BBC Local Live: Coventry & Warwickshire

Summary

London Midland staff vote over strike action
Coventry people join in Trump protest
'Armed robberies' arrest
JLR crash amputee speaks
Bees deadline speeds into view
Search for HS2 train-builder
Updates from Friday 20 January 2017

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MI5 chief honoured by universitypublished at 17:39 Greenwich Mean Time 19 January 2017
The first female Director General of MI5 and the creator of the Teletubbies are among those being awarded honorary degrees at the University of Warwick.
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Dame Stella Rimington, who once worked as an archivist at the Worcestershire County Record Office, joined MI5 in 1967.
Also honoured is Anne Wood who founded Ragdoll Productions in Stratford-upon-Avon which, in addition to Teletubbies, was behind Rosie and Jim and In The Night Garden.
Prison sentences for off-road bike pairpublished at 17:22 Greenwich Mean Time 19 January 2017
Two men have been given prison sentences for driving off-road bikes through the streets, external of Rugby, police say.
According to the Warwickshire force, the pair, aged 18 and 19 and from Rugby, were seen on CCTV.
They pleaded guilty to a range of motoring offences committed in October last year.
The men were sentenced to six and eight months in prison respectively - each sentence suspended for two years.
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New homes could provide 'long-term future' for Stoneleigh Abbeypublished at 17:03 Greenwich Mean Time 19 January 2017
Leamington Observer
Plans to build 12 homes at Stoneleigh Abbey would provide a ‘long term future’ for the building, external, so say trustees.
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Teenager injured after being hit by vehiclepublished at 16:42 Greenwich Mean Time 19 January 2017
Alec Blackman
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
A teenager is being treated for leg and chest injuries after a collision in Leamington Spa, says the ambulance service.
The pedestrian was hit by a vehicle on Villiers Street just after 02:00 .
Is Coventry City a dying club?published at 16:03 Greenwich Mean Time 19 January 2017
They've won the FA Cup and once spent 33 consecutive years in the top flight but fans say Coventry City is a "dying club".
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Rugby club rules out Sky Blues ground sharepublished at 15:57 Greenwich Mean Time 19 January 2017
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
Coventry Rugby Club has ruled out any prospect of a ground-sharing deal at Butts Park Arena with the Sky Blues as long as hedge fund Sisu are in charge of the football club.
Image source, Coventry Rugby Club
The rugby club says the reason it can't enter into any relationship with Sisu is because of the "strength of feeling against them" in the city at the moment.
Fans groups and the city's daily newspaper are calling on Sisu to sell up and go.
In a statement, the rugby club says its own standing and reputation in the city would be damaged if it did a deal with the Sky Blues' owners.
Massive 19-storey student tower block planned for city centrepublished at 15:26 Greenwich Mean Time 19 January 2017
Coventry Telegraph
Plans have been submitted for 19-storey student accommodation tower block close to Coventry city centre., external
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One taken to hospital after Fosse Way collisionpublished at 15:07 Greenwich Mean Time 19 January 2017
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
One person had to be cut free from a car after two vehicles collided and left the road on Fosse Way near Moreton Morrell, says the fire service.
One casualty was taken to hospital after the crash at about 09:07 this morning.
Latest: JLR fined for injured worker; armed raid on lorrypublished at 14:40 Greenwich Mean Time 19 January 2017
Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live
Some of the stories making the headlines today are:
- Jaguar Land Rover fined nearly £1m over injured worker
- Driver held at gun-point in A5 lay-by robbery
- Academies in Coventry and Nuneaton among failing secondary schools
JLR fined almost £1m after worker injuredpublished at 14:20 Greenwich Mean Time 19 January 2017
Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live
A Jaguar Land Rover worker lost his leg and two others were injured in a health and safety breach which has cost the company nearly £1m in fines.
Image source, Getty Images
After an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the company was found guilty at Birmingham Crown Court, and was yesterday fined £900,000 and ordered to pay £49,868 in costs.
The HSE said in February 2015 a delivery driver lost control of a car causing a four-car-shunt at the company's Lode Lane plant in Solihull, trapping a worker.
HSE inspector John Glynn said, external the worker's "life-changing injuries" were completely avoidable and it was "only good fortune" that prevented a fatal accident.
Bethany Hill trial: Defence continues as pair accused of "perverted" murder deny chargepublished at 14:10 Greenwich Mean Time 19 January 2017
Coventry Telegraph
