03/08/2014 Midlands Today

Commonwealth Games to the Gold Coast of Australia. That's all from

Hampden Park. They say it'll smell,

it'll be potentially dangerous and will blight an area

which is already the location A proposal to convert this old

railway terminal into a waste plant hasn't impressed

these Brierley Hill residents. The increase in traffic volume on

side streets and residential streets They are talking

about one lorry a minute coming to More than 700 have people have

objected to plans from Clean Power Properties for a new household waste

recycling plant to produce energy. But it's the technology and smell

that has protestors worried. Housing here is 50

or 60 metres away. And we calculate that literally

thousands of people could be affected

by bad odours if this goes ahead. The company said other sites will be

a safe to recycle waste. They also say no waste will be

stored on site and processing will take place in

doors to prevent noise and smells. The neighbouring site is

already home to another tip. This giant mountain

of rubbish is yet to be cleared, despite the company responsible

receiving a court order to clear What we don't want to become is

Brierly Hill, What local people want here is

homes, good quality jobs, a mixture The Environment Agency will decide

whether to grant A dedication ceremony

for a new memorial to soldiers who The Birmingham branch of the

Western Front Association organised the event at the National Memorial

Arboretum in Staffordshire, which It came on the eve

of the 100th anniversary Double gold medal winning triathlete

Jodie Stimpson was back on home ground today competing for the first

time since the Commonwealth Games. The event, named in honour

of the Oldbury star, came as the Games came to a close this

evening with Midlands competitors It's not often you get to compete in

a race named in your honour and it's not often you get to mingle with a

double Commonwealth Gold medallist. I'm not going to let

everybody else have the fun! This is what I do,

this is what I love. So I'm not going to miss out

on the fun. For the other athletes at

Sandwell Valley Country Park today, I'll be a lot further near the back,

I won't be anywhere near that. But to know she's

in the same race is good. Today, there were no bikes `

just a swim and a run. Well, the front few are coming

through now and there are actually And here comes Jody Stimpson,

first over the line. And it was another victory to

add to Jodie's collection. After the race, everyone wanted

a souvenir of the day. To win and then come back

and have this kind of support, At the Commonwealth Games last

night, more West Midlands medals. 19`year`old Matthew Hudson`Smith,

from Birmingham and fellow Birchfield Harrier,

Michael Bingham taking Gold While fellow team mate Danny Talbot

helped England win silver in the With 41 medals, it's been a hugely

successful Games for the region. One that it's hoped will inspire

many to try and emulate the achievements

of athletes like Jodie Stimpson. And you can find

a picture gallery of all our medallists on the Midlands

Today Facebook page, where you can Let's see what the Midlands

weather's up to now, Quite a cool

and comfortable night that we have It is because we've not much

in the way of cloud cover and it allows the heat to escape and those

temperatures to fall ` in some As far as going through till

tomorrow morning, lots of blue sky, lots of sunshine around for much

of the daytime. A couple of showers possible

in the afternoon, Quite a nice start to the working

week, I'm sure you'll agree. As we work through the week,

we may just have to put up with the The national forecast is on next,

and Midlands Today will be And back Good evening. Many of us had a

decent second part of the weekend, particularly so for England and

Wales, rather different from Scotland and Northern Ireland. We

saw our whole rash of showers across Scotland and Northern Ireland, some

thunder and lightning swirling around. There was a huge curl of

cloud, indicative of an area of low pressure. That will work its way

northwards, taking its the wind and rain with it. For England and Wales,

may be a shower around the coast but rural spots make it a bit on the

chilly side. Through the day tomorrow, fine in dry weather on

offer, some good spells