Sikh boxers welcome knockout rulingpublished at 10:35 British Summer Time 27 March 2018
One fighter who wants to box professionally calls it "a brilliant show for diversity in sport".
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Sikh boxers welcome knockout rulingpublished at 10:35 British Summer Time 27 March 2018
Last minute winner sinks AFC Telfordpublished at 10:30 British Summer Time 27 March 2018
BBC ShropshireAFC Telford United were hit by a last minute goal at Bradford Park Avenue last night to lose 2-1 in National League North.
Image source, GoogleThe Bucks had actually led at half-time, thanks to Marcus Dinanga's penalty.
The result means Rob Edwards' side are still a point from safety in the relegation zone.
Quote MessageThe amount of chances that we created early on, when we were 1-0 up, it's frustrating that we didn't get a second goal when we deserved to."
Rob Edwards, Manager of AFC Telford
Belgrade Theatre's 60th birthday celebratedpublished at 10:18 British Summer Time 27 March 2018
The Belgrade Theatre's 60th birthday is being celebrated by BBC Coventry & Warwickshire with a special outside broadcast from the site.
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End of twitter postIn the papers: Trio rescued after crashpublished at 10:07 British Summer Time 27 March 2018
The top stories today in the Sentinel include:
Delayed start for Edgbaston friendlypublished at 09:58 British Summer Time 27 March 2018
It's looking a bit grey at Edgbaston, where the Bears are set to take on Somerset in a two-day friendly.
Play was due to begin at 11:00.
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End of twitter postLanes reopen after roadworks overranpublished at 09:53 British Summer Time 27 March 2018
BBC News TravelThere's better news on the M6 in Staffordshire as two lanes on the northbound side have reopened between junctions 14 and 15.
There are heavy delays on the route after Highways England said overnight roadworks had overrun:, external
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End of twitter postCharged for shop breakages during epileptic seizurepublished at 09:38 British Summer Time 27 March 2018
A woman was charged for items she broke in a charity shop whilst having an epileptic seizure.
Sandra Kirkham, 72, who has had epilepsy since a child, was in a Mencap shop in Congleton on Monday when she fell into a glass display whilst having a seizure, cutting her foot in the process.
She said she was ordered to pay £17 for shattered glassware, before being taken away in an ambulance.
"The gentleman did call an ambulance, because my foot was bleeding and there was blood all over the floor, but he was more interested in me paying for the goods, than me having a fit," she said.
Mencap said it was "mortified this happened and for adding to an already very difficult situation".
"Unfortunately a new member of staff who was temporarily in the shop on their own was unsure how to react and made the wrong decision."
In the papers: Work starts on new homespublished at 09:33 British Summer Time 27 March 2018
Some of the main stories on the Coventry Telegraph website today are:
Sixty years of the Belgrade Theatrepublished at 09:22 British Summer Time 27 March 2018
The Belgrade Theatre, the UK’s first civic theatre to open after World War II, is celebrating it's 60th birthday today.
Image source, Belgrade TheatreThe theatre acquired its name in recognition and thanks for a gift of timber from the Serbian capital city of Belgrade, that was used in the construction of the auditorium.
Image source, Belgrade TheatreThe Coventry company helped launch the careers of several leading lights of the stage and screen, including Sir Ian McKellen, Sir Trevor Nunn, Richard Briers, Rosemary Leach and David Suchet.
Image source, Belgrade TheatreImage caption, Sir Ian McKellen in the play End of Conflict (1961)
It's also credited with starting the Theatre-in-Education movement in the 1960s.
Birthday celebrations will be marked with a Diamond Anniversary Gala later in the year.
New rules after bowls alcohol troublepublished at 09:13 British Summer Time 27 March 2018
A new code of conduct is sent to clubs after some "over-enthusiastic" behaviour from spectators.
Read MoreBaby Lifeline: Actors become ambassadors for charitypublished at 09:10 British Summer Time 27 March 2018
Peter Wilson
BBC Midlands Today Special CorrespondentStars of a new film have become ambassadors for charity Baby Lifeline.
