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A thousand new jobs for Coventry - the UK's first factory making

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It is great news, massive Chinese investment in the UK and the

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demonstrates the confidence the world has in a designed and made UK

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brand. We'll be reporting live

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from the factory in Coventry - a state of the art facility built

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with Chinese money. Also tonight, in the wake

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of the terrorist attack in Westminster, a check on Midlands

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MPs in the Parliament lockdown. The killer convicted

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by a piece of chewing gum more It offers the family some sense of

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closure that the person responsible has been brought to justice.

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Very rare and close to dying out - how Britain's oldest breed of goats

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is being saved at a farm in West Bromwich.

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As we head towards the weekend high pressure is in charge. I will be

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back with more details a little later.

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The UK's first factory dedicated solely to electric-vehicle

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The London Taxi Company's invested more than ?300 million

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It'll create more than a thousand new jobs as the plant has capacity

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Our transport correspondent, Peter Plisner, is at the factory

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Peter, this a real boost to the automotive

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It certainly is - when you consider that it could have been built

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This new taxi factory is the size of around five football pitches.

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And it's the region's biggest single Chinese investment.

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Here they'll make black cabs for both the UK

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A massive leap forward for taxi technology.

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Diesel engines are on the way out and in come

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Amongst the thousand staff being recruited here,

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apprentices like Abbie Ferrar - braving a male-dominated industry.

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I just always wanted to do engineering and Manufacturing. My

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dad is a Manufacturing Ember near and I always wanted to be like him.

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This line of vehicles shows taxis through the ages all of which have

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been traditionally built in Coventry, and this one is no

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exception but it is being built in this state-of-the-art factory.

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But with a range of around 70 miles on one charge,

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London cabbies like Steve MacNammara are worried.

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The reality is, at the moment in London there is one charge point

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within six miles of Charing Cross. It is a crazy situation.

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And they won't be cheap either - rumoured to have a price

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Although the company's chief executive says lower running

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When you look at the monthly payments in terms of buying the

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vehicle, coupled with what it costs in fuel, which will be much lower,

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coupled with the lower maintenance costs, the monthly cost of running

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this vehicle is not only competitive with today's, it is better.

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And it's not just the London Taxi Company that's relying

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At this Redditch-based laser-cutting firm they're hoping to expand

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as a result of supplying a variety parts.

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as a result of supplying a variety of parts.

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We are doing really well, we have other suppliers we working with,

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everybody is benefiting. Analysts maintain that it's a big

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vote of confidence in the region. It is great news, massive investment

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by the Chinese in the UK, and demonstrate the confidence that the

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world has in a designed and made in the UK ran. -- brand.

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Four years ago, the old London Taxi Company went bust.

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Now it's entering a new era in its 70-year history

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with this new factory, and in the future they could also

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be building electric vans as well as taxis.

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Peter joins us again from the new factory.

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Those issues about the range of the new vehicle between charges

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A 70 mile range might not sound like much but in London taxis only do use

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short hops and get stuck in congestion. A more serious issue is

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the lack of charging stations, particularly rapid charge stations,

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where you can charge to about 80% in about 20 minutes. There is only one

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of those in London. Today the Business Secretary Greg Clark

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announced ?40 million worth of funding for more charging stations

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so hopefully that will make a difference. This vehicle also has a

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small generator on-board that can charge the battery as it is going

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along, but then of course it ceases to be zero emission.

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Good news for the region, but how much of the new taxi

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is being supplied from the West Midlands?

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We found several companies supplying parts that even the London Taxi

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Company admit is not as much as they would like, they have promised to do

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more. When the new van comes out hopefully they will be able to

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redress the balance. As we've been hearing, Westminster

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remains on high alert this evening, after what's thought to have been

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a terrorist incident close Three schools from our region

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were on trips there today, but all are thought to be

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safe and well. Numerous MPs, including many

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from the Midlands, are still locked inside the Palace of Westminster

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as searches continue. Elizabeth Glinka has been following

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the story and joins me now. A dramatic afternoon -

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what more can you tell us? Well, it's been a very

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dramatic day indeed, with events continuing

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to develop minute by minute. Some pretty upsetting scenes,

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and just like the rest of the country many people from this

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region have been caught up in it. The Lichfield MP Michael

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Fabricant was on his way to a vote in the House of Commons

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when events started to unfold. I heard what I now realise

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workshops. A lot of worried looking Members of Parliament and others

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were running towards me shouting, get back, get back. Then a police

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officer started shouting, get back, as well.

