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Tributes are paid to Graham Taylor - the former Aston Villa,

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Wolves and England manager dies suddenly at the age of 72.

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Without Graham I simply would not have had the career I had. He was

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just such a great man. We will be live at Villa Park to

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assess the huge impact that Graham Taylor had on the club.

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Snow hits parts of the region, but the white-out fails to materialise.

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Really nice. So pretty. It is the first time she has seen snow so I

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brought her up to have Halep. -- have a look.

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As the snow showers start to ease, ice becomes the next hazard

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Getting back to basics - hopes to set up a new primary school

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with nature at the heart of its curriculum.

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And, looking sharp for a life in the ring -

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one man's quest to become a WWE superstar.

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An outstanding manager, lover of football

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Just one of the hundreds of tributes paid to Graham Taylor,

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the former Aston Villa, Wolves and England

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The 72-year-old was well respected in the game,

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Many have described him as honest and a true gentleman.

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His death from a suspected heart attack has come as a shock.

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Villa and Wolves are planning special tributes to their former

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manager when the two sides meet at Molineux on Saturday.

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The report contains flash photography. It is a shambles and

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what is the point of saying anything else?

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Graham Taylor always told it straight but he got results too.

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Within nine months of his arrival at newly relegated Aston Villa

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in 1987 he led them to promotion back to the top flight.

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With a combination of outstanding signings and brilliant coaching

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he then took Villa agonisingly close to winning the league title, before

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I should never have let him go, really, but they wanted him and I

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did a deal. He was one of the few that I got on very well with. He was

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a well-educated man, articulate, and always says what is on his mind. He

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involved everybody at the club, the tea lady, the man on the door, she

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treated them the same way he would treat his multi-million-pound

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signing. Aston Villa released a statement

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saying, Graham will always have a place of honour in our history

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books. He will always be remembered by staff who had the pleasure of

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working with him. In 1994 Taylor returned to club

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football with Wolves. There were only a handful of clubs

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who I would have come back into football four and Wolverhampton

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Wanderers were one of them. In his one full season

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at Molineux they made it to the promotion playoffs

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but that was as good as it got. Behind the scenes, though,

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Taylor's role was critical in sowing Graham was very instrumental in how

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our Academy and youth structure looks today and the plans were

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implemented at that time have meant that we have gone on to have a

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strong Academy structure, that is largely due to the work Graham did

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in the 1990s. Wolves have already lowered the flag

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over Molineux to half mast and are preparing a special programme for

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Saturday's Championship match, which appropriately is against Aston

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Villa. Both sets of fans will get

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the chance to say goodbye to one of the region's best-loved and most

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influential football managers. Dan Pallett is at Villa Park for us

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tonight. This has come as a tremendous shot and the affection

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has been obvious from the tributes paid throughout the day. It

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certainly has. You can possibly see behind me a beautiful photo of

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Graham here at Villa Park, because he was such a cherished gentleman.

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There have been tributes on radio, TV and online. There are so many to

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choose from but we can give you a few.

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What was his impact as manager at Aston Villa? It was enormous. He

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managed to avoid sacking from Doug Ellis, not many did. He joined when

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they were in the second division, he got them promoted, they survived and

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they were so close to winning the league championship, runners-up to

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Liverpool. Then England came calling. I was speaking to Steve

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Froggatt earlier today and he said Graham had a real eye for players.

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Dwight Yorke was bought the ?10,000, he was sold for Manchester United

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for ?13 million. A true gentleman, a proper footballing man.

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And we will have some of your tributes to Graham Taylor

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"An absolute disgrace" - that's how the sister of one

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of the Hillsborough victims has described the announcement that 23

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people are to be investigated by the Crown Prosecution Service.

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Louise Brookes, who's from Bromsgrove, says she's worried

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that today's news about the numbers of criminal suspects

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Sarah Bishop has more details for us.

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Where has this number of 23 criminal suspects come from?

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Go back four years and two separate criminal investigations were

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launched. One of them, Operation Resolve,

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focused on planning for the 1989 FA Cup match between Liverpool

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and Nottingham Forest at Hillsborough and causes

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of the disaster, in which 96 The other was an Independent Police

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Complaints Commission investigation looking at the aftermath,

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the alleged cover-up That examined not only

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the South Yorkshire force but West Midlands too,

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as it was the force which investigated the police

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handling of Hillsborough. So, of those 23 suspects,

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15 are related to the cause of the disaster, and eight suspects

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are related to the alleged cover-up. At this stage the CPS

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won't give names. The CPS now have to decide whether

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to bring charges against the 23 - What's been the reaction of families

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who lost loved ones at Hillsborough? I spoke earlier to Louise Brookes,

