Residents and shoppers are asked to clear Bridgnorth's High Street due to a gas leak in an old bank.

James Anderson and Graham Onions reduce Worcestershire to 38-7, before Wayne Parnell spearheads fightback against Lancashire.

Dom Allan suffered bleeding to his brain, a fractured eye socket and broken vertebrae.

We'll be back with our usual mix of news, sport, travel and weather from 07:00 tomorrow, but keep an eye out here for more updates this evening and into the morning.

BBC Weather Watchers

A cloudy afternoon, but there's blue sky and sunshine around in the West Midlands, at least from the look of these photos from our local BBC Weather Watchers.

These three are from users Peter Steggles in Acton Burnell, Shropshire, Solar Hill in Leek Wootton, Warwickshire and Postman Les in Bromyard, Herefordshire:

Image source, Peter Steggles

Image source, Solar Hill

Image source, Postman Les

A man shot in the stomach by a group of men in Walsall on Sunday is in a critical condition.

BBC Shropshire

Shrewsbury Town defender Scott Golbourne insists he will be fit for pre-season training next month, despite picking up a serious knee injury in their last game of the season.

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The 31-year-old signed a two-year deal last week with the League One side having joined in January on a short-term contract.

A horse has been rescued after getting stuck in a ditch when it was "spooked" by a lorry, fire crews have said.

Image source, Hereford and Worcester Fire Service

Hereford and Worcester Fire Service said a woman was riding the animal on the A465 in Stoke Lacy, near Bromyard, this morning when the vehicle drove past. , external

With help from a local farmer, firefighters winched the horse out while it was sedated and said it's now made a full recovery.

BBC Shropshire

Part of the centre of Shrewsbury has been shut to traffic today and won't reopen for up to eight weeks.

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Gas maintenance company Cadent is replacing ageing iron mains with plastic pipes and Shropshire Council's closed Mardol Head and Shoplatch for the work. , external

Wyle Cop (partially) and High Street are also shut , external but the authority's said shops and car parks are still open in the town centre.

Kidderminster Shuttle

These are among the top stories on the Kidderminster Shuttle's website today:

• Business improvement district approved for Kidderminster town centre, external
• Car 'shot at' in Stourport, external
• Window company to open new showroom and expand, external

Warwickshire seamer Oliver Hannon-Dalby takes career-best figures of 5-18 on a day of 17 wickets against Somerset.

Giving evidence, Oritse Williams claimed he got along "very well" with the alleged rape victim.

Alex Hamilton
BBC Weather

It will be a dry night with the chance of some mist and lows of 5C (41F).

A house fire that led to the death of a woman in Hereford was started accidentally, fire investigators have confirmed.

More then 30 firefighters from Hereford and Worcester Fire Service battled the blaze on Cobhall Close on Friday afternoon.

A women died in the fire while a man who got out of the house needed hospital treatment for minor injuries.

An MP's spoken of his delight with a Ministry of Defence order for cutting edge naval frigates that will see the General Electric plant in Rugby supply the key electric drive motors.

Earlier today, the Unite trade union said the deal regarding the Type 26 Frigates had secured the future of the site.

GE previously said the work would be moved to Nancy, France, by the end of 2019 and Unite said the site would close with the loss of 250 jobs.

Rugby's Conservative MP Mark Pawsey , externaltold Parliament he was "delighted" at the news and that it would keep the "vitally important facility here in the UK".

Defence minister Stuart Andrew in turn paid tribute to him "lobbying hard" for the contract.

A 17-year-old boy was chased by two men before being punched and stabbed in the arm and back in Coventry, police say.

The assault happened on Far Gosford Street a about 01:30 on Saturday.

He was taken to hospital suffering injuries which are not believed to be serious, said West Midlands Police.

The force is appealing to taxi drivers who might have been in the area at the time and witnessed the assault to come forward.

Supermarket staff in the West Midlands made an unusual find when stacking bananas on a shelf - a tropical spider which had stowed away from South America.

Image source, RSPCA

The RSPCA said the discovery was made at a branch in Brierley Hill, although it hasn't revealed which firm made the discovery.

The brown and white spider, about the size of a 20p coin, was hastily put in a sealed box and is now with a specialist keeper who has described it as an "exciting find" - although he hasn't yet identified its exact species is as it's so rare.

The RSPCA adds that it's not the first time this supermarket's made such a discovery, having found a spider from Brazil on bananas in February.

Police are investigating the messages while an MP calls for a protest exclusion zone "to protect children".

A scheme launched by the Mayor of the West Midlands is seeking to help retrain workers whose jobs are at risk from becoming automated.

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Some 1.5 million people in England are at high risk of losing their jobs to automation, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Mayor Andy Street said £5m worth of funding for his Beat the Bots initiative would be made available for colleges and training providers to deliver innovative digital training.

The fund, which he said was "our way to stay ahead", represented a chance to gain digital skills "which will prepare our workforce for the jobs of the future".

“Artificial intelligence, self-driving vehicles and robotics are getting better, and, in reality, it’s only a matter of time before real people will lose out to bots in the fight for jobs," he added.

The funding comes from the government’s National Retraining Scheme, and was announced by Secretary of State for Education Damian Hinds in summer 2018, as part of the West Midlands Combined Authority's Skills Deal.

Allen Cook
BBC News

People are being urged to continue to avoid High Street, Bridgnorth for "the next couple of hours" after a suspected gas leak was found and cut off.

Image source, Shropshire Fire Service

Shropshire Fire Service were called to the road just before 14:00, external after reports of a "strong smell of gas" in the area.

Just before 17:00, crews said they'd found the leak and cut it off, external but it would still take some time for the gas to clear naturally.