11/05/2014 Midlands Today

Good evening. We are back

Good evening. European election candidates from

the Midlands have clashed in a special live debate on the BBC's

Sunday Politics. Representatives of the four main parties gathered to

discuss a range of subjects ahead of the elections on May the 22nd. But,

as Kevin Reide reports, the debate was dominated by the issue of

whether Britain should withdraw from the EU.

In a united Europe a lot can be achieved, some would say ` take

Eurovision for example. OK, not everybody's cup of tea, but like

politics there are unexpected winners. So could that be so for

prospective MEPs in the forthcoming European elections. Today on the

Sunday's Politics show the West Midlands candidates set out their

stalls, starting with the Tories. We are confident we have a good

message. We believe our message is popular, the British people buy into

what we are saying. There is still ten days to go. The Lib Dems are the

most pro`European of the main parties, but the polls show they

could end up with no West Midlands MEPs.

ten days to go. The Lib Dems are the The polls are suggesting that we are

concentrating in areas where will we believe the vote will come out for

us. This is a region that depends on Europe for jobs, prosperity and

economic. UKIP were set up to take Britain out

of the EU altogether, and they're expecting major gains. 92% of this

country cannot name their MEP. If I am elected, I will be elected to a

chamber. The only parliament in Western Europe where we will not be

a will to instigate legislation. Labour want to fight for jobs and

growth within Europe, but their main West Midlands candidate believes

focus on the real issues is being lost.

People treat this election as Nigel Farage wants them to treat it, a

referendum on the EU. This is a real election about real issues and that

is what we should be concentrating on.

So a week on Thursday voters in the West Midlands will be asked to put

their X in one of these boxes next to one of the eleven parties

standing and if you want to know more about the parties or the

candidates you can find out on the bbc website where there's a special

section. The results will be announced three days later on Sunday

25th, but it's unlikely to be quite such a glitzy affair as last night's

Euro vote. There will be more debate on the

European elections tomorrow morning on BBC local radio. Adrian Goldberg

will be the host as candidates talk about immigration, the economy and

whether we should be in or out of Europe. That's between 11.00am and

12.00pm on BBC WM, BBC Coventry and Warwickshire and BBC Shropshire.

A 19`year`old man who was arrested after a man and woman were stabbed

to death in Walsall has been released without charge. The woman

and her former partner were found dead at a house in Hollemeadow

Avenue yesterday morning. The 19`year`old, who is believed to have

been known to them, was arrested at the scene. A police spokesman said

the man would not face any further action and that he had provided

"invaluable information." A family of four had a lucky escape

when a car ploughed into their Coventry home, demolishing the front

door and ending up in the hallway. The car was stuck three`quarters of

the way through the hall area after the crash in Earlsdon Avenue South.

A woman passenger was taken to hospital but the man driving was not

hurt. The ambulance service said two adults and two children inside the

house were "extremely fortunate" to escape injury.

Campaigners against the closure of a historic swimming baths in

Birmingham have been rallying support at a special Open Day. The

pool at Moseley Road Baths is due to close next year as part of council

cutbacks. The listed building is one of over 240 around the region which

are on the English Heritage "At Risk" register. Protesters say it's

vital the baths are kept in public use. The argument is always there is

no money for this. We must find the money because it is an important

asset. It is the swimming that is under threat because under the

council's sliming strategy, it is one of the community. Vocals. ``

swimming. Onto football, and on the final day of the Premier League

season, Aston Villa were beaten 3`0 down at Spurs, with all the goals

coming in the first half. Meanwhile, Charlie Adam got the

winner in Stoke City's 2`1 win at West Bromwich Albion.

In League Two, Burton Albion will take a slender lead into the second

leg of their play`off semifinal against Southend, despite playing

for half an hour with ten men. Adam McGurk scored the only goal of the

game just before half`time after latching onto Billy McKee's pass.

The home side were reduced to ten men after an hour when Ian Sharps

was sent off for a second bookable offence, but managed to hold on for

a 1`0 win. Time for a look at the weather now

with Sara Blizzard. Good evening. It has been a windy

day today and we have some seen some heavy showers as well. We will see

those heavy showers through the early part of next week. Much warmer

conditions arriving towards the end of the week, we have showers

filtering end. A minimum temperature of seven Celsius. Throughout

tomorrow the strong winds will die down through Monday. The showers

become heavily into the afternoon. With the wind being lighter, they

will be slow moving as well. Daytime temperatures at a maximum of 15

Celsius. That is it for now. I will Good evening. We have still got some

very heavy showers out there. For ors we are finishing the day on a

more positive note. Clearer skies to the south indicating sunshine but

the cloud still streaming in further north. Tomorrow's forecast brings a

similar mixture, sunshine and showers although the winds will

start to be lighter. That process begins through the night tonight. A

shattering of showers still possible. Clearer skies across

northern Scotland probably our lowest temperatures here. For many

temperatures will begin Monday morning at around 8 or 9 degrees

already with a few showers around. I think be drier spells in between, as

with the nature of showers, they are not everywhere all of the time.

Cloudy with brighter spells mixed in across parts of northern England and

southern Scotland already with the potential of one or two to be heavy.

On northern Scotland on balance through the day on Monday while

there could be a few showers, a slight improvement here. But they

will start to develop throughout the afternoon and with lighter winds we

are more likely to