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That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me

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Hello and welcome to Midlands Today. The headlines tonight...

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Pupils in an unemployment blackspot face an uncertain future,

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after the government pulls the plug on their school.

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We will be talking to the angry father of one of those pupils

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Also tonight... Jailed ` three partners in ` hot`tub

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business found guilty of a fraud running into millions of potnds

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Banksy on the move. His latdst piece of street art taken away

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The wedding that was not quhte what it seemed, as a mum becomes a bride

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They have evolved and perfected the scam. They have brought misdry to

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thousands of people throughout England, Scotland, Wales and

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Ireland. The wedding that was not quhte what

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it seemed, as a mum becomes a bride After a disappointing day today

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things gradually improving over the weekend.

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They have evolved and perfected the scam. They have brought misdry to

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Good evening. A school that has had millions spent on it in the last

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year is facing closure. It hs in a part of inner`city Birmingh`m with

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some of the highest youth unemployment in the country.

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The school specialises in trying to help pupils get jobs in the

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hospitality business. The government's decision to pull

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the plug comes just weeks bdfore the main holidays, leaving pupils facing

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a summer of uncertainty. To us it looks like a kitchdn. To

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these students, it is a classroom and all the ingredients are coming

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together to make Kajans Hospitality and Catering Studio College what

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they want to be ` a centre of excellence.

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Their new home in Aston in Birmingham is undergoing renovation,

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thanks to ?2.5 million cash injection from central government.

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No wonder then they are dev`stated that the government is pullhng the

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. But the issues where, we have dealt with. It is acceptabld.

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Students like Lorraine Dug`rd are wondering where they will go.

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We are hopeful that will not shut down, but we very sad.

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The school has 48 students `nd the Department of Education say it is

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not attracting enough new ones. They told us, "We have been working

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extremely closely with them for a number of months and have rdpeatedly

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made clear that there were concerns about the school's viabilitx due to

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low pupil numbers." A new principal stepped in six weeks

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ago. He says the situation has changed, with new students signing

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up all the time. A lot of anger about the Department

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of Education's decision comds from the fact that unemployment `mong

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young people in this area is at 60% and the hope was that this place

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would help address that by giving them skills to get jobs in

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Birmingham in the city's thriving hospitality and catering industry.

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And Birmingham City Council say they are helping find places for the

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students at other schools and colleges in the city.

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A lot of the anger about thd decision is the fact that the

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college lies within an area of very high unemployment. We have defined a

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new way, but we will continte to support them and community.

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Birmingham City Council say they will find places for the sttdents

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are other colleges within the city. Cath is outside the school now.

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You said in your report that the the school had ?2.5 million spent on

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it. What has happened to th`t money? It has all been spent. We could have

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a situation in September of where we have a college which is alrdady but

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no students. What is going to happen in September? The decision `s a

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shock to all others. It has caused a lot of stress and anxiety. They

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have, maybe you have a 15`ydar`old coming to you ten, if I get to the

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is appealing? As far as I al is appealing? As far as I al

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concerned, his education is being disrupted. This decision to withdraw

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the funding is totally unacceptable. They could've explore other options,

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but they chose not to. This comes down to numbers? They do have a

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point and that was on the 1st of April. Since moving to this

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building, we have exceeded the target these sit for hours. The

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maximum we can have is 45 and we were well underway to hitting the

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target, so it is very confusing and upsetting. Thank you very mtch.

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There will be a public meethng next Thursday to try to sort this out.

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It has all been spent. We could have a situation in September of where we

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have a college which is alrdady but no students. What is going to happen

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Coming up later in the programme... What a catch ` the historic

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Staffordshire fisherman's lodge For Sale to The Compleat Angler

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Three men have been jailed for a fraud running into millions of

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pounds. Their business, Spa`Serve, began selling hot tubs back in 007.

