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Hello and welcome to Midlands Today with Mary Rhodes and Nick Owen. The

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headlines tonight: Tributes to a young couple deeply in love who

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drowned while on holiday in Italy. We found out yesterday morning,

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people broke down crying, they are devastated. Also tonight — more

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heavy criticism for the high speed rail project. An influential

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committee of MPs says the benefits of the line are dwindling and costs

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are spiralling. Transforming an old nuclear bunker

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into a museum — but only if new houses are built to pay for it. It

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will be lost forever, we needed to be saved session we can show older

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generations what we lived through. Making scoring child''s play — the

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Coventry striker with eight goals in six games lifting the Sky Blues off

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the bottom of the table. And we're certainly not lacking

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variety this week — but is it of the kind we'd like? Join me later and

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you'll find out. Good evening, tributes have been

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paid to a couple from Staffordshire who drowned while on holiday in

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Italy. Andrew Burgess and his girlfriend Carmen Spiridon were

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staying in Sicily when the accident happened. It took place on a beach

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at a resort town, where there were reported to be strong currents.

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Local police have suggested the couple were weak swimmers. The

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Foreign Office says it's supporting the families. Andrew's father has

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told Midlands Today that they're devastated, describing them as a

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"lovely, lovely couple, who were deeply in love." Ben Godfrey

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reports. Andrew Sturgess and Carmen Spiridon

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were inseparable to the end.Police in Sicily say the couple drowned on

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saturday afternoon, while swimming in difficult currents near the

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resort of Compobello di Mazara. They believe the 34—year—old, from

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Biddulph, died while trying to save his girlfriend's life. This

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afternoon, his father Glynn told me his son:

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The couple were in Sicily to meet Miss Spiridon's family. They first

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met in this church in Stoke—on—Trent two years ago and planned to marry.

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Andrew was quite a quiet person, they were so in love, just to watch

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him grow, to which fall in love and growing confidence and belief in

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himself, it was just remarkable —— to watch him fall in love. Carmen

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Spiridon appeared in a church video, filmed and edited by her boyfriend.

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The 25—year—old was said to be thrilled at the prospect of moving

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into a new home together. All I can say about Carmen is that she just

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smiled all the time. They were both very creative, Andrew especially,

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with the BDO editing and production he used to do. Andrew Sturgess

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worked for a hydraulics company as an office manager. He was due back

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at work this week. In a statement, a director has described Andrew

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Sturgess as an honest, dedicated worker with a bright future ahead of

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him. They have closed the office today as a mark of respect. Tonight,

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the Foreign Office says it's providing consular assistance to his

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family. Coming up later in the programme —

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the new concept car from Jaguar Land Rover, with the chance to create

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thousands more jobs. There's been yet more heavy

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criticism today for the High—Speed Rail project — this time from an

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influential committee of MPs. The Public Accounts Committee say the

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benefits of the line linking the Midlands with London, Northern

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England and, eventually, Scotland are dwindling, while the costs are

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spiralling. Our Political Editor Patrick Burns is here with me. HS2

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is getting a real pounding these days, isn't it? It is, especially

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since three months ago, the government revised the overall

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estimated cost of the project up to £43 billion and more recently, it

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went up even further to over £50 billion. In the meantime, the

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economic benefits of the so—called multiplier effect, that being

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revised downwards. The other big worry for the committee is what they

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call the opportunity cost, the fear that with all this investment going

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into HS2, there will be less money to spare for conventional freight

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and passenger services around Britain. The economic case is not

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been made. Add to that spiralling costs and diminishing benefit and

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huge worries about the timetable, and we think there are real

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questions that need to be answered as to whether HS2 should go ahead.

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There has been speaking nation all this pressure could make the

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government consider a U—turn? Here at least is one issue on which the

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leaderships of all the three main parties are agreed. But they do have

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today: A very powerful political argument in places like

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Staffordshire and Warwickshire, they are getting all the pain and none of

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the game. Ministers say passengers from places like Birmingham using

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HS2 will lead to improvements in the services the towns and cities

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elsewhere. It is releasing capacity on the conventional line for

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passengers who may want to join the train at Stafford, or wherever, and

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travel to another part of the rail network. The government 's fightback

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will begin in earnest on Wednesday when ministers will say that many

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billions of pounds in investment will be coming into regions like

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ours, not just Birmingham but throughout the wider West Midlands.

