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One man killed, two others injured as a mass brawl

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Our message to the communithes we are doing everything we can to make

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sure there is a solid policd presence on the area where this

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happened. We are doing everxthing we can to investigate.

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Five men have been arrested and they're helping police with

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Jailed for masterminding a multi`million pound drugs network

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involving specially made body suits and suitcases with false bottoms.

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They were part of a network and they had an opportunity and engagements

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with people in other countrhes. They were making determined efforts to

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bring heroin into the UK. A special moment,

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as a couple get the keys for their A flavour of the World Cup,

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from the slums of Rio to And we may have lost out to

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the south on sunshine and warmth but there's even more

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at stake over the next few days If you want to know the rain's

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due to arrive, keep watching. One man was killed and two others

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were injured in a shooting. It happened at

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about 7.30 pm last night when a large number of mainly young

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men began to gather in Sparkbrook. Shots were fired as fighting broke

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out in the area around Farm Road. An area of Sparkbrook remains

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cordoned off this afternoon, following the death of a 32`year`old

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man who suffered a gunshot wound Police have sealed off Grantham Road

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and Farm Road. Two other men were taken to

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hospital, one with a gunshot A blue tent sits on a road

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in Sparkbrook in Birmingham. The cordon around it extends right

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through to the busy Stratford Road What exactly happened

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on these streets is still not clear but it ended in the shooting dead

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of one man, and two other mdn being The dead man's been named locally

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as Ikram Alahi, who was 32. Absolutely devastated. He w`s a

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well`respected person in thd area. He was well`known people. Hd did his

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work, came home, gave his thme to the kids. He was a good gentleman.

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His family have put up signs telling people where they can pray,

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while police officers knock on door after door,

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looking for information on ` killing which has left many here sh`ken

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He was leading profusely. Hd was indeed reading, which was not a very

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good scene to look at. It h`s really hurt me. I was going past and what

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happened here? At bad. This area is not known for things like this,

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there is violence around but this is shocking.

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These streets around Sparkbrook are home to large Pakistani,

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Bangladeshi, Somali and Afghan communities and the appeal has gone

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out for them to work with police to bring those responsible to justice.

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A plea endorsed by local councillors,

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residents and representativds from numerous religious faiths who

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met in Sparkbrook as a sign of community cohesion.

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They support the police in their investigations and urge call and

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restraint in this difficult time. The community want to affirl that it

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is a vibrant and cohesive community. There is nothing as far as we are

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aware that suggests there whll be further outbreaks of violence but we

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have a solid police presencd in the community and the locality `nd we

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will continue to do that until we are absolutely sure that we have

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done what we can to reassurd the community. Police say the mdn

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involved were Asian but not who was behind the attacks or their

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motives. Five men had been `rrested in connection with disorder.

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Thanks for joining us this dvening. Coming up later in the programme:

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High hopes this Telford armx base can become the main centre for

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military supplies in Britain, bringing jobs and investment.

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Two men have been jailed for a total of 31 years for smuggling

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Tahir Mahmood from the Black Country and his accomplice Anwar Bashir were

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filmed waiting for a courier who had heroin hidden under his clothing.

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The judge said they'd profited from the misery of others.

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In a cafe at Birmingham Airport Tahir Mahmood and Anwar Bashir

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waiting, brazenly said the judge, for their latest consignment

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Outside they're pictured with their drugs mule ` the bulk beneath his

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coat a specially designed j`cket stuffed with heroin, more than 0

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Let there be no doubt, thesd guys were sophisticated and they had

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considerable resources available to them. That was clear as the

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investigation continued. Thdy were part of a network and had

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opportunity and engagement with other people in other countries and

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they were making determined efforts to bring heroin into the UK.

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Efforts which came to an end when the NCA raised Mahmood's home

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A listening device they'd placed in his house, plus bugged tdlephone

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conversations with drugs cotriers in Spain gave the authoritids all

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The judge said this was a ddtermined and well`organised team involved in

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a substantial International Criminal Court enterprise. Heroin, hd said,

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created misery, blighting f`milies and communities.

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One established route was from Pakistan to Doha, then

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on to Madrid and finally Dusseldorf `where security was reputedly lax.

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Two women have been arrested on suspicion of child neglect following

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the death of a 13`month`old baby in Great Barr in Birmingham.

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Emergency services were called to a property in Walsall Road, at two

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o'clock this morning after reports that a baby girl had been t`ken ill.

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A man and woman have appeardd in court charged with the mtrder

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Cynthia Beaman's body was found at her home in Halesowen on Sunday.

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Leo Barnes, who's 32 and from Balsall Hdath

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is accused of a second murddr of a pensioner in London.

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He and 24`year`old Chantelld Moran`Stokes, from Darlaston,

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Telford could become the country's main supply b`se

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An option's been secured to buy land neighbouring MoD Donnington allowing

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the base to grow, safeguarding 1,200 jobs with

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Our reporter Joanne Writtle is outside the supply base now.

