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  • Updates on Monday 13 June 2016

  • News, sport, travel and weather updates to resume at 08:00 on Tuesday

  1. Stevens helps Kent to win over Worcspublished at 12:47 British Summer Time 6 August 2016

    Kent keep their hopes of promotion to Division One alive after wrapping up a 10-wicket victory over Worcestershire.

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  2. Saturday's non-league footballpublished at 11:41 British Summer Time 6 August 2016

    Listen to live BBC local radio commentary from Saturday's action in the National League and National League North.

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  3. County Championship as it happenedpublished at 10:15 British Summer Time 6 August 2016

    Relive text and social media updates from the day's action in the County Championship.

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  4. Gidman's fine debut keeps Kent on toppublished at 18:32 British Summer Time 5 August 2016

    On-loan Will Gidman hits an unbeaten 75 and takes two wickets on his Kent first-class debut against Worcestershire.

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  5. Train services disrupted: 'Summer improvements'published at 15:31 British Summer Time 5 August 2016

    Train services between Birmingham and Hereford will be disrupted from tomorrow due to "summer improvements" to the railway lines.

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  6. 'Lotto Gran' wanted to end her lifepublished at 13:51 British Summer Time 5 August 2016

    A woman who became famous by claiming a possible £33m winning lottery ticket was ruined in the wash says the fallout led to her wanting to end her life.

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  7. Lotto Gran: 'I wanted to be dead'published at 13:35 British Summer Time 5 August 2016

    A woman who became famous by claiming a £33m winning lottery ticket was ruined in the wash has said the fallout led to her wanting to end her life.

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  8. Ex teacher jailed for teen sex abusepublished at 09:16 British Summer Time 5 August 2016

    A former teacher who admitted historical sex abuse against teenage boys has been jailed for nine years.

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  9. Border issues: Language on the edgepublished at 08:12 British Summer Time 5 August 2016

    Bordering on extinction? The fight to keep Welsh alive in Monmouthshire's and Powys' towns on the edge of the country.

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  10. Kent build big lead over Worcestershirepublished at 19:17 British Summer Time 4 August 2016

    Darren Stevens, Sean Dickson and Will Gidman all hit half centuries as Kent continue to dominate against Worcestershire.

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  11. On Midlands Today from 18:30: Memories of a summer of droughtpublished at 17:51 British Summer Time 4 August 2016

    Bob Hockenhull
    BBC Midlands Today

    In 1976 the Midlands experienced its hottest summer since records began.

    Rebecca Wood presenting a 1976 style weather bulletin

    The appointment of an MP from the region as Minister for Drought helped bring the crisis to an end in August. 

    As I've been finding out, the effects of the drought are still being felt 40 years on - see more on Midlands Today from 18:30.

  12. Claydon takes five as Kent get on toppublished at 19:58 British Summer Time 3 August 2016

    Mitch Claydon takes 5-42 to help Kent get the upper hand in their Division Two game with promotion rivals Worcestershire.

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  13. Coming up on TV: The battle at the pumpspublished at 17:59 British Summer Time 3 August 2016

    BBC Midlands Today

    We'll be looking this evening at some good news for motorists in the Midlands.

    A supermarket price war at the petrol pumps has made filling up for the holidays that little bit cheaper.

    We'll be looking at why, and also why it pays to shop around across the West Midlands - on BBC One from 18:30 in Midlands Today. 

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  14. West Mercia PCC 'confident' with armed police numberspublished at 15:55 British Summer Time 3 August 2016

    West Mercia's Police and Crime Commissioner says the force is well placed to react when needed. 

    Today the Mayor of London and Metropolitan Police commissioner said more armed police will be seen on London's streets from now on. 

    Home Office figures last week show West Mercia has 123 authorised firearms officers. 

    PCC John Campion says he's spoken to the chief constable about the number of firearms officers and is confident they have the right resources to respond effectively. 

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  15. Bears and Pears may meet in One-Day Cuppublished at 15:06 British Summer Time 3 August 2016

    Warwickshire could meet Worcestershire in the semi-finals of the One-Day Cup, following the quarter-final draw.

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  16. County Championship - radio & textpublished at 14:25 British Summer Time 3 August 2016

    Relive the first day of the County Championship matches between Kent and Worcestershire, plus Glamorgan and Northants.

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  17. Kent v Worcestershire - day fourpublished at 13:26 British Summer Time 3 August 2016

    Follow live text and radio commentary as Kent face Worcestershire in the County Championship.

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  18. Police and Crime Commissioner wants force to use more technologypublished at 11:11 British Summer Time 3 August 2016

    West Mercia's Police and Crime Commissioner wants to get your views on how he plans to make the area safer. 

    It's the job of John Campion to hold the chief constable to account and he's written a plan to highlight how he'll do it.  

    He says he'll fight for victims of crime and try and get more to people to report incidents to police.

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    We've got an organisation that works very hard for our communities but we haven't given them the right tools to do their job effectively. We don't use the tools that most of us use including smart phones."

    John Campion, West Mercia PCC

  19. Hospitals' backlog of 11k X-ray resultspublished at 00:35 British Summer Time 3 August 2016

    A backlog of 11,000 X-ray results are discovered at a hospital trust during an unannounced inspection.

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