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  • More updates on Wednesday from 18:00

  1. News: First all-out doctor's strike; and hunt for a new home for Shakespeare statuepublished at 08:48 British Summer Time 26 April 2016

    Vanessa Pearce
    BBC Local Live

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

    - First all-out junior doctors' strike under way

    - New home sought for Shakespeare statue over "driver distraction" fears

    - Council planners meet to discuss major expansion of JLR's headquarters at Whitley

  2. Junior doctors take strike action over contractspublished at 08:27 British Summer Time 26 April 2016

    Vanessa Pearce
    BBC Local Live

    Doctors across Coventry and Warwickshire have just started the first all-out doctors' strike in the NHS's history.

    They've walked out of both routine and emergency care from 08:00 to 17:00 in the contract row.

    So far, 80 operations have been cancelled at Nuneaton's George Eliot hospital, with a further 240 outpatient appointments affected.

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  3. Travel: M42 slow southboundpublished at 08:13 British Summer Time 26 April 2016

    BBC Travel

    There's queuing traffic on the M42 southbound between J10, for the A5 (Tamworth) and J9, for the M6 Toll.

    Congestion is to J11, for the A42 (Burton-Upon-Trent).

  4. Yorkshire pile up runs at Edgbastonpublished at 08:10 British Summer Time 26 April 2016

    BBC Sport

    Gary Ballance took his score to 68 and fellow England player Adil Rashid made 63, as four Yorkshire players passed 50 on a second weather-hit day against Warwickshire at Edgbaston.

    Yorkshire and England batsman Gary BallanceImage source, Getty Images

    Steve Patterson made a career-best 62 to add to Jack Leaning's 51 as the reigning county champions ended another truncated day on 368-9.

    Chris Woakes (3-79) and Keith Barker (3-99) were the Bears' best bowlers.

  5. Good morning from Coventry and Warwickshire Livepublished at 08:00 British Summer Time 26 April 2016

    Vanessa Pearce
    BBC Local Live

    Welcome to our live feed on Tuesday morning, bringing you all the news, sport, travel and weather as it happens. 

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