Around the web: City's YMCA hostel shutpublished at 15:24 Greenwich Mean Time 5 December 2019
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Updates from Monday 2 December to Sunday 8 December
Around the web: City's YMCA hostel shutpublished at 15:24 Greenwich Mean Time 5 December 2019
New leisure centre gets green lightpublished at 15:07 Greenwich Mean Time 5 December 2019
Plans for a new leisure centre in Dudley town centre have been approved.
Image source, Dudley CouncilA new 25m swimming pool is planned for the Flood Street facility along with a gym, sports hall and adventure soft play.
Work is expected to begin early next year and expected to open in 2021, the council said.
The plans are part of a wider regeneration scheme expected to bring more than £1bn of investment into the town, it added.
No haircut for skipper until goal drought endspublished at 14:53 Greenwich Mean Time 5 December 2019
Graham McGarry
Crewe Alexandra commentator, BBC Radio StokeCrewe Alexandra captain Perry Ng says he won't have a haircut until he scores his first goal of the season.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe defender's yet to hit the back of the net in his 25 appearances for the Alex so far.
Quote MessageI'm hating it at the minute, getting some stick off everyone. I've always wanted to grow it to be honest but the lads have given me a little bit of a bet and said I'm not going to cut it until I score so I've just got to stick with it and hopefully I can get one soon."
Perry Ng, Crewe Alexandra captain
He'll be hoping it's not as long as Tom Huddlestone when he was at Hull as he didn't cut his hair for nearly three years until he scored again in 2014.
Around the web: 'Inadequate' care home pledges to improvepublished at 14:29 Greenwich Mean Time 5 December 2019
A few of the headlines from the Hereford Times today:
Farage: Ex-Brexit Party MEPs 'are wrong'published at 14:26 Greenwich Mean Time 5 December 2019
Nigel Farage says three of the MEPs who have left his Brexit Party have links to the Conservatives.
Read MorePolice plan to gain direct access to city centre CCTVpublished at 14:12 Greenwich Mean Time 5 December 2019
Local Democracy Reporting Service
Tom DavisNew powers are being drawn up to give police greater access to hundreds of cameras across Coventry city centre in a bid to curb crime.
Image source, GoogleThe public CCTV network is owned by the city council and monitored in a communications centre on Jackson Road.
Officers would also be able to move the direction of cameras to ensure particular hotspots can be covered, chair of city tasking on the Coventry Police and Crime Board Craig Hickin said.
Currently police have to complete paperwork to the council before accessing any camera, Mr Hickin said, but the new plan would give police direct access with requests being signed off by a senior officer.
It is hoped the plan – still in development – will be taken to councillors for approval in 2020, and fully operational ahead 2021.
Wingsuit scientist's funeral donations 'missing'published at 14:11 Greenwich Mean Time 5 December 2019
The family planned to use the donated money to support engineering students.
Read MoreAston Martin boosted by bid rumourspublished at 13:55 Greenwich Mean Time 5 December 2019
BBC Business NewsBillionaire Lawrence Stroll is preparing a bid to buy a major stake in Aston Martin.
That's according to Autocar, , externalwhich says it has been involved in a joint investigation with RaceFans.net.
Image source, Getty ImagesMr Stroll is the father of Formula 1 driver Lance Stroll and owner of the Racing Point F1 team and estimated to be worth in excess of £2bn, having made his money investing and building up brands including Pierre Cardin, Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger, Asprey and Garrard.
Aston Martin's shares have jumped 7% after that report to 540p but remain well below the £19 at which they were floated on the stock market last year.
Lawrence Stroll declined to comment when contacted by RaceFans.net.
Contacted by Autocar, the Warwickshire-based company also made no comment.
Crash causing city centre congestionpublished at 13:44 Greenwich Mean Time 5 December 2019
BBC News TravelBuses are being diverted away from a crash at the Belgrave Middleway traffic lights in Birmingham.
The crash happened on Bristol Street southbound between Wrentham Street and the Belgrave Interchange.
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End of twitter post'Please don't be why I knock on your family's door'published at 13:34 Greenwich Mean Time 5 December 2019
A police officer reveals what it is like to have to break the news of drink and drug-driving deaths.
