Championship-bound Coventry City agree to re-sign versatile Wolverhampton Wanderers defender Ryan Giles on a season-long loan.

Coventry Live

From Coventry Live:

• Labour leader Keir Starmer: Jaguar Land Rover cannot be allowed to fail, external
• Nuneaton rapist found sleeping in tent by homeless charity, external
• OAP duped by cruel fraudster who stole his jewellery, external

Coventry City announce plans for a new stadium on land owned by the University of Warwick on the south-west edge of the city.

The family of Briya Kaur Gill say she "touched the hearts" of everyone she met.

Coventry Live

Some of the Coventry Live headlines include:

• Coventry bar goes into administration, external
• Tributes left for toddler who died following collision in Leamington, external
• Three children and 80-year-old woman seriously injured in road smash, external

BBC Weather Watchers

Here are some of the great photos our local BBC Weather Watchers have been taking across the West Midlands.

These three are from users Poetic Verse at The Roaches, Staffordshire, Skye in Clee Hill, Shropshire and Alison S in Warwick:

Image source, Poetic Verse

Image source, Skye

Image source, Alison S

The "unacceptable" attack put the officers at risk of coronavirus, Warwickshire Police said.

They will be in Birmingham, where 30,000 more are claiming unemployment benefits than in February.

A medieval silver coin in Stoke-on-Trent and prehistoric tools in Shropshire are some of the archaeological finds made in back gardens during lockdown, the Press Association has found.

Image source, British Museum/PA Media

With metal detecting banned out and about for several weeks, people turned to "digging up their flowerbeds", according to one expert.

Peter Reavill, a finds liaison officer for Shropshire, told PA he'd seen tobacco pipes, pieces of pottery and prehistoric flint tools from people's gardens.

While they may not be valuable treasure, they often say something "very interesting about the local history", he said.

Image source, Birmingham Museum Trust/PA Media

As well as the coin, tools, pipes and pottery, other finds included a rock with script in Coventry, thought to be from the 4th Century, and a post-Medieval snake-form belt hook in Herefordshire.

The British Museum said people should get in touch with their Portable Antiquities Scheme about objects they find.

A woman arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving after a three-year-old girl died in Leamington Spa, has been released under investigation, police say.

The girl suffered serious head injuries when she was hit by a Skoda Citigo in Brunswick Street, Leamington Spa, on Friday evening. She died on Saturday.

A woman, 32, from the town was arrested at the scene, Warwickshire police said.

Officers are appealing for the driver of a silver or blue Mazda and urged any witnesses to the crash at about 17:45 to contact them.

A driver is arrested after the girl died having suffered serious head injuries in Leamington Spa.

Three people have been arrested on suspicion of drug offences after officers raided an address in Nuneaton.

Class A drugs were seized from the property on Atherstone Road on Wednesday, said Warwickshire Police., external

A 16-year-old boy was charged with supplying heroine and crack cocaine as well as possession of criminal property and threatening a person with a blade.

A 59-year-old man from Nuneaton was arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of class A drugs and an 18-year old man from West Bromwich was arrested on suspicion of possession of class A drugs with intent to supply and being concerned in the supply of drugs.

The theatre says it has listened to local black artists who want to see the term eradicated in the industry.

Coventry Live

Some of the Coventry Live headlines today include:

• Councillor's offensive LGBT comments did not break council rules, probe finds, external
• 496-bed student scheme gets the nod in Coventry, external
• Teen arrested after police chase ends in van smash near Rugby, external

Pavandeep Daudher, 19, died from a stab wound to his thigh after the March attack in Coventry.

Coventry City Councillor Glenn Williams likened the sight of two women kissing to pornography.

Coventry's City of Culture Trust has been given a further £500,000.

Its year as UK City of Culture has been pushed back to start in May 2021, due to the coronavirus crisis.

Image source, Coventry 2021

The latest grant has been made by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, external, which supports the arts.

The funding will go towards ensuring the "cultural sector activity makes a significant contribution to economic, environmental, social and health and wellbeing targets for the city," the charity said.

Twycross Zoo says it is "super careful" and has in place "all the measure that are expected of us".

SC Paderborn winger Marcel Hilssner becomes promoted Coventry City's fourth summer signing for an undisclosed fee.

Local Democracy Reporting Service
Tom Davis

Approval has been given for a new 496-room student block in Coventry.

Image source, Vita Student

Applicant Vita Student said its purpose-built student block towards the edge of the ring road on Warwick Road responds to an “unmet need” in the city and will cater for students with higher disposal incomes, particularly those attending the University of Warwick.

The scheme spans 15,837 sqm and consists of 496 ‘studio apartments’ across one 12-storey block and a second 14-storey block.

Three courtyard gardens have been incorporated within the plans, while it will also includes communal study, fitness and social areas, a breakfast canteen and 102 cycle storage bays.