A 19-year-old has been sentenced to an 11-year custodial sentence after stabbing a man in the eye.

Jalan Gordon, from Aviation Lane, Burton-upon-Trent, was sentenced at Stafford Crown Court on Monday after pleading guilty to grievous bodily harm with intent, witness intimidation and possession of a blade.

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Staffordshire Police said Gordon used his phone to film the attack in Barton-under-Needwood on April 27 last year and posted it to a social media account with the phrase "snitches get stitches".

His victim was left with serious injuries which, police said, could have resulted in sight loss.

Gordon is to serve his sentence at a young offenders institution.

Fulham sign Portuguese winger Ivan Cavaleiro on a four-and-a-half-year deal from Premier League side Wolves.

Birmingham report a pre-tax loss of £8.2m after selling St Andrew's to a company controlled by owner Paul Suen Cho Hung.

Three men and a woman were all part of a "fellowship of hate", a court is told.

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Warwickshire's Dom Sibley said there was an "amazing atmosphere" during England's win in the second test against South Africa, adding it was "like a home game in the end".

England bowled the South Africans out for 248 in Cape Town to win by 189 runs, with Ben Stokes claiming the final three wickets.

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Sibley scored 133 not out in England's second innings to set up the victory and added: "It's nice to get the win and nice to have contributed. An amazing feeling and hopefully it continues."

A mobility scooter-rider who was hit by a car in Kidderminster on Sunday has died from his injuries.

West Mercia Police said Clement Dalley, who was 78 and from the town, was struck near Crossley Retail Park and died at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital on Monday.

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The force said Mr Dalley "was well known locally for being the owner of family business Dalley Seeds, a seed merchant in the town".

Coventry is expecting an extra 2.5m visitors in 2021, but has limited hotel beds.

Four former GPs surgeries in Hereford are on the market, with asking prices ranging from £295,000 to £695,000.

The buildings have been put up for sale because the Greyfriars, Moorfield House, Aylestone Hill and King Street surgeries decided to combine with Sarum House surgery to become a new Hereford Medical Group, on a new site.

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The new group will be based in a three-storey building which is currently being built next to the railway station.

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Bin workers in Sandwell have voted to take industrial action.

GMB members' decision to work to rule comes amid safety fears, the union says.

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According to GMB, the ballot follows a decision by private contractor Serco, which runs the service for the council, to cut two rounds from Sandwell’s domestic waste collection.

Branch secretary Darren James said workers were having to cut corners to avoid extra hours on top of their normal working day, "putting staff at risk".

Sandwell Council says the dispute is between the company and the refuse collectors.

Serco has been contacted for comment.

Chelsea midfielder Danny Drinkwater joins Aston Villa on loan until the end of the season.

Simon Wiggins, 48, from Dudley, was found guilty of raping three women "multiple" times.

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Aston Martin's shares are now worth 76% less than they were when the luxury car-maker floated in London in October 2018.

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"Aston Martin has been one of the biggest flops on the stock market in living memory," says Russ Mould, investment director at AJ Bell.

Today's profit warning by the Warwickshire company - which has sent its share price down 12.3% to 456.4p - is just the latest downgrade.

Last July, Aston Martin cut the forecast for wholesale volumes and profit margins, and reduced forecast again in November.

Summing up the past year, Aston Martin's chief executive Andy Palmer said: "From a trading perspective, 2019 has been a very disappointing year."

Barnsley are charged by the Football Association after Stoke's James McClean was allegedly subjected to sectarian abuse at a game in November.

A branch of Morrisons was closed this morning following the death of an employee in the store.

Emergency crews were sent to the supermarket on Hurst Lane, Castle Bromwich, just before 09:00 GMT, but the man was declared dead at the scene.

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"Unfortunately, despite best efforts, nothing could be done to save the man," a West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said.

West Midlands Police described it as a "non-suspicious death".

A Morrisons spokeswoman added: "Sadly, a colleague passed away in our Castle Bromwich store this morning. Our thoughts are with his family at this time."

The store was reopened this afternoon.

Boys at Redstone Academy enjoy school more because "they are treated favourably", inspectors say.

West Midlands Ambulance Service has directed its staff not to take patients living in nursing and care homes to A&E without first seeking the approval of the control room - unless the patient's condition is life-threatening.

The service is trying to reduce A&E waits and has a department within the control room dedicated to finding alternatives to emergency transfers.

In Shropshire, the number of ambulances kept waiting outside an A&E for more than three hours rose from 34 in 2018 to 152 last year.

Worcester lock Michael Fatialofa successfully undergoes surgery on the neck injury he sustained in Saturday's loss at Saracens.

Warwickshire chief executive Neil Snowball is to leave the Bears to become the ECB's new managing director of county cricket.

Two men have been arrested after a spate of 10 charity shop break-ins in Shropshire last month.

Stores in Much Wenlock, Ludlow, Bridgnorth, Shifnal, Lawley and Wellington were targeted.

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The men, aged 25 and 29, were arrested on suspicion of burglary and are being held in police custody.

A woman suffered a broken arm and facial injuries when her car was taken from a driveway in Bloxwich.