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Work has started to cover a landfill site linked to bad smells with a special material to seal the waste.

Walleys Quarry in Silverdale, Staffordshire, has prompted thousands of complaints from the local community going back several years about the odour.

The quarry owners say they're using a clay-based material to seal about 20,000sq m at the site.

Figures released by the Environment Agency (EA) earlier this year showed hydrogen sulphide (H2S) levels at the site in Silverdale had, at points, exceeded World Health Organization guidelines.

The company said waste at the the site, near Newcastle-under-Lyme, would be enclosed with a barrier and help the smell problem.

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The fiancée of a man who died in the 9/11 terror attacks in New York said "it was a moment in time she will never forget".

Image source, Miosotys Santiago

On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the events in the US, bereaved people have been remembering loved ones who were killed.

Andrew Bailey from Solihull worked as a security supervisor in the World Trade Center when two hijacked planes struck the towers.

He hadn't been due to be working on 11 September 2001, but had swapped a shift to help a colleague.

Partner Miosotys Santiago said "you try to remember every minute of that day".

It will be a cloudy day with showers - some of them heavy and thundery.

There's the possibility of sunny spells between the rain later, with highs of 22°C (72°F).

Crowds lined the streets for stage five of the Tour of Britain, saying it was a "real spectacle" .

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The partner of a gay man from a religious family who killed himself is trying to spark change.

Some residents return home following evacuations due to gas canisters at the metal works.

Found in St Martins, near Oswestry, the cause of the man's death is not yet known, say police.

Paramedics arrived to find the cancer patient wearing his coat, with a bag packed for hospital.

Bodycam footage captures the not-so-high-speed chase across the park in Birmingham.

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Music reporter, BBC News

Birmingham musician Laura Mvula will perform at the Mercury Music Prize later, and is vying for the trophy after her third nomination.

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After releasing two Mercury-nominated albums - 2013's Sing To The Moon and 2016's The Dreaming Room - Laura Mvula was unceremoniously dumped by Sony Music, who informed her of their decision by forwarding an email that was just seven lines long.

She subsequently said it was "a hard thing to make sense of and to come back from", but, earlier this year, she bounced back in style, with her triumphant, joyous, liberated third album, Pink Noise.

She is up against favourites Arlo Parks and Sault.

You can read more about the nominees here.

John Trotman, twice awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, has got behind the controls once more.

Noel Brown, from Birmingham, said he had been left distressed by the repeated cancellations.

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Birmingham City's new signing Troy Deeney says he can't wait to make his debut at St Andrew's on Friday night.

Deeney is a lifelong Blues fan and joined the club from Watford at the end of the transfer window.

He says he reckons Birmingham should be targeting a promotion push this season.

"I think that could be us, I think we are in the mix for play-offs and also, when it gets to, like, April time, you never know," he says.

"Put three or four wins together, you might just nick that second place so we have got a lot of work to do between now and then but the objective is to try and get this team promoted."

The scuba diving pair took inspiration from an underwater wedding in Don't Tell The Bride.

Walsall Council pledges to resettle 120 Afghan families as part of the government scheme.

Residents and drivers in parts of the West Midlands are being warned there could be flooding today due to thunderstorms.

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The Met Office has, external a yellow warning in place until 20:00 on Thursday.

It says downpours could lead to some flooding, making driving conditions difficult.

A court rejects autocorrect as the excuse for the message about West Bromwich Albion's Romaine Sawyers.

A woman and two men have been arrested on suspicion of assault after a man suffered several stab wounds in Warwick.

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The victim, in his 40s, was taken to hospital with injuries not thought to be life-threatening, police said.

Officers were called to reports of a disturbance at a property in Willow Drive shortly before midnight on Wednesday.

The 19-year-old woman was arrested at the scene, and two men aged 28 and 33 were later stopped in a car in Banbury Road.

A 39-year-old man from Coventry was also arrested on suspicion of affray.

Drugs were also seized during his arrest, said Warwickshire Police.