Man arrested over 2001 abduction
Edgbaston to host first day-night test to be played in England
Funeral price hike row
Former MEP claims Woolfe incident 'not a one off'
Man in court following police pursuit
Rail line closed for bridge work
Updates from Friday 7 October 2016
Marian McNamee
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
A poet has celebrated Coventry's Jaguar workers in verse.
'I am Jaguar', by the city's Antony Owen, was commissioned by BBC Coventry and Warwickshire as part of National Poetry Day.
Coventry poet's tribute to Jaguar workers
Pashley Cycles says, external a contract to produce a new model of so-called "Boris Bikes" is worth £79.7m.
It says the new model will be 10% lighter than the current one and is designed to give a more "manoeuvrable and comfortable" ride.
Steven Bell, Pashley Cycles' general manager, said the company had been working on the scheme since 2015 and was "delighted to be working on such a prestigious scheme".
Kevin Reide
Midlands Today
The Keep Fit movement was designed to make us a healthier nation and in spite of tough times it still survives in some quarters to this day.
One of its members is in her nineties and has been going to the club since it opened.
You can see my report on Midlands Today at 13:30.
Alexandra Hamilton
BBC Weather
A cloudy afternoon in store, with some bright spells and highs of 13C (55F).
Weather for the West Midlands.
Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live
These are among our main stories today:
- Stratford's Pashley Cycles awarded contract for 'Boris Bike' upgrade
- Nuneaton man admits stabbing a 15-year-old girl
- Plan unveiled to 'recreate' Stratford-upon-Avon in China
The £22million hospital on Arden Street is due to open next spring and will offer more services to those living in and around the town. , external
Kim Kardashian West might be today's leading lady, but teenage girls could learn a lot more from Shakespeare's heroines, a head teacher has claimed.
Jane Lunnon, head of Wimbledon High School, says Shakespeare's Cleopatra, Beatrice, Rosalind and Viola are far better role models.
So what did William Shakespeare's heroines know that might help teenagers today?
Image source, Royal Shakespeare CompanyMeera Syal as Beatrice in production of Much Ado About Nothing
Police in Warwickshire say they want to speak to a tractor driver after a fatal crash, external that left a biker dead.
The motorcyclist, in his 60s, was struck on the Banbury road between Southam and Ladbroke.
Officers say they think the driver of the tractor might have vital information about the 7 August collision.
Image source, Warwickshire Police
Leamington Observer
On our front page this week, external: People in the county are living longer but not necessarily healthier lives, according to the annual ‘Health Profile’ published by Public Health England.
Image source, Leamington ObserverThe next generation of London bikes-for-hire - so-called "Boris Bikes" - will be built by Stratford's Pashley Cycles.
The new model will be lighter, with smaller wheels and a lower frame.
Image source, Pashley CyclesThe £79.7m contract for the roll-out has been awarded to Serco, which will continue to manufacture, distribute and maintain the bikes from 2017 until 2022.
Pashley Cycles will build the equipment from 2018.
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
Police in Warwickshire are searching for two men who threatened a petrol station attendant , externalwith a knife.
It happened at a BP branch on Lawford Road in Rugby on Saturday 24 September.
They demanded the worker open the locked door to the shop and, once inside, took the till drawer before leaving in the direction of Pinfold Street.
The mother of a five-year-old girl - whose dressing down of Prime Minister Theresa May went viral - has hit back at haters. , external
BBC Sunday Politics in the Midlands is looking at the idea of a "Midlands Engine" to rival the "Northern Powerhouse" and asking what is behind the PR slogans.
It's also delving into the ongoing row over Shropshire A&E services and asking if the county needs two emergency departments.
Image source, Conservative Party/BBCThe guests on the sofa this week will be the Conservative MP for South Staffordshire, Gavin Williamson, and the Labour MP for Wolverhampton North East, Emma Reynolds.
This is Stratford from the air - but not as you know it.
It's an impression of how a Chinese recreation of the town could look.
Image source, Fujjian Provincial GovernmentThe designs show a planned celebration of Shakespeare, with doubles for the River Avon and Holy Trinity Church intended to draw in domestic tourists without them accruing air miles.
Stratford District Council leader, Chris Saint, has been to China to discuss the plans for Fujian province.
But would Stratford by a different builder be as sweet?
Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live
These are some of our main stories today:
- Stratford's Pashley Cycles awarded contract for 'Boris Bike' upgrade
- Ghana boy reunited with family after life-saving operation organised by Warwickshire couple
- Plans to recreate Stratford-upon-Avon in China
A Ghanaian boy, born with organs outside his abdomen, has been reunited with family in Africa after a Warwickshire couple helped raise funds for a life-saving operation.
Doctors David and Jacquie Williams, from Stretton-on-Fosse,raised the money needed for air fares, surgery and nursing care, to bring Ethan Suglo to hospital in Oxford.
Op 'joy' for boy with external organs
Alexandra Hamilton
BBC Weather
A cloudy day, with some bright spells, and highs of 13C (55F).
Weather for the West Midlands.
Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live
Welcome to Thursday's news, sport, travel and weather updates.
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A Ghanaian boy born with organs outside his abdomen or is reunited with his family in Africa after a life-saving operation in Oxford.
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