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But 400 customers failed to receive them and hundreds more were fobbed

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off with cheaper items. The business went bankrupt in 2010. Then, a joint

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police and trading standards investigation saw fraud charges

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Simon Foster, Jonathan Hussdlbee and Stuart Cox ` all convicted of fraud

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for their part in a business selling hot tubs. It was described by the

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judge as a "wholly dishonest venture".

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Police began investigating `fter complaints from hundreds of

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customers across the UK. Kay Waterman now has a hot tub, from

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The money flowed in, but it did not go to help satisfy the orders, but

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simply to satisfy their lifdstyles. These people of course a lot of

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misery for many years. Not just financial, but psychological misery.

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That has gone on since 2004. The hot tubs were advertised on the

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internet, using various trading names.

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But far from being fantastic, in fact, hot tubs were deliverdd late `

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or not at all. And customers were lied to `bout

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where they came from. They were sold as being made in the United States.

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In fact, they were from China. When problems emerged, some

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customers descended to protdst at the business? depot in Rugeley.

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Foster was the leading light of the fraud. He took at least ?900,00 . He

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lived a lavish lifestyle, whth three Porshes. Customers who had been at

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court welcomed the jail terls handed down by the judge.

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When the business eventuallx I came down from Yorkshire. I would

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have travelled thousands of labels to hear that verdict. If I do not do

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the work, I do not get paid. They were not doing any work and they

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were getting paid, loving a lavish lifestyle. Sentencing Rosit` Jeal,

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the judge began when the fr`ud began, it was only a matter of time

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before the balloon went up `nd everyone lost their money. He said

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the acted in a very cynical way to get the money.

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The regiment which began life as The Staffords will parade through

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Lichfield for the last time tomorrow. Third Battalion, The

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Mercian regiment is being dhsbanded because of the restructuring of the

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army. But a leading local Conservative MP and former Cabinet

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minister has rejected claims by the former Labour defence minister

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Admiral Lord West that the government's policies put Britain on

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To build two new aircraft c`rriers, which I presume people would

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welcome. It is a balance between troops and equipment and behng fit

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for purpose. And we are dealing with the huge deficit which we inherited.

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And there will be more on that debate about defence cuts, plus a

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look at the squeeze on libr`ry funding in Staffordshire, whth

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Patrick Burns in The Sunday Politics on BBC One from 11.00am on Sunday.

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A mother and son have pleaddd not guilty to holding four men hn

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slavery. The group were found at a house in Alum Rock in Birmingham in

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January this year. 54`year`old Vasilica Panaghita and 31`ydar`old

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Cristian Panaghita also denx four charges of requiring someond to

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A 30`year`old driver was pulled over in Birmingham after police feared

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she could cause an accident. Officers found her behind the wheel

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with this lot across the windscreen. As well as driving almost blind she

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had no insurance. The van h`s been has been seized and the driver

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The BBC has learned that a patient died on an overcrowded ward in

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Stafford Hospital, six years after a doctor warned of the dangers. He was

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later suspended. The medical union, the BMA , is now calling for a full

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public inquiry into how people speaking out against problels in the

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Ron Street knows Stafford Hospital caused his friend's death. @ health

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and safety prosecution provdd it. Gill Astbury, a diabetic, w`sn't

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given insulin. Part of the reason for that failure was that Ghll was

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There were extra bed next to reward that they could not see. Th`t is

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precisely the situation. We took his experience to the consultant, to get

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his view on what happened. H am stunned and usually disappohnted to

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hear what has been described. National Health Service man`gement

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continued to ignore serious signs that we had seen in Coventrx about

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how this compromise patient dignity, patient safety and was associated

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with deaths. What is the colmon theme connecting the two men? The

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doctor blew the whistle in Coventry in 2010. Frozen openers health

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ruined, he was finally vindhcated this year following a tribunal.

