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sleep under a duvet again. That is all from the BBC News at

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6.00. Now but Coventry City's home is 34 miles

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away. The fans are furious. I'm live in Northampton

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for tonight's protest. Just revealed ` the number

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of men who appealed against signing up in the First World War over fears

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for the damage to their businesses. A must for collectors as thousands

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of priceless rare vinyl records are I am an Elvis fan so I wouldn't want

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that to go for a quick but we've got to get rid of everything.

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If you escaped the showers today you're more likely to be caught in

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them tomorrow. More details later. Financial help's being offered to

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young entrepreneurs wanting to start their own business

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as jobless figures fall again There are now 210,000 people

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unemployed in the region, a fall Part of the fall is due to more

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small businesses being set up with Birmingham named

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as the start`up capital of the UK. Across the country, the number of

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self`employed has reached a record 4.5 million and a government`backed

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scheme is offering loans to people Also tonight, business leaders

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in Birmingham are creating a new Our business correspondent,

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Peter Plisner, reports. Sam Rych is one of

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the first get one of the new loans. Initially, in the midst

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of recession, it was difficult. Banks weren't lending

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and investors were hard to come by. Having the opportunity given

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by Startup Direct, it's a great way He is now looking for manufacturers

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to produce his design and being lent money by Startup Direct,

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they are also mentoring him. Mentoring is a key part

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of the scheme and sometimes we believe it is

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a more important than the funding. Everyone who receives funding also

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has a mentor for 12 months and other mentoring support we do

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along with that. Latest figures suggest that 42

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percent of young people have considered setting up in business

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but that more than half of them say that not having enough money

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would prevent them from doing so. And there is plenty

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of evidence that young people can This firm sells pet food and other

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products over the internet from this It was set up three years ago with

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a ?5,000 loan and now stocks 15,000 products

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and this year it expects to have Its owner was unemployed

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before setting up the business and he admits it can be tough,

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but rewarding. I have worked for others

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and now myself and I worked a lot harder running

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my own business than I did before. But the excitement I had was

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building something from scratch. Developing

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and funding a business isn't always easy, but with success comes

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enjoyment and, more importantly for Business chiefs are announcing plans

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for a free school to encourage enterprise.

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We are at the chamber of commerce and it could be the first in the UK

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to set up an enterprise school. With me is the Chief Executive. What is

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an enterprise? We have `` might have teamed up with a local school and we

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will bring in 300 curriculums and we on all sort of extra opportunities

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to the core curriculum to work out how to start up and run and finance

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a business. Maybe one or two will go bust and they will learn from that.

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How does this differ from a normal secondary school with Academy

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specialism? This will have at its core the spirit of enterprise. It

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will bring business into the world of academia in a really practical

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and unique way, we think. What will it do for the region? It will show

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business is no longer in the stands throwing complaints about

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qualifications. It will demonstrate a business is how they can get

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involved and we expect real businesses to help set up as this is

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an demonstrate we are at the heart of improving the skills system and

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not just complaining. What will it do for business start`ups? We have a

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great start`up performance in the region but if we train people early

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enough the businesses they start will be successful. Will you be

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headmaster? Many say I should go back to school but not that. I would

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qualify as being the naughtiest boy called to the headmaster 's office

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and that may be the most I could hope for. If the bid succeeds it

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could open in 2016. Coming up: Company for those who

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spend hours on their own but there is a shortage of volunteers to help

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with the growing number of lonely people.

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Police investigating the deaths of two people found with gunshot

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wounds in in Herefordshire believe it may have been

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The bodies of the couple, Elizabeth Ann and John Knott were found at

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this house in the village of Bosbury near Ledbury on Monday morning.

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Officers say they're not looking for anyone else

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Something like this happening here... It is a quiet village. It is

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hard to take in. It is sad and it will hit this community really hard.

