In a new BBC three-part programme, Football's Darkest Secret, survivors of child sexual abuse in football talk about the impact on their lives and about speaking out.

West Indies fast bowler Alzarri Joseph agrees a deal to play for Worcestershire in their first seven County Championship matches.

More than £11m is to be spent on developing and manufacturing energy-saving technology for cars and vans at a site in Warwickshire.

Shield Manufacturing Technologies, in Southam, will combine "lightweight energy recovery technology from motorsport with a new motor and inverter for cars and vans" to cut energy consumption and CO2 emissions.

The money is part of three "green" projects around the UK costing £54m which will see hydrogen fuel cells for buses and lightweight structures for electric heavy goods vehicles, the government said.

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Motorway police said they pulled this van over on the M6 earlier as it looked a "bit low" at the back.

Weighing it revealed just how overweight the vehicle was, leading to the driver being served with a court summons.

Shropshire Star

Here are some of the stories on the Shropshire Star website today:

• £100 Telford vaccination centre parking fines cancelled as 'gesture of goodwill', external
• New gardens at Shropshire hospitals will honour Captain Sir Tom Moore, external
• Police raid sophisticated Telford drugs farm, external

Artura Busma was found with injuries to his body and head in Wolverhampton in April.

A post-mortem examination found Artura Busma had suffered blunt force trauma to his head and body.

Simon Wilkins, 28, who did not know his victim, is jailed for more than 17 years.

Rob Lamb, a 58-year-old Scotsman, was greeted back home by applause and bagpipes.

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The historic former Walsall Institute of Science and Art could be converted into more than 30 studio apartments under plans submitted to the council.

The 19th Century building is now used as offices, but as occupancy levels have dropped to as low as 30% in recent years, owners Globe House, who are based at the site, want to change its use.

It was built in 1888 to mark the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria the year before and used as a college for for more than 110 years.

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Other uses considered for the building in the past include a nursery, nightclub, hospice and GP surgery but all have proved "unviable", agents J Mason Associates said.

The external appearance and historical features of the Grade II listed building will be mainly unaltered by the proposed redevelopment of 35 apartments, they added.

The post office owner says he feels "not so alone" after the community helped to raise money.

A 15-year-old cyclist was taken to hospital after a collision with a White Skoda in Telford.

West Mercia Police said it happened on First Avenue, Ketley Bank, just before 21:30 GMT on Thursday.

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PC Matthew Jones said the boy was in a stable condition.

Anyone with information or dashcam footage has been asked to contact the force.

Rob Lamb suffered a spinal cord injury in October, leaving him paralysed from the chest down.

BBC local radio will continue to broadcast ball-by-ball county cricket commentary for the next four seasons.

With fewer than 500 days to go to the 2022 Games, here's a video update of the work under way at the Perry Barr stadium.

Plans to almost quadruple its size were approved last year.

Permanent capacity will increase to 18,000, with temporary seating taking it up to a limit of 40,000 spectators.

Birmingham Live

Here are some of the stories on Birmingham Live website today:

• Birmingham Commonwealth Games mascot announced as Perry the Bull, external
• Fraudsters used cloned cards to swindle £10,000 from shops, external
• Drunk driver with kids in car threatens to sue police after being pulled over, external

A mobile unit offering rapid testing for Covid-19 has been set up in Wolverhampton.

Anyone without symptoms is invited to get tested at the site, at Rocket Pool Strengthening Families Hub, in Bradley.

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A teenage girl was grabbed during an attempted kidnap in Coventry, police say.

The West Midlands force has issued CCTV images of a man they would like to speak to in connection with the 12 February incident.

It is thought she was approached in St James Lane in the city.

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A woman has been arrested on suspicion of poisoning after a man was found in cardiac arrest.

Staffordshire Police officers were called by the ambulance service to a property in Rowhurst Crescent, Newcastle-under-Lyme, at 16:45 GMT on Sunday.

The man in his 30s was taken to hospital where he was in a critical condition, the force said.

A 43-year-old woman from Newcastle-under-Lyme was arrested and remains in police custody.

The force said she was arrested on suspicion of "section 23 offences", or maliciously administering poison, as to endanger life or inflict grievous bodily harm., external

Emma Lou, 10, won a national competition to design the mascot for the 2022 games.