It looks like we've got better weather in store for the weekend.

The Met Office has extended its yellow warning for heavy rain this afternoon, external to now include the West Midlands.

It says there could be torrential downpours, especially later this afternoon and this evening - the warning runs until 22:00.  

Andy Giddings
BBC Shropshire

West Mercia Police is contacting all the MPs in the area to see if they have any safety concerns, following the killing of the West Yorkshire MP Jo Cox.

The force says it believes the attack was an isolated incident and it has no intelligence to suggest a threat to MPs in their area.

It also says it will be sending officers to all MPs' offices today to offer reassurance.

Lucy Martin
BBC Weather

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Changes which could see Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin share a police chief could "harm community safety," a council leader warns.

A complaint against a former council leader has been discarded by the police.

England fans in a pub on the Welsh border town of Llanymynech have been celebrating their win over Wales in Euro 2016.

Mark Elliott
Reporter, BBC Shropshire

Fans watched at Park Hall, the home of Welsh Premier League champions The New Saints in Oswestry, as Gareth Bale gave Wales the lead against England.  

Wales fans are beaming at half time, but it's a bit of a nightmare for Shrewsbury's own Joe Hart in goal for England - Bale scored from a long way out.

Fans watching the Euro 2016 game between England and Wales at Llanymynech have a choice of England and Wales pies at half time.

The Dolphin pub in the Welsh half of Llanymynech is expecting strong Wales support when the England game kicks off. The border between the two countries runs through the middle of the main street.

David Rhodes
BBC Yorkshire

The West Midlands has bucked the national trend of falling numbers of people playing sport since the 2012 London Olympics, after the Games' pledge to "inspire a generation".

Latest figures, external show 15.8 million people play sport or exercise at least once week, a drop of 0.4% since 2012 across England.

The West Midlands saw a rise from 1,540,100 to 1,590,200 over that time. 

BBC analysis of the data found five of the nine regions in England recorded a decline in sports participation, which former sports minister Richard Caborn dubbed "disappointing".

Image source, PA

Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

On the day England play Wales in Euro 2016, can our weather forecaster Charlie Slater show off his footballing skills in a studio without damaging a TV?

They think it's all over - it almost was.

BBC Sport explores Joe Hart's rise from his school's head boy to England's number one goalkeeper.

This map shows where the heaviest rain is expected to fall - watch out for flash flooding.

Latest weather for the West Midlands

Proceedings against a 97-year-old ex-head teacher accused of historical child sex offences are halted because of his ill-health.

Patrick Burns
Political editor, Midlands

In just over a week, thousands of us will take to the polls to vote on whether to leave or stay in the European Union.  

And all this week I've been taking a road trip through the heart of Britain to gauge the mood on the streets.

Find out what I've found in my latest stop on Midlands Today this evening on BBC One - at the slightly earlier time of 18:25.

Campaigners calling for the UK to leave the EU criticise a school after it pulls out of showing a film backing an exit.

The weather for the West Midlands.