Summary

  • Live updates from Monday 15 July to Sunday 21 July

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  1. We are Stoke-on-Trent: What stories matter to you?published at 11:27 British Summer Time 3 September 2019

    A week where you tell us the stories you think we should be reporting in your city.

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  2. Midlands Live: Breaking news and local storiespublished at 06:52 British Summer Time 22 July 2019

    The latest news, sport, travel and weather across the West Midlands and south Cheshire.

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  3. Higgins leads Gloucestershire recoverypublished at 18:43 British Summer Time 21 July 2019

    Ryan Higgins makes 76 off just 59 balls as Gloucestershire post 339-7 against Worcestershire at Cheltenham.

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  4. Shrewsbury sign Sunderland defender Lovepublished at 18:27 British Summer Time 21 July 2019

    Shrewsbury sign defender Donald Love on a two-year deal after his release by fellow League One side Sunderland.

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  5. Edwards & Blake steal show in T20 Blastpublished at 18:25 British Summer Time 21 July 2019

    Fidel Edwards and Alex Blake steal the show for Birmingham Bears and Kent Spitfires in spectacular T20 Blast wins.

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  6. Drone footage of Birmingham factory firepublished at 16:19 British Summer Time 21 July 2019

    Smoke could be seen across Birmingham on Saturday after a fire broke out at a derelict factory.

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  7. Teenager shot in 'drive-by' attack near McDonald'spublished at 10:23 British Summer Time 21 July 2019

    Police are investigating if the shooting is connected to two other incidents in Coventry last night.

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  8. Hedgehog rescuers who took on developer recognisedpublished at 09:59 British Summer Time 21 July 2019

    Kyra Barboutis and Sophie Smith, both 13, encouraged a housing developer to rethink hedgerow netting.

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  9. Factory fire sends smoke billowing across citypublished at 22:02 British Summer Time 20 July 2019

    More than 70 firefighters tackled the blaze at a derelict building in Birmingham.

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  10. New provider found for 'vital' school bus servicepublished at 17:13 British Summer Time 20 July 2019

    More than 4,000 children in Birmingham rely on specialist minibuses to get to school.

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  11. Port Vale sign ex-Silkmen defender Evanspublished at 15:50 British Summer Time 20 July 2019

    Port Vale sign defender Callum Evans on a one-year deal following his exit from Macclesfield Town by mutual consent.

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  12. Cars and buildings damaged by tornadopublished at 12:27 British Summer Time 20 July 2019

    The wind and rain caused havoc near Manchester Airport and the RHS Flower Show at Tatton Park.

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  13. Millers defender Ajayi joins West Brompublished at 12:25 British Summer Time 20 July 2019

    West Bromwich Albion sign defender Semi Ajayi from Rotherham United on a four-year contract, for an undisclosed fee.

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  14. A thousand butterflies adorn cathedral for charitypublished at 09:06 British Summer Time 20 July 2019

    The butterfly display was inspired by the Tower of London's 'Blood Swept Lands'.

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  15. Warhol snaps of Ozzy and Le Bon 'yours for £28k'published at 01:03 British Summer Time 20 July 2019

    The images of singers from Birmingham bands Black Sabbath and Duran Duran are on display at the NEC.

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  16. 'I listened to the Moon landing astronauts'published at 00:54 British Summer Time 20 July 2019

    An engineer at Jodrell Bank says he could hear every word from Apollo 11's famous mission.

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  17. Delport hits 38-ball ton in Essex winpublished at 22:46 British Summer Time 19 July 2019

    Cameron Delport's 38-ball century for Essex against Surrey is the highlight of a rain-affected day of T20 Blast action.

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  18. Our live coverage across the weekpublished at 18:59 British Summer Time 19 July 2019

    Andy Giddings
    BBC News

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

  19. Weather: Rain forecast this weekendpublished at 18:55 British Summer Time 19 July 2019

    Rebecca Wood
    BBC Midlands Today

    If you were planning a barbeque this weekend, you might want to wait until Sunday, because we're forecast rain tomorrow.

    It's looking a lot better next week though.

    Media caption,

    Weather forecast for the West Midlands

  20. New provider found for special school bus servicepublished at 18:50 British Summer Time 19 July 2019

    A new provider has been found to run minibuses to special schools in Birmingham.

    The city council says it has awarded the contract to West Midlands Accessible Transport Ltd, a subsidiary of National Express, and the service will start in September.

    Special needs bus

    A new provider has been needed since the previous main provider, ATG, went into administration in March.