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The families of the victims of the Birmingham pub

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bombings will get legal aid because of a change in the law.

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You know, it is, it's marvellous, really.

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As long as nothing else is going to follow.

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We'll be speaking to Julie Hambleton from the

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Her sister Maxine died in the bombings.

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Two patients die in six weeks after being sent home from accident

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and emergency in Coventry - with aneurysms.

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She was really upset about how she had been treated.

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She told me they told her she was a time waster.

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A disaster waiting to happen - the military warn of a potential

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collision between its aircraft and a drone.

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We are at the school preparing to celebrate the life and career of the

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Black Country artist whose drawings were just Dandy.

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And after a bitterly cold day, you'd be forgiven for thinking prospects

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were bleak for the weekend, but it is warming up. Details later.

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The families of the victims of the Birmingham pub

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bombings have learnt today they are to get legal aid.

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Sir Oliver Heald QC, the Minister for Legal Aid, said this afternoon,

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"It would be a travesty for families to be denied justice,

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The Government has intervened in an apparent U-turn

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to remove legal barriers - which had previously

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It has been a hard-fought and often angry battle.

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In a moment I'll be talking to Julie Hambleton, who's led

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But first here's Carolle Forde Garcia.

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It's been a fight which has been long and bitter.

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Even as the families walked to the courts for a pre inquest

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hearing last November they had no legal funding and were at war

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If we do not have parity in legal funding, then that means to say that

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the scales of justice will be so unbalanced that the inquest will not

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be able to move forward. 42 years ago, people died and nearly

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200 were seriously injured when bombs exploded in crowded Birmingham

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pubs. Julie, whose sister Maxine was killed in the bombings, has led the

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campaign for justice. It has taken her all the way to Northern Ireland,

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to this Belfast law firm. The families believe only they could get

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the truth. We deal with daily issues such as

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intelligence, field investigations, misdirected investigations. An awful

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lot of those issues permeate a lot of killings and unresolved

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contentious killings in this jurisdiction. Those issues are at

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play in relation to the Birmingham pub inquest case.

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The Northern Ireland lawyers have worked for nothing.

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Up to today they didn't qualify for legal aid in england and Wales.

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In a statement, the Minister responsible for legal aid said:

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Bill lost his brother James in the bombings.

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Tonight, he gave a cautious response to the news.

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It's marvellous, really, as long as nothing else is going to follow,

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because we have got the inquest, and then we had the story with the

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money. Now we have got the money, is something else could come up?

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This week, the victims were granted the freedom of the city. Tomorrow

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the law will change, allowing the Northern Ireland lawyers to seek

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justice that the families have always thought to get. -- vote to

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get. I'm joined now by Julie Hambleton,

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whose sister Maxine was one of the 21 killed

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in the bombings in 1974. Good evening, good to see you. Your

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reaction to the news? We are cautiously optimistic. We are

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not going to move further forward until the ink is dry. However, if

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the promise is not fulfilled, the government will look pretty silly.

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But it does appear that the empty rhetoric has now become reality.

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How did you hear the news? I was telephoned at work its so

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Oliver Hill, they contacted me yesterday to see if I was available,

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and he was almost apologetic in his tone, but he did say that it was

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time for us to be given access to the funds, because we file into an

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unprecedented funding bubble. And as such, he wanted to try and help us,

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and to change the law accordingly to do so.

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When you received the phone call, what was your overriding emotion?

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Well, I am still cautious about the whole situation because, when Amber

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Rudd telephoned me in September, she said she fully supported our

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application for a legal aid, and we thought that was the door open, and

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nothing happened from there. Another barrier was built and the door did

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not open. So until the ink is dry, we will sit cautiously. However, we

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would hope that once the firm has filled the application in again,

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that the legal aid agency will be expeditious in their application to

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get it through and ready, so that we can be fairly and effectively

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legally represented at the forthcoming preliminary hearing on

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the 23rd of debris. And the family is not Iraq are

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severe and is has turned the empty rhetoric of the politicians into

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reality. It is quite an achievement, isn't it?

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Absolutely, and we have to thank our supporters, from local Brummies, the

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Birmingham mail, the BBC, ITV, supporters all over the country, in

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Ireland, and even the Lord Mayor, the council leader, everybody. The

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Birmingham Mail, everybody. We want to thank everybody out there.

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Without you, we would never, ever have got to where we are, and we

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thank each and every one of you. All the families are indebted to

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everyone, thank you. From the bottom of our hearts.

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Julie, thank you for coming in. Other news...

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Two patients have died in six weeks, after being sent home from accident

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and emergency in Coventry with a known condition.

