:00:00. > :00:00.Tributes have been paid to the woman who was killed in Wolverhampton,
:00:00. > :00:16.29-year-old Tahnie Martin, from Stafford, died
:00:17. > :00:19.after she was hit by a piece of falling debris.
:00:20. > :00:20.She worked at the University of Wolverhampton.
:00:21. > :00:22.Colleagues described her as a "shining star"
:00:23. > :00:27.At the spot where she collapsed, passers by genuinely shocked,
:00:28. > :00:29.bewildered by the death so sudden and violent at a moment
:00:30. > :00:32.so simple and commonplace, walking along a street with friends.
:00:33. > :00:37.It is a shame for her and her family.
:00:38. > :00:43.Just looking at her face, you could cry, couldn't you?
:00:44. > :00:47.There is a lot of community spirit and more the Hampton and she is
:00:48. > :00:51.You can see by all the flowers there.
:00:52. > :00:54.29-year-old Tahnie Lee Martin from Stafford was killed instantly,
:00:55. > :00:57.struck on the head by a wooden panel whipped from a building
:00:58. > :01:08.Tahnie was on with two colleagues from the University
:01:09. > :01:10.of Wolverhampton where she worked, they were treated in hospital
:01:11. > :01:16."She was one of our shining stars, a talented and creative marketing
:01:17. > :01:23.professional with an enthusiasm and smile which were infectious."
:01:24. > :01:26.In Smethwick destruction but relief no-one was hurt when a poplar tree
:01:27. > :01:29.80-feet tall crashed into the roof of a leisure centre.
:01:30. > :01:33.Six people using the gym at the time were at the other end of the room.
:01:34. > :01:35.It is almost certain we're going to have to crane
:01:36. > :01:38.that off and it'll take some time to sort that out.
:01:39. > :01:42.We also had some trees come down in the borough yesterday alone,
:01:43. > :01:59.so we will need to prioritise the ones that we need to sort first.
:02:00. > :02:01.In Birmingham's jewellery quarter another casualty of Doris,
:02:02. > :02:03.the top of this Victorian building caught on CCTV crashing
:02:04. > :02:21.The second day of disruption for passengers on the train as works
:02:22. > :02:25.were carried out. Lines were opened fully at 6pm.
:02:26. > :02:28.'My role will be to stand up for Stoke on Trent".
:02:29. > :02:30.The words of the city's newest MP Gareth Snell, after Labour
:02:31. > :02:32.won the Stoke Central by-election, keeping
:02:33. > :02:36.But the party's majority was halved, with UKIP coming in second place,
:02:37. > :02:46.just 79 votes ahead of the Conservatives.
:02:47. > :02:48.BBC Radio Stoke's political reporter, Emma Thomas,
:02:49. > :02:51.So sighs of relief all round for Labour then?
:02:52. > :02:54.Sighs of relief combined with tears and celebratory high fives among
:02:55. > :02:56.the Labour team as the result was announced in the early
:02:57. > :03:00.A different outcome would have seen 67 successive years of the party
:03:01. > :03:04.But with a majority of 2,600, Gareth Snell will now
:03:05. > :03:05.progress from his seat at Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough
:03:06. > :03:09.He's explained the issues at the top of his agenda.
:03:10. > :03:12.My priorities will be making sure we get a Brexit deal for Stoke
:03:13. > :03:15.on Trent that we need and deserve by focusing on issues of education,
:03:16. > :03:35.homes, we've got lots of brownfield sites on Stoke on Trent that
:03:36. > :03:37.are ripe for development but also challenging
:03:38. > :03:44.The Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn was also present for a victory lap
:03:45. > :03:48.But Stoke Central's result is not entirely easy reading
:03:49. > :03:50.for Mr Corbyn with the majority just one tenth of that enjoyed
:03:51. > :03:54.The UKIP leader Paul Nuttall must face tough questions too?
:03:55. > :03:58.His plea to people to vote for "change" ended in second place
:03:59. > :04:00.with just 79 more ballot papers than the Conservatives,
:04:01. > :04:03.But he's insisting this is still a good outcome.
:04:04. > :04:05."We've cut their majority in half and we've unified the party
:04:06. > :04:07.like never before and we'll go forward now.
