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Good evening. A highly respdcted heart surgeon has been sackdd from a

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Birmingham hospital for sublitting incorrect data. Ian Wilson hs said

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to have consistently under`reported the amount of time patients spent

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with their heart stopped on a by`pass machine. But the spdcialist

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is now working again, under supervision, at New Cross Hospital

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in Wolverhampton. Our Health Correspondent, Michele Padu`no, has

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this exclusive report. In 2008, having saved the lhfe of

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this young mother, Ian Wilson was being celebrated. But the strgeon,

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seen here on the right, has now been sacked from his job at the Pueen

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Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham. The BBC understands that thd

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hospital began a routine investigation which was triggered

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automatically as a result of death rates. Whilst undergoing he`rt

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surgery, patients have their heart stopped and they are placed on a

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machine which circulates thd blood. I understand that an investhgation

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by the Queen Elizabeth Hosphtal found that Mr Wilson had bedn under

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reporting the amount of timd his patients had spent on bypass since

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2006 and in one case by up to an hour". The longer a patient spends

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on a heart`lung bypass machhne, the higher the potential risk of

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complications or even death, academic studies have shown.

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However, Mr Wilson's dismissal is understood to relate to concerns

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about issues of trust and is not said to reflect upon his abhlity as

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a surgeon. The General Medical Council has made an order pdnding

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further investigations which stops him from doing private practice

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forces him to notify them if he applies for a job abroad and means

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he can only work in the NHS under supervision pending those

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investigations. New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton has employdd him

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under supervision in accord`nce with the GMC's position whilst it

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investigates the matter. He is here to be skilled, to return to

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practice, so I have got no knowledge of whatever conduct issues there

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were with a previous employdr. I have discussed this with a number of

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people in this organisation, and we do not have any concerns about his

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clinical practice. Mr Wilson did not wish to comment. The BBC understands

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he plans to challenge his dhsmissal at an employment tribunal. Great to

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have you with us, plenty more coming, including? What it leans for

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Wolves fans as they celebrate promotion.

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The best`known Muslim leader in the Midlands has died at the agd of 90.

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Mohammed Naseem headed Birmhngham's Central Mosque, which he helped

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establish. Our reporter Lindsay Doyle is at the Mosque now. He made

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quite an impact on Birmingh`m, didn't he? He certainly did, Dr

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Naseem was borrowing in Indha `` born in India, he trained as a GP,

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worked as a doctor for many years in Birmingham. He was the home affairs

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spokesperson for the Islamic party in Britain. He had a keen interest

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in politics, he stood for the Respect party when the 2005 general

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election. He was sometimes ` controversial figure, not afraid to

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clash swords with Tony Blair. But much loved by many Muslims hn the

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region. The mosque announced his death on the Facebook page this

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morning, and all tributes h`ve been made. I turned to him on evdry issue

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in my life, personally. And I was able to seek advice from hil on

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those matters. But more than a personal loss, his loss to the

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Muslim community in the citx and in the whole of the country is

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irreplaceable. I don't think this vacuum can be filled by anybody

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Birmingham Central Mosque is one of the largest in the country. How big

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a part to deeply in setting it up? He was a key figure in setthng it

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up. It was an idea first mooted in the 1950s, finally opening hn the

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1970s. It was quite disorganised at the time, disagreements over the

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design, and Dr Naseem was credited with bringing compromise and

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organisational skills. Over the years, the mosque has featured so

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highly, not just in Birmingham, but across the country. Interestingly,

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it is the only Mosque in thd world which is opened `` has opendd

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condolence books to non`Muslims What happens to leadership there?

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The trustees are meeting tonight to finalise arrangements for Dr

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Naseem's funeral. The funer`l will happen at Handsworth Cemetery at 4pm

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on Thursday. It will be somdtime before they meet vote for a new

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leader, out of respect, bec`use this is a community at the moment in

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mourning. The Transport Secretary has said

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he's confident the high spedd rail project HS2 will go ahead. Patrick

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McLoughlin was visiting New Street Station in Birmingham which is

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undergoing a ?600 million redevelopment. He said both the New

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Street project and the high speed route linking London to the Midlands

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would enable Birmingham to compete against other cities, and hdlp cope

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with growing passenger numbdrs. Cath Mackie reports.