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We are hearing that a number of French schoolchildren were on a trip

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there and they were injured. What can you tell us about the Midlands

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schoolchildren? Yes, there were three schools

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from the Midlands on trips There were Rugby High School,

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Balsall Common Primary School, and Holy Family Catholic Primary

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School, from Birmingham. Having spoken to the schools we know

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that thankfully Rugby High School had left just before this happened

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and are now home. The children from Balsall Common

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are all safe and well - I heard earlier they were

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on their coaches on the way home. Now, the children from

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Holy Family Catholic Primary were inside Parliament

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when the attack happened - we can see a picture of them

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from earlier in the day, actually on Westminster Bridge,

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where the attack started. Now, those children have been

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involved in the lockdown at Parliament, no-one allowed

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in or out while searches were going on, but we have had

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a statement from the head teacher, He says "All the children

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on the school trip are safe and their parents have been informed

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of the situation. The deputy head teacher

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is with the children and is providing me

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with regular updates." Just before six o'clock this evening

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those children were finally allowed out of the Parliament buildings.

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Reactions to the events has been coming through thick and fast.

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It has, Parliament is a major tourist attraction, thousands of

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people there every day. Lots of people writing on social media. The

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Stoke South MP was describing the situation on Twitter...

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25-year-old Fraser Clark was one of a group of boxes. -- boxers. We now

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know that one officer has been confirmed dead.

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A Birmingham man's been sentenced to 12 years in prison

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Osmond Bell was found guilty of the manslaughter

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But it was a piece of chewing gum and modern-day DNA technology that

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actually led to the breakthrough in the 36-year-old case.

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Our special correspondent, Peter Wilson, has been

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Nova Welsh was a happy, extrovert young woman aged just 24.

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In July 1981, she was living in this block of flats

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She had recently split from Osmond Bell, the father

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of her two children, complaining about his

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Then one night she simply disappeared.

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Osmond Bell did not report her missing.

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He told friends he thought she had gone to London.

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In fact she'd been strangled, her neck broken.

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It wasn't for another three weeks that her body was discovered

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The killer had forced the lock on the cupboard door.

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He needed something to fix the door to conceal the body.

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The only thing he had was a piece of chewing gum.

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To deceitfully show that that cupboard hadn't been forced open,

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a piece of chewing gum was used to stick the lock back on and of

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course with the advancements of DNA technology in the last 35 years

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we were able to send that piece of chewing gum off

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and find Osman Bell's DNA on that chewing gum.

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This is the pink chewing gum turned brown by brick dust and dirt.

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At the time, DNA forensics had not been invented.

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But it wasn't the only DNA link to the case.

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Police examined a letter that was written before

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An anonymous letter claiming to have been written by a woman,

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it pointed the finger of suspicion not at Osmond Bell but another man.

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In 1981 Bell was the main suspect but he was never charged.

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Then two years ago it was tested using the latest DNA techniques.

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From the lipseal on that letter we found Osmond Bell's DNA on it.

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Actually what that letter did, Osmond Bell co-authored it

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or assisted, had some part in sending that letter.

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trying to blame Nova's disappearance and ultimately her

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Today Osmond Bell was found guilty of manslaughter.

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Her mother gave this reaction to his sentence of 12 years

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for the death of a much-loved daughter, sister and mother.

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Finally, after 36 long years, she can rest in peace...

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After 30 years, to be able to convicted a man of manslaughter in a

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case were Nova's family had kept in touch with the police, it is a

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really good achievement. Nova Welsh and Osmond

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Bell had two sons. By all accounts,

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he's been a good dad. I understand the boys, now grown

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men, are completely bewildered, devastated that their father has

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proved to be their mother's killer. Police are investigating reports

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that gunshots were fired in a residential area of Birmingham

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in the early hours of this morning. A man was found lying

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on Hamstead Road in Lozells It's thought he'd been dragged

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from a car and assaulted. The area between Soho Hill

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and Villa Road was cordoned Midland Metro Services are to be

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taken over by Transport for West Midlands as part

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of a multi-million-pound The trams, which have been operated

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by National Express for 18 years, run from Wolverhampton

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to New Street Station. Plans include an extension of routes

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through Birmingham city centre and new routes for the Black

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Country. The handover is planned for October

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2018, with new services expected A postmaster's been describing

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the moment he was tied up and robbed by masked men during one

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of his regular drop-in Steve Bentley says he's

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so traumatised that he may give up, leaving the Shropshire village

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of High Ercall without the few hours of post-office services

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people there rely on. There are about 700 similar

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services around the country. It's not a place you'd associate

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with violent robbery. High Ercall in Shropshire

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lost its post office two years ago, leaving a limited service twice

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a week from the village hall. But that's currently closed,

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after this happened. They were shouting and screaming.

