Allen Cook
BBC News

Two teenage girls had to be rescued by police after being chased up trees, external by a "large angry goat".

West Mercia Police says it happened yesterday afternoon at Granville Country Park in Donnington, Telford.

The force added that it was a "large goat and tried to push the girls over" so two Police Community Support Officers had to "save them".

However they couldn't stop the animal from eating one girl's bag., external

Allen Cook
BBC News

If you follow an English football team, it's a nail-biting few hours ahead as clubs have to buy all their players by 17:00 today.

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So, for instance, we'll find out for certain if Jack Grealish (above, right) will leave Aston Villa for another club in this country, if Wolves will make any more signings or if Stoke City will hang on to England goalkeeper Jack Butland.

You can follow all the rumours, gossip and more throughout the day on the BBC Sport's rolling transfer deadline day page - and we'll bring you the completed deals on our page.

Although it's not completely the end of transfers this summer - Football League clubs can sign loanees and free agents until 31 August and the change does not affect European clubs, who can still sign players.

Allen Cook
BBC News

A council chief executive who was suspended, external after a row over voting in last year's general election has left the authority "by mutual consent".

Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council says John Sellgren, who was the acting returning officer at the time of the 2017 general election, is no longer in the post after seven years. , external

Mr Sellgren was criticised in November, along with another council official, after voters were missed off registration in the election and two voted who were not eligible to.

Today, the council says it's made no additional payments to him and Mr Sellgren says he sends his best wishes to staff he'd worked with.

All lanes have now reopened on the M6 , externalafter a lorry came off the the M6 southbound in Staffordshire near J13.

The fire service had to stabilise the vehicle before paramedics could treat the driver, who's been taken to hospital., external

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Highways England says all lanes are now open at J13, near Stafford, but the exit slip road is still shut for barrier repairs.

Traffic is delayed back to J15.

A man has been charged following a series of indecent exposures across Solihull and Sheldon, police say., external

The 28-year-old is due to appear before Birmingham Magistrates' Court later this month, West Midlands Police said.

BBC Weather Watchers

Last night's cloudy weather made for some amazing sunsets, which were captured by our BBC Weather Watchers across the region.

Here's a selection.

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A countryside walk in the middle of Coventry could be opened up if plans to buy an abandoned railway line are successful.

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The Historic Coventry Trust is in the process of acquiring the Coventry Loop, which links the city's Charterhouse Heritage Park to Gosford Green.

The line was a freight-only railway line which opened in 1914 to allow trains to avoid going through the busy Coventry station and instead use the goods stations at Bell Green and Gosford Green.

It would be used to create a two-mile circular walk along the River Sherbourne, through woodland and wetland areas.

Phil Bowers
Journalist, BBC Radio Stoke

A lorry driver's been taken to hospital after his vehicle came off the M6 in Staffordshire and hit trees on the embankment.

The ambulance service says crews were called to J13 southbound, near Stafford, at around 02:30 and had to wait while firefighters stabilised the vehicle., external

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It says the 63-year-old man was taken to hospital with a head injury.

Highways England is still working to clear the area after oil was spilled on to the motorway and says lanes one and two are still shut for recovery work., external

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Coventry Live

Some of today's headlining stories on the Coventry Live website are:

• The plans which could end parking crisis, external at Coventry's hospital
• Pervert filmed people doing private acts, external
• People don't want new playgrounds, city councillor claims, external

Earlier we reported pollution levels at Birmingham's New Street Station were still too high, despite an alarming report from researchers in March.

There's still time to contribute to the city's clean air zone consultation, external, which closes on 17 August.

The city council is planning to introduce charges for the most polluting vehicles - between £6- £10 a day for some cars.

For several years Birmingham has been named and shamed as among the worst cities in Europe for air pollution.

The local authority believes pollution is responsible for shortening the lives of about 900 people a year.

