10/03/2017 Midlands Today


10/03/2017

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The BBC has learned that a body has been found not far from further

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Shropshire, went missing. The disappeared last summer. Almost 100

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people joined the search for his body. They are awaiting formal

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They are awaiting formal identity -- dedication.

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The cost to councils in the West Midlands of cleaning

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up fly-tipping reached ?3 million last year.

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Government figures reveal the number of incidents on the region's streets

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increased by 13% over the last five years.

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It comes as local authorities across England recorded 100 reports

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Emma Thomas has been out with one council tackling the problem.

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Birmingham City Council is one of four local authorities

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in our region which has defied the trend, seeing a reduction

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in fly-tipping for two consecutive years, after a dedicated team

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That can be from local CCTV, from CCTV that stores and local

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businesses may have as well as just actually

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We've got rats, we've got mice, it's just horrible to live like this.

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And I looked out of my bedroom window,

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two days later and I went, "Oh, my God!"

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So why are people choosing to break the law rather

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In Staffordshire, we've had a levy placed

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on charging for some of the

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waste that was previously going free into the tips, and that has an

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impact on forcing people to think about what the alternatives are,

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particularly if you're of low income or limited income.

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In November, Staffordshire County Council introduced charges for

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certain items at its tips, including the tip the other side of this gate.

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Things such as ?3 for bag of rubble, ?4 for a tire, but the authority

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says there is no evidence to suggest the charges increase fly-tipping.

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Local councils do have the power to issue penalties to fly-tippers

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But with fines ranging from ?400 to ?5,000,

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some charities say the deterent, unlike the mounting piles

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Emma Thomas, BBC Midlands Today, Birmingham.

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Well, our reporter Emma Thomas is outside the Birmingham

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Emma, we've heard in your film what's being done to tackle

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the rise in fly-tipping, so where in our region is the worst

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The incinerator behind me is where Birmingham's rubbish

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It's no surprise the city sees the highest number

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of fly-tipping incidents, given its size.

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But if we look across the region, Stoke-on-Trent, Walsall and Sandwell

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are all examples of areas where fly-tipping has doubled over

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The problem isn't confined to just the urban cities,

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but rural country lanes are affected too.

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In Herefordshire, a largely agricultural county,

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it's gone up by nearly 50% since 2011.

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Those caught dumping waste illegally can face prison

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One sentencing last year saw two men men jailed for dumping sheep

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Councils tell us they'll continue to prosecute in the courts

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as they hope to reduce the financial burden to taxpayers

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And there will be more on this story on the Sunday Politics programme,

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on BBC1 this Sunday morning at 11 o'clock.

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A man from Kidderminster has been jailed for four and a half years,

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after admitting starting a fire on board a flight to Egypt.

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46-year-old John Cox was arrested as he landed back

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The cabin crew had to put out two fires, both in the toilets,

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The second was so severe the captain made a mayday call and began to plan

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The Chief Constable of West Midlands Police has

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denied his force is engaged in positive discrimination,

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in appointing black and ethnic minority officers.

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A big recruitment drive is under way, which includes a series

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of workshops for applicants from diverse communities.

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But senior police officers at another force have said they fear

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that the process is unfair and borderline discriminatory.

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The Chief Constable of West Midlands Police has made no

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secret of his desire for his officers to be

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more representative of the people they serve.

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In an extraordinary intervention, unnamed officers with

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South Yorkshire Police told a public meeting that West Midlands Police

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are "pushing the boundaries of positive action" by tailoring

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coaching for black and ethnic minority job candidates.

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That is not discrimination, says the chief.

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We offer the same level of advice for any candidate.

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But those from minority communities need perhaps a

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little bit more confidence, little bit more inside, a little bit more

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awareness, so they are better prepared to come forward and compete

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at the same level as any other candidate applying.

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West Midlands Police has held workshops in areas with more

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under-represented groups, but says it's never at the exclusion

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Encouraging applications and providing support, pre-application

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stage to those from a particular race, is not in itself

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discriminatory and is not unlawful under the Equality Act 2010.

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In a statement, South Yorkshire Police, which is also trying

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to diversify its workforce, said the comments were part

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In a sense, they've come to see what is good

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They've been to a positive action for run by policing,

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to understand that and thought I would say is if people want to

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understand what we're doing, get a real insight

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and they have a genuine commitment, a genuine commitment to

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diversify their force, then actually, they will be looking at

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800 new West Midlands police officers will be enlisted by 2020 -

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more than 10,000 people have registered an interest.

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Ben Godfrey, BBC Midlands Today, Birmingham.

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Thousands of people will descend on Burton upon Trent this weekend

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for the International Brewing and Cider Awards.

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The town has a strong brewing history stretching

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Burton's brewing industry contributes ?140 million

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We'll be back tomorrow evening just before six.

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I'll leave you now with the weather forecast from Sara Blizzard.

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It's been a very cloudy day today but also quite mild as well

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and that's been captured quite nicely by one of our weather

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It's a cloudy night at the moment but we have the potential to see

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just a few clear spells so it also means that the odd fog patch might

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be present first thing tomorrow morning and it's

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A great start to the day initially for Saturday but the clouds thinning

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and breaking quite nicely as we head into the afternoon so a few sunny

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spells likely tomorrow, gentle southerly breeze and highs of 14C.

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But the thicker cloud coming in from the north-west will bring

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That rain band's clearing away eastwards and it brings fresh

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I'm going to leave you now with the outlook and in just

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a moment, Sarah Keith-Lucas will be here with a look at

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Where the sunshine broke through to the North of Cornwall temperatures

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rose to 17 degrees under the blue skies. For many of us the cloud

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didn't break up through the day, keeping temperatures pegged at

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around about 13 degrees. That was the high today in the London region.

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Mild over night with the blanket of cloud around. Most places dry. Rain

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will work into parts of Northern Ireland and Scotland through the

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early hours of Saturday. It will be mild. Temperatures six to ten

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degrees. Frost-free to start off your weekend. Saturday will be a

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decent day to many parts of the country. There will be sunshine

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