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Here are some of the headlines on the Coventry Live website today:

• Baby Azaylia Cain rushed to hospital as 'Clap for Azaylia' heard around the world
• Hooded men eye-up rare Mazda soft-top before slashing roof open
• Community left disappointed after 'mini park' set up by Coventry's Bike Mayor removed by council

Shoppers in Wolverhampton have been urged to act responsibly, amid the easing of Covid-19 restrictions.

From Monday, non-essential shops have been able to trade.

But Wolverhampton City Council said it had received reports of people not following safety measures and failing to practice social distancing, with up to a third of people found not to be wearing face coverings.

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"Most shoppers and retailers are acting very responsibly, and we thank them for helping to keep themselves and others safe," Ross Cook, the council’s director of city environment.

"Disappointingly, however, some people are not wearing face coverings, following one-way systems or practicing social distancing when they should be.

"Our staff have also witnessed overcrowding in some stores and issues around the correct use of PPE in some close contact services.

"I’d urge customers to ensure they are following the Covid-19 rules to help keep everyone safe from this deadly virus," he said.

Two people have been treated by paramedics after a fire behind a row of shops in Birmingham.

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The pair had breathed in smoke during the blaze on Stratford Road, Sparkhill, on Tuesday evening, the fire service said.

Firefighters were called to the "severe fire" at 18:16 BST and it spread into a flat above a beauty parlour.

The service said at 21:45 the fire was out.

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Mainly dry and sunny today with just a few patches of cloud about and the chance of a few light showers through the day. High: 11C/52F.

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Any showers will die away tonight to leave it dry with a lot of clear spells. Low: -1C/30F.

You can keep up-to-date on the weather for your area by going to the BBC Weather website.

Dan Evans sealed his first tour-level victory on clay in four years with a first-round win over Dusan Lajovic at the Monte Carlo Masters.

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The British number one defeated 2019 runner-up Lajovic 6-3 6-7 (11-13) 6-2 to end a four-match losing streak.

The Birmingham player last won on the surface in qualifying in Rome in May 2019, while his last tour-level clay win was in Barcelona in April 2017.

Evans will play Miami Open champion Hubert Hurkacz in the second round.

Sikhs across the West Midlands are celebrating the festival of Vaisakhi today.

Originally a harvest festival in the Punjab, it has now become Sikhism's most important festival.

Birmingham has been chosen as the home of a new office for Goldman Sachs because of the diverse engineering talent available, the company said.

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The banking giant's new outpost will initially be a technology hub and is due to open in the autumn.

Goldmans said the city boasted "a strong and deep new talent pool, excellent academic institutions, a growing technology sector and longstanding leadership in STEM industries".

Birmingham also offered "unique advantages" including its proximity to London.

Some of the Birmingham Live headlines today include:

• Couple forced to wear earplugs in bed after buying 'dream home' next to A446
• Man hit by car and attacked by three thugs - then offered £50k not to report crime
• Clinical red flags from 999 call 'not passed on' after schoolboy's fatal head injury