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Welcome to Midlands Today with Suzanne Virdee and Nick Owen.

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The headlines tonight. She was looking for the love of her

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life but she found the internet dating cheat who cost her her life

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savings. I had begun to put his -- my trust

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in him and it turned out to be a complete lie.

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How or an aeroplane style black box in your car could set you -- save

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you a small fortune. The redundancy payouts creating a

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wave of entrepreneur's. If you have a very good idea, you

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will know that you should be able to make money from it.

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Her the budding tennis star who helped Britain beat Slovakia in the

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Davis Cup. Welcome to Tuesday's Midlands Today

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from the BBC. Conned out of �40,000, the woman who fell in love over the

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internet. Vicky Fowkes thought that the

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charming expat she met online bluffed her but he turned out to be

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an internet love rat who duped her into sending her life savings to

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Nigeria. The truth only came out when police

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here discovered the scam and informed her. Tonight she told our

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reporter that she felt humiliated and had lost her self-respect.

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I am a professional person, I am usually a good judge of character.

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I thought I knew what I was doing. In the summer of 2010 Vicky Fowkes

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signed up to a dating website. Fairly quickly she met a man who

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told her he was a British citizen working in Nigeria as a civil

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engineer. At as things developed, week by

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week we talked about everything and anything under the sun. I began to

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feel a harmony with him. On the day Vicky was due to meet

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him at Heathrow she received an e- mail saying he was being held at

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the Nigerian airport. All week later he said his personal

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possessions had been stolen and he asked for a small matter of money

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to help. He gave plausible reasons all the way through why it was not

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possible to get money from his family and friends and his bank.

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Because I wanted to help him, to get to know him better, I agreed to

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send him some money. Over the next few months she sent him almost

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�40,000, virtually her entire life savings. It was only when two

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police officers turned up at her house did she realise she was the

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victim of an international baiting scam. The figures are breathtaking,

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the losses that people incur. Sadly, I am aware of the at least two

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suicides that have occurred from people being conned Indies romance

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scams. -- in these. Figures obtained from Google by the

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Association of British Introduction Agencies say that 48 % of single

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women and 52 % of men use the internet to try to find love. This

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-- the Association say that you should never send money to anybody

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you are dating online. I am sure you have heard of people

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who have been caught by these scams, and you think, idiot. Absolutely,

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how can you fall into it? I am still intrigued by how

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sophisticated these scammers are. Police say that romance scams cost

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people in the UK millions of pounds a year and, due to the

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embarrassment many feel, just 5 % are ever reported. It can happen to

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anybody. It really can. Once you have been targeted and the initial

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information has been exchanged, there are obviously sophisticated

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minds out there working and grooming people. That is what it is,

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I was being groomed to be financially ruined. Vicky says that

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thanks to family and friends she is at last getting her life back on

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track and she hopes that by telling her story it will stop others

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falling for the same scam. How safe is online dating? We are

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joined now from our studio in London by the chairman of the

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Association of British Introduction Agencies. Thanks for joining us.

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Very brave of the Vicky to tell us her story. She wants to warn others,

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but this is a very frightening, sad story. This command ruined her

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self-esteem. How common is this? -- this conman. I hear stories every

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day, I received phone calls from all over the country. I am afraid

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she is not on her own. There is one thing I am curious about. Why would

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you send money to somebody you have not even met? I think Vicky was

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saying he was so plausible and sophisticated. Many people in

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Northern -- normal life will not have come across somebody so

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skilled at lying. Unfortunately this is human nature. I really

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would advise people to meet people within the country and to be very

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careful about the sort of dating did you are doing online. These

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days we take care over credit cards and everything else but when it

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comes to our personal lives we don't take the same amount of care.

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When we go out and meet people, it is quite extraordinary. People

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looking for love are very vulnerable, aren't they? They are,

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and that is where you really need to talk to your friends, who mostly

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will say, look, be a bit careful here. Make sure that you do

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actually meet these people in safe places and never fall in love over

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the phone. That is a disaster. responsibility do you think dating

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websites have? It is very sad. At the moment there is no legislation

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and it is something that we are looking into in this country. We

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have tried for many years now to get a part sponsorship from the

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Office of Fair Trading. They came back and said, they decided to

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change the whole procedure and we have heard nothing since. We would

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love to see something in place, some code of practice. Thanks very

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much indeed. We have had loads of Commons.

