16/08/2014 Midlands Today


16/08/2014

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Good afternoon. on the BBC News Channel, we are back

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Hundreds of people lined the streets of Worcester today

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as the city's local Army Reserve unit

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held a freedom parade to mark the centenary of the First World War.

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were also marking a significant anniversary of their own.

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A salute to a regiment that began 150 years ago.

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The 214 Worcestershire Battery Royal Artillery

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took to the streets of the city today to give visitors

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a sense of what life was like during the Great War.

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We draw from the local community, and so I think it's important

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the local community understand that we are here

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and that there is a lot of history vested in the battery

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that, really, is part of their own local history.

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There was plenty of memorabilia on display,

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into the relationship the battery shares with the city.

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Now, the regiment have had a long history in the city.

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Formed in 1864, they fought in both world wars,

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and only recently have returned from tour in Afghanistan.

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Today was an opportunity for the soldiers

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to thank the community for their support.

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And for the community, it was a chance

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to pay tribute to their bravery and those gone before them.

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to see what life was like in World War I,

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all the machinery and things they used at the time.

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It's just a nice experience for them.

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I think it gives young kids some idea of, er...

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It properly encourages them to join.

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Great appreciation for the work, the honour, the privilege

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to have it all in, and the courage to do it all in this wonderful day.

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Audrey Dias, BBC Midlands Today, Worcester.

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A special service was held today in a Herefordshire village

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following the sudden deaths of an elderly couple who lived there.

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John Knott and his wife Anne from Bosbury

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were found dead from gunshot wounds at their home on Monday.

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West Mercia Police have not ruled out the possibility

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that their deaths were part of a suicide pact.

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Three people suffered serious side effects from taking

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a drug they thought was ecstasy at the V Festival in Staffordshire.

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Police have seized a small number of the tablets, known as blue ghost.

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Meanwhile, the two`day event got under way today,

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with around 90,000 people expected at Weston Park.

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But organisers say for the first time in years

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It's a tough market at the moment, the festival market is tough,

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and there's not as many acts around at the moment, this year,

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so you can only really put on what is touring and around.

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So it's been slightly difficult this year,

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but, you know, we've gone through it,

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and hopefully it'll all be good for next year.

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Athletics, and Birchfield Harriers' Michael Bingham

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has helped Great Britain's men's 4x400m relay team

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to the finals at the European Championships in Zurich.

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They eased to victory in their heat in a time of three minutes.

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Today's football results now, starting with the Premiership.

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Let's have a look at the weather now, here's Kay Forster.

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Good evening. It's been a blustery old day today,

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and if anything, those winds will be even stronger through tomorrow.

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a lot of dryer and brighter weather with some sunshine,

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but those winds will make it feel quite cool

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with temperatures struggling up into the high teens.

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the majority of us staying dry for most of the night,

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pushing into northern and western parts later on in the night,

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which will sink its way southwards by the end of the night as well.

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will hold the temperatures up once again,

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with lows of around 12 or 13 degrees.

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Tomorrow morning, then, quite a damp start,

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most of the rain clears out of the way

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to give us some sunshine into the afternoon.

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Just a couple of light showers here and there,

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but those winds will be the star of the show,

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they will make it feel really quite chilly

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That's it from us. We're back tomorrow evening at

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The start of the football season reminds us autumn is around the

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corner and the an autumnal flavour for the next few days. For Sunday,

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north-westerly winds and some rain. The rain comes from this front

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crossing through Northern Ireland and northern England. As it pushes

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south it will pep up and the wind will strengthen and the showers

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develop in the north and west. But for the cloud and the wind and rain

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it won't be too cold at 14 Celsius. We start off tomorrow with a front

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still to clear through England and Wales, a disappointing grey and wet

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start to the morning. Behind it the winds is a feature with gales even

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inland in Scotland and some showers and big waves. Holiday makers take

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note. Some brightness in England and Wales after the front clears and

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temperatures up to 21. A cooler feel with the sharp showers in the north

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and west. That cooler feel will come to descend south through Monday and

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