Sunny today but it's turning wet, windy and cooler
Enjoy the sunshine while it lasts – the next few days aren't looking as good.
Major tunnels in Birmingham to close for six weeks
Two major tunnels that feed traffic into Birmingham city centre will close for six weeks to allow for maintenance work to be carried out.
Turning cooler for the weekend
Temperatures will take a tumble as we move towards the Bank Holiday weekend with cooler air moving in from the north.
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ROADS: A46 Nottinghamshire – both directions
The A46 is closed in both directions at Widmerpool, Nottinghamshire, due to a traffic incident involving a tractor and a lorry.
The overturned tractor is affecting traffic between Leicester and Nottingham.
Current diversions are sending traffic heading southbound along the A52 towards the A60. Northbound is yet to be confirmed.
Sunny today but it's turning wet, windy and cooler
by Lucy Kite
Enjoy the sunshine while it lasts – the next few days aren't looking as good.
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Cloudy start but with sunny spells later
It's a cloudy start to the day but an improving picture for most of us as we move through this morning into this afternoon.
Most of us will see some spells of sunshine breaking through the cloud but there will still be some spells of longer rain across Lincolnshire. There wil be highs through this afternoon of around 5 degress celsius.
Traffic returns to normal on A45 Coventry Road
Traffic has gone back to normal on the A45 Coventry Road between Goodway Road (Eagle Court Business park) and B425 Hob's Moat Road (The Wheatsheaf).
Road closure due to burst water main
Middleton Road in Shirley in the West Midlands is parTy blocked due to a burst water main and flooding at Velsheda Road.
Near The Colebrook Pub, flood is subsiding as Severn Trent have switched off the water supply.
That said, a lot of damage has been caused to the road surface and resurfacing work will need to be done.
Source: INRIX
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