BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

Taxi drivers in Coventry are calling on the council to re-instate a rank in the city centre, eight years after it was closed. 

They want the area known as The Burges re-opened.

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

Cabbies will meet with the city council later to discuss the proposal. 

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Alec Blackman
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

This morning's headlines for Coventry and Warwickshire include: 

- Taxi drivers in Coventry are calling on the council to re-instate a rank in the city centre, eight years after it was closed

- Coventry has been named as one of the best cities in the UK to live and work

- Four Wasps players have been included in the England rugby squad to face South Africa on Saturday

Kay Crewdson
BBC weather presenter

A cold and cloudy morning with showery rain and sleet.

It will turn drier and brighter throughout the morning, but with a risk of scattered showers through the afternoon. 

Temperatures ranging from 4C (39F) to 10C (50F). 

I'll be bringing you all the latest news, sport, travel and weather between now and 18:00.

If you'd like to get in touch you can email, tweet us on @bbcovwarks, external or message via Facebook, external.

Live updates have now ended for Coventry and Warwickshire.

We'll be back with you from 08:00 with all the news, sport, travel and weather.

Coventry teenagers will helping to run the Royal Shakeapeare Company's new exhibition on 18 November as part of Kids in Museums Takeover Day., external

The local 15 and 16-year-olds will be taking on roles in The Play's The Thing, external - displaying treasures from the theatre's museum and archive.

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Police investigators are searching woodland after receiving new information in the hunt for Nicola Payne who has been missing since 1991.

The Bishop of Coventry will preside over a special service at Coventry's War Memorial Park to honour the life and death of fallen WW1 soldier Joseph Turton Cleaver.

The dedication, on Thursday, came about after BBC Coventry & Warwickshire's Vic Minett highlighted Cleaver's grave on a trip to the Somme, and relative Bob Bristow heard the broadcast and came forward.

Funds for the memorial have been raised by Coventry Leofric Lions.

Kay Crewdson
BBC weather presenter

Rain spreading in to all parts tonight, with some of it turning to snow for a time in the north with lows of 3C (27F).

Coventry Telegraph

Daniel Watkins, of Smiths Close, Alcester, pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted murder , externalfollowing the blaze in Chapelhouse Lane, Cradley, Birmingham, on June 3.  

Image source, Coventry Telegraph

Coventry's been named as one of the UK's best cities in which to live and work.

According to the 2016 Good Growth for Cities Index, it ranks eighth. 

The report, produced by PwC and think-tank Demos, external, measures the performance of 42 cities against 10 categories selected to measure economic success and personal and family wellbeing.  

It reveals that Coventry is performing "at or above the UK average" on all measures.

A judge discharges the jury in the trial of a man accused of killing a grandfather in Warwick.

Coventry Telegraph

A fundraising page has been set up to help pay for the funeral of a Coventry postman, external killed in a suspected hit-and-run.  

Image source, Coventry Telegraph

Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live

Some of our main stories today are:

• Search continues in Coventry wood for Nicola Payne who disappeared 25 years ago
• Coventry named as one of 'UK's best cities'
• Drive to recruit 800 new police officers begins

James Kirkham-Wiley used Your Questions to ask for "historic pictures" of "Coventry in its pomp".

Footage from across the decades highlights a proud history, showing that there have been worse fates than literally being sent to Coventry - the origin of the metaphorical phrase Your Questions addressed here.

Images: Fox Photos/Stringer, British Pathé, Peter King/Fox Photos/Getty Images, John Franks/Stringer and Frank Tewkesbury/Stringer.  

Investigators are searching woodland in the hunt for a young mother who went missing almost 25 years ago.

Coventry Observer

Would-be witches and wizards from Warwick University flew to victory in the Southern Quidditch Cup, external.  

Image source, Coventry Observer

Richard Williams
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

Officers searching for Coventry mum Nicola Payne - who went missing in 1991 - have been examining woods in the city for "several weeks" with help from dogs trained to find bodies, West Midlands Police says.  

They're looking in the city's Coombe Country Park around the area adjacent to Brinklow Road, between the park's fishery car park and the A46 flyover.

So far, nothing of relevance has been uncovered, they say.

Kay Crewdson
BBC weather presenter

Some rain moving in from the west this afternoon with strengthening winds. It will feel cold with highs of just 4C (39F).

Warwick Courier

Landlords at a country pub say they have been “hitting brick walls” in trying to claim compensation due to a significant drop in takings during major roadworks on a nearby motorway.  , external

Image source, Warwick Courier