BBC Local Live: Coventry & Warwickshire

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Man makes 111 nuisance police calls
Melted snow alerts drug police
Two tonnes of sand to clear motorway diesel spill
Man dies in crash
Death that led to 'murder' arrest 'not suspicious'
Updates from Friday 13 January 2017

Live Reporting

Children in two-vehicle M40 firepublished at 11:20 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2017
A crash that left a car and van on fire on the M40 this morning involved five people.
Emergency crews were called to the southbound carriageway between junctions 13 and 12 in Warwickshire shortly after 07:30.
In the car were a man, woman and two children.
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West Midlands Ambulance Service said the vehicles' occupants - including the male driver of the van - were "fortunate to escape serious injury".
Two lanes were closed, causing delays.
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Fatal M6 crash: Victims found in car on firepublished at 10:23 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2017
Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live
The ambulance service says, external the two people who died in an M6 crash in the early hours of this morning were found in a car "that had set alight".
Crews were called to the scene, near to Corley Services in Warwickshire, just before 02:15.
The southbound carriageway was closed between junction 4a for M42 and 3 at Coventry. It has since reopened.
An Ambulance Service spokesman said of the victims "unfortunately, it quickly became apparent that nothing could be done to save either of them and they were confirmed dead at the scene".
Travel: Delays follow M40 vehicles firepublished at 10:05 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2017
BBC Travel
There are still severe delays on the M40 southbound because of an earlier vehicle fire and recovery work.
Two lanes are closed and there is queuing traffic between J13, A452 (Bishop's Tachbrook) and J12, B4551 (Gaydon), with congestion to J16, A3400 (Henley in Arden).
Details on BBC Travel.
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Watch: Latest weather forecastpublished at 09:31 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2017
Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter
Rain pushing in through this morning, clearing away in the afternoon leaving some drier and brighter weather for a time with highs of 10C (50F).
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Latest weather for the West Midlands
Latest: Two die in M6 crash; vehicle fire closes M40published at 09:08 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2017
Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live
Some of the main stories we're looking at today are:
- Two die in M6 crash
- Vehicles on fire close M40 southbound
- Warwickshire PCC suggests freezing police share of council tax
Weather: 'Potential for snow' later this weekpublished at 08:46 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2017
It's already being talked about in some of the newspapers this morning, external and our BBC Weather forecaster Charlie Slater says the "rumours are true" - we could see snow later this week.
Keep up-to-date with the latest forecast for your area on the BBC Weather website.
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Vehicles on fire close M40 southboundpublished at 08:36 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2017
Four people are being treated for minor injuries at the scene of a fire involving two vehicles on the M40 southbound, the ambulance service says.
Crews were called to the crash site between junctions 13 and 12 at around 07:30 and are still at the scene.
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Travel: M6 reopens after fatal crashpublished at 08:34 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2017
BBC Travel
All lanes of the M6 southbound have reopened between J4a M42 and J3, A444 following this morning's crash that killed two people.
Highways England says delays remain in the area but should begin to ease.
Latest details on BBC Travel.
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Two die in M6 crashpublished at 08:21 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2017
Two people have died in a crash on the M6.
One vehicle was involved in the collision which occurred at about 01:50 near Corley service station in Warwickshire.
The southbound carriageway was closed between junction 4a for M42 and 3 at Coventry until about 07:15 when one lane was reopened. Diversions are in place., external
Warwickshire Police is warning drivers to avoid the area.
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Travel: M40 southbound blockedpublished at 08:10 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2017
BBC Travel
A rolling road-block and vehicle fire is causing severe delays on the M40 southbound between J14 for A452 and J12 for B4451 in Warwickshire.
Latest details on BBC Travel.
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Good morning from Coventry and Warwickshire Livepublished at 08:00 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2017
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