BBC ONE | MIDLANDS TODAY | 2nd January 2001

© BBC TELEVISION 2001 Headlines: Police stepping up search for arsonists in newsagents in Bradeley, Stoke-on-Trent West Mercia Police investigating stabbing of Stourport-on-Severn man (Robert Jones) on New Year's Day. Health workers at Wordsley Hospital threatening strike action of job security plan to select their own Parliamentary candidate. Rolly Royce sells off most of Vickers Components business in Shrewsbury. Workers at Goodyear's Wolverhampton factory urged by their Union to accept pay cuts to save 250 jobs. Wolverhampton Wanderers on verge of announcing Dave Jones as manager.