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  • Updates from 4 - 10 October

  1. West Midlands mayor isolating with Covid-19published at 09:52 Greenwich Mean Time 1 November 2021

    Andy Street says he is "feeling ok" and "glad to be double jabbed".

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  2. More walk-in vaccine centres to openpublished at 09:04 Greenwich Mean Time 1 November 2021

    BBC Midlands Today

    More walk-in Covid vaccination centres for 12 to 15-year-olds are to open across the Midlands.

    In some parts of the region, fewer than 10% of that age group have been vaccinated.

    Health bosses hope offering jabs without booking an appointment will encourage faster take up.

    Sandra Fitzpatrick
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    Yesterday I was on a mobile unit, so we had a a mum come forward. She's got three children, varying ages. She's due her vaccine and so is her partner, and when I said that she can come today, she doesn't need to book in, she was elated."

    Sandra Fitzpatrick, Nurse

  3. Video: Your 50-second weather forecastpublished at 08:22 Greenwich Mean Time 1 November 2021

    Sara Blizzard
    BBC Weather

    It will be a cloudy and breezy day with some spells of rain and highs of 14C (57F).

    Media caption,

    Latest weather for the West Midlands

  4. Captain Sir Tom inspires 98-year-old's garden lapspublished at 07:40 Greenwich Mean Time 1 November 2021

    Harold Jones is also raising funds for charity by completing walks around his garden.

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  5. Midlands Live: Breaking news and local storiespublished at 06:10 Greenwich Mean Time 1 November 2021

    The latest news, sport, travel and weather from across the West Midlands and south Cheshire.

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  6. COP26 attendees stranded at Euston by major stormpublished at 18:53 Greenwich Mean Time 31 October 2021

    High winds and fallen trees disrupt travel from London, amid storm damage across England.

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  7. Man critically injured in suspected hit-and-runpublished at 18:42 Greenwich Mean Time 31 October 2021

    A second man was stabbed near the scene of the crash, West Midlands Police said.

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  8. Woman taken to hospital over spiking concernspublished at 17:35 Greenwich Mean Time 31 October 2021

    It is thought the woman may have been given a "noxious substance" at a nightclub.

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  9. Struggling families to receive Diwali hamperspublished at 14:55 Greenwich Mean Time 31 October 2021

    The Diwali Basket Brigade has raised £25,000 to provide 2,500 hampers.

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  10. Nightclub to offer drink-spiking testing kitspublished at 11:56 Greenwich Mean Time 31 October 2021

    The Nightingale club is bringing in the kits amid a spate of recent spikings around the country.

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  11. Pedestrian dies after being hit by two carspublished at 11:27 Greenwich Mean Time 31 October 2021

    The man was taken to hospital in a critical condition and died soon after arriving, police say.

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  12. JCB signs green hydrogen deal worth billionspublished at 10:47 Greenwich Mean Time 31 October 2021

    JCB will take 10% of the green hydrogen made by Australian mining company Fortescue Future Industries.

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  13. Climate change: Is this when it all went wrong?published at 09:28 Greenwich Mean Time 31 October 2021

    Could the industrial revolution's founding fathers' spirit of ingenuity also help solve the problem?

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  14. Wasps see off winless Bath at The Recpublished at 19:34 British Summer Time 30 October 2021

    Bath slump to a sixth straight loss as Wasps win at the Rec to leave the Blue, Black and Whites still bottom of the Premiership.

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  15. Birmingham end Boro's winning runpublished at 18:22 British Summer Time 30 October 2021

    Birmingham City end Middlesbrough's three-match winning run with two goals in three second-half minutes at the Riverside Stadium.

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  16. Godden goal gives Coventry win at Hullpublished at 17:14 British Summer Time 30 October 2021

    Matt Godden scores the only goal of the game as fourth-placed Coventry win at struggling Hull City

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  17. Police probe man's death at foundrypublished at 17:04 British Summer Time 30 October 2021

    The man, aged in his 50s, died at the scene on Friday, West Midlands Police said.

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  18. Man's death treated as murder after post-mortempublished at 16:40 British Summer Time 30 October 2021

    Andrew Guy's body was found the morning after he was attacked in Audlem, police say.

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  19. Lorry crash leads to M5 closurepublished at 12:33 British Summer Time 30 October 2021

    The collision has also damaged a lamppost which could fall onto the motorway, police say.

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  20. Spiking victim felt she was not taken seriouslypublished at 07:21 British Summer Time 30 October 2021

    Polly Sutherland still feels unsafe after being spiked five years ago at a university nightclub.

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