Welcome to our live service for Thursday.

We'll be bringing you all the news, sport, travel and weather for the West Midlands.

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Pat Hughes, 74, retires after 55 years working on buses across the West Midlands.

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust has been in special measures since 2018.

Jake Notman was recorded as he stabbed, strangled and ran over Lauren Bloomer, a jury hears.

That's it for our live coverage today.

We'll be back tomorrow to bring you the latest news, sport, weather and travel from across the West Midlands.

Keith Whiddon says heating homes in Bishop's Castle, Shropshire, costs more than modern homes.

A man has died after a car hit a wall in Herefordshire.

West Mercia Police said it was called to a single-vehicle collision on the A49 at Harewood End, shortly after 07:00.

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Ambulance crews also attended, but the male driver died at the scene and his next of kin had been informed, the force said.

The road remains closed for investigation work to take place, but is expected to reopen shortly, it added.

Anyone with information is asked to call the non-emergency 101 number.

A 17-year-old has been stabbed in Rugby, police said.

Officers from Warwickshire Police were called by the ambulance service to Technology Drive at 13:12 where the teenager had been found with stab wounds to the stomach.

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He was taken to hospital for treatment and his injuries are serious but not considered life-threatening at this time, the force said.

Forensic examinations are being carried out and detectives are continuing their inquiries.

The force has appealed for anyone who saw what happened or who has information to come forward.

Crewe's on-loan Celtic midfielder Scott Robertson gets a three-game ban for stamping in Friday's defeat at Bolton.

BBC Radio Stoke

A man's been charged following the discovery of a large amount of cannabis at a property in Stoke-on-Trent.

Police say it was found on Furnival Street in Cobridge on Tuesday.

A 22-year-old from that street is due to appear in court later accused of producing cannabis and obstructing an officer in the execution of their duty.

A man has died and two people have been seriously injured in a crash in Herefordshire.

West Mercia Police officers were called to a collision between a blue Honda Civic and a yellow Audi on the A4110 at Aymestrey at about 09:30.

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West Midlands Ambulance and Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue services were also at the scene.

One of the drivers, the 79-year-old man, from Aymestrey, died.

The other driver and a passenger were taken to Hereford County Hospital with serious injuries.

The road is likely to be closed for several hours, the force said.

Officers have appealed to anyone who saw the cars being driven or captured them on dash cam to come forward.

The talented schoolboy footballer "just wanted to get away from Barry Bennell", a judge is told.

BBC Radio Shropshire

A veteran's group has officially handed their military flag to a museum.

The King's Shropshire Light Infantry were part of the forces involved in the Korean War, which ended in 1953.

On Tuesday, surviving veterans presented their standard to the Soldiers of Shropshire Museum at Shrewsbury Castle.

A derelict former pub in Wolverhampton could be torn down to make way for new flats.

The Rookery Tavern in Wood Street, Lanesfield, which has been closed for more than five years, is facing demolition under new plans to build an apartment block consisting of 24 flats.

An application to demolish the building and replace it with a new housing block has now been made by developer Mohammed Adeel from Saltley, Birmingham.

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A design, access and planning statement submitted with the application said: "The current Covid-19 situation has effectively reduced the pub returning to a viable business as virtually zero, together with the fact the local planning authority has previously granted permission to allow its conversion to flats and a pair of semi-detached houses.

"As a result, there is now an overwhelming case for supporting the demolition of the pub and allowing the redevelopment of the site to a productive and socially beneficial residential use."

Wolverhampton Council planning bosses are due to make a decision on the application in the near future.

Anthony Treadgold, 44, was last seen in Coventry on 31 October.

Pregnant women in Worcestershire explain their reasons for getting vaccinated.

The health secretary and Bromsgrove MP Sajid Javid has had his booster jab.

Mr Javid described the UK's Covid vaccination booster programme as "essential" and "critical" to fighting the pandemic, after receiving his third jab.

He was given his booster earlier by Dr Nikki Kanani, who is the medical director of primary care at NHS England.

Speaking to the media afterwards he thanks everyone involved in our "world beating" vaccination programme.

He said 88% of the population already had at least one jab, which equates to 110 million jabs.

And 13 million booster jabs have been delivered throughout the UK, with two million given in the last week.

"Vaccines remain our first form of defence against this horrid virus," he said, urging everyone to come forward as soon as they are eligible.

Market trader Julie Emery says supply problems are affecting her fruit and vegetable business.

Catherine Francis dies in hospital, leaving behind a five-year-old daughter.

BBC Weather Watchers

Our local BBC Weather Watchers look to have been fascinated by the cloud formations in the skies over the West Midlands today as we have had a lot of photos sent in on this theme.

Here are three from BoardWalk in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, Angus and Me in Hednesford, Staffordshire and Di's walk in Sutton Coldfield...

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Image source, Angus and Me

Image source, Di's walk