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a UN school and a crowded marketplace in Gaza. That

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a joyous welcome home to Staffordshire for Adam Peaty.

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We'll be talking live to his old coach in Uttoxeter in just a moment.

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We'll be talking live to his old coach in Uttoxeter in just a moment.

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And that's not all from the Commonwealth Games.

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Black Country wrestler Chinu Singh is the centre of attention

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My phone has been mad. They protecting me calling me.

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Confirmation that the children's ward and doctor led

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maternity service could close early next year at Stafford Hospital.

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Stepping back in time ` a tiny village museum shines a light

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And prepare to see a few more of these over the next few days `

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sunshine and showers are on the cards for the rest of the week.

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Delighted family and friends have this afternoon given Staffordshire

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swimmer Adam Peaty a hero's reception after he arrived

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home from the Commonwealth Games with no fewer than three medals.

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The 19`year`old from Uttoxeter rounded off his sensational week

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in Glasgow with relay success last night ` that left him with a haul

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Everyone was ready to welcome him back. They wanted to show just how

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proud they were of the boy who grew up to be a Commonwealth champion. We

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were there alive to capture his return. See if you can see him

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coming down the road. Here here's! `` we were at their lives. How tired

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are you? I've had no sleep. Take us through the gold last night. I

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literally couldn't believe it. We brought it home fragrance. What a

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wonderful swim that is. He's come back from Glasgow with two golds and

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a silver. `` home for England's. Is absolutely amazing. I just love my

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country. I love the crowd of supporters. How hard has it been and

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has been worth it? Absolutely, I do it all again. I have a lease ten

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years last but I do it all again any time. `` I have at least. I'm so

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proud of what he has achieved in Glasgow. I am glad he's home. You

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might remember Adam's grandmother who was so energetic and her support

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of the games. I forgot myself and just let myself go. You did a little

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dance! What did it feel like to see him win? Amazing. I was really over

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the moon. And so proud. Adam has lived in this house in Uttoxeter all

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of his life. Neighbours have come here today to welcome him home. Over

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the years, they have fundraiser thousands of pounds to help him with

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his training. We have had barbecues and there is a man who has held a

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raffle for the whole street. It was amazing to watch. Absolutely

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fantastic. He has worked so hard for this. Good luck to the lad.

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Brilliant. He may have only had half an hour's fleet last night, but

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there is a family celebration tonight and then it's back into the

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training pool on Friday. `` an hour's sleep.

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And Sarah's in Uttoxeter this evening.

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Sarah, a fantastic day ` there must be so much pride

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There is. People here are so excited and overwhelmed. He is the talk of

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the town tonight. They may name their new leisure centre after him

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when it opens later this year. John, did you ever doubt Adam? Never. From

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the first time he joined us in the middle of 2005, Adam showed promise.

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His coaches have all picked up on him very early. They identify that

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breast stroke was what he was naturally good at. I talk to one of

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your colleagues earlier he said that she knew it was going to be breast

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stroke because he stood with his feet splayed. That's absolutely

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right. It's imperative for a good breaststroke to be able to get that

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natural action rather than forcing it. That was really when it began to

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show that that was his forte. What about the Olympics? Definitely, I

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think you get there. The amount of work you put in. He has a fantastic

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coach and parents. I am at least sure that he will be representing

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Great Britain at the Olympics in Rio. How pride are you? Immensely.

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It is beyond words. The fact that my client has managed to make a

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national swimmer from a small town like this, it's absolutely amazing.

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`` my club. Adam said he was going to have a stake and just because he

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has won, he would treat himself to some chips. He wouldn't usually

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allow it but he's making an exception tonight. I think he

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deserves it. On Monday, we spoke to triathlete

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Jodie Stimpson Jodie's from Oldbury in Sandwell `

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and that's also home to another Earlier I spoke to Chinu Singh,

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who won bronze in the wrestling last night, and began by asking him

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how thrilled he was with his medal. I could not sleep last night. You

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were clearly overwhelmed when you realise you realise you've got a

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medal. Yes, it's the biggest medal I have ever one. Chinu has

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did you ever think you had a chance of winning the at the Commonwealth

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Games? Yes, I went to a very good training camp. I thought it would be

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top three. You live in old three like Jodie Stimpson. If something in

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the water? `` Oldbury. It could be! I think they're going to have a

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civic reception. What you think about that? That'll be great. I'm

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looking forward to it. What has been your `` the reaction of your family

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and friends? They have been phoning me like mad, texting me, calling me.

