Summary

  • Updates from Monday 26 May to Sunday 31 May

  1. Father's 'second chance at life' after Covid recoverypublished at 09:19 British Summer Time 21 April 2021

    BBC Midlands Today

    A Worcestershire father who spent 70 days in intensive care with Covid-19 says he feels like he's been given a "second chance at life".

    Forty-three-year-old James Stevenson, from Kidderminster, was in hospital for 100 days after getting the virus in December.

    At one point his condition got so bad doctors told his partner Kate to come in and "say goodbye".

    James Stevenson and KateImage source, Family handout

    Mr Stevenson is urging people under 50 to get vaccinated.

    "I was having a niggling feeling in the back of my mind that I wasn't going to get home, so I'm over the moon," he said.

    "Just thankful that I am here, I've got a second chance at life."

  2. Overturned lorry closes motorwaypublished at 08:53 British Summer Time 21 April 2021

    A lorry has overturned on the M6, closing a section of the road northbound, between junctions 15 and 16.

    The lorry was transporting 35 tonnes of cargo which needs to be removed before it can be righted and recovered, Highways England said.

    Overnight roadworks between junctions 14 and 15 were also over-running, but those northbound lanes are now open

    The HGVImage source, Highways West Midlands
  3. 'Chaos at home' after rare identical triplets bornpublished at 22:04 British Summer Time 20 April 2021

    River, Beau and Leo were born 10 weeks early at Worcestershire Royal Hospital.

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  4. 'Derisory offer' for home on abandoned streetpublished at 20:47 British Summer Time 20 April 2021

    A man says £120,000 for his four-bed semi is not enough to buy a similar property in Birmingham.

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  5. India's 'unbelievable' Covid situationpublished at 19:40 British Summer Time 20 April 2021

    Davinder Prasad, 70, is self-isolating in Coventry after returning from Delhi six days ago.

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  6. Tesco £7.56m fine 'a warning' to other chainspublished at 18:54 British Summer Time 20 April 2021

    A judge accused Tesco of playing "Russian Roulette" with customer safety by selling out-of-date food.

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  7. Couple jailed for 'systemic abuse' of young girlspublished at 17:38 British Summer Time 20 April 2021

    John Blake, 61, targeted his victims with the help of his partner Emmalene Jones, 31, police say.

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  8. The candidates standing to be West Midlands mayorpublished at 16:04 British Summer Time 20 April 2021

    People in the West Midlands will head to the polls on 6 May to elect a regional mayor.

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  9. Tributes to great-grandmother after arson attackpublished at 15:10 British Summer Time 20 April 2021

    Peggy Wright, 83, sustained serious injuries jumping from a window to escape the fire at her home.

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  10. Man admits stabbing paramedics at his homepublished at 12:41 British Summer Time 20 April 2021

    Deena Evans and Michael Hipgrave were attacked by Martyn Smith, 52, while they attended a call-out.

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  11. Trust banned from admitting children with mental health conditionspublished at 11:20 British Summer Time 20 April 2021

    The trust which runs Shropshire's two main hospitals will no longer be able to admit any new patients under 18, who have acute mental health needs and no other condition.

    Princess Royal Hospital in Telford

    It comes after an inspection of Children and Young People's services in February by the Care Quality Commission found a child was twice given double the "safe" dose of a rapid tranquilizer at Telford's Princess Royal Hospital.

    The watchdog has now downgraded the trust from 'requires improvement' to 'inadequate'.

    A spokesperson for the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, said they are "accelerating the actions needed to improve the care they provide to children and young people".

  12. Tributes to grandfather killed in hit-and-runpublished at 09:40 British Summer Time 20 April 2021

    The family of William Burns, who died on Sunday, say they have "lost our legend".

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  13. 'Urgent action' over children's mental health carepublished at 09:39 British Summer Time 20 April 2021

    Telford's hospital must halt new admissions of under 18s with acute needs as it is rated inadequate.

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  14. Two murder arrests after man shot deadpublished at 22:12 British Summer Time 19 April 2021

    Gavin Parry, 31, was found dead at an industrial site in Birmingham on 13 April.

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  15. Tesco fined £7.56m for selling out-of-date foodpublished at 19:07 British Summer Time 19 April 2021

    Offending items were found at three stores in Birmingham between 2016 and 2017.

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  16. Hospital boss made chief executive at second trustpublished at 18:15 British Summer Time 19 April 2021

    Professor David Loughton CBE has been chief executive at Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust for 17 years.

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  17. Pop-up testing centres to appear in Staffordshirepublished at 17:50 British Summer Time 19 April 2021

    Pop-up coronavirus testing centres will be placed around Staffordshire, in a push to encourage people to get tested regularly.

    Staffordshire County Council said, as restrictions continue to be relaxed, it is urging people to get tested twice a week, even if they don't have symptoms and is hosting outdoor pop-up testing sites, to help make it easier.

    Rapid covid testImage source, Getty Images

    Chasewater Country Park, Cannock Chase Visitor Centre and a local car boot held pop-up testing over the weekend.

    This week Tutbury Castle and various supermarkets a will see rapid testing available for the first time.

    Director for health and care at the council, Dr Richard Harling, said: "The move to setting up outdoors where people already visit makes it even more convenient - people can get a supervised test whilst they are out doing their shopping or enjoying the fresh air and warmer weather."

  18. PC sacked over 'appalling' behaviour to victimspublished at 17:44 British Summer Time 19 April 2021

    The officer is dismissed for gross misconduct, after he "tried it on" with four abuse victims.

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