Summary

  • Updates on Friday 12 November

  1. Nursery given green light to expandpublished at 12:00 British Summer Time 4 April

    Limes Court Nursery School says the expansion will create another 16 early years places.

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  2. Man sold drugs using Harry Potter character's namepublished at 11:21 British Summer Time 4 April

    Lewis Breen-Ledger initially used the alias Dobby the elf on social media to sell class A and B drugs.

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  3. Businesses looking forward to new railway stationpublished at 10:14 British Summer Time 4 April

    Birmingham's Enjoy Kings Heath BID says it is excited to see work nearing completion.

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  4. Pick of the stats: Coventry City v Burnleypublished at 09:30 British Summer Time 4 April

    The pick of the stats ahead of Coventry City's home game against Burnley.

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  5. 'I couldn't live without it' - BBC Weather Watcherpublished at 06:37 British Summer Time 4 April

    Cliff Salt, 82, has submitted more than 1,000 photographs to the BBC's Weather Watcher website.

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  6. City's archive service retains top accreditationpublished at 06:33 British Summer Time 4 April

    The National Archives praises Wolverhampton's service for its good practice in preserving collections.

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  7. Youth theatre leader 'thrilled' to be at Baftaspublished at 06:32 British Summer Time 4 April

    Zak Douglas is in ITV's GWED, which has been nominated at next months' awards.

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  8. Pub complains of dust from silt-disposal tractorspublished at 06:29 British Summer Time 4 April

    South Staffs Water has apologised for the dust from tractors spreading silt near Chelmarsh.

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  9. Ludlow school pulls out of work experience scheme published at 06:28 British Summer Time 4 April

    The school said the sourcing, organisation and safe-running of placements had become challenging.

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  10. Solar farm plans narrowly approved by councillorspublished at 06:22 British Summer Time 4 April

    Proposals for the 81-hectare site in the countryside were approved by a single vote.

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  11. Birmingham Airport £10m infrastructure investmentpublished at 06:18 British Summer Time 4 April

    A new baggage carousel and UK Border Force desks will be installed.

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  12. 'Bin strike has left us with a 7ft dumping ground'published at 06:17 British Summer Time 4 April

    Residents in Sparkbrook say the stench and the number of rats are unbearable and pose a health risk.

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  13. Embankment fire near railway line disrupts trainspublished at 21:52 British Summer Time 3 April

    Passengers are hit by hours of disruption after the blaze forced the closure of the railway line.

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  14. Ministers sitting on hands over bin strike - unionpublished at 21:49 British Summer Time 3 April

    Unite boss Sharon Graham tells deputy PM Angela Rayner talks on the industrial action are farcical.

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  15. Midlands firms feel uncertain over Trump tariffspublished at 18:33 British Summer Time 3 April

    One firm owner says US expansion plans are "in tatters", as job cuts in the car industry are feared.

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  16. Crash and separate body find leads to M5 closurespublished at 17:45 British Summer Time 3 April

    Two stretches of the motorway reopen but lengthy delays are reported.

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  17. Man guilty of raping multiple women and girlspublished at 17:33 British Summer Time 3 April

    Jamie Carnochan, 27, was found guilty on Wednesday following a trial at Stafford Crown Court.

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  18. XL bully attack victim's death 'a terrible tragedy'published at 17:29 British Summer Time 3 April

    Nicholas Glass was found dead after he was attacked by up to four dogs, including two XL bullies.

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  19. Man guilty of causing girlfriend's death in crashpublished at 17:01 British Summer Time 3 April

    Passenger Lily-May Vaughan, 17, died when the car came off a road in Shropshire in 2023.

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  20. Litter pickers say park rubbish is piling uppublished at 15:32 British Summer Time 3 April

    Volunteers said the park is baring the brunt of rubbish piling up from the bin strike.

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