Geoff Foster
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire Sport

The Sky Blues have announced they will be releasing nine players at the end of the season

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Nathan Clarke, Kevin Foley, Vladimir Gadzhev, Andy Rose, Ruben Lameiras and Marcus Tudgay will all be released following the expiry of their contracts. 

The club will also not be renewing the contracts of Kyle Spence, Jack Finch and Jacob Whitmore from the Under-23 squad. 

Defender Jordan Turnbull and Striker Stuart Beavon have the option to leave the club before the end of July 2017, due to existing clauses in their current contracts.

Liberty House, the firm that bought Coventry company Covpress from administration recently, has completed a £100m deal to acquire the Speciality Steels division of Tata Steel UK.

The company has promised to create 300 jobs and make multi million-pound investments to secure the future of five plants.

Kathryn Stanczyszyn
Political Reporter, BBC WM

It's "Super Tuesday" for political reporters Rob Mayor and I who are speaking to all six of the West Midlands mayor candidates on the campaign trail ahead of Thursday's election.

So far I've met the UKIP, Liberal Democrat and Conservative candidates standing.

UKIP's Pete Durnell is in Dudley with his party leader Paul Nuttal and say they're confident about support in the area.

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is in the region backing his fellow Conservative Andy Street for the job.

Liberal Democrat candidate Beverley Nielsen says: "I'm standing not as career politician but because I believe [the West Midlands has] not had a fair share."

There are also Labour, Communist and Green candidates looking to be elected to run the region's combined authority. We'll bring you their takes later on.

Big Star helped show jumper Nick Skelton win two gold medals at consecutive Games.

Alec Blackman
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

Wasps say they've sold more than 26,000 tickets for their final home match of the regular season against Saracens this weekend. 

Dai Young's side needs to win the match to guarantee a home tie in the end of season play-offs.

Coventry Telegraph

Barcode in Long Street was found to have broken the conditions of its licence that were handed to the owners after a previous police and council review.  , external

BBC News England

One of the key tasks for the new "metro mayor" in this region will be selling the skills and talents of the West Midlands to the world, especially in a post-Brexit Britain, says a group of young voters.

The young people feature in a podcast, Listen Up, which you can find here.

They were keen to talk about the benefits of one of the most creative, diverse and young cities in the country.  

On Thursday, six people will bid to become the region's first "metro mayor", taking on powers over economic development, education and skills, housing and transport.  

The availability of England players for their counties up until July is announced by the England and Wales Cricket Board.

Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live

A pub in the Warwickshire village of Dordon could be run by a community group if there's an expression of interest, says the borough council.

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The Cuckoo's Rest was listed as an asset of community value last year, which means the owner must notify North Warwickshire Borough Council if they want to sell, which they have done., external

Community groups now have six weeks to show an interest to bid for the business.

Kenilworth Weekly News

A pregnant muntjac deer had to be rescued by firefighters after getting stuck in a fence at a Kenilworth primary school., external

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BBC Midlands Today has launched its new set.

Mary Rhodes and Nick Owen will be presenting the West Midlands regional programme in a revamped Birmingham studio which has a new sofa and six new screens.

The programme has been presented from a position overlooking Birmingham's canals for the last fortnight while the preparation work was carried out.

There is also a new weather presenting position for Shefali Oza and Rebecca Wood.    

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

Richard Rae
BBC Radio Leicester Sport

I've been taking a look at the pitch at Fischer County Ground ahead of Leicestershire v Warwickshire this afternoon...

Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live

Organisers of the Earlsdon Festival say around 10,000 people attended the annual event in Coventry yesterday.

Outgoing chair of the committee, Nigel Lee, said: "It takes around 100 volunteers to run the event on the day so we're always looking for people to join the committee and get involved.

"Plans are already under way for next year's event and the new chair is really enthused to keep the festival going."

BBC Midlands Today

After more than four decades at the top of his sport and at the age of 59, Nick Skelton has announced his retirement from show jumping. 

Big Star, the stallion with whom he won two Olympic gold medals, will also be retired from the sport. 

Dan Pallett will be reporting from Warwickshire at 13:10.

Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live

The peregrine falcons nesting at Leamington Spa's town hall have now hatched their entire brood of four chicks. 

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BBC Coventry & Warwickshire Sport

A 90th-minute penalty and a winner scored in extra time mean Leamington can look forward to National League football next season.

The Brakes came from behind to beat Hitchin 2-1 in their play-off final in front of a record crowd at the New Windmill.

BBC Midlands Today

The father of a murdered Warwickshire man says his son was "let down by the system". 

Morgan Hehir, 20, was stabbed to death in October 2015 as he walked through a Nuneaton park. His father Colin says the circumstances surrounding the death need investigating to ascertain whether everything "could have been done to prevent" it.

Shortly before the stabbing, Morgan's murderer had been released from prison having served four years for manslaughter. 

Under guidelines, he was freed with no checks or supervision in place but was arrested three times for violence prior to Morgan's death. 

Coventry Telegraph

Three men accused of gang-raping a woman they met outside the Ricoh Arena will go on trial for a second time today., external

Relive the action from the final day of the English Premiership as Wasps and Exeter earn home play-off semi-finals against Leicester and Saracens.