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Hello and welcome to Midlands Today. BBC One

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Hello and welcome to Midlands Today. The headlines tonight Apologies to

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the family of a severely autistic teenager after they were left

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without adequate support. There s just not enough funding for people

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like Charlie. We'll be asking an expert how this

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sort of situation can be avoided in the future. Also tonight, W`rwick

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Castle, Coventry Cathedral ` two of our finest visitor attractions

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getting together to build even more success. The more that the public

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realise what they have on their doorstep, the more people use it and

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value it. Creating great powerhouses of

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economic development. Ed Miliband's vision for cities such as

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Birmingham. A shock for water workers

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investigating stinking sewers in Telford ` had they found de`d

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piranha fish? And not much to rave about hn the

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weather this week, but then again no real cause for complaint, though the

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rise and fall in temperaturds might be something to keep an eye on. More

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on those later. Good evening. A family with a

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severely autistic teenage son was placed at unnecessary risk because

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Birmingham City Council failed to provide them with enough support.

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That's the finding of the Local Government Ombudsman who's now cold

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on the council to take action and pay compensation. It was in October

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2012 that Sally Clarke from Kings Norton first contacted the council

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to ask for help with her son, Charlie. But by February 2003, the

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council had closed the case without telling her. Both Sally Clarke and

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Charlie's school continued to plead for help, but it was only when the

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ombudsman intervened in Jantary this year that the council admitted it

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had failed. Joanne Writtle reports. Charlie is severely autistic. His

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family in Birmingham need a lot of support. Last year, he was very

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violent and stuff. I think hormonal as well, it played a part. We were

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having to deal with a lot of violence and self injuries `s well,

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which was tough. Charlie spends most of his time at a

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specialist residential home. But at weekends, his family was left to

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manage without help. They eventually had to go to the local government

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ombudsman to force Birmingh`m City Council to re`think.

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This was a young man, he was quite capable of overpowering his mother

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and she was physically assatlted and was at risk of that. The cotncil

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delayed conducting an assessment, and this goes back a couple of years

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now, and what I've asked for in my recommendations is to make sure an

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assessment is carried out as soon as possible, indeed, with a month and a

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proper plan is put in place so that she is no longer at risk of harm. I

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think it is lack of funding. There's just not enough funding for

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people like Charlie, autisthc people and people with disabilities

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generally. There's just not enough funding in those areas for the

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services that people need. Only three weeks ago, Birmingham

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City Council was ordered to pay compensation to the mother of

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another unnamed child with special needs because she wasn't getting the

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support she should have. Me`nwhile, the council says it's apologised to

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Charlie Clarke's family, saxing it will now re`assess his needs to

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ensure he gets appropriate care It's been really stressful. I'm just

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holding it together now. I'l coming out the other side of it. It's been

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a tough year. Charlie's mother will also be paid

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more than ?1,000 in compens`tion for the council's failure to help her

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cope with her son's actions. Joining us now from our London

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studio is Simon Shaw from the National Autistic Society. Good

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evening to you, Mr Shaw. Is this sort of failing comlon?

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Yes, we hear of this are far too often, families who do not get the

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support they need quickly enough from councils who are required to

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provide services. It must leave affected families in

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despair with nowhere to turn? Yes, families often talk about the stage

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where young people are moving from children to adults services as a

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cliff edge. It is important that councils do take action.

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The government is reforming plans. Hopefully, this should happdn less

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often. It comes to something when the ombudsman has to get involved.

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Yes, it should not have got to the stage at all. Councils have a duty

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to assess and meet the needs of people with autism in their area.

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Why do you think councils do not get involved as much as they should Do

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they not realise how import`nt it is? I think there are a number of

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challenges for local authorhties. Fundamentally, it is a leaddrship

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issue. Local authorities should ensure that autism is a key priority

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for them. There are roughly one in 100 people who have autism so it

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should be on the list of ardas they need to think about. Are yot

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confident the sort of thing will not happen again? I think all local

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authorities need to review their process. The new autism str`tegy

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came out last week and this is an opportunity to introduce a

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StepChange. Thank you. Thanks for joining us this dvening.

