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  1. Three teenagers stabbed on way to partypublished at 16:01 Greenwich Mean Time 1 December 2018

    Staffordshire Police are hunting a 6ft (1.8m) tracksuit wearing man in connection with the knifing.

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  2. Driver killed after crashing into treepublished at 13:57 Greenwich Mean Time 1 December 2018

    Police say the woman was pronounced dead at the scene at about 20:00 GMT on Friday.

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  3. Ex-Swan Graham Williams dies, aged 81published at 12:36 Greenwich Mean Time 1 December 2018

    Former Swansea, Everton and Wales midfielder Graham Williams, nicknamed 'Flicka', has passed away at the age of 81.

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  4. Man dies in 'hit and run' at busy junctionpublished at 11:49 Greenwich Mean Time 1 December 2018

    The pedestrian died from his injuries and a man was arrested on suspicion of death by dangerous driving.

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  5. Trader concern over workshops up for salepublished at 11:14 Greenwich Mean Time 1 December 2018

    Birmingham City Council is selling workshops it owns in the Jewellery Quarter.

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  6. 'I'm 10 and prefer ballet to football'published at 08:10 Greenwich Mean Time 1 December 2018

    Birmingham Royal Ballet hosts community schemes to give children a chance to perform with professionals.

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  7. Hoilett stunner gives Cardiff victorypublished at 22:53 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2018

    Junior Hoilett produces a stunning winner as Cardiff come from goal down to beat Wolves and move out of the relegation zone.

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  8. Solihull Moors earn Blackpool replaypublished at 22:21 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2018

    Solihull Moors have a goal disallowed as the National League side hold League One Blackpool to a 0-0 FA Cup second round draw.

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  9. Vinyl conmen sentenced over fake recordspublished at 20:00 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2018

    About 55,000 records worth an estimated £500,000 were seized by police investigating the men.

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  10. 'Dead' murder suspect found in Spainpublished at 19:49 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2018

    Police previously said two men wanted in connection with a double murder in Coventry may have died.

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  11. Our live coverage across the weekpublished at 19:01 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2018

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

  12. It's a Wonderful Life script appearing on station platformspublished at 18:55 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2018

    Virgin Trains are painting the entire script from "It's a Wonderful Life" on the platforms between Euston and Glasgow and the station at Stafford is the latest to get the treatment.

    It's a joint project with the mental health charity Rethink and the aim is to stop people taking their lives on the railway lines.

    Stafford platformImage source, Virgin Trains
  13. Cleaner told contractors have to eat separately at courtpublished at 18:45 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2018

    A cleaner at the North Staffordshire Justice Centre says she was told the cleaning staff can't eat their lunch with everyone else, because they're contractors.

    Lee Lymer has been working at the court in Newcastle-under-Lyme for more than a year and says she has been eating in a cleaning cupboard since being given the instructions two weeks ago.

    North Staffordshire Justice Centre

    Her employer, G4S, has declined to comment, but the Ministry of Justice has said this isn't acceptable.

  14. 'Worrying' increase in HIV casespublished at 18:40 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2018

    Public Health England says a rise in the West Midlands since 2015 is a cause for concern.

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  15. Shrewsbury 'close' to appointing Rickettspublished at 18:36 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2018

    Shrewsbury Town are close to appointing Wrexham boss Sam Ricketts as their new manager, BBC Radio Shropshire reports.

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  16. Mother and baby hit-and-run driver jailedpublished at 18:35 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2018

    A man charged in connection with a hit-and-run that left a mother in a critical condition has been jailed for four years.

    The woman, 29, had her baby in a pram when they were hit by a car as they crossed a road in Great Barr, Birmingham, in September 2017.

    Andrew Rose, 33, of Trinity Road, Aston, was found guilty of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and was jailed at Birmingham Crown Court today.

    He was also sentenced for a separate case after admitting possession of class A drugs and jailed for a further two and a half years.

  17. Gang-ridden residents 'to pay for private security'published at 18:27 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2018

    Local Democracy Reporting Service
    Carl Jackson

    Private security guards are to be hired in a Birmingham neighbourhood where residents have declared they have had enough of gangs and burglars.

    Shops in FrankleyImage source, Google

    Locals in Frankley now say they are willing to put their hands in their pockets claiming they have been left "scared" by a spike in break-ins, car thefts and anti-social behaviour.

    Ideally they want to hire a security officer and dog to patrol certain streets from "dusk until dawn" who could be alerted to any concerns in particular areas through real-time alerts on a mobile app.

    Conservative councillor, Simon Morrall, who's spearheading the idea said: “We are not looking to replace police. Fundamentally this is a deterrent."

  18. Snow leopard shot dead after escapingpublished at 18:24 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2018

    Dudley Zoo said the door to Margaash's enclosure had been left open through "keeper error".

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  19. AFC Telford United make second loan signingpublished at 18:18 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2018

    James Bond
    Sports Producer, BBC Shropshire

    AFC Telford United have made their second loan signing this week, bringing in winger Yusif Ceesay from Blackpool.

    He's previously been on loan at Telford's National North rivals Boston.

    AFC Telford UnitedImage source, Getty Images

    Ceesay follows the loan-signing of Port Vale's Brendon Daniels into the Bucks Head and both players are joining for a month.

  20. Stately home recreated in gingerbread in Christmas displaypublished at 18:06 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2018

    Vanessa Pearce
    BBC News

    A gingerbread replica of a Warwickshire National Trust property, celebrating the end of World War One, has gone on display.

    Gingerbread houseImage source, Jana Eastwood

    The 4ft (1.2m) model of Charlecote Park, featuring 586 handmade iced poppies, took volunteer Jana Eastwood 220 hours to make and contains 13kg of icing sugar.

    PoppiesImage source, Jana Eastwood

    Replica stained glass windows were made from gelatine sheets and painstakingly hand painted with the actual glass designs.

    Gingerbread windows.Image source, Jana Eastwood

    The house is available to view at Charlecote Park during December.

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    I decided on a gingerbread house as sugar rations had been relaxed a little that Christmas in 1918. I picked the house because Charlecote is so much more than just a house, it is a home and it is where people came back to after the war."

    Jana Eastwood