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Hello, welcome to Midlands Today with Mary Rhodes and Nick Owen.

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The headlines tonight: The man who quelled last summer's riots in

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Birmingham escapes a jail sentence for assault.

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Is the West Midlands rivalling China for business? Signs of

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increasing confidence in our region's economy. If you compare

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them with like surveys, you can see that Birmingham is performing as

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well. Under fire, plans to burn millions

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of tonnes of imported wood at a giant power station. The scale of

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the wood fuel required for the power station is phenomenal. We are

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talking about something like 2 million tonnes of wood pallets

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every year. And pride in their Passion Play,

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celebrating Easter by telling Good evening, welcome to Thursday's

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Midlands Today from the BBC. Tonight: the man who calmed the

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Birmingham riots escapes a jail sentence.

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Tariq Jahan appealed to the youth of the city to leave the streets

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and go home. His words came after the death of his own son in the

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disturbances. Few knew at the time that Jahan was awaiting trial for a

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serious assault. Today a jury convicted him of

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causing grievous bodily harm but a judge said that, because of his

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public spirited actions in the riots, Jahan wouldn't go to jail.

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He's been speaking exclusively to our special correspondent Peter

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Wilson. Tariq Jahan emerged from court a

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free man but guilty of greivous bodily harm. The man who's brave

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words calmed a city boiling over last August chose to say nothing

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immediately after the verdict. But at the height of the riots, he'd

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been calm and controlled appealing for peace immediately after the

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death of his son Haroon and two brothers Shazad Ali and Abdul

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Musavir. We stand here, to plead with all of the youth to remain

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calm, for our communities to stand united. But just weeks before Tariq

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Jahan had been involved in a roadside altercation with this man,

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Sajjad Ali, outside a factory in Handsworth Birmingham. So what did

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he do? With one punch, for blow broke the other man's jaw and also

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broke two teeth. He admitted in court that he had lied to the

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police and that once he told one lie, he had to tell a 1000 more to

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cover it up. Tariq Jahan has been feted nationally, his powerful

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words and composure touching people around the world but what did those

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living and working in his own neighbourhood think of his

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conviction for violence. He is still a peaceful man. He is a great

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person. Still a role model? Yes. he was a true man of peace, this

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kind of violence should not be exhibited at all. It has changed my

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opinion about him. Later Tariq Jahan agreed to speak to me outside

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his house in Winson Green. The judge had spared him a prison

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sentence because of his actions in helping to defuse the violence last

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August. I regret what happened but maintain my position of self-

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defence. However, I accept the decision of the jury and the judge.

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By want to thank the community and the wider public for their

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continued support throughout this difficult time. Do you feel as

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though you've let people down? the time of the riots, I did what I

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thought was right. Now, as regards to the public, I will leave that to

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them to decide, they can make up their minds. I have nothing there

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to say, thank you. -- nothing more to say. Mr Jahan has been ordered

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to do 100 hours unpaid work and to pay �1,000 in compensation to his

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victim. And Peter's with us now. In many ways, Tariq Jahan was a hero

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last summer. Will this case have damaged his standing in the

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community? He was lucky to escape a jail

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sentence today. The judge described it as mindless violence. But he

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also said that in his judgment, he had saved the day in Birmingham,

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with VAT appeal. I think people are going to make up their minds.

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People will be split but they will also read a lot in the newspaper

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about previous convictions in his past.

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If what more did he have to say to you today?

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He still feels as though he was acting in self-defence but he also

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said that he desperately wants to use the national attention but he

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gained unwillingly to be able to help people. What was interesting

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was all the journalists bundled out of court when those verdicts were

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delivered. He walked back into court and shook hands with for

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court usher. He seems to have a lot of time for people and has a

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presence. Still to come in tonight's

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programme: ahead of London 2012, a true Olympian from Solihull is

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reunited with old team-mates from We're performing better than the

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Chinese, that's the bold claim tonight from business leaders in

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the West Midlands who say manufacturing order books are

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booming. The latest quarterly economic survey of more than three

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thousan companies forecasts a return to confidence, with many

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expecting an increase in turnover and sales in the coming months. But

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while confidence appears to be returning, very few firms are ready

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to take on more staff. When it comes to jobs and demand

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for goods, China's a land of plenty. But 5,000 miles from Beijing,

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business leaders say it's boom time in Birmingham. If you compare them

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with particular regions in China, you can see that Birmingham is

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performing as well and in some cases exceeding quality level of

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production. This concept car will become the Jaguar F Type. Just one

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reason says the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce that local

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manufacturing has cause for optimism. This survey suggests that

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60 % 60% of manufacturers are now confident that turnover will

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improve. But just 37% are working at full capacity, a lot less than

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last year. Three years ago, in the midst of recession, we filmed at

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BSA Machine tools in Birmingham. We found cautious pessimism. Renewed

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companies with order books, because that is the difference in this

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recession, companies have got order books. They need the working

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capital. Now, Steve Brittain's exporting to China and Mexico.

