Summary

  • Updates on Friday 12 November

  1. Appeal after three-storey apartment block rejectedpublished at 14:44 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November

    Developers challenge the refusal of plans for a three-storey apartment building deemed "overbearing".

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  2. Boosted security to deter encampments in parkspublished at 13:12 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November

    Steps include locks and bollards being introduced to public, open spaces.

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  3. Spiking training key for safety, says bar ownerpublished at 12:59 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November

    Peter Connolly, owner of Nortons Digbeth, says his 32 staff will be trained by the end of the week.

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  4. Surprise building causing station headachepublished at 12:59 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November

    An unstable building "pops up" close to the site of a new railway station, councillors are told.

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  5. Caldwell calls on Exeter to give Stansfield warm welcomepublished at 12:34 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November

    Exeter City manager Gary Caldwell hopes Jay Stansfield will get the welcome he deserves when he returns to St James Park.

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  6. 'We lose £1k a month because of shoplifting'published at 12:04 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November

    A shopkeeper speaks out amid a 44% rise in recorded shoplifting in Coventry.

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  7. 'Orange Wolverhampton' campaign to tackle violencepublished at 11:51 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November

    The city is staging events to highlight issues including domestic violence and forced marriage.

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  8. Pick of the stats - Stoke City v Preston North Endpublished at 11:49 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November

    The key stats ahead of Stoke City's clash with Preston North End in the Championship on Tuesday night.

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  9. Ebenezer Scrooge's gravestone smashed to piecespublished at 08:55 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November

    It was left in a Shrewsbury cemetery after filming ended on a 1984 adaptation of A Christmas Carol.

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  10. Shed project aims to address men’s mental healthpublished at 07:56 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November

    Warwick Arts Centre’s Men’s Shed is offering a welcoming space for men to connect in November.

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  11. Plans drawn up for £3.3m high street revamppublished at 06:18 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November

    City of Wolverhampton Council says Wednesfield high street will have improved paving and lighting.

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  12. 'Pedestrian purchases drives up sales'published at 06:16 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November

    Keeping cars out of Shrewsbury town centre pushes up sales, research shows.

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  13. 'Crack team' of volunteers tot up 100,000 hours published at 06:15 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November

    The group help carry out work at National Trust properties in Shropshire and Staffordshire.

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  14. Traders using WhatsApp to fight shoplifterspublished at 06:13 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November

    Businesses sign up to the Shopwatch scheme to share intelligence about criminals in the area.

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  15. 'Shoplifters are destroying our businesses' published at 06:12 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November

    Traders in Erdington say police are failing to deal with offenders stealing in broad daylight.

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  16. 'He told me he'd been shot and needed money but it was a lie'published at 05:55 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November

    Figures from Action Fraud reveal an 11% rise in reports of fraud in 2024.

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  17. Streets flood and roads shut as Storm Bert strikespublished at 19:25 Greenwich Mean Time 24 November

    A yellow warning of wind is in place until the end of Sunday which may cause disruption.

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  18. Dispersal order issued after anti-social behaviourpublished at 18:02 Greenwich Mean Time 24 November

    Police say it is in response to incidents involving youths in the Southwater area of Telford.

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  19. Stoke boss Pelach satisfied with QPR pointpublished at 17:42 Greenwich Mean Time 24 November

    Stoke City boss Narcis Pelach says he was satisfied to take a point following his side's 1-1 draw at Queens Park Rangers.

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  20. 'Everyone get back!' - Video captures moment town floodspublished at 17:19 Greenwich Mean Time 24 November

    A local resident filmed the moment Tenbury Wells flooded after the rising Kyre Brook caused a wall to collapse.

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