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They are very proud. What about the next thing for you will stop you any

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for the Olympics? I would love to go to Rio and there is a world

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championship in two months's time. It depends on the British wrestling

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Association, if they think I can win medals for than. How exciting. We

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cannot see your medal at the moment, could you lifted up? Yes. How does

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it feel to be holding that? Very good. `` lift it up. Well done.

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It's been confirmed that the children's ward and doctor led

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maternity service at Stafford Hospital could close earlier than

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Campaigners made a last ditch legal bid today to block the process,

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but a judge described their efforts as hopeless.

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Our health correspondent, Michele Paduano, reports.

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There's been a Dunkirk spirit at the protest camp outside

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Stafford Hospital which has been running now for twelve days.

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It's an injustice because it's quite evident that people in Stafford are

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not going to get the health services they need. I don't understand why

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this hospital needs to be shut down or anything like that, when it is a

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perfectly good hospital. My dad would be dead by now if he had gone

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to... He's still in the land of the living. We are very lucky.

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Today protesters hoped to obtain a judicial review based on the number

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of children treated at Stafford and that the Health Secretary ordered

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a review of maternity ` at the same time as agreeing to downgrade it.

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Mr Justice Tugendhat said the appeal is essentially hopeless and it would

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be extraordinary not to be able to look at the broader issues.

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Despite the apparent hopeless odds, they vowed to fight on.

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We're not going anywhere. The government might think they `` might

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think they have won today but this is battled to in court of `` that

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they have won but there are plenty more to come.

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Draft documents seen by the BBC suggests that the maternity service

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and Shugborough ward ` the ward for children at Stafford

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I put that to the clinical commissioning group

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It's about clinical safety. We need to make sure that services are safe

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for patients. Clearly we have a TSA recommendation by the Secretary of

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State. We also have the Secretary of State asking for a review of

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maternity services, but that must `` that must be in the context of

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ensuring that patients are safe. If patients are not safe, we will have

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to make a judgement at an appropriate time and services may

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have to move earlier than we would want them to.

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Documents also suggest that there could eventually be redundancies.

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So it may not be raining yet on the people's camp, but

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Is closing soon. What is going on? By Minister wanted another review

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into maternity services. University Hospital of Wales Staffordshire have

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also said `` always said they wanted to close early, to take out

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emergency surgery quickly. If you take out emergency surgery and you

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have children and mothers in hospital and you cannot perform

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emergency surgery, leading a danger that something could happen to them.

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People have said behind the scenes that if there was anywhere else that

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Stafford, with all its history, could put something together to keep

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maternity services, but nobody wants to take the risk. Do you think this

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is the end of the road for the campaign? They say not. They say

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they have another `` another appeal up their sleeves. It's not just

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Stafford now, they have been joined by people from Lewisham in Redditch.

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What is going on here is that elsewhere there is an attempt by

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doctors to squeeze General hospitals financially. These campaigns make it

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far more difficult and may mean that the stomach for the fight becomes

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reduced in future. Two men have appeared in court

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charged with murder following 23`year`old Jordan Banton died

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from a gunshot wound to the head. Paul Clarke, who's 34, and

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28`year`old Darell Akins, both from Rugby, appeared before magistrates

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in Leamington this morning. They've both been remanded

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in custody and are due to appear A third man has been released

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on police bail An organisation

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which was given a 'Big Society' Award by the Prime Minister ` is

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facing a huge cut in its funding. 'The Sweet Project'

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which is based in Birmingham, trains student social workers `

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and helps more than a thousand The group says government proposals

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to cut its funding are dangerous: I'm angry because outside Birmingham

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there are very few resources that support children fan, families and

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vulnerable adults. There are a of service users and children who were

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not going to be supported. That's why am angry.

