Summary

  • Updates on Friday 12 November

  1. Drivers face delays after vehicle fire on M54 published at 17:56 British Summer Time 30 May

    One lane is closed westbound between junction five and junction six.

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  2. Bus passengers face hike in fares after reviewpublished at 14:51 British Summer Time 30 May

    Transport for West Midlands says monthly and annual bus passes will still be among England's lowest.

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  3. Three jailed for murdering man in drive-by shootingpublished at 14:37 British Summer Time 30 May

    Connor Brookes was killed with a shotgun just metres away from parents with young children.

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  4. Shop fire treated by police as arson attackpublished at 14:30 British Summer Time 30 May

    Emergency teams tackle a blaze at a shop in the early hours.

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  5. Park revamp set to begin after badger delayspublished at 14:29 British Summer Time 30 May

    Work on Brinton Park will start with the construction of a new artificial badger sett this summer.

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  6. Pedestrian hit by car suffers serious injuriespublished at 13:39 British Summer Time 30 May

    The man was taken to hospital for further treatment, the ambulance service says.

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  7. New political party launches in Black Countrypublished at 13:38 British Summer Time 30 May

    The Black Country Party said it will aim to focus on the issues that affect working class people.

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  8. Library's windows smashed by vandals, police saypublished at 13:32 British Summer Time 30 May

    The library opened in 1930 and police say the vandalism has happened over the past few weeks.

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  9. National Trust plans to demolish castle farm buildingspublished at 13:07 British Summer Time 30 May

    The charity wants to take down four modern agricultural buildings surrounding the threshing barn.

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  10. Hospital trust launches dedicated home birth teampublished at 12:46 British Summer Time 30 May

    A team of seven midwives will provide care to women in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin and Mid Wales.

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  11. Six take on charity bike ride in memory of friendpublished at 06:44 British Summer Time 30 May

    The six boys all went to school in Newport with Max Turton, who took his life last year, aged 16.

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  12. Scheme launched to repurpose unwanted itemspublished at 06:39 British Summer Time 30 May

    A city council-run initiative urges people to donate reusable items instead of throwing them away.

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  13. Peacocks in village are 'serious problem' - councilpublished at 06:37 British Summer Time 30 May

    Tutbury Parish Council is asking everyone in the village to stop feeding the peacocks.

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  14. Former police station to be sold at auctionpublished at 06:36 British Summer Time 30 May

    The five-storey building in Tamworth has been given a guide price of £1.8m.

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  15. Three endangered macaques born at monkey sanctuarypublished at 06:35 British Summer Time 30 May

    The Barbary macaque is endangered, with fewer than 8,000 believed to live in the wild.

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  16. Judicial review into handling of landfill emissionspublished at 06:34 British Summer Time 30 May

    Rebecca Currie says Walleys Quarry should have been shut sooner to protect her son.

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  17. New pothole team to launch within monthspublished at 06:29 British Summer Time 30 May

    Improving the condition of Shropshire's roads is one of the top priorities of the new Liberal Democrat-run council.

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  18. Hospice rugby team tackles Barbarians logo rowpublished at 06:21 British Summer Time 30 May

    The Hospice Barbarians team is asked to tone down its logo by the official Barbarians FC.

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  19. Butcher, 82, still loves job after nearly 70 yearspublished at 06:15 British Summer Time 30 May

    Tom Lymer, who runs Lymers in Droitwich, started learning butchery aged 13.

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  20. Black Sabbath murals reaction 'unreal' says artistpublished at 06:07 British Summer Time 30 May

    The artist behind Black Sabbath murals in Birmingham says he has been stunned by the reaction.

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