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Driver who struck Black Country schoolgirl tested positive for drugs

A driver whose car struck a 14-year-old girl in a Black Country street tested positive for cannabis and traces of cocaine after the fatal collision, the inquest has heard.

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Work to build the new Household Waste Recycling Centre and Waste Transfer Station, Middlemore Lane, Aldridge is beginning to take shape.

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