Numbers of red-billed curassows have dwindled in the wild due to deforestation and hunting.

An MP is urging the government to help pay for the maintenance of Chester city's walls.

The inquest into the death of 17-year-old Yousef Makki is due to commence on Monday.

Demonstrators block gates at the Three Counties Showground in Malvern.

Conservative colleagues in the resigning MP's constituency share views on his departure.

Australian forward Jason Clark signs a one-year contract extension with Warrington Wolves.

The market usually attracts about five million visitors but was cancelled in 2020 due to Covid-19.

The site is being developed on a former landfill next to the Wolverhampton hospital.

Police say no further action will be taken after investigations into how land was bought and sold.

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The leader of Telford and Wrekin Council leader wants Shropshire politicians to come together to propose a single £1bn “super hospital” to serve both the main towns.

Under plans approved in 2019, emergency medicine will move to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, with Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital focussing on planned care and seeing its consultant-led Women’s and Children’s Unit repurposed.

But delays have meant Shrewsbury and Atcham MP Daniel Kawczynski has written to Health Secretary Sajid Javid MP, asking when the first phase of funding will be released and what the likely timetable is for consideration of the business case.

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But Shaun Davies, leader of Telford & Wrekin's Labour administration, said at a cabinet meeting today the plans did not make sense for Telford, "the largest town in the whole country", to not have a fully functioning A&E and "to close the Women’s and Children’s Unit which is located in this town based on clinical need and demand".

He said he had written to the county’s five MPs and Shropshire Council leader – all Conservatives – asking them “to join me in a round-table meeting to put forward a proposal”.

"He said it was not about "a battle between Telford and Shrewsbury".

"It’s actually much wider than that. It’s about Telford and Wrekin residents and fairness but also it’s about this side of the county as well."

Her urged people to be "bold" and work together across parties to put an offer to the government about securing £1bn investment for "a single-site super-hospital, a world-class hospital fairly located between Telford and Shrewsbury which will serve this county for a generation to come.”

Three men have been arrested on suspicion of forced labour and human trafficking offences.

Sohail Ali died from multiple stab wounds after he was attacked in Winson Green last December.

Warwickshire County Council has pledged to plant one tree for every person who lives in the county - upwards of half a million people.

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The local authority has been awarded £212k from the Forestry Commission to make a start on its extensive planting programme which it said would be carried out over the next few years.

The trees will be planted to restore lost wooded areas such as the Forest of Arden which once covered much of the county as well as parts of Staffordshire and Worcestershire.

The council will also work with the West Midlands Combined Authority’s Virtual Forest Platform, which will allow anyone who plants a tree to register it online.

The 15-year-old died outside his home in Handsworth, Birmingham, after being shot and stabbed.

Aston Villa boss Dean Smith is refusing to panic despite growing pressure due to a poor run of form.

The incident has since been safely resolved and all departments re-opened, say hospital bosses.

The police watchdog says the officer should have done better when Mr Hamid became unresponsive.

The National Memorial Arboretum says its newly-named path is in response to requests from visitors.

The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) has announced £5.3m worth of funding to help the region recover from the coronavirus pandemic.

The money will be split between eight projects across the county, including supporting young people to learn digital skills, providing training for ex-offenders and supporting people over 50 in need.

Almost £600,000 will also be spent exploring options to regenerate the site of the former Chance Glass works in Smethwick and turn it into a community centre.

West Midlands Mayor Andy Street said he was "absolutely delighted" with the government funding.