The latest news, sport, travel and weather from across the West Midlands and south Cheshire.

Chris Rushworth becomes Durham's all-time leading first-class wicket-taker as Worcestershire are beaten by 258 runs.

A short film was posted online at 20:21 on Saturday to mark Coventry's year as UK City of Culture.

Mike Morton has been a hobbyist for eight years and now volunteers finding knives in Sandwell.

The woods, at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, are scheduled to open in 2023.

It is believed a rare golden oriole has been heard at a nature reserve in Worcestershire.

Eighty years after its first flight, historians ask if the engine could have changed World War Two.

Jack Burnham and Will Young hit tons and Ned Eckersley smashes 86 as Durham set Worcestershire a daunting 423 to win.

Residents in Weston-under-Lizard set up the not-for-profit store to support the community in lockdown.

All residents in Nuneaton and Bedworth are being offered a PCR test by the county council.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving after the crash in Redditch, Worcestershire.

Ian Rivers, from Hereford, will row from New York to the Isles of Scilly using celestial navigation.

The Black Country Living Museum in Dudley became a hit on the platform with more than 870K followers.

The track, featuring the words of novelist George Eliot, will mark the launch of the City of Culture festival.

Department store Browns of Chester closes its doors after 241 years of serving the city.

Leon Cullen, 33, fled to Dubai using a fake passport before UK police tracked him down.

Chris Rushworth takes 5-56 to help earn Durham a first-innings lead against Worcestershire at Chester-le-Street.

PC Benjamin Monk is charged with murdering former Villa star Dalian Atkinson in Shropshire in 2016.

The inquest heard Lance Shingler witnessed "harrowing, traumatic incidents" in Iraq.

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Almost a third of all adults in Worcester have now been vaccinated against coronavirus, according to the latest figures.

NHS England said a total of 28,563 people in the city have now received two doses of a Covid vaccine.

Based on Office for National Statistics (ONS) population estimates, that equates to 32% of Worcester’s 89,500 people aged 16 and above.

Up to 92% of adults aged 80 and above in the city have now received both jabs and 81.3% of care home residents in Worcestershire have now had two doses, NHS figures and population estimates show.

Surge testing is being conducted in Redditch after "multiple" cases of the South African variant of were discovered, officials said earlier this week.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said those with confirmed cases have since self-isolated and their contacts have been identified.