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  1. Video: Your 50-second weather forecastpublished at 07:31 British Summer Time 8 October 2018

    Rich Davis
    BBC Weather presenter

    It should be a dry day with some cloud, but also some sunny spells with highs of 17C (63F).

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    Latest weather for the West Midlands

  2. Body found in search for missing kayakerpublished at 07:31 British Summer Time 8 October 2018

    Alistair Collier, 60, had not been seen since the start of a race off the Dorset coast on Saturday.

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  3. Man dies in M6 crashpublished at 07:21 British Summer Time 8 October 2018

    A man has died after a crash involving four vehicles on the M6 in Warwickshire.

    The motorway is currently closed northbound between J2 and J3 to allow for an investigation, police said.

    The man, in his 40s, was pronounced dead at the scene, said Warwickshire Police.

    The motorway is likely to be closed for some time, it said.

  4. Overturned vehicle closes M6 lanespublished at 07:13 British Summer Time 8 October 2018

    BBC News Travel

    An overturned vehicle has closed two lanes of the M6 northbound at J4 for Coleshill in Warwickshire.

    The lanes are closed at the point where traffic merges from the M42.

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  5. Live updates for the West Midlandspublished at 07:07 British Summer Time 8 October 2018

    Vanessa Pearce
    BBC News

    Welcome to our live service for Monday.

    We'll be bringing you all the news, sport, travel and weather for the West Midlands.

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