Summary

  • Updates on Friday 12 November

  1. Wife's blood found on clothes in loft, court hearspublished at 17:12 BST 14 October

    Ex-international hockey player Mohamed Samak, 42, denies murdering his wife, Joanna Samak, in Droitwich Spa last year.

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  2. Man who used leaked passwords to buy online jailedpublished at 16:49 BST 14 October

    Officers found Ludek Fiurasek had over 30 lists of combinations of email addresses and passwords.

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  3. PCC 'eager' for police chief probe to end quicklypublished at 16:16 BST 14 October

    Chris Noble, chief constable of Staffordshire Police, is under investigation by the police watchdog.

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  4. Growing flood risk 'can't be ignored' by ministerspublished at 15:53 BST 14 October

    Shrewsbury MP Julia Buckley says the government should improve flood resilience standards.

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  5. Bin workers 'deliberately' breached order - lawyerpublished at 15:49 BST 14 October

    The High Court is told striking workers "repeatedly" breached an order against blocking vehicles.

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  6. Two held on suspicion of deer poachingpublished at 15:31 BST 14 October

    Police arrest two men after finding remains of an animal at a property in Sutton Hill.

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  7. Plan to train 12,000 construction workers unveiledpublished at 15:11 BST 14 October

    A £75m training package to help tackle a "shortage of construction workers" is announced.

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  8. 'I'd be in jail or dead without a mentor'published at 15:04 BST 14 October

    Harvey, 14, goes to music and mentoring sessions aimed at improving young people's life chances.

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  9. 'Why can't Stoke compete for promotion?'published at 14:52 BST 14 October

    When it comes to Stoke City's chances of competing in the Championship, Potters left-back Aaron Cresswell asks "why can't we?".

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  10. Fake toys and cigarettes found in operationpublished at 14:29 BST 14 October

    The items, including potentially unsafe food items, are found during trading standards inspections.

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  11. Back to the future plan for pub refurbishmentpublished at 14:17 BST 14 October

    The new owner of The Bridge Inn wants to revert to its former black-and-white frontage.

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  12. Vale sign ex-Owls wing-back Johnson on free transferpublished at 14:10 BST 14 October

    Port Vale boss Darren Moore is reunited with Marvin Johnson, who he managed at Sheffield Wednesday, after agreeing a short-term deal with the wing-back.

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  13. Crewe striker March out with hamstring injurypublished at 13:28 BST 14 October

    Crewe Alexandra manager Lee Bell says striker Josh March is likely to be "missing for a while" with a hamstring injury.

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  14. Safer streets scheme to begin at five schoolspublished at 13:21 BST 14 October

    Herefordshire Council says concerns raised by locals prompted the need for the initiative.

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  15. MP's anger as flood defences cash deadline missedpublished at 13:05 BST 14 October

    Dame Harriett Baldwin MP says the Environment Agency failed to finalise the Tenbury Wells scheme.

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  16. Museum appeal to save pendant linked to Henry VIIIpublished at 13:00 BST 14 October

    The British Museum hopes to secure the pendant, found by a metal detectorist in Warwickshire.

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  17. Afghans leave MoD base amid calls for army returnpublished at 12:41 BST 14 October

    A councillor seeks reassurances that the base will now return to military use as families leave.

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  18. Tunnelling machine breaks through in Birminghampublished at 12:28 BST 14 October

    Named Elizabeth, the machine was launched in Warwickshire 19 months ago and arrived in Washwood Heath on Monday.

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  19. 'We want to create history here' - Rudonipublished at 12:17 BST 14 October

    Coventry City midfielder Jack Rudoni tells BBC Radio 4 about his relationship with Frank Lampard and how the Sky Blues can write a new chapter in their history by winning promotion.

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  20. Work to begin on £2m flood prevention schemepublished at 12:06 BST 14 October

    Ponds will be created to store flood water and allow new homes to be built, the council says.

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