Rich Davis
BBC Weather presenter

After a cold and frosty start it should be a dry day with some sunny periods and highs of 5C (41F).

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An '"intense" lorry fire has closed the M5 southbound between junctions three and four, said the Highways Agency.

Fire officers are at the scene working to extinguish the blaze.

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Police are continuing to appeal for witnesses after two young brothers were killed in a suspected hit and run in Coventry yesterday.

The boys aged two and six, died after the collision on MacDonald Road at 14:00.

A car was found abandoned a short time later.

A 53-year-old man and a 41-year-old woman have been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and drink driving.

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A woman's body was found at a property in Telford during the early hours of Wednesday.

A man, 53, and woman, 41, are arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and drink driving.

Father-of-three Bradd Darby died in hospital after a stabbing in Nuneaton.

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A 53-year-old man and a 41-year-old woman remain in custody on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and drink-driving, said police investigating a suspected hit-and-run crash in which two brothers, six and two, died.

A six-year-old boy hurt in the suspected hit-and-run crash in which his two-year-old brother was killed has also died, West Midlands Police said.

Two people have been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.

Police said a black Ford Focus was found abandoned a short time after a suspected hit-and-run crash in Coventry in which a two-year-old boy was killed.

Two people, a 53-year-old man and a 41-year-old woman, have been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.

The road remains closed while emergency services are at the scene and officers are speaking to witnesses.

A man who sexually assaulted five women has been sentenced to 18 months in prison and placed on the sex offenders register for 10 years.

Benjamin Clarke, 42, of Walsall Road, Little Aston, pleaded guilty to nine counts of sexual assault.

At Stafford Crown Court on Wednesday, he was sentenced for the offences which took place between 2015 and 2017.

Ch Insp Sarah Wainwright said: "I would personally like to thank his victims for their courage in coming forward to report these crimes and hope that the fact Clarke is now behind bars brings them some comfort."

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It'll be mainly dry tonight with clear spells, turning cold with a risk of frost. Lows of -3°C (27°F).

Councillor Faye Abbott spoke to the BBC in the wake of the hit-and-run crash in which a two-year-old boy was killed and his brother, six, left in a critical condition.

Visibly upset, she said: "We'll all be very sad and thinking of the families of those who have been involved in this accident and hoping that the little boy makes a full recovery."

Joshua Cook
BBC Radio Coventry & Warwickshire

Steve Edgar from Leamington Spa joined the gym aged 90 after knee and hip replacements.

He's now a regular and attends three times a week.

A 27-year-old man has been stabbed in Crewe.

Cheshire Police said it was an "unprovoked" attack which happened last night at about 20:00 on Catherine Street.

The man is in hospital where his injuries are serious but not life-threatening.

Alex Abbott has worked as a mortician, telephonist, hairdresser, theatre porter and gardener.

A two-year-old boy has died in a hit-and-run crash in the Stoke area of Coventry.

A local resident, who preferred not to give her name, said the aftermath of the crash included a "smashed" pushchair in the road alongside a child's scooter.

"The police had taped the road off and there was debris all over the road," she told the Press Association.

"I was advised not to go near as the kids were still on the road and I had my young girls.

"I just keep thinking if my hairdresser was not late it could have been me and my girls crossing that road."

Emergency services were called at about 14:00 to reports of a hit-and-run in the Stoke area of Coventry.

A two-year-old boy was taken to hospital where he died.

His six-year-old brother is in a "critical" condition in hospital.

Two people, a 53-year-old man and a 41-year-old woman have been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.

A black Ford Focus was found abandoned a short time after the crash.