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Dozens of fish are being rescued from the River Teme in Herefordshire

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after falling water levels left them stranded in small pools,

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It's the second time in 12 months that Environment Agency

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It looks idyllic but this river is becoming a death trap for fish. The

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hot weather is completely `` has completely dried out the river in

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places. The iron and agency has been called to the rescue near Ludlow.

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This team is using an electric current to stun the fish which means

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they can be taken out and moved to deeper water. Already today we have

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caught at least 20 salmon, at least ten brown trout will stop if that

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sort of number were left every year to die, there would be a big gap.

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The River team... It's happening more frequently, possibly due to

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climate change. The winter floods have already washed away salmon fish

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eggs. Stocks are being `` stocks face being decimated and less man

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stepped in to help. We're worried that the fish will not be able to

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recall `` recolonise here easily. We are seeing less and less patient

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that is not good. It is not just falling river levels threatening

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fish on this river. Upstream, salmon have been struggling to get to the

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place where they spawn. The environment agency have built this

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fish pass which means that all species, not just salmon, and get

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upstream easily. That will protect fish stocks for the future. The work

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is being paid for through the fishing rod licence fee. Hopefully,

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it will keep anglers happy as well as the fish. It's dirty say that at

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least one trout did not appreciate the effort made to move into deeper

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waters. `` it's fair to say. A Herefordshire soft fruit farmer

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has won an eight`year planning The National Farmers' Union

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described the High Court ruling as "vital" for the rural economy

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in securing a future But people living nearby say the

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polytunnels near King's Caple, which is in an area of outstanding natural

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beauty, is a blot on the landscape. a joyous welcome home to

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Staffordshire for Adam Peaty. Your detailed

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and rather damp weather forecast to Also in tonight's programme A

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pocket history of the countryside: a journey back in time thanks to

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a tiny village museum. If you have a story you think we

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should be covering on Midlands You can send an email to

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Midlands Today. We are also on Facebook or

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you can tweet us ` @bbcmtd. Could the now famous Banksy mural

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in Cheltenham be set to stay That's the hope tonight

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after a protracted battle over the Our Gloucestershire reporter,

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Steve Knibbs, has the latest. Here we are at the Cheltenham Banksy

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spy boot. Tonight, a deal is all but done to keep the peace in

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Cheltenham. What can you tell us? We're very excited. We have done it,

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it is in Cheltenham. We're really excited and grateful. There was

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debate over the ownership. Are you sure you are giving money to the

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right person? Weather`mac absolutely. We have looked into this

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in`depth. That took to the man with the money. We have heard figures of

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up to ?1 million for the mural. We have decided not to mention any

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figures at this stage because it may jeopardise the final purchase. That

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is supposed to be kept a secret for now. Why are you willing to spend

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some money? People in this town love this mural. It has already acted as

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a focal point for people coming to the town. I drive past it every day.

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There is not a day I have gone by when people are not taking

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photographs. I have talked to people who have come all the way from

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Oxford and Devon to see it. Is a focal point for the town. Once the

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deal is done, it will stay here. Della mac as far as we know, it is

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staying here. Thank you. It looks like the Banksy is staying, although

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I'm sure there will be twists and turns.

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Visitors to the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire are being

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asked to contribute to a temporary work`of`art to

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The 'Memory Tree' has been set up in the grounds `

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and visitors are being invited to create leaves with memories

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Several of Rose Vinnicombe's family lost their lives and she thinks it's

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We always marked the remembrance. It is always marked by a service. It is

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very important. Ellie is very interested in soldiers and things.

