BBC Local Live: Coventry and Warwickshire

That's it from us on Friday. Join us again from 08:00 on Monday for more news, sport, travel and weather updates.

Any breaking news will be posted here in the meantime. Enjoy your weekend.

The pupils of Baginton Fields School have been getting into the spirit of Red Nose Day and raising money for good causes.

We hope you all enjoy your Red Nose Day.

A disabled man was physically and verbally assaulted in Nuneaton in what police are investigating as a hate crime.

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The man, in his 20s, was spat at and attacked by a group of men as he entered an alleyway that joins Larch Close on Sunday, 12 March, police say.

The victim was left on the floor as the men left the area around 09:20.

 It will be dry, clear and cold tonight with a touch of frost , particularly in rural areas. 

We may see a few mist and fog patches forming by dawn in places. Lows of  2C (36F).

A banned driver said he was "out for a laugh" on his birthday after a high-speed police chase saw him drive the the wrong way around roundabouts and into oncoming traffic through Coventry, police say.

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Tony Berrill, of no fixed address, was jailed for 12 months after admitting changes of dangerous driving and driving without a licence.

The 24-year-old eventually ditched the car in Tiverton Road, Coventry, and fled, but his movements were monitored by the police helicopter and officers picked him up in Sewall Highway.

There has been a spate of break-ins and attempted break-ins in Warwick this week.  

Flowers continue to be laid at police stations in thanks and sympathy after the London attack. 

West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner David Jamieson tweets this picture of flowers left by a police colleague.

A reward of up to £10,000 is being offered for the recovery of ‘irreplaceable items’ stolen during a burglary near Kenilworth.  

A man who broke his spine jumping out of a window to escape robbers is to run the London Marathon after being told he would never walk again.

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Steven Smith, 57, from Stratford-upon-Avon, was attacked on holiday in the south of France in 2011 and has recovered enough to walk with the aid of a stick.

He now aims to complete the marathon in 14 hours raising money for the Nicholls Spinal Injury Foundation.

"I won't be training too much. I think I've only got one marathon in me and don't want to run out of steam too early," he said.

Police are still hunting for a man who led officers on a high-speed chase which ended in a head-on crash in Bedworth.

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A two-car collision has closed two out of four lanes on the M6 southbound between junctions seven and six.

A vehicle on fire on the southbound carriageway of the M6 has been extinguished and all lanes have reopened around the incident, between J3 and J3a.

Highways England says congestion is now easing in the area.