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Live Reporting

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  1. Follow Thursday's live coverage

    If you want the latest news, sport, travel and weather updates take a look at our live page for Thursday 21 June.

  2. Video: Your 50-second weather forecast

    Alex Hamilton

    BBC Weather

    There will be some sunny spells today with patchy cloudy and feeling breezy with top temperatures of 18C (64F).

    Video content

    Video caption: Latest weather for the West Midlands
  3. Our live coverage across the day

    Andy Giddings

    BBC News

    We'll be back with the news, sport, travel and weather from 07:00 tomorrow, but keep an eye out here for more updates this evening and into the morning.

  4. Crowdfunding appeal to improve football club's security

    Stuart George

    Presenter, BBC Radio Stoke

    A football club is appealing for help to raise £10,000 to improve the ground's security, after suffering thefts and rubbish dumped on its pitch.

    The broken in container for the mowers

    Nantwich Town FC had thousands of pounds worth of grass-cutting equipment stolen earlier this month, the second such break-in in two years.

    They say they're also "plagued" by trespassers on their 3G pitch and have numerous cases of finding broken bottles, empty Prosecco bottles "and worse" on the site.

    The club's started a crowdfunding webpage to raise money and says, without improved CCTV and more security measures, the future of the stadium could be at risk.

    Nantwich Town ground
  5. Gosport joins Stafford on list of NHS scandals

    BBC News Health

    A report published today found more than 450 patients died after being given powerful painkillers inappropriately at Gosport War Memorial Hospital.

    The BBC's Nick Triggle says the scandal joins other NHS ones including the needless suffering of patients at Stafford Hospital in being etched on the public consciousness.

    Sign for Stafford Hospital

    He says, while all the scandals are different - Stafford was an institutional failing on a mass scale - they all have similarities and he's been examining those.

    You can read his full analysis here on the BBC website.

  6. Boat set to be removed from site of canal collapse

    Allen Cook

    BBC News

    A stranded boat is going to be removed later this week from a section of the Shropshire Union Canal which collapsed in March.

    The breach

    The incident caused water to drain into the River Wheelock and the canal and towpath were closed for repair work.

    Now, the Canal and River Trust says the boat at the breach is going to be lifted out on Friday so repair work can then begin on the breach.