England striker Ellen White is to join Manchester City Women from Birmingham City on a two-year contract from 1 July.

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Worcestershire lead Durham by 117 runs after their first innings at New Road, after being bowled out for 390.

Most of the runs were scored by the middle order with Riki Wessels scoring 118, Ross Whiteley (pictured below) 72 and Joshua Dell 61.

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But Warwickshire are behind against Hampshire at Edgbaston after being bowled out for 233 in their first innings.

That was despite 109 from opener Dominic Sibley.

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Half of the existing MEPs in the West Midlands are not contesting the upcoming European Parliament elections.

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There are 72 UK MEPs currently serving, with one seat vacant. Of those, 43 are seeking re-election and there are 548 other new candidates.

That means at least 30 of those elected from 23-26 May might either never take their seats or serve only a few months if the UK leaves the European Union by the end of October.

Here are some facts and figures about the choice voters have about who represents them in Brussels and Strasbourg.

Bishop Anthony Educational Trust runs 16 schools across Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Shropshire.

The new chief executive of the Bishop Anthony Educational Trust says a recent Ofsted evaluation was "very disappointing", but he is in "absolutely no doubt" it is now moving in the right direction.

A letter from Ofsted, external particularly criticised the previous leadership of the trust, which runs 16 schools across Shropshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire, and says it "has not been successful enough in improving the quality of education for pupils".

The trust was set up by the Diocese of Hereford and the Ofsted report was drawn up following a visit in March.

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Andrew Teale says since he was appointed CEO in January "we have started a process to transform this multi-academy trust and provide better support for our academies".

He added "I firmly believe that in many areas we are already on the right track and that over the next few months the exciting and ambitious plans we have for further change will ensure that the multi-academy trust will, once again, becomes the strong school leadership body that it should always have been.”

League Two club Port Vale release nine players, including 36-year old veterans Antony Kay and Michael Tonge.

Homeland actor David Harewood has taken part in a programme to retrace the events that led up to his psychotic breakdown 30 years ago.

As part of BBC's mental health season, the Birmingham-born actor shares his experience of the psychosis, exploring what happened in a documentary for the first time.

He said that mental health issues need not be a barrier to success and hoped that by speaking out about his experiences it would help others to feel the same.

Making the programme had been an "overwhelming" experience he said, "to have your traumatic things reflected back at you".

"There was a moment during the filming where I was terrified because I suddenly realise I'd buried the pain, the trauma, of my breakdown, but remembered all the mania and the fun and some of the more exciting and entertaining moments."

David Harewood: Psychosis And Me is on BBC Two at 21:00 tonight and can be seen afterwards on the BBC iPlayer.

No passengers have been hurt in the fire on a late-night service in a city centre.

A man involved in a crash with a van while riding a mobility scooter in Coventry has been described as having an "enormous zest for life".

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Mick Morrison was crossing Allesley Old Road at the junction of Brookside Avenue at 10:30 on Monday 6 May.

He died in hospital on Wednesday.

The driver of the van, a 43-year-old man, remained at the scene and is cooperating with the inquiry, said West Midlands Police.

The 76-year-old victim, who had been living with Parkinson's disease, believed in "living life to the full", said his wife, including flying to Las Vegas "four or five times a year".

"His death has left an enormous void in our lives and he will be missed dreadfully as I have lost not only my husband but also my best friend," she added.

An investigation into the blaze in Birmingham city centre is under way.

An education trust that runs 14 primary and two secondary schools in Shropshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire has been heavily criticised by inspectors.

Ofsted said the Bishop Anthony Educational Trust had been "set up with good moral intentions and a clear purpose of meeting an educational need in the community" but had "failed".

It said the weakest schools and lowest achieving pupils had been particularly let down, with three of the trust’s schools judged to require special measures in the most recent inspections and one requiring improvement.

A summary of the report , externalsaid where there were improvements - 11 schools in the trust were judged good or outstanding - it was often due to head teachers or governors, "rather than the contribution and effectiveness of the trust".

