The RSPCA says the animal was trapped between two headstones at a church in Leamington Spa.

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

West Midlands Fire Service is urging tower block residents to make sure they know what the evacuation procedures are in their building.

It's after an incident in Cleveland Tower in Holloway Head , externalin Birmingham on Saturday.

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A fire is believed to have been started deliberately in a communal area.

Crews were at the scene within four minutes and said no one was hurt.

The question of whether inequalities affect healthcare is to be debated at a special event at Coventry University.

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Event coordinator Terry Braithwaite, from Coventry University Law School, said: “This is an area which is hugely topical when we think of the Grenfell fire and case of baby Charlie Gard dominating the news. These are such major issues concerning law and policy making at all levels.

Healthcare and Education in a Commonwealth context: What’s Law got to do with it? runs on Saturday 8 July., external

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Data suggesting Coventry’s economy has slowed down faster than almost anywhere in Europe has been disputed by business experts. , external

Theatre and cinema audiences watching one of Shakespeare's goriest tragedies will be asked to wear heart rate monitors in an experiment to explore the strength of reaction and engagement with the play.

Participants taking in Titus Andronicus at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre and a second set watching the production live-streamed to a cinema will be used to check whether the Bard's plays still shock.

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The project, in conjunction with Ipsos MORI, will also try to explore the questions around whether the emotional engagement of watching a play live at the theatre is the same as watching it live at the cinema.

Titius Andronicusopens at the theatre on 4 July and is broadcast as "Live from Stratford-upon-Avon" to cinemas across the world on 9 August.

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A new hotel is to be built on the grounds of Warwick Racecourse as part of a new masterplan to improve the town. , external

A man beat, burned and raped a vulnerable teenager in a playground before "frogmarching" his victim to a cash machine for money, police say.

Timothy Forsyth, 23, of no fixed address, has been jailed for 11 years over the attack, having pleaded guilty to rape, robbery, assault and theft.

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West Midlands Police said he burned the face of his 19-year-old male victim with cigarettes during the ordeal in September last year.

Forsyth befriended the teenager in Hall Green Road, Coventry, and lured him to a play area in Bell Green.

According to the force, Forsyth lied that he was a have-a-go hero, saying he had come to his victim's rescue when he saw him being assaulted by a group of men.

Warwickshire's fight to get off the bottom of the County Championship is under way against Middlesex at Edgbaston.

The Bears are without captain Ian Bell but head coach Jim Troughton says he expects his players to be up for the battle.

You can follow all the action on the BBC sport website here.

Stratford Observer

Thieves used a forklift truck to pull a cash machine from a wall before making off with it. , external

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A fire safety officer in Coventry has told the BBC the system for regulating fire safety in tower blocks is "too complicated".

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On a visit to a city tower block, Jonathan Herrick from West Midlands Fire Service told Radio Five Live's Wake Up To Money that the law as it pertains to tower blocks and domestic premises was a "very grey area" and created a "lot of interpretations".

The front doors of flats, he said, were of particular concern.

"You will find fire officers and fire authorities who will want to check the doors, and others who will not, but there isn't particularly a consistent approach to that because it is not clear in law."

You can listen again to the programme about fire safety in flats here.

The victim was attacked in a children's play park after his attacker befriended him.

Coventry Telegraph

Work has started on a £6m scheme to repair Swanswell Viaduct , external

A fox that got itself wedged between two headstones in a Leamington Spa cemetery had to be freed by the RSPCA.

The charity was contacted by a member of the public who spotted the animal at St Mary Magdalene Church.

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Inspector Georgia McCormick said the animal was completely trapped and unable to free himself when she got to the site last Thursday.

A specialist acute centre for stroke services is proposed for University Hospital in Coventry under plans for patients across the city and Warwickshire.

Under the proposals, the stroke service at Warwick Hospital would close.

The South Warwickshire Keep our NHS Public pressure group says it's "deeply concerned" that the changes mean stroke services are to be cut.

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Dr David Spraggett, GP and chair of NHS South Warwickshire Clinical Commissioning Group said there is "national evidence" that making the changes would "significantly improve" outcomes for those who suffer a stroke.

Stratford Observer

Plans to scrap children’s centres in Warwickshire have been put out to public consultation. , external

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