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

Don't call us to every accident, say policepublished at 08:47 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2017
Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live
Just a little reminder from the police... you don't have to call them to every accident.
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Travel: Weather affecting transport servicespublished at 08:42 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2017
BBC Travel
Some coach services around south Warwickshire are being affected by difficult road conditions.
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Johnsons coach company says it's unable to serve the villages of Avon Dassett, Farnborough or Whichford, along with Stratford railway station.
Your pictures: Snow across Warwickshirepublished at 08:06 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2017
BBC Weather Watchers
Our Weather Watchers have been busy uploading their pictures of snow around Warwickshire.
Eskimoden took this in Bidford-on-Avon this morning.
Image source, Eskimoden
And it seems there was slightly more snow in Stratford-upon-Avon, looking at this image uploaded by Chela.
Image source, Chela
About 400km of Coventry roads treatedpublished at 08:04 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2017
Richard Williams
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
About 2,500 tonnes of salt is kept in Coventry City Council's stores at Whitley, with another 1,000 tonnes on standby.
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They treated about 400km (248 miles) of roads in the city last night.
Warning of more snow on the waypublished at 07:47 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2017
Stephanie Barnard
BBC Local Live
More snow is expected through the day in the West Midlands.
Environment Agency manager Dave Throup has tweeted this radar photo.
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Gritters drop 100 tonnes of salt around Coventrypublished at 07:45 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2017
Richard Williams
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
About 100 tonnes of rock salt has been spread on Coventry roads in the past 24 hours, the city council says.
Paul Sherman, site agent at the council's Whitley depot, says he'll have teams on standby for the weekend as they're expecting more freezing weather.
Light dusting of snow in Coventrypublished at 07:36 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2017
Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live
There was just a light dusting of snow in parts of Coventry this morning; this was taking in Earlsdon earlier.
I had no problems coming into the city centre, but do watch out for icy patches on untreated roads.
Watch: Snow forecast over the next 24 hourspublished at 06:58 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2017
Alex Hamilton
BBC Weather
A yellow weather warning is in place for snow and ice today, so take care out there as driving conditions may prove difficult.
Snow and rain showers will continue throughout the day and we could see more over the next 24 hours.
Media caption,
Latest weather forecast for the West Midlands
Weather: Yellow weather warning for icepublished at 06:15 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2017
BBC Weather
There’s a yellow warning for ice this morning.
A combination of ice and sleet is likely to cause tricky driving conditions and increase journey times.There’ll be some wintry showers clearing to the south east first thing this morning.
After that,expect plenty of bright weather today with variable amounts of scattered cloud.
Highs of 4C (39F).
Skips block turnstiles in stadium rowpublished at 18:11 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2017
A rugby club uses skips to block turnstiles at a sports ground over a feud with a football club.
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Our coverage across the daypublished at 18:00 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2017
We'll be live from 06:00 on Friday with the latest weather forecasts and travel updates as icy conditions are forecast for the West Midlands.
Plus we'll have our usual mix of news and sport.
Keep an eye out for more updates this evening and into the morning.
Video: A cold and icy night in storepublished at 17:58 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2017
Rebecca Wood
BBC Midlands Today
Rain, sleet and snow showers expected tonight before turning cold with widespread ice and a severe frost and lows of 0C (32F).
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Rebecca Wood has your forecast
On Midlands Today: Nature school coming to Nuneatonpublished at 17:56 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2017
David Gregory-Kumar
Science correspondent, BBC Midlands Today
Warwickshire Wildlife Trust is hoping to set up four new primary schools with nature at the heart of the curriculum.
They say most of the learning at the so-called Nature Schools would be out in the open.
You can see my full report on Midlands Today at 18.30 on BBC One.
City rail station parking charges revealed as among 'most expensive'published at 17:43 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2017
Coventry has the some of the most expensive railway station car park charges in the country, according to figures put together by consumer website Resolver, external.
Image source, Google
It says the £12 cost to leave your car at the station all day ranks as the sixth most expensive in its survey of 100 commuter towns and cities.
The highest daily charges were found at Reading where, the website says, it costs £23.70 to park all day.
National Grid escapes break-up callspublished at 17:28 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2017
BBC Business News
National Grid has escaped calls to be broken up to prevent conflicts between its dual role of owning and operating key parts of the energy infrastructure.
Instead a new, legally separate electricity system operator will be established within the Warwick-based company, the government says.
In a statement National Grid welcomed the move saying it was best placed to deliver the system operator role during a time when the energy landscape is changing rapidly.
Graham Taylor: 'He transcended football'published at 17:10 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2017
Pat Murphy
BBC Midlands football reporter
Rest in peace Graham Taylor - a great club manager who understood fans and shouldn't be defined by the England job. A warm, genuine people person and raconteur.
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Graham loved his cricket. He used to come and sit with me in the BBC Radio commentary box in the Lords pavilion on many many occasions.
[He was ] a member at Warwickshire also, often there and loved athletics too.
I think he transcended football.
Latest: City launches culture bid; and hospital apology for MPpublished at 17:02 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2017
Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live
Here's a recap of some of our main stories today:
- Coventry officially launches bid for City of Culture 2021
- NHS trust apology for MP over death of father
- Weather warning issued for ice overnight
Thief makes off with jewels after shop raidpublished at 16:46 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2017
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
A burglar forced his way through the front door of a jewellers in Alcester this morning, before making off with goods on a bicycle, police say., external
A glass door was damaged at the premises in Market Place and an unknown quantity of jewellery is understood to have been stolen from a display cabinet.
Simon Jordan 'interested' in Coventry City consortium takeover bidpublished at 16:33 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2017
Coventry Telegraph
Former Crystal Palace owner Simon Jordan has said he could be interested in being part of a takeover consortium for Coventry City, external after previously considering buying the club.
Image source, Coventry Telegraph
Travel: M6 crash causing heavy congestionpublished at 16:13 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2017
BBC Travel
Police say the M6 northbound was closed for a time at J3 after a collision.
The road has just reopened but there is heavy congestion in the area.
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