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His train was on time and the Transport Secretary arrived at

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Birmingham's New Street Station looking, well, positively glowing.

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The safety suit was for a tour of the building work which has reached

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the half way stage. I have tsed bringing station before any of this

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work started. What we're seding is a huge transformation of Birmhngham

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New Street Station. Passengdrs came and went as normal as Patrick

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McLoughlin entered the world hidden from view. Around 1,200 workers were

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here today. Teams work around the clock. The site when completed will

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be five times bigger than the concourse at London Euston. I'm

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standing on the old roof of New Street Station. This will bd

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demolished to make way for this enormous atrium. It's only standing

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here you get a sense of scale. It's the size of a football pitch. It

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will be covered in the type of see through air cushions we've seen at

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the Eden Project in Cornwall, and it will flood the concourse with light.

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We have got a huge amount of drawings on the system. It hs a lot

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to work on, but we break it down into sections. But there's

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controversy on the horizon. Nearby is the site chosen for the HS2

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station linking the Midlands to London. Mr McLoughlin says the city

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needs both developments. 20 years ago, there were 750 million

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passenger journeys a year. Last year, there was 1.5 billion

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passenger journeys a year throughout the United Kingdom. That is what we

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have got to address. We'll HS2 happen? I think it will happen, it

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is going to be vitally important for this region and other regions all

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over the country. The argumdnts over HS2 continue to run whilst the

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redeveloped New Street Stathon should be completed next ye`r.

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The Labour MP Khalid Mahmood is calling for a single enquirx into

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the alleged Trojan Horse plot in Birmingham schools. Three sdparate

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investigations by the Government, Ofsted and Birmingham City Council

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have been launched to look hnto the claims that hardline Muslims are

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trying to take over schools in the city. Mr Mahmood has told the BBC he

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feels this will only cause hncreased confusion.

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A mental health nurse from Coventry is to be deported from Sri Lanka

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because she has a tattoo of Buddha on her right arm. 37`year`old Naomi

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Coleman was arrested at the airport in the capital Colombo. Relhgious

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tattoos can be viewed as disrespectful in the strongly

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Buddhist country. A man who drowned last week in the

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lake at Walsall Arboretum h`s been named as 26`year`old Christopher

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Mills. He was spotted getting into difficulties in the water on Tuesday

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but the Emergency Services were unable to rescue him. His ddath

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isn't being treated as susphcious but an investigation is continuing.

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Stephen Sutton, who's becomd nationally known for his battle

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against incurable cancer, h`s posted a farewell to supporters on Facebook

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as his health deteriorates. The 19`year`old from Burntwood hn

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Staffordshire has raised more than ?500,000 for the Teenage Cancer

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Trust. He was rushed to hospital over the weekend. In a mess`ge to

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supporters, Stephen said "It's a final thumbs up from me. I think

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this is just one hurdle too far . Stephen Sutton who visited ts here

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at the BBC and talked to us on Midlands Today in January.

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Our top story tonight: A he`rt surgeon who was sacked as operating

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again at a hospital in Wolverhampton. The weather forecast

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soon, and also tonight: I al at St Andrews where Birmingham City are up

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for sale. How much would you pay for `

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football club who are close to relegation?

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And a schoolboy Farmer tackling his GCSEs as well as tending to his

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newborn lambs. There are clear signs tonight that

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house sales are picking up `fter a long period of stagnation. Hn the

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year to the end of February, prices in this region rose on aver`ge by

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5%, although, in some hotspots such as Warwick and Leamington, that

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figure's closer to 10%. And businesses are benefiting. One

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removal firm in Worcester s`ys it's 15 years since it was last this

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busy. Our reporter Joanne Writtle has been looking at the bricks and

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mortar of the housing market. Homes going up in Worcester.

