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Hello and welcome to Midlands Today with Michael Collie and Suzanne | :00:04. | :00:11. | |
Virdee. The headlines tonight: The Queen honours Midlands soldiers who | :00:11. | :00:16. | |
have served in Afghanistan. finer moment for a soldier, than to | :00:17. | :00:21. | |
have his medal given to him, by his sovereign. And Her Majesty | :00:21. | :00:25. | |
remembers the men and women who paid the ultimate sacrifice. Relief | :00:25. | :00:28. | |
for the school where the threat of closure has finally been lifted. | :00:28. | :00:31. | |
And seconds out for the footballers facing a different kind of pre- | :00:31. | :00:41. | |
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season training. Good evening and welcome to Wednesday's Midlands | :00:58. | :01:03. | |
Today from the BBC. Tonight, the Queen honours West Midlands | :01:03. | :01:06. | |
soldiers who fought on the front line in Afghanistan and remembers | :01:06. | :01:09. | |
those who paid the ultimate sacrifice. Her Majesty presented | :01:09. | :01:11. | |
medals to 15 soldiers at Lichfield Cathedral before visiting the | :01:11. | :01:14. | |
National Memorial Arboretum to commemorate the lives of 112 | :01:14. | :01:18. | |
military personnel killed during 2010. Was corporate, our stature | :01:18. | :01:28. | |
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reporter, joins us now. -- Liz Copper our Staffordshire reporter. | :01:32. | :01:38. | |
The Queen began the day at Lichfield Cathedral. As she arrived | :01:38. | :01:41. | |
at this ancient cathedral close, there was a Guard of Honour are to | :01:41. | :01:47. | |
greet the Queen. First she presented medals to members of the | :01:47. | :01:51. | |
Royal Murcia and Lancastrian Yeomanry, men who had left civilian | :01:51. | :01:54. | |
jobs for the front line in Afghanistan. Absolutely amazing. I | :01:55. | :02:00. | |
never thought I would ever make the Queen. It is absolutely fantastic. | :02:00. | :02:08. | |
It is a huge honour for her Majesty to present operational service | :02:08. | :02:13. | |
medals for Afghanistan. The Majesty is our Colonel-in-Chief and it has | :02:13. | :02:19. | |
a huge privilege that she has come along to see us. This was a service | :02:19. | :02:23. | |
of thanksgiving, after the regiment's five-month tour of duty. | :02:23. | :02:28. | |
It is a tremendous event for the regiment. You can feel a regimental | :02:28. | :02:31. | |
lift when her Majesty comes to visit us. It is one of those | :02:31. | :02:36. | |
moments in time when you walk -- which you will remember forever. | :02:36. | :02:40. | |
is a chance for the Queen to meet families, those who are relieved at | :02:40. | :02:46. | |
the return of the regiment. Today has also been about recognising the | :02:46. | :02:50. | |
sacrifices of servicemen and women who did not make it home. Within | :02:50. | :02:56. | |
the walls of the armed forces Memorial, an annual commemoration, | :02:56. | :03:01. | |
a service to pay tribute to the 112 members of British armed forces | :03:01. | :03:06. | |
killed on duty last year. Their names inscribed into the Portland | :03:06. | :03:12. | |
stone. Amongst them, Staff Sergeant Brett Lindley. This weekend was the | :03:12. | :03:18. | |
first anniversary of his death. think you are the only one until | :03:18. | :03:21. | |
you come to these events and then you realise that a lot of other | :03:21. | :03:27. | |
people have the same torment at that we have. There have never been | :03:27. | :03:32. | |
in quite so many in one year, so you know that everyone else is | :03:32. | :03:40. | |
suffering the same as you. You know that other parents have had to | :03:40. | :03:46. | |
suffer. This was a day dedicated to honouring those who have risked | :03:46. | :03:56. | |
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their lives, or given their lives, in the line of duty. We are joined | :04:01. | :04:06. | |
by a representative of the Memorial arboretum. This means so much to so | :04:06. | :04:12. | |
many families who come to see their loved ones names dedicated. And in | :04:12. | :04:16. | |
the Queen seemed visibly moved during parts of the ceremony. | :04:16. | :04:21. | |
