Summary

  • Updates on Friday 12 November

  1. Man suffered broken ribs in suspected racial attackpublished at 18:13 BST 21 August

    Police are treating the assault on two Sikh men in Wolverhampton as racially aggravated.

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  2. Water scheme kicks in to boost Severn amid droughtpublished at 17:07 BST 21 August

    The scheme pumps groundwater through an underground network of pipes into the River Severn.

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  3. Student flats delay blamed on admin issuespublished at 16:50 BST 21 August

    The owner says the flats are ready but it is barred from opening, over regulation breach concerns.

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  4. Three arrests as hundreds join asylum hotel demopublished at 16:03 BST 21 August

    Police say about 150 people joined two protests outside the Fownes Hotel in Worcester.

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  5. Davies hails 'catalyst' penalty king Stansfieldpublished at 15:59 BST 21 August

    Birmingham City head coach Chris Davies says striker Jay Stansfield is a catalyst to the side after helping to seal their dramatic win at Blackburn.

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  6. Jobs risk in proposed Armitage Shanks kiln closurepublished at 15:29 BST 21 August

    A union describes the closure of Armitage Shank's tunnel kiln as "bad for Staffordshire".

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  7. Teen passes GCSEs despite brain tumour diagnosispublished at 15:05 BST 21 August

    Honey Ibbitson, 16, collects her GCSE results eight days after surgery to remove part of the mass.

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  8. City and college bus timetables to changepublished at 14:55 BST 21 August

    First Bus is changing services, tackling punctuality and running more trips with double-deckers.

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  9. Timelapse footage captures HS2 bridge movepublished at 13:44 BST 21 August

    The bridge, weighing 1,631 tonnes, will form part of the approach to the new Curzon Street station.

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  10. Woman jailed for 'callous' robbery of elderly manpublished at 13:43 BST 21 August

    Emma Green denied the robbery charge before changing her plea to guilty on 9 June.

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  11. Parking restrictions approved for industrial estatepublished at 13:08 BST 21 August

    The plans, approved by Warwickshire County Council, will see double yellow lines installed on most sections of three roads.

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  12. Student passes all GCSEs in her second languagepublished at 13:00 BST 21 August

    Teodora Munteanu studied at Idsall School and Sixth Form in Shifnal, and her first language is Romanian.

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  13. Fake Labubu dolls seized in village market raidpublished at 12:54 BST 21 August

    Trading Standards seize about 840 counterfeit dolls amid health warnings over the items.

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  14. US hitwoman jailed for 30 years over bungled plotpublished at 12:37 BST 21 August

    Aimee Betro, from Wisconsin, was hired as part of a plot to attack a British family in 2019.

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  15. Plans approved for 38 affordable homespublished at 12:23 BST 21 August

    The number of homes has been revised from 44 in original plans.

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  16. Theatre provides free coaches for school tripspublished at 11:56 BST 21 August

    The project aims to inspire a passion for the arts in children who may not otherwise visit a theatre.

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  17. Cov Baths demolition approved by Historic Englandpublished at 11:40 BST 21 August

    Cov Baths demolition won't be blocked by Historic England despite its listed status.

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  18. Jewellery Quarter museum reopened to publicpublished at 10:12 BST 21 August

    Visitors will be able to access the historic Smith and Petter jewellery making factory, which ceased trading in 1981.

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  19. Walking 2,000 miles to show football's good sidepublished at 08:17 BST 21 August

    Xavier Wiggins is completing the West Midlands leg of a journey to visit England and Wales's league FCs.

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  20. Art gallery team highly commended at awardspublished at 06:35 BST 21 August

    Wolverhampton Art Gallery's volunteers receive recognition for their work as a team.

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