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Our coverage across the daypublished at 18:00 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2016
Wildlife trust buys Bubbenhall Wood and Meadowpublished at 17:51 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2016
Bubbenhall Wood and Meadow has been purchased by Warwickshire Wildlife Trust after attracting funding from several charities and trusts.
Image source, Kate SugdenThey say it will allow them to create a 205-hectare area of woodland and meadow joining Ryton Wood to the north east, through Bubbenhall Wood and then onto Wappenbury Wood and Old Nun Wood in the south east.
Violence against hospital staff 'unacceptable', says chief execpublished at 17:40 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2016
One in five workers responding to a staff survey at George Eliot Hospital says they've experienced physical violence from patients, relatives or the public.
Describing the figures as "unacceptable", the hospital's chief executive, Kath Kelly, said she would be looking at how to "further protect our frontline staff".
Image source, George Eliot Hospital NHS TrustBoundary review faces unequal struggle for equal votespublished at 17:31 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2016
Patrick Burns
Political editor, MidlandsIn Sunday Politics Midlands, BBC One on 6 March, I'll be joined by Local MP Jeremy Wright as his seat is set to be redesigned yet again.
When he was first elected in 2005 he was the Conservative MP for Rugby and Kenilworth but in 2010, with boundaries redrawn, he switched to Kenilworth and Southam.
Now it is set to be redesigned yet again, straddling the border between Warwickshire and the West Midlands as the new seat of Kenilworth and Dorridge.
My latest blog post looks at reviews of boundaries and the constituency map.
Watch: Latest weather for Coventry and Warwickshirepublished at 17:22 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2016
Alexandra Hamilton
BBC WeatherClear spells at times tonight with wintry showers moving south-eastwards across the area.
There's the possibility of some showers turning to snow early tomorrow morning.
Grace Academy improvespublished at 17:11 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2016
Grace Academy in Coventry has been taken out of special measures following a recent Ofsted inspection.
The report says the school in Wigston Road has strengthened its senior leadership which has helped it improve.
Image source, Grace AcademyQuote MessageAs we are one of the few schools in Coventry with a three-year trend of improvement, this is a good first step, but we will continue to seek the highest standards for our students to ensure this continues.
Colin Boxall, Principal, Grace Academy
News: Child exploitation in Coventry 'deeply disturbing'; academy taken out of special measurespublished at 17:07 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2016
Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local LiveThese are some of our main stories in the newsroom this afternoon:
- NSPCC calls report into child sexual exploitation in coventry 'deeply disturbing'
- Coventry's Grace Academy taken out of special measures
- Violence against hospital staff 'unacceptable'
A dog wearing a... ruff: Hacker does Shakespearepublished at 16:52 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2016
Siobhan Harrison
BBC Coventry & WarwickshireCBBC presenter Hacker the dog's been in Coventry to meet a few of the younger members of our Romeo and Juliet cast for Shakespeare Street.
Your pictures: Leamington Daffodilspublished at 16:47 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2016
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End of twitter postCoventry's Woodlands Academy 'unviable'published at 16:29 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2016
A letter outlining proposals to create a new academy in Coventry, external says because of a decrease in parents choosing single sex education, boy's school Woodlands Academy is now "unviable" in its current guise.
A six-week consultation has been launched into the creation of the West Coventry Academy, based on the site of the current Tile Hill Wood school.
Image source, Tile Hill Wood School and Woodlands AcademyThe two schools already have a co-educational sixth form, but it's not yet clear whether staff from the boys school would transfer to the new academy under the proposed merger.
Coventry City FC accounts show losses halved after Ricoh Arena returnpublished at 16:12 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2016
Coventry City FC have reduced their losses by more than 50 per cent following the club’s return to the Ricoh Arena , externalafter a season playing in Northampton.
Nuneaton in promotion pushpublished at 16:06 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2016
Clive Eakin
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire SportIn the National League North tonight, Nuneaton Town are at home to AFC Fylde.
Nuneaton are currently in the final playoff place two points ahead of tonight's opponents who have two games in hand.
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End of twitter postLatest: Exploitation in park 'deeply disturbing'; city academy out of special measurespublished at 15:38 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2016
Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local LiveThese are the stories making the headlines in Coventry today:
- NSPCC says report into child sexual exploitation in the city is "deeply disturbing"
- Coventry's Grace Academy taken out of special measures
- Concerns over Nuneaton hospital violence
'Horrific' practical joke puts teenager behind barspublished at 15:14 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2016
A teenager who carried out a "horrific" practical joke on a work colleague at a local wedding venue has been sentenced to 18-months in youth custody, external.
Brandon Nicholas Walker (19) of Orchard Close, Hurley, had placed a needle inside the drinking straw of a work colleague at Shustoke Farm Barns in Coleshill.
Image source, Atherstone & Coleshill HeraldSexual exploitation in Coventry park 'deeply disturbing', says NSPCCpublished at 14:49 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2016
The NSPCC says a report into child sex exploitation in Edgwick Park in Coventry, external is "deeply disturbing" but it welcomes the action being taken to tackle it.
The police and council plan to introduce a protection order at the park that would prohibit groups congregating.
It follows concerns over risks to children's safety, including men offering drugs to young people to get them to have sex with them.
Quote MessageIf vulnerable young people are being targeted the authorities need to ensure those responsible are stopped.
NSPCC, Spokesperson
From Atherstone to Australia? Police Down Under appeal for owner of mystery prayer bookpublished at 14:29 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2016
Police in Australia have asked Warwickshire Police to help them find the owner of a leather-bound prayer book., external
Image source, Nuneaton NewsWasps sign Tom Cruse (not that one)published at 14:15 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2016
Geoff Foster
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire SportWasps have announced 26-year-old hooker Tom Cruse will join the club from London Irish ahead of the 2016/17 campaign.
Cruse has also represented Stockport, Sale Sharks, Macclesfield and Rotherham Titans.
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End of twitter postThe West Midlands - as seen from spacepublished at 13:52 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2016
Astronaut Tim Peake tweeted a picture of Wales from space - and he also captured some of the West Midlands.
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End of twitter postConcern over Nuneaton hospital violencepublished at 13:29 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2016
Violence against workers at the George Eliot Hospita, externall has been slammed as 'unacceptable'.
Image source, Nuneaton NewsWherefore art thou.. Hacker?published at 13:17 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2016
Hacker the dog from CBBC has been in the city teaching pupils at Richard Lee Primary about Shakespeare.
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