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Police stations should stop being used as places to detain the

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mentally ill. That's according to one of the most senior police

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officers in the UK. The President of the Superintendents Association

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spoke out at the beginning of their annual conference in Warwickshire.

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Meanwhile, a specialist unit in our region could be the answer to what's

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described as a national scandal. Peter Wilson has been investigating.

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A man arrested by the police. He's been drinking but he's also

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suffering from depression and he starts to self harm in the police

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cell. Tonight's BBC Panorama programme looks at the national

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scandal of people with mental health problems ending up in police cells.

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One of the most senior police officers in the country was in

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Kenilworth today for the Superintendents' annual conference.

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Quite often an argument for taking people to police cells is that

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police officers are trained to restrain them can but the reality is

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they are not, they are trained to restrain criminals. The best place

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to somebody with mental health problems is a mental health

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assessment unit. So what can be done? This unit could be the answer

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to some of these national problems. It was opened three years ago

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today, and is a place of safety where people suffering from mental

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health problems and identified by the police brought here from

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Birmingham and Solihull. Richard Clarke is one of the senior nurses

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at the Oli Aster Unit. We will bring them in and bring them into our

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suites and we will explain the process to them, why they have been

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brought here, how they can be held for up to two hours, and of our

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people are held for that long. 20 per cent of police time is taken up

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dealing with people suffering from mental illness. If we take them into

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a cell block, it is a small, confined space and probably when you

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are in crisis, it isn't the right place for you. This is the best

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place for people suffering. Ten years ago Michael Powell died. He'd

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been restrained by police officers after suffering from a mental

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crisis. Tomorrow the city council is holding a special meeting to discuss

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the problems of the mentally ill. They are still some serious concerns

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out there, particularly within the African Caribbean community around

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mental health and the criminal justice systems. This is a crucial

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time to pull agencies together, all the key players together, these

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report. So far 1,500 people have been kept out of police cells thanks

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to this specialist unit. Thousands more jobs look set to be

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created at Jaguar Land Rover following the unveiling, earlier

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today, of a new concept car at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The company's

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also planning to announce a multi—million pounds investment

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designed to help expand the Jaguar range of models. Joining us from

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outside the Jaguar plant at Castle Bromwich is our business

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correspondent, Peter Plisner. Yet more new models — what do you think

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will be the impact on jobs in the region? Any new models are good news

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for jobs, not just the Jaguar Land Rover but also in the wider supply

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chain. For every job on the Jaguar Land Rover production lines, there

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are three or four jobs in the supply chain. Jaguar has been sourcing

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plants locally, previously the policy was to source abroad, a lot

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of those parts that are coming back to be produced here. More good news

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on the way, strong spec nation about the big investment programme, one

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press race I saw said that a multi—million pound investment is

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due —— press release. It is the first day of the Frankfurt motor

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show tomorrow, any manufacturers will make announcements. Tell us

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more about the new concept car that has been unveiled in Frankfurt. It

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was revealed earlier this afternoon. There is some flash photography on

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these pictures. Jaguar 's first foray into the 4x4 market, new

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territory for them. It is pretty environmentally friendly, one of the

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most environmentally friendly in its sector. It has been rumoured that

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some time that they have been looking to produce a 4x4. No telling

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yet when it is going to go into production but we are being told

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forms the basis of the new range of Jaguar models for the future. The

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first of which will be a saloon car, thought to be a replacement for the

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X type, that could go into production as early as 2015.

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Police say a child rapist from Coventry had 'undoubtedly more

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victims'. 39—year— old Karl Clay attacked women and children before

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pouring petrol on them and threatening to set them alight. He

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was found guilty in July of 13 charges, including the rape of a

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child under the age of 13. The offences became clear when two

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victims came forward. West Midlands police say there may be many more

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and are asking any one who might have been affected to make contact.

