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Coventry City could move closer to a place in the top six with a win at fellow League One play-off-chasers Peterborough and manager Mark Robins said he's expecting a big following.

Doncaster Rovers hold on to the final play-off spot, just three points ahead of Coventry, but have a much better goal-difference.

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Peterborough go into the game two points ahead of them, but have lost three of their last five.

Nathan Bates was killed in October and police linked it to the death of Robert Goodwin on the same day.

A man in his 50s was shot dead by police in Birmingham after a single gunshot was discharged, said the Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC).

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A team of six West Midlands Police firearms officers were executing a warrant on the fourth floor of the building in Wheeleys Lane when the incident happened, the police watchdog said.

The area remains cordoned-off while investigations continue.

Pupils from Greater Manchester and Staffordshire took part in the technological skirmish.

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Bin collections in Birmingham should return to normal on Monday after city council leaders approved settlements for striking refuse collectors.

Most will get £3,500 each, to bring to an end the dispute over claims of council payments made to GMB members who did not strike in 2017.

The dispute, which has been going on since 29 December, has cost the council at least £5.8m including the costs of the settlements, legal fees and paying for agency staff to provide cover.

Unite assistant general secretary Howard Beckett said: "Unite is pleased that it has been able to reach agreement with the council to finally bring an end to this lengthy dispute.

"By standing together, our members have secured an excellent settlement and ended the injustice that they had been subject to."

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Children have been protesting across the West Midlands in a day of action over climate change.

They're among thousands worldwide who have abandoned classrooms for a day of demonstrations.

The government said the disruption increased teachers' workloads and wasted lesson time.

But Environment Secretary Michael Gove backed the protesting children, saying in a video: "Dear school climate strikers, we agree."

The Environment Agency is warning rivers levels are likely to continue rising this weekend and it now has four flood warnings, external in place, on the Severn and Vyrnwy in Shropshire - covering Shrewsbury, Melverley, Maesbrook and Pentre.

It also has a number of flood alerts in Staffordshire and Herefordshire, as well as Shropshire.

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Alerts are in place on the River Lugg at Leominster, the rivers Churnet and Tean, the River Wye in Herefordshire, the Rivers Tern and Perry, the River Severn through Shropshire and the Upper Teme.

Flood defences are still up in Frankwell in Shrewsbury. The Environment Agency said it expected levels to remain high there until Monday.

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Telford Tigers are involved in a three-way battle for the league title on the final weekend of National North season.

If they beat rivals Hull Pirates tomorrow, they can claim top-spot with victory over Solihull Barons on Sunday, but only if the other team in the mix, Sheffield Steeldogs, drops points this weekend.

The Steeldogs and Pirates can also claim the title, if results go their way.

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Solihull Barons play Blackburn tomorrow and are assured a spot in the play-offs whatever the results are this weekend, but would love to deny their arch-rivals the league title.

And it could be last league meeting between the sides for a while, if Telford Tigers move to the proposed new NIHL division.

Coventry Blaze fans have a St Patrick's Day treat, with an away trip to Belfast. They play the Giants today and tomorrow, so fans might have sore heads when they host Fife Flyers on Sunday.

A terminally ill woman ties the knot in hospital after receiving a lung cancer diagnosis.

Thousands are expected to take part in the annual St Patrick's Day parade in Birmingham.

The event has in past years claimed to be the third biggest of its kind in the world, beaten only by ones in New York and Dublin.

Organisers say they're expecting the biggest turnout yet for the main parade, on Sunday 17 March, with about 80,000 people expected to take part.

Digbeth High Street and some surrounding roads will be closed for the parade which takes place between 12:00 and 14:00.

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Officers' bodycam footage is believed to have captured the shooting, the police watchdog said.

Young people walk out of schools and colleges across England to protest over climate change.

Worcester Warriors Josh Adams will start for Wales tomorrow, when they chase a Grand Slam against Ireland in Cardiff.

If they lose, his Warriors teammate Ben Te'o could be part of a victorious England team, when they take on Scotland at Twickenham later.

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Wasps' Elliot Daly and Joe Launchbury are expected to start for England in that game and their teammates Brad Shields and Nathan Hughes will be with Te'o on the replacements bench.

Birmingham students taking part in protests against climate change say they are fighting for their future.

Kidderminster Harriers have brought in two loan signings ahead of tomorrow afternoon's home match against Spennymoor Town.

Striker Kwame Thomas (pictured below) and defender Harry Flowers have both joined from Vanarama National side Solihull Moors.

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Both players will be at Aggborough for the remainder of the season.

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The railway line between Shrewsbury and Welshpool has reopened after a bridge was damaged by a vehicle earlier.

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A large amount of money has been stolen from a cash machine after it was attacked at a Post Office in Crewe.

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Police in Cheshire say the attack happened at early this morning at the store on North Street.

They say a car was then driven off towards Leighton Hospital.

A man arrested after two brothers were killed in a hit-and-run crash, has been released pending further inquiries.

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Sanjay Singh, aged 10, and Pawanveer Singh, 23 months, from Dudley, were in a BMW being driven by their mother when it crashed with an Audi S3 on Thursday evening.

The 31-year-old man alleged to have been at the wheel of a six-litre Bentley Continental convertible was arrested at the scene on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.

The driver of the Audi car - which witnesses claim was "racing" alongside the Bentley - made off and has yet to be traced.

A college in Newcastle-under-Lyme is going to get metal detectors to try and prevent people with knives walking in to the buildings.

Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, which is one of the agencies supplying the funding, said it was "nothing to be alarmed about" and the Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group said it would help security staff and raise awareness of the issue of knife crime.

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More than 1,200 students at the college recently took part in courses designed to educate them about gangs and knife crime.

The boys, aged 23 months and 10 years, were in a car with their mother when the crash happened.