24/02/2017 Midlands Today

Tributes have been paid to the woman who was killed in Wolverhampton,

29-year-old Tahnie Martin, from Stafford, died

after she was hit by a piece of falling debris.

She worked at the University of Wolverhampton.

Colleagues described her as a "shining star"

At the spot where she collapsed, passers by genuinely shocked,

bewildered by the death so sudden and violent at a moment

so simple and commonplace, walking along a street with friends.

It is a shame for her and her family.

Just looking at her face, you could cry, couldn't you?

There is a lot of community spirit and more the Hampton and she is

You can see by all the flowers there.

29-year-old Tahnie Lee Martin from Stafford was killed instantly,

struck on the head by a wooden panel whipped from a building

Tahnie was on with two colleagues from the University

of Wolverhampton where she worked, they were treated in hospital

"She was one of our shining stars, a talented and creative marketing

professional with an enthusiasm and smile which were infectious."

In Smethwick destruction but relief no-one was hurt when a poplar tree

80-feet tall crashed into the roof of a leisure centre.

Six people using the gym at the time were at the other end of the room.

It is almost certain we're going to have to crane

that off and it'll take some time to sort that out.

We also had some trees come down in the borough yesterday alone,

so we will need to prioritise the ones that we need to sort first.

In Birmingham's jewellery quarter another casualty of Doris,

the top of this Victorian building caught on CCTV crashing

The second day of disruption for passengers on the train as works

were carried out. Lines were opened fully at 6pm.

'My role will be to stand up for Stoke on Trent".

The words of the city's newest MP Gareth Snell, after Labour

won the Stoke Central by-election, keeping

But the party's majority was halved, with UKIP coming in second place,

just 79 votes ahead of the Conservatives.

BBC Radio Stoke's political reporter, Emma Thomas,

So sighs of relief all round for Labour then?

Sighs of relief combined with tears and celebratory high fives among

the Labour team as the result was announced in the early

A different outcome would have seen 67 successive years of the party

But with a majority of 2,600, Gareth Snell will now

progress from his seat at Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough

He's explained the issues at the top of his agenda.

My priorities will be making sure we get a Brexit deal for Stoke

on Trent that we need and deserve by focusing on issues of education,

homes, we've got lots of brownfield sites on Stoke on Trent that

are ripe for development but also challenging

The Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn was also present for a victory lap

But Stoke Central's result is not entirely easy reading

for Mr Corbyn with the majority just one tenth of that enjoyed

The UKIP leader Paul Nuttall must face tough questions too?

His plea to people to vote for "change" ended in second place

with just 79 more ballot papers than the Conservatives,

But he's insisting this is still a good outcome.

"We've cut their majority in half and we've unified the party

like never before and we'll go forward now.

UKIP's hopes had been founded on the expectation that in a city

where two thirds of people voted Leave in June's EU referendum,

Stoke Central could deliver a surprise break from political

Ukip they didn't come across as strong as the Labour candidate.

Stoke has always been a hot bed of Labour and if a dog had a red

The fact that Nuttall thought he could get in and then had

the cheek to say oh its only 72nd in our hot list.

I mean, how disrespectful of the local people can you be?

Because I didnt think any of them deserved it.

And that lady actually might speak for the majority

of the population in Stoke Central, as there was only a 38%

turnout, something Gareth Snell has already pledged to address in time

for the next general election in 2020.

Police have released shocking images of the moment a 17-year-old girl

was hit by a car and left with serious head and neck injuries.

She was walking down Bromsgrove street with her mother

in Birmingham, on the 28th of January last month,

when she was struck by a dark coloured BMW.

West Midlands Police have been given more time to question a man they've

The 26-year-old was detained at Heathrow Airport yesterday,

after arriving on a flight from Turkey.

They can hold him until Tuesday evening.

Two results to bring you in the Championship tonight.

In the local derby, Wolves lost 2-1 at home to Birmingham City.

Blues played most of the second half with ten men.

Birmingham City's first goal came after 27 minutes,

through a mistake from Wolves keeper - Maikel Kieftenbeld

They went 2-0 up within 5 minutes, former Wolves midfielder

David Davis scoring what proved to be the winner.

The home side pulled a goal back with seventeen minutes to go,

Burton Albion salvaged a point against second

from bottom Blackburn Rovers, Martin Sordell with

I'll leave you with the weather from Rebecca.

Good evening, well it was a pleasant start to the day considering

everything Boris throughout us. I'm afraid for the weekend however it's

a eternity wet and windy weather. It's to do with the weather systems

in the Atlantic. The first one, coming through tonight. Lifting

temperatures in the overnight period, but rain and a strong

breeze. We start the day between 5-7 C. For tomorrow, we've got this

rain band, really strong gusts of wind with a breezy day. Starting off

with rain trying to push in. That will work its way across the

country. It will be quite a great day as well. Temperatures ranging

from 9-10 Celsius. I will leave you with your outlook for the week.

few days it is that the stay miles. Outbreaks of rain at times

particularly as we head into Monday. A much calmer day today after the

nasty storm yesterday. Let's look at your pictures, tranquil from

Hampshire, on the edge of the new Forest. Nice cumulus clouds from

Hartlepool. Still a bit stormy, that sea. We are starting to get more

pictures of bass coming through. The 1st of March, the first day of

meteorological spring. We like it in three months blocks. This weekend,

things are going downhill again. After this day, where we