Flood warnings as rivers risepublished at 08:34 British Summer Time 14 June 2019
Flash floods and high river levels cause disruption across the West Midlands.
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Flood warnings as rivers risepublished at 08:34 British Summer Time 14 June 2019
Arson attack on car investigatedpublished at 08:16 British Summer Time 14 June 2019
A car fire in Birmingham last night is being treated as arson, say the fire service.
Image source, West Midlands Fire ServiceCrews were called to Markby Road, Winson Green, at about 12:50.
Driver rescued from flood waterpublished at 08:03 British Summer Time 14 June 2019
A driver had to be rescued by fire crews after a car became stuck in flood water at Elvers Green Lane, Knowle, yesterday evening.
Image source, West Midlands Fire ServiceLuckily, there was no-one was inside this vehicle (pictured) which became stuck in Solihull, the fire service said.
It will be left for recovery once the water has subsided.
Driver trapped as lorry leaves M6published at 07:48 British Summer Time 14 June 2019
Emergency services are working to release the driver of a lorry which went down an embankment after leaving an M6 carriageway.
Image source, Staffordshire Fire and Rescue ServiceThe northbound carriageway remains closed from J13 to J14 after a crash involving the vehicle and two cars.
Video: Your 50-second weather forecastpublished at 07:31 British Summer Time 14 June 2019
Alex Hamilton
BBC WeatherRain will gradually ease and clear with some sunny spells later and highs of 17C (63F).
Media caption, Latest weather for the West Midlands
Road reopens after crashpublished at 07:20 British Summer Time 14 June 2019
BBC News TravelThe M54 eastbound at J3 has just reopened in Shropshire after an earlier crash.
Image source, West Mercia PoliceThe eastbound carriageway was closed for a time from J4 to J3.
Delays in the area are easing.
Expect some rain during rush hourpublished at 07:13 British Summer Time 14 June 2019
Drivers are facing a rush hour of wet weather as rain's expected to sweep across most of the West Midlands.
Shropshire's forecast to get the worst of it although it's also looking like being pretty wet in parts of Staffordshire and Cheshire and elsewhere.
The Environment Agency has ten flood warnings across the region along with more than a dozen flood alerts., external
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End of twitter postThree-vehicle crash closes M6 northboundpublished at 07:05 British Summer Time 14 June 2019
BBC News TravelA crash involving a lorry and two cars has closed the M6 northbound from J13 to J14.
The road was closed from 06:40 with congestion also being reported on the diversion route along the A449 Moss Pit and Rising Brook into Stafford.
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End of twitter postLive updates for the West Midlandspublished at 07:00 British Summer Time 14 June 2019
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Flood passengers trapped on second trainpublished at 02:43 British Summer Time 14 June 2019
Heavy rain causes two trains to become stuck and leads to evacuations from a flooded village.
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Read MoreTributes to man stabbed to death in fightpublished at 19:12 British Summer Time 13 June 2019
Several men were seen running across a Coventry street "moments" before a brawl broke out.
Read MoreMan stabbed to death during fightpublished at 19:11 British Summer Time 13 June 2019
The victim, named locally as Emanuel Lukenga, was fatally stabbed in the leg in Coventry.
Read MoreYour photos: Soggy scenes after the rainpublished at 18:51 British Summer Time 13 June 2019
There's plenty of surface water around across the West Midlands from the look of the photos we're getting sent by our local BBC Weather Watchers.
These three are from users Peter Steggles in Condover, Shropshire, Mollies Meadow in Redditch, Worcestershire and Bucko in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire:
Image source, Peter Steggles
Image source, Mollies Meadow
Image source, BuckoRea Brook swollen after heavy rainpublished at 18:43 British Summer Time 13 June 2019
The Rea Brook in Shropshire's continuing to swell with all the water from the rain this week pouring into it.
Dave Throup, from the Environment Agency,says this is the situation in the village of Hook-a-Gate, near Shrewsbury, this afternoon:, external
Image source, Environment AgencyHe added it was fast-flowing as well, and that flows of 25 tonnes-per-second had been recorded.
Weekend events cancelled due to rain and floodingpublished at 18:32 British Summer Time 13 June 2019
Events this weekend are being cancelled with the bad weather, and with more rain forecast over the next couple of days.
Image source, Great Dawley Town CouncilGreat Dawley Town Council, Shropshire, has said it won't be holding its Malinslee and Dawley Bank Day in Telford on Saturday as the car park and fields are waterlogged. , external
While Wyre Forest District Council tweeted, external that the pop-up cafe planned for Saturday at Brinton Park, Kidderminster, won't be going ahead because of the rain.
Murder probe launched after body foundpublished at 18:25 British Summer Time 13 June 2019
Police say a man in his 50s was found with fatal neck injuries and a 36-year-old man was arrested.
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