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They both had an aortic aneurysm - a swelling of the body's

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main blood vessel - which if it bursts, can be fatal.

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Both families blame a crisis in the NHS for the death

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Our Health Correspondent, Michele Paduano,

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This was June Foxwell on holiday last March.

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She suffered from high blood pressure and breathing difficulties.

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But her family are still trying to come to terms

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She was sent home from A twice with a known aortic aneurysm.

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She collapsed 11 hours later after it burst.

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The aorta is the main vessel carrying blood from the heart.

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Sometimes the wall becomes weak and begins to bulge.

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If operated on, 96% of patients survive,

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She was really upset about how she had been treated.

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She told me they told her she was a time waster,

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and a malingerer, and as my dad has said earlier, that was not her.

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A post mortem report shows an ultrasound scan on August 22nd

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But after three days in hospital she was sent home.

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On August 30th, she was kept in A overnight, then sent home.

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She collapsed 11 hours later and died.

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University Hospital Coventry would not answer any detailed

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questions, said it was working with the coroner to address

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But the coroner has already held an inquest to a death that occurred

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six weeks before Mrs Foxwell's in remarkably similar circumstances.

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The father of Labour MP Toby Perkins died on July 15th after being put

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in a taxi and sent home from University Hospital.

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Four days earlier he had been sent home from the A department

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at Coventry and Warwickshire hospital with what a vascular

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surgeon described at my father's inquest as classical aneurysm

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Mr Perkins was shocked it could happen again.

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It is very worrying that the pressures that

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are on the national Health Service, and on the University Hospital

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in Coventry particularly in this case are such that the hospital

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are constantly having to make decisions about sending people home

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who really should be in a hospital bed.

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A couple for 39 years, they used to do everything together.

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But Dave is having to come to terms with life on his own.

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The military in Shropshire are warning it's only a matter

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of time before one of their low flying aircraft collides

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with a drone, causing a potential disaster.

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The skies above the Midlands are already busy -

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but planes and helicopters are increasingly being

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Our Special Correspondent Peter Wilson has been investigating.

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They have been flying here for 100 years.

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There's not much that scares these men and women,

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but the home of the defence helicopter flying school has

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We operate at heights below 500 feet, which is exactly where drone

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operators will be flying their toys, and it is only a matter of time,

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Drones, remote-controlled aircraft, can cost as little as ?50.

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30,000 were sold last Christmas by just one UK retailers.

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The helicopter crews in Shropshire have increasingly

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had to dodge the drones as they practice their

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We have had reported sightings in various parts of Shropshire,

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over Nesscliffe training area and over Telford.

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and, you know, drones are only supposed to be flown up to 400 feet.

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These viewings have been spotted up to 1800, 2000 feet.

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It is not only airfields that have seen near misses

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Prisons too, as criminals use the devices to fly

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The RAF has grave concerns about such flights,

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if they were to be operating over Her Majesty's

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Right opposite the main entrance to the prison is an airfield,

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Turnhill, and the helicopter relief landing ground.

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So concerned are the RAF about drones that they are saying

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to people living in Shropshire, if you see a drone

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At Harper Adams University in Shropshire, the next generation

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of drones are being developed for the farming industry.

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In the future, they may be used to spray crops.

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Already the drones are being used by farmers to survey their fields,

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and researchers are now working with the military to make sure

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that their drones can be seen by the helicopter crews.

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So, a cloudy day, lights work really well.

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On really bright sunlight days, you can't see lights too well,

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hence mirrors on the system here, the disco balls, allowing it to be

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visualised by flashing light from the strongest source

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More than 50 flights a day take off from Shawbury.

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The helicopter crews pray that they will not be the first

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The family of former Birmingham City footballer Denis Thwaites,

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who was killed in the Tunisia terror attack, have told an inquest that

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an "evil and twisted" ideology had torn apart their lives.

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Mr Thwaites, and his wife Elaine, were among 38 tourists who died

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Mr Thwaites, who was 70, played 87 times for Birmingham City from 1962

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A gang who groomed and raped teenage girls in coventry have been jailed

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The judge said the five men accused social media to exploit teenage

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girls. Marcus Woolcock and Zahid Chaudhary

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were told they would be expected to serve half of their respective

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sentences before being Waqaar Khan, Kadeem Bourne,

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and Kenan Kelly were told they would also be placed on the sex

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offenders register for life. Labour has named its candidate

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to fight the Stoke-on-Trent Central Gareth Snell is currently a

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councillor in Newcastle-under-Lyme, and will contest the seat vacated

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by Labour's Tristram Hunt. Mr Snell started his

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campaign with a visit to the Wade Ceramics factory,

