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BBC Coventry & Warwickshire Sport
In non-league football, Stratford Town fought out a 1-1 draw against Redditch United in the Southern League Premier.
Nuneaton Town, Leamington and Bedworth all saw their matches fall to frozen pitches.
Alec Blackman
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
This morning's headlines for Coventry and Warwickshire include:
- More than 300 children were missing from Coventry schools for long periods in 2015, according to figures obtained by the BBC
- The cast of a new play hope a performance by the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon will help raise awareness of autism
- Fixtures and fittings have been removed from the Brandon Stadium, putting the future of speedway in Coventry in doubt
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More than 300 children were missing from Coventry schools for long periods in 2015, according to figures obtained by the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme.
Of the 320 children who were not in education of any kind in the past academic year, authorities were unable to trace 177 of them.
Image source, ThinkstockChildren are recorded as missing from education if they are of compulsory school age and can't be tracked typically for four weeks or more.
The councillor in charge of education in the city, Kevin Maton, told BBC Coventry and Warwickshire it's a hugely complicated area.
BBC Weather Watcher Jennie M sent in this gorgeous picture of the sunrise over Coventry.
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The best pictures get featured on BBC Midlands Today, as well as here on the live page.
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BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
The future of speedway in Coventry is in doubt because of a failure to agree an extension to the lease on Brandon Stadium.
Over the past few days fixtures and fittings including the floodlights from the track have been removed.
It had been thought Coventry Bees had secured a further one-year stay at the venue before it's handed to developers who have bought the site.
BBC Sport
Warwickshire's Chris Woakes is expected to be fit for the fourth Test against India next week.
He cracked his thumb while batting in the third Test loss.
Image source, Getty ImagesPlans for how local health services will develop in the future are being hidden from the public, according to Coventry MP Geoffrey Robinson.
NHS England, which needs to find £22bn in efficiency savings by 2020-21, said reorganising local services via sustainability and transformation plans (STP), was essential to improve patient care.
The Coventry North West Labour MP is calling for Coventry and Warwickshire's STP to be published immediately and for the public to be fully consulted about the proposals.
Leamington Spa Courier
A poorly Beagle who had suspectedly been poisoned has now returned to his loving home in Warwick., external
Image source, Leamington Spa CourierIt's a cold, bright and frosty start first thing, with some mist patches likely.
Weather forecast for the West Midlands
A band of patchy cloud will sink south through the day with a few breaks in the cloud, so one or two brighter intervals are forecast.
By late afternoon all areas will see some patchy cloud. Highs of 6C (43F).
Monica Rimmer
Journalist, BBC Online
Welcome to our live service for Wednesday.
We'll be bringing you all the news, sport, travel and weather as it happens.
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Live updates for Coventry and Warwickshire have now ended.
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Workers at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) have backed a two-year pay deal described as "exceptional" by their union.
Unite said its members voted by 77% to accept a rise of 3.5% plus a £750 bonus, followed by an inflation-proof retail price index increase, plus 0.5% rise in year two.
The deal, which runs from the start of this month, affects workers at JLR's workplaces in Coventry, Castle Bromwich, Halewood, Solihull and Wolverhampton.
Image source, Getty ImagesUnite national officer Roger Maddison said: "This exceptional pay deal is no less than the workforce at JLR deserve and is recognition of their continued hard work which has made the carmaker such a world beater."
A widespread and harsh frost is expected overnight with temperatures falling to -3 (27F).
Latest weather for the West Midlands
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire Sport
There's confusion about the future of Coventry Bees Speedway this evening amid doubts over the strength of plans to extend their lease at Brandon Stadium.
In the summer, it looked as though the Bees had secured a further year, with a new lease from 2017.
It emerged today that outgoing stadium owners CoventryStox has been removing some infrastructure from the venue.
Coventry Bees promoter Mick Horton said in a statement he was "away on holiday" and would need to inspect the site "before further decisions can be made".
CoventryStox says Mr Horton has been aware "of the current removal of our property from the Coventry stadium site whilst on holiday".
A man is jailed for the brutal rape of a woman in 1985, thanks to advances in DNA and forensic investigations, say police.
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Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live
Here's a recap of our main stories today:
The future of Coventry speedway was today under threat as the row over the future of Brandon Stadium reached crisis point. , external
Image source, Jeff DaviesListen to live BBC local radio commentary from the second round of the FA Cup.
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BBC Travel
National Rail says emergency services are dealing with an "incident" between Watford Junction and Milton Keynes Central. It's having a knock-on effect to train services around Birmingham.
Routes affected are:
Check the national rail website, external for the latest.
