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  1. Crewe Alexandra 0-3 Plymouth Argylepublished at 17:51 British Summer Time 3 August 2019

    Plymouth live up to their promotion billing as Callum McFadzean's double and a Joel Grant strike eased them past Crewe.

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  2. Shrewsbury Town 1-0 Portsmouthpublished at 17:42 British Summer Time 3 August 2019

    A stunning strike from Ryan Giles delivers three opening-day points for Shrewsbury as they beat Portsmouth 1-0 in League One.

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  3. More than £20,000 raised for farmer's bionic armpublished at 17:30 British Summer Time 3 August 2019

    Andy Webster lost his right arm in a farming accident seven weeks ago.

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  4. Colchester United 1-1 Port Valepublished at 17:27 British Summer Time 3 August 2019

    Luke Norris earns Colchester a point in a closely contested draw with Port Vale.

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  5. Flyover remains closed for testspublished at 17:17 British Summer Time 3 August 2019

    The Festival Park flyover has been closed since a pothole was found early in June.

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  6. Robbery victim feigns heart attackpublished at 12:21 British Summer Time 3 August 2019

    The raider who broke into the woman's home was unmoved and threatened her and demanded money.

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  7. Port Vale bring in midfielder Hurstpublished at 12:04 British Summer Time 3 August 2019

    Port Vale sign Bradford (Park Avenue) midfielder Alex Hurst and loan him back to the non-league club until January.

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  8. Hotel destroyed by fire 'too dangerous to enter'published at 10:05 British Summer Time 3 August 2019

    Fire crews remain at the scene in Willenhall putting out small pockets of fire,

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  9. 'I felt I was the only deaf person in the world'published at 05:38 British Summer Time 3 August 2019

    A deaf couple launch a website designed to help people avoid the difficult experiences they have faced.

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  10. 'I nearly died from a blood clot at 18'published at 00:21 British Summer Time 3 August 2019

    Hannah Needham says she wants to use her near-death experience to inspire teenagers into science.

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  11. Kent's winning start ends & Somerset's youngsters shine - T20 Blast round-uppublished at 22:32 British Summer Time 2 August 2019

    Sussex end Kent's unbeaten start and Somerset's batsmen stun Surrey - what happened in Friday's T20 Blast?

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  12. Holiday Inn ravaged in huge firepublished at 20:51 British Summer Time 2 August 2019

    The building has been evacuated after flames tore through it, sending up smoke visible for miles around.

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  13. Holiday Inn 'almost destroyed' in firepublished at 19:16 British Summer Time 2 August 2019

    Footage shows a building in tatters and fierce flame.

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  14. Council spends £8m on buying commercial properties for rental incomepublished at 19:05 British Summer Time 2 August 2019

    Local Democracy Reporting Service

    TK Maxx in WorcesterImage source, Google

    Sedgemoor District Council has spent £8m buying a TKMaxx store on Worcester High Street.

    It's part of a £50m investment in commercial property over the next three years, with the rental income being used to fund frontline services.

    The council agreed in February 2018 to make the investments and has since bought the Street Retail Park in December 2018 for £8.2m.

    The investment was only made public at a full council meeting on Wednesday due to commercial sensitivity.

    The council said it would make a total of £1m a year from both properties.

  15. Our live coverage across the weekpublished at 18:59 British Summer Time 2 August 2019

    Andy Giddings
    BBC News

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

  16. Railway arches to host four festivalspublished at 18:57 British Summer Time 2 August 2019

    Worcester will host four festivals next year, to coincide with the opening of the city's railway arches, from Foregate Street to the Hive.

    It will start with a Festival of Light in January and it could be followed by an ice cream festival by the Riverside in the summer.

    Arches designImage source, Node

    The arches plans are part of larger proposals to build 3,000 new homes and create parks, public spaces and cycle routes in the city.

  17. Doncaster bring in Baptiste, Ennis & Johnpublished at 18:52 British Summer Time 2 August 2019

    Doncaster Rovers manager Darren Moore bolsters his squad with the arrivals of Alex Baptiste, Niall Ennis and Cameron John.

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  18. Hospital chief exec 'would welcome back inspectors'published at 18:51 British Summer Time 2 August 2019

    Shropshire's hospitals would welcome back Care Quality Commission inspectors "at any time", the interim chief executive of the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust has said - because she believes improvements are being made.

    Paula Clark was responding to a critical CQC inspection report which found further failings in the two accident and emergency departments and said the trust had worked hard to recruit more staff, and had made offers to 19 more nurses.

    Paula ClarkImage source, SATH

    The leader of Telford and Wrekin Council, Shaun Davies, called the CQC report "really concerning", but welcomed the change in leadership at the trust, since the inspectors visited.

    He also said he thought Paula Clark had a "fantastic reputation" and that his council would do everything it could to support her.

  19. Operation 'stop that sheep' gets under waypublished at 18:46 British Summer Time 2 August 2019

    Police have been pulling over livestock vehicles in Shropshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire, in an attempt to crack down on cattle-rustling.

    The West Mercia Police force says thieves have been taking animals from farms and attempting to sell them on through livestock markets.

    They're calling it "operation stop that sheep".

    Sheep

    Officers have also been checking vehicles carrying large quantities of waste, including scrap vehicles.