A couple reflect on how close they came to being caught up in the devastation of the 9/11 attacks.

Mark Richmond was found with serious injuries in Newland Street and died in hospital, police say.

The motorcyclist remains in hospital with life-threatening injuries, West Mercia Police says.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

Permission is set to be granted for a solar farm in Wolverhampton.

The farm, will which be the equivalent of 21 football pitches in size, will produce power for the city's main hospital.

Most of Bowman's Harbour, which is a former landfill site, will be converted into 11.5 hectares of solar panels, infrastructure and an access road.

Image source, City of Wolverhampton Council

Members of the authority's planning committee are expected to give the green light to the proposal at a meeting on 14 September.

In a report, planning officer Phillip Walker, said, external: "It would make an important contribution towards meeting a Wolverhampton wide target of 2041 for the City to reach net carbon zero."

Tickets are available for 27 sports as well as the opening and closing ceremonies.

Express and Star

The Express and Star has covered these stories today:

• Primary school closed as staff refuse to turn up for work over bullying row, external
• Residents evacuated as three-metre deep sinkhole opens up in front garden, external
• Danger driver locked up after 100mph police chase across the West Midlands, external

Ed Sheeran spent three years supporting Leamington Spa-based Nizlopi when he was a teenager.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

A brighly-coloured artificial tree is being assembled in Solihull as a memorial to those people who lost their lives to the coronavirus.

The community art project is being led by Citizens Advice in Solihull and it will stand in the foyer of The Core - a council-run library and arts centre.

Image source, CASB

The artists working on the tree have invited people living in the area to contribute their own drawings and photos, to form the "leaves".

The tree will go on display from 13 September and the local authority is considering whether it should be taken to other venues around the borough in the future.

Image source, The Core

BBC Midlands Today

A nationwide ballot for tickets for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games begins today.

Image source, PA Media

The Games are taking place from 28 July to 8 August at venues across the West Midlands including the Alexander Stadium, the new aquatics centre in Sandwell and on Cannock Chase.

There are between 1.5m and 1.7m tickets available and a ballot for local residents, which opened in July, has already attracted more than 850,000 applications.

The national ballot on the Games website runs until 20:00 on 30 September.

BBC Weather

The very warm weather continues today with dry, fine weather with plenty of sunny spells. Highs of 29C/84F.

Image source, BBC Weather Watcher Drizzler

The dry weather is forecast to end this evening as clouds increase with showers or spells of rain into the night which could be heavy and thundery at times. Lows of 17C/63F.

You can stay up-to-date on the weather for your area at any time by going to the BBC Weather website.

Four people are on trial for non-payment of fines issued at the commemorative event.

Rob Yates is unbeaten on 70 and Dom Sibley makes 47 as Warwickshire grind to 139-2 in pursuit of 296 to beat Hampshire.

PC Declan Jones kicked and punched a 15-year-old he wrongly accused, a misconduct panel hears.

Middlesex post their highest-ever first-class total while there is an innings victory for Essex in the County Championship.

The motorcyclist is also seriously injured in the crash in Kington, Herefordshire, paramedics say.

Police name the missing man as David Boswell who will be sorely missed, his parents say.

Aaron O'Halloran causes eight-hour passenger delays with his half-mile car ride between stations.

Police say the act has resulted in damage to the railway totalling more than £23,000.

The ex-Brighton GP used his "professional distinction" to lure victims, who were as young as eight.

A gas leak has closed a road in Worcester.

Northwick Road in the city has been closed for engineers to excavate and repair the escape.

A small detour is in place according to the gas company Cadent.