Jeetan Patel takes another five-wicket haul as Warwickshire bowl out Durham for 207 at Chester-le-Street.

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Former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan says it would not be right to recall Warwickshire's Ian Bell for the winter tours to Bangladesh and India. 

Bell has not featured since November last year but England's head coach Trevor Bayliss has reportedly made contact with the Bears' skipper.

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Nick Owen
Presenter, BBC Midlands Today

This evening on BBC Midlands Today we'll have more on a grenade attack in Sweden that killed a boy from the West Midlands. 

We'll also feature a West Midlands paralympian, Ian Marsden, who says Team GB's Olympic success has inspired him to go for gold in Rio.

Join me for BBC Midlands Today at 18:30.

A suspected metal thief who collapsed and died was not mistreated by officers who detained him, the IPCC finds.

Kay Crewdson
BBC weather presenter

Dry and fine and very warm weather is on its way. Another muggy night in prospect.

Lows of 16C (61F).

Find out more.

Nicola Beckford
Reporter, BBC Midlands Today

This lunchtime on BBC Midlands Today we'll have more on a grenade attack in Sweden that killed a boy from the West Midlands. 

You'll also hear from a local paralympian who says Team GB's success is inspiring his own quest for gold in Rio. 

Those stories and more on BBC One from 13:30.

Relive live text coverage of the County Championship, with Alastair Cook bowled out for four against Leicestershire.

More than half a million people in the West Midlands have taken part in clinical trials in the last decade - that's more than any other region in the country.  

The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) says 544,115 people have been recruited for "high quality studies" across the West Midlands; 64,278 of whom have participated in the last 12 months.

Drugs firms are choosing this region because of the diverse population, and the number of hospitals and universities involved in medical research. 

NIHR - the research arm of the NHS - says the trials give patients access to new drugs and treatments not available elsewhere within the service. 

Listen to live BBC Newcastle commentary of Durham v Warwickshire in the County Championship Division One.

Wimbledon underdog Marcus Willis coaches at his home tennis club for the first time since playing seven-times winner Roger Federer.

Two teenagers who found and cared for a 90-year-old man with dementia are praised for their kindness.

Three goals in nine minutes enable Bradford to maintain their unbeaten start with a 3-1 home win against Coventry.

William Shakespeare's home for the last years of his life is resurrected as a new landmark.

Striker Jack McBean joins Coventry City on loan from US Major League Soccer side LA Galaxy until January.

A student who alleges he was assaulted during a demonstration has won a High Court case against the Independent Police Complaints Commission.

BBC Midlands Today
Anthony Bartram, Producer

On today’s programme we have the remarkable story of a little girl from Worcester called Willow Rose. She died at birth for eight minutes and has amazed doctors and her parents by making a full recovery after they put her in a tiny ice suit for three days. 

Who do the police turn to when things are stolen from them? Midlands Today has asked our region’s police forces to tell us what they’ve had pinched from police stations and while on the beat and the answers have been quite a surprise – handcuffs, emergency vehicles, drugs, more than £100,000 in cash and even horses.

And the region’s largest music festival comes of age today. Weston Park in Staffordshire will be home to up to 90,000 people at the 21st V Festival this weekend.    

Join us on BBC One from 18:30.

BBC Weather

It will be largely dry through this evening, but during the second half of the night showers will spread from the west accompanied by strengthening winds. 

Some of the showers will be heavy with lows of 12C (54F).

Stephanie Barnard
BBC Local Live

If you're anything like me, you're already looking forward to this weekend's Olympic action, especially those events involving local competitors such as Birchfield Harrier Matthew Hudson-Smith who is due to run in the men's 4x400m team relay on Saturday.

Then there's a pair of West Midlanders for Team GB's women's hockey squad - who battle it out for gold in tonight's final.

But what about the lesser-spotted oddities of the Games?

BBC News takes a look at the quirkier side of competition, from "bored-looking" lifeguards overseeing green pools to a ban on "toilet fishing". And if that's not enough, take a look at the headline above- talk about a close shave, or not, as the case may be.

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Tom Turrell
BBC Midlands Today

Some of the items stolen from police forces in the West Midlands have been recovered over the past five years. 

When thieves made off with a blue flashing lamp, officers in Warwickshire managed to get it back. 

But cops in our region haven't always been so lucky. When four horses were pinched from West Mercia Police the thieves got away scot-free. 

Whether items were retrieved or not, some people are already asking whether the boys and girls in blue need to be a little more careful with their own property. 

Alexandra Hamilton
BBC Weather

An early yellow weather warning for wind has been issued for Saturday., external

The Met Office says there may be gusts of 40-45mph which have the potential to cause disruption to travel and outdoor activities.