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The accountancy firm Deloitte has been fined £14 million over the way

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it advised the failed MG Rover Group. 6,000 jobs were lost when MG

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Rover collapsed in 2005 with debts of £1.4 billion. Regulators say

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Deloitte didn't do enough to manage a conflict of interest. They were

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advising the MG Rover Group as well as the "Phoenix Four" directors who

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bought the firm before it collapsed. A former Deloitte partner has also

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been fined £250,000 and banned from the profession for three years.

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Child protection agencies are awaiting the publication of yet

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another inquiry into the death of a young child. Four—year old Daniel

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Pelka died from a head injury in Coventry in March 2012. After months

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of abuse, he only weighed around a stone and a half when he died. His

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mother Magdelena Luczak, and her partner Mariusz Krezolek, were found

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guilty of murder. They must serve at least 30 years in jail. This

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evening, BBC Inside out West Midlands is asking whether the child

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protection system is learning from its mistakes. Joining me now is

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DrPeter Sidebotham — Warwickshire's designated Child Protection doctor.

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Of the agent is learning from their mistakes? I think they are, we're

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seeing a lot of his prudence in the way we work to support families, and

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intervening when children are suffering abuse, but clearly it does

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continue and we need to be vigilant and learn. It does seem we are

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reporting all too regularly on tragic deaths such as Daniel 's,

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have the numbers gone down? They have, it is encouraging if we look

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at the numbers of children who die as a result of abuse or neglect,

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they have fallen since the 1970s and 1980s, that has been encouraging and

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does reflect the work that went into establishing national procedures.

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But it is still meant that children are dying as a result —— it still

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means. Everyone told a week dies in the UK. Each one of those deaths is

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a tragedy. What can be done to drive that number down? I think we need a

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continued support for families, the majority of cases I look at, and I

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have looked at a number of cases through the research I have done,

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the majority we are dealing with our families are didn't set out to harm

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their children but are struggling, vulnerable families in difficult

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circumstances. We need a lot more in terms of early intervention, hitting

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alongside these families and parents and supporting them, helping them be

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good parents but also being vigilant when that is not working and be

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prepared to step in and intervene. Is this about resources? Have we

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enough people? The reality is we are all stretched and have a look at my

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colleagues in social services, health visiting, they are all

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carrying incredibly huge caseloads, often with many vulnerable families,

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they are trying to work with them on a regular basis. We all struggle

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with the issue of not having enough time to devote the families we would

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want to. The impact this must have when you is difficult to imagine. It

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is huge, any case where you see a vulnerable child who has suffered,

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we all feel bad. There is hardly a case where I am not in tears. Thank

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you, appreciate your time. Can see more on that tonight at 7:30pm.

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This is our top story tonight: Tributes to a young couple deeply in

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love who drowned while on holiday in Italy. Your detailed weather

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forecast to come shortly from Shefali. Also in tonight's programme

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— the striker whose goals have already lifted Coventry off the

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bottom of the table, despite starting the season on minus ten

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points. And marking 30 years since it all began, Musical Youth revive

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reggae memories as they take to the stage in Birmingham City centre.

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A former nuclear bunker in Worcestershire could be transformed

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into a museum and coffee shop, if a controversial planning application

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gets the go ahead. Drakelow tunnels near Kidderminster were originally

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built during the Second World War as an underground factory to produce

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aircraft engines. Cath Mackie reports.

