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for Mosul underway, there will have to be some follow-through. So what

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comes next? Join Five elderly and disabled Sikhs have

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reached a landmark deal, after they'd been made to sit behind

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a partition in their As a mark of respect,

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Sikhs are usually required to sit on the floor of a Gurdwara,

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but that just wasn't possible for those using walking

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aids or wheelchairs. The five claimants,

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including Malkit Singh, who has cerebral palsy,

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have been forced to sit behind a partition in their Gurdwara

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because they couldn't sit They say it's been

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humiliating and upsetting. Upset, really.

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Upset. The screen was like you were

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sitting in a prison. On one side it was like you had

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done something wrong. Like people would catch

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what you've got. That's how we felt,

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and it was very disturbing. I've been through stress,

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depression, anxiety. The Gurdwara -

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which is Wolverhampton's largest Sikh temple -

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says it was following rules imposed But some worshippers say the blame

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lies with those in charge. But our religion isn't that,

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it's only this committee. It isn't on the Gurdwara,

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it is on the committee. At the hearing today,

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Judge Alistair Smail was keen that both sides reached a compromise

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on a number of key points, which includes installing a best

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to the first-floor prayer room in the next five months,

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and completely getting rid of the petitions in the prayer room

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and the dining hall But, again, they are always

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trying to delay things. They put them up overnight,

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within a couple of hours. I can't see why they couldn't

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have taken them down The judge said he wants it

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done properly, so he's allowed it for two weeks,

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so that's fine. The Gurdwara's committee told

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the BBC that it's glad to have reached an amicable settlement

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and that it would continue to address the needs of the aged,

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frail and the disabled. For the worshippers it's

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a major step forward. Amy Cole, BBC Midlands

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Today, Birmingham With just four days to go to polling

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in the Stoke Central by-election, the Prime Minister lent her support

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to the Conservative campaign today. Theresa May toured the Emma

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Bridgewater pottery factory, alongside candidate Jack Brereton,

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with the message that it was her party that would deliver the Brexit

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most people had voted for. Our Staffordshire reporter

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Sian Grzeszczyk joins So, Sian, does this mean the party

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is confident about winning? Well, the Prime Minister was keen

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to explain why she's confident that the Conservatives are the best

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party to represent this largely working class constituency,

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but Stoke Central has never had The seat has been held by Labour

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since it was created in 1950. And taking a look at the result,

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here in 2015 at the general election, the Conservative candidate

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came in third place, and it was Ukip that

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narrowly came in second. More recently though,

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the Conservatives have had some local success forming a coalition

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with the city independents to take control of Stoke-on-Trent City

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Council and that's something Either way, Theresa May

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says she's confident. I'm very clear that the government

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I lead will be a government that ensures we have a country that

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works for everyone. The people in Stoke on the 23rd

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of June last year voted for change, and it's the Conservatives,

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and the Conservative candidate here is a strong,

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local Member of Parliament, who would work with the government

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to deliver that change. And the Conservatives are not the

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only party to wheel out the big guns to get voters?

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You know there's a nationally significant by-election

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looming when the leader of the Opposition starts

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We've seen plenty of Labour's Jeremy Corbyn and his predecessor

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He was in town today because they know that 20 years ago,

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Labour had a 20,000 majority here, but that fell to 5,000

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Tim farron, the leader of the Liberal Democrats,

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was also here today and, as for Ukip, their party leader

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is their candidate, Paul Nuttall.

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how many people turn out for the how many people turn out for the

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by-election on Thursday. And you can find a full list

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of the ten candidates standing for election on the politics pages

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of the BBC website. A 39-year-old man has tonight been

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charged with eight terrorism related Kamran Sabir Hussain,

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from Tunstall, will appear before Westminster Magistrates'

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Court tomorrow. Staffordshire Police say

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the charges relate to his work Birmingham is among the top ten

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cities in the country with high numbers of rough sleepers,

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according to latest But many hostels don't

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have the facilities to take in dogs at night, so new efforts

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are being made to accommodate the homeless with their

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canine companions. Chris ended up sofa

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surfing and sleeping rough Aged 42, he'd resigned himself

