Summary

  • Updates from Monday 10 February to Sunday 16 February

  1. Man who murdered daughter, 8, dies in jailpublished at 10:46 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2021

    William Billingham was jailed in 2018 for murdering his eight-year-old daughter in a "revenge" attack.

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  2. Council halts elderly going to troubled care homespublished at 10:22 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2021

    Infection control, evacuation procedures and medicine handling all caused concern in reports.

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  3. Careers and Covid: When the pandemic hit job ambitionspublished at 08:45 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2021

    With young people under pressure for jobs, research shows career choices are shaped at a young age.

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  4. Rapids sign Nepal spinner Lamichhanepublished at 08:14 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2021

    Worcestershire sign Nepal leg-spinner Sandeep Lamichhane for this season's T20 Blast.

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  5. Around the web: Sunshine and a light breezepublished at 08:08 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2021

    BBC Weather

    We might get a few showers first thing this morning, but the rest of the day should be dry with some sunshine and a light breeze.

    Temperatures are forecast to rise to about 12C (54F) and we should have a dry night.

    Stratford-upon-AvonImage source, RuggyNo1
  6. Murder arrests after woman found at housepublished at 19:02 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2021

    Detectives say the woman was assaulted hours earlier and the case has been referred to the police watchdog.

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  7. Vet sets off on cross-Atlantic rowpublished at 18:08 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2021

    A Herefordshire vet has set off on a 3000-mile (4,828 km) row across the Atlantic.

    Simon Lyddon, 44, who runs Vine Tree Vets in Ross-on-Wye, will spend more than five weeks among a team of 12 completing the challenge from the Canary Isles to Antigua to raise money for charity.

    He took on the challenge after losing his dad, Peter, to prostate cancer before learning his wife, Mel, had breast cancer.

    Simon LyddonImage source, Gail Chalmers PR

    Mrs Lyddon was treated at the Macmillan Renton Unit at Hereford County Hospital and Mr Lyddon is undertaking the challenge to raise funds for Macmillan.

    The crew set off from Las Galletas marina on Monday.

    “I look forward to sharing our journey with everyone but most of all I’ll be looking forward to a nice rum punch in Falmouth harbour in Antigua,” Mr Lyddon added.

  8. Father 'tortured and killed in front of children'published at 17:57 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2021

    Jurors hear cannabis farmer Brian Waters was beaten, bound and held upside down in a four-hour attack.

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  9. Babysitter guilty of murdering toddlerpublished at 17:45 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2021

    Lilly Hanrahan, 21 months, suffered a "catastrophic" brain injury at the hands of Sean Sadler.

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  10. Boy, 14, dies after derelict building roof fallpublished at 16:11 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2021

    The teenager was taken to hospital and died shortly after arrival, West Midlands Police says.

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  11. Pub bomb families refused classified IRA filepublished at 14:54 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2021

    Twenty six people died when the IRA blew up pubs in Birmingham and Guildford more than 45 years ago.

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  12. Murder accused tells court of 'living hell'published at 13:24 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2021

    Azam Mangori, 24, says he did not sleep for four days after Lorraine Cox died in his flat.

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  13. MI6 accused of 'protecting Nazi war criminals'published at 13:08 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2021

    A BBC investigation into one suspect discovers he may also have worked for British secret services.

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  14. Man thanks medics who saved him in Covid fightpublished at 11:49 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2021

    A consultant says Simon Foley had one of the "most horrific critical illnesses" he has seen.

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  15. Teen moped rider dies after suspected hit-and-runpublished at 10:23 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2021

    The moped the teenager was on is believed to have been involved in a collision with a car.

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  16. Tomlinson would face jail again 'in a heartbeat'published at 10:07 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2021

    Royle Family actor Ricky Tomlinson, who was jailed for his union activism, says he has no regrets.

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  17. Murder accused 'tried to give CPR' to womanpublished at 10:06 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2021

    Azam Mangori tells the court Lorraine Cox died after taking drugs and he tried to revive her.

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  18. CCTV images released in canal murder inquirypublished at 10:01 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2021

    Darren Round was found in February 2020 in a Birmingham canal with severe facial injuries.

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  19. Weather: Rain and cloud is forecastpublished at 08:48 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2021

    We're forecast cloud with some light rain this morning and temperatures could reach 12C (54F).

    There will also be a light breeze and overnight temperatures will fall to about 6C (43F).

    Rain in TelfordImage source, Tee Lake Watcher