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  1. Power restored after substation firepublished at 07:52 British Summer Time 5 August 2019

    Power has been restored to Coventry residents affected by a fire at an electrical substation.

    FireImage source, West Midlands Fire Service

    Part of Foleshill Road was closed to traffic while crews dealt with the blaze on Sunday.

    Western Power Distribution said power was restored by 23:00.

  2. Video: Your 50-second weather forecastpublished at 07:26 British Summer Time 5 August 2019

    Rich Davis
    BBC Weather presenter

    Early cloud should clear leaving a mostly sunny day with some scattered showers and highs of 20C (68F).

    Media caption,

    Latest weather for the West Midlands

  3. Crews fighting factory firepublished at 07:14 British Summer Time 5 August 2019

    A fire has broken out in a factory in Wednesbury.

    About 40 firefighters are at the scene on Alma Street.

    Crews were called to the unit shortly after 06:00.

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  4. Crash causing M6 congestionpublished at 07:07 British Summer Time 5 August 2019

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    A crash has closed two lanes of the M6 northbound in Warwickshire at J3.

    It happened in the roadworks area close to the Bedworth bypass.

    There's two miles of queuing traffic in the area.

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  5. Live updates for the West Midlandspublished at 07:00 British Summer Time 5 August 2019

    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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