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Former Warwickshire wicketkeeper Keith Piper has died at the age of 56. Piper spent 16 years with the Bears and was a key part of the club’s treble-winning side in 1994. Under the captaincy of Dermot Reeve, Warwickshire won the County Championship, the 40-over Sunday league and 55-over Benson and …

A cabin cruiser is dumped overnight at the side of a narrow rural road. BBC News

Bernadin Dedic is on the run from justice after being mistakenly set free from HMP Wormwood Scrubs. BBC News

The family of Tobias and Finley Rice say everyone they met will have “a hole in their hearts”. BBC News

The “Northamptonshire Scone” is made from local ingredients including apples, cider and honey. BBC News

David Williams says his father’s behaviour switched after he was prescribed drugs for Restless Legs Syndrome. BBC News

Sir Geoff Hurst says “there are no words to describe” having a mural of him unveiled in his home town. BBC News

What was clear, the organisation’s chief executive Sue Percy said, was that proper highway repair management was more effective in the longer term, especially when considering the associated costs of potholes, including injuries, deaths and loss of productivity. BBC News

The tracks were first spotted by a worker at Dewars Farm Quarry in Oxfordshire four years ago. BBC News

A Year 6 class at a school in Whitstable is celebrating winning the Beano’s 2026 competition. BBC News

The Marylebone Project – London’s longest running service for homeless women – is set to close in September. BBC News

Phil Smith, who is executive director for the sporting system, says: “He’s brought up his two kids, who both now play for England, with exactly this philosophy: fun first, child first – and if it’s good enough for Reece and Lauren James, it’s good enough for the rest of us. …

Teacher Craig Mather says he had never seen the play or met the cast before taking to the stage. BBC News

Kelly, along with her daughter Penny, 11, made a “rare trip” to Stafford town centre after finding there was a Changing Places toilet advertised as being open. The toilet in Staffordshire Place, a county council building, features extra space, hoists and a changing bench. BBC News

Former States-sitting politicians talk about dealing with losing and what they’ll do next. BBC News

Abigail Maguire says she is unhappy earlier marks could be used to determine her final grade. BBC News

A new report condemning an unmarried mothers’ home is welcomed by survivors and relatives. BBC News

Lancashire’s quarter-final hopes were boosted by a seven-wicket win, their second in six games, at Chester-le-Street, while Durham’s fourth defeat in six means they are joined on eight points by a Red Rose team who remain bottom of the North Group. Livingstone’s second successive Blast half-century – 85 not out …

Since the death of Etienne, who preferred to be known as Justin, whose car left the road near Dove Holes, Derbyshire, in June 2020, while he was driving over the speed limit, her family started a charity providing specially designed bathing packs on critical care wards. BBC News

Tracey Taylor is believed to be the youngest of the women in the Ian Paterson inquests. BBC News