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general election to be held on June eight. And that is

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Hello and welcome to Midlands Today. The headlines tonight:

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Opening up about the tragic events that changed their lives forever,

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when a mother and son were stabbed to death in their own home.

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The brutality of the attack and the ferocity, I think,

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Peter Wilkinson, who was severely injured in the attack,

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and his daughter Lydia say they're determined to stay positive.

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With a snap general election on the cards,

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who are the likely winners and losers here in the Midlands?

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Just hours after the resignation of Zola, Birmingham city have appointed

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Harry Redknapp as their new manager. But can he save them from relegation

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at last? Honoured at last, thousands

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of munitions workers who played a crucial and potentially dangerous

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role in two World Wars. And a mostly dry week,

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with some warmer weather to come, which is great news for some,

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but not if you've got And there are some frosty nights

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to watch out for, too. Good evening and welcome

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to Midlands Today from our temporary studio overlooking

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the Birmingham canals. "The brutality of the attack

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and the ferocity left everyone stunned", the words

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of Peter Wilkinson who's been paying tribute to his wife and son

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who were killed at their home Peter was critically injured after

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being stabbed a number of times. He described his wife Tracey

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as "an angel" and 13-year-old son Peter and his daughter Lydia have

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been talking to our Peter and his daughter

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Lydia Wilkinson are being Last Sunday, their first outing

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since Peter came out of surgery, was to the West Bromwich Albion

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Liverpool game. The teams and thousands of fans

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paying tribute to Tracey We just poured our

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hearts out, didn't we? And we all went

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there together a lot. And to go back without them

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was extremely difficult. Lydia, you've been to the house

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and seen the enormous amount It was just a huge amount of grief,

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but then to see the amount of support and how many lives

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that my mum and brother touched She was a wonderful

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wife, a wonderful mum. Lydia wasn't at the house

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when her mother and brother Her father has two

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punctured lungs, bowel and I was in intensive care

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for six days, in hospital Obviously, the emotional

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pain will take forever. When were you told that you'd

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lost Tracey and Pierce? Personally, I didn't find out

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until I woke up in intensive care, Which is devastating,

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absolutely devastating. Today, the family home in

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Stourbridge remains a crime scene. The father and daughter

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may never move back. It's a large family home,

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now it's just the two of them. That day, after the white-suited

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forensic officers had done their work, I watched as this

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big burly West Midlands Police officer carried something

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out of the house. You couldn't see what was inside,

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but he was carrying it as though it was the most precious thing

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in the world. And at Christmas, he was delighted

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when he got these hamsters. Like any teenager,

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we thought he never would, Clearly, you're looking

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after your dad. I'm just so glad I actually

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have my dad to look after because when I found out

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he was still in theatre, and we didn't know if he was going

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to survive, so to be able to just look after him and sort out his

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medication is just a massive relief. 23-year-old Aaron Barley has been

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charged with two counts of murder He's expected to go

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on trial later this year. With any number of swing seats

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and closely fought marginals, today's announcement of a snap

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general election means here in the Midlands we're

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in for some big political battles. So which are likely to be

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the hottest contests? Elizabeth Glinka joins me now

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to talk us through it. We're not the first to say it,

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but today's announcement does come It seems to have taken absolutely

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everybody by surprise, not least members of Mrs May's own party. She

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was saying recently what we need is stability, not more collections.

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Just a three weeks ago, side stature MP and Chief Whip Gavin Williamson

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talking about the prospect of an election.

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I don't think this country can afford to take three,

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four months out in order to have a general election.

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The British people, people in the West Midlands,

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people in South Staffordshire, want us to be focused

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So quite an about face, but now it's happening,

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This region has long been a bit of a political, for the rest of the

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country because we have got lots of seats that swing between Tory and

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Labour. For Labour, their big target at places like North Warwickshire,

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Telford, for the Conservatives they are targeting places like Newcastle

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and Staffordshire, Walsall Norris and places like Wolverhampton South

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West where Labour have a majority, just a hundred after the last

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general election. Here's what people were saying there today.

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I think she had to make the decision pretty quickly.

