Championship side Birmingham City sign striker Alvaro Gimenez on a three-year contract from Spanish second-tier side Almeria.

There will be no further action regarding five people arrested after the death of a Shropshire teenager.

Tom Lee died on 16 February after being taken to Royal Stoke University Hospital from Berrisford Road in Market Drayton.

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Following the opening of his inquest earlier Staffordshire Police said it will be taking no further action against those initially arrested in connection with his death and said the case is now with the coroner.

A full inquest has been scheduled for 6 November.

The massive quantity of drugs is one of the largest ever hauls made by border officials in the UK.

A benefits cheat who received £12,805 after claiming he needed two sticks to walk was filmed going down some stairs with ease.

The Department of Work and Pensions said 51-year-old Kevin Eden from Leyfields Road, Lichfield, was filmed walking unaided, mowing a lawn and taking part in rifle competitions after claiming he struggled to walk.

The DWP said Eden carried out a "sustained and deliberate deception" and he was sentenced to four weeks in prison, suspended for 12 months, after he admitted making a false statement and failing to tell officials his circumstances had changed.

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The Port Vale manager John Askey says the departure of Connell Rawlinson "gives us opportunity to have a look around".

The centre-half joined Notts County yesterday, freeing up money for another player, and Askey said the priority is to bring in another defender.

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Askey also said he'd be looking at the loan market for potential replacements.

A cat found was found caught by his skin on a barbed wire fence in Telford.

The RSPCA believes the unfortunate moggy, now recovering after an operation, got caught near his back leg when he tried to leap the fence.

He then got tangled up further when he struggled to free himself and also got tangled over a coil of wire laying on the ground.

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The charity doesn't know how long he was trapped before it was able to free him, but said he appeared to be well cared-for and is probably a pet.

Highways England says it will look again at the road closures affecting the A49 between Hereford and Ross-on-Wye, after more than 100 people attended a protest meeting last night.

Some retailers say the roadworks have cost them thousands of pounds and representatives of Highways England and their contractors who attended the meeting were asked to consider carrying out the work overnight instead.

The road between Peterstow and the junction at Harewood End is being resurfaced and road markings are being replaced, external, at a cost of £1,216,689.

The work started on 22 July.

Highways England said it was due to finish on 30 August, and it had taken the decision to carry out the work during the day after consulting with Herefordshire Council, because of concerns about noise for people living along the route.

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Attempts are being made to identify a man found in a Leominster park on Friday.

West Mercia Police said he was taken ill and taken to Hereford Hospital, where he remains in a critical condition.

They don't have a photo of the man, who was wearing the shirt pictured below, but say he's got a large build, is white and in his 40s.

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He was wearing glasses, has a goatee beard a greying moustache and brown, wavy hair.

Daniel Iftikhar is sentenced after knocking out his victim with a single blow near a shopping centre.

A 17-year-old boy died in hospital after falling ill on a canal towpath, his inquest opening heard.

The hearing was told paramedics were called to Tom Lee, who fell unwell on Berrisford Road, in Market Drayton at about 23:00 on 15 February.

CPR was performed by friends and family before he was taken to Royal Stoke University Hospital, where he died shortly after midnight.

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The hearing was adjourned for a full inquest at Shrewsbury’s Shirehall on 6 November.

Wolves sign Renat Dadashov from Portuguese side Estoril and send the striker on loan to Pacos de Ferreira.

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A £100,000 fund which was raised a decade ago is finally going to be put to use by Stone Town Council.

The council raised the money by increasing it's council tax precept by 50% in 2009, the equivalent of £17 for a Band D home, because it wanted money to buy Crown Wharf and prevent unwanted development there.

It was unable to buy the site, but now plans to use the money to set up a heritage centre on land next door.

Crown Wharf was bought by Market Drayton-based Joules brewery and the council wants to convert the neighbouring fire station into a space for exhibitions, meetings and classes, with a cafe.

It says the building would be community-run and that volunteers have already come forward.

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The police are looking to explain a crash which claimed the life of a woman in her 30s in Worcestershire last Friday evening.

The collision happened at 21:20 on the A422 between Flyford Flavell and Inkberrow and involved a Ford C-Max and an Audi A3.

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The woman, who was driving the Ford, died at the scene and the two men in the Audi, who are both in their 20s, were taken to hospital with serious injuries.

Coventry City sign striker Matt Godden from fellow League One side Peterborough United on a three-year contract.

England all-rounder Moeen Ali is meeting a teenage touring party from South Africa.

The 14-year-olds from Cape Town are playing a match at Moseley Ashfield, Ali's "home ground" when he was their age.

The youngsters belong to Fish Rite Hanover Park Cricket Club from the Cape Flats, a “dumping ground” of the former apartheid regime, said organisers.

“This trip has the potential to change these kids’ lives forever, and Moeen was keen to be part of that,” said Rob Green, Ashfield’s youth manager.

Hereford Times

Here are three of the stories featured in the Hereford Times today:

• Mystery man in Hereford hospital, external
• Plans for ten new houses in village, external
• Computer camp attracts visitors from across the globe, external

Wasps netball player Jade Clake has been left out of the first England squad to be named by new coach Jess Thirlby.

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Clarke, 35, (pictured far right) who has played in five World Cups and is the most-capped England player of all time, was part of the squad which won Commonwealth gold in 2018.

Wasps teammate shooter Rachel Dunn is also not included in the 25-player list.

Players unable to commit to the full-time programme, which started in 2016, could still play for England via the 'P3' process, they include Dunn, Clarke and Kadeen Corbin.

Dunn, 36, who is an NHS research scientist, used this route to play at the recent World Cup.

Wasps' Fran Williams is included in the squad.

A Poet Laureate to take part in Wolverhampton's literature festival is being sought.

The successful applicant will be commissioned to write and raise the profile of poetry in the city, said the council.

The two-year tenure is an unpaid honorary position, it added.

Shropshire Star

Here are three of the headlines from the Shropshire Star today:

• Dangerous driver jailed for eight years after Telford crash, external
• More than 300 sexual offences against young children last year, external
• Final plea to Morrisons over parking cameras