Updates from the past week
Coventry City manager Mark Robins has called, external for "unity" as season tickets for 2017/8 went on sale for the first time today – amid concern about a drop in attendances after an expected relegation.
A football finance expert says Coventry City have missed an opportunity to get more fans through the turnstiles by dropping their ticket prices.
Quote MessageThey have the momentum of 43,000 fans going to Wembley, they had a great day out so why not get them to come more often? If you look at a club such as Bradford City which is in League One - its season ticket is £149 and they have sold 17,000 and hoping to sell 20,000 next season. So given the capacity of the Ricoh is 32,000, Coventry would benefit from lots of people paying slightly less money. Just get the fans to come back, bring their kids and buy the shirts - they would make more money
Kieran Maguire, Football finance lecturer, Liverpool Business School
Image source, BBC / GettyIf you renew a Sky Blues season ticket before the end of May, it'll cost £299. But if you renew after May it goes up to £345.
Mr Maguire added: "The finances are in such a mess.
"They lost £36,000 a week last year. For every £100 that came in from the fans through the turnstiles, they paid out £107 in bank interest.
"It's a messy situation they are facing. It's not just the cost of the ticket when you go to the match - it's the transport and buying food when you get there too and it all adds up."
The number of unemployed people across the West Midlands is down by 2,000, according to figures released today.
Between December and February 159,000 were out of work.
Nationally, the number of jobless fell by 45,000 to just over one-and-a-half million.
Leamington Observer
Lifesaving equipment has been donated to Round Oak School in Warwick. , external
Alec Blackman
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
The headstones for four Coventry soldiers killed on the first day of the battle of the Somme have been unveiled in France.
The new gravestones are at Hebuterne Cemetery, Between Amiens and Arras in France, where the men were initially buried before their graves were lost.
The headstones have been funded by the Ministry of Defence and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
A new exhibition celebrating the 80th anniversary of the first successful test of the jet engine, external at Rugby Art Gallery and Museum opens on Friday.
Stephanie Barnard
BBC Local Live
The Coventry City manager has defended the cost of Sky Blues' season ticket prices, saying the money will "provide vital backing in our efforts to build a successful team".
Quote MessageAs manager of Coventry City, I would like to take this opportunity to personally thank every supporter who commits their time and hard earned money to a season ticket for 2017/18. This will provide vital backing in our efforts to build a successful team for next season, and your continued support is a such key part of that process
Mark Robins, Coventry City manager
Image source, Getty ImagesMany supporters on social media say the price is too high for a club that's likely to be playing in League Two next season.
Looking at BBC Sport's Price of Football from 2016, five other clubs in League Two charged more than £299 for their cheapest season ticket - Cheltenham (£315), Grimsby (£305), Mansfield (£330), Notts County (£310), Portsmouth (£300).
It's perhaps not the best news Sky Blues fans have heard all day, but the club is trying to ride on the wave of Wembley and use the "momentum and spirit wholeheartedly into next season".
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The top sport stories we're looking at this morning for Coventry and Warwickshire include:
Yesterday, it was announced that Sky Blues fans will not be paying less for their season tickets - despite League Two looming , external
A cafe in Coventry isn't just serving up cups of tea and slices of cake, but showing people how to fix old toys as well.
Read MoreAn appeal to find a vulnerable woman from Coventry has been made by police after she went missing on Friday., external
Glen Annette Campfield, 61, who also uses the name Rowena, has mental health issues and it's believed she may have stopped taking her medication.
Police say she could be anywhere in the UK and appeal to anyone who may have seen her to report it to 101 service.
Quote MessageShe often uses the bus and rail network but also hitchhikes – and during previous missing episodes she has been known to sleep rough. Due to her potential deteriorating mental health we would advise members of the public not to approach her directly but instead to report any sightings to police on the 101 number
Sgt Deborah Carson, West Midlands Police, Coventry
Petrol-heads can get hands-on under the bonnet at the Stratford Festival of Motoring. , external
Coventry City fans have turned to social media to share their disgust about the club's season ticket prices for next year.
Supporters who renew theirs before the end of May will pay upwards of £299, despite the looming prospect of relegation to League Two.
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Just come of the comments about ticket prices:
Quote MessageThe club is heading for League Two. We will be playing in the fourth tier of English football. The fans won't be prepared to pay that, that's the vibe I'm getting from them
Moz Baker, Sky Blue Trust
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Audrey Dias
BBC Midlands Today
There's been a rapid increase in the number of violent crimes against men in the West Midlands accused of bringing dishonour on their families.
Cases have more than tripled from three in 2013 to 13 last year.
I spoke to Sikh man Manjinder Singh Sidhu, aged 30, from Birmingham, who faced threats and abuse from his family members when he came out as gay and is now hoping to help others in his situation.
He said: "Certain cousins would write no gay boys allowed to the party or the birthday. I confronted one of them and I was told they were going to beat me."
There are fears more similar honour crimes are not being reported. The figures "could be much higher", according to Det Insp Wendy Bird.
BBC Midlands Today
Dozens of Gnomes at a Warwickshire tourist attraction have been destroyed for the second time in a year.
Vandals smashed up to 70 gnomes in the Gnome Village, at Echills Wood Railway. , external
Many of them had been donated by local families, after the village was destroyed last September.
Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter
It will be a bright start to the day, but thicker cloud and outbreaks of light rain will soon spread in from the north for a time.
However, skies will brighter again later, although it will feel fresher - highs of 14C (57F).
Latest weather forecast for the West Midlands
Stephanie Barnard
BBC Local Live
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BBC Midlands Today
A "repair cafe" is running in Coventry today, allowing old toys and small wooden furniture to get a new lease of life.
Experts are on hand to show participants how to restore items to working order.
The project is part of the Fab Lab initiative, in City Arcade, and is a collaboration between the city council and both Coventry and Warwick universities.