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to a life on the streets with just his pet dogs

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for company, preferring It was hard enough looking after

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yourself. If you got nowhere to go, the dogs would get left. They were

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all I had, so I cherish them. To many roughly pers, there are dogs

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are the only family. Outreach workers say they are worried that

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unless people get off the streets, it could be a matter of life or

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death. -- too many rough sleepers. The Zambesi project

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in Sparkbrook helps to get rough sleepers off the streets

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and into safe accomodation. The scheme to get people back

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on their feet is funded by Birmingham City Council

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and they're now opening their doors The dogs are there as their friend,

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their companion, they need them. With the two offers a provisional

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accommodation to our customer and with the dogs in tow. It really good

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that they are giving people the opportunity to keep the dogs.

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It's hard to estimate how many people are sleeping

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rough with their pets, but it's hoped schemes that allow

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animals into hostels will help start to reduce the homeless figures.

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Joan Cummins, BBC Midlands Today, Birmingham.

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For more than 850 years, the same ancient

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church bell has rung out across a tiny isolated

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As one of the oldest bells in the country,

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experts believe it's of national importance.

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Today, for the first time in centuries, villagers in Myndtown

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got the chance to see it, when it was removed

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and taken away for repairs. Bob Hockenhull reports.

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Watching over this remote spot, supporters say the church has

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With scaffolding up for important restoration

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work, today history was

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made as this bell dating back to 1150 one is removed from the first

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We want people under supervision, to bring them and to

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This is the third oldest bell in the country.

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The other bell at Myndtown Church, a mere 600 years old, was

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also brought down for conservation work.

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A ?200,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery fund is paying for

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Although sparse and remote today, this community would

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once have been something much more significant.

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The village of Myndtown, where a much larger

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settlement in the Domesday book we paid three times as much as

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Birmingham in rates, something like ?3 to their ?1.

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A good reason to preserve Myndtown's heritage, then.

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Handle with care came to mind as the bells were moved

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Once the repairs are finished at a secret location, the fully restored

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bells will return to this isolated spot in May.

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Football, and Aston Villa are still without a win

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in 2017 after losing 2-0 at Newcastle tonight.

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Trailing 1-0 at half time, Villa's seventh defeat in eight

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games was confirmed by an own goal by Henri Lansbury.

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And to make matters worse for manager Steve Bruce,

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another of his recent signings, Scott Hogan, was stretchered off

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I'll leave you with Shefali, who has the forecast for the week.

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Good evening. It was a beautiful day today. Temperatures well above

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average but the time of year. In this part of the region we really

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did see some cracking temperatures. It felt more like late March than

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late February. Across Coventry, we saw highs of 16 Celsius and

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temperatures into the mid-teens in most places. This is how it's

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looking for the rest of the week. Mail to begin with and then

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temperatures sliding by Thursday or Friday. Picking up slightly again

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into the weekend, but there will be a mixture of rain and cloud,

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brighter spells in between. Tonight, fragmented rain, at times heavy. "

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Mr underneath this. In quite cold mate, temperatures down to nine or

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attend Celsius. Tomorrow, the remnants of this band of rain. Then

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it starts to dry up. The afternoon should be dry, with breaks in the

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cloud and brightness showing through. Already another band of

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rain waiting in the wings in the west. Top temperatures tomorrow 13

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Celsius, light, moderate westerly breeze. Tomorrow night, the band of

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rain working eastwards. Becoming heavier in places, particularly the

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north-west of the region. In quite cold mate tomorrow night. Wednesday,

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I breaks of rain, pepping up in places, clearing away by the

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afternoon, where it will be brighter with spots of sunshine. The winds

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showing signs of picking up. A deep area of low pressure crossing the

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region for Thursday with little milder, but it will be a wet

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start and it will brighten up later. As you have just seen, after a day

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in which some of you have been shedding the layers, you will be

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putting them back on for the rest of this week. Big changes ahead, all

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down to where the air has been coming from. Today, it originated in

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the Caribbean, hence the name tropical maritime air. Temperatures

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peaked at 18 degrees. But later this week, the winds go to the

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north-west, a different source, polar maritime

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