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Sid Robinson opens a large rusty door and walks into a vast

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underground tunnel network. As caretaker of the Drakelow tunnels

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near Kidderminster, he makes his way by torchlight to the generator room

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where volunteer Mike Arnold flips the switch. We will get all the bits

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in here... The pair are discussing plans to turn the tunnels into a

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museum. This was kept away from everybody for years, it is nice

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people can come and see what actually went on. The past echoes

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through the three and a half miles of tunnels. The ghosts of the 1940s

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line up at the wartime canteen, whilst mould eats away at the radio

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studio built during the cold war. If it had gone pear—shaped during the

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cold war this is the room where a BBC reporter would have been

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dispatched to, and this is the desk that the news would have been read

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from. But this isn't just about an application to turn the tunnels into

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a museum. If it were these councillors and other protestors

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might feel differently. The owners, Quercus Ilex, a Swiss company want

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to build six houses on the site and sell them to pay for the museum. On

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the face of it you might think it is a good idea, but it isn't here

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because this is a sensitive area of green belt, and people have been

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stopped from building and doing anything on this area for a long

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time. It was known as Little Switzerland before the factory

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days, so it's not like we're ripping up a fresh piece of field to build

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houses, it's on ground that has already been built on twice before.

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Arguments aside, there's no denying this is a remarkable piece of local

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history. Roy Godfrey worked here when it was owned by the ministry of

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defence in the Cold War. We had to clean the place up, renew all the

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tiles, we had to do the beds and everything, make sure everything was

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OK. The museum and housing application's with Wyre Forest

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District Council who'll decide the future of this unique reminder of

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life in the 20th century. Dan's here with the sport, and

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despite all their problems off the pitch, Coventry City are flying on

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it. Coventry City's move away from the Ricoh Arena may have upset

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thousands of their supporters. But their new home at Northampton is

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suiting one of the club's talented young strikers. Callum Wilson has

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now scored six goals at Sixfields. So this afternoon, Ian Winter went

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to meet him. Little Oritse is 11 months old. And

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his first birthday next month should be quite a party. His young dad

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Callum Wilson couldn't be happier if he'd won the Lottery. Coventry born

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and bred, Callum went to the President Kennedy School and joined

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the Sky Blues at 15. Now, he's scoring goals for fun. And still

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only 21 years old. What difference is this chap made? A lot of

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difference, motivation along with my fiance, it is nice to them —— have

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their support. Six months ago, Callum achieved one of his targets

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by scoring at the Ricoh Arena. Against the same opponents,

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Colchester, he pounced again. Not once, but twice — one in each half,

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to become the top goal—scorer outside the Premier League. And with

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it, the man of the match award for second time on his adopted home

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ground. Coventry 's youngest fan has no idea that his dad 's eight goals

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have not only helped the sky blues off the foot of the table, they have

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wiped out that penalty deduction. But here's the rub. Just look at the

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empty seats. Coventry's team may be on the up and up — their crowd is

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down to rock bottom. A record low of just under 1,800 fans paid to get in

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yesterday. Because Northampton will never be home for these Sky Blue

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supporters. And that's why they staged their protest on the mound

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behind the ground. They've called it Jimmy's Hill. And now it's the focal

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point of their campaign to "Keep Cov in Cov". He is a brilliant young

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player and he deserves to be at the Ricoh Arena playing in front of

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thousands. Those performers to be marked the lowest ever home

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attendance in our history is an absolute disgrace. Don't tell little

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Oritse. But he's getting a real leather football on his first

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birthday next month. And Callum will be delighted to see his son take

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centre stage. Hopefully he will follow in his dad 's footsteps!

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And our only other winners at the weekend were Port Vale. Tom Pope

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scored a last minute winner as they beat Carlisle 1—0 in League One. So

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it's been a fairly good weekend for our football clubs, but not much joy

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at the start of the rugby season? Yes, unfortunately both Gloucester

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and Worcester lost their opening Premiership games. The big surprise

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was Gloucester's 22—16 home defeat by Sale. Kingsholm is traditionally

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a fortress for Gloucester and Sale were expected to struggle. Food for

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thought there for Gloucester and the manager. Less surprising was

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Worcester's 32—15 defeat at the defending champions Leicester but

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Josh Matavesi did score this excellent try for Worcester. Much

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better news in the world of speedway. I understand we could be

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about to get a world champion from the Midlands. Yes, this is Tai

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Woffinden who rides for Wolverhampton. Tai's on the way to

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becoming Britain's first world champion in 13 years. He's in the

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white helmet here and came second in the final at the Slovenian grand

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prix at the weekend. And finally, Aston Villa's Gabriel Agbonlahor

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isn't very popular with fans of One Direction. Can you explain? Yes,

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it's because of a charity match in Glasgow for Stiliyan Petrov's

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Leukaemia Foundation. And One Direction's Louis Tomlison played.

