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An exhibition exploring the historical obsession with the human image, from self-portraits to selfies, opens at the Herbert Art Gallery tomorrow.

The show called "Face to Face - Portraits Through Time, external" includes artworks of famous figures as well as snapshots of ordinary members of the public.

Image source, Nahem Shoa @National Portrait Gallery / @Maganbhai Patel (Masterji) @ University of Dundee /

Leamington Observer

Urgent repairs totaling £650,000 are needed, external to make the ‘hazardous and disintegrating’ tower at St Mary’s Church safe again.  

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Shelley Phelps
BBC political reporter

A plan to shave £67m from a council budget with the loss of hundreds of jobs has been approved by members.

Labour and Tory councillors together approved the plan for Warwickshire County Council that also included a tax hike of 4%, including a 2% levy for adult social care.

The £67m in cuts will be made by 2020.

To reach agreement, Conservatives permitted a reduction in planned cuts to children's centres from around £1m to £420,000. 

There will also be a reduced cut to housing support for older people, such as warden schemes. The Conservatives also agreed to Labour demands for an extra £200,000 for the Fire Service. 

The Green Party and Liberal Democrats groups voted against the plan. 

Shefali Oza
BBC Midlands Today

A mild but windy night with some outbreaks of rain and lows of 6C ( 43F).

A message that students from Poland are still welcome to study in the UK has been issued by the Vice Chancellor of Coventry University, John Latham, during a trip to the city of Wroclaw.

Image source, Coventry University

University applications have fallen by 5% - with the decline driven by a drop in European Union students as well as a fall in nursing applications.

The figures, Mr Latham said, brought the "perception of how welcoming the UK is as a study destination into sharp focus, regardless of whether they prove Brexit is having a chilling effect on demand.

"The falls from UK and EU students suggest that universities may need to go more global, more quickly, but each is now going to have to look at its model, I am sure some will reduce in size and scale while others may increase their share."

Nuneaton RFC says it will refuse unauthorised access to land it owns until a dispute is resolved.

Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live

Here's a recap of some of our headlining stories today:

• Warwickshire financier jailed for 10 years for his part in HBOS fraud case
• Councillors agree £67m worth of cuts in budget
• Sky Blues owners seek further legal challenge against Coventry City Council 

Relive the action as Nottingham Forest edge out Aston Villa, after Newcastle return to the top of the Championship.

Khia Lewis-Todd
BBC Local Live

And another absconder has been captured by police.

Jamie Lee Biddle who absconded from HMP Sudbury last November, external has been recaptured in Nuneaton.

Biddle was arrested by Warwickshire Police on 30 January and has been charged with escaping lawful custody.

The 26-year-old was serving an indeterminate term of imprisonment for wounding with intent.

Image source, Derbyshire Police

Six former financiers have been jailed for their part in a bribery and fraud scandal.

The group carried out a £245m loans scam and spent the cash on prostitutes and luxury holidays.

The six, including two former HBOS bankers, were this week found guilty of bribery and fraud that cost the bank's business customers and shareholders hundreds of millions of pounds.

Among the six was Warwickshire man Michael Bancroft, 73, who arranged sex parties with a co-defendant for a former HBOS manager.

Bancroft was jailed for 10 years.

Image source, PA

BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

A man in his 20s has been left with suspected broken ribs after being hit by a vehicle, which failed to stop, on Ufton Road, Harbuy, police say.

It happened at around 23:00 on Tuesday near the Churchlands Business Park. 

Kenilworth Weekly News

A female harris hawk has gone missing from the Cubbington and Stareton area., external

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BBC Travel

A signalling problem between Coventry and Rugby is delaying services.

Some Virgin Trains' services are unable to run between Birmingham International and Coventry, with other Manchester to Bournemouth services being diverted via Stafford.

Shelley Phelps
BBC political reporter

A motion to accept Warwickshire County Council's budget has been rejected by one vote in a meeting this lunchtime.

One of the sticking points is over children's centres in the county.

No party has overall control of the authority and leaders are now attempting to thrash out a new budget.

Conservative councillor Kam Kaur said the group was "very disappointed".

"I know how hard my colleagues and I have worked with the officers to prepare the budget and bring it forward today and it's just been a mammoth task and a difficult task because of all the saving that we've had to make."

Coventry Telegraph

A vengeful ex cut the brake line on his former partner’s car, external just days before she was due to drive their two young children to France.  

Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live

Your latest headlines this lunchtime are:

• Sky Blues owners seeking legal challenge over sale of Ricoh Arena to Wasps
• University applications decline 'driven by drop in EU students'
• Elliot Daly and Joe Launchbury to start for England in Six Nations

Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter

A dry afternoon with some bright spells, and feeling mild with top temperatures of 12C (54F).

Clive Eakin
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire Sport

Coventry City FC's owners Sisu is seeking a further legal challenge against the council by way of another judicial review.

Again it centres on the ownership of where Sky Blues play home matches, Coventry's Ricoh Arena. The move, referred to as JR II, has been on the books for some time. Sisu has triggered it after appearing to reach the end of the road with its first judicial review, which concerned the council's loan to then-stadium operator ACL.

This time, Sisu is concentrating on the sale of the ground to Wasps Rugby Club - it bought the council's 50% stake in October 2014 and then secured the other 50% the following month, before playing their first Premiership match there in December of that year.

Sisu is contesting that sale and can be expected to argue it wasn't offered the same terms, even though the stadium was built with the football club in mind.

Coventry City FC have been keen to distance themselves from their owner's proceedings and insist no football money is used. But the continuation of the legal route, while unlikely to surprise them, will exasperate many fans, some of whom have been protesting against the club's owners.

There'll also be concern about the impact on the football club's future at the Ricoh Arena. Coventry City's deal to play at the stadium finishes at the end of next season and Wasps called a halt to negotiations between the two clubs, saying they weren't prepared to talk while legal action hangs over the issue.

The union and train company had argued over the "proposed imposition" of security contractors on trains.