Updates from Monday 4 to Friday 8 September 2017
BBC Sport
Warwickshire are struggling on day two of their County Championship Division One match at Edgbaston.
The Bears are 145 for 7 in their first innings, in reply to Somerset's 282 all out.
You can listen to ball-by-ball commentary online via the BBC sport website.
The family of a man who died following a collision on the M42 has said he "will be missed by family, friends, neighbours and members of the community".
Raymond 'Ray' Goode, 84, who lived in both Coventry and Spain, died following the crash last month.
Ray's wife Jane was also injured and is recovering in hospital.
Image source, Police handoutRaymond Goode and wife Jane
A Peugeot 307 was in collision with the Vauxhall Agila in which Mr Goode was travelling.
The incident occurred at around 20:50 on the southbound carriageway near to junction 10.
A 36-year-old man from Birmingham arrested following the incident on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving has been released under investigation.
Leamington Observer
A divorcee who claimed benefit payments despite receiving a settlement of more than £250,000 has been ordered, external to pay back every penny.
Hundreds of pupils across Coventry are starting their first day of the new school year and for those at the new West Coventry Academy it's the first page in a new school history.
It was created after the merger of the all-boys Woodlands and all-girls Tile Hill Wood.
Some of the lessons will remain single sex, because research suggests the different genders do better in some subjects when taught apart.
Headteacher Gina O'Connor says they've worked hard to make sure the school is as integrated as possible.
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Quote MessageLast summer the boys and girls spent some time together, we did a lot of team-building exercises just to get to know each other."
Gina O'Connor, Headteacher
The honesty shop in Nuneaton has been launched to help low-income families.
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BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
Covert cameras will be used to catch fly-tippers in Coventry hot spots, following a 40% rise in cases in the last year.
More than 3,300 cases were reported in the last 12 months, with Foleshill, Stoke and St Michaels wards being the worst affected.
Abdul Khan, the deputy leader of the city council, told BBC Coventry & Warwickshire they have enough money to tackle the issue.
Concerns are growing over the whereabouts of a 63-year-old man, external who went missing from his home in Hinckley on Monday night, police say.
Image source, Leicestershire PoliceRobin Mills was reported missing from his address in Church Lane, Fenny Drayton, just after 6pm.
His family spoke to him by phone that morning and he was later sighted walking his dog at 3pm on the same afternoon.
Police say Robin suffers from epilepsy and is heavily reliant on his medication which he has not taken with him.
Leicestershire police have asked the BBC to share the appeal in Staffordshire and Warwickshire media as they widen their search.
How's this for a sunrise picture? What a spectacular shot, you can still see the mist on the fields but the sun is bursting through the trees.
Steve took this amazing photo in Coughton.
Image source, SteveOxhill is the setting for this floral shot, taken by the aptly-named Daisynics.
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Image source, DaisynicsMore than 2,000 officers have lost their jobs since to 2010, according to West Midlands Police Federation.
They say this is because of £130m in budget cuts, the highest figure across the country.
The federation have released a two-minute video highlighting the effects this has caused.
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BBC Coventry & Warwickshire Sport
In last night's non-league action, both Nuneaton Town and Leamington lost in the National League North while Bedworth United also lost.
Rugby Town drew with Coventry Sphinx and Coventry United drew against Rocester.
Coventry's Director of Rugby Rowland Winter says the team can't wait to face Moseley at the Butts Park this weekend - they had a crowd of almost 3,000 for the same fixture last season.
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
The University of Warwick has kept its place in the top 100 of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
Image source, Getty ImagesWarwick is ranked 91st, down nine places from last year.
Coventry University is in the top 800 of the list which sees Oxford pip Cambridge to the top spot.
BBC Sport
Forty overs have been bowled by Warwickshire's two spinners - Jeetan Patel and Sukhjit Singh - with 20 being spread across the hosts three seamers at Edgbaston.
However, Tom Abell (38 not out) and Steven Davies (46 not out) are standing firm as they look to take Somerset to a decent first innings total.
A notorious burglar - who posed as a police officer to trick his way into victims' homes - has been jailed for more than nine years, external.
Image source, West Midlands PoliceJohn Casey, 52, from Birmingham, stole cash and bank cards during a series of distraction burglaries across the city as well as Coventry, Sandwell and other parts of the country.
He pleaded guilty to nine burglaries - worth a total of more than £1,800 between 2013 and April this year - and was sentenced to a total of nine years and three months in prison.
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
Investigations continue in Coventry this morning after a car hit a building in the city.
Two vehicles were in collision near the junction of Lockhurst Lane and Durbar Avenue yesterday with a Mercedes striking a near-by building.
Image source, @RathnonDomitrasA man in his 60s and a woman were taken to hospital.
Trish Adudu
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
Cases of fly-tipping in Coventry have risen by 40% in the last 12 months, with more than 3,300 incidents being dealt with by the City Council.
Councillors will meet later to look at ways they can tackle the problem.
The leader of the Coventry Conservative group - Gary Ridley - says something needs to be done immediately.
Quote MessageIt's ridiculous that a city bidding for City of Culture cannot get to grips with fly-tipping - what message does it send out to residents?
Gary Ridley, Cllr Gary Ridley
BBC Sport
Spinners took three of the four wickets to fall on a rain curtailed first day of Warwickshire's championship match against Somerset at Edgbaston.
Somerset will resume on 203 for four when play is back under way from 10:30, there's live updates here.
A man living in a house hit by a car said he thought his kettle had exploded when he first heard, external the impact this afternoon.
BBC Midlands Today
A historic roadside toll house where travellers paid for journeys along a Warwickshire road has been reopened after a major restoration project.
Work on the Grade I listed building, built in 1814, included repairs to the stonework and a new roof.
The Stratford Historic Buildings Trust raised £450,000 to pay for it.
Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter
Mostly fine with patchy cloud and sunny spells through the day.
It will be rather breezy, with the odd shower possible for some, but most places will be staying dry. Highs of 17C (63F).
Weather for the West Midlands.
