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Hello and welcome to Midlands Today with Nick Owen and Suzanne Virdee.

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The headlines tonight. A generation without hope blamed

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for the riots which terrorised Birmingham and the Black Country

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last summer. We have got a crisis with young people. A crisis in

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terms of hope, a crisis in terms of their engagement with society.

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Hundreds protest in Birmingham over plans to execute a Sikh separatist

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in India. We will settle for nothing less than Balwant Singh

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Rajwana being released. Worries over plans for yellow

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tourist buggies in Stratford. It's claimed it will make the place like

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a theme park. And with a factory about to be

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built there, helping thousands of Good evening, welcome to

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Wednesday's Midlands Today from the BBC.

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Tonight, August's riots reveal a crisis among our young people. The

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Riots, Communities and Victims Panel report into the causes of the

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disturbances, which saw three days of violent scenes and looting in

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Birmingham and the Black Country, was officially published today.

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Steve Botham, who met the panel when it visited the region, says

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the riots show a crisis of hope and a crisis of engagement with society

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among young people which needs to be urgently addressed. Joanne

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Writtle reports now on the reaction here to the panel's report.

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Rioting and looting in Birmingham. A raid on a jewellers in

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Wolverhampton. Some of the scenes prompting this comment from a man

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heading a community development group in Birmingham. Steve Botham

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met the Riots, Communities and Victims Panel. Within Birmingham,

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we have a crisis with our young people. It is a crisis in terms of

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hope and their engagement with society. There are some big

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questions for society to answer that the report highlights.

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This was the chaos in Wolverhampton. Hairdresser Louise Johnson won

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bravery awards after becoming a human shield to protect her

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business. I was just standing here, swearing.

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Today, Louise is turning her attention to helping youth. She's

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just given a full time job to her apprentice hairdresser. Employers

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should give young people opportunities. The young people say

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that no one wants to give them a job. When this girl turned up and

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she was so polite and willing to work, I told her I would take her

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Annaliena Clements says not all young people are troublemakers.

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is kids being stupid. They should not have been out there causing

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trouble and making a mess of their town. They are meant to take care

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of it, not destroy it. Here in Birmingham, 300 children

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come to this youth centre. It is open five nights a week. It has

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suffered a cut in public funding last year.

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The teenagers here were as shocked as most by the riots.

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Young people are now losing the way to find out what they won because

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there is not much out there. that is not much of an excuse.

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it is not. Parents and need support for their young people. They need

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help in finding places for young people to go to. There has to be

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more things are for young people to do. There needs to be more youth

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clubs. They should be here, not rioting.

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Visiting a supermarket in Redditch today, the Labour leader condemmed

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violence, but said young people needed a stake in society. Nobody

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nobody excuses criminality. But we do have to understand how our young

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people can be given a stake in our society. That is what this panel is

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talking about, showing people that there is a better way forward.

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Criminality and irresponsibility is an acceptable. There is a way

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forward for them where they can make more of their lives.

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Young people like Annaliena Clements are already making the

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most of their lives. Under the watchful eye of a woman brave

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enough to protect her business. Joining us now is James Morris the

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Conservative MP for Halesowen & Rowley Regis.

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What is your reaction to the report? I welcome some of the

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suggestions in the report, the importance of parents and families

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in bringing up young people so that they have a stake in society.

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are we let him down young people in our society right now however?

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There are problems in certain areas. That is why the Government has set

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up this troubled family's unit to support families who are having

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problems. But we also need to invest in skills, that is why we

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are increasing the number of apprenticeships for young people so

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that they have a stake in the future of society. The youth

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schemes, we saw that project in a report which as having their

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funding cut. How will that Kate young people off the street? Before

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I was elected, I was a volunteer youth worker myself. I know some of

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the issues here. There are many good voluntary youth support it

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projects out there. You the support from the voluntary sector is

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excellent and we need to support that. It is not necessarily their

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statutory sector which provides the best support. Surely the more

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things out there for young people, the better? We need to be giving

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young people mentoring, and opportunities to take jobs and the

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prospects that are there in the future.

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One in five 18-24 year olds are out of work in this region - 70,000

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people in all. How big a part of the problem is this? We are putting

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�1 billion into the Youth project, we are doubling apprenticeships in

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my constituency. We are trying to improve the situation for young

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people. Thanks very much indeed. We'd like to hear your views on

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this. What do you think caused last summer's riots in the Midlands? Was

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it poor parenting or different problems in society? Email us or

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our go on our Facebook page and we'll have some of your comments

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later. Still to come in the programme

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tonight. History in the skies over

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Warwickshire, as one of the world's oldest jets takes off once more,

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some 70 years after its first flight.

