A pedestrian was seriously injured , externalwhen he was hit by a car in Coventry last night.

The ambulance service was called to the crash at the junction of Sky Blue Way and Walsgrave Road, in Coventry, at about 23:30.

It says the man sustained multiple serious injuries and needed advanced trauma care. 

BBC Coventry & Warwickshire Sport

Captain Joe Launchbury returns to the starting 11 tomorrow as Wasps face Italian visitors Zebre Rugby at the Ricoh Arena in the opening group fixture of the European Cup.

Tom Cruse makes his second start for the club following a strong debut against Saracens. Tommy Taylor is named on the bench, after sickness ruled him out of last Sunday’s match.  

A fire that destroyed a Polish food shop in Coventry is being investigated as a suspected arson attack.

BBC Midlands Today

A hundred years ago, men of the Birmingham Pals battalions were fighting on the Somme - a World War One battle that claimed so many British lives. 

Among their number was a brilliant Warwickshire cricketer, Percy Jeeves, whose name and dapper style inspired one of English literature's most famous comic creations.

BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

There's a call for the city council to take over the organisation of the Coventry Half Marathon after the company that's been running it pulled out.  

Go2 events, who've staged the 13-mile run for the past three years, say they don't want to carry on with their current agreement.   

Conservative councillor Tim Mayer says there's now an opportunity for the authority to take control and self-fund the event through advertising revenues.

Lucy Martin
BBC Weather

Some bright spells of sunshine will be around this afternoon, with the chance of an odd shower and highs of 13C (55F).

Rugby Town footballer Elliot Palmer has left hospital and is recovering at home, say the club.

The 21-year-old defender suffered three broken ribs and bleeding on the kidney and liver after the match against local rivals Bedworth United.

Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live

Some of our headlining stories are:

• Police investigate suspected arson attack at Polish shop in Coventry
• Organisers pull out of Coventry Half Marathon
• Man hit by car seriously injured

Richard Williams
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

The owner of a Polish shop in Coventry destroyed in a suspected arson attack says he's "devastated".

Norbert Krupan, who's lived in the area for seven years and opened the shop a year ago, said he was just "confused".

"We've had it confirmed that we've been targeted and someone's done this deliberately", he said.

"The police ask me if it was maybe a racial background, or maybe the competition, I really don't know."

All week you have been using Your Questions to ask about the West Midlands. Here are some of our answers.

BBC Midlands Today

The BBC has launched its Love to Read campaign, where lovers of literature are being asked to share their favourite books.

Across the country famous novels which have been shaped by the local landscape are being celebrated. 

One of the greatest novelists of all time, George Eliot, was hugely influenced by the Warwickshire countryside - as Lindsay Doyle has been finding out.

There's a special programme on Sunday about Midlands authors: Books That Made Britain, Birmingham: Factories to Middle Earth on 16 October, 15:45 on BBC One and afterwards on the BBC iPlayer.    

Stratford Observer

A taxi driver in Stratford has been suspended after carrying too many passengers, external – four of whom were children with special needs on their way to school.  

Image source, Stratford Observer

Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live

Police say it's too early to confirm if a suspected arson attack on a Polish shop in Coventry will be investigated as a hate crime.

Forensic investigators from West Midlands Police will visit the scene of the fire, which completely destroyed the unit in Remembrance Road.

One lane remains closed on the M40 for recovery and clean-up work after a vehicle fire.

Louie Lee-Horton tweeted this footage of the scene.

The fire service says 15 firefighters tackled a blaze overnight which has completely destroyed a Polish food shop in Coventry.

Three engines were sent to the severe fire in Remembrance Road, Willenhall.

Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live

A severe fire at a Polish food shop in Coventry is being investigated as a suspected arson attack.

West Midlands Police was called to the blaze in Remembrance Road, Willenhall, at 03:40.

Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live

The fire service says it's been dealing with a severe shop fire in Coventry.

BBC Midlands Today

Motorway police are warning car cloning appears to be on the rise in the West Midlands. 

It involves criminals stealing a car's details, making fake plates and then using the vehicle to commit other crimes. 

Laura Marcus, from Staffordshire, had her car cloned and later received a speeding ticket from London.

She says she was shocked and worried about proving she hadn't broken the law.  

Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live

The future of Coventry's half marathon is in doubt after the council confirmed organiser GO2 will not be extending its contract, which ended after this year's race.

The council says it's disappointed and is unable to confirm whether the race will go ahead next year.

It adds it will now be "actively looking at alternative options" for delivering the event in the future.

Lucy Martin
BBC Weather

It's a cloudy start with some showers, but then cloud will thin to bring some brighter sunny spells with highs of 13C (55F).