25/02/2017 Midlands Today


25/02/2017

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The village of Eastham in Worcestershire is a step closer

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to having its own bridge again this evening.

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The Grade II listed Eastham bridge collapsed in May last year,

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from the main Worcester to Tenbury Wells road.

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Today, though, steel beams were lowered into place

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Today is the first time a structure has crossed this part of the river

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since the sudden and dramatic collapse of Eastham Bridge last May.

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These 33 metre, 84 tonne steel beams are the backbone of the long-awaited

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new bridge. Major milestone in the project today. It is the left of two

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braced appears obscure beams across the river. -- steel beams. It is the

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first step to getting the bridge as we know it up and running. Once the

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beams are in possession, we are able to building up the bridge deck

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and then the access roads, so in a couple of months we should have it

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open to traffic. It is welcome news for the villagers. We farm either

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side of the river so we have had a tremendous detours for months,

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to the other side unless we do the to the other side unless we do the

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ten mile detour through either temporary or Stanford. What matters

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is the cold and rainy day here but people have gathered and the

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atmosphere is one of excitement as they see the first steps of bringing

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the community back together. It has been a long road. We have had ten

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miles round up as a beach towns of today we are very excited and

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looking forward to seeing it happen. I am excited because it is going to

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be shorter journey to school night. No excuses for being late!

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Residents of a small village affected by HS2

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say they're planning to fight it all the way.

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Dozens turned out to show their opposition to the plans.

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The village of Packington on the edge of North Warwickshire

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of the proposed high speed rail line.

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Today, the sound of trains was blasted through speakers

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and tall flags showed the height of the line.

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It is going to go up the sides of two double-decker buses with a rain

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on top, so it is going to be very high. And it is the whole of this

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particular street that we live in, Millstreet, we are going to get a

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rain every three minutes and that is going to be from six o'clock in the

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morning to 11 o'clock at night. West Mercia Police

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have begun an investigation after two bodies were found in

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a disused building in Oswestry. Police were called to the building

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on Maesbury Road in the town yesterday evening, and found

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the bodies of a man and a woman. The deaths are being

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treated as unexplained. In the Premier League,

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goals from Craig Dawson and Gareth McAuley gave West Brom

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a 2-1 victory against Bournemouth. In the Championship, Aston Villa

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have won for the first time since Boxing Day, to ease

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their relegation fears. They beat Derby 1-0 with a goal

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from James Chester. It's a sad story in League One,

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where there were defeats for Walsall, Coventry,

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Shrewsbury and Port Vale. And at the bottom of League Two,

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Cheltenham have boosted their chances of avoiding relegation

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by beating Leyton Orient. In the National League,

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Solihull Moors were beaten Worcester were beaten at Northampton

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in Rugby Union's Premiership. The West Midlands' two

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Netball Super League teams are playing in a Super Ten event

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at the Genting Arena in Birmingham. Earlier, Severn Stars were beaten

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by Loughborough Lightning. Now, before the weather,

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have a look at this. It's probably the oldest

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building in the world Parts of the building in Shrewsbury

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date back to the 12th Century. It's been rather a dull day

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across the Midlands today. Good evening. Well, it has certainly

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been windy today. We saw gusts up to 33 mph in parts of the region today.

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As we head to enter tomorrow, we will keep that breeze. It will ease

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for a time tonight. Still some showers working our way across us.

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At times, heavy downpours. With the cloud, and a few holes in it through

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into the early hours of tomorrow morning, we could see some mist

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patches. We start on a mild and not tomorrow but it is not going to last

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for too long. Plenty of cloud in the next. There might be the odd bright

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spell before the next area of rain works and from the West. Double

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figures. Temperatures up to 11 Celsius. Breezy and turning colder

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enter next week. Before we go, a reminder that

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Patrick Burns will be here with the Sunday Politics

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tomorrow from 11 o'clock. Patrick will be joined by the winner

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of the Stoke Central Good evening. Starting with a quick

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look at the satellite sequence from earlier. We started under a big

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blanket of cloud but Scotland and Northern Ireland brightened up as

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the day went off. Underneath the cloud in England and Wales, quite a

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bit of rain at the moment, drifting southwards and East. It will

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continue to do so. In the small hours the rain will become patchy,

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and most will give way to the continent. There will be some

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breaks, particularly to the East of Scotland, where there could be a

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touch of frost. Next batch of rain into the western side of Scotland

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first thing, moving east with a little snow over higher ground.

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Another pulse of rain coming towards the Irish Sea area and with that

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comes really strong winds, blowing a gale, and into Scotland it could get

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to 50, 60 mph. A lot of rain to go with that but not too much for East

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Anglia and the south-east, relatively mild. Double digits

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