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You're watching Midlands Today from the BBC. Coming up later in the

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programme A vital meeting ` councillors decide tonight on

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controversial plans to build some 30,000 new homes in Gloucestershire.

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Arts and culture is bringing over ?170 million a year to Coventry and

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Warwickshire and supporting hundreds of jobs. Now some of the cotnty s

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biggest attractions, includhng Warwick Castle and the RSC, have

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come together to highlight their importance to the local economy And

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today the new CW8 group met with the head of the Arts Council to make

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their case for continued support. Here's our Arts and Culture reporter

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Satnam Rana. As the spring sun glistens on

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Warwick Castle, tourists make their trip take in the medieval m`rvel.

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This is just one of the eight leading arts and culture

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organisations that have united to form CW8, a network to tell us and

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businesses about the role they play in the local ecenomy. It is about

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raising the profile. There hs limited funding for all of these

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attractions individually and I think that we have a much greater voice

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when we come together and ptsh our message collectively.

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So what's the message? Well, the CW8, which includes the Roy`l

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Shakespeare Company, brings 3.5 million visitors to Coventrx and

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Warwickshire. The eight oganisations employ 1,400 full`time staff and

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thousands more volunteers. @nd collectively, they turn over ?8

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million. And this was the mdssage being sent to the chair of the Arts

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Council in today's meeting `t the Warwick Arts Centre. The more that

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the public realise what thex have on their doorstep, the more thdy will

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use it and value it. Not only will they earn more from them, btt the

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government will see how important the arts and culture is to people

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and continue to fund us. Recently the Arts Council has been criticised

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for not spending enough outside the southeast London, so today's meeting

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was a reminder of what it c`n spend its money on here.

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After the motor industry, the West Midlands is probably the most.. The

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most important thing going on here is arts and culture. We've got a

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national institution, the Royal Shakespeare Company. In the three

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years up to 2015, the Arts Council will be investing more than ?60

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million in the arts and culture in this area because it is verx

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important. To many of us, a trip to attractions like Coventry C`thedral

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is a day out. But cultural leaders want us to recognise the role they

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play in our region. Today's meeting with the Arts Council wasn't just a

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business pitch. It was also a moment to remind all of us about the value

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of arts and culture on our doorstep, the value of Coventry Cathedral and

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much more. And why? For every pound of public money, our money hnvested

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in arts and culture, ?4 is generated to the wider economy income in

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Coventry and Warwickshire. The Labour Leader has been hn

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Birmingham to set out a vishon of devolved powers for Britain's major

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cities. Ed Miliband said he planned to reverse a century of

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centralisation to make sure the new city and county regions bec`me great

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powerhouses of economic devdlopment. Our Political Editor Patrick Burns

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was at the event and joins le now. Patrick, what's the thinking behind

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this? It is the brainchild of Lord Adonis. Examining how major cities

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can punch above their weight economic league and in skills and

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technologies. There is a debate about greater Birmingham and I asked

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Ed Birmingham Ed Vaizey expdcting other areas to buy into this. There

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is a huge opportunity for authorities to come together, to

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work together with a proper partnership and get much grdater

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control over the things that matter to them ` transport, skills,

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economic development ` so they can shape their own future. We have had

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other ideas, like regional authorities, what is so difficult

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about this? It is to find a broad econolic

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sweep, but also keep" communities. It sounds like the notes stored and

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turned report set out by thd former Conservative Prime Minister Lord

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Heseltine `` Conservative mhnister Lord Heseltine.

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I've talked very much about devolution from Whitehall to city

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regions. If we are talking `bout balancing the economy of thd UK we

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need to see growth in the chty regions and this is the way to do

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it. And this is meant to be Ed Liliband

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showing that he is coming up with original ideas, how original is it?

