A Chelsea Flower Show garden celebrating the 70th anniversary of the arrival of MV Empire Windrush is to be displayed in Birmingham's Victoria Square.

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The garden landed Birmingham City Council its seventh Chelsea gold medal - it was created by Baroness Floella Benjamin, patron of the Windrush Foundation, and Crofton nursery.

Council leader Ian Ward said the authority wanted to give as many people as possible the opportunity to see the award-winning design.

The former Shrewsbury Town favourite Grant Holt has signed a deal to become a professional wrestler.

The 37-year-old, who played for Barrow in the National League last season, has agreed a deal with World Association of Wrestling and starts his wrestling training on Thursday.

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Shrewsbury signed Holt for what was a club record £170,000 in 2008 and he rewarded them with 28 goals and was named the League Two player of the year, before being sold to Norwich the following season.

A 17-year-old boy has also appeared at Birmingham Crown Court charged with murder.

Reports of a strong odour led cricket club staff to find Cardon Branfield's body.

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A major housing development to kick-start regeneration in Digbeth is moving forward with buildings at the site set to be demolished by the end of the summer.

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An application has been lodged with Birmingham City Council to bulldoze the former car dealership at 75 to 80 High Street.

Planned is the Lunar Rise scheme for 517 apartments, plus shops, bars and restaurants - a complex that includes a 25-storey tower.

Demolition work is expected to be completed by mid-August.

An investigation is under way into a large fire on an industrial estate on the outskirts of Shrewsbury yesterday.

Crews fought the blaze on the Edgebold Industrial Estate in Hanwood for five hours.

Nearby buildings were evacuated and a road was closed for a time.

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Now, what’s the one item every self-respecting dormouse wants as their pied-a-terre? A cardboard tube from the middle of a toilet roll, maybe?

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We ask because 21 dormice have arrived at Devon's Paignton Zoo and they have the loo roll innards because they make "ideal hiding places" for the tiny mammals to sleep in while they are in quarantine and waiting to have their health checks from vets, the zoo says.

After the checks and being microchipped, they are due to be released into the wild in Warwickshire in June as part of ongoing efforts to help save the endangered species.

Hazel dormice grow to about 6.5 to 8.5cm long and weigh just 18g to 25g. They live in wooded areas where they eat flower blossoms, grubs and occasionally birds’ eggs in spring and summer, and seeds, berries, fruit and nuts in autumn.

Plans for an artificial football pitch in Hereford have been abandoned after objections from more than 100 people living near the site.

The Herefordshire Football Association had hoped to install the pitch at Aylestone School where it would be used by many of the city's clubs for training and matches.

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The Herefordshire FA agreed to look for a different site after objectors said the pitch would cause ‘unbearable’ noise, plus light pollution and traffic congestion.

A sculpture made to celebrate the creation of Telford is going to be cleaned up as part of a £100,000 town centre improvement project.

The 8m (26ft) long bronze work spells out "Telford" with the figure of Thomas Telford leaning over it - a work that according to Telford and Wrekin Council has become "a little weather-worn".

The money for the eight-week project has come from funding set aside to celebrate Telford's 50th anniversary this year. The sculpture was created in 1988 for its 20th anniversary.

Richard Pearson is found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter after a fireworks factory fire.

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The Chief Constable of West Midlands police has urged anyone with information about the killings of Ozell Pemberton and Abdul Rahman to come forward as investigations into their deaths continue.

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Speaking at the Strategic Policing and Crime Board meeting in Birmingham city centre, David Thompson also urged parents to talk to their children about the dangers of carrying weapons.

Sixteen-year-old Ozell Pemberton was stabbed to death in Sutton Coldfield on Thursday, while Mr Rahman, a university graduate in his 20s, was shot dead in Highgate on May 15.

BBC radio presenter Bob Brolly has suffered a mild stroke, his family has announced, and is currently recovering in hospital.

The popular presenter broadcasts his Irish Programme across Coventry, Warwickshire and Birmingham, and was awarded an MBE for services to charity and broadcasting.

A BBC spokesperson said: “All Bob’s friends at the BBC send him our best wishes for a speedy recovery.

"Bob will be away from his Sunday afternoon shows for a number of weeks.

"We know his loyal listeners will be looking forward to his return.”

Derrol Flynn punched one victim in the face and stole £6,000 from an elderly couple.

Shrewsbury Town return to Wembley for the League One playoff final on Sunday - the most important game in the lifetime of many fans.

They were there last month for the Checkatrade Trophy final and manager Paul Hurst believes the experience will serve them well.

He said that last appearance was special to him, despite defeat to Lincoln City.

Aston Villa boss Steve Bruce praises Alan Hutton, a "beast of a defender" who "gives you everything he has got".

The boss of a fireworks warehouse in Stafford has been found guilty of the manslaughter of two men who died in an explosion at the site.

Stuart Staples and Simon Hiller died after a fireball consumed SP Fireworks in Baswich in October 2014.

Richard Pearson, 44, was found guilty of two counts of manslaughter through gross negligence at Stafford Crown Court today.

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Six flights coming in to land during the last two days had laser pens shone at them, police say.

A man has been charged with child abduction after an incident at a Doncaster park.

Zain Shahid, 31, of Solihull, West Midlands, appeared at Doncaster Magistrates’ Court yesterday (Monday 21 May) charged with child abduction.

At around 18:30 on Saturday (19 May), officers were called to Sandall Park off Thorne Road to reports that a man had tried to abduct a three-year-old boy.

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An investigation was immediately launched and Mr Shahid was arrested later the same day.

He was remanded into custody to reappear at Sheffield Crown Court on 18 June.

An independent review into the death of a rough sleeper whose body was found decomposing in a tent does not investigate the "key elements to why he was left for so long", a homelessness campaigner says.

The body of 74-year-old Cardon Banfield was found in Worcester in July 2016, after which the city council commissioned the investigation to examine interaction between Mr Banfield and local authority services leading up to his death, external.

The report cites "missed opportunities" in, it says, identifying underlying support needs which in turn may have prevented future rough-sleeping. While it found Mr Banfield's "transient nature" and "limited service interactions" presented challenges that impacted on the support that could be provided, it added "lessons can be learned" as to how to prevent further deaths.

The report concludes there needs to be a "skills audit" of frontline staff who deal with rough sleepers to see whether they are sufficient in mental health awareness, gauging mental health capacity and spotting self-neglect. It also recommends multi-agency working and better record-keeping systems.

But local homelessness campaigner Hugo Sugg says it "doesn’t go far enough". Mr Sugg, who set up a Justice for Cardon campaign, said the commissioning of homelessness services needed to be examined, along with the impact of funding cuts.

At Mr Banfield's inquest, an open verdict was recorded.

A man has been arrested after a stabbing near Bromsgrove.

Police were called to reports of disorder on Woodrow Lane in Catshill at about 17:15 yesterday and a 34-year-old man was taken to hospital with a stab wound

His injuries aren't thought to be life-threatening.

A 43-year-old arrested at the scene remains in police custody.