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I've been a Labour supporter all my life, until this morning, actually.

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So I think we're going to get absolutely annihilated.

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I think it's going to put an end to all the bickering and things,

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and at least we'll, by the end of it, we'll at least have focus

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and concentrate what we want to do in the long run.

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The Labour MP for that area told me earlier this afternoon he is ready

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for a tough battle. And what about the Lib Dems,

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is this an opportunity for them? Absolutely. The art chomping at the

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bit, particularly in areas like Cheltenham for the last and last

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time. Very keen to try and capitalise on the dissatisfaction of

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remainders who lost out in the referendum.

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I think it's a good time to do it for Conservatives.

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Labour are at their weakest, there's not much competition for them,

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She's a very smart person, but as to the move, I'm not sure,

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I don't think it's a smart one, no, because it just causes more

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It definitely needs to happen, at least, just to get a better idea

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of what the country actually is looking for.

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All very much to play for now and just seven weeks to go. Look forward

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to every minute of it, Elizabeth, thank you.

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The much travelled Harry Rednapp has been appointed as the new manager

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of Birmingham City, less than 24 hours after

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Blues are teetering on the brink of relegation after a disastrous run

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of results, and the club are hoping that such an experienced manager

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will be able to keep them in the Championship.

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Our sports reporter Dan Pallett is outside

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save Birmingham from the drop to League One?

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He can, but he hasn't got long to turn things around.

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He is an ideal candidate. When Zola took over in December, any talk

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about relegation would have seemed ridiculous.

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The Blues sit just three points above the Championship relegation

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A warning though, my report contains some

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The cavalry is coming, but is it too late?

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Harry Redknapp agreed to join Birmingham City last night, just

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hours after the resignation of Gianfranco Zola.

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He takes over tomorrow, but said this today.

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He's a good man manager, which I think the players need now.

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Tactically, he's very aware, and I think he, with the back room

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staff he's bringing in, I think Steve Cotterill's

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coming with him now, so he's aware of the Championship

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in what it needs and what it takes to get three points.

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It's only four months since Gianfranco Zola

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was controversially appointed in place of Gary Rowett.

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The Blues' demise has been swift and spectacular.

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When he took over, they were seventh in the Championship and just

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Zola's record of just two wins in 22 league games leaves them three

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The latest set-back came yesterday losing 2-0 in a crucial relegation

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Zola's reaction at full-time suggested he'd had enough.

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He resigned within an hour and then held a press conference.

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I am sorry because obviously I came here with huge expectations

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and there were a lot of expectations from the people,

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there were from the club, for myself, and the results,

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It's a dignified way of resigning, but we have to move on.

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Which I was shocked when I heard Harry Redknapp this morning,

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I don't feel we should have got rid of Gary Rowett,

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As for bringing in Harry Redknapp now, fantastic idea.

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So now it's all down to Harry Redknapp.

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He has just three games to save their season.

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Obviously a brilliant win for Burton yesterday putting them

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above Birmingham City, but with hindsight the sacking

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of Gary Rowett and bringing Zola in really was a disastrous decision?

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It was absolutely. The fans will tell you that they didn't think it

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would go quite as badly. What does Harry Redknapp need to do? What does

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he need to change? Above all, he needs to restore confidence and self

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belief. The players looked nervous yesterday. The bulk of this squad

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and players were chasing for at least a place in the play-offs not

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so long ago. He will be more tactically minded. The last few

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games we have been desperate for wins. Zola played with five

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defenders and Redknapp will be more adventurous than that. His very

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first game is away at Aston Villa Sunday lunchtime, he has got two

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games after that. One thing is certain, the last few weeks of

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Birmingham city's season will be a very interesting prospect. Sunday

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should be quite something against Aston Villa.

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And we'll have the rest of the sports news

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The BBC has learnt that Gloucestershire Airport

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is in financial difficulty and asking shareholders

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The airport at Staverton is part-owned

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by Cheltenham Borough Council and Gloucester City Council.

