BBC Local Live: Coventry & Warwickshire on Monday 4 April 2016

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Updates on Monday 4 April 2016

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Nine Tesco staff test positive for Covid-19published at 18:15 British Summer Time 5 August 2020
There have been nine cases of coronavirus confirmed at the Arena Park Tesco in Coventry and the building has undergone deep cleaning to make it safe.
Coventry City Council said the people affected were all self-isolating.
Staff who have been in working with them are being tested and public health teams are tracing others who may have recently come into contact with them.
Image source, Google
Store manager Jamie Tonks said his team were "engaging with public health authorities" and taking, "all the relevant precautions".
Liz Gaulton, Director of Public Health for Coventry, said the city had seen "a gradual rise in numbers of Covi-19 cases" and this was a "timely reminder that this pandemic is not over".
Your photos: A little bit of everythingpublished at 14:11 British Summer Time 5 August 2020
BBC Weather Watchers
It seems the weather is giving us a little bit of everything today, as you can see from these photos shared by the BBC Weather Watchers.
They were taken in the Bromsgrove, Warwick and Gnosall areas.
Image source, Hedgehog
Image source, SteveC
Image source, Neil
Around the web: Tesco staff test positive for coronaviruspublished at 12:44 British Summer Time 5 August 2020
Coventry Live
Here are three stories from the Coventry Live website today:
- Staff at Tesco store test positive for coronavirus, external
- Fresh bid to save Rolls Royce jobs, external
- Temporary GP practice to open, external
Tesco staff test positive for Covid-19published at 09:37 British Summer Time 5 August 2020
BBC CWR
A number of staff at the biggest Tesco store in Coventry have tested positive for coronavirus.
Image source, Google
The supermarket said it was a small number at the shop at the Arena Park Shopping Centre but didn't reveal the exact figure.
Public Health England is advising and "all the relevant precautions" are being taken, the firm added.
English hockey has an issue of 'endemic racism'published at 09:23 British Summer Time 5 August 2020
BBC Sport
Hockey in England has an issue with "endemic racism" and not enough is being done by the governing body to tackle it, according to several clubs.
Image source, Getty Images
Image caption,
Sam Quek, who is from an ethnic minority background, was the only BAME athlete in the central Great Britain programme for the Rio Olympics cycle
Eight clubs, including ones in the West Midlands, have signed a letter accusing England Hockey of presiding over a system that is "biased" against ethnic minority players.
"It is out of touch with modern-day Britain," wrote Barford Tigers Hockey Club chairman Gurmej Singh Pawar.
England Hockey said it wants the sport to be "a force for good in diversity".
The clubs include Barford Tigers, Birmingham and Sikh Union Coventry.
Murder charge over fatal house firepublished at 17:32 British Summer Time 4 August 2020
It follows the death of a five-year-old boy four months after the blaze in November 2018.
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Coventry's triple boost to bounce back from pandemicpublished at 14:33 British Summer Time 4 August 2020
Coventry's economy will benefit from a "ripple effect" from government funding, the city's cabinet member for regeneration has said.
The project set up to help businesses bounce back from coronavirus is giving £6m towards Coventry City of Culture, £1.8m to the Very Light Rail project and £3.9m towards improving facilities at the Ricoh Arena.
Councillor Jim O'Boyle said the money was important because the city faced some "choppy economic waters" amid the pandemic.
Eight business projects to share £66m fundpublished at 14:02 British Summer Time 4 August 2020
Eight business projects in the West Midlands will share £66m of government funding intended to get the economy up and running after coronavirus.
One of the biggest beneficiaries is the National Brownfield Land Institute at the University of Wolverhampton, which will get £14.9m to "research and develop new construction methods and ways of regenerating contaminated land".
Image source, WMCA
The Getting Building Fund is for schemes that can start within the next 18 months.
The West Midands Combined Authority says the money will create about 2,110 jobs and the projects involved will support 1,419 construction jobs.
The other awards are:
- £15.1m towards the redevelopment of University Station in Edgbaston
- £1m towards WM5G’s work with business to develop apps
- £10.8m for 'innovation spaces' and laboratories at the Birmingham Health Innovation Campus
- £12.4m for the Very Light Rail Innovation Centre in Dudley
- £6m towards Coventry City of Culture
- £1,8m for Coventry’s Very Light Rail project
- £3.9m towards improved facilities at the Ricoh Arena
Appeal over Land Rover Defender trademark failspublished at 12:46 British Summer Time 4 August 2020
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.
