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  1. Bath beat Worcester to end winless runpublished at 14:52 Greenwich Mean Time 17 November 2018

    Bath end a run of seven games without victory with a comfortable Premiership win over Worcester Warriors.

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  2. Fleetwood Town 0-0 Walsallpublished at 14:27 Greenwich Mean Time 17 November 2018

    Fleetwood Town and Walsall play out a lacklustre League One goalless draw at Highbury.

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  3. Christmas markets hit by rail strikespublished at 11:42 Greenwich Mean Time 17 November 2018

    Rugby fans will also be affected as staff at two of the country's biggest rail operators stop working.

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  4. House fire arson suspect bailedpublished at 10:28 Greenwich Mean Time 17 November 2018

    A 21-year-old man is released by police investigating a fire that hurt three children and a woman.

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  5. 'Pub bombings got my Irish dad beaten up'published at 04:16 Greenwich Mean Time 17 November 2018

    Maurice Malone's father was attacked by colleagues the day after the fatal explosions in Birmingham.

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  6. Men jailed for US tourist attackpublished at 20:55 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2018

    Prosecutors said it was an "unprovoked" knife attack on a victim during a family visit to the UK.

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  7. Families reject wall collapse verdictpublished at 20:48 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2018

    The deaths of five scrapyard workers in Birmingham were accidents, an inquest has found.

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  8. Wall deaths 'foreseeable and avoidable'published at 19:09 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2018

    A group supporting families of the wall collapse victims said the deaths were "very violent".

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  9. Our live coverage across the daypublished at 19:00 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2018

    Andy Giddings
    BBC News

    We'll be back with the news, sport, travel and weather from 07:00 on Monday.

  10. Theatre project benefits from Children in Need fundingpublished at 18:54 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2018

    Lucie Plant
    BBC Hereford and Worcester

    A theatre project in Hereford is one of many across the UK to benefit from Children in Need funding.

    The Courtyard Centre for the Arts runs drama classes, performances and screenings for children with special educational needs and disabilities.

    It has won more than £26,000 towards its three-year project.

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    Hereford theatre project benefits from Children in Need funding

  11. Local firms help out vandalised schoolpublished at 18:46 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2018

    Local businesses have donated new outdoor equipment to a Staffordshire school that was vandalised last month.

    Staffordshire Police said the intruders damaged a playground picnic table at Werrington Primary School on 5 October and emptied planters into the pond.

    children and new playground equipmentImage source, Staffordshire Police

    Staff and children were presented with the new equipment yesterday.

  12. Wall crush victim's widow weeps over deathpublished at 18:41 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2018

    Hawa Dukureh recalls how she tried to phone her husband at work but there was no answer.

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  13. Trial lets council tax be paid in shopspublished at 18:39 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2018

    Post offices and about 80 small shops across Worcester have signed up to a trial scheme in which people can use the sites to make local authority payments.

    Worcester City Council is working with national payment network PayPoint to allow residents to pay tax and business rates.

    Pay PointImage source, Getty Images
  14. Video: What's the weather got in store?published at 18:30 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2018

    Shefali Oza
    BBC Midlands Today

    It will be a largely cloudy night, with the chance of some mist or fog and lows of 9C (48F).

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    Latest weather for the West Midland

  15. Worcester Wolves boss excited by Lions double-headerpublished at 18:21 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2018

    BBC Hereford and Worcester

    Worcester Wolves head coach Ty Shaw says the double-header against London Lions over the next three days is "an interesting situation, but a fun one".

    He said he expected both sides would make adjustments after tonight's BBL Championship game, which tips off at 19:30 at the University Arena.

    Ty Shaw

    Bottom-of-the-table Wolves travel to London, to take on the league-leaders in the cup on Sunday.

    They have also confirmed they have released Terrel Martin-Garcia, due to a persistent injury problem that has dogged him since he joined the club.

  16. 'Shots fired through pub window'published at 18:15 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2018

    Police in Bedworth say they're investigating a report of shots being fired through the window of a pub.

    Officers were called to the Old Royal Oak on Nuneaton Road just before 21:15 yesterday and said it appeared to be an isolated incident.

    Old Royal OakImage source, Google

    Warwickshire Police said no injuries had been reported.

  17. Flynn flattered by Shrewsbury Town linkspublished at 18:01 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2018

    James Bond
    Sports Producer, BBC Shropshire

    Newport County manager Michael Flynn says he's flattered to be linked with the vacant post at Shrewsbury Town, but as yet he's not been approached about it.

    He fits the bill for what Shrewsbury say they want in a manager - he's only 38 and he has turned the League Two club's fortunes around.

    Michael FlynnImage source, Getty Images

    He is also ambitious and at a press conference today, Flynn said he wanted to manage at the highest level.

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    I'm not going to sit here and say I'm going to stay at Newport for the rest of my life, I want to manage in the Premier League. People might say you're getting a bit ahead of yourself, but if you don't have plans and dreams then you're probably in the wrong industry. I've got a dream and I'm ambitious."

    Michael Flynn, Newport Town manager

  18. Artist creates giant Romeo and Juliet muralspublished at 17:51 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2018

    An artist has created giant murals of Romeo and Juliet for the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) to "attract a younger, more diverse audience".

    Jasmine ThompsonImage source, F8Photography

    The artwork - Love As A Revolution - by Bristol-based Jasmine Thompson, 24, was originally shown in Stratford-upon-Avon, but has been recreated in the Barbican for the RSC's London season.

    Ms Thompson said it was an "honour to recreate the work a second time".

  19. Archbishop vows to 'learn from mistakes'published at 17:42 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2018

    Most Reverend Bernard Longley told an inquiry the church will learn from mistakes.

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  20. Recruitment review after PC found guilty of child rapepublished at 17:41 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2018

    Vicky Norton
    BBC Radio Stoke

    Cheshire's Police and Crime Commissioner, David Keane, says he'll review the way the force recruits people after an officer was found guilty of raping a 13-year-old girl.

    Ian Naude had joined Cheshire Police in 2017 as a student officer, but was already being investigated for sex offences.

    David Keane

    While the Independent Office for Police Conduct said Cheshire Police had vetted Naude before he joined and there was no case to answer for misconduct for any individual officer, David Keane wants that process reviewed to see if more checks could have been done.

    Naude is due to be sentenced next month.