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Updates from Friday 7 October 2016
Moira Rawlings
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
An 85-year-old woman was rescued after getting trapped inside her Nuneaton bungalow during a kitchen fire.
Emergency crews were called at 16:15 yesterday where they found the woman on the floor but still conscious.
Damage was minimal and the woman was put in the care of the ambulance staff.
The fire is thought to have started by a hot container on the kitchen worktop.
More details have emerged over the tragic death of Stratford-upon-Avon man Trevor Priest who drowned on a family holiday in Cornwall last Tuesday, external.
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
A man was left with serious head and facial injuries after being assaulted, external in Arley in the early hours of yesterday morning.
Police say a 27-year-old man from Coventry has been arrested in connection with the attack on Gun Hill at about 03:20.
They say it's thought the suspect and victim, 45, know each other.
Lucy Martin
BBC Weather
A quiet, dry night with some patchy cloud and lows of 10C (50F).
Latest weather forecast
Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live
Here's a recap of our main stories today:
- Coventry bus crash: Memorial mass held for two victims
- Five-vehicle crash causes severe delays on M42 northbound
- Takeaway ham and cheese pizzas 'contained no ham and no cheese'
Tony Mowbray's resignation was an inspiration behind Coventry's first league win, says caretaker boss Mark Venus.
Read MoreThe crash on the northbound section of the M42 involved one lorry, three vans and a car, the fire service says. Drivers suffered only minor injuries.
Two lanes remain closed between J5 and J6 for recovery work.
BBC Travel is reporting congestion to J3a M40.
Image source, West Midlands Fire ServiceA man who was jailed for the manslaughter, external of a popular young man from Nuneaton is set to lose his home.
The transport secretary, Chris Grayling, claims Coventry will benefit from HS2.
He says the planned high speed rail line through Warwickshire to Birmingham will ease congestion on existing routes.
Speaking at the Conservative party conference in Birmingham he said that by taking fast trains off the West Coast Main Line "you create more capacity for trains to places like Milton Keynes, Northampton and Coventry".
Image source, HS2 LtdFormer Ipswich defender Jamie Clapham is appointed first-team coach at Barnsley on an initial short-term basis.
Read MoreThe subway and public footpath from Leamington Spa station to the Warwick District car park will be closed from today for around 18 months for development works.
Drivers are warned that the car park is also closed, resulting in around 70 fewer spaces.
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Profits halved last year at one of Coventry’s biggest employers before it went into administration, leaving 800 staff and their families with uncertain futures, external.
Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live
Flowers and toys have been left at the scene of the Coventry bus crash that killed seven-year-old Rowan Fitzgerald a year ago.
One message reads: "We were side by side until the end. You weren't just my cousin, you were my best friend."
Another said: "If tears could build a stairway, and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven, and bring you home again."
Rowan was a passenger on the double decker that crashed into a supermarket on October 3 last year. Pedestrian Dora Hancox, in her 70s, also died.
BBC Travel
Two accidents are affecting travel on the M42, both north and southbound.
Both are between J5, (Solihull) and J6 for Birmingham Airport.
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More big distribution warehouses are likely to be built in the West Midlands despite the threat of Brexit, according to a leading businessman.
Former head of the British Chambers of Commerce, David Frost, said they're essential to keeping goods moving whether Britain was in the European Union or not - and the region would be the heart of the system.
West Midlands tipped for more big distribution warehouses
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire Sport
Coventry City supporter groups will join Charlton fans to protest at the way both clubs are being run to try to convince owners to sell.
The Sky Blue Trust, PSB and Cov Fans Together say they've united to form the Fight the Jimmy Hill Way Alliance, and will join Charlton's own protest group, the Coalition Against Roland Duchatelet (CARD) on a march prior to the away game on 15 October.
Image source, Getty ImagesA spokesperson for the Alliance said: “The prospect of two sets of rival supporters working together is rare."
Iain Carter
Golf Correspondent
Ryder Cup rookies like Nuneaton's Andy Sullivan are going to become stronger players after losing to the United States in the Ryder Cup.
This has been a team of generational change for the Europeans.
Six rookies is always going to be an awful lot, but they will become stronger players because of it.
Chris Wood and Andy Sullivan are players who will be much stronger for the experience and, providing their careers stay on the same trajectory, they will be there in Paris.
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Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has announced £12m funding for the transport component of the "Midlands Engine" - the growth-focused aim of the Midlands Connect project that sees collaboration between councils, enterprise and government over investment opportunities.
One option proposes infrastructure improvements between Coventry and Leamington Spa to enable improved direct national rail access to Birmingham Airport and Coventry from cities such as Oxford, Reading, Derby, Leeds, York and Newcastle.
Image source, Midlands ConnectQuote MessageMidlands Connect is making great progress to build evidence of the region's transport needs and help make the Midlands an engine for growth and I am pleased to make this commitment to funding their work."
Chris Grayling MP, Transport Secretary
Lucy Martin
BBC Weather
Sunny spells and light winds this afternoon with top temperatures of 16C (61F).
The weather for the West Midlands.
A special mass will be held today in memory of a seven-year-old boy killed in a bus crash in Coventry.
Passenger Rowan Fitzgerald died when the double decker in which he was travelling crashed into a supermarket last October. Dora Hancox, a pedestrian in her 70s, was also killed.
The memorial mass is at Rowan's school, St Anthony's Primary in Leamington Spa.
Head teacher Jayne McSharry said it would be a "quiet mass to allow us to think about Rowan, and think about hope for the future".
