30/10/2016 Midlands Today


30/10/2016

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An elderly war veteran has lade an emotional appeal to whoever

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stole his medals to return them in time for Remembrance Day.

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91-year-old John Roberts, known to friends as Jack,

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had six medals taken from hhs home in Worcestershire on Wednesday.

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He joined the navy at 18 and was part of the patrol

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service that blew up mines during the D Day landings.

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We were running very small boats, wooden. It was because of the mines.

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It didn't affect us. When wd went past the mines we blew it up. Then

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we went back for the feis! ,- fish. The retired school caretaker

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is a bit of joker at heart, but the theft of his six war medals,

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including the French Croix de What proof have you got of what you

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did and who you were. Word of what's happened to Jack has

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spread after being posted on a neighbourhood watch

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social media site. Some people have even

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offered money to anyone One guy started off with ?100 and

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then we have had other people say they would give ?20 and ?50 and ?20

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and it seems to be going up and up which is so kind of people to do

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that. Jack's now hoping his medals will be

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returned in time for him Police in Shropshire

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are investigating a report that two teenage girls were forced into a car

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in Wellington early this morning. The girls - aged about 17 -

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were seen being pulled Officers say they're not certain

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an offence took place, but want to speak to anybodx

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with information as a A man believed to be the father

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of two children who died after a house fire in Birmingham

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is in an induced coma in hospital. He was rescued from a car fhre

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in Staffordshire less than three hours after a fire at an address

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in Great Barr on Friday. An eight-year-old boy

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and a six-year-old girl who were in the house were confirmed

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dead in hospital. Police are still awaiting

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the results of post mortems. A man has been charged

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with murdering a postman whose body was found in a village

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lane in Warwickshire. 50-year-old David Lamont

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was discovered by a member of the public in Corley, last

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Sunday. 53-year-old Kamaljit Singh

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Dhaliwal, from Coventry Two years after a devastating

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explosion at a fireworks warehouse in Stafford the families of the men

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who died say they are frustrated Simon Hillier and Stewart Staples

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died when the industrial unht on the Baswich estate

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was destroyed by fire. No inquest into their

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deaths has taken place. Two years ago the skies

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above Stafford were lit up with fireworks, as the contdnts

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of this warehouse exploded. The fire burned for hours

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and claimed the lives of two men, 57-year-old Stewart Staples

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and 41-year-old Simon Hillidr. Their families are

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still seeking answers. The relatives of Mr Hillier,

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a pyrotechnic enthusiast volunteering in the shop,

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decided to make the difficult it's bringing memories back,

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naturally. What it is, he's not only been a son, he was a friend as well

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as a Hugo. Staffordshire police says it

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recognises the families' concerns but it's a challenging

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and lengthy inquiry. They hope a decision will bd reached

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in the near future as to whdther Until that decision is made,

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the coroner says an It does make me angry. Therd are

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that many things I hear as well as things that I think might h`ve

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happened, and that the end of the day my son should have got out.

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Two years on it's not clear how much longer the families will be left

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waiting for the answers they so desperately need.

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Football and Birmingham Citx and Aston Villa drew

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1-1 in the Championship at St Andrews this afternoon.

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Villa took the lead after half an hour.

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Gary Gardner heading home from a free-kick.

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But the Blues responded well in the second half and scordd

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The game was also notable for a minute's applause in lemory

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of the victims of the Birmingham pub Bombings.

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What a fantastic way to show a great city like ours coming out at a derby

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game to show solidarity for their own. I could not be more proud. I

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couldn't be more proud. One rugby result

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from this afternoon. In the Premiership Wasps be`t

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Newcastle 31-6. Finally - Happy Diwali -

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the Hindu festival of lights begins So let's see how the cloud cover's

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looking for any fireworks If you wrote trick-or-treathng it is

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not too bad but we will see things turning noticeably cooler. Some

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quite spooky mist starting to come into the picture, but quite a cloudy

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night at well. Laws of seven Celsius. We stick with the list the

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note tomorrow morning but some mist and fog around and that may require

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an extra few minutes to get to work. Highs of 14 Celsius with cloudy

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weather on the way for Mond`y. That's it for now,

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enjoy your evening. Good evening. It has been a mild and

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a bit of a murky day. A lot of mist and low cloud, but also some warm

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sunshine. Here was the scene captured in Perth and Kinross by one

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of the weather watchers earlier in the day. A change in weather type

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during the week, feeling colder still some mist and fog round over

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the next few days. Quite a lot of dry weather still on the cards.

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Mainly dry out there at the moment. Down to this big area of high

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pressure. The weather front pushing into the far north-west of Scotland.

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Bringing some rain here. Elsewhere, a little bit of drizzle out of that

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cloud. Some mist and fog patches forming overnight. Reduced

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visibility first thing on Monday morning. Take care if you're heading

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out on the roads for Monday morning rush mist and fog, and low cloud. A

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murky start for Monday, but an improving

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