Neve and Billy remembered important details like the family's address and that their mother also had allergies.

A driver has escaped without injury after their car caught fire.

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Fire crews were called to a rural road near Rugby, Warwickshire, on Wednesday morning.

The fire service said, external the car was well alight when they arrived but the owner had managed to pull over and get out without being hurt.

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Wolverhampton Wanderers have appointed their new manager - former Benfica boss Bruno Lage.

The 45-year-old succeeds fellow Portuguese Nuno Espirito Santo, who left Wolves at the end of the season after four years at Molineux.

"I'm happy, excited, with a big ambition to do great things for this club," said Lage, who won the Portuguese title with Benfica in 2019.

Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council has written what's known as a "letter before action" to the operators of a landfill site after a number of complaints about the smell.

For months, hundreds of residents in Silverdale have complained about "the stink" from Walleys Quarry.

The local authority has now written to the site operators, Walleys Quarry Ltd, asking it to explain what measures it has been taking to improve the area.

The letter gives the company a chance to detail what it is doing, but is also a first step in the council taking the firm to court to issue an abatement notice.

That means it could legally stop it from doing anything which would cause the smell, or restrict it from operating.

Police have released images of a man they suspect of causing upwards of £20,000 worth of damage to cash machines in Coventry.

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Officers said the man is believed to have vandalised cash machines in the city up to 50 times by inserting glue into the card reader.

West Midlands Police said it was "mindless damage which is causing lots of hassle for staff and customers" and appealed for anyone with information to get in touch.

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A pelican is safely back at its zoo after stopping out for the night and surprising people living in Wombourne.

Penelope belongs at Wild Zoological Park at Halfpenny Green and forms part of their bird displays.

It said, like the other birds, she is free to fly about where she wants and is GPS tracked, but flew a bit further this time after getting caught on thermals created by the recent hot weather.

She was then mobbed by seagulls.

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With the help of residents she was found and called down from a tree by her trainer

The zoo said Penelope was only one year old, so new to the show and it expected the odd hiccup from the newbies.

Penelope is now happily bobbing on her pond with her brothers Pascale and Pepe.

Firefighters have worked through the night to bring a fire at a Walsall recycling plant under control.

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West Midlands Fire Service said they discovered approximately 70 tonnes of burning electrical waste when it attended the scene on Bentley Road South in Darlaston at about 22:00 on Tuesday.

Four appliances were sent to the plant, where workers helped crews separate affected materials.

The fire service urged people in the local area to keep their windows and doors closed until the incident was resolved.

The manager of Hereford FC has spoken out about players taking the knee after England players were booed by some fans for the demonstation on Sunday.

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Players take the knee to highlight racial injustice, however some fans oppose what they call the "politics" of the gesture.

"At the end of the day it’s about equality – that’s the message and that’s what footballers are trying to get across," Josh Gowling said.

"For people to not listen to that, they’re very narrow minded and, to be honest, uneducated."

He said fans who booed the players were "not listening to the message" and risked becoming "part of the problem".

We're going to start off with some sunshine this morning with clear conditions, but as we make our way through the afternoon we'll start to see some cloud build up.

Highs of up to 24C (75F) in the sun and as the cloud moves in it will start to feel a bit humid with a muggy night expected.

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Four teenage boys have been arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm after a serious assault in Rugby which left two men hospitalised.

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A 20-year-old man was stabbed and an 18-year-old suffered facial injuries after they were attacked in York Street at about 15:20 on Tuesday. Warwickshire Police said their injuries are not life-threatening.

The suspects are aged between 13 and 17.

Det Sgt Charlotte Naughton, from Warwickshire Police, appealed for anyone who witnessed "suspicious behaviour" in the area at the time to contact the force.

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Street racing has been reported on the A449 in Coven Heath, near Wolverhampton, on two weekends.

The 26-year-old man was found by a relative at his home in Olton, Solihull, on Monday.

We will be back from 08:00 on Wednesday with the latest for the West Midlands.

Officers are looking for the driver of a car involved in a hit-and-run incident in Tamworth on Saturday.

A motorcyclist came off his bike and ended up underneath another vehicle at the junction of Peelers Way and Tamworth Road at about 17:10 BST, police said.

He only suffered superficial injuries.

The car, described as a Ford Fiesta by witnesses, drove off at speed, said Staffordshire Police.

They're asking for anyone with information to come forward.

A video online shows teenagers shouting highly offensive terms at a family in a Wolverhampton park.

A man has been arrested after police carried out a drugs warrant at a property in Staffordshire.

On 1 June, police officers carried out the operation in Westover Drive, Stone.

A large amount of cannabis was found within the property, Staffordshire Police said, as well as equipment to cultivate of cannabis found in the roof.

A 31-year-old man from Stone was later arrested on suspicion of producing a controlled drug of Class B – cannabis, and has since been released under investigation.

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Det Con Danielle Brannan said: “We will always look to shut down drugs operations which blight the lives of the communities we serve and will continue to pro-actively seek to bring the perpetrators to justice.”

PC Mary Ellen Bettley-Smith says she was trying to protect herself and her murder-accused colleague.

It is only legal to ride e-scooters on private land in the West Midlands, police have said.

Patrols will be out this month with the aim of preventing the scooters being used on public roads or pavements.

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People caught riding them illegally could have their e-scooter seized, get six penalty points on their driving licence and a fine of £300.

There are some legal trials of e-scooters in Birmingham, Coventry and Sandwell, but only in places where people can ride bicycles such as roads and cycle lanes and they cannot be ridden on pavements.

Since the start of the month, the force has seized 10 scooters.

A charity has extended its scheme to accept donations at drive-through stations across Coventry and Warwickshire.

Myton Hospice, in Warwickshire, said a trial of donation stations had proved "such a roaring success" it had decided to extend opening hours at three of its sites.

The scheme allows people to drop off donations without visiting shops.

People will be able to donate goods at the Coventry, Rugby and Warwick sites on dates until the end of August.