Summary

  • Another loan for Birmingham Airport

  • Woman critically injured in taxi crash

  • Man charged with murder after woman's body found in river

  • Fire on 14th floor of tower block

  • Updates from Friday 12 February

  1. Police have not 'given up' on unsolved murder casepublished at 17:16 Greenwich Mean Time 27 March 2021

    The body of a man found buried in a shallow grave remains unidentified.

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  2. Officer attacked as 'up to 100' attend house partypublished at 15:09 Greenwich Mean Time 27 March 2021

    Up to 100 people were at the party in the early hours of Saturday morning, police say.

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  3. Teenager killed and six hurt in parked car crashpublished at 13:56 Greenwich Mean Time 27 March 2021

    The 19-year-old was a passenger in a Seat Leon which crashed into a parked car on Friday night.

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  4. Ambulance staff to get body-worn cameraspublished at 10:49 Greenwich Mean Time 27 March 2021

    The cameras will be distributed among 15 hubs based on the number of reported assaults.

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  5. Husband's grief as wife dies before adoptingpublished at 09:55 Greenwich Mean Time 27 March 2021

    Geeta Kalsi, whose dream it was to become a mum, caught Covid-19 in January and died in hospital.

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  6. Boy placed in housing 85 miles from schoolpublished at 09:13 Greenwich Mean Time 27 March 2021

    The family made the four-hour round trip after being placed in emergency B&B accommodation.

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  7. Hate crimes on police 'more likely to be charged'published at 08:35 Greenwich Mean Time 27 March 2021

    Police officers and staff made up a small portion of overall cases but up to half of crimes charged.

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  8. Woman creates 'lockdown zoo' for grandchildrenpublished at 07:15 Greenwich Mean Time 27 March 2021

    Julie Thomas has made more than 200 figures from buttons and beads during the pandemic.

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  9. Rollerskating great-grandad's 90th birthday appealpublished at 19:05 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2021

    John Wilcock, inspired by Captain Sir Tom Moore, hopes to do 90 laps of a courtyard for charity.

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  10. Man gets his skates on in 90th birthday fundraiserpublished at 18:44 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2021

    Inspired by Captain Sir Tom Moore John Wilcock takes up a charity challenge in time for his 90th birthday.

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  11. Crufts 2021 cancelled amid Covid 'uncertainty'published at 17:59 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2021

    The decision to scrap this year's event was not "taken lightly", the Crufts chairman says.

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  12. Lorraine Cox 'may have died from drugs and alcohol'published at 17:17 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2021

    A toxic combination of ketamine and alcohol could have led to her death, expert says.

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  13. Nurses kept on after death 'as they knew patients'published at 17:05 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2021

    Care staff who committed "gross failures" as Rachel Johnston died remained in post, inquest hears.

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  14. Mental health unit suicide 'didn't need to happen'published at 16:54 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2021

    Azra Hussain is the seventh person in as many years to hang herself at the secure accommodation.

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  15. Serving PC and ex-officer charged with misconductpublished at 16:49 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2021

    PC Anthony Ritchie and former PC Steven Walters are due to appear in court next month.

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  16. Man rescues stranded goose stuck in mudpublished at 16:08 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2021

    Footage shows a man wading through thick mud to help the bird from a lake which has been drained.

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  17. Asda workers win key appeal in equal pay fightpublished at 15:58 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2021

    Thousands of Asda supermarket workers have won a major victory at the Supreme Court in their battle for equal pay.

    The court upheld an earlier court ruling that lower-paid shop staff, who are mostly women, can compare themselves with higher paid warehouse workers, who are mostly men.

    Asda workerImage source, Alamy

    The judge stressed the ruling did not mean the 44,000 claimants had won the right to equal pay, but are now free to take further action.

    Kate Gorton, one of the claimants in the case, said the difference between the pay of workers on the shop floor and distribution centres was "significant".

    Ms Gorton, who worked in Asda stores in Stoke-on-Trent and Coventry between 2011 and 2019, said: "The difference in pay was between £1 and £4 an hour. This case goes back to 2016 so Asda should have resolved it a long time ago.

    "The difference in pay still goes on today."

  18. What might a third wave look like?published at 15:27 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2021

    Restrictions are easing, but with parts of Europe seeing rising infections, should the UK be worried?

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  19. 'I made Handforth Parish Council go viral'published at 15:20 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2021

    17-year-old Shaan Ali told Radio 1 Newsbeat about his hobby of watching local council meetings

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  20. Parish council Zoom host 'surprised' by reactionpublished at 15:19 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2021

    Jackie Weaver remained calm in the meeting that became a "must see" when it spiralled in to chaos.

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