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.

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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.

Wasps sign hooker TJ Harris on a short-term loan deal from Championship side Jersey.

A man's been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a stabbing in Nuneaton on Monday evening.

The 38-year-old from South Croydon is being questioned after a man in his 20s was stabbed in the back when fighting broke out in an alleyway off Queen's Road.

A 26-year-old woman has also been arrested on suspicion of aggravated robbery, Warwickshire Police said, external.

While thousands of pupils have returned to school today, and more are due to return tomorrow, some parents have decided to keep their children at home.

A YouGov poll this morning suggests close to one in six parents have seriously considered not sending their children to school over coronavirus fears.

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The headteacher at St John's C of E Primary School at Allesley in Coventry, Gary Watson, said they are having conversations with those parents.

Mr Watson said only a handful of pupils haven't returned, adding: "We're in constant communication with them and we're visiting them and we'll be supporting them through the process in the decisions that they make."

A teenager believed a race war was coming and thought terrorists were "saints", a court hears.

Coventry Live

From the Coventry Telegraph today:

• Police cordon put up in Nuneaton town centre, external
• Ancient customs of Coventry's Ukrainian community, external
• Coventry in the top 10 cities for green space, external

Wasps move up to fourth in the Premiership as a late penalty try gives them victory at Bath.