A warm, muggy and cloudy night for most, with some rain or drizzle, mainly in western areas.

Overnight lows of 17C (63F).

Peter Plisner
BBC Midlands Today

Traffic jams are costing the region's businesses more than £1bn a year. That's an astonishing £3m a day. 

The figures have been revealed after one of the worst weeks for the region's motorways.

Join me for more on this in the Midlands Today on BBC One from 18:30.

The Chairman of Stratford Town Football club has resigned with immediate effect, external following the revelation in today’s Herald that he stole £66,000 from Stratford Golf Club.

International football will return to Coventry for the first time in six years when England's Under-21s take on Kazakhstan at the Ricoh Arena in October. 

Gareth Southgate's side start their qualification campaign for Euro 2017 with a trip to Norway on 7 September, before playing Kazakhstan at the Ricoh on 13 October.

Image source, Reuters

It will be the third time that the Under-21s have played at the stadium after wins against Macedonia in 2009, and Germany three years earlier.

BBC Travel

One lane is blocked and there is heavy traffic on the M6 northbound between J4a M42 and J5 at Castle Bromwich because of a breakdown, drivers are warned.

Alex Homer
BBC Local Live

Here is a recap of the stories we have been reporting this afternoon:

- A prosecution has been dropped of a man initially accused of pushing an 81-year-old lollipop man to the ground and stealing his stick

- A fire at a derelict Nuneaton pub is being treated as "suspicious" by police

- Tributes have been paid to a 24-year-old woman, external who died after being hit by a car when she crossed the road in Coventry

Warwickshire Police has confirmed it is now treating as "suspicious" a fire at the King William IV pub in Coton Road, Nuneaton yesterday.

Image source, Warwickshire RFS/Google

A spokesperson said: "Following further investigations by the fire service, the fire is now being treated as suspicious and lines of enquiry are currently taking place to ascertain what caused the fire."

A dog owner from Coventry thinks his three-year-old English Bulldog may have given birth to a record-breaking litter. 

Jay Dhaliwal's dog Gucci has had 16 puppies - all of which are fit and healthy. And he suspects the litter could be a world record for Gucci's breed. 

The puppies are only a week old. 

Tamworth Herald

A group of travellers pulled onto a school in Atherstone on Sunday night – putting residents on red-alert, external.

Image source, Tamworth Herald

We've had a few technical problems so apologies if you have seen similar updates published a few times.

Relatives of Hannah Bowden - who was from the Cheylesmore part of Coventry - have paid tribute to the 24-year-old - who died after a car crash on the Sky Blue Way. 

They have described her as "beautfiul" and say she was "tragically taken" from them on Monday evening. 

Police say a 32-year-old man from the Copsewood area has been arrested and bailed on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. Officers are appealing for more information, external.

BBC Sport

Warwickshire's failure to reach the quarter-finals of the One-Day Cup is a result of their poor start, says director of cricket Dougie Brown.

Image source, Getty Images

The Bears took one point from their first three games and Wednesday's wash-out in their final group match against Kent ended their last-eight hopes.

Alex Homer
BBC Local Live

Here is a quick recap of the stories we're looking at this afternoon:

• The case against a man accused of pushing an elderly lollipop man to the ground and stealing his stick, has been dropped
• The family of a woman killed as she crossed the road in Coventry as thanked the public for their support
• It's 10 years since the Sky Blues moved to the Ricoh Arena. Share your memories of the past decade with the club

BBC Midlands Today

The case has been dropped against a man accused of pushing an 81-year-old lollipop man to the ground before stealing his stick.

Robert Pritchard, 33, of Bolingbrooke Road, Stoke, in Coventry,had been charged with robbery and was due to appear at the city's crown court.

Coventry City has already announced it is to close one of its stands at the Ricoh Arena next season in a bid to improve the atmosphere at home games.

The arena's owners, rugby union club Wasps, meanwhile set a Premiership record for an attendance at a regular club ground when they attracted 28,254 to their first game at the Ricoh Arena in December against London Irish, and they have continued to average crowds of more than 20,000 since then.

What do you think the atmosphere is like for Sky Blues' home games, 10 years since the move from Highfield Road?

Coventry Bees suffered their heaviest defeat of the Elite League season as they went down 54-35 to King's Lynn, the speedway club reports, external.

The team is also suffering from injury concerns, with a number of key riders ruled out or in doubt ahead of Friday's fixture against Swindon.