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We are back with the late news at 11pm. | :00:00. | :00:09. | |
Voters in Birmingham could be asked to provide proof of ID before | :00:10. | :00:13. | |
being allowed to cast their ballots, as part of efforts to | :00:14. | :00:15. | |
The idea is to be piloted in a number of local authorities | :00:16. | :00:20. | |
Once dubbed worse than a banana republic, election fraud and | :00:21. | :00:28. | |
vote rigging in Birmingham rocked the political world a decade ago. | :00:29. | :00:34. | |
Now, the Government is taking action and | :00:35. | :00:36. | |
wants to pilot the idea of ID cards in polling stations. | :00:37. | :00:38. | |
I think that would be best, actually, ID cards, yeah. | :00:39. | :00:42. | |
Everyone's supposed to have an ID card that you can | :00:43. | :00:44. | |
If I don't have an ID and just go vote, yeah, who knows who I am? | :00:45. | :00:49. | |
Past issues mean that Birmingham's on our list of areas | :00:50. | :00:52. | |
the Electoral Commission has identified in a report | :00:53. | :00:57. | |
as being most at risk of allegations of electoral fraud and, | :00:58. | :00:59. | |
along with several other authorities, | :01:00. | :01:01. | |
it's to be invited to take part in pilot schemes announced today. | :01:02. | :01:05. | |
The report doesn't just talk about ID cards | :01:06. | :01:07. | |
in polling stations, it also suggests greater powers to deal with | :01:08. | :01:11. | |
And it talks about banning the handling of completed postal ballots | :01:12. | :01:19. | |
by political campaigners, one of the issues here | :01:20. | :01:21. | |
But this Birmingham MP and former member of the Commons Home Affairs | :01:22. | :01:27. | |
Select Committee is concerned that if ID cards are needed, some voters | :01:28. | :01:30. | |
There are elderly people in this country who've never had a passport, | :01:31. | :01:38. | |
they may end up losing their right to vote. | :01:39. | :01:41. | |
who haven't got a passport or haven't yet got a driving licence. | :01:42. | :01:46. | |
Birmingham City Council said today that it hadn't seen | :01:47. | :01:50. | |
any details of the proposed pilot and, | :01:51. | :01:52. | |
it would only happen after full discussions | :01:53. | :01:56. | |
Peter Pilsner, BBC Midlands Today, in Birmingham. | :01:57. | :02:02. | |
A man has been killed in a drive-by shooting | :02:03. | :02:05. | |
The victim was sitting in a car in Dartmouth Street | :02:06. | :02:11. | |
The road is closed while the police investigate the murder. | :02:12. | :02:15. | |
A woman has died after a house fire in Stoke on Trent. | :02:16. | :02:18. | |
Firefighters were called to the house in Bayham Walk | :02:19. | :02:20. | |
A man was rescued and taken to hospital suffering | :02:21. | :02:25. | |
from smoke inhalation, but they were unable | :02:26. | :02:27. | |
Scientists in Birmingham are researching a new treatment | :02:28. | :02:33. | |
They're investigating a way of reducing the number | :02:34. | :02:39. | |
of injections people need to have by using something | :02:40. | :02:41. | |
The gel breaks down only in the presence of glucose, | :02:42. | :02:46. | |
which then releases the insulin stored inside it. | :02:47. | :02:56. | |
Perhaps you could inject yourself with our smart | :02:57. | :02:58. | |
or once per week and not have to regularly check your own blood | :02:59. | :03:02. | |
glucose level because our system would deliver | :03:03. | :03:04. | |
Some cricket news, and Ashley Giles has rejoined | :03:05. | :03:07. | |
Seen here on the left, Giles led the Bears to victory | :03:08. | :03:10. | |
He will oversee the mens and womens teams, as well as the club academy. | :03:11. | :03:19. | |
Football now, and the second half has just got underway | :03:20. | :03:21. | |
in the Premier League match between Stoke City and Liverpool. | :03:22. | :03:25. | |
The latest score is 2-1 to Liverpool. | :03:26. | :03:27. | |
In the Championship, Birmingham City were beaten | :03:28. | :03:28. | |
Darren Bent scored the game's only goal from the penalty spot | :03:29. | :03:33. | |
