Summary

  • Updates on Friday 12 November

  1. Father and son smuggled £20m of heroin in juice boxespublished at 16:02 GMT

    Colin Bartlett, 54 and Lee Bartlett, 30, imported pomegranate juice laced with heroin.

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  2. Planting Sycamore Gap sapling an 'honour'published at 16:00 GMT

    The Tree Sanctuary in Coventry was one of the first sites to plant a Tree of Hope

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  3. Lampard delighted by Coventry resilience published at 15:42 GMT

    Coventry City boss Frank Lampard hails his side's resilience after they come from two goals down to beat 10-man West Brom at the CBS Arena.

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  4. First Sycamore Gap tree 'offsprings' plantedpublished at 14:53 GMT

    More than half of the 49 saplings grown from the illegally felled tree will be planted in a week.

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  5. House plan for 'vital' village pub thrown outpublished at 11:47 GMT

    A proposal to convert a 16th Century pub into a home is refused after more than 70 objections.

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  6. Christmas light switch-on to start city festivitiespublished at 11:14 GMT

    The city has an array of festive events taking place in November and December.

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  7. Camera club and auctioneers team up for exhibitionpublished at 07:30 GMT

    Lichfield Camera Club will display photos at Richard Winterton Auctioneers' cafe in the city centre.

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  8. Special educational needs sector in 'crisis', school sayspublished at 07:29 GMT

    School directors Samantha Webster and Emma Rennie-Gibbons say more "joined-up thinking" between systems is needed.

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  9. Charity calls for winter hedge-planting volunteerspublished at 07:28 GMT

    CPRE Shropshire wants volunteers to help plant more than 4km of hedges this winter.

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  10. Photographers rally to highlight wildlife losspublished at 07:26 GMT

    A book has been created by a collaboration of photographers charting diminishing wildlife.

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  11. Butterfly home restored by sheep after landslidepublished at 07:24 GMT

    The landslip near the Harbury Tunnel in 2015, caused major disruption and damaged the ground.

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  12. Nizlopi reunite with 'work experience kid' Ed Sheeranpublished at 07:23 GMT

    Sheeran says the folk duo inspired him as a teenager and has asked them to support his European arena tour.

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  13. All-women running club creates 'safe space'published at 07:20 GMT

    Sarah Meenan explains how the club began after another woman saw her running and asked for coaching.

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  14. 'Unseen' Birmingham revealed in aerial imagespublished at 07:19 GMT

    A book of more than 100 images shows Birmingham city centre as well as suburban architecture.

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  15. 'Heartbreaking' to see wildlife corridor clearedpublished at 07:18 GMT

    Locals lose their campaign to try to save a wildlife site that has been cleared for new housing.

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  16. Residents sceptical about £20m regeneration cashpublished at 07:17 GMT

    Some residents in Blakenall say previous projects failed to deliver long-term benefits.

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  17. West Midlands news quiz of the week - test your knowledgepublished at 07:12 GMT

    From a dhol player making his Strictly debut to a man saved from a burning car, did you read the news?

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  18. Lack of recycling collections branded 'shameful'published at 20:24 GMT 21 November

    A Green Party councillor says the ongoing issues during the Birmingham bin strike are a "joke".

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  19. Widespread rail disruption due to signalling faultpublished at 19:39 GMT 21 November

    Passengers face cancellations, delays of up to three hours or revisions to service.

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  20. MP tells Commons he was raped after night out published at 17:49 GMT 21 November

    Josh Newbury, MP for Cannock Chase, says he does not remember details from the night he was raped.

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