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Hello, and welcome to Midlands Today. | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
We're live in Stoke-on-Trent where Labour managed to stave off | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
a serious Ukip challenge, but see their majority cut in half. | :00:07. | :00:11. | |
A tough election but ultimately the people of Stoke-on-Trent have | :00:12. | :00:14. | |
made their voice heard and I'm very grateful they're sending me to | :00:15. | :00:17. | |
The clear-up's underway, but Storm Doris is still causing | :00:18. | :00:22. | |
I'm grateful no one's been hurt, but it's a shame to see it go. | :00:23. | :00:29. | |
Again, a bit of history just lost to the wind. | :00:30. | :00:33. | |
Spotlight on the managers in what's been a truly miserable season | :00:34. | :00:37. | |
Labour has held the seat of Stoke Central | :00:38. | :00:53. | |
following a parliamentary by-election. | :00:54. | :00:55. | |
Gareth Snell saw off a serious challenge from the Ukip leader | :00:56. | :00:59. | |
Paul Nuttall, although Labour's majority | :01:00. | :01:00. | |
Many had predicted a Labour defeat for the first time | :01:01. | :01:05. | |
Rob Mayor's report contains flashing images. | :01:06. | :01:08. | |
Relief for Labour in Stoke Central. | :01:09. | :01:13. | |
There were predictions that Ukip could sweep them aside here | :01:14. | :01:16. | |
in a city where almost 70% of people voted for Brexit. | :01:17. | :01:22. | |
But as the night wore on, it was those with the red rosettes | :01:23. | :01:25. | |
wearing smiles which broke into cheers | :01:26. | :01:27. | |
This was billed as a battle for the capital of Brexit, | :01:28. | :01:34. | |
a chance for Ukip to dig into Labour heartlands. | :01:35. | :01:37. | |
Labour have held on, their majority has been cut in half, | :01:38. | :01:40. | |
but they are mightily relieved tonight. | :01:41. | :01:43. | |
As Gareth Snell gave his victory speech, all eyes were on | :01:44. | :01:46. | |
the Ukip leader and questions now about his future. | :01:47. | :01:51. | |
Do you know, but we've cut their majority in half | :01:52. | :01:54. | |
and we've unified the party like never before. | :01:55. | :01:59. | |
Despite a narrow margin of victory, Mr Snell said voters | :02:00. | :02:07. | |
I'm feeling very happy about the fact that the Labour Party | :02:08. | :02:13. | |
It was a tough election but ultimately, | :02:14. | :02:17. | |
the people of Stoke-on-Trent have made their voice heard and | :02:18. | :02:20. | |
I'm very grateful they're sending me to Parliament to represent them. | :02:21. | :02:23. | |
This by-election was awkward for labour, | :02:24. | :02:25. | |
triggered by their own MP, Tristam Hunt's resignation. | :02:26. | :02:29. | |
Their majority is now a slender 2620, so they may be glad | :02:30. | :02:35. | |
that this constituency could be wiped by boundary changes | :02:36. | :02:37. | |
Well, our Staffordshire reporter Sian Grzeszczyk is outside | :02:38. | :02:47. | |
Ukip's campaign office in Stoke for us now. | :02:48. | :02:50. | |
Sian, a tough win for Labour, and perhaps embarrassing for Ukip? | :02:51. | :03:01. | |
Absolutely. This is a disastrous results for Ukip. They had been | :03:02. | :03:08. | |
hoping to be celebrating here in Hanley this lunchtime but instead | :03:09. | :03:11. | |
the office doors are shut and you can even see a bit of graffiti on | :03:12. | :03:15. | |
the front door out there. They have lots of questions to answer, most | :03:16. | :03:20. | |
notably, if they can't win in such a pro-Brexit seat as Stoke Central, | :03:21. | :03:25. | |
then where can they win? But also lots of questions for Labour. This | :03:26. | :03:28. | |
