Bridgnorth

Another 20 electric car charging points will be set up around Pershore, Broadway, Droitwich and Evesham.

Wychavon District Council has announced it will spend £150,000 on the chargers, as part of its drive to reduce carbon emissions.

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The government's Office of Low Emission Vehicles is giving the council £64,000, to help meet the costs.

Here are three of the main stories from the Shropshire Star today:

• Shrewsbury could get two new swimming pools
• Crash closes busy road
• MP Daniel Kawczynski: My critics are 'hysterical'

Shrewsbury's town centre swimming pool is likely to get a refit, under proposals going before Shropshire councillors next week - and there could be a second pool built as well.

Four options for the Quarry Pool are on the table, with two of them being to do nothing, or to build a brand new facility - but those two options aren't being recommended in the report.

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The two options being recommended are to refit the leisure centre with a competition pool and a leisure pool or to refit the centre with a leisure pool, and to build a competition pool at the town's Sundorne Sports Village.

If the cabinet approves the two recommendations, site investigations and financial estimates will be carried out for the remaining two options, and a decision would be made at a later date.

CCTV images have been released of a man police would like to speak to following a sexual offence on a train towards Birmingham Snow Hill station.

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The man is reported to have touched himself inappropriately in front of a mother and daughter just before 19:00 GMT on 26 January.

He then followed the pair off the train at Snow Hill station and inappropriately touched the daughter.

British Transport Police is asking for anyone with information to come forward.

Some of Birmingham Live's headlines today include:

• Damning Ian Paterson report finds healthcare system 'dysfunctional at almost every level'
• Improvements planned for 'baffling' New Street station
• Ex-Birmingham City star paralysed at Ibiza venue sues for reported £8.5m

An 82-year-old woman has been taken to hospital in a serious condition after she was hit by a car in Shropshire.

West Mercia Police said the crash had happened near Worthen Post Office at 10:50 GMT on Monday.

Figures suggest the demand for communal work spaces for people who work from home has risen by 500% over the past 10 years.

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The Moseley Exchange is one of a number of co-working spaces that have sprung up in Birmingham and is thought to be one of the first in the country.

With more people than ever working from home, these shared spaces can be a lifeline.

Digital technology is great because it means it gives you the freedom to work almost anywhere. The downside of that is... where are you going to get your inspiration from? ....where are you going to share your latest thing that you woke up in the morning and [thought] 'yeah that's something I would like to do'

South Staffs Water will carry out tests to find out what caused this morning's pipe burst.

It happened at the same house that was badly affected by flooding in October and Andrew Lobley, its director of operations, said an examination of the pipe had then found it was in good condition, but had suffered "surface damage".

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Mr Lobley said his team hadn't been able to excavate the main yet, but would carry out a similar examination this time.

We cut out a section of the water main that failed, to understand exactly what had happened. We had that forensically analysed, it came back and said the main itself was in good condition, but there was a small area of surface damage to the top of the main and that was the root cause of the previous burst

Firefighters are still at the scene of the flooding in Tipton, helping clear up the mess.

But as you can see by this video, shot by local resident Helen Challis, it was like a fast-flowing river early this morning.

Local resident Helen Challis said she had been woken in the early hours to a "roar" from the burst water main in Tipton.

Helen Challis

"I was woken up by my husband just before five o'clock to say that 'it's happened again - the road's all flooded'.

"We opened the window and it was just like a roar - just the water running down the road."

Helen Challis

"[I've been] coming out to make sure everybody's OK. Just checking around the local area.

"I popped around the school to see if we could do anything there.

"The power's gone, the gas, the electricity, everything's gone," she added, "so we're a bit stuck at the minute, we can't really do anything."

About 50 firefighters were sent to deal with the flooding in Tipton at its height.

A water rescue boat was also sent, West Midlands fire service added.

Three properties in Severn Close were evacuated.

This video shared by the fire service shows water gushing from the burst main, which has caused one property to partially collapse.

Up to 8,000 fans will follow Shrewsbury Town to Anfield tonight to watch them take on Liverpool in their FA Cup replay.

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The League One side came from 2-0 down to draw with the European champions in the first game nine days ago.

Liverpool have already said they will only field a youth team for the game this evening.

For us we're certainly not thinking we can turn up and win the game... I shouldn't imagine we should be favourites. We shouldn't be."

About 170 properties are now without power in the Tipton area after a water main burst, followed by a gas leak, says Western Power Distribution.

