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Good evening. Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, | :00:00. | :00:08. | |
Good evening. Campaigners are calling | :00:09. | :00:11. | |
for an application for a permit for a new waste recycling plant in | :00:12. | :00:14. | |
the Black Country to be rejected. They say it would be smelly, | :00:15. | :00:16. | |
potentially dangerous and would blight an area that's already home | :00:17. | :00:19. | |
to an illegal rubbish mountain. The company | :00:20. | :00:21. | |
behind the project have rejected the A proposal to convert this old | :00:22. | :00:23. | |
railway terminal into a waste plant hasn't impressed | :00:24. | :00:26. | |
these Brierley Hill residents. The increase in traffic volume on | :00:27. | :00:30. | |
side streets and residential streets They are talking | :00:31. | :00:33. | |
about one lorry a minute coming to More than 700 have people have | :00:34. | :00:37. | |
objected to plans from Clean Power Properties for a new household waste | :00:38. | :00:45. | |
recycling plant to produce energy. But it's the technology and smell | :00:46. | :00:47. | |
that has protestors worried. Housing here is 50 | :00:48. | :00:51. | |
or 60 metres away. And we calculate that literally | :00:52. | :00:53. | |
thousands of people could be affected | :00:54. | :00:56. | |
by bad odours if this goes ahead. Part of the scheme involves building | :00:57. | :01:01. | |
an anaerobic digester to break They're relatively safe, | :01:02. | :01:04. | |
but a similar plant exploded Now the companies say that | :01:05. | :01:11. | |
the site would be a safe place to They could create electricity | :01:12. | :01:16. | |
to power up to 10,000 homes. They also say no waste will be | :01:17. | :01:23. | |
stored on site of homes This giant mountain | :01:24. | :01:36. | |
of rubbish is yet to be cleared, despite the company responsible | :01:37. | :01:39. | |
receiving a court order to clear What we don't want to become is | :01:40. | :01:42. | |
Brierly Hill, What local people want here is | :01:43. | :01:46. | |
homes, good quality jobs. The Environment Agency will decide | :01:47. | :01:59. | |
whether to grant The final decision will be taken | :02:00. | :02:01. | |
by Dudley Council A dedication ceremony | :02:02. | :02:14. | |
for a new memorial to soldiers who died in WW1 has been held today. | :02:15. | :02:20. | |
The Birmingham branch of the Western Front Association organised | :02:21. | :02:24. | |
the event at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, which | :02:25. | :02:27. | |
It came on the eve of the 100th anniversary | :02:28. | :02:31. | |
This is a war which affected everyone. | :02:32. | :02:37. | |
So, unlike contemporary wars where somebody might know somebody in | :02:38. | :02:40. | |
the army, then, in 1914, everybody knew somebody in the army. | :02:41. | :02:44. | |
And by 1918, there was not a family that was not touched by this war. | :02:45. | :02:47. | |
I know someone who died in the war and everyone else does. | :02:48. | :02:50. | |
It touched every family in England, in Britain. | :02:51. | :02:57. | |
Double Gold medal winning triathlete Jodie Stimpson was back on home | :02:58. | :03:01. | |
ground today competing for the first time since the Commonwealth Games. | :03:02. | :03:04. | |
The event, named in honour of the Oldbury star, came as Midlands | :03:05. | :03:07. | |
competitors celebrated a huge haul of medals at the Glasgow games. | :03:08. | :03:10. | |
It's not often you get to compete in a race named in your honour and it's | :03:11. | :03:16. | |
not often you get to mingle with a double Commonwealth Gold medallist. | :03:17. | :03:20. | |
I'm not going to let everybody else have the fun! | :03:21. | :03:22. | |
This is what I do, this is what I love. | :03:23. | :03:26. | |
So I'm not going to miss out on the fun. | :03:27. | :03:29. | |
For the other athletes at Sandwell Valley Country Park today, | :03:30. | :03:31. | |
I'll be a lot further near the back, I won't be anywhere near that. | :03:32. | :03:37. | |
But to know she's in the same race is good. | :03:38. | :03:39. | |
She only lives around the corner, she'll be home having a cup | :03:40. | :03:42. | |
Today, there were no bikes ` just a swim and a run. | :03:43. | :03:50. | |
Well, the front few are coming through now and there are actually | :03:51. | :03:53. | |
And here comes Jody Stimpson, first over the line. | :03:54. | :04:01. | |
And it was another victory to add to Jodie's collection. | :04:02. | :04:10. | |
Jodie actually finished some time ago, but just her presence here has | :04:11. | :04:13. | |
inspired many of these athletes, including some who have never tried | :04:14. | :04:16. | |
Watching all the events on TV, I feel like I need to do something | :04:17. | :04:23. | |
sporty and so I thought I'd give it this ago. | :04:24. | :04:25. | |
After the race, everyone wanted a souvenir of the day. | :04:26. | :04:29. | |
To win and then come back and have this kind of support, | :04:30. | :04:39. | |
At the Commonwealth Games last night, more West Midlands medals. | :04:40. | :04:46. | |
19`year`old Matthew Hudson`Smith, from Birmingham | :04:47. | :04:49. | |
and fellow Birchfield Harrier, Michael Bingham taking Gold | :04:50. | :04:51. | |
While fellow team mate Danny Talbot helped England win silver in the | :04:52. | :04:59. | |
With 41 medals, it's been a hugely successful Games for the region. | :05:00. | :05:08. | |
One that it's hoped will inspire many to try | :05:09. | :05:10. | |
and emulate the achievements of athletes like Jodie Stimpson. | :05:11. | :05:20. | |
A good evening. We have plenty of sunshine but is not the worst of | :05:21. | :05:31. | |
evenings and before the sun goes down. As we go into Monday, they may | :05:32. | :05:36. | |
be a couple of Tripoli showers in western parts and what will be a | :05:37. | :05:39. | |
cool uncomfortable night, that what we have seen for the last month or | :05:40. | :05:44. | |
so. As far as Monday goes, more bright blue skies and sunshine to | :05:45. | :05:47. | |
kick off the day. A couple of showers into the afternoon though. | :05:48. | :05:52. | |
What will be a relatively warm afternoon maybe a bit thundery once | :05:53. | :05:54. | |
we get to it. Here's Charlie Slater. | :05:55. | :05:56. | |
The national forecast is next, and Midlands Today is back at 11.15pm. | :05:57. | :05:58. | |
For now, bye`bye. Good evening. Some of us have had a | :05:59. | :06:13. | |
sunny weekend but for others it has not stopped raining for the last | :06:14. | :06:17. | |
couple of days, you can see where on the satellite picture, big swell of | :06:18. | :06:23. | |
cloud, dominating things. Torrential storms, if you see the coverage, you | :06:24. | :06:27. | |
can see how much rain there has been, that has caused issues. | :06:28. | :06:30. | |
Thunder and lightning thrown in as well. This area of storms moves | :06:31. | :06:35. | |
north out of Glasgow but this clutch of heavy downpours pushing into the | :06:36. | :06:39. | |
south-west of Scotland, we will have to keep an eye on that for the | :06:40. | :06:43. | |
closing ceremony. One thing is for sure, which showers and blustery | :06:44. | :06:47. | |
wind, it will not be anything like as fine and warm as it was the | :06:48. | :06:51. | |
opening ceremony. Further south across the UK, no such problems, the | :06:52. | :06:54. | |
odd shower, they | :06:55. | :06:55. |