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Hundreds of Sikhs took part in a march and demonstration in

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Birmingham today. They were protesting against plans to execute

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a Sikh separatist who helped assassinate a politician and 17

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other people in a bomb attack in India.

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Balwant Singh Rajwana was due to be hanged on Saturday for his role in

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the conspiracy to kill the Chief Minister for Punjab in 1995.

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Rajoana has been in prison for 17 years after being convicted of

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acting as a back-up suicide bomber in the plot. Tonight, the Indian

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government put the execution on hold. Our reporter Bob Hockenhull

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has been following today's events. The Sikh community on the march

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through the streets of Handsworth in Birmingham, mobilised by anger

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over the fate of a prisoner 4,000 Eventually, 1,000 people joined the

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demonstration outside the Consulate General of India in the Jewellery

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Quarter. They are furious over plans to execute Balwant Singh

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Rajwana on Saturday. He has already served 17 years after admitting he

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conspired to murder the Chief Minister for the Punjab in 1995.

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want to put pressure on the local government and the natural

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Government of the UK to use his influence on the Indian government

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to stop this execution from taking place. As at this protests and

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faults, along with demonstrations around the world, talks are taking

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place at the very highest level in India aimed at stopping their

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execution. Protesters are hoping to put pressure on the Indian

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government. Tonight, it seems to have worked. India has put their

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execution on hold. If it had gone ahead, it would have been the first

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since 2004. People power is the most important power. Once that the

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people start working and going forward, there is no stopping.

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should now be released. We want nothing less than release for

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Balwant Singh Rajoana. This is a very controversial case because of

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the political nation of the Sikh separatist movement at the time,

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that is one reason we have seen the kind of reactions that we have a.

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That demonstrations in Birmingham ended police fully without arrests.

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We are trying to minimise disruption, but people have the

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right to peaceful protest. Hopefully, we have achieved a

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mixture of both. But six say they will be back on the street if the

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threat of execution is not removed. -- Sikhs.

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A woman's died following a house fire in Coventry this morning. West

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Midlands Ambulance Service was called to an address in Willenhall

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just before 6 o'clock. Crews discovered the body of a woman who

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was confirmed dead at the scene. Plans for a �120 million casino at

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Birmingham's NEC have been approved. It will form part of a larger

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development including a hotel and cinema. Solihull Council have

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approved the project. The complex is expected to create 1,000 jobs.

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A man has died following a crash in Shropshire in the early hours of

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this morning. It happened on the A41 near Stanford Bridge at around

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1am. The victim's car left the road and hit a tree leaving him with

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multiple injuries. He was confirmed dead at the scene.

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They're small, they're yellow and they're causing a stir in our

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cultural heartland. The introduction of a fleet of

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motorised tourist tricycles has caused a row in Shakespeare's

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hometown. A former mayor claims they are

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vulgar and unsuitable for Stratford Upon Avon. Here's Joan Cummins.

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They cost more than �3,000 to buy, but now it is hoped these 50cc

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motorised tricycles will bring an added extra to the tourist

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experience in Stratford Upon Avon. We need to move into the 21st

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century a little bit. It is an historical time, but people can

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still have fun. Stratford has seen its top

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posistion as a tourist destination slipping in recent years, but it is

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hoped this year's World Shakespeare Festival will help re-establish the

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Warwickshire market town on the world map. But the prospect of the

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self-hire vehicles becoming part of the general tourist traffic has

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caused some to describe them as vulgar and simply not fitting for

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such a world class destination. It is a bit naff, a bit vulgar. But

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people have their own taste. But the town does not have the harder

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to take this on board. We are very fortunate in this town, I do think

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we need to protect it. Shakespeare will be turning in his grave of.

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Drivers have to be at least 21 with a full driving licence, but not

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everyone sees them as a cultural invasion.

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Stratford's main job is to provide what its visitors want. Our job is

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not to educate people or raise their social status, it is to

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provide them with entertainment and enjoyment while they are here.

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With plans to introduce electric versions of the three wheelers next

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year, I asked today's visitors if they were persuaded by the �35 an

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hour buggies. I think it looks fabulous. As long

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as there is not too many of them. Yes, very good. But a bit noisy.

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You do not want to see them on the street. It is yet to be seen

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whether this will improve the situation for tourists in the

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Stratford. But at least parking is free.

