Emergency services called to reports of person in River Tame near Lichfield Road, Tamworth
A full reponse from police, the fire service and the ambulance service were sent
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Emergency services were called to reports of a person in a river. Police officers and fire crews were sent to the River Tame, off Lichfield Road, Hopwas, between Tamworth and Lichfield, shortly after 9pm on Sunday, May 16.
Police remain at scene after body spotted in water
Two swimmers and two spotters went out along the river
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Police today remained at the spot where a passerby reported seeing a body in a river. All three emergency services were called to the River Tame, off Lichfield Road in Hopwas, near Tamworth, at around 9pm on Sunday, May 16.
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The Ship Aground, in Stafford, has been granted a premises licence
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A new micropub has been granted a licence despite concerns there are already several boozers nearby and revellers are urinating at the back of properties.
A decision is yet to be made on the planning application to convert a shop unit in Lichfield Road, Stafford, into The Ship Aground.
Two men jailed after Walsall barbershop shooting - sparked by minor collision
Uzair Shahid was sentenced to 25 and a half years jail and Toyub Ali to eight and a half years following shooting in Wolverhampton Road, Birchills
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Two men have been jailed after a man was brutally gunned down in a Walsall barbershop - an attack sparked by a minor collision .
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image captionToyub Ali (l) and Uzair Shahid were sentenced at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Thursday
Two men have been jailed after a man was shot at almost point-blank range with a sawn-off shotgun in a barbers.
Uzair Shahid and accomplice Toyub Ali fired through the door of the shop in Walsall, West Midlands on 19 May 2019.
They did not know the 24-year-old man but targeted him over a dispute about a collision, West Midlands Police said.
Shahid was jailed for 25-and-a-half years for attempted murder and Ali eight-and-a-half years for possessing a firearm with intent.
They were sentenced at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Thursday.