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Joanne, what impact would this have on the local economy?

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Well, it could result in up to 00 new jobs, plus 300 more in the

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supply chain but a decision on whether the main supply will be here

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at Donington, in Oxfordshird or one of several other sites is sdveral

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months away. Donington is ctrrently will one of 11 sites nation`lly

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which it supplies the Armed Forces. Sending supplies to the front line

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like here in Afghanistan. Now the council has secured an option to buy

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60 acres of farmland neighbouring the base and talks to borrow ?1 0

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million. The move puts Donington in a strong position to expand if it

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wins a bid to become the mahn supply base. Winning would mean big money

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for the local economy. ?60 lillion per year into the local economy

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that is big money. It is important that we work very hard and H am

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confident we have covered every base and we have given the best possible

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chances for Telford to win. Bastian house next to the base is home to

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the company. Medical supplids from here go to Donington to be sent to

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Afghanistan. We supply a variety of medical products but some of them

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are used in battlefield sittations will stop trauma products where we

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are talking about life and death and they need to get the medical

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supplies to the front line `nd to the medical personnel as quhckly as

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possible. Our ability to get the products to them quickly is a key

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part of that. The MoD says ` decision will be made by thd New

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Year. A spokesman said it w`s too early to speak about the impact on

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any individual site. Unions say moves to keep working here `re

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positive. I am really pleasdd that the council has taken the vhsions

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here to support investment for the local area and the ?120 million they

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are looking to roll actuallx will help to retain jobs in the `rea

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create new jobs but more importantly, it will create a

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world`class facility for defence logistics. Sending supplies to the

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front line is crucial. Councillors and business leaders want to make

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MOD Donington a front runner to become the country 's main hub for

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that. I am joined by Mark Bridger, the Conservative MP for this area.

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Tell me, how important is it fast `` that this delay secured for the

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area? We have some of the most highly skilled and highly

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professional people within the Ministry of Defence. We need to

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retain the jobs and also expand on those jobs, not only in the base but

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also in the supply chain in the community. This is really ilportant

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for the County of Shropshird and the borough of Telford. I am delighted

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the council have been supportive around planning issues to allow the

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base to expand and also havd announced the possible delax will

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bring funding forward to make sure the base has a secure futurd. I am

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working hard in Westminster, this is a cross`party effort for thd

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community good and the good of the base. There may have been lots of

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work going on over the last three years but is not a done deal yet. We

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will have to see at the first stage to the winning bidder is and ensure

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that it prefers Donington and Shropshire over Bicester and

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Oxfordshire. I am working closely with ministers both publiclx and on

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the floor of the house and behind the scenes but also with local

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councillors. I really do thhnk that Donington has a bright future. I am

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not complacent. We will continue to work hard but it is important for

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this county and the region but I am hopeful that we will be successful.

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Thank you for joining us. As we have heard, it could mean hundreds of

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jobs for the area and it cotld potentially bring ?60 million into

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the local economy every year. A mother who abandoned her newborn

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baby in undergrowth in Birmhngham The 26`year`old,

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who can't be named for legal reasons, was given a six month

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sentence, suspended for two years. She'd given birth in secret

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before leaving her daughter in a carrier bag in a

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Stechford Park last October. The baby,

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who was given the name Jade, The Care Quality Commission has

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declared services at Stafford Hospital are currently safe

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following a two day inspecthon, although the inspectors recognised

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that staffing levels are fr`gile and need to be managed carefullx ahead

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of the takeover by University hospitals North Staffordshire

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in November. The Willenhall`based discount

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retailer, Poundland, has seen a 13% rise in sales to just

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under a billion pounds. Pre`tax profits were also up

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at ?37 million. The chain, which opened its first

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store in Burton upon Trent, now has more than 500 shops across the

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country and is planning 500 more. Plans to sell neglected homds

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in Stoke on Trent for just ?1 brought headlines and questhons

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about whether it was a good idea. 33 homes in the city have bden

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earmarked for the bargain sdll off. So far 32 have been sold

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for that magic ?1 figure, as long as there's a commitlent to

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bring them up to scratch. And today the first proud ndw owners

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were handed the keys to their greatly improved home, as Bob

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Hockenhull has been finding out Mark Thompson is getting thd keys to

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the door of his new home. The two`bedroom terrace was one of

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scores in the area that nobody wanted to live in. He has bought it

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from the council for ?1. He will also take out a ten year ?30,00

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loan. That will pay for the renovation work that is being

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carried out. It was all just bricks, that is all you could see, old

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plumbing, wires sticking out everywhere. But we looked p`st all

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that to what it is going to be like now and in the future. They have

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done a fantastic job on it. Cleaned it all out. Plastered everywhere.

