In the papers: Fake goods found in seven raidspublished at 11:48 British Summer Time 25 April 2018
Stoke-on-Trent Live
These are some of the top stories today on the Stoke-on-Trent Live page:
Summary
Driver jailed for nine years for brothers' hit-and-run deaths
Sports coach convicted of child sex offences
Mosque hit-and-run 'may be terror-related'
GP jailed for assaulting patient
Labour expels activist over remarks to MP
Wolves reveal details of promotion celebrations
Taxi driver fined for refusing to pick up disabled passenger
Jackknifed lorry blocks M5 for several hours
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Updates from Friday 27 April
In the papers: Fake goods found in seven raidspublished at 11:48 British Summer Time 25 April 2018
'Racist' student video pair face chargespublished at 11:40 British Summer Time 25 April 2018
A student recorded the footage from her room at Nottingham Trent University.
Read MoreMan carjacked after stopping to help teens lying on roadpublished at 11:34 British Summer Time 25 April 2018
A man has been the victim of a carjacking after stopping to help two boys lying in the road., external
Image source, GoogleThe 45-year-old was on Lime Lane near Norton Canes, Staffordshire, police say, when he saw the pair on the road with two other teenagers standing over them.
Officers say, when he stopped, all four starting verbally abusing him, then assaulted him before snatching his car keys and making off with his Renault Clio.
Your photos: Early morning blue skies and sunshinepublished at 11:25 British Summer Time 25 April 2018
Early morning blue skies and sunshine have been photographed by many of our BBC Weather Watchers today.
These three are from users Bluedook in Astley, Len Ticular in Myddle and Z70 in Stafford:
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Image source, Z70Signal fault disrupts trainspublished at 11:18 British Summer Time 25 April 2018
BBC News TravelTrains between Crewe and Liverpool are being disrupted this morning:
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End of twitter postGirls miss out on stadium football final in 'unfair' movepublished at 11:13 British Summer Time 25 April 2018
Parents of girls playing football in Herefordshire have told the BBC they feel it’s unfair that their daughters' league final won’t be played at Hereford FC’s stadium but the boys' final will.
The Tupsley Juniors Under-9s are due to play at Pegasus FC next month when, in previous years, both the girls and boys' finals were held at Edgar Street (pictured).
Herefordshire Girls League says the decision was taken after they couldn't get a full day at Edgar Street.
It says the decision to hold a full day at Pegasus was agreed at a meeting with all clubs in the league.
Pair to face charges over 'racial abuse' videopublished at 11:00 British Summer Time 25 April 2018
Heather Burman
Journalist, BBC News OnlineRufaro Chisango posted a video on social media showing alleged racial abuse while in her room at Nottingham Trent University (NTU) accommodation last month.
She tweeted: "yoo I'm fuming, the way people in the same uni halls as me are chanting 'we hate the blacks' outside my bedroom door.
"Words cannot describe how sad this makes me feel, in this 2018 people think this is still acceptable."
Joe Tivnan, 18, of The Parklands, Birmingham, and Lauren Leigh, 18, of Hampden Street, Nottingham, are due to answer charges of racially or religiously aggravated harassment at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court on 24 May.
Veterans oppose war poet statue in parkpublished at 10:53 British Summer Time 25 April 2018
Kate Tebby
Journalist, BBC ShropshireVeterans are objecting against plans to put a statue of the war poet Wilfred Owen in a memorial garden.
Owen was born at Plas Wilmot in Oswestry in 1893, although his family moved to Birkenhead four years later, before returning to Shropshire.
Image source, Getty ImagesA proposal to Oswestry Town Council tonight , externalsuggests the statue share a border with a 25-pounder gun already there, which marks the training of gunners at Park Hall Camp.
But veterans of the Royal Artillery Association say moving the gun shows a lack of respect, and object to the statue of any person being put in any memorial garden saying they don't want to give one individual precedence over others.
When it backed the statue idea last year, external, the council said the statue in the park could become a "significant tourism feature" and agreed to underwrite the costs up to £40,000.
In the papers: Compensation bid from fatal crash driverpublished at 10:42 British Summer Time 25 April 2018
Coventry LiveHere are a few of the main stories featuring on the Coventry Live website this morning:
- Woman seeks £700,000 compensation from driver , externalwho killed her husband
- 'An absolute disgrace' Mark Robins fires warning to his Coventry, external City defenders
- Ultrafast broadband comes to Coventry - download, external an HD movie in five minutes
Man in court over case of mystery vulnerable manpublished at 10:31 British Summer Time 25 April 2018
Vicky Breakwell
BBC Hereford and WorcesterA man's due in court today to face charges relating to the case of a vulnerable mystery man who was found lost in Hereford in November 2015, talking with an American accent.
Roger Curry was discovered in a Hereford bus station car park and tests showed he had dementia.
Police said he could be in his 70s and he's now being cared for in a residential home in the US - the Los Angeles authorities have taken control of his care.
Simon Hayes, 52, of Hendale, Taunton is charged with three counts of fraud and another of perverting the course of justice.
