Carillion HQ offices up for sale at £3mpublished at 18:31 British Summer Time 3 April 2018
The sale comes as it is revealed work on two hospitals is being delayed by the firm's collapse.
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Paedophile who 'preyed on boys' jailed for abuse
Murder arrest after woman's body found
'Serious' multi-vehicle M6 crash
Arrest over people-smuggling network
Burglar breaks into house and takes a bath
'H&M hamster' abandoned in park
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Updates from Friday 6 April
Carillion HQ offices up for sale at £3mpublished at 18:31 British Summer Time 3 April 2018
Police review CCTV over derby clashespublished at 18:26 British Summer Time 3 April 2018
BBC Radio StokePolice in Crewe are checking CCTV with a view to making further arrests after fights broke out when the Alex played Port Vale yesterday.
Cheshire Police says a small number of arrests were made both inside and outside the Gresty Road ground, as well as at a pub on Nantwich Road, where a smoke bomb was let off.
Image source, GoogleFines for fly-tipperspublished at 18:16 British Summer Time 3 April 2018
More than 50 people have been handed £400 fines for fly-tipping.
Sandwell Council said its enforcement team issued seven fines last week, taking the total to 55 since May.
One person received two fines, for dumping rubbish in Dudley Road, Rowley Regis, and in Canalside Close, Wednesbury.
Image source, Sandwell CouncilThe other five fines were issued for the following incidents:
- A mattress thrown from a van in Beaconview Road, West Bromwich
- A builder’s bag dumped in Crabtree Close, West Bromwich
- Bags dumped on a car park in Dudley Port, Tipton
- Bags of household waste dumped on a car park in Handley Street, Wednesbury
- Bags fly-tipped in Forge Lane, West Bromwich
Image source, Sandwell CouncilSwan has surgery after shot in headpublished at 18:06 British Summer Time 3 April 2018
A swan has undergone surgery after it was shot in the head.
The RSPCA says the animal is "recovering in isolation" after being found in Bathpool Park, Kidsgrove, Staffordshire.
Image source, RSPCAAJ will inspire us in Australia - Clarkepublished at 18:01 British Summer Time 3 April 2018
Anthony Joshua's latest success serves as a Commonwealth Games inspiration to sparring partner Frazer Clarke.
Read MoreMoney raised to repatriate body of asylum seekerpublished at 17:55 British Summer Time 3 April 2018
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BBC NewsFriends of a "vulnerable" woman who died eight days after being severely injured in a fire are raising money to repatriate her body to the Malawian village from where she came.
Image source, OtherBeatrice Zigowe, who was seeking asylum in the UK, was badly burnt and suffered smoke inhalation in the fire at her flat in Widdrington Road, Coventry, on 18 March. She died on 26 March.
A woman from the Malawian community in the UK started an online campaign, which has raised more than £3,000 to return Ms Zigowe's body to her country of birth.
Loraine Mponela, from Coventry Asylum Refugee Action Group (Carag), visited Ms Zigowe in hospital and said she had been sedated after being badly burned.
She said Ms Zigowe had family in Malawi and it was “culturally important” for her to be laid to rest back there.
Carag said Ms Zigowe was a “vulnerable adult” whose mobility had been affected by a stroke in 2004.
Tributes paid to motorcyclist killed in crashpublished at 17:45 British Summer Time 3 April 2018
Tributes have been paid to Jack Crosby, the motorcyclist who died after he suffered serious head injuries in a collision with a car.
The bike ridden by Mr Crosby, 24, crashed on 1 April on Orme Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme, at about 13:35.
Staffordshire Police said specialists officers were supporting his family.
Image source, Police handoutAlex Jeffrey said on Facebook: "In absolute shock seeing this. One of the nicest lads I’ve had the pleasure of meeting. Rest In Peace."
Connor Deans added: "Can’t actually get my head around this. Such a top lad - Jack Crosby you will be missed."
Spitfire pilot, 96, back in the skiespublished at 17:31 British Summer Time 3 April 2018
Squadron Leader Allan Scott was taken for a Spitfire flight to mark the RAF's centenary.
Read MoreFurther 97 Carillion workers lose jobspublished at 17:31 British Summer Time 3 April 2018
BBC Business NewsThe total number of former Carillion workers who have lost their jobs has climbed to 1,802 after another 97 were told they were out of work.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe Official Receiver says that more than half - 54% - of the pre-collapse workforce have been found jobs, with a further 873 people transferring to new suppliers this week.
That brings the total to 9,946 jobs saved.
There remain 5,400 people still working for the collapsed Wolverhampton firm.
'Cheshire Cat burglar' e-fit raises smilespublished at 17:24 British Summer Time 3 April 2018
A police force probably wasn't smiling after its mock-up of a suspect attracted widespread derision.
