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Employers in Stratford-upon-Avon are hoping the town's annual Mop Fair will help them find new staff.

A recruitment event is being staged alongside the funfair to help fill vacancies in a variety of sectors including care and hospitality.

The number of job vacancies in the UK has hit a record high, according to the latest official figures.

Vacancies hit 1.1 million between July and September, the Office for National Statistics said, the highest level since records began in 2001.

Three men have been arrested and remain in police custody, West Mercia Police says.

PC Holly Necchi came to the aid of PC Paul Newman during a struggle in a storm drain.

Joanne Cole, from Stafford, is believed to be the first woman to give birth successfully with MND.

Wasps ask rugby authorities to rule on the acceptability of fans' Native American headdresses ahead of the visit of Exeter Chiefs.

BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester

A public consultation's started on big changes to schools in the Pershore area.

Students in the town have tended to follow a three-tier route, where pupils attend first school and middle school before going to high school.

But Worcestershire County Council says schools have asked it to review a "fragmented and confusing system", and look at changing the area to primaries and secondaries instead.

The consultation runs until 26 November and a final decision will be made in February.

The driver, a 67-year-old man, was later arrested on suspicion of drink driving, police say.

The Rocket Club in Birmingham has seen a temporary suspension of its licence overturned.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

People will be able to return to Stone town centre to see the Christmas lights switched on next month after the annual festive celebration was put back on the calendar by public demand.

Stone Town Council was considering a second virtual Christmas light switch-on event this year after members raised concerns about the prospect of thousands of people gathering while Covid-19 remained an issue.

But residents and traders called for the council to have a rethink on its plans for this year and at this month’s Stone Town Council meeting members voted to bring back the main event for November.

It will take place on 25 November and there will also be a virtual switch-on.

Alcester's Court Leet is mainly ceremonial but has some powers in the Warwickshire town.

Inspectors say the school's assessment of potential risk to pupils has been ineffective.

Proposals to extend an order that aims to reduce anti-social behaviour in West Bromwich town centre will be discussed next week.

The area has been covered by a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) for the past three years.

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On 20 October, Sandwell Council's cabinet will make a decision on whether to renew it following a public consultation which the council says has shown ongoing support for the continuation of the order.

The borough's community safety boss, Councillor Bob Piper, said residents and businesses have shown "huge support" for the scheme and it has "helped address anti-social behaviour and residents’ concerns relating to harassment, alarm or distress and aggressive or fraudulent begging".

Artist Anthony Luvera wants to make the homeless more visible and to tell their stories.

BBC Radio Shropshire

Two friends from Bridgnorth who spent a day sitting on each of the 10,000 seats at Shrewsbury Town's stadium are going to do it again.

This time, on 4 November, Ben Vale and Andy Tamplin plan to repeat the feat at Crewe Alexandra's stadium, to raise money for five charities, including Prostate Cancer UK.

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The pair raised more than £4,000 for the Gunner Lewis-Vale Appeal with their first "Bums on Seats" challenge.

The two-year-old, from Bridgnorth, was diagnosed with Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS Type 1) in March and needed a stem cell transplant.

BBC Midlands Today

Tributes have been paid to a lung transplant patient from Birmingham who campaigned for more Black and Asian people to donate their organs.

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Great-grandfather Michael Willis, received a double lung transplant in 2017 after being diagnosed with the rare lung condition sarcodosis.

He devoted the rest of his life to campaigning and raised thousands of pounds for the NHS in the Midlands and in Cambridge, while raising awareness of organ donation among the black communities, who are underrepresented as organ donors.

The survey monitors the population of protected hazel dormice in the county.

Around 164 witnesses have given evidence to the independent inquiry into child sexual exploitation.

Worcestershire fast bowler Adam Finch signs a contract extension with the Pears until 2024.

Gritting trucks in Telford are getting ready for heading to the roads in winter.

Balfour Beatty, Telford & Wrekin Council’s highways contractor, is carrying out a test run today to ensure all teams are set for periods of cold weather and snow.

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Gritters are mobilised when potential frost or ice is forecast, between October and April. When out, the trucks grit more than 400km of roads, bus routes and access roads for emergency services, schools, industrial estates and villages - a network agreed with the community.

The council has also asked for applications for people to become volunteer snow wardens, who salt smaller roads and footpaths on estates as well as clearing pathways of snow and ice in their local area.