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  1. Weather: Another dry and sunny daypublished at 08:19 British Summer Time 29 May 2018

    BBC Weather

    Early areas of mist, fog and low cloud will lift this morning to leave a mainly dry day with long spells of sunshine. It will be another warm day with highs of 20C.

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  2. Sky Blues promoted - 'We are going up'published at 08:09 British Summer Time 29 May 2018

    BBC Coventry & Warwickshire Sport

    Jordan Willis, Jordan Shipley (pictured) and Jack Grimmer all struck for Coventry in the second half to reward the thouands of Sky Blues fans who made the trip to Wembley yesterday.

    Jordan ShipleyImage source, Getty Images
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    It's so pleasing, with the season we had last year and to come back up straight away, it means a lot. To give the fans something to cheer about straight away, well, I'm just happy.

    Jordan Willis, Coventry City goal scorer

    Boss Mark Robins says it's been "very hard work but it's credit to the players and staff".

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  3. Flash flood clean-up continuespublished at 07:47 British Summer Time 29 May 2018

    Amy Cole
    BBC Midlands Today

    After torrential rain hit parts of the region over the Bank Holiday, Birmingham City Council says it will analyse what happened and work out how to prevent further flooding.

    Selly Oak and Selly Park were particularly bad after thunderstorms caused flash flooding.

    Flooding in Selly Oak, Birmingham

    Yesterday residents were left clearing up the damage.

    Carina Thompson was flooded two years ago and is furious that a proper flood defence scheme is still not in place.

    Carina Thompson
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    The dirt, the mess and the aggro from the insurance company. To be quite honest it is extremely upsetting and this shouldn't have happened. it happened two years ago and people could've protected us.

    Carina Thompson, Selly Oak resident

  4. Driver saved from drowning in flood waterpublished at 07:35 British Summer Time 29 May 2018

    BBC Midlands Today

    A drainage engineer who's being hailed as a hero hopes to meet up with the man he saved from drowning.

    Ben Lees, 25, was heading home on Sunday night when he was forced to take a different road in Walsall due to flooding.

    He spotted a submerged vehicle and dived into flood water to save a man who was trapped in his car.

    Ben Lees
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    It's been overwhelming, I just did what I had to do. He was in shock. I knew I'd be alright because I could swim. I've spoken to him and he's just very grateful.

    Ben Lees, Rescued a driver after he got trapped in flood water

  5. 'League One here we come' - Coventry City promotedpublished at 07:20 British Summer Time 29 May 2018

    Coventry City fans are celebrating their club’s first promotion in more than 50 years.

    The Sky Blues beat Exeter City 3-1 yesterday in the League Two play-off final.

    Coventry City promotedImage source, Getty Images

    About 40,000 Coventry supporters were at Wembley to see them secure an immediate return to League One.

    Here's striker Jordan Ponticelli summing up his feelings...

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  6. Broken down train causing delayspublished at 07:13 British Summer Time 29 May 2018

    BBC News Travel

    A broken down train at Tile Hill is causing disruption to journeys between Coventry and Birmingham International, the National Rail website reports., external

    As a result of this, trains may cancelled, revised or be delayed by up to 25 minutes.

    Disruption will continue until 08:00.

  7. Your 50-second weather forecastpublished at 07:09 British Summer Time 29 May 2018

    Charlie Slater
    BBC Weather presenter

    Any early mist and fog will lift to leave another warm day today with spells of sunshine.

    We could see the odd shower which could turn heavy and thundery. Highs 19C (66°F).

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    Latest weather forecast for the West Midlands

  8. Catching the on-the-run park killerpublished at 06:35 British Summer Time 29 May 2018

    How detectives found Marek Harcar who murdered Moira Jones in a Glasgow park 10 years ago.

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  9. Man in 80s dies in Midlands floodingpublished at 17:59 British Summer Time 28 May 2018

    Torrential rain hit the West Midlands and weather warnings are in place for southern England.

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  10. Coventry City 3-1 Exeter Citypublished at 17:07 British Summer Time 28 May 2018

    Coventry City beat Exeter City in the League Two play-off final at Wembley to return to the third tier at the first attempt.

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  11. Homes and streets flooded after downpourpublished at 15:24 British Summer Time 28 May 2018

    Birmingham was hit by a month's worth of rainfall in an hour on Sunday - wreaking havoc in the city.

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  12. Heavy rain and flood warning for Walespublished at 12:11 British Summer Time 28 May 2018

    The Met Office "be aware" warning means flooding, travel disruption and power cuts are possible.

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  13. Bruce wants to stay with Aston Villapublished at 11:50 British Summer Time 28 May 2018

    Steve Bruce wants to remain as manager of Aston Villa - as long as the Championship club still want him in charge.

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  14. BBC Biggest Weekend highlightspublished at 05:14 British Summer Time 28 May 2018

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  15. Storms flood Birmingham streetspublished at 21:56 British Summer Time 27 May 2018

    West Midlands Police is warning people to avoid driving in the city.

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  16. Mitchell ton seals Worcestershire winpublished at 18:43 British Summer Time 27 May 2018

    Daryl Mitchell's unbeaten 102 helps Worcestershire move top of the One-Day Cup North Group as they beat Lancashire.

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  17. Rotherham United 2-1 Shrewsbury Town (AET)published at 18:11 British Summer Time 27 May 2018

    Richard Wood scores twice as Rotherham beat Shrewsbury after extra-time in the League One play-off final at Wembley.

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  18. Warwickshire beat Notts in One-Day Cuppublished at 17:36 British Summer Time 27 May 2018

    One-Day Cup holders Nottinghamshire lose to Warwickshire by 108 runs in their group game at Trent Bridge.

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  19. Cash boost for Peaky police museum planpublished at 15:09 British Summer Time 27 May 2018

    A Victorian lock-up where criminals from the Peaky Blinders gang were held could be the home of a new museum.

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