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That is a big plus. Free parking. And great in this weather.

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Perfect in this weather. A big rescue operation is underway

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to move thousands of breeding toads from the site of a new car engine

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factory near Wolverhampton. They are being moved before building

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work can continue on the Jaguar Land Rover plant on the i54 site.

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As the name suggests, common toads are widespread and found throughout

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Britain. They follow the same route back to

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ancestral breeding ponds each spring. In Britain, the common toad

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is protected by law from sale and trade. Ben Godfrey's has been down

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at the pond side. It can be a difficult life being a

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toad. You want to build a colony in a picturesque pond, but somebody

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moves you on before you have a chance to spawn. So these

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volunteers are mounting Operation Rescue. 4,000 mating common toads

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are breeding on the site of Jaguar Land Rover's soon-to-be built

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engine plant, at i54 near Wolverhampton. We have got one here.

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It is covered in month, it was at the bottom of the pond. -- covered

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in mud. The toads have migrated back to the pond to breed. They

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hibernate, but they have will come with a warm weather.

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So far, 1,000 toads have been scooped from the murky depths and,

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for these amorous amphibians, time's pressing. On Monday,

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construction workers move on to prepare the ground on this 120

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hectare site. We are putting him a new M42 junction. -- motorway. This

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is meeting season. But at the Newlove lest it is a quarter of a

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mile away. -- New laugh at messed It's a journey alongside the busy

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M54 to a new toad enclosure surrounded by steel. They get a

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larger pond, some quiet neighbours and just about the tightest

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security they could get at short notice. Ben Godfrey, BBC Midlands

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Today, Staffordshire. Looks a better place. You can read

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a full report on that on our website.

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Well, we've still got this sensational weather, haven't we? I

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hope Ben isn't going to spoil it! Well, Nick, all good things come to

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an end. After one more very warm day tomorrow, our temperatures are

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going to slide back to where they should be by the weekend. The

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We are being terribly spot by the weather.

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It's nearly three weeks since Port Vale football club went into

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administration owing around �3 million. Tonight, the fans are

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gathering at the ground to hear the latest news on when new owners

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might take over. Nick Clitheroe is there too. What are the fans likely

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to discover this evening, Nick? They are going to get the latest

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briefing from the administrators. It came to ahead at the beginning

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of March when be found out that the players were not being paid. There

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was a meeting at the supporters' club when one of the members of the

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previous club had to leave the meeting. After that, we had the

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process of the council put in the club into administration. I have

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one of their administrators here now. What can you tell the

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supporters tonight? We are going to keep them fully informed of what we

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are doing. This is really a question and answer session. We

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have got three parties who have already submitted offers. We have

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not got a from a favourite at this time. We have not closed of the

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bidding. But I am hoping there will be some good news next week. So you

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hope to close the door for beds next week? We may impose a deadline

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for bids. Possibly Friday night, or Monday my day. We will consider

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those beds and become -- consider those bitters and make a

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recommendation. That is excellent news. Hopefully, we can start

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moving forward. It is good news that three beds are in. There will

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be more from the administrators at this meeting. -- bids.

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Light at the end of the tunnel for Port Vale, hopefully.

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Shrewsbury Town have praised club staff and the fans for their

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reaction to a fire which caused the abandonment of last night's home

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game with Port Vale. The fire broke out in the electric control panel

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for the floodlights at the Greenhouse Meadow just over an hour

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into the game. The East Stand had to be evacuated, but no-one was

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injured. Shrewsbury were winning 1- 0 at the time after James Collins

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scored. A new date for the game is yet to be arranged.

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It was a better night for fans of Walsall and Burton Albion who both

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enjoyed home victories. Walsall moved out of the League One

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relegation zone with their first win in five games. Emmanuel Ledesma

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equalised Colchester's early goal and Walsall went in front when Mat

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Sadler scored just before half-time. A late third from George Bowerman

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leaves them two points above the relegation places. Burton Albion

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fans had been waiting 17 games for a win. And it needed an own goal

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from Matt Fish to finally break their drought against Gillingham.

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The Olympic countdown has begun for a beach volleyball player. She is

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packing up and heading for the Sam &. But it will be no holiday.

