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Updates from Friday 4 November 2016
Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live
These are some of our main stories today:
Sara Blizzard
BBC Weather
After a damp start, a mainly dry day with sunny spells with the chance of an odd shower and highs of 11C (52F).
Latest weather for the West Midlands
International rugby league will be played in Coventry for the first time on Saturday, with Premiership rugby union side Wasps hosting a Four Nations double-header at their Ricoh Arena home.
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BBC Sport
Promotion and relegation has been introduced to British speedway's top two divisions in a revamp of the sport.
Coventry, Somerset and reigning champions Wolverhampton are among the sides to race in the 2017 top flight.
Image source, Jeff DaviesThe bottom side in the Premiership will race the Championship play-off champions in an end-of-season race, to decide who rides in the following season's top tier.
The divisions will no longer be known as the Elite League and Premier League.
Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live
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A Hillmorton family’s cat has been left with three legs , externalafter it was attacked by a dog.
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Daniel Wainwright
Data unit - English regions
Cocaine seized by police and the Border Force has surged to the highest level in more than a decade, according to new figures.
Yet the overall amount of drugs confiscated by police fell by 11%, the fourth consecutive drop.
Warwickshire recorded one of the highest percentage rises in the number of drug seizures, up to 1,234 in 2015/16 from 1,158 the previous year.
Shefali Oza
BBC Midlands Today
A little milder overnight than last night, but still cold, with frost a risk in some rural areas.
There'll be patchy rain and showers at times through the night with lows of 7C (45F) .
Latest weather forecast for the West Midlands
A police motorcyclist was taking part in an advanced motorcycle training course when he was seriously injured in a crash yesterday, police say, external.
The officer, based at Rugby, was in a collision with a blue Citroen C2 in the incident on Evesham Road near Stratford-upon-Avon.
Image source, Warwickshire PoliceHe was airlifted to hospital in Coventry with multiple fractures to his legs and pelvis and said to be in a stable condition.
The incident has been referred to the Warwickshire force's Professional Standards department.
Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live
Here's a recap of some of our stories today:
Coventry has more obese 10 and 11-year-old children than the national average, according to figures collected through the National Child Measurement Programme.
In the city, nearly one in four kids in that age group was found to be obese in 2015-16.
The figure of 23.2% compares to a national average of 19.8%.
Image source, SPLFor Warwickshire as a whole, the figure is a below-average 17.3%, but there are variations across the county.
In Nuneaton and Bedworth, 21% of year six pupils were recorded as obese, compared with 14.1% in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Two men have been arrested after about 60 cars had their tyres slashed in Coventry, police say.
A 19-year-old and a 21-year-old were detained in Belgrave Road in the Wyken area of the city last night and are currently in police custody.
Coventry's medieval history is highlighted in a new colouring book produced by the City of Coventry Freemen's Guild in conjunction with the University of Warwick.
Image source, Cathy RenkenThe book, designed by Cathy Renken, will be launched by the Lord Mayor in St Mary's Guildhall on Thursday 10 November, with much of the proceeds going to local charities.
Image source, Cathy RenkenA nine-year-old boy fighting a rare form of cancer is winning online support in his battle to beat the disease.
Read MoreTwo Leamington men have been punished, external for playing their part in a ‘sickening’ multi-million pound advertising scam which ensnared companies in the UK and Europe.
New technology is helping to bring back a cathedral bombed nearly 80 years ago in the Blitz.
Read MoreConservative MP Nadhim Zahawi said he's "disappointed" at today's High Court judgment on Brexit and thinks the government is right to appeal the decision.
Parliament must vote on whether the UK can start the process of leaving the EU, the High Court has ruled.
The Stratford-upon-Avon MP said he expected parliament to "respect the will of the people" and vote for Brexit as not to do so would "drive a horse and coaches through democracy".
Image source, Conservative PartyWasps’ move to the Ricoh Arena has seen the rugby club’s parent company post a marginally increased loss - but on the flipside revenues have shot up by almost 50%. , external
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Guy Thompson will captain Wasps in their match against Sale Sharks in the Anglo-Welsh Cup tomorrow night., external
Other Senior Academy players included in the starting XV are Owain James at full back and Connor Eastgate at 10, who forms the half-back pairing with Craig Hampson.
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