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  1. Our coverage has ended

    Live updates for Coventry and Warwickshire have now ended.

    We'll be back tomorrow from 08:00 with all the news, sport, travel and weather.

  2. Watch: Weather for the West Midlands

    BBC Weather

    Skies remain clear overnight so there could be some frost by morning. 

    Find out the forecast for the next few days. 

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    Video caption: Shefali Oza with the weather forecast for the West Midlands
  3. Preparing for Peaky Blinders

    Peaky Blinders, a gangster drama set in 1920s Birmingham, returns to BBC 2 on Thursday and the Mailbox is getting ready for a red carpet preview tonight.

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  4. Man found with serious injuries in Napton

    A man has been found with serious head and spinal injuries.

    The man, in his 40s, was found on a driveway on The Butts, in Napton on the Hill, Warwickshire, at about 18:30 on Saturday. 

    Police say it's not known how the injuries occurred.

    The man was taken to hospital and the police are appealing for anyone with information to contact them. 

  5. Concern over plans for link road

    BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

    Luddington villagers are worried over plans for a 'stilted road' to be built close to the racecourse in Stratford.

    The district council is planning to put in a relief road around Stratford-upon-Avon from the north to the A46 Alcester Road at Wildmoor in the south of the town. 

    It's to accommodate plans to build thousands of houses in the district.

    The consultation into the plans ends on Thursday 12 May.

    You can hear more on the Trish and Jo Breakfast show on BBC Coventry and Warwickshire tomorrow morning from 06:00.       

  6. Signalling problems causing delays

    signalling problem between Birmingham International and Birmingham New Street is causing delays of up to 30 minutes to trains between these stations and in this direction, the National Rail website reports.

  7. M42 delays - lane blocked

    BBC Travel

    There's a lane blocked and slow traffic on the M42 southbound between J5, A41 (Solihull) and J4, A34 (Shirley), because of a broken down vehicle, BBC Travel news reports. 

  8. The latest news: Fears for DHL jobs; concerns over link road

    These are some of the stories we are looking at today: 

    - Unite is warning that DHL workers, many of them based in north Warwickshire, could become victims as a result of BHS going into adminstration  

    - People living in south Warwickshire have expressed concern about a proposed link road around Stratford-upon-Avon

    - An appeal for information has been issued after a man was tied up during a robbery in Coventry  

  9. Man tied-up during Coventry robbery

    A man was bound with a laptop cable during a robbery at his Coventry home. 

    The incident happened between 22:30 and 23:05 on Wednesday 20 April when the 32-year-old answered the door to two men who threatened him with a hammer before demanding money.

    They took £200 and $300 in cash from the man’s wallet before he managed to get free from the tied cable.

  10. Holiday snaps found on memory stick

    An appeal has gone out to return photos of an apparent family holiday found on a computer memory stick to the rightful owners.

    Warwickshire police took out a warrant on Friday 22 April  at a property in Stratford-upon-Avon. 

    Amongst the items recovered was the computer memory stick - the family in the photos are not believed to be linked to the warrant. 

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  11. Fears for future of DHL workers

    Sixty drivers and around 300 warehouse workers, many of them based at DHL logistics in Atherstone, could become the latest victims of the failing high street chain BHS, which went into administration last week.

    That's according to the union, Unite, whose members deliver goods to BHS's 164 stores across the country.

    DHL

    DHL say it's still in discussion with administrators and it would be premature to speculate on the long term impact.  

  12. Roll back the clock to the 1950's

    An exhibition exploring life in Britain in the 1950's is being prepared at Compton Verney in Warwickshire.  

    It looks at how design shaped and influenced people's lives in the years after the Second World War.  

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    Image caption: Festival of Britain poster
  13. The latest news: Man tied up during robbery; appeal for owner of photos

    These are some of the stories we're looking at this afternoon: 

    -  Police are investigating after a man was bound with a laptop cable during a robbery in Coventry

    - An appeal has been made to find the owner of a memory stick containing family photos recovered during a police operation 

    - It's claimed a new housing plan could see councils in the West Midlands worse off by millions of pounds    

  14. Five ways to get people back to the ballot box

    It's voting day in council and Police Crime Commisioner elections tomorrow.

    But fewer than 20% of people have chosen to vote in council elections in some areas of England over the past four years.

    BBC News takes a look at five ways of getting people back to the ballot box.

    Ballot box in a laundrette