The trial of two people accused of the killing of Stratford woman Bethany Hill continues today with more evidence from the defence. , external
League tables: Coventry and Warwickshire schools failingpublished at 13:57 Greenwich Mean Time 19 January 2017
Schools in Coventry and Nuneaton are among 282 secondary schools in England that are deemed to be failing as they haven't met a new set of national standards.
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From this year, schools are being judged by measures that take greater account of pupil progress and their basic ability rather than just raw results.
Grace Academy and Ernesford Grange Community Academy in Coventry along with Nuneaton Academy are among those named in the government's data as under-performing.
Three arrested over 'samurai sword' found in carpublished at 13:33 Greenwich Mean Time 19 January 2017
Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live
Police say they found a samurai sword in a car they pulled over in Leamington Spa.
Two men and a teenager from Coventry have been arrested on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon in a public place.
A 23-year-old and a 16-year-old are being held along with a 34-year-old who is also suspected of possessing cannabis.
Image source, Warwickshire Police
The car was stopped at the junction of Clarendon Avenue and Kenilworth Road at about 03:00.
Police say it's unclear whether the car in which they were travelling is linked to an earlier collision in High Street, Leamington Spa, which left a man in his 40s with head, leg and arm wounds.
Fans could cause 'long term damage' to club says Sky Bluespublished at 13:00 Greenwich Mean Time 19 January 2017
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire Sport
Coventry City have warned that fans anti-owner protests could damage the football club and jeopardise a possible move to the home of Coventry Rugby, Butts Park Arena.
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The club published a statement after reports Coventry Rugby had indicated they won't deal with owners Sisu because of the antipathy towards them.
The football club insist they remain hopeful that they can continue to explore the possibility of a ground share at Butts Park Arena.
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Following recent local media anti-owner campaigns, the club is concerned that continued protests and campaigning aimed at damaging the club's owners will instead cause longer term damage to the football club. We would like to stress the importance of supporters getting behind the manager and the team for the rest of the League One campaign.
Statement from Coventry City Football Club
Your afternoon weather videopublished at 12:38 Greenwich Mean Time 19 January 2017
A grey and cloudy afternoon in store, with some light rain possible and highs of around 8C (46F).
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Latest weather for the West Midlands
Whisky a go go in lay-by robberypublished at 12:15 Greenwich Mean Time 19 January 2017
Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live
A lorry driver has told police he was robbed at gunpoint in an A5 lay-by in Witherley this morning, according to the Warwickshire force., external
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The driver said he was approached by a man holding a gun who joined two others in stealing two pallets of whisky from the back of the vehicle before fleeing in a a white Mercedes van in the direction of Nuneaton and Hinckley.
It happened at about 03:00 in the lay-by opposite Rock Caravans.
Cricket: England wear black armbands in memory of Heyhoe Flintpublished at 11:51 Greenwich Mean Time 19 January 2017
BBC Sport
England's international cricketers are wearing black armbands today as a mark of respect for Baroness Rachael Heyhoe Flint OBE, who died yesterday aged 77.
Warwickshire's Chris Woakes has picked up four of the wickets to fall so far in the second One Day International of the series in Cuttack.
Follow the action here.
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Half-marathon route - in three minutespublished at 11:36 Greenwich Mean Time 19 January 2017
Martin Winch
BBC Local Live
My body-worn camera shows the route of the Coventry Half Marathon during a practice run - in a time entrants can only dream of.
The event proper gets under way on Sunday 19 March.
Media caption,
High speed video shows Coventry Half Marathon route in three minutes
Armed thug convinced girlfriend to lie about terrifying house raidpublished at 11:10 Greenwich Mean Time 19 January 2017
Coventry Telegraph
A Coventry woman and her thug boyfriend were today behind bars, external after he took part in an armed robbery and then convinced her to help hide his crime.
Image source, West Midlands Police
Coventry children asked to support Dol-y-Mochpublished at 10:42 Greenwich Mean Time 19 January 2017
School children are being invited to help raise funds for the city's outdoor education centre in Snowdonia by running a mile at the Coventry Half Marathon., external
Image source, Coventry City Council
The city council has agreed a £500,000 loan to refurbish Plas Dol-y-Moch but the charity which runs the centre also needs to raise £250,000 by September.