BBC Sport

Leg spinner Josh Poysden and wicket-keeper Alex Mellor have signed new deals with Warwickshire. , external

The contracts commit them both to the Edgbaston club until 2018.

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Coventry Telegraph

Amazon will occupy a huge new warehouse set to be granted planning permission on the former Jaguar Land Rover factory site today, external, the Telegraph understands.  

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Jeremy Corbyn reiterated the Labour Party's commitment to "real term" funding for NHS services on a visit to George Eliot Hospital in Nuneaton, saying the national cost of underfunding is "huge".

After touring the facilities and speaking to staff, he said everyone had "nothing but praise" for the way the hospital had "turned itself around".

The hospital was placed in special measures for urgent improvement in 2013 but was rated good in 2014.

There has been speculation the hospital could downgrade services as part of NHS efficiencies due to be announced next month. 

Leamington Courier

Cubbington villagers have been “treated insensitively” by a water company which has failed to repair a leak in their road more than a month after it was reported., external

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There's been criticism within the Conservative party of the government's decision not to announce any extra funding for social care in the Autumn Statement. 

The Conservative Chair of the Commons Health Committee, Sarah Wollaston, said some of the most vulnerable would suffer and it would have consequences for the NHS. 

The Conservative leader of Warwickshire County Council, Izzi Seccombe  - who also chairs the Local Government Association's Community Wellbeing Board in England and Wales - said she was disappointed by the decision.

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Warwick Courier

A new £950-a-week care home in Kenilworth was described as "the future" by a Lib Dem MP during his tour of Warwickshire last week., external

BBC Coventry & Warwickshire Sport

Wasps'  back Elliot Daly retains his place, as England head coach Eddie Jones makes four changes to his side to play Argentina on Saturday.

Coventry-born Tom Wood has been recalled into the England starting 15, but there's no place in the matchday squad for Nathan Hughes.

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Warwickshire leg-spinner Josh Poysden and wicket-keeper Alex Mellor sign on for two more years with the Bears.

Shelley Phelps
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire, Political Reporter

Jeremy Corbyn's speaking to staff and patients at the George Eliot Hospital before meeting the chief executive.

The nurses are "very efficient and friendly" one patient told him, and the Labour leader chatted to another about how satisfying it is "growing vegetables from seed".

BBC Coventry & Warwickshire Sport

Andy Sullivan and partner Chris Wood are two strokes behind leaders Spain after the first round of the World Cup of Golf in Melbourne.  

The Nuneaton golfer is representing England alongside Wood as 28 countries go to battle in the competition.

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BBC Weather

Cloudy with some sunny spells this afternoon and highs of 10C (50F).

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BBC Local Live

Some of our headlining stories today are:

• Labour Leader visits George Eliot Hospital in Nuneaton
• Work starts on affordable housing scheme in Coventry
• Asian women 'blamed' for miscarriages

BBC Sport

Warwickshire's Chris Woakes is set to replace Stuart Broad who missed England's practice session in Mohali with a foot injury ahead of the Third test against India on Saturday. 

Spinner Zafar Ansari was also absent with a back spasm. England look likely to bring in Jos Buttler for Ben Duckett, with Ansari replaced by either Gareth Batty, Steven Finn or Jake Ball.

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An Asian man was subjected to racial abuse by four youths, external on bikes, say police.

They're urging the victim to come forward after the incident near Woodbridge Court, in Rugby, on Sunday.

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BBC Coventry & Warwickshire Sport

The Sky Blues will be without Marvin Sordell and Jamie Sterry for Saturday's League One clash against MK Dons. 

The pair are suspended for the game at the Ricoh Arena after picking up their fifth yellow cards during the team's defeat against Bolton Wanderers on Tuesday.

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Coventry Telegraph

Using a key to open your car could be a thing of the past under new technology being developed by Jaguar Land Rover.  , external

Three West Midlands women have spoken of the upset caused by those who blame them for their miscarriages.

They spoke to BBC Asian Network on the understanding their real names would not be used, with one recalling how unmarried women were advised to shun her in case pregnancy difficulties were "passed on". 

Another called for more understanding about a subject she said was "taboo" in South Asian communities - where, according to an infertility specialist, such attitudes are familiar.  

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has arrived at George Eliot Hospital in Nuneaton, ahead of Labour’s National Campaign Day on the NHS this Saturday.  

He's expected to highlight the party's argument that the government is not helping the NHS during an intense financial squeeze.  

More than 80 new affordable homes are being built as part of a regeneration scheme in the Canley area of Coventry.

Work has started to demolish flats in Donegal Close to make way for the £10m development by housing provider Whitefriars.

It says it's the first scheme it's built in the city that includes a mix of homes for affordable rent, shared ownership and private sale.

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A book helping businesses guard against online fraud has been produced by Warwickshire Police.

The Little Book of Big Scams has been released as part of the Your Business Matters initiative, external which highlights the importance of taking simple protective measures.  

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