John Bray
BBC News

An artist threw open the doors of his studio to 30 primary school pupils – as an alternative to learning about art through books or museum and gallery visits.

Street artist Mohammed Ali invited the youngsters, from Billesley Primary School to Moseley Community Hub in Birmingham, to enable them to get hands-on experience.

Working with his studio colleague Jonnie Turpie, Mohammed introduced the pupils to painting with iPads and spray painting on cloth.

Mohammed, who was awarded the MBE in 2016 for services to art and community cohesion, has exhibited his work around the world, including Kuala Lumpur, Melbourne, New York and South Africa.

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BBC Weather

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BBC News

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Birmingham's Mohammed Ali invited pupils into his working studio to witness art in progress.

Steve Rhodes leaves his role as Bangladesh head coach after their disappointing performance at the World Cup.

League One side Bristol Rovers sign left-back Luke Leahy following his release by Walsall this summer.

Warrington Wolves winger Josh Charnley signs a new deal until the end of the 2022 Super League season.

The 17-year-old boy is accused of murdering Sidali Mohamed in an attack lasting less than a minute.

The move is to be piloted at six Birmingham schools from September.

Andy Giddings
BBC News

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Local Democracy Reporting Service

Minor preparation work is going to be carried out on Hereford's southern link road, so that Herefordshire Council doesn't have to re-apply for planning permission.

The authority is reviewing the cost of major infrastructure schemes following a change in leadership, but has agreed to put up fencing, do some work with the top soil and carry out some excavation.

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Council officers believe the level of works would be sufficient to safeguard the planning permission for the scheme and a budget of £60,000 has been set aside to carry them out.

The paramotor flight across the length of Britain has also seen encounters with eagles.

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• Man dies after getting into difficulty in Staffordshire pool, external
• Fire service receive dozens of calls about blaze, external
• Peeping tom films woman having shower, external

Callum Ferguson and Ben Cox keep alive Worcestershire's chance of forcing an unlikely victory against Derbyshire.

Rich Davis
BBC Weather presenter

It will stay cloudy throughout the night with some showers at times and lows of 14C (57F).

Charlotte Smith travels the country putting out thank you cards and has received her own - from the Queen.

Sam Hain's second century in the match helps Warwickshire bat out the final day to escape with a draw against Hampshire.

Adam Muhammad, 17, stabbed 18-year-old Hazrat Umar to death in a "frenzied" attack in Birmingham.

BBC Radio Stoke Sport

The two trialists remaining with Crewe Alexandra could "put themselves in the driving seat" to claim a contract, coach Alex Morris has said.

The former Motherwell defender Christian Mbulu (pictured below) and ex-Doncaster striker Paul Taylor are staying with the squad after Saturday's defeat to Nantwich and Morris said the club is looking to "fill one or two spaces".

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Crewe play a game against a Liverpool under-23's team tomorrow and Morris said they could nail one of those places if they "do well enough over the course of the next couple of weeks".

Local Democracy Reporting Service

Regulars at a pub in Staffordshire are making another attempt to get it added to a register of community assets, to stop it being demolished.

The Green Man at Hixon is due to be knocked down in October and replaced by a convenience store and three houses, but customers hope they can delay the demolition and possibly buy it themselves.

If if is added to Staffordshire Council's register of Assets of Community Value, they will have more time to raise the necessary funds, but a previous attempt to get it included failed last October.

The pub, which is thought to have been built around 1820, is one of two in the village, and in a statement to the council the owner said: "I will be sad to see the pub go but the 30 or so regulars isn’t enough to support such a large pub. I’m 66 and need to retire."