Etichetta: Midlands
Flights diverted at East Midlands airport after drone sightings
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Flights at East Midlands airport were diverted and a runaway was closed on Friday night after drones were sighted nearby. Eight services were diverted on Friday evening, after disruption earlier that day as passenger ...
West Midlands chip shop becomes TikTok sensation
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Quite why it started, nobody is entirely sure. What is clear, tuttavia, is that an unsuspecting chip shop in the Midlands can now claim to have “gone viral” thanks to the social media site TikTok. Staff at Binley Mega ...
‘Danger to life’ warnings in West Midlands after flooding
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Residents in areas of England affected by flooding have been urged to remain vigilant as two severe “danger to life” warnings remained in place after heavy rainfall. They came as the Met Office issued yellow weather w...
West Midlands earthquake of 2.8 magnitude rattles Walsall
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UN 2.8 magnitude earthquake struck the West Midlands late on Monday night, the British Geological Survey (BGS) disse. According to the BGS, the quake hit the town of Walsall, near Birmingham, at a depth of seven kilomet...
West Midlands doctor arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting child patient
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A doctor has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a child patient, prompting a widespread police investigation into his conduct at two hospitals in the West Midlands. The Royal Stoke university hospital i...
‘I wanted to present a human side’: West Midlands police’s artist in residence on building bridges
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Stories of the disintegrating relationship between the police and young black people are endless, but an artist behind an unlikely new project hopes he can help break down barriers. Kay Rufai was enlisted by West Midl...
Girl, 14, dies in New Year’s Eve car crash in West Midlands
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A 14-year-old girl has died in a New Year’s Eve crash, which led to the arrest of a suspected drug-driver. West Midlands police said the teenager was hit by a grey Mercedes in Rowley Regis at about 4.45pm. Paramedics...
Snow warning extended from Scotland to east Midlands
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Parts of England from the east Midlands to the north-east have joined Scotland in preparing for blizzard-like conditions on Boxing Day, as the white Christmas continues. One of the Met Office’s yellow warnings was exp...
How Lincoln University regenerated the east Midlands city
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When the University of Lincoln was first built on a derelict rail goods yard, it’s said that one of its buildings was designed to be converted into a shopping centre if the university didn’t work out. While that may ...
West Midlands mayor tells PM: ‘red wall voters want to see delivery’
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Boris Johnson has been urged by one of the most senior Conservative figures outside London to match the symbolism of his “levelling up” pledge with concrete policies.Andy Street, the mayor of the West Midlands, detto t...
West Midlands overtakes London in UK’s electric car charger revolution
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The West Midlands has overtaken London as the region with the fastest-growing network of electric car chargers, thanks to a push by Coventry to rapidly move away from petrol and diesel cars. The number of electric car...
West Midlands primary school wins appeal against academy status
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A primary school in Sandwell, West Midlands, has become the first school to win a high court appeal against being forced to turn into an academy, arguing it could not demonstrate its improvement because Ofsted inspect...
Police find bitcoin mine using stolen electricity in West Midlands
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Police have discovered a cryptocurrency operation that used stolen electricity to mine bitcoin in the West Midlands. Officers from West Midlands police raided a building in an industrial estate on 18 May expecting to ...
West Midlands police investigate after racial abuse video goes viral
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Police have launched a criminal investigation after a viral video showed a woman racially abusing a member of door staff in Birmingham. West Midlands police said they were “prioritising the investigation” following th...
Labour candidate for West Midlands mayor bullish in face of worrying polls
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With two days to go before the England’s local elections, Liam Byrne’s pedometer showed he had already walked 29 miles this week, more than a marathon’s worth of door knocking and walkabouts as Labour desperately trie...
West Midlands police officer served gross misconduct notice after fatal shooting
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The family of an unarmed man shot dead by police as he fled a property being raided, said they were shocked that the police watchdog had not called for the officer, who remains in post, to be criminally investigated. ...