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Jewel was it an extra patient attached to the hospital and she

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died from infection during the height of the scandal in 2007. So

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why were the warnings not lhsten to? It is inexcusable. When thex are

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trying to lead us to believd that circumstances had changed. The

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statement the chairman of the enquiry is to investigate. There is

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a belief that there has to be a full public enquiry and the Department of

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Health admits that there has to be protection for those who ard

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speaking out. Could the heartache have been avoided if people had

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listened? Is this overcrowdhng is still going on? I often think of the

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National Health Service as ` balloon, if you squeeze one bit a

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bulge will appear elsewhere. They actually tried to stop people coming

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into the hospital, keeping them on ambulances, that has now bedn

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stopped. What are the NHS shnger about people who want to spdak out?

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They say they want to encourage people and have set up a

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whistle`blower hotline. People must be listened to. This was brought in

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because people say they are still fighting to speak speak out. There

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is a belief that more needs to be done. This is all about man`gement

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responsibility. Was anyone `ctually held responsible from 2001? Doctors

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and nurses are not going to be happy until they feel that they whll be

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listened to and that in the same position.

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Our top story tonight ` puphls in an unemployment blackspot face an

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uncertain future after the government pulls the plug on their

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school. Your all important weekend weather forecast to come shortly

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could be worse! And also in tonight's progr`mme

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athletics live at OB. And in the footsteps of Iza`k

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Walton, the father of fly fhshing and author of the guide that for

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centuries has been the angldr's bible.

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Carla Marshall was so deterlined that her terminally`ill son should

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see her walk down the aisle that she staged a wedding today wherd

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everything was real except the actual marriage. Carla is not in a

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relationship, but, after talking about her plans on radio on BBC WM,

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offers of help came rolling in. And today wedding bells rang out at

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Penkridge in Staffordshire, with her best friend standing in as groom.

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Our reporter Amy Cole was there Pulling up for the best day of her

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life, or at least the most memorable. Carla Marshall, the

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bride, arranged this whole wedding for the benefit of her two xear old

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son D'shawn, who has been ghven just three months to live. In re`l life,

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she doesn't even have a partner so asked her best friend to be the

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groom. Back inside the church and ht

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couldn't be more like a real wedding. The only differencd is the

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couple won't be signing the marriage register, so all this won't be

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In real life, she does not have a partner, so I asked her best part

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friend to beleaguered. I am more close to her as a best

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friend than many people. Inside she made sure he was the centre of

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attention. I was not to be `sked to be part of it. Also, a bit sad,

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because obviously he has such a short life ahead of him. Instead of

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rings, the couple exchanged bracelets for a charity supporting

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him. Everything was donated, after she appeared on a local radho a

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couple of weeks ago. At the end of the show, I thought we might get a

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cake and some flowers, but H could not believe we got as much `s we

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got. Within about 90 minutes, the entire wedding had been sorted and

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down to the generosity of the public. My husband has got ` car

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which they would happily donate for the use in their wedding. I can

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delete the venue for the after party. Back at the church, H asked

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the blade what it meant to do it for her son. It means so much to have

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him here for the stay. This is just meant everything to me. Although

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this was a fake wedding, I heard a little rumour. I hear that xou are

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actually a couple? Yes, we have just got together recently. A proud day

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for mother and child. Confusion surrounds the loc`tion of

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a new piece of art by the street artist Banksy. Private security team

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is no on`site to protect thd investment. It is a piece of

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graffiti art and it should not be removed from the wall. People see it

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has enriched the area and m`ny do not want to lose it. There will be a

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big hole in the wall. Tell the council. Someone did and thdy were

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told that removing it from this grade two listed building could be

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problematic. They ready to get permission before the did any of

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that work. The order said hd was complying with all regulations, but

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of the law is broken, it is a maximum of six months in jahl and

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20,000 pounds in fines. He said he would consider an offer frol the

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local business community. What if we succeed. This will be a massive part

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of the city of the city. It is the one ` win situation. The order has

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said it will be gone by the weekend. It is a race against the

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clock to save it. On to athletics now and Birmingham is the place to

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be with many athletes trying to win British titles. What is at stake

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here? Not only is that major chance of becoming British champion, but

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also, the top two in each event will qualify for the team at the European

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championship as long as the meet the qualifying standard. A lot of

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fantastic young athletes coling through at the moment. I talked to

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former marathon champion Patla Ratcliffe before the championship.

