Birmingham pub bombings campaigner Julie Hambleton vows to continue fighting the government's plan.

Kelly Butler found out she had cancer while 32 weeks pregnant following a routine blood test.

Rob Yates misses out on a ton on 88 and Pieter Malan makes 77 as Warwickshire draw with Worcestershire to secure a place in Division One.

That's all for our live coverage for today.

We'll be back from 08:00 tomorrow with the latest news, sport, travel and weather updates for the West Midlands.

In the meantime, any breaking news and local stories will appear here.

Seven-year-old Hakeem Hussain was found dead at a house in Birmingham in November 2017.

Motorists planning to travel on the M6 at the weekend are being asked to plan ahead as it will close from Friday to Monday.

The motorway will shut at junction 10 for Wolverhampton from 8pm on 16 July to 6am on 19 July.

Highways England has advised drivers to use alternative routes.

It comes as the ambulance trust is given more than £5.6m to cope with winter pressures.

The rescheduled Mayfair in Hereford and Leominster has been cancelled.

The fairs were postponed earlier this year, when it was hoped circumstances would be safer and easier for the events to go ahead.

The council said while restrictions are set to change from 19 July, the four week delay from the original date for lifting restrictions resulted in a "lack of certainty" and it has not been possible to put together viable events within such a short timeframe,.

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The fair was due to take place in Leominster on 29 to 31 July and Hereford on 3 to 5 August. It is hoped it will return next year.

Testing and vaccinations are to be boosted in Tamworth in a bid to manage high numbers of Covid-19 cases.

The borough had 657.1 new cases per 100,000 in the seven days to 9 July.

An extra mobile testing unit has now opened at Riverdrive Car Park, offering about 1,000 PCR tests which can be booked daily.

With the final step of the lifting of lockdown happening on Monday, health chiefs in Staffordshire say they are encouraging everyone aged 18 to get both doses of the vaccine as soon as they are eligible.

As well as booking online, walk-ins are also available in the borough, with plans for the roll out of more vaccine pop-up clinics are also being finalised.

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Dr Richard Harling, Staffordshire County Council's Director for Health and Care, said: "Cases in Tamworth remain very high and are still almost double both the Staffordshire and national average.

"With the legal easing of restrictions, we can expect to see more cases. We want to avoid unnecessary hospitalisations and deaths, so it is important that we act now to help keep case numbers as low as possible."

A man has been stabbed in the leg in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Staffordshire Police were called to Church Street at 14:30 on Tuesday to reports a man had been stabbed.

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The man, in his 30s, is not believed to be seriously injured.

A search of the area for the suspect is ongoing, the force said.

It has appealed for anyone with information to come forward.

A council has not addressed 12 of 13 "significant weaknesses" over SEND pupils, watchdogs say.

Hereford Times

From the Hereford Times:

• Covid outbreak at Herefordshire school 'on a different scale', external
• Hundreds of weapons handed in during Knife Angel's Hereford visit, external
• Herefordshire drug-driver 'had little idea' where amphetamines came from, external

NHS England has given West Midlands Ambulance Service an extra £5,686,000 of funding to boost staff numbers ahead of winter.

The funding is specifically designed to increase the number of 999 call handlers, put additional crews on the road, provide additional clinical support in control rooms, extend the availability of hospital ambulance liaison officers at some trusts and increase the number of emergency ambulances available for the winter.

The service said it comes as it is busier than ever, receiving 6,406 emergency calls on Monday, 600 more than the previous record set last week and far busier than any New Year’s Eve, traditionally the busiest day of the year.

Nineteen of the 20 busiest days ever have come in the last month, it said.

"This additional funding is very welcome when all ambulance services are under immense pressure," Chief Executive, Anthony Marsh said.

"We have already started recruiting for additional call handlers and will work up other schemes that will allow us to make progress on meeting other key standards as soon as possible."

BBC Radio Stoke

The prime minister has criticised the Environment Agency (EA) for its response to a noxious smell coming from a landfill site and said he is "fed up" at the issue being raised with him.

Boris Johnson told MPs he did not think the agency was solving the issue at Walleys Quarry in Silverdale, Staffordshire, fast enough.

"We must stop the stink and I want the air around Walley's Quarry to be of alpine freshness before too long," he said.

Thousands of complaints have been made about the smell by residents and in May the EA said it was working "as fast as possible" to find a solution.

In its latest update this month, external, the agency said it had not ruled out using legal action but was trying to use other powers to stop gas emissions from the landfill.

Fireworks were thrown into crowds during the Euros final, West Mercia Police said.

The force said two police officers were struck but were uninjured.

It has appealed for witnesses after the incident in St Nicholas Street in Worcester at about 22:00 on Sunday.

BBC Radio Stoke

A man has been attacked and hurt by a buzzard.

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The victim suffered injuries to his face in the incident on Tuesday on Wybunbury Lane, near Nantwich, Cheshire Police said. , external

The force added it thought the buzzard was protecting its young or a nest and warned people to be aware in the area near Crewe Vagrants sports club.

Express and Star

The Express and Star has these main headlines today:

• Bostin' region celebrated on Black Country Day, external
• Vaccine passports would hinder recovery, says nightclubs boss, external
• Redevelopment of crumbling eye infirmary delayed as developer pulls out, external

BBC Weather Watchers

We've got some fantastic warm weather today in the West Midlands, lots of blue skies around and our local BBC Weather Watchers have been out and taking photos.

These four are from users Gillyflower in Enville, Staffordshire, Cumulo in Ledbury, Herefordshire, RichardsPics in Kingswinford, Dudley and Red Robin in Charlecote, Warwickshire:

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Image source, Cumulo

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Have a bostin' Black Country Day everybody!

The pandemic may have kept things still scaled back today but plenty of people in Wolverhampton, Dudley, Sandwell and Walsall are marking the day.

While the BBC's very own Richie Anderson has been spreading his love of the Black Country across the nation...

A town crier announces Dudley's city status ambitions on Black Country Day.