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we are confident that things are starting to improve. We are taking

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apprentices on. But there's a long way to go. A few miles away,

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teenagers come along to the Pump, a charity in Shard End. They get

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advice and skills to get a job but less than a third of local firms

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plan to recruit. It is really depressing. There is a Shujah mound

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of talent out there, -- There is a huge amount of talent out there.

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Confidence is difficult to measure. While manufacturing sales are

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improving, growth in the service sector is said to be static.

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Our Business Correspondent is at Jaguar's plant at Castle Bromwich

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for us this evening. Encouraging signs in our region, which comes at

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the same time as the announcement from Jaguar about it's new F Type.

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It is good news about the Jaguar, which will be built here. That in

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turn that means new jobs and undoubtedly job security. The F

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type first was unveiled in Frankfurt last year, where it was a

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concept car. Last night, Jaguar announced that it would go into

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production. They made that announcement at the New York

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International Motor Show. Jaguar officials they explained more about

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the decision to go ahead with the model. It will be a full and

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ammonium chassis, built in the UK. -- aluminium. The first version of

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this vehicle will be a convertible and will be available on the market

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in the middle of next year. Just over one year from now. In fact,

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the product is so well advanced, we already have prototypes leaving the

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factory as we speak, with the appropriate level of camouflage.

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What about the bigger picture, how is business doing in our region

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outside manufacturing? Ben did concentrate on manufacturing which

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is doing extremely well but elsewhere, it is not such a good

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picture. The survey paints a sorry picture about things like retail,

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which are still depressed. It is fairly clear that people are

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holding on to their money rather than spending. Also, home and

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export sales in the service sector remain static. It says there is

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more optimism around, particularly when they taking the next 12 months.

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60 % of those in the service sector expects turnover to improve. 64

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expect profits to increase. It is a mixed picture but it is fairly

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clear there is more optimism around and if there is more optimism, that

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often means that people are more inclined to think about recruitment

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Police have revealed that a man killed in an arson attack on his

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home had a history of sex offending. 52-year-old Andrew Heath died in

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the fire at his flat in Worcester last December. A murder inquiry is

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underway. Police say Mr Heath had five convictions for gross

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indecency and indecent assault against teenage boys. The offences

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happened in Leicester and Birmingham between 1984 and 1999.

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A pedestrian is in hospital with serious head and back injuries

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after being knocked down by a police car in Birmingham. He was

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walking near the Newtown Shopping Centre, in Newtown Row, when the

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collision happened just after seven last night. An investigation is

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underway and police are appealing for witnesses.

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A controversial plan to burn millions of tonnes of imported wood

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in a Shropshire power station got the go ahead this afternoon. Energy

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company EOn says the proposals are sustainable and qualify for green

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subsidies from the government. Opponents say this will lead to

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large areas of North America being stripped of trees and could reduce

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air quality around the power station.

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At today's planning meeting at Shropshire County Council,

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opponents of these plans were looking to be heard. Energy company

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EOn wants to begin burning imported wood pellets alongside coal at

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Ironbridge power station. I went to meet the protestors at Bildwuss

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village hall just up the road from the power station itself. Be the

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scale of the wood fuel required is phenomenal. We are talking about 2

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million tonnes of with pellets every year. That will require clear

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felling of forests in North America. The protestors say the two million

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tonnes of wood needed is equivalent to clearing a densely packed forest

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stretching from Wellington to Wenlock every single year. It seems

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to me that with the word sustainable attached to this, it

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doesn't work. It is not sustainable at all. It is looking a little bit

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greener here for total destruction in other parts of the world. It

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doesn't make sense. There are also worries about the impact on the

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environment closer to home. I find it rather disturbing that a company

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in of his planning application, there doesn't seem to be an air

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quality assessment. One would have hoped that would be standard and I

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would have expected the council to have requested it. The reasoning

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for that is not clear. I think it needs clarifying before a planning

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meeting. And opponents have one more worry. Ironbridge power

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station is due to close in 2015 because it doesn't meet pollution

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targets. But could switching to would allow them to push back at

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closure date? That is what those who oppose the scheme expect.

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And David joins us now from Ironbridge. What happened at this

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afternoon's meeting? Once the council committee decided to go on

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a field trip, they came to Ironbridge power station to see the

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site of the new building, to see where it will be and then they went

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back to the Shire Hall. That was to go ahead with... Really, the

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committee said that all these other things the protesters were worried

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about, these were outside the remit of the committee's planning

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decision. It didn't affect the decision at all. You can imagine

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the protesters were not happy about that. A So what do EOn say about

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all this? They are very happy, and pleased

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with the decision. They say it safeguards 100 jobs until 2015.

