Midlands Live: Breaking news and local storiespublished at 06:50 British Summer Time 17 May 2021
The latest news, sport, travel and weather from across the West Midlands and south Cheshire.
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The latest news, sport, travel and weather from across the West Midlands and south Cheshire.
Read MoreDepartment store Browns of Chester closes its doors after 241 years of serving the city.
Read MoreLeon Cullen, 33, fled to Dubai using a fake passport before UK police tracked him down.
Read MoreTwelve ducklings were reunited with an anxious mother duck after they fell into a drain.
Read MoreThe family of 12 ducklings are reunited with an anxious mother duck after they fell into a drain.
Lee Roberts is jailed for duping the DVLA to obtain a licence in his twin brother's name.
Read MoreThe University of Chester's site in Warrington town centre will be fully operational by September.
Read MoreA gang who stole from Beeston Castle and Roche Abbey are ordered to give up their metal detectors.
Read MoreLucy Letby is accused of killing eight infants while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
Read MoreThe latest news and updates from across the West Midlands and south Cheshire.
Read MoreConservative John Dwyer returns as the police and crime commissioner five years after being ousted.
Read MoreLabour's Steve Rotheram, who was elected as the area's first metro mayor in 2017, retains his post.
Read MoreResults of and reaction to council, mayoral and police and crime commissioner elections.
Read MoreMichael Maloney pitched caravans on land in Cheshire without planning permission, a court hears.
Read MoreChristopher Guest More was accused of murdering Brian Waters who was tortured and killed in 2003.
Read MoreThe latest news and updates from across the West Midlands and south Cheshire.
Read MoreFour people died in the blast at Wood Flour Mills in Bosley in Cheshire.
Read MoreThree men have used a van and a rope to rip the front off a cash machine and steal money, police said., external
The trio targeted the cash machine at the Huub building on Manchester Road, Congleton, Cheshire, on Thursday night.
Officers have since found a vehicle they think may have been used in the robbery.
A 31-year-old man from Congleton has been arrested on suspicion of theft of a cash machine.
Vernon Rose, whose parents are ill with Covid in India, is told by a doctor he 'needs a miracle'
Read MoreThe 74-year-old has "cried happy tears" after receiving overwhelming support, his daughter says.
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