12/07/2014

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:00:11. > :00:13.Good evening. Thousands of Coventry City fans have protested

:00:14. > :00:15.today about the club's home matches being played outside the city.

:00:16. > :00:19.Since the start of last season, the Sky Blues' home games have been held

:00:20. > :00:22.in Northampton, following an ongoing row between the club's owners

:00:23. > :00:27.Karen Kenworthy spoke to fans as they took part

:00:28. > :00:30.in the demonstration, which was organised by the supporters group,

:00:31. > :00:39.We've got a proud history, we need a proud future.

:00:40. > :00:41.The message was clear from the thousands of passionate

:00:42. > :00:47.from the site of the club's first ever match to the city centre.

:00:48. > :00:50.The fans are still here but we'll not be here forevdr.

:00:51. > :00:52.We are still here if you bring us back now.

:00:53. > :00:54.What will happen in a year's time, who knows?

:00:55. > :01:00.Last summer the owners of the club moved matches from the Ricoh Arena

:01:01. > :01:03.to Northampton after a row with the stadium's owners over rdnt.

:01:04. > :01:08.and numbers through turnstiles have dropped.

:01:09. > :01:10.With many of the best players sold over the summer,

:01:11. > :01:14.The future looks bleak in my opinion.

:01:15. > :01:19.The crowds last season were very poor, averaging around 2000.

:01:20. > :01:21.There's no way to survive that, really.

:01:22. > :01:24.The club's owners said they are willing to talk about bringhng

:01:25. > :01:28.the Sky Blues back to the Rhcoh but the owners of the stadium whll not

:01:29. > :01:32.Fans are growing frustrated at the ongoing wrangles

:01:33. > :01:35.and the effect it is having on their team and their citx.

:01:36. > :01:39.We urge all sides in this debacle to get together

:01:40. > :01:43.but for the good of the citx and the club,

:01:44. > :01:46.they need to put their diffdrences behind them and make it happen.

:01:47. > :01:49.This is the same bus that Coventry City paraded around in after

:01:50. > :01:53.their FA Cup victory in 1987 but winning silverware isn't thd main

:01:54. > :02:04.They simply want to be able to watch their home team in their hole city.

:02:05. > :02:06.A man's appeared in court charged with the mtrder

:02:07. > :02:10.of a healthcare assistant at a psychiatric hospital in Glotcester.

:02:11. > :02:13.Sharon Wall, who was 53, was stabbed while working at Wooton

:02:14. > :02:20.This morning, 61`year`old Rxan Matthews, who lived at the tnit was

:02:21. > :02:27.He'll next appear at Gloucester Crown Court on Ttesday.

:02:28. > :02:30.A week`long festival of disability sport has been

:02:31. > :02:34.Its aim is to encourage dis`bled people to have a go

:02:35. > :02:37.at a sport they've never trhed before and find out what's

:02:38. > :02:41.on offer for them in the city. Yvonne Brissett reports.

:02:42. > :02:46.From table tennis to cycling to football, there was something

:02:47. > :02:50.for everyone at the launch of the Birmingham Disability Sports Fest.

:02:51. > :02:53.Over the coming week, anyond with a disability will get the chance to

:02:54. > :03:00.If you haven't got the opportunity to try lots of activities, who

:03:01. > :03:20.If you can apply yourself and you

:03:21. > :03:22.have skill, and most import`ntly, you can try all the activithes,

:03:23. > :03:25.you have a real chance of fhnding something you have a skill `t.

:03:26. > :03:29.If you can follow that up whth a good club and with the right

:03:30. > :03:31.The Halesowen`born wheelchahr tennis player Jordanne Whiley was recently

:03:32. > :03:33.crowned Wimbledon champion, and is the festival's ambassador.

:03:34. > :03:36.I started at a camp run by the tennis foundation at thd time.

:03:37. > :03:39.The Disability Sports Fest here is amazing because they can trx out all

:03:40. > :03:42.different kind of sports and also for their parents,

:03:43. > :03:45.they can see, if they have a disabled child, they can still do

:03:46. > :03:48.Today's event is all about raising the profile

:03:49. > :03:51.of local clubs and organisations in the city who provide acthvities

:03:52. > :03:55.Throughout the week, up to 600 people are expectdd to

:03:56. > :03:57.attend and try out a new sport for the first time.

:03:58. > :03:59.The festival, now in its second year,

:04:00. > :04:01.will bring together more th`n 1 0 volunteers and local organisations.

:04:02. > :04:04.It's hoped the event will m`ke a difference to how people view

:04:05. > :04:24.Let's hope the weather stays nice for them. After a very hot `nd humid

:04:25. > :04:28.day today we are now seeing rain moving from the west, producing the

:04:29. > :04:31.odd heavy burst and there mhght be the odd rumble of thunder btt

:04:32. > :04:36.becoming more patchy in the early hours. A very hot and humid night,

:04:37. > :04:41.especially in the centre of Birmingham, 16 or 17 Celsius

:04:42. > :04:48.overnight. That weather front pulls away toward the east during the day

:04:49. > :04:51.tomorrow. We could see the odd shower remaining but for most there

:04:52. > :04:56.will be bright and sunny intervals and should be a fresher feel to the

:04:57. > :04:59.day, losing that humidity at that more, so a maximum temperattre of 22

:05:00. > :05:01.Celsius. That's all from the weekend team

:05:02. > :05:03.for now. Midlands Today will be back

:05:04. > :05:05.tomorrow evening at 5:50pm. Until then, have a good weekend

:05:06. > :05:19.Bye`bye. We are seeing thunderstorms

:05:20. > :05:23.developing. Some of these will stay with us well on into the evening to

:05:24. > :05:28.be replaced with outbreaks of rain later in the night. The rain we had

:05:29. > :05:34.heading into western Scotland and Northern Ireland and spreading east

:05:35. > :05:38.across the UK. There are some heavier bursts. Coast and hill fog

:05:39. > :05:44.around and a warm muggy night to come. Tomorrow we start with cloud.

:05:45. > :05:46.Damp in places. Many of us will see brighter skies arrive. There will be

:05:47. > :05:47.showers