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The two authorities have scheduled separate emergency meetings for next

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week to discuss the loan, which the BBC has been told could be

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The airport says it's considering a number of options

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A knife wielding robber who targeted taxi drivers in Birmingham has been

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19-year-old Mohammed Abdurahman booked cabs using false names

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He was behind three robberies between October

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He pleaded guilty to three charges of robbery, two of kidnapping,

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Roadworks which will last at least two years have started

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on the Oldbury viaduct of the M5 motorway.

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The concrete repair and waterproofing project will see

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alternate sides of the carriageway closed and speed limits reduced

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The viaduct between junctions one and two carries more than 150,000

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They risked their lives to supply shells, bombs and bullets

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for the allied troops in the two World Wars.

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Hundreds were killed by explosives or suffered from diseases caused

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Now Britain's munitions workers are finally being honoured

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at the national memorial arboretum in Staffordshire.

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Not on the battlefield, but on the factory floor.

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This is our ROF Swinnerton in Staffordshire, one of the largest

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The women who worked here became known as the "Roses of Swinnerton".

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Sheila Glover worked filling detonators.

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She is now 95 and is one of the last surviving Roses.

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We also had a lot of blokes on the machines.

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Arms blown off and that sort of thing.

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At Swinnerton, there's a rose garden planted in memory

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Every year, there's a service to mark the contribution of those

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who braved the work here and there's a campaign for a lasting

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And it's hoped that tribute can be built at the

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National Memorial Arboretum at Alrewas.

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Sadly, fewer and fewer of the munitions workers are with us.

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We've got to get this memorial in place, so that the munitions

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workers that we've currently got with us are able to see it,

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but importantly, for future generations just to know

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It's more than 70 years since these women's courage helped

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Now the campaign to secure their place in history

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Ian Winter is here with the rest of today's sport, and a great result

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Yes, good evening, Nick, they're off to Wembley for the very

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first time in the Women's FA Cup, after winning a thrilling

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They were up against a very strong Chelsea team.

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But in front of their own fans at Solihull Moors, it finished

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1-1 after extra-time, and Blues won the shoot-out 4-2.

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No wonder social media was buzzing with excitement.

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And they'll now play Manchester City in the final

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Such a privilege to be captain, anyway, let alone to lead

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I've always dreamed as a little girl, it's the kind

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You know, playing at Wembley, even FA Cup final.

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I've always had that belief that they'll have the ability to go

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They've previously performed and shown that they can get

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to finals, and now we need to flip that mentality and not

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just attend a final, we need to go out and try to win

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the final and show that we have got that ability to beat the top teams.

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But for their male counterparts, it's trembly.

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A nail-biting finale, just three points clear

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of relegation with only three games left, starting on Sunday,

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with the High Noon showdown at Villa Park.

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Aston Villa had already conceded an early goal away to Fulham,

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when their star striker Jonathan Kodjia reacted to this

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The referee decided on a straight red card, but Steve Bruce said

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it was nothing worse than handbags at dawn and felt both players

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It means Kodjia will now miss Sunday's vital derby

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against the Blues, but Jack Grealish will be very keen to start.

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His super strike made it 1-1, but that wasn't enough

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Wolves guaranteed their place in the Championship next season.

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Nouha Dicko got the only goal at Leeds and 1-0 was also enough

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for Walsall to beat Swindon, thanks to Joe Edwards',

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But just look at the bottom of League One, where games are fast

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running out and several teams, including Port Vale and Shrewsbury,

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Vale must be relieved to have a game in hand after losing 2-0 at Oxford,

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whilst Matt Sadler salvaged a 1-1 draw for Shrewsbury

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And the end of the season can't come too quickly for Coventry,

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They're guaranteed Premiership rugby next season.

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Yes, a sweet moment for Worcester's director

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He arrived in January with the target of keeping

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And he's succeeded, with a rare victory

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against his former club, Bath.

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Worcester were trailing 10-6 at the break.

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But in the second half, they fought back, with great

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confidence and desire to pull off a surprise win by 25 points to 19.

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The Sixways crowd loved every minute.

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And the Warriors Premiership status was confirmed 24

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hours later when Bristol, the bottom club, lost to Wasps.

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The Birmingham Big art project is announcing any time now

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the winning design of a new piece of public art for the city.

