An attempt by Jaguar Land Rover to trademark the shape of the Defender has been rejected by the High Court.

The UK Intellectual Property Office refused the applications last year after an official decided that the shapes of the Defender 90 and 110 lacked "distinctiveness".

The High Court had been asked to rule on an appeal by JLR.

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The firm stopped making the defender in 2016 and has since announced plans to make a replacement.

But a rival company, Ineos Automotive, has said it plans to make a similar vehicle "inspired" by the classic design at a factory in Bridgend.

The band says he is "already up and about" and expresses hopes for "a strong and speedy recovery".

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It seems there is a lot of grey cloud about today.

These photos from the BBC Weather Watchers were taken this morning near Bodenham, Bromsgrove and Atcham.

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The Shrewsbury Flower Show firework display is going online this year, because of the coronavirus.

Thousands of people buy tickets to watch it in the Quarry every year, and many more watch it from their homes around the town, but instead this month, footage of the 2019 display will be shown online.

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This year's flower show would have been the 133rd, but online viewers are being promised some "really interesting videos" around 14 and 15 August to replace the garden tours, cooking displays and live music.

A 19-year-old man has been arrested following a stabbing in Hanley on Sunday night.

The victim was taken to hospital with a stab wound to his armpit after the attack on Bryan Street, near The Potteries shopping centre.

The man was arrested on suspicion of wounding with intent and has been released while investigations continue.

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Rural crime cost Shropshire £1.4m last year, a rise of 15% on the previous year, the insurer NFU Mutual has said.

The cost to the wider West Midlands, it added, was more than £10m, and said that rural crime in the UK was at its highest level for eight years.

NFU Mutual said the rise is being driven by organised criminal gangs targeting high-value tractors, quad bikes and large numbers of livestock.

It will cost £9.1m pounds to repair Herefordshire's roads after the February floods, Herefordshire Council has estimated.

The authority is proposing to borrow more than £4m, but said it it has had no specific government funding to fix roads including the B4224 to Fownhope, the A438 at Whitney on Wye and the Holme Lacy Causeway.

The council is going to consider using cash allocated for pothole repairs and general road maintenance, plus loans, to fund the work.

Father-of-seven Jonathan Stevens died after trying to save his children from the sea.

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A schoolboy's dream of turning a patch of parkland into a memorial garden for Covid-19 victims could become a reality in the next few months.

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Harvey Eustace would like part of Olton Jubilee Park, in Solihull, to be turned into a place of remembrance with a cherry blossom tree, wildflowers and memorial stones.

The council has signalled it will donate the tree to the 10-year-old's scheme and his mother Steph Freeman told the Local Democracy Reporting Service it would be planted later this year.

She said she hoped the community would back a fundraising drive to raise the other £750 needed and her son was keen to see it created.

"Harvey is autistic … I think that’s why once he got it in his head he really wanted to run with it. I think it’s helped him through the isolation. It’s given him something to focus on.”

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We're forecast some showers this morning and the skies are likely to remain cloudy, but it will be mild too - with temperatures up to around 17C (63F).

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A church bell could soon be ringing out again after being repaired.

The work on the so-called Great Bell of Tong of St Bartholomew's Church was held up by the coronavirus pandemic.

The bell was removed and placed on the nave but the repair firm, Taylor Bells, had to wait for the lockdown to end before collecting it.

The work involved replacing an old wooden headstock the bell sits on with a cast iron one.

Minister-in charge, the Reverend Pippa Thorneycroft, told the BBC at the weekend Taylor Bells was expecting to return the bell on Tuesday.

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Victims of dance teacher Neil Harris, convicted of sexually assaulting pupils, share their stories.

Drayton Manor was forced to close during Storm Dennis and was unable to reopen due to coronavirus.

Kim Stevens said her brother Jonathan, from Telford, had been on a day trip to Barmouth.

Andell Goulbourne was knocked from his bike during Eid celebrations in Birmingham.

Worcestershire's Charlie Morris strikes a potentially crucial blow by removing Gloucestershire's Chris Dent before the close of play.

A man has been jailed for two months for attacking a police officer with boiling water and scissors.

Craig Rowe, 41, of Hereford, pleaded guilty to common assault on an emergency worker at Worcester Crown Court on Monday.

Hannah Currie, 36, also from Hereford, will stand trial on 14 December at Worcester Crown Court after she denied assault by beating an emergency worker.

She admitted common assault on an emergency worker at the same court on Monday and will be sentenced after her trial in December.

The pair, both of Mayberry Avenue, were arrested on 5 July.

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