think we were all visibly moved and her Majesty was also moved. It is a | :04:21. | :04:26. | |
very special day and hopefully it will bring some of the families an | :04:26. | :04:31. | |
element of closure to have the name of their loved one on the wall, and | :04:31. | :04:35. | |
they can move on with their lives. What do the families tell you about | :04:35. | :04:43. | |
the importance of the Queen coming here for the ceremony? The Queen | :04:43. | :04:46. | |
shows national recognition of the importance of their loss, so having | :04:46. | :04:52. | |
her Majesty here, as the head of state, mean so much to them. And a | :04:52. | :04:56. | |
big day for the arboretum? Yes, we do not often have the sovereign | :04:56. | :05:00. | |
come here, and it is wonderful that she was able to grace us with her | :05:00. | :05:04. | |
presence. And it was clear what a moving ceremony it was, for | :05:04. | :05:10. | |
everybody. It is a lovely ceremony with an element of pomp, and an | :05:10. | :05:15. | |
element of real humility. And in the final part when people Olay | :05:15. | :05:19. | |
their brief, there is a great deal of sadness, but also happiness and | :05:19. | :05:23. | |
trying to move on, and fond memories as well. Thank you for | :05:23. | :05:29. | |
joining us on what has been a very poignant, memorable day in | :05:29. | :05:37. | |
Staffordshire. The Still ahead on Midlands Today: the lost musical | :05:37. | :05:47. | |
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scores that lit up the golden era of silent films. A decision to | :05:48. | :05:50. | |
close four Shropshire schools was confirmed by councillors this | :05:50. | :05:53. | |
afternoon. But the threat of closure hanging over three other | :05:53. | :05:55. | |
schools was lifted. The situation arose because Shropshire currently | :05:55. | :05:59. | |
has nearly 3,000 fewer pupils than went to school six years ago. And | :05:59. | :06:03. | |
that means �10 million a year less from the Government. One of the | :06:03. | :06:07. | |
schools that will stay open is Lydbury North, but the future will | :06:07. | :06:10. | |
be very different as it forges closer links with another school. | :06:10. | :06:13. | |
Joanne Writtle reports. Lydbury North School in south Shropshire | :06:13. | :06:23. | |
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has just 36 pupils. 11 miles away in Onibury, is Onny School, with 50 | :06:25. | :06:28. | |
children. And today pupils from Onny came to Lydbury North for a | :06:28. | :06:31. | |
music workshop - and to celebrate becoming a so-called federation. | :06:31. | :06:35. | |
The two schools will share a governing body and other resources. | :06:35. | :06:41. | |
They will retain two headteachers and two sites. We have lots of | :06:41. | :06:47. | |
exciting plans and place, but joint visits, and I am seeking planning | :06:47. | :06:53. | |
from different teachers. Children from the two schools enjoyed | :06:53. | :06:55. | |
playtime together today. Their schools will maintain independence | :06:55. | :07:02. | |
and receive individual budgets. There are no plans for job cuts | :07:02. | :07:05. | |
Foster b have identified ways of saving money by sharing resources | :07:05. | :07:09. | |
more effectively, shearing purchasing arrangements and | :07:09. | :07:13. | |
practical ways of working together, making effective savings, bring | :07:13. | :07:21. | |
together, things that we had been doing separately. In February we | :07:21. | :07:24. | |
filmed campaigners from Onny School heading to Shropshire Council to | :07:24. | :07:26. | |
protest against closure plans. Today the children were celebrating | :07:26. | :07:29. | |
their reprieve. I am glad that our school is not closing, because I | :07:29. | :07:33. | |
have lived in the school for half of my life, and it would be a real | :07:33. | :07:38. | |
shame. It is a really good idea that we get to share our work and | :07:38. | :07:42. | |
we get to have the same kind of work, and I think it will be really | :07:42. | :07:47. | |
fun. It's hoped teachers will travel between the two schools to | :07:47. | :07:50. | |
share expertise in subjects. Onny and Lydbury North schools say one | :07:50. | :08:00. | |
