Our coverage across the daypublished at 18:00
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Updates on Wednesday 7 October 2015
News, sport, travel and weather updates to resume at 08:00 on Thursday
The IPCC finds that West Midlands police is the slowest in the country to resolve complaints against its officers
Coventry city council defends a scheme to install traffic lights at a roundabout on the A45 at Broad Lane
The Webb Ellis rugby World Cup returns to the birthplace of the game tonight
Twycross Zoo says the public have voted to call its new baby bonobo, Ndeko
Our coverage across the daypublished at 18:00
Man admits pushing fisherman into pondpublished at 17:57
A man has pleaded guilty to pushing a fisherman into a pond, external in Swanswell Park.
During a hearing at Coventry Magistrates Court, Brendan Cleary, 45, from Gloucester Street in Spon End, admitted assault and criminal damage.
He is due to be sentenced on the 12 October.
Deep clean under way at fire-damaged schoolpublished at 17:47
A school in Coventry will remain closed until Monday after a classroom was damaged by fire.
Three Spires Academy's head teacher Robert Jones says the decision was made "on the advice of our insurers and health and safety team".
A deep clean and some remedial repairs will be completed by Monday.
Rugby Advertiser: U-turn over housing support cutpublished at 17:35
Rugby Advertiser
A £300,000 cut to housing support services has been stopped after county councillors voted to find the cash from their own reserves instead, external.
Accident on M6 northboundpublished at 17:18
BBC TravelThere's been an accident on the M6 northbound between J2 for Coventry and J3 for Nuneaton.
Motorists are warned of slow traffic.
Weather: More sunshine to comepublished at 17:15
A chilly night with mist and fog. Lows of 7C (45F).
Mist will gradually clear through tomorrow morning, with plenty of sunshine by the afternoon.
Maximum temperatures of 17C (63F).
For more, visit BBC Weather.
Latest news for Coventry and Warwickshirepublished at 17:01
Here are some of the stories we're looking at this afternoon:
- Two arrested over death of Coventry man Aaron Hughes
- Bedworth campaigners prepare to fight against new homes
- UPS opens new site in North Warwickshire
Two arrests over Aaron Hughes deathpublished at 16:43
Two people were arrested over the death of pedestrian Aaron Hughes, external in Coleshill on the weekend.
Mr Hughes, 32, from Coventry was killed in the early hours of Sunday.
A 55-year-old man and a 68-year-old woman, both from Birmingham, were arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and have been released on bail.
Bedworth campaigners ready to fight homespublished at 16:36
BBC Coventry & WarwickshireCampaigners in Bedworth are gearing up for a fight to stop more than 1,000 houses being built on land the council had previously agreed to return to Green Belt.
There's more on BBC Coventry and Warwickshire with Lorna Bailey, who's standing in for Phil Upton this evening, from 16:00.
Appeal for missing Coventry teenagerpublished at 16:19
Police are asking for help in finding 15-year-old Joel Callum.
He was last seen on 21 September at his Pinley Fields home in Stoke.
Police say he has been missing before, but never for this long.
Killed pedestrian named by policepublished at 16:01
A pedestrian who was killed by a car on the weekend has been named by police as 32-year-old Aaron Hughes, external from Coventry.
His body was found on Blythe Road in Coleshill in the early hours of Sunday.
Image source, Family photo'Exciting rivalry' for wheelchair racer Cockroftpublished at 15:51
Paralympic champion Hannah Cockroft believes she could develop an exciting rivalry with the Coventry teenager who ended her seven-year unbeaten run.
Cockroft, who's studying at Coventry University, lost an 800-metre wheelchair race to 14-year-old Kare Adenegan at a meeting in London.
Image source, Getty ImagesLatest news for Coventry & Warwickshirepublished at 15:35
Here are some of the stories we're looking at this afternoon:
- UPS opens a new site in North Warwickshire
- Councillors in Coventry want local authorities in Warwickshire to absorb part of the city's housing allocation
- Police appeal for missing teenager
Floating jetty built at Swanswell Parkpublished at 15:26
Marian McNamee
Reporter, BBC Coventry & WarwickshireImprovement works are continuing at Swanswell Park in Coventry, where subcontractor John Vosey has been building a floating jetty.
The island in Swanswell pool is being widened and a new birdhouse will create a better nesting habitat for wildlife.
Meriden MP on BBC Sunday Politicspublished at 15:09
The Conservative MP for Meriden, Caroline Spelman, is appearing on the West Midlands BBC Sunday Politics show this week.
Ms Spelman, who's held the Meriden seat since 1997, will be talking about a possible West Midlands combined authority and the Conservative Party conference.
The programme is on Sunday at 11:00.
Missing student's mother 'reassured' by universitypublished at 14:53
BBC Coventry & WarwickshireThe mother of a missing Nigerian student has met with the police and with Coventry University to discuss the search for her son.
Ozi Akerele disappeared on New Year's Eveduring a night out with friends - just eight days after arriving to study in the UK.
Image source, CCTV imageIrene Akerele has told BBC Coventry and Warwickshire she's reassured that efforts being made by the university have improved.
Weather: Warm sunshinepublished at 14:41
Sara Blizzard
BBC WeatherThe sunshine will continue well into the evening today, it will feel pleasant in the warmth as there'll be gentle winds. Maximum temperatures of 17C (63F).
For more, visit BBC Weather.
UPS opens new site in North Warwickshirepublished at 14:25
The distribution company UPS has opened a new logistics centre in North Warwickshire.
UPS says it is to meet "growing demand from retail and high-tech customers".
The facility is close to their existing sorting hub at Birch Coppice Business Park.
Image source, UPSSwanswell Park works continuepublished at 14:12
Marian McNamee
Reporter, BBC Coventry & WarwickshireI’ve been over to Coventry’s Swanswell Park today where improvement works continue.
Today subcontractors have been dredging the lake using a Truxor, an amphibious cutting, harvesting, silt removal machine, and have been building a floating jetty.
Coventry City Council is revamping the whole park.
Warwick University welcomes studentspublished at 13:55
The University of Warwick is welcoming its new students, external for the upcoming academic year.
International students are in the process of settling in, postgraduates arrived last weekend and new undergraduates are due this weekend.
Image source, Warwick University
