18/12/2016 Midlands Today


18/12/2016

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Police are investigating whether a number of recent violent

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In the latest incident on Thursday, an 84-year-old man from Moseley

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was out jogging when he had his car stolen by robbers who took

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He's been talking to our reporter Tom Turrell.

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84-year-old Michael Sheehan has been using this Moseley park

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Last Thursday, he was attacked by four men hell-bent on

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One of them said, get the knife, and they produced a

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long knife and put it to my throat and said

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keys, or whatever it was.

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As they kicked him, Michael did what he could to shield his face.

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The main thing was to try and protect myself.

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I did not want my eyes or my teeth to be smashed in.

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I was trying to go into some sort of a ball.

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Police say there has been a spate of similar

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Recently a 75-year-old man fought off a gang who tried to steal his

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He was thrown to the ground and suffered cuts and bruises.

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Then last Sunday these men ran off after attacking a pregnant woman

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Peter Leadbetter is the chairman of the residents association

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There is an amount of fear and imitation.

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We are a very supportive community and we're not going to

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We are going to have to be very careful and

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supportive, particularly of those folk who are on their own.

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West Midlands Police were out in force today.

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A post mortem examination is due to be carried out on a man

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who died after being stabbed in a Birmingham street.

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The man, who's believed to be in his 20s,

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was found lying in Moseley Street, in Highgate, early

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Police have launched a murder inquiry.

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It's understood there's been some minor disorder at Hull

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prison after the transfer of inmates from Birmingham.

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15 prisoners were moved to Hull following Friday's riot

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It's understood one wing was closed for a short time,

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with the prisoners unhappy about being moved.

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A leading businessmen says that Brexit is harming

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the region's economy - six months after the EU referendum.

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Sir Peter Rigby told the Sunday Politics in the Midlands

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that the strong pound and rising inflation meant "business

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UKIP rejected his comments describing them as scare stories.

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One European market that is here to stay,

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Birmingham's Frankfurt Christmas market.

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The West Midlands voted strongly to leave the European Union but now one

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of the region's biggest business owners and a key

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The views and warnings, if you will, people who wanted

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The fall in the value of the pound, the inflation that is

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being introduced as a result of that.

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Importantly, this lack of understanding of what the

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alternative is to being a part of Europe.

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In business, one man's loss is another man's gain.

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A gold rush is underway at this jewellery shop.

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Thanks to a fall in the pound, the rise of gold measured

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It's owner never doubted that Brexit would be

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anything other than a success and with plans to expand, they're

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Certainly with the more expensive items, gold,

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Are voters showing any signs of buyers remorse?

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People who have to compete for jobs, council

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housing, education and other things look that don't.

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With the question of how the UK start the business of

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leaving the EU stuck in the Supreme Court

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will get will carry on going round in circles.

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In today's football, Aston Villa bounced back

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from their midweek defeat at Norwich by beating Queen's Park Rangers

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1-0 in The Championship at Loftus Road.

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The visitors could have taken the lead in the first half,

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but Jonathan Kodjia's penalty was saved.

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The Villa striker made up for it in the second half by scoring

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Some of the biggest stars in British sport are gathering at the

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Genting Arena near Birmingham tonight for the annual

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BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards.

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You can see more of the build up now by pressing the red button

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and the awards ceremony itself on BBC One from 7.

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Time for a look at the weather now with Alex Hamilton.

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Git evening. We have a yellow weather warning in force for fog

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tonight and into tomorrow morning. tonight and into tomorrow morning.

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Patches of fog across the West Midlands and some of those patches

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will be dense. High pressure in charge but we are likely to see some

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drizzle tomorrow. Overnight tonight, patches of fog will prove for a

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tricky driving conditions. Those of three Celsius. The sparkle of frost

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in rural spots. A great start to the day tomorrow. Some drizzle here and

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there. Some fog will be stubborn to left. Highs of eight Celsius. A

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cloudy picture for the next couple of days.

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I'll be back with the late bulletin at half past eleven.

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Until then, have a very good evening.

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