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of the ways they'll save money is by sharing coaches for school trips. | :08:01. | :08:03. | |
Shropshire Council has made tough decisions on school closures. But | :08:03. | :08:08. | |
it says it would like to see more federations. We believe that | :08:08. | :08:13. | |
federations, for our schools, is the best way we can deliver a | :08:13. | :08:17. | |
quality education. It's early days in this unusual arrangement. But | :08:17. | :08:19. | |
when children returned to Onny this afternoon, they continued to | :08:19. | :08:29. | |
celebrate - this time with a pirate theme. If you want to know the | :08:29. | :08:33. | |
details of the threatened schools, you can find those on the BBC | :08:33. | :08:40. | |
Shropshire website. A man's been arrested on suspicion of murder | :08:40. | :08:44. | |
after a 72 year old woman was found dead at her home in Birmingham. | :08:44. | :08:48. | |
Police were called to a house in the Harborne area of the city last | :08:48. | :08:51. | |
night. A 44 year-old man who was arrested at the scene is being | :08:52. | :08:55. | |
assessed in hospital. West Midlands Police say they're treating it as a | :08:55. | :08:59. | |
domestic incident. Staff from Severn Trent Water have been | :08:59. | :09:01. | |
holding a demonstration outside the company's AGM in Birmingham. They | :09:02. | :09:04. | |
were protesting against proposals to close the company's final salary | :09:04. | :09:07. | |
pension scheme. The union Unison says it's currently balloting | :09:07. | :09:10. | |
around 1,000 staff members, asking whether they're willing to take | :09:10. | :09:17. | |
industrial action over the change. This is a highly profitable company | :09:17. | :09:24. | |
with a turnover of �1.7 billion last year, and it is still seeking | :09:24. | :09:29. | |
to end final-salary pension schemes. We cannot accept that. This is | :09:29. | :09:32. | |
about protecting the long-term financial sustainability of the | :09:32. | :09:36. | |
business. We see increasing volatility in the pensions market, | :09:36. | :09:40. | |
people are living longer, so we have to do something about at that | :09:40. | :09:48. | |
to protect the company in future. The future of the NHS is the topic | :09:48. | :09:52. | |
of debate tonight as the public and decision-makers come face to face | :09:52. | :09:54. | |
in Worcester.The debate's been organised by BBC Hereford and | :09:54. | :09:58. | |
Worcester - and in the audience will be three brothers who are | :09:58. | :10:01. | |
concerned that care in the NHS is being eroded after the death of | :10:01. | :10:04. | |
their father. Sarah Falkland reports. The Kelly brothers were so | :10:04. | :10:08. | |
appalled at what they perceived to be a lack of care at the | :10:08. | :10:11. | |
Worcestershire Royal, they worked out a a shift system so they could | :10:11. | :10:14. | |
care for their Dad 24/7. Retired farmer Frank Kelly was admitted | :10:14. | :10:20. | |
with a stroke last November. It was very unfair to be good nurses that | :10:20. | :10:24. | |
we met, to be running the walk on their own for a whole shift, from | :10:24. | :10:28. | |
seven in the morning until 4 o'clock in the afternoon, on their | :10:28. | :10:35. | |
own, the only trained nurse on the ward. Very often. The stroke took | :10:35. | :10:39. | |
Mr Kelly's sight. His family say he was often dehydrated and couldn't | :10:39. | :10:45. | |
see his meals to eat. There was no urgency for my father at all and | :10:45. | :10:50. | |
that is why we stay 24 hours a day, between myself and my brothers, to | :10:50. | :11:00. | |
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make sure that he did get what he needed at the time he needed it. | :11:01. | :11:05. | |
The hospital failed its Care Quality Commission test on dignity | :11:05. | :11:10. | |
and depression. The hospital said it takes patient care extremely | :11:10. | :11:13. | |
seriously and it was to reassure the public that all areas of the | :11:13. | :11:16. | |
laws that will are assessed on a daily basis for staff requirements. | :11:16. | :11:22. | |
It goes on to say that wants to make sure that staff have the time | :11:22. | :11:25. | |
