Our coverage across the daypublished at 18:00
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Updates on Monday 26 October 2015
News, sport, travel and weather updates to resume at 08:00 on Tuesday
Our coverage across the daypublished at 18:00
Weather: Dry and mild nightpublished at 17:58
It will be a dry night with light winds and feeling mild with a low of 11C (52F).
Tomorrow will start dry, but outbreaks of rain will slowly push into the region later in the day.
Nicola Payne murder trial: Questions over tent manual recordspublished at 17:53
Sian Grzeszczyk
Reporter, BBC Coventry & WarwickshireFormer police officer Ian Alsop also faced questions why there was no record of the manual being stored or a witness statement produced by anyone saying they found a tent manual in Nigel Barwell's car.
Mr Alsop told the court he was surprised as he thought one was made.
Nicola Payne murder trial: Officer tells jury of tent recovered on wastegroundpublished at 17:49
Sian Grzeszczyk
Reporter, BBC Coventry & WarwickshireA tent found on waste ground near to where suspected murder victim Nicola Payne went missing almost 24 years ago was similar to a manual found in the car of one of the accused, a court has heard.
The 18-year-old was last seen in December 1991, but her body has never been found.
Image source, Helen TipperGiving evidence, former police officer Ian Alsop told the jury he believed the tent manual in defendant Nigel Barwell's car was for the tent that had been found on waste at the rear of Ventnor Close near the river Sowe.
However, under cross-examination, asked if it could have been left behind by a fisherman, Mr Also replied that he suppose it could.
Both Nigel Barwell and Thomas O'Reilly deny murder.
Post-match gigs announced for Ricoh Arenapublished at 17:40
Echo & the Bunnymen and Buzzcocks have been announced to play the Ricoh Arena as part of the Offload Series tied with Wasps rugby matches.
Image source, Advent CommunicationsBoth bands will play the Jaguar Hall following Wasps' match with Exeter Chiefs on Saturday 5 December.
Quote MessageWe are really excited to be launching a new concept at the Ricoh Arena of developing our music offer with combining quality live music and top-class rugby.
Andy Gibb, Managing Director Ricoh Arena
Coventry bus crash: Online donations to be handed to policepublished at 17:20
Money raised online in the wake of a fatal bus crash in Coventry is to be handed over to police.
Image source, West Midlands PoliceSeven-year-old Rowan Fitzgerald and Dora Hancox, 76, died when the bus ploughed into a supermarket on 3 October.
Action Fraud is currently investigating a page which was set up to raise money for the funerals.
News: Online donations to be handed to police and firefighters free bullpublished at 17:05
Susie Rack
BBC Coventry and WarwickshireThese are our headlining stories at 17:00:
- Money raised online for Coventry bus crash victims to be handed to police
- Firefighters free bull with head stuck in a tree in Rugby
- Gigs announced as tie-in with Wasps Rugby for Ricoh Arena
Travellers set up camp on another Nuneaton playing fieldpublished at 16:50
Travellers left one piece of sporting land in Nuneaton only to set up camp just over two miles away, external on another playing field.
Image source, Nuneaton NewsBull with head stuck in tree freed by fire crewspublished at 16:29
Fire crews from Warwickshire were called to free a bull with its head stuck in a tree , externalin Barby Road, Rugby.
Image source, Warwickshire Fire and Rescue ServiceIt took three crews over an hour to release the animal using specialist large animal rescue equipment, including a winch and a riot shield.
They said the bull, named by crews as Billy, was released back in to the field and seems none the worse for wear for the ordeal.
View from Coventry city centre police perchpublished at 16:19
Police in Coventry have posted a rare view from the car park roof as they keep an eye on the city centre.
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End of X postNew London timetable for Chiltern Railwayspublished at 15:57
BBC Coventry & WarwickshireChiltern Railways is insisting its services from Stratford to London will actually improve, despite cuts to the number of direct trains from today
Some passengers now face having to change trains at Leamington after the number of direct trains was cut from 18 to just six a week.
Blue Coat staff and students conquer Mount Kilimanjaro for Myton Hospicespublished at 15:46
Students and staff at Blue Coat School in Coventry marked its 300th anniversary with a mammoth trek up Mount Kilimanjaro., external
Image source, Coventry TelegraphWarwickshire 'not conducive for fracking'published at 15:34
While Warwickshire has featured plenty of coal mines over the years, the county is unlikely to host fracking any time soon, according to the council.
In its mineral extraction consultation, opening today, external, Warwickshire County Council said it had received no applications and that the county "may not be conducive to enabling fracking as there are no major shale deposits".
Image source, bbcKenilworth shop window display winner namedpublished at 15:18
The winner of last week’s shop window display competition, external has been announced by Kenilworth Town Council.
Image source, Kenilworth Weekly NewsNews: Bus crash money to be handed to police and Ricoh gigs announcedpublished at 15:03
Susie Rack
BBC Coventry and WarwickshireThese are some of our main stories today:
- Money donated to Coventry bus crash victims to be handed to police
- Echo and the Bunnymen and Buzzcocks to play Ricoh Arena
RSC marks Battle of Agincourt anniversarypublished at 14:47
A special performance of Shakespeare's Henry V has been held to mark the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt.
Image source, RSCSunday's performance was one of the events, which also included storytelling and sword fighting, organised by the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon.
The company does not usually perform on a Sunday and the performance was also the last in the play's current run.
Nuneaton urgent care review slammed as a 'sham'published at 14:32
A consultation into urgent care changes, external which could see a walk-in service on Nuneaton's Camp Hill estate close has been slammed for being unbalanced.
Image source, Nuneaton NewsThe Secret Life of Books: The Mill on the Flosspublished at 14:17
Nuneaton author George Eliot is the subject of a BBC Four documentary tonight about her work The Mill on the Floss.
Actor and Director, Fiona Shaw discovers how the scandal that caused Eliot (born Mary Anne Evans) to take a male pen name was also played out in the plot of her classic novel.
Weather: Mild and bright afternoonpublished at 14:01
Bright and sunny spells this afternoon with a top temperature of 13C (55F).
Remaining mostly dry and cloudy this evening, with the odd spot of rain possible in the west.
Almost 230,000 sign school holiday fine petitionpublished at 13:45
A dad was so “livid” at being threatened with a fine if he took his young son out of school to visit his sick grandfather that he set up a campaign to scrap them, external.
Image source, Coventry Telegraph