Read MoreAround the web: Pedestrian loses leg in hit-and-runpublished at 13:33 Greenwich Mean Time 5 December 2019
Coventry LiveThese are some of Coventry Live's headlines today:
Fire at The Range 'happened during roof repair work'published at 13:23 Greenwich Mean Time 5 December 2019
BBC ShropshireA fire in the roof of a homeware store in Shrewsbury appears to have happened while the roof was being repaired, the fire service said.
All staff and customers were evacuated when the blaze broke out after 11:00 at The Range on the Sundorne Retail Park. , external
Firefighters said, during the repair work, it appeared the substance being used by workers ignited.
They used their aerial ladder to check if the fire had spread further.
Pedestrian has leg amputated after hit-and-runpublished at 13:03 Greenwich Mean Time 5 December 2019
A van shunted a car into the man, who suffered "life-changing injuries," police said.
Read MoreMan threatened to stab woman in bus robberypublished at 13:00 Greenwich Mean Time 5 December 2019
A man has threatened to stab a woman before grabbing her phone in an attack on a Birmingham bus, police say
Image source, West Midlands PoliceThe woman was targeted on the number seven bus on Perry Common Road, Erdington on Monday 18 November.
Offices have released a CCTV image of a man they would like to speak to in connection with the attack.
'I would sell a kidney for the Baby Yoda toy'published at 12:47 Greenwich Mean Time 5 December 2019
BBC Business News"I want a Baby Yoda toy so badly that I'd consider selling a kidney," jokes Star Wars fan and Instagram influencer Jessica Allsop, 26.
Ms Allsopp, from Rubery, fell in love with the character of "the Child" - affectionately known as "Baby Yoda" on social media - in the Disney+ TV show The Mandalorian as soon as she watched the first episode.
Image source, Jessica AllsopShe then scoured the internet looking for merchandise from the Star Wars spin-off series, and says she is willing to pay up to £200 for an accurate replica of the Child.
She's not alone. Since The Mandalorian was released on 12 November in the US on Disney's new streaming service, the character has gone viral, and not just in America - the only place you can officially watch the show for now - but all over the world.
It has generated thousands of memes as fans discuss how cute the Child is and speculate about what will happen next in the series.
Read more on the frenzy for merchandise here on the BBC website.
Around the web: Further murder charges after man stabbedpublished at 12:30 Greenwich Mean Time 5 December 2019
Birmingham LiveThese are some of the Birmingham Live headlines today:
- Mum 'loses everything' as fire rips through her West Bromwich home, external
- Officer attacked after stopping shoplifter suspect, external
Princess Anne pays respects to terror attack victimspublished at 12:15 Greenwich Mean Time 5 December 2019
The Princess Royal has paid her respects to the victims of Friday's London Bridge terror attack.
Image source, The Royal Family
Image source, The Royal FamilySaskia Jones, 23, from Stratford-upon-Avon and Jack Merritt had been at a conference in Fishmongers' Hall when 28-year-old Usman Khan attacked them.
Image source, The Royal FamilyPrincess Anne, who is the Fourth Warden of The Fishmongers' Company, signed a book of condolences at Drapers Hall where she met members of staff including those affected by the attack.
Firefighters called to blaze at The Rangepublished at 12:04 Greenwich Mean Time 5 December 2019
Allen Cook
BBC NewsThree fire crews are fighting a fire in the roof of a homeware store in Shrewsbury this lunchtime.
They were called to The Range on Sundorne Retail Park at 11:18, Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service said., external
School shut over norovirus outbreakpublished at 11:54 Greenwich Mean Time 5 December 2019
Jodie Looker
Newsreader, BBC Radio StokeA school in Stoke-on-Trent's shut for two days to be deep cleaned after an outbreak of norovirus.
Image source, GoogleBirches Head Academy said, external it had had an "unusually high" number of absences with both staff and students coming down with the winter sickness bug.
As well as the deep clean, the school said it wanted parents, even when their children had recovered, to "keep them at home until 48 hours after they are feeling better".
Recovery truck driver injured in attack on Ferraripublished at 11:42 Greenwich Mean Time 5 December 2019
A recovery truck driver has been assaulted with what's believed to be a baseball bat, before the car he was towing was set on fire.
The victim was called to retrieve a Ferrari that had broken down on Maxtoke Lane, near Meriden at about 16:15 on Sunday, Warwickshire Police said, external.
He was taken to hospital suffering injuries to his stomach.
Det Con Karl Roberts said: “This is a concerning incident, which has left a man assaulted for simply doing his job."
The car was seriously damaged, the force added.
