Birmingham City Ladies captain Kerys Harrop agrees a new two-year deal with the WSL 1 club.

Comedian Joe Lycett uses Twitter to criticise people for rubbish strewn across a Birmingham park.

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Worcester wing Josh Adams has been named in the Wales squad's summer tour. , external

The 23-year-old will be in line to earn his third cap against South Africa in Washington on 2 June.

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Wales then play two Tests against Argentina.

Sarah Robertson
Journalist, BBC Radio Stoke

A 59-year-old man has died after getting into difficulty while swimming in a river in Nantwich, police say.

Cheshire Police said it was called to Riverside at about 18:00 after two swimmers were seen in trouble.

One swimmer was rescued by a member of the public.

Police said a helicopter, a dog unit, an underwater search and a specialist fire and rescue team were used to locate the other. His body was discovered at 21:10.

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Kate Tebby
Journalist, BBC Shropshire

A commemorative paving stone has been unveiled in Oswestry in honour of a man awarded the Victoria Cross in the Great War.

Harold Whitfield received the honour for storming and capturing a Turkish machine gun post single-handedly.

The stone is to be added to the memorial garden at Cae Glas Park, Oswestry.

Faith Page
Reporter, BBC Shropshire

A fire in a derelict house is being investigated.

Three fire crews were called to the blaze in the single storey building in Hollinswood area of Deepdale, Shropshire, yesterday evening.

Carson Wishart
Journalist, BBC Hereford and Worcester

A motorcyclist is in hospital with serious injuries following a crash near Evesham.

It happened at about 11:25 yesterday when a brown Ford Mondeo collided with a red Honda motorbike on the A44 near the Chadbury Farm Shop.

Police want to hear from anyone who saw what happened.

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Oswestry's maternity unit will be shut for births until 20 May.

The unit it still open to daytime antenatal and postnatal care.

Last year the unit closed due to staff sickness and staff shortages and is continuing to experience issues.

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital says all women booked to give birth have been contacted.

Crewe's teenage goalkeeper Will Jaaskelainen signs a new three-year contract, while Oliver Finney signs for one year.

Garry Monk helps a fan keep his promise to tattoo a picture of the Birmingham City manager's face on his backside.

The Archbishop of Canterbury says listening to the rapper helps with his royal wedding nerves.

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The Archbishop of Canterbury is taking inspiration from a Stormzy song as he prepares for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding.

The Most Rev Justin Welby will officiate at the cermoney on 19 May and told BBC Coventry & Warwickshire that grime artist Stormzy's song Blinded By Your Grace was helping him in the run-up .

"There's a line in that - 'I stay prayed up and get the job done' - I think that sort of sums it up," he said.

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Claudia Berry
BBC News

A double amputee says he's been waiting for more than two years for a stairlift to his first floor apartment.

Stephen Sadler, who has lost an arm and a leg, says he has to crawl down a shared staircase to leave. He is also awaiting modifications to his bathroom.

When he bought the flat on the outskirts of Hereford he was an able-bodied GP. Mr Sadler lost his limbs after developing the condition body dysmorphic disorder.

Herefordshire Council say they're urgently working to speed up the process and say there have been delays due to complications from the committee which run the listed building.

The council says it will soon start work on to create a wet room.

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Stephanie Barnard
BBC News

In recent months we've covered several stories about paramedics coming under fire - from the paramedic who was bitten while treating a patient to an abusive note left on the windscreen of an ambulance.

Today - we've got better news... A thank you note was left on the vehicle of two ambulance workers in Uttoxeter which read "Big hugs to you all in the ambulance service. You do a fantastic job."

The Sky Blues could set a new record for a fourth-tier promotion play-off crowd when they host Notts County at the Ricoh Arena this weekend.

The current record for the division for games not at Wembley is just under 20,000 set by Wolves in 1987.

Tickets for the game have now gone on general sale.

Warwickshire Cricket Club said it's experiencing a high level of calls for Cricket World Cup tickets, which went on sale to members this morning.

Birmingham has been awarded five of the biggest fixtures in next year’s tournament, with the city’s Edgbaston Stadium playing host to four group games and a semi-final.

Members can buy tickets, whilst other members of the public can apply to enter the family ballot., external

England take on 2011 champions India on Sunday, 30 June.

Premiership club Worcester Warriors release Scotland stand-off Tom Heathcote after his succession of head injuries.

Wet wipes, used for sticky fingers and removing eye make-up, could themselves be wiped out over the next couple of decades.

The government says its plan to eliminate plastic waste "includes single use products like wet wipes".

Coventry-based Severn Trent Water says it is seeing more of the items in the 45,000 blockages with which it deals each year in the Midlands.

About 80,000 people took part in the celebrations for Wolverhampton Wanderer's return to the Premier League in the city, the city council said.

Image source, Wolves Council

Image source, Wolves Council

The Championship-winning team and club officials travelled through the city on two open-top buses before attending a party at West Park, where 30,000 tickets were given away for the event.