A man has been arrested in connection with an attack in Telford that left a man with head and arm injuries.

Police were called to King Street in Dawley yesterday morning to reports a number of people had attacked a man in his late teens, who was suffering a suspected stab wound.

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A 31-year-old, from Telford, was arrested yesterday evening and is still in police custody.

The road outside a Coventry primary school has been closed to all traffic this morning, as part of the UK-wide Clean Air day.

Ravensdale Road in Wyken shut at 08:00 as part of a joint project with Ravensdale Primary, the city council and the walking and cycling charity Sustrans.

Gavin Passmore from the charity said it's the first time the road closure scheme had taken part in the city.

"It's great to have support from the council," he said, "and to support the school to become more active, to cycle and walk more, and to help improve the air quality outside the school gates."

Pupil Alfie said the best thing about the closure was "you can get exercise outside with your mates, and chit chat, and ride around".

Christopher Straker, 36, has been charged with eight burglaries, West Midlands Police said.

A shop worker in Atherstone, Warwickshire, was threatened by men armed with sticks demanding money, police say.

The attempted robbery took place in Virk Stores, Lister Road in the town at about 21:00 on Tuesday.

The men, with covered faces, eventually left empty-handed, said Warwickshire Police, and fled in a white VW van.

BBC News Travel

A diesel leak has closed one lane of the M6 northbound in the West Midlands.

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A lorry has lost the fuel, closing the road from J5 for Castle Bromwich to J6 for Spaghetti Junction.

Coventry Live

Some of the Coventry Live headlines today are:

• Britain's oldest couple tie the knot, external
• Schoolboy burned during six-hour torture over spilled drink, external
• Homeless people facing increasing waits to leave hospital, external

The Bromsgrove MP Sajid Javid has published this letter online, written by his 10-year-old daughter.

He's down to the final four in the race to be prime minister and wrote on his Facebook page: "A long but exciting day yesterday that got so much better when I came home to this from my 10yr old. Whatever happens next, I will be happy."

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Vandals have damaged gravestones at a church in Evesham for the second time in a week and the vicar says it is even more sinister this time.

On Father's Day, graves, including ones belonging to children were damaged, and this morning satanic symbols were found spray-painted around the St Andrew's churchyard.

The vicar, Mark Binney, said he was "absolutely gutted" to see the new vandalism.

BBC Shropshire

A £600,000 project to smarten up Stokesay Castle in Shropshire is complete.

English Heritage has spent three years building a new tea room there and creating an Edwardian-style cottage garden with 1,000 new plants in the grounds.

It has also created a walking trail around the moat.

English Heritage says Stokesay Castle is the "best-preserved fortified medieval manor house in England".

A spokesman for Barratt Homes said they are working to establish what happened.

BBC Hereford and Worcester

An aluminium cricket bat that was used by Australian fast bowler Dennis Lillee in 1979 is being sold at auction in Malvern today.

He walked out to the crease with it during the first Ashes test that year, but had to swap it for a wooden one after protests from the England team and his own captain, Greg Chappell.

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The Duncan Fearnley bat had been used without any fuss in a previous game against the West Indies at Brisbane, but when he hit a drive that his captain thought would have reached the boundary with a wooden bat, Chappell asked him to switch.

He refused, but when the England captain, Mike Brearley also complained, claiming the bat was damaging the ball, Chappell walked out to the middle himself and gave Lillee a wooden bat.

Lillee threw the aluminium bat away and was out shortly afterwards, after adding just three more runs.

The bat is being sold by auctioneers John Goodwin at the Three Counties Show Ground and could fetch up to £5,000.

A new junction on Coventry's ring road could help improve air quality, the city council says.

Coventry has been ordered to introduce a clear air zone by the government, with toxic emissions forecast to exceed legal limits.

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A similar scheme in Birmingham will see high-emission car and van drivers pay £8 per day on city routes, although the scheme has been delayed.

The council is suggesting opening up Upper Hill Street to through traffic to ease congestion on Holyhead Road, one of the most polluted in the city.

The measures would be complemented by investment in improved cycle routes, travel planning and traffic management, the council report said. , external

BBC Radio Stoke Sport

The Crewe Alexandra manager says he's the same as any football fan when the new fixtures come out - because he looks to see who his team have got in the first game of the season, the last game of the season and at Christmas.

He also joked: "I don't know whether my wife's birthday falls on a Saturday this year, but if it does I'm hoping we haven't got Crawley away."

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We don't know when Mrs Artell's birthday is, but Crewe are away to Crawley on the evening of Tuesday 20 August.

Phil McCann
Cheshire Political Reporter, BBC News

Cheshire’s police watchdog chairman said he had "no intention" of resigning after he criticised a senior officer for wearing a rainbow-coloured lanyard.

Fellow members of Cheshire's police and crime panel and the county's police commissioner (PCC) have urged Bob Fousert to step down.

Mr Fousert said his questioning of the neckwear was "never intended to be an attack upon the LGBT community".

He added "I am sorry that it has been made to seem that way".

The police and crime panel chair said Deputy Chief Constable Julie Cooke's lanyard was an "overtly political statement" in conflict with regulations requiring police officers to be politically neutral.

PCC David Keane said the views were "outdated" and "inappropriate".

In a letter in response to Mr Keane, Mr Fousert said "It is unfortunate, even sad, that when someone makes an observation or comment with regards to LGBT issues they are often treated by some sections of the community like heretics, to be vilified, pilloried and castigated."

Local Democracy Reporting Service

A man who had a driving penalty overturned after arguing he could not have avoided driving in a bus lane says he will continue his fight against Staffordshire County Council.

Terry Deighton, 87, said he had driven from Mill Bank into the South Walls bus lane in Stafford town centre because an HGV had blocked his access to Bridge Street.

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The council decided not to contest the case when he appealed and cancelled the £60 fine, but Mr Deighton now wants to take further action to claim back his legal and petrol costs.

He plans to appeal to the Traffic Penalty Tribunal on the grounds the council acted "wholly unreasonably".

Express and Star

Some of the early headlines on the Express and Star website today are:

• 'Knife crime emergency' with 10 offences happening daily, external
• 'Shallow' student took luxury vehicles on test drive con to impress girlfriend, external
• New 500 burial space cemetery planned, external

Salford City's first game in the English Football League will be at home to Stevenage on the opening day of the League Two season.

Jonathan Woodgate's Middlesbrough will play Luton Town in the opening game of the 2019-20 English Football League season.

Ipswich Town's first season in the third tier for 62 years will begin with a trip to Burton Albion on Saturday, 3 August.

BBC Midlands Today

Utility firms who go over their deadline when digging up roads in Wolverhampton could face fines under a new scheme.

Gas, water, electricity and communications companies will need to apply for a permit and complete work by an agreed deadline.

If their work runs over without good reason, companies could be fined daily until the road is reopened.

Roadworks done by the council will also need a permit.