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along with Shadow Brexit Secretary, Mr Snell said he now wanted the best

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outcome for the city. We accept the referendum outcome,

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and now it is our duty to make sure My focus will be getting the best

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deal for the Potteries. And I think it is important

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that the Labour Party now comes forward and supports the triggering

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of Article 50 because that's There's a full list of candidates

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on the BBC website. Thanks for joining us

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on Midlands Today. The families of the victims

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of the Birmingham pub bombings will get legal aid

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because of a change in the law. We'll have your detailed weather

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forecast from Shefali shortly. A big rise

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in production at Jaguar Land Rover, making it Britain's biggest car

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maker for the second year running. Firefighters are still tackling

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a huge fire at a derelict factory It started at a former paper

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manufacturers in the Fordhouses area At its height over a hundred

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firefighters were on site, as they worked to protect

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neighbouring businesses. Piled high with rolls of paper,

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it did not take long The intense heat burning

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through walls and ceilings. This was a substantial fire,

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really severe fire. At the height of the blaze we had

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20 fire appliances here. That was a total

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of 100 firefighters. A severe incident which has

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taken protracted time At the heart of an industrial

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estate, work went on through the And this is why getting it under

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control was so important. This is the side of the factory

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which was on fire, and this is the perimeter

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of Marston Aerospace, where last night the team

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on the night shift had If the fire had jumped just

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this short distance, By morning, the fire was under

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control, but still burning. The concern now, to find out

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if the chemicals contained in tanks By the afternoon, specialist teams

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working with the Environment Agency We've identified the chemicals,

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they are not harmful to human life. However, we don't want

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them entering the canal, We've also got a brook,

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which runs very close So we're trying contain the water

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on the site along with the chemicals and we are in the of putting

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the fire out. That work is expected

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to go on into the night. The owners of the site did not

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want to appear on camera, but told me this afternoon

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they are working closely with the Fire Service to provide

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as much information as possible Still quite a lot of activity going

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on this evening, around 40 firefighters still on the scene,

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working to put out the fire. You may be able to see a bit of a glow and

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smoke behind me, that is the fire still alight. Good news this

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evening, we are told that most of that is steam as opposed to smoke,

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which is good news for people living and working in the area who have

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been told to keep windows and doors closed for most of the day.

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Firefighters are actively trying to put out the fire in the centre of

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the building, they have been avoiding trying to do that for most

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of the day, not wanting to put warm water onto the situation, because of

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concerns about those chemicals. However, they have been allayed, and

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there is a plan in place. Much more work to do, to get the fire out, so

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that the hard job of investigating how this fire started can get

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underway. "An animal wouldn't be allowed

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to suffer like my son does." The words of the Mother

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of five-year-old Alfie He has a rare and severe

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form of epilepsy. Alfie has been hospitalised

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scores of times, His mother Hannah believes

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an alternative therapy, She's campaigning for

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the Government to legalise Five-year-old Alfie in Warwick

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Hospital just a few weeks ago. He is about to experience

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a mild seizure. He had 16 seizures in a row,

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which we had to treat, Alfie's mum, Hannah,

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who is from Kenilworth, Every seven to ten days,

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Alfie will experience It is because he has a very rare

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form of epilepsy, called TCDH 19. When he comes out of it,

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he is hysterical, crying, he must have a headache,

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he's frightened, he's confused, he can't talk properly

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because obviously his When Alfie was eight months old,

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he very nearly did not pull through. They basically put him to sleep

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on a life-support machine. It was just horrendous,

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it was just the worst. We went from being a happy family

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to that within hours, it was awful. It obviously really upsets me now

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just thinking about it, Since then, Alfie's been

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prescribed a series of drugs, He is being pumped full of drugs

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all the time that don't work, he is being held down

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against his will for these drugs to be put into him,

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and as far as I'm concerned You wouldn't allow an animal to go

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through what he goes through, Which is why she is now

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campaigning for cannabis oil, which has helped children like Alfie

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in other countries, to be If all these countries recognise

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this cannabis herb has this extraordinary medicinal value,

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surely we should move, But for people like the Deacons,

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it cannot be too soon, these children with severe childhood

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epilepsy, they need medication now, But the Conservative government

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is still saying it has no plans It argues that cannabis damages

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mental and physical health. Epilepsy is a very dangerous,

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dangerous illness that can kill you, and I have to have the right to use

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this for my son, and if that means I have to take him a broad then

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fine, but I will still fight for everyone to have

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the right to use this. In two weeks, she has got 1500

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signatures on a petition, which she plans to hand

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into the government later this year. One of the biggest employers

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in the West Midlands has reported a significant

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increase in production. Production is up 11%, with more than

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500,000 vehicles coming off the production lines at its two plants.

