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.

Jonathan Griffith, based in Worcestershire, is also barred from reapplying to be an officer.

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North Shropshire constituents have been reacting today to the departure of veteran MP Owen Paterson, who resigned on Thursday in the wake of row over lobbying.

Initially he was backed by government, but a u-turn, saw him set to face another vote that may have seen him suspended for breaking lobbying rules.

One constituent has welcomed his resignation after 24 years as an MP, saying it was a chance for "fresh blood" to represent the area in the House of Commons.

Sarah Wright said the scandal had "reflected badly" on North Shropshire.

Another constituent Graeme Price said while there had been a lot of public sympathy for Mr Paterson in the wake of his wife's death, the details of the parliamentary report meant it was right for him to go.

"I think it was wrong for the government to completely back him and it was right that they changed their minds and it's right that he has resigned," he said.

Even so, given the make-up of the area and constituents' recent voting record , Mr price said he could see the by-election "being anything but a blue win".

Mr Paterson had an almost 23,000 majority following the 2019 election and more than 62% share of the vote.

Fellow constituent and Tory party member William Williams said the resignation had been a "shock".

"We've known him for such a long while around here," he said. "I think it's pretty bad for Oswestry, I think he does a good job."

A coroner has written to a hospital trust calling for change after a woman died following an abortion.

Rhian Rose, from Worcester, terminated her baby at 31-weeks pregnant in a procedure at Birmingham Women and Children's Hospital in November 2019 after the foetus tested positive for Down's Syndrome.

She then went to Worcestershire Royal Hospital for the second phase of the procedure, where Nicholas Hayward Lane, assistant coroner for Worcestershire said she became unwell and had "clear symptoms of infection".

Medics had planned for her to deliver the foetus vaginally, however as her condition deteriorated she required an emergency caesarean section and later died as a result of multiple organ failure and sepsis.

Mr Hayward Lane questioned whether enough consideration was given to whether a C-section would have been a better option for Ms Rose and raised concerns that "enough emphasis is not being given to maternal wishes regarding mode of delivery".

He also called for more guidance "to assist clinicians when treating mothers in maternity units following feticide".

Wasps and England scrum-half Dan Robson will be out of action for up to 12 weeks because of a tear in his groin.

A road in Shrewsbury is going to stay shut over the weekend and possibly into next week as repairs to a collapsed sewer overrun.

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Severn Trent Water started work on Monday on Longden Road, at the junction with Kingsland road and were due to finish by Friday.

But workers found an unexpected void under the road and another section of collapsed pipe, Shropshire Council said., external

They added the road would remain closed while work continued.

Lib Dems also say they will stand in the by-election to replace Owen Paterson who quit amid a lobbying row.

Two police cars were rammed by a man in a suspected stolen car after being spotted on a petrol station forecourt in Birmingham.

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Police said a number of petrol pumps were damaged as the 31-year-old man tried to evade officers at the station on Holloway Head at about 22:15 GMT on Thursday.

However West Midlands Police said officers soon caught up with the suspect and were able to stop the car just up the road outside the O2 Institute in the city centre.

The force said officers found suspected Class A drugs on the passenger seat as well as a hammer in the glovebox. The car itself had been stolen in Staffordshire last week.

The man remains in custody after being arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving, criminal damage, car theft, possessing an offensive weapon and possessing drugs with intent to supply.

Erlin Hasa stabbed Marian Savu more than 60 times in an attack at a Birmingham flat, police say.

A service responsible for smear test services in the West Midlands said it has improved its results target for patients.

Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, which operates the Black Country Pathology Service, said staff have worked "tirelessly" to clear a large backlog after it took on screening services from Shropshire, Staffordshire, Birmingham, Coventry, Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

This resulted in about 340,000 additional samples per year, an approximate six-fold increase in workload, it said.

Some services were transferred earlier than expected as well as the type of screening provided changing, which led to some women facing a lengthily wait, which it said has now been reduced to two weeks.

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Hilary Diamond, Cytology Service Manager, said: "We have managed to reduce the back log and achieve the government’s target.

"I am very proud of the team, they always work hard, professionally and skilled, even under immense pressure."

The man tells a court he heard a boy plead with paedophile coach Barry Bennell to leave him alone.

Photographers and artists are being asked to submit their favourite pictures of Dudley – with the best being put forward as part of the bid for city status.

The Mayor of Dudley, Councillor Anne Millward, has urged people to get involved by emailing in their best shots to cityinthemaking@dudley.gov.uk, external.

They can be taken anywhere in Dudley borough.

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Dudley Council confirmed on Black Country Day in July that it intended to pursue a bid for city status as part of a competition to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations next year.

As part of the bid, which will be sent off at the start of December, 50 pictures must be submitted showing off the best of the borough.

Ms Millward, Mayor of Dudley, said: "We are very fortunate to have some really talented and creative people in the borough and it would be great if they could help us in our bid to become the City of Dudley.

"We are famous for our humour, history, culture and diversity as well as our innovation and hard graft which makes the borough what it is today."

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