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Killer under surveillance led police to body
Vicar with hundreds of child abuse images jailed
Three deaths in string of crashes
Man will serve at least 17 years for Kidderminster murder
Churchill's partially smoked cigar goes for £4,800
Polling stations open until 22:00
Updates from Thursday 12 December

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Broken down vehicle leads to M6 delayspublished at 07:09 Greenwich Mean Time 16 December 2019
There's queuing traffic on the M6 near Stafford on both the north and southbound carriageways.
A lane is blocked due to a broken vehicle and traffic is stretching back four miles.
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Vertonghen scores late Spurs winnerpublished at 18:46 Greenwich Mean Time 15 December 2019
Jan Vertonghen scores a dramatic late winner as Tottenham end Wolves' 11-match unbeaten Premier League run to narrow the gap on the top four with victory at Molineux.
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Arrested pair released after probe into body findpublished at 17:37 Greenwich Mean Time 15 December 2019
Police are no longer treating the woman's death as suspicious.
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Train driver dies in 'serious incident' at depotpublished at 14:24 Greenwich Mean Time 15 December 2019
Rail accident investigators are set to probe what happened at the Birmingham site.
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Murder charge over boy found dead in villagepublished at 10:32 Greenwich Mean Time 15 December 2019
An 18-year-old is accused of killing Alex Rodda, 15, whose body was discovered on Friday.
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'Decade of hell' for postmasters accused of fraudpublished at 01:08 Greenwich Mean Time 15 December 2019
Those accused of false accounting and theft by the Post Office tell how their lives were devastated.
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What's it like to lose your seat as an MP?published at 01:07 Greenwich Mean Time 15 December 2019
Former politicians who failed to win the vote share how it feels to lose their seat as an MP.
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'Trusting young boy' found dead in villagepublished at 20:51 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2019
An 18-year-old man is being questioned on suspicion of murdering the 15-year-old.
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Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Mansfield Townpublished at 20:32 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2019
Mansfield draw at promotion-chasing Crewe - three hours before Stags manager John Dempster is dismissed.
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Blades 'changing opinions' as they go fifthpublished at 19:23 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2019
John Fleck scores twice against Aston Villa as Sheffield United win to move up to fifth in the Premier League.
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Walsall 1-1 Macclesfield Townpublished at 18:37 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2019
Crisis club Macclesfield settle for a fourth successive League Two draw as their first game in two weeks ended 1-1 against Walsall.
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Wycombe Wanderers 2-0 Burton Albionpublished at 18:12 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2019
Wycombe extend their lead at the top of League One to seven points after a hard-fought 2-0 win over Burton.
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Crawley Town 0-0 Port Valepublished at 18:00 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2019
Scott Brown makes a number of saves to deny Crawley a first win under new head coach John Yems as Port Vale hold them to a goalless draw.
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Shrewsbury Town 2-1 Coventry Citypublished at 17:50 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2019
Shaun Whalley's stoppage-time winner sees Shrewsbury Town overturn a half-time deficit to beat Coventry City 2-1.
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Wasps out after Edinburgh defeatpublished at 17:44 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2019
Two penalties inside the final seven minutes give Edinburgh victory at Wasps, who are out of the European Challenge Cup.
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Arrests over woman's 'unexplained' deathpublished at 17:10 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2019
Her next of kin have been informed after the discovery of her body in the early hours of Saturday.
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New timetable blamed for train cancellationspublished at 15:59 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2019
Transport for Wales apologises for "a number of cancellations" ahead of its new rail timetable coming in.
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Customers hurt as car crashes into Tesco cafepublished at 15:03 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2019
A number of people suffer cuts and one man is taken to hospital after falling unconscious.
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'Forgotten' RAF airmen honoured in Spainpublished at 00:48 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2019
Seven men who died when an RAF Wellington bomber crashed in 1950 are remembered with a memorial.
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Teenager held after body found in villagepublished at 20:32 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019
The body was discovered on Friday morning in the village of Ashley in Cheshire, police say.
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