Summary

  • Updates from Friday 9 September

  1. Championship: Bristol City earn win at Stoke - as it happenedpublished at 11:16 British Summer Time 20 September 2020

    Relive all the action as Bristol City score late in each half to win at Stoke in the Championship.

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  2. Locals fear university return will spark lockdownpublished at 06:03 British Summer Time 20 September 2020

    Full-time residents of university cities in England fear local lockdowns as students return.

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  3. Hull City 1-0 Crewe Alexandrapublished at 18:02 British Summer Time 19 September 2020

    Mallik Wilks scores a late header to give Hull a narrow win at home to Crewe and maintain their winning start to the season.

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  4. Exeter City 0-2 Port Valepublished at 17:50 British Summer Time 19 September 2020

    Tom Conlon scores one goal and creates the other to help Port Vale to victory at Exeter City.

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  5. Burton Albion 2-1 Accrington Stanleypublished at 12:22 British Summer Time 19 September 2020

    John Brayford's late header secures Burton's first league win under Jake Buxton courtesy of a 2-1 victory over Accrington.

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  6. Hospice starts emergency survival appealpublished at 11:58 British Summer Time 19 September 2020

    Katharine House Hospice in Staffordshire helps adults and families coping with progressive illness.

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  7. Armed police attend reports of man with gunpublished at 09:33 British Summer Time 18 September 2020

    Armed officers were called to two separate reports of a man in possession of a gun in Stoke-on-Trent.

    Police were first called to America Street in Tunstall at about 16:55 yesterday, but were unable to locate anyone matching the description.

    Officers were then sent to Sandy Road in Sandyford at 18:00 following reports of a disturbance.

    Firearms officers carried out a search of the area but again were unable to locate the man or the weapon, said Staffordshire Police.

  8. Rail disruption to last all daypublished at 09:08 British Summer Time 18 September 2020

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    Disruption to rail services between Birmingham and Manchester is set to continue until the end of the day.

    Engineers are working on the faulty signalling system with tests being carried out along "several miles of railway," after the failure near Crewe said Network Rail.

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  9. Men with coronavirus symptoms urged to give plasmapublished at 00:06 British Summer Time 18 September 2020

    More than 2,400 people in Stoke-on-Trent volunteer, but only 33% are male.

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  10. Burton sign Roles and Vassilev on loanpublished at 17:27 British Summer Time 17 September 2020

    Burton Albion sign Tottenham midfielder Jack Roles and Aston Villa forward Indiana Vassilev on loan.

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  11. Man arrested after shopping centre stabbingpublished at 16:53 British Summer Time 17 September 2020

    A man has been arrested on suspicion of assault after a stabbing incident at a shopping centre in Staffordshire.

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    Officers were called to the Orbital Retail Centre, in Cannock, just before 16:00 BST on Monday.

    The 47-year-old victim was taken to hospital suffering serious injuries to his hand, police said.

    A 46-year-old man, from Birmingham who was arrested on suspicion of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, has been released on bail.

  12. Stoke's Afobe joins Trabzonspor on loanpublished at 14:48 British Summer Time 17 September 2020

    Stoke City's former Wolves striker Benik Afobe completes a season-long loan move to Turkish top-flight Trabzonspor.

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  13. Man found in road with head injury namedpublished at 14:00 British Summer Time 17 September 2020

    The 49-year-old, from Wolverhampton, who was known by his nickname Lola, later died in hospital.

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  14. 'I'm lucky that I'm able to walk again'published at 17:47 British Summer Time 16 September 2020

    A man who broke his back during a charity cycle ride turns fundraiser again after learning to walk.

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  15. Positive test at TV Millionaire teacher schoolpublished at 14:23 British Summer Time 16 September 2020

    Four year groups are kept off school following a boarding pupil's coronavirus result.

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  16. Class asked to isolate after teacher tests positivepublished at 14:22 British Summer Time 16 September 2020

    A class at Shavington Primary School near Crewe is being asked to isolate for a fortnight after a member of staff tested positive for coronavirus.

    The group affected is in year two and the school said it was following government guidance.

  17. Teen carries out acts of kindness to raise fundspublished at 14:11 British Summer Time 16 September 2020

    Sebbie Hall wanted to raise money for disadvantaged people so they would not be lonely in lockdown.

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  18. Seven arrests after reports of fightspublished at 09:22 British Summer Time 16 September 2020

    Police made seven arrests last night after reports of people fighting with weapons in Biddulph.

    The police helicopter was used in the operation and the seven are all in custody suspected of of public order offences.

    Staffordshire Police carImage source, Staffordshire Police

    Staffordshire Police said there was now a 48-hour dispersal order for the area.

  19. Covid-safe surgical mask offered to NHS for freepublished at 01:44 British Summer Time 16 September 2020

    The device clicks over patients' masks to increase medics' safety during certain procedures.

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