06 July 2026

• Patients struggle to get vital medicines amid shortages
  The Royal College of Pharmacy says "urgent action" is needed over persistent nationwide shortages.
• Inland lifeboat station marks 40th anniversary
  The Severn Area Rescue Association opened its second lifeboat station at the docks in 1986.
• In pictures: Tom Jones, 'singing pirates' and a Strawberry Moon
  A round-up of photographs from across the West this week.
• Son charged with murder of his 80-year-old father
  Lawrence Robert Whayman, 55, has appeared at Cheltenham Magistrates' Court.
• First stretch of £460m road scheme set to open
  Drivers are warned to expect delays as the first stretch of the scheme opens on Monday.