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.

The two men are "likely to be off work for some time" after being assaulted by a patient.

Leicester Tigers sign centre Andy Forsyth and fly-half Rory Jennings on loan from Coventry for the rest of the season.

Police say they were called to Coventry Hill Hotel, in Rye Hill, at 12:50 BST on Saturday.

Championship newcomers Coventry City sign striker Tyler Walker from Nottingham Forest for an undisclosed fee.

The man was found at a waste management centre in Warwickshire.

Allen Cook
BBC News

Train passengers in the West Midlands are facing another August Bank Holiday of travel disruption and replacement bus services.

Image source, Network Rail

Network Rail is carrying out major engineering work between Rugby and Birmingham International from midnight tonight, closing all lines.

There will be no trains in or out of Coventry with buses being used instead across the route, National Rail Enquiries says, external.

Allen Cook
BBC News

Business leaders in the West Midlands have welcomed a government campaign aimed at encouraging people to return to their workplaces.

Image source, Coventry City Council

Employers will be asked to reassure staff it is safe to return by highlighting measures taken to prevent the spread of Covid-19.

Trish Willetts, manager of the Business Improvement District (BID) organisation in Coventry, said the city needed people back in their workplaces.

"We absolutely need that message, that clear directive that it is OK to come out," she said.

"I do appreciate people that have been shielding, people that haven't the confidence but we are really trying as a team in Coventry to make the city inviting."

Business leaders have warned of damage being done to the local economy as people stay away from city centre offices.

Jonathan Bellamy, chair of Hanley BID in Stoke-on-Trent, said: "Self-isolation is not healthy and people need to engage with other people."

He said encouraging people to return to offices would benefit both them and the local economy.

BBC CWR

A paraplegic woman from Coventry says she's heartbroken after being turned down for a grant to help turn her bungalow into a safe and accessible home.

Anya Darlow uses a wheelchair and was told recently she wasn't eligible for the grant despite spending the last year waiting for adaptations worth about £14,000.

The city council said it can’t comment on individual cases, but applications for Disabled Facilities Grants can be refused for a number of reasons and are subject to a means test.

The doorman was left seriously injured when a brick was hurled.

BBC Weather Watchers

We've had a morning of ominous looking clouds rolling in over the West Midlands, at least from the look of these photos from our local BBC Weather Watchers.

These are from users DaveA in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, Beefy in Halesowen, Dudley and Videoman in Leek, Staffordshire:

Image source, DaveA

Image source, Beefy

Image source, Videoman

A driver has escaped uninjured after a performance car crashed into a lamp-post in Leamington Spa last night.

Image source, Warwickshire Police

Police said the Subaru Impreza came off the road on Europa Way, first crashing into a hedge and then the lamp-post.

Officers from Warwickshire Police, who shared images of the crash on Facebook, said the driver "didn't quite have the driving skills of the Rally driver Richard Burns".

The Royal Shakespeare Company says social distancing prohibits it opening its theatres this year.

Balvinder Gahir was found with serious head injuries at a property in Leamington Spa on Monday.

A hospice group is predicting a shortfall in its budget of £1m due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Image source, The Myton Hospice

Myton, which has three hospice - in Coventry, Rugby and Warwick - said the deficit was due to the impact of Covid-19 on its ability to raise funds.

The organisation said it was now drawing up plans to make sure it was sustainable in the future.

Myton also said it would be reopening its inpatient unit in Warwick by the end of September having previously given it to the local NHS trust as part of the response to the pandemic.

Coventry Live

The Coventry Live website's headlines today include:

• 'Threats to kill' arrest after armed police surround a flat in Bedworth, external
• Cops stumble upon cannabis factory in Exhall during routine call out, external
• Travellers set up camp on council-owned land in Binley, external

Coventry sign defender Leo Ostigard on loan from Premier League side Brighton for the 2020-21 season.

The two men, aged 57 and 23, will appear at Coventry Magistrates Court on Thursday.

Patrick McDonagh and Daniella Hill are charged after a 22-year-old man died in hospital on Tuesday.