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A woman has been carried to safety by a firefighter after her car got stuck in flood water on Newport Road near Albrighton this morning.
Shropshire's fire and rescue service was also called out to rescue a stranded sheep, who they reached with waders and a life jacket.
The sun has made a rare appearance this morning and the BBC Weather Watchers have been out taking photos to share with us.
These berries were photographed near Bromyard and the impressive landscape below is near Upton Magna in Shropshire.
Image source, Mrs Baggins
Image source, Liam BallAnd it looks like the leprechauns left their pot of gold on a hill near Mainstone in Shropshire.
Image source, Kevin Onion
Coventry Live
These stories are featuring on the Coventry Live website today:
Maths proved the most popular subject at A-levels this year.
Across the country, 41.4% of 18-year-olds got A or A* grades, but there was a big variation across the country and across exam boards.
Documents first reported by the Daily Telegraph revealed that students taking papers set by both Pearson/Edexcel and OCR needed just 55% and 54% respectively to get an A grade.
The results cover ceremonial counties, so Stoke-on-Trent figures are included with Staffordshire and Telford ones as part of Shropshire.
The number of students taking the subject in each county also differs significantly with just 255 in Herefordshire and 3,410 in the West Midlands.
Shropshire A-level students had the highest percentage of As and A*s in Economics in the country, figures from Ofqual have revealed.
And Worcestershire students came out top in Physical Education, with 23.3% getting a grade of A or A*.
Image source, Getty ImagesOut of the 195 students taking economics in Shropshire, 46.7% got a grade of A or A* - well above the national average of 30.1%.
The figures also show that Staffordshire students got the lowest percentage of A or A*s in maths - 28%.
A man has died in what the ambulance service is calling a "slow speed collision" close to Shugborough Hall near Stafford this morning.
West Midlands Ambulance Service said it appeared the driver of a van had suffered "a medical episode at the wheel" at 07:19 and was confirmed dead at the scene.
A Birmingham man has appeared before magistrates, charged with murdering a man in a drive-by shooting.
Sharn Miles, who is 19 and from Gowan Road in Alum Rock is accused of killing 20-year-old James Teer (pictured below) on 8 August.
Image source, West Midlands PoliceHe has been remanded in custody to appear before the city's crown court on 19 August.
Allen Cook
BBC News
Today is the day A-level students across the country are getting their results.
Many have already got them and our local universities are reporting high numbers of calls to their clearing centres. , external
At one of them, Birmingham City University, staff are trying to keep everyone calm and have brought in two therapy dogs to help with that., external
Image source, Birmingham City UniversityScunthorpe United sign winger Abo Eisa from League One side Shrewsbury Town for an undisclosed fee.
Read MoreSevern Trent Water says it will pay for 1.3 million trees to be planted in the Midlands over the next five years.
The water company is supplying them to the Woodland Trust, which is working with farmers and landowners to find suitable locations.
Image source, Severn TrentThe firm has paid for 700,000 of them since 2015, mostly in Derbyshire, but now wants to widen the scheme out to cover Staffordshire, Shropshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire.
It said the trees, which will all be native species, can improve drainage, reduce the amount of chemicals leaking into rivers, and improve air quality.
BBC Midlands Today
Protests about the current tensions in Kashmir have been held outside the Indian consulate in Birmingham this morning.
Image source, AFP/Getty ImagesThe demonstration follows India's government stripping the state of Jammu and Kashmir of autonomy after seven decades
The move has led to Kashmir being in lockdown and thousands of troops being deployed to the area.
The protest today was organised via Facebook and West Midlands Police said they would have officers in the area.
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BBC Sport
Wasps have launched their kit for the new season, with the help of a DeLorean at Coventry's motor museum this morning.
Dan Robson and Thomas Young were the two players chosen to step out of the dry-ice filled classic car.
And why?
Well Doc Brown would probably have said: "The way I see it, if you're going to launch a rugby kit, why not do it with some style?"
A few of the headlines from the Dudley News today:
Allen Cook
BBC News
Today marks 15 years since a landmark in Wolverhampton was gutted by a huge fire.
Springfield brewery development
On 15 August 2004, more than 100 firefighters were called to the Mitchells and Butlers building on Cambridge Street, Springfield.
They spent the night battling the blaze which ended up destroying much of the site.
Lying derelict, the Springfield brewery site was bought by the University of Wolverhampton which set about turning it into, external a "super-campus".
Since then, two colleges have opened and work started last year on a flagship School of Architecture and the Built Environment., external
Allen Cook
BBC News
Stamps, coins and comic books - many people across the world collect them, but who would collect a key part of an office's stationary cupboard - the hole punch?
Image source, Richard Winterton AuctioneersWell, one man would and he's Peter Duffell, from Lichfield, who has amassed more than 200 punches over 40 years and is now auctioning them off.
Richard Winterton Auctioneers says, external he started in 1978 by buying one for 50p at Lichfield Market and, since then, has bought them from places including Japan, the USA and Germany.
The unusual collection, described as possibly "the only hole punch collection in the world" by the auctioneers, is being sold on 4 September.
Image source, Richard Winterton Auctioneers
BBC WM Sport
Wolves manager Nuno Espirito Santo wants his team to stay focused as they prepare to face Armenian side FC Pyunik tonight.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe side go into the match with a 4-0 lead from the first leg of their Europa League third-qualifying-round tie.
Spanish centre-back Jesus Vallejo could make his debut along with Italy striker Patrick Cutrone.
Quote MessageIt's a new game, 0-0 - let's start to play. They will come with all the ambition and we have to be focused and give a good performance at Molineux. It's a challenge and a new reality, we want to embrace it and really give it a go."
Nuno Espirito Santo, Wolves manager
Five people have been taken to hospital, one in a critical condition, after a crash in Shropshire last night.
The West Midlands Ambulance Service said it was called to the B4396 at Knockin Heath at 23:20 and found two cars had collided and one of them was found overturned in a nearby field.
The most seriously injured man was a rear seat passenger in one of the cars and was treated for "very serious injuries".
Another man, a front-seat passenger, was said to be seriously injured - the other three were less seriously hurt.
Birmingham Live
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BBC Midlands Today
A triple jumper from Stoke-on-Trent has got off to a flying start after reaching the qualifying distance for the Tokyo Olympics.
European Team Championships: Great Britain's Ben Williams wins men's triple jump
Ben Williams smashed his personal best in the European Team Championships on Sunday, winning him a gold medal.
Quote MessageA lot of people had written me off because, after surgery, you may not come back the same. My aim this year was to come back as good as I was prior to leaving and I'm far exceeding that because I've worked so hard to get there."
Ben Williams, Triple jumper
A fire at a derelict pub near the A41 in Shropshire was started deliberately, police have said.
The Countess Arms at Weston Heath was destroyed in the early hours of Monday morning and West Mercia Police said it found evidence of fires started in three locations.
Image source, Shropshire Fire and Rescue ServiceMore than 60 firefighters from across Shropshire were involved in tackling the fire at one stage and the A41 had to be closed for a time.
Officers say it's possible that drivers travelling on the A41 between 02:00 and 04:30 may have seen something.
