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"The truth has died with him" - news teams where you are.

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the words of a Birmingham woman whose sister was killed in the pub

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bombings on the death of Martin McGuiness.

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We'll be talking live to Julie Hambleton, who's been

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campaigning for justice for the pub bomb victims for more than 40 years.

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Also this evening: With the little boy he'll never see growing up -

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a Coventry man with terminal cancer says his illness should have

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One of the enduring images of springtime, but what's

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the future for the region's sheep farmers post-Brexit?

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100% of our lamb is exported to France. It is not a charity, is it,

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we have got to be profitable. Celebrating 50 years of a much loved

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rattler with plans for major development at the Severn Valley

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Railway. And, today we were treated to lovely

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sunshine, but it's back The end of the week

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is looking better though - The sister of a woman killed

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in the Birmingham-pub-bombings 43 years ago says "the truth has died"

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with the death of Martin McGuinness. The former deputy First Minister

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of Northern Ireland died in hospital He was a leading figure in the IRA

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from the early 1970s during the times it launched

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many bloody attacks. Julie Hambleton's sister Maxine

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was amongst the 21 people killed when the IRA bombed two pubs

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in Birmingham in 1974. Julie, what was your initial

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reaction when you heard My first reaction was one of

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sadness, because as you have said, Mike instant thought was that the

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truth may have died with him, and that is all that we want, the truth.

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With the truth can come justice and accountability. But now we can only

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but hope that the likes of Gerry Adams may come forward and supply us

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with the very information that we so desire. But what are your actual

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feelings towards Martin McGuiness? I don't have any feelings towards him,

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I did not know the man. But bearing in mind what he was responsible for.

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With reference to what was claimed he was responsible for, he is not a

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man to be revered or lauded and applauded, as he has been all day

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across all media, and throughout our political democracy. This man had a

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history that he very much liked to keep buried, and he was very opaque

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about this. He was very selective in his vetoes to mix with and help.

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There is one thing for sure, it did not help victims or their families.

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One of our supporters, Mark, wrote to Martin McGuiness and Gerry Adams

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some years ago, and they did not have any courtesy to respond. Nobody

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can claim he was out there to help. Is there not a part of you that

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recognises the pivotal part he played in the peace process. He was

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a cog in a complex wheel. He is seen as a significant clock. That is

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propaganda. People say he was a significant and pivotal cog, but he

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was brought to the table. What brought him to the table? Martin

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McGuiness would do things to cover himself, and also for himself. Could

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you never have worked with him, for example like Colin Parry did? No,

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but I would have considered meeting him that is the only way we may have

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gained information from him. But with reference to his connection to

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the Good Friday agreement, absolutely not, no. There were so

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many people involved. You have to remember that Gerry Adams and Martin

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McGuiness were discussing peace deals with the Prime Minister on the

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night 21 people, including my sister, were murdered. He did not

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wake up one day in 96, 97, 98 and think he would look for peace and be

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part of the peace process. This had been ongoing for decades. We'll have

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to leave it there, thank you. Thank you.

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A man who spent nine years in agony with hip pain,

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34-year-old David Kinnie was first told that he had an irregular hip

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joint and two years ago, the cancer was missed on an MRI scan

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Experts say delays in diagnosing bone cancer are a serious problem.

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Here's our Health Correspondent, Michele Paduano.

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Frankie will be four in August. Throughout his life daddy has been

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ill, but it was only in October last year when it was too late, doctors

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found a tumour. I don't want him to look at pictures and not know who I

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am. Sorry. For seven years, David has been under the care of

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University Hospital Coventry. He was given physiotherapy for an irregular

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hip for a year, and had two operations cancelled. Having been

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together all that time, he and Vicky are planning a wedding. I want the

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hospital to recognise they cannot keep doing this to people. David to

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them is a number. To me, he is my life. It is happening too much, they

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are missing too many times are people with cancer, it is not fair.

