Police have released these CCTV images in connection with their investigation into a robbery outside a bank that left a man with "life-changing injuries". 

Three people have been arrested over the street attack on the 69-year-old during which he sustained a broken back and shoulder. 

He was knocked to the ground outside Barclays Bank in High Street, Coventry, and a quantity of cash was stolen from him. 

It happened on 28 December at about 09.45 and police are seeking witnesses. 

The arrested men, aged 26, 25 and 23, have been released on police bail.  

Men who trafficked two teenage girls for a sex attack in Coventry have been jailed.

The victims, aged 13 and 14, were on the way to a friend's house when they accepted a lift from the two men who gave them alcohol before going to a flat where the girls were sexually assaulted, police say.  

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Zoaeir Tamari, 20, from Lady Lane, Coventry, carried out the assault. He has been sentenced to a total of nine and a half years in prison for the attack and human trafficking.

Lala Gul Utkhel, 27 from Queen Mary's Road, Coventry was also found guilty of trafficking for the purpose of child sexual exploitation and jailed for four and a half years for the offence.

Police are searching for the driver of the car in which the girls were taken to the premises at which they were assaulted in August last year.

Shelley Phelps
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire, Political Reporter

Warwickshire's 39 children's centres will see their collective budget cut by £1.1m by 2019. 

The measures are contained in a joint Labour-Conservative budget,  approved by councillors at Shire Hall yesterday. 

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The saving is significantly lower than planned and formed the crux of a deal with Labour. Green Party members and the Liberal Democrats voted against the plans. 

"I suspect some will close," Leamington North's Liberal Democrat councillor Sarah Boad told BBC Coventry and Warwickshire. She said children's centres were the Lib Dems' "absolute number one priority" and a one-off payment could have been used to delay the cut. 

"Many children here are in need," she said, "children with serious illnesses are all picked up in the children's centre. If it's open less, those things will not happen." 

Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live

Your headlining stories this lunchtime are:

• Kids centres' £1.1m budget cut 'could result in closures'
• Three arrested over robbery that left man with 'life-changing' injuries
• Rescue dog to get mended heart on Valentine's Day

Leamington Observer

Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was injured in a hit and run.  , external

A date's been set to fit a rescue dog with a pacemaker after members of the public raised £2,500 in a charity appeal - and fittingly, Valentine's Day has been marked in the calendar

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Terrier-cross Molly's surgery is to address a third degree heart block which could potentially shorten her life.

Danni Holder from the RSPCA's Coventry branch said she's hopeful Molly would then be re-homed.

"She's so good with people and other dogs and she's already caught a few people's eyes."

After seven years with part of his breastbone missing, Edward Evans gets a revolutionary titanium implant.

BBC Midlands Today

There are fewer than three months before the West Midlands votes in the election for a Metro Mayor and discussions are taking place on how much the salary should be. 

The new mayor will represent more than three million people in an area stretching from Wolverhampton to Coventry through Birmingham. 

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan (pictured) earns around £140,000 a year but two of the candidates for Metro Mayor have said they'll take on the job for the average wage of £30,000 a year.

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Coventry Telegraph

Two young men have gone on trial accused of recruiting a teenage girl, external and running her as a prostitute in the Hillfields red light area of Coventry.  

BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

A woman had to be rescued after falling down the bank of the River Avon on Leicester Road, Rugby, says the fire service.

Two crews and the specialist water rescue unit used lines and ladders to get the woman to safety following reports of a person in the water at about 21:42 yesterday. 

BBC Travel

There's delays of up to 30 minutes on the rail line between Birmingham Moor Street and Tyseley due to an "operational incident", the National Rail website says, external.

Services between Moor Street and Solihull/Stratford-upon-Avon are affected.

Stratford Observer

A 'mean spirited' graphic designer cleaned out his 92-year-old father’s accounts to help prop up his struggling business after being granted power of attorney.  , external

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Stratford Observer

Luxury meals, iPhones, takeaways and intensive driving courses have all been bought by cash-strapped Warwickshire County Council in the past year.  , external

Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live

Our headlining stories today include:

• Councillors agree cuts to children's centre budgets
• Man suffers "life-changing injuries" after being robbed outside bank
• Rescue dog to get Valentine's Day lifesaving op

BBC Coventry & Warwickshire Sport

The Sky Blues take on Millwall at the Ricoh in League One tomorrow, needing all three points in their fight against relegation. 

The club is eight points adrift at the bottom of the league and is likely to give new signing Michael Folivi his club debut.

BBC Weather

Strong winds and heavy rain could cause travel disruption and even bring down trees, the Met Office says., external

The warning comes into force at 11:00 and extends into Saturday morning.

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Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter

A dry and bright start to the day, with some sunny spells, before rain arrives this afternoon with highs of 9C (48F).

You have been using Your Questions to ask about the West Midlands. Here are some of our answers.

Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live

I'm in the Coventry newsroom bringing you live updates for the city and Warwickshire.

Gemma Oughton has sent in this lovely picture of the old cathedral. If you'd like to get in touch - or send in some images - you can email, tweet us, external or message via Facebook, external.

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A new judicial review is being launched by the club's owner over the sale of Ricoh Arena to Wasps.