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It is welcome news for thousands of employees and the many companies

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which supply car parts. Our reporter reports on another bumpy year.

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Jaguar's first SUV has been a phenomenal success after it went on

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sale last year, along with new and refreshed models, which has helped

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Jaguar Land Rover retain its position as the UK's number one

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car-maker. It is a source of relief for the staff at Solihull.

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Everyone has been working hard, and it is picking up, and everyone has a

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bright future. Proud to work here and be part of

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the company. Solihull is one of three car

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manufacturing plants run by Jaguar Land Rover in the UK. The company

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said reduction has increased by more than 240% since the recession in

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2009, and in the past five years sales have doubled, and the number

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of jobs has more than tripled. We've invested ?3 billion per year

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on new factories, new products, new technologies. And therefore we have

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a business plan that is delivering the sort of production figures you

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have heard today, and the sales figures.

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80% of the cars made here are exported and many are being sold in

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EU countries will stop what does Jaguar Land Rover want as we move

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towards Brexit? We have been a beneficiary of what

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has been in place with the EU for a long time. We hope the government

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can negotiate an ongoing, tariff free environment. Additionally,

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still secure the best people from Europe and the UK to work for Jaguar

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Land Rover. If conditions are right the company

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wants to expand further with a new factory near Coventry. With new

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models, production could rise to another million cars per year by the

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end of the decade. Millions of us chuckled at his

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drawings as children, yet few if any could name him. That is interchange

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in the Black Country, where this comic artist lived all his life. He

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was commemorated and his contribution to legendary

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publications like the Dandy remembered.

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A very special guest on my show, you are here further especial reason to

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talk about your dad. Many others grew up with Charlie

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Griggs. But we never knew it. It was an expose of cigar!

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I could nip upstairs and watched dad drawing, that was part of life for

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me. It was great. Johnny drew tens of thousands of

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strips from desperate Dan to Corky the cat. Many of them on the Dandy's

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front cover, read by 2 million children per week.

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During his heyday, millions of people must have seen his work. It

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brought a lot of joy to people, I think, and that is nice.

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OK, tell you what, see if you can score a goal against me?

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Charlie grew up in Langley in the 1930s. Thanks to a campaign begun by

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a Black Country radio personality, a commemorative plaque is to be placed

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at his old school. He had the opportunity to move, he

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could have moved up north, but he chose to stay in his room and draw

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his cartoons, because he loved the Black Country so much.

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The Dundee -based publishers would not allow artists to sign their

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work, making recognition for Charlie at his old school all these years on

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all the more important. It is a real source of inspiration

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for these children to say, he is a local hero.

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He did a nice line in seaside postcards as well, which did bear

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his signature. But in truth he was a modest man who did not crave the

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live late. -- limelight. I bet that brought memories flooding

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back for many of you. The weather got rarely above freezing, so are we

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in a more chilled mood? Yes, another cold and raw night.

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There may be clouds glowing with iridescent colours. But the pictures

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of the neon lights in Birmingham earlier this morning. Otherwise it

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was dull and drab. But at least it was dry. We had snow around, and it

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was very cold, temperatures barely got above freezing. With the wind

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chill, more like -6 in parts of the region. So these were the high

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temperatures from today, and if we take a look at them, -1 at Churchill

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offered, and 0 degrees in Birmingham, so not very good at all.

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But this is how it is looking over the coming days, milder conditions

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heading in as winds they are around to the south-westerly. As they do

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so, they will draw in rain from the West, coming in for a later

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tomorrow. But also into Sunday as well. We will have to see how far

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north as area of rain gets, but the best day out of the weekend will be

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Saturday, where we have gotten sunshine. Turning milder, there will

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be spells of rain around as well, but some brightness on the cards as

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well. But let's take a look at this evening. Some fair spells developing

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right now, when temperatures will plummet to below freezing, so

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looking at -2, minus three Celsius, without much of a wind. It may feel

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a touch milder than it was today, but we have got mist and a little

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bit of fog in the odd sheltered hollow. But otherwise, a bit of

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cloud starting to fill in later tonight, giving us a cloudy start.

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That mist will start to lift, and we will get them as a brightness coming

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through. Then the cloud thickens up from the South West, bringing in

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this light, patchy rain, and that will continue its journey

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north-eastward during the course of tomorrow night. Temperatures

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tomorrow, 45 Celsius, much better than today, could be into 7-8.

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Thank you. On tomorrow's Midlands Today, we will be catching up with

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the big garden bird watch. That's all from me, I will be back at

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10:30pm. Have a good night.

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