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  1. Mum told triple child killer releasedpublished at 13:57 British Summer Time 20 June 2019

    David McGreavy, who killed three children in 1973, was cleared for release from prison in 2018.

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  2. Midlands Live: Breaking news and local storiespublished at 06:49 British Summer Time 17 June 2019

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

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  3. Man charged over stabbing murderpublished at 16:27 British Summer Time 16 June 2019

    A 18-year-old man is charged with Emmanuel Lukenga's murder and will appear in court on Monday.

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  4. Body found in hunt for missing womanpublished at 15:52 British Summer Time 16 June 2019

    Julia Rawson, 42, was last seen on 12 May and two men are charged with her murder.

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  5. Police officer hurt in pursuit crashpublished at 13:31 British Summer Time 16 June 2019

    The officer is in a serious condition with pelvic, leg and shoulder injuries after the crash.

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  6. Two arrested over stabbing murderpublished at 17:15 British Summer Time 15 June 2019

    The men, aged 18 and 19, are held on suspicion of killing Emmanuel Lukenga in Coventry.

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  7. Daddy 'will only have seven more years'published at 12:59 British Summer Time 15 June 2019

    The Alarm frontman Mike Peters backs boy's bid to find a lifesaver for his father who has blood cancer.

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  8. Man charged with stabbing murderpublished at 11:56 British Summer Time 15 June 2019

    The family of Dean Bayliss say they are "heartbroken" over his death.

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  9. Rock music venue offers counselling to fanspublished at 01:47 British Summer Time 15 June 2019

    At UPRAWR in Birmingham some of the studios have been turned into counselling suites.

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  10. 'You want to get a peachy bottom'published at 01:45 British Summer Time 15 June 2019

    Livestock owners reveal pamper techniques ahead of the Royal Three Counties Show in Malvern.

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  11. Forensic officer: 'My PTSD was ignored'published at 01:41 British Summer Time 15 June 2019

    The ex-employee has spoken out after West Midlands Police advertised for volunteers to do "distressing" work.

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  12. Parents of 'drowned' teen back campaignpublished at 20:03 British Summer Time 14 June 2019

    Vicki and Ian Jones are warning of water's dangers following the death of son Thomas.

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  13. Police panel chair in LGBT lanyard rowpublished at 19:46 British Summer Time 14 June 2019

    Cheshire Police's deputy chief constable is accused of being political over her rainbow lanyard.

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  14. Police chief suspended over 'misconduct'published at 19:41 British Summer Time 14 June 2019

    Staffordshire Police has not given details about why John Owen has been suspended.

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  15. Waste site director operated illegallypublished at 19:34 British Summer Time 14 June 2019

    Barry Connally has been given a suspended prison sentence.

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  16. Our live coverage across the daypublished at 19:00 British Summer Time 14 June 2019

    We'll be back with our usual mix of news, sport, travel and weather from 07:00 on Monday.

  17. Rubbish dumped and set alight near beauty spotpublished at 18:57 British Summer Time 14 June 2019

    A farm on a National Trust estate has hit out at fly-tippers after a mountain of waste was dumped in a field at the edge of a popular beauty spot.

    The rubbish, thought to be the remnants of a house makeover, was left at Home Farm in Atcham, near Shrewsbury on Monday, and then set alight.

    Fly-tipped rubbishImage source, Home Farm

    "It's a bit of all-sorts, pallets, toilet seats, hanging baskets, plug sockets. You name it, we've probably got it," farmer Ben Dickens said.

    "Someone's probably had a very nice refurb really, but unfortunately we've ended up with the rubbish."

    Attingham Park, outside Shrewsbury is one of the most-visited properties owned by the National Trust and a section of the wider estate is rented by Home Farm, which is a working farm and tourist attraction in its own right.

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    The top end of the field... we normally make for hay or silage, so we don't want any of this going into the animal feed, as it could potentially affect them as well."

    Ben Davies, Tenant farmer

    Fly-tipped rubbishImage source, Home Farm
  18. Golfers try for marathon roundspublished at 18:55 British Summer Time 14 June 2019

    Ian Winter
    BBC Midlands Today Sport

    Four golfers have set off on a marathon challenge to help celebrate a club's 125th anniversary.

    Golfers,

    The four, including Nuneaton's Andy Sullivan, set out at daybreak to play 125 holes at Stratford-upon-Avon Golf Club before it gets dark.

    That works out as seven consecutive rounds without stopping.

    Sullivan said "it might not be the best preparation for an event I've got next week, but it's with good friends, and we'll try and have a bit of banter and raise as much money as we can."

  19. Police commander suspended by forcepublished at 18:52 British Summer Time 14 June 2019

    Vicky Norton
    BBC Radio Stoke

    A senior police officer's been suspended for what his force has described as allegations "which amount to gross misconduct".

    Staffordshire Police has refused to reveal the nature of the allegations.

    Chief Insp John Owen

    The force said it had decided to take the action over Chief Insp John Owen, its police commander for Stoke-on-Trent North.

    It added that it had referred the allegations to its watchdog, the Independent Office for Police Conduct, which assessed them and referred the issue back to the force for an internal investigation.

  20. Worcestershire switch to Kidderminsterpublished at 18:52 British Summer Time 14 June 2019

    Worcestershire move their home Championship game with Sussex to Kidderminster due to the flooding threat at New Road.

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