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It comes as a nasty shock. Nobody wants to hear that sort of fatality

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going on at all. A car parts firm which supplies Ford

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and Jaguar Land Rover is building a factory in Kidderminster

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in a ?5 million investment Amtek International is moving to

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the former Lawrence's Recycling site between Kidderminster

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and Stourport`on`Severn. Coventry City fans are protesting in

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Northampton this evening as the Sky Blues launch another home campaign

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34 miles from the Ricoh Arena. Supporters are stepping up

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their efforts to see Coventry return to the city and tonight there's

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increasing hope that football could return to the Ricoh as early

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as the end of next month. Ian Winter is in Northampton

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tonight. Exciting news, Ian,

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what more are you hearing? They say there is no place like home

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and for thousands of Coventry City fans it feels along way from home

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here in Northampton. It is 34 miles away from the arena and the fans

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aren't happy and that is why they will protest later this evening here

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on the Hill overlooking the stadium which will play host to Coventry

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against Cardiff in the Capital One. It is eight joint protest with

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protesters from both clubs feeling they have been let down. There is a

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lot of speculation that you could be back inside the arena within six

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weeks, what do you make of that? No one is taking anything for granted

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but it is true that Coventry City needs to return to Coventry. It is

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devastating. There is no good reason why we shouldn't return. I

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understand the club has been talking to the stadium owners and a generous

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offer has been made for them to return. The foot or league are aware

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I understand. There are only two obstacles and one is the Peel which

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the club needs to decide by Friday. The other is the fact that the money

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owed and they have until tomorrow and close of business. If they

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don't, I am not sure what will happen. The club needs to get the

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money sorted out. I understand any return to the arena will be

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temporary? That will be interesting to see if that is the case. We need

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to see cold hard facts. All we are concerned about is getting back to

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the arena as that is where we should be and what we will be protesting

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about. We have been badly let down by the club and the football league

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and we hope to get that message across to night. There could well be

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more supporters watching from outside the ground than inside the

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stadium. Full commentary this evening

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We will have highlights from that later.

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Contact The Elderly says more than 15,000 people in the city live on

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their own. Charity says it is trying to reach out to those who have

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become isolated. They were happily married

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for 60 years. Harold and his wife Doreen never

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had children, only each other. Now he lives on his own

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following her death and he says many I've spent hundreds

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of hours entirely on my own. In the two`and`a`half years that

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my wife has passed away, three Christmases have appeared,

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but not my friends. So alone, in fact,

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he's done something about it. Today he's been taken to a

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tea party in Edgbaston where he will meet with people he's

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become good friends with. Something I look forward to each

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month and I met pleasant people who were genuine and sincere. It's Liz's

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turn to host the party this month and her baby is proving a hit. But

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she is one of only a handful of volunteers that Contact the Elderly

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has on its rota and is crying out `` crying out for more. With 15,000

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older people in Birmingham alone that we could help, we need to

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expand our service. Sheila devoted 30 years to caring for her mother.

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Now on her own she says the charity is inspiring. It has given me

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confidence to get in touch with people where I live and get them

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involved in things down the Kendrick centre where they can go every day

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if they want to. They need someone to go with them in the taxi because

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they are handicapped. These are the lucky few as the cat charity

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currently has nine elderly people in Birmingham waiting to join a group

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that has no volunteer host. We put information about the charity

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on our Facebook page. The UK Independence party has

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launched its campaign to win the West Midlands Police and crime

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commission by`election. The candidate is leading to put more

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front line officers on the street. The by`election a week tomorrow is

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called after the death of the last Commissioner. We want a policy of

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zero tolerance so the public feels safe and we want to restore

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confidence in the police service that has sadly dropped. We want to

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cut waste and we won the police to cut administration so they spend his

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or her time on the beat or with the public as much as possible dealing

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with the real business of policing. Two markets in the West Midlands

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which have faced a battle to attract trade have been named as the best in

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Britain. Stratford`upon`Avon and Bilston markets have competition

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from supermarkets and online trainers. `` traders. Ben Godfrey

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has been looking at the secret of their success.

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Stratford`upon`Avon has no trouble attract ten tourists. Three years

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ago, the town and District Council brought in a new company to run a

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market with an international feel and it is now run by a French

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company based in Liverpool. It has been named 2014 Best Private Market

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in Britain. I can over feel it every week such is the demand. It was

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praised for its colourful appearance and its focus on handmade products.

