BBC Local Live: Coventry & Warwickshire on Friday 29 July 2016

Summary

Father wants Apple to unlock murdered son's laptop
Man arrested after overnight roof stand-off
Wasps training centre set for approval
Updates from Friday 29 July 2016

Live Reporting

Ghanan boy recovering after serious operationpublished at 14:46 British Summer Time 27 July 2016
Stratford Herald
A three year old Ghanan boy has had his lifesaving surgery to repair the hole in his abdominal wall , externaland is now recovering on an intensive therapy unit (ITU).
Ethan Suglo was born with an exomphalos, meaning when he was born his gastric organs were outside of his body.
Image source, ETHAN'S LIFESAVING SURGERY
Without the operation, Ethan would have been unlikely to live past the age of five.
Dr David Williams, a GP in Shipston, met Ethan and his family whilst visiting his daughter Laura, who spent a year volunteering in Ghana, teaching with Project Trust.
Call to reduce rents and rates for shopspublished at 14:25 British Summer Time 27 July 2016
There's a call for rents and rates to be reduced to encourage more shops back to Nuneaton.
The town's MP, Marcus Jones, wants a new plan to attract more shops and investment.
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Empty shops in Nuneaton
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Having Marcus Jones as the Minister for the high street hopefully they can use Marcus Jones's influence in getting the government to give these councils a chance to reduce the rents and the rates on the shops to encourage other businesses to come in and fill these shops up.
Bob Sidhu, Nuneaton Markets Group
'Nightmare' neighbour bannedpublished at 14:20 British Summer Time 27 July 2016
Nuneaton News
A nightmare neighbour has been banned from going near certain council homes in Nuneaton, external following a landmark civil injunction.
Image source, Nuneaton News
Festival attracts record numberspublished at 13:53 British Summer Time 27 July 2016
More than 30,000 people attended this year's Warwick Folk Festival according to figures released by the organisers.
They say it was a record-breaking event bringing in thousands of people and 165 acts.
Image source, John Wright Studio
Dick Dixon, Festival Director said: "Everything ran smoothly and with the sun shining, it was great to see so many families and visitors with big smiles on their faces soaking up the atmosphere and enjoying a fantastic range of musical acts and events”.
Resignation call for race row councillorpublished at 13:35 British Summer Time 27 July 2016
A councillor who said non-English speakers were "taking over" the country and should "go home" will be asked to step down.
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M6: Lane closed northboundpublished at 13:30 British Summer Time 27 July 2016
BBC Travel
One lane is closed and there's slow traffic on the M6 northbound between J5, A452 (Castle Bromwich) and J6 A38(M) Aston Expressway, because of a broken down vehicle, BBC Travel news reports.
Chimp's new lease of life thanks to Twycross Zoo staffpublished at 13:27 British Summer Time 27 July 2016
Nuneaton News
A chimpanzee has been given another chance at life, external thanks to the efforts of the chief executive of Twycross Zoo.
Doctor, doctorpublished at 13:08 British Summer Time 27 July 2016
Shocking British Transport Police video shows dangers of trespassing on the railwaypublished at 12:54 British Summer Time 27 July 2016
Coventry Telegraph
Officers are urgently warning youngsters not to use railway lines as playgrounds, external during the long school holiday.
Latest: Dangers of trespassing on railways highlighted; Folk Festival breaks recordspublished at 12:43 British Summer Time 27 July 2016
Here are some of our top stories this lunchtime:
- West Midlands Police say trespassing on rail lines rose by 13% last summer
- A special meeting is being held calling for 'race row' councillor Glenn Williams to step down
- Warwick Folk Festival attracted more than 30,000 people this year - breaking previous records
M6 delays and stationary traffic near Tamworthpublished at 12:29 British Summer Time 27 July 2016
BBC Travel
There's slow traffic and two lanes closed on the M6 southbound between J10a M54 and J10, A454 (Wolverhampton), because of a vehicle fire, BBC Travel news reports.
The A453 in Tamworth is blocked with stationary traffic in both directions at Bassetts Pole Island, because of an accident and recovery work.
Politics: Rugby MP becomes PPS for work and pensions secretarypublished at 12:24 British Summer Time 27 July 2016
MP for Rugby Mark Pawsey has been made Parliamentary Private Secretary to the new Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Damian Green.
He said he was looking forward to help deliver a "welfare state that works for everyone".
Image source, Mark Pawsey
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Within the DWP (Department for Work and Pensions) the Conservative government has committed to deliver major reforms to place fairness at the heart of the welfare system
Mark Pawsey, New PPS to the work and pensions secretary
Drones in plane near misses every weekpublished at 12:09 British Summer Time 27 July 2016
A near miss between a drone and an aircraft over UK airspace is reported more than once a week, new figures show.
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Warning about trespassing on rail linespublished at 11:57 British Summer Time 27 July 2016
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Calls for councillor to resignpublished at 11:40 British Summer Time 27 July 2016
An extraordinary meeting of Coventry city Council, external has been arranged to call for a councillors resignation after he suggested people who do not speak English should go home.
Glenn Williams resigned from the Conservative Party and is now an independent councillor for the Bablake ward.
Image source, Coventry City Council
The leader of Coventry city council, George Duggins, and others have called a special meeting of the full council next Wednesday, 3rd August, calling for him to resign his seat.
The meeting is also to re-allocate Glenn Williams' seats on the planning and health and scrutiny committees with immediate affect.
Tests for potentially dangerous chemicalpublished at 11:24 British Summer Time 27 July 2016
A number of products seized in raids are being tested for a chemical that can lead to several health problems.
The raids, by trading standards officers in Coventry, follow an investigation by BBC Coventry and Warwickshire into premises that were selling illegal skin bleaching products.
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We visited fourteen premises and found three of those to be selling products containing hydroquinone, which is a banned substance under the Cosmetic Product Regulations.
Alan Harwood, Coventry Trading Standards
Elderly woman missing since Mondaypublished at 11:09 British Summer Time 27 July 2016
Police in Rugby are growing increasingly worried for an 87-year-old woman who's been missing since Monday., external
They were alerted when Olga Marujo failed to answer a regular, daily phone call.
The police say she suffers with dementia but is fit and active and it's out of character for her to go missing.
Image source, West Midlands Police
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Olga Marujo
Latest: Raids in search of illegal skin bleaching products; call for action over suspected child abusepublished at 10:54 British Summer Time 27 July 2016
Paul Marriott
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
Here are some of our top stories this morning:
- Trading Standards in Coventry have raided premises suspected of selling illegal skin bleaching products
- West Midlands police have called for action over suspected child abuse
- The MP for Nuneaton and Minister for the High Street, Marcus Jones, is calling for more to be done to regenerate town centres
Sexism row over school uniformpublished at 10:40 British Summer Time 27 July 2016
Coventry Telegraph
A sexism storm has hit Coventry’s two most exclusive schools after the organisation which runs them moved to tell sixth form pupils to start wearing uniforms, external.
Image source, Coventry Telegraph
Durham v Warwickshirepublished at 10:21 British Summer Time 27 July 2016
Listen to BBC local radio commentary as Durham face Warwickshire in the One-Day Cup.
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