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Updates from Friday 25 November
Leamington Spa Courier
A lorry which spilled thousands of plastic bottles forced the closure of a B-road last night over fears they might contain dangerous chemicals, external.
BBC Midlands Today
Today we meet David Finney who 40 years ago founded The Bridge Swimming Club in Redditch.
He's been running it ever since. His dedication has seen him shortlisted as one of our three finalists.
Our reporter Dan Pallett's been to see him and will have more on BBC One from 13:30.
We also look at the effect of the Autumn Statement on our region.
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Earlier, we asked if you would be willing to pay an extra £50 to have your garden waste taken away by the council.
Rugby Borough Council are considering introducing the charge.
And Coventry City Council is thinking about introducing fortnightly collections.
On Facebook, external Chris Williams said: "Just what's needed another way to encourage fly tipping."
But Jason Basiliauskas said: "Bedworth and Nuneaton have been fortnightly rotation for a couple of years now. With a wheelie bin it's only a problem of you miss a collection and you have four weeks of rubbish to put in the bin."
Image source, ThinkstockWhat are your thoughts? You can email, tweet us @bbccovwarks, external or message via Facebook, external.
Alec Blackman
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
Your headlines this lunch-time:
- People in Rugby could have to pay extra to have their garden waste taken away
- The boss of a firm at Coventry's Middlemarch Business Park says opening the underpass at the Tollbar Island hasn't improved queues in the area
- Stratford's Royal Shakespeare Company's confirmed it's asked singer-songwriter Laura Mvula to compose music for it's next production of Antony and Cleopatra.
Rugby residents could pay an extra £50 a year to get their grass clippings and leaves taken away.
Image source, bbcThe borough council is looking at the possibility of introducing the charge., external
It would be on top of the council tax as a way of reducing the impact of cuts elsewhere in the budget.
What do you think? You can email, tweet us @bbccovwarks, external or message via Facebook, external.
Get there early as the X-Factor's Fleur East is set to pull in the crowds tonight in Broadgate.
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The boss of a firm at Coventry's Middlemarch Business Park says opening the underpass at the Tollbar Island hasn't improved queues in the area.
Steve Finn says the traffic issues that have affected the island itself for the last three years have been shifted towards the TGI junction at Binley and queues at Tollbar are as bad as ever.
Staff and volunteers at Compton Verney are celebrating after winning a prestigious national architectural award. , external
Alec Blackman
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
This morning's headlines for Coventry & Warwickshire include:
- Police in Leamington are trying, external to trace a 16-year-old boy who hasn't been seen for 2 weeks
- Laura Mvula has a new role composing music for the Royal Shakespeare Company
- Renovation experts have uncovered what's thought to be a medieval wall painting in a Warwickshire chapel
Police in Leamington are trying, external to trace a 16-year-old boy who hasn't been seen for 2 weeks.
Ahmed Hamed was last spotted in the town's Brunswick Street area at around 10:30 on 9 November.
He is believed to have links to Birmingham and London.
Image source, Warwickshire Police
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
Renovation experts have uncovered what's thought to be a medieval wall painting in a Warwickshire chapel.
The Guild Hall in Stratford-upon-Avon, thought to date from the 13th century, already houses uncovered wall paintings, thought to have been covered over or whitewashed during the 16th century.
Conservation specialists Hawkes, Edwards and Cave recently uncovered another.
Restoration work is currently being done to preserve the paintings and the conservationists believe there are more under wooden panelling on the walls.
Painting under restoration
The Stratford Town Trust, which commissioined the work, says the conservators think the Guild Chapel is one of only a handful of places in Europe to have an almost complete medieval decorative scheme still in situ.
BBC Sport
The Sky Blues slumped to their third league loss on the bounce, going down 1-0 to Bolton in League One.
Coventry City lie 20th in the table, just one point ahead of this weekend's opponents MK Dons.
Bolton's goal came courtesy of Zach Clough, it was his sixth goal in eight starts.
Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live
Laura Mvula has a new role - composing music for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
The singer-songwriter, 30, from Birmingham, will write the music for Antony And Cleopatra, directed by Iqbal Khan, composing for a professional theatre production for the first time.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe RSC announced composers for its spring/summer season, saying that they "will write the music for some of Shakespeare's most political and bloody plays, set in and around ancient Rome".
Mira Calix will pen the music for Julius Caesar while Tim Sutton will compose the music for Titus Andronicus.
A few spots of drizzle and some misty patches are likely first thing this morning, ahead of a mainly dry but cloudy day.
The best of the brighter weather likely this afternoon and in further northern areas. Highs of 8C (46F)
Good morning, we'll be bringing you all the news, sport, travel and weather as it happens for Coventry and Warwickshire.
Let us know what is going on in your area or send us your photos. You can email, tweet us @bbccovwarks, external or message via Facebook, external.
Zach Clough's sixth goal in eight starts gives high-flying Bolton a hard-won League One win over Coventry.
Read MoreThat's it for today's Local Live updates for Coventry and Warwickshire.
We'll be back from 08:00 tomorrow, but until then, keep an eye on this page for breaking news.
The heartbroken mum of tragic schoolgirl Sophia McDonald has said, external she is “not angry with the driver” of the truck which killed her.
Image source, Coventry TelegraphCrews are attending a house fire in the Tile Hill area of Coventry described as "severe".
Image source, West Midlands Fire Service
Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter
Slowly turning drier overnight, although still rather cloudy with some outbreaks of rain continuing in a few places and lows of 6C (43F).
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