Summary

  • Updates on Friday 12 November

  1. Warwickshire sign seamer Sylvester on short-term dealpublished at 14:51 British Summer Time 29 May

    Warwickshire sign fast bowler Adam Sylvester on a deal until the end of the season following a trial spell at Edgbaston.

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  2. Bin strike picket court order to continue indefinitelypublished at 14:49 British Summer Time 29 May

    A High Court ruling on an interim injunction over bin lorry delays, is extended permanently.

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  3. Fire rescue police couple put up for bravery awardpublished at 14:39 British Summer Time 29 May

    Mark and Katy Sigley saved the lives of a couple in a house fire in Stafford in 2023 while off duty.

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  4. New team helps cut adult social care waiting timespublished at 14:15 British Summer Time 29 May

    The changes come after demand for adult social care services rose by 31% over the last five years in Wolverhampton.

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  5. Eurovision trio announced for Ludlow castle gigspublished at 13:49 British Summer Time 29 May

    A series of concerts take place over two weekends in July at Ludlow Castle in Shropshire.

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  6. Pilot died after plane took off and hit treepublished at 12:50 British Summer Time 29 May

    An air crash that killed a 65-year-old man in Worcester had a low lift-off speed, investigators say.

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  7. Football scout to be honoured with blue plaquepublished at 12:21 British Summer Time 29 May

    The plaque honours the career of Mark Crook, who spent 40 years as a Wolverhampton Wanderers scout.

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  8. Couple's financial 'nightmare' over EV cable theftpublished at 12:15 British Summer Time 29 May

    Criminals are taking cables to sell for scrap, in a "new and emerging crime", police say.

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  9. Appeal to trace family after man's deathpublished at 11:35 British Summer Time 29 May

    A council urges relatives and friends to come forward to help arrange the late man's funeral.

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  10. City's pool and water park opens for summerpublished at 06:22 British Summer Time 29 May

    The facilities remain open throughout the summer and close in September.

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  11. The children bringing joy to care home residentspublished at 06:21 British Summer Time 29 May

    Coventry's Avalon Care Home runs a playgroup which sees residents visited by young children.

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  12. Museum talk 'woke virtue-signalling' - councillorpublished at 06:19 British Summer Time 29 May

    The free event in Hereford will look at how museums should respond to fake news and misinformation.

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  13. Cells from dead rhino could bring new lifepublished at 06:18 British Summer Time 29 May

    Living cells have been created from a tissue sample taken from a recently deceased rhino in 2021.

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  14. Huge charity hike for firefighter's 30th birthdaypublished at 06:17 British Summer Time 29 May

    Emily-Jane Harding will look to get support from other firefighters in her 630-mile trek.

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  15. 'I'm in full-time work but I'm homeless'published at 06:10 British Summer Time 29 May

    Damo Buxton from Stoke-on-Trent says he works full time but is unable to afford to rent privately.

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  16. First look at new national beach volleyball centrepublished at 06:09 British Summer Time 29 May

    A national training centre for beach volleyball is to be built at Birmingham City University.

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  17. Paralympic gold aim after brain tumour and strokepublished at 21:06 British Summer Time 28 May

    Para-cyclist Lissie Simpson, who was a sporting-mad teenager, had to learn to walk again.

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  18. Plans for personal-use squash court rejectedpublished at 20:38 British Summer Time 28 May

    The council says the squash court would be an "unsustainable development".

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  19. Urgent plea for O negative blood donorspublished at 20:13 British Summer Time 28 May

    The NHS is warning that supplies of O negative blood are critically low.

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  20. Huge fence to protect homes from cricket ballspublished at 19:55 British Summer Time 28 May

    The net will be in place before people move into their new homes on Albert Road, Shrewsbury.

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