Dan Robson and Thomas Young will co-captain Wasps during the 2019-20 Premiership season.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

A new road in Stone should reflect the town's Anglo Saxon heritage, town councillors have suggested.

Developers building homes off Whitebridge Lane have said they plan to call the street Ancestry Close, but councillor Mark Hatton said: “I wonder if there is something we could do when naming things – we have a link to the base of Mercia."

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The nearby Bury Bank is thought by some to have been the ancient capital of Mercia and the town could be the final resting place of two Saxon princes, Wulfad and Rufin, who were murdered by their father Wulfhere after they converted to Christianity in the 7th Century.

Stone’s main church is named in honour of St Michael and St Wulfad and St Rufin’s Church can be found in nearby Burston.

Worcestershire are making a good start as they try to bowl out Glamorgan in the county championship and took their first two wickets before the visitors could get a run on the board.

Glamorgan are now 86-5, after being set 312 to win at New Road.

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Ed Barnard and Joe Leach have each taken two wickets so far.

A independent investigation into a police shooting in Birmingham last autumn has concluded it was "reasonable and proportionate".

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said 30-year-old Duane Thomas was taken to hospital after being shot in the arm by a firearms officer in Shepherd Gardens, Edgbaston, on 2 October.

Its report said he was carrying a pistol at the time.

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Thomas was jailed for six years and four months after admitting possession of a firearm and ammunition in April this year.

The IOPC report said the officer who fired the shot was taking part in a search of a flat when the man ran out into the garden with what he believed was a handgun and that he believed the man was about to use it.

A woman has suffered serious injuries in what the police believe was a hit-and-run crash in Birmingham.

West Midlands Police said officers were called to Cavendish Road in the Beechdale area just after 13:00 and the road has been sealed off.

Mathieu van der Poel has taken back the green jersey from Matteo Trentin after today's sixth stage of the Tour of Britain in Pershore.

The Dutch rider won the fourth stage of the competition from Gateshead to Kendal but lost out to Italian Matteo Trentin in stage five.

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Here are some more of our favourite images from today's stage in Pershore.

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Hereford Times

Here are three of the stories featured in the Hereford Times today:

• Arrest made after man seriously injured in crash, external
• Council installs solar panels, external
• Urgent repairs force emergency road closure, external

Nick Clitheroe
BBC Midlands Today

Local cyclists have welcomed the Tour of Britain to Pershore.

Some of them told me it's a great spectacle and that Worcestershire's the perfect place to host a stage.

I'll have more on Midlands Today from 18:30 on BBC One.

BBC Shropshire

A Shropshire farmer says she's caught people pooing in her fields three times, and ordered one of them to clean up his mess.

Earlier this week, the issue made the headlines when a Nottinghamshire woman caught a suspected delivery driver defecating in an alley outside her house.

DHL said it was investigating.

Sarah Winwood, from Brick Kiln farm near Whitchurch said she had had a similar experience -not once, but on three occasions over recent years.

Most recently, she said she had found the offending item under a piece of paper she had gone to pick up thinking it was a receipt - leaving her "absolutely raving".

Mrs Winwood, who has a footpath and bridleway running through her land, said she even witnessed a walker drop his trousers and poo behind a hedge.

On another occasion, she said she confronted a workman in a high-vis vest and marched him to the scene of the crime after he initially tried to deny it.

Street entertainers and a fans' village are keeping the public entertained, between the drama of today's time trial in Pershore.

Wychavon District Council said the event was a platform to promote health, wellbeing and community engagement, and thanked the crowds for turning out.

BBC Radio Stoke

A man has been bitten as he tried to protect his dog from an attack by a Staffordshire bull terrier.

Staffordshire Police said the victim's own dog, a Shih Tzu crossbreed, was killed in the attack, on Charlton Avenue in Little Chell at around 21:00 yesterday.

The force said the terrier had been found and an investigation was under way.

The woman was on the pavement when she was hit by the reversing vehicle during the getaway.

Glen Perkins, whose baby's remains were lost, claims the town council does not like the design.

Shropshire Star

Here are three of the stories in the Shropshire Star today:

• Child sexual grooming crimes up 70 per cent in region, external
• Schoolgirls recovering after collision with bus, external
• Bridgnorth town growth plan is to be published, external

Local Democracy Reporting Service

Drug users have got so comfortable in a Stoke-on-Trent public toilet, they've put down carpet and hung a picture on the wall, it is being claimed.

Some traders and residents near the loos on Weston Road in Meir say they want the council-run loos closed down.

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The toilet’s opening times have been cut in an attempt to stop people forcing their way inside to take drugs and Stoke-on-Trent City Council confirmed it had "received reports concerning anti-social behaviour and rough sleeping".

Riders are now starting to finish.

Mark Cavandish has just posted a time of 17 minutes 49 seconds.

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Plans to expand the I54 business park on the outskirts of Wolverhampton have been approved by City of Wolverhampton Council's cabinet.

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Phases four and five, north of Wobaston Road, will cover an area of 100 acres and the local authority estimates another 1,700 people could be employed there.

About 2,700 people are currently working at I54, at businesses including Jaguar Land Rover, Moog, Eurofins and Atlas Copco.

A huge cheer goes up for Mark Cavendish as he gets under way in Pershore.

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Fellow Brit Harry Tanfield is also out on the course.