Driver dies in police pursuit crashpublished at 11:45 British Summer Time 4 September 2016
A driver died when he crashed as he was being followed by police in Warwickshire, the force says.
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Updates from Friday 2 September 2016
A driver died when he crashed as he was being followed by police in Warwickshire, the force says.
Read MoreA vintage Jaguar sports car made famous when it featured in Only Fools and Horses sells for more than £115,000 at auction.
Read MoreCoventry suffer a second-half collapse to pile more pressure on manager Tony Mowbray as they are beaten at Fleetwood.
Read MoreMiddlesex have their lead at the top of Division One cut to four points after rain sees them draw with Warwickshire.
Read MoreCounty Championship leaders Middlesex reduce Warwickshire to 74-3 in pursuit of 338 to win, although rain is forecast on Saturday.
Read MoreThat's it from us on Friday. Join us again from 08:00 on Monday for a mix of news, sport, travel and weather - and keep an eye out here for more updates this evening and into the morning.
Have a great weekend.
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Two Wasps players make our list of six of the biggest international signings made by English Premiership clubs ahead of the new season.
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BBC Midlands Today
A dry night tonight with clear spells, but some rain moving in over the weekend.
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire Sport
Nuneaton Town have confirmed the signing of 20-year-old left back Ben O'Hanlon on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers.
The former England Under-18 international joins on an initial one-month deal.
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The trust that runs University Hospital in Coventry and Rugby St Cross says they will have plans in place to "minimise disruption" and ensure "services remain safe" during the expected industrial action by junior doctors.
George Eliot Hospital in Nuneaton says it will "deploy senior and consultant medical staff" to cover junior doctors' duties.
Medical leaders have criticised the proposed series of five-day strikes as the row over a new contract intensifies.
But Mark Porter, BMA chairman and consultant anaesthetist at the University Hospital in Coventry, said staff on duty would be more senior than those they might normally have seen and that patients "should not be concerned".
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire Sport
Wasps Netball has announced the signing of England international Natalie Haythornwait.
The 24-year-old becomes the team's ninth signing ahead of the new Superleague season which starts in February.
Named the 2015 Superleague Player of the Year, Natalie played for Manchester Thunder last season after joining them from the Yorkshire Jets.
Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live
Here's a recap of some of our main stories today:
- Murder inquiry launched after man found with head injuries
- Coventry man charged with possessing fighting dog
- Jaguar car once owned by the company's founder to be sold at auction
A 1961 Jaguar car once owned by the company's founder is due to be sold at auction.
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Warwickshire eventually brought to an end Sam Robson's prolonged vigil of 74 for Middlesex at Edgbaston.
He put on 97 runs in partnership with Stevie Eskinazi as the visitors stretched their lead.
Geoff Foster
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire Sport
The two Sky Blues transfer deadline day signings, Andre Wright and Jamie Sterry, are set to be involved in The City's League One fixture at Fleetwood Town tomorrow.
The two loanees have had a couple of training sessions with the squad which is also boosted by the return to fitness of Marvin Sordell.
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A man found in a Coventry home died from "significant head injuries", a post-mortem examination finds.
Read MoreJust 47 per cent of pupils in the city reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths, external in key stage two tests.
Research which exposes the effect of air pollution on the lungs of people in the West Midlands is to be discussed at an international congress this weekend.
A study into the impact of domestic coal use in the 1950s found people exposed to it in Coventry were twice as likely to die from a respiratory condition than those in cleaner areas.
Coal consumption in Coventry in that period was amongst the highest in the country and the data underlines the impact of air pollution on diseases such as COPD.
The data will be discussed at the European Respiratory Society's International Congress in London from tomorrow.
Follow live text and radio commentary as Somerset face Warwickshire in the County Championship.
Read MoreThe Rugby community is turning out in force to help make plans for a traffic-free route , externalto Draycote Water become a reality.