BBC Travel

If you're heading to the V Festival at Weston Park, we've already got traffic issues on routes near the site:

- The M6 exit slip road at junction 12 for Gailey is closed northbound due to the event.

- There's slow traffic on the A5 westbound between Gailey Island, Gailey and the A41 in Weston-under-Lizard.

- It's also slow going on the A41 northbound in Tong at the Offoxey Road junction because of people heading to V Festival.

Staffordshire Police is urging drivers not use sat-navs on their journey to the venue but follow road signs., external

The family of former Aston Villa striker Dalian Atkinson who died after being Tasered by police has welcomed news that two officers are under criminal investigation.

The development was confirmed yesterday evening by the Independent Police Complaints Commission which has been examining the circumstances surrounding Mr Atkinson's death. He was pronounced dead at hospital on Monday morning following the incident in a street near Telford.

In a statement released through the charity INQUEST, his family , externalsaid it was still in shock and "determined to get justice".

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BBC Midlands Today

Thousands of visitors are expected at Weston Park this weekend for the 21st V Festival.

Image source, PA/JOE GIDDENS

Held in the grounds of the stately home it's the biggest festival in the Midlands and will feature Justin Bieber, Rihanna and Travis. 

People are being advised to leave plenty of time for their journey as traffic is expected to be extremely busy around junction three of the M54 and the surrounding area.

A woman who admitted drunkenly decapitating her pet snakes with scissors is banned from keeping pets.

Two police officers are under criminal investigation over the death of Aston Villa star Dalian Atkinson who died shortly after he was shot with a Taser.

Nick Owen
Presenter, BBC Midlands Today

Today, the waiting was finally over for thousands of A-level students and their families across the West Midlands, who learned their results.

Overall the pass rate for the region was slightly down on last year, although 97.9% of students still passed with an A* to E grade. 

We'll be looking at the help now being given to students through clearing at universities and how it's been an emotional day for so many, on Midlands Today from 18:30 on BBC One.

Sarah Robertson
Producer, BBC Radio Stoke

Ambulances, 4x4 vehicles and 200 staff and volunteers, external are going to be sent to this year's V Festival in Staffordshire, the ambulance service says. 

West Midlands Ambulance Service says early indications are for a mixed weekend of weather so it's preparing for all conditions. 

Image source, West Midlands Ambulance Service

It says at last year's event, medics treated just over 1,000 patients with 36 being taken to hospital. 

The charity St John Ambulance says it will also have staff on-site and describe it as "one of the biggest first aid operations of the year".

Elizabeth Glinka
BBC Midlands Today

On Midlands Today this lunchtime, the university admissions service UCAS says a record number of students have been offered places on courses.

It comes as thousands of teenagers across the West Midlands receive their A-level results.  

The number of offers are up by 3% compared with last year - we'll have more from 13:30 on BBC One.

Clare Balding meets members of the Shropshire Bereavement Walking Group for a therapeutic ramble.

A rights activist is calling for a "rigorous and transparent" investigation into the death of ex-Aston Villa footballer Dalian Atkinson after he was shot with a police Taser.

The 48-year-old died after West Mercia Police shot him with a stun gun in the street where he grew up in Telford, Shropshire, in the early hours of Monday. 

A petition calling on the prime minister to urgently review police use of Tasers, external has gathered more than 56,000 signatures. 

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Desmond Jaddoo, an activist from Birmingham who campaigns to raise awareness about the deaths of black men after police contact, says officers have questions to answer over Mr Atkinson's death.

The death of the ex-striker is being investigated by the Independent Police Complaints Commission, external which said it would carry out "a full and thorough" inquiry.

A tree hunter is hoping to help create a tree trail in Shropshire and Herefordshire.

"Shropshire's largest music festival" is cancelled after the firm behind it ceases trading a month before it was due to go ahead.

Two families from Shropshire have bought a pub to help pay for their daughters' to go to university.

A "very limited" number of extra tickets are available today for the visit of the Flying Scotsman , externalto the Severn Valley Railway.

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The heritage line says due to the reallocation of some pre-booked seats on selected trains, a very limited number of tickets have become available to travel for the visit of the locomotive from 21 - 26 September.

BBC Business News

The West Midlands was one of only two regions in the UK to see unemployment rise between April and June, official figures indicate.

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Across the UK the total fell by 52,000 to 1.64 million - in the West Midlands it increased by 18,000 to 173,000, external compared with January to March. 

The only other region to see unemployment rise was London where it rose by 7,000 people.

Birmingham MP Gisela Stuart is to chair an inquiry into the rights of EU migrants living in the UK, but how will the immigration issue be tackled?

Most places will be sunny, warm and dry again all day, though there will be a little more cloud over high ground with highs of 23C (73F). 

BBC Sport

Shrewsbury Town manager Micky Mellon says his side gave away goals through individual errors in their 3-0 defeat last night.

The side have failed to score in their three league games this season, but Mellon said it was too early in the season to worry about that and said the players were creating chances.

Image source, Stuart Dunn

Shrewsbury have played Milton Keynes, Coventry and Charlton this season, three teams Mellon manager believes will be finishing near the top of the table.

Kay Crewdson
BBC weather presenter

Any patchy mist will clear leading to another dry and fine day. 

A light south easterly breeze.  

Temperatures about 25C (77F).

BBC Travel

The A5 is closed westbounds from the M54 J7 near Wellington as far as the Preston Island.

 It's due to a crash on the approach to the Preston Island on outskirts of Shrewsbury, not helped by the earlier lorry fire and fuel spill nearer Wellington.