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Birmingham Live
Some of the headlining stories on the Birmingham Live website today are:
Two firefighters who were killed 20 years ago in one of Herefordshire's largest fires have been remembered today by current firefighters.
John Davies from Leominster and Dave Morris from Hereford died at the Sun Valley poultry processing factory in 1993 when they were trapped by a fallen ceiling.
The fire started in a unit used for defrosting meat.
The fire service says staff gathered this morning to remember their colleagues., external
Image source, Hereford and Worcester Fire Service
BBC News England
Patients in Staffordshire and South Worcestershire will begin a trial of the new NHS app from October.
They'll join people in three other areas of England in being able to download and use the app which will allow them to book GP appointments, order repeat prescriptions and see their medical files held by their surgery.
The app is due to be rolled out nationally in December.
The Shropshire Star's covering these headlines today:
Newsround
A Staffordshire man's made the Guinness World Records 2019 for having the world's fastest jet-propelled go-kart.
Image source, Guinness World RecordsThe latest edition of the iconic book's been published and has the latest breakers of weird and wonderful records.
They include Tom Bagnall, 26, from Cheadle, whose go-kart travels at an eye-watering 112.29mph.
The project took him a year to complete after he became fascinated with speed from a young age, and this developed into a love for engineering.
The 19-year-old suffered a cardiac arrested and later died at hospital.
Read MoreWorcester Warriors player Duncan Weir says new forward Cornell Du Preez's reaction to his injury in Saturday's home defeat by Wasps was "calm and collected".
Image source, Getty ImagesThe South Africa-born Scotland international, 27, suffered a fractured larynx in a collision with Wasps and England lock Joe Launchbury's knee.
His director of rugby Alan Solomons has described the injury as a freak accident.
Weir was also making his Warriors debut alongside his old Edinburgh and Scotland team-mate and says it is testimony to Du Preez's professionalism that he made so little fuss about the injury.
Quote MessageThere was no big scene about it. But then he's just a very hard guy. Probably the hardest man I've ever played with, or against. If that had been me, I'd have been in sheer panic. My toys would would not only have been out of the pram, they'd have been all over the car park."
Duncan Weir, Worcester Warriors stand-off
Rain prevents any play after lunch on day three of the Division Two match between Warwickshire and Durham at Edgbaston.
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Stoke-on-Trent Live
These stories are being covered by the Stoke-on-Trent Live page today:
Champion cyclist Andy Tennant from Wolverhampton is backing a campaign to build a velodrome in Birmingham for the Commonwealth Games.
The organisers are currently planning to stage the track cycling events in London in 2022.
They say it would be too expensive to build a venue in Birmingham.
But cycling campaigners claim a new velodrome in the city would be in high demand.
Quote MessageI like to believe elite success drives grass roots, and encourages people to be fit and active and healthy, and we need more indoor spaces to be able to do that.
Andy Tennant, Professional cyclist
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust already faced allegations over avoidable deaths and injuries.
Read MoreThe Duke of Cambridge will be in Stourbridge later this month to unveil a statue honouring war hero Frank Foley, who helped thousands of Jews escape from Nazi Germany, Kensington Palace has announced.
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A Birmingham man has been charged with drugs offences, following a stop and search in Burton, Staffordshire.
The 20-year-old has been charged with possession with intent to supply heroin and crack cocaine, said Staffordshire Police. , external
Allen Cook
BBC News
A new £8.1m events building will open next month at the National Memorial Arboretum.
Image source, StepnellManagers at the site say the new facility, called Aspects, will be able to be used for functions like conferences and banquets. , external
The arboretum, at Alrewas, Staffordshire, contains more than 300 memorials dedicated to all the armed forces, emergency services and civilians.
The licence of a Birmingham club, where a 19-year-old was taken ill and later died, has been suspended, said Birmingham City Council.
Image source, GoogleThe man was taken ill at Lab 11 in Trent Street, Digbeth, Birmingham, early on Sunday.
The club will remain closed pending a full review, after West Midlands Police applied for an expedited review of the premises licence.
A hearing of the city council's licensing committee heard at "this early stage" it was suspected that the death was "likely to have been caused by a drug overdose".
BBC Sport
Worcestershire's head coach says dropped catches have cost his side this season, as they struggle to avoid relegation from Division One of the County Championship.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe Pears, having only won promotion last season, are currently bottom and have won just two games all season.
Their latest match saw Hampshire wrap up a 114-run victory in three days.
Quote MessageWe dropped a couple of chances and this year, overall, one of the differences has been that we have put down one or two catches at vital times to key players. That has sometimes cost us a little bit."
Kevin Sharp, Worcestershire head coach
Police believe the off-duty officer was attacked in an attempted car-jacking.
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Image source, GLOUCESTERSHIRE POLICEFour men arrested in connection with a £1m robbery at the country home of an entrepreneur have been released on bail.
Burglars scaled a 7ft (2m) high wall at Sir Christopher Evans' home in Bibury, Gloucestershire, on 9 July and took jewellery and antiques.
Four men aged 40, 41, 42 and 43, were arrested on Wednesday in the Cheltenham and Evesham areas on suspicion of burglary.
Gloucestershire Police said the men have been released pending further enquiries.
A police officer has suffered serious injuries after being hit by a car which failed to stop in Walsall.
Image source, @B_A_L_D_Y/TwitterThe female officer was knocked to the ground after intervening in a domestic incident between a man and a woman in Hatherton Street at about 09:00 this morning.
The car was later found in Bloxwich, said West Midlands Police.
The Safer Travel officer is being treated in hospital, the force said.
Vicky Norton
BBC Radio Stoke
Shop workers have been attacked with what's thought to be pepper spray during a burglary in Stoke-on-Trent., external
Police say they broke into K&M News Food and Booze on Hamil Road, Burslem, just after 06:00 today.
Officers say the victim isn't believed to have any lasting injuries and the burglars got away with cash.
