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Updates from Friday 20 January 2017
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
Motorists are being allowed to drive on one of Coventry's bus lanes from today.
The London Road bus lane is the first to be decommissioned in a nine-month trial scheme.
Image source, PAAltogether a third of the city'[s bus lanes are being taken out to see if traffic flow improves.
Warwick has been found as the most vibrant place in the West Midlands, external according to a new index.
Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter
Some brighter spells are possible, most likely in the south. The odd spot of light rain or drizzle is also possible, mainly over the hills. Highs of 6C (20F).
Charlie Slater with the day's West Midland weather forecast.
Atherstone's last hatting warehouse is to be re-developed as housing.
Plans for the Britannia Works, which shut in 1999, were approved by North Warwickshire Council last night.
The development will see about 60 flats and homes built on the Coleshill Road site.
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New figures show the West Midlands has the second highest number of organised illegal dog fights anywhere in the country.
In the last 10 years there were 469 reported cases in the region.
The RSPCA and the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare are calling for tougher sentences for offenders.
Jephson Gardens in Leamington Spa have been given a special award for being an inspirational park.
It's only one of 15 to get the Green Flag Award, external across the country.
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The library in Stratford-upon-Avon is to close temporarily from Saturday, 21 January, external for "essential works", Warwickshire County Council say.
The building in Henley Street needs electrical and piping work.
Image source, Warwickshire County CouncilAfter the work is completed, the Warwickshire County Council Registration Service will be relocating to the library, which will reopen in the summer with longer opening hours and a new look, the council say.
A spate of break-ins has happened in the last few days, external in Kenilworth.
Okay... so it's a stuffed bear in a museum and it's all for Museum Selfie Day, but he's clearly smarter than the average bear.
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A ‘super college’ with more than 10,000 students is set to be created with the merger of Coventry’s two largest further education institutions, external.
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A 37-year-old man from Coventry is due at magistrates in Warwickshire this morning charged in connection with an incident at a Sikh temple in Leamington.
Kulvinder Bir Singh, from Tilehurst Avenue, is charged with racially aggravated criminal damage and criminal damage to property.
Leamington Observer
Fundraising over the last year and a grant from the Suez Communities Trust has resulted in a play area at the entrance of the woodland on the site of the former Ford foundry, external.
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BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
Your headlines this morning:
- Parents in Coventry are facing a three year wait to get their child assessed for autism
- The new multi-million pound HQ for Coventry City Council at Friargate will now be shared because no other tenants have come forward
- An 92-year-old World War Two veteran from Stratford is getting one of France's highest honour for bravery today
These two BBC Weather Watchers were up early to catch the sun rising.
Chela took a pictures in Stratford-upon-Avon and Daisynics was out and about in Oxhill.
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BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
A World War Two veteran from Stratford is being given one of France's highest honours today.
George Mead, who is 92, was wounded in the Normandy campaign to liberate Europe.
He'll be presented with the Legion D'Honeur.
Social media fame for this paramedic based in Warwick.
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A Coventry dental surgery does not provide safe care, external, according to health watchdogs.
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The new headquarters for Coventry City Council will now be shared because no other tenants have come forward.
The multi-million pound Friargate project will see the council move in with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
500 fewer council staff will be re-locating from the city centre.
Image source, GoogleJim O'Boyle, the councillor in charge of job and regeneration, said the new move was designed to make sure RICS stayed in the city.
Here are the top stories on Wednesday so far:
- No tenants have come forward to rent part of the new Coventry City Council headquarters
- A Coventry mother is criticising a potential two-year wait she faces to learn if her younger son has autism
- The Sky Blues' latest signing Faz Rawson is looking forward to helping turn the season around
Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter
Wednesday will be a chilly, generally dry but rather cloudy day for all of us.
Some brighter spells are possible, most likely in the south. Highs of 6C (43F).
Charlie Slater with the day's West Midland weather forecast.