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Documents seen by the BBC indicate an MRI in January 2015 found the

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tumour, but it was thought to be a blood clot. Bone cancer is typically

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slow-growing, so if we are looking at a two-year delay, then you would

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certainly hope that his life could have been saved. The hospital has

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apologised unreservedly for the distress caused. The medical

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director said a full investigation said the they looked into

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opportunities to find the cancer earlier. They want to improve care

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for all patients. Bone cancer is rare. Only 600 cases a year, but

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experts say too often it is diagnosed too late. A survey showed

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nearly one in four visited their GP more than five times. One in three

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saw three or more health care professionals, and more than half

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had to go to accident and emergency more than once. Late diagnosis is

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common in cancer patients -- bone cancer patients. They can be

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mistaken for other conditions, which leads to them being treated

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incorrectly, prolonging the time they have to wait for the correct

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treatment to be administered. David is determined to fight for as long

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as he can to stay with his family. A Coventry engineer has been jailed

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for four years and eight months after sending money

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to fund his brother, who's fighting in Syria

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with the so-called Islamic State. 36-year-old Nadeem Hussain admitted

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three counts of being concerned in arrangements to make money

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available for the A convicted killer will not be

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questioned over the unsolved murder of a newspaper delivery boy

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near Stourbridge Staffordshire police carried out

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a review after a TV documentary produced what it claimed

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was new evidence. 13-year-old Carl Bridgewater

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was shot at Yew Tree farm in 1978. The TV programme cast doubt over

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the alibi of convicted killer Bert Spencer,

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who lived nearby, but who has always Four men jailed for Carl's murder

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had their convictions A man's been arrested on suspicion

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of attempted murder in connection with the beating of a security

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guard in Dudley. The 73-year-old guard was attacked

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after he challenged an intruder at metal factory Stoke Forgings

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in Vine Street on Sunday. He was beaten unconscious

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and found by a colleague He remains in critical

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condition in hospital. A park in Birmingham has been chosen

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to host a memorial dedicated to the British nationals

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who lost their lives in the two terrorist attacks that took

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place in Tunisia in 2015. In June that year 38 holidaymakers

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including 30 British nationals were killed in an attack

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on a resort outside Sousse. Three months earlier an attack

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at the Bardo National Museum killed 22 people including one

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British national. Cannon Hill Park will be

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home to the 2015 Sousse and Bardo Memorial, which is planned

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to open in 2018. The park was chosen because of its

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mixture of tranquillity and public prominence.

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A man from Cheltenham has been sentenced to 24.5 years in prison

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after pleading guilty to murdering a teenager.

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17-year-old Camran Green was stabbed in the town last October.

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Steven Sharpe admitted killing the teenager and also

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In just over a week's time, the Prime Minister will trigger

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Article 50 and officially start the UK's departure

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But Brexit is already having an impact on farming

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Right now, lambing is in full swing and, with a large amount of British

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lamb being exported to France, a good trade deal is vital

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Our Rural Affairs Correspondent David Gregory-Kumar reports.

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Part of the familiar rhythm of the countryside.

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On this farm near Tamworth, two generations of farmers

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are working round the clock in the lambing shed.

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Yes, we have a lot of healthy lambs and plenty of them.

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But soon, this regular date in the farming calendar will,

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of course, be taking place in a world outside the EU.

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In the short-term, Brexit has been good for farmers who want to export

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lambs to the Continent because a weaker pound

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means that this little fellow is worth ?10,

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And we do export a lot of lamb and sheep meat -

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42,000 tonnes a year to France alone.

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At the moment, of course, that's pretty easy.

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Well, let's ask brothers Will, Edward and George.

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You asked us where we will be in ten years' time, and the truth

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is, we don't really know, the future is very uncertain.

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All we can do at the moment is carry on what we are doing.

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We can't do any more than that at the moment,

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You have just got to hope prices stay up and keep it going.

