Our live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00 BST 22 June 2016
Live updates have finished for the day but we'll be back from 08:00 on Thursday with the latest news, sport, travel and weather.
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Updates on Wednesday 22 June 2016
News, sport, travel and weather updates to resume at 08:00 on Thursday
Our live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00 BST 22 June 2016
Fairground worker searches for long lost daughterpublished at 17:54 BST 22 June 2016
A man who had a whirlwind romance in Nuneaton more than 20 years ago is trying to track down the daughter he never knew, external.
'Miracle' baby due in Polesworthpublished at 17:47 BST 22 June 2016
Against the odds, a couple from Polesworth in north Warwickshire have discovered they are to have a second child.
Earlier this year, Gary and Sadie Brittle lost their baby due to what they were told was an ectopic pregnancy, where the foetus develops outside the womb.
But after only three months, doctors have discovered a previously unseen second baby was growing healthily, which is due in November.
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End of X postQuote MessageEmotionally I was just trying to get over the loss of one baby but then realising that I'd got another one growing inside."
Sadie Brittle
Watch: Weather forecast for Coventry and Warwickshirepublished at 17:40 BST 22 June 2016
Rebecca Wood
BBC WeatherOutbreaks of rain will ease and clear away to the northeast through this evening, leaving the rest of the night dry though fairly cloudy - lows of 15C (59F).
Latest: Bus lane fines could be refunded; city council postpones inquiry into Wisteria Lodgepublished at 17:31 BST 22 June 2016
David Landau
BBC Coventry & WarwickshireYour headlines this tea-time:
- Hundreds of motorists who've been fined after driving through a Coventry bus lane near the railway station could be entitled to a refund
- The city council in Coventry has postponed an inquiry into allegations of historic child abuse at Wisteria Lodge care home
- It is looking increasingly unlikely that Warwickshire company EIC will find a buyer, after it ceased trading last week
Travel: Lane closed on the M6 northboundpublished at 17:26 BST 22 June 2016
BBC TravelThere are long delays on the M6 northbound because of emergency repairs between J5 (Castle Bromwich) and J6 (Aston Expressway). Congestion runs back to J4a (M42). More from BBC Travel.
Wasps and Italy back retires from the game at 35 with Achilles injurypublished at 17:21 BST 22 June 2016
BBC SportWasps utility back Andrea Masi has retired at the age of 35 on medical advice after suffering an Achilles tendon heel injury playing for Italy in the 2015 World Cup.
The 95-times capped international has failed to recover after being injured in Italy's opener against France.
Image source, Getty ImagesTravel: Severe delays on the M42published at 17:14 BST 22 June 2016
BBC TravelA lane is blocked by a broken-down lorry on the exit slip road of J9 (M6 Toll) on the M42 northbound. More from BBC Travel.
Your pictures: Skies over Southampublished at 16:58 BST 22 June 2016
This picture of cloudy skies, and a standing stone, was taken in Southam by BBC Weather Watcher, Old Salt.
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Image source, Old SaltYour pictures: The opera singer and the mechanical dolphinspublished at 16:30 BST 22 June 2016
Not something your see every day - even in Stratford. It's all part of the Royal Shakespeare Company's Fairy Portal Camp, external.
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End of X postResidents anger after another smash at problem-hit roundaboutpublished at 16:16 BST 22 June 2016
A woman who lives at a notorious Coventry roundabout, external says that “lives are at risk” after her car was smashed in to on Wednesday morning.
Travel: Delays on Tollbar Endpublished at 16:01 BST 22 June 2016
The roadworks in Coventry will mean some overnight closures this week.
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End of X postYour pictures: Sunburst in Brinklowpublished at 15:40 BST 22 June 2016
BBC Weather Watcher Weatherbaines sent us this great shot, taken in Brinklow.
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Image source, WeatherbainesBringing Shakespeare's home 'back to life'published at 15:22 BST 22 June 2016
The trust is fundraising to turn the site of Shakespeare's home from "an empty space into a beautiful evocative place filled with art and artefacts".
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End of X postLatest: Greenbelt housing fears; assault at car boot sale; Sky Blues' cup fixtures announcedpublished at 14:58 BST 22 June 2016
David Landau
BBC Coventry & WarwickshireHere are some of the stories we are looking at in Coventry and Warwickshire:
- There's concern over the prospect of more new housing on greenbelt land around Coventry
- Warwickshire Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was attacked at a car boot sale in the Nuneaton area
- The Sky Blues will be at home to Portsmouth in the first round of the League Cup
EU Referendum: How to vote on polling daypublished at 14:38 BST 22 June 2016
BBC PoliticsTomorrow, voters go to the polls to decide whether the UK will remain in the European Union.
Polls are open 07:00 to 22:00 and you'll be asked to answer the following question: "Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union."
Counting by local authorities begins after 22:00 and the official declaration will be made at Manchester Town Hall when all the votes are in.
Find out how to vote, what you'll need and what you can and can't do with your ballot paper.
Coventry artist unveils unusual 'ring road' sound art projectpublished at 14:12 BST 22 June 2016
Artist Rob Hamp is today unveiling an audio project called The Silent Ska which has been created from the sounds made by mapping Coventry's ring road using ground penetrating radar.
It's being revealed at Coventry Cathedral at 13:00 and is part of a two-year arts project in the city., external
Image source, Coventry Artspace PartnershipThree injured in Alcester traffic collisionpublished at 13:54 BST 22 June 2016
Three people were taken to hospital yesterday following a three-vehicle road traffic collision in Alcester., external
Image source, Stratford HeraldDrew Fisher to retire from Coventry Blaze and ice-hockeypublished at 13:36 BST 22 June 2016
Geoff Foster
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire Sport
Image source, Coventry BlazeCoventry Blaze have announced that American forward Drew Fisher will not be returning to the club for the 2016/17 Elite League season.
The 29-year-old has decided to retire from the sport after being offered an opportunity "too good to turn down" outside of hockey.
Fisher played just one season with the Blaze - his beating of Belfast Giants' goalie Stephen Murphy in a penalty shoot-out was named the BBC Coventry & Warwickshire Champagne Moment of last season.
Image source, Coventry BlazeDrivers to get refund for driving through notorious bus gate after government errorpublished at 13:20 BST 22 June 2016
Hundreds of motorists fined for driving through a city centre bus lane, external are in line for a refund because the traffic signs were not properly authorised.