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who lost her brother She was incandescent

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about today's developments. She said it was absolutely

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disgraceful that after five years this was the best the authorities

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could do, 23 people. That they can scrape together eight

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for the alleged cover-up is an insult to the

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families, she said - she thinks the real figure

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should be four times that. And she ended by saying she'd

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like to know what they've been doing Now, the chairman of Hillsborough

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Family Support Group, Trevor Hicks, lived in Kingswinford when he got

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the news that his two I take the view that if someone has

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committed a particular crime, offence, call it what

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you like, and the... you know, what do they call it,

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the tariff is the word they use, the tariff for that offence should

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be what is applied. It may not suit people and I am sure

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there will be a lot of people today As you said earlier,

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West Midlands Police were the major investigating

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force into the disaster. Yes, the West Midlands force not

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only provided the evidence that led to the decision

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there was "insufficient evidence" to prosecute the South Yorkshire

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force but it also acted as Officers to the Coroner when the original

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verdicts of "accidental Those was quashed in 2012

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and at the fresh inquests they This afternoon the force

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released this statement. "Our thoughts remain with the family

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and friends of loved ones who died West Midlands Police

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continues to co-operate fully There have been flurries of snow

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across the Midlands today, with the Staffordshire

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moorlands most affected. It's not exactly been

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a complete white-out, but there are warnings of more snow

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and ice to come. The first significant snowfall

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of winter and it was the A53 on the Staffordshire Moorlands that

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felt it worst. By mid-afternoon it was spreading

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further south, this is the scene on the eastern slopes of the Malvern

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Hills. A fine dusting settled

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on the Lickey Hills No dramas but still quite

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exciting for some. Well, there's only a bit of it

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but it's really nice. It's the first time she's seen snow,

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so we brought her up to have a look. No rest for the gritters,

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as attention switches to what tonight will bring -

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the concern now is ice on untreated roads during tomorrow

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morning's rush hour. We need to get out and about and get

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some salt down. Watching all this with more than

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a passing interest is a self-styled In the back garden of his home

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in Kenzie, near Worcester, he designed and built

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a sledge-cum-skiboard It was intended as a one-off

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for his daughters but he's gone into commercial production and sold

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27,000 over the past five years, It only needs a little bit of snow

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and it looks like he's got his wish. We have waited six years for this

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moment and now finally the Axiski is going to see some action

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in the UK and I'm so excited and I know an awful lot of customers

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of mine are also excited. But in the end, for the rest of us,

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this much-anticipated weather event Less antarctic, more quite

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literally damp squib. Giles is near Broadway tonight,

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on Snowhill - but no snow. You can guarantee that if there is

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not much of an accumulation here then I and large this weather event

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has passed the Midlands by. A little dusting sets off the stone quite

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nicely. You saw the greater is preparing to do battle with the

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elements. -- gritters. Black ice is a real threat, temperatures

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plummeting and up high where we are you can take my word for that.

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And Rebecca is out on the balcony this evening,

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enjoying the cold - so overnight and into tomorrow

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could bring some interesting travel conditions?

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Yes, Mary, we still have a handful of weather warnings in place

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from the Met Office as our wintry conditions continue.

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Plenty of heavy rain around today, not much in the way of snow.

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But it is bitterly cold, already temperatures have fallen

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to below freezing in parts of the region.

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With wet surfaces following today's rain and sleet, attention turns

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to treacherous driving conditions, particularly during tomorrow's

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morning rush hour, as another band of potentially wintry showers moves

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I'll be back with a full forecast later in the programme.

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A pilot scheme to help ease tensions between students

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at Coventry University and local residents is being rolled

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Student wardens have been carrying out patrols since January last year

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It follows complaints about litter and noise nuisance in some

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Tidying up their neighbourhood, keen to improve their reputation

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It is a charm offensive set to continue, as the university expands.

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Students are great for the area, they bring money - the economy.

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They bring youth and talent to the area.

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What is important, and what we do, is we help bring students

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Ten years ago Coventry's student population was around 15,000 but it

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is heading towards 30000 and that has led to a huge boom in the

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construction of student accommodation blocks like this one.

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New ill beings can be found all over the city centre and many older

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buildings have been or are being converted. At the university itself

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work is coming to an end on the new teaching sciences block.

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This new ?60 million teaching block will emulate a hospital.

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The university are keen to outline the benefits.

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The students are contributing ?100 million to the local

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economy in spend on top of their tutition fees.

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The economic impact of the university is one

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Back on the streets surrounding the city centre, the charm offensive

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continues. Why is the chewing gum

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on the floor all the time? I have the opportunity to talking to

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a resident and I can do whatever I can to help them.

