:00:00. > :00:10.The government's given the go-ahead for a so called "garden" village
:00:11. > :00:12.of 3,500 homes to be built in Warwickshire.
:00:13. > :00:14.It'll be created at Long Marston Airfield,
:00:15. > :00:17.But, as Peter Wilson reports, there's already
:00:18. > :00:24.Long Marston lies just three miles south of Stratford-upon-Avon.
:00:25. > :00:28.The airfield was once home to RAF Bomber Command.
:00:29. > :00:32.Now the government wants to turn the 800 acre site into one
:00:33. > :00:38.of its planned garden villages, with more than 3000 homes.
:00:39. > :00:40.Well, we're very pleased that it's gone through.
:00:41. > :00:42.We were expecting it to go through at the end of November,
:00:43. > :00:46.but we will have somewhere which is more rural to look at,
:00:47. > :00:49.with road infrastructure, with rail infrastructure,
:00:50. > :00:54.The site includes one of the country's few
:00:55. > :01:03.Every day, some 40 light aircraft use the airfield.
:01:04. > :01:06.You've got motor gliding, you've got aviators up at the top there,
:01:07. > :01:09.so they are going to have to move somewhere else, and, well,
:01:10. > :01:17.Long Marston is famous for its Bulldog Bash music festival.
:01:18. > :01:22.Now, along with the other activities and organisations based here,
:01:23. > :01:26.all are now looking for a new location.
:01:27. > :01:30.We have the microlights that fly and train regularly.
:01:31. > :01:33.It is going to affect a lot of people in many ways,
:01:34. > :01:35.and to find another site is going to be damn near impossible.
:01:36. > :01:39.The garden village is ambitious and includes plans for two primary
:01:40. > :01:45.schools, a high school, and a ?30 million road scheme,
:01:46. > :01:53.Along with more than 3,000 homes planned for the airfield site,
:01:54. > :02:04.more than 4,000 jobs will also be created.
:02:05. > :02:07.A woman's died after house fire on New Year's Day.
:02:08. > :02:09.Fire crews were called to Fourth Avenue at Bordesley Green
:02:10. > :02:11.in Birmingham, just after 7am yesterday morning.
:02:12. > :02:14.A 54-year-old woman died at the scene.
:02:15. > :02:18.The fire isn't being treated as suspicious.
:02:19. > :02:20.Unfortunately it is a great loss for the community, and obviously,
:02:21. > :02:23.we need to take some measures so that this incident
:02:24. > :02:29.A units across the Midlands have been under severe pressure
:02:30. > :02:32.Waiting times at the Royal Stoke University Hospital have been
:02:33. > :02:35.around three hours today, down from a peak of
:02:36. > :02:40.And three of Worcestershire's minor injury units at Bromsgrove,
:02:41. > :02:44.Evesham and Tenbury were closed again today to free up staff to
:02:45. > :02:47.help out at the county's two main A departments.
:02:48. > :02:50.NHS managers say demand has been particularly high
:02:51. > :02:55.He's been called one of the most important British footballers
:02:56. > :02:58.of the 20th century, playing for England and Stoke City.
:02:59. > :03:02.But now, a new book aims to tell the forgotton story of Frank Soo -
:03:03. > :03:05.the first non-white person to play for England.
:03:06. > :03:12.He was a household name in the 1930s and '40s.
:03:13. > :03:15.His biographer says he was up there with the greats.
:03:16. > :03:19.So it is something of a mystery that Frank Soo has been all but forgotten
:03:20. > :03:24.During his lifetime, he was recognised to be an equal
:03:25. > :03:28.of Stanley Matthews, Tommy Lawton, Billy Wright,
:03:29. > :03:33.Anyone who knows about football in that era knows
:03:34. > :03:38.Frank Soo was with Stanley Matthews at Stoke City.
:03:39. > :03:42.He also played alongside him for England, wearing the number six.
:03:43. > :03:45.During the war, he joined the RAF and played as a guest player
:03:46. > :03:47.for other clubs, including Chelsea,
:03:48. > :03:53.But Frank Soo was half Chinese, the first non-white player
:03:54. > :03:59.His family believe he has been overlooked because of his ethnicity.
:04:00. > :04:02.I feel he is an important figure in his own right, irrespective
:04:03. > :04:06.He was actually one of the most important figures in
:04:07. > :04:09.20th century football history, in my opinion.
:04:10. > :04:13.Frank Soo spent the rest of his career after the war coaching,
:04:14. > :04:20.He died in 1991, largely unknown, in his home country.
:04:21. > :04:23.Susan Gardner hoped her account of his life story will get him
:04:24. > :04:32.Dudley has been singled out in a national report
:04:33. > :04:37.It comes after the borough introduced ten outdoor gyms.
:04:38. > :04:40.Experts say not only have they helped people get fitter,
:04:41. > :04:47.Currently there are around 40,000 users and crime
:04:48. > :04:56.The gritters will be overnight in Staffordshire tonight among other
:04:57. > :05:04.Hello, a very good evening to you, and a Happy New Year.
:05:05. > :05:06.What a transformation today was after yesterday's dull
:05:07. > :05:10.We had quite a thick hoarfrost across the region this morning,
:05:11. > :05:15.all rounded off by this burning sunset.
:05:16. > :05:17.But we have got high-pressure in control to the west this week,
:05:18. > :05:21.so that is going to keep things largely settled in spite of these
:05:22. > :05:22.frontal systems pushing down from the north
:05:23. > :05:27.However, it is quite be much milder and more unsettled
:05:28. > :05:30.as we head into the weekend, but generally speaking this is how
:05:31. > :05:35.Mostly settled but cold with frosty nights before we hit the weekend.
:05:36. > :05:38.But for tonight we have got clear skies across us.
:05:39. > :05:41.Just a bit of cloud edging into the north which will keep
:05:42. > :05:44.temperatures slightly above freezing here, but generally speaking
:05:45. > :05:47.they are falling to -2 Celsius, with a fairly widespread frost.
:05:48. > :05:50.So it is going to be a dry start to the day tomorrow,
:05:51. > :05:52.but a frosty one, particularly in the south.
:05:53. > :05:54.That cloud spilling southwards, so a duller day than today.
:05:55. > :06:04.I will leave you now with the outlook.
:06:05. > :06:11.Good evening. It's been a dry and bright day across most parts of the
:06:12. > :06:16.country today. Despite the chilly feel to the weather, there has been
:06:17. > :06:25.some sunshine. Clear skies as the sun set in east Essex. With those
:06:26. > :06:28.clear skies around, temperatures are plummeting, particularly across
:06:29. > :06:32.southern parts. Here we see the coldest temperatures. We could see
:06:33. > :06:36.icy stretches on untreated surfaces, pavements and roads first thing
:06:37. > :06:39.Tuesday morning. Not quite as cold towards the North West. Cloud moving
:06:40. > :06:44.in here through the overnight period. Lows to minus six or minus
:06:45. > :06:49.seven degrees in one or two spots. A cold start to Tuesday. If you have
:06:50. > :06:51.the commute back to work, it is looking milder towards the North
:06:52. > :06:52.West. We have