Summary

  • Rail services finishing early

  • Gunman jailed for 12 years for bowling alley siege

  • Freezing weather 'worst in a decade'

  • Several train services suspended

  • Man arrested over grandmother's murder

  • Live updates from Friday 2 March

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  1. Third man arrested over stabbingpublished at 17:42 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018

    The victim was taken to hospital with serious injuries after being attacked in Portsmouth.

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  2. Frost sheets to remain on pitch ahead of football matchpublished at 17:36 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018

    BBC Sport

    The cold weather has claimed a number of football matches this evening, but AFC Telford United seem confident their match against Nuneaton Town can go ahead.

    They say they're keeping the frost covers on until 18:30, just to be sure.

    AFC Telford UnitedImage source, AFC Telford United
  3. V Festival replacement won't use Weston Park sitepublished at 17:25 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018

    The festival lined up to replace the V Festival won't be using Weston Park in Staffordshire.

    Sir Richard Branson announced in October that, after 22 years, Virgin would no longer be sponsoring the event, which has been at Weston Park since 1999.

    V FestivalImage source, PA

    The new Rize festival will only take place at Hylands Park, in Chelmsford.

  4. Teenagers threatened in 'daylight robbery'published at 17:12 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018

    Teenagers were forced to lie on the floor and threatened by masked robbers who'd broken into a house.

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    Teenagers threatened in 'daylight robbery'

    The intruders, who were caught on CCTV, made off with jewellery after smashing their way into the house in Hillwood Common Road, Four Oaks.

    The boys were left "upset and shaken" after the incident which happened at around 16:30 on 16 February.

    Police are appealing for anyone who may have witnessed the "broad daylight" robbery to contact them.

  5. Plans for woodland cabins divide opinionpublished at 17:00 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018

    Plans for 68 holiday cabins in the Mortimer Forest, in Herefordshire, are being criticised by some people living nearby, who think the development is too big and that it will harm the peace and tranquility of the area.

    Forest Holidays says the chalets will bring £2.4m every year into local shops and pubs and create 90 full and part time jobs and some local residents are supporting the proposals.

    Plans for homesImage source, Forest Holidays

    Those against say it will have a devastating effect on the peace and solitude in the area - the plans are due to be submitted this summer.

  6. Racecourse's £100m revamp unveiledpublished at 16:53 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018

    The plans for Chester include a new grandstand and a 1,000-seat conference venue.

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  7. Two taken to hospital after five-vehicle crash on M6published at 16:44 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018

    Two men have been taken to hospital after a five-vehicle crash on the M6, the ambulance service said., external

    Scene of crashImage source, West Midlands Fire Service

    Three cars, a van and an HGV were involved in the collision, which closed the southbound carriageway for a time, close to junction seven.

    One of the men, in his 40s, had to be cut free from the van.

    A woman travelling on one of the cars was assessed and discharged at the scene.

    Five other occupants of the vehicles were all uninjured.

  8. Man 'admits' rape to police over phonepublished at 16:41 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018

    He was attempting to flee the country when officers called him over his 14-year-old victim.

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  9. Scene of nightclub stabbing closespublished at 16:33 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018

    A nightclub in which an amateur footballer was stabbed has closed.

    Chicagos nightclubImage source, Google

    Ryan Passey, 24, was stabbed in the heart after an altercation in Chicago's nightclub, Stourbridge, last August.

    Operators the Deltic Group said everyone who worked at the club and wider company "remain devastated by Ryan's untimely death".

    They thanked their staff and loyal customers but said the decision to close would have an impact on the local late-night economy "which of late has been a lot quieter".

    A 19-year-old man was cleared of Mr Passey's murder earlier this month.

  10. Firefighters tackle fire at garagepublished at 16:11 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018

    A fire at a "large commercial garage" in the Longton area of Stoke-on-Trent has been put out, but firefighters remain at the scene to make sure it doesn't reignite.

    Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service says it was called to Edensor Road at 14:26 and that site was "well alight" when crews arrived.

    Nobody was reported hurt.

  11. More questions for Crewe after ex-employee's pornography claimspublished at 16:06 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018

    A former Crewe Alexandra employee claims he was asked by a senior club official to wipe pornography off the computer of then-manager Dario Gradi in 2001, the BBC has learned.

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  12. Gold bus marks town's 50th anniversarypublished at 15:58 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018

    This gold-painted bus is going to be seen around Telford over the next 10 months, to mark the golden anniversary of the town's creation.

    Gold busImage source, Arriva Midlands West

    It's a joint project involving Telford and Wrekin Council and bus-operator Arriva and it will be picking up passengers on seven different routes.

    Gold busImage source, Arriva Midlands West
  13. Life in prison for waitress who stabbed chefpublished at 15:47 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018
    Breaking

    A Toby Carvery waitress who sent text messages threatening to beat the life out of her chef colleague has been found guilty of his murder.

    Georgina HensahwImage source, West Midlands Police

    Georgina Henshaw sent the threats hours before she stabbed friend Philip Rolf in the heart.

    The 35-year-old, from Chelmsley Wood, Solihull, admitted stabbing the 65-year-old, but denied his murder.

    At Birmingham Crown Court today she was jailed for life and ordered to serve a minimum of 16 years

  14. Appeal after man beaten in bar attackpublished at 15:35 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018

    Police want to speak to people at a Lichfield bar on Saturday night after an incident which left a 32-year-old man in hospital.

    The man has been treated for a fractured eye socket and bruising to his head, ribs and hand.

    Police carImage source, Staffordshire Police

    He was attacked by a group of four or five men at the Pardise Lounge on Sandford Street at around 21:30, police said.

  15. 'Wrong turn' by man on mobility scooter leads to police escortpublished at 15:24 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018

    Jack Dowling
    Journalist, BBC Radio Stoke

    A police escort was deployed to help a man who rode a mobility scooter on to a busy A-road.

    Police escort to safely get a man in a mobility scooter off a busy A-road.Image source, Nantwich Police

    Police say he took a "wrong turn" at the Shavington roundabout on the A500, heading towards Nantwich.

    The Cheshire force said it helped the man for 15 minutes yesterday before he got to safety and made his way home.

  16. Internet woes for EE customerspublished at 15:11 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018

    Having trouble with your EE internet? You're not alone.

    EE shopImage source, Getty Images

    The company said it is working to fix an issue with its internet service that is affecting some customers in Birmingham, among other places.

    The Down Detector website said there had been more than 200 reports of problems since shortly before 8am today, with the majority of issues around connecting to mobile internet.

    An EE spokesman said: "We're aware of a data issue affecting some internet services for some of our customers."

  17. Canals freeze as wintry weather hitspublished at 15:01 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018

    Canals freeze over in parts of Stoke-on-Trent as cold weather sweeps the city.

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  18. Crewe wait on news of hand injurypublished at 14:45 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018

    Graham McGarry
    Crewe Alexandra commentator, BBC Radio Stoke

    Crewe Alexandra will need to wait until later this week to find out if Paul Green can continue to play despite fracturing his right hand.

    The midfielder, who is on loan from Oldham, will visit a specialist to assess the extent of the damage he suffered in the first half of the game at Lincoln.

    Paul GreenImage source, Getty Images

    Crewe manager David Artell said he's hoping the injury will not need an operation.