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  • Updates on Friday 12 November

  1. Winning design to create neighbourhood revealedpublished at 16:58 British Summer Time 27 September

    Architects imagining the future of Wolverhampton city centre come up with a vision to impress the council.

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  2. Boys who killed with machete aged 12 are detainedpublished at 16:50 British Summer Time 27 September

    The two boys, now aged 13, are the youngest convicted killers since the murderers of James Bulger.

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  3. Security ramped up and diversions for Tory conferencepublished at 16:18 British Summer Time 27 September

    Hundreds of people will gather at the ICC for the annual Tory Party Conference from Sunday.

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  4. Giant veg competitors grow for glory published at 16:08 British Summer Time 27 September

    Two brothers are hoping they will one day have a world record for their enormous pumpkins.

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  5. Force's first female chief constable retirespublished at 15:49 British Summer Time 27 September

    Debbie Tedds joined Warwickshire Police in March 1989, and became chief constable in 2021.

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  6. River levels will still rise, Environment Agency warnspublished at 15:00 British Summer Time 27 September

    River levels will still get higher after days of heavy rainfall, the Environment Agency has said.

    Across Coventry and Warwickshire, there are currently seven flood warnings and 15 flood alerts.

    At Charlecote Mill, near Stratford-upon-Avon, the River Avon is still rising slowly, staff posted on Facebook, external.

    Charlecote Mill

    Nick Green, Environment Agency area incident manager, said: “When the rain stops and it starts to clear, a bit like the scene right now, it’s then a case of that water working its way down through the smaller brooks that people have running through their back gardens or next to roads.

    “That goes into the large river systems and that’s going to take a few days to work its way down.”

  7. Councils to 'work closely' as funding pot devolvedpublished at 14:12 British Summer Time 27 September

    Warwickshire County Council will take control of the county's £10m UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

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  8. Post-intensive-care support group looks to expandpublished at 13:22 British Summer Time 27 September

    The service helps patients deal with the trauma from suffering a critical illness.

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  9. Cat killed in pellet gun attackspublished at 13:19 British Summer Time 27 September

    Police investigate reports of two separate attacks on the same day in a Staffordshire town.

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  10. Council to leave ageing 1960s site by end of yearpublished at 13:18 British Summer Time 27 September

    The authority said it would spend £1.2m on the move but it would save up to £600,000 per year.

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  11. Driver rescued and schools shut as rain fallspublished at 12:58 British Summer Time 27 September

    Properties and roads in Edgbaston and Stirchley are set to be affected as schools in the city are shut.

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  12. Marooned boat on final voyage to council crusherpublished at 12:41 British Summer Time 27 September

    The boat was dumped on Monday, according to locals, but will be crushed if its owner is not found.

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  13. Five County Championship games abandoned on day twopublished at 12:25 British Summer Time 27 September

    Day two's play in five County Championship games is abandoned due to rain - three of them for the second day running.

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  14. 1980: How Midlands Today workspublished at 12:24 British Summer Time 27 September

    BBC Midlands Today gives an insight into how the regional TV news programme is made.

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  15. Island mourns Shawn Seesahai machete murder 4,000 miles awaypublished at 12:23 British Summer Time 27 September

    Shawn Seesahai came to England for opportunities, but a chance encounter led to his murder by two 12-year-olds.

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  16. Hospital and community NHS trusts get joint chairpublished at 12:16 British Summer Time 27 September

    Andrew Morgan wants the two organisations, working together, to provide excellent integrated care.

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  17. School demolition and regeneration plans submittedpublished at 06:19 British Summer Time 27 September

    Two buildings will be demolished at Spon Gate Primary School to make way for a new two-storey site.

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  18. Man to walk for 48 hours around football stadiumpublished at 06:18 British Summer Time 27 September

    Manny Singh Kang is raising money for Dementia UK with his latest football-themed challenge.

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  19. 'Awesome memories' as four-generation bakery closespublished at 06:16 British Summer Time 27 September

    Manager Hannah Lewis says she expects to be emotional when the doors close for the final time on Saturday.

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  20. The film-maker, a talent show and a nod from Sir Paulpublished at 06:15 British Summer Time 27 September

    Tom Paul Martin's work has been shared by Sir Paul McCartney and Sam Smith, but now it's coming home.

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