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Opposition talks about and then starts centralising once in office.

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Michael Heseltine proposed this 18 months ago and I put it to Dd

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Miliband that he was rehashhng his ideas. How can you plan loc`l skill

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needs and plan local budgets when it is controlled from London. We would

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give power to areas like Birmingham and work with other councils to make

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a real difference. He says the big thing is thhs is

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backed up by devolved spendhng power worth ?20 billion.

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Thieves have caused thousands of pounds worth of damage after

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breaking into the Severn Arda Rescue base in the Wyre Forest. Thd windows

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of two Land Rovers were smashed with fuel and one of the inflatable

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rescue crafts stolen. A spokesman says it'll disrupt their abhlity to

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respond if there's an emergdncy The M6 in Warwickshire is still

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closed southbound after an `ccident involving two lorries and two cars

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this morning. The carriagew`y between junctions three and two

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won't be reopened until early tomorrow morning. The Highw`ys

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Agency says the motorway nedds to be resurfaced. There is report of heavy

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traffic in the area. A public inquiry has begun hnto

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plans for a new multi`million pound business park around Coventry

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Airport. Both Coventry City and Warwick District Councils h`ve

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already approved the Gatewax scheme. But a government planning inspector

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will make the final decision on the development being built on green

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belt land. It could create tp to 14,000 jobs. Protests are expected

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tomorrow as councillors in Gloucestershire vote on using green

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belt to build new homes. More than 30,000 houses are planned for the

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area around Cheltenham, Glotcester and Tewkesbury. The plans h`ve

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proved to be especially controversial as Paul Barltrop

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reports. The people have made their voices

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heard repeatedly. Why are people pressing to build in

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the green belt? This is going to be the biggest incursion into green

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belt ever. For years, there've been protests

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over the long term plan for where to put new housing around the county's

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main urban areas. The focus now shifts to council chambers. This

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evening, Gloucester councillors will assemble here to vote on thd plan.

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They follow Tewkesbury, where members yesterday narrowly backed it

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after a heated debate. And tomorrow protests are expected when the

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strategy goes before Cheltenham councillors. Campaigner Richard

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Lloyd will be at tonight's beating. `` meeting. It's very difficult The

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government mantra is growth, growth, growth, but it's how you deliver it

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in practice. The green belt was put in place to keep Gloucester and

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Cheltenham apart, that is its primary purpose. It is therd for a

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good reason. But the most sustainable location to put urban

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extensions are into the gredn belt and you can't get away from that.

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Visiting Gloucester today, the government's housing ministdr. He

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meets the staff on the council's housing offices. They want to tackle

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the shortage of housing. Thdre is a willingness to build and develop,

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but whether it will meet thd demand, there are 240,000 new homes required

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each year and we are nowherd there near that. It is something that has

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to be addressed nationally `nd at local level.

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The coalition know that new developments are often unpopular so

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it has set rules to say councils cannot say no to all house building.

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I am not going to debate about where it should be. That should bd about

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local people making choices. We have said to councils, go out and have

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those debates. These are tense moments. But I think it is hmportant

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we don't just look at the f`ct that there will be a house built there.

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Think about the local econoly in those communities which are

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concerned at the moment. People will get a job as a consequence of that.

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These were the last homes btilt by the council 25 years ago. There is a

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determination for a new era of construction to begin.

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This is our top story tonight: Apologies to the family of `

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severely autistic teenager `fter they were left without adeqtate

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support. Your detailed weather forec`st to

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come shortly from Shefali. We could do without that bitter wind.

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Also in tonight's programme. Can we all enjoy the wonders of

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modern science? A series of special events in Birmingham are ailing to

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make us do just that. And had they found dead pir`nhas? A

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shock for council workers investigating extra smelly sewers in

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Shropshire. If you have a story you think we

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should be covering on Midlands Today, we'd like to hear from you.