The charity, which supports the care of pregnant women and babies, was founded by Coventry nurse Judy Ledger.
Actors David Tennant and Georgia Moffett have become ambassadors after making a film about childbirth - You, Me and Him.
Quote MessageOur film is about the journey of different types of women to get from that moment you decide you might want to have a baby to that moment that baby is in your arms. It's sort of like jumping off a cliff and you don't know whether you're going to land or fly. And it's because of people like Judy that make it more possible to fly.
Georgia Moffett, Producer, You, Me and Him
Plan ahead if travelling over Easterpublished at 08:59 British Summer Time 27 March 2018
BBC News TravelThere's a series of engineering works planned over the Easter weekend leading to cancellations or rail replacement buses.
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End of twitter post'GKN needed to be improved'published at 08:42 British Summer Time 27 March 2018
BBC Business NewsThe latest news in turnaround firm Melrose's hostile takeover bid for British engineering giant GKN is that US car parts maker Dana has upped its offer to buy GKN's Driveline business by $140m (£98.4m).
Image source, GKNMPs and the pensions watchdog have called for the deal to be blocked, but not everyone thinks that Melrose is the bad guy in this situation.
"Many have the mistaken belief that Melrose are just asset strippers - they believe the status quo will prevail under existing management," Ben Bourne, a capital goods analyst at Liberum told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
"GKN needed to be improved - we've seen Melrose improve businesses ever since 2005, and be jolly good at it, and create plenty of value for shareholders, we think we will see it again."
He added that Melrose "delivers value" by incentivising managers and investing in better machinery.
The Redditch-based company is hoping to head off the takeover bid by selling off its automotive business and doubling down on aerospace, but Mr Bourne doesn't think this will work.
"The problem is that business will be left with a large gross pensions liability," he said.
Plans submitted for development schemepublished at 08:28 British Summer Time 27 March 2018
Simon Gilbert
Political Reporter, BBC Coventry & WarwickshireDevelopers have submitted plans , externalclose to Coventry Airport which it's claimed could create 5,500 jobs.
Image source, CWDPThe Coventry Gateway scheme could see industrial units built on an area roughly the size of 130 football pitches to the south of the A45.
Plans to develop the site were rejected by the government in 2015.
The site has since lost green belt status, clearing the way for planning permission.
Developers have applied to build 3.7m sq ft of warehouses and industrial units on the remaining 200-acre plot.
Hospitals 'failing' on bowel cancer testpublished at 08:17 British Summer Time 27 March 2018
A charity says that more than 80% are failing to test for the genetic condition Lynch syndrome.
Read MoreOngoing roadworks causing delays on M6 northboundpublished at 08:06 British Summer Time 27 March 2018
BBC News TravelThere are severe delays between junctions 12 and 14 of the M6 northbound in Staffordshire due to ongoing works.
There carriageway between junctions 14 and 15 is currently closed, with diversions in place.
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End of twitter postRise in self harm at youth prisonpublished at 07:59 British Summer Time 27 March 2018
Prison inspectors say there's been a "dramatic" rise in the number of prisoners self-harming at a young offenders institution near Wolverhampton.
There were more than 500 such incidents at Brinsford between May and October last year.
They say the increase is related to the amount of time inmates spent locked in their cells.
Prison staff were said to be working hard to make safety improvements.
Bottle thrown at fire enginepublished at 07:50 British Summer Time 27 March 2018
A bottle was thrown at the windscreen of a fire appliance whilst crews from Aston and Perry Barr were at the scene of an incident in Birmingham.
No-one was injured and the police were called.
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End of twitter postMultiple-vehicle crash closes M5 lanespublished at 07:39 British Summer Time 27 March 2018
BBC News TravelA multiple-vehicle crash on the M5 is causing delays on the southbound carriageway between junctions four and 4A.
Two lanes are currently closed, with delays back to junction three.
Road reopens after burst water main floodingpublished at 07:26 British Summer Time 27 March 2018
The A38 in Staffordshire has reopened after flooding closed the northbound carriageway between Alrewas and Barton-under-Needwood.
Engineers worked late to replace a burst water main and the road surface.
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