A 30-year-old man has died after being stabbed during an incident in Nuneaton earlier.

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Another man is in a serious condition in hospital, police say.

Officers were called to reports of a disturbance in the middle of Barpool Road at 09:45, where officers recovered weapons.

One man has been arrested on suspicion of possessing an offensive weapon, and another on suspicion of affray.

Passersby said they have "no idea" how the exotic bird came to be on top of a Walsall garage.

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Labour MP Paul Flynn suggests that it would take a "heart of stone" to tell a parent "that your child has to turn blue up to 30 times a day and have a seizure" because of the law banning cannabis.

In a number of medical cases, "every alternative to natural cannabis is worse", he argues.

To medicinal cannabis users, Mr Flynn says: "I would urge them to break the law, because the law in this case is an ass."

Home Office Minister NIck Hurd tells him he is a parent of six children and does not "have a heart of stone".

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Conservative backbencher Philip Hollobone says he supports medicinal cannabis and says the government should be "more fleet of foot" over the issue because "a sensible proposed amendment to the law on a free vote in this house, I think would be carried".

Nick Hurd says he "disuputes the allegation that the government is not fleet of foot...we are aware that the WHO is reviewing the evidence and we will follow that very closely indeed."

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Labour spokeswoman Carolyn Harris says policy should be "based on evidence" rather than reactions to "scary" headlines.

Labour does not dispute that cannabis use should be illegal, she says, but calls on ministers to ensure that "all avenues of treatment have been considered".

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Crispin Blunt welcomes the minister's stated commitment to "find a solution".

A number of US states have licensed the medicinal use of cannabis, he says, as has the Republic of Ireland in certain cases.

The UK's approach "flies in the face of the popular view" and there is evidence of the effectiveness of cannabis-based treatments, he argues.

Alfie Dingley's current steroid-based medication puts him at risk of "early psychosis and a premature death", Mr Blunt adds, urging ministers to "find a way through and get a licence to treat him".

He adds that the fact that a Home Office minister rather than a health minister is answering the question is a sign of "how messed up" the situation is.

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Home Office minister Nick Hurd says he sympathises "deeply with the situation faced by Alfie Dingley and his family" and that he "understands and respects the desire of the family to try and alleviate his suffering in any way possible".

He says the government wants to find a solution for Alfie under existing laws.

But he says "cannabis is not recognised as having any medicinal benefits" in the UK and that it is unlawful to produce or supply cannabis unless for research purposes.

He says that "only medicines tested for their safety to the correct standard are prescribed to UK children".

Walsall goalkeeper Liam Roberts signs a new two-and-a-half-year contract with the League One club.

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An urgent question tabled by Conservative MP Crispin Blunt is underway in the Commons on the medical use of cannabis.

The Home Office has denied requests for a medical cannabis licence to help a boy whose rare form of epilepsy improved after taking the drug.

Six-year-old Alfie Dingley, from Kenilworth in Warwickshire, suffers up to 30 violent seizures a day.

His parents want to treat him with medical cannabis oil, which is illegal in the UK.

The Home Office said the drug "cannot be practically prescribed, administered or supplied to the public".

Alfie's mother, Hannah Deacon, said: "You've got to fight for your kids, I want to know that I've done everything I can".

Four people have been taken to hospital after a crash on the A50 near to Cresswell.

Police were called just after midnight to the crash involving three cars and the road was closed for three hours.

None of the injuries are believed to be serious.

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The Duke of Cambridge is taking a spin around a Warwickshire automotive test track during a visit to a technology centre.

He was also shown the latest developments in driverless and electric vehicles at MIRA Technology Park, in Nuneaton.

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Crewe Alexandra commentator, BBC Radio Stoke

Crewe Alexandra could pull nine points clear of the relegation places in League Two if they beat Exeter City in tonight's game at the Alexandra Stadium.

If they win, it would be their first back-to-back wins since August and manager David Artell has warned his players they're facing a good Exeter side.

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Exeter are one point outside the play-off places and Artell described them as a "top, top side".

Kirsty Sharman admits a public order offence after leaving a foul-mouthed note on an ambulance.

Birmingham Post

Some of the headlining stories on the Birmingham Post website today are:

• Why mayors are demanding a better housing deal from Prime Minister, external
• Seventy jobs lost at Birmingham meat supplier, external
• Independent pub group to launch next venture in Birmingham, external

A woman who admitted abusing an ambulance crew in Stoke-on-Trent at the weekend has been told her behaviour was "despicable".

The chairman of the bench at North Stafforshire Justice Centre, Christopher Rushton, went on to tell 26-year-old Tunstall woman Kirsty Sharman: "That crew should not not be subject to actions such as these."

Sharman, who also left an angry note on an ambulance, admitted a public order offence. The court fined her £120 and she was ordered to pay £135 costs and a £30 victim surcharge, police said.

The Staffordshire force said "this type of behaviour cannot be tolerated" and it was "really important that public servants who are there to serve and help the community feel safe in their day to day duties".

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Sports Producer, BBC Shropshire

Shrewsbury Town defender Toto Nsiala says they might have to play some "ugly football" if they're going to win promotion this season.

He said he's proud of the style Shrewsbury have played so far, but believes opponents have been successful in disrupting them.

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Shrewsbury have lost their last two home games and are at home again, to Gillingham, tonight.

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Here are three of the headlines from the Sentinel newspaper today:

• Ambulance note woman in court, external
• Legal fight after claim £92k Audi damaged by loose road chippings, external
• Family of severely disabled boy forced to sleep in dining room, external

A pear tree is being being planted in Stoke-on-Trent today to celebrate the town's friendship with the Czech village of Lidice.

It's to say thank you for the help it gave in rebuilding the village after it was wiped out by the Nazis in the Second World War.

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The sapling was taken from a tree which was the only living thing to survive the atrocity.

It will be planted outside Victoria Hall on Lidice Way, in Hanley, this afternoon.

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Worcester Warriors wing Josh Adams has been dropped from the Wales squad for their Six Nations fixture against Ireland on Saturday.

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Dan Biggar will start at fly-half for Wales in the match, with Liam Williams and Leigh Halfpenny also returning after injury.

George North is on the bench with Gareth Anscombe dropping to the replacements, while Rhys Patchell and Adams miss out altogether.

Worcester Warriors sign Doncaster's Michael Heaney and hooker Isaac Miller from London Scottish for 2018-19.