Midlands Live: Breaking news and local storiespublished at 06:21 BST 23 April 2019
The latest news, sport, travel and weather across the West Midlands and south Cheshire.
Read MoreMidlands Live: Breaking news and local storiespublished at 06:21 BST 23 April 2019
Portsmouth 2-1 Coventry Citypublished at 15:09 BST 22 April 2019
Brett Pitman scores a late winner as promotion-chasing Portsmouth came from behind to beat Coventry City.
Read MoreNorthants hand Bears record defeatpublished at 18:04 BST 21 April 2019
West Indies captain Jason Holder smashes a quick 60 and takes three wickets as Northants hand Warwickshire their worst-ever one-day defeat.
Read MoreInside the school for bullied childrenpublished at 00:14 BST 21 April 2019
Two teenagers explain how a tiny specialist school gave them the confidence to continue their education.
Read MoreBuses replacing trains throughout daypublished at 08:48 BST 20 April 2019
Operator West Midlands Railway is the service affected by the points failure, National Rail said.
Read MoreBradford City relegated from League Onepublished at 18:26 BST 19 April 2019
Bradford City are relegated to League Two after they lose at Coventry City and other results go against them.
Read MoreDry start to the bank holiday - full weather forecastpublished at 18:47 BST 18 April 2019
Shefali Oza
BBC Midlands TodayStaying dry overnight with mainly clear skies - your full weather forecast for the West Midlands, including for Good Friday, is here:
Media caption, Shefali Oza
You can keep up-to-date with the latest weather for your area at any other time by heading to the BBC Weather website.
Leisure centre visits double in four yearspublished at 18:46 BST 18 April 2019
Local Democracy Reporting Service
David LawrenceThe number of people visiting leisure centres in Warwick has more than doubled in four years, to 1.1 million in the last financial year.
Warwick District Council members were told this week the number of people taking swimming lessons had also gone up from 62,000 to 133,000 since 2014-15.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe council has a target of having 1.36 million visitors to its leisure centres in another two years' time.
'Wolf lookalike' fear over Game of Thronespublished at 17:51 BST 18 April 2019
A charity says it has seen a rise in the number of "wolf lookalike" dogs needing to be rehomed.
Read More'Record-breaking temperatures' aheadpublished at 17:29 BST 18 April 2019
Some great news if you're planning to get out and about this Easter weekend.
Temperatures are set to stay in 20s from Good Friday through to Easter Monday, with cloudless skies.
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End of X postIn the papers: Teen suffers multiple injury in stabbingpublished at 17:12 BST 18 April 2019
Coventry LiveThree stories from the Coventry Live website today:
- Teenager suffers multiple injuries in stabbing, external
- Friday night Godiva Festival headliner announced, external
- Pub reopens after £200,000 makeover, external
The Levellers and Busted to front Godiva Festivalpublished at 17:12 BST 18 April 2019
The Levellers will be opening this summer's Godiva Festival in Coventry.
The festival will be held in the War Memorial Park over three days from 5 July and they've been chosen to perform on the main stage on the Friday night.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe boyband Busted, famous for songs like What I Go to School For and Year 3000, will be Sunday's headliners.
Image source, Getty ImagesFire call reveals cannabis farmpublished at 16:50 BST 18 April 2019
Cannabis plants with an estimated street value of up to £100,000 have been found in a house in Coventry.
They were discovered when firefighters were called to deal with a blaze at an address on Armstrong Avenue in the early hours of this morning.
Image source, GoogleThey found 100 plants inside and West Midlands Police are now investigating.
Explosion at primary school injures manpublished at 15:46 BST 18 April 2019
Emergency services responded to reports of an explosion at John Gulson Primary School in Coventry.
Read MoreFirefighters still at scene of school explosionpublished at 14:04 BST 18 April 2019
Firefighters remain at the scene of a suspected gas explosion at a Coventry primary school, and say they've now managed to isolate the gas and electricity.
Four engines and 18 firefighters were called to the John Gulson school on George Street at 10:54.
Image source, GoogleWest Midlands Fire Service said the explosion happened in a brick building separate from the main classrooms.
Jamiroquai's disco-mini up for auctionpublished at 13:50 BST 18 April 2019
A Mini Cooper with a mini bar, which belonged to Jamiroquai frontman Jay Kay, is being sold at auction next month.
It also contains disco lights, velvet curtains and bespoke red leather seats.
Image source, Silverstone AuctionsWarwickshire-based Silverstone Auctions said it was bought in 2008 and 'the car, known as Chuckles, has formed part of Jay Kay's large collection ever since.
It's part of a sale on 11 May and there is no reserve price for the car.
Image source, Silverstone Auctions
Image source, Silverstone AuctionsSuspected gas explosion at primary schoolpublished at 13:09 BST 18 April 2019
A primary school in Coventry has been hit by a suspected gas explosion.
The alarm was raised at the John Gulson primary school in Foleshill just before 11:00 and the firefighters in breathing apparatus have been trying to isolate the gas and electricity supplies.
A man was treated for burns at the scene and he's been taken to hospital for assessment.
The pupils are currently on Easter holidays.
Man dies and woman critically injured in crashpublished at 12:29 BST 18 April 2019
A man has died and a woman has been critically injured after a car hit a tree on Honeybourne Road near Bidford-on-Avon at 15:55 yesterday.
West Midlands Ambulance Service said the man who was driving died at the scene, and a female passenger was flown to hospital.
Another woman and two young boys who were in the car were treated for non-life-threatening injuries before being taken to hospital.
Easter travel: Trains disrupted by rail workspublished at 12:05 BST 18 April 2019
BBC News EnglandPeople heading to London this weekend from the West Midlands are being warned there'll be no trains in or out of London Euston station from Friday to Monday.
Image source, Getty ImagesHowever, Network Rail said it would be the "quietest" engineering programme for "many years".
As well as the West Coast Main Line, other routes that will be affected between Friday and Monday include between Birmingham International and Rugby, where replacement buses will run instead.
Details of all engineering works are available from National Rail Enquiries, external.
Man stabbed in nature reservepublished at 10:47 BST 18 April 2019
BreakingAn 18-year-old man is in hospital after being stabbed at a Coventry nature reserve yesterday evening.
West Midlands Police say they were called to Wyken Croft Nature Reserve at 19:00.
Image source, GoogleThe force said his injuries were serious, but not life-threatening.
