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Wolves were hoping to get their Premiership season under way tonight but their meeting with Swindon at Monmore was postponed earlier this afternoon, external because of the poor weather forecast.
The fixture has been rearranged for Monday 16 July.
Wolves are now set to open their season on Wednesday at Kings Lynn.
Shrewsbury Town chase for promotion in 1975. Kind of feels familiar - just a different era.
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James Bond
Sports Producer, BBC Shropshire
Shrewsbury Town captain Mat Sadler (pictured) has urged his teammates to use their Checkatrade Trophy defeat at Wembley as extra motivation to push for automatic promotion from League One.
Image source, ALLSPORT/Getty ImagesOn their fourth visit to Wembley, Shrewsbury suffered their fourth defeat as League Two Lincoln City won 1-0.
Returning to their promotion push, Shrewsbury face Bradford City on Thursday night having dropped back into third place, just outside the automatic spots.
Quote MessageI think we'll all agree, if we can use the feeling that we have right now as a positive thing, as a motivation to go on and succeed with something really special this season, then I'll take losing this game."
Mat Sadler, Shrewsbury Town captain
BBC News Travel
There will be overnight closures on the M6 southbound from tonight until 13 April as part of a scheme to upgrade the motorway.
Highways England's wider Smart Motorway project, expected to cost up to £335m, will see hard shoulders opened up to traffic at peak times and electronic signs fitted on gantries.
Junctions 15 to 14 will see closures 22:00-05:00 till the end of the week as part of the work.
The blood test can spot a dangerous chemical in synthetic drugs which may be behind recent deaths.
Read MoreThe mayor of the West Midlands is encouraging people to back a scheme which will give homeless people free access to public transport, saying "freedom to travel is very important".
The day passes from National Express West Midlands will come in the form of a scratch cards handed out by agencies that work with rough sleepers.
Quote MessageI'm sure some will say 'this won't work for so-and-so' but my general reaction to that is let's not be too obsessed with that - this is... incredibly positive... and we've got to respond in the same positive spirit around trust. The overall spirit is one of generosity."
Andy Street, West Midlands Mayor
The pilot scheme is designed to help homeless people more easily access practical help, including hostels and medical appointments.
Graham McGarry
Crewe Alexandra commentator, BBC Radio Stoke
Crewe Alexandra's manager David Artell says the football his team is playing is a reward for the work the players do on the training ground.
Image source, Crewe Alexandra FCThe Alex have taken 10 points from their last five games and are 11 points clear of relegation with four games to play.
Their latest game saw them race into a 4-1 lead over Mansfield Town by halftime, although Crewe were hanging on for a 4-3 win at the end.
Quote MessageDo we practice teams shelling balls into our box? Do we hell. How many times do you see that in the Premier League? You don't, you see good football and that's what we try and instill in our players."
David Artell, Crewe Alexandra manager
Phil McCann
Cheshire Political Reporter, BBC News
When high speed rail comes to Crewe - there are going to be some big changes to the station.
The line’s due to be built in nine years, so those in charge have got to start thinking about it now.
A few weeks ago, the government approved plans for up to seven HS2 trains per hour to stop at Crewe, known as a hub station.
The plans include new platforms to the east, new footbridges and demolition for some of the 20th Century additions.
Outbreaks of rain and drizzle this evening and turning increasingly breezy. It will also become misty in places with lows of 8C.
BBC Midlands Today
It's amazing what you can do with a bundle of matchsticks, coffee stirrers and some rabbit hutch wire.
It's taken more than 500 hours of painstaking work by Chris Jepson, from Kidderminster to create a replica model of Molineux from the 1960s.
Chris is hoping to sell the mini stadium to raise money for charity.
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Trish Adudu
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
Front-line police officers' jobs have been protected in Warwickshire, after a rise in council tax, according to the police and crime commissioner.
PCC Philip Seccombe also pledged to look after victims better and put more officers on the streets as part of a new plan for policing the county.
Quote MessageAnd of course with more officers we are going to have better visibility and we have introduced a number of new technologies over the last 12 months into the force. We are going to align the structure of the police to more match the demand on the street."
Philip Seccombe, Warwickshire police and crime commissioner
The man head-butted the woman as he racially abused a group of five students, say police.
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Local Democracy Reporting Service
More than 20,000 homes with planning permission are yet to be built in east Cheshire.
Image source, PACheshire East Council says it's given the go-ahead to 20,441 houses, with some approvals dating back to 2010 without a brick being laid.
The authority says it doesn't believe developers are "land banking" in their area - the hoarding of land until it increases in value.
A council spokesman says the authority is working to speed up more projects but admits it has concerns that some developers have applied for new planning permissions, despite sitting on old ones.
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BBC Sport
Uttoxeter's Adam Peaty admits he's been "off my best all week" after suffering a surprise defeat at the Commonwealth Games.
He claimed silver in the men's 50m breaststroke.
South African Van der Burgh claimed gold at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre in a time of 26.58 seconds, while 23-year-old Peaty clocked 26.62.
It was a shock loss for Peaty who had been tipped to add a second gold after his victory in the 100m breaststroke.
Quote MessageIt was a great race. Credit to Van der Burgh. I've been off my best all week. In April, I'm never this fast so I'll take it as a positive and move on to the Europeans."
Adam Peaty, Swimmer
BBC News Travel
There are delays on the M5 northbound between junctions 3 (Halesowen) and 2 (Oldbury) due to a broken-down vehicle on the outside lane.
Image source, Highways England
Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke
A man who repeatedly stabbed his ex-partner in the neck with a kitchen knife has been jailed for 10 years.
Peter Weaver, 53, attacked Hazel Henshall at his Meir flat in Stoke-on-Trent last April., external
Police say Ms Henshall, 57, still suffers pain related to severed tendons in her neck.
Image source, Staffordshire PoliceThe Staffordshire force said Weaver cut his own throat after he struck and when officers arrived, both were found to be in need of emergency surgery, with Ms Henshall's fingers on one hand "hanging off" as a result of defence injuries.
Weaver was arrested when he came out of an induced coma last May and pleaded guilty to wounding with intent in September at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court.
Today, at Stafford Crown Court, he was jailed for 10 years with a further four years to serve on licence. He was also made subject of an indefinite restraining order.
A stonemason says he was so moved by hearing the story of a hero police officer in the 1920s, he offered to restore his grave for free.
The grave before restoration work
PC Howard Overton died in 1928 in Malvern saving a child who ran into the road.
He pushed the boy to safety but was killed when he was hit by two cars., external
A group of serving West Mercia Police officers started raising money to have the overgrown grave restored.
Quote MessageThey're just not recognised, the police do not get any recognition for what they do. I'm just grateful for what he's done in the past and what they still do today for us."
Steve Allard, Stonemason
Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke
Five students were racially abused by a man who then head-butted one of them and tried to remove her hijab, police said., external
Image source, GoogleThe women were waiting for a bus on Thursday evening at Newcastle-under-Lyme's bus station when it happened.
Officers said they'd seen the man urinating in the street before he came over to them, spat at them and abused them.
Promotion-chasing Shrewsbury boss Paul Hurst says the season must not 'peter out' after Sunday's Wembley letdown.
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