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  • Updates from Monday 24 June to Sunday 30 June

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  1. Man 'died trying to rescue girl from reservoir'published at 14:34 British Summer Time 1 July 2019

    A nine-year-old girl made it safely out of the water but the body of a man, 21, was recovered, police say.

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  2. Midlands Live: Breaking news and local storiespublished at 06:50 British Summer Time 1 July 2019

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

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  3. Police searching for missing teenagerpublished at 06:41 British Summer Time 1 July 2019

    Police in West Yorkshire are trying to find a teenage girl who's been missing from Halifax since Thursday.

    Alina QureshiImage source, West Yorkshire Police

    Alina Qureshi, 15, was last seen on Thursday night at about 22:30.

    The teenager has links to the West Midlands, including Birmingham and Walsall.

    Alina is described as being 5ft tall, of slim or medium build, with long straight black hair and brown eyes.

    She was last seen wearing a grey Nike jumper, black shirt, black Adidas shoes and had a pink leather shoulder bag.

  4. Man photographs same cooling towers for 50 yearspublished at 00:51 British Summer Time 1 July 2019

    Dave Bagnall is creating a new series of images ahead of their demolition.

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  5. Biker hit by cars after barrier crashpublished at 23:36 British Summer Time 30 June 2019

    The 46-year-old man from Coventry lost control for "reasons unknown", police said.

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  6. Labuschagne ton puts Glamorgan on toppublished at 19:37 British Summer Time 30 June 2019

    Marnus Labuschagne hits 106 and David Lloyd 97 as Glamorgan reach 354-6 against Worcestershire, despite Brett D'Oliveira's 4-63.

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  7. Dickson destroys makeshift Bears attackpublished at 18:29 British Summer Time 30 June 2019

    Sean Dickson hits his best score of the season - 146 not out - as Kent amass 338-2 against Warwickshire's improvised attack.

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  8. 'Museum piece' trains to stay until 2020published at 15:51 British Summer Time 30 June 2019

    Northern said it was "working hard" to scrap Pacers by the end of the year.

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  9. Train signal failure disrupts servicespublished at 14:20 British Summer Time 30 June 2019

    Disruption has been caused by the fault between stations in north and mid Wales.

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  10. Warwickshire sign Leicestershire's Mikepublished at 09:55 British Summer Time 30 June 2019

    Warwickshire sign Leicestershire fast bowler Ben Mike on loan for three Championship matches.

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  11. 'I spend my lunch break with 150,000 bees'published at 00:22 British Summer Time 30 June 2019

    Tim Vivian installed three hives on the rooftop of his company's building three years ago.

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  12. Two men hurt in armed street fightpublished at 15:38 British Summer Time 29 June 2019

    Police say they received several 999 calls reporting disorder involving men with weapons.

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  13. Hundreds protest against college closurepublished at 14:08 British Summer Time 29 June 2019

    Almost 1,000 Stourbridge College students are due to move to Dudley and Halesowen campuses in September.

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  14. Baby hit in the eye with golf ballpublished at 13:18 British Summer Time 29 June 2019

    The three-month-old is in hospital with a serious injury and a man has been arrested on suspicion of assault.

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  15. Boy, 6, has stem cell transplant from sisterpublished at 12:31 British Summer Time 29 June 2019

    Ihsan Khan suffers from the rare blood disorder aplastic anaemia and needed a bone marrow transplant.

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  16. Ex-soldier's breakfast club for veteranspublished at 00:40 British Summer Time 29 June 2019

    The scheme is designed in part to bring together those struggling with civilian life.

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  17. Shan exits Baggies after Bilic arrivalpublished at 20:23 British Summer Time 28 June 2019

    Jimmy Shan has left Championship side West Bromwich Albion following Slaven Bilic's appointment as head coach.

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  18. Sunny scenes ahead of expected hot weekendpublished at 20:03 British Summer Time 28 June 2019

    Here's how England is warming up for a weekend that could bring the hottest day of the year.

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  19. Allen joins Coventry from Burton Albionpublished at 19:34 British Summer Time 28 June 2019

    Coventry City sign midfielder Jamie Allen for an undisclosed fee from League One rivals Burton Albion.

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  20. Our live coverage across the daypublished at 19:00 British Summer Time 28 June 2019

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