Rosie Eaton
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

Officers in Coventry are still in a stand-off outside a house in the Holbrooks area of the city, after a failed arrest this morning.

Officers first went to the house 03:00, but the man refused to co-operate, police say.

A group of officers in black riot gear are standing outside the house, with police vehicles and an ambulance also present.

An area around the property remained sealed off.

James Riley was arrested after the boy, three, told his parents he had been assaulted at nursery.

One man has been airlifted to hospital, after being pulled from the wreckage of a car by passers-by, after a crash in Warwickshire, the ambulance service said., external

Image source, West Midlands Ambulance Service

The man in his 20s was taken to Coventry suffering leg and possible head injuries in the two-car crash on Southam Road, Southam just before 08:00.

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The driver of the other vehicle, a man in his 40s, managed to get out of his vehicle himself, and was taken by land ambulance to Warwick Hospital with cuts.

A house fire in the Burslem area of Stoke-on-Trent could have been started by a cannabis farm inside the property.

Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service has been examining the home on Hamil Road and said it "began due to unsafe electrics/electrical equipment within the property”.

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The building suffered extensive damage and Staffordshire Police’s Chief Inspector John Owen said: “We believe that the top floor of the property was being used as a cannabis farm, and we are working to establish who is responsible for the grow."

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Cash and jewellery has been stolen during an armed robbery at a Nuneaton house, after four men forced their way in, police say., external

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Officers were called to the scene on Barpool Road shortly after 19:30 yesterday.

The masked men, carrying a knife and hammer, demanded money from the occupants, and made off with jewellery with "great sentimental value", said Warwickshire Police.

No one was hurt during the incident, but officers said it was "clearly a distressing ordeal" for the victims.

Michele Paduano
Health correspondent, BBC Midlands Today

Parents need to play a bigger role in tackling childhood obesity, according to researchers from Birmingham University.

About 1,500 pupils, from more than 54 schools in the West Midlands, took part in the research, which included doing more exercise and healthy cooking lessons.

But the study found no improvements in the children's diet or activity levels.

The report's authors say support from families may have a greater impact on promoting healthier lifestyles.

You can see my full report on Midlands Today at 13:30 on BBC One.

A council says the find will be "preserved" under a new school.

A 46-year-old man was stabbed multiple times at a property in Stoke-on-Trent on Tuesday afternoon.

The Sentinel

These are three of the stories on The Sentinel newspaper website today:

• Heartbreak as 'world's best' sister becomes latest victim of killer flu, external
• Investigation reveals unsafe electrics used to grow cannabis DID spark inferno, external
• Heavy snow forecast throughout tomorrow morning, external

Police say the arrests made in Worcester earlier today were made in response to reports of child sex exploitation and drugs trafficking.

They raided seven homes and three businesses in the south east of the city and six men from Worcester, one 19 years old and the rest in their 20s are being held in custody while enquiries are carried out.

They were arrested on suspicion of a range of offences, including rape, arranging child sex exploitation and supplying drugs.

People in Stoke-on-Trent have criticised Sainsbury's for selling cards for husbands at a higher cost than those for wives.

A man from Stoke-on-Trent has been charged with attempted murder, following a stabbing in the city on Tuesday.

Staffordshire Police was called to Selwyn Street, following reports that a man had received multiple stab wounds.

Gareth Whitehurst, 34, of Selwyn Street, has also been charged with possession of an offensive weapon in a public place and appeared before Newcastle-under-Lyme magistrates this morning.

He is now due to appear at crown court on 9 March.

The victim, a man aged 46, is described as being in a stable condition in hospital.

The Telford MP says she has written to West Midlands Railway to call for an extra train an hour which doesn't stop at stations between Telford and Wolverhampton.

Lucy Allan told BBC Radio Shropshire: "Telford is by far and away the biggest centre for transport and population" and that "if you choose to live in a rural area you know you're going to get a less good service than if you live in a big centre like Telford".

Currently, one train an hour runs direct between Telford Central and Wolverhampton without stopping, with journey times varying between 15 and 18 minutes on those services, compared with 28 minutes on slower trains calling at smaller stations in between.

The MP, who says she travels on the line twice a week, explained again that she was talking about her hopes for the extra service that was promised by West Midlands Railway when it won the franchise.

She reiterated that she doesn't want existing services to change, but that it would be "absolutely wrong" for the new service to stop at the towns between Telford and Wolverhampton.

Plans to reorganise Shropshire's main hospitals are among six currently being considered for funding by the Department of Health.

It has taken more than four years and millions of pounds for health bosses in the county to agree a preferred option and they need the government's approval before they can put the plans to public consultation.

The plans would involve making Shrewsbury the county's only centre for emergency medicine, with planned operations moving to the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford and specialist maternity care moving to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.

The yellow warning for snow and ice, external has now been extended across most of the West Midlands, starting 04:00 tomorrow.

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The Met Office said roads and railways are likely to be affected by falling temperatures following a spell of rain and hill snow.

Chris Fawcett
BBC News

A convicted robber has failed to return to an open prison following a work placement, Derbyshire Police have said, external.

Mathias Lescott, 34, was given temporary release from HMP Sudbury yesterday but never came back.

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He was convicted in March 2013 at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court for aggravated burglary and robbery and was sentenced to 11 years and six months.

He is black, 5ft 11in tall with short black hair and is thought to have been wearing an Adidas tracksuit.

Lescott has connections to Birmingham and Stoke with his last known address also in Stoke.

Five people have been arrested in Worcester this morning after a series of police raids on 10 properties in the city.

West Mercia Police said the raids were "pre-planned warrants" and weren't linked to terrorism.

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Police are appealing for information to trace a mother who has taken her two children from local authority care.

Rayan Azzydi, 36, who was living in north west London, was last seen on 2 November. It is believed she is with her two children, a seven-year-old boy and a six-year-old girl.

Ms Azzydi has links to Manchester, Liverpool and Birmingham.

Officers are working with partners from the relevant local authority to try and locate Ms Azzydi and her children - the welfare of all three remains the priority in this investigation.

Shropshire Star

Here are three of the headlines from the Shropshire Star newspaper today:

• Family cannot appeal sentence of drink driver who killed schoolgirl, external
• £9m showroom, petrol station and drive-through plan, external
• 'Stop stealing our snowdrops' plea by Attingham Park, external