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Updates from Friday 20 January 2017
BBC Sport
Chesterfield are set to appoint Tony Mowbray as their new manager.
Image source, Getty ImagesBBC Radio Sheffield reports that the former Coventry boss, 53, will sign a deal with the League One strugglers in the next 24 hours.
The trial of two people accused of the murder of Bethany Hill is continuing today at Warwick Crown Court. , external
Image source, Coventry TelegraphTwo masked men attempted to rob money from the Heart of England Co-op in Wellesbourne this morning, police say.
After entering the store and demanding access to the safe, they eventually left empty handed.
Image source, GoogleDet Sgt Ali Knight said staff were left extremely shocked, but "fortunately nobody was injured".
Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live
Here's a recap of some of our stories today:
Two people have been taken to hospital following a crash on the A46 near Stratford-on-Avon says the ambulance service.
It was called to the scene close to the A422 Alcester Road junction, around 12:30.
A man in his 40s suffered neck and arm pain and a woman, also in her 40s, was treated for an abdominal injury.
Reports of anti-social behaviour and hate crime in Nuneaton town centre dropped, external during an operation to move off gangs of trouble-makers.
The Guardian
People who lose their homes in one of London’s richest boroughs could be sent to live in temporary accommodation as far away as Coventry, external under new plans announced by the City of Westminster.
Image source, Coventry City CouncilMultiple vehicles are involved in the collision that has closed the A46 both ways in Warwickshire between A422 Alcester Road and A435 near Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live
Schools in the Coventry South constituency will face a 14% funding cut of around £588 per pupil - the worst in the city - under the government's new National Funding Formula, say teaching unions.
Image source, ThinkstockAn alliance of six unions representing school staff have published a "league table", external of England's 533 Parliamentary constituencies, showing that schools in each one stand to lose out under the plan.
It says this amounts to an average loss of £339 for every primary pupil and £477 for every secondary pupil.
The leader of Coventry City Council joined 23 others in writing to the government to express concerns , externalabout the impact of the proposed school funding formula on the "life chances of our residents".
Eight bus lanes in Coventry will be suspended this week in a bid to improve traffic flow and reduce air pollution.
Coventry bus lanes suspended in trial by council
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
A scheme aiming to protect vulnerable people and those with suicidal thoughts on the West Midlands railway network, external will be rolled-out across Coventry and Warwickshire.
Image source, British Transport PoliceRail Pastors – an initiative made up of trained volunteers from local churches – will initially patrol platforms and trains on the line between Stourbridge and Birmingham Snow Hill.
It's a bid to support police officers who last year, British Transport Police said, attended more than 460 mental health incidents, 21 suspected suicides and six people who are believed to have deliberately harmed themselves on the railway.
You've been using this tool to get in touch with questions about the Coventry and Warwickshire area.
Dean Lander asked about the history of tunnels under the city.
The tunnels house the hidden River Sherbourne, which was covered by city centre development in the 1960s - you can read about its history here.
Work is currently under way to uncover and showcase the river as part of a city centre development scheme., external
Image source, Hadwell Cawkfield Davidson
Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter
Staying cloudy this afternoon with some outbreaks of rain and highs of around 9C (48F).
Latest weather for the West Midlands
Martin Winch
BBC Local Live
Firefighters have brought a fire at a city centre restaurant under control.
They were tackling a blaze in the kitchen extraction unit at Bayleys in Bayley Lane, Coventry.
The fire service says the area around the venue is likely to be cordoned-off until this afternoon as they inspect the building.
It says around 10% of the building has been damaged.
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
One of Coventry City's largest fans groups is calling for supporters to have a stake in the club.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe Sky Blue Trust is to hold a meeting exploring the possibility, external, with the side bottom of League One.
It says the meeting will hear from representatives of national organisation Supporters Direct about examples of successful supporter ownership of clubs.
A teenage girl has been brought to justice , externalfollowing an attack on a disabled woman in Nuneaton.
Image source, Nuneaton NewsThe fire service says it has around 20 firefighters tackling a blaze in Bayleys restaurant next to Coventry Cathedral on Bayley Lane.
Image source, GoogleCrews were called at about 07:47 to deal with a fire in the kitchen extraction unit but say the fire then spread to the upper floors of the building.
Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live
Our headlining stories this morning:
BBC Inside Out
Patients are illegally selling NHS-prescribed medications online and pocketing the cash.
A BBC investigation has uncovered people selling unwanted or unused drugs, which can only be prescribed by specialists.
NHS patient caught selling his drugs in undercover film
Prescription medicines to treat a variety of ailments were readily available for sale on eBay.
An eBay spokesperson confirmed it had removed a number of listings for sale from the site.
