Andy Giddings
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Aston Villa slip out of the Championship play-off places after defeat at Brentford extends their winless run to five games.

Norwich City's first away win in two months keeps Birmingham City bottom of the Championship.

Christian Smith scores the only goal as Maidenhead beat Solihull Moors in the National League.

Defender Nathan Smith scores the only goal of the game as Port Vale beat promotion-chasing Coventry 1-0 at Vale Park.

Crewe move six points clear of the League Two relegation zone with a 2-0 win over fellow strugglers Chesterfield.

Bristol Rovers draw a league game for the first time in 10 months as they are held 0-0 at Walsall.

West Brom's winless run now stretches to 18 Premier League matches as they miss the best chances in a goalless draw with Everton.

League One's top two sides cancel themselves out as leaders Wigan are held to a 0-0 draw by Shrewsbury.

Kemar Roofe scores the winner as Leeds United continue their excellent run of form by coming from behind to beat Burton.

Wolves fail to win in London for the third time this season as struggling Millwall come from behind to claim a draw.

The offender was seen by officers squirting fuel at patrol cars and the station door on Christmas Day.

An investigation is under way after two Severn Valley Railway train carriages were vandalised.

Ian Paterson was jailed for 20 years for wounding with intent after needless operations.

Coventry has offered to take in more Syrian refugees than anywhere else in England.

Engineers working to conserve the Iron Bridge said previous repair attempts had not always been successful.

Children and engineers have built a nativity scene with waterfalls and animal noises.

Children in Hereford helped build a "vibrant Bethlehem" scene which is drawing visitors to a Hereford church, one of its designers says.

Melbin Thomas, the maintenance engineer behind the nativity scene at St Francis Xavier's Church, said it was "fully computerised" with waterfalls, animal noises and mist and fog effects.

Mr Thomas designed the crib with Leonardo Bento, who is an aeronautical and automobile engineering student.

Youngsters helped build the crib over five days at the church in Broad Street. It will be on display until the end of January, helping raise donations for St Michael's Hospice.

Children helped create the nativity scene which includes a waterfall, animal noises and mist effects.

More than £1.3m was raised in 2016 by volunteers so the line could reach the village for the first time since 1960.