BBC Weather

A mainly dry day but we will see some showers. Safe to say a rather disappointing outlook considering it's July. 

Here's Charlie Slater with your 24-hour forecast...

Paul Marriott
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

A woman has been airlifted to hospital in Coventry, external after a car crash in Whichford.

It happened yesterday lunchtime on Whichford Hill.

A man was also hurt, but it's believed none of the injuries are life-threatening or life-changing.

Meanwhile, police want to hear from witnesses to a nearby, unconnected collision involving two vehicles in which one failed to stop. It happened in the early hours of Tuesday on Barretts Hill between Whichford and Stourton.

BBC Travel

Two lanes blocked and queuing traffic on M6 northbound between J5, A452 (Castle Bromwich) and J6 A38(M) Spaghetti Junction, because of a crash involving a car and lorry.

Travel time is at least 50 minutes, with congestion back to J4a M42 on the edge of Warwickshire. 

Paul Marriott
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

Here are some of the stories we're looking at in the Coventry newsroom:

- West Midlands MEP Dan Dalton says Theresa May is the best person to lead the UK out of Europe

- Fears a possible reduction in express trains to London could have a negative impact on Friargate development

- Coventry's annual Godiva Festival will continue for the foreseeable future but the cost needs to come down, council says

A three-year-old born with his organs outside his abdomen is to undergo life-saving surgery later thanks to a chance meeting with an English couple.

Ethan Suglo, from Ghana, has exomphalos, external which can be fatal but is routinely treated in the UK.

Image source, ETHAN'S LIFESAVING SURGERY

Last year his father Charles met doctors David and Jacquie Williams when they were visiting Ghana and asked them to examine his son.

The parents, from Stretton-on-Fosse in Warwickshire, helped raise £39,000 to fly Ethan to the UK for surgery in Oxford.

Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter

There'll be a mixture of sunshine and showers today, and it'll be a little breezier than it was yesterday too. 

A few showers may be heavy for a time, but they'll be fairly short lived - highs of 17C (63F).

Another day of mild summer sunshine ahead of us, according to the weather forecast.

We'll be bringing you the latest news, sport, travel and weather updates for Coventry and Warwickshire between now and 18:00.

You can get in touch with us via email or tweet us @BBCCovWarks, external.

We're back from 08:00 with our usual mix of news, sport, travel and weather, but keep an eye out here for updates this evening and into the morning. 

BBC Travel

There's a lane blocked and there's slow traffic on the M6 southbound between J3a M6 Toll and Corley Services, because of an accident involving two cars, BBC Travel says.

The A452 Kenilworth Road in Blackdown is blocked with slow traffic in both directions at the Hill Wootton Road junction, because of an accident. 

Sara Blizzard
BBC Weather

Navkiran Mann
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

I've been speaking to some of those taking part in today's demonstration about proposed library closures in Coventry.

Suzanne Weberley-Homes, 38 from Earlsdon (pictured holding the banner) says she and her daughter are regulars at the library's rhyme-time sessions.

"I've been taking her since she was a baby" she said, It's the way children learn and connect with others".

Peter Spencer, a teacher at Frederick Bird Primary, says he takes his two-year-old son to the library "as we can't afford to buy him books all the time".

The city council has said it is looking for volunteers to take over five libraries as it has to make savings.

Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live

These are some of our headlining stories today:

- Ashlawn Free School in Rugby gets government approval

- Wasps flanker James Haskell out for four to six months 

- Protestors demonstrate against Coventry library closures

A new Free School for Rugby has been approved by the government.

The application for Ashlawn Free School was one of 31 announced as exiting Prime Minister David Cameron visited a free school in west London.

On a lunchtime trip to Reach Academy in Feltham, he joined pupils for a dinner of baked potatoes and beans in the dining hall. 

Image source, Reuters

A teenager stabbed a man in the arm and punched him in the face.

The 16-year-old was arrested after attacking the man near to Coventry Sports Centre in Cox Street and then chasing him into the city centre.

The boy, who was on bail for another offence of wounding at the time, was sentenced to a total of four years at a youth offenders institute, police said.

England and Wasps flanker James Haskell could be out for up to six months with a foot injury.

BBC Travel

An accident is blocking one lane of the M6 southbound between J5, A452 (Castle Bromwich) and J4a M42.

It's also busy on the M6 northbound between J3, A444 (Nuneaton) and Corley Services because of an accident earlier on.

BBC Travel reporting congestion to J2, M69 (Coventry).

James Haskell's injury, sustained in England's second test against Australia this summer, requires surgery and the Wasps back row is now expected to be sidelined for four to six months. 

Image source, Getty Images

No play is possible on day three at Edgbaston between Warwickshire and Hampshire because of rain.

About 40 people gathered on the steps of Coventry Council House today to demonstrate against proposed library closures.

The council suggests five could close if volunteer groups don't come forward to run them.

Ex-Premier League striker Marvin Sordell can "kick-start" his career at League One Coventry City, says boss Tony Mowbray.