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A seven-day strike which continued until Saturday was called at Coventry University after a security contract was given to an outside firm.

A scrapyard blaze in Nechells could take days to put out, according to firefighters. Around 100 tonnes of scrap metal caught fire at the EMR yard, in Landor Street, at around 19:00 on Monday (August 20).

Abington Park is the only park currently in Northampton to have public toilet facilities.

Shops were looted almost a year to the day ago in Birmingham, Wolverhampton and West Bromwich over two nights.

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is to create 1,100 new jobs in the West Midlands. The new appointees will build the new model Jaguar XF Sportbrake estate and other cars at its Castle Bromwich plant.

Members of the Aslef union on East Midlands Trains are to hold three days of strikes during the Olympics in a dispute over the reduction of pension contributions. Other unions with members on East Midlands Trains have accepted the proposals.

West Midlands Police Federation secretary Chris Jones said police officers were being called into two Olympic venues because there are not enough guards.

Approximately 150 people attended a rally to combat plans that could see the accident and emergency unit (A&E) and the maternity unit close at the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch.

In the lead up to last Thursday’s day of action over pay and pensions, the British Medical Association leadership was always clear that doctors would turn up for work and ensure emergency and urgent services would run.

A £50 million overhaul of Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service is a step nearer as a preferred bidder has been unveiled.

Residents are complaining about the condition of the public toilets on Bridge Street in Worksop.

A man accused of robbing a bank in Nottingham has been detained. He failed to return from day release from a prison and has now been charged with two robberies after he was arrested in Nottingham on Sunday morning.