Updates on Friday 17 June 2016
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Image source, Nuneaton NewsPoliticians from across Coventry and Warwickshire have been paying tribute to the Yorkshire MP, Jo Cox, who died yesterday after being attacked in her constituency.
Leader of Coventry City Council, George Duggins, said the incident "strikes at the heart of democracy".
"I don't know how to articulate my feelings" he said, "it's just a huge sense of sadness".
"I think the only word that springs to mind is 'futility'."
Nadhim Zahawi, MP for Stratford, tweeted his reaction to the death:
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A barbecue thrown at a train near Coventry, external left passengers "distressed" and caused service delays lasting three and a half hours, British Transport Police said.
The metal device was thrown from a bridge and hit the train as it passed through the Dunbar Avenue/Holbrook Way area of the city just before 18:50 on Tuesday. It became wedged underneath the London Midland Service and was dragged along the track as the driver applied the emergency brake.
Image source, British Transport PoliceSgt Robert Bowley, in charge of the investigation, said "the consequences could have been so much worse".
"The people on the train were left shaken", he continued, "and were fortunate not to have been injured."
A warning for heavy rain has been issued for the south Warwickshire, external area this afternoon.
The Met Office says it could cause some localised flooding and disrupton to travel, as well as the additional hazard of lightning.
Image source, Met OfficeA man has been re-sentenced for murdering two British tourists in Florida five years ago.
Shawn Tyson was found guilty of killing friends James Cooper, 25, of Hampton Lucy, Warwickshire, and James Kouzaris, 24, from Northampton, in April 2011.
Image source, APCircuit Judge Charles E Roberts told the Florida court Tyson "killed in cold blood two men who posed no threat".
Tyson's earlier conviction was thrown out in 2014 because he was 16 when the crime was committed. He has been sentenced to two life terms.
A flood warning has been issued for the River Cole in Coleshill from Cole End to Coleshill Industrial Estate.
The Environment Agency has also issued four flood alerts , external for the rivers Cole, Tame, Anker and Blythe.
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Two men have been taken to hospital after being injured in the collision in Kingsbury , externalthis morning, says the ambulance service.
The driver of a van, a man in his 50s, had to be released by fire crews. He's been taken to Heartlands Hospital.
A man believed to be in his 40s, who was driving a car and described as "walking wounded", has been taken to George Eliot hospital.
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BBC Midlands Today
Heavy rain yesterday evening and overnight caused flash flooding in parts of Birmingham and the Black Country, Coventry and Staffordshire.
Many roads were flooded and the area's fire services took hundreds of calls about the impact of the bad weather.
There are several Environment Agency flood warnings and alerts in place, external for parts of the West Midlands this morning.
Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live
These are some of the stories we're looking at today:
- A man has been re-sentenced for murdering two British tourists in Florida five years ago.
- Warnings of heavy downpours and flooding issued for south Warwickshire
- Leader of Coventry council 'outraged' at murder of Jo Cox MP
Lucy Martin
BBC Weather
A misty start with some patchy cloud but a brighter afternoon with sunny spells.
There's the risk of catching a heavy isolated shower from late morning through the afternoon with top temperatures of 19C (66F).
BBC Travel
One lane is closed on the entry slip road of the M42 northbound at J9, M6 Toll (Curdworth), because of a shed load.
Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live
The police have just given me some more details about the crash in Kingsbury this morning.
They were called just before 07:00 to a collision involving two cars and one van.
One driver had to be released from a vehicle.
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BBC Travel
London Midland is warning of delayed services after problems with a broken-down train earlier.
A replacement bus service was in use for a time.
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BBC Travel
Trinity Road in Kingsbury is closed at the A51 Tamworth Road junction because of an accident.
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Two lanes are closed and slow traffic on the A45 Fletchamstead Highway in Coventry at the Broad lane junction because of an accident.
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BBC Travel
An accident involving a lorry has closed two lanes of the M69 southbound between J2, B4669 (Burbage) and J1, A5 (Hinckley).
Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live
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