Residents to leave Rugby flatspublished at 10:18 British Summer Time 25 April 2018
Local Democracy Reporting Service
David LawrenceResidents are being moved out of five blocks of flats in Rugby after a survey highlighted concerns over fire and structural safety.
No decision has been taken about the future of the two sites – Biart Place, which houses 124 flats in two blocks, and the larger Rounds Gardens, comprising of 189 flats in three blocks.
Image source, GoogleA council survey found the blocks were made of a large panel system construction to a "poor standard" that "may not perform as expected in the event of a fire".
Councillors at last night’s full council meeting of Rugby Borough Council adopted a report, with a decision on whether to repair or demolish the flats not expected until the summer.
In addition to being rehomed, those forced to leave the high-rise flats will also be eligible for compensation for the time, trouble and inconvenience caused.
Flood defences get revamppublished at 10:09 British Summer Time 25 April 2018
Flood defences in Shrewsbury are getting a bit of a facelift after "taking a bashing" over the years.
Dave Throup, from the Environment Agency, said the defences at Frankwell had protected the town more than 30 times, external since they were built in 2003, but the cladding now deserved "some love and care".
Villa still have hope for automatic promotionpublished at 09:58 British Summer Time 25 April 2018
BBC WM SportAston Villa still have an outside chance of claiming the second automatic promotion spot following Cardiff's 3-1 defeat at Derby.
That moved the Rams into the play-offs, while Villa are four points off second place with two games to go, but they also need third-placed Fulham to slip up.
Bus involved in city centre crashpublished at 09:45 British Summer Time 25 April 2018
A bus has been involved in a crash in the middle of Worcester.
West Midlands Ambulance Service say no-one was hurt in the incident on The Butts between Dolday and Foregate Street.
Where are you on the UK fat scale?published at 09:38 British Summer Time 25 April 2018
BBC News HealthThe majority of adults in the UK are overweight or obese, according to national health surveys, yet research suggests , externalwe are a country in denial about our weight.
Image source, PAOn the BBC website, you can use a calculator to find out your own body mass index (BMI) and see how you compare with the rest of the nation.
There are also tips from health experts and useful links to information on how to improve your health.
In the papers: Families moved to Telford 'due to price'published at 09:27 British Summer Time 25 April 2018
The Shropshire Star's covering these stories today, among others:
Pair due in court over 'racist chant' videopublished at 09:16 British Summer Time 25 April 2018
BreakingHeather Burman
Journalist, BBC News OnlineTwo people are to appear in court over a video showing alleged racist slurs being shouted in student accommodation at Nottingham Trent University.
Joe Tivnan, 18, of The Parklands, Birmingham, and Lauren Leigh, 18, of Hampden Street, Nottingham, have been summonsed to Nottingham Magistrates’ Court on 24 May to answer charges of racially or religiously aggravated harassment.
A second man who was arrested in connection with the incident has been released with no further action.
Image source, TwitterRufaro Chisango, pictured, tweeted the video last month.
Girl, seven, has leg reattached backwards so she can walkpublished at 09:12 British Summer Time 25 April 2018
Daz Hale
BBC WMA seven-year-old girl with bone cancer has undergone a rare operation that's seen her lower leg fused directly on to her thigh in the hope it will ultimately allow her to be fitted with a prosthetic leg.
Amelia Eldred, from Tamworth, was diagnosed last year, operated on earlier this year and is still going through chemotherapy.
Surgeons amputated her leg at the thigh and then rotated and reattached the lower leg so her heel would eventually work as a knee joint for a prosthetic., external
Quote MessageShe's always been an active child. She was walking from 10 months old, she's very active - going to parks, riding a bike - dancing is very much a passion, acrobatics. Throughout all this, that's the only time she's ever got upset because she misses doing all that."
Michelle Eldred, Mother
Cuckoos 'thriving' in beauty spotpublished at 09:03 British Summer Time 25 April 2018
Nicola Beckford
BBC Midlands TodayCuckoo numbers in a part of Staffordshire are holding their own, according to the West Midland Bird Club., external
Image source, Roger Wilmshurst/Science Photo LibrarySince February, Roger Broadbent and Clive Davies have been monitoring the wild birds on Cannock Chase as part of their latest survey, which the club carries out every five years.
They say the cuckoo population is thriving and put this down to a few key factors including the altitude of the upland area and the lack of agriculture affecting them.
The news bucks a national trend from 2016, when the British Trust for Ornithology in Norfolk said more than half of cuckoos in the UK had been lost over the past 20 years.
Car maker's expansion plans set for votepublished at 08:52 British Summer Time 25 April 2018
Lee Blakeman
Newsreader, BBC Radio StokePlans for a pair of four-storey office blocks at Bentley Motors in Crewe, external could be approved today.
The proposals for the firm's site on Pyms Lane go before a Cheshire East Council planning committee.
Officers for the authority believe the car maker should be allowed to build the research and development offices, saying they'd bring economic benefits to the area.
