Summary

  • Updates on Friday 12 November

  1. E-scooter and e-bike ban proposed for town centrepublished at 06:32 BST 16 October

    Councillors are consulting on plans to prohibit people from riding e-scooters and some e-bikes.

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  2. Restoration bringing medieval tombs back to lifepublished at 06:30 BST 16 October

    Conservationists are removing dirt and restoring the original paintwork on six tombs in Tong.

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  3. Group self-fund campaign to support high streetpublished at 06:30 BST 16 October

    The Whitchurch Marketing Collaborative was set up after shops in the market town noticed a decline in footfall.

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  4. Cycle club urges disabled people to trial sportpublished at 06:28 BST 16 October

    Clubs look to the 2025 Para-Cycling World Championships to inspire more people to take up the sport.

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  5. The South Asian women wanting more menopause chatspublished at 06:27 BST 16 October

    The pair say not talking about the issue can lead to marriages breaking down.

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  6. Charity bull sculptures set to be auctionedpublished at 06:26 BST 16 October

    The bulls are going to be sold in aid of Birmingham Hospice after featuring in an arts trail.

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  7. 'I've run along all of Birmingham's 8,000 streets'published at 06:26 BST 16 October

    Nigel Beecroft, from Harborne, spent nearly two years running along every street in the city, covering 2,500 miles in the process.

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  8. Man charged with killing woman in 2020published at 21:25 BST 15 October

    Georgina Ward was found dead at her home in Brierley Hill, Dudley, in November 2020.

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  9. Friend 'heard silence then screams', court toldpublished at 18:18 BST 15 October

    Emma Cowley was on the phone to Ms Whyte when she heard a "terrified, in-pain scream", jurors hear.

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  10. Designs for high street open space to be displayedpublished at 18:01 BST 15 October

    The plans focus on the link between Pinfold Street and the High Street in Bilston.

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  11. Officer placed number in vulnerable woman's brapublished at 17:13 BST 15 October

    The former officer, who has not been named, is found to have committed gross misconduct.

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  12. Reservist nurse wanted to give back to Afghanspublished at 16:22 BST 15 October

    Rebecca Warren worked at a resettlement camp for Afghans after serving alongside them in 2009.

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  13. Ex-PC cleared of sexually assaulting colleaguepublished at 16:10 BST 15 October

    The former Warwickshire officer denied sexually assaulting the woman during a shift.

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  14. Three men arrested on terrorism offencespublished at 16:07 BST 15 October

    The arrests were made in the Ward End, Saltley and Alum Rock areas of Birmingham.

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  15. Tower block residents face fifth day without waterpublished at 15:49 BST 15 October

    People on the upper floors of Beetham Tower say there has been little to no supply since Saturday.

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  16. Agency staff warned of blacklisting over strikepublished at 15:42 BST 15 October

    Agency managers, contracted by Birmingham City Council, told staff they could be banned from roles if they refuse to cross the picket line.

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  17. New forum for SEND parents to help shape servicespublished at 15:14 BST 15 October

    SEND Wolves Parent Voice replaces Voice4Parents, which closed earlier this year, the council said.

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  18. Major rail delays after body found on linepublished at 14:12 BST 15 October

    Police say a person "sadly" died at the scene and rail bosses say routes out of Birmingham are shut.

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  19. Paedophile subjected victim to years of abusepublished at 14:03 BST 15 October

    Graham Jones is jailed for 21 years for 22 sexual offences which began when his victim was nine.

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  20. Free bike storage hub opens by stationpublished at 14:02 BST 15 October

    The secure facility can store 110 bikes and encourages people to cycle, the city council says.

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