The Godiva Festival has been labelled a "big success" by the city council in Coventry which said 75,000 people had visited the War Memorial site over the weekend.

A number of acts including Jay1 and MistaJam were cancelled after the Rhythm Tent was closed on Saturday evening.

The move led to criticism on Twitter, including by Jay1 who said he had wanted to perform in "my own city".

The "disappointing" closure was taken for safety reasons after the tent reached capacity and barriers were breached, the council said.

"The safety of all people attending the festival is our number one priority, and thankfully no one was seriously hurt,” said Abdul Salam Khan, the councillor in charge of events.

A child's life could be shortened by seven months by air pollution, a study focusing on Birmingham has suggested., external

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The research by Kings College London found the impact of air pollution would lead to a higher loss of life in the city than others such as Manchester.

An eight-year-old child born in 2011 may die between two to seven months early if exposed over their lifetime to projected future pollution concentrations, it said.

The study looked at the combined impact of two pollutants - particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide - two of the leading causes of poor health from air pollution.

It calculated the annual health cost of air pollution in Birmingham as between £190m to £470m per year.

A spokeswoman for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said: "Air quality has improved significantly in recent years, but air pollution continues to shorten lives which is why we are taking concerted action to tackle it".

BBC Sport

Great Britain's Amy Livesey won her first Grand Prix silver medal in two years at the inaugural Montreal Grand Prix.

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The Walsall-based judoka finished finished second in the -63kg category, her best result since the Cancun Grand Prix in June 2017.

South Korea's Mokhee Cho took the gold medal, with Alexia Casthilos and Beauchemin-Pinard taking joint bronze.

Express and Star

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Fire crews are at the scene of a severe fire in a ground floor workshop in Coventry.

About 20 firefighters were called to Eden Street shortly before 03:30.

Deutsche Bank will cut 18,000 jobs over three years as part of a radical reorganisation of the German bank.

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The company employs about 8,000 staff in the UK, with about 1,500 back-office staff employed at a site in Birmingham.

Deutsche Bank is yet to specify exactly where jobs will be lost.

The bank said it will cut its global workforce to 74,000 by 2022 and that the restructure will cost €7.4bn over the next three years.

Police investigating the disappearance of estate agent Suzy Lamplugh are to resume their search of land in Worcestershire.

Ms Lamplugh disappeared from London in 1986. Her body has not been found and no-one ever charged in connection over her death.

Metropolitan Police officers are now searching areas of land in Pershore.

Ms Lamplugh's family has been notified and police will remain at the scene until a "thorough search" is complete.

Rich Davis
BBC Weather presenter

It will be a mainly dry day with some brightness but the odd chance of showers with highs of 20C (68F).

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