to spend directly caring for patients, and, with that in mind, | :11:26. | :11:32. | |
it has reduced the amount of audits that they have to complete. The | :11:32. | :11:35. | |
hospital has passed its latest care quality inspection, but the Kelly | :11:35. | :11:39. | |
family say much more needs to be done. There are too many people in | :11:39. | :11:43. | |
suits, head people, instead of people out there with everyone, to | :11:43. | :11:50. | |
get a good job done, and to care for the people that need care. | :11:50. | :11:56. | |
Sarah is in Mr ahead of the debate tonight. There is concern about the | :11:56. | :12:00. | |
changes the Government wants to push through. That is probably an | :12:00. | :12:05. | |
understatement. Some critics say that what Andrew Lansley wants to | :12:05. | :12:10. | |
do is remodel the NHS based on greed rather than need. We can talk | :12:10. | :12:15. | |
to Richard Taylor, who is on the panel tonight. We had Matthew Kelly | :12:15. | :12:20. | |
saying in my package that there are too many men in suits in the NHS, | :12:20. | :12:25. | |
not enough doing the job. Would you agree? I would agree to earn a | :12:26. | :12:30. | |
certain extent. You need the right number of good managers, but nurses | :12:30. | :12:35. | |
and doctors are crucial. Even the Royal College of Nursing, in the | :12:35. | :12:42. | |
last few days, has been reported as forecasting there are going to be | :12:42. | :12:46. | |
100,000 less nurses in the next 10 years. That could be a disaster. | :12:46. | :12:50. | |
The Health Secretary is trying to cut bureaucracy and hand more power | :12:50. | :12:55. | |
to GPS, and making hospital super competitive. Is that the right | :12:55. | :13:01. | |
thing to do? I have no objection in principle to giving GPs more power | :13:01. | :13:05. | |
which could be done within existing primary care trust structures, but | :13:05. | :13:09. | |
I object to the stress and competition because health care is | :13:09. | :13:13. | |
not a commodity that response to competition. Certainly, there are | :13:13. | :13:18. | |
some aspects where the private sector could do things perhaps a | :13:18. | :13:22. | |
little better, but if they cherry- pick and take away the cheaper | :13:22. | :13:26. | |
things from a hospital service, then the hospital service could | :13:26. | :13:31. | |
fall down. I am very concerned that to be written Bill does not make it | :13:31. | :13:36. | |
clear that the Secretary of State has a duty to provide a | :13:36. | :13:40. | |
comprehensive health service across the entire country. Do you fear for | :13:40. | :13:46. | |
its future? I fear very much for the future of the NHS unless Andrew | :13:46. | :13:53. | |
Lansley's plans are changed dramatically. We're off to that | :13:53. | :13:59. | |
meeting now with the cameras. We will have a report on that that | :13:59. | :14:04. | |
beat in our late bulletin, starting at pains 20 5:00pm. And there will | :14:04. | :14:14. | |
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be highlights on Friday at 6 o'clock. -- at 10:25pm. Midlands | :14:18. | :14:21. | |
companies are looking to cash in on links with Jamaica as the country's | :14:21. | :14:25. | |
track and field team heads to Birmingham ahead of the London 2012 | :14:25. | :14:28. | |
Olympics. Britain already does �46 million of export trade with the | :14:28. | :14:31. | |
Caribbean Island. But are other opportunities on the horizon? In | :14:31. | :14:34. | |
the the second of our reports on Jamaican Connections, our Arts and | :14:34. | :14:37. | |
culture reporter Satnam Rana looks at how local businesses are gearing | :14:37. | :14:40. | |
up for 2012. Take Birmingham, invite the world's fastest runner | :14:40. | :14:43. | |
Usain Bolt and the rest of the Olympic Jamaican track and field | :14:43. | :14:46. | |
team to trains here and - they're the perfect ingredients for | :14:46. | :14:49. | |
boositing business. Wade Lyn started a Jamaican pattie company | :14:49. | :14:52. | |
in 1988. Today his firm turns over �2.2 million. He's even developing | :14:52. | :14:58. | |
a new Jamaican crust in time for London 2012. For our business, it | :14:58. | :15:03. | |
