14/01/2017 Midlands Today

Good evening. Chinese cheque-books.

Football fans across the country have been paying tribute this

The 72-year-old former Aston Villa, Wolves and England manager died

at his home on Thursday of a suspected heart attack.

Ben Sidwell reports from Molinuex, where both Wolves and Villa fans

have been paying their respects ahead of the derby.

Remembering a man much loved by everyone at both Wolves and Villa.

Just before kick off a few minutes ago, Molineux stood as one

Outside the ground too, fans were united in admiration

and respect for a man who'd managed both clubs.

I think he was a great man. If it had not been for him we would not

have at the academy. It is fitting that the land Wolves are together to

give him a tribute. At it wasn't just

here in Wolverhampton. All across the country today,

applause rang out before games in memory of one

of football's nicest men. Former Wolves striker Don Goodman,

like so many, has fond memories of Graham Taylor,

the man who brought him to Molineux from Sunderland

for over ?1 million in 1994. He was a hard man when he needed to

be. But he was a lovely man. And a motivator. He made me in particular

want to run through brick walls for him. Graham Taylor was in charge of

a 20 months and had two spells as a 20 months and had two spells as

manager at Aston Villa. And today's programme tributes to a true

gentleman whose impact on all the clubs he served will never be

forgotten. Flags flew at half mast

above Molineux, as rivalries were put aside and fans

from both clubs paused Wolverhampton Council has warned

residents to beware of rogue traders who dig up driveways

without the homeowner's consent. Tracey Jones from the Finchfield

area of the city says she was approached by the company

but decided against the work. She returned home later

to find her front garden dug up and a bill for ?2,500

in her letter box. This is totally unacceptable. Nobody

should have to come home from work to face this. If people are

experiencing aggressive salesmanship contact our trading standards

immediately. We will pursue rogue traders.

Olympic gold medallist Adam Peaty has unveiled a new charity,

Blood Bike, in memory of a Staffordshire schoolgirl

The Shropshire and Staffordshire Blood Bikes supported 10-year-old

Imogen Evans from Uttoxeter who suffered

The charity has used a ?13,000 donation to buy a new motorbike.

On to sport now and in tennis Solihull's Dan Evans lost

Evans led 4-2 in the first-set tie-break, but eventually lost 7-6,

6-2 against Luxembourg's Gilles Muller in the Sydney International.

Football now and in the Premier League, Stoke beat Sunderland 3-1,

while West Brom were thrashed 4-0 at Spurs.

In the Championship, Birmingham and Nottingham Forest drew 0-0,

And they've just kicked off at Molineeus in the game

In League One, Coventry lost 1-0 at Chesterfield.

Port Vale's game was called off due to a frozen pitch.

Shrewsbury beat Bradford 1-0 and Walsall had an excellent 4-1 win

against top of the table Sheffield United.

And in League Two, a 3-0 win for Cheltenham

On to rugby and in the European Champions Cup,

And in the European Challenge Cup, Worcester's game at Brive

kicks off at 8:00pm, while Gloucester's game in Italy

was moved to a different ground as Treviso's pitch was unplayable.

The latest school is 24-0 to Gloucester.

We did have a few wintry showers today. They will start to work their

way in from the west and changes on the way overnight. Temperatures

holding up under the cloud and the rain and into tomorrow it's going to

be a less cold day but a wet day. Temperatures going up to eight or

nine Celsius. It will stay misty and murky.

Sunday Politics will be on from 11:00am tomorrow morning.

Getting the detail of this cold snap is proving to be challenging and

will continue to be so over the next 24 hours. Ice around across eastern

parts after the earlier showers then rain pushing