Helen Burchell
BBC News

A drunk driver who catapulted her car 14ft (4m) into the air while her 20-month-old son was in the back has been jailed.

Image source, Cambridgeshire Police

Tania Chikwature, 32, from Butterfly Way, Coventry, was more than three times over the limit when she lost control and flipped the car near Peterborough in December.

Miraculously, her son was unhurt and she sustained only minor injuries.

Chickwature admitted drink-driving and dangerous driving and was jailed for 26 weeks by Peterborough magistrates.

The court heard she had been drinking vodka between 21:00 and 01:00 the night before the crash.

Image source, Cambridgeshire Police

Image source, Cambridgeshire Police

She was driving to a wake when she lost control of her Nissan Qashqai at about 11:40 GMT on 12 December.

Peterborough Magistrates' Court heard Chikwature was overtaking a lorry at speed on the A605 when she hit a roundabout, flew across it and clipped a tree, causing the vehicle to land on its roof. 

The child was released unhurt by a passing motorist, but firefighters had to free Chikwature from the wreckage.

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Lorry driver Richard Jones, who captured the accident on his dash-cam, said: "I remember thinking as it launched into the air, they're not going to make it."

The court heard a vodka bottle was found inside the car.

Chikwature refused a breath test at the scene but after submitting a blood sample, through back-calculation officers found she had 246mg of alcohol in 100ml at the time of the incident. The legal limit is 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood.

She was jailed for 26 weeks for dangerous driving and 12 weeks for drink-driving to be served concurrently, and was banned from driving for three years.

Nearly all the gnomes at a North Warwickshire tourist attraction have been destroyed - for the second time in a year.

Vandals targeted the gnome village at Echills Wood Railway in Kingsbury Water Park last Thursday and police are investigating.

Last year about 70 gnomes were destroyed at the site.

Attraction secretary Jeff Stevens says virtually all their replacements have now been smashed.

Image source, Echills Wood Railway

A pet beagle that invaded a football pitch and stopped play is to attend its first session at an obedience training school in Warwickshire today. 

Dusty took to the field last week in the Evo-Stik Premier League clash between Halesowen Town and Skelmersdale United FC.

It was especially embarrassing for defender Asa Charlton - Dusty is his pet. 

He's taking him to training school in Kenilworth to try to avoid future incidents. 

With the 2017 county season here, keep up to date with the latest signings, departures and rumours ahead of next season.

Leamington Observer

The Warwickshire Justice Centre in Leamington recently received a visit from Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice Liz Truss.   , external

A police force hunting a man believed to be behind 13 distraction burglaries while posing as a police officer says his victims mention a "large pot belly".

The description has been issued by West Midlands Police after elderly people across the region were targeted by a con man who used fake ID to dupe his way into their homes, claiming he needed their properties as a lookout.

Police have released CCTV footage of a man to whom they wish to speak in connection with the investigation.

Pensioners - in Coventry, Birmingham and Sandwell - lost cash, jewellery and credit cards.  

Surrey wrap up a season-opening innings victory over Warwickshire at The Oval on the final morning.

BBC Sport

Coventry's Cal Crutchlow finished third in Argentina as Spain's Maverick Vinales won his second consecutive MotoGP race this season.

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Vinales, 22, eased to victory after reigning champion Marc Marquez crashed out on lap four while leading the race.

Crutchlow, who qualified in third, moved up to second but was passed by Valentino Rossi on lap 19 of 25.

BBC Coventry & Warwickshire Sport

Matt Mullan's last-minute try and Jimmy Gopperth's conversion with the final kick of the match earned Premiership leaders Wasps victory over Northampton.  

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Wasps, already assured of a place in the play-offs, remain unbeaten at home this season, with victory restoring their lead over second-place Exeter to five points.

Atherstone & Coleshill Herald

Concerned Kingsbury residents are calling for a special evacuation exercise in their village , external to see if the area could cope with a major incident at its oil works – at the same time as HS2 is being built.

Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live

A Coventry schoolboy picked up an Olivier Award with fellow cast members from the musical School of Rock in London last night.

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The 13-year-old King Henry VIII pupil, Oscar Fransisco, (pictured bottom left) plays cool-kid Lawrence in Andrew Lloyd Webber's production.

Oscar and bandmates won the award in the 'outstanding achievement in music' category for playing live at the theatre each night.

Stratford Observer

A former teacher at Warwick School is to stand trial over allegations that he was involved in sexual activity with a schoolgirl in breach of a position of trust.   , external

BBC Sport

Jonathan Trott spared Warwickshire's blushes as his excellent unbeaten 141 helped the Bears fight back at The Oval to take their game with Surrey into a fourth day.  

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The visitors closed on 322-7, trailing by only 41 runs.  

Play starts at 11:00 and you can follow live updates here.

Stephanie Barnard
BBC Local Live

There's just under a month until the West Midlands elects its first Metro Mayor and ahead of the vote, the BBC Listen Up bus is going on tour to gauge your views.

Today it's in Wolverhampton at Pipers Row until 13:00.

I'm out asking people about public transport - whoever's elected will control a £1.1bn investment fund and have powers over how transport is run. 

The metro mayor will represent Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, and Wolverhampton.  

The bus visits Sandwell Park Farm at Sandwell Valley Country Park on Tuesday between 10:00 and 16:00.

BBC Coventry & Warwickshire Sport

Coventry City shelved the likely prospect of relegation from League One for another week as they beat Peterborough United at the Ricoh Arena.  

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After City keeper Lee Burge had saved a first-half Craig Mackail-Smith penalty, Ruben Lameiras struck the only goal of the game on 51 minutes.  

Six days on from their Checkatrade Trophy win at Wembley, Coventry would have gone down if they had lost.  

Mel Coles
BBC Weather

After a chilly start it should be a mainly dry day with sunny spells, but feeling cooler than yesterday with highs of 13C (55F).

You can find a detailed forecast for your area on the BBC Weather site.

BBC News Travel

Overhead line problems at Leighton Buzzard are causing delays and some cancellations to rail services between Birmingham New Street and London Euston.

Passengers are being advised to check their journey before travelling., external

Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live

Welcome to the Local Live service for Coventry and Warwickshire on Monday. 

We'll be bringing you all the news, sport, travel and weather as it happens. 

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