BBC Local Live: Birmingham & the Black Country on Thursday 5 May 2016

Summary

Updates for Thursday 5 May 2016
More news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 Friday

Live Reporting

M6 southbound re-opens: Delays expectedpublished at 08:37 British Summer Time 5 May 2016
Stephanie Barnard
BBC Local Live
Drivers on the M6 southbound are warned to expect severe delays after an earlier accident. Queues are going back to J10a M54.
Highways England says the carriageway is now fully open but it will take some time to clear congestion.
This Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on Twitter
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
Skip twitter post
Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
End of twitter post
Weather: Warm day aheadpublished at 08:20 British Summer Time 5 May 2016
Alexandra Hamilton
BBC Weather
After a cool start, today will be another dry and warm day with some good spells of sunshine.
The sunshine will possibly turn hazy at times due to a little high cloud, with highs of 18C (64F).
Media caption,
Latest weather for the West Midlands
Severe delays on the M6 southboundpublished at 08:08 British Summer Time 5 May 2016
BBC Travel
One lane is closed on the M6 southbound between J6 A38(M) Spaghetti Junction and J5, A452 (Castle Bromwich), because of an accident.
Travel time is reported to be over 90 minutes with severe congestion in the area.
This Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on Twitter
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
Skip twitter post
Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
End of twitter post
Good morning: Live updates for Birmingham and the Black Countrypublished at 08:00 British Summer Time 5 May 2016
Stephanie Barnard
BBC Local Live
I'm in the BBC WM newsroom bringing you the latest news, sport, travel and weather for Birmingham and the Black Country.
If you see something happening in your local area which you think we should be covering, email us, tweet @bbcwm, external or reach us on the BBC WM Facebook page, external.