Summary

  • Updates from Monday 16 August to Sunday 22 August

  1. 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.

  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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.

  6. 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."

  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. 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.

  11. 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.

  12. Sir Antony Sher diagnosed with terminal illnesspublished at 15:06 British Summer Time 10 September 2021

    He is widely regarded as one of country's finest contemporary classical actors.

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  13. Man shot pair in Range Rover to avoid £400k debtpublished at 13:56 British Summer Time 10 September 2021

    Jonathan Houseman is jailed for life over the "executions" of Will Henry and Brian McIntosh.

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  14. 'Our world ended that day, it was heartbreaking'published at 13:11 British Summer Time 10 September 2021

    Suzanne Van Hagen's family say they have fought for more than eight years to get the truth.

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  15. Show marks theatre's 10th anniversary after Covid delayspublished at 12:44 British Summer Time 10 September 2021

    A show marking a small theatre's 10th anniversary has opened in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter.

    Blue Orange Theatre says it is "proud to have survived the tough times" and finally put on The 39 Steps, external which has been delayed several times because of coronavirus restrictions.

    39 Steps productionImage source, Blue Orange Arts

    Mark Webster, Blue Orange founder, said it took more than a year to transform the premises in Great Hampton Street "from a shell with concrete ceilings" to a thriving theatre.

    He established an arts charity to run the venue, which opened in April 2011. It is involved in social projects and has an active youth theatre.

    In The 39 Steps, a cast of four delivers "over 150 zany characters".

  16. Metal detectorist's Bronze Age find on displaypublished at 12:09 British Summer Time 10 September 2021

    The sun pendant is one of the most important finds of the last 100 years, the British Museum says.

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  17. MP describes 'barrage of Islamophobic hate'published at 12:06 British Summer Time 10 September 2021

    The Labour member breaks down in tears as she recalls being treated as an "enemy of the country".

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  18. Tributes to man killed in coach collisionpublished at 11:13 British Summer Time 10 September 2021

    The family of a man who died after his car crashed with a coach have described him as a "gentle giant with a heart of gold".

    The collision happened on the afternoon of 8 September as Simon Harris was driving a Jeep Renegade at Halfpenny Green near Bobbington in Staffordshire.

    The 28-year-old, from Claverley in Shropshire, was pronounced dead at the scene.

    His family said he was "generous and kind-hearted, a true gentleman".

    The tribute continued: "A larger than life personality who loved creating cosplay characters, travel and helping others.

    "You will be greatly missed by all.”

    Simon HarrisImage source, Family handout

    Staffordshire Police has appealed for any witnesses, or anyone who may have dash cam footage of the collision, to come forward .

  19. Man arrested in connection with attackpublished at 10:18 British Summer Time 10 September 2021

    A man has been arrested in connection with an attack in Stoke-on-Trent that left two men in hospital with serious head injuries.

    Stafford Street Hanley

    Police were called to reports of a disturbance in Stafford Street, Hanley, shortly after 05:00 on Sunday.

    The suspect, aged 23 and from the city, is being questioned on suspicion of grievous bodily harm with intent, the Staffordshire force says.

    He remains in custody.

  20. Three arrests after street shootingpublished at 09:41 British Summer Time 10 September 2021

    Three men have been arrested after a shooting in a Birmingham street.

    Bellefield RdImage source, Google

    Armed police were sent to Bellefield Road on Thursday night after people reported hearing a gunshot and a group of men were seen running away.

    Three men, aged 20, 24 and 26, were arrested in the street on suspicion of possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence, and remain in custody.

    West Midlands Police said a 22-year-old man later turned up in hospital with a gunshot wound to his leg.

    Officers are investigating whether his injury is connected to the Bellefield Road incident.