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Britain's Adam Peaty has qualified fastest for this afternoon's semi-finals of the 50m breaststroke at the World Championships in South Korea.
Having set a new world record on his way to another gold in the 100m, the Uttoxeter swimmer is now hoping break records again in the 50m.
Firefighters are continuing to damp down a fire at a derelict factory in Birmingham.
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At its height more than 70 firefighters tackled the blaze in Winson Green, where recycling material was understood to be alight.
Crews are continuing to damp down the fire and tackle any hot spots, said the fire service.
Structural engineers have been called in as the building suffered a partial collapse on Monday.
Drone footage of fire at derelict factory in Winson Green
MOBO award-winning singer Laura Mvula will receive an honorary degree in her home city of Birmingham later.
Image source, Birmingham City UniversityThe musician studied at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire at Birmingham City University and has twice been nominated for the Mercury Prize.
Speaking ahead of the ceremony, Laura said, "I'm humbled and delighted to be receiving such an immense honour".
A government appointed commissioner is no longer needed to run Birmingham's children's services, it's been announced.
A series of child deaths saw the service branded a "national disgrace" and it had been rated as inadequate since 2008.
The authority is now judged as "requires improvement to be good".
The Department for Education has issued a revised statutory direction , externalto the council confirming that "the secretary of state intends to withdraw the children’s services commissioner".
Birmingham City Council says it's delighted with the progress being made., external
Rich Davis
BBC Weather presenter
Any cloud should clear leaving a sunny and very warm day with highs of 31C (88F).
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Vanessa Pearce
BBC News
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Patients who cannot eat are running out of life-saving feed because of changes to Calea's production system.
Read MoreA company making food packs for gastric patients says a new manufacturing process is slowing their delivery.
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Allen Cook
BBC News
That's it in terms of live updates for today, we'll be back tomorrow but there may be other updates this evening and into the morning.
Allen Cook
BBC News
More than 100 arrests have been made in Staffordshire in 11 days of a police campaign aimed at disrupting criminals.
Image source, Staffordshire PoliceThe arrests were made for offences ranging from suspected GBH to assaults and robbery.
Image source, Staffordshire PoliceHalf centuries from Ross Whiteley and Brett D'Oliveira help Worcestershire stay in contention at Gloucestershire.
Read MorePart of a main road in Worcestershire's going to be completely closed for the next three weekends so work can be finished on a new footbridge., external
Image source, Worcestershire County CouncilThe installation of the Crookbarrow Way crossing is part of the county council's wider scheme to make the A4440 Southern Linke Road near Worcester into a dual carriageway.
To allow the work to be carried out, the route will be shut between Whittington and Norton roundabouts for 24 hours over three consecutive weekends, starting this Saturday at 19:00.
Phil Bowers
Journalist, BBC Radio Stoke
A fly-over that closed earlier this month over safety concerns could stay shut for several more weeks after further faults came to light in the structure.
Image source, GoogleA faulty joint was first found on 9 July on the A53 bridge in Stoke-on-Trent but the city council says attempts to repair it led to more issues coming to light, including broken off concrete.
The local authority admits it still doesn't know the exact cause and is calling in specialists to try to come up with a permanent solution.
But, while not yet knowing what will need to be done, the council says it's likely to shut for "weeks rather than days".
Quote MessageWe found that the scale of the problem was far bigger than we originally thought and it gave us some cause for concern that we decided to abort that [temporary repair] work and consider the bigger problem."
Dave Stubbs, Stoke-on-Trent City Council
There are fears that along with help for new mothers, health could be affected by the loss of provision.
Read MoreA blue sky start to the week for much of the West Midlands today, as BBC Weather Watchers have reported plenty of sunshine across the region.
These three are from users Poetic Verse in Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, RantingRose in Birmingham and Graham's Vista in Grendon, Warwickshire:
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Alex Hamilton
BBC Weather
It will be a dry night turning misty in places with lows of 13C (55F).
Latest weather for the West Midlands
Allen Cook
BBC News
A woman who appeared as a nurse in TV shows including Line of Duty and Coronation Street has switched careers, becoming a nurse for real.
Image source, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS TrustVicky Hall acted in TV shows for 28 years, starting in Byker Grove and going on to roles in Doctors, Casualty and Holby City.
But Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust said the birth of her two children led the 42-year-old to consider a career change.
She's now qualified as a nurse and has started work in the A&E unit at the Alexandra Hospital, Redditch.
A cull's being demanded by a councillor in Worcester's ongoing efforts to try and cut the number of gulls in the city.
For several years the city council has been trying to reduce the population of gulls as they're seen as a nuisance and have even been known to attack people.
Today, the owners of a pet Chihuahua said a gull had seized and flown off with the dog in Devon.
Spikes, gull-proof litter bins and replacing eggs with fake ones have all been considered or used by Worcester City Council, which claims there are now fewer gulls compared with a decade ago.
But residents and businesses in Lower Wick have told BBC Hereford and Worcester they believe there are more than ever and are calling for stronger action.
Quote MessageThey're vicious, flying rats and they need to be culled. All the existing policies we've tried, the 'be ever so nice to gulls' policy, trying to get them to go away, they've all failed."
Alan Amos, Worcester City Councillor
Work has started on a new control suite, which will be the base for police operations for Birmingham's Commonwealth Games in 2022.
The new centre, scheduled to be completed by the end of 2020, will also be a base for the force's firearms operations unit.
Ch Supt Dave Sturman said: “The games will be the largest operation in the force’s history and this new Event Control Suite will provide the world class facilities we need to deliver a safe and successful event for the region."
The new centre is also part of the force's programme to save £5m a year through disposing of underused buildings.
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All lanes are back open on the M6 near Stafford this evening, after a fatal crash shut the carriageway southbound at J13 earlier today:
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