Image source, Jaguar Land Rover
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.
Around the web: Ornament stolen from mother's gravepublished at 10:17 British Summer Time 4 August 2020
Coventry Live
From the Coventry Telegraph:
- 'Sick' thieves steal ornament from mum's grave, external
- Council binmen urinated on man’s fence, external
- Council complaints rise to second highest on record, external
Refuse workers 'warned daily' over fence urinationpublished at 18:51 British Summer Time 3 August 2020
They were found to be regularly relieving themselves on the same resident's fence and bush.
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More ambition urged over cycling and walking planspublished at 17:27 British Summer Time 3 August 2020
Allen Cook
BBC News
The UK’s first city bicycle mayor is urging Warwickshire County Council to be more ambitious as it bids for government funding for new cycling and walking schemes.
Image source, Adam Tranter
Adam Tranter is Coventry’s bicycle mayor and has written to Warwickshire County Council, external saying he's concerned the local authority won't get as much money from ministers as it could.
The government is offering £180m to councils for long-term schemes to get more people cycling and walking after the coronavirus lockdown, external.
But Mr Tranter says he feared the county council's "lack of ambition" would see other local authorities get a bigger share of the cash.
Warwickshire County Council has been approached for a response.
Covid-19: 'We hope people will overcome their nervousness'published at 17:09 British Summer Time 3 August 2020
Cafe, pub and restaurant owners across the West Midlands have told the BBC they are hoping the new Eat Out To Help Out scheme does encourage more customers to enjoy a meal out.
Image source, EPA
Diners can now get up to 50% off their bill under the government initiative which runs all day Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 3 to 31 August across the UK.
Darren Dunn from Heavenly Desserts in Coventry said he hoped the benefits extended beyond this month.
"It's not only putting money in our tills now and allowing us to continue to operate at the levels we are operating at but it also means down the line we've gained new customers we might not have without this incentive."
While Ann Ager, from the Bakehouse Cafe, Stafford, said staff had seen trade fall off last week after a Covid-19 outbreak in nearby Stone.
"We're hoping this week people will overcome their nervousness and appreciate most establishments if not all establishments are now safe."
Around the web: Latest Covid-19 figures for countypublished at 16:54 British Summer Time 3 August 2020
Coventry Live
The Coventry Live website's top stories today include:
Your photos: Wildlife under blue and cloudy skiespublished at 15:13 British Summer Time 3 August 2020
BBC Weather Watchers
We've had the odd shower today but mainly it has been a day for people to enjoy the sunshine, at least our local BBC Weather Watchers have certainly been doing that.
Here are three from users Caraman On Tour in Lower Gornal, Dudley, Graham Russell in Atcham, Shropshire and Littleacorns in Southam, Warwickshire:
Image source, Caraman On Tour
Image source, Graham Russell
Image source, Littleacorns
Police officer denies rape and sexual assaultpublished at 15:01 British Summer Time 3 August 2020
Michael Darbyshire is currently suspended by West Mercia Police.
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Drink driving charge after car ends up in ditchpublished at 14:53 British Summer Time 3 August 2020
A man has been charged with drink driving after a car ended up in a ditch.
The vehicle left the road in Billesley Road, Wilmcote in the early hours of Sunday morning.
The 28-year-old will appear at Warwickshire Magistrates’ Court on 12 October
Image source, Warwickshire Police
Woman sexually assaulted in Leamingtonpublished at 12:13 British Summer Time 3 August 2020
A woman's been sexually assaulted in Leamington Spa.
The victim, in her 40s, was attacked on Saturday night in Dormer Place, near the Pump Rooms at the junction with Parade, Warwickshire Police said. , external
Officers said they're searching for a suspect described as a clean shaven black man with short hair who wore glasses.
Bristol Rovers sign Coventry's Westbrookepublished at 11:53 British Summer Time 3 August 2020
Coventry City midfielder Zain Westbrooke signs for League One side Bristol Rovers for an undisclosed fee.
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Barbecue blamed for garden firepublished at 09:29 British Summer Time 3 August 2020
A garden fire which spread to a shed and neighbouring gardens was caused by a barbecue which had been left to cool down.
Image source, West Midlands Fire Service
West Midlands Fire Service said, external they were called to the scene in Coventry earlier.
They warned barbecues should not be left unattended until they have fully cooled down.
Image source, West Midlands Fire Service