A 16-year-old was bitten and a woman hit with a bottle in the "really nasty assaults".

Robert Smith, who has previously lived in Nottinghamshire, left HMP Sudbury in Derbyshire.

Marches Local Enterprise Partnership chair Mandy Thorn says staff are worried about their future.

Joshua Spender, 23, died after being hit by a van at a pedestrian crossing in Crewe.

Jahmari Clarke's second-half double helps Reading fight back to beat Birmingham at St Andrew's.

Battling 10-man Coventry City twice come from behind to snatch a stoppage-time winner against Bristol City in the Championship.

Louis Reed scores twice as League Two Swindon book their second-round place with a comfortable win at League One strugglers Crewe.

The "Fladbury flow" was created to mark 100 years of the Royal British Legion.

Jacob Brown scores in front of watching Scotland boss Steve Clarke as Stoke win at Luton to strengthen their top-six place.

Goals from Wilfried Zaha and Conor Gallagher help Crystal Palace overcome Wolves and stretch their unbeaten Premier League run to six matches.

Armed officers arrested boys aged 11 and 12 and spoke to two others, aged 11 and seven.

The artwork will stand in place of the Angel of Eternal Gospel which was smashed in January 2020.

A meeting in Shrewsbury heard there were six or seven near misses a day near one school.

The van failed to stop after hitting a 23-year-old man on a crossing in Crewe.

West Midlands Ambulance Service said it had been delayed by slow handovers at hospitals.

A 33-year-old man remains in a critical condition after being knocked down by a car in Handsworth.

Adam Armstrong's early goal helps Southampton continue their Premier League revival and inflict a fifth defeat in a row on Aston Villa.

The unit in Lichfield will employ 2,000 people over the next three years, the fashion giant says.

One man was hit by a car and a second stabbed after leaving a party in Handsworth, Birmingham.

CCTV footage shows a pair "celebrating" their fatal attack on a man in a park, police say.