A Kidderminster man has been sentence to life in prison for killing a man in the town in May.

Nathan Calder, who is 28 and from Eddy Road in the town was told he will serve at least 17 years behind bars.

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A jury at Worcester Crown Court unanimously found Calder guilty of murdering 44-year old Paul Lundy, who was found at his home the next evening by his housemate.

Detective Ch Insp Carl Moore, said: "Nathan Calder committed this horrific attack on Paul Lundy, in his own home, leaving him there to be discovered the following evening."

Mr Lundy's family said they would "miss him every single day" and that their lives "will never be the same again".

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Port Vale's Cristian Montano has said left back has become his favourite position, since switching there to cover for the injured Adam Crookes.

He came to the club from Bristol Rovers as a winger, but said he was enjoying "putting tackles and tracking players", adding, "a lot of people doubted me in the past, but I always knew I had it in me."

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Almost £7m could be spent in Shropshire to convert 16,523 streetlights to LEDs.

Shropshire Council has already converted 3,000 lights and said the move would save it £506,533 a year in energy costs.

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The council spends about £1m each year on energy for street lighting and believes that could rise to £3.7m in the next 10 years, if nothing is done.

The council is also under pressure to cut £14m from its budget, because of rising social care costs and it looking to make savings across the board.

An 87-year-old woman has suffered a broken arm after being robbed in Telford yesterday afternoon.

The thief grabbed the handbag off her shoulder as she was walking at the junction of Park Avenue and Church Street in Madeley, causing her to fall over and also bang her head.

The attack happened at about 17:30 and the handbag is still missing.

Failures in the Horizon IT system led to a number of Post Office workers being wrongly jailed.

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• Shoplifters in long-johns! Secrets of city store gangs revealed, external as £135k of goods recovered
• Smiling brothers killed in crash by footballer Luke McCormick become faces of drink-drive campaign, external
• Jewelley Quarter turned into zombie apocalypse in viral film, external

Julie-Ann Dean, from Kenilworth, Warwickshire, won a voiceover award for her work in video games.

A seriously ill cat called Maximus, who attracted donations from all over the world after spending a decade on the streets around the West Midlands is now off to a specialist unit in Bristol.

Stray Cat Rescue Team West Midlands wrote on its Facebook page: "Max really isn't well, it's been decided to rush him down to a specialist cardiology centre."

It asked his supporters to "please pray for him. He needs it right now".

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The group is also looking for another £5,000 to help fund this treatment.

Maximus, who is about 12, was picked up in Great Barr, Sandwell, last week with FIV - an immunodeficiency virus similar to HIV - and claws so long he could not walk.

A man, 22, was arrested on suspicion of death by dangerous driving after a pedestrian died at the scene.

A Birmingham chef is competing in the semi final of the BBC's Masterchef: The Professionals and said he's overcome his nerves now.

Stu Deeley, the head chef at the Wilderness in the Jewellery Quarter said he struggled under the pressure in the early rounds, but "afterwards I'd forgotten about the cameras and just started cooking and started being more of myself".

Mr Deeley also revealed: "My mom will probably kill me for saying this, but my initial reason for getting into cooking is that my mom can't cook."

The second semi-final is being shown on the TV tonight, with the two-part final on air next week.

Michael Stirling was spotted acting suspiciously near a shallow grave, an inquest hears.

What's happening during the night-time hours of suspense at vote counts across the country?

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Three-time vote counter Ella Rees said a buzz of excitement united tables of strangers and powered them through the night as papers piled up and anxious candidates paced the room.

The 21-year-old law student will be counting again this time, in her home constituency of Shrewsbury and Atcham. She counted votes in the 2017 local and general elections and the Brexit referendum in 2016.

"It's exciting because it's something out of the ordinary for everyone, you're up all night concentrating, the press are outside and the national picture is emerging on TV," she said.

An usherette kept the partly-smoked cigar dropped by Churchill at the London Coliseum in 1953.

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• Family pay tribute to man who died in crash on A41 Black Country New Road, external
• Wolverhampton school's SATs results reinstated a year after being annulled, external
• Acorns Hospice children meet Santa on magical Christmas flight, external

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Wolves captain Conor Coady says all the players want to be involved with every European match, but they'll respect Nuno's decision, if the head coach rests some of the regulars tonight.

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Wolves play Besiktas in their final Europa League group game, but they're already certain of a place in the knockout stage - the only issue is whether they go through as group winners or not.

That could mean Coady and some others being given a rest before the Premier League match against Tottenham on Sunday.

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Plans for 625 new homes in Ledbury have been rejected by Herefordshire councillors.

Members of a planning committee had asked the developers to review their proposals, because of concerns over access to the site, which is near a railway viaduct.

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The scheme was rejected when Bloor Homes said its plans would remain unchanged.

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A man is on his way to pick up his falcon after it escaped from his Stoke-on-Trent garden and ended up being rescued by firefighters in Market Harborough.

Freddie made his escape from the city on Saturday morning but was discovered tangled in a TV aerial more than 70 miles away yesterday.

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His surprised but relieved owner Josh Bailey said he was rescued by the fire service just before a murder of crows attacked him while he was stuck.

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The 24-year-old, who found out where Freddie was after Market Harborough FM reported the rescue, said: "I didn't think he'd get this far, we were looking in local parks. It's been a stressful few days but I'm over the moon now."

Freddie suffered minor bruising during his ordeal.

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A car has struck a woman and a child in Birmingham.

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It happened on Tile Cross Road at about 17:30 yesterday.

They were taken to hospital, although their injuries were not believed to be life-threatening or life-changing, police said.

A man has been arrested over the theft of paving slabs from a rural church in Staffordshire on Monday.

About 60 of the York stone paving slabs had been taken from outside St Lawrence’s Church at Rushton Spencer. Staffordshire Police said a 46-year-old from Manchester was arrested on suspicion of theft after officers stopped a van in Cheshire.

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Ch Insp Mark Thorley said: “A crime such as this is always appalling but at Christmas time even more so. The community are understandably very upset by this incident."

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Shrewsbury Town's Shaun Whalley is back in training and could play in Saturday's game against Coventry City.

He's been missing for several weeks with a calf injury.

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Whalley has been with Shrewsbury since the summer of 2015 and has scored 25 goals in 169 appearances.