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9 February 2012 Last updated at 14:49 ET

Nine men jailed over terror plotMohibur Raham, Gurukanth Desai, Abdul Miah, Usman Khan, Mohammed Chowdhury, Mohammed Shahjahan (pictured, left to right) in Roath Park, Cardiff on 7 November 2010

Nine men, including four from Stoke-on-Trent, who plotted to bomb the London Stock Exchange and build a terrorist training camp are jailed.


Man, 80, drives wrong way down M5

A pensioner who drove six miles the wrong way down the M5 injures a police officer at a road block set up to bring him to a halt.

Gritter in the snow - generic imageWeather warning for Staffordshire

Staffordshire is braced for more snow as the Met Office issues a yellow weather warning for wintry weather.

Patrick Burns Article written by Patrick Burns Patrick Burns Political editor, Midlands

Is the hunting ban working?

New figures from a Freedom of Information request by the BBC raise fresh doubts over the effectiveness of the hunting ban.

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