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They tied my hands behind my back. Grabbed at the cash box, waved his

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pickaxe handle around a bit, smashed it on the desk.

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was robbed by two masked men, who stole ?2000 and his Jaguar.

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I have to consider what the next move is. It isn't feasible to

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consider opening the post office in the same way it used to operate.

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There needs to be real security. Steve's working

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closely with detectives, You wouldn't expect this kind of

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thing to happen, just trying to do a nice thing for the community, some

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security is going to be an issue. Are you advising him about how to

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improve that? Yes, those things are ongoing.

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Steve says he feels safer at Waters Upton Post Office.

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That is three miles away and there isn't a bus to get there.

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Back in High Ercall, people are concerned about the future.

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A lot of ladies are depending on that service and I think it's sad.

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It needs to be safer but I wouldn't like to lose the post office for the

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future. The Post Office declined

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an interview, but told us they were supporting Steve

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and the police. But in the meantime the village-hall

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service remains closed. Quiz question for you -

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what's the oldest breed Well, it's thought to be the rare

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black-and-white Bagot goat, but their numbers have

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been fast diminishing. Now, with fewer than 200 females

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registered in the UK, a special breeding programme's

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under way in the Black Laura May McMullan has been along

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to Sandwell Valley Country Park to see the initial and enchanting

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results of the programme - Just over three weeks old,

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and still finding their feet. They're the first baby

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Bagot goats to be born since a special breeding programme

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was introduced last November. It's quite overwhelming sometimes

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seeing new birth being brought in. And it is amazing because we kind of

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saving the breed. It's believed there are less

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than 200 registered breeding females left in the country and so the aim

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of this conservation programme IV, who I have to say is my

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favourite, is aged 14. -- Ivy. She produced two grade a embryos, which

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I am very pleased with. insemination methods and so far four

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grade-A embryos have been harvested them into the Rare Breeds

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Survival Trust's gene bank. We are over the moon with the

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results we have had from the embryo transfer service.

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This is the first time this has ever been done with primitive goats.

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Bagots are the oldest breed in Britain

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and it's hoped the fertility programme will now help to preserve

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Thanks for joining us on Midlands Today.

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A thousand new jobs for Coventry - the UK's first factory making

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Filthy day weather-wise, but Rebecca assures me it'll

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A tiny glimmer of hope for Coventry City last night,

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as they beat relegation rivals Port Vale at the Ricoh.

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And revealed once more - an ancient church mural that's been

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Professional cricketers are one of the groups

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most at risk for developing an addiction to gambling,

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More than 60% of them admit to having a wager

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So a former addict is now touring every county club to advise

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the teams on how to tell if it's becoming a major problem.

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What I am trying to do with these sessions is make it something we can

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talk about, same as mental health, depression...

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On the surface Paul Buck was a successful financial advisor

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In reality he had a pathological gambling problem.

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He lost more than a million pounds before attempting to kill himself

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Today he was at New Road to alert Worcestershire's players

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Even for those who don't gamble, it is great that they get an insight

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into what a problem gambler would be feeling and doing, their

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characteristics, so they could help intervene for lawyers in the squad

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who may have an issue. You spend a lot of time with your team-mates,

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especially in summer in hotel rooms up and down the country, so you

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probably know them as well as anybody does, so it is good that we

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look out for each other. The reality is that betting is just

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so easy to do, with more than 4000 apps worldwide

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offering people the chance Cricketers often have time

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on their hands and a need to reproduce the buzz

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of competitive sport. It is not just cricketers, it is

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sport in general. They work in a high octane environment, they are

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very competitive, so they look the things that might develop around

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that area, and gambling is a growing trend.

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The players' union surveyed their members two years ago

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and found cricketers were gambling on the most addictive forms

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They are competitive by nature as professional athletes. If they lose

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they will chase that loss and that is one of the Ginter bet to problem

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gambling. -- one of the contributors.

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A confidential 24 hour hotline is available to any players

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A wrestler from the Black Country, who won a Commonwealth

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bronze medal in 2014, has been banned for four

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years after failing an out-of-competition drugs test.

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Chinu Sandhu from Oldbury, who competed

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in the 125 kilogramme men's freestyle, tested positive for

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British Wrestling said the news was "extremely disappointing".

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On to sport, and Coventry City still need a minor miracle

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But at least they can't be relegated before their trip

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to Wembley in the Checkatrade Trophy final a week on Sunday.

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Ian Winter watched the Sky Blues' 2-1 home win over Port Vale,

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who are also battling to avoid relegation.

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Eddie and Jean Jackson are Port Vale fanatics.

