A woman fended off a sex attacker at a heavy metal music festival by hitting him with a torch, police say.

Crewe boss Steve Davis says his side need to remain focused late into games in order to avoid conceding late goals.

Burton Albion midfielder Matty Palmer signs a new two-year contract at the Championship club.

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?

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One lane's closed and there is slow traffic on the M42 southbound between J11, for the A42 and J10, at the A5 (Tamworth), because of a broken down lorry.  

Hartlepool United score two goals in four second-half minutes to salvage a point at Crewe Alexandra.

Port Vale continue their unbeaten start to the League One season with a narrow home win against Rochdale.

Club-record signing Jackson Irvine nets against Sheffield Wednesday as Burton Albion earn their first-ever Championship win.

Stoke goalkeeper Jack Butland could return from a injury to play against Manchester City, according to assistant Mark Bowen.

Port Vale terminate the contract of striker Carlos Saleiro, just six weeks after he signed for the League One club.

A lost pet cat is back home after a legal row prevented him from being returned to his family.

Safety checks are being made at Tamworth Low Level station which is causing disruption to London Midland services from Nuneaton towards Rugeley Trent Valley, Network Rail says, external.

Trains may run non-stop from Atherstone to Rugeley Trent Valley.

The disruption is expected to continue until end of service.

The owner of a Bengal cat which vanished four years ago had to fight to reclaim him despite microchipping her pet, she says.

Republic of Ireland international Marc Wilson joins Bournemouth from Stoke for an undisclosed fee reported to be £2m.

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Hilary McConnell, Producer

The former Aston Villa footballer Dalian Atkinson has died after being shot by police with a Taser - we'll have the latest from our reporter at the scene at 18:30 on BBC One.

Plus we’ll hear from our local competitors at Rio and whether any more medals will be coming back this way.

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Find out why the ban of “zombie knives" comes into force this week and we meet the family reunited with their pet cat four years after it went missing, but it was only returned after a row over micro-chipping.  

Stoke City forwards George Waring and Moha El Ouriachi Choulay both sign on a six-month loan for Shrewsbury Town.

Middlesbrough manager Aitor Karanka is pleased with how his side handled the pressure of making their Premier League return.

Stoke manager Mark Hughes says a 1-1 draw was the least his side deserved from their game against Middlesbrough.

Port Vale substitute Anton Forrester scores one goal and sets up another to secure a home win over Southend.

Alvaro Negredo scores but Xherdan Shaqiri's free-kick denies Middlesbrough victory on their return to the Premier League.