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  • Updates on Friday 12 November

  1. AI helps pothole-fixing to annual high - councilpublished at 09:19 British Summer Time 1 July

    Staffordshire County Council says it repaired more than 37,000 potholes in the last year.

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  2. Crewe sign Sligo defender Hutchinsonpublished at 09:11 British Summer Time 1 July

    Crewe Alexandra confirm the signing of full-back Reece Hutchinson from League of Ireland side Sligo Rovers.

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  3. Port Vale sign New Zealand striker Wainepublished at 08:27 British Summer Time 1 July

    Port Vale sign New Zealand striker Ben Waine on a two-year contract.

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  4. Charity launches appeal as NHS grant cutpublished at 07:55 British Summer Time 1 July

    Bosses at Moorlands Home Link, whose £70,000 funding has been axed, say it offers a vital lifeline.

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  5. 'Relief road money would be better spent on NHS' published at 07:28 British Summer Time 1 July

    People give their reaction, after a decision to suspend building Shrewsbury's North West Relief Road.

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  6. Animal cruelty reports rise by a third in a yearpublished at 06:29 British Summer Time 1 July

    The RSPCA says reports of cruelty towards animals usually peak in the summer months.

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  7. More than 1,000 pupils join science festivalpublished at 06:22 British Summer Time 1 July

    The annual science festival is hosted by the University of Wolverhampton.

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  8. Give up ninja swords before ban, mother pleadspublished at 06:21 British Summer Time 1 July

    Pooja Kanda has been campaigning to ban ninja swords since her son Ronan was murdered in 2022.

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  9. 'We set up home bakery when bread offer went viral'published at 06:18 British Summer Time 1 July

    A couple ask on social media whether people want some, before selling them loaves in a pub car park.

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  10. Motorcyclist killed in crash 'lit up any room'published at 06:17 British Summer Time 1 July

    Emma James' family say she "touched the lives of everyone who knew her".

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  11. 'Oona the puffin has gone from strength to strength'published at 06:16 British Summer Time 1 July

    The seabird was found 110 miles (177km) inland in Herefordshire, after going off-course last week.

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  12. Citizen scientists help find exploding starpublished at 06:14 British Summer Time 1 July

    Astronomers at the University of Warwick say members of the public spotted the explosion.

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  13. Festival cash boost means local acts' stage returnpublished at 06:13 British Summer Time 1 July

    A £30,000 grant sees the Godiva Festival stage back at Coventry's War Memorial Park, this weekend.

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  14. Cats highlighted in RSPCA summertime cruelty studypublished at 06:12 British Summer Time 1 July

    The RSPCA says the number of summertime cases of animal cruelty has gone up by a third.

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  15. Srebrenica: Lives rebuilt but search for dead goes onpublished at 06:09 British Summer Time 1 July

    Ernesa Hajdarevic, who was three at the time of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, still needs answers.

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  16. Sixty firefighters tackle major Birmingham blazepublished at 21:58 British Summer Time 30 June

    The fire is in a building near the M6 and owned by an office furniture firm, the fire service says.

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  17. Armed police sent to reports of man with firearmpublished at 21:12 British Summer Time 30 June

    Officers on Monday evening negotiate with a man inside a building, according to a police Facebook post.

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  18. People smuggler ordered to pay back £100k published at 19:41 British Summer Time 30 June

    Habib Behsodi took migrants to the West Midlands, the National Crime Agency says.

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  19. Police officer sacked after drunk wall crash published at 19:32 British Summer Time 30 June

    Liam Williams, 21, who crashed while driving to work in Worcester, is dismissed by the force.

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  20. Libby marathon helps Pears rewrite record bookspublished at 19:29 British Summer Time 30 June

    Jake Libby makes career-best 228 not out as Worcestershire post 679-7 declared against Hampshire on day of their Championship game.

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