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There are calls tonight for more research as the number of

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Parkinson's Disease patients is set to double over the next 20 xears. A

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leading academic is in Downhng Street this evening saying that the

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West Midlands is involved in some of the biggest drug trials in the

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world, but more investment hs needed. Here's our Health

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correspondent, Michele Padu`no. Imagine never being able to stand or

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sit perfectly still. At 56, Barrie Smith is, through illness, having to

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retire and spend more time hn his garden. His Parkinsons symptoms mean

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he can move but not keep sthll. I can hoe perfectly well. I c`n't hold

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the hoe very well. Because ly resting tremor kicks in. And the

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more I try to stop it, the worse it will get. Barrie takes pills for the

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missing dopamine in his rain. Recently he was admitted to hospital

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and had access to drugs. But Parkinsons UK says ignorancd means

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six in ten patients are affdcted. In some parts of the country, people

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find great difficulty in getting their drugs at the time thex need

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them. I can only imagine th`t that is pretty much like a living hell.

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At City Hospital, they're aware that, with an ageing population

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Parkinson rates are set to double in 20 years. Parkinsons patients are

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prone to falls and injuries. More work needs to be done to stop

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into hospital in the first place. At into hospital in the first place. At

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the moment, there are 75,000 admissions are you at the cost of

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over ?100 million. Professor Carl Clark has just submitted a 05 year

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study into the best treatment for Parkinsons to the prestigiots Lancet

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journal, but today he will call on Government for more investmdnt. The

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key message for the reception at Downing Street is that we are going

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to have to face the problem of Parkinson's disease just as people

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have to face the problem of dementia, which I think people are

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more familiar with. He's hoping that at Number Ten, he will be ptshing on

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an open door. Michele Paduano, BBC Midlands Today.

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From steam engines to beer brewing there's a long, proud history of

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scientific invention in Birlingham and the wider Midlands. Now

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Birmingham is launching its first`ever year of science with all

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sorts of events for all sorts of ages. We sent our Science

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Correspondent David Gregory`Kumar along to find out more and he joins

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us now from the Library of Birmingham where the Year of Science

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was launched. David, what c`n we expect?

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We got a taste of what we c`n expect today. There were hands on

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experiments for children of all ages. Some of top scientists from

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our universities were on hand to explain what we can expect.

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In front of the Library of Birmingham Science, buskers attract

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the crowds. Inside Marmite, robots and plenty of liquid nitrogdn

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introduce Birmingham's Year of Science. It's astounding. Wd've got

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a range of really brilliant researchers, including rese`rchers

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from the universities in Birmingham. It's an opportunity for people to

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come and hear about that research and to engage in dialogue as well,

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to ask questions, to find ott what implications are of that schence for

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themselves in their own livds, for making political and economhc

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decisions and all those sort of things.

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In Birmingham and the Midlands, science is a serious business.

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Today, we've got a really strong scientific background as well. We've

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got 40% growth over the last eight years within the science sector one

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of the fastest`growing areas of the economy. We've also got 14,000

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students who are years studxing science, more than any other

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regional city. Not far from today's launch event,

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we find this statute Boulten, Watts and Murdoch who did everythhng from

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steam engines to improving the brewing process. They are a sign of

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the long and proud scientifhc tradition of Birmingham and the

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Midlands. And recognising that history, the year will culmhnate in

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the British Science Festival in September. A massive sciencd event

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that has been going since 1831. We want to really make science a

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part of a city's life for a week. We want to say this is the biggest

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thing you should be thinking about. We want to have events, talks,

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ideas, drama, comedy all focused around science. It is there so the

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public can see what science is really about and connect with

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scientists. A year of science in this most

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scientific of cities. If yot are wondering what they were dohng at

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the end, I think it was an experiment to work out lung

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capacity. If all this has ghven you a taster for wanting to learn more,

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you can find all the details on our Facebook page. There are pldnty of

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events, many of them free and for all levels of scientific

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understanding. For me, the highlight will be in the autumn. They say

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there was not even a word for scientist when the first schence

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festival took place in 1831. Education as always.

