Summary

  • Updates on Friday 12 November

  1. Cash grants to help communities mark VE Daypublished at 07:10 British Summer Time 5 April

    VE Day is a powerful reminder of shared history and community spirit, the city council says.

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  2. Biggest yet, promise Pig Walk Parade organiserspublished at 07:09 British Summer Time 5 April

    Longton's annual event recalls a bizarre bet with the pig made by the town's mayor in the 1880s.

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  3. Heritage railway offering behind-the-scenes tourspublished at 07:09 British Summer Time 5 April

    Visitors can have a rare peek behind the scenes at the work that goes on beyond the public gaze.

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  4. Pub celebrates Monty Python in film's 50th yearpublished at 07:08 British Summer Time 5 April

    The pub stands on the site of a 1970s microbrewery founded by Monty Python member Terry Jones.

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  5. Secret WW2 codebreaker became passionate speakerpublished at 07:07 British Summer Time 5 April

    Charlotte "Betty" Webb, who has died aged 101, is remembered by those who knew her as inspirational.

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  6. Headliners announced for town's 45th folk festivalpublished at 07:07 British Summer Time 5 April

    Musicians Kate Rusby, Richard Thompson amd Martin Simpson will perform in Warwick in July.

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  7. Woman, 73, runs marathon 38 years after first racepublished at 07:06 British Summer Time 5 April

    It will be Lesley Keighley's 12th London Marathon and this year's run is for her late husband.

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  8. Travel by rail to save on days out, families urgedpublished at 07:05 British Summer Time 5 April

    Getting a discount just by catching the train is an easy way to save money, a rail firm says.

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  9. Traders 'given hour to leave' shut shopping centrepublished at 19:58 British Summer Time 4 April

    Traders say they feel uncertain about their future after the shopping centre closed suddenly.

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  10. Officer sacked over explicit pictures of colleaguepublished at 19:30 British Summer Time 4 April

    The male officer takes consensual photographs of a female colleague while she is on duty.

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  11. Somerset take control against Worcestershirepublished at 18:54 British Summer Time 4 April

    Kasey Aldridge takes five wickets, then Tom Banton bats Somerset into a first-innings lead over Worcestershire at Taunton.

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  12. 'Career criminal' jailed over £1.5m heroin seizurepublished at 18:51 British Summer Time 4 April

    Alam Zeb Khan, 49, is convicted for drug offences for the fourth time in three decades.

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  13. Promoted Sussex dominate against Bears at Edgbastonpublished at 18:27 British Summer Time 4 April

    Centurions Tom Clark and John Simpson share a stand of 200 as promoted Sussex dominate Warwickshire at Edgbaston.

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  14. Neighbours compensated after houses built too highpublished at 18:26 British Summer Time 4 April

    Persimmon Homes apologises for issues caused by its failures on the Pottery Gardens development.

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  15. Elderly couple targeted in counterfeit money fraudpublished at 17:35 British Summer Time 4 April

    Police say the woman was conned into withdrawing money from her bank account which was then stolen.

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  16. Two boys sentenced for rioting outside hotelpublished at 17:23 British Summer Time 4 April

    The pair face a court hearing for their part in disorder outside a Holiday Inn used by asylum seekers.

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  17. Age UK branch suspends benefits servicepublished at 17:05 British Summer Time 4 April

    Older people had been able to get benefit checks and support with applications at the Wolverhampton branch.

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  18. Concerns over plan for 12-bed rental on busy roadpublished at 16:54 British Summer Time 4 April

    Town councillors worry converting a house into 12 flats would worsen traffic on an already busy road.

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  19. Mile-long queue at mobile waste collection sitepublished at 16:32 British Summer Time 4 April

    The council has set up mobile bin collections for residents to unload their waste amid the strike.

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  20. Farm animal bans for three men who abused calvespublished at 16:27 British Summer Time 4 April

    Joshua Whittall, John Challinor, and Kevin Arden were secretly filmed by an animal welfare group.

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