Summary

  • Updates on Friday 12 November

  1. Extra £12m to fill region's potholes, mayor revealspublished at 16:16 British Summer Time 13 May

    Six councils will each receive £2m and the funds will help fill 132,000 potholes across the region.

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  2. Zoo welcomes two new baby reindeerpublished at 16:03 British Summer Time 13 May

    Mum Sunflower gave birth to a boy, while Jasmine gave birth to a girl.

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  3. 'Sleeping' policemen must reflect on their actionspublished at 15:29 British Summer Time 13 May

    A video posted on Facebook showed two men in uniform apparently asleep in a vehicle at a junction.

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  4. Man found seriously hurt on road hours after crashpublished at 14:56 British Summer Time 13 May

    The man has been taken to hospital, after suffering serious injuries, the ambulance service says.

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  5. Nail-biting final for University Challenge seriespublished at 14:48 British Summer Time 13 May

    Just five points separated the teams, Christ's College - Cambridge and University of Warwick, in one of the tightest finals.

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  6. Plans submitted for 160,000-bird poultry farmpublished at 13:52 British Summer Time 13 May

    The proposals would see four broiler chicken sheds, each housing 40,000 birds, built near Shifnal.

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  7. Interest expressed in collapsed pottery firmpublished at 13:49 British Summer Time 13 May

    Moorcroft Pottery's liquidator says interested parties are looking at taking the company forward.

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  8. Care home firm's 'dismay' at visa changespublished at 13:34 British Summer Time 13 May

    Coverage Care Services believes it will not be able to recruit enough staff without migrant workers.

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  9. Concerts will see 3,000 school children performpublished at 13:25 British Summer Time 13 May

    Around 3,000 school children from Wolverhampton will perform accompanied by a 14 piece band.

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  10. Affordable homes scheme planned for old sewage sitepublished at 13:24 British Summer Time 13 May

    Almost 300 homes are to be built at Yardley Sewage Works site in Stechford.

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  11. Police launch new road crime teampublished at 13:12 British Summer Time 13 May

    West Midlands Police new road crime team will target criminals involved in car key burglaries and other organised crime.

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  12. War memorial for pottery workers to be replacedpublished at 12:41 British Summer Time 13 May

    Workers begin building the memorial that pays tribute to pottery staff who served in both world wars.

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  13. Pick of the stats: Sunderland v Coventry Citypublished at 11:36 British Summer Time 13 May

    A look at some of the key stats and facts ahead of the second leg of their Championship play-off semi-final

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  14. Rural students' transport woes 'disrupt education'published at 11:11 British Summer Time 13 May

    Post-16 students have complained of difficulties in getting to teaching sessions in Shrewsbury.

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  15. Lightning sets fire to roof of housepublished at 11:06 British Summer Time 13 May

    Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service says the fire in Bridgnorth started during a thunderstorm on Monday.

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  16. Proposals to repair listed building revealedpublished at 10:24 British Summer Time 13 May

    Energy efficient lighting and heating are part of plans put forward for the The Almonry.

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  17. Tribute to mum of three who died in car crashpublished at 10:14 British Summer Time 13 May

    Jaimie-Leigh May, 26, was a "one-woman festival of joy," her sister Jess says.

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  18. Extra trains and millions of seats in £1.75bn planpublished at 07:24 British Summer Time 13 May

    Project leaders say it brings "massive benefits" to the Midlands and more trains through Birmingham.

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  19. New centre launches to tackle digital threatspublished at 07:23 British Summer Time 13 May

    The new centre is aimed at addressing "growing regional and national needs for expertise".

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  20. Beef farmers welcome US deal but want more claritypublished at 07:21 British Summer Time 13 May

    The government insists hormone-fed beef will not appear in the UK, but farmers still have questions.

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