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  1. Aston Villa complete £20m Mings dealpublished at 17:56 British Summer Time 8 July 2019

    Aston Villa complete the £20m signing of Bournemouth central defender Tyrone Mings.

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  2. Car workers treated over 'chemical incident'published at 11:19 British Summer Time 8 July 2019

    One Jaguar Land Rover worker was taken to hospital and 27 were assessed by ambulance crews.

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  3. Menopause lessons at school 'an important victory'published at 00:44 British Summer Time 8 July 2019

    A woman who felt suicidal during the menopause wins her battle for teenagers to be taught about it.

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  4. Wickets tumble between Pears and Derbyspublished at 19:26 British Summer Time 7 July 2019

    Worcestershire and Derbyshire each take 10 wickets on day one in their County Championship game at Kidderminster.

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  5. Yates & Hain lead Bears reply to Hantspublished at 19:08 British Summer Time 7 July 2019

    Rob Yates goes nine short of a maiden century as Warwickshire makes a spirited response to Hampshire's 539 all out.

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  6. County Championship - Five wickets for Bess as Notts collapse against leaders Somersetpublished at 18:47 British Summer Time 7 July 2019

    Follow live text and ball-by-ball radio commentary from the latest round of County Championship fixtures.

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  7. Festival cancels acts over safety fearspublished at 13:40 British Summer Time 7 July 2019

    Barriers were broken when people tried to "push through" into the full Rhythm Tent, say organisers.

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  8. Sibley gets England Lions callpublished at 13:35 British Summer Time 7 July 2019

    Warwickshire opening batsman Dom Sibley - English county cricket's top run scorer in 2019 - is one of four players chosen to make their England Lions debut next week against Australia A at Canterbury (14-17 July).

    Kent opener Zak Crawley, Gloucestershire wicketkeeper/batsman James Bracey and Sussex seamer Ollie Robinson are the other newcomers.

    Sibley, who last represented England at Under-19 level in 2014, hit a career-best 244 at Canterbury this week, the highest individual score in the County Championship this season, as he became the first to reach 1,000 first-class runs this season.

    Dom Sibley has made 1,069 runs in first-class cricket this season, starting with his ton for the MCC in the champion county match against Surrey in Dubai in MarchImage source, Getty Images

    There are three players with Test match experience in the 11-man team, which will be coached by former England coach Andy Flower – surrey wicketkeeper Ben Foakes, Nottinghamshire batsman Ben Duckett and Somerset spinner Jack Leach.

    Leach is joined by Somerset colleague Lewis Gregory, who has taken 44 Championship wickets this season - more than any other seamer.

    As to who will captain the side, that is yet to be announced.

    All the players were due to have been in Championship action for their counties that week.

    England Lions XI:James Bracey (Gloucestershire), Zak Crawley (Kent), Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire), Ben Foakes (Surrey), Lewis Gregory (Somerset), Jack Leach (Somerset), Saqib Mahmood (Lancashire), Sam Northeast (Hampshire), Jamie Porter (Essex), Ollie Robinson (Sussex), Dom Sibley (Warwickshire)

  9. Attempted murder arrest after double stabbingpublished at 12:54 British Summer Time 7 July 2019

    A 14-year-old boy and man aged 20 were wounded in Hillfields, Coventry, on Saturday evening.

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  10. Jodrell Bank gets World Heritage statuspublished at 12:12 British Summer Time 7 July 2019

    The observatory, which tracked US and Russian craft during the space race, wins Unesco recognition.

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  11. Sex role-play death prompts law change pleapublished at 00:07 British Summer Time 7 July 2019

    Hope Barden's sister calls for new regulations in order to safeguard online webcam performers.

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  12. Holland & Donald put Bears to the swordpublished at 18:47 British Summer Time 6 July 2019

    Ian Holland and Aneurin Donald hit centuries on day one to put Hampshire in a strong position against Warwickshire.

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  13. County Championship: Leaders Somerset out for 326 - radio & textpublished at 18:27 British Summer Time 6 July 2019

    Follow live text and ball-by-ball radio commentary from the latest round of County Championship fixtures.

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  14. Passenger anger as trains miss last stopspublished at 14:41 British Summer Time 6 July 2019

    One passenger says she is regularly "kicked off" two stops early so delayed trains can make up time.

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  15. Harper extends West Brom contractpublished at 14:14 British Summer Time 6 July 2019

    West Bromwich Albion midfielder Rekeem Harper signs a new three-year contract with the Championship club.

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  16. 'Smallest Pride parade' celebrates marchespublished at 12:00 British Summer Time 6 July 2019

    The Lego model is unveiled as events are held to mark 50 years since the Stonewall uprising.

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  17. Lifetime carer 'wouldn't change anything'published at 00:20 British Summer Time 6 July 2019

    Mike Howard cared for his parents as a child and now looks after his wife, who uses a wheelchair.

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  18. Our live coverage across the weekpublished at 18:59 British Summer Time 5 July 2019

    Andy Giddings
    BBC News

    We'll be back with the news, sport, travel and weather from 07:00 on Monday.

  19. Port Vale to treat friendly as work-out for playerspublished at 18:58 British Summer Time 5 July 2019

    BBC Radio Stoke Sport

    John Askey says he'll treat Port Vale's friendly against Kidsgrove tomorrow as a work-out for the players.

    He admits it is "probably a little bit earlier than I'd wanted a game" and will be working his squad hard in training today, so they might look a little tired when they step onto the pitch.

    John AskeyImage source, Getty Images

    It's likely most of the players will only have to play 45 minutes though, with Port Vale expected to field up to five trialists tomorrow - including a goalkeeper, a right back, a winger and a striker.

  20. More visits to libraries and theatre reportedpublished at 18:50 British Summer Time 5 July 2019

    Local Democracy Reporting Service

    There's been an increase in the number of people visiting Shropshire's libraries - they rose by 16,524 to 918,755 in the last financial year.

    The number of people visiting Theatre Severn (pictured below) in Shrewsbury has risen by 8% to 199,632.

    Theatre Severn

    However, Shropshire Council reported a small fall in the number of visitors to attractions in Ludlow, Much Wenlock and Acton Scott.

    Shrewsbury Castle and Shrewsbury Museum also saw small falls.