Hampshire need to avoid defeat to stay up and they face a tense final day after closing on 20-1 at Edgbaston, needing 259 to beat Warwickshire.

The visitors reprieved from relegation in 2016, will avoid going down if they merely draw with the relegated Bears.

The "world-class" driverless system would potentially connect the city to HS2.

Student Murray Wells, from Long Itchington, Warwickshire, spent his university summer break helping out on one of the most exciting projects in British engineering.

The Bloodhound SSC project is building a supersonic car at it's Avonmouth workshop in a bid to break the land speed record and reach 1,000mph.

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Plans for a driverless light rail system for Coventry have been unveiled by researchers from the University of Warwick.

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The £6m project would use lightweight, battery-operated vehicles and tracks designed by the Warwick Manufacturing Group and Warwick's School of Engineering.

The project’s leaders says the system will be quicker and cheaper to build than old-style trams and their aim is to create a UK supply chain for manufacturing lightweight rail vehicles and tracks.

The first demonstrator vehicle is estimated to be built and ready for testing by Spring 2019.

A man is due before magistrates today charged in connection with the attempted kidnap of a ten-year-old girl.

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Mounir Kambour, aged 40, from Radford, Coventry, was arrested on Monday and remains in custody.

The 10-year-old reported a man taking hold of her arm as she walked in Poole Road, Radford, on Sunday afternoon, West Midlands Police said.

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After a misty and foggy start for some, it should be a dry and bright day with some sunny spells and highs of 18C (64F).

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A 10-year-old girl reported a man taking her arm on Sunday afternoon.

Ian Bell's unbeaten 77 leaves relegation-threatened Hampshire needing 239 to beat Warwickshire at Edgbaston.

We'll be back with our usual mix of news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 tomorrow, but keep an eye out here for more updates this evening and into the morning.

A photo of Coventry Football Club in 1890-91 (pictured), only seven years after the club was founded, is included in a scrap book which is set to be auctioned.

The book, which contains news and sports clippings dating back to 1888, is being sold alongside a letter by England cricketer WG Grace.

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Charles Hanson, owner of Hansons Auctioneers, said: "The scrapbook brims with the area’s sporting history and heritage and takes us back to another time and place."

The book, which includes "yesterday's local cricket" reports and news stories, will be auctioned in Derbyshire on Saturday. The estimated price is £800 to £1,200.

Three men, believed to have been armed with a bladed weapon and baseball bat, have stolen a "large amount of cash" from Nuneaton's Grand Bingo after threatening staff, police said.

The men, dressed in dark clothes with their faces covered, broke into the building in Camp Hill Road between 07:55 and 08:15 on Monday.

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Det Con Stephen Reading said: "Thankfully, nobody was seriously injured during this incident but it was an understandably traumatic experience for those involved."

Mark Jepp, managing director of Majestic Bingo Limited, appealed for anyone with information about the robbery to contact Warwickshire Police.

A reward of £1,000 has been put up for information which leads to arrests and subsequent convictions.

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BBC Midlands Today

We're going to see more rain tonight, some of it heavy, but the forecast looks a lot better for tomorrow. Overnight lows of 14C (57F).

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BBC WM Sport

Here are the top stories:

• The featured commentary on BBC WM 95.6 and Freeview 722 tonight sees Wolves away at Sheffield United
• Having picked-up just four points from four home league matches this season, Birmingham City will face Sheffield Wednesday at St Andrew's tonight
• Warwickshire`s Chris Woakes and Worcestershire`s Moeen Ali have been named in England's 16-man Ashes squad

Rural Safer Neighbourhood Teams are inviting residents to discuss concerns at three village drop-ins later.

Sky Blues captain, Michael Doyle, has picked up several man of the match nominations after the team beat Swindon Town 2-1 on Tuesday night.

Manager Mark Robins said Doyle's performance was "outstanding".

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"He obviously saw an opening and wanted to get into the penalty area," he said.

"He's gambled and got on to the end of it really well and stuck it in... That was good and it was needed."

Coventry City are now fourth in League Two.

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Our Weather Watcher, Kingfisher Whisperer in Coventry, has taken this picture of pretty, delicate leaves on the grass.

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People travelling between Nuneaton and Coventry will soon have more services to chose from.

Nuneaton and Borough Council says from December there will be an additional service every hour,, external meaning there will be two an hour from Monday to Fridays and on Sundays and three each hour on Saturdays.

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There will also be later and earlier services between the two places.

The changes follow a £1bn investment in the region and the awarding of a new franchise to West Midlands Trains Ltd, a council spokesman said.

A woman has spoken of her shock at seeing her husband's new BMW in flames after an arson attack on their driveway.

Nicola Wyldbore-Smith shared images of what she called the "mindless, vicious" attack on Twitter and appealed for information. It happened in Ufton on Sunday morning.

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Mrs Wyldbore-Smith said her son spotted the flames in the driveway and the family called firefighters, who quickly arrived.

"It is just unbelievable," she said. "It was quite scary as the fire took hold so quickly and the tyres exploded."

She said the fire fortunately did not reach the wooden doors of her garage.

CCTV footage from the house shows two youths running away from the area after the attack at 07:45, she added.

Warwickshire Police has begun an investigation.