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Dad has just come back from visiting France

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I have talked to the farmers over there, they made

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I think they feel a little bit uncertain about the Brexit

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negotiations at the moment, but hopefully our ministers,

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our politicians, will negotiate the right deal for us.

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For now, Brexit is having a positive impact on lamb prices.

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But longer term, the financial future of lambing is bound

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up with politicians, negotiations and

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David Gregory-Kumar, BBC Midlands Today, Tamworth.

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It's 50 years this week since the first locomotive travelled

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on the Severn Valley Railway to Shropshire.

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The Number 3205 steamed into Bridgnorth Station,

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the first train there since it was axed under

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Dr Beeching's plans four years earlier in 1963.

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And, half a century on, a share scheme to raise money

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to revamp the station has hit the ?1 million mark.

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Our reporter Joanne Writtle has been at Bridgnorth Station.

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March 1967, and Bridgnorth Train Station burst back to life when this

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The first train here since the station closed four years

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One of the drivers was John Hill from Bewdley.

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Today, full of memories, he returned. We dropped slowly down the

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bank towards the station, and all I could see was a mass of people of

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all ages on the platform waiting for us. As we drove in, they cheered and

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clapped and applauded us. It was just a wonderful time.

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Volunteers raised ?25,000 to buy and restore 6.5 miles of neglected

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track from Bridgnorth to Hampton Loade.

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And today steam trains run along 16 miles to Kidderminster, attracting

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After his entry on, and fund-raising still goes on. In fact, they have

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just sold ?1 million of shares towards a revamped and an extension

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of facilities here in Bridgnorth. But they still need to raise another

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?1.5 million. Dean Parkin is one of nine

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apprentices here, recruited due to a shortage of specialist skills

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to maintain engines. I come from Cornwall, so a little

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way away. I come up here because it is so specialised and what I enjoy

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doing there's not many places that do amount of engineering on steam

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engines, so it is what brought me here because I am passionate about

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it. Dean is also among 1700

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volunteers who keep In fact, many worked

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here for decades, charmed Even the station cat Puddles arrived

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as a stray ten years ago. And, despite attempts to re-home

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her, she always comes back. Thanks for joining us

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on Midlands Today, this is our top story tonight: "The truth has died

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with him" - the words of a Birmingham woman whose sister

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was killed in the pub bombings What a beautiful day it

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has been, weatherwise. Rebecca's here later

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with the forecast. Also in tonight's programme: A tale

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of two City keepers. International Jack Butland is fit

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again, but can he get his place back from Lee Grant at Premier League

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Stoke? And, he's starred in more than 70

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films, so why is Hollywood actor John Malkovich in

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Birmingham tonight? The stately home Shugborough Hall

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in Staffordshire needs to attract a quarter of a million visitors

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a year to break even, The charity took over the management

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of the historic park in November when Staffordshire County Council

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gave up its lease of The site opens to the public today

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for the first time this year. Ben Sidwell has been to meet

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Mark Agnew, the man in charge. The daffodils may be blooming, but

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looking at Shugborough, it isn't need of some TLC. What is The

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National Trust's plan for this? We have a 10-year plan to rejuvenate,

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restore and bring Shugborough back to life. Not just the mansion, but

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the farm, the wider parklands, the garden and the Arboretum. Just

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really tried to sweep away the municipal eyes Asian that has

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happened over the last 80 years and open up the parkland for people to

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get out and explore. We are at the beginning of a journey and we are

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asking our visitors to come along. We have not finished everything yet,

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this is just the start of National Trust ownership, but keep coming

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back and having a look, and you will see a transformed over the next ten

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years. We can see that there is a lot of

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work to do here which will cost a lot of money. I know the

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Staffordshire County Council are losing close to ?1 million a year,

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which is why they have given up the lease. What was the deal, and how do

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you make this profitable? Well, they have surrendered their lease 50

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years early. They are paying The National Trust ?20 million in

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compensation for that, which we will receive over next three years. As we

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know, they were losing huge sums of money and there was a backlog of

