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BBC News
15 hours ago
- General
- BBC News
A46 to be shut for hours after lorry and van crash
Part of the A46 in Warwickshire is expected to be closed for several hours after a serious multi-vehicle crash involving a lorry and a van, National Highways has road has been shut southbound between the A45 for Coventry and the A452 for Police and West Midlands Ambulance Service have been working at the scene following the crash which happened at about 03:30 Highways said police investigations were taking place. Traffic has been diverted via local managers in Coventry warned of heavy traffic on the A45 in both directions approaching the Leamington Road A429 - which could have been a diversion route - is closed until the end of the month for HS2 works between the Gibbet Hill roundabout in Coventry and Crackley Lane in Kenilworth. Follow BBC Coventry & Warwickshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
3 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
HS2: Busy road linking Coventry to Kenilworth closes
A busy road linking Coventry to Kenilworth in Warwickshire will shut for a month for work to be carried out on the HS2 project. The A429 Kenilworth Road will close from Monday morning until Saturday 28 June to allow work on embankments, footpaths and utilities, said the company. It will then shut again from Monday 30 June to Sunday 20 July. It follows the recent closure of the nearby A46 Kenilworth Bypass to allow a 14,500-tonne box structure, which will carry the railway underneath, to be moved into place. Follow BBC Coventry & Warwickshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
07-05-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Kenilworth medical cannabis campaigner Hannah Deacon dies
Mum who campaigned for cannabis law change dies 10 minutes ago Share Save Andrew Dawkins BBC News, West Midlands Share Save CLC PORTRAITS Hannah Deacon recently said she was stepping back from some responsibilities to focus fully on her health A campaigner who fought for permission to treat her son's epilepsy with cannabis has died aged 45, after being diagnosed with cancer. Hannah Deacon's son Alfie, from Kenilworth, Warwickshire, would have 150 seizures a week before he started taking medical cannabis. In 2018, his family celebrated with other campaigners as the government legalised the use of the drug. Ms Deacon's website said: "We are heartbroken to share that Hannah Deacon died on Tuesday 6 May, surrounded by those who loved her, after a short and brutal illness." It added she was "remarkable, determined, tenacious, and fiercely compassionate". "Her fight to find treatment for her son Alfie's rare and severe epilepsy led to a breakthrough that changed his life and ultimately changed the law." Nearly six weeks ago on Instagram, Ms Deacon said in order to focus fully on her health, she was stepping down as chair and trustee of Medcan Family Foundation, which works on behalf of families to access "life-saving cannabis derived medications". She said she was also temporarily stepping back from her responsibilities with Maple Tree Consultants, which describes itself as a group of UK medical cannabis experts, and the Medical Cannabis Clinicians Society. CLC PORTRAITS Alfie would have 150 seizures a week before he started taking medical cannabis Alfie became front and centre of campaigns for the use of cannabis oil when he was aged seven. It came about when Ms Deacon petitioned the government in March 2018 after she found his condition improved when he was given a cannabis-based medication in the Netherlands, where it was legal. In 2022, Ms Deacon said her son, then 10, had been free of seizures for two years since using medical cannabis. The statement on her website said she transformed the lives of "thousands of patients and families, never stopping in her work to push for better access, better care, and a better understanding of medical cannabis". It added: "More than anything, Hannah's most proud and important role was being a mum." The website also said the "devastating loss" to her partner, Drew, and children was "impossible to put into words". Follow BBC Coventry & Warwickshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
