Coventry City Council will today find out if its sale of a 50% share of the Ricoh Arena, to Wasps Rugby Club, is to be at the centre of a judicial review.

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Court of Appeal judges will hand down a decision today.

Lawyers for Coventry City FC argued the rugby club should pay an extra £27m for the ground.

The football club says it is hoping to come to a deal with Wasps to extend its tenancy at the Ricoh Arena.

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Services through Birmingham New Street are facing delays or alteration due to severe weather conditions, said Network Rail.

Virgin Trains said it has released ticket restrictions, external so passengers can travel earlier or later, or get a full refund.

The mother of a boy with epilepsy has welcomed the home secretary's decision to allow doctors to prescribe cannabis products to patients from 1 November.

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Alfie Dingley's mother, Hannah Deacon, from Kenilworth, said: "We urge the medical world to get behind these reforms so they can help the tens of thousands of people who are in urgent need of help.

She said the product helps control Alfie's seizures.

"I have personally seen how my son's life has changed due to the medical cannabis he is now prescribed," she said.

Thieves have ram-raided a building society in the Small Heath area of Birmingham.

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West Midlands Police tweeted that Chapman Road in the area was closed after the branch of Nationwide was targeted.

Nobody has been arrested, officers said.

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It will be a cloudy day with the risk of rain at times, and strong gusty winds, with highs of 19C (66F).

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Police find the bodies of two men less than half a mile apart in Stoke-on-Trent.

Tony Dumbleton was staying at a hotel in Las Vegas when he ran to Sheriff Andrew Dahring's aid.

Collections are being missed despite a resolution to 2017's strike.

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George Crawford was mistaken for a friend after they picked up each other's wallets on a night out.

Jacqueline Oakes, 51, was battered to death by Marcus Musgrove in 2014.

Coventry City hope to come to a deal with landlords Wasps to extend their tenancy at the Ricoh Arena.

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Herefordshire Council's Labour group says it cannot support the proposals for a bypass to the west of Hereford between Belmont and Holmer.

It says it's worried that houses planned alongside the new road would add to traffic congestion and would create future demands for services and facilities.

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The group also has concerns about the council’s ability to secure government funding for the project.

But the Conservative leader of the authority, Jonathan Lester, says the bypass has broad support across the community.

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It's being suggested that Coventry's carnival should be revived in time for the start of its City of Culture status in 2021.

Coventry Carnival was held throughout the 60s, 70s and 80s, but after a brief revival in 2000, it was merged into the Godiva Festival (pictured below).

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The City Council has set aside a budget of £25m for a programme of events in 2021 and councillor Catherine Miks told a committee meeting this week that residents groups wanted that to include a return of the original carnival.

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After a dry start to the night, winds will strengthen and rain will move in with lows of 9C (48F).

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Former Birmingham City boss Harry Redknapp has told the BBC his spell in charge didn't work because players were signed against his wishes.

The 71-year-old was sacked just weeks after the club brought in 14 players during last season's summer transfer window.

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He managed to save the club from relegation with victory on the final day of the 2016-17 season, but lost his job after a run of six straight defeats in the following campaign.

An investigation into the death of a man nine days after he was arrested, after becoming unwell in the presence of police, has concluded, said the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC),

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Warwickshire Police officers were called to a property in Nuneaton in the early hours of 10 July by someone concerned about Darren Cumberbatch's behaviour.

He was taken to hospital where he deteriorated and later died, nine days later.

The IOPC said the conclusion of its investigation, into contact officers had with Mr Cumberbatch prior to his death, have been shared with his family, Warwickshire Police and the coroner's office "to assist with future inquest proceedings".

"Publication of our investigation report will await the conclusion of an inquest," it said.

The Rothschild's giraffe is incredibly rare with only about 1,600 thought to be in the wild.

Two cyclists have been injured after being trapped under a fallen tree in Cheshire this morning.

Firefighters had to free the men before they could be handed over to paramedics and taken to Crewe's Leighton Hospital.

The men, both in their 40s, suffered an arm and leg injury in the accident on Brookhouse Lane in Smallwood.