Midlands Live: Breaking news and local storiespublished at 08:16 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2020
The latest news, sport, travel and weather across the West Midlands and south Cheshire.
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Midlands Live: Breaking news and local storiespublished at 08:16 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2020
Murder accused 'embarrassed about sexuality'published at 16:46 Greenwich Mean Time 18 December 2020
16:46 GMT 18 December 2020Matthew Mason admits beating 15-year-old Alex Rodda to death with a spanner but denies murder.
Read MoreZoo gets £3m from donors to help with Covid 'scar'published at 14:36 Greenwich Mean Time 18 December 2020
14:36 GMT 18 December 2020Chester Zoo sees 130,000 donors from 90 countries send funds to help deal with a "£5.5m scar".
Read MoreStudents to be moved from ‘death risk’ campuspublished at 12:00 Greenwich Mean Time 18 December 2020
12:00 GMT 18 December 2020Students taught near an oil refinery will be relocated after a report found they were at risk of death.
Read More'Suicidal' murder accused 'questioned sexuality'published at 15:56 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2020
15:56 GMT 17 December 2020Matthew Mason, 19, admits beating 15-year-old Alex Rodda to death with a wrench but denies murder.
Read MoreMan arrested in Amsterdam over Cheshire shootingpublished at 17:50 Greenwich Mean Time 16 December 2020
17:50 GMT 16 December 2020Jamie Rothwell is arrested in the Netherlands on suspicion of firearms and drugs offences.
Read MoreMurder accused 'confessed to ex-girlfriend'published at 16:53 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2020
16:53 GMT 14 December 2020Matthew Mason, 19, told his ex-partner he killed 15-year-old Alex Rodda, a court hears.
Read MoreMidlands Live: Breaking news and local storiespublished at 08:02 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2020
08:02 GMT 14 December 2020The latest news, sport, travel and weather across the West Midlands and south Cheshire.
Read MoreMum warned son to 'stay away' from murder accusedpublished at 20:08 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2020
20:08 GMT 10 December 2020Alex Rodda's mother tells a court the man accused of murdering her son had 'soulless eyes'.
Read MoreMulhern joins Wire as Johnson moves to KRpublished at 19:24 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2020
19:24 GMT 10 December 2020Warrington Wolves sign Hull KR prop Robbie Mulhern on a two-year deal, with second-row Luis Johnson going the other way on a one-year contract.
Read MoreBlackmailed man 'killed boy in self defence'published at 17:52 Greenwich Mean Time 8 December 2020
17:52 GMT 8 December 2020A boy blackmailing a man over their "relationship" was killed in "violence" he started, a court is told.
Read MoreMan 'murdered schoolboy over sex blackmail'published at 18:27 Greenwich Mean Time 7 December 2020
18:27 GMT 7 December 2020Matthew Mason paid Alex Rodda to stop him reporting their "intimate sexual relationship", a court hears.
Read MoreMidlands Live: Breaking news and local storiespublished at 06:33 Greenwich Mean Time 7 December 2020
06:33 GMT 7 December 2020The latest news, sport, travel and weather across the West Midlands and south Cheshire.
Read MoreZoo welcomes 'ping pong ball-sized' twin monkeyspublished at 15:02 Greenwich Mean Time 4 December 2020
15:02 GMT 4 December 2020Two "wonderful" eastern pygmy marmosets, the world's smallest species of monkey, are born at Chester Zoo.
Read MoreWarrington cancel Gelling's contractpublished at 13:20 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2020
13:20 GMT 30 November 2020Super League side Warrington Wolves cancel the contract of former Wigan centre Anthony Gelling by mutual consent.
Read MoreMan who killed during debt argument jailedpublished at 10:02 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2020
10:02 GMT 30 November 2020Benjamin Wilkinson caused Steven Carey "catastrophic injuries" in a street fight over a debt, police say.
Read MoreMidlands Live: Breaking news and local storiespublished at 08:00 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2020
08:00 GMT 30 November 2020The latest news, sport, travel and weather across the West Midlands and south Cheshire.
Read MoreU-turn over school trust's Christmas closure planspublished at 08:20 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November 2020
08:20 GMT 25 November 2020The trust announced schools would close a week early but the government said they must remain open.
Read MoreWarrington sign Broncos prop Butlerpublished at 13:55 Greenwich Mean Time 24 November 2020
13:55 GMT 24 November 2020Super League side Warrington Wolves sign London Broncos prop Rob Butler on a two-year contract.
Read MoreCurrie, Clark & Davis sign Wolves dealspublished at 16:42 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2020
16:42 GMT 23 November 2020Warrington Wolves trio Ben Currie, Jason Clark and Matt Davis all sign new contracts with the Super League club.
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