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This market is good for me because I get a different set of clear and

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tell every week. Rates were traders aren't cheap at the money is

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continually reinvested and it attracts new businesses. The rent is

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?72 every Sunday. On a good day I hope to take up to 300 pounds. 50

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miles away you will find the newly crowned Best outdoor market in

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Britain. Welcome to Bilston where shoppers have high expectations. It

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used to be brilliant. There were that many stalls here. There are

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nice things on Bilston market and they are quite cheap full. They tell

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me you can buy anything here. A pair of knickers to a handbag. They sell

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anything full. On its busiest days, the indoor and outdoor markets

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attract around 10,000 people. It is managed by Wolverhampton City

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Council which has just put our rent by 5%. When you can do a car boot

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for ?8 or thereabouts, we pay ?35... It is a bit much. Some

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traders reportedly withdrew their payments `` withheld. We have had

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various upgrade to the stalls. We have had new roofing Bataan and new

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fascia boards to try and keep it attractive. `` fascia boards. This

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market mascot also seems to be attracted to people. He has a little

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dress today. And a little coat. It is a designer jacket. Stratford and

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Bilston markets offers that they completely different but with plenty

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of custom they are both doing something right.

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Our top story: The regions jobless total falls again as growing numbers

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of young entrepreneurs start up their own businesses. Your detailed

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weather forecast to come. Also: Angling for a taste of the outdoor

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life. Inner`city youngsters are taught a lesson in fly fishing.

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Find out why all these records are on sale for just ?1 each.

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A recollection of World War I documents has been discovered in

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Staffordshire relating to men from the county appealing against being

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conscripted. They cover nearly 20,000 cases from 1960 `` 1916

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onwards. Some work conscientious objectors but the vast majority said

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there was Mrs would suffer. Shedding light on a dark corner of

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our history and hidden away in the Staffordshire archives, they've

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rediscovered a long forgotten treasure trove of information about

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life at home in the First World War. The final judgement is brief and to

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the point. " We are at war! The work can be done by women. ". These files

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should have been destroyed. Individual cases where men have

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argued they shouldn't be conscripted. We are seeing how

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communities and local businesses cope. As battles raged and casualty

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rates increased, volunteers fell and conscription came in. But thousands

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argued they were needed at home. If your original appeal was turned down

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you had to come here, the old Magistrates' Court in Staffordshire

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being used as a store room nine. You would have to explain why you should

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be exempt, in your services `` circumstances, from the front line.

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What it reveals is the lives of individual men within their families

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and local communities, within the county. It shows how the war is

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affecting those lives at a personal and individual level. Dave Hilton

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hopes that somewhere in the records is information about his

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grandfather, a conscientious objector. He wouldn't hurt a flea.

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There is a story of some ruffians from Birmingham who went and burned

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their hat down which they lived in. Nobody was hurt. There was

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resentment against them, certainly. The government ordered the records

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destroyed and they don't know why they weren't. Now they need an army

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of volunteers to document the lives of the men in Staffordshire who

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didn't want to go to war. Five of our teams are through to the

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second round of the Capital One with Burton and Shrewsbury overcoming

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championship opposition. Shrewsbury saw off black ball thanks to this

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goal after the half`hour mark. We were composed and passed it well. We

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are pleased. We don't want to get carried away as there is still an

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awful lot to do but the club is fighting back and getting results

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like tonight will go some way to help that recovery.

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Burton initially fell behind to Wigan. But they completed a famous

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2`1 victory. That is probably as well as the team has played in my

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tenure as manager. We were really resolute and we created chances as

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well. Birmingham city needed extra time to

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see off Cambridge and ran out 3`1 winners.

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Two Walsall luck `` youngsters had a night to remember at Southend. This

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win was completed by substitute Kieran Morris. The biggest win of

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the night came at Vale Park where Williamson helped himself to a

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hat`trick. A thumping win over Hartlepool.

