A witness says a crowd came out of nearby pubs in the 17 minutes Shane Bryant was held down.

The relay marks the Queen's first major event at Buckingham Palace since the Covid pandemic began.

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The feature in Birmingham's Victoria Square is to be refurbished ahead of the Commonwealth Games.

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Permission has been granted for a village pub near Shrewsbury to be turned into a children's' day nursery.

The Four Crosses at Bicton closed at the start of the pandemic, but there were no buyers interested in reopening it.

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The plans are expected to create 25 jobs.

Bicton Parish Council and Shropshire Council's early years service supported the scheme and there were no public objections.

The centrepiece bronze statue of Birmingham's Victoria Square is being removed for cleaning.

Birmingham's "Floozy in the Jacuzzi" fountain is to be refurbished ahead of the Commonwealth Games next year.

The water feature officially called The River, sprung a leak in 2013 and is was for a time filled with bedding plants.

Safety barriers in the square will also be made permanent and there will be improved facilities for cyclists, said the city council.

The total cost of it all the refurbishments is more than £20m and they're set to be completed by October 2023.

A coroner rules on Kelly Webber, 41, after the discovery of her body in March.

Arthur Labinjo-Hughes suffered months of abuse by his father and stepmother, a court hears.

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A Shropshire training programme which has helped people find work is set to close unless more than £300,000 can be found.

The Marches Construction Ready Partnership has managed to get 150 previously unemployed people into jobs this year - but now has a shortage of funding.

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Telford-based employment and training charity Landau is working with the group to find the money needed.

Its chief executive Sonia Roberts said: "To enable the project to run for another 12 months we're looking for £300,000 and what that will deliver is over 160 people back into the construction industry."

Gymnast Alice Kinsella was one of the first to carry the baton at the start of its journey.

A teenage boy is convicted over his social media abuse of Aston Villa player Tyreik Wright.

More than 100 friends and family hold an early Christmas for Matthew Sandbrook.

Players' livelihoods are being affected by an ongoing row between Premiership clubs and agents, says Wasps boss Lee Blackett.

Police are asking nearby residents to check CCTV footage from the days leading up to the rape.

The Commonwealth baton is currently being carried around the palace by athletes from the home nations.

But earlier it arrived with a group of "hometown heroes" from Birmingham.

They represented volunteers, coaches and managers who have been working behind the scenes to support grassroots sports in the West Midlands.

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Among them was blind marathon runner Dave Heeley, who was appointed an OBE in the 2020 Birthday Honours after raising millions of pounds for charity.

His endurance feats have included running marathons on seven continents in seven days and plunging into the sea at Alcatraz three months after learning to swim.

So a saunter down The Mall should have been easy.

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The first person to carry the Commonwealth torch will be Paralympic champion Kadeena Cox.

She told us she is looking forward to the Games.

Homes and businesses lost power for about six hours after the blaze in Wem.

Warwickshire director of cricket Paul Farbrace will coach Team Abu Dhabi in the T10 league in the United Arab Emirates.

Commemorations have been held to mark the 20th anniversary of the start of UK military operations in Afghanistan.

Wreaths were laid at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire in memory of the 457 British personnel killed during the conflict.

Nearly 12 years to the day since L/Cpl James Hill died, his parents Claire and Brian are proud of his service and sacrifice, but also acknowledge the pain of seeing the Taliban return.

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Do you have any NHS crutches at home which you no longer need?

The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital in Gobowen is in short supply and is asking any patients with crutches at home to return them.

This week staff have experienced issues with deliveries and a shortage of stock. Similarly they haven't been receiving as many returned crutches from the public as they normally would.

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Philip Hulse, therapy services manager, said: "I think one of the issues is that in normal times people would return the crutches when they no longer need them when they come back to their follow-up appointment.

"What's been happening is a lot of those appointments are still online or on the telephone so patients aren't making a journey back to the hospital.

"So perhaps patients have got the crutches at home and we would really like them back please."

People are asked to return them to a collection bin at the hospital entrance.