29/08/2011 Midlands Today


29/08/2011

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Hello. Good evening. A young man who was permanently blinded after

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being stabbed in the neck outside a nightclub in Hereford is planning

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to start his new life at college, one year after the unprovoked

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attack. Jack Hewitt was only released from hospital a week ago.

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Learning his way to his new halls of residence, 22-year-old Jack

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Hewitt is preparing to start a new life without his sight. Jack, who

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was studying to become an engineer was out with friends when he was

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stabbed with a broken bottle. He suffered a stroke and was in a coma

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for weeks. His 21-year-old attacker has been given a life sentence.

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Everything else in life fades into second place. Every waking moment

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is occupied by thinking about Jack and how and if he might recover.

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Jack spent 11 months in hospital. On his release he was given an

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award for courage from his old college. I guess it is kind of

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remarkable. I'm just, I don't think of it really. You know? It's how I

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am, really. In a week's time he's beginning a three-year course at

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the royal national college for the blind. Knowing when hot water is

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near the top of a cup is one of the every day tasks he is re-learning.

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He has a wonderful sense of humour. He is very articulate. He is very

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personalable and we are delighted to offer him this opportunity to

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move on with his life. A life turned upside down, but it is one

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he plans to embrace. Police believe a blaze which

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destroyed a furniture store in Wolverhampton was started

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deliberately. The fire which broke out at the furniture warehouse just

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after midnight has destroyed 75% of the building. There were fears the

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fire could spread to a neighbouring sports shop and a neighbouring

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furniture store. Both buildings just suffered smoke damage. A

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charity has welcomed a court order for some stroke on Trent City

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council to halt services for deaf children. The National Deaf

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Children's Society said the authority has been reckless. The

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number of specialist teachers has been halved in the last two years.

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Now, the High Court will consider an application for a judicial

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review of further cuts. With one year to go to the start of

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the Paralympics, two of the Midlands hottest medal hopes can

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not wait to get into action. Swimmers Sacha and Nyree Kindred

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are looking to defend their titles in London. Their recent training

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schedules have undergone some disruption. They now have a new fan

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poolside. Sacha and Nyree Kindred are the golden couple of British

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swimming. At their home in Hereford they have been joined by another

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champion. Baby Ella arrived in June. She is already making a splash.

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took her to water babies when she was four weeks' old. She loved it

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in the water. She went underwater. It is going to take a few more

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trips to the pool before she can hope to beat mum and dad in a race.

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Sacha came hope with Gold from Beijing in 2008. If he makes the

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squad, London 2012 will be his fifth Paralympics. I broke the

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record last year. Hopefully I can try and retain the titles I won in

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Beijing. It will be the hardest ever. Paralympic sport has moved en

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masse sievely over the past few years. Wife Nyree was swimming

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until the day before Ella's birth. My coach has a plan in place that

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we can get there. At the end of the day, if you don't try, you never

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know. It is hard to see where they would put any more silver wear. The

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side board is not big enough to hold all the Paralympic medals they

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have won between them. They have won 20. Not to mention the 14 world

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titles and now they have another reason to win in 2012. In time she

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will be proud of us and know we competed at the Olympics in 2012.

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We want to bring back medals for Great Britain. Tickets for the

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Paralympics go on sale on Friday week, that is September 9th. Two

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football results in the Blue Square Now the weather.

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Well, under the influence of high pressure this week it is looking

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drier. Cool to start off with, but warming up by Friday. High pressure

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asserts itself by Friday, killing off any stray showers. We have a

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few in the north of the region tonight, where the thicker cloud is.

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Elsewhere we have clearer spells. In rural parts temperatures could

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fall into single figures. Otherwise lows of tens and 11's.

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We have some sunshine, some good sunny spells to start off with. But

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then clouding over during the afternoon. Predominantly dry

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tomorrow. Up to 18 Celsius. Below afternoon. Similar on Wednesday,

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