03/08/2014 Midlands Today


03/08/2014

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Good evening. Commonwealth Games closing ceremony,

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Good evening. Campaigners are calling

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for an application for a permit for a new waste recycling plant in

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the Black Country to be rejected. They say it would be smelly,

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potentially dangerous and would blight an area that's already home

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to an illegal rubbish mountain. The company

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behind the project have rejected the A proposal to convert this old

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railway terminal into a waste plant hasn't impressed

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these Brierley Hill residents. The increase in traffic volume on

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side streets and residential streets They are talking

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about one lorry a minute coming to More than 700 have people have

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objected to plans from Clean Power Properties for a new household waste

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recycling plant to produce energy. But it's the technology and smell

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that has protestors worried. Housing here is 50

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or 60 metres away. And we calculate that literally

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thousands of people could be affected

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by bad odours if this goes ahead. Part of the scheme involves building

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an anaerobic digester to break They're relatively safe,

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but a similar plant exploded Now the companies say that

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the site would be a safe place to They could create electricity

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to power up to 10,000 homes. They also say no waste will be

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stored on site of homes This giant mountain

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of rubbish is yet to be cleared, despite the company responsible

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receiving a court order to clear What we don't want to become is

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Brierly Hill, What local people want here is

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homes, good quality jobs. The Environment Agency will decide

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whether to grant The final decision will be taken

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by Dudley Council A dedication ceremony

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for a new memorial to soldiers who died in WW1 has been held today.

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The Birmingham branch of the Western Front Association organised

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the event at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, which

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It came on the eve of the 100th anniversary

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This is a war which affected everyone.

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So, unlike contemporary wars where somebody might know somebody in

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the army, then, in 1914, everybody knew somebody in the army.

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And by 1918, there was not a family that was not touched by this war.

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I know someone who died in the war and everyone else does.

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It touched every family in England, in Britain.

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Double Gold medal winning triathlete Jodie Stimpson was back on home

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ground today competing for the first time since the Commonwealth Games.

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The event, named in honour of the Oldbury star, came as Midlands

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competitors celebrated a huge haul of medals at the Glasgow games.

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It's not often you get to compete in a race named in your honour and it's

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not often you get to mingle with a double Commonwealth Gold medallist.

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I'm not going to let everybody else have the fun!

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This is what I do, this is what I love.

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So I'm not going to miss out on the fun.

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For the other athletes at Sandwell Valley Country Park today,

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I'll be a lot further near the back, I won't be anywhere near that.

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But to know she's in the same race is good.

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She only lives around the corner, she'll be home having a cup

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Today, there were no bikes ` just a swim and a run.

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Well, the front few are coming through now and there are actually

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And here comes Jody Stimpson, first over the line.

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And it was another victory to add to Jodie's collection.

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Jodie actually finished some time ago, but just her presence here has

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inspired many of these athletes, including some who have never tried

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Watching all the events on TV, I feel like I need to do something

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sporty and so I thought I'd give it this ago.

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After the race, everyone wanted a souvenir of the day.

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To win and then come back and have this kind of support,

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At the Commonwealth Games last night, more West Midlands medals.

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19`year`old Matthew Hudson`Smith, from Birmingham

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and fellow Birchfield Harrier, Michael Bingham taking Gold

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While fellow team mate Danny Talbot helped England win silver in the

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With 41 medals, it's been a hugely successful Games for the region.

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One that it's hoped will inspire many to try

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and emulate the achievements of athletes like Jodie Stimpson.

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A good evening. We have plenty of sunshine but is not the worst of

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evenings and before the sun goes down. As we go into Monday, they may

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be a couple of Tripoli showers in western parts and what will be a

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cool uncomfortable night, that what we have seen for the last month or

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so. As far as Monday goes, more bright blue skies and sunshine to

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kick off the day. A couple of showers into the afternoon though.

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What will be a relatively warm afternoon maybe a bit thundery once

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we get to it. Here's Charlie Slater.

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The national forecast is next, and Midlands Today is back at 11.15pm.

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For now, bye`bye. Good evening. Some of us have had a

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sunny weekend but for others it has not stopped raining for the last

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couple of days, you can see where on the satellite picture, big swell of

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cloud, dominating things. Torrential storms, if you see the coverage, you

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can see how much rain there has been, that has caused issues.

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Thunder and lightning thrown in as well. This area of storms moves

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north out of Glasgow but this clutch of heavy downpours pushing into the

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south-west of Scotland, we will have to keep an eye on that for the

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closing ceremony. One thing is for sure, which showers and blustery

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wind, it will not be anything like as fine and warm as it was the

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opening ceremony. Further south across the UK, no such problems, the

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odd shower, they

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