Extinction Rebellion Coventry hold a protest with 168 pairs of shoes to mark the city's deaths.

Police responded to a report of violent disorder outside shops in Rugby.

Allen Cook
BBC News

"We are absolutely devastated."

Beauty salons across the West Midlands have reacted with anger and dismay on Facebook to the "last-minute" news about the further easing of Covid-19 restrictions being postponed.

The measures originally due this weekend included an increase in the number of guests permitted at weddings and certain beauty treatments on offer for the first time since lockdown.

However, following an announcement at Friday lunchtime, plans have been put back at least two weeks and mean salons are not able to offer services involving the face, such as eyelash or eyebrow treatments.

Helen Taylor (pictured), who runs Helen Taylor Asthetics in Rugby, Warwickshire, told the BBC it was a major setback.

"I've spent nearly £10,000 preparing to open for tomorrow and now I've got nearly 100 clients to rearrange," she said.

While YLB Salon, Shrewsbury, posted on its Facebook page , externalstaff were devastated and told customers: "Thank you for your understanding and patience during this extremely testing time."

Jenna Woolliscroft, who runs Bella's Beauty in Stoke-on-Trent, said on her Facebook page, external she was "extremely disappointed this last minute decision has been made" and that she was "truly gutted".

Elliott Cuciurean allegedly breached an anti-trespass injunction at an HS2 construction site.

Coventry City midfielder Jordan Shipley signs a new two-year contract with the League One champions.

Coventry Live

Some of the Coventry Live headlines include:

• Emergency services on scene after pedestrian hit by car, external
• Funding fears as coronavirus costs Coventry schools £1m, external
• Dealer used dark web to import £100,000s of drugs into Coventry Airport , external

Worshipers have gathered in Coventry to celebrate Eid al-Adha, coinciding with the end of Hajj- the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia.

Image source, Haroon Mota

Image source, Haroon Mota

Haroon Mota tweeted he had been part of the socially distanced prayers at Stoke Heath park in the city, saying "What a beautiful day for it."

People are being asked to not to gather indoors for large family meetings and to carry out social distancing.

Kevin Reide
Reporter, Midlands Today

An aspiring horse rider from Coventry has launched a campaign against racism in equestrian sports after suffering abuse, he said.

Reece McCook, 18, said he was verbally abused for several weeks whilst on work placement from a college course, "because obviously I don't look like your stereotypical rider".

He nearly dropped out, but decided to tackle the issue himself with his initiative called "ride out racism".

"I feel like horses could be a prime opportunity for those who are involved in gang activity to have a new way to express themselves without having to go on the streets," he said.

Local Democracy Reporting Service
Tom Dare

A new drive-through Covid-19 testing centre is to open in a Coventry city centre car park next week.

Image source, Google

The mobile unit will operate in Moat Street car park, close to the Sky Dome, as part of a national drive to improve accessibility for coronavirus testing for local communities.

The new facility will be on site for a fortnight between from 3-16 August when a decision will be taken to determine whether the unit should be moved elsewhere.

People are being asked not to turn up without a booking. , external

BBC Business News

The number of cars built in the UK over the past six months has slumped to the lowest since 1954, according to the industry's trade body.

A total of 381,357 cars were made the six months to June, down 42% on the period last year, said the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

Image source, Jaguar Land Rover

Britain's major carmakers all suspended production earlier in the year in response to the lockdown, including Jaguar Land Rover, Honda and Nissan.

The news comes as both Aston Martin and Jaguar Land Rover have announced hundreds of jobs losses in the last few months.

BBC Weather Watchers

It looks like it's going to be another sunny day and the BBC Weather Watchers have been sharing their photos with us.

These ones were taken around Dawley, Rowington and Hereford.

Image source, Liam Ball

Image source, Fraser

Image source, Step Counter

Coventry Live

Some of today's Coventry Live headlines include:

• Mayor mediated Ricoh Arena discussions between SISU and Wasps, external
• Scammers try to charge residents for Covid-19 tests in Coventry, external
• Woman and baby girl injured in Coventry road smash, external

West Midlands mayor Andy Street tried to help mediate in the ongoing row between Coventry City and Ricoh Arena owners Wasps.

A deer has had to be rescued after getting itself wedged between a gatepost and gate in Warwickshire.

Image source, Warwickshire Fire Service

The animal was freed after crews removed the gate, in Tanworth-in-Arden earlier.

The force said it was also called on Tuesday to rescue a duckling from a storm drain near Stratford-upon-Avon.

After some "quack thinking" by the fire crew, the duckling was removed and reunited with its mother on the river.

Image source, Warwickshire Fire Service

Image source, Warwickshire Fire Service

BBC Weather Watchers

It;s been a mixed day weather-wise today, with some of you seeing blue skies and others thick black cloud.

Here is a collection from BBC Weather Watchers based in Stowe, Severn Stoke and Studley,

Image source, Dodger

Image source, J at Severn Ridge

Image source, Balding Baggie

Coventry Live

These are some of the Coventry Live headlines:

• Coventry getting new city centre drive-thru coronavirus testing unit, external
• Jailed rapper using police mugshot to promote drill music from behind bars, external
• Warning after ‘slight increase’ in Covid-19 cases after lockdown easing, external

This shot of a spud getting its haircut earned a photography lecturer a top award.

Ray Spence is 2020's potato photographer of the year after he entered his shot in a competition set up to raise money for the Trusell Trust, external.

Image source, Ray Spence

Titled 'The end of lockdown', Mr Spence said the idea came while he was chitting his potato crop at his allotment in Warwick.

The judging panel, which included celebrated photographers Martin Parr and Paul Hill, recognised Mr Spence's photo as "delightful, imaginative and .... a bit bonkers".

Like his subject, Mr Spence has been able to get to the barber since lockdown eased however his muse has "since been disposed of in the compost".

John Bray
BBC News

A war veteran who was sent to Malaya in 1949 has finally received his military campaign medal - in time for his 90th birthday.

The Malayan Emergency, as it became known, was a bitter conflict against communist extremists.

Norton Breen spent two years fighting with the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.

His brother Keith also served in Malaya, but only one of them received a medal on their return to the North East.

Norton has lived in Bedworth, Warwickshire, since the mid-1960s, and his family enlisted the help of a veterans' group on Facebook to apply for the medal, which arrived during lockdown last month.

Malaya war veteran receives campaign medal as 90th birthday surprise.

Phillip Blackwell, who admitted 31 sex offences, taped some victims' eyes shut.