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Updates on Tuesday 27 October 2015
More news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 on Wednesday
Catch up with all the day's main storiespublished at 18:00
Weather: Warm but wet evening aheadpublished at 17:49
Rain will reach most parts of the area by this evening, but it will feel warm with a low temperature of 12C (54F).
Tomorrow will be cloudy with the risk of rain during the morning, but generally brighter through the afternoon.
News: Missing evidence in Nicola Payne trial; and Nuneaton taxi attackpublished at 17:37
Susie Rack
BBC Coventry and WarwickshireThese are the stories making the headlines today:
- The jury in the Nicola Payne trial has heard of missing evidence
- Warwickshire PCC 'concerned' about proposed combined authority
- Nuneaton taxi driver attacked by passenger
Football: Bryn Morris to return to Middlesbroughpublished at 17:31
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire SportCoventry City has confirmed 19-year-old midfielder Bryn Morris has been recalled from his loan spell , externalwith the club and will return to Middlesbrough.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe England Under-20 captain joined the Sky Blues in August on a season-long deal, but the Championship side have invoked the 24-hour recall option as part of the loan deal.
Warwickshire PCC 'concerned' about proposed combined authoritypublished at 17:26
The outgoing police and crime commissioner for Warwickshire says he's "concerned" there's "no clarity" about policing powers under the proposed West Midlands Combined Authority.
Ron Ball announced he won't be seeking re-election next year.
He said he'd like to know whether an elected mayor for the West Midlands would take over the role of all the local police and crime commissioners.
Police plea for help over Nuneaton taxi driver attackpublished at 16:40
A taxi driver was attacked by a passenger, external picked up at Nuneaton Railway Station after they pulled on the handbrake to stop the vehicle.
Image source, Warwickshire PolicePolice have issued an image of a man they're keen to speak to in connection with the assault.
Midlands' first Diggerland gets the go-aheadpublished at 16:19
Plans for a Diggerland at the new-look leisure park at the former Evesham Country Park , externalsite have been given the go-ahead.
Image source, Stratford HeraldNicola Payne trial: Court hears of missing evidencepublished at 16:02
Sian Grzeszczyk
Reporter, BBC Coventry & WarwickshireA police officer has told Birmingham Crown Court a hairbrush and hairs belonging to Coventry teenager Nicola Payne are missing.
Image source, Helen TipperExhibits officer Det Con Victoria Hill told the jury they had been missing since 1993, having last been seen at a forensics laboratory in Birmingham.
She also told the court the blue awning and part of a tent, recovered from wasteland near the area where Nicola was last seen, are also missing.
Nigel Barwell and Thomas O'Reilly, both 51, deny murdering Nicola. The trial continues.
Charity set up in memory of young Coventry cancer victim raises an amazing £190kpublished at 15:50
Bethany’s Wish appeal launched almost three years ago puts smiles on the faces of young cancer sufferers, external
Image source, Coventry TelegraphPioneering family court launches in Coventrypublished at 15:36
Aspecialist court has been launched in Coventry, external dealing with drug and alcohol issues in families whose children are subject to care proceedings.
Image source, GoogleCoventry's Family Drug and Alcohol Court is the first to run in the Midlands.
A team of specialists including social workers, domestic violence workers and psychiatrists will work alongside families throughout court proceedings.
Quote MessageThis is a pilot scheme in Coventry but I am hopeful that the FDAC methods will prove to have wider appeal and be applied in other areas in the coming years.
Judge Hilary Watson, Designated Family Judge for Coventry and Warwickshire
News: New family court for Coventry and bus crash victim funeralpublished at 15:17
Susie Rack
BBC Coventry and WarwickshireThese are our main stories in the newsroom this afternoon:
- A pioneering family court launches in Coventry
- Funeral of bus crash victim takes place
- City Link directors in court next week
Weather: Rain moving in this afternoonpublished at 15:02
A band of rain will move into the patch,gradually reaching most parts by the evening.
The rain should clear by morning and it will generally feel warm with a low temperature of 11C (52F).
Taxi driver fined and has licence revoked for running unlicensed companypublished at 14:49
Leamington Observer
On Monday at Nuneaton Magistrates' Court, John Patrick Behan pleaded guilty to operating a private hire business and a private hire vehicle without the correct licences., external
Travel: Accident on B4086 in Warwickshirepublished at 14:31
BBC TravelAn accident on the B4086 Tiddington Road in Stratford is causing problems both ways near the Loxley Road junction.
Citizens Advice celebrate birthday with performance piecepublished at 14:22
A new play, by Coventry writer Chris O'Donnell, has been commissioned to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the city's Citizens Advice Bureau. , external
Image source, Theatre AbsoluteTickets are free for the short play People, at the Shop Front Theatre, but seats must be reserved.
Lorry driver sentenced for crash which left man paralysedpublished at 14:05
A 53-year old lorry driver has been given a suspended jail sentence after his HGV collided with a van on the hard shoulder of the M6 in Warwickshire, external, leaving the van driver paralysed.
Stephen Spiller, from Wrexham, north Wales, pleaded guilty to a charge of dangerous driving at Leamington Magistrates' Court.
Specialist team dismantle Coventry tower block from the insidepublished at 13:45
Philip Churm
BBC Coventry & WarwickshireSpecialist robotic equipment is being used to help demolish Station Tower, next to Coventry's railway station.
The 15-storey tower block is being dismantled floor by floor from the inside to make way for the new Friargate development.
They're are also having to dispose of about 1,000 tiles of asbestos.
Hunt for thug who attacked pensioner stepped uppublished at 13:23
Police are stepping up the hunt for a thug who attacked a pensioner, external at a nature reserve in Coleshill.
Image source, Atherstone & Coleshill HeraldCity Link's former directors face trial next weekpublished at 13:04
Three former directors of the collapsed Coventry-based firm City Link will appear before a Coventry court next week charged with criminal offences.
Image source, AFPDavid Smith, Robert Peto and Thomas Wright are being prosecuted for failing to notify the secretary of state for business about staff redundancies.
News: Dora Hancox funeral and City Link directors in courtpublished at 12:47
Susie Rack
BBC Coventry and WarwickshireThese are the stories making the headlines today:
- The funeral of Coventry bus crash victim Dora Hancox takes place today
- The directors of City Link face trial for criminal offences
- Man attacked after attempted car-jacking, external in Rugby
