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Updates from Friday 7 April 2017
Giles Latcham
BBC Midlands Today
A controlled explosion has been carried out at Station Street West in Foleshill, Coventry, police say.
A small number of homes were evacuated.
Station Street West in the Foleshill are of Coventry, is closed after reportsa suspicious package was found.
Police said the street's been closed as a precaution while specialist officers examine the item.
Jaguar Land Rover has reported record retail sales, exceeding 600,000 for the first time in the company's history, the firm says., external
Image source, Jaguar Land RoverFigures show year-on-year sales are up by 16% overall, with a 32% rise in China and 24% in North America.
March was a record month for new car sales, with more than half a million new vehicles registered, as people looked to buy cars before changes to car tax come into force.
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Nuneaton's Andy Sullivan said he's happy with his play at the Masters, which involved battling against difficult weather conditions.
"To get around it under par is amazing" he said.
Here Justin Rose, Sullivan and Matthew Fitzpatrick give their summaries of the first day's play.
Surrey 239-2 v Warwickshire - Tea
Mark Church
BBC Radio London commentator
A better session from Warwickshire with the ball but Surrey are still in a fine position. Rory Burns fell to Keith Barker for 71 breaking an opening stand of 154 with Mark Stoneman.
Stoneman dominated the afternoon and moved to a century on his Surrey debut with his 17th boundary. Rikki Clarke bowled an excellent spell from the Pavilion End and Warwickshire were rewarded with the wicket of Scott Borthwick for 23, caught by Clarke off Hannon-Dalby.
Kumar Sangakkara joined Stoneman just before tea and Surrey will look to push on during the final session. Warwickshire may still wish they had given themselves the chance to bat first.
Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live
With the start of the County Cricket season underway, we've been asked using our Your Questions tool why Warwickshire County Cricket Club play at Edgbaston in Birmingham?
Image source, Getty ImagesThe record attendance at a County Championship match at Edgbaston is 28,000 against Lancashire in the championship-winning season of 1951
Despite playing in Birmingham, the links with Warwickshire go way back to the club's foundation in Leamington Spa in 1882.
According to the ground's website,, external Warwickshire had considered Rugby and Leamington Spa for their headquarters but then club secretary William Ansell believed that Birmigham's large population and rail connections made a city-base more preferable.
Image source, Getty ImagesWest Indian supporters outside Edgbaston before the third test match versus England.
The Birmingham links don't always go down well with the fans however, with many of them unhappy with the decision, in 2013, to change the name of their T20 side to the Birmingham Bears .
And now details of a new city-based T20 competition have been revealed, which could stretch county links even further.
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Wasps director of Rugby Dai Young has dropped Danny Cipriani to the the bench for Sunday's clash with Northampton Saints at the Ricoh.
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England star Elliot Daly starts on the wing along with Christian Wade, who won the player of the month for March.
Kurtley Beale moves to centre, with Willie Le Roux moving to full back.
Gary Jones, of Chandos Street, Coventry is jailed for "violent" attack on two members of the public.
Read MoreGregory Kelly was hit by a car and then assaulted on Manor Road, Atherstone.
Read MoreA Coventry man has been jailed for 30 years for the attempted murder of a passer by.
Image source, GoogleGary Jones, 27, was found guilty of the attack which took place on 16 July at a house on Whitmore Park Road, at Warwick Crown Court today.
Jones, of Chandos Street, also admitted two charges of wounding with intent and was given 12 year and seven year sentences, to run concurrently.
A Coventry student claims she was forced to turn to crime , external by a man who threatened to show her boyfriend a sex tape proving she was cheating.
Alec Blackman
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
A 17-year-old man from Bedworth's been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault after a woman was attacked in Nuneaton, police say. , external
It happened in Pool Bank Recreation ground on Tuesday night.
Surrey 133-0 v Warwickshire - Lunch
Mark Church
BBC Radio London commentator
Surrey will be delighted with the opening session of 2017...Warwickshire will wonder whether they should have asked for the coin to go up.
Rory Burns and Mark Stoneman have played immaculately. Both have played some handsome shots on either side of the wicket and have taken full advantage of the conditions.
Stoneman was the first to fifty, quickly followed by Burns but Ian Bell must be worried. Neither batsman has looked in too much difficulty and Warwickshire will be hoping something happens after the lunch break or this could be a very long opening day of the season for them.
A retired woodwork teacher from Southam is facing an ‘inevitable’ jail sentence after he was convicted of sexually abusing two boys in his room at Kineton High School in the 1980s. , external
Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live
Two men have been charged with the murder of Gregory Kelly, who died after being struck by a vehicle in Atherstone last month, police say., external
Image source, GooglePhillip Picken, 55 of Manor Road in Atherstone, and 33-year-old Neil Barnes of no fixed address are due to appear before Warwickshire magistrates later.
A 56-year-old from Tamworth, arrested yesterday, has been released under investigation.
A 41-year-old woman, arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice, remains in custody and a 38-year old man from Astherstone is on bail after being arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm.
Surrey 43-0 v Warwickshire
Mark Church
BBC Radio London commentator
Image source, Getty ImagesA solid start from Mark Stoneman and Rory Burns for Surrey. Both have been tested by Keith Barker and Chris Wright but runs have started to flow from the bats of the Surrey opening pair.
Burns has played a couple of lovely shots off the back foot but there is enough there to keep the bowlers interested.
Under sunny skies, The Bears take to the field at The Oval.
Warwickshire won the toss and have put Surrey in to bat.
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Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live
The A426 near Rugby is likely to remain closed for the next few hours, say police, after a lorry overturned.
Image source, Warwickshire PoliceRecovery work has closed both carriageways of the Rugby Road, near to the M6.
Cricket's County Championship is underway - with Warwickshire travelling to Surrey.
The four day match began at 11:00 - and we'll have full coverage from The Oval - online via BBC Sport.
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The Bears will be without Ian Westwood and Boyd Rankin due to foot and back injuries respectively.
Nuneaton golfer Andy Sullivan was the early leader at the Masters in Augusta, shooting a 1-under round of 71.
Image source, GettyHe said he'd conquered the nerves he suffered last year, when he couldn't "settle down".
"This year it felt like normal again. Obviously you will drop shots in this wind. Holes like 11 or 12 are hard enough with a five or 10mph wind but at 30mph, it's so hard to judge", he said.
American Charley Hoffman defied tricky blustery conditions to take a four-shot lead after day one.
