Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live

A Coventry man's been jailed for six years after he was spotted dumping a sawn-off shotgun on waste ground in Wood End, police say. 

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Sean Walsh, 27, from Binton Road, left two bags containing the gun and live ammunition in October 2015. 

He was found guilty of possessing a prohibited firearm and ammunition at Warwick Crown Court, on Thursday 6 April after a two-day trial

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Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter

We're expecting some grey cloud tonight and tomorrow, with the chance of some showers tomorrow afternoon.

Temperatures will be similar to today, reaching about 13C (55F).

Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live

Legendary steam engine the Flying Scotsman has passed through Warwickshire on its way from Yorkshire to Sussex.

Fraser Pithie snapped this picture of its journey through the Rugby countryside. 

"It's the first time I've seen it since it was rebuilt", he said, "so lovely to see the old girl".

Image source, Fraser Pithie

Twitter user @ShanksieSLF77 shared this image of the engine at Rugby station.

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And Darren Campbell tweeted this footage. 

And here she is in Atherstone.

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Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live

Local aerial photographer Chris Reeve took these images of the Amazon warehouse being constructed on the site of the old Jaguar Browns Lane plant in Coventry. 

Image source, Chris Reeve

The main warehouse is 40,000 square metres - the size of more than five football pitches.

The online retailer said today it would start recruiting 800 staff later this year.

Image source, Chris Reeve

Image source, Chris Reeve

The Labour councillor in charge of development in the city, Jim O'Boyle, said Amazon had also put in a planning application to extend the car park which is set to have places for 700 cars and 127 heavy goods vehicles.  

Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live

One person has been taken to hospital suffering neck and back pain after being hit by a bike in Coventry, the ambulance service says.

It says the 24 year old was struck on The Burges at about 13:05.

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The Flying Scotsman is due to pass through Warwickshire this afternoon on its way from Keighley to East Grinstead for a tour around the heritage Bluebell Railway. 

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Listen to live BBC Coventry and Warwickshire commentary as Warwickshire take on Yorkshire in the County Championship Division One.

The city council said the firm was "working towards" meeting its original plan for 1,600 jobs.

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Former Coventry City boss Russell Slade is set for a swift return to management with reports suggesting he'll be unveiled as Grimsby Town's new manager in the next 24 hours.   , external

Tom Turrell
BBC Midlands Today

More than 100 carers are leaving the social care profession in the West Midlands every day, latest figures have revealed.

We will have more on the story on the Midlands Today on BBC One from 13:30.

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Police are urging a clubber who was assaulted in Coventry to come forward. , external

The victim was attacked outside Club M, in Hertford Place, at around 5am on Sunday, February 26.

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Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live

A woman's been taken to hospital suffering from a head injury after being found lying in the road in the Foleshill area of Coventry, says the ambulance service.

It was called to Churchill Avenue at about 10:50 today. 

Online retailer Amazon has confirmed it will start recruiting for more than 800 jobs at its new warehouse facility in Coventry later this year.

Image source, Coventry City Council

The council granted permission for the 24-hour distribution centre , on the site of the former Jaguar Browns Lane site, in November.

The company's Stefano Perego said the full-time permanent roles would range from operations managers and graduate posts to engineers, HR and IT specialists - as well as warehouse operators.

Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live

The Royal Shakespeare Company's multi-award winning show Matilda the Musical is to go on tour in the UK next spring. 

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The show started off in Stratford-upon-Avon in 2010 before transferring to the West End where it's now in its sixth year at Cambridge Theatre. 

The theatre company has announced  that the production, based on the Roald Dahl book, will tour Birmingham, Leicester and Milton Keynes.   

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A national waterways charity says it costs £1m a year to clean up the canal network.

Waste found dumped in canals across the West Midlands includes shopping trolleys, tyres and mobile phones. 

Peter Birch, from the Canal & River Trust, says the rubbish presents a real problem for people using canals, as well as to wildlife and the environment.

Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live

A funding package for driverless technology and low carbon innovation, worth £109m, has been awarded to initiatives looking to bring the concepts to market, including projects in Coventry and Warwickshire.

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The joint government-industry package has been announced today.

Warwick Manufacturing Group, based at the University of Warwick, is collaborating with BMW Motorsport to design, develop and produce power dense batteries.

Jaguar Land Rover and Coventry companies Penso Consulting and Ricardo Innovations have won funding to develop ultra-low and zero emission technologies.

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Alec Blackman
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

Coventry Rugby Club have signed the former England number eight Luke Narraway for the new season.

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The 33-year-old is the current captain of London Irish  and joins as a player-coach on a two-year deal. 

He captained Gloucester for a season and won the European Challenge and LV Cup during his time there.