term contracts.

A Worcestershire family are on a waiting list for a new property - joining thousands of others.

Glenn Williams admitted targeting a 75-year-old woman as she walked across a car park in Cheshire.

The man and his passenger Paige Rice were killed in the crash in the tunnel under the River Mersey.

Rob da Bank says he is "so excited" to announce the launch of the second event at Weston Park.

The 10 men were members of organised crime gangs in Lincolnshire and the West Midlands.