BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

The councillor in charge of regeneration in Coventry, Jim O'Boyle, says the city council would be ready to look at the possibility of the city's airport being used as part of the site for Jaguar Land Rover's proposed new electric car plant. 

The firm said it wanted to make the UK a "global centre of excellence" for battery research.  

The council owns the freehold to the site, which is close to JLR's Whitley headquarters. 

So far there's been no word from JLR or the airport's owner, Sir Peter Rigby, about whether a deal is being considered.

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BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

This afternoon's headlines include:

- A man convicted of murdering his four-year-old stepson in Coventry died in prison from a heart attack, an inquest has heard  

- The leader of Warwickshire County Council says jobs won't be lost from front-line services, after unveiling £67m cuts over the next four years, external

- The problem of fat clogging-up drains is causing parts of Coventry city centre to flood, says Severn Trent

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BBC Local Live

Restaurants and residents pouring oil and fat down kitchen sinks are to blame for clogged-up drains in Coventry, according to Severn Trent. 

The water firm says it's been working on Fairfax Street this week to dig out tonnes of fat from blocked up sewers. 

It says 75% of blockages are down to fat, oil and grease which has been dumped and has solidified in the drains.

Alec Blackman
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

Wasps have re-signed former player Ed Shervington on a short-term contract because of an injury crisis at hooker. 

Both Tom Cruse and academy player George Edgson are injured, so Dai Young has turned to the 31-year-old as cover. 

He retired last season after 32 games for the club.

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The leader of Warwickshire County Council says jobs won't be lost from front-line services, after unveiling £67m cuts over the next four years, external. 

Under the proposals, council tax could be going up by 4% next year and the plans also include the loss of hundreds of council jobs and cuts to children's centres, arts and culture.

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However, feared cuts to the fire service aren't among the proposals from the ruling minority Conservative administration. 

They're also promising extra money for adult social care and to hire 40 children's social workers.

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BBC Coventry & Warwickshire Sport

Australia international Kurtley Beale says he can't wait to finally make his Wasps debut after seven months out with injury. 

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Beale agreed to join Wasps on 13 May, but suffered a serious knee injury less than a day later while playing for New South Wales Waratahs in Super Rugby. 

He's tipped to make his debut for Wasps in Sunday's European Champions Cup game against Connacht. 

BBC Business News

The fruit distributor Fyffes, which has a base in Coventry, has agreed to be bought by Japan's Sumitomo in a £634m deal.  

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Fyffes produces, ships, ripens and distributes bananas, melons, pineapples and mushrooms.

The firm has its headquarters in Dublin but also has a ripening and distribution centre on Richardson Way on the Cross Point Business Park, Coventry, external.

It employs more than 17,000 people worldwide and has an annual turnover of €1.2bn.

Fyffes has recommended the deal to shareholders and said 27% had backed it.  

BBC News England

The amount of money councils in England generated from parking charges and fines has risen by more than £60m in the past year, research has found.

The RAC Foundation said local authorities made a surplus of £756m in 2015/16 - 9% higher than in 2014/15.

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In this area Coventry had the largest surplus:

- Coventry £3,937,000

- Warwickshire £1,809,000

- Warwick £1,287,000

- Nuneaton and Bedworth £1,091,000  

- Stratford-on-Avon £1,006,000

The Local Government Association (LGA) insisted councils did not make a profit from parking.

The surplus figure was calculated by looking at the income councils received from parking charges and penalty notices minus their running costs.

The man convicted of murdering his four-year-old stepson died in prison of "natural causes", an inquest concludes.

BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

Our headlines this lunchtime:

- Warwickshire County Council proposes annual council tax rises

- Congealed fat caused Coventry flooding

- Lowest ever crowd for Coventry City first-team match

Nuneaton News

Motorists are being warned that police patrols are underway across Nuneaton and Bedworth to catch those who get behind the wheel , externalboozed-up or under the influence of drugs.  

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BBC Weather

Today will be rather cloudy but there will be some brighter spells for many too. There'll be a fresh breeze, but it'll be another mild day. Outbreaks of rain will arrive in the far north-west later. Highs of 13C (55F).

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The problem of fat clogging-up drains is causing parts of Coventry city centre to flood, says Severn Trent.

It says in the last three years it has cleared 138,000 blockages at a cost of £20m.  

Severn Trent will be working to clear the solidified fat, oil and grease from blocked sewers in Coventry today.   

BBC Sport

Struggling Coventry City's off-field problems were further highlighted at the Ricoh Arena on Wednesday night as they attracted their lowest-ever crowd for a first-team game. 

Only 1,338 spectators turned up for the EFL Trophy second-round tie against Crawley Town, which they won 1-0.

League gates have already dipped this season, with an average attendance more than 3,000 down on last season.

Sky Blues fans are unhappy at the way their club is run by owners Sisu.

The husband of a mother-of-three, who died after after an error during surgery at Coventry's University Hospital, said there are "still a lot of unanswered questions" surrounding her death.

An inquest into the death of Deborah O'Hara has recorded a verdict of misadventure.

Widower Andy O'Hara said there was a degree of justice in getting the cause of death recognised saying it was "another bit of closure, but not much".

The trust running the hospital has apologised unreservedly to the family.

Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live

An inquest into the death of Daniel Pelka's killer, Mariusz Krezolek, has concluded he died of "natural causes" .

The 36-year-old was discovered "unresponsive" in his cell at Full Sutton Prison in January, where he was serving a life sentence for murdering his four-year-old step-son in Coventry.

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Hearing the inquest at Hull Coroners' Court, assistant coroner Oliver Longstaff concluded Krezolek died of a heart attack due to a blood clot.

Daniel's mother, Magdalena Luczak, who was also found guilty of his murder, was found hanged in her cell in July 2015.  

During their trial at Birmingham Crown Court, jurors heard the boy weighed just over a stone and a half at the time of his death. He was denied food, poisoned with salt, locked in a small room, forced to perform punishment exercises and subjected to water torture.

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Alec Blackman
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

This morning's headlines include:

- The husband of a mother-of-three, who died after after an error during surgery at Coventry's University Hospital, said there are "still a lot of unanswered questions" surrounding her death

- Proposals to save almost £70m from Warwickshire County Council's budget could see council tax rise every year until 2020

- The fruit distributor Fyffes, who have a base in Coventry, has agreed to be bought by a Japan's company in a £634m deal