27/12/2016 Midlands Today


27/12/2016

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We are back with the late news at 11pm.

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Voters in Birmingham could be asked to provide proof of ID before

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being allowed to cast their ballots, as part of efforts to

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The idea is to be piloted in a number of local authorities

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Once dubbed worse than a banana republic, election fraud and

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vote rigging in Birmingham rocked the political world a decade ago.

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Now, the Government is taking action and

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wants to pilot the idea of ID cards in polling stations.

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I think that would be best, actually, ID cards, yeah.

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Everyone's supposed to have an ID card that you can

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If I don't have an ID and just go vote, yeah, who knows who I am?

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Past issues mean that Birmingham's on our list of areas

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the Electoral Commission has identified in a report

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as being most at risk of allegations of electoral fraud and,

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along with several other authorities,

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it's to be invited to take part in pilot schemes announced today.

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The report doesn't just talk about ID cards

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in polling stations, it also suggests greater powers to deal with

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And it talks about banning the handling of completed postal ballots

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by political campaigners, one of the issues here

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But this Birmingham MP and former member of the Commons Home Affairs

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Select Committee is concerned that if ID cards are needed, some voters

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There are elderly people in this country who've never had a passport,

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they may end up losing their right to vote.

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who haven't got a passport or haven't yet got a driving licence.

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Birmingham City Council said today that it hadn't seen

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any details of the proposed pilot and,

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it would only happen after full discussions

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Peter Pilsner, BBC Midlands Today, in Birmingham.

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A man has been killed in a drive-by shooting

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The victim was sitting in a car in Dartmouth Street

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The road is closed while the police investigate the murder.

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A woman has died after a house fire in Stoke on Trent.

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Firefighters were called to the house in Bayham Walk

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A man was rescued and taken to hospital suffering

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from smoke inhalation, but they were unable

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Scientists in Birmingham are researching a new treatment

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They're investigating a way of reducing the number

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of injections people need to have by using something

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The gel breaks down only in the presence of glucose,

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which then releases the insulin stored inside it.

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Perhaps you could inject yourself with our smart

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or once per week and not have to regularly check your own blood

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glucose level because our system would deliver

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Some cricket news, and Ashley Giles has rejoined

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Seen here on the left, Giles led the Bears to victory

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He will oversee the mens and womens teams, as well as the club academy.

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Football now, and the second half has just got underway

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in the Premier League match between Stoke City and Liverpool.

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The latest score is 2-1 to Liverpool.

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In the Championship, Birmingham City were beaten

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Darren Bent scored the game's only goal from the penalty spot

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after Michael Morrison had dragged down Richard Keogh in the box.

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Another West Midlands club are looking for a new manager

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following yesterday's Boxing Day fixtures.

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Bruno Ribeiro resigned from Port Vale following their

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When Bruno Ribeiro took over at Port Vale in June, he became

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the club's first foreign manager, but just seven wins in 23 games

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and with the club 17th in League One, Ribeiro resigned,

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following their 1-0 defeat to Walsall.

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His assistant, Michael Brown, has been placed in temporary charge.

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There was a heavy defeat for new Coventry City manager

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Russell Slade in his first game in charge.

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Billy Bodin's hat trick condemning the Sky Blues to a 4-1 defeat

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They remain one place off the bottom in League One.

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In the Premier League, it looked like West Brom would come

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away with a hard earned point at Arsenal, but Oliver Giroud's

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86th minute header broke the Baggies' stubborn resistance.

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In the Championship, Aston Villa maintained

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their unbeaten home record, but were made to fight very hard

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Jamie Ward's acrobatic volley had levelled things up for the Brewers,

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before Ross McCormack got the winner for Villa 12 minutes from time.

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Elsewhere in the Championship, Ivan Cavaleiro's late penalty gave

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Their first back-to-back victories since August.

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Although there was drama right at the very end with City's players

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and supporters claiming Marlon Pack's header

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In the Premiership, Gloucester were beaten 28-24 at Harlequins.

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A good evening to you. It was another crisp winter 's day with a

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lot of early-morning frost but plenty of sunshine as well. This

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week with high pressure in charge, Bob is likely to pose problems

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during the night and the morning. -- baulk. This warning is in force for

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tomorrow morning. We can sit developing across the chart right

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now. I widespread frost as well. Tensions between -1 and -4 Celsius

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in the Calvin cities. A frosty, foggy start to the day tomorrow. Dry

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conditions but the temperatures head back to around three to five

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Celsius. Thank you. I'll be back with your late

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bulletin at 11:10pm. Good evening. It's a wintry night

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out there. Temperatures as low as minus three in one or two places

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already. For some of us the frost never shifted all day long. This

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shot was taken in Somerset. Tonight, some frost free places in Scotland.

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Fog will develop as we work through the night. It becomes wide spread.

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That's the issue in the morning, disruption certainly possible with a

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lot of people on the move. Check out local radio stations for the latest

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updates. Warnings in force from the Met Office. Parts of south-west

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Wales and England seeing early sunshine. Generally a lot of

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freezing fog around, which will be hard to shift through the day, as

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we'll see in a moment. The odd pocket of frost further north.

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Temperatures higher in Northern Ireland and Scotland. Drizzly rain

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across the western Highlands. Something of a breeze here, but

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further south, the winds will be light. For that reason, that fog

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will be very slow to clear. It should in some place was sunshine

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developing,

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