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conservation work it. Then is ?2.8 million that needs to be spent on

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it. We have already invested in the infrastructure and made it says, but

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the keep for us to make this work, we need to attract at least 250,000

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visitors a year. I think it is going to be a big benefit for the local

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people, and hopefully an improvement on what the county council were able

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to do. They will do a lot of repairs and it will be a long project, but

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we will be interested to see how it goes. When I heard that it was going

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to be open all year round, I was absolutely thrilled about that. This

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area here is the real difference because this is somewhere that

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people have not been, isn't it? Yes, we have opened up the whole of the

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parklands and the arch so you can come up here, look up across this

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fantastic view, for the first time since Shugborough has been back, The

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National Trust has opened up for everyone to have a look around.

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Mark Agnew, the general manager, speaking to our

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Now for sport, and to the Ricoh arena in Coventry,

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where the Sky Blues and Port Vale are both battling relegation.

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Ian Winter's there, but Ian, fresh developments in the row over

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Yes, Coventry fans have been resigned to relegation for weeks.

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But they could find themselves sharing the Butts Park Arena

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with Coventry Rugby Club when their current deal runs

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David Johnson was at the Sky Blue Trust meeting

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He said that they have got a plan with the backing of the chairman of

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Coventry Rugby club for this ground share. The problem is, the sounds I

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have spoken to know the area well and know that ground, they don't see

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that the infrastructure can be put in place to seek a ground suitable

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for Coventry City. It might work in the National League, but if we have

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got aspirations to get out of League 2 next season, which is well you

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going, to League 1 on the championship, I can't see it

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working. Phil Sherwin is a huge

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Port Vale fan. You're only a couple of points

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adrift of safety, with games in hand More than I was two weeks ago, now

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that we have had two wins we are looking better, and hopefully we can

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break our away problem since October. We have had a lot of ups

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and downs, but hopefully we are turning the corner now.

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The Sky Blues are cast adrift at the bottom

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We are playing for pride and entertaining football, and a big

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game at Wembley on the 2nd of April. 45,000 city fans going to Wembley.

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Michael Brown has been the PV caretaker manager since Boxing Day -

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do the fans believe he's the man to take the club forwards in future?

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He has done a good job. He has brought ten or 11 players of his own

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in since January and we are slowly moving up the league.

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Now, let's meet two goalkeepers who are both fully focused

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There's been a new face in the Stoke City ticket office today.

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And the good news for fans is that goalkeeper Lee Grant was only

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Today, Grant and fellow keeper Jack Butland met fans to thank them

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for their support and to encourage them to renew their season tickets.

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Enthusiastic and hardened supporters here.

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It's great to see them out in force today.

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No matter what it is, home games or away games,

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there are always fans there and they always turn out.

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So, they agree on that, but there the similarity ends.

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And a good save from Grant, and he did it again!

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The 34-year-old was signed on loan from Derby in the autumn

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Really enjoying the good times, playing every week

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in the Premier League, there's no better feeling.

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I almost don't want this season to finish, to be quite honest.

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In contrast Butland broke his ankle against Germany 12 months ago

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When you're staring out of the gym window,

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watching all the other boys training, it is difficult

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It is a tough time, you are really low for quite a long time

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because you are not able to do what you want to do.

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But he's now back in full training and desperate to play.

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Who are the fans going to see in goal for Stoke City in August?

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This is the club I am at, this is where I want to be,

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and I am determined to get that number one shirt back.

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For me personally, it is a great challenge and one

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I want to be part of every single game between now

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The fans will look forward to the battle.

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Coventry City are aiming to do the double tonight. Can they manage it?

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Tonight's game is live on BBC Coventry and Warwickshire

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By the way, well done to Tunstall Town.

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Once described as the worst team in the country after their winless

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run stretched to 171 games, now they've finally got something

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to celebrate after winning the Staffordshire Cup.

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They beat Lichfield City Reserves, 7-1.

