A West Midlands Ambulance paramedic says the courts aren't tough enough with people who attack members of the emergency services. 

Mick Duggan, who'd been attacked in the past, thinks prison should be mandatory, with a minimum sentence of 12 months. 

He says a certain level of abuse is expected from people with metal health issues, but others cross a line.  

BBC Archive

Here's a classic bit of footage from our friends at BBC Archive, showing a Coventry shopkeeper's invention to stop shoplifting.

Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter

Staying dry tonight with clear spells and patchy cloud with lows of 12C (54F).

BBC Weather Watchers

This was taken in Flecknoe by one of the BBC's army of Weather Watchers.

Weather Watcher Will must have been up pretty early to get it

Image source, Weather Watcher Will

BBC Midlands Today

Sikhs from the Midlands have travelled to one of the Malawi in East Africa to help feed hungry children.

The food's been donated in the spirit of Langar, a Sikh tradition dating back 500 years of feeding the homeless and needy. 

You can see the full report on Midlands Today on BBC One at 18:30.

Being late for your own funeral in Coventry could cost your loved ones £158 every 15 minutes until it gets under way.

The proposed charge - also levied at overrunning services - is part of a raft of planned price hikes for burials and cremations in the city, external, including a 50% surcharge for being cremated at the weekend.

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Cremation, set to rise 15% to £737 on weekdays, would leap to £1106 on Saturdays.   

Coventry City Council says the rises are to cover costs of running bereavement services and to bring fees and charges in line with surrounding local authorities. 

The increases, if approved, would take effect from 1 November this year, with more following every year from 2018 until 2021. 

Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live

Here's a recap of our main stories today:

- Van driver dies in M6 crash

- Colours of Royal Fusilier battalion paraded for last time in Warwick

- Wasps' Sam Jones injured during England training

BBC Coventry & Warwickshire Sport

Coventry City duo George Thomas and Darragh Leahy have both been called-up to represent their respective countries during the international break.

Forward Thomas will represent the Wales Under-21 side, while defender Leahy has been called up to the Republic of Ireland Under-19s squad.

Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live

Artist Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Greg Doran, said William Shakespeare would have to break the mould if he were to create a character aping Donald Trump.

Speaking at the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference in Stratford-upon-Avon, Mr Doran said not one character in the playwright's extensive body of work could quite lend itself to being an original incarnation of the Republican candidate.

Image source, Getty

BBC Sport

England have won their warm-up match against the Bangladesh Cricket Board Select XI by four wickets. 

Captain Jos Buttler hit an unbeaten 80 as they chased down the hosts score of 309 with 23 balls remaining.

Warwickshire's Chris Woakes (pictured) took three wickets with David Willey and Ben Stokes taking two each.

Image source, Getty Images

Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live

The colours of the 2nd Battalion of Fusiliers will be paraded in Warwick for the final time during the annual Fusilier Veterans' parade on 9 October.

The battalion, which has been in existence since the 17th Century, was merged with the 1st Battalion in 2014 as part of army cuts.

Image source, Royal Fusiliers

Many former Second Battalion members from across the country are due to attend the parade, officiated by the Army's Chaplain General.

At the end of the parade the colours will be laid up in St Mary's Church, Warwick, never to be used again.

Wasps' Sam Jones is on his way back to the club after sustaining an injury in training with the England Rugby side.

The club says they'll have more information once the player has been assessed.

The flanker was one of seven uncapped players named in England coach Eddie Jones' 37-man training squad ahead of the autumn Tests.  

BBC Travel

Network Rail says the line through Leamington Spa is now open, but warn commuters to expect delays of around 20 minutes to CrossCountry services between Leamington and Banbury after earlier signalling problems.

Victoria Derbyshire

The problem of women being injured in childbirth has for years been exacerbated by poor diagnosis, improper care and an unwillingness to speak about the issue, experts say. 

Two women, who have suffered both physically and psychologically, want to change this.

Six years after Debbie gave birth to her son Kaiden at University Hospital in Coventry, she has lost count of how many hospital appointments she's had.

WARNING: Video contains graphic medical content

Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live

Police have named a lorry driver, external who died on the M6 in north Warwickshire last week as Martin Buzoianu, from Stoke-on Trent.

The 47-year-old died when the lorry he was driving collided with another lorry and two cars on the southbound carriageway on Thursday, 29 September.

Police say they're still investigating the collision and would like to hear from any witnesses.

A major cable fire on Kilburn railway viaduct has led to a complete cancellation of train services in and out of London Marylebone, Network Rail said.

Trains on the Chiltern Line through Warwick Parkway and Leamington are severely affected, with a limited service running to the outskirts of London where passengers need to change on to the Underground

Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter

A mixture of cloud and sunshine around this afternoon, external with highs of 17C (63F).

BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

A review of road signs in Coventry has been promised by the council after complaints that confusing signage is putting motorists off driving into the city centre.

A new road layout around Coventry railway station and bus lanes under the Whittle Arches have been called "confusing" by motorists.

Coventry Telegraph

Recruitment at Aston Martin’s Warwickshire base - part of an expansion that will see 250 new roles created - has already begun according to the boss of the prestige car maker.

A man dies in a crash between two vehicles on the M6 motorway which shuts the southbound carriageway.