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This pilot scheme has now become permanent.

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So Coventry residents may soon be receiving a knock at the door

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44 people have been made redundant and more than 100 other

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jobs are still at risk, after the Redditch firm AMS went

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AMS, which installs shop interiors, was founded in 1919

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Administrators KPMG say the company has faced significant

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challenges in recent times, through increasing competition

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A speech by the Home Secretary at the Conservative Party conference

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in Birmingham has been logged as a "hate incident" by police.

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Amber Rudd set out a number of possible measures to reduce

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immigration in the speech, prompting a complaint

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to police by Joshua Silver, a physics professor

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West Midlands Police said there was no evidence of a hate

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A man who builds replica off-road vehicles for children

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has been describing his sadness after all eight of his

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Steve Gardner says the vehicles represent his life's work,

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This is just after I finished the Jeep Rebel 1.

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James, as you can see, is in the photograph.

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Steve Gardner made these replica off-road cars for his

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own sons nearly 30 years ago and now builds them commercially for private

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But on Tuesday night his eight original

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They can't be replaced, especially Rebel 1,

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It was originally going to be given to

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I made it for her father when he was three.

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Next year she will be three and it was going

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CCTV captured burglars entering the yard at Steve's home in Malvern.

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They returned later in a vehicle and then they towed away his

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27 years worth of my work has gone into

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building those vehicles and someone seems to think that they can just

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The trailer without the prototypes was later found in a field ten miles

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away. Steve has this message for the burglars. You might want to bring

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them back. You can't sell them. By the way, you forgot to take the

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battery chargers so you only have about three hours of use before you

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can't use them anyway. West Mercia Police are appealing for witnesses.

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Thanks for joining us on Midlands Today, this

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Tributes are paid to Graham Taylor, the former Aston Villa,

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Wolves and England manager who's died suddenly at the age of 72.

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And hundreds of you have been paying tribute to Graham

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on our Facebook page, and the affection for him

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Paul Whittaker told us "I was fortunate to meet him a couple

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of times while he was manager at Wolves.

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I was only 11 or 12, but I always remember how

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he listened to my opinions on team matters and took the time

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A true gentleman and honest football man."

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Lisa McLellan posted "RIP Legend, one of the greatest managers ever."

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And Dawn Milman-Hurst said "Wonderful man,

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who gave up lots of his time for charity.

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Supported us with a number of events with appearances

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and coaching for youngsters - very sad news."

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Thanks very much for your tributes, and you can add your own comments

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It's called Surviving Winter, and in the six years it's been

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running in our region it's helped 80,000 people.

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Not just homeless people and rough sleepers, but families affected

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In Leamington Spa, the campaign is helping a project

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Its grand architecture speaks of an affluent past -

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but Kenny Crawford knows the truth behind the Regency facade.

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This was my place where I used to reside on a Monday, Tuesday and

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Thursday evening when shelters were unavailable.

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For months he lived on the streets, after becoming homeless

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Now, though, he has a job as a chef, and volunteers with the charity

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Helping Hands, which helped him get back on his feet.

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I have had a lot of offers and things have definitely changed for

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me. Helping Hands run a shop

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and a drop-in centre in the town. We call the our friends, not the

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homeless, and we see them day in, day out and we are giving them back

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their self-esteem and helping them get back into work.

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Helping Hands is one of a number of charities to benefit

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from the Surviving Winter campaign which is run by the Heart

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of England Community Foundation, which is asking people to donate

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their Winter Fuel Allowance if they are able to do without it.

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We are so conscious of the crisis of homelessness across the West

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Midlands and also people in and out of work who are dependent on food

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banks to feed their families, and older people in isolation, so those

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are the three main causes we are through this campaign. -- we are

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supporting through. For Kenny, Helping Hands has

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proved to be the help For children with a love

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of the great outdoors, this could make going to school

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a lot more appealing. Warwickshire Wildlife Trust

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is hoping to set up four new primary schools with nature at the heart

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of the curriculum. They say much of the learning

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at the new "nature schools" Our environment correspondent,

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David Gregory-Kumar, has Brandon Marsh nature

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reserve near Coventry, home to some excited woodland

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creatures, getting Brandon Marsh is also headquarters

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for Warwickshire Wildlife Trust. And it's the trust that is

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leading plans for nature Some of these children could be

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amongst the very first pupils. Children at our schools will still

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have to learn their times tables, learn to read and write, but we are

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preparing an educational philosophy that will allow teachers to achieve

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that learning outside, using the lateral setting as much as the

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classroom. So they will be outside a bit more? They will be. They will

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probably be coming home a bit dirtier than they might otherwise.