is the ideal time to promote what we call our Jamaican heritage, to | :15:03. | :15:09. | |
increase what I call the profile of our food, culture and music. | :15:09. | :15:12. | |
what opportunities does he see for business in the year ahead? | :15:12. | :15:18. | |
monetary value is quite significant. We will probably grow by 10% in the | :15:18. | :15:23. | |
next 12 months, with the Jamaican team being here, but, also, trying | :15:23. | :15:33. | |
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to promote Jamaican food to the wider British public. Over 300 | :15:34. | :15:37. | |
companies in the Midlands have won contracts for the Olympic Games, | :15:37. | :15:41. | |
but with Birmingham hosting the Jamaican track and field team, | :15:41. | :15:46. | |
could this be the moment to capitalise on international trade? | :15:46. | :15:53. | |
One firm hoping to cash in is Firmin's of Birmingham. It has been | :15:53. | :15:55. | |
serving those who serve since 1655, making military uniforms. They're | :15:55. | :15:59. | |
hoping to build upon trade they do with the Jamaican Minstry of | :15:59. | :16:05. | |
Justice. Already worth tens of thousands of pounds. If you think | :16:05. | :16:09. | |
of Jamaica providing room for the Royal Navy, we have been providing | :16:09. | :16:15. | |
badges for them since before the days of Lord Nelson. There are long | :16:15. | :16:19. | |
conditions -- long and traditional connections between Jamaica and the | :16:19. | :16:24. | |
United Kingdom. And for others like Wade Lyn, 2012 is the perfect year | :16:24. | :16:27. | |
to build upon his passion to bring a taste of Jamaica to British | :16:27. | :16:37. | |
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society. Somebody missed their lunch. You could almost smell them! | :16:40. | :16:47. | |
We can stay with the idea of food and drink. Still ahead : we are off | :16:47. | :16:51. | |
to the orchards, where apple crops have fallen, but cider sales are | :16:51. | :16:56. | |
rising. And it is mid-July, but I'm not sure you would believe that, | :16:56. | :17:01. | |
looking out of the window. I will have details of when we expect the | :17:01. | :17:11. | |
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sun to come out of hiding later in It was the thought of all that sun | :17:11. | :17:18. | |
and cider. Long lost musical scores dating back to the golden era of | :17:18. | :17:21. | |
silent films have been unearthed by staff at Birmingham's Central | :17:21. | :17:25. | |
Library. The unexpected treasures were found in a basement by staff | :17:26. | :17:29. | |
preparing for the move to a new purpose-built library in 2013. As | :17:29. | :17:32. | |
Bob Hockenhull reports, the collection includes music used as a | :17:32. | :17:37. | |
theme tune for the legendary Charlie Chaplin. In the depths of | :17:37. | :17:42. | |
Birmingham's library, cinematic delights have been uncovered. | :17:42. | :17:44. | |
Scattered along the forgotten shelves, around 500 silent movie | :17:44. | :17:53. | |
scores, believed to be Britain's largest collection. With the advent | :17:54. | :17:58. | |
of talking cinema, this music was so much waste paper, and much of it | :17:58. | :18:04. | |
is being thrown away. The fact that we have 500 sets of parts of this | :18:04. | :18:11. | |
music, it is partly the sheer quantity that is of interest. | :18:11. | :18:14. | |
the collection -an example of music being composed specifically for a | :18:14. | :18:17. | |
star rather than the action, in this case - the legendary Charlie | :18:17. | :18:25. | |
Chaplin. The collection reveals that musical directors could choose | :18:25. | :18:30. | |
from a range of scores, reflecting moods and action to stop for | :18:30. | :18:35. | |
example, we have titles such as Help, help, desperation, and | :18:35. | :18:41. | |
Supreme Pearl, presumably suitable music for an action film or horror | :18:41. | :18:50. | |
movie. Guest pianist Ben Dawson opened this week's City of | :18:50. | :18:53. | |
Birmingham Symphony Orchestra's Film Music Festival with the newly | :18:53. | :18:59. | |
discovered. Those things we regard as cliche now started off back in | :18:59. | :19:06. | |
