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  1. Rochdale 0-1 Coventry Citypublished at 17:47 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2019

    Coventry pick up their first win since New Year's Day as Jordy Hiwula scores the only goal of the game at Rochdale.

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  2. Blackpool 2-0 Walsallpublished at 17:33 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2019

    Promotion-chasing Blackpool move to within four points of the top six with victory over out-of-form Walsall.

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  3. Bristol Rovers 1-1 Shrewsbury Townpublished at 17:25 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2019

    Alex Rodman nets a second-half equaliser to earn Bristol Rovers a draw with 10-man Shrewsbury at the Memorial Stadium.

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  4. AFC Wimbledon 0-2 Burton Albionpublished at 17:11 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2019

    Relegation-threatened AFC Wimbledon slip further from League One safety after defeat at home by Burton.

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  5. Black Sabbath-themed bench unveiledpublished at 16:46 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2019

    Tony Iommi is the first band member to sit on the bench as it is unveiled in Birmingham.

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  6. Debt collector's killer dies in prisonpublished at 14:33 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2019

    Geoffrey Hutton, 39, who stabbed mother-of-four Tina Cantello 30 times, dies at HMP Long Lartin.

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  7. Pair quizzed over children's fire deathspublished at 12:10 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2019

    The man and woman were arrested after four young siblings were killed in a house fire in Stafford.

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  8. Villa comeback denies Blades top spotpublished at 23:03 Greenwich Mean Time 8 February 2019

    Aston Villa come from 3-0 down to draw with Sheffield United and deny the Blades top spot in the Championship.

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  9. Saracens beat Worcester to reach finalpublished at 22:07 Greenwich Mean Time 8 February 2019

    A dominant first-half display helps Saracens win at Worcester to reach the final of the inaugural Premiership Rugby Cup.

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  10. 'Inadequate' school shut due to sicknesspublished at 20:15 Greenwich Mean Time 8 February 2019

    The 140-pupil Jane Lane School says it is unlikely to reopen before half term starts on 18 February.

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  11. Acid accused dad admits paying £500published at 19:27 Greenwich Mean Time 8 February 2019

    The man tells a court he paid £500 immediately after his son was splashed with acid, but says it was to fund private investigators.

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  12. Our live coverage across the daypublished at 19:00 Greenwich Mean Time 8 February 2019

    We'll be back with our usual mix of news, sport, travel and weather from 07:00 on Monday, but keep an eye out here for more updates this evening and into the morning.

  13. Tourism fears over plans to home 72,000 henspublished at 18:56 Greenwich Mean Time 8 February 2019

    Local Democracy Reporting Service
    Andrew Morris

    Plans to house 72,000 hens on a farm in Shropshire are set to be approved despite fears they could put people off visiting the area.

    A chicken

    G&M Povall and Son want to turn their dairy farm into a poultry rearing farm and applied to Shropshire Council for permission to build two barns on their site in Aston Munslow, near Craven Arms., external

    Several objections have been lodged including from Munslow Parish Council which is worried about the impact on tourism to the area and the landscape.

    But planning officials say the proposals are justified, having recommended they be approved and councillors will have their say on Tuesday.

  14. Keyless cars blamed for theft 'epidemic'published at 18:49 Greenwich Mean Time 8 February 2019

    The West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner calls on car manufacturers to make cars safer.

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  15. New Port Vale boss promises attacking play and goalspublished at 18:49 Greenwich Mean Time 8 February 2019

    Lee Blakeman
    Port Vale commentator, BBC Radio Stoke

    Port Vale's new manager John Askey says the fans will see a more attacking team under his leadership.

    John Askey

    The 54-year-old former Vale youth player was appointed this week after Neil Aspin quit Vale Park last month.

    The side has scored just once in their last five games and are away at Cambridge in his first game tomorrow.

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    We want to play in a style of play that they [the fans] want to see and want to see goals going in but the main thing for me at the moment is getting the players to give 100%, when they're going out on the field they're giving everything they've got and the supporters can see it."

    John Askey, Port Vale manager

  16. 'We're dealing with an epidemic of car theft'published at 18:49 Greenwich Mean Time 8 February 2019

    On patrol with the West Midlands Police unit specially trained to catch keyless car thieves.

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  17. GP merger approved despite appointment fearspublished at 18:42 Greenwich Mean Time 8 February 2019

    Lucy King
    News Editor, BBC Radio Stoke

    Thousands of patients in Stoke-on-Trent are set to be moved to a new health centre half-a-mile away.

    Belgrave Medical Centre

    The practice on Roslyn Road, Longton, is set to merge with Belgrave Medical Centre in Dresden on 1 April.

    Some of Belgrave's 12,000 patients have raised concerns about the move making it harder to get appointments in the future.

    But NHS bosses have approved the change which they say will result in cost savings and they will monitor the availability of appointments.

  18. Funding for dozens of new police officers approvedpublished at 18:22 Greenwich Mean Time 8 February 2019

    Tim Wedgwood
    BBC News

    Cheshire is to get another 50 police officers and PCSOs after plans to increase the force's share of council tax were approved.

    Signs for Cheshire Police

    The county's police and crime commissioner says the increase wil add £24 a year to the average council tax bill. , external

    He says the money will go towards paying for 43 front-line officers and seven police community support officers as well as towards teams focusing on cyber crime.

  19. Mayor denies PCC consultation messagespublished at 18:10 Greenwich Mean Time 8 February 2019

    Local Democracy Reporting Service
    Tom Dare

    West Midlands mayor Andy Street has denied sending messages on Twitter encouraging local members of the Conservative party to take part in a consultation regarding the merger of the mayor and police and crime commissioner posts.

    The original message, sent from his personal account, called for "three, four, five or more responses" to the consultation in a bid to "demonstrate that the roles of Mayor and PCC should be combined".

    But it prompted Solihull Councillor Bob Grinsell to respond that he had already done so "3 times under 3 different names and email addresses".

    Andy StreetImage source, PA

    Speaking at the start of the West Midlands Combined Authority’s (WMCA) board meeting on Friday, the mayor said he was unaware of messages sent from his own personal account regarding the PCC consultation.

    Afterwards, he said they were not sent out as the result of a hack, but rather by a member of his team without his knowledge, and added that he stood by all other tweets on his account.

    He said the matter had been referred to the WMCA Monitoring Officer, the leader of Solihull Borough Council, and the Conservative Party, and as it was going through "a formal investigation procedure" it would be inappropriate to comment further.

    The party, Mr Grinsell and Solihull Borough Council have all been approached for a response.

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