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Would I be right in thinking that many people at some point m`y have

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flushed a dead goldfish down the toilet? Well, imagine the strprise

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Severn Trent workers got whdn they went to clear a very smelly drain in

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Telford and found what they believed to be piranhas blocking the pipe.

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Yes, piranhas! Ben Sidwell reports.

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There's something fishy that's been plaguing the residents of Ndw Street

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in Madeley, but even they wdren t expecting the horrors that lurking

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down below. I just came and the manhole cover came up and when I

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looked down, there was a piranha down there.

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Barry Briggs, who first cold for help, knows a thing or two `bout

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fish, he's got plenty in his back garden. But even he was shocked when

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he found out what had been causing the stench in the street. You would

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like to think they are in somebody's house, not in thd drains.

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The last thing you want to be is on the toilet when one of them pops up.

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This is what Severn Trent workman came face to face with when they

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went to investigate below the ground. It's not everyday that we

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find fish, particularly big fish the sewers so we were surprised. And

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it's not just piranhas. In January, a blockage near Bridgnorth was

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caused by piles of pants th`t had been flushed down the toilet. With

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planners in the water systel, it's time to call in the experts. At

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Ripples Waterlife in Telford, there's rather a snappy trade on the

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more dangerous varieties of fish. But whatever type you have, the

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advice is not to flush them down the loo. It would be better to bury

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them, or burn them on a bonfire something like that. If you put them

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in the bin, they will start to smell. If you put them down the

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toilet, they can block it. So what does Arron make of the toothy terror

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lurking in Shropshire's sewdrs? This is the fish. It's not `

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piranha. Hopefully tonight they ll sleep more soundly in their beds in

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New Road, knowing the worst the fish in the sewers will give thel is a

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nasty suck. Smelly sewers aside, what's in the

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air tonight, Shefali? Nothing as nasty as that. Now the

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coalfish lashing out at us. All pretty good this week. It whll be

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relatively warm during the day, but watch out for prostate

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`` frosty nights. High pressure is very much in control. There is a

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cold front descending from the North on Thursday night. But I thhnk the

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effects of that will be weakened by that high pressure. We are just

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talking about light, patchy rain. This evening, and for the fhrst part

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of tonight, clear skies. Temperatures could fall lowdr than

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last night, three Celsius. We could see some patchy frost first thing.

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In towns and cities, lows of five or six Celsius. More moisture heading

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in from the North West giving us some patchy mist and fog for the

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morning. Starting off on a larket note tomorrow morning, cloudy. ``

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murky. Sunshine later, but that could set of odd shower.

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Temperatures rising to about 13`14 Celsius, reasonably warm. More in

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the way of cloud tomorrow nhght and the breeze could pick up as well.

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Just the odd shower he had `nd there. Some rain later in the day.

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Don't forget, I'm going to be presenting two radio shows on BBC

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Coventry and Warwickshire over the Easter holiday ` at 6pm on Good

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Friday and Easter Monday. And I m hoping that listeners will get in

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touch with their questions on Twitter.

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It would be good if you could get those questions in two me bx the end

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of the day. Tonight's headlines from thd BBC.

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The Oscar Pistorius murder trial ` the athlete relives the momdnt he

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shot his girlfriend. And history is made as Irel`nd's

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president is welcomed by thd Queen for the first official statd visit

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to Britain. And apologies to the family of a

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severely autistic teenager `fter they were left without adeqtate

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support. Warwick Castle and Coventry

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Cathedral are getting together to build it even more success.

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That was the Midlands Today. I'll be back at ten o'clock, with the latest

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football scores. Have a gre`t evening. Goodbye.

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