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Look out for the flash photograpy as this is how you might recognise him.

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This is him on the left—hand side. Here he's with the boy band at the

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launch of their film last month. And this is what happened when he was

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involved in a challenge with Villa's Agbonlahor. It's fair to say that

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Tomlinson came off second best. He was dazed and confused and asked to

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be substituted. He was even sick as he left the field. Agbonlahor

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apologised but One Direction fans weren't happy and hurled a lot of

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on—line abuse towards him via a social network site. He was given

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all sorts of grey. But Tomlinson was said to be fine afterwards and a

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crowd of 60,000 meant it was a good fundraising day. But yes, they are

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not too often in the sports News! Tomlinson is no slouch. You take

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your the, blimey! Lovely note to finish on!

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95,000 people visited Birmingham City centre this weekend to

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celebrate the opening of the new library. They came to see more than

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70 free events which made up the Four Squares Weekender festival.

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And, for many, the highlight was in Chamberlain Square on Saturday

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night, when '80s band Musical Youth took to the stage. Our Arts reporter

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Satnam Rana was there too. Reggae vibes in Birmingham's

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Chamberlain Sqaure..proof that Musical Youth have still got the

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rhythm. It's great, loved it. I remember when they were doing chart

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stuff and being successful, it's great to hear them doing it just as

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good as it was then. It is good still! Musical man! Two of the

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original band members, Dennis and Michael, took to the stage as part

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of Birmiingham's four quares Weekender — a free festival to

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celebrate the opening of the Library of Birmingham.But it was in 1982

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when the boys from Newtown and Nechells entered a whirlwind of

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music stardom here in the UK and in America. It is a new building, is

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like, oh my God! It's nice that it has developed and it is regressing.

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I pinch myself that I'm still playing music 30 odd years later, we

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never had a plan like that, we just wanted to play. We didn't think we

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would play music 30 years later. But it was in 1982 when the boys from

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Newtown and Nechells entered a whirlwind of music stardom here in

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the UK and in America. Forward 30 years and they're back

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making music to celebeate reggae through the decades. And as well as

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playing to a home crowd this weekend they were supporting Elton John on

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the Isle of Wight. It is always great to support any major artist.

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The homecoming gig was certainly a success, proving that they still

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have got it. Even though you've may not be on their side. —— youth.

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They may still have it! Some bad dancing in the studio! What weather

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is there going to be? A bit of a sluggish start today, a

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lot of cloud and some rain as well, but we have seen signs of hope with

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some sunshine breaking through. In terms of temperatures, we have

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flashes of blue indicating where the cooler air is, thankfully we're not

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succumbing totally to this cooler air this week stop we will see

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things getting more humid by Friday. Rain and showers, more unsettled

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conditions during the day but turning more humid by Friday. As we

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head into the weekend, it will be fairly unpleasant but right now,

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some lively showers, into the South—East of the region, these will

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fade away and Peter later on, leaving all parts try with some

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fairly decent spells. Just touching double figures in some places. In

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oral parts, definitely down to eight or nine Celsius. A fairly chilly

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night to night, but would be clearer spells, some sunshine, particularly

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around the south—west. Generally, a much improved day. We will see some

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glimmers of brightness and the sunnier spells. To break through.

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Temperatures, between 15 Celsius under the cloud, rising to 18 in the

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sunshine. It will be coupled with a fairly stiff northerly breeze which

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will add a slight wind chill. Tomorrow night, try again. —— drive

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again. Let's recap tonight's top stories:

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Russia makes a surprise offer to break the deadlock over Syria's

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chemical weapons. And tributes have been paid to a

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young couple deeply in love who drowned while on holiday in Italy.

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Mary will be back at ten o'clock when we'll be in Shrewsbury with the

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team of volunteers being trained to keep people safe

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