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An overturned vehicle on the M6 northbound in Staffordshire is causing delays of over an hour, said Highways England.

The main carriageway is closed at junction 14 with a diversion in operation via the exit and entry slip roads.

The latest news, sport, travel and weather across the West Midlands and south Cheshire.

House of Fraser is pushing ahead with plans to close almost half of its stores, including six in the Midlands, after settling a legal row with a group of landlords.

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The landlords had argued slashing rents on remaining stores was unfair to them, putting the rescue plan in jeopardy.

The deal means the retailer can go ahead with its plan to close 31 of its 59 stores in January - including ones in Birmingham, Leamington Spa, Shrewsbury, Telford, Wolverhampton and Worcester.

However, the deal will not be enough to safeguard House of Fraser's future, with it now urgently seeking fresh investment in order to survive.

Tributes have been paid to a 16-year-old boy who has died days after getting into difficulty in the sea off the coast of Gwynedd.

He has been named locally as Blake Ward from Dudley.

Two 16-year-olds and a 17-year-old were airlifted after getting into difficulty off Tywyn North beach on Tuesday.

One person described Blake as a "beautiful, brave, kind hearted, clever boy" on social media.

The latest news, sport, weather and travel from across the North West on Friday 10 August.

A criminal investigation is continuing after 15 deer, including a pregnant doe and three fawns, were shot dead in a Worcestershire field.

Edward Brown, who chairs the Wyre Forest deer management society, said it was "carnage".

The deer were discovered in a field on the edge of the Wyre Forest in Worcestershire on Saturday morning.

Mr Brown, said he cannot understand why the carcases had been left in the field, calling it "unbelievable".

A 16-year-old boy is due in court charged with causing death by dangerous driving after a teenager died when the car he was in hit parked vehicles.

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The 17-year-old boy died when a Volkswagen Golf crashed in Weston Street, Walsall, on Thursday.

The 16-year-old has also been charged with driving without a licence, no insurance and failing to stop at the scene.

He is due at Dudley Magistrates' Court.

Samantha Eastwood's body was found eight days after she vanished following a night shift.

The economic cost of rural crime in the Midlands has soared by a third in just a year, the highest rise seen in the UK.

The insurer NFU Mutual says the region's economy took an £8.8m hit in 2017 with vehicle theft now reaching "epidemic" levels.

Farmers are resorting to "medieval" fortifications such as earthworks to protect their property, it said.

A man is due in court charged with the murder of midwife Samantha Eastwood.

The body of the 28-year-old was discovered when police searched rural ground near Caverswall, Staffordshire, on Saturday, eight days after she was last seen.

Image source, Samantha Eastwood

Michael Stirling, from Stoke, is due to appear at North Staffordshire Magistrates' Court later.

Several newspapers are reporting the 32-year-old, of Cromer Road, is the brother-in-law of Eastwood's ex-fiancé John Peake.

Two men, aged 60 and 28, arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender have been released on conditional bail.

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Today looks set to be dry with a good deal of sunshine and highs of 29C (84F).

Leeds begin Marcelo Bielsa's reign as manager with a convincing victory over Championship pre-season promotion favourites Stoke.

A 17-year-old boy died when the Volkswagen Golf he was in crashed into parked vehicles in Walsall.

Chris Woakes' brilliant fifty helps Birmingham Bears beat Northants in the T20 Blast, while Somerset go top of the South Group.

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