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They also said that the wood that will be burned here is sustainable.

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We will only purchase the award from sustainable sources. A house

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to be audited and monitored through Ofgem. It has to meet their

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requirements. What are these renewable obligation

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certificates or ROCs? They are unimportant part of this story

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because what is considered as biomass. It is a green energy

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supply and it attracts a subsidy. That is what these rocks off. The

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question is how much subsidy. The company couldn't tell us, neither

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could the Government, but judging by what energy has been produced

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here in the past, we think switching from coal to what could

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Secure green subsidies of �100 million a year or more.

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A man accused of stealing a car with two toddlers inside has been

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remanded in custody until next week. 44-year-old Cedric Brown appeared

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before magistrates in Birmingham on charges of robbery and kidnap. He's

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accused of dragging a woman from a vehicle in Erdington on Tuesday

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before driving it away. The children were later found unhurt.

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The Independent Police Complaints Commission is to look at how Avon

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and Somerset police handled the case of a woman who'd gone missing

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from Redditch. The body of 20-year- old Louise Jones was discovered at

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Rodway Hill in South Gloucestershire six days ago.

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Louise's family alerted police and she later made a 999 call but it

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was more than four hours before she was found.

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Later: grand designs on this Shropshire water tower. One man's

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plans to turn it into the home of his dreams. And Bank Holidays

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aren't generally famed for favourable weather. Find out if

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this Easter's any different in a One day every four years, a market

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town in Herefordshire is transported back two millennia.

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More than 100 local people, young and old alike, re-enact the Passion,

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the story of Christ's last days, his trial and crucifixion.

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It's one of the oldest passion plays in the country and it'll be

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staged tomorrow, Good Friday. Pontius Pilate is having his

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costume altered. I am really looking forward to it. It will be a

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real location. Brian the retired art teacher is busy painting the

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scenery. It has been a mad -- but we are there. And the singers are

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practising the Lord's Prayer in Aramaic. A a they were sceptical

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but now they are going great. And it's all for this, Leominster's

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Passion Play, filmed here in dress rehearsal. And as you can tell from

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that footage the Passion Play isn't being performed in a theatre but

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Leominster itself is the stage. This is the Corn Square and this is

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where the crucifixion scene will take place. Streets around the town

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will form the backdrop for the cast of over 100 people. They're all

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volunteers, including Trish Marsh who has the unenviable job of stage

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manager. It is complex because we have eight locations. He's fabulous

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banners are also quite a challenge, especially if the wind is up.

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Nervous. I suppose I will be tomorrow but I have an easy part

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because a lot of the story I can read, so it is no great problem

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about being required to learn that the text. A Passion Plays are

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linked to mystery plays, amongst the most famous are those staged in

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York. Leominster's Passion might be on a smaller scale but people here

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are just as dedicated. People have been talking about it for months.

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They've been very supportive. We've done it on an absolute shoestring

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but again, people have been generous with their time and their

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efforts. A The Passion Play will start at the town's Forbury Chapel

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at 11.15am tomorrow and they're praying that the weather's kind.

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It was three years after the end of the Second World War that this

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country last played host to the Olympic Games. A cyclist from

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Solihull was among the medal winners in 1948.

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Now, for a BBC radio programme, 91- year-old Tommy Godwin went back to

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London to be re-united with some of his team-mates.

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They were known as the Austerity Olympics. Post-war Britain,

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rationing still in place and a make do and mend attitude. 64 years on

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and 91-year-old Tommy Godwin takes it all in his stride. Boy I get

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very emotional. He won two bronze medals for cycling in 1948 and was

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proud to make the journey from him home in Solihull for Radio 4's

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Reunion programme. The people in charge were determined that the

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nation needed cheering up and that two weeks of sporting endeavour was

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a fine way to do it. We showed the world what we could do. A Tommy is

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the Midlands' only surviving medallist from the last time the

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Olympics were staged in this country. He's now an Olympic

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ambassador for London 2012. Bit is so wonderful to -- it is so

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wonderful for people to ask my opinion as a man of 91 years of age.

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He's also one of 8,000 people who'll carry the Olympic Torch and

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last year he was inducted into the BBC Midlands Sporting Hall of Fame.

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He says they are accolades his late wife would have been proud of.