:04:08. > :04:14.UKIP's hopes had been founded on the expectation that in a city
:04:15. > :04:16.where two thirds of people voted Leave in June's EU referendum,
:04:17. > :04:19.Stoke Central could deliver a surprise break from political
:04:20. > :04:32.Ukip they didn't come across as strong as the Labour candidate.
:04:33. > :04:38.Stoke has always been a hot bed of Labour and if a dog had a red
:04:39. > :04:48.The fact that Nuttall thought he could get in and then had
:04:49. > :04:55.the cheek to say oh its only 72nd in our hot list.
:04:56. > :04:58.I mean, how disrespectful of the local people can you be?
:04:59. > :05:01.Because I didnt think any of them deserved it.
:05:02. > :05:03.And that lady actually might speak for the majority
:05:04. > :05:06.of the population in Stoke Central, as there was only a 38%
:05:07. > :05:09.turnout, something Gareth Snell has already pledged to address in time
:05:10. > :05:11.for the next general election in 2020.
:05:12. > :05:13.Police have released shocking images of the moment a 17-year-old girl
:05:14. > :05:16.was hit by a car and left with serious head and neck injuries.
:05:17. > :05:18.She was walking down Bromsgrove street with her mother
:05:19. > :05:21.in Birmingham, on the 28th of January last month,
:05:22. > :05:23.when she was struck by a dark coloured BMW.
:05:24. > :05:27.West Midlands Police have been given more time to question a man they've
:05:28. > :05:30.The 26-year-old was detained at Heathrow Airport yesterday,
:05:31. > :05:32.after arriving on a flight from Turkey.
:05:33. > :05:34.They can hold him until Tuesday evening.
:05:35. > :05:36.Two results to bring you in the Championship tonight.
:05:37. > :05:42.In the local derby, Wolves lost 2-1 at home to Birmingham City.
:05:43. > :05:46.Blues played most of the second half with ten men.
:05:47. > :05:48.Birmingham City's first goal came after 27 minutes,
:05:49. > :05:50.through a mistake from Wolves keeper - Maikel Kieftenbeld
:05:51. > :05:53.They went 2-0 up within 5 minutes, former Wolves midfielder
:05:54. > :05:55.David Davis scoring what proved to be the winner.
:05:56. > :06:00.The home side pulled a goal back with seventeen minutes to go,
:06:01. > :06:12.Burton Albion salvaged a point against second
:06:13. > :06:14.from bottom Blackburn Rovers, Martin Sordell with
:06:15. > :06:19.I'll leave you with the weather from Rebecca.
:06:20. > :06:34.Good evening, well it was a pleasant start to the day considering
:06:35. > :06:39.everything Boris throughout us. I'm afraid for the weekend however it's
:06:40. > :06:44.a eternity wet and windy weather. It's to do with the weather systems
:06:45. > :06:48.in the Atlantic. The first one, coming through tonight. Lifting
:06:49. > :06:53.temperatures in the overnight period, but rain and a strong
:06:54. > :07:02.breeze. We start the day between 5-7 C. For tomorrow, we've got this
:07:03. > :07:07.rain band, really strong gusts of wind with a breezy day. Starting off
:07:08. > :07:14.with rain trying to push in. That will work its way across the
:07:15. > :07:22.country. It will be quite a great day as well. Temperatures ranging
:07:23. > :07:24.from 9-10 Celsius. I will leave you with your outlook for the week.
:07:25. > :07:26.few days it is that the stay miles. Outbreaks of rain at times
:07:27. > :07:40.particularly as we head into Monday. A much calmer day today after the
:07:41. > :07:43.nasty storm yesterday. Let's look at your pictures, tranquil from
:07:44. > :07:49.Hampshire, on the edge of the new Forest. Nice cumulus clouds from
:07:50. > :08:00.Hartlepool. Still a bit stormy, that sea. We are starting to get more
:08:01. > :08:03.pictures of bass coming through. The 1st of March, the first day of
:08:04. > :08:10.meteorological spring. We like it in three months blocks. This weekend,
:08:11. > :08:11.things are going downhill again. After this day, where we