Summary

  • Updates from 21 - 27 June

  1. Hwang scores debut goal in Wolves winpublished at 17:06 British Summer Time 11 September 2021

    Hwang Hee-chan scores on his debut as Wolves get their first Premier League goals of the season in an away win at Watford.

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  2. Waghorn seals Coventry win over Boropublished at 17:01 British Summer Time 11 September 2021

    Viktor Gyokeres and Martyn Waghorn on target for Coventry against Middlesbrough.

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  3. Ribbons join faith buildings in City of Culturepublished at 15:01 British Summer Time 11 September 2021

    The installation, by artist and designer Tom Piper, uses interwoven Coventry blue ribbon.

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  4. Allen earns Villa point at West Hampublished at 13:35 British Summer Time 11 September 2021

    Remi Allen's late equaliser earns Aston Villa a point at West Ham in the Women's Super League.

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  5. Driver receives 19 fines from 160 miles awaypublished at 10:45 British Summer Time 11 September 2021

    Ruth Costello, from West Sussex, is receiving the fines despite never driving in Birmingham.

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  6. British expats struggle with Australia lockdownspublished at 00:03 British Summer Time 11 September 2021

    People who left the UK to settle in Australia tell what life has been like during six lockdowns.

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  7. Hogan and Bela send Birmingham fourthpublished at 22:43 British Summer Time 10 September 2021

    A goal in each half from Scott Hogan and Jeremie Bela help Birmingham City to a comfortable win over Derby County.

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  8. Girl raises £26k for hospital in promise to sisterpublished at 20:25 British Summer Time 10 September 2021

    Jess, 13, says she wanted to support the hospital after its staff supported her through her grief.

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  9. Girl raises £26k for hospital in promise to sisterpublished at 20:17 British Summer Time 10 September 2021

    Jess says she wanted to support the hospital after its staff supported her through her grief.

  10. MasterChef winner opens his restaurantpublished at 20:10 British Summer Time 10 September 2021

    Stu Deeley's plans had been on hold during the pandemic.

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  11. City moves ahead with Clean Air Zone planpublished at 18:49 British Summer Time 10 September 2021

    The city council is told by the government it has to cut pollution levels on a road in Fenton.

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  12. Thousands of illegal cigarettes hidden in drainpublished at 18:08 British Summer Time 10 September 2021

    If the counterfeits were real they would have been worth £32,800 Warwickshire County Council says.

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  13. Plans for £50m Snow Hill redevelopment to be discussedpublished at 17:43 British Summer Time 10 September 2021

    Local Democracy Reporting Service

    Outline proposals are to be discussed for a £50m redevelopment of a Birmingham railway station.

    The proposed overhaul of Snow Hill in the city centre is expected to help create more than 7,700 jobs.

    Papers due to go before the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) next week have revealed early plans for the "major" scheme.

    Other transport plans due to go before the WMCA next week include a £285m maintenance project on the original Line 1 Metro route between Birmingham and Wolverhampton, and £109m interchange improvements at Sutton Coldfield and Solihull.

    Artists impression of the stationImage source, Birmingham City Council

    Proposals are set to be discussed at the West Midlands Combined Authority’s (WMCA) board meeting on 17 September.

  14. Plastic waste fire causes £50,000 fire service overspendpublished at 17:37 British Summer Time 10 September 2021

    Local Democracy Reporting Service

    A fire in April at a Telford plastic waste site caused Shroshire's fire service to overspend by £50,000.

    The Greenway Polymers site continued to smoulder for weeks afterwards, resulting on extra spending on staffing, equipment and uniforms.

    Shropshire fire engines at factory fireImage source, Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service

    Reporting to Shropshire's fire authority, the fire service said the money would be found to meet the costs from its "extreme incidents reserve".

  15. MP criticises hospitals over cancelled surgerypublished at 17:29 British Summer Time 10 September 2021

    Telford's MP Lucy Allan has criticised the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust over a decision to cancel some elective appointments.

    Nigel Lee, chief operating officer, said in line with pressures across the NHS, the trust was seeing high levels of demands for patients needing urgent care, as well as rising numbers of Covid-19 patients needing inpatient treatment.

    As such, he said, the trust "had to temporarily step down some of our least clinically urgent planned surgeries", but urgent procedures were still taking place.

    Lucy AllanImage source, UK Parliament

    Ms Allan said: "I have constituents who are in debilitating pain and who have had to wait throughout the pandemic for an operation, but even now cannot be offered a date for surgery.

    "A surgery date gives people hope that their suffering will end."

  16. First ministerial base outside London openspublished at 17:20 British Summer Time 10 September 2021

    The government offices in Wolverhampton will serve as HQ for some civil servants from April 2022.

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  17. Double-assault PC jailed for six monthspublished at 16:58 British Summer Time 10 September 2021

    The former West Midlands PC attacked a man, then kicked and punched a 15-year-old boy.

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  18. MP denies charge of sexual assault on boypublished at 16:53 British Summer Time 10 September 2021

    Imran Ahmad Khan appears at the Old Bailey to deny the offence alleged to have happened in 2008.

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  19. Woman dies in two-car crashpublished at 16:26 British Summer Time 10 September 2021

    A woman has died after two cars crashed in Warwickshire on Thursday.

    Campden RoadImage source, Google

    A man was also airlifted to hospital after the incident on Campden Road, in Shipston on Stour, shortly before 13:40.

    Two other people, a man and a woman, were also taken to hospital suffering potentially dangerous injuries.

    A further patient was assessed at the scene and discharged, said the ambulance service.

  20. CCTV image released after 50 cashpoints targetedpublished at 15:35 British Summer Time 10 September 2021

    A CCTV image has been released of a man police want to trace following a series of cashpoint vandalism attacks in Coventry.

    CCTV imageImage source, West Midlands Police

    More than 50 cashpoints have been targeted with a glue-like substance inserted into the card reader, police say.

    Machines on Tile Hill Lane, Jubilee Crescent, Earlsdon and Holbrook lane have been damaged.

    Damage totalling thousands of pounds has been caused, says the West Midlands force.