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Denise John's is embarking on her Olympic dream. That means precious

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little time at home with her husband. We do travel a lot because

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there is no indoor beach volleyball court. But we travelled to lovely

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places. This is where where she hopes she will be going. Last year,

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she and her partner finished 4th. The test event for the Olympics was

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incredible. There was great support from the fans and the British

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public. Her accent is not what you would expect for someone living

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near Gloucester. Her nationality has been a controversial Olympics

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subject. But she says she is definitely British. My dad is

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British. I grew up with British Customs. I do feel British. I have

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lived here for five years. I just love being around British people,

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they have been so welcoming. I love it here and I will definitely stay

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here. If the test is having a cup of tea, she certainly qualifies.

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A piece of aviation history took to the skies over the Midlands today

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as a special thank you to a group of dedicated volunteers who have

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helped to keep it flying. The Gloucester built Meteor T7 is the

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oldest twin engined jet fighter still airworthy.

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Kevin Reide was there. Coventry Airport, and takeoff for

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one of the world's rarest flying jet fighters. There are just five

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Gloucester Meteors still flying and this model T7 is the oldest aged 63.

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This flight was specially laid on for a team of more than 40

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volunteers who make sure this aircraft keeps flying. We want to

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keep that in Britain. It is one of their earliest jets. The media,

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because they did not feel that their initial in just did not have

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enough power, they put on two. It has an iconic cellaret. -- iconic

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silhouette. This 89-year-old former RAF pilot

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flew Spitfires in the Second World War and saw them being phased out

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for the state-of-the-art Meteor. was moved up. Lone voice in the

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cockpit. -- smooth. This is our anniversary. What a way to spend it.

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It says me buying a present. Meteor is based at Coventry airport

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and will be flying at air shows of the summer.

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Happy anniversary. Now it's been another unseasonably

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warm and beautiful day today, but can it last? Here's Ben Rich with

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the details. Yes, it has been incredibly warm

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for March, and I'll have the forecast in a moment. But talking

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of all things unseasonable, a group of pupils at a school in Birmingham

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made an attempt on the record for the biggest number of simultaneous

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conker games today. Nearly 800 pupils and staff from King Edwards

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School took part. The current world record stands at just over 500.

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It's a game usually played in the autumn of course, but there has

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been nothing autumnal or even been nothing autumnal or even

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springlike about the weather recently. In fact, it's been more

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like summer. Today, we have had some very impressive temperatures.

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They got up to 21 Celsius in Birmingham. Plenty of other places

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not far behind that. One of the reasons for that is the sheer

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amount of sunshine we have had. This is a satellite picture, hardly

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any cloud. That bank of cloud across Scotland is heading our way

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across the next few days and that will turn things cloudier and

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cooler. Turning pretty cool tonight as well. Temperatures are going to

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drop a way, quite close to freezing in places. There could be a touch

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of grass frost and some patchy fog tomorrow morning. But that will

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dissipate very quickly tomorrow. Up similar day with plenty of sunshine

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tomorrow. Some high cloud by the end of the day. A slightly

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increased a breeze as well. Another beautiful evening tomorrow and a

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fine, dry night as well. But we will see more cloud spreading in

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from the north. Quite a lot of cloud on Friday. Things should have

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brighten up slowly, but it will be cooler, temperatures around 15

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Celsius. This rage of high pressure that has been in charge of our

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weather is going to move to the west over the weekend. The wind was

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which to northerly, bringing Bin cool air and increasing amount of

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cloud. But no sign of any much- needed rain on the horizon.

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Thank you very much. And earlier in the programme we

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asked you to get in touch with your views on what caused last year's

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riots. Lots of comments on our Facebook page.

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Jane Bremer says, A lack of proper education and the fact that schools

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and parents aren't able to discipline the kids is the problem.

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Nick Savage, I think that it is because they are angry about the

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high unemployment situation. It strikes me that they don't realise

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that rioting won't help. Dom Nash. The riots were not youth

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failure only, it was whole of society's failure.

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Gary Jordan says, Pure greed and criminality - we don't need the

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report to tell us that. Plenty of decent people are unemployed but

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didn't go looting. Jake Williams, It would not have

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happened if they were all in jobs! Young people have got to have a

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sense of belonging and feel a part of a community.

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David Ford, When they see the super rich running the country and taking

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so much from so many while making even more of a fortune, well, it

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doesn't take rocket science to work out what's going on.

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Lots of emails too. Lillian Webb says, I find it

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utterly preposterous that everyone is making excuses for the rioters.

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These selfish people showed no consideration at all for anyone

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because they know they live in a society which has grown soft.

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A look at tonight's main headlines. David Cameron says motorists should

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top up their tanks in case the fuel strike goes ahead.

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