by-election could have been a block in the park for them. They have run | :03:29. | :03:34. | |
the seat since it was created in 1950s to Gareth Snell will be well | :03:35. | :03:37. | |
aware of that and the challenge to try and bolster the vote between now | :03:38. | :03:38. | |
and the next general election. The clear up operation is underway | :03:39. | :03:39. | |
after Storm Doris swept Gusts of up to 80 mph | :03:40. | :03:42. | |
hit our region claiming the life of a 29-year-old | :03:43. | :03:47. | |
woman in Wolverhampton. Elsewhere, heavy goods | :03:48. | :03:52. | |
vehicles toppled over, trains were cancelled | :03:53. | :03:54. | |
and buildings collapsed. The hairiest of landings requiring | :03:55. | :03:56. | |
the steadiest of nerves. Testing times as pilots battled | :03:57. | :04:02. | |
80 mph winds arriving Came straight through that, just | :04:03. | :04:06. | |
cracked straight down their... They're counting the cost | :04:07. | :04:16. | |
in the Black Country, crashed into the roof of | :04:17. | :04:18. | |
a leisure centre in Smethwick. There were six people using the gym | :04:19. | :04:21. | |
but fortunately no one was injured. It's almost certain we're going to | :04:22. | :04:31. | |
have to clean it off so that's going to take some time to sort it out. On | :04:32. | :04:36. | |
top of that, we had over 80 trees come down yesterday alone so we are | :04:37. | :04:40. | |
going to have to prioritise the ones that needed first. Here is another | :04:41. | :04:45. | |
down street, this one on top of a daycare centre. It was half-time, | :04:46. | :04:50. | |
but there were four children inside. Fortunately, no one was hurt. | :04:51. | :04:51. | |
In Birmingham's jewellery quarter, another casualty of Doris - | :04:52. | :04:53. | |
the top of this Victorian building, caught on CCTV crashing | :04:54. | :04:56. | |
I know it was halfway through either repair or refurbishment, but to see | :04:57. | :05:08. | |
that the wind has taken it, I'm grateful that no one's been hurt, | :05:09. | :05:12. | |
but it's a shame to see it go. Again, another bit of history just | :05:13. | :05:13. | |
lost to the wind. After choatic scenes | :05:14. | :05:15. | |
on the transport network yesterday, train services remain badly | :05:16. | :05:17. | |
affected, especially around Birmingham, | :05:18. | :05:18. | |
as repair work continues. The damage on the Cross city line is | :05:19. | :05:28. | |
pretty serious and we have 14 trapped strains on the line, so | :05:29. | :05:33. | |
Network Rail have to get out, repair the overhead lines that have been | :05:34. | :05:34. | |
damaged... In the past few minutes, police | :05:35. | :05:35. | |
in Wolverhampton police have named the 29-year-old woman killed | :05:36. | :05:38. | |
by falling debris as Tahnie Martin from Stafford who worked | :05:39. | :05:40. | |
at Wolverhampton Uni. The emergency services and Health | :05:41. | :05:42. | |
and Safety Executive are carrying out | :05:43. | :05:44. | |
a joint investigation. A climber from Worcestershire | :05:45. | :05:50. | |
has died after suffering serious injuries in a fall | :05:51. | :05:53. | |
on the Cairngorms in Scotland. Owen Griffiths who was 25 | :05:54. | :05:56. | |
and from Evesham was airlifted by a Coastguard helicopter | :05:57. | :06:00. | |
to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary A woman is feared dead after a two | :06:01. | :06:03. | |
bungalows caught fire in Shropshire. The alarm was raised at around | :06:04. | :06:15. | |
5:30am this morning, when emergency services were called | :06:16. | :06:18. | |
to Chestnut Meadows in Bucknell. Fire fighters still haven't gained | :06:19. | :06:21. | |
access to the building. Two men escaped with only | :06:22. | :06:23. | |
mild smoke inhalation. Right, time for some sport now | :06:24. | :06:25. | |