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Is extremely important to me that, if you ever go out to France or

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Belgium, and see the graves, it does have a massive effect on me. I think

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people do still need to talk about it. The First World War has had a

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very powerful impact. A small Warwickshire museum's hoping

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for Lottery Funding to help preserve thousands

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of historic countryside artefacts. 2014 marks 50 years

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since the 'Marton Museum of Country Bygones' was set up by a local man

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with a passion for history. And this summer it's opening

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its doors to the public. Joan Cummins has been to take

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a look: There's been a settlement in Marton

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since it was referred to Today

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the population is just over 400 but it's the collection of one former

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resident, George Tims, that?s now provided the village with a snapshot

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of Warwickshire country life. Here we are. The museum in all its

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glory. Here you have the larger bits and pieces associated with the local

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farms. This is a big grinder river used to do the beans in and grind

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them up. They got the flower out of the bottom.

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George, who died in 2005, spent decades persuading people in the

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surrounding area that their unwanted household and farming goods should

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His philosophy was that all these tools and things were disappearing

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and we would only find them in collections like this. He wanted to

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preserve them for the future. In the early days, he would take anything

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but then became more choosy. On this display case, it actually lies on

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top of a beer. Now a board

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of volunteers are working to archive that extensive collection that seems

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to include virtually everything Everywhere you go in this museum,

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you find something unexpected, including this and `` 18th`century

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mantrap. The museum is open to visitors

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on weekends throughout the summer to enjoy a journey

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down memory lane it?s hoped a lottery bid is successful

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and helps preserve the Marton Back to the Commonwealth Games and

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the success of Chinu Singh who won bronze in last night's wrestling.

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Plenty of happy people there tonight, I should imagine. A real

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sense of pride, I should think. Absolutely. We saw Chinu a little

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bit earlier on cloud nine. Up there in Glasgow but this is a bit closer

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to home. This is down here in Wolverhampton, at the club he

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trained at three times a week. You wouldn't know it because it is

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tucked around the back of a Sikh temple. It has been here for 30

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years. I have to willing volunteers here you are just going to

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demonstrate the winning moves that Chinu made. Go for it. This is

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called a gut wrench. Charmingly. Look at that. That is his winning

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moves. That looks a bit painful? Yes, quite painful. How old are you?

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And 16. Chinu must be an inspiration for you? Yes, he's won a bronze

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medal. This is the main coach here. His dad started at this club 30

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years ago. You must be so proud of Chinu. Yes, since my dad and his two

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brothers started this club, we have had a lot of success. For Chinu to

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come back with a bronze medal is absolutely brilliant. I smack he has

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done so well. He looks quite overwhelmed by his bat `` by his

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success. He looks like a gentle giants. He is a very big, emotional

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gentleman. He is good to work with. So big you find it hard to get

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partners! Yes, I think telling him to lose some weight! Thank you. `` I

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have been telling him. Time

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for the weather now with Rebecca ` It's not quite that bad Nick `

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but so far this summer we have been For some today turned out to be

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lovely summer's day there was plenty of cloud about at times `

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but that did thin and break up this For some places that

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meant temperatures made If you can get out and enjoy what's

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left of it do`because tomorrow There will be sunshine `

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but we are expecting some quite At the moment we do still have some

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clear spells with some sunshine remaining `

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across the north midlands showers are beginning to pep up ` those are

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a sign of what is to come. Overnight that cloud continuing to

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pile in ` and by tomorrow morning we have showers working their way

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in from the west with temperatures But it's a rather messy picture

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tomorrow ` as this weakening front reinvigorates ` with more showers

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being brought in from the west too. So showers with us from the word

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go ` further south there will be But these showers have the potential

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to be quite lively at times, The winds are light so they will

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be fairly slow moving too. They have

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the potential to give us 10`20mm of rainfall within an hour which

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could give some surface flooding. They continue through the evening

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tomorrow before finally clearing away for a time overnight ` again

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our temperatures in the mid teens. By Friday

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although things begin largely dry ` we have an unsettled picture with

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showers through the morning merging with more persistent rain moving up

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from the south during the day. Temperatures taking a knock

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aswell with that cloud and rain. Staying unsettled through

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the weekend with more showers on Saturday `

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but a little better by Sunday. At least 30 Palestinians are killed

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and hundreds more are injured after shells hit a UN school

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and a market place in Gaza. The Bank of England has announced

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some of the toughest restrictions on Cos the more he can't have you,

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the more he'll want you.

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