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-- comments are. Terry Taylor says, we were scammed

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out of �600. Kim Storr says that a soldier in

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Afghanistan said that he needed to send some money to my commanding

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officer -- offers. Heather said it never send money.

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Tanya Bagnall said that she met her husband online. It was nearly 80

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years ago and now we have two wonderful children. -- eight years.

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Let's catch up with the rest of the day's news. A woman and a teenage

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boy have died after a crash involving a car and attract. It

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happened on the B4362 near Lucton School in Lucton in Herefordshire

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at around 10 o'clock this morning. Two younger boys travelling in the

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back of the red Vauxhall Corsa were airlifted to hospital. One is said

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to be critical. A 21-year-old law student has

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denied racially abusing Stan Collymore on twitter. Joshua Cryer

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appeared before Newcastle upon Tyne magistrates after a complaint from

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Mr Collymore to Staffordshire police. Mr Collymore is now a radio

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presenter. The latest government figures

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suggest more than 4,000 people a month are being made redundant in

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this region but, rather than joining the ranks of the unemployed,

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more and more are using their redundancy payments to start up a

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business. Our business correspondent Peter

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Plisner has been finding how easy or difficult it is to start a new

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business. It is one of the biggest cost of

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and -- owning a car, but now you can do a DIY service and save a

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fortune. Coventry-based Ramp and Wrench is the brainchild of James

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Brennan. It was one of those conversations

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in the pub with amateur enthusiasts, not really having be professional

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equipment to be able to do all of the jobs on your car.

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I started to do some market research and found out that there

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were none of these garages in the Midlands so I thought it would be a

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good idea. And he was right.

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It is great value for money. I am extremely impressed.

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Running your own business can be very rewarding but first you have

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to find the right idea, then there are months of hard work, but if it

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works out it can be very liberated. -- liberating.

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That is the joy for Richard Kemp, who along with his wife set up a

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catering business in 2010 with his redundancy money. It was a big leap

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for a man who describes himself as a risk-averse.

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I always had faith in my wife's food, but you never know. That

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risk-averse person that lurked behind me was saying, is it good

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enough? Is the market too crowded? One estimate suggests that 70 % of

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new small businesses are being set up following redundancy. -- 17 %.

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Generally it is people who have a good idea, they have that spirit

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and they may be finding it more difficult to get back into work so

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they are taking that leap and thinking, I have a bit of money, I

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am prepared to risk it. But before you take the risk it is

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worth bearing in mind that some estimates suggest that one in three

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start-up businesses will fail in their first three years.

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We are joined now by Andrea Campbell from the Birmingham

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Business Centre. What is prompting so many people to set up on their

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own? People are looking for various things. Some are at risk of being

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made redundant, some are just looking at the opportunity, using

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their inherent skills to look at ways to increase their income.

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do you help them? We have development workshops where we talk

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about the realities of doing this and help people structure

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themselves with a business plan, look at the financial aspects, look

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at marketing and cover the whole variety. Do you find that they know

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what they are doing? Some do, some don't. Some people have been in

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business before and they have come back to refresh their skills, some

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are in business is at the moment and some are coming in completely

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from scratch. -- some are in business is. If they have an idea,

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are you honest with them and say, this is not going to work? We try

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to be as tactful as possible. We help them recognise why it might

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not work. Because I think, with all consciousness, we have to be really

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careful about people investing money, whether through redundancy

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money or their savings, to come into a business that we think will

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pan out. What other chances of getting a decent loan? It depends

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on the quality of the business plan. Banks do want a loan but it depends

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on the proposal by have in front of Aeroplanes have them and ships, but

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now you can get a black box for your car. They record details about

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how our cars are driven, in some cases the data they hold can

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dramatically cut insurance premiums. They also record useful data in car

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accidents and they're becoming so popular one firm here is fitting

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400 a day. Annual car insurance now runs into

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thousands, not hundreds of pounds for many young drivers, so some

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motorists are turning to technology to keep their bills down. This car

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is being fitted with as telematics unit. It's a black box that allows

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insurance companies to monitor speed, distance and acceleration.

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Careful driving is rewarded with lower premiums, something the owner

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of this vehicle is keen to achieve. It is getting to be a bit of a joke.

