Summary

  • Updates from Monday 12 October to Sunday 18 October

  1. Two more teenagers arrested in murder probepublished at 20:03 British Summer Time 15 October 2020

    Keagan Crimes, 27, was fatally injured after a "disturbance" in the street, police say.

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  2. Two convicted of murdering manpublished at 19:07 British Summer Time 15 October 2020

    Amjad Khan died in hospital five days after police found him in a property in Oldbury in June 2019.

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  3. Our live coverage across the daypublished at 19:00 British Summer Time 15 October 2020

    Andy Giddings
    BBC News

    We'll be back with the news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 tomorrow.

  4. Players more likely to leave Stoke than to arrivepublished at 18:51 British Summer Time 15 October 2020

    BBC Radio Stoke Sport

    The Stoke City manager, Michael O'Neill, expects there to be more movement out of the club than in, before tomorrow's transfer deadline.

    There are a number of players who have yet to feature in the league for his side this season and he has said the wage bill is too big for the Championship.

    Michael O'NeillImage source, Getty Images

    O'Neill said he was still looking for available players and "if the right opportunity came along" he might consider a last-minute signing, but they had to be "mindful of the surplus at the club."

    Among those who could be on the way out is Jack Butland, according to BBC Sport.

  5. Man seriously injured in stabbingpublished at 18:40 British Summer Time 15 October 2020

    A man has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after being stabbed in Kings Norton this afternoon.

    West Midlands Police officers were called to Chapel Walk at 13:50 and cordoned off an area of the road.

  6. Weather: Dry and cloudy weather to continuepublished at 18:27 British Summer Time 15 October 2020

    BBC Weather

    This dry weather is forecast to continue into the evening and through the rest of the week too.

    Temperatures tomorrow could be a little lower, perhaps up to 11C (52F).

    ShrewsburyImage source, Jess and Julie
  7. Fleetwood sign Stoke right-back Edwardspublished at 18:18 British Summer Time 15 October 2020

    League One side Fleetwood Town sign right-back Tom Edwards on a season-long loan from Stoke City.

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  8. Christmas market called offpublished at 18:03 British Summer Time 15 October 2020

    The organisers of Telford's Christmas market have decided to call off this year's event, because of coronavirus safety concerns.

    Tudor Markets said it had looked at a number of contingency plans, but in the end decided it was safer not to go ahead with it.

    Christmas marketImage source, Telford and Wrekin Council

    The Christmas market, which features food and gifts from a number of European countries, has been running since 2016.

  9. Port Vale chief exec relieved over Big Picture votepublished at 17:32 British Summer Time 15 October 2020

    BBC Radio Stoke Sport

    Port Vale's chief executive said he was glad Football League clubs didn't have to vote on the Premier League's Project Big Picture plans.

    A number of Premier League clubs, led by Liverpool and Manchester United had proposed reducing the size of the top division and scrapping the League Cup.

    In return they were offering 25% of all future TV deals to the Football League, which would have been negotiated jointly, plus a £250m bail-out.

    Colin Garlick

    The proposals were voted down by rest of the Premier League clubs yesterday and instead there will be a £50m rescue package for League One and Two clubs.

    Colin Garlick believes some Football League clubs would probably have supported the plans, just because they're desperate for money and said: "There are clubs that are very vulnerable at this point who could be making that decision based on their current position."

    But, he said Port Vale weren't one of them and "wouldn't be making any hasty decisions".

  10. Police link burnt-out vehicle to fatal shootingpublished at 17:13 British Summer Time 15 October 2020

    Officers are seeking a car they believe to have been at the scene of a 20-year-old man's death.

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  11. Tribute to teen killed in crashpublished at 17:01 British Summer Time 15 October 2020

    A man and two teenage girls died when their car hit a tree in Kingswinford, Dudley, on Tuesday.

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  12. Murder probe police release image of carpublished at 16:55 British Summer Time 15 October 2020

    The police have released this image of a car they think may be connected to a murder in Telford on Tuesday.

    It was seen at the Bridges Business Park in Horsehay around the same time a 20-year-old man was shot in the car park there.

    CCTV image of carImage source, West Mercia Police

    The car was found burnt out at a car park at the Wrekin, near Wellington, that evening.

    The vehicle is a grey Skoda Karoq registration YB69 MUP.

  13. Farmer competing to be Britain's fittestpublished at 15:54 British Summer Time 15 October 2020

    BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester

    A farmer from Herefordshire could be crowned Britain's Fittest Farmer this weekend.

    Ben Andrews from Leominster (seen here throwing his wellies) is one of the 10 men and 10 women who have made it through to the final of the Farmers Weekly competition.

    Ben Andrews

    He will be dragging tractor tyres, carrying huge weights and rolling bales as part of the challenge which aims to show the importance of both physical and mental health.

  14. CCTV images released after armed bingo hall raidpublished at 15:29 British Summer Time 15 October 2020

    Detectives investigating an armed robbery at a bingo hall in Birmingham have released security camera images of two men they want to talk to.

    Officers were called to Castle Bingo on Barnes Hill at 22:00 on 3 September after staff members were forced to hand over "a large amount of cash" from the safe.

    Armed robbery manImage source, West Midlands Police
  15. Drug addict 'murdered in gang dispute'published at 15:11 British Summer Time 15 October 2020

    Ross Ball allowed dealers to "take advantage of him" and use his flat as a base, a court hears.

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  16. Second inquest finds boy died from milk allergypublished at 14:46 British Summer Time 15 October 2020

    Jonnie Meek's parents always maintained he had a reaction to milk he was given at Stafford Hospital.

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  17. Council to close around 600 car parking spacespublished at 14:29 British Summer Time 15 October 2020

    BBC Radio CWR

    Coventry could lose around 600 of its car parking spaces.

    The city council is proposing closing six of its car parks, after seeing a "massive downturn" in their use, as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

    Parking signImage source, Getty Images

    The head of traffic management at the authority, Greg Payne, said that as a result of the downturn in usage, "we're paying to run and operate a number of car parks".

    He said the reduction would still leave about 3,000 spaces in the city, but it had to be "prudent" with council tax payer money.

  18. PC barred after sexually assaulting young sisterspublished at 14:06 British Summer Time 15 October 2020

    Leighton Phillips assaulted the girls on a train to Shrewsbury while their father slept, a hearing is told.

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