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A well`known Midlands record dealer is putting his collection of 75,000

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vinyl discs up for sale for ?1 each. Dan Reddington ran his shop in

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Birmingham into foods `` in 2006 `` until 2006. I should think no would

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be loads of interest, Nicola? I think there will be. If you are a

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fan of record shops you will be familiar with the smell of dusty old

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records. That is what it smells like here. Joining me is Dan Reddington.

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Why are you getting rid of all of the stock? We've been doing this

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since 1964 so it has to come to an end. We have been working so hard at

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it. There has been quite a vinyl revival and some of these are quite

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rare. All of the LPs here are deleted and you can't get them any

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more. Elvis Presley, Steve Rubens, another local man, Raymond

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Froggatt. And you are selling them for ?1. Why? It is a good figure so

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nobody will known about the ? so we hope they will buy loads of records.

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Which will you miss the most? A lovely new rare LP at the back worth

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?200 but someone will be lucky. Somebody has to find it because we

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will hide it. Which famous people have you had in your shop? Jimmy

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Page, Robert Plant, Metallica. What were they like? Just one of the boys

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and they just loved the records. Maybe one of the records you have

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been desperate to buy may be waiting here to be discovered.

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Thank you. Time now to meet the worst flight dresses, egg group of

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anglers who specialise in the art of fly fishing. They have been casting

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around with a group of inner`city youngsters keen to taste the outdoor

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life. The tranquillity of these lakes in

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Worcestershire. Only 30 miles from where these youngsters live but it

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is a world away from what they are used to. It is said different and

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nice to get out. The teenagers from a youth centre in Birmingham are

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learning to fish. The average age of fly Fishers is 50 but this exercise

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may encourage younger people to have a go as well as helping the

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confidence and appreciation of nature. This is a way of getting new

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blood into the sport. It is a case of inner`city young people having

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access and the knowledge and skills to be able to take it off `` take it

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up. There are lessons in the art of tying a fly and casting. These lads

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have been doing very well. It is the first time they have tied any flies

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and they are regressing. I learned new skills and everything. So far

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I've had fun. The teachers are quite good and they taught us how to do

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it. The recent hot weather has made it more difficult for the youngsters

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to catch a fish as much of the stock has been removed because the water

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temperature got too high. Undaunted the group was in putting their

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skills to the test. What you think your chances are of catching a fish?

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I am not leaving until I get at least five! They were still waiting

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when we left but, fish or no fish, this has certainly caught the

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interviews he has. `` there are interviews he has.

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Will tomorrow be a good day for outdoor pursuit? `` infuse Yaz.

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The nature of showers being what they are, there is a greater chance

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of problems did `` probability of being caught in a shower tomorrow.

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Everyone is on the cards and then they start to Peter out. They

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returned by Sunday. This ridge of high pressure will

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kill off the showers tomorrow. But then a bundle of fronts coming from

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the West which will pep up that activity towards the end of the

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weekend. The isobars are tightening but it will remain fairly calm over

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us because they are slack during that time. It is drawing a winding

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from the north`westerly direction and that is why the tab which are

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made dip. This evening and overnight, showers will fade away.

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We could encounter the odd heavy one still. A lot of clear skies but

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plenty of cloud. Tomorrow morning, initially may be

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dry and especially for Southern counties but it won't be long before

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showers pile in from the West, mainly during the afternoon. You can

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see those dark and bright centres so a lot of them will be heavy and

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thundery. The wind will be liked tomorrow

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impaired due to day. Any showers will be slow`moving and longer

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lasting, producing quite heavy rain and quite a bit of it as well. Quiet

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inning down tomorrow night. For Friday and Saturday, mainly dry with

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light winds and cooler but brighter by Sunday.

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The headline: Britain is to be part of an international mission to

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rescue thousands of people trapped in northern Iraq. As the jobless

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total falls again there is a growing number of young entrepreneurs

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starting up. I will be back at ten o'clock with more details on the

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increase in employment. See you then.

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I'm Jo Brand and I'm serving up an Extra Slice of Bake Off action

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I'll shine a spotlight on all the goings-on in the tent -

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the good, the bad and the soggy-bottomed.

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And every week, I'll be joined by the latest baker to leave the tent.

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