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She was overlooked for the Olympics but tonight Jody Stimpson is | :00:12. | :00:15. | |
the toast of the Black Country after becoming England's first gold | :00:16. | :00:18. | |
The 25`year`old triathlete from Oldbury struck gold just four | :00:19. | :00:21. | |
And, to complete a Midlands double, Vicky Holland from Newent in | :00:22. | :00:26. | |
A moment she'd spent her life striving for. | :00:27. | :00:39. | |
The anthem confirmed that Jodie Stimpson is the Commonwealth | :00:40. | :00:43. | |
This is like all year and I have to thank so many people who have got me | :00:44. | :01:03. | |
through. To share a podium with Vicky is really special. | :01:04. | :01:07. | |
Jodie's 25 and this a gold medal a long time in the making. | :01:08. | :01:10. | |
She took up triathlon aged eight and began competing aged nine. | :01:11. | :01:13. | |
She became a full`time athlete but funding was hard and a building | :01:14. | :01:18. | |
Her main aim was to compete at London 2012. | :01:19. | :01:24. | |
But she was controversially omitted from the team with the selectors | :01:25. | :01:28. | |
So today, she was determined to make it count. | :01:29. | :01:35. | |
Jodie was up with the pace through the swim, she | :01:36. | :01:39. | |
And after setting the tempo for the run she kicked for home. | :01:40. | :01:54. | |
She dashed for glory beating Canada's Kirsten Sweetland | :01:55. | :02:00. | |
into second with Vicky Holland, from Newent, in Gloucestershire | :02:01. | :02:02. | |
It is awesome that my family get to see me in a championship race after | :02:03. | :02:13. | |
missing last time. It's been an emotional day ` | :02:14. | :02:20. | |
but one that Jodie Stimpson will And that was just the start | :02:21. | :02:23. | |
of the medal rush for the region. Most of the success came in the | :02:24. | :02:27. | |
velodrome as the cyclists fought out This is the first time that | :02:28. | :02:30. | |
paralympic cycling has been a Commonwealth Games event | :02:31. | :02:36. | |
and Halesowen's Helen Scott was Scott is the sighted pilot | :02:37. | :02:38. | |
for visually impaired rider Sophie In the final they faced a Scottish | :02:39. | :02:42. | |
duo with the roars of the home crowd driving them | :02:43. | :02:47. | |
on but it was Helen and Sophie who came out on top, winning the first | :02:48. | :02:51. | |
two races to clinch the gold. We don't know if we will be in the | :02:52. | :03:03. | |
Commonwealth Games again but it is fantastic that one of our events is | :03:04. | :03:08. | |
in. Maybe another one of our events may be put in as well. | :03:09. | :03:11. | |
There were other gold medal chances on the track too. | :03:12. | :03:13. | |
Kian Emadi from Stoke on Trent was third man in England's | :03:14. | :03:16. | |
team sprint trio and he gave it his best shot but | :03:17. | :03:19. | |
the New Zealand team were inspired and Emadi had to settle for silver. | :03:20. | :03:22. | |
It was silver as well for Wolverhampton's Andy Tennant. | :03:23. | :03:24. | |
He joined Sir Bradley Wiggins in the team pursuit | :03:25. | :03:26. | |
but they were comfortably second best to Australia in the final. | :03:27. | :03:29. | |
And there was yet another silver medal for Kelly Edwards from Telford | :03:30. | :03:35. | |
She was controversially beaten on disqualification in the final | :03:36. | :03:43. | |
And in the last hour there's been yet another medal. | :03:44. | :03:51. | |
Kidderminster's Amy Smith was part of the English four | :03:52. | :03:53. | |
by 100 metres freestyle team which won a silver in the pool. | :03:54. | :03:59. | |
For the first time, retailers in Birmingham city centre's biggest | :04:00. | :04:02. | |
The Muslim holiday on Monday marks the end of Ramadan. | :04:03. | :04:09. | |
Amy Cole joins us now from the city centre. | :04:10. | :04:11. | |
I have been hearing it has been successful. There has been a lot of | :04:12. | :04:26. | |
people out and about enjoying and making the most of it. The city | :04:27. | :04:31. | |
centre drive is underway but there are some local businesses that are | :04:32. | :04:34. | |
concerned the city centre is cashing in. As the sun started to go down, | :04:35. | :04:43. | |
the shoppers started to come out. The first time, shops and extended | :04:44. | :04:47. | |
their opening hours so they could begin buying their goods in time for | :04:48. | :04:58. | |
Eid celebrations on Monday. In trading terms, Eid is it on a par | :04:59. | :05:04. | |
