BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

These are some of our stories this afternoon: 

- A review of taxi ranks is to take place in Coventry following a meeting between taxi drivers and the city council earlier today

- Coventry University is urging the government to put skills at the top of the agenda when drawing up its industrial strategy 

- A man missing in Stratford since yesterday has been found safe    

BBC Weather Watchers

These two autumnal pictures come from BBC Weather Watchers.

Old Salt captured the fallen leaves, and Gman the bare branches.

Image source, Old Salt

Image source, Gman

Coventry Telegraph

Three military units, currently based at army barracks due to be sold off to cut costs, are set to be relocated to Nuneaton  , external

A Stratford man missing since yesterday has been found. 

Skills should be at the forefront of the UK's industrial strategy according to the vice-chancellor of Coventry University.

John Latham has been giving evidence to the parliamentary committee looking at industrial strategy, external. 

Invited in his role as chair of the University Alliance, Mr Latham told MPs that the skills agenda needed to be "ahead of the curve" of the strategy, not following behind.    

BBC Sport

Two Coventry Rugby players make their return from injury tonight in a match involving the club's Nighthawks side. , external

Centre Callum McBurnie and flanker Olly Povoas will get a run-out against Cambridge University.

Kick-off is at 19:45.

Kay Crewdson
BBC weather presenter

There'll be some brightness in the west by the afternoon but it will feel cold.  Highs of 5C (41F).

Stratford Herald

Stratford MP Nadhim Zahawi this week gave the whole Brexit drama a new twist by saying that Britain should continue paying £8.5billion a year into the EU , externalto retain access to the European single market.  

BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

These are the stories we are looking at this afternoon: 

- Coventry city council has promised to listen to the concerns of taxi-drivers who want a rank in the city re-instated 

- Concern is growing for a missing Stratford man who has Down's Syndrome

- A well-known Rugby retailer is due to start trading in the town again

BBC Weather Watchers

As the temperature drops send us your pictures of the glorious autumn we're having. 

This picture comes from BBC Weather Watcher Graham Hedges. 

Image source, Graham Hedges

BBC Sport

There could be changes to the Coventry City line-up when they take on Wycombe in the group stages of the EFL Trophy tonight.

Both sides are through to the knockout stages but a home tie awaits the winner.

The kicks off at 19:45 - get the build-up to the action and match commentary on BBC Coventry and Warwickshire.  

The search is continuing for a 57-year-old man who was reported missing in Stratford yesterday, external.

Brendan Twissell, who has Down's syndrome, was reported missing shortly after 10:30 after he left a community care group in The Avenue in Bishopton, police say.  

Image source, Warwickshire Police

Officers, search dogs and the police helicopter were deployed to look for Mr Twissell.  

The councillor in charge of taxis in Coventry says she will listen to taxi drivers who say they want the rank on the Burges in the city restored.

Drivers say they still use it, but because it's not an official rank, they're being fined if they're found there.  

Councillors are meeting taxi-drivers this morning to discuss their concerns.  

Image source, Coventry City Council

A well-known name on Rugby`s high street is due to start trading again. 

Menswear firm, Salters, closed six months ago when its owner decided to sell up. 

Now a former employee is relaunching the wedding hire side of the business.

Image source, Salters

BBC Travel

There are closures on the M40 northbound between junctions 10 and 11.

Two fires in the centre of Rugby are being investigated as arson, external, police say.

Two vehicles and an office were set alight at premises on Abbey Street between 23:30 and 23:40 on Sunday, 6 November.     

Alec Blackman
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

Here are some of the stories we are looking at this morning:

- Taxi drivers in Coventry are appealing to the city council to reopen a rank they shut eight years ago

- Three fires in Rugby are being investigated as arson

-  A new report says Coventry is one of the best cities in the UK to live and work 

BBC Sport

Wasps have four players in Eddie Jones' England squad to face South Africa at the weekend.

Nathan Hughes, Joe Launchbury (pictured) and Tommy Taylor are all named in the forwards, with Elliot Daly picked in the backs.

Image source, Getty Images

Coventry is one of the best cities in the UK to live and work, according to a report out this morning. 

The Good Growth report, external by accountants PwC and the think-tank Demos is based on 10 categories, ranging from economic success to family well-being. 

Image source, Getty Images

The report, looking at 42 cities in the UK, says Coventry is perfoming "at or above the UK average".  

Coventry Telegraph

With over 12,500 collisions being reported in the West Midlands last year, external, we take a look at the city's worst roads for accidents and congestion.