Local Democracy Reporting Service
Kerry Ashdown

An ageing swimming pool has led to a council overspending on its leisure budget by tens of thousands of pounds.

Boiler replacement and temporary closures of the pool at Alleyne’s Sports Centre, Stone, Staffordshire, has cost Stafford Borough Council £53,000, its latest figures revealed.

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At its latest meeting, the authority's cabinet heard the pool, which is part of Alleyne's Academy, was going to be shut by the end of June due to costs.

But the council stepped in to keep it open and it says it will nurse it through the next few months until a new leisure centre opens on Westbridge Park in the town next spring.

A West Midlands Police officer who said she was racially abused at a football match over the weekend said she was left "humiliated" and "isolated" after the incident.

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Karen Geddes said she was walking towards the Hawthorns to see West Brom's first match in the Championship, when a Bolton fan told her to go back to Africa.

"I've had racial abuse shouted at me before" she said, "both in uniform and out of uniform," but said she felt this was worse "because I had my child with me".

She's been with the force for 25 years, and is also the chair of the Black and Asian Police Association.

West Midlands Police confirmed that a 22-year-old man was arrested for racial abuse and was later released on bail pending further enquiries.

There's about nine miles of queuing traffic on the M6 southbound up to J13, in Staffordshire where an operation is under way to recover a lorry that left the carriageway.

Image source, Highways England

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Queues are also forming on the northbound side, opposite the scene, as people slow down to take a look.

Two lanes remain closed.

Express and Star

Some of the headlining stories on the Express and Star website this morning include:

• Controversial plans for major freight rail hub facing inspection, external
• Driver killed in A454 horror crash named as Wolverhampton man, external
• Rare Collier micro-car to be restored at Tettenhall museum, external

Three thousand fridges were dumped across Birmingham last year, the city council said.

It's calling for disposal costs to be included in the cost of appliances and as such paid for by retailers and manufacturers.

The Environment Secretary Michael Gove has said tackling fly-tipping is a government priority - but has not backed the council's proposal.

The Black Country's only independent cinema is facing closure if enough money can't be raised to keep it running.

The Light House in Wolverhampton has been part of the city's cultural offering for more than 30 years and is also used as an arts hub.

A cut in public funding has left its future is in jeopardy.

Adam Peaty is going for his fourth gold today at the European Championships in Glasgow.

The Uttoxeter swimmer set a new championship record to retain the 50m breaststroke title and win his third gold medal on Wednesday.

Peaty also won the 100m breaststroke and 4x100m mixed medley in Glasgow.

The 23-year-old will take part in the mixed relay later.

BBC Midlands Today

More than 350 families and individuals at risk of homelessness in London have been rehoused in the Midlands in the last three years - with councils in the capital taking advantage of the region's lower housing costs.

But some rehoused families say they feel they've been forced to live here.

Over the last five years, the London borough of Brent has rehoused 22 families in private rented and temporary accommodation in Kidderminster alone.

Conservative Wyre Forest MP Mark Garnier called the practice "inhuman" and "wrong".

Brent Council says it always aims to house people as close to the borough as possible, but says it has a lack of affordable housing.

John McGinn has the quality to be "the future star of the Scotland national team", says former Hibernian colleague Efe Ambrose.

Local Democracy Reporting Service
Carl Jackson

Air pollution levels at Birmingham New Street station are improving - but more improvement is needed, Network Rail's admitted.

In March, researchers from the University of Birmingham told a city council health scrutiny committee, external that the levels of nitrogen dioxide sometimes tripled the threshold for an air quality "incident".

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Those type of cases prompt government warnings for people with lung and heart problems to avoid strenuous activity and those with asthma to ensure they have their inhaler to hand.

At the time, the station was compared by councillors to a steel foundry and it was declared the biggest pollution-related risk to public health in the city.

Since then, Network Rail says it has worked to cut the time diesel trains sit idle at platforms and improved ventilation with fans, but admits they've still recorded high levels of nitric oxide on platforms.