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  1. Diet pill death at overcrowded A&Epublished at 17:40 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2018

    Beth Shipsey, 21, died at the end of a corridor because the A&E department was too busy to admit her.

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  2. Thousands back Bell End street namepublished at 17:31 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2018

    A woman is "amazed" her plight to save the street name has received "global" attention.

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  3. Stoke bid for Derby manager would be 'aggressively rejected'published at 17:28 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2018

    BBC Sport

    Derby County would "aggressively reject" any approach from Stoke City for manager Gary Rowett.

    The Potters are looking to replace Mark Hughes, who was sacked on Saturday, and it is understood they would like to speak to Rowett, along with Republic of Ireland boss Martin O'Neill.

    Gary RowettImage source, Getty Images

    A source has told the BBC that Derby would not welcome an approach for the 43-year-old as the club battles to gain promotion to the Premier League.

    Stoke ended Hughes' four-and-a-half-year spell in charge after the shock FA Cup defeat at League Two Coventry.

  4. Video: What's the weather got in store?published at 17:17 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2018

    A cloudy night in store, with the risk of some drizzle and patches of mist and hill fog likely, with lows of 1C (34F).

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    Latest weather for the West Midlands

  5. Rail strikes: Train workers walk out in safety rowpublished at 17:01 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2018

    BBC News UK

    Commuters using Northern rail services from and to Stoke-on-Trent are facing up to three days of disruption as staff begin a fresh wave of strikes in separate disputes over "rail safety".

    Members of rail staff taking industrial action hand out leafletsImage source, Getty Images

    They're joining fellow workers at three other train firms on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

    The Rail, Maritime and Transport union said the disputes were over issues including the role of train guards and the extension of driver-only services.

    Northern, external, which runs trains in north west and north east England, said it would run about 1,350 trains on strike days - about 60% of its normal service.

    It's advising that Stoke-on-Trent commuters check online which services are running., external

  6. Two die in light aircraft crashpublished at 16:53 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2018

    Allen Cook
    BBC News

    Two people have died after a light aircraft , externalcrashed in a field in Worcestershire this afternoon.

    The single-engine plane came down at about 12:45 near Overbury, the ambulance service said.

    Paramedics said they couldn't do anything to save either occupant - both male - and they were pronounced dead at the scene.

  7. Convicted dangerous driver absconds from jailpublished at 16:41 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2018

    Amy Woodfield
    BBC News

    A man jailed for causing death by dangerous driving has absconded from HMP Sudbury.

    Brad DickenImage source, Derbyshire Police

    Brad Dicken was serving a sentence of four years and six months. His last known address is in the Tipton area of the West Midlands.

  8. Crewe's Jones out with knee injurypublished at 16:37 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2018

    Crewe Alexandra midfielder James Jones will be out for 10 to 12 weeks after suffering a knee injury in training.

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  9. Series goes 'behind the operating theatre doors'published at 16:21 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2018

    A new BBC Two series goes behind the theatre doors of the surgical unit at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham where 700 operations are carried out every week across 42 specialist theatres.

    In the first episode, specialist maxillofacial surgeons Tim Martin and Sat Parmar prepare for a marathon operation on 53-year-old Teresa.

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    You can see Surgeons: At the Edge of Life tonight on BBC Two at 21:00.

  10. Niedzwiecki in temporary charge at Stokepublished at 16:07 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2018

    Stoke City have placed Eddie Niedzwiecki in charge of the first team following the sacking of Mark Hughes on Saturday.

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  11. Abattoir fined £100k for sewer pollutionpublished at 16:00 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2018

    Tim Page
    News Editor, BBC Shropshire

    A Shropshire abattoir has been fined £100,000 for polluting sewers., external

    Euro Quality LambsImage source, Google

    Euro Quality Lambs of Dale Street, Craven Arms, was taken to court by Severn Trent Water for putting too much ammonia and phosphorous into the town's sewers.

    The firm pleaded guilty to four breaches of waste release levels and were fined at Worcester Magistrates' Court on 4 January.

  12. Sajid Javid's job gets new namepublished at 15:46 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2018

    Bromsgrove MP Sajid Javid stays in his post amid Theresa May's reshuffle but his job title has changed.

    He is now Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government - "housing" has been added to the list.

    In his existing role, Mr Javid was already responsible for housing.

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  13. Work to contain chocolate and fuel after tanker spillpublished at 15:30 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2018

    The Environment Agency is at the scene of an overturned tanker which is leaking fuel and liquid chocolate on to a road in Herefordshire.

    Overturned tankerImage source, Environment Agency

    The lorry crashed at a roundabout at the A49 and A44 in Leominster at 11:15.

    Spillage on carriagewayImage source, Environment Agency

    The Environment Agency said officers were working to ensure fuel and other products were contained and didn't get into the local environment.

  14. Crashed aircraft was travelling to Gloucestershirepublished at 15:17 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2018

    A light aircraft has crashed in a field in Overbury, Worcestershire.

    Air Traffic Control at Gloucestershire Airport says it lost contact with a light aircraft travelling inbound at about 12:40.

    "Alerting action was taken with the appropriate agencies and emergency services attending the scene of the crash, at Overbury, near Tewkesbury," it said.

  15. Visibility 'bad' at scene of crashed aircraftpublished at 15:11 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2018

    A woman who was walking on Bredon Hill in Worcestershire when a light aircraft crashed nearby said visibility was poor at the time.

    Lizzie Ransted said she heard "a loud engine, sort of cutting out" before a loud "bang".

    She said: "You couldn't see anything because the visibility's so bad.

    "And then as we came back down we could see ambulances and fire engines.

    "You could sort of make out it was an aircraft of some sort."

    West Midlands Ambulance Service said the single-engine plane came down in a field at about 12:45. Six fire crews attended the scene.

  16. New school helps pupils beat sinking feelingpublished at 14:46 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2018

    Joe Baldwin
    News Editor, BBC Hereford & Worcester

    Three years after moving into temporary buildings because their school was sinking, pupils at Colwall Primary School in Wocestershire are having lessons in a brand new £6m building.

    The new Colwall Primary School

    They had to move out in 2014 when water kept getting into the Victorian-built site.

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    It's a dream come true to be finally sitting in the new school. We've worked extremely hard over the Christmas holidays to have everything ready for the children and we're finally at a point where the building is ready for the children to come in and enjoy this wonderful new space."

    Helen Webb, Headteacher

  17. Six fire crews at site of crashed aircraftpublished at 14:33 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2018

    Alistair Binney
    Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester

    Six fire crews are at the scene of a light aircraft crash, external in a field in Worcestershire.

    Emergency services at scene

    There looks to be smoke coming from the cordoned-off scene and other emergency services have arrived.

    West Mercia Police says the Civil Aviation Authority has been informed.

    The single-engine plane came down at about 12:45, West Midlands Ambulance Service said.

  18. Aircraft crashes in Worcestershirepublished at 14:02 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2018

    Alistair Binney
    Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester

    A light aircraft has crashed on Bredon Hill near Overbury in Worcestershire.

    West Midlands Ambulance Service said the single-engine plane came down at about 12:45 in a field., external

    There's a cordon in place around the area and one eyewitness told me he'd seen pieces of aircraft in some of the trees.

  19. Vandalised carriages prompt £10k appealpublished at 13:48 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2018

    Graffiti was daubed on two Severn Valley Railway carriages over Christmas.

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