Summary

  • Girl, 11, hit by car seriously hurt

  • Shots fired on Birmingham street

  • Telford, Birmingham and Wolverhampton councils to supply free school meals over half-term

  • Covid-19: Coventry and Stoke prepare to enter tier two

  • Boy returns to school after months of pioneering cancer treatment

  • E-scooter trial 'could detect drunk riders'

  • Updates from Friday 23 October

  1. Oldham Athletic 1-2 Port Valepublished at 17:38 British Summer Time 24 October 2020

    Port Vale survive a second-half rally from Oldham as they register a deserved victory in their League Two clash.

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  2. QPR & Birmingham play out goalless drawpublished at 17:18 British Summer Time 24 October 2020

    Queen's Park Rangers and Birmingham City extend their winless league runs to six matches as they play out a goalless draw.

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  3. Stoke hold off late Brentford rallypublished at 17:14 British Summer Time 24 October 2020

    Stoke City hold off a late Brentford rally to extend their unbeaten run to seven games in all competitions.

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  4. Armstrong leads Rovers to Coventry winpublished at 17:11 British Summer Time 24 October 2020

    Blackburn Rovers grab a first win in four league games, netting four against 10-man Coventry City at St. Andrews in the Championship.

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  5. Warrington tier 3 rules brought forward to Tuesdaypublished at 13:47 British Summer Time 24 October 2020

    The council says the restrictions must be imposed earlier to "urgently" bring down case numbers.

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  6. Duchess's photograph project opens at arboretumpublished at 13:10 British Summer Time 24 October 2020

    The Duchess of Cambridge's exhibition features images of life during the coronavirus lockdown.

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  7. UK's most-visited zoo reopens section after firepublished at 11:06 British Summer Time 24 October 2020

    The tropical zone has been restored after a blaze caused by an electrical fault in 2018.

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  8. Fourteen GP surgery staff test positive for Covidpublished at 10:46 British Summer Time 24 October 2020

    Staff at Haresfield Surgery in Worcester are self-isolating after an outbreak at the practice.

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  9. 'Reckless' Covid-breach club loses licencepublished at 10:22 British Summer Time 24 October 2020

    Nakira nightclub in Birmingham stopped an injured man calling 999 as it was past the curfew.

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  10. Tier 2 rules come into force in Stoke and Coventrypublished at 10:14 British Summer Time 24 October 2020

    Households in the two cities can no longer mix indoors, including in pubs and restaurants.

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  11. Charity run to remember murder victim goes virtualpublished at 00:36 British Summer Time 24 October 2020

    Hundreds of runners across the UK will take part in the 5k charity challenge in memory of Moira Jones.

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  12. Bamford treble ends Villa's winning startpublished at 00:27 British Summer Time 24 October 2020

    Leeds end Aston Villa's winning start and deny them top spot in the Premier League table thanks to a Patrick Bamford hat-trick.

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  13. Friends fundraise to help four-year-old communicatepublished at 00:21 British Summer Time 24 October 2020

    Four-year-old Chloe Osborne from Redditch cannot speak or use sign language.

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  14. Cat missing since 2018 found 60 miles awaypublished at 00:14 British Summer Time 24 October 2020

    Ruby is thought to have stowed away from her Bedfordshire home in a lorry.

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  15. Rough sleeper finds work at haulage firmpublished at 00:14 British Summer Time 24 October 2020

    Mark O'Reilly slept outside the National Portrait Gallery in Trafalgar Square during lockdown.

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  16. Young stars and old friends set for Premiership finalpublished at 22:04 British Summer Time 23 October 2020

    Friends off the field, young English stars Jack Willis and Joe Simmonds prepare to face one another in the Premiership final.

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  17. Hospitals to ban visitors over Covid concernspublished at 19:07 British Summer Time 23 October 2020

    The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust said there would be a number of exceptions to the ban.

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  18. Our coverage across the daypublished at 19:06 British Summer Time 23 October 2020

    That's it for our live updates today.

    We'll be back with live coverage on all the day's news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 on Monday.

  19. Man arrested ahead of 'planned illegal rave'published at 19:05 British Summer Time 23 October 2020

    A man has been arrested after a planned illegal rave this weekend, Staffordshire Police said.

    The 21-year-old, from Stafford, was held on suspicion of conspiring to cause a public nuisance, and remains in custody.

    illegal raveImage source, Getty Images

    Supt Carl Ratcliffe said officers were cracking down on illegal events.

    "We will intervene in incidents and seek to prosecute anyone who has organised or is taking part in any illegal raves in order to keep individuals and the wider community as safe as possible," he said.

  20. Wolverhampton pledges free school meals for holidayspublished at 19:05 British Summer Time 23 October 2020

    Wolverhampton City Council has joined the chorus of local authorities to continue free school meals for struggling families over the holidays.

    Wolverhampton city centreImage source, Gavin Dickson

    Council leader Ian Brookfield said the move would "ensure 16,000 Wolverhampton children in low income households don't go hungry this half term".

    A motion to extend free school meals over holidays during the coronavirus pandemic - championed by footballer Marcus Rashford - was rejected by MPs in a vote on Wednesday.

    A number of councils across the country, including Birmingham and Telford and Wrekin have made the decision to step in themselves to support children and their families over the holidays.