Simon Harmer closes on 62 as Essex build a 224-run lead over Warwickshire, for whom Danny Briggs starred with 66 not out.

The ambulance technician died after the vehicle he was in was struck while on a 999 call.

Haseeb Hameed makes his first century for Nottinghamshire, who then rally after being made to follow on by Worcestershire.

The man, 21, died "despite the efforts of paramedics and members of the public", police say.

Police say the three-month-old baby was found by paramedics in cardiac arrest in 2018.

The diesel locomotive is being stripped down at the railway's depot in Kidderminster.

Myton Hospice in Warwickshire expects the site to ease pressure on its charity shops.

Worcestershire captain Joe Leach hits 84 to help the Pears' tailenders reach 436 before Nottinghamshire rally to 99-0 by the close.

An 18-year-old man is held on suspicion of conspiracy to murder.

Households in the Highgate and Bordesley ward, including Digbeth, are to be targeted, a council says.

Peter Siddle takes three wickets on his Essex return but a dogged effort from Warwickshire's tail leaves matters evenly poised.

The baby boy was discovered clothed and wrapped in a blanket by a dog walker in a Birmingham park.

The cluster of cases were found in schools in Telford and Wrekin, a council says.

Kimberley Deakin, 29, was stabbed at her Stoke-on-Trent home in November, police say.

Father-of-four Mohammed Haroon Zeb was shot in Dudley in January and died in hospital.

Thousands of residents living near a landfill site in Staffordshire have complained about the smell coming from the site.

Walleys Quarry in Silverdale, Staffordshire, has been the focus of community anger over many years.

Questions have also been asked in Parliament, with one local MP comparing the smell to "rotten eggs".

Some of the local residents have been sharing what it is like to live alongside the landfill site.

The Environment Agency has said it is about to add a fourth air quality monitoring station near the site and had recently shared data from other sites with Public Health England.

It added enforcement action required Red Industries, the owners of the site, to make improvements to its operating procedures.

The firm said an "accelerated programme of capping and other engineering works" was "on plan for completion, as agreed with the regulator, by 30 April 2021".

Gavin Parry, 31, was found dead at an industrial site in Birmingham on 13 April.

Tracy Felstead was jailed when she was just 19 after being wrongly accused of stealing over £11,000.

Rob McBride has catalogued hundreds of ancient trees along the Offa's Dyke path.

BBC Midlands Today

Seven charities across the Midlands are to benefit from a total of £30,000 of funding from the Cadbury Foundation.

They include Guide Dogs in Birmingham, Molly Olly’s Wishes, Warwick and Friends of Herefordshire Alzheimer's & Dementia Sufferers.

Charities across the region were nominated by employees at Cadbury World.

The successful recipients were chosen based on the life-changing work and support they offer to individuals and families.