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Come rain or shine, home and away, these retired teachers

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from Stoke-on-Trent are there supporting their team

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I have pre-match nerves, during the match, after the match. I will have

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on my gravestone, addicted to Port Vale. It will be very sad if we get

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relegated but not the end of the world.

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Lifelong Coventry fan Alan always touches the Jimmy Hill

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These guys are playing for their Wembley places and they need to

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realise that, put their hearts on their sleeves and go out and do the

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business. First a cracking goal

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from Reid to put the sky blues in front and then just

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before half-time, a quick cheeky It was their first

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win in seven games. I attempt that quite often but it

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doesn't normally come off, so people will probably moan at me. The energy

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and the workrate and commitment was there, which is all you are looking

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for. If they give 100% and you can see they are learning a bit, it has

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given us the three points and a bit of confidence going into Saturday's

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game. In the second half Smith pulled back one for Port Vale but

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they still in the bottom half. I thought it was disappointing from

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our point of view, no quality on the ball that we have had of late.

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45,000 Coventry fans will hope for a similar result when they travel to

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Wembley to face Oxford a week on Sunday. It will be an anxious finale

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for Port Vale? Not even the most optimistic supporter would argue

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they can survive in League 1 but they will take a lot of arguments

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from that performance to go into the Wembley final, 11 days ago. Port

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Vale were very disappointing last night. I have a couple of games in

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hand on most of their relegation rivals but there away form is so

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poor and it could go right to the wire for Port Vale and shrews breed

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town at the end of April. -- Shrewsbury Town.

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A beautiful work of art hidden away in a church in Coventry is to be

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restored and put back on public display.

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The mural, known as Ascension, was painted at St Mark's Church

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near the city centre by a renowned Jewish-German artist

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But it was hidden behind a wall when the church was converted

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to a hospital outpatients' unit in the 1970s.

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St Mark's Church in Hillfields in Coventry, once an NHS clinic,

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now being reverted back to a place of worship.

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Inside, the medical fittings and partitioned walls remain,

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but behind one wall a gem which has been hidden for all that time.

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Known as Ascension, this mural was painted by renowned Jewish

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artist Hans Feibusch, who fled Nazi Germany

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He was taken on by the Bishop of Chichester, who wanted to bring art

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into churches, and there is a beautiful piece in Chichester

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Cathedral, and from that his fame grew. He has painted murals like

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this in over 40 churches in the country and also in civic buildings.

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The nearest one to hear being in Dudley town Hall.

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The Church was damaged during the Coventry Blitz and it led

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to a window in the chancel wall being destroyed.

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Lack of funds led to it being bricked up and the mural

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We are going to renovate the building so the remnants of what was

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left by the NHS will be cleared out and it will be turned back into a

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church, bring life back into this building.

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It's hoped a new congregation can be generated from,

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in part, new student housing being built nearby.

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Well, as you can see, the builders are now here

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The church is appealing for anybody who may have been married or

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christened here to come forward with their memories.

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The information will be used in an exhibition,

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and in the meantime other aspects of this beautiful church

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Time for the weather, and Rebecca's ever-changing mural.

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Dark, dank and dismal - the only words for it today, Rebecca?

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I am afraid so but we are going to peel back the layers and reveal

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something a bit more pleasant. It is an improving picture out there but

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the same can't be said for today. Dull, damp, grey, miserable,

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temperatures struggling. In Hereford today we got just five Celsius at

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one point last week we were 12 degrees higher. There was some hail

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in the rain, some thunder, and it was dull and damp today, but through

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the afternoon we started to see the cloud and rain retreat northwards

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and we started to see the cloud breaking up to give some brighter

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spells to end the day. For some spots it certainly wasn't too bad

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for the last couple of hours. Through this weekend we will start

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to see things improving and in fact it all starts from tomorrow. It will

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be much drier, some sunny spells, but with clear spells overnight

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Thomas overnight frosts, and tonight it is chilly. Skies clearing

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initially, a few more holes in the cloud allowing mist patches to

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develop, but the rain will work its way back in. Temperatures from one

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to three degrees overnight. We have a battle tomorrow morning, high

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pressure building, pushing that low pressure which have driven our

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whether further south. It will nag along the south of the country, but

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once it pushes away tomorrow we will see things brightening up. The sun

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coming out, bit of cloud here and there through the afternoon but

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largely dry and temperatures back into double figures. With light

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winds it won't feel too bad at all. By the end of the day we see the

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skies clearing before that cloud comes in. Friday, dry and bright,

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the cloud starting to break, and by Saturday much better weather and we

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might see temperatures back up to 15 or 16 Celsius.

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