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A mental-health charity for ex-military personnel says it expects the number of veterans requiring specialist treatment to increase by a third over the next decade.

The chief executive of Combat Stress, which has offices in Shropshire, Sue Freeth told a committee of MPs that Combat Stress would need substantial further government funding to cope with the rising demand.

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She said asking the public to put their hand in their pocket was becoming increasingly difficult and mental-health services for veterans are failing to keep pace with those offered for physical injuries.

The crew is assaulted and a window of the vehicle smashed as paramedics respond to an emergency call.

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AFC Telford United have signed winger Brendon Daniels on a month’s loan from Port Vale, after training with the Bucks earlier this week.

The 25-year-old will feature in Saturday’s top-of-the-table clash against Bradford Park Avenue at the Bucks Head.

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He played for Chester, Tamworth, Harrogate Town and AFC Flyde & Alfreton before signing for Vale at the start of the season.

West Brom left-back Kieran Gibbs admits that Swansea City got 'suckerpunched' in Wednesday's 2-1 home defeat.

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Hereford and Worcester Fire Authority has agreed to spend £250,000 to relocate its Hereford station to a site shared with West Mercia Police.

The force is negotiating to buy land on Holmer Road and it could be developed as a joint base for emergency services.

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The fire service has been looking at leaving its St Owen's Street base for more than six years, and previously considered the old council office site on Bath Street and land opposite the football ground on Merton Meadow.

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Worcester Wolves have signed 6ft 10in centre Lester Prosper from the British Virgin Islands.

The veteran player's career has taken him around the world with spells at clubs in Sweden, Mexico, Colombia and Venezuela.

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The club said Prosper will land in the UK this Saturday, giving him two weeks to prepare for the game against Cheshire Phoenix on 14 December.

Plans for a live Brexit debate in Birmingham are up in the air as the PM and leader of the opposition can't agree which TV channel they should be on.

Theresa May has accepted the BBC's offer to take part in a debate which would be broadcast from the city at 20:00 on Sunday 9 December.

But Labour's Jeremy Corbyn said he would prefer the debate to take place on ITV, citing a wish to avoid a clash with the final of I'm a Celebrity.

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The RSPCA has called the discovery of two dead puppies in Newcastle-under-Lyme "despicable".

It said they were only around eight inches long and appeared to have been wrapped in napkins before being dumped on Galingale View last Tuesday.

The charity has been unable to discover what they died of, but said the dog-walker who found them was "really upset".

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The chief executive of the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust is facing critics at the board's monthly meeting.

Simon Wright’s been told to “resign” by members of the audience, after a health inspection report rated the leadership of the hospitals as “inadequate”.

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He says he won’t be leaving and wants to stay to get the job done.

The trust’s chair Ben Reid has said he supports the board but will make “difficult decisions” in the future if needed.

Shropshire's Knife Angel sculpture has arrived in Liverpool, where it will stand outside the city's Anglican cathedral for the next two months.

It's creator, Alfie Bradley, created it to raise awareness of knife crime and had wanted it to stand on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square, but was told other works had already been commissioned for the spot.

The 27-foot-tall statue was transported on the back of a lorry and another city, Hull, has also expressed an interest in hosting it.

The jury has retired to consider its verdict in the case of a 52-year-old Worcester nightclub owner who's accused of sex and drug offences.

Darren Pinches, who owns Bushwackers, Sin and Browns at the Quay, is on trial accused of supplying or possessing cocaine and sexually assaulting a 20-year-old.

The trial is taking place at Warwickshire Justice Centre and Mr Pinches, from Bromyard Road in Worcester, denies the charges.

Gourmet Burger Kitchen has closed it's site in Birmingham along with nine others around the country, in the first wave of closures following a restructuring plan.

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The Mailbox closure took place this week as part of a strategy to close 17 of its 80 locations affecting 250 jobs.

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Leighton Hospital in Crewe has failed in a bid for £1.4m to help its accident and emergency department run smoothly this winter.

The government announced in September that it was making an extra £145m available to support A&Es and cash would have paid for eight extra cubicles.

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The Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the hospital, says it has "robust" plans to cope with increased demand over the coming months.

But it explained it had been unable to secure the money, because "the trust was unable to meet three of the nine criteria, which included completing the project by December 2018."

The Chinese bamboo root carving is believed to date from the early 17th century.

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A scheme to reopen Dudley Hippodrome as a theatre and arts centre have been rejected by council officers - in favour of turning the site into a control centre for driverless vehicles.

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The blow to the hopes of the Dudley Hippodrome Community Group which campaigned to save the jazz era venue could be the final nail in the coffin of the building that first opened its doors in 1938.

A report to the council's cabinet is recommending a proposal by the Dudley Driverless Vehicles Consortium to use the land as control centre for a high tech autonomous vehicle demonstration route.

Dudley cabinet will now decide if they accept council officers' recommendations at their meeting on 6 December.

Worcester's Victorian Christmas Fayre has opened this afternoon and its organisers are expecting around 100,000 people to visit over the next four days.

The event, which features over 200 stalls and a fun fair, is open until 21:00 today and tomorrow.

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Visitors are encouraged to wear their own Victorian costumes and join the actors playing the parts of Victorian ladies and gentlemen, chimney sweeps and merchants.

The event ends at 17:00 on Sunday