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Updates on Friday 4 August 2017
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Ross Blair, the son of ex-Aston Villa and Coventry City player Andy Blair, died on Saturday.
Read MoreBirmingham Bears go top of the T20 Blast North Group with a two-run win against Northants, while Kent beat Hampshire.
Read MoreWatch the thrilling final over as Birmingham Bears beat Northamptonshire Steelbacks by two runs in the T20 Blast.
Read MoreThe council insists maintaining services for young children would be key to its proposals.
Read MoreOn-loan Coventry City defender Jordan Turnbull says Rangers' Wes Foderingham helped persuade him to join Partick Thistle.
Read MoreThat's it for Tuesday's updates - we're back from 08:00 on Wednesday.
Shelley Phelps
BBC Political Reporter
Fly-tipping incidents in Coventry have increased by 44% over the last year.
Latest figures show there were 3, 342 incidents - just over a thousand more incidents than the previous year.
Image source, PA"Unfortunately, fly-tipping incidents are increasing. This appears to be a national trend," notes the council's end-of-year performance report, external, which contains the figures.
The report attributes the rise to "a combination of easier reporting, reduced enforcement action and increased disposal fees".
A former executive at the Government's Learning and Skills Council has been named as the new prinicpal of Coventry College.
Image source, Coventry CollegePeter Brammall until last month was at Guildford College - before that he was the executive director of the LSC in Derbyshire, and Birmingham and Solihull.
Coventry College is the merged Henley College and City College.
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A rare butterfly has been spotted on the Stratford-upon-Avon Recreation Ground during the nationwide Big Butterfly Count.
The White Letter Hairstreak - Satyrium w-album, was feeding on wildflowers in a meadow recently planted by the district council.
Image source, Stratford Butterfly FarmThe insect was spotted by Stratford Butterfly Farm Education Officers Adam McVeigh and John Withers.
The butterfly has been on the decline since Dutch Elm disease took hold and is not a common sight in the area.
Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter
It will be a cloudy day for most of us tomorrow, with some rain around the region.
Weather forecast for the West Midlands
Relive the action from Worcestershire Rapid's thrilling five-run victory over Birmingham Bears at Edgbaston.
Read MoreTributes were today paid following the tragic death of Ross Blair,, external the son of ex-CCFC star Andy Blair and "incredible husband" to Coventry actress Holly Matthews.
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of stealing a car and possession of an offensive weapon, police say.
The pair were picked up in Gulson Road, Coventry, at about 01:30.
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Police are still appealing for witnesses to come forward, external after a man was stabbed in a Hillfields street.
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Coventry Rugby Club have signed two New Zealand-born players for the new season.
Tongan 7's player Anthony Matoto joins in time to face the Leicester Lions in the first pre-season match this Thursday.
He's joined by back row Waita Setu, who'll be ready to play for the Butts park side against Nuneaton next Wednesday
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Warwick teenager Alex Greaves was in amongst the medals at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Hungary. , external
Booty, booby, nitwit and hooter are among the funniest English words, according to scientists at the University of Warwick., external
Five thousand randomly selected words were shown to more than 800 people online, with those most tickling funny bones given a "mean humour rating".
The research suggested men and women differed in the words they found funniest, with men finding sexual words such as orgy and bondage more humorous.
"Giggle", "beast" and "circus" scored more highly with women.
Quote MessageThe research initially came about as a result of our curiosity. We were wondering if certain words are perceived as funnier, even when read on their own. It turns out that indeed is the case."
Thomas Engelthaler, Lead researcher