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Rewired. Upstairs, these ard Matt 's possessions ready to unpack. He has

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a chance to get on the propdrty ladder. A chance he otherwise would

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not have had. New owners will move into 32 houses in the next few days.

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The council wants to eventu`lly bring 100 24 rundown properties back

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to life in this way. The people we are putting into these buildings,

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they are very positive. Thex want to see the neighbourhood grow. They are

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here for a while. It is thehr environment. I think it is very

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positive. Around the corner, but strive Lawrence is also movhng in.

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He says he could not more delighted, even though the `rea had

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a bad reputation. `` bus drhver There were so many boarded tp, it

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just look derelict. Again, the council did a good job, getting

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people living in the area again getting a good community sphrit

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going. That is what the are` needs. The houses may have seemed ` gimmick

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December for people like Matt, they have proved a way of living

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comfortably and affordably hn the city they call home. `` a ghmmick to

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some. One man killed, two others hnjured

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as a mass brawl brings a Birmingham Your detailed weather forec`st

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to come shortly from Shefalh. Can the words and rhythms of

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Shakespeare help autistic children And welterweight champion

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Frankie Gavin tries the army way to get fighting fit

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ahead of a European title bout. A new ?90 million fund to hdlp small

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businesses was launched tod`y. Some of the money will be going to

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manufacturing companies which struggle with large up`front

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payments for special tools Here's our business correspondent,

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Peter Plisner. Pressing ahead with recoverx

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from recession, this West Bromwich based colponents

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firm is anxious to expand btt taking This is heavy and expensive, some

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cost up to ?100,000. Firms like this have to pay that upfront. They only

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get paid when they produced the first part.

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It's a serious problem for the firm managing director,

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Anna Stevenson as it means she got to spend the company's savings.

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The bank still not really understand what is needed. They do not like

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funding it. We have to take the money to fund the normal dax to day

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cash flow. That puts pressure on the business.

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And that's where the new funds launched today can help.

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Part of the ?90 million has been specifically earmarked

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Attending today's briefing ht was just what Anna wanted to he`r.

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Do you think they are targeting these funds in the right arda? I

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think they are targeting in terms of all of the manufacturing sectors and

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I am sure that it will help me a lot of companies. We would like to think

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it will help to assist in creating and safeguarding somewhere hn the

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region of about 10,000 jobs. And that's yet more good news

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for some of those queuing up this Once inside several leading

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employers were there. So too was former BBC Apprentice

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winner Michelle Dewberry ` her message to job seekers ` don't

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be afraid to start at the bottom. What I would advise people hs not to

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look at a job and say that hs not what I want for the rest of my life.

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If there is something within a big organisation where you can get a

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foot in the door, take that and use it as a springboard. Build from

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there. The number of jobs

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on offer is rising fast as lore And that should mean further falls

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in unemployment And Peter joins us now from outside

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the ICC in Birmingham where that new fund for business was launched.

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Peter, money in the past has been difficult to get hold of, whll

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things be any different this time? Let's hope so. I have certahnly

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heard stories about companids having to jump through hoops to get hold of

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government money and even when they get awarded the money, it still

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takes several months before it goes into the account. That can be

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frustrating and it can hold back growth plans. This misses to be

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different. The government money has already been applied for, is sitting

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in the account and there is a private sector investor. Wh`t's

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more, they are promising to streamline the kit cash application

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process. That will mean growth happens faster. As you saw hn that

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film, there are big plans from companies to expand. It is not the

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only answer, there is a need for more government money to get things

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started but ultimately, things are happening.

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Now, can listening to the works of Shakespeare help children whth

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autism? A study being carridd out at an American University shows that

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the rhythms of the Bard's l`nguage can have a calming effect. The RSC

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has joined forces with the Ohio State University in a production of

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The Tempest to help children who have difficulty communicating.

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The Tempest, a story of a mxsterious island, love and magic. The ideal

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play to introduce an audience of children with autism to the wonder

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of Shakespeare. Special sensory games have been the focus of new

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work from the actor director over the last ten years. The rhythms of

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the language drawing the chhldren into the brave new world. I use

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Shakespeare to allow the chhldren to explore their feelings and dmotions

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and the games are very repetitive so they practice their feelings and

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emotions in a way that they do not get an opportunity to do in other

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things that they do. At the Courtyard Theatre, six actors take

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the children on a journey in a co`production between the Royal

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Shakespeare Company and the Ojai State University. The method is the

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basis of a major research project. The results are promising. Lots of

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the parents are just over the moon about how their child has changed

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emotionally. The Tempest follows on from the series of performances for

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children with learning diffhculties. The games use the fundament`l themes

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of Shakespeare, the heartbe`t rhythm of his language, seeing with the

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mind 's eye, using the five senses to help the children communhcate.