the 1910s and 1920s, with music written for silent film. British | :19:06. | :19:09. | |
music publishers were sending out reams and reams Of Music, to be | :19:09. | :19:19. | |
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played by the orchestras that cinema has could afford. As the | :19:23. | :19:26. | |
preparations continue for the move to Birmingham's new Library in 2013, | :19:26. | :19:33. | |
who knows what other gems will be uncovered? Very clever. I think | :19:33. | :19:43. | |
they might do that at the Black Country Museum. Now, what happens | :19:43. | :19:47. | |
when twenty footballers go head to head with a former British boxing | :19:47. | :19:50. | |
champion? The answer is they're taught a serious lesson in extreme | :19:50. | :19:52. | |
fitness. That's what happened when Burton Albion's squad were shown | :19:52. | :19:56. | |
how to punch above their weight in a work out with Birmingham boxer | :19:56. | :20:06. | |
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Wayne Elcock. This is a boxercise session on a different scale. | :20:15. | :20:17. | |
Upsound boxing and punching Former british middleweight champion Wayne | :20:17. | :20:20. | |
Elcock is getting Burton Albion's footballers into shape. It's not | :20:20. | :20:26. | |
long before his intense work out is almost causing burn out. Someone | :20:26. | :20:30. | |
who is taking to the punches though is big defender Darren Moore. He's | :20:30. | :20:36. | |
got heavyweight potential. When I stop the football, I can start with | :20:36. | :20:40. | |
the boxing gloves. I take my hat off to all the boxers. The manager | :20:40. | :20:46. | |
says that this is also about group dynamics. There is the camaraderie, | :20:46. | :20:50. | |
with the lads egging each other on, that is an important part of the | :20:50. | :20:54. | |
season, making sure that you players come in and integrate to | :20:54. | :20:59. | |
the group. Them using his operas, from Gillingham, and Cleveland | :20:59. | :21:04. | |
poorer, who says he is happy to be back after a long spell -- loan | :21:04. | :21:08. | |
spell two seasons ago. I feel really settled and I am looking | :21:08. | :21:11. | |
forward to the season ahead. Everyone has been really well | :21:11. | :21:16. | |
coming and I have thoroughly enjoyed it. Hopefully, we will have | :21:16. | :21:26. | |
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a successful season. Birmingham born boxer Elcock has been at the | :21:35. | :21:39. | |
top of his sport. But after setting up his new Box Clever business last | :21:39. | :21:43. | |
year - he says the reward from that has given him a new lease of life. | :21:43. | :21:51. | |
I cool that I have found my mission for after I have finished boxing. | :21:51. | :21:54. | |
He hasn't retired yet but for the time being - putting professionals | :21:54. | :21:58. | |
through their paces is certainly something he'll go the distance for. | :21:58. | :22:08. | |
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Just watching that makes me feel tired! Cider Sales are soaring - | :22:14. | :22:17. | |
which is good news for our cider makers and orchard owners. In | :22:17. | :22:20. | |
Herefordshire, Westerns cider alone is looking to plant an extra 1000 | :22:20. | :22:24. | |
acres of trees. And that's also good news for wildlife as our | :22:24. | :22:26. | |
Environment Correspondent David Gregory has been finding out. And | :22:26. | :22:31. | |
he joins us now from the sharp end of the cider industry. It's not all | :22:31. | :22:34. | |
good news for the industry this year, is it David? The cold weather | :22:34. | :22:37. | |
at the beginning of the Year has harmed the apple crop, but it turns | :22:37. | :22:40. | |
out that all jobs are very good for wildlife here in the Midlands. As I | :22:40. | :22:46. | |
found out at a special event today. This is a traditional Herefordshire | :22:46. | :22:50. | |
orchard complete with heritage of cattle. Ancient trees, never | :22:50. | :22:56. | |
sprayed with chemicals, so organic. And teeming with wildlife. A couple | :22:57. | :23:01. | |
of years ago, the map provided 75 different species of moths, when | :23:01. | :23:08. | |
