Our coverage across the daypublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 23 May 2016
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Updates on Monday 23 May 2016
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Our coverage across the daypublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 23 May 2016
Lucky escape after microlight suffers heavy landingpublished at 17:54 British Summer Time 23 May 2016
Two men escaped serious injury after their microlight came down heavily as it landed at Long Marston yesterday.
The ambulance service said it was called to the airfield and found one man had suffered a wrist injury and both had minor cuts and bruising.
Image source, West Midlands Ambulance ServiceWarwickshire drivers failing drugs swab testpublished at 17:47 British Summer Time 23 May 2016
Of 43 people tested at road traffic collisions in Warwickshire since the start of March, 16 people tested positive for drugs.
The county council is highlighting the numbers in a campaign aimed at 18-24 year-old male drivers.
Image source, PAThe figures show 12 people tested positive for cannabis, four for cocaine and two had both in their bloodstream.
Watch: Latest weather for Coventry and Warwickshirepublished at 17:39 British Summer Time 23 May 2016
Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenterAny evening showers will ease off soon after dusk leaving a cool and clear night with lows of 8C (46F).
Family trying to 'come to terms' with mum's death in transporter crashpublished at 17:31 British Summer Time 23 May 2016
The family of Rachael Martin, killed when she was struck by a transporter in Stratford, is trying to "come to terms with their loss", police say.
Her five-year-old daughter is in a stable condition after suffering serious pelvic injuries in the collision. Her seven year-old daughter was unhurt.
Image source, Warwickshire PoliceGaming tech shows text-and-drive riskpublished at 17:15 British Summer Time 23 May 2016
Police are using gaming technology to simulate the hazards of driving while texting on a mobile phone.
Central Motorway Police Group in the West Midlands has fitted a car with the equipment and is inviting motorists to see for themselves how dangerous it can be.
Media caption, Gaming tech shows risks of using phones behind the wheel
It marks the start of a nationwide police campaign to clamp down on the illegal use of phones behind the wheel.
BBC reporter Joanne Writtle was among the first to try out the simulator.
Latest news: Transporter crash victim named; Coventry man arrested on suspicion of terrorism offencespublished at 17:06 British Summer Time 23 May 2016
Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local LiveThese are some of our headlining stories in the newsroom today:
- Police name woman who was killed in a collision with a car transporter
- Coventry man questioned by police on suspicion of Syria-related terrorism offences
- Serious delays on M6 after coach fire closes carriageway
Coventry universities both rank in national 'top 15'published at 16:59 British Summer Time 23 May 2016
The University of Warwick has been ranked 9th overall in the UK in the Guardian newspaper's annual league table. , external
Coventry University comes in at 15th and retains its position as the top-placed post-92 institution.
Image source, University of Warwick / Coventry UniversityWatch: Dashcam shows lorry ploughing into carspublished at 16:53 British Summer Time 23 May 2016
Police have released dashcam footage of the moment a lorry causes a six-vehicle crash in Stratford.
Driver Martin Gibson, 54 of Bathurst Road, Gloucester pleaded guilty to five counts of dangerous driving at Warwick Crown Court on Friday 20 May and was sentenced to 15 months in prison.
He was in an articulated lorry on the A46 northbound in May last year when it crashed into a car, causing a multiple-vehicle collision. Drivers of the cars were left with "serious injuries", police say.
Media caption, Dashcam shows lorry ploughing into cars in Stratford
Coventry University garden set to open at Chelseapublished at 16:45 British Summer Time 23 May 2016
Biomechanics experts from Coventry University are set to give guests at the Chelsea Flower Show a workout with a state-of-the-art showcase of how gardening can be healthy.
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End of twitter postM6 coach fire: Passengers assessed at scenepublished at 16:37 British Summer Time 23 May 2016
The fire service says all passengers were able to get off the double decker coach on the M6 before the fire took hold.
They have two ambulances, a paramedic area support officer and a senior paramedic officer at the scene.
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End of twitter postTravel: Traffic released on M6 northboundpublished at 16:36 British Summer Time 23 May 2016
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End of twitter postInvestigation into fly infestationpublished at 16:32 British Summer Time 23 May 2016
Here's more on our earlier story:
Rugby Borough Council says it's working with residents to try to identify the source of a mystery infestation of flies affecting a "very widespread" area.
Sean Lawson, head of environmental health, says officers have visited a number of commercial business and agricultural premises, "none of which have provided any sources for this number of flies" he said.
M6 remains closed after coach firepublished at 16:12 British Summer Time 23 May 2016
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End of twitter postM6 coach firepublished at 15:58 British Summer Time 23 May 2016
Police say there are no injuries in the coach fire that's closed the M6 northbound.
The carriageway remains closed.
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End of twitter postTravel: M6 vehicle firepublished at 15:42 British Summer Time 23 May 2016
BBC TravelA vehicle on fire is blocking the M6 northbound in Warwickshire between J3 for A444 and M6, J3a for Coleshill.
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End of twitter postTeenager crashes down quarry embankmentpublished at 15:21 British Summer Time 23 May 2016
Alec Blackman
BBC Coventry & WarwickshireA teenage cyclist's being treated for head and shoulder injuries after crashing down an embankment near Nuneaton, external, says the ambulance service.
It happened at Judkins Quarry at Tuttle Hill just before 18:00 yesterday.
A spokesperson said the 14-year-old fell, went into some rock and hit a tree.
Woman killed in transporter crash namedpublished at 15:03 British Summer Time 23 May 2016
A woman who died in a collision with a car transporter in Stratford last week has been named by police as 29-year-old Rachael Martin, external from Elm Road in the town.
A five-year-old girl, who suffered serious pelvic injuries in the incident in Western Road on Friday, remains in a stable condition in Birmingham Children's Hospital.
A seven-year-old girl, who was walking with them both, was uninjured.
Travel: Lane blocked on M42published at 14:51 British Summer Time 23 May 2016
BBC TravelA broken-down vehicle is blocking one lane of the M42 southbound between J7, M6 and J6, A45 (Birmingham Airport).
Seven bidders in running as Tata deadline loomspublished at 14:35 British Summer Time 23 May 2016
Formal bids for Tata Steel's operations in the UK have to be submitted today.
Up to seven offers are expected to be made for the firm which employs just under 800 people here in the West Midlands.
Image source, Getty ImagesTata put its British business up for sale in March.
It's losing an average of £1m a day because of collapsing steel prices. The timetable for the sale is unclear.