Live updates for Coventry and Warwickshire have finished for the day but we'll be back from 08:00 on Friday with the latest news, sport, travel and weather.

It'll stay dry through the evening, though turn increasingly cloudy. 

Rain will then push northwards overnight to affect all areas, turning heavy in places by dawn, especially over high ground. Lows of 10C (50F).

Tomorrow, the rain will continue throughout the morning, gradually easing towards lunchtime. Brighter weather will follow during the afternoon.

Drone aircraft could help police search for missing persons as well as take photographs of road traffic collisions and crime scenes, Warwickshire Police say.

The force is set to trial the technology from January, external.

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Temporary Assistant Chief Constable Nav Malik said in some circumstances drones could help officers to run operations more efficiently and free up staff to do other jobs.

Nuneaton News

Police are hunting a Nuneaton teenager, external in connection with an assault.

A 23-year-old man from Evesham has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving after woman was killed in a crash between a car and a scooter near Alcester.

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The collision happened on the A46 at about 17:00 on Wednesday.

A woman in her 20s died at the scene, between Oversley Mill and Salford Bridge.

Manager Tony Mowbray expects Coventry City , external central defender Jordan Willis to be sidelined with a knee injury for longer than first thought.

That has meant the City boss has stepped up his search for some cover, but Mowbray says it is not easy.

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A PhD student has been found guilty of using his mobile phone to take lewd pictures up women's skirts at a wedding. 

Collin Lieberg, 34, was spotted by guests and caught on CCTV at the Oyster Shed pub near London Bridge angling his phone under hemlines. 

The University of Warwick student, currently living in Shrewsbury, claimed he suffered from a nervous tic and had been checking scores on a sports app as well as browsing Facebook and Twitter. 

The Old Bailey jury found him guilty of outraging public decency and Judge Christine Henson QC adjourned sentencing for a report to examine whether Lieberg would benefit from a sex offenders' rehabilitation programme.

Warwickshire Police, external and West Mercia Police have announced a six-month trial of drones aircraft, starting in the new year.

A drone, carrying a high definition camera and controlled by a tablet computer, was shown off at Leek Wooton today.

The independent Trust, Integrity and Ethics Committee will scrutinise the force's proposed use of drones before the trial begins.

Here are some of the stories we're looking at this afternoon in Coventry and Warwickshire.

- The funeral of seven-year-old Rowan Fitzgerald, killed in the Coventry bus crash, has taken place in Leamington

- A University of Warwick student has been found guilty of using his mobile phone to take lewd pictures up women's skirts at a wedding

- Warwickshire Police is to use unmanned drones in a trial to test the technology for use in policing

Tata Steel, external has opened a new UK research centre on the University of Warwick's, external Science Park.

Image source, University of Warwick

Engineers and researchers are expected to work on new steel coatings in the company’s new laboratories. 

The university said the opening on Wednesday marked the first phase of Tata Steel’s relocation of its UK R&D work to the campus.

Coventry Telegraph

Coventry will be the first city in the Midlands to become home to a specialist court which will deal with alcohol and drug use problems in families with children, external.

A Warwickshire college which has been urged to rethink a ban on local residents walking in the grounds from Monday says the changes are down to student safety.

People living near Moreton Morrell College, external say they have had access to the site for many years and there have been no problems.

The college says it has done it in response to the college's most recent Ofsted report and that it has been in touch with village representatives.

A new walk around the perimeter of Box Field has been introduced instead.

Sian Grzeszczyk
Reporter, BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

Hairs discovered in a tent seized by the police almost 24 years ago cannot absolutely be proved to belong to missing teenager Nicola Payne, a forensic expert has told a court.

Nigel Barwell and Thomas O'Reilly, both 51 and from Coventry, deny murdering Nicola, who was last seen in December 1991.

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Forensic expert Rosalind Hammond, however, told the court given the features of one of the hairs she had examined, in her opinion it provides moderate support that that hair which was found in a tent seized by police came from Nicola.

The trial continues. 

Rugby Observer

Concerned residents say they are being ignored in revised plans for a large housing development off Ashlawn Road, external.

Giles Latcham
BBC Midlands Today

Coventry bus crash victim, seven-year-old Rowan Fitzgerald has been remembered by family and friends at his funeral in Leamington Spa this afternoon.

His small, white cedar wood coffin was carried into St Peter's Roman Catholic Church.

Rowan was on the upper deck when the bus crashed into a supermarket in the city centre on 3 October. 

Pedestrian Dora Hancox, 76, also died.

Leamington Courier

Years of campaigning have finally paid off for a group who want a new skatepark built in Leamington’s Victoria Park, external.

Here are some of the stories we're looking at this afternoon in Coventry and Warwickshire

- The funeral of seven-year-old Rowan Fitzgerald, killed in the Coventry bus crash, has taken place in Leamington

- A forensic expert has told a court she cannot absolutely prove that hairs found in a tent seized by the police in 1991 belonged to missing Coventry teenager Nicola Payne

- A Victorian drinking fountain which has not worked for decades has been switched back on in Earlsdon today

A Victorian drinking fountain in Earsdon, Coventry, has been turned on after being out of action for about 40 years.

The 6ft structure, which dates back to the 1860s, has been restored thanks to a £9,800 grant form the Heritage Lottery Fund. 

Peter Walters, chairman of the Earsldon fountain group, said: "We managed to get the main bulk of funding through the Heritage Lottery Fund and that takes a fair bit of time." 

More than 50 drivers have been stopped by police in an operation targeting mobile phone use on Warwickshire's motorways, external.

Operation Tramline took place over five days and saw officers patrol the M6, M40 and M42 in a HGV, which allowed them to see into vehicles.

Insp Lucy Sewell said it had been a "great success" and hoped it would deter other motorists from committing offences.

Shefali Oza
BBC Midlands Today

The rain will continue eastwards, clearing Rugby early this afternoon. Drier and brighter conditions will follow with some decent sunny spells and easing winds. 

Highs of 14C (57F). 

It will stay dry through the early evening, though it will turn increasingly cloudy. Rain will then push northwards overnight to affect all areas.