Summary

  • Updates from Monday 25 November to Sunday 1 December

  1. Cardiff City 1-0 Stoke Citypublished at 21:38 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2019

    Cardiff City overcome struggling Stoke City to give Neil Harris victory in his first home match in charge of the Bluebirds.

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  2. Our live coverage across the daypublished at 18:59 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2019

    Andy Giddings
    BBC News

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

  3. Zoo appeals for bedding for primatespublished at 18:51 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2019

    Dudley Zoo is appealing for any unwanted blankets, towels and duvet covers to help run the primate enclosures.

    Staff at the zoo use the materials for bedding and hammocks for the orangutans and chimpanzees.

    ChimpanzeeImage source, Getty Images

    The zoo is also asking for toys, saying its own stocks are running low.

  4. Stalker threatened to jump on to ex's carpublished at 18:46 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2019

    Emily is warning others to be aware of the signs as police launch an anti-stalking campaign.

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  5. Protester 'bitterly disappointed' by banpublished at 18:41 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2019

    Demonstrators against LGBT teaching are 'bitterly disappointed' with a ruling banning them permanently from outside school gates.

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  6. Video: What's the weather got in store?published at 18:36 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2019

    Rich Davis
    BBC Weather presenter

    After a dry start to the night, further showers will move west turning into heavy rain with lows of 7C (45F).

    Media caption,

    Latest weather for the West Midlands

  7. Decision on hockey centre plans due in new yearpublished at 18:13 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2019

    Local Democracy Reporting Service

    A decision will be made on plans for a £3m hockey centre in Worcester at the start of the new year.

    It's a joint venture by the Royal Grammar School (RGS) Worcester and Worcester Hockey Club, with the city council offering to loan £2.1m to help see it built.

    HockeyImage source, Getty Images

    The land is owned by the local authority and would be leased jointly for 30 years to RGS and Worcester Hockey Club with agreements to make sure the facility is built.

    The plans involve two pitches, a pavilion, changing rooms. club house and car park and if they are approved, the hockey centre is expected to open by the end of 2020.

  8. Men sentenced for 'preying on' disabled womanpublished at 18:08 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2019

    Shaun Brown and Luke Read threatened the woman with a fake gun in her own home, police said.

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  9. O'Neill not worried by Butland formpublished at 17:52 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2019

    BBC Radio Stoke Sport

    Stoke City manager Michael O'Neill is not worried by the form of goalkeeper Jack Butland and said: "You don't lose what you have to get yourself to that level in the game."

    He had a spell out of the team earlier this season and was criticised for the mix-up which led to Wigan's goal on Saturday.

    Jack ButlandImage source, Getty Images

    O'Neill said: "Jack knows himself, situations like Saturday, that's something that we don't want to happen too frequently."

    But he added: "He's 26, class is permanent, form can be a little bit temporary and that's the message we'll be trying to get through to him."

  10. 'What are the parties promising on tuition fees?'published at 17:36 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2019

    A look at what the main political parties are promising on university tuition fees and student loans.

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  11. Football club and council end row over cashpublished at 17:33 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2019

    The New Saints football club and Shropshire Council say they've resolved their argument over £80,000 given by the local authority to pay for a new stand.

    The football club had maintained it was a grant, but the council said it was a loan which should have been paid back and the two sides had been threatening to take the row to the courts.

    TNS

    The two sides have both released statements today.

    While the club hasn't revealed whether the council money will be repaid, the TNS chairman Mike Harris said it had reached "a negotiated settlement that leaves both parties able to move forward in a positive position".

    And under the terms of their agreement, the football club has agreed to spend £60,000 on projects to "benefit the people of Oswestry and Shropshire" over the next five years.

  12. Jailed police officer is sacked by forcepublished at 17:19 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2019

    A Staffordshire Police officer who was jailed for sending an explicit image to a domestic abuse victim has been sacked by the force after a misconduct hearing.

    PC Jarrett Kinson, 36, had investigated the vulnerable woman before sending her a message on social media between March and July 2018.

    PC Jarrett KinsonImage source, Staffordshire Police

    The response officer, of Garten Close, Tamworth, admitted corrupt and improper exercise of police privileges and was sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court on 4 November.

    Chief Constable Gareth Morgan said: “He has brought shame on himself and has damaged the reputation of policing. He does not represent the vast majority of my colleagues who will be appalled by his behaviour."

  13. Council buys shares to fund its housebuilding companypublished at 17:03 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2019

    Local Democracy Reporting Service

    Shropshire Council is putting £1.6m into its new housebuilding company, Cornovii Developments.

    The company is due to start on two housing developments, at Ifton Heath and at Frith Close in Shrewsbury, in the new year and the money will be used to purchase the land.

    Shropshire Council

    In return for the money, Shropshire Council will get 1,625,000 £1 shares in Cornovii Developments.

  14. More cases in Shropshire maternity scandal emergepublished at 17:00 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2019

    Over 200 new families have contacted an inquiry into mother and baby deaths at an NHS hospital trust.

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  15. Labour 'will not canvass alone' after town attackpublished at 16:54 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2019

    The party says it will work in pairs in Bromyard following an assault on a volunteer in her 70s.

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  16. 'Staff will be over the moon at protest ban'published at 16:53 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2019

    Demonstrations against LGBT inclusive education have been permanently banned outside a primary school.

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  17. LGBT teaching row: What next for the protesters?published at 16:46 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2019

    Phil Mackie
    BBC News

    It’s hard to see what the protesters can do now a judge has permanently banned them from the school gates at Anderton Park.

    One of the group’s three leaders – Amir Ahmed – has said that they would seek leave to appeal, but it’s far from clear on what grounds they could do so.

    Only a handful of the people who regularly gathered outside the school were parents or had any direct connection with Anderton Park, but the demonstrators do reflect concern felt by some religious communities about equality teaching, and particularly lessons about same sex relationships.

    It won’t matter to them that the judge has said their allegations about “promoting” homosexuality are false and that they have “misrepresented” what is being taught in the school.

    It will simply confirm their belief that they are the victims of bias against them by the establishment and the mainstream media.

  18. Flu-like illness blamed for highest A&E visitspublished at 16:29 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2019

    Nearly five hundred patients went through the Royal Stoke A&E doors in 24 hours, the hospital says.

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  19. CCTV appeal issued after man's jaw brokenpublished at 16:23 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2019

    A CCTV image has been released of a man officers would like to speak to after a man's jaw was broken in three places during an assault near a Birmingham pub.

    CCTVImage source, West Midlands Police

    The victim was chased, punched and stamped on during the attack near the Castle and Falcon, in Moseley Road, Balsall Heath, said West Midlands Police.

    Officers are asking anyone with information about the 6 October attack to come forward.