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The ?2 million project will see a new piece of art

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for the Eastside Park, near the proposed HS2 terminal.

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Our reporter Ben Godfrey is at he event this evening.

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So, Ben, what do we know about the winning design?

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Good evening. In the last half an hour, Birmingham is to get its most

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expensive clock. Station clock is the new work of art for the Deeside

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area near the HS2 terminal, not featuring musical chimes on the hour

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but the voices of people of the city. The artist is Susan Phillips,

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a firmer -- former Turner prize winner. Earlier on she took some

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time out with me to talk about her inspiration.

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I was thinking about the 12 digits of a clock could be the 12 tones

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of the musical scale, and I think every station has its own clock.

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So I thought it would be great to have not just an ordinary clock,

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This is where station clock will be housed.

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How many voices of people in Birmingham are you going to need

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Because every hour, we won't be using the same voices.

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So there are 24 hours in the day and we might change

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And Station Clock will be positioned to complement the new HS2 terminal.

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Imagine the rail track, the sound of those HS2 trains coming past.

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Your beautiful tones on your station clock,

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won't they get drowned out by all the noise?

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It's going to be a big station clock.

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I'm working with the best acoustic engineers and it'll cut

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How pleased are you to have done this, to get this opportunity?

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I'm very pleased, I'm really excited.

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It's my first permanent sound commission in the UK.

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Caroline Taylor joins me now from Birmingham big art project. No one

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doubts the ambition here, but is ?2 million the right out of money to

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spend? Arts and culture drive tourism and create jobs. We know

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Birmingham need jobs. It helps regenerate areas, it's the sense of

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identity. How are you going to raise the money? We're going to go out to

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the community. We are going to go to trusts and foundations. We also note

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the average Brummie in the street is really proud of Birmingham. They

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will want to put their money in their pocket, pick your hand in and

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give us some money. You're asking for donations from the people. Do

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you think ordinary people will want to pay into this? Versus about the

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public saying we are proud of Birmingham, this is something that

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should only happen here, not in London, or Manchester, but here in

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Birmingham. Thank you, Caroline. The model of station clock is still on

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display here. You can come and see it till June. It maybe six years or

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so and this work of art comes to fruition.

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Our usual studio is being radically revamped, so we're here canal side

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for a couple of weeks, but on a sunny though rather chilly

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Thank you, neck. It is feeling a little bit nippy Navy sunshine has

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faded and losing its strength. After a changeable bank holiday weekend

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when we saw very little of it, it was appreciated today. The best of

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the sunshine was across central and southern parts of the region. Some

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fear whether cloud bubbling up for the vast majority it was dry and

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settled. That is how the rest of the week is looking, which would be

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great news, it would bring music to most people's years, but if you are

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lacking rain and looking for it, we have had very bit of it since the

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beginning of the month. We've also got some frosty nights to watch out

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for. This is what is dominating this week. High pressure to south-west,

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frontal systems coming in from the north-west weakened by the

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high-pressure, southern parts will hold the best of the brightness and

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clear skies. For this evening and through the first party tonight,

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largely clear skies and and it is during that time particularly

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really, temperatures could be freezing or dropping to slightly

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below. A fairly widespread sharp frost as we head into tomorrow

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morning. For towns and cities, those values will hold up nicely. Played

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as well drifting in from the north, high cloud, some mist or fog patches

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in the morning. A dry picture as we start the day tomorrow. It frosty

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and chilly first thing, but the best of the sunshine to Central and

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southern parts of the region, through Warwickshire and temperature

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and also Coventry, Gloucestershire will see quite a nice bit of

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sunshine. Cloud thickening up to the north, the odd spot of rain and

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temperatures ranging from ten to 13 Southee -- Celsius. We hold onto

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that cloud tomorrow night. Some clear spells and patchy frost injury

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started Thursday, but generally dry and cloudy. Temperatures up into the

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mid-teens and you can see those winds veering around tonight

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westerlies by the end of the weekend.

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I'll be back at 10.50 with your late update.

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Have a good evening. Bye for now.

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# These are the things I could do without

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