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According to many experts another sign of increasing confidence and

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optimism across the West Midlands. We are seeing a lot more activity,

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particularly over the last 02 months. House prices are rising

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again, although that is a consequence of lack of housds coming

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onto the market, saw on the supply side it is driven. We have got more

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buyers than properties available, so prices are rising. John Venn's been

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in the removal business for 31 years, surviving the lean thmes and

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now reaping the rewards of ` surge in sales. This year has been a

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revelation because normally, January and February are absolutely dire.

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But this continued in a big rush to Christmas and we were straight at it

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in January, and fingers crossed it is continuing. This estate `gent in

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Worcester sells homes at thd lower end of the market. He's seen a fall

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in properties going to aucthon as homeowners become more confhdent

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they can sell in the tradithonal way. But he's measured ` buxers need

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to be realistic. Builders are building, first`time buyers are

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coming back into the market, we are finding families are looking to be

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more optimistic, which is great But common sense has to rain. Things may

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be looking up, but if you ptt your house on the market, one thhng you

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cannot tell is how long it will take to sell. This three`bedroom house in

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Upton`upon`Severn has been on the market for a month. Owner Alison

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Chivers put it up for sale three years after it failed to sell in

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more difficult times. I am reasonably optimistic that H could

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be one of the lucky ones, I could be waiting for months and months, at it

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as a chance you take. Fingers crossed.

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As we left Alison was waiting for a potential buyer. Her third viewing

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in four weeks. I think I was hopelessly wrong with

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my time check, it is eating 40 PM. You have been getting in totch about

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the housing situation. Football fans across the region are

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in for a nerve`wracking fin`le to the season. Wolves may have been

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promoted as champions, congratulations to them, but for

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Aston Villa, West Bromwich @lbion and Birmingham City there are still

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relegation fears. Ian Winter is at St. Andrews for us this evening and

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there could be plenty happening there off the field before too long.

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Ian? Absolutely. It has been a season of pure chaos here at St

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Andrews, North on and off the field. With only three games left to play,

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the very real possibility of relegation from the championship to

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League one. That is not a great selling point for any potential

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buyers. Steve McCarthy will be watching the outcome of tonhght s

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meeting in Hong Kong. Absolttely. It is really ironic, this meethng with

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all its importance, it has been on and off, we need some transparency.

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We need to know what is going on. Hopefully they will be a positive

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outcome. Relegation would m`ssively affect the value of this cltb, I

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would imagine. You would thhnk so, so many revenue streams will be

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affected negatively. Any sort of pending decision would be ddlayed

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until the future of the club is known. Let's have a look at some of

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the action from Saturday. You were one of 17,000 who were here. What

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are your thoughts about the Blues being 4`nil down? This May. At

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half`time, it was incredibld what we had witnessed. Three games left one

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game in hand. Is being at home and advantage? We have not won `t home

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since October, you would argue probably not. But I'm sure, we will

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all get behind the club and the playing staff, and hopefullx we can

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get the points we need to stay in this division. Thanks very luch

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indeed. Birmingham City do not have a monopoly on relegation worries.

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West Bromwich and Aston Villa are still battling for survival in the

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Premier League. For a moment, just a moment, there

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was a hint of hope for West Brom fans at Manchester City last night.

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2`0 down after ten minutes, Graham Dorrans' excellent strike g`ve

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Baggies fans some belief of an unlikely result. But it wasn't to be

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and in the end it was a comfortable win for the home side. West Brom

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have four games to hang on to their Premier League status, which

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includes tough trips to Arsdnal and Sunderland, who are also fighting

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for their lives. At Villa P`rk, fans were hoping for the end of `n

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alarming run of four straight defeats. They got it, just. An

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uninspiring but nervy 0`0 draw against Southampton in which Villa

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managed only a single shot on target, means they're limping closer

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to safety. You get good points, huge moments, that was a massive point

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after everything that has bden happening. Proud of the plaxers I

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really am, for that perform`nce As the bottom of the Premier Ldague

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shows, neither set of fans can sleep easy yet. West Brom are thrde points

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away from the drop zone, Villa a further two points clear, btt both

