Several roads will be closed and parking restrictions in place when the Aviva Women's Tour passes through Atherstone on Thursday, 16 June.

North Warwickshire Borough Council has published details of the route, external to warn residents.     

Wasps have revealed plans, external for a "world class" new training centre in Coventry.

The facility would be built on land next to the Alan Higgs Centre in Allard Way. 

Image source, Ward McHugh Associates

The plans include three pitches, an indoor "kicking barn", gymnasium, video analysis suite, hydrotherapy recovery area and physiotherapy rooms.   

A planning application, external has been submitted to Coventry City Council. 

Sikh Union Coventry has been given the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Services. 

The award, created in 2002, is given to volunteer groups across the UK to recognise outstanding work done in their own communities.

Sikh Union Coventry, external manages projects which support children and adults through team sports and health improvement, working with charities to raise funds for various projects.

Apes have been given ECG machines to help researchers monitor heart disease in the animals.

George Eliot Hospital in Nuneaton has passed 14 devices on to Twycross Zoo to support studies.

Image source, PA

The zoo, in Atherstone, will use them for research into the cardiac health of endangered chimpanzees, orangutans, gorillas and bonobos. 

A spokeswoman said great apes shared more than 90% of their DNA with humans and had the same cardiac system.

Weekend's free service will gauge children's safety in cars.

The last event found that 71% of examined seats were not fully safe.

Bruce Springsteen fans going to the concert at Coventry's Ricoh Arena, external tomorrow are warned it starts early.

Gates open at 17:00 with the show starting at 18:30. There are no support acts.

Image source, AP

The curfew is at 22:30.

BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

The top stories for Coventry and Warwickshire this morning include:

• Wildlife must not be affected by Jaguar Land Rover's proposed expansion at Whitley, Warwickshire Wildlife Trust says
• A decision on the future of high street chain BHS is expected to be made today
• A collapsed sewer in White Street, Coventry, will be repaired as quickly as possible, Severn Trent says

There's Sky Blue thinking in the club shop this morning.

Here's more on the traffic situation following an earlier collision and fuel spill:

England's Ian Bell says he would love to score a T20 century for the Birmingham Bears.

BBC Travel

Here's more on our earlier update:

One lane is closed and there's queuing traffic on the M42 southbound between J3a, M40 and J3, A435 (Portway), because of a collision involving a car and a lorry. There's a fuel spillage and recovery work is under way.

Congestion to J5, A41 (Solihull).  

David Gregory-Kumar
Science correspondent, BBC Midlands Today

The polecat isn't just surviving it's doing really well with numbers increasing according to surveys by the Midlands-based Vincent Wildlife Trust. But would you recognise one if you saw one? Here's a simple spotters' guide.

Image source, VINCENT WILDLIFE TRUST

BBC Travel

One lane is closed on the M42 southbound between J3a M40 and J3, A435 (Portway), because of an accident.

Drivers are warned to expect delays of around 30 minutes, with congestion to J4, A34 (Shirley).  

BBC Midlands Today

The BBC has learnt that almost half a million calls to the police 101 number in the Midlands have gone 'unanswered' in the last four years. 

The figures for the non-emergency helpline were revealed as part of a Freedom of Information request. 

There are big differences between forces with four times as many calls being missed in Staffordshire compared to Warwickshire. 

Staffordshire Police says it's investing in new call handlers to improve the service.

Kay Crewdson
Weather presenter

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BBC Travel

There’s queueing traffic on A46 southbound in Coventry and Tollbar Island in the roadworks area.

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