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British number three Dan Evans coasted into the second round of the Atlanta Open with a 6-1 6-1 win against Taiwanese qualifier Jason Jung.

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The 29-year-old world number 55 from Birmingham, who reached the third round at Wimbledon this month, needed only 57 minutes to beat the 30-year-old world number 138.

In the pair's first meeting, Evans, seeking his maiden ATP title, served out to win on his third match point.

He plays Moldovan sixth seed Radu Albot next.

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The New Saints face an uphill task to qualify for the next round of the Champions League after losing 2-0 at home to Copenhagen in the second qualifying round.

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Pieros Sotiriou gave the Danish side the lead, turning in Karlo Bartolec's low cross into the near post.

Sotiriou was involved for the visitors' second goal after being brought down for a penalty by Keston Davies, with Robert Skov converting the spot kick.

BBC Midlands Today

A group of sports clubs in Staffordshire say their futures are under threat as the ground which hosts them is up for auction today.

The Morris Ground in Chase Park, Cannock, is being sold following years of financial problems.

Both Cannock Cricket Club - formed in 1860 - and Cannock Hockey Club play home games at the site.

About 1,000 people use the venue where there are also bowls and football facilities, squash courts and a gym.

Sport England said it was "disappointed" the site was on sale.

Express and Star

The Express and Star's headlines this morning include:

• Sandwell hospital boss says 'obesity emergency' must be tackled, external
• Four trusts managing healthcare across Staffordshire rated inadequate, external
• Independent school for troubled children closes, external

Allen Cook
BBC News

A large fire involving household waste's being tackled this morning.

They were called to the waste disposal site run by Biffa in Oldbury at around 06:30., external

Crews have been sent from Oldbury and Smethwick and more from West Bromwich and Tipton.

Allen Cook
BBC News

A lot of us saw, and heard, thunderstorms overnight with heavy rain and lightning also hitting the region.

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A block of flats in Nuneaton and a house in Bedworth were struck by lightning, external, Warwickshire Fire Service reported.

The flats were evacuated due to severe flooding in the ground floor., external

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The Met Office says the thunderstorms are clearing to the north east of the countr, externaly and today should see dry weather with long sunny spells.

BBC News Travel

Faults with signalling systems are causing delays to some rail services.

West Midlands Railway says fewer trains are running between Nuneaton and Leamington Spa and services may be cancelled or delayed.

And trains are running at reduced speed through Dorridge with services being delayed by up to ten minutes.

Rich Davis
BBC Weather presenter

After a stormy night for some of us it's a dry and fine to start to the day, here's the rest of Wednesday's forecast:

You can get a latest forecast for your area at any other time by heading to the BBC Weather website.

Allen Cook
BBC News

Welcome to our live service for Wednesday.

We'll be bringing you all the news, sport, travel and weather for the West Midlands.

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The New Saints manager Scott Ruscoe praises his players for matching Copenhagen physically despite a 2-0 first-leg loss in their Champions League second qualifying round tie.

Goals from Pieros Sotiriou and Robert Skov give Copenhagen victory over hosts The New Saints in the first leg of their Champions League second qualifying round tie.

Forty West Midlands Police officers are trained to use nasal sprays containing naloxone.

Australian midfielder Ryan Edwards joins Burton Albion from Scottish Premiership club Hearts.

That's all for now in terms of regular live updates, but we'll be back from 07:00 tomorrow and there may be other updates here this evening and into the morning.

Rich Davis
BBC Weather presenter

It will be an unsettled night with some heavy showers and thunderstorms heading north with lows of 17C (63F).

Adam Peaty cruised into the final of the men's 50m breaststroke at the World Aquatics Championships in South Korea.

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One day after picking up his third consecutive 100m crown, the Uttoxeter swimmer beat his nearest rivals by over half a second as he finished in 26.11 seconds.

Peaty will hope to go close to his own 50m world record of 25.95 seconds, which he set in 2017 in Budapest, in the final tomorrow.

Gloucestershire build a 210-run lead over Worcestershire going into the final day at Cheltenham.

BBC Shropshire

More than 150 people attended a funeral today for a former Shropshire secret service agent, who has died at the age of 93.

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Harold Tracey (pictured above, in 1999), known as Lee, served in the RAF and MI6 and was remembered at Emstrey Crematorium in Shrewsbury.

Mr Tracey had no living relatives and was due to get a pauper's funeral until the RAF Association stepped in to provide a more suitable send-off, with flag carriers and buglers sounding the Last Post.

Rachel Dalby, from the association, says he would have approved:

West Midlands Police says it's the first force in the country to offer training to officers on the beat to use life-saving medicine naloxone.

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Naloxone is the emergency antidote for overdoses caused by heroin and other opiates/opioids such as methadone, morphine and fentanyl, external, the force said.

It said the main life-threatening effects of these drugs are that they slow down and can stop breathing, but naloxone blocks this effect and reverses the breathing difficulties temporarily to buy time for the ambulance service to arrive.

The training is voluntary for officers and is being rolled out initially to officers working in Birmingham city centre.

The force’s drug lead, Ch Insp Jane Bailey (pictured with the life-saving drug), said: "While this is not about trying to interfere with the fantastic work of our ambulance colleagues, who of course would still attend and deal with the patient, it’s about being able to offer the initial fast aid and help save a life."

BBC Weather Watchers

The BBC Weather Watchers have been out and about capturing images of this lovely day.

This image of the harvest was taken in Wolverhampton by Les at Large.

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This blue sky over Southam, Warwickshire, was taken by Littleacorns.

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And Liam Ball has got the water pistol out in Dawley, Shropshire.

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