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It says it has had to turn power off in the area to isolate a lower voltage cable which could have been damaged in the flood water.

It currently has no estimate of when power could be restored.

Flooding in Tipton had already shut multiple roads and a school, with householders rescued overnight.

But there are new problems at the scene of the burst main. The fire service says a property caught up in the flooding has partially collapsed.

It adds there's also a gas main leak "impacting on this incident".

Here are images of the damaged property:

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About 150 houses have now been affected by flood water and a power cut, the fire service says.

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Water is now being cleared from the scene.

A multi-agency briefing is being held at the scene of a burst water main in Tipton, the fire service says.

West Midlands Fire Service

The incident began shortly before 04:40. About 150 properties fall within the flood area, with ten severely affected.

The fire service says it has six pumps in the area along with a rescue crew and high volume pump appliance.

West Midlands Police says it has officers on site supporting the fire service in traffic management. Multiple roads have been closed.

Flooded roads around a burst main in Tipton are expected to remain closed throughout the morning.

Park Lane West is affected between Owen Street and Mayfair Gardens.

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Manor Road, Hill Street, Bakers Street, Sherwood Avenue and Bush Road are also closed to traffic.

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Tipton Green Junior School has been closed as well, says Sandwell Council.

South Staffs Water said it is aware of the burst main and has engineers at the site.

It has apologised to affected customers.

About 100 properties are being affected by flood water after a main burst in Tipton.

Eight people had to be rescued from their homes overnight after firefighters were called to Park Lane West at about 04:40.

Ten properties have been severely affected, the fire service says.

Wolves sporting director Kevin Thelwell is to leave Molineux after 11 years with the club.

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He's moving to the US at the end of the month to become the head of sport at the New York Red Bulls.

Wolves chairman Jeff Shi will assume Thelwell's role for the time being.

It will be a clear and dry night with some cloud likely in the early hours with lows of 1C (34F).

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You can find a detailed weather forecast for your area on the BBC Weather site.

Birmingham will be put on a "global stage" by holding the Commonwealth Games in 2022, the House of Lords has been told.

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Digital, culture, media and sport minister Baroness Barran said the staging of the games would create jobs, improved transport links and new sports facilities.

"A thriving Midlands is essential to our national economic success and levelling up economic regional growth," she said.

"These games will put the city and the region on a global stage," Lady Barran added, in a second reading debate on the Birmingham Commonwealth Games Bill.

The Bill, reintroduced after the general election in December, will provide financial assistance to the organising committee and enable a transport plan to be drawn up.

Household rubbish collections could move to once every three weeks under a shake-up in Birmingham.

The move, which has been proposed by consultants advising the city council, is only likely to be implemented if weekly food waste collections are introduced as well.

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Councillor John O’Shea, in charge of waste, said that would mean the "smelly" waste which is the main concern to residents would still be taken away every seven days.

It comes as the first phase of an independent review of the waste service, conducted by consultants Wood Environment and Infrastructure Solutions UK, is published.

The report outlines three options:

• Maintain the service as it is currently but introduce a weekly food waste collection
• Introduce weekly food waste collections alongside fortnightly collections for recycling and residual waste – the remaining household waste once food is removed
• Introduce weekly food collections alongside fortnightly recycling collections and three-weekly residual waste collections

Conservative councillor Deirdre Alden, shadow member for cleaner streets, said: "Labour promised the electors of Birmingham less than two years ago, no ifs, no buts, there would be no fortnightly waste collections, Labour have now ordered consultants to draw up plans for three-weekly collections."

These are some of today's Worcester News headlines:

• Damp flat nightmare for mum and young children
• 17,000+ items saved from landfill thanks to Facebook group
• Hospital saved my life after drink-driver smashed into my head'

Former Shropshire opening batsman John Hulme has been appointed as the county's new cricket chairman.

Hulme, 69, who played cricket for Shropshire between 1970 and 1983, will replace Toby Shaw, who has been chairman since 2011.

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Hulme, from Oswestry, whose appointment was confirmed at the club’s AGM, said: “It will be no easy task in trying to fill Toby Shaw’s very sizeable shoes.

"He has made an immense contribution to Shropshire cricket in recent years, promoting the interests of the county club and securing a very sound financial base, which is the envy of many other National Counties Cricket Association clubs.”

The footbridge leading to the Severn Valley Railway in Bridgnorth has been closed for up to five weeks for repairs.

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Shropshire Council engineers say the bolt anchorages failed two years ago - and although temporary repairs were done at the time - a more permanent fix is being carried out.