Updates on Monday 4 January 2016
News, sport, travel and weather updates to resume at 08:00 on Tuesday
That's it for live updates today.
We'll be back from 08:00 on Tuesday with the latest news, sport, travel and weather for Coventry and Warwickshire.
Sara Blizzard
BBC Weather
A cool night ahead, with clear intervals and occasional showers.
The Safer Road Partnership in Warwickshire and West Mercia says more than 450 arrests were made over the Christmas period for drink and/or drug driving.
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Coventry City manager Tony Mowbray says a deal to keep in-form striker Adam Armstrong on loan until the end of the season still needs "rubber stamping".
Image source, EmpicsArmstrong, 18, has scored 16 goals in 22 games for Coventry since arriving from Newcastle last summer on a deal that due to expire on 16 January.
Quote Message"We have to be cautious. Until there's a new deal signed, we're just happy we've got him for the period we have - hopefully he'll stay."
Tony Mowbray, Manager Coventry City
The Coventry councillor in charge of development says the redesignation of some of Coventry's green belt will help protect land elsewhere.
In the new local plan the council are looking to use around 10% of green belt to provide new houses over the next 20 years.
Councillor Kevin Maton said that not having a valid housing plan in place would "allow developers to pick and choose to build wherever they feel is appropriate".
An assault victim who died after being attacked on New Year's Eve was the father of League One footballer Leon Clarke, it has emerged.
The former Coventry City striker's father, named in reports as 50-year-old Darrell Clarke, died in hospital on Saturday after suffering a head injury at a pub in Wednesfield, Wolverhampton.
The player's current club, Bury FC, said it was aware, external of an "incident" that had brought about the death of his father.
The top stories in the BBC Coventry and Warwickshire newsroom at the moment include:
- More than a fifth of Coventry's year six pupils are obese, according to figures published by Public Health England
- Rail commuters in Coventry and Warwickshire have criticised the latest increase in fares saying there hasn't been the same level of improvement to services
- The father of former Coventry City footballer, Leon Clarke, has died after after being attacked on New Year's Eve
Seven specially commissioned paintings by Jonathan Waller will be displayed in the church , externalfrom April to August to mark the 400th anniversary of the Bard’s death.
Image source, Stratford ObserverHas anyone lost a golf buggy in Warwick?
Police have found one parked in the River Avon and tweet this.
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Police have made a fresh appeal for information following the disappearance of Martyn Bradshaw, 65, who's been missing from his home in Guys Cliffe Avenue in Leamington Spa since 9 September, external.
Image source, Warwickshire Police
Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live
My colleague John Bray took this stunning images of Warwick Castle over the weekend.
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Dozens of schoolchildren enjoyed a special Christmas party as a Nuneaton-based foundation ended an 'amazing year' , externalin fine festive fashion.
Image source, Nuneaton NewsThe family of Coventry man Luke Whelan say they'll carry on the search for him, a month after he went missing.
Image source, West Midlands PoliceThe 37-year-old hasn't been seen since he left his Tile Hill home on 28 November to go to the pub., external
His uncle, Aubrey Edwards said the family has been out searching every weekend as well as delivering leaflets about Luke's disappearance and collecting CCTV from the area.
Alec Blackman
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
Sale overtook Wasps in the Premiership table as Danny Cipriani won a kicking contest at the AJ Bell Stadium.
Image source, Getty ImagesWasps slip to ninth in the Aviva Premiership after they lost 15-9.
They didn't manage a try, all their points coming from kicks by Elliot Daly and Jimmy Gopperth.
Quote MessageGiven the conditions, there were never going to be many scoring opportunities but, from our point of view, I was really disappointed with our skill sets.
Dai Young, Director of Rugby, Wasps
Alice Rosenthal
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
These are some of the stories making the headlines this afternoon:
- Police say a body has been found in the canal at Atherstone
- Nuneaton hosts pilot food bank for pets
- Father of former Sky Blues player named as murder victim
Moira Rawlings
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
The body of a man believed to be in his 60s has been found in the canal at Atherstone in north Warwickshire.
Police were called to the canal near Westwood Road at about 08:45 this morning.
They say there are no suspicious circumstances at the moment.
Linda Serck
BBC News
It's still panto season in Coventry with Beauty and the Beast running at the Belgrade until 9 January.
The modern pantomime is seen as a quintessentially British affair, baffling visitors to these shores with its eccentric take on fairy tales and vocal audience-participating plots. But is it a genuine British tradition?
BBC Travel
An accident is causing problems both ways on the B4455 in Wolston near the Coalpit Lane junction.
St Laurence Church in Ansley played host to more than 60 trees, external as well as other festive items around the church.
Image source, Nuneaton NewsThree children were among four people treated by ambulance crews following a collision on the M40 yesterday., external
Image source, West Midlands Ambulance ServiceThe vehicle left the road and travelled down the embankment before crashing into a tree between junctions 15 and 16 near Henley-in-Arden.
Fire crews helped one young boy who was trapped in the car, and three others were treated at the scene before being taken to Heartlands Hospital.
