Ticket sales for the first day/night Test Match are up by more than 400% in comparison to the first two days of last year's Test going on sale, says Edgbaston. 

The first day-night match will take place against West Indies at the ground in August 2017.

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Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live

Here's a recap of some of our main stories today:

• Very light rail system being considered for Coventry
• Serious NSPCC cases jump in past four years
• Turkeys and ducks rescued from M6 services

A new Monopoly board dedicated to Shakespeare's home town of Stratford-upon-Avon is being released.

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Among the locations on the game will be Anne Hathaway's Cottage, Holy Trinity Church and Shakespeare's birthplace. 

The latest edition has been specially created to mark the 400th anniversary of the playwright's death.    

Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live

Ducks and turkeys thought to have been abandoned have been picked up from a lorry park at services on the M6.

The RSPCA was called to the site at Corley Services, between junctions two and three in Warwickshire, after the two turkeys and four Muscovy ducks were spotted grazing on a grass verge near the petrol station forecourt.

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RSPCA inspector Louise Marston said: "If they have strayed then we’d like to reunite them with their owner. 

"Or, if they were abandoned, then we are keen to find out who did this."

Leamington Observer

On our front page this week: Residents and students living in Leamington's Old Town are at loggerheads again over plans for further flats in the area., external

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Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live

An 11-year-old schoolboy suffered a potentially serious head injury when he was hit by a pick-up truck outside his school , externalyesterday, said the ambulance service.

The crash happened just before 15:15 outside Woodfield School, in Hawthorn Lane, Coventry.

BBC Travel

A jackknifed lorry is blocking Frolesworth Lane, in Frolesworth, affecting bus services in the area.

More details on BBC Travel. 

Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live

A review of Coventry's transport system, external has been launched which could see a very light rail system operating in the city.

Councillors say planning is at an early stage but the tram-like service could link the city centre with the proposed HS2 line and the University of Warwick.

Coventry City Council says the technology for the project is being developed in the city, external and the council would look to the new West Midlands Combined Authority for funding.

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Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live

These are some of our headlining stories today:

• Councillors look at new transport system linking city centre with University of Warwick
• Pupil hit by truck outside school
• Permanent home for Rugby Hall of Fame to open

A Hall of Fame celebrating rugby union's past officially opens at the birthplace of the sport in five weeks' time.

Alexandra Hamilton
BBC Weather

Today will be cloudy with widespread scattered showers, which may be heavy at times. 

Some dry and bright spells are forecast this afternoon, with highs of 13C (55F).

BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

A fire burning about 100 hay bales broke out at a farm in Coleshill last night.

The fire service says it left a water bowser overnight at the farm in Packington Lane and will be returning today to check the blaze is out.

Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live

I'm in the Coventry newsroom today bringing you all the news, sport, travel and weather for Thursday. 

You can get in touch with us via email, Twitter, external or our Facebook page, external.

BBC Weather

It's been quite chilly today, but what is the weather situation like for the rest of the week?

We'll be 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 and into the morning.  

Coventry Telegraph

Tempers flared during a meeting of Coventry City Council, external as a senior Labour member implied he would thump a fellow councillor.  

Joan Cummins
Midlands Today reporter

Thirteen thousand motorists have been wrongly fined for using a bus lane in Coventry, but the council's not planning to tell them. 

A tribunal ruled that the £30 fines shouldn't have been issued because warning signs were inadequate. 

The drivers are now entitled to a refund, but councillors decided not to waste public money by informing them.

Tune into Midlands Today at 18:30 for the full story.

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BBC Weather

It should be mostly dry but a bit chilly for the rest of the afternoon. 

We might get the odd shower tonight with a low of 7C/45F. 

Leamington Courier

Severn Trent has confirmed that a major water pipe has burst, external in Leek Wootton, leaving a busy road junction impassable.

A man is killed in a fall down a lift shaft at a technology company.