Read MoreIn the papers: Mum stabbed in chest and stomachpublished at 17:18 British Summer Time 3 April 2018
Birmingham LiveThe Birmingham Mail is covering these stories today:
- Midlands' first ever naked cleaner reveals the secrets , externalof her job
- West Midlands Police respond to sick 'Punish a Muslim' letters and , externalurge recipients to come forward
- Mum stabbed in chest and stomach after dropping, external off her child at nursery
Nsiala will have to wear Wembley maskpublished at 17:04 British Summer Time 3 April 2018
Shrewsbury defender Toto Nsiala will wear a protective mask if passed fit for the EFL Trophy final at Wembley.
Read MoreFather-of-four named as M5 crash victimpublished at 17:02 British Summer Time 3 April 2018
A 61-year-old man who died after a collision on the M5 near Oldbury has been named as Brian Harper.
West Midlands Police said the father-of-four "suffered a medical alert at the wheel" at about 05:15 on Monday morning.
Image source, GoogleThe motorway was closed southbound between junctions two and three for Oldbury and Halesowen for several hours before reopening at about 11:30.
Rapist who fled country jailedpublished at 16:46 British Summer Time 3 April 2018
A "dangerous sexual predator" who fled the country while on bail facing trial for the abuse of a 13-year-old girl has been sentenced to more than 18 years in jail for her rape.
Image source, West Midlands PoliceBogdan Bernavic, 26, groomed the teenager, whom he met in Coventry, before raping her several times a day, police said., external
He was charged in 2017 but fled to Romania while on court bail, police said, adding he was convicted at trial in his absence on January 18.
The West Midlands force said officers working with overseas officials extradited him last month. He was sentenced at Warwick Crown Court on 28 March.
Det Insp Joseph Davenport said Bernavic was a "dangerous sexual predator who targeted and took advantage of a vulnerable young girl".
Second series of Warwickshire drama given green lightpublished at 16:32 British Summer Time 3 April 2018
Jo Joyner and Mark Benton will return for a second series of BBC1 drama Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators.
The first installment of the daytime series was a hit on iPlayer.
It starred Benton as a private investigator and Joyner as his rookie sidekick in an unlikely partnership, set in rural Warwickshire.
Will Trotter, BBC Studios' head of daytime drama, said series two would feature "kidnapped canines, locked room mysteries, dead ringers and doppelgangers, vice, fraud, extortion and identity theft".
Spode clear-up after car in a china shoppublished at 16:04 British Summer Time 3 April 2018
A car has driven through the museum shop window of Spode Heritage Centre in Stoke-on-Trent.
No-one is believed to have been injured and the centre plans to re-open the shop today.
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Image source, TwitterStaffordshire Police said it was called at 04:10 on Monday.
The force said a 39-year-old man was arrested in connection with the incident, but did not say on suspicion of which offence. It added he was released pending investigations.
Police hunt 'Cheshire Cat' burglarpublished at 15:54 British Summer Time 3 April 2018
Police issuing a composite image of a distraction burglar have had a different response to the one they wanted.
Here's why:
Image source, Warwickshire PoliceAs people have been pointing out in response to Warwickshire Police's tweet, they're not surprised the victim was distracted, given the super-sized grin.
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End of twitter postAnd when at least three other people weren't making the same joke, Twitter users offered their thoughts on who the offender could be, including The Cheshire Cat, The Joker, Zippy from Rainbow, Shergar and Jaws.
The incident happened in Stratford-upon-Avon between 14:00 and 14.36 on 5 February. Police said two men claiming to be from Orbit Housing tricked their way into a flat in Hertford Place, with one distracting the occupant - a woman in her 40s - while the other searched the property.
They left with a quantity of cash.
Carillion headquarters up for salepublished at 15:45 British Summer Time 3 April 2018
The former headquarters of collapsed engineering giant Carillion has gone up for sale, with a price tag of more than £3m.
The building, in Wolverhampton, which was refurbished in 2015, has more than 37,000 square feet of office space over six floors, as well as a car park.
Image source, GoogleMidlands property agents Bulleys and JLL will market the former head office, which is currently occupied by Carillion and its liquidators PwC.
The building is being sold by an unnamed private investor.
Properties protected from flood waterpublished at 15:27 British Summer Time 3 April 2018
People are being warned not to drive through flood water after a number of incidents in which motorists needed rescuing.
There are sill flood alerts on rivers across the Midlands, said the Environment Agency, with water being pumped from some areas to protect properties.
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End of twitter post 2Trentham incident has 'peaceful' conclusionpublished at 15:04 British Summer Time 3 April 2018
We told you earlier that armed police had been in Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent.
Staffordshire Police says the incident has "concluded peacefully without any danger to the public".
A 51-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of bypassing the electricity system at his home.
The force says a road closed during the incident has since re-opened.