and it would be fair to say it's not been a vintage season | :06:26. | :06:29. | |
for the four West Midlands There were high hopes | :06:30. | :06:31. | |
of the play-offs when they kicked-off in August, | :06:32. | :06:34. | |
but now all four clubs are more worried about leaving | :06:35. | :06:36. | |
the division at the wrong end. Steve Bruce got off to a | :06:37. | :06:38. | |
flying start when he took over at Aston Villa in October, | :06:39. | :06:44. | |
but after 16 weeks, the emotions Frustrated, disappointed, | :06:45. | :06:47. | |
however, I'm determined We only do that by a few results | :06:48. | :06:50. | |
and then quietly go about the rebuilding job, | :06:51. | :06:57. | |
which obviously the club needs. The lower half of the | :06:58. | :07:02. | |
Championship table makes All four West Midlands sides | :07:03. | :07:03. | |
are in the bottom ten and looking Gianfranco Zola is certainly under | :07:04. | :07:08. | |
pressure at Birmingham City. He's won just once in his first | :07:09. | :07:12. | |
14 games in charge but has been reassured again this week | :07:13. | :07:16. | |
by the owners. I'm not going in one direction | :07:17. | :07:19. | |
and they're going in another. And I think the way that the club | :07:20. | :07:22. | |
is assessed the situation shows that Zola's next test comes | :07:23. | :07:29. | |
at Wolves this evening. Their start to 2017 has been very | :07:30. | :07:35. | |
lopsided with two FA Cup wins against Premier League opponents | :07:36. | :07:39. | |
stacking up against a run of three Burton Albion may be | :07:40. | :07:42. | |
the lowest ranked of our clubs but in many ways, | :07:43. | :07:52. | |
they're the most impressive. Expected to struggle, | :07:53. | :07:54. | |
if they beat Blackburn this evening they will be nine points clear | :07:55. | :07:56. | |
of their relegation rivals. Rebecca's here to tell | :07:57. | :08:09. | |
us about the weather. Must quieted onto today. Stunning | :08:10. | :08:18. | |
out there and for many spots, we have had lovely blue sky. But it | :08:19. | :08:22. | |
certainly has felt very different, much cooler out there but lots of | :08:23. | :08:25. | |
sunshine to come through this afternoon. Still some clarity and | :08:26. | :08:29. | |
there. It might squeeze out the odd bit of drizzle but largely dry, and | :08:30. | :08:34. | |
or nine Celsius of feeling cooler or nine Celsius of feeling cooler | :08:35. | :08:38. | |
than it did. This is only a brief respite because tomorrow, Eve | :08:39. | :08:40. | |
returned to wet and windy weather starting tonight. It weather system | :08:41. | :08:48. | |
is crossing us. It will be a night where we are largely dry although | :08:49. | :08:51. | |
there will be rain with temperatures between five and seven. The breezy | :08:52. | :08:53. | |
strengthening but changing direction to be from the South West saloon | :08:54. | :08:56. | |
will be a bit milder. But there will be plenty of rain as weather systems | :08:57. | :09:00. | |
continue to work their way in from the West. A wet and windy start to | :09:01. | :09:05. | |
the day tomorrow, not a great start the weekend. There will be some | :09:06. | :09:07. | |
pushing back up into double figures pushing back up into double figures | :09:08. | :09:11. | |
for some but the breeze starts to ease a little bit through Sunday. | :09:12. | :09:14. | |
Perhaps more in the way of brightness, a little drier but more | :09:15. | :09:20. | |
weather systems waiting in the wings. We are returning to something | :09:21. | :09:23. | |
very unsettled and it will get a touch cooler as we head into next | :09:24. | :09:24. | |
week. What she's been doing, | :09:25. | :09:24. | |
you think that's normal? | :09:25. | :09:48. |