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Video assistant referee system (VAR) replays will be displayed to fans during this season's FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley if a decision is overturned.

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VAR's decision will be announced on the big screen before a "definitive video clip" is shown.

It will be in use for both semi-finals this weekend including the Wolves match against Watford on Sunday.

The Football Association said it would provide "clarity" and "transparency" for those in attendance.

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An independent school in Shropshire has won permission to build a car park on playing fields which were said to be the site of the battle which gave Oswestry its name.

Oswestry School said the 46 spaces were needed to ease traffic problems and make surrounding roads safer when children arrive and leave.

The school was given permission for a 36-space car park in 2012 and a report prepared for members of Shropshire Council's planning committee said the additional new car park would allow it to improve access to both through the creation of another entrance.

In its application the school had argued the Battle of Maserfield, in which Oswald of Northumbria was killed, could have taken place elsewhere in the country.

Leamington Observer

Some of the Leamington Observer headlines today are:

• Third man arrested and charged following kidnapping, external
• Cycle race set to finish on high in Warwickshire this summer, external
• Man suffers life-threatening injuries after hit by car on M40, external

BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

Coventry City is believed to have earmarked a location for a potential new stadium.

The club's looking at the former Woodlands Academy site, which is a sizeable plot of land, but it has been earmarked to be brought back into use as a new special educational needs school.

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Today is the deadline by which owners Sisu had to tell the Football League where they're playing next season, or face a vote which could see the club expelled from the competition.

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BBC Weather

Any rain will clear leaving a cold, clear night with lows of -1C (30F).

BBC Radio Stoke Sport

Port Vale captain Tom Pope says he'd love to get his starting place back for Saturday's derby game against Crewe.

Pope came off the bench at the weekend to score his 100th Vale goal and would love to play against the club where he started his football league career.

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Crewe are well clear of the relegation zone and there are eight points and five teams between them and the playoff places.

Local Democracy Reporting Service
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The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) has been awarded more than £400,000 in funding to help promote healthy living initiatives in the region.

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The Sport England money will be used to help deliver specific West Midlands on the Move objectives across the region.

Initiatives include helping disabled people to take part in more physical activity, as well as removing the barriers which may have prevented them from taking part in the past.

The funding and its uses are set to be discussed by councillors at this week’s Wellbeing Board on Friday.

BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

The Football League says it's hopeful an extraordinary general meeting to discuss Coventry City's possible expulsion won't be necessary, after receiving "various options" from the club.

Coventry had until today to come up with a plan for next season, with uncertainty still surrounding its future at the Ricoh Arena.

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The EFL says it will produce a full update for other clubs on 11 April and has convened an EGM for 25 April as a precaution, but hopes it won't be needed.

It said it also hopes "a solution can be found that allows Coventry City to remain an EFL Club – and to play in Coventry - in 2019/20 and beyond”.

Walsall Manor Hospital can care for expectant mothers from across the region following safety fears.

A Shropshire-based British Army unit is preparing to deploy to Afghanistan on a NATO mission.

The 1st Battalion the Royal Irish, garrisoned at Tern Hill near Market Drayton, will fly out to Kabul within the next couple of weeks.

The soldiers are being asked to provide protection to advisers working with the Ministry of the Interior and Ministry of Defence in the Afghan capital, where there the army says there is still a "residual threat".

The biggest church in Stoke-on-Trent has launched an appeal to raise £750,000 for safety work.

St Mark's Church in Shelton has a partially collapsed roof, unstable stone work and boarded-up windows.

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The church is applying for a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

A man has been jailed after leading police on a 40-mile pursuit while towing a stolen caravan.

Coventry Observer

These are some of today's Coventry Observer headlines:

• Petition calls for traffic lights on busy road plagued by speeding drivers, external
• Mum of man stabbed to death pays tribute to her 'kind and thoughtful' son, external
• Showcasing Shakespeare souvenirs over the centuries, external

A man who was pursued by police on the M6 while towing a stolen caravan has been jailed.

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Steven Beeson, of Sparkhill, Birmingham, failed to stop for officers after they were alerted to a pick-up truck towing a caravan - both of which were stolen - on the A34 in Staffordshire last June.

The truck and caravan almost crashed with a lorry at the entrance to junction 15 on the M6 southbound, before speeding through roadworks until it was finally stopped.

The 40-year-old was sentenced to 20 months in prison at Birmigham Crown Court on 22 March after pleading guilty to driving whilst disqualified and theft of a caravan.

BBC Radio Stoke Sport

Port Vale manager John Askey says he isn't taking their League Two safety for granted, with six games to go.

They go into Saturday's match against Crewe eight points clear of the relegation zone and Askey said he wanted at least another three, but ideally a lot more.

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If second from bottom Notts County win all six of their remaining games they will finish with 54 points, so another 11 for Port Vale would guarantee safety, but the actual target is likely to be lower.

Two new pothole-filling trucks will be named Harry Pothole and Fill.I.Am after a competition in which Shropshire children were asked to come up with suggestions for the machines.

Harry Pothole was the most popular suggestion and was put forward by four different entrants.

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Shropshire Council says the two vehicles use compressed air to blow water or dirt out of a pothole and then fill it with hot bitumen and chippings. The repair is compacted by a roller and sealed with a layer of surface dressing.

They'll be taken to visit the schools of the children who came up with the names.

The government-commissioned independent panel has been scrutinising Birmingham City Council since 2014.

Some parents with children at King Edward VI schools say selection is to no longer be based on merit.

BBC Radio Shropshire Sport

The New Saints could open up a four-point gap at the top of the Welsh Premier League with a win over Bala Town this week.

There are just five games remaining in their league season and the Oswestry-based side are one point ahead of Connah's Quay Nomads, with a far superior goal difference.

The two title contenders meet on the final day of the league season, on 26 April.

Bringing HMP Birmingham back under public control should be the start of a journey that sees the termination of all private sector contracts in English prisons, a union has said.

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Unite the union said it welcomed the decision that a contract with G4S to run HMP Birmingham has been terminated.

It said there are a number of private sector contracts across the estimated 118 prisons in England and Wales, with 14 managed by private companies.

"Once again, the outsourcing model being imposed on public services has been found to be flawed," said Unite regional officer Caren Evans.

In a written statement, Prisons Minister Rory Stewart said the government continues to believe that prisoners and the public benefit from "a mixed economy of provisions".

"We will of course be learning lessons from Birmingham which must support our approach to contracting for private prisons in the future," he added.