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Worcestershire have bowled out Lancashire for 242 at Old Trafford to win their one-day cup match by 125 runs.
Daryl Mitchell, Josh Tongue and Wayne Parnell took two wickets each.
Image source, Getty ImagesEarlier, Worcestershire were all out for 367, with Mitchell and Hamish Rutherford both scoring centuries.
West Midlands Police has been given £6m this year by the government to tackle rising levels of knife crime, according to the force's police and crime commissioner , external(PCC).
In March, the Chancellor Philip Hammond promised forces in England and Wales an extra £100m to tackle the "epidemic".
Today, the West Midlands PCC David Jamison says £6m is their slice of the total and it'll be used to pay current officers to do more overtime.
Figures published by the police showed in the year up to September in the West Midlands, there were 3,108 offences recorded, a rise of 19% on the year before and almost double the number recorded in 2013.
Police officers searching the River Severn in Shrewsbury for 33-year-old Ashley Atkins say they have found a body.
West Mercia Police said formal identification has not yet taken place, but Mr Atkins's next of kin have been informed.
Here are three stories from the Shropshire Star today:
Alice Cutter allegedly told her boyfriend their future children would "suffer if we don't do this".
Read MoreA man's been flown to hospital after a crash at Draycott-in-the-Moors in Staffordshire earlier today.
The 24-year-old was in a collision involving a motorbike, a van and a lorry on Cheadle Road at around 13:00.
Another man was also taken to hospital and the extent of both their injuries isn't yet known.
Two men who were arrested after a car went into the River Severn in Shrewsbury have been released by the police on bail.
They had been questioned on suspicion of conspiracy to commit burglary.
A search of the river is still going on in response to reports a third man had gone missing.
Sophie Madden
BBC News
A hoard of Roman coins is going to be bought by Warwickshire County Council. after a successful appeal to raise £62,000.
The 440 silver denarii coins were discovered during an archaeological dig at a Roman site at Edge Hill in 2015 and the council now plans to put them on display at the Market Hall museum in Warwick this summer.
Image source, Warwickshire County CouncilThey were found in a ceramic pot under the floor of a building and 78 of the coins are believed to be very rare, dating back to 68-69 AD, a period of Roman history known as the "Year of the Four Emperors".
The authority said very few of these coins from this time have survived.
A grant of £30,000 from the V&A museum and another £14,000 from the Art Fund made up the bulk of the money, with the rest of the money coming from fundraising efforts and supporters of the museum service.
A van belonging to Severn Hospice is off the road after being badly damaged in a break-in.
The hospice said it was targeted by thieves on Tuesday night and it had to cancel a number of donation pick-ups as a result.
Image source, Severn HospiceThe van is used by the hospice's furniture store in Shrewsbury and it said staff were "gutted to find the mess that had been made".
Shefali Oza
BBC Midlands Today
After a fine evening, we're set for a dry night with clear spells - here's the full forecast for the West Midlands which includes the outlook for tomorrow:
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The Stourbridge News is covering these stories today:
Requests in Warwickshire have been rejected for the first time in four years, parents say.
Read MoreA set of railway crossing gates are being returned to Jackfield today, after a year-long operation to restore them.
The work has been carried out by the Coalbrookdale-based Small Woods Association and each gate measures 38ft (11.5m).
Image source, Telford and Wrekin CouncilTelford and Wrekin Council says the gates will be under a temporary shelter for a couple of weeks, while they are painted and assembled, before they are lifted into place next month.
Image source, Telford and Wrekin CouncilCoventry City could be forced to make cutbacks if they leave the Ricoh stadium, a university academic has warned.
Kieran McGuire, a football finance expert from the University of Liverpool, warned, "matchday income will fall significantly" if the club is forced to play elsewhere, because it can't agree a deal with the stadium's owners.
Image source, Getty ImagesMr Maguire also said "the club will have to make cutbacks and the sad thing is that people are potentially going to lose jobs. Not necessarily on the playing side, but on the administrative and support side."
The club is still searching for a home for next season, after its deal with Wasps expires, and has been warned it could be expelled from the Football League if a solution can't be found.
Worcestershire pace bowlers Charlie Morris, Pat Brown and Adam Finch agree new deals with the club
Read MoreOswestry has a new town clerk for the first time in 35 years.
David Preston, who has served the town council in a variety of roles for 44 years, is being replaced by his deputy Arren Roberts (pictured below) in July.
Image source, Oswestry Town CouncilMr Preston is leaving to become the chief executive of the National Association of British Market Authorities.
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People living in Stafford are being urged to be vigilant after a string of arson attacks in the town., external
Image source, Staffordshire Fire ServiceStaffordshire Fire Service says the reports in the past week included a hat-trick of calls over three nights in a row.
They say the worst case involved a house of Surrey Road in which a fence was set on fire which then spread to the house, damaging the gas supply., external
The giant Knife Angel sculpture is going to be extending its stay in Coventry until 7 May.
It's been standing outside the city's cathedral, to raise awareness of knife crime and was originally meant to be there until 23 April.
The 26-foot-high (8m) sculpture is made out of 100,000 blades which had either been confiscated or surrendered to police forces around the country.
It was made at the British Ironworks Centre at Oswestry and has also been on display in Hull and Liverpool.
Worcester Warriors lock Darren Barry is to leave at the end of the current season to join Newcastle Falcons.
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Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke
A union trying to support former workers at a 200-year-old pottery manufacturer says there may not be enough jobs available for them to continue working in the same industry.
Image source, GoogleDudson, in Stoke-on-Trent, has been making tableware, glassware and fine china since 1800, but collapsed earlier this month, putting more than 300 staff out of work.
A jobs fair in Tunstall has allowed some to find work but the GMB union says it won't be easy to keep them all working in the ceramics industry.
Quote MessageWe've got people that are trying to pull together to help but we haven't got 300 jobs, we've only got two at the moment. What we'll do is try to help and push them other ways as best we can."
Tommy Dawkins, GMB Union