tested. These apples are destined for Western's cider, and the boss | :23:09. | :23:13. | |
of the company popped down the road to the UK's first meeting of Cider | :23:14. | :23:18. | |
makers and wildlife experts. It is all part of hear that culture's | :23:18. | :23:28. | |
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year of the orchard. -- Herefordshire's Year of the orchard. | :23:28. | :23:32. | |
This is an illustrated guide to all the apples and pears of the county, | :23:32. | :23:36. | |
by Thomas Knight. And it is absolutely gorgeous. It is unlikely | :23:36. | :23:41. | |
that Thomas night envisaged the modern boom in cider production. | :23:41. | :23:47. | |
Can the orchards here be wildly friendly? There is more space for | :23:47. | :23:52. | |
wildlife but in the commercial bridge or jobs, they might | :23:52. | :23:57. | |
appertain in grass margins, and a mix of seeds, to encourage wildlife | :23:57. | :24:02. | |
into the orchard. It has taken some time, but orchards are finally | :24:02. | :24:08. | |
gaining their reputation at they dessert, as he wins for wildlife. | :24:08. | :24:13. | |
Now, the Elan Frost did for the apple crop, but all of this rain is | :24:13. | :24:17. | |
leading to a bumper crop later in the year, so things are evening out. | :24:18. | :24:22. | |
Good news if you enjoy a pint of cider. Cider makers would like a | :24:23. | :24:27. | |
bit more sunshine so that they can make more of the staff, -- and | :24:27. | :24:31. | |
because people drink more of the stuff, when it is a bit sunnier. | :24:31. | :24:39. | |
Don't forget, we have the British weather Show, at 7:30pm, on BBC One. | :24:39. | :24:46. | |
Time now for the weather forecast. I can promise you some sun. But it | :24:46. | :24:55. | |
Her I am calling it an autumnal summer's day today! We're expecting | :24:55. | :25:01. | |
to see skies clearing a little this evening a. Some exciting things | :25:01. | :25:10. | |
happening in the sky - we saw that funnel cloud at Leamington Spa. And | :25:10. | :25:16. | |
we would love to get more of your pictures, too. There have been a | :25:16. | :25:23. | |
few showers around. We expect those two Clear, with temperatures not | :25:23. | :25:29. | |
dipping all that low, down to around 12 Celsius, just a touch | :25:29. | :25:35. | |
milder than last night. Tomorrow, we expect to see some brightness | :25:35. | :25:40. | |
and some scattered showers. Probably the heaviest of this | :25:40. | :25:47. | |
showers in the north, in the south, a little more sunshine. That will | :25:47. | :25:52. | |
affect temperatures, warmer in the south than in the know. Going into | :25:52. | :25:55. | |
Thursday night, and on Friday, we have some high-pressure beginning | :25:55. | :26:04. | |
to build. Low temperatures tomorrow night, a round then. It looks like | :26:04. | :26:08. | |
high pressure is going to win over the weekend. That is good news, | :26:08. | :26:14. | |
because it means that even through Sunday, it might be dry and bright. | :26:14. | :26:19. | |
And that bears out the temperatures, with highs of 21 Celsius. We have | :26:19. | :26:28. | |
not seen anything like that for a few days. There is a special | :26:28. | :26:31. | |
programme tonight celebrating the 50th anniversary of regional | :26:31. | :26:36. | |
television programmes, including a Pebble Mill, which had become a | :26:36. | :26:41. | |
global success story. Here is a question - do you know who was the | :26:41. | :26:47. | |
first ever presenter of Top Gear? This is a pretty good programme, | :26:47. | :26:51. | |
let's have it on the network, suddenly the programme I was asked | :26:51. | :26:56. | |
to do in the region again, an idea that came from a regional producer, | :26:56. | :27:02. | |
made by original production team, was catapulted onto the network. | :27:02. | :27:09. | |
And just look what happened to Top Gear, now! The answer to the | :27:09. | :27:18. | |
question if you have not guessed, it is BBC news presenter, Angela | :27:18. | :27:23. | |
Rippon. Everyone thinks the first presenter of Top Gear was Jeremy | :27:23. | :27:33. | |
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Clarkson, but it was me! Before we leave you, we can look at the | :27:33. | :27:37. |