BBC broadcaster Lynn Bowles will today officially receive an honorary Master of Arts degree from Coventry University in recognition of her services to broadcasting.

The BBC Radio 2 travel presenter left the network in March and the degree was announced on Chris Evans's breakfast show. The university is her alma mater.

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Alan Rusbridger, who spent 20 years as editor of the Guardian newspaper, was honoured by the university at a ceremony on Monday.

BBC News Travel

An overturned lorry is blocking the A5 in Warwickshire, just before the A426 Gibbet roundabout.

Both carriageways are currently blocked, says Warwickshire police.

Drivers are being advised to seek alternative routes.

A Spitfire restoration group from Stoke-on-Trent is calling for the designer of the WWII aircraft to be the face of the new £50 note.

The Bank of England is looking for nominations until next month and says it wants a scientist to feature.

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The group described Reginald Mitchell, who was born in Talke, Staffordshire, as a "great, great visionary".

Mitchell died in 1937, aged 42.

Coventry Live

From Coventry Live:

• Coventry 'blighted' by rising number of empty homes, external
• Man fights for life after trying to stop van robbers in Coventry, external
• The astonishing amount Warwick University is worth to Coventry, external

A man suffered serious injuries to his face in an assault at the weekend, police say.

Officers were called to reports of a fight between two men on Haunchwood Road, Nuneaton, near the Texaco garage at about 16:00 on Saturday.

The 30-year-old's injuries are not believed to be life-threatening, says the Warwickshire force.

Minor injuries units at two community hospitals are to be closed temporarily.

Senior nursing staff from the units in Ross and Leominster will spend the next five months helping out at County Hospital in Hereford instead.

Wye Valley NHS Trust says it's closing the units to ensure safe services for patients needing urgent care.

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The strategy also includes a new 24-bed ward at County Hospital which is set to open before Christmas.

All other services at the community hospitals in Ross and Leominister will continue to operate as normal.

Express and Star

From the Express and Star:

• Daughter's plea for answers 45 years after mother's death, external
• Taxi firms merger will create 100 jobs to tackle Uber, external
• Two schools have expansion plans scrapped - and five more face delays, external

Local Democracy Reporting Service

Hopes Birmingham's "Floozy in the Jacuzzi" fountain could flow once more have been revived thanks to a £5m pot for the city centre.

City council leader Ian Ward confirmed it was still the "ambition" for the water to be turned on at the Victoria Square landmark.

The fountain, actually named The River but dubbed the "Floozy" by locals, was dogged by leaks and costly repairs, resulting in it being turned off in 2013 and then transformed into an elaborate flower display two years after that.

The money has been secured by West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) from the Government’s Transforming Cities Fund.

Emergency work is being carried out today by volunteers on the River Stour at Stourport to remove dumped shopping trolleys.

There are concerns they're preventing migrating fish - such as salmon - from travelling along the river.

Last year the species was reported to be back in the once polluted water.

A centre collecting donations for children hurt in a house fire says it's been "overwhelmed" with household goods.

A five-year-old boy was left in a critical but stable condition after the blaze on 15 November in Wentworth Road, Rugby.

A girl of eight, a 10-year-old boy and a woman believed to be the children's mother have also been in hospital receiving treatment for burns.

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Rugby-based Benn Partnership Centre has now asked the public to "hold back" on further donations of household items until it has a clearer idea of what the four need.

A 21-year-old man arrested on suspicion of arson has been released on police bail while enquiries continue, says Warwickshire Police.

Two brothers found guilty of shooting dead a man in his car are due to be sentenced today.

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Anib Khan, 23, was caught on CCTV firing into 22-year-old Taimoor Zaheer's car in Handsworth, Birmingham, on 22 May.

Khan and his brother Harras Khan, 25, both of Crompton Road, Handsworth, were found guilty of murder at Birmingham Crown Court.

Anib Khan's girlfriend, Nahima Begum, 24, who drove him to Dover, was found guilty of assisting an offender.

All three are due be sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court later.

A couple from Warwickshire whose son died from a brain tumour will have his story highlighted in Westminster today.

Stephen Realf, a trainee RAF pilot from Rugby, died in 2014 when he was 26.

He's featured in a new report being presented by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Brain Tumours.

Among its recommendations are for more to be done to reduce the financial burden for people with brain tumours and their families.

The report suggests the incapacitating nature of the condition can see patients faced with costs ranging from loss of income to higher domestic bills and expensive home modifications.

Rich Davis
BBC Weather presenter

It will be a cloudy day with some showers around and feeling cold with highs of 6C (43F).

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John Broadhurst denies murdering his girlfriend after allegedly engaging in "rough sex" with her.

We'll be back with our usual mix of news, sport, travel and weather from 07:00 tomorrow, but keep an eye out here for more updates this evening and into the morning.

Local Democracy Reporting Service
Kerry Ashdown

Bollards have returned to a town's high street after several months’ absence, but concerns have been raised that a driver could hit them or that they could be stolen.

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Stone Town Council's had called for the return of the bollards to top of High Street since May to protect pedestrians, but Staffordshire County Council cut the £3,000 funding it paid to raise and lower them.

Now, the town council's agreed to meet half of the operating costs with Stafford Boorugh Council paying the rest and the bollards returned earlier this month.

However, Councillor Jill Hood warned the latest town council meeting that motorists could hit them as "they're not visible at all" and, as there are no padlocks on them, someone's already been caught trying to lift them out.

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BBC News

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of modern slavery, external offences after police raids.

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Two buildings on Lowesmoor, Worcester, were searched on Friday evening with police saying they were tipped off by the local community.

Officers say they were told that victims who'd recently arrived in the UK were being exploited.

The men, a 40-year-old from West Bromwich and a 56-year-old from Worcester, have since been released under investigation.

Staffordshire Live

A few of the stories appearing on the Staffordshire Live website this afternoon:

• Parents of teen killed after fight outside McDonald's say they can't celebrate Christmas, external
• Former Staffordshire pub branded an 'eyesore' to help autistic children, external
• Last ditch attempt to stop fast-food outlet's opening 24 hours, external

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You've been having your say on the news that disabled Shropshire teenager Abby Cappleman and her assistance dog were refused by concert staff to sit in seats they'd booked to see TV's Supervet, in case people had allergies.

Birmingham Arena has "apologised unreservedly" after the 18-year-old from Telford, her mother and dog had to sit in isolation at the back to watch Noel Fitzpatrick's show.

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Joe Dempsey tweeted to call the teenager's criticism "ridiculous", external, adding: 'Me and my family regularly attend shows and venues provide dedicated booking lines and accessible seating for disabled guests! We've never feel "isolated"!'

Pam Morton agreed on the BBC Midlands Facebook page, external: "When booking seats, she should have stated that she had an assistance dog and given evidence to support it. Then she would have been allocated seating in disabled bays, which is what ultimately happened to her."

But Paula Gorman posted, external: "Shame on venue staff for treating their guests this way. I’d have been more than happy to sit beside them."

While Nicola Watson added:, external "If someone was allergic to dogs and saw they were going to have to sit near a dog then they should ask to be moved. They can't make the person with a service dog move out of her seat, it's not her problem someone is allergic."