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I've already started looking for my insurance policy this year and it

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looks as though it will be another furred on top of what I'm paying

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already. -- Another third. The devices are fitted by RS Fleet

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Installations, a company based in Perry Barr in Birmingham. It's

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taken on over a 100 new workers to help cope with the demand for the

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black boxes. The insurance companies are not interested in

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knowing where you've been. That is not what the issue is. What they do

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care about is sensible driving. They want to know that you drive at

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a reasonable speed, in at the correct areas. The increasing

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popularity of the devices coincides with soaring insurance claims.

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Whiplash injuries have increased by 70 % in six years for example. It

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is something the Prime Minister has vowed to tackle. The government

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says 1500 claims per day are hiding �90 per year to the average

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insurance bill. Because of that, industry insiders predict the boxes

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will be fitted as standard within the next few years. Anything that

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brings insurance costs down is likely to be welcomed by a newly

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qualified drivers. I was quoted 1500 pounds and enough or �1,630. I

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cannot get a good job to pay for this. A burden it is hoped that

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this black box when ease, at least for careful drivers. A be great

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invention, isn't it? Our reporter is at West Mercia

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police headquarters right now. How much are they having to say?

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There is a whole package of cuts. The force is said to make �3

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million in savings over the 2012 / 2013 financial year. That fits into

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a much bigger picture. �38 million is having to be cut overall. That

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is a process that began in 2010 and will run until 2016. �20.8 million

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has already been saved. Part of that is the �3 million that has

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been identified for this year. �17 million has still to be identified

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in future years. A short time ago I spoke to the shift Constable --

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Chief Constable and asked him what reassurance he could give to the

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public. This is a big challenge. We have to take a big hit on our total

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budget. We've been planning this now for well over two years. Howard

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change programme will take another three years. It is happening over a

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long period. How many job cuts are you facing? 287 were quoted. Will

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there be compulsory job quotes -- cuts? We are trained to manage this

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irresponsible way and keep the workforce on side. They are a

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fantastic group and we needed to carry them with us. You cannot take

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something like �38 million out of the budget and not have an impact

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on people. You are closing several stations for example. That is

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likely to invoke anger. The I don't think there will be anger. We have

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spoken to the public quite a lot around this and the police

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authority have done some exhaustive consultation. I think the public

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understands... Yes, they do like police stations to be open but we

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are not shutting any police stations. We are trying to make

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sure they are open in the cases and that the times they are needed. The

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few years ago we did not have mobiles, tweeting or Facebook so

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there are lots of different ways the public can contact us. Surely

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treating a police force is not the same as face-to-face contact.

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people prefer it. For many parts of the committee, people are

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contacting us in a way that they never used to. What resources are

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you sharing with Warwickshire police? Quite simply, the answer to

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that is we are saying we do it once unless there is a compelling reason

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not to. Some tangible things that we are looking out of things the

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public would expect around personnel and human resources, some

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call management, information technology, the way we use the

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fleet. What has a Russian been to the Chief Constable's plans?

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-- What has been the reaction. These cuts are very real but at the

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same time, this force took on 40 officers from other forces last

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summer had plans to take on another 20 new recruits in April. This

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forced has built up a reserve of around �30 million over the last 10

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years. This is what the Secretary of the West Mercia Police

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Federation had to say about it. assurance is West Mercia, as it

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stands, the financial director is being financially astute. If you

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get rid of your reserves, where do you go then? That is an issue for

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us. The chief constable will be doing it live web chat at 6:30pm

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tomorrow when members of the public can send in the questions for him

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to answer directly. You can get more information about that on the

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forces website. Still to come here on Midlands

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Today: A boating club with no water can set sail again. And we will

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have some frost-free nights but it is back to winter by the weekend,

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A Dan with sport. What's the latest Alan Curbishley has been out of

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work since leaving West Ham in 2080 has confirmed he is interested. It

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is possible worlds my it offer a 13 game deal until the end of the

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season and then reassess once the Premier League status is decided.

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When our number one tennis player, Andy Murray pulled out of Britain's

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Davis Cup match through injury, a window of opportunity suddenly

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opened up for Dan Evans. And he certainly grabbed it with both

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hands. Dan, who's from Birmingham, hit top form to clinch a thrilling

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victory over Slovakia. Whether it was cricket or hockey, squash or

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tennis, Dan Evans was never short of options as a youngster at the

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West Warwickshire Sports Club. His dad played squash, so Dan did too.

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But when he turned nine, tennis became his passion. And now, aged

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21, that passion is flourishing into his full-time profession.

