Summary

  • Live updates from Monday 23 September to Sunday 29 September

  1. Tributes paid to men killed at former SSI sitepublished at 10:45 British Summer Time 28 September 2019

    John Mackay, 49, and Tommy Williams, 65, died in an explosion at the SSI site.

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  2. Parisians fight climate change with a surprising weaponpublished at 09:33 British Summer Time 28 September 2019

    An initiative in Paris is trying to persuade restaurants to turn food waste into compost.

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  3. 'I lost seven stone playing Pokemon'published at 00:24 British Summer Time 28 September 2019

    Meet the people who say Pokemon Go has helped them combat depression and social anxiety.

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  4. 'I lost seven stone playing Pokemon'published at 00:24 British Summer Time 28 September 2019

    Meet the people who say Pokemon Go has helped them combat depression and social anxiety.

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  5. 'Debt was a circle I could not get out of'published at 00:23 British Summer Time 28 September 2019

    Stoke-on-Trent has the highest rate of insolvency in England and Wales - how can this be tackled?

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  6. 'It's fatal - people lose lives through debt'published at 00:22 British Summer Time 28 September 2019

    Vicar Malcolm Mycock explains how his former life came crashing down after spending too much.

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  7. Arrest over police officer hit-and-runpublished at 23:45 British Summer Time 27 September 2019

    PC Christopher Burnham is being treated for a fractured skull, bleed on the brain and broken knee.

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  8. Jones defiant after Stoke lose to Forestpublished at 23:19 British Summer Time 27 September 2019

    Manager Nathan Jones says he is "amazed" by Stoke's poor results but wants more time to turn things around..

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  9. Forest top after beating winless Stokepublished at 22:02 British Summer Time 27 September 2019

    Nottingham Forest go top of the Championship for the first time in five years with a comeback victory at winless Stoke.

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  10. Seven jailed over 'free Tommy Robinson' protestpublished at 21:23 British Summer Time 27 September 2019

    Thousands gathered in June 2018 to demand the release of the ex-English Defence League leader from prison.

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  11. Our live coverage across the weekpublished at 18:59 British Summer Time 27 September 2019

    Andy Giddings
    BBC News

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

  12. Villa manager sympathises with frustrated Hourihanepublished at 18:52 British Summer Time 27 September 2019

    BBC WM Sport

    The Aston Villa manager Dean Smith has said he fully understands the frustration felt by Conor Hourihane at not being able to break into their starting line-up in the Premier League.

    The midfielder scored in their 3-1 League Cup win at Brighton, but Smith said Jack Grealish and John McGinn are playing too well to be left out.

    Conor HourihaneImage source, Getty Images

    Villa said they have no new injury concerns ahead of tomorrow's home game against Burnley.

  13. LDRS: Hospital reconfiguration compared to Brexitpublished at 18:43 British Summer Time 27 September 2019

    Local Democracy Reporting Service

    Here are three of the Shropshire stories covered by our Local Democracy Reporting Service today:

    • The chairman of the Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Sustainability and Transformation Partnership, said the Future Fit plans to reconfigure hospital services are “like our Brexit”, but believes opponents will see it differently once it's happened.
    • Campaigners have warned they're not giving up the fight to keep three rural maternity units open to women wanting to give birth.
    • A diagnostic team could soon move out of their “cramped” premises at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and into a bigger refurbished ward.
  14. Cannabis den raided as part of £6m haulpublished at 18:39 British Summer Time 27 September 2019

    A total of 21 people have been sentenced after police found £6m of cannabis in a series of raids.

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  15. Council offers to help install more car charging pointspublished at 18:31 British Summer Time 27 September 2019

    Supermarkets, Telford Town Centre, Ironbridge Gorge Museums Trust and Telford's International Centre have been offered help to install electric car charging points.

    Telford and Wrekin Council says it's made the offer to 20 venues, which also include a number of retail parks, in the hope of adding to the 11 charging points already in the area.

    Car chargerImage source, Getty Images

    The council said it would help find suppliers of the charging points and help them carry out the installation.

    It said it also wanted to work with town and parish councils in the area.

  16. Flood alerts as rivers risepublished at 18:25 British Summer Time 27 September 2019

    There are flood alerts, external for the rivers Severn and Vyrnwy in Shropshire, as water makes its way downstream from Wales.

    The Environment Agency says we're seeing the effects of the recent heavy rain and warned there could be more flooding next week.

    Flood mapImage source, Environment Agency
  17. Police appeal to find PC hit-and-run suspectpublished at 18:18 British Summer Time 27 September 2019

    Police want to speak to Tekle Lennox after an officer was injured in a hit-and-run in Coventry.

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  18. Video: What's the weather got in store?published at 18:00 British Summer Time 27 September 2019

    John Hammond
    Weather forecaster

    It will be a largely dry night but some scattered showers are possible with lows of 9C (48F).

    Media caption,

    Latest weather for the West Midlands

  19. Three sentenced over teenager's park stab murderpublished at 17:55 British Summer Time 27 September 2019

    Abdullah Muhammad, 16, was knifed to death in Sara Park while taking a walk, a court hears.

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