BBC Local Live: Coventry & Warwickshire

We're back at 08:00 on Wednesday with our usual mix of news, sport, travel and weather, but keep an eye out here for updates through the evening and into the morning.    

Showers developing this evening, some of them heavy in places with possible torrential downpours, hail and thunder.

Feeling humid into the evening with overnight lows of 16C (61F).

The authority submitted its Local Plan to the government at the beginning of last year and a public examination was carried out in September.

Coventry company RDM Group unveilled their latest autonomous Zero Pod vehicle in Birmingham today.

A £21m contract has been awarded for 220 new "greener" ambulances for West Midlands Ambulance Service.   

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The new ambulances will be more fuel efficient and could potentially have solar panels.

The number of asylum seekers and refugees using the British Red Cross in the West Midlands has risen by more than 60% in the last year.

In the first part of 2015, the charity supported what it describes as 255 "destitute individuals". 

This year, that's risen to 420. 

You can see my full report on Midlands Today on BBC One at 18:30.

National Trust property Baddesley Clinton is the setting for a recording of the Antiques Roadshow tomorrow.

Members of the public are welcome to bring along their family treasures to the event between 09:30 and 16:30.

Driverless pods, unveiled at a Birmingham auto show today, will have a range of 60 miles and be able to travel at a top speed of 15mph, say developers.

RDM Group, who're behind the autonomous Pod Zero, say up to 200 vehicles could be manufactured at their Coventry site and there's the possibility of moving to a new purpose-built facility in the city.

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Quote Message: We are in advanced negotiations with a number of international parties keen to be the first to adopt the Pod Zero range. These include airports, universities and Government departments and could be worth in excess of £15m. from David Keene CEO of RDM Group

We are in advanced negotiations with a number of international parties keen to be the first to adopt the Pod Zero range. These include airports, universities and Government departments and could be worth in excess of £15m.

An accident is blocking one lane of the M40 northbound between J15, A46 (Longbridge Island) and J16, A3400 (Henley-in-Arden).

More details on BBC Travel.  

A multi-vehicle collision is blocking one lane of the M6 northbound between J2, M69 (Coventry) and J3, A444 (Nuneaton).

Highways England is reporting one vehicle has overturned.

A woman has been left with serious injuries to her face and ribs after being hit by a vehicle in Coventry last night.

The pedestrian, in her 30s, was injured at the junction of Binley Road and Humber Road just before 22:00.

The ambulance service says she's being treated at Coventry's University Hospital for face, back, ribs stomach and pelvic wounds.

Here's a recap of some of our main stories today:

- Company behind autonomous vehicles says the technology could boost city economy

- Ambulance service spending £21m on new vehicles

- EU referendum: Deadline to vote is midnight

Coventry athlete Dave Moocroft says he's "a little bit pleased" Mo Farah only shaved a tenth of a second off his 34-year British 3,000m record.

The double Olympic champion broke Moorcroft's long standing record at the Birmingham Diamond League meeting on Sunday.  

Farah had not been born when the record was set, Moorcroft said.

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"I knew the writing was on the wall," he said.

"Mo wants to get virtually every British record available."

He said it was a "phenomenal achievement" by the "greatest distance runner Britain's ever produced".

Police are still awaiting on DNA results as they try to formally identify the body of Coventry student Ozi Akerele.  

Warwickshire have won the toss and elected to bowl in their one-day match against Leicestershire Foxes.

Due to the current high pressure, some viewers and listeners have been experiencing some short-term interference to television and radio services.

The majority of the BBC's transmissions are not affected, but if you do experience problems some advice is available here. 

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Warwickshire businessman, Denys C Shortt said the Vote Leave campaign gained "a lot of new followers" after a visit to the area by leading Brexit campaigners yesterday.

He hosted MPs Boris Johnson, Michael Gove and Gisela Stuart as well the former head of the British Chamber of Commerce John Longworth at a distribution centre of his DCS Group in Stratford-upon-Avon.

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Over 100 of his staff listened to speeches, he said, summarising the "challenges of the next 20 years" if Britain were to remain in the EU. 

Some of the themes included "open borders, free flow of people, pressure on public sector finances" and security.

On the economy "my view is, as an independent company we would actually do better once we're out of the EU".