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BBC Sport

Warwickshire have formally appointed former county junior player Darren Franklin as their new head of women's cricket at Edgbaston.

Image source, Sam Bagnall - Warwickshire CCC

Franklin, 28, who opens the batting for Birmingham League side Harborne, played to Under-19 level for Warwickshire and in the same county Under-17 team as England all-rounder Chris Woakes.

He has already worked with the women's team at Warwickshire for three years.

Housing developer Barratt Homes said it would investigate the concerns of residents about the future of a number of mature oak trees on land they're planning to develop near Nuneaton. 

There was a stand-off earlier today between local residents and the developer when tree surgeons arrived to chop down the trees .

The intervention of a local councillor spared the trees today. 

Barratt Homes has told the BBC it's investigating the issue. 

Relatives of a World War Two pilot from Warwickshire, whose plane was shot down over Germany in 1944, are travelling to Berlin for a special memorial service.

For decades it wasn't known if William Proffit White, from Shotteswell, had any living relatives.

The family will see a new gravestone dedicated.

Image source, Getty Images

The re-dedication services are taking place at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's Berlin 1939-1945 war cemetery.

A horse had to be rescued after getting stuck in a muddy ditch. 

Patrick Burns
Political editor, Midlands

Police commissioners: a choice of party hats or independents.

Read my latest blog post, ahead of the elections next month.

Alec Blackman
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

These are the stories we're looking at this afternoon: 

- Five men have been jailed after the discovery of six dead sheep in a vehicle on the M6 near Rugby

- A man has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving after an accident at Wootton Wawen on Monday 

- There's a stand-off between residents near Nuneaton and housing developers over the fate of mature oak trees 

BBC Sport

Wasps Director of Rugby Dai Young has confirmed that Dan Robson will miss Sunday's crucial Premiership match at Exeter through concussion.

The fly-half suffered the head injury in Saturday's Champions Cup defeat to Saracens and Young says they daren't bring the 24-year-old back too soon. 

There`s a stand-off between housing developer Barratt Homes and local residents near Nuneaton about the fate of a handful of mature oak trees, which are under threat of being chopped down.

The intervention of a local councillor spared the trees earlier today. 

But the residents want Barratt Homes to think again and they say they knew nothing about the plan until the tree surgeons arrived. 

Five men have been jailed after the discovery of six dead sheep in a vehicle travelling between junctions one and two of the M6 motorway, near Rugby on Sunday.

The sheep were believed to be from a nearby farm.

The men were charged with causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal, theft and criminal damage.

The men who've been jailed are: Mircea Marinel Tamboi, 29, of West Bromwich Street, Walsall; Damian Durac, 18, address unknown; Elvis Slavu, 30, address unknown; Venus Corcoveano, 38, of Caldmore Green, Walsall; and Catalin Marian Scaficea, 37, of Tasker Street, Walsall.

Corcoveano was handed 14 weeks behind bars, while the other four were handed 18-week prison sentences.

All five were ordered to pay £180 compensation and a £115 victim surcharge.

The Coventry Blaze have welcomed back the former player, Danny Stewart, who takes over from Chuck Weber next season. 

Moira Rawlings
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

The Trish and Jo breakfast show on BBC Coventry and Warwickshire will be coming from Dol-y-Moch, in north Wales, tomorrow morning. 

Dol-y-Moch is Coventry City Council's outdoor education centre in Snowdonia and it's celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. 

As you can see, the weather is far from spring-like there at the moment.

Join Trish and Jo from 06:00 tomororw morning.

Sian Grzeszczyk
Political Reporter, BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

Andy Flynn, standing as an Independent candidate for PCC, external, runs a small technical company. 

He says that, if elected, he will publish monthly reports on the number of arrests and the number of convictions by West Midlands Police. 

He says he will also publish reports on the number of complaints made about the force by the public, and the total number of complaints upheld.

Peter Sherlock
Data unit

Earlier we reported how 61 victims of revenge porn - including a 13-year-old child - reported offences to West Midlands Police in the first year of the new law coming into effect.

They were among more than 1,000 alleged victims, according to Freedom of Information requests from 31 forces in England and Wales between April and December.

The oldest victim in our region was 60.

From those West Midlands cases, 12 led to a charge, six led to a caution, 31 saw no action taken.

In seven of the cases where no action was taken, a suspect had been identified but the prosecution time limit had expired.

Moira Rawlings
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

These are the stories we're looking at this afternoon: 

- A man's been charged with causing death by dangerous driving after a fatal accident in Wooton Wawen

- New powers have been introduced to stop suspected grooming in a Coventry park

- JLR's plans to expand its research and development site at Whitley have been approved

A man has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving following a fatal collision in Wootton Wawen on Monday night., external

Craig Glenn Allen, aged 35 and of no fixed abode, appeared before magistrates in Leamington Spa this morning. 

He's been remanded in custody until 26 May when he will appear at Warwick Crown Court in Leamington.

Image source, Warwickshire Police

Sian Grzeszczyk
Political Reporter, BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

Pete Durnell, standing as the UKIP candidate for PCC, external, has lived in the Warley area near Wolverhampton for 25 years.

Mr Durnell worked in computing before entering politics in 2014. 

Image source, Pete Durnell

He is currently the Chairman of UKIP's Sandwell branch and stood as parliamentary candidate for Warley in the 2015 general election. 

His pledge is to bring back policing to communities. 

BBC News England

Heather Ross took this photo of her husband Gordon, "putting the beds up" in preparation for potato planting in Botts Green, Nether Whitacre, Coleshill, North Warwickshire. 

She said it was taken "just as the sun was going down" and there was a "really hazy sky, and it was freezing".

Image source, Heather Ross

Take a look at more of England's Big Pictures.

More than 130 motorists in the region were caught using their mobile phone at the wheel, external during a crackdown by West Midlands Police earlier this month. 

Motorway police used an unmarked HGV cab to help spot drivers committing traffic offences and risking accidents on the M5, M6 and M42.

Image source, West Midlands Police