1. Coventry City 3-0 Boreham Woodpublished at 16:23 GMT 3 December 2017

    Coventry City ease into the FA Cup third round with a comfortable victory over non-league Boreham Wood.

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  2. Extra time to question murder suspectpublished at 13:17 GMT 3 December 2017

    A 68-year-old woman was found dead at a house in Coventry on Friday evening.

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  3. Coventry: The home of sky blue thinkingpublished at 01:40 GMT 3 December 2017

    Coventry is one of five cities hoping to become UK City of Culture in 2021, with the winner due be announced on Thursday.

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  4. Wasps 32-25 Leicesterpublished at 18:53 GMT 2 December 2017

    Kearnan Myall scores a last-minute try for Wasps to edge out Leicester in a pulsating encounter in Coventry.

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  5. Murder arrest after body found at housepublished at 14:10 GMT 2 December 2017

    A man is held after a woman - believed to his mother - is found dead at a property in Coventry.

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  6. Watch: Latest weather forecastpublished at 18:32 GMT 1 December 2017

    Sara Thornton
    BBC Weather

    Officially, today's the start of winter. However, temperatures are set to be a bit milder over the coming days.

    Find out what the weather has in store for your area.

    Media caption,

    This weekend's weather forecast for the West Midlands

  7. Most and least-used railway stations revealedpublished at 16:49 GMT 1 December 2017

    Allen Cook
    BBC News

    Birmingham New Street remains the most used British railway station, external outside of London, new figures have revealed.

    Data published by the Office of Rail and Road, external show 42.4 million passengers passed through it in 2016-17, up from 38 million the year before.

    Birmingham New Street

    The figures also show Bearley in Warwickshire was the least used in the West Midlands, with 796 passengers in 2016-17 compared with 1,062 the year before.

    National Rail Enquiries says Bearley is a request stop station, external, where passengers have to tell train staff if they want to get off.

  8. Kind acts to remember premature twinspublished at 15:54 GMT 1 December 2017

    Natalie Casey is running a campaign in memory of her babies, who died 24 hours after being born.

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  9. 'Injured' girl found 'safe and well'published at 14:44 GMT 1 December 2017

    Allen Cook
    BBC News

    A teenage girl who police in Coventry were searching for has been found "safe and well".

    The force gave the update after earlier saying a "large number of officers" had been hunting for her through the night after reports she was hurt in the War Memorial park area.

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  10. Trott & Lewis to join England U19 staffpublished at 14:34 GMT 1 December 2017

    Former Test players Jonathan Trott and Jon Lewis are to join England's coaching staff at the Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

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  11. City of Culture cities make social media pushpublished at 12:19 GMT 1 December 2017

    The cities bidding to be UK City of Culture in 2021 are making a push on social media to impress the judges.

    The winner is due to be announced next Thursday on the BBC's One Show.

    The teams from the five shortlisted cities have been told the judges will be monitoring support on sites such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

    Coventry seems to be doing well, because it's got #ThisisCoventry trending on Twitter and Stoke-on-Trent is also asking for support on social media.

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  12. Norovirus outbreak shuts wardpublished at 11:40 GMT 1 December 2017

    A ward at Warwick Hospital has been closed to visitors, because of a suspected norovirus outbreak.

    The Malins Ward will only be open to visitors on "compassionate grounds" the South Warwickshire Foundation Trust said.

    Warwick Hospital signImage source, PA
  13. Large police search for 'injured' girlpublished at 09:45 GMT 1 December 2017
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    Police are trying to trace a teenage girl who is thought to have injured herself in a Coventry park last night.

    The West Midlands force says the search involves a "large number of officers" and the police helicopter and has been going on throughout the night.

    War Memorial parkImage source, Google

    It said it was contacted by a passer-by at 20:30, who said the girl, thought to be about 14, was self-harming in the War Memorial park.

    She is described as black and possibly of Somali origin and she was wearing a blue school uniform.

  14. Man in hospital after being hit by vanpublished at 09:31 GMT 1 December 2017

    A man is in hopsital after being hit by a van in Nuneaton this morning.

    West Midlands Ambulance Service said it was called to Mancetter Road shortly before 06:30 and found the pedestrian, in his 40s, had suffered head, chest and leg injuries.

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  15. Road shut by crashpublished at 08:10 GMT 1 December 2017

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    A road in Nuneaton is shut this morning because of a crash., external

    Warwickshire Police says Mancetter Road's closed between Tuttle Hill and Berrington Road and the fire service and ambulance service are also on scene.

  16. Charities fear income will droppublished at 07:42 GMT 1 December 2017

    BBC Midlands Today

    Charities in the West Midlands region are the least optimistic in the country about their ability to grow next year according to a report published today.

    The survey by the Weston Charity Awards, external suggested 76% of charity leaders surveyed in the region feel their income will stagnate or decline over the next year compared with 64% nationally.

    In spite of financial pressures, just over half of West Midlands charities expect to provide services to more local people in 2018.

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  17. Borough council leader to step downpublished at 18:26 GMT 30 November 2017

    The leader of Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council is stepping down next May after 31 years of service

    Councillor Dennis Harvey said it was the right time to hand the baton on.

    Nuneaton and Bedworth borough councilImage source, Google
  18. More freezing temperatures forecastpublished at 18:20 GMT 30 November 2017

    Shefali Oza
    BBC Midlands Today

    We are in for another frosty night, with council gritting lorries taking to the roads.

    Temperatures tomorrow will be only just above freezing.

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    BBC weather forecast for the West Midlands

  19. City of culture announcement to be made next weekpublished at 16:57 GMT 30 November 2017

    The winner of the UK City of Culture for 2021 will be revealed on The One Show on BBC One on 7 December.

    Coventry and Stoke-on-Trent have both been shortlisted for the honour, alongside Paisley, Sunderland and Swansea.

    shortlisted citiesImage source, GETTY IMAGES/COUNCIL HANDOUTS

    Representatives of the five bidding cities have been invited to Hull for the announcement.