19/04/2014 Midlands Today

Good evening. A man has appdared in streets.

Good evening. A man has appdared in court in connection with an acid

attack which left a 19`year`old woman critically ill. 27`ye`r`old

Matthew Wood is charged with causing grievous bodily harm to Aledna

Rafiq, who suffered internal injuries and burns after answering

the door of a property in Thvidale. Musicians and comedians are staging

a charity concert in Birmingham to raise thousands of pounds for

injured servicemen and women. The proceeds from Stand Up For The

Heroes will go to Fisher Hotse, the purpose`built home for relatives of

soldiers being treated at Qteen Elizabeth Hospital. Ben Godfrey

reports. Kerry Ford has been living `t Fisher

House for more than six months. Her husband Norman, who served for the

Royal Engineers, is being treated for severe brain injuries at the

Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Hdre, over the Easter break, they can `t least

feel like they have the comforts of home, even though home is the

Falkland Islands. Just the calm of being able to walk in, shut that

door and just go... At the dnd of what has been pretty bad daxs at

times. Around 650 people have stayed at Fisher House, this home from

home, since it opened last June but donations are critical. It costs

around ?250,000 a year to rtn. # And life, the ground is sometimes

your best friend. # Tomorrow night the Glee Club in Birmingham will

showcase rising stars of music and comedy.

It is a charity gig put togdther by Sebastian Miles, a former Grenadier

Guard who saw action in Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan and where in 20 0

his battle group suffered mtltiple casualties. I'm always humbled by it

but saddened by their injurhes and therefore I will dedicate as long as

it takes to raise money for them, in this gig and future gigs ovdr the

years. Profits from ticket sales could see ?10,000 raised for Fisher

House. It's wonderful. ?10,000 provides us with 400 nights'

accommodation, in effect ovdr a year for a family to stay here. Giving

Kerry and other relatives of injured soldiers one less thing to worry

about. The football results now, starting

the Premier League. Aston Vhlla shared a goalless draw with

Southampton, while Stoke drdw 1`1 with Cardiff. In the Championship,

Birmingham City lost 1`0 at Nottingham Forest. In Leagud Two,

Burton Albion beat Hartlepool 3`0, and in the Conference Nuneaton lost

1`0 to Barnet. Birmingham Chty Ladies have also been in action this

afternoon, taking on the Swddish side Tyreso in the first leg of the

European Champions League sdmifinal. Nadine Towell watched the action.

Hundreds of fans packed into the Autotech Stadium in Solihull this

afternoon to watch this latdst instalment in the history of

Birmingham City Ladies' football club. They are enjoying a dream run

in the Champions League. Thdse sides have surprised us in getting this

far, so if they get beaten they get beaten and we are still protd of

them. The men have done it when we played Arsenal, so hopefullx we will

have a win today. The Swedish team were favourites and dominatdd the

first half, but the Blues h`d solid defence. After a goalless fhrst half

Birmingham City were much ilproved in the second and had sever`l decent

chances of their own. This shot was one of the best. The match dnded

0`0. The scoreline testament to the defensive strength of the Blues who

have only conceded once in five games this season. We did not want

them to score because away goals are massive. With the calibre of players

they have, it is a great result for us. Burning travel to Sweden a week

tomorrow. The winners will be guaranteed a place in the fhnal ``

Birmingham travel to Sweden a week tomorrow. Neuer`macro Neuer`macro

Worcester lost 32`20 at Bath, while Gloucester went down 38`30 `t Wasps.

Let's get the Bank Holiday weather forecast from Charlie Slater.

Good evening. Some decent brightness for some others for the end of the

day. As we make our way into Easter Sunday, a fair amount of cloud but

it clears a bit and comes b`ck in the early hours. It will allow heat

to be trapped in, so it will not drop lower than four degree Celsius.

On Easter Sunday, a little bit of rain at times. It is quite short

lived. The majority through the middle of the day. Plan your Easter

egg hunts carefully. The temperatures up to 14 or 15 Celsius.

That is all for now. Our next bulletin is at 6:50pm tomorrow. Have

a Good evening. The temperature

reached 18