Coventry caretaker boss Mark Venus "feels for everyone connected with the club" after their FA Cup exit at Cambridge.

The government says it has 'no plans' to spend about £1bn on buying the M6 Toll road in order to make it free for users.

A stately home in Warwickshire is trying to raise funds for a new visitor centre by building 12 new homes on its land.

Luke Berry scores all four goals for Cambridge as the League Two side cruise into the third round of the FA Cup with a decisive win over Coventry City.

Luke Berry scores four goals to help League Two side Cambridge beat League One Coventry in the FA Cup second round.

Warwickshire are keen to bring back Lancashire director of cricket Ashley Giles to Edgbaston.

We'll be back with our usual mix of news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 on Monday. 

Whatever you have planned, have a great weekend.  

The Leader of North Warwickshire Borough Council says he fears the area will become just a series of warehouses and towns after a planning hearing. 

The government's inspector ruled St Modwen can build warehouses on 25 hectares of land between Dordon and Tamworth.

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Warwick District Council is working with Warwickshire P3 ‘social inclusion charity’ to find and support anyone who is sleeping rough in the area.  , external

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Coventry City Council says it could reopen public toilets in the city, but only if there's a proven need for them. 

The city's Older Voices Group has said some of its members are likely to avoid leaving their homes for fear of being caught short.

The decision to honour poet Philip Larkin was made by the Dean of Westminster, the Very Rev Dr John Hall.

Prof Edwin Dawes, who chairs the Philip Larkin Society, said Larkin's words were quoted more frequently than those of any of his poetic contemporaries.  

"The memorialisation of Philip Larkin in Poets' Corner will be warmly welcomed by his many admirers in all walks of life," he said.

"We are delighted that in 2016 Larkin will take his place at the very cultural heart of the nation, in Westminster Abbey amongst Britain's greatest writers."

The number of new cases of HIV in the West Midlands rose by 10% in 2015 - with 473 people newly diagnosed. 

Thirty eight of those diagnosed had left it so late to go to the doctor they were diagnosed with Aids.

Public Health England says, external the rise is worrying and reinforces the importance of safe sex. 

There are more than 6,000 people being treated for HIV in the region.

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BBC News dispels the myths of HIV to mark Thursday's World Aids Day. 

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We're getting a variety of wintry pictures from our BBC Weather Watchers at the moment - these two are from users Val in Warwick and Old Salt in Southam, Warwickshire.

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The leadership at a jail on the Warwickshire border has been called on to "get a grip" on a "sharp rise" in violence. 

HMP Onley has been declared unsafe by HM Inspectorate of Prisons which says it found standards had declined at the site.

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Staff blamed relocated London prisoners and gang issues for a near-tripling of assaults. 

Peter Clarke, chief inspector of prisons, acknowledged good work being done at the prison but called for the leadership to "get a grip" and "halt the decline".  

The National Offender Management Service said tackling the decline in safety was the governor's top priority.

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The BBC Weather website can also keep you updated over the weekend if you want to check the latest forecast for your part of Warwickshire.

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Wasps are hard-hit by injuries as they prepare to take on Worcester Warriors this weekend.

They are without a total of 15 players, including Nathan Hughes, who starts at number eight for England at Twickenham.

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The absentees also include the suspended Elliot Daly and lock Joe Launchbury (pictured), who remains with the England camp.  

Wasps, four points off top spot, have won the past four Premiership games between the two sides, since a 29-23 win for the Warriors at Sixways in March 2013 - which was prior to this fixture becoming a Midlands derby.  

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The Royal Shakespeare Company is looking for 13 to 16-year-olds to take park in a project marking 100 years of theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon.

It says no specific skills or experience is needed to take part in the reIMAGINE scheme, external which looks to create a special event for Shakespeare's birthday weekend in 2017.

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It was once a Christmas institution, transporting families across the country to see Santa in magical rides.

Now an appeal has been launched to find the "lost sleighs" of the Co-op and the company and staff who worked on them.

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The Co-op Society created a number of motorised, moving scenery sleigh experiences around the country from the 1950s, to accompany their in-store grottos.

Bosses at Coventry Transport Museum now hope to find out more about the fleet.

The museum houses the 60-year-old Coventry Co-op Sleigh Ride, external, believed to be the only vintage motorised sleigh ride in the country in working order.  

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BBC Midlands Today

More emergency refuge areas could be added to motorways around the Midlands, where the hard shoulders have been converted into traffic lanes.  

"Smart motorway"  schemes in the region include the M42 in Warwickshire.

However, the overall scheme has been criticised by MPs because of a lack of places to stop.

Now Jim O'Sullivan, from Highways England, says it is looking again at whether more lay-bys are needed in some places.