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Because Dan is ranked fifth in Britain, 270th in the world. He has

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got a natural flair. You can see it straight away. He has timing with

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the ball. He was always a good athlete. Has he got what it takes?

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I think he has. He has proven he has the ability and the mental

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strength. Certainly he has the desire to go on to great things.

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Dan's still on cloud nine after playing a starring role for Britain

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in their Davis Cup victory over Slovakia. He was only in the team

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because Andy Murray was injured. But he managed to win both his

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singles matches against much higher-ranked opponents. I was more

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happy tonight did it for everyone else in the team, a sense of

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achievement. Everybody pulled together for the whole week and got

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the winner. What was the atmosphere like in Glasgow? The atmosphere was

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good, especially on the last day with the final set. It was really

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loud and everybody got behind it. In June, Dan would love to make it

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third time lucky by winning his first match at Wimbledon. And his

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long term goal is to make the world's top 100. You are very

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driven. Yes, I suppose I am. Everybody in the tennis world is

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driven so it is the ones who are more driven who will come through.

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Next he's off to play in France and Mexico and Miami, before Britain's

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Davis Cup quarter final against Belgium in April.

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The organisers of the Great Birmingham Run are aiming for

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20,000 runners at this year's event. And a former Olympian will be among

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them on Sunday, October 21st. Iwan Thomas was a Commonwealth champion

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at the 400 metres but he now runs distance events for charity. And he

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says raising money for good causes can inspire anyone to complete the

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half marathon course. When you do do the race and if it does begin to

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hit, You ask, why are you doing this? If it is raising money for

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charity, you keeper digging in. When you get to the finish line,

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it's a great feeling. When you finish, you will want to come and

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back and do it again. Work on a �5.5 million engineering

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project at one of the region's major reservoirs is nearing

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completion. Chasewater reservoir was drained in 2010 following

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concerns about the safety of the 200-year-old dam.

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Today more than a hundred tonnes of concrete was pumped into it, to

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help control the flow of water. Through the smallest of tubes, a

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hundred tonnes of concrete's squeezed inside a new dam. It'll

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help regulate the flow of water from the Chasewater Reservoir to

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surrounding areas. During flood conditions, the water will build up

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for this side and eventually it will flow over the top. It will be

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directed into the canal. The mile- long reservoir was built in 1797.

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Crucially, it supported local industry, keeping waterways open.

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But centuries of erosion brought cracks, and a high risk of flooding,

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so it was drained two years ago for repairs. There was an inspection

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done by the authorities and that report said that if something was

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not done to strengthen it, to make sure it was safe, up to 85 lives

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could be lost. On occasions rescuers had to help a few stuck in

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the sticky mud. The Chasewater Country Park is also home to a

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sailing club which hasn't been on the water for two years. We are

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keen for the work to progress quicker but there is such a good

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social side, it has kept everyone together. Even though the work is

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nearly complete, as you can see, this reservoir is nowhere near

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capacity. But these are the most substantial repairs done here for

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two centuries. Even so, the rainwater should fill the space and

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by summer of next year. It is up to God. Staffordshire County Council

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is a fairly powerful but when it comes to rain, we need to rely on a

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higher force. Predicting just when a billion gallons of water will

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fall from the skies seems a perilous business but the sooner

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the better. Chasewater's a site of special scientific interest, with

:25:37.:25:47.
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an array of rare bird and fish species.

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Well, the temperatures were definitely up today although if you

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were caught in the winds you probably wouldn't agree. These

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winds will continue to hound us over the next few days and

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introduce more cloud. Although it should stay mild. Until the weekend

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that is. By then low pressure begins to dominate from the North

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and the source of that air will be a lot colder and then another takes

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over from the West on Sunday. So if nature isn't confused enough

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already it soon will be. So tonight, the winds are going to pick up a

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little more and drag in more cloud with the odd spot of rain but it

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stays largely dry and a touch milder than last night with lows of

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three or four so the majority of places staying frost free. So with

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that as our starting point tomorrow, it'll be duller morning but as well

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as importing more cloud the breeze is likely to help break up that

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cloud through the day to give us some sunshine. It'll add a wind

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chill but temperatures up to 10 Celsius. Tomorrow night even milder

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with lows of just five. Again dry but it's on Thursday night that the

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Westerly's kick in and rain starts to flow in from the that direction

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