02/01/2017 Midlands Today

The government has today given the go-ahead for a new village

of three and a half thousand homes in South Warwickshire.

It'll be built on Long Marston Airfield, near Stratford-upon-Avon.

But, as Peter Wilson reports, there's opposition from current

Three miles south of Stratford. Now the government wants to turn Long

Marston Airfield into one of its planned garden villages with more

than 3000 homes. We are very pleased it has gone through. We were

expecting it to go through at the end of November but we will have

something that is more rubble to look at, more road infrastructure,

rail infrastructure that we wouldn't have otherwise. It includes one of

the country's fuel drag racing strips. Every day 40 light aircraft

use their airfield. You have motor gliding, aviators at the top and

they will have to move somewhere else. People won't be able to fly

locally. It is famous for its Bulldog Bash music festival. Now,

along with the other activities, and organisations based here, all are

looking for a new location will stop we have the microlights that fly and

the field like drag racing. There is the field like drag racing. There is

only two strips now in the country and this is one of them. It will

affect a lot of people in many ways and to find another site will be

damn near impossible. The garden villages ambitious and includes

plans for two primary schools, high school and a ?30 million road scheme

to be paid for by the developers. Along with more than 3000 homes

planned for the airfield site, more than 4000 jobs will also be created.

A woman's died after a New Year's Day house fire.

Fire crews were called to Fourth Avenue at Bordesley Green

in Birmingham, just after seven o'clock yesterday morning.

West Midlands Police say a 54-year-old woman

The fire's not being treated as suspicious.

A man's appeared in court after a stabbing at a Birmingham

A 20-year-old man suffered a serious shoulder

injury in the attack at the

49-year-old Paul Masters, from Yardley, appeared before

magistrates this morning charged with wounding with intent to cause

He was remanded in custody until the 1st of February.

Dudley has been singled out in a national report

It comes after the borough has introduced ten outdoor gyms.

Experts say not only have they helped people get fitter,

but are also credited with a reduction in crime.

Currently there are around 40,000 users and crime

There has been some unforeseen benefits around social cohesion,

Anti-Social Behaviour Orders and the pick-up from exercise on

prescription throughout primary care. We have had a lot of feedback

from the public about how they felt safe in these parks and how they

have managed to bring the city back together. Willie positive outcomes.

He's been called one of the most important British footballers

of the 20th century, playing for Stoke City and England .

But Frank Soo, the first non-white person to play for England,

has been largely overlooked in the history of English football.

Now a new book tells the story of his life and career.

He was a household name in the 1930s and 40s.

His biographer said he was up there with the greats.

So it's something of a mystery that Frank Soo has been all but forgotten

During his lifetime, he was recognised to be as equal

to Stanley Matthews, Tommy Lawton, Billy

Anybody that knows about football knows that they are the greats.

Frank Soo was with Stanley Matthews at Stoke City.

He also played alongside him at England wearing the number six.

During the war, he joined the RAF and played as a guest player

at other clubs including Chelsea, Brentford and Millwall.

But Frank Soo was half Chinese, the first non-white player

His family believe he's been overlooked because of his ethnicity.

Growing up, it was the one thing that we all clung onto.

Our great uncle playing football for England.

It's a little bit frustrating when you are that great niece

of a man who played for England and he's the first Asian player

to play for the national side and yet he doesn't

The more I learned about him and his life and achievements

throughout his career, I feel he is an important figure

in his own right irrespective of his ethnic background.

He was actually one of the most important figures in 20th century

Frank Soo spent the rest of his career after the war coaching,

He died in 1991, largely unknown in his home country.

Susan Gardner hoped her account of his life story will get him

Onto football and in the Premier League,

West Bromwich Albion beat Hull City 3-1 at the Hawthorns.

In the Championship it was a mostly disappointing day for our teams.

Birmingham lost 3-1 at home to Brentford

despite taking the lead, Burton also lost at home 1-0

to Preston North end, Aston Villa lost 1-0 away

at Cardiff City and it was 0-0 between Sheffield

In League One, Coventry drew two all at home to Bolton,

Port Vale drew 0-0 away at Oldham, Shrewsbury town lost at home,

1-0 against Fleetwood and Walsall also lost at home 2-0 to Rochdale.

And in League Two, Cheltenham Town lost 2-0 away at Colchester.

Time for a look at the weather now, here's Shefali.

Very good evening and a happy New Year. It is as though we have been

drawn out of the darkness into the light after yesterday's dull and

dreary conditions. We had some brilliant blue skies. It wasn't

anything but scorching today. We had a hard frost this morning.

Temperatures struggled to reach for Celsius. This is how the rest of the

week is panning out. It will be largely settled with some frosty

nights. At the weekend, it is turning milder and unsettled. We

have high pressure dominating to the west and it is minimising these

weather fronts. We get more in the way of cloud tomorrow and we have

brilliant blue skies. Through this evening, we have clear skies and

temperatures are beginning to plummet. They will be down 2-2 C the

towns and cities. In rural sheltered spots, temperatures are lower. Ahead

of that weather front, a bit of cloud to the North keeping those

temperatures above freezing and into tomorrow, the clouds slips

southwards. There is the odd spot of rain as well. There is sunshine and

further south and that frost disappear with temperatures rising

to six Celsius. It will be milder tomorrow night with temperatures

above freezing. Back to sunshine and blue sky for Wednesday and Thursday.

Good evening. It has been turning colder and clearer and our weather

watchers have been capturing the sunshine. Here is the scene in

Derbyshire and where we have had the clear skies by day, we are in for a

cold night tonight. Temperatures already plummeting, particularly

towards the south with some icy stretches across parts of central

and southern England, and into Wales. For the north-west, not as

cold, as we have the cloud building. But to the south we could see

temperatures down to minus four or five first thing Tuesday morning. If

you have a commute back to work, bear in mind you will have to scrape

the car and there could be the odd patch of mist and freezing fog. But

many of us staying dry. More cloud in the north and west.