The two-way route serving about 4,500 homes and six schools is expected to be finished next year.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

Rugby's town centre is going to have £96,000 spent on coronavirus safety measures.

The money has come from the European Regional Development Fund.

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The funding will pay for a website to allow people to book slots at independent stores, hand sanitiser stations, signs and other communications.

Police have released these pictures, showing 15 men they want to talk to in relation to an unofficial Coventry City promotion party.

The West Midlands force said trouble broke out on the evening of 9 June when several hundred people turned out on Broadgate.

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It said it has already identified an additional 11 people involved in the trouble and those men have either been arrested or had voluntarily come into a police station.

Two pubs and a desserts business in Rugby announce measures.

Vishna Rasia's colleagues are raising money to pay for a new echo machine for the hospital.

Tyler Walker's late strike is enough to guide 10-man Coventry into the second round of the Carabao Cup after a 1-0 win at MK Dons.

England captain Owen Farrell is sent off for a high tackle as Saracens fall to a surprise defeat against a much-changed Wasps.

Coventry Live

From Coventry Live today:

• Rise in Covid-19 cases in two Coventry areas prompts 'local lockdown' warning, external
• Vandals target treasured community gardens and centre for second time, external
• Complaints about 'drugs, noise and lockdown parties' at luxury rental flats, external

Coventry City Council says there is a spike in the St Michael's and Lower Stoke areas.

Coventry sign Arsenal midfielder Ben Sheaf on a season-long loan, with an option to make the deal permanent next summer.

A Warwickshire businessman says a government scheme to create work placements for unemployed young people is unlikely to benefit his firm until later in the year.

Under the Kickstart scheme employers will be paid £1,500 for every 16-24 year old they train, the aim being to help those people build the skills they need to find a job.

But John Nollett, chief executive or Pressmark Pressings, an engineering firm in Atherstone, Warwickshire, said more clarity on the scheme would have enabled him to plan more.

"Getting information has been really difficult and understanding how we go about this has been tough," he said.

"We now have found we have to use an intermediary because we want to take on a few people - we don't want 30 - so there's a lot more to go yet before we start employing these people."

From 10 September e-scooters will be available in Birmingham and Coventry.

The 17-year-old allegedly advised an extreme right-wing group how to convert a blank-firing gun.

An 18-year-old is being treated in hospital after being shot in the arm in Coventry.

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It's understood he was standing with friends when he was injured, police have said.

Detectives are carrying out house-to-house inquiries after the incident on Pinley Fields in the city at about 22:40.

The victim is being treated in hospital for injuries not believed to be life-threatening or life-changing, said West Midlands Police.

A major cannabis factory has been discovered in Coventry after being "lit up like a lighthouse" by cameras on-board a police helicopter.

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Drugs with an estimated street value of £330,000 were seized from the disused shop in the Hillfields area of the city.

Officers were on the lookout for a car which failed to stop when thermal imaging cameras detected a bright heat source coming from the property at the junction of Harnall Lane East and Jesmond Road, said West Midlands Police.

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The factory was a "professional" set up, the force added, with a reinforced steel door and escape hatch leading to an adjacent flat.

Two machetes were also recovered from the site on 28 August.

A protest was held in Coventry city centre on Wednesday against far-right groups targeting asylum seekers in hotels.

Two members of the Britain First organisation were arrested in the city on Saturday following reports of disorder at the Coventry Hill Hotel, in Rye Hill.

James White, 30, of St Michaels Crescent, Southam, has been charged with common assault and another 23-year-old released without charge.

Andy Pettit from Stand up to Racism, who organised the demonstration, said the Britain First group were threatening "some of the most vulnerable in society who've been fleeing war and disaster in their own countries".

Danny Shaw
BBC Home Affairs Correspondent

A catalogue of failings have been found in the way people convicted of terror-related offences are monitored by the authorities in England and Wales.

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The review was launched after convicted terrorist Usman Khan killed Saskia Jones, 23, From Stratford-upon-Avon, and Jack Merritt, 25, in an attack in London in November.

The independent review , externalfound "gaps" in the powers used to check up on such offenders.

Justice minister Chris Philp said the government was legislating to require terrorism offenders to take lie detector tests - a measure the report endorses - and said other proposals were being considered.

BBC Weather Watchers

The BBC Weather Watchers have been busy sending us pictures, these snaps have a bit of a theme...

Wolds Wanderer took this photo in Stratford-upon-Avon, those pooches have seen some friends across the water!

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In Cardington, Shropshire, Peter Steggles snapped these horses and goats in a field.

You can send us your pictures here.

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The baby, now 12 months old, was removed from the family home after suffering a rib injury.

The boy joined a neo-Nazi group after a "test" where he expressed hatred for Jews, a court hears.