BBC Local Live: Coventry & Warwickshire

Summary

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

Jordan Willis to be part of Sky Blues' matchday squadpublished at 15:20 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2017
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire Sport
Coventry City boss Russell Slade has suggested that team captain Jordan Willis is set to return to the side for their trip to Chesterfield's Proact Stadium tomorrow.
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The player, who's been training over the last few days, has been on the sidelines struggling with a hamstring issue.
Defender Chris Stokes is unlikely to play after being substituted at halftime on Tuesday evening during his first match in eight months.
Drugs flown in 'nearly every day'published at 15:04 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2017
Serious claims by former prisoner who spent time on remand in HMP Hewell.
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Coventry Bees speedway stadium ownership mystery amid police investigationpublished at 14:45 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2017
Coventry Telegraph
Mystery surrounds Coventry Bees’ future at Brandon speedway stadium with question marks hanging over who is currently in charge of the venue. , external
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'Evidence' sticks when the snow does not, say drugs policepublished at 14:23 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2017
A lack of snow on rooftops surrounded by properties with a covering of flakes point police to potential drugs farms, a force says.
West Midlands Police's Cannabis Disposal Team spotted this property in the region amid suspicions over the heat source that meant snow hadn't stuck like next door.
When queried on social media about whether it could be the result of poor insulation, police responded: "We use these signs only in conjunction with other more definitive intelligence. We won't raid a house where it's just bath night."
The team used the hashtag #SeeYouSoon.
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Launchbury back to captain Wasps against Toulousepublished at 14:21 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2017
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Joe Simpson is set to make his 200th appearance for Wasps when he starts at scrum half alongside Danny Cipriani against Toulouse at the Ricoh on Sunday.
Joe Launchbury returns from a calf injury to captain the side in round five of the European Rugby Champions Cup.
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Travel: M42 collision causing congestionpublished at 14:06 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2017
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Severe delays on the M42 northbound between J5, A41 (Solihull) an J6, A45 (Birmingham Airport) because of a two-car collision.
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PCC calls meeting over travellerspublished at 13:44 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2017
Warwickshire Police and Crime Commissioner Philip Seccombe is chairing a meeting on the issues surrounding unauthorised traveller encampments in the county.
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He said the meeting of local authorities, police and MPs would be looking at the impact on the local community and economy.
Watch: Your latest weather videopublished at 13:19 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2017
Alex Hamilton
BBC Weather
A lovely sunny afternoon in store, but then turning cold with a weather warning for ice in place from 16:00 and highs of 4C (39F).
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Latest weather forecast for the West Midlands
Latest: Former prisoner speaks out over conditions; Henley death 'not suspicious'published at 12:55 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2017
Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live
Our main stories this morning:
- Former prisoner from Coventry says HMP Hewell is 'rife with drugs'
- Henley death 'not suspicious' say police
- Man dies in crash
Man dies in Solihull crashpublished at 12:37 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2017
One man died and a woman was taken to hospital after a crash involving two cars in Hampton-in-Arden this morning.
The ambulance service said it arrived at the scene on Eastcote Lane to find one vehicle had left the road and nothing could be done to save the driver.
The second driver, a woman in her 50s, sustained a chest injury.
Met Office yellow weather warning in the West Midlandspublished at 12:19 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2017
A yellow weather warning for snow and ice remains in the West Midlands.
The Met Office says:, external "A cold north to northwesterly airstream will maintain the risk of wintry showers through Friday night and Saturday morning. However, amounts of snow are likely to be very variable with some places remaining dry."
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Man fined for making 111 nuisance calls to policepublished at 12:10 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2017
Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live
A Coventry man's been given a six-week suspended prison sentence after admitting to making more than 100 nuisance calls to police in three days this month, police say., external
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Police staff can be distressed by nuisance calls, the West Midlands force says
Darren McIntyre, 47, of Pinnick Close, appeared before Coventry magistrates yesterday. He made 111 calls in all.
Ch Insp Matt Markham of West Midlands Police says such calls "take up valuable police time" and can also cause "distress for our staff".
McIntyre was also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £115.
Man's death not treated as suspiciouspublished at 11:52 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2017
The death of a man whose body was found at an address in Coventry is no longer being treated as suspicious.
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Warwick ward closed to visitorspublished at 11:18 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2017
Nicholas ward at Warwick Hospital continues to be closed to visitors due to an outbreak of norovirus, says the local NHS Trust.
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One seriously injured in Hampton-in-Arden crashpublished at 10:57 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2017
Police say one person has been seriously injured in a two-vehicle collision on Eastcote Lane, Hampton-in-Arden.
They expect the road to remain closed for some time.
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Serious road collision in Hampton-in-Ardenpublished at 10:39 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2017
The Ambulance service says it has been treating two patients at the scene of a serious incident on Eastcote Lane, Hampton-in-Arden.
The road has been closed in both directions. Here's some advice from the fire service:
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Air ambulance ready for take-off... After some shovellingpublished at 10:33 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2017
Stephanie Barnard
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The air ambulance team have had a busy morning getting the helicopter ready for take-off this morning.
Here's what it looked like first thing.
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Henley death 'not suspicious' say policepublished at 10:26 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2017
Police in Coventry say they're no longer treating the death of a 50 year old man in the city's Henley area as suspicious.
A 54 year old woman, arrested on suspicion of murder, has been released without charge and the case has been referred to the coroner.
Coventry and Warwickshire wakes up to blanket of snow as winter finally hitspublished at 09:04 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2017
Coventry Telegraph
There were flurries overnight but larger flakes were falling over the region this morning., external
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Watch: Your 50-second snow forecastpublished at 09:03 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2017
BBC Weather
Snow and showery rain is forecast over the next couple of hours - watch the latest forecast with Alex Hamilton.
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