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Birmingham Bears host Leicestershire Foxes in the T20 Blast - listen to BBC local radio commentary.
Read MoreWorcestershire Rapids host the Northamptonshire Steelbacks in the T20 Blast - listen to BBC local radio commentary.
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Shefali Oza
BBC Midlands Today
Your bone-dry lawns will probably welcome a bit of rain and there's some forecast later this week.
Rain could be on the way later this week.
We've heard some really beautiful, uplifting versions of Three Lions today.
We've also heard Jesse Norman, MP for Hereford and South Herefordshire, play the tune on his trumpet at the end of the BBC's Daily Politics programme.
Here it is, just in case you missed it earlier.
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A police officer has received a final written warning following an IOPC investigating into allegations that offensive and racist comments were made.
The West Midlands constable was recorded on a mobile phone while searching a property in Coventry on 24 August saying to a man who was a visitor to the flat: "Are you going to go Black Lives Matter on us are you?"
And then telling him "You would be the first one I’d shoot if I had a gun, definitely."
The interaction was posted on social media.
A misconduct hearing was held in June and the officer was given a final written warning.
The officer said he regretted making the comments and, while he accepted they had been unprofessional and clumsy, he had not meant them to be racist, offensive or threatening.
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
The late shift at a Warwickshire car parts maker's been cancelled tonight, so workers can watch the England semi-final.
Pressmark Pressings in Atherstone have allowed their staff the evening off so they can enjoy the game.
Jaguar Land Rover are shortening their afternoon shift also, so workers can watch the match.
Image source, Getty ImagesRobin Grey
BBC Radio Stoke
Liverpool are in talks with Stoke City over signing winger Xherdan Shaqiri.
He scored eight goals last season and has made it clear he wants to leave the club this summer, following their relegation to the Championship.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe Swiss international said after their exit from the World Cup that he'd like to remain in the Premier League and it's believed there is a relegation release clause in his contract, allowing him to go for offers of around £13.5m.
It's also thought that Stoke would look at taking a Liverpool player on loan as part of the deal.
The officer asked Jack Chambers if he was "going to go Black Lives Matter on us" during a house search.
Read MoreHeavy showers, likely to become thundery in places, are expected to develop quite widely across parts of the region on Friday.
The Met Office says some of the showers are likely to become focussed into slow-moving bands with some locations receiving around 20mm in an hour.
Image source, GettyHowever it says that as is the nature of showers, many places within the yellow warning area of Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin will miss them altogether, and have a dry day.
Cheshire East Council says its former chief executive did not get a pay off when he resigned yesterday.
Mike Suarez's decision to quit was accepted 15 months after he was suspended.
Image source, Michael MooreHe was being investigated by a committee of councillors which is due to meet today.
Two brothers were hurt when they were hit by a double decker bus in Winson Green yesterday afternoon.
A seven-year-old was taken to hospital with head injuries after the collision at the junction of Camden Street and Ellen Street.
West Midlands Police said his condition is not thought to be "life-threatening or life-changing." He remains in hospital.
His 12-year-old brother, who was with him at the time and taken to hospital as a precaution, has since been discharged.
Officers are appealing for anyone with information or dashcam footage to come forward.
A 31-year-old man, named locally as Matt Powney, died after an attack outside a Wetherspoon pub.
Read MoreOne of Europe's largest cranes will be returning to Telford in September to lift another piece of a railway footbridge into place.
Part of the A442 was closed earlier this month to allow the work to be carried out, and when it returns, Rampart Way will also have to close.
Image source, Telford and Wrekin CouncilOnce this second span is connected, the old footbridge will be demolished and the new one will open in December.
Rob Tromans, the former deputy PCC, had quit the Conservatives amid the assault probe.
Read MoreNick Colgan, who has lived in Croatia for 15 years, says the atmosphere has been "electric".
Read MoreA search has resumed for a missing man at Swan Pool in Sandwell Valley Country Park.
West Midlands Ambulance Service confirmed it was called to "reports of a drowning" on Tuesday evening.
A spokeswoman said: "HART paramedics worked with police and fire colleagues to begin a joint search of the water.
"After several hours, the search operation was ceased for the night and the ambulance service was stood down at 9.00pm."
The search has since resumed.
Myles Bradbury allegedly attacked the woman at Birmingham Children's Hospital.
Read MoreAn area of peat and undergrowth caught fire on the Wrekin in Shropshire earlier.
Firefighters were called out at 05:22 and spent more than four hours putting it out.
They had to stay afterwards to dig up the peat and turn it over, to make sure it didn't re-ignite, and are just about to leave the scene.
Monica Rimmer
BBC News
The mother of a six-year-old boy said she is "so proud" her family secured a medical licence for cannabis for Alfie Dingley, who suffers from a rare form of epilepsy.
"It’s amazing, we always as a family believed we would succeed, we had to or he [Alfie] wouldn’t be here."
Image source, Stefan Rousseau/PA WireNow the government has granted a licence, the NHS can fund the medicinal cannabis oil.
Ms Deacon said she will need to go to Holland every four to six months with an importer to pick up the medication. It will then get sent to Alfie's GP in Kenilworth, Warwickshire.
"I’m quite a shy, quiet person, it’s changed me.
"I didn’t shout and scream, we always respected people, we were never rude.
"It's a massive saving, Alfie used to cost the NHS about £160,000 a year, now it’s more like £20-30,000 a year."
