Updates on Friday 9 December 2016
We'll be back with our usual mix of news, sport, travel and weather for Coventry and Warwickshire from 08:00 on Thursday.
Keep an eye on this page for more updates throughout the evening.
Mary Rhodes
Presenter, BBC Midlands Today
Men dressing in women's' clothes or cross-dressing is something rarely talked openly about.
The BBC soap Eastenders is tackling the often taboo subject in one its storylines.
One Coventry couple are keen for the subject to be more widely accepted.
Trish Adudu has been to meet Hazel Carter from Coventry whose train driver partner, Denzil, on occasion, likes to dress up as Danielle.
Denzil Morgan with his partner Hazel Carter
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
Your headlines tonight:
- Inquest hears that a hospital has changed its practices since the death of a woman during a cancer operation
- Stratford District Council have confirmed a compulsory purchase order could be an option as it looks at how to stop Wellesbourne Airfield from being closed
- Warwickshire Police officers are to start wearing body cameras from next year
Shefali Oza
BBC Midlands Today
There'll be some clear spells this evening, however thecloud will build overnight.
Some rain is likely in the northwest but for most it will stay dry and it will be mild, with temperatures staying in double figures - lows of 10C (50F).
BBC Midlands Today's Shefali Oza has your forecast
Tomorrow will be cloudy with some light rain in places and once again feeling mild.
An inquest has started into the death of a Coventry woman last year after an operation went wrong at the city`s University Hospital.
45-year-old Deborah O'Hara was having a cancerous kidney removed when arteries were mistakenly tied, cutting off blood flow to vital organs.
Image source, FamilyThe hospital has admitted liability and apologised for not revealing the mistake when they informed her family of her death.
Quote MessageWe appreciate that this will continue to be an incredibly difficult time for the family, and our heartfelt sympathies are with them. Mrs O’Hara’s death was reviewed in line with the trust’s governance processes. We have shared the findings of our investigation with Mrs O’Hara’s family, and we have implemented the recommendations from this investigation.”
Prof Meghana Pandit,, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
Trish Adudu
BBC Midlands Today reporter
A train driver from Coventry has revealed that he dresses in women's clothes and is a proud cross-dresser.
Living with a cross-dresser is very much a taboo subject, but finding love and an accepting partner means that Denzil/Danielle and Hazel don't have to hide behind closed doors.
Danielle aka Denzil
Quote MessageIt's just something that's inside and it's just a need. It feels wrong - I am a bloke - you shouldn't do that but once you start, I would say, that need increases. Nobody has been nasty about it - we've had one or two comments but nothing bad."
Denzil Morgan aka Danielle, Cross dresser
Partner Hazel says to see her other-half of three years happy and enjoying life is "amazing" .
See more on Midlands Today at 18:30 on BBC One.
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
Residents spoke of Howat Road, in Keresley End , being flooded with police vehicles and officers in riot gear, external as negotiators were called in to try and resolve the stand off.
David Gregory-Kumar
Science correspondent, BBC Midlands Today
BBC Midlands Today's David Gregory-Kumar has been looking at one of the biggest projects that Coventry-based Severn Trent have ever undertaken.
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Shefali Oza
BBC Midlands Today
Tonight will be dry but rather cloudy.
BBC Midlands Today's Shefali Oza has your forecast
Plans to restrict public access to two lanes and erect barriers, external are being considered by a council after 80 cases of fly tipping in the last year.
North Warwickshire Borough Council says it is considering introducing a Public Spaces Protection Order for Didley Lane and Bun Lane in Fillongley after the lanes were identified as "hot spot locations for fly tipping".
The council will now hold a consultation, external with people living in the area and local businesses before passing the order.
A new gift-giving tradition has crept into UK homes, but what do you put in a Christmas Eve box?
Read MorePolice have been informed after a badger was shot in the neck and fatally wounded in north Warwickshire last week.
It was found in Steppey Lane in Mancetter by a member of the public out walking their dog.
The badger was taken to the Nuneaton and Warwickshire Wildlife Sanctuary, external.
Geoff Grewcock, from the sanctuary, says the badger had to be put to sleep by a vet because of the extent of its injuries.
Kevin Lee
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
Your headlines this afternoon:
- Stratford District Council has confirmed that issuing a compulsory purchase order for Wellesbourne Airfield to stop it from being closed down is an option
- An inquest is underway into the death of a Coventry woman who died after her blood supply was cut off during an operation.
- Warwickshire Police officers are to start wearing body cameras from next year
A pervert who posed as his 16-year-old son on Instagram to persuade young girls to send him nude photos has been jailed, external.
Two crews attended the fire in Coventry.
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Rio’s nightclub in Bedford Street was described as “a boil on the backside of Leamington, external” by a district councillor at a planning meeting before its demolition was approved.
Image source, Leamington CourierMake sure your letters in the right place - remember, he knows if you've been good or bad, so be good for goodness sake.
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It's overcast over much of Warwickshire, but the sun is beginning to break through.
These photos come from BBC Weather Watchers Nips Garden and Weather Watcher Will.
Image source, Nips Garden
Image source, Weather Watcher Will
Elizabeth Glinka
BBC Midlands Today
Warwickshire and West Mercia Police are to start wearing body cameras from next year as part of a scheme costing £1m.
They follow Staffordshire Police, who began issuing body cams three years ago.
Firearms and Taser-trained officers will receive the equipment first, followed by those on patrol.
Find out more on Midlands Today at 13:30 on BBC One.
It will remain dry across the West Midlands overnight, with variable amounts of cloud, allowing some clear spells to develop - but temperatures won't drop below freezing.
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