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Worcestershire's last wicket pair of wicketkeeper Alex Milton and bowler Steve Magoffin (pictured below) have put on a century stand in their county championship match against Somerset.
The pair are still a long way from victory though, needing another 163 to win the game.
Image source, Getty ImagesA fire on farmland near Barford in Warwickshire is now under control, the county's fire and rescue service has said.
It affected an area of stubble around 80m by 200m.
Image source, Warwickshire Fire and Rescue ServiceLewis Bailey, 14, banned from performing in drag at his school, will join the stars of Drag Race.
Read MoreWork starts today to dismantle a clock tower in Telford which was erected when the Priorslee estate was built in the 1980s.
Despite maintenance, St Georges and Priorslee Parish Council says it is now beyond repair and scaffolding was erected in February to protect passers-by.
The parish council said it was meant to be a temporary feature whilst the estate was being built and was made of "low grade building materials that had a limited lifetime".
The council is now looking to raise funds to build a replacement.
We always try for a rough theme for the photos we showcase from our brilliant BBC Weather Watchers, and today that theme appears to be butterflies!
These two are from users Graham's Vista in Grendon, Warwickshire, and Terry Eyre in Alton, Staffordshire:
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Image source, Terry Eyre
Leona Smart
Broadcast Journalist, BBC WM
A vineyard says it's expecting to grow four times as many grapes this year due to the heatwave.
Image source, PAThe owner of Tamworth-based Buzzard Valley Vineyard says conditions are currently "perfect" for them and they're expecting a "bumper crop".
WineGB, which presents the English and Welsh wine industry, says seven million bottles of wine are expected to be produced this year compared to five million last year.
Quote MessageOn our site, we've got 8,000 vines on 2.6 hectares. We can produce anything up to 45 tonnes of grapes but on a really, really bad year, one tonne."
Leon Jones, Buzzard Valley Vineyard owner
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Stoke City host Wolves tonight in a pre-season match.
It will be the only friendly match Stoke play at home before the new season kicks off, and defender Mortiz Bauer has said the players are eager to play in front of their own supporters.
Image source, Getty ImagesWolves have recently returned from a pre-season tour of Switzerland, so the match will be a chance for fans of both clubs to see recently signed players such as Stoke's Tom Ince and James McLean and perhaps Wolves midfielder Joao Moutinho.
Quote MessageI think everybody is just looking forward after this long break to play the games."
Mortiz Bauer, Stoke City defender
These are some of the main stories on the Crewe Chronicle's website today:
Hundreds of people turned out in Shrewsbury and Ludlow last night to protest against proposed changes to parking charges in the county.
Shropshire Council has amended some proposals and some parking would become cheaper, but the plan has been criticised by some, including business owners who say it will harm trade.
The man had been riding his moped when a group of men shouted at him and threw the liquid.
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Worcestershire appear to be heading for defeat in their county championship match against Somerset at New Road.
They were 157-7 at lunch, chasing an unlikely target of 443 to win.
Image source, Getty ImagesEarlier Ross Whiteley (pictured above) and wicketkeeper Alex Milton put on 71 for the seventh wicket, before Whiteley was out to Craig Overton.
The sports hall at Bromsgrove's leisure centre is going to be demolished at a cost of £600,000.
District councillors approved the plan at a meeting last night, despite there being no agreed plan for a replacement.
Image source, GoogleThe Conservative-run authority is continuing talks to see if sports groups can use facilities at North Bromsgrove High School instead, while the opposition Labour group has promised to build a replacement if it wins power at a future election.
There is also the possibility of an 11th hour bid from a private leisure company.
Jeremy Corbyn says Shropshire should have two fully-functioning accident and emergency departments.
He made the comments during a visit to Telford yesterday, arguing there's enough demand to have A&E at both Shrewsbury and Telford.
People in the county are being asked for their views on two different blueprints for the future of hospital care, with an NHS review body recommending Shrewsbury becomes Shropshire's only centre for emergency medicine, with Telford becoming a centre for planned care.
Quote MessageYou have a big demand on hospital facilities in Shrewsbury, from obviously the immediate area, but there's also quite a big hinterland into mid-Wales. There's never going to be a huge hospital in mid-Wales, the population is too sparse, but they do need somewhere to go to. Also, bear in mind the increasing population, particularly in Telford, and it's likely to go on increasing, so the demand will be there."
Jeremy Corbyn, Labour Party leader
Councillors give permission for an event despite concerns revellers could topple out of windows.
Read MoreMiss Wyre Forest wants to show that beauty - and beauty queens - are more than skin deep.
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Lucy King
News Editor, BBC Radio Stoke
More than 14,000 people have signed a petition calling on the BBC to bring back The Great Pottery Throw Down.
A clip from series two
The show was filmed for two series at Middleport Pottery in Stoke-on-Trent.
The petition says, external the BBC should "stop being petty and bring back popular programmes".
The BBC says it was proud of the show but sometimes has to make difficult decisions to allow new programmes to be made.
A Redditch-based company which supplies high street shops with display equipment, digital signs and other products, has gone into administration, putting 371 jobs at risk.
A statement from the administrators for SP Group Limited said it had "suffered from a significant decline in turnover following the loss of key customer contracts last autumn and a further decline in customer-support since the business was acquired this spring."
Image source, GoogleThe administrators said it would try to "preserve as much of the business as possible" but warned "there may be substantial job losses".
Lee Blakeman
BBC Radio Stoke
Cheshire East Council has been criticised for the quality of support it offers to children with special educational needs or disabilities.
Inspections in March by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission highlighted "unreasonable waiting times" for care plans and a lack of help for youngsters with autism.
Councillors and NHS representatives on Cheshire East’s Health and Wellbeing Board said they supported a plan to bring in urgent measures to improve the services.
Their 42-point proposals include more training for social workers and better assessments.
League Two side Port Vale sign 22-year-old former Stevenage midfielder Tom Conlon on a one-year deal
Read MoreShirley residents join forces to fight crime
Residents living Shirley, Solihull, have been patrolling the streets to help tackle crime in the area. The 12 volunteers started in January and meet most nights.