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wife said, Tom, this cannot be happening to you! She would have

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loved every minute. She sacrificed so much for me. One of Tommy's

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highlights of the Reunion was meeting Sir Roger Bannister, who

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later became known for the four minute mile in 1954. The show's

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host though was touched by their struggles to fulfil their sporting

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ambitions. It was the do it yourself. It was a way of cheering

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up the nation. I get more proud of the year of my life. Super, I love

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every minute of it. I may show off! Any excuse then to show off his

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medals. And you can listen to Tommy's Reunion programme tomorrow

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morning on Radio 4 at nine o'clock. Sport on two wheels of a very

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different kind now. This weekend is the start of the new MotoGP season.

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Cal Crutchlow from Coventry's entering his second year in

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motorcycling's elite level. He needs to impress to keep his place

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on the team. They race at speeds of up to 150

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miles an hour. And attract television audiences around the

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world of more than 300 million for every race. MotoGP riders are

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motorsport superstars and on Sunday in Qatar they take to the track

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again for the first Grand Prix of the new season. Among them 26-year-

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old Cal Crutchlow from Coventry who graduated to the top level last

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season and finished 12th in the championship. Now I know the

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circuits. Still, you say you know them but those guys have been here

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longer. It got a lot of experience on me but at least I know where I'm

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going on a Friday afternoon. There's no doubt of the dangers of

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the sport. Crashes are an occupational hazard and Crutchlow

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came off himself in the British GP. Then tragically one of the leading

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riders, Marco Simoncelli, was killed in the penultimate race of

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last season. There are other pressures too. Crutchlow's initial

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contract is for two years. With a new rider already signed for next

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season, only one of the current pair will get another deal. A this

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is my year to prove a lot of people wrong but I think we had a good

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year last year. We were going as fast last year as what the winners

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were a year before. I cannot be doing much more. It's just that the

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results didn't show. I think this year will be a big year. He has

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impressed in testing but only when the red lights go out on Sunday

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will we know whether Crutchlow can really make an impact.

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The new county cricket season has got underway today, with warm

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sweaters and flasks of tea the order of the day. There have been a

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plenty of wickets at Trent Bridge where Worcestershire bowled

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Nottinghamshire out. It was tough going for Gloucestershire against

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Essex at Chelmsford where the home side were eventually all out for

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364. A I was lucky enough to be at derby

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against Northamptonshire this afternoon. I could see snow on the

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hills! It was a bizarre feeling. It is great to have the cricket

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season under way! What would be your ideal house? A

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quiet place on the beach? A luxury penthouse? Or maybe your own

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castle? Well, how about living 50 feet

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above the ground in a water tower? That's what one Shropshire man is

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planning to do. Ben Sidwell's been to meet him and take a look around

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one of the most unusal des-reses you've ever seen.

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Standing around 1,000 feet above sea level, Netchwood Water Tower,

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close to Bridgnorth, has lay empty and unused for the last few years.

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But that's all about to change. Welcome. I hope you've got a head

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for heights. A When Vince Jones heard it was up for sale, he was

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determined to have it as his new home. Waiting for us halfway up,

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the architect who's helped design one of the most unusual homes in

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the country. I was born and bred locally. I have cycled past it

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regularly and I've had a fault, a vision. Are you excited? I cannot

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wait! I feel like a child at Christmas. We are itching to get

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Vince bought three Tower last year and thinks it will cost �500,000 to

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converted. He is hoping to move in later next year. Vince, who owns an

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engineering company, will oversee the project himself and plans to

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keep or use many of the original features. But the real treat is

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waiting for us on the top of the tower. So, here we are. And this is

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what it is all about. From the Malverns on one side, to the Wrekin

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on the other, the views are spectacular. It is different. But

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not seen anything like this converted. We've watched programmes

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on other channels, people converting properties, and have not

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seen anything like this. It's exciting, wonderful. Vince hopes to

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begin work on his grand design We can forget about the snow this

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weekend. But I would still suggest it's good one for putting your feet

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up and staying indoors if you're able to. Especially on Easter Day

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and Easter Monday - bit of rain at times - also the chance of some

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prolific showers. It's the high pressure to the West that's keeping

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As for the temperatures, they're being regulated by the change in

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winds. But we start tonight with the cloud melting away leaving all

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parts dry and clear with quite a widespread frost. And it's a going

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to be quite cold tonight as temperatures dip a minimum of minus

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two in rural spots, zero degrees in towns and cities. So a chilly start

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to Good Friday but a sunny one although, there'll be increasing

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amounts of cloud filtering down from the north through the day. The

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cloud may be thick enough to trigger the odd shower in rural

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parts. Temperatures doing quite well tomorrow, 10 or 11 degrees.

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Moving on to tomorrow night, we have got more showers as the cloud

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thickened up. As we approach the weekend, we are looking at a

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Saturday being a bit cooler and the temperatures picking up nicely by

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temperatures picking up nicely by A look at tonight's main headlines:

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a hosepipe ban has been introduced across much of southern and eastern

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England after two of the driest winters on record. And the man

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