Ofsted has made a number of recommendations, but welcomed the appointment of a new interim chief executive, who it said had a good understanding of the trust's weaknesses.

Shropshire Star

Three headlines from the Shropshire Star:

• Man arrested after overtaking police at 116mph, external
• Man dies after collapsing at beauty spot, external
• Firefighters free child from toilet seat, external

A UKIP European election candidate who said he "wouldn't even rape" a Labour MP has defended his comments.

In a BBC interview Carl Benjamin said he had been "misrepresented" and he had been making a joke.

Police are looking into remarks by him about Birmingham MP Jess Phillips.

Previously Mr Benjamin, who is standing in the European elections, tweeted that he "wouldn't even rape" Ms Phillips.

He refused to apologise for the remark made in 2016, arguing that "any subject can be the subject of a joke."

He told the Victoria Derbyshire programme that "rape jokes" can be "empowering to victims" and had received support from some survivors.

"I don't promote the language of violence," he said, "I make jokes".

Following the interview, Jess Phillips tweeted, external that she felt "sick watching Carl Benjamin chuckling along to people joining in with the language he has given them about putting a bag on my head and raping me".

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A woman who became the first solo adaptive rower to cross the Atlantic says she's raised more than £52,000 for her charity through the voyage.

Kelda Wood, from Shropshire, runs Climbing Out, which helps people like her who have faced life-changing illnesses or injuries.

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The 45-year-old from Shrewsbury was a professional horse rider and played netball nationally before being injured when her horse was hit by a lorry.

Then in 2002 she suffered a severe injury to her leg and ankle when a huge hay bale fell on her.

She rowed for 76 days from the Canary Islands to Antigua and said she wanted to show to young people with disabilities that anything was possible.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of assault after "deliberately" driving at a women, leaving her with serious leg and facial injuries.

Officers believe the pair had a row in a car, prior to the incident in Victoria Street, Warwick at about 23:00 on Monday.

"The victim got out of the car and a short time later the collision occurred," said Warwickshire Police, which is treating the incident as a deliberate act.

The vehicle police believe was involved was found a short time later in a nearby street, having hit a parked car and flipped on to its roof.

A 31-year-old man from Coventry was arrested nearby on suspicion of assault, dangerous driving, driving while disqualified, driving without insurance, making off from the scene of an accident and failing to provide a sample.

HS2 will not offer value for money and risks "short changing" the North of England, a group of peers has warned.

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A report from the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee also said it was "far from convinced" the new high-speed railway will be built within the £55.7bn budget.

The committee, which includes former chancellors Lord Darling and Lord Lamont, said that more than £4bn had already been spent on the first phase of HS2, which will run between London and Birmingham, through Warwickshire.

It said the project should not go ahead without a new assessment of its costs and benefits.

Two men have been arrested following a carjacking at a supermarket in Nuneaton.

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The two, both aged 20, were arrested on suspicion of robbery after a man was forced out of his car at Asda in Newtown Road before it was stolen on Tuesday.

The pair were detained following a pursuit through Birmingham city centre on Wednesday afternoon, Warwickshire Police said.

They remain in police custody.

A man has suffered head injuries in a two-vehicle crash in the Staffordshire Moorlands this morning.

It happened after 06:00 on Leek Road at Cellarhead, with the vehicle he was in ending up on its side.

Staffordshire Police says he had to be freed by firefighters.

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Telford Tigers have announced defenceman Jonathan Weaver will be returning for a sixth season with the club.

The former Great Britain player won a number of awards last season and scored 60 points, the most by a defenceman in their league.

Head coach Tom Watkins described him as "one of the best British players of all time".

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Earlier in the week, the club announced the return of another veteran - club captain Jason Silverthorn.

Coventry Live

Some of Coventry Live's headlines today include:

• Talks break down between Wasps and Coventry City, external
• Coventry to get £28m to develop electric vehicle technology, external
• Government orders 'congestion charge' on Coventry roads, external