Tom Edwards
Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester

A cricket coach in Worcester who's been fighting deportation to Sri Lanka has lost his campaign to stay in the UK.

More than 3,400 people signed a petition, external to try and keep Hemaka Patharinage in the city.

But this morning, the Home Office confirmed that he must leave the country by 11 July and re-apply for a visa from Sri Lanka.

However, they say he can only apply if he can get a job paying £30,000 a year.

Allen Cook
BBC News

A man's been jailed for seven years for selling a toxic slimming aid online which killed a bulimic student.

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Eloise Parry, 21, from Shrewsbury, died after taking eight diet pills containing dinitrophenol (DNP).

Bernard Rebelo, 30, of Gosport, was convicted earlier this week of two counts of manslaughter at Inner London Crown Court.

Chris King
Reporter, BBC Radio Stoke

Drivers are being urged to respect a road closure after a sinkhole opened up in the carriageway.

Police said yesterday that , externalthe defect had led to Wybunbury Road in Willaston, near Nantwich, being shut between the junctions of Eastern Road and Green Lane.

However, having visited the site this morning, I saw several vehicles including a lorry mounting the pavement to get around the sinkhole and still use the road.

Residents also told me that community support officers had been verbally abused by drivers who wanted to use the route as a cut through.

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Police divers have been brought in the search of a Birmingham park for a missing woman who suffers with dementia.

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Ruth Sidwell, 77, was last seen yesterday wearing a green cardigan and dark skirt, police said.

Officers are scouring Brookvale Park in Erdington, as she was believed to have spent time there.

Police drones have also been brought in to help search the surrounding area.

Almost £14,500 has already been donated by the public towards Ryan Evan's funeral costs

A cyclist has been taken to hospital suffering a serious head injury after being hit by a car that failed to stop in the Quinton area of Birmingham last night.

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Emergency services were called to the junction of West Boulevard and Woodhouse Road just before 19:00 to reports of a crash involving a car and an electric bike.

The 36-year-old's injuries are not thought to be life-threatening, said West Midlands Police.

Shropshire Star

The Shropshire Star has these top stories today:

• Two taken to hospital and Telford street sealed off after crash between car and moped, external
• Flytippers dump two tonnes of waste in Telford street, external
• Sunlight on mirror starts Shropshire house blaze, external

Three men have been arrested after a woman suffered life-threatening injuries in Telford., external

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Police say they were called to Church Street, Hadley this morning to a report of a collision. They say the woman in her 30s was taken to hospital.

The trio, aged 18,26 and 27, all from Telford, were arrested on suspicion of wounding.

BBC Sport

Worcestershire batsman Joe Clarke's been tipped to go "all the way" for England by his coach Kevin Sharp.

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Clarke inspired the Pears to a draw against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge by scoring an unbeaten 177 as the visitors batted out the final day.

They finished on 368-6 as they chased an unlikely target of 463.

Afterwards, Sharp was full of praise for Clarke, saying England captain Joe Root might find him in his national team sooner rather than later.

BBC News Travel

Rail services in Birmingham are being affected by a fire close to the track at Five Ways.

Services through the station are likely to be delayed, said West Midlands Railway.

Joshua Cook
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

England are through to the knockout stages of the World Cup in Russia, despite the loss to Belgium.

It means that these flags covering Lillington Road in Coventry are likely to remain for some time yet.

Some locals reckon it could be the most patriotic street in the country and argue the flags should remain even after England exit the World Cup.

Hereford Cathedral choir will perform on the steps of St Peter's Basilica today, as part of celebrations to mark the Feast of St Peter and Paul.

They were invited by the Pope as part of his programme to encourage church diversity.

An area of Nuneaton remains closed this morning, after a shooting incident overnight.

Bull Street, at the junction with The Square and Garrett Street is cordoned off with buses being diverted and drivers advised to take alternative routes.

BBC Weather Watchers

A strawberry moon occurs in June and marks the beginning of the strawberry season.

Here's a selection from the BBC Weather Watchers.

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Stoke-on-Trent Live

The Stoke-on-Trent Live page is covering these headlines today:

• Schoolboy placed in isolation for wearing shorts during sizzling temperatures, external
• Woman tells of devastating moment she woke up to find boyfriend dead on pavement, external
• Vigil at Westport Lake planned in memory of Ryan Evans, external

Prices on the M6 Toll road will rise, external for cars, vans and lorries from the end of next month.

Car drivers will pay between 30p and 50p more, with the price for vans rising by 10p to 30p.

HGV drivers will pay up to 50p more depending on the length of the journey.

Toll operator, Midland Expressway Ltd, has also announced plans to cap weekly prices for local motorists in a four-month trial.

A section of a main road through Telford is about to close, to make way for a giant crane.

It's being constructed near the railway station, on the A442, and will be used to lift a new footbridge into place.

Image source, Telford and Wrekin Council

Image source, Telford and Wrekin Council

The authority says the crane is one of the largest in Europe and it will close the road between the Hollinswood Interchange and the Greyhound Roundabout until Tuesday.

Trains are running as normal.

Three new council bin lorries in Coventry are to be named Dustbin Timberlake, Bin Diesel and Obin-Wan Kenobi after a public vote.

Image source, Coventry City Council

Dustin Timberlake received the most votes in the poll organised by Coventry City Council.

James Bond
BBC Shropshire

People in Hilton in Shropshire have hit out failures to repair a leak from Severn Trent's own plant even as the firm urges customers to conserve water.

The firm has asked people to take showers, rather than baths, stop watering lawns and save water wherever else they can due to high demand during the heatwave.

People in Much Wenlock suffered three consecutive nights without water.

Alison Brazier said many people in Hilton were angry at the "waste" caused by the "river" of water coming from the site since it was reported almost two months ago.

Pat Stoker said her husband had been forced to dig a gully to allow water on the steep hill to drain into woodland.

Villagers in Pant, near Oswestry said they were also waiting for a leak to be fixed six weeks after reporting it.

Severn Trent said it had extra teams dealing with leaks during the heatwave but that it was waiting for specialist equipment at the Hilton site.

In the case of other leaks, the firm said it often had to coordinate fixes as they often required the shutting of roads or turning off supplies.