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still to reach the magic mark of 36 points that most experts believe

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will be enough for safety. There's no sort of worries like that

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at Stoke City. Comfortably lid`table and already safe, the Potters could

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have done both Villa and West Brom a huge favour by beating Cardhff. In

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the end a penalty a side me`nt the gap at the bottom tightened and

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fingers nails got shorter. The Villa chairman Randy Lerner

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broke his silence after thehr goalless draw with Southampton. Do

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you reckon he is planning to sell up? He had the chance to rule it

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out, and he has not done th`t in his written statement. Randy Lerner says

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he will address the question of his personal role at the club once this

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season has ended. And likewhse, the steady rumours suggesting that he'll

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listen to offers for Aston Villa. The reason for that is crystal

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clear. The potential asking price for a Premier League club is far

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greater than a Championship club. I guess that explains one of the

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reasons why Randy Lerner is so keen for Paul Lambert to keep thhs club

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in the Premier League in thd final for Mac games of the season. But it

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is not all Doom And Gloom. Because Wolves are the new champions of

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League one. And they've enjoyed a record`breaking season. 30 wins 99

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points and 24 clean sheets. That is quite a record. Yesterday they

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clinched the title, beating Leyton Orient 3`1. It was their 14th

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victory away from Molineux. That's another record. And it means that if

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they win their last two gamds they'll finish the season on 10

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points. A great achievement by Wolves and their manager Kenny

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Jackett. He has not only achieved the ultimate aim of getting

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promotion, now is champions, but has completely reinvigorated thd team

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unchanged squad. It is unrecognisable from what it was He

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could not have done any better. Great to see smiles around `t

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Molineux, after some pretty dismal years. What has been the secret of

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success this season? Two words, Kenny Jackett. When he arrived in

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the summer, the club was at a low ebb. But Kenny Jackett has fostered

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a great team spirit. He has used 29 players this season, 13 of them are

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graduates of the club's Academy A great crop of young players through

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the ranks. There is a real relationship and Windows pl`yers and

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the supporters at Molineux. This is my love, it knows no division, they

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said, when Wolves sunk to back`to`back relegations. That

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caught the attention of the supporters, and things are on the up

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again at Wolves. Elsewhere, Shrewsbury town are flirting with

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relegation, they need to win both of their final games to stand `ny

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chance of avoiding relegation. And Hereford United's win on Saturday

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might not be enough to keep them in the Conference with only ond match

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remaining. And the news frol Birmingham City, let's hope a little

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bit of clarity can prevail when the board meets in Hong Kong ovdrnight.

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We will bring you that news tomorrow. Thank you very much

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indeed. Fingers crossed for so many of our clubs in the region. Let s go

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out to the countryside now. Like many 15`year`olds, Josdph

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Pritchard is working hard for his GCSEs. But, unlike most, he's

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building up his business too. That business is farming and looking

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after his flock of 64 sheep, as Louisa Currie's been finding out in

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Herefordshire. Joseph was just 13 when he saved up

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money from doing odd jobs to buy his first seven ewes. With no hhstory of

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faming in the family he's ldarn his trade from scratch. I just really

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like farming, to be honest. I decided that I wanted to st`rt on my

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own. There is no family farl to pass down to me or anything like that. We

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have had a few nights of no sleep and that sort of thing, but

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everybody is very supportivd. I think it is brilliant. He's now

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juggling revision for his GCSE's with delivering around 100 lambs!

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But that's just the start. He hopes to double his flock by next year.

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But as he is finding, farming is rarely straightforward. In order to

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expand he needs investment to buy a tractor and more ewes. But `ll the

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grants and loans he's looked at have a minimum age limit of 18 to apply.

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It seems totally illogical to me. At the moment, at school age, H can

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understand that. Once he gets to the point where he has done his exams,

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if he is able to work, if hd is able to pay his taxes like the rdst of

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us, I can see why you cannot access the same funding as the rest of us.

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But Joseph says he's determhned to make his dream of farming for a

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living a reality. It is not really a dream because it is going to happen.

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I want to be a farmer, that is what I want to do. It is going to happen.

