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BBC News
02-04-2025
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Canterbury City football club face 'bittersweet' relegation
A Kent football club says it will make a "bittersweet" return to its home city after being unable to find a suitable ground to stay in its current City FC had been fighting for promotion from the Southern Counties East Division One but will now seek voluntary relegation from the club said it had been unable to agree a ground-sharing agreement with other clubs in the county, forcing it to apply to the Kent County League Premier Division to play next season.A spokesperson for the club said it would be moving from its current facilities, in Margate, to the Neighbourhood Resource Centre in Thanington. Trevor James, club chairman, said: "It will be a bittersweet return of the club to Canterbury, as we will have gained our heartland but at the cost of our status."The holy grail has always been to 'bring the City back home'."Mr James said the club had sought ground-sharing deals with clubs across Kent as well as looking to renovate facilities at the University of Kent, but had been unable to secure a club added that it expected to initially struggle in the lower league due to losing some of its coaching staff and move to the Neighbourhood Resource Centre is subject to improvement works to the changing rooms, it currently sit third in the league fighting for a play-off position with four games left to the club have been told that they will not be promoted should they win the league title and will not be allowed to compete in the play-offs if they finish in the top club came one step away from Wembley in 2019, reaching the semi-finals of the FA Vase.
BBC News
11-03-2025
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York City fan, 23, died from morphine overdose in Thailand
A well-known football supporter died from an opioid overdose while on holiday in Thailand, an inquest has Abbott, who lived in Thirsk, was found dead in his hotel room in the Phra Nakhon district of Bangkok on 22 23-year-old's cause of death was given as morphine toxicity when his inquest opened at North Yorkshire Coroner's Court on City FC manager Adam Hinshelwood and the club's co-chairman Matt Uggla were among those to pay tribute to fan Mr Abbott following his death. York City supporters' group the SC Block Reds also paid tribute to Mr Abbott, who they said had followed the club since he was a teenager."Home and away, we've had many laughs over the years", they Abbott worked at the Racha Thai Bistro restaurant in Thirsk, who described him as a "beloved member of our team"."Connor dedicated many years of service to our bistro, leaving an indelible mark on everyone he encountered," the owners said in a social media post."His kindness, work ethic, and unwavering commitment will be greatly missed."Jon Heath, the senior coroner for North Yorkshire, postponed the inquest until a date yet to be fixed. Listen to highlights from North Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
BBC News
30-01-2025
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West Midlands Police area no longer has highest knife crime rate
The West Midlands Police area no longer has the highest rate of knife crime in England and Wales, official figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows the force had 165 reported knife and sharp instrument offences per 100,000 people from October 2023 to September knife crime fell by 6% compared to last figures, released on Thursday, follow the death of Leo Ross, 12, who was found with stab wounds near Scribers Lane in Hall Green, Birmingham, on 21 January. A 14-year-old boy has appeared in court charged with City FC supporters are to clap to remember Leo on the 12th minute during Saturday's home game against Rotherham have been invited to meet in tribute to him in the Kop car park from 13:00 GMT before the match, which kicks off at 15: team's official supporters club said on Facebook: "Leo was one of us, he was a Brummie, but more importantly, he was a loved one who was taken way [too] soon." An "abundance of funding and dedicated resources continue to be ploughed into reducing knife crime", which remained a top priority for West Midlands Police, the force fall in knife crime rates, combined with a rise in the rate of offences in London, means the West Midlands Police area now has the second highest rate of knife crime in England and Constable Craig Guildford, who has met pupils from Leo's school, said: "We are all very focused upon preventing such tragedies, but no statistics can ever mitigate the loss of such a young and promising life."Overall, crime recorded by West Midlands Police reduced by 8% in the year to September 2024 compared with the previous 12 months, ONS data force said this was thanks to "faster responses by police, more arrests, better victim care and good investigations". The number of shop theft offences it solved had doubled, it added. Robbery had reduced by 8%, and vehicle crime, serious youth violence, and domestic abuse went down by 11%, the force pointed out. It confirmed home burglaries decreased by 12% and theft from the person offences by 29%.Mr Guildford said it was "fantastic to see" hard work was continuing to pay shoplifting had increased by more than 30%. The force recorded 28,542 shoplifting cases in the year to said there was an increase in "most areas of the country".But it added: "Over the last year, we have arrested 743 (39%) more people in connection with shop theft and we have solved more than 3,379 offences (126%) compared to last year." Follow BBC Birmingham on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
