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Stevie Eskinazi hits 130 as Middlesex earn their first One-Day Cup win, while Somerset and Lancashire go top of their groups.

Police said they could not trace any family of Brahane Yordanos who was found on Saturday.

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Lyme Park, famous for Colin Firth's "wet shirt scene", says it remains at risk after a 2019 flood.

The 33-year-old died in hospital after being assaulted in Birmingham city centre.

Worcestershire release batsman Riki Wessels from his contract because they want to give more chances to young players.

A charity walk from London to Altrincham is held for Lara Maddocks, who died during a family holiday.

The body of a 19-year-old woman was found at a house in Birmingham on Saturday.

Lord Jones criticised Londoner Alex Scott for "her very noticeable inability to pronounce her 'g's".

Pop-up vaccine clinics are opening to encourage more people to get vaccinated against Covid-19.

The 18-year-old went missing from a group that got into difficulty off the Dorset coast.

The city council says the decision has "not been taken lightly" and should last for only a week.

We'll be back from 08:00 on Monday with the latest news, sport, travel and weather, but keep an eye here for more updates before then.

Plans to get more people cycling as part of the legacy of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games have been boosted by £2m from the Department for Transport.

The Cycling for Everyone project aims to work with disadvantaged communities to help more people get on a bike.

Funding has come from the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Active Travel Legacy Package announced today.

Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) said it would now work with partners to develop Cycling for Everyone projects and activities, ready to roll them out ahead of next year’s Games.

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Councilor Ian Ward, WMCA portfolio holder for transport and leader of Birmingham City Council, said: “When Birmingham was awarded the Commonwealth Games, we wanted to ensure it would have a positive impact on all communities.

"This is even more important now as we emerge from the pandemic which has hit some communities harder than others."

Road improvement work is under way in Shrewsbury.

Shropshire Council said it's part of the Shrewsbury Integrated Transport Package (SITP) programme, and has begun on both Barker Street and St Austin’s Street.

It will involve removing concrete kerbs and tarmac footways and replacing them with granite kerbs and Yorkstone paving, to tie in with areas previously refurbished through the town centre.

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Councillor Steve Charmley, deputy leader and portfolio holder for Highways, said: “This is part of a large programme of works which have been undertaken to enhance the public realm in Shrewsbury town centre and is part of a £12m, externally-funded improvement project for the town to improve the roads, footpaths, street furniture and cycle infrastructure.

“There will be some disruption and we thank people for their understanding while all this important work is carried out."

The work is expected to be completed by the end of August , and there will be a one way closure on Barker Street and Bridge Street, with a local diversion route via Roushill, Mardol and Claremont Street.

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Ministers are being urged not to start a "blame game" over Covid vaccinations as efforts continue in Birmingham to encourage people to get one.

Concerns have grown over the past few months about an apparent hesitancy from some people in black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) communities to have the Covid-19 vaccine.

This week, Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove said people who turn down a Covid vaccination are "selfish".

Mashkura Begum (pictured) is chair of Saathi House, a community group working to try and improve awareness and break down barriers like language.

She feels they are making progress but said comments like Mr Gove's are counter-productive.

"I think that language is not helpful because that blame game starts. I think it is about education and awareness to show the importance of it," she said.

Work to cover more of a landfill at the centre of complaints over odours has been delayed.

the firm running Walleys Quarry in Silverdale, Staffordshire, had planned to use a new technology to cover the sides of the landfill.

Work was due to begin in July but the agency said the material has not yet arrived from the USA and has asked the owner to draw up a revised plan for the work.

The community in Silverdale has long been campaigning for action over pungent smells from the quarry.

Thousands of complaints have been logged this year with the EA recording 645 for the week up to 29 July.

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Urology services in Wolverhampton and Walsall are going to be merged under plans to cut a huge waiting list.

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Officials from Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust told a City of Wolverhampton Council meeting the teams at New Cross and Manor hospitals would be combined.

Councillors heard 481 people in Wolverhampton with minor conditions have waited more than a year for urology services.

Under the plans, emergency cases and some elective inpatient care from both areas will be carried out at Wolverhampton’s New Cross.

Day care cases for lesser conditions will move to Walsall Manor instead of being treated in Wolverhampton or Cannock.

Paul Cook, clinical lead for urology at New Cross, said the move would lead to 400 more operations each year and about 1,200 more out-patient procedures and appointments at New Cross.

Earlier we told you about a closure of the M5 at Bromsgrove due to an accident.

There are now delays of up to an hour around junction four of the motorway, and Highways England says it is due to an overturned lorry.

Recovery of the vehicle is expected to take some time, it adds.