Dom Sibley enhances his England hopes with a second hundred of the match as Warwickshire beat Nottinghamshire by eight wickets.

BBC Coventry & Warwickshire Sport

The prospect of Coventry City spending another two seasons in Birmingham hasn't gone down well with the Sky Blue Trust.

The club's chief executive Dave Boddy warned fans at a supporters meeting that this was a real possibility, but a board member of the fans group, Neil White, said this was "utterly bewildering".

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Mr White said the club's owners needed to get back around the table with Wasps, who own the Ricoh Arena, to agree a deal to bring the team back to Coventry.

Mr Boddy said the football club was still in contact with Wasps, with the hope that talks can resume at some point.

Hereford Times

Here are three of the top stories from the Hereford Times today:

• Indian restaurant gets zero-star food hygiene rating, external
• Major fire destroys building in Leominster, external
• Extinction Rebellion protest for Hereford city centre, external

Last night the final piece of track was welded into place as part of the Birmingham Westside Metro tram extension.

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Metro services to a new terminus outside the Library of Birmingham are likely to begin by Christmas.

The Westside project follows the Metro extension from St Chad's to Grand Central, which opened three years ago.

When completed, services will continue to the Hagley Road in Edgbaston.

A grieving family were racially abused while they were paying their respects at the scene of a fatal crash in on Cavendish Road in Walsall.

West Midlands Police said a passer-by hurled "vile comments" towards the family of Kulvinder Kaur on Saturday, two days after she died.

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A 20-year-old man has since been charged with causing the death of 52-year-old Mrs Kaur by dangerous driving, failing to stop at the scene and other traffic offences.

A horse has been rescued by firefighters after getting his leg stuck in a cattle grid in the Staffordhire Moorlands.

Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service says the horse, named Barney, was rescued by crews in Werrington this morning.

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Barney has now been left in the care of a vet and it's hoped he'll make a full recovery.

A free event to help businesses prepare for Brexit is being held in Birmingham.

The Brexit Business Readiness Events are taking place across the UK to advise businesses what actions need to be taken, the government said.

You can register for the event, to be held at Edgbaston stadium on 27 September, here., external

Local Democracy Reporting Service

Last year's hot summer is partly to blame for a fall in the amount of waste being recycled in Solihull, the local council has said.

Figures show the rate dropped from 41% in 2018-18 to 39% in 2018-19.

The authority said the dry spell led to to less garden waste being collected and explained that makes up about half of its recycling target overall.

Solihull is aiming to recycle, reuse or compost half of all rubbish by 2020, but Kalen Wood, head of waste and recycling, said: “I think it’s important to note that this isn’t a unique position to Solihull, a lot of other local authorities have either seen a reduction in their recycling rate or have started to plateau."

A national change also saw wood waste banned from recycling.

David Humfrey, 39, is charged with the murder of Steven Day in Solihull in July last year.

Jaydon James died in hospital after being stabbed in Coventry in November.

BBC Sport

Dominic Sibley is leading the way for Warwickshire as they attempt to chase down a target of 271 against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge.

With less than 20 overs to go, he has reached 100 not out and Warwickshire are 193-1.

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Sibley and opening partner Will Rhodes got them off to a great start with a stand of 146 for the first wicket, but it could be close.

A teenager has been charged with murder after the fatal stabbing of a 16-year-old in Coventry.

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Jaydon James, known as JJ, was wounded in the city in November and died later in hospital.

The accused is aged 17 and cannot be named.

One runaway victim was penalised for stealing jewellery to survive, the child sex abuse inquiry finds.

Police officers in Warwickshire are being trained in how to use technology to help tackle rural crime.

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The cost of rural crime has risen to £44.5m as organised criminal gangs target farm machinery, NFU Mutual figures show.

Officers are being taught how to recognise stolen plant machinery with the help of a roadside app, developed by an officer with the Warwickshire force.

Drones are also being used to "good effect," the force said.

The issue has been highlighted on Crimewatch Roadshow Live which is available to watch on the BBC iPlayer.

BBC Sport

Wolverhampton Wanderers play their first game in the Europa League group stage tonight.

They're at home to Sporting Braga from Portugal

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Wolves head coach Nuno has no injury worries with Ryan Bennett expected to be available after he missed the 5-2 home defeat by Chelsea in the Premier League last Saturday.

Left winger Wilson Eduardo and defender Vitor Tormena could both be absent for Braga, who finished fourth in Portugal's Primeira Liga last term.

This is Wolves' first appearance in a major European competition since the 1980-81 Uefa Cup.

James Gallagher
Health and science correspondent, BBC News

Babies born by Caesarean section have dramatically different gut bacteria to those born vaginally, according to the largest study in the field.

The study - by the University of Birmingham, Wellcome Sanger Institute and UCL- assessed how the microbiome forms when we leave our mother's sterile womb and enter a world full of bugs.

The scientists say these early encounters with microbes may act as a "thermostat" for the immune system.

And they may help explain why Caesarean babies are more likely to have some health problems later in life.

The researchers stress women should not swab babies with their vaginal fluids - known as "vaginal seeding".

Some 345,000 trees are set to be planted in Shropshire by 2050 - one for every person in the local authority area.

It's the idea of the Lib Dem Councillor for Ludlow North, Andy Boddington, and Shropshire Council approved the measure at a meeting this morning.

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Mr Boddington is also proposing to introduce a tree bank scheme, external, so that for every old tree felled, a new one is planted.

he said people could be encouraged to make a financial contribution to the scheme if they fell a tree and that it could also apply to developers.

A fire that destroyed an antiques and self-storage building in Herefordshire was started accidentally, investigators have concluded.

Fire crews are still on the scene at Pugh's Antiques on North Road in Leominster - which sells furniture and has self-storage units on site.

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One person was treated for minor injuries at the scene.

Coventry Observer

Today's Coventry Observer headlines include:

• Boost for UK Battery Industrialisation Centre in Coventry, external
• Suspended sentence for man who recruited attacker, external

• Masked teenagers attack elderly man after robbing woman's keys, external

Mavis Eccleston told jurors her husband kissed her hand after she agreed to "go with his wishes" to die.