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Incredible, just seeing his face said it all. The smile and being so

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engaged. Sometimes, that is what the drama does, it brings out the

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expressive side of the kids. It is always so touching to watch and it

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is so infectious. The smiles are saying at all.

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Boxer Frankie Gavin has enlhsted the army to help him take a big step

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closer to becoming world ch`mpion. He's swapped his boxing gloves for a

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pair of military boots as hd prepares for a European title shot

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in Wolverhampton next month. Nick Clitheroe reports.

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Frankie Gavin feels right at home in a boxing gym,

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but today he's going to be taken well outside his comfort zone.

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Because the British and Comlonwealth welterweight champion is le`rning

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what it means to be fit enotgh for the army.

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It is hard and very different to what I am used to. It is good, it is

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just a change. It is what I need to do.

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Gavin has been using the gyl at Gamecock barracks at Bralcote

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in Warwickshire to prepare for a European title shot.

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It's home to the 30th Signal regiment

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and they challenged him to have a go at their assault course as well

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He did very well. We use thd obstacle course as a definer of

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fitness. It offers all the pualities that a sportsman and a Saudh needs,

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agility, robustness, teamwork, and all of them get out there and do

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what they need to do. The Birmingham boxer was

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a world amateur champion. Beating the Italian Leonard Bundu

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at Wolverhampton Civic on the first of August will bring a world

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professional crown much closer. We are both higher ranked in the

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world rankings. It'll be a great fight for us. It is one I bdlieve I

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will win and then a world thtle shot is round the corner.

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But if that fight goes the distance then Gavin may just be

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delighted at the fitness gahned from being an army recruit for the day.

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Brazil will come to a halt once again tomorrow

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as the hosts bid to get to the semi finals of the World Cup.

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While most attention has bedn on the football, we've also been

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getting an insight into all things Brazilian, including Capoeira.

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It's a form of dance developed by African slaves in the 1500s.

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Now a Capoeira group in Birlingham has become the first

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in this country to be offichally recognised in Brazil.

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Yet this party was getting started at sunset on

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This is Capoeira, a high octane work`out that mixes

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Those with weak hamstrings, need not participate.

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It is about expressing yourself and having fun. We have all ages taking

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part. Capoeira is for everyone really. In the 16th century, it was

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not about arms, it was about the art of war and they actually did kick

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each other in the head. It started off as Annie `` illegal practice

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done by slaves, often on Sundays. They then used it to get better at

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working and used it to help them fight against slave captains.

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Not your usual Tuesday night sight, then.

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I do kick boxing and it is nice to see is different stuff. It really is

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good. Inside, they were also workhng up

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an almighty sweat, Brummies Since the World Cup began,

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this group of capoeiristas has been in demand, teaching the movds

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at festivals and schools. I like the history of it, where it

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came from, the African Brazhlians. It is quite fun. It is so graceful

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and beautiful. Though no longer competing

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on the field, Birmingham`born England striker Daniel Sturridge

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showed off his fancy footwork. And it's been perfect near Brazilian

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weather for dancing in the streets, hasn't it? Will it go on?

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Here's Shefali. Absolutely right. It was very nice

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indeed today. If you are in Essex, it was even harder `` hotter than

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parts of Brazil. Almost a ddgree higher than Rio de Janeiro. It was

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the hottest day of the year so far. In the Midlands, not bad at all

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Coventry was 24 Celsius. It was cloudier than yesterday but

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temperatures were higher. And we got some rain out of that cloud across

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northern parts of the region as well. Can bed with this lot that is

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heading our way tomorrow, which has more gravitas, it is nothing. Once

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this has cleared, there will be energetic showers packed in behind

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it. We start tonight as we dnd the day, which is with some cle`r spells

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further south`east. In parts of Birmingham, we are seeing some late

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sunshine breaking through. Cloudier in the North. Some liked patchy rain

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breaking out. Especially towards the fringes of the North and West.

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Temperatures still on the w`rm side. 16 Celsius for most places. This is

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how we start the day. Some bright weather towards the southeastern

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corner of the region but a lot of cloud and some damp weather in

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places. Temperatures will still rise tomorrow. It is windy from the

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southwestern direction. The rain will be spinning in very slowly

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However, the rain makes quick progress through tomorrow evening

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and tomorrow night. This is when we will see the heaviest help Rex. In

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fact, there could be some sdnse `` thunderstorms locally. Tempdratures

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dropping to a minimum of 14 Celsius. We are hoping this will cle`r

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through the morning on Saturday There will be some good weather

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during the afternoon but more showers to come on Sunday.

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Security is stepped up at Britain's airports as America warns of a

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Patients in England are less satisfied with the service they get

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from their GP than they werd a year ago, according to a new report.

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And a Black Country dealer's jailed for masterminding

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a multi`million pound drugs network involving specially made body suits

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

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lateest update. Have a good evening. Goodbye.

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