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With nearly 100 films to his name, American actor John Malkovich has

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Tonight he's in Birmingham for the UK premiere

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It's a far cry from Hollywood, so we sent our Arts reporter

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Actor John Malkovich, taking on the role of a fictional

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dictator Satur Diman Cha in Just Call Me God.

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This is actor John Malkovich. I have listed myself up into absolute

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Regent, and I am the absolute sovereign!

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The music drama has its UK premiere at Birmingham's

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A lot of people watching tonight will be asking, John Malkovich,

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Hollywood actor in Birmingham. Yes. Well, just finding out that Gladys

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Knight will be a in the summer, so if it is good enough for her, it is

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good enough for me. Tonight's performance sees John's

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character perform with a musical response from Austrian organist

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and conductor Martin Haselbock. A lot of people will identify you

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with the film such as Dangerous, liaison is, but how it differ being

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in a film and performing in front of a live audience, for you? Theatre is

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a living, ephemeral thing. What happens tonight is what matters.

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That is what people take away, or leave behind. Movies are much more

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manufactured, and much more manipulated. They are not real.

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This is the second time John Malkovich has come

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to perform in Birmingham, a city which has his approval.

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It seems to be really busy. Incredibly busy. Everyone rushing

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around, lots of activity. I had a nice impression when we came a few

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years ago and it remains. Tonight's premiere is

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a one night only show. But the production will continue

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its UK tour in London next week. Satnam Rana, BBC Midlands

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Today, Birmingham. A car in Birmingham has been parked

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illegally for so long that it's racked up 26 fines,

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which would cost more Whilst most of the tickets

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on the Y-Reg Hyundai have been The vehicle's been sitting

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outside a row of shops In the meantime, Britannia Parking

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have issued fines adding up Everyone asks about it -

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literally everyone asks about this car that's got so many

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tickets on it. The fines are going to be

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?1000, ?2000, but we just can't do anything about it,

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we don't whose it is. I'm getting to like

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this Spring business! Fabulous weather when I

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stepped out this morning. Presumably unbroken sunshine now

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until October? Rebecca, Maybe not October, but we may make

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it to April, it is only ten days away after all. It has been a

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glorious start to spring today for some places. It was very cold this

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morning, and we have unbroken blue sky to start the day. But tempered

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as did fall to one or two Celsius. We saw them rising a little bit,

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helped by the sunshine, and we reached eight or nine Celsius today.

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A few breaks in the cloud, and if you escaped the wind, it did not

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feel too bad. But through this afternoon, we saw the cloud breaking

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and giving us some showers, and some contained this. This is pale this

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afternoon. More of that into tomorrow with low pressure driving

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our weather. A very messy system with weather fronts wrapped around

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it. It will be over the top of us tomorrow, which is one benefit, but

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it comes with showers head of it this evening which will push to

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overnight tonight, and then that rain band will work its way in from

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the West. Heavy at times and it arrives through the early hours of

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the morning. Our temperatures are listing slightly. So, a wet brush

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our and there will be some lively showers, which could contain Hale,

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sleet and snow. Some rumbles of thunder as well, and it does take

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its time to move. Once it does, we will get a few breaks in the clouds,

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with temperatures reaching nine Celsius. Pleasant with those lighter

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winds in the sunshine. Eventually it does start to work further north,

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and behind that we will be left with some holes in the cloud and we could

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get some fog patches developing. That is the weather system wrapping

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itself back in, so we are not done with it yet. A few showers on

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Thursday pushing in from the east. Some places will escape it during

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the day, but as we head towards the end of the week, and for Friday,

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pressure builds and it will be much calmer. Cold nights, but pleasant

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with some sunshine for Mother's Day. Tomorrow we will find out about a

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mural which has been discovered in a church in Coventry. It was painted

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at Saint Marks Church, but it has been hidden behind a partition wall

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since the 1970s and it will now be restored.

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I'll be back at 10.30pm with your late update.

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