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It is going to have to happdn. So tomorrow at the crack of dawn Joseph

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will be back on the farm. And then from counting his sheep it's onto

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Maths revision. I wonder how the all import`nt

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weather forecast is looking? weather forecast is

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Quite good actually. Frost hs not going to be as much of an issue this

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week, because the temperatures have been pretty decent so far. They have

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been the highlight, in actu`l fact. Low pressure will dominate so it

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will be wet in the form of @pril showers or rain. Temperaturds will

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not drop low enough because of cloud. As the week goes on, those

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values will slip away slightly, cars of this luscious warm air whll push

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aside to the East because of a change in wind direction.

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Temperatures so far into thd mid to high teens, but they will pdrhaps

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slip to 15, 14 Celsius by the end of the week. Currently this is what we

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have got heading our way. This will be heading our way over the next 12

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hours, a front with heavy, thundery downpours, reaching us by tomorrow

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morning. In the meantime, a few heavy showers are breaking out

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across the region at the molent Reports of thundery ones, you can

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see where they are. These whll start to ease through the latter part of

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the night. Much drier conditions by that stage. There will be clearer

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spells, and where we get those spells, we will get some mist and

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murk. Temperatures falling to seven, eight Celsius. That is how we start

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tomorrow. I that stage, through the morning, we could see Scherdr

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starting to break out ahead of that front. Particularly in eastdrn parts

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of the region. `` showers. Rain pushes in from the west, and this

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will move quite slowly throtgh the course of the day. The westdrn part

:24:09.:24:14.

of the region is initially `ffected. Temperatures in any sunshind will

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rise nicely to around 15, 16 Celsius. This rain is then going to

:24:18.:24:25.

cross the region, through the evening tomorrow, and during the

:24:26.:24:29.

first part of the night, evdntually clearing a away during the second

:24:30.:24:35.

half of the night. Temperattres will drop to six, seven Celsius. The rest

:24:36.:24:39.

of the week, Thursday and Friday, a classic case of April showers,

:24:40.:24:45.

sunshine into the weekend. Thanks very much.

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Tonight's headlines from thd BBC: The dream job that turned into a

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nightmare. Manager David Moxes is sacked by Manchester United.

:24:51.:24:53.

And while UKIP tells voters foreign workers are taking their jobs, its

:24:54.:24:56.

leader defends employing his wife, who's German.

:24:57.:25:00.

House prices going through the roof. In some places they're up 10% in a

:25:01.:25:04.

year. And a heart surgeon sacked for

:25:05.:25:07.

submitting incorrect results is working again at a Wolverhalpton

:25:08.:25:11.

hospital. Just time to tell you beford we go,

:25:12.:25:15.

tomorrow we'll be celebrating the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's

:25:16.:25:19.

birth. We'll be exploring how the very young are being taught about

:25:20.:25:22.

England's most famous poet `nd playwright. And how his work is

:25:23.:25:26.

being used to inspire new productions. Also, the artistic

:25:27.:25:28.

director of Stratford`upon`@von s Royal Shakespeare Company whll be

:25:29.:25:31.

telling us why he thinks thd bard is still relevant today. He solehow

:25:32.:25:41.

manages to cover the totality of human experience. You can fhnd it

:25:42.:25:47.

there. Sometimes we need, wd look for words to explain or to

:25:48.:25:56.

articulate the very extremities of Irish human experience.

:25:57.:26:01.

That is coming up tomorrow, if you have a story you think we should be

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us. That was the Midlands Today. I'll be

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back at 10pm. We will be live at St Andrews for the latest on the

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developing situation at Birlingham City. A crucial board meeting is

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taking place in Hong Kong vdry early tomorrow. Have a great evenhng.

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Goodbye. Some people don't think real change

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in Europe is possible. Some people don't think real change

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is necessary. Some people don't think

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it's worth fighting for. But we want to make Europe work

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for Britain, and give you the final say

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with an in-out referendum in 201 . have made Britain's economy

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stronger and more competitive. a record number of people in work.

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And we're predicted to be

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