with Christmas. Feedback so far has been positive. Selfridge's are very | :05:05. | :05:11. | |
busy and there is a lot more people out this evening and a lot more | :05:12. | :05:16. | |
families out. How have shoppers reacted? Now we are all shopping, it | :05:17. | :05:24. | |
is a good idea that they have done this. People leave it to the last | :05:25. | :05:31. | |
minute. Not everybody is happy. This woman owns a clothes shop. For years | :05:32. | :05:36. | |
she has stayed up late but is now worried about competition from the | :05:37. | :05:41. | |
city centre. People used to come to Asian shops that nowadays, they are | :05:42. | :05:50. | |
saying the city centre is open so they are rushing thereof than come | :05:51. | :05:56. | |
to the small shops. For retailers, it is a gamble but so far looks to | :05:57. | :06:01. | |
be paying off. Birmingham told me they would be looking closely at the | :06:02. | :06:05. | |
figures over the next few days, analyse and report fall and the | :06:06. | :06:09. | |
revenue that has been generated and if it is successful, they will look | :06:10. | :06:13. | |
to do it again in October when the next Eid Holliday takes place. | :06:14. | :06:20. | |
A teenage dwarf was asked to prove he was disabled when he tried to | :06:21. | :06:23. | |
17`year`old Kain Francis has now been refused travel five times | :06:24. | :06:27. | |
in the last two weeks because of the disability bike he uses to | :06:28. | :06:30. | |
It's a disability aid that helps him get around. | :06:31. | :06:41. | |
But over the last two weeks, when he's tried to catch the bus, it's | :06:42. | :06:44. | |
We got on the bus and the guy was not having it. He said I couldn't | :06:45. | :06:59. | |
bring my bike on the bus. He wouldn't let me speak. He asked me | :07:00. | :07:01. | |
if it had stabilisers on it. The 17`year`old from Kingstanding | :07:02. | :07:05. | |
in Birmingham has dwarfism Last night he was refused travel | :07:06. | :07:07. | |
twice in 20 minutes and in one case, in front of a busy bus, | :07:08. | :07:13. | |
the driver astonishingly asked him He was telling me that I had to | :07:14. | :07:25. | |
prove I was disabled and I couldn't come on the bus until I could prove | :07:26. | :07:31. | |
I was disabled. I asked him if he wanted to see my scars. | :07:32. | :07:34. | |
Kain's family have already had a written apology | :07:35. | :07:36. | |
from the bus company for the first incident two weeks ago, | :07:37. | :07:39. | |
but as we found out this afternoon the problems are still continuing. | :07:40. | :07:42. | |
We took the footage to show National Express West Midlands, | :07:43. | :07:46. | |
It is happening every time I have tried to get on the bus. It is | :07:47. | :08:07. | |
embarrassing. We are sorry for the inconvenience and didn't realise the | :08:08. | :08:10. | |
anomaly quick enough and didn't understand what was causing this | :08:11. | :08:15. | |
problem. We have acted very quickly and have got a letter out to him | :08:16. | :08:20. | |
today that he can show to every driver and I am confident he will | :08:21. | :08:22. | |
not experience this problem again. Kain and his family are hoping | :08:23. | :08:25. | |
that's the case and he won't be left We'll be back at Breakfast | :08:26. | :08:28. | |
from six tomorrow morning. Rebecca Wood has the weather | :08:29. | :08:34. | |
forecast, a very goodnight to you. There is very little change for our | :08:35. | :08:47. | |
forecast tomorrow. Things will get a little bit different but we do have | :08:48. | :08:51. | |
another sunny day to come tomorrow. It will be warm and staying dry for | :08:52. | :08:57. | |
the most part. We do have clear skies overhead and we could get mist | :08:58. | :09:02. | |
patches developing. It is another sticky night with temperatures | :09:03. | :09:06. | |
ranging between 15 and 16 Celsius. We start off tomorrow with those | :09:07. | :09:10. | |
clear skies which means the sun will be out for most of us. Our | :09:11. | :09:19. | |
temperatures are getting up to 27 Celsius. There will be a little more | :09:20. | :09:23. | |
cloud about which will take the edge of temperatures. By the time we get | :09:24. | :09:29. | |
through to Saturday, we have a weakening front that will bring | :09:30. | :09:30. | |
spirals of rain. is getting too much for many people. | :09:31. | :09:52. | |
By Sunday, the temp will be cooler than today. Tonight, another warm | :09:53. | :09:59. | |
and comfortable night for sleeping. | :10:00. | :10:10. |