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24 May 2013 Last updated at 08:28 ET

Empty council building costs £160kWedgwood Memorial College

Stoke-on-Trent City Council spends nearly £160,000 on a college building it closed to save money last year.

Mark HughesStoke make contact with Hughes

Former QPR boss Mark Hughes is contacted by Stoke City after emerging as a leading contender to replace Tony Pulis. BBC Sport

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Political week in 60 seconds Headlines from the week in the West Midlands Eric Kitson Watch

Arboretum pays Dambusters tribute A field of 11,000 tributes to 617 squadron Wing Cdr Guy Gibson

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Suicide highlights welfare dispute

11:53 UK time, Tuesday, 14 May 2013

The tragedy of Stephanie Bottrill's suicide highlights the dispute over changes to housing benefit.

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David Gregory-Kumar Article written by David Gregory-Kumar David Gregory-Kumar Science & Environment correspondent, BBC News

Another bad year for our farmers

11:51 UK time, Thursday, 16 May 2013

A raft of newly published farming statistics show the weather and animal diseases continue to cause problems.

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