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More than half of the schools in Peterborough are expected to shut this week due to a one-day national strike. Protesters are expected to march from Peterborough Magistrates’ Court to Laxton Square, near Peterborough City Market.

The Burnaston factory is celebrating up to 1,500 jobs arriving due to production starting on a new Toyota car. The firm said the Derbyshire base would be attracting new investment of more than £100 million at Burnaston.

A man who is thought to be an Eastern European metal thief contracted severe burns while allegedly attempting to steal from a substation at Oldbury.

Solihull is celebrating that more than 1,000 jobs are being created at the Midlands Land Rover plant.

A Northampton club which had its licence suspended after a recent fatal incident is to close – but the administrators said the decision to shut it was not related to that, but due to its poor trading performance.

In just two days 70 people have signed a petition condemning the state of the Henderson Way car park toilets in Blackheath. Councillor Mary Docker said a prior clean up of the conveniences was “perfunctory”.

Sponsors are being called upon to secure the future of public toilets in Dovedale. The toilets cost £17,000-a-year to run and are proving to be too expensive, said a Derbyshire park authority.

A court heard a man who was paid £33,000 a year could not face returning to teaching at a Northampton school after being off work with stress. The head of business studies at Weston Favell School, Northampton, submitted forged sick notes over two academic years.

BBC staff in the Midlands will lose their jobs after programme-making was axed or moved to other offices. Radio station employees in the West Midlands have been told posts will go. It is estimated seven jobs will go at BBC Radio Stoke and eight at BBC Hereford and Worcester.

Lead roofing has been stolen from six churches around Daventry during the past two weeks. The material has been stolen from St Mary’s in Badby, St Peter’s in Walgrave, St Mary’s in Dodford, St Mary’s in Everdon, Holy Trinity in Charwelton and St Mary’s in Holcot.

Derby City Council could lose up to 500 jobs because the authority wants to save £20 million in the next financial year. The council said management will continue to meet weekly with trade union representatives to discuss the situation.

A proposal to switch off 1,654 lights in Market Harborough is part of a bid to reduce council expenditure, as well as cut down on 3,000 tonnes of carbon. The street lights would be switched off at night time in Harborough from the New Year onwards if the plans are confirmed.