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Initially four nature-based primary schools are planned,

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with two in the Midlands - one in Smethwick...

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and the other, Warwickshire, the Camp Hill School.

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And it's the Camp Hill School that might be the very first

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nature school in the UK, in a location that might

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It was identified as the area with greatest need for a new school and

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we are going to create out door spaces for learning, wildlife areas,

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possibly beehives, very exciting. Perhaps not surprisingly parents

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visiting the trust's Some have already looked

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into applying to the new school. She loves being outdoors and we

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would like that for her for education really. The outside is an

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amazing place to learn and I think you can have so many experiences

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that are not traditional education that still give you the same

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knowledge that you would have in a classroom, so I think it is

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brilliant. If all goes very well the UK's first

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nature school could open A charity is on the lookout

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for volunteer "otter spotters" Otter numbers had been

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in decline since the 1950s because of habitat loss

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and pesticide use. But improvements in water quality

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mean they have made a comeback. Now the Canal and River Trust wants

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local people to build a better picture of where otters

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are most active. If you are of a certain vintage, the

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names giant haystacks and Big Daddy will be familiar.

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36-year-old wrestler Trent Seven, from Wolverhampton,

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will compete in Blackpool this weekend in the first

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It will be watched by millions worldwide.

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Looking for one of the meanest wrestlers in Britain?

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What can I do for you today? Quick moustache trim.

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Meet Trent Seven, owner of one of the finest moustaches

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in the Midlands and a man on a mission.

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I am going to roll down moustache mountain to the Emperor bowl in

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Blackpool. The first ever winner of the UK Championship tournament. Come

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Sunday evening I will be walking away crowned the first-ever WWE

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United Kingdom champion. And that is something else.

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It's the biggest brand in world wrestling and this weekend WWE

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will stage their first British title.

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I think Trent has a great opportunity to make it through this

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tournament. He is one of my favourites to wind this thing. Trent

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has everything. -- to win this thing.

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It's less than a year since sales manager Ben Webb gave up his job

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It is not so bad when he does the more entertainment side of it but

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the moves and the head slams and the body drops, I shut my eyes and grit

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my teeth really! Training alongside Trent

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is 19-year-old Tyler Bate. Now I am getting a chance to

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actually showcase how good I am at wrestling to the WWE and hopefully

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it leads on to something even bigger than just this tournament.

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Trent is also preparing for a world title under

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the Insane Championship Wrestling banner next month.

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Now he's dreaming of becoming a household name around the world.

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We will of course let you know how he gets on!

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Let's get some more detail on the snow, Rebecca is braving

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the chilly temperatures outside our offices.

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It is bitterly cold, due to northerly winds.

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Very chilly out and about tonight, the temperature has plummeted

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and despite gritters being sent out across the region

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conditions this evening are likely to be icy

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and we have a Met Office yellow weather warning

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in place for ice overnight tonight into tomorrow.

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We still have a yellow weather warning for snow through to tonight

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across Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire.

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But we also have another yellow weather warning for snow tomorrow

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in the Welsh borders of Shropshire, where further snow

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The low pressure system that brought rain and some sleet and snow

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changed to a northerly, bringing much colder

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So for tonight temperatures are plummeting, there

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is still the possibility of a few wintry showers blowing

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down from the north, particularly over higher ground.

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And under clearing skies we can expect a widespread frost

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with lows of minus two, a very cold night to come.

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Surfaces tomorrow are likely to be icy so do take care on the roads

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Stay tuned to your BBC local radio station throughout the morning.

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As well as the risk of ice we also have some showers sinking

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southwards during the morning, which again could lead to some

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Once those clear we'll be left with a fine and dry day,

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bitterly cold in northerly winds, but cold and crisp with

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plenty of brightness - but in that wind chill temperatures

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will feel more like sub-zero, so even though they might

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get up to five Celsius, it will feel more like minus one or two.

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Another fine, dry but chilly day on the way on Saturday,

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staying bright and the winds still fairly strong, so again

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temperatures are likely to feel much colder in the winds.

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It is not until Sunday when a weather system comes through that we

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start to get less cold. But we are not done yet because it is going to

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get much colder by the end of next week.

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I'll be back at 10.30 with your next news,

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when we'll have more tributes to Graham Taylor, who has

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..and keep telling yourself over and over, "This will end."

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Ladies and gentlemen, the bride and groom.

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So what if I forgot our poxy anniversary?

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Er, I think this year was copper. 14th is poxy.

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Marriage is a marathon, not a sprint.

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Like a marathon, you have to keep on going...

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..drink as much as you can... Please tell me you can see them, too.

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..and keep telling yourself over and over, "This will end."

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