after Michael Morrison had dragged down Richard Keogh in the box. | :03:34. | :03:39. | |
Another West Midlands club are looking for a new manager | :03:40. | :03:41. | |
following yesterday's Boxing Day fixtures. | :03:42. | :03:44. | |
Bruno Ribeiro resigned from Port Vale following their | :03:45. | :03:47. | |
When Bruno Ribeiro took over at Port Vale in June, he became | :03:48. | :03:55. | |
the club's first foreign manager, but just seven wins in 23 games | :03:56. | :03:59. | |
and with the club 17th in League One, Ribeiro resigned, | :04:00. | :04:02. | |
following their 1-0 defeat to Walsall. | :04:03. | :04:04. | |
His assistant, Michael Brown, has been placed in temporary charge. | :04:05. | :04:09. | |
There was a heavy defeat for new Coventry City manager | :04:10. | :04:11. | |
Russell Slade in his first game in charge. | :04:12. | :04:13. | |
Billy Bodin's hat trick condemning the Sky Blues to a 4-1 defeat | :04:14. | :04:16. | |
They remain one place off the bottom in League One. | :04:17. | :04:21. | |
In the Premier League, it looked like West Brom would come | :04:22. | :04:23. | |
away with a hard earned point at Arsenal, but Oliver Giroud's | :04:24. | :04:26. | |
86th minute header broke the Baggies' stubborn resistance. | :04:27. | :04:28. | |
In the Championship, Aston Villa maintained | :04:29. | :04:32. | |
their unbeaten home record, but were made to fight very hard | :04:33. | :04:35. | |
Jamie Ward's acrobatic volley had levelled things up for the Brewers, | :04:36. | :04:40. | |
before Ross McCormack got the winner for Villa 12 minutes from time. | :04:41. | :04:44. | |
Elsewhere in the Championship, Ivan Cavaleiro's late penalty gave | :04:45. | :04:47. | |
Their first back-to-back victories since August. | :04:48. | :04:53. | |
Although there was drama right at the very end with City's players | :04:54. | :04:56. | |
and supporters claiming Marlon Pack's header | :04:57. | :04:58. | |
In the Premiership, Gloucester were beaten 28-24 at Harlequins. | :04:59. | :05:11. | |
A good evening to you. It was another crisp winter 's day with a | :05:12. | :05:22. | |
lot of early-morning frost but plenty of sunshine as well. This | :05:23. | :05:27. | |
week with high pressure in charge, Bob is likely to pose problems | :05:28. | :05:32. | |
during the night and the morning. -- baulk. This warning is in force for | :05:33. | :05:37. | |
tomorrow morning. We can sit developing across the chart right | :05:38. | :05:44. | |
now. I widespread frost as well. Tensions between -1 and -4 Celsius | :05:45. | :05:49. | |
in the Calvin cities. A frosty, foggy start to the day tomorrow. Dry | :05:50. | :05:56. | |
conditions but the temperatures head back to around three to five | :05:57. | :05:57. | |
Celsius. Thank you. I'll be back with your late | :05:58. | :05:59. | |
bulletin at 11:10pm. Good evening. It's a wintry night | :06:00. | :06:11. | |
out there. Temperatures as low as minus three in one or two places | :06:12. | :06:15. | |
already. For some of us the frost never shifted all day long. This | :06:16. | :06:21. | |
shot was taken in Somerset. Tonight, some frost free places in Scotland. | :06:22. | :06:27. | |
Fog will develop as we work through the night. It becomes wide spread. | :06:28. | :06:33. | |
That's the issue in the morning, disruption certainly possible with a | :06:34. | :06:37. | |
lot of people on the move. Check out local radio stations for the latest | :06:38. | :06:41. | |
updates. Warnings in force from the Met Office. Parts of south-west | :06:42. | :06:45. | |
Wales and England seeing early sunshine. Generally a lot of | :06:46. | :06:48. | |
freezing fog around, which will be hard to shift through the day, as | :06:49. | :06:53. | |
we'll see in a moment. The odd pocket of frost further north. | :06:54. | :06:56. | |
Temperatures higher in Northern Ireland and Scotland. Drizzly rain | :06:57. | :07:00. | |
across the western Highlands. Something of a breeze here, but | :07:01. | :07:03. | |
further south, the winds will be light. For that reason, that fog | :07:04. | :07:07. | |
will be very slow to clear. It should in some place was sunshine | :07:08. | :07:09. | |
developing, | :07:10. | :07:11. |