Updates on Friday 9 December 2016
Andy Giddings
BBC Shropshire
Our headlines for Coventry and Warwickshire this lunchtime:
- Council leader hits out at airfield demolition plans
- Police and Crime Commissioner to lobby for more funding
- Woodland scheme gets £1m lottery boost
Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter
This fog is going to remain with us for the rest of the day, although it should start to clear later.
Latest weather for the West Midlands
BBC Midlands Today
Three options to upgrade J6 of the M42 in the West Midlands are being put to drivers, business owners and people who live nearby.
The consultation on the junction - which connects the motorway to the NEC, Birmingham Airport and Coventry Road - starts this week.
A series of events are being held over the next seven weeks to explain the options under consideration.
Demolition plans for some buildings at Wellesbourne Airfield have renewed concerns among campaigners that new houses will be built at the site, turning a village into a town.
Stratford District Council, to which the demolition proposals have been submitted, says there is no date for works, should they happen. Previously, the authority turned down plans for 1,600 new homes at the site, pledging to preserve it for aviation.
But campaign group Wellesbourne Matters says a loss of buildings limits the potential for flights from the site.
Housing plans date back to 2014 when BBC Midlands Today's Sarah Falkland visited to give an overview of the issues.
Airfield could be sold for housing
More than a quarter of five-year-olds in Coventry and Warwickshire have badly rotting teeth, according to new figures. , external
Image source, Coventry TelegraphPlans to demolish a number of buildings at Wellesbourne Airfield pose a risk to its current use, say campaigners who are against new homes being built on the site.
An application for demolition has been received by Stratford District Council.
Plans for 1,600 new homes on the site were turned down by the authority when the site was left out its housing strategy amid a pledge to preserve the location for aviation purposes.
But campaign group Wellesbourne Matters says if demolition plans are realised, it will make it difficult to maintain flying from the site.
The council says there is no date for demolition works as a number of conditions will first need to be satisfied.
Alec Blackman
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
This morning's headlines for Coventry and Warwickshire include:
- Knocking down buildings at Wellesbourne Airfield pose a risk to its current use, according to campaigners who are against new homes at the site
- The Warwickshire and West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioners will tell the government they need a fairer deal when it comes to funding
- A sit-in protest at the University of Warwick is entering its fifth day
A scheme to restore wildlife habitats on land between Coventry, Rugby and Leamington Spa has been awarded £1m in lottery funding.
Warwick Wildlife Trust said the Heritage Lottery funding will allow Princethorpe Woodlands Living Landscape Scheme to help restore ancient woodland and historic hedgerows over the next four years.
They're hoping to create habitat for wildlife such as the hazel dormouse and purple emperor butterfly.
Image source, PrincethorpeCoventry is the first city in the Midlands to achieve a national award that recognises "hotspots of enterprising, socially aware activities," the city council says.
The city has been given Social Enterprise Place status by Social Enterprise UK, an organisation for businesses that have a social or environmental mission.
The city council says that among a range of public-spirited ventures which helped secure the recognition for Coventry was "an ethical clothing retailer, a dealer in specially-tailored social care software and a collection of confidence-boosting training providers".
Alec Blackman
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
A sit-in protest at the University of Warwick is entering its fifth day.
Members of the group Warwick for Free Education took over the university's new Slate conference centre on Friday morning to protest over what they say is the marketisation of education.
The university says it's monitoring the situation and might have to cancel a Christmas dinner for 300 post-graduates due to be held at the building today.
BBC Sport
Warwickshire's Chris Woakes has been named in England's one-day squad for the upcoming series against India.
They'll play three ODIs during a three-week tour in January.
Eoin Morgan returns as captain after he withdrew from the recent trip to Bangladesh over security fears.
Image source, Getty Images
BBC Travel
Police say four vehicles were involved in a collision which closed one lane of the M6 northbound earlier between J3, A444 (Nuneaton) and M6 J3a.
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Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter
A cold, frosty and occasionally foggy start to what will be an overcast day with fog lingering in some areas. Highs of 8C (46F).
Latest weather for the West Midlands
A yellow weather warning for fog, external is in place across most of the West Midlands until 09:00.
The Met Office is also warning some freezing fog patches will persist through the morning, creating tricky road conditions.
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We'll be back with our usual mix of news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 tomorrow.
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A mechanic has denied the murder of a Coventry man who died following a disturbance at a house in the city. , external
A fire in a row of derelict houses in Rugby is believed to have been started deliberately, the fire service says.
Crews were called to the blaze at houses off Oxford Street, Rugby, around 15:02 yesterday, but were later withdrawn due to the poor structural integrity of the buildings.
Image source, Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
Students who are staging a sit-in at a brand new building at the University of Warwick are being urged to end their protest so it can host its first formal event.
Since Friday, about 25 students have been occupying The Slate conference centre, protesting about national proposals for education reforms, and some university staff's pay and conditions.
A university spokesman said a Christmas lunch event for post-graduate students tomorrow might have to be scrapped if the students remained.
Image source, University of WarwickBBC Coventry & Warwickshire
A woman in her 60s was subjected to racial abuse after falling over in Leamington Spa, external.
She slipped and fell on Longfield Road on 21 November, police say.
She told police that as she was lying on the ground, two men approached and were racially abusive towards her.
