A man in his 50s had to be taken to hospital after being attacked in Coleshill, external. 

Police say he suffered injuries after being hit on the back of the head, causing him to fall.

They're calling for witnesses to come forward. The attack happened in the area of Sumner Road and High Street on 14 March.

David Landau
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

These are some of our headlining stories this lunchtime:

- Three men arrested over 'attempted murder' in Rugby

- Police issue appeal over Coleshill attack

- Stratford successful in Monopoly vote

Coventry Observer

More than £3million funding to support victims of crime has been announced by West Midlands police commissioner David Jamieson , external– and includes a grant for rape and sex abuse victims in Coventry.  

Stratford-upon-Avon has beaten 24 locations in the West Midlands to land its very own Monopoly board, external.

Image source, Monopoly

Residents of the town are invited to nominate their favourite landmarks so the property spaces could be Shakespeare's resting place, birthplace, or where his wife lived.  

Tom Cooke
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

Three people have been arrested after a 17-year-old boy was shot and an 18-year-old man was found stabbed in Oxford Street in Rugby.

Three men aged 30, 27 and 20, all from Rugby, have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

The injured pair - hurt one week ago - needed hospital treatment. Both have now been released. 

Sara Blizzard
BBC Weather

Rain spreading across all areas this afternoon and strengthening winds will make it feel cool.

A tandem bike, a tin bath and military ammunition were among the items dumped in canals and rivers last winter.

They were just some of the more bizarre objects recovered in a four-month survey of rubbish in waterways, including Coventry and Warwickshire, carried out by the Canal and River Trust.

Image source, Mike Poloway

If you're planning an Easter weekend away then you'll be pleased to know that Highways England is lifting more than 58 miles of major roadworks across the West Midlands to help ease congestion.

Roadworks on the A46-M40 near Warwick will be lifted and resurfacing work on the M6 J2-4 and the A46 near Stratford-upon-Avon should be completed.

James Gallagher
BBC News Website, Health Editor

Using a scanner rather than a scalpel could spare hundreds of thousands of cancer patients from risky surgery, a study by the Universities of Warwick and Birmingham suggests.  

Image source, University of Birmingham

Head and neck tumours are treated with chemotherapy and radiotherapy, but then need an operation to visually check whether the growth has gone.

A study on 564 patients, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed 80% of them could be spared surgery by scanning instead.

The British Horse Society, based in Warwickshire, has begun a campaign to save riders' lives on the roads. 

It's asking motorists to slow down and pass them considerately after figures showed that since 2010, there have been 36 rider deaths and 181 horses killed or put down from injuries caused by vehicles. 

Tom Cooke
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

These are some of our headlining stories today:

- Scan of Shakespeare's grave shows he may be missing his skull

- Warwick research shows cancer scans can reduce risky operations

- Roadworks lifted for Easter getaway

A hi-tech investigation of William Shakespeare's grave has concluded his skull was probably stolen.

Image source, Channel 4

The discovery gives credence to a news report in 1879, later dismissed as fiction, that trophy hunters took the skull from his shallow grave in 1794.

A team used a ground-penetrating radar (GPR) scan to look through the grave at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford in the first archaeological probe of the site.

Kenilworth Weekly News

The likely route of a proposed cycle path through Abbey Fields in Kenilworth , externalhas been revealed by Warwickshire county councillor John Whitehouse.

Work on the high-speed rail link between London and Birmingham is set to begin next year after legislation paving the way for the project cleared its final stage in the Commons. 

The £56bn scheme is due to be completed in a decade, with a further extension to Manchester and Leeds due to be finished by 2032. 

Four MPs from our area voted against the measure - Coventry Labour MPs Jim Cunningham and Geoffrey Robinson, and Warwickshire Conservatives Chris White  and Craig Tracey.

Atherstone & Coleshill Herald

The widow of an Atherstone firefighter who died last month has paid tribute to her 'hero'., external

Sara Blizzard
BBC Weather

A dry start but cloudy and breezy with outbreaks of rain developing through the day and a top temperature of 8C (46F).

Tom Cooke
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

These are some of the stories we'll be looking at today:

- Scan of Shakespeare's grave shows he may be missing his skull

- Police issue appeal after man attacked in Coleshill, external

- Work on HS2 set to begin after Commons vote

The M6 had to be closed for a time earlier this morning due to a vehicle shedding its load of hay.

All lanes have re-opened and traffic is moving freely.

BBC Travel

One lane is closed and there is slow traffic on M6 northbound between J6 A38 Spaghetti Junction and J7, A34 (Great Barr), because of a vehicle fire.

More on BBC Travel. 

Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live

We'll be bringing you live updates on the latest news, sport, travel and weather for Coventry and Warwickshire.

If you see a story you think we should be covering, email us, tweet @BBCCovWarks, external or reach us on the BBC Coventry and Warwickshire Facebook page, external.