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  1. Worcester 24-24 Connachtpublished at 18:11 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2018

    Connacht rally from 10 points down at half-time to draw at Worcester and seal qualification from Pool Five.

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  2. West Brom 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albionpublished at 18:09 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2018

    Goals from Jonny Evans and Craig Dawson help West Brom end a 20-match winless run in the Premier League with victory over Brighton.

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  3. Burton Albion 1-3 Queens Park Rangerspublished at 17:53 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2018

    Teenager Aramide Oteh scores his first professional goal to help Queens Park Rangers overcome Burton for the first time.

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  4. Birmingham City 0-3 Derby Countypublished at 17:36 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2018

    Matej Vydra's 16th goal of the season helps Derby gain ground on Championship leaders Wolves with victory at Birmingham.

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  5. Barnsley 0-0 Wolverhampton Wandererspublished at 17:03 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2018

    Championship leaders Wolves are held to a draw at Barnsley but stretch their unbeaten run to 14 league and cup games.

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  6. 'Worst WW1 mine disaster' rememberedpublished at 16:38 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2018

    The blast at Minnie Pit killed 156 and was the inspiration for Wilfred Owen's war poem Miners.

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  7. Woman 'kicked and bit' police officerspublished at 15:51 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2018

    She had been arrested for allegedly breaching the peace, police say.

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  8. Woman named in murder investigationpublished at 13:24 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2018

    A man hit by a van hours before she was found remains in hospital, police say.

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  9. Sanchez Flores 'happy' at Espanyolpublished at 13:18 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2018

    Espanyol boss Quique Sanchez Flores distances himself from taking charge of Stoke City, saying he is "happy" at the Spanish side.

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  10. The people who brought curry to Birminghampublished at 01:41 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2018

    The Bangladeshi pioneers that helped turn the curry into one of the city's favourite cuisines.

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  11. 14 people jailed in prison drugs probepublished at 23:24 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2018

    A grandmother caught giving drugs to her son on a prison visit prompted the investigation.

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  12. Teenager jailed for plot to blow up dadpublished at 20:01 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2018

    Gurtej Singh Randhawa had planned to use the explosives to kill his father in a row over a girlfriend.

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  13. Safety boost for 'horror' crash roadpublished at 19:28 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2018

    Action is needed to reduce the risk of future crashes where six people died, an MP says.

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  14. Our live coverage across the weekpublished at 19:00 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2018

    Andy Giddings
    BBC News

    We'll be back with the latest news, sport, travel and weather from 07:00 on Monday.

  15. Coventry Rugby prepares to take on Blackheathpublished at 18:54 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2018

    Clive Eakin
    BBC Coventry & Warwickshire Sport

    Coventry make six changes to their starting 15 for tomorrow's National League One match at Blackheath.

    Butts Park ArenaImage source, Google

    Phil Boulton returns to captain the team while Jimmy Litchfield, Jack Preece and Luke Narraway also return to the pack.

    Sam Tuitupou comes in at centre and Tom Emery replaces the injured Rob Knox on the wing.

  16. Midfielder's recovery frustrated by lack of playing timepublished at 18:43 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2018

    James Bond
    Sports Producer, BBC Shropshire

    AFC Telford United's Jack Rea is continuing his fight-back from a long-term ankle injury, but his manager Rob Edwards says he really needs to go out on loan to get match practice.

    Edwards revealed there had been some interest from other clubs, but nothing had been agreed yet and that it was hard to regain full fitness without playing games.

    Jack ReaImage source, Mike Sheridan

    Telford travel to play Salford tomorrow, but Rea isn't fit enough to play in that match.

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    Jack's training really well for us as always. We'd love to try and get him some football matches at the moment, because it's difficult to really build and get fully fit by just training."

    Rob Edwards, AFC Telford United manager

  17. Carillion workers should be safeguarded, unions saypublished at 18:35 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2018

    Workers at troubled construction firm Carillion should have their jobs safeguarded and the government should consider bringing its contracts back under public control, unions have said.

    Carillion workersImage source, Carillion

    The Wolverhampton-based company is a major supplier to the government and has contracts in the rail industry, education and NHS.

    Shadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey has said it's collapse could provoke a serious crisis.

    The government says it has been monitoring the situation to ensure its "contingency plans are robust".

  18. Video: What's the weekend weather going to be like?published at 18:26 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2018

    Rebecca Wood
    BBC Midlands Today

    A dry and cloudy night ahead with lows of 4C (39F).

    It should also be mainly dry tomorrow, but feeling a touch cooler.

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    Latest weather for the West Midlands

  19. Consultation on city bypass planspublished at 18:16 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2018

    People in Hereford are to get a chance next month to comment on where a western bypass for the city should go.

    Herefordshire Council is putting forward seven possible routes for the road and says it should relieve congestion.

    The road will run from the A49 to the southern link road.

    Hereford A49Image source, Google

    A final route will then be chosen later in the year, with the authority saying there is a "real appetite" for the scheme.

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    There has been talk of a bypass for Hereford for as long as I can remember. Since the 1960s Herefordshire Council has had aspirations to deliver the project; never quite making it across the finishing line.”

    Councillor Philip Price, Herefordshire Council

  20. Keeper Berger back training after cancerpublished at 18:14 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2018

    Birmingham City Ladies goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger returns to training following an operation for thyroid cancer.

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