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We stepped back in time at ‘large visitor attraction of the year’

O'Shea Ellis has joined Brackley Town on a permanent deal after leaving Birmingham City. (Photo by Pete Norton/Getty Images)

Brackley Town sign midfield prospect following Birmingham City release

Blists Hill Victorian Town

Families can explore 500+ National Trust places from £9.10 a month

Latest photos of the HS2 project in Chipping Warden

Look at the latest images of the major HS2 project which runs through Northants

Pop Will Eat Itself

Pop Will Eat Itself to headline Roadmender in Northampton next year

Autumn breaks have never been so affordable

These 80 hotels are offering rooms for £50 - full list of locations

It comes as stubble is most popular in the West Midlands

Leicester is the moustache capital of the UK

Library picture (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

How Northampton’s Year 6 children’s teeth rate in countrywide health ratings

Cash gift is the most popular way to mark the announcement of their children’s grades - according to parents

Parents plan to dish out nearly £500 to celebrate teens' exam results

Temperatures surge to mid 20s - are we experiencing a Spanish plume?

Watch: Spanish plume explained as UK temperatures surge to mid 20s

Ronald Knowles, who made ‘assasination kits’ at his Derbyshire home, is arrested.

Watch: Man who made ‘assassination kits’ in home factory is arrested

Connor Darwent, a drugs courier for the ‘Abs line’, is arrested.

Watch: Police smash car window and arrest drug courier after pursuit

Rachel Reeves announces a £15.6bn cash pot to invest in Northern transport.

Rachel Reeves' £15.6bn pledge to transform Northern transport

John Newcomb, CEO Builders Merchants Federation

Builders merchants in the Midlands among hardest hit by tax change

J Maverick & Co, in Upton-upon-Severn, run by Hazel and Andrew Smith, is one of the smallest pubs in the Midlands.

Watch: Couple turn their front room into cosy Victorian-style pub

Police break through gang leader’s front door using chainsaw.

Watch: Police with chainsaw break through door of drug dealer's home
Watch the moment police, using a chainsaw, broke through the door of a gang leader’s home, before arresting him.
Jessica Martin

Wolverine kits.

Watch: Cute baby wolverine kits venture outside for the first time

Shopping bags.

Easter Monday opening hours for UK shopping centres

Chloe Raisbeck, 27.

Watch: Woman, 27, told she could die by eating single piece of fruit

L-r Tim Harrington, James Owen, William Senior & Roshan Seenundun of Watersheds

Watersheds promotion underpins continued business growth across the East Midland...

Mike Fisher, 91, is still playing cricket.

Watch: RAF veteran, 91, still plays cricket every week

People walk in the park.

Temperatures to reach 17°C in some parts of the UK today

Cyclists ride their bicycles in the sunshine in Richmond Park.

Exact time UK set to be hotter than Madrid this week

71 per cent have sneakily inhaled nicotine where they shouldn’t have

Top 20 places smokers and vapers have had an illicit puff

An estate agent's "sold" board stands outside a residential building.

Watch: Map shows the areas where house prices are rising the fastest

92-year-old table tennis player Ivan Pedley.

Watch: Grandad-of-three, 92, plays 14 games of ping pong each week

Gunman shoots victim before he’s arrested by armed police.

Watch: Gunman shoots victim before he’s arrested by armed police
CCTV shows Mohammed Islam chasing his victim around a car park, while brandishing a silver handgun, before shooting him in the thigh.
Jessica Martin

Watch: ‘Immaculate’ brand new net-zero 'ghost school' will never open

Warming hands.

Watch: Eight yellow cold health alerts in place across the UK

Melvin Eley at his barbershop in Stechford, Birmingham.

Watch: Meet the barber, 76, who has been cutting hair for 65 years

Aerial view of University of Northampton's Waterside Campus.

Data shows University graduates earn significantly more during their working lif...

Police find 9kg of cocaine worth up to £750k in Linda Lawrence's car boot.

Watch: Police find 9kg of cocaine worth up to £750k in woman’s boot

Staffordshire Bull Terrier Mo was left starving and in pain for months.

Watch: Vet forced to put dog down after owner left her starving

Fleeing dealer narrowly misses child - as drugs gang sentenced to total of 96 years.

Watch: Major county lines gang sentenced to total of 96 years

Family play on snow covered hill.

Watch: Weather map shows how wintry showers will affect UK tonight

Flooding near Exeter in 2023.

Watch: Red alerts issued for 164 areas where flooding is “expected”

Driving in the snow.

Watch: Map shows how snow, sleet and rain will move across UK tonight

Car drives along snowy road.

Watch: Further snow possible - where and when it could snow next

Snow falls in Basingstoke.

Watch: Airports close as snow blankets roads and cars across the UK

Stock image of car being pushed out of snow.

Watch: Snow map shows when and where snow will fall tonight

Stock image of snow in Yorkshire.

Watch: Rare amber health alert issued as 40cm of snow possible

Shocking footage shows the moment a pedestrian was thrown into the air by an out on control car in a hit and run.

I was thrown 9ft in the air in hit-and-run. I'm lucky to be alive

Snow falls in Leicestershire.

Watch: Snow falls in parts of the UK as weather warning is issued

Mridhul Kombara was thrown into the air when a car mounted the pavement and hit him.

Watch: Driver ploughs into pedestrian after mounting pavement

Strong winds are expected to hit the UK.

Watch: Met Office issues yellow weather warnings for wind and rain

Cop tackles masked e-bike rider and finds loaded gun

Video shows masked e-bike rider with loaded gun get tackled by police

Parts of Pontypridd, South Wales, have been left submerged in water as the River Taff bursts its banks.

Watch: Residents bail out their flooded homes after heavy rainfall

A gritter on the Glenshane Pass in the Sperrin Mountains of County Londonderry.

Watch: Weather warnings including amber area where power cuts likely

Lisa Phillips, Regional Managing Director, Midlands and East, Commercial Mid Markets

East Midlands economy continues on three month rise

Dhiya Al-Maamoury ploughed into a crowd of people at an illegal street racing event - killing two teenagers Ben Corfield and Liberty Charris.

Watch: 54-year-old ‘boy racer’ ploughs into crowd killing two teens

Mitch Pinnock enjoyed that one!

Birmingham City 1 Northampton Town 1: James Heneghan's player ratings

Alan Davies.

Watch: Pensioner, 85, fined £150 for littering - while on litter pick

CCTV captures the moment three mourners are shot in a drive-by shooting at a funeral.

Watch: Three mourners are shot in drive-by shooting at funeral

James Bowen Announcing winners

Are you the best heating installer in the West Midlands? The search is on...

Alex and Sue Tatham on their wedding day with Cilla Black.

Watch: Blind Date's first couple to marry renew vows 33 years later

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