Nuneaton Rocks 2026, Queens Hall, from 6pm. Fracxura, WÄLKER and Bazzar at 81 Queens Road. Doors 6pm, finishes 11pm, advance tickets £10. Bring earplugs if you value your hearing.

Lunchtime talk: Hastings 1066, Nuneaton Museum, 12:30 to 1:30pm. Paul Thompson compares Anglo-Saxon and Norman kit and tactics. Free, but book by emailing [email protected] or calling 024 7637 6158.

Hands On History: Lacemaking and Textiles, Nuneaton Museum, 11am to 3:30pm. Handle samplers, bonnets and local lacework up close. Free, just drop in; children need an adult with them.

African Drumming Workshop, Nuneaton Library, 2pm. A free workshop on call-and-response rhythms.

Ska Day Party, The Silk Mill, 3pm to 8pm (last entry 5pm, 18+). An afternoon of ska from every era, Jamaica to 2-Tone. Tickets £12.50 to £22.50 on Fatsoma, and they're going fast.

Boro at home, 3pm. Nuneaton Town take on Belper Town. More in the Boro bit below.

Harvest Festival, St James Church, Weddington, from 10am. Services for all ages across St James and St Nicolas.

Midlands Textile Forum exhibition, Nuneaton Museum, on until Sat 7 Nov. Details

Thu 29 and Fri 30 Oct: free half-term make and takes. Children's crafts from the council over half-term. Details

Fri 30 Oct: Funhouse Comedy Club, Bedworth Civic Hall. Doors 7:15pm, first act 8pm, late bar till 11:30pm. Ages 14+, under-18s with a paying adult. Book

Sat 31 Oct: Nuneaton Fireworks, Nuneaton Rugby Club, Liberty Way. It's back for Halloween night. Times and tickets still to be announced. Save the date

Sun 1 Nov: Nuneaton Indie Market, town centre. Makers, bakers and crafters, first Sunday of every month until December. Details

Sat 7 Nov: Make a firework (the quiet kind), Nuneaton Museum, 11am to 3:30pm. Free drop-in make and take for kids; donations welcome. Details

Open: Grayson's, Grayson Place, Abbey Street. The college's training restaurant opened on 13 October in the old Co-op building, with students cooking for up to 50 diners. Lunch Tuesday to Friday, Thursday evenings too; book on 024 7624 3184. CoventryLive

Closed for a makeover: Ego, the Cedar Tree, Avenue Road. Shut since 5 October for a refurb, aiming to reopen on the final weekend of October. CoventryLive

Closing: British Heart Foundation, All Saints Square, Bedworth. The Bedworth shop is on the BHF's list of 150 stores to close. The Stratford Street shop in Nuneaton closed last month. CoventryLive

32 more homes off Higham Lane. The borough council has approved phase three of Persimmon's Eaton Place: 2 to 4-bed houses, all with EV chargers and solar panels. The developer says the wider site will reach 400+ homes, with over £778,000 going to local sport, schools and libraries from this phase. Persimmon / TheBusinessDesk

Patching up Bedworth's empty buildings. Cabinet has signed off how to spend £1.5m of Pride in Place money. In Bedworth that includes £40,000 for a new roof on the old bank at All Saints Square, £120,000 on the market toilets and £7,000 for lighting in Miners Welfare Park. CoventryLive

New council homes in Bedworth named after a mining survivor. Pearson Place on Armson Road has 15 new homes, named after Bert Pearson, who was found alive after the 1915 Exhall Colliery fire. NBBC

Still waiting on an accessible home. A Bedworth man paralysed in 2022 has his home and his grant but no date yet for the adaptations. The council says the case is still active. BBC News

Know a local hero? Nominations for the borough's Civic Honours are open now. NBBC news

Comedy in Bedworth. Funhouse brings three acts to the Civic Hall on Fri 30 Oct, with the headliner finishing about 10:15pm. Bedworth Civic Hall

Dinner with a side of homework. Grayson's does a fine-dining evening on Thursdays, 6:45pm to 9:30pm (last orders 7:15pm). Booking strongly advised. CoventryLive

Halloween bangs. Fireworks at the Rugby Club on Sat 31 Oct; details to follow. Nuneaton RFC

Last time out: Rugby Borough 0-2 Nuneaton Town (Sat 10 Oct), with goals from Atem and Stretton. That's three league wins on the bounce after a 3-1 over Loughborough Students and a 2-1 over Boston Town. Football Web Pages

Next up: Nuneaton Town v Belper Town, Sat 17 Oct, 3pm at home, then away at Barwell on Mon 19 Oct (7:45pm). Nuneaton Town FC

Bedworth United hammered Bourne Town 6-1 on 10 Oct and drew 1-1 with Carlton Town on Tuesday. They're at Sutton Coldfield Town on Saturday. Football Web Pages

What a home costs here. The average house price in Nuneaton and Bedworth was £228,000 in July (provisional), up 1.6% on a year earlier. First-time buyers paid £206,000 on average, and the average private rent was £925 a month in August. ONS

Building Safety, Compliance and Assurance Administrator, Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council. Full time, £30,515 to £32,046. Closes 26 Oct. Apply

Nursing Associate, Scrub & Recovery Theatres, George Eliot Hospital. Part time, 19 hours, £28,392 to £31,157 pro rata. Closes 23 Oct (may close early). NHS Jobs

Nursery Room Leader, Bermuda Park Nursery. Full time, from £29,000 FTE; permanent and maternity-cover posts. Closes 23 Oct. NB Leisure Trust

Nursery Nurse, Bermuda Park Nursery. 25 to 40 hours a week, from £27,000 FTE. Closes 23 Oct. NB Leisure Trust