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Updates from Friday 16 September 2016
Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter
A nice start to the day with some blue sky and sunshine, but the risk of some heavy showers this afternoon and highs of 27C (81F).
Latest weather for the West Midlands
A couple were attacked by “out of control” teenagers after they tried to stop the youths throwing rocks at cars. , external
Rachel Lancaster said a chunk of her hair was pulled out and one of the group tried to set fire to her husband’s clothes with a lighter during the broad daylight attack on Sunday afternoon.
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Shelley Phelps
Political Reporter, BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
Coventry is too small to have three elected members and could end up sharing an MP with parts of Solihull, according to proposals set out by the Boundary Commission.
The report proposes bringing the Solihull wards of Knowle and Meriden into a new Coventry West and Meriden constituency.
Image source, Boundary CommissionThe report also recommends the creation of a seat that crosses county boundaries in Warwickshire and Worcestershire and splitting the Warwick and Leamington seat.
You can give feedback, external about the proposals during a 12-week consultation exercise.
Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live
Good morning from Coventry and Warwickshire Live.
We'll be bringing you the latest news, sport, travel and the all-important weather for Tuesday.
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All but one of a number of "bladed weapons" seized in relation to a protest at a Sikh temple were ceremonial, police say.
Read MoreWe're back with our usual mix of news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 tomorrow, but keep an eye out here for more updates this evening.
Have a great night.
Ayo Akinwolere
Presenter, BBC Inside Out
A West Midlands paramedic is helping to set up a trekking business in Nepal - as people there rebuild their lives eighteen months after a devastating earthquake.
Phil Llewellyn has raised thousands of pounds for the community and is trying to give local people jobs too.
There's more on Phil's story on tonight's Inside Out on BBC1 at 19:30.
A Midlands paramedic who helps earthquake victims features on BBC Inside Out tonight
A homeowner called Nuneaton and Warwickshire's Wildlife Santuary to the rescue after finding the four foot corn snake in there, external.
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BBC Midlands Today
It's one of the most historic centres of car manufacturing in the Midlands and now Jaguar Land Rover is set to invest £100m in its Castle Bromwich plant.
Hundreds of new jobs will be created, it says, as production of the Jaguar XE moves there from Solihull.
We'll have a report on this and more from BBC1 at 18:30 tonight.
Some residents in the Earlsdon area of Coventry have been left without water after a main pipe burst in Albany Road.
Severn Trent says it's aware customers might be "experiencing little or no water", and they have a team on site that is working to restore the supply.
Earlsdon Primary School is among the properties to have been affected.
Image source, GoogleStratford-upon-Avon MP Nadhim Zahawi says he's "surprised" that David Cameron is standing down as MP for Witney, triggering a by-election in the Oxfordshire seat.
But he says "his legacy will live on", adding "I'm sure he'll play a major role in the Conservative party" in future.
Image source, PAIn a statement, coming two months after he quit as Prime Minister, Mr Cameron said he was resigning so he wouldn't be a "distraction" to the new Government as a backbencher.
"I fully support Theresa May and have every confidence that Britain will thrive under her strong leadership."
Sara Blizzard
BBC Weather
Cloud will thin through the evening allowing a dry and warm night with lows of 16C (61F).
Sara Blizzard has your forecast
Formal consultation starts today on plans by Coventry City Council that could see the running of some libraries handed over to volunteers - or closed.
The proposals form part of a £3.8m cost-cutting programme that will also see millions wiped off its budgets for services aimed at younger people.
Image source, GoogleThe council says the savings will contribute to a total of £35m that needs to be cut across all services.
Details on the consultation can be found here., external
Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live
If you missed the live broadcast of Emma Rice's production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream last night, you can catch it on the BBC iPlayer.
The final night, from Shakespeare's Globe, was broadcast live around the world as part of Shakespeare Lives, the online digital festival co-curated by the BBC and the British Council.
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A "wonderful lady" who loved dancing, singing and Guinness is how North Warwickshire's oldest resident will be remembered by her family, external.
Workers at a Jaguar plant have welcomed news that the company's XE sports car will be built at the site.
The announcement is part of a £100m investment and means the return of all Jaguar sports and saloon car manufacturing to the Castle Bromwich factory in Birmingham.
Jaguar workers: 'We are here to build cars and the more the better'
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire Sport
Coventry Blaze lost to the Belfast Giants at the Skydome Arena last night in their opening Elite League game.
The Giants won 3-2 in sudden-death overtime.
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All but one of the 55 men arrested on suspicion of aggravated trespass at a gurdwara in Leamington Spa have been released on bail while investigations continue, say police., external
The men, aged between 17 and 39, were arrested following a protest at the temple on Tachbrook Drive yesterday morning in which ceremonial "weapons" were seized. One man, a 30-year-old from Derby, remains in police custody.
A 39-year-old man from Birmingham was also arrested on suspicion of causing racially aggravated fear or provocation of violence by words, in relation to an incident at Leamington police station at 20:30 yesterday.
Sikh community leaders have accused police of over-reacting to what they say was a peaceful protest at a temple that ended in 55 arrests.
Armed officers surrounded the gurdwara in Leamington Spa yesterday amid reports of "armed" men entering the building in a row over inter-faith marriages. The Warwickshire force said on Sunday a number of "bladed weapons" had been seized, later saying that all but one were ceremonial.
The Sikh Federation pressure group today said police "overreacted" to the reports. It maintained that people had walked into the temple to protest against an interfaith marriage being carried out as a Sikh religious ceremony.
A spokesman for Warwickshire Police said initial reports pointed to a group of masked men, thought to be around 20 in number, forcing their way into the site and carrying "bladed items". He said: "Officers assessed the situation and responded accordingly."
The arrests were made on suspicion of aggravated trespass.
Relive live text of the final of the One-Day Cup from Lord's as Warwickshire beat Surrey by eight wickets.
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