A new safety campaign hopes to remind drivers there is a real person behind every cyclist.

For years an NHS trust in Worcestershire had a backlog of thousands of unchecked X-ray results.

A Skoda Fabia, driven by Joshua Parkes ploughed through a lamppost and hit a tree, an inquest hears.

The accused is due to appear in court on Friday over the stab death of Jason Bentley-Morrison, 25.

A blue plaque marks Dame Stephanie Shirley's links to Oswestry where maths lessons changed her life.

Kevin Smith paid a "prolific online predator" for nearly 4,000 sexual abuse images of girls.

An investigation is probing whether water run-off from the warehouse blaze polluted a nearby lake.

A coroner has written to a care home raising concerns about its failure to record skin inspections following the death of a patient.

Peter Harte, 73, died from sepsis at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital on 19 March.

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Assistant coroner for Birmingham and Solihull Adam Hodson recorded his death as due to natural causes but raised concerns after pressure ulcers were recorded during Mr Harte's post-mortem examination.

Although they did not contribute to his death, Mr Hodson wrote to the care home after evidence given at Mr Harte's inquest suggested staff carried out skin inspections but did not record them.

In a prevention of future deaths report, external, he wrote: "It is clear that a failure to ensure that there is a correctly working system of record taking poses a risk of future deaths occurring, especially in the context of extremely frail and vulnerable adults/residents who in a position of dependency by virtue of their frailty or vulnerability."

Darren Buckley is cycling the distance which represents 10% of Brain Tumour Research's daily costs.

Darren Buckley is fundraising for charity and uses cycling as a remedy for his cancer recovery.

Peaky Blinders' creator is among the team to deliver the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony.

Gareth Southgate has announced his squad for England's 2022 World Cup qualifiers.

They will play three games in seven days as they face Hungary, Andorra and Poland in next month's qualifiers.

It will be the Three Lions' first time playing since their Euro 2020 final defeat by Italy.

Included in the squad is West Brom keeper Sam Johnstone, Wolves defender Conor Coady, Villa's Tyrone Mings, former Blues midfielder Jude Bellingham and ex-Villa captain Jack Grealish.

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A man has been charged after a protest at Walleys Quarry in Silverdale, Staffordshire, on Wednesday.

Assistant Chief Constable Scott Green, of the Staffordshire force, said "despite requests from officers to not block the entrance" a 41-year old man had refused to move.

He was arrested and has since been charged with obstructing the highway, police said, external.

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ACC Green added: "During the day, police officers kept the situation under review and judged how to strike the balance accordingly, as circumstances changed.

"Organisers had indicated they would be causing a blockade at various times during day. However, the exact details of the blockade were not shared directly with officers.

"Some of those present chose to block access to Walleys Quarry and officers continued to engage with all of those present.

"After a period of over two hours, officers requested that protestors continued their protest from the side of the carriageway."

The sale is criticised by the National Childbirth Trust which calls for more regulations.

A 24-year-old and 21-year-old are arrested on suspicion of robbery and wounding, police say.

Steven Knight joins a creative team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games opening and closing ceremonies.

Two women and a man died in the four-vehicle collision near Andover on Wednesday morning.

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Coventry’s housing chief has vowed to step up efforts to bring some of the 3,000 empty homes in the city back into use.

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It has about 1,661 long-term empty dwellings, down from the 3,212 reported earlier in February.

Covid-19 has been partly blamed for recent annual rises in long-term empty homes in Coventry: the city had 1,451 in October 2019. The council (pictured) said many properties had sat empty in recent months while university students remained at home addresses, although some had started to return.

A new five-year strategy will be outlined to councillors on Tuesday. Cabinet member for housing David Welsh said "eyesore" long-term empty properties that have sat vacant for six months or more would be the focus of a new push.

The council wants to increase engagement with property owners to bring homes back into use - or take enforcement action.

The authority wants to step in before properties become hard to handle, with a greater push on its 'Let’s Rent' scheme, which offers guaranteed rent for landlords who let to people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.

A doctor supporting the new role says odour from a landfill site "really is getting people down".

Jamie Arnold is set to stand trial next year accused of racially abusing the ex-England footballer.