BBC Radio CWR

People in Nuneaton are being asked to line streets in the town for the funeral of Azaylia Cain.

Image source, Ashley Cain

The eight-month-old, daughter of former footballer Ashley Cain and Safiyya Vorajee, died in April.

She had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukaemia at eight weeks old and her parents raised more than £1.5m earlier this year to fund specialist treatment in Singapore.

But Mr Cain told his Instagram followers in March Azaylia had become too ill for the treatment.

The funeral procession will pass from Croft Road around the ring road and down Avenue Road this morning.

Express and Star

The Express and Star has these headlines this morning:

• Baby boy found dead in canal in Walsall nature reserve, external
• Extra police drafted in at night across region after restrictions eased, external
• Number of people living with dementia in region expected to soar by 2030, external

A driver who was spotted driving a Lamborghini sports car without a numberplate turned out not to have passed their driving test, police said.

Image source, West Midlands Police

The red convertible was spotted on the ring road in Coventry on Thursday and stopped by officers on the exit near Greyfriars Green.

They said , externalthe driver had turned out to be using a provisional licence and had been reported, while the car was seized.

Firefighters had to rescue a teenage girl after she became stranded on a lake at Chasewater Country Park.

Crews went to Chase Sailing Club at the Staffordshire park at 06:20 BST on Thursday after the girl became stuck on a raft after going out on the water to watch the sunrise, Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service said.

Crews waded out to the girl, who was about five metres from the shore, and got her back to safety.

She then received treatment from West Midlands Ambulance Service as she was suffering from the cold.

Image source, Google

Station Manager Rob Horton, of Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service, who oversaw the incident, said: “The girl had maybe been out there for an hour to an hour-and-a-half.

"If she hadn’t been carrying her mobile phone, or she had gotten the phone wet, there’s no way she could have called for help and she could have been stuck out there for some time.

“We urge all Staffordshire residents to please take care around bodies of open water and recognise the dangers they pose. This girl could have walked past the lake regularly and looked at it and not recognised the dangers."

BBC Radio Stoke

Firefighters have been dealing with a fire at a hostel overnight.

It broke out on Vale Street, in Stoke-on-Trent, and is being treated as arson

The building had to be evacuated and searched, with fire crews at the scene for more than three hours.

Police are now investigating the blaze.

Image source, Google

Shefali Oza
BBC Midlands Today

Another cool day is in store with showers across the West Midlands.

Welcome to our live service for Friday.

We'll be bringing you all the news, sport, travel and weather from across the West Midlands until 18:00 BST.

Wildlife to thrive as a charity secures funding to recreate almost 100 acres of natural heathland.

Villagers raise £270,000 to buy the Fox Inn in Loxley, Warwickshire, amid fears it could close.

An investigation is launched after the child was found by a passer-by in a nature reserve.

Fewer than 16 overs are possible but Dillon Pennington takes two wickets as Nottinghamshire reach 51-3 against Worcestershire.

Essex paceman Peter Siddle takes 4-36 as Warwickshire - boosted by 43 for England's fit-again Dom Sibley - battle to 159-7.

Former Birmingham City manager Carla Ward is named Aston Villa boss for the 2021-22 Women's Super League season.

We will be back from 08:00 tomorrow.

Wasps flanker Ben Morris and Gloucester lock Matias Alemanno are handed three-week bans after dangerous tackles.

Birmingham Live

From the Birmingham Live website:

• Mum of boy who stole car with kids inside hit with parenting order as he sentenced, external
• Birmingham drug dealer 'plugged' £4,500 worth of heroin and cocaine inside body, external
• Country park users 'threatened for valuables' in string of daylight robberies, external

Stoke-on-Trent's Spitfire is due to return to a museum next month after a two-year restoration.

The aircraft had to be taken apart when it was removed from the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery in 2018.

The plane will be returned in pieces and put together by RAF specialists in a new glass-fronted extension.

BBC Weather Watchers

Plenty of big grey clouds around today, even if it is not raining.

Our local BBC Weather Watchers have braved the showers and these three are from Les at Large in Wolverhampton, Boardwalk in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire and Ken M in Lydbury North, Shropshire:

Image source, Les at Large

Image source, BoardWalk

Image source, Ken M

BBC Sport

Warwickshire have been struggling after deciding to bat against Essex at Chelmsford.

Dom Sibley (pictured below) has got the highest score of their first innings with 43, but he is out, along with the rest of the top order and Warwickshire are now 128-5.

Image source, Getty Images

Worcestershire's match, against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge, hasn't really got started yet because of the rain.

When they went off the pitch for bad light, Nottinghamshire were 50-2.

A man has been rescued from a roof in Broseley, Shropshire, after suffering a "medical emergency" while working.

West Midlands Ambulance Service said it was called to Barber Street at 10:16 and found him in a critical condition. He's been taken to hospital.