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It is a great chance for thd youngsters. It is nice to sde them

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coming through with such a fresh attitude and to performing `t the

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championship. The chief executive of British athletics joins me now. It

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is good to see so many good young athletes coming through? Yes, it is

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fantastic. It is really exchting teams. We have got a lot of great

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sprinters, which is something which really gets the crowd going. We have

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get both men and women, a bhgger problem, meeting the Europe`n

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standard. Also, places up for grabs in both the European Championships

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and the Commonwealth Games? Yes it is a very hard schedule and the

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start of a very exciting period This weekend is a fantastic

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opportunity for many of thel. At the end of the season, the bike here for

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the diamond meeting at the dnd of August. I will let you go off and

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enjoy the athletics. A very special weekend coming up. And great

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competition in both the sprhnts and the middle distance events, and

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particularly. Though, staying with the great outdoors, a very special

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property has just come up on the market. It comes complete whth

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fishing rights, but will cost you not far short of half ?1 million. A

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peaceable path, we are Staffordshire and Derbyshire meet, there stands a

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secret door. Beyond that, h`ve a meal lies a fisherman 's paradise,

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the property of a retired Bhrmingham businessman. For 60 years hd has

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been coming here to escape the hustle and bustle. In the chty, we

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watch the cars buzzed by, btt you knew what the birds, the fldsh and

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it is a great place to be. Fishermen call it a temple. It was buhlt by a

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local landowner. He was a btdding fisherman and invited some on the

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road one day to come and frdsh this stretch of river. I suck at the

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knowledge and that knowledgd was preserved in the fisherman 's Bible,

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The Compleat Angler. The interest that has been shown worldwide is

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quite special, because it draws unusual people to it becausd it is a

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very special part of the world. Out here, there is no noise. Yot can

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only hear birdsong and the hum of insects. It is a little bit of

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English Heritage. Even if you do not party girl like fishing, yot have

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the wildlife, the scenery. Ht is beautiful. The order, now aged 0,

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is now giving it up. It will continue to stand as a celebration

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of the friendship forged in fishing. That is absolutely beautiful. A

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warning, the electricity or toilets no, we can see how the weather is

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going to be. We have had some heavy rainfall but

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things will gradually improve over the weekend. There will be some

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showers around tomorrow, but also some sunshine, particularly on

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Sunday. These low pressures are giving as these unsettled

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conditions. We can see this ridge of high pressure beginning to build in

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the Atlantic. For now, we h`ve a yellow warning for rainfall. Heavy

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showers which could lead to localised flooding. The poshtioning

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looks more likely across thd southern half of the region. Letters

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look at the rain from earlidr. There were some heavy pulses during the

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afternoon. Overnight, the r`in likely to become lighter penalties

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as we head towards the middle of the night. Into the morning tomorrow, a

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fairly cloudy start to the day. Very little brightness. Things start to

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improve as we head into the afternoon. It is largely drx and we

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should see some brighter spdlls towards the end of the afternoon.

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High temperatures of 18 Celsius On Sunday, it is looking a better day,

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a dry day, with just the odd isolated shower. That is a lot

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better than we were suspecthng it would be earlier in the week. The

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main headlines, David Cameron feels to stop the appointment of the new

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European Union president. House prices are rising at their fastest

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rate for four years. In London, the rock nearly 20% last year. Pupils in

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an unemployment blackspot in Birmingham face an uncertain future

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after the government pulled the plug on the school. And the partners any

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hot top business and Staffordshire are jailed after being found guilty

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of fraud running into millions of pounds. And that is the Midlands for

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today. We will be back after the ten o'clock national news. Goodbye for

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now.

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