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'I lost my NHS job of 28 years and became a baker' bbc.in/4jHyebc

Nuneaton NHS worker follows baking dream after losing 28-year job

Tracey Hayes, from Nuneaton, has been running her own business since being made redundant in 2020.

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'Punjabi Sky Blues celebrates football and heritage' bbc.in/4z8f6aW

'Punjabi Sky Blues helps celebrate football and heritage'

Punjabi Sky Blues has been officially recognised as a supporters' club for Coventry City.

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The future of trail hunting is in doubt after Labour pledged in its 2024 election manifesto to ban the sport. Politics Midlands has a special report: bbc.in/4BrFpKY
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Storm Boleo sees trains cancelled and fallen trees bbc.in/3Ugn56D

Storm Boleo sees trains cancelled and fallen trees across the West Midlands

Storm Boleo is the second named storm of the season, and follows Storm Austen.

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'I'm terrified trail hunting ban will go through' bbc.in/4ioYXHk

Why Labour's proposed trail hunting ban divides the countryside

Campaigners and hunt supporters are divided as ministers consider whether to ban trail hunting.

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How families are cutting the cost of Halloween as spending grows bbc.in/4i5ZX49

How families are cutting the cost of Halloween as spending grows

Families are turning to homemade costumes, swaps and second-hand outfits to keep it affordable.

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Bobb scores late winner for Fulham at Coventry bbc.in/4iCG44O

Coventry City 0-1 Fulham: Oscar Bobb scores late winner in Premier League

Oscar Bobb's late goal makes it back-to-back Premier League wins for Fulham as they claimed victory at Coventry City.

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Pumpkin heads return after viral Halloween hit bbc.in/4igDfFd

Pumpkin head craze returns to Kenilworth after Halloween hit

An event is being held in Kenilworth after Andrew Phimister-Double's pumpkin head stunt last year.

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How the beauty industry is boosting High Streets bbc.in/4dWny4I

How the beauty industry is boosting our High Streets

Beauty salons and shops now make up almost a third of all leisure sites across UK retail centres.

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Four more charged over meth lab discovery bbc.in/4idommT

Four more charged over Warwickshire meth lab discovery

Five Mexican nationals are already set to face trial after denying producing the drug at the lab.

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Family's plea after autistic son escapes school bbc.in/4jvUhS1

Family's plea after autistic son escapes Rugby school

Jamie, 7, escaped from Brooke School in Rugby for 25 minutes after climbing a tree.

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Gina Meredith is our Track of the Week with I'm Feeling Good Today. She created it after feeling there should be more 'happy' songs. bbc.in/4i1atbu
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Award for boy who steered car to safety at 60mph bbc.in/4z8XiNc

Boy wins award after steering car to safety when mum collapsed

The boy, now 13, wins a Child of Courage award after grabbing the wheel when his mum collapsed.

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Man left to have seizure alone on a busy street bbc.in/4i24mVC

Warwickshire man with epilepsy 'disregarded' by passers-by

Joe Robbins, who has epilepsy, has urged people to be more understanding of his condition.

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Farmer lost out by minutes in race for wildlife funding bbc.in/4eLgRTk

Nuneaton farmer lost out by minutes in race for wildlife funding

Richard Peace is among thousands of farmers who missed out as funding was snapped up in hours.

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Teenagers arrested after college locked down bbc.in/4scdRVy

Teenagers arrested after Coventry College locked down

One mother tells the BBC her stepdaughter was "scared and shaken" in the Coventry College lockdown.

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'I am having to rewire my brain after abuse' bbc.in/3VTGdbm

'I am having to rewire my brain after abuse from Leamington man'

A woman who survived a campaign of abuse from a Leamington man says "there is hope" and "a way out".

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Warning over energy theft as city tops national list bbc.in/4dPzgOF

Warning over energy theft as Birmingham tops national list

People tampering with electricity and gas meters are "putting lives at risk", Crimestoppers says.

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Two women found dead inside house bbc.in/3U0GGb6

Two women found dead inside Kenilworth house

A welfare check was carried out by police on Sunday after neighbours reported concern.

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Fire stations face reduced cover under new plans bbc.in/4i8GIpp

Fourteen West Midlands fire stations face reduced cover under proposed plans

The changes could affect communities across Birmingham, Coventry, Walsall and Wolverhampton.

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