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Hello and welcome to Midlands Today with Nick Owen and Suzanne Virdee. | :00:03. | :00:05. | |
The headlines tonight: Police investigate claims doctors agreed | :00:06. | :00:10. | |
to carry out abortions on the grounds of the sex of unborn babies. | :00:10. | :00:15. | |
Searching for Tom who disappeared on the day he'd celebrated his 21st. | :00:15. | :00:18. | |
Worsening obesity amongst children - could computer games and lack of | :00:18. | :00:22. | |
sleep be to blame? And TC's the new top cat at | :00:22. | :00:32. | |
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Molineux as Wolves' hunt for a I have nothing to be embarrassed | :00:33. | :00:36. | |
about, this club has nothing to be embarrassed about, it has | :00:36. | :00:46. | |
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Good evening and welcome to Friday's Midlands Today from the | :00:49. | :00:51. | |
BBC. Tonight - police investigate an | :00:51. | :00:53. | |
abortion clinic following claims doctors agreed to carry out | :00:54. | :00:59. | |
terminations on the basis of the unborn babies' sex. | :00:59. | :01:01. | |
The Department of Health's also involved in the inquiry after the | :01:01. | :01:04. | |
Calthorpe Clinic in Edgbaston in Birmingham was issued with a | :01:04. | :01:07. | |
Warning Notice following an inspection. Our health | :01:07. | :01:14. | |
correspondent Michele Paduano has the details. | :01:14. | :01:18. | |
Outside the Calthorpe Clinic today, religious campaigners maintained a | :01:18. | :01:22. | |
vigil against abortion throughout Lent. For them, abortion due to sex | :01:22. | :01:27. | |
is just another wrong. It shows the mentality people have, that the | :01:27. | :01:31. | |
child is a product, it is something that would determine for ourselves | :01:31. | :01:36. | |
and we choose and to elect for ourselves rather than a gift to us. | :01:36. | :01:40. | |
That just shows how widespread this is now. Abortion is available on | :01:40. | :01:45. | |
demand. The Calthorpe Clinic in Birmingham was caught on camera | :01:45. | :01:50. | |
Henin and -- undercover investigation. This doctor was told | :01:50. | :02:00. | |
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the baby wasn't wanted because it In a separate development, the gay | :02:08. | :02:13. | |
equality development has made two inspections following a tip-off. I | :02:13. | :02:18. | |
understand that the Department of Health has been informed. The | :02:18. | :02:22. | |
police have been asked to investigate all areas of concern. | :02:23. | :02:28. | |
If this has happened, not only is it a criminal act, but it entail | :02:28. | :02:33. | |
the professionals deliberately falsifying the reports, which | :02:33. | :02:36. | |
necessarily accompany any termination of pregnancy. It is a | :02:36. | :02:39. | |
shocking thing to have happened, we will follow it up urgently and | :02:39. | :02:43. | |
thoroughly. When scanning Beefeaters, staff are where the | :02:44. | :02:47. | |
agenda may be an issue, and do not routinely tell the mother the | :02:47. | :02:52. | |
baby's sex. Whilst we wouldn't actively looked to sex a baby, if | :02:52. | :02:58. | |
it is something that is easily seen, and the woman once the information, | :02:58. | :03:02. | |
it is not something we would deny at any time. The Calthorpe Clinic | :03:02. | :03:05. | |
says it is conducting its own internal investigation. It cannot | :03:05. | :03:15. | |
say any more at this stage. What happens to the clinic while these | :03:15. | :03:21. | |
investigations are under way? just wandered into the clinic and | :03:21. | :03:25. | |
spoken to the general manager. She insists it is business as usual. So | :03:25. | :03:29. | |
whatever has happened, it has not been so serious that they ever to | :03:29. | :03:33. | |
close anything down. This clinic has been in existence by the 40 | :03:33. | :03:37. | |
years, deals with thousands of patients across the Midlands, both | :03:37. | :03:41. | |
in Birmingham and Wolverhampton and Stoke-on-Trent. The one thing we do | :03:41. | :03:45. | |
know is that the doctor himself has been suspended pending their | :03:45. | :03:50. | |
investigation. Early indications along these investigations could | :03:50. | :03:56. | |
take? There are three separate investigations. The care quality | :03:56. | :04:00. | |
commission, that could be over fairly quickly. They talk about a | :04:00. | :04:05. | |
report being out shortly, it could be weeks or months. With respect to | :04:05. | :04:08. | |
the police and General Medical Council investigations, if there is | :04:08. | :04:12. | |
substance to them, they could take considerable time to investigate. | :04:12. | :04:16. | |
It is usual that if there are to be charges, it could be years rather | :04:16. | :04:25. | |
the mumps. -- than months. A still to come, could a work experience | :04:25. | :04:35. | |
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scheme ease the problem? The distraught family of a man who | :04:38. | :04:41. | |
went missing within hours of his twenty first birthday celebration | :04:41. | :04:43. | |
are tonight asking the public for help in finding him. | :04:43. | :04:46. | |
Tom Haddock had enjoyed a celebration family lunch at his | :04:46. | :04:49. | |
mother's home. He left for a night out with friends in Lichfield, but | :04:49. | :04:51. | |
apparently never arrived. Police are now combing the area and | :04:51. | :04:54. | |
appealing for information as to his whereabouts. | :04:54. | :04:58. | |
A specialist team of officers searched the canal near Fradley. | :04:58. | :05:02. | |
Tom Haddock has been missing since last Saturday, where he headed off | :05:02. | :05:07. | |
for a night out. At home, his family face an agonising wait. | :05:07. | :05:13. | |
is really hard, because your friends are contacting all the time, | :05:13. | :05:21. | |
and you just can't... He has never done this before. He would stay | :05:21. | :05:23. | |
over at a friend's house may be overnight and come back in the | :05:24. | :05:27. | |
morning, but he has never been gone for this long without contact. It | :05:27. | :05:32. | |
is not like him. A Facebook page is helping the search. Tom's family | :05:32. | :05:37. | |
say he had thoroughly enjoyed a lunch to celebrate his 21st. That | :05:37. | :05:41. | |
night it is it off to Lichfield, deciding against waiting for a taxi | :05:41. | :05:45. | |
at home. It looks like he didn't get there, looks like changed his | :05:45. | :05:50. | |
mind. I don't understand it, he was so determined to go to Lichfield. | :05:50. | :05:58. | |
He got Picts from friends saying it where they were there not stop --. | :05:58. | :06:02. | |
He was last seen here at Fradley junction on Saturday night, when he | :06:02. | :06:08. | |
spoke to a boat on and asked for directions to Bromley Hayes. It is | :06:09. | :06:13. | |
and how's walk along the canal towpath. The mystery doesn't end | :06:13. | :06:18. | |
there. His sister had a missed call at 10:30pm, and a friend received a | :06:18. | :06:23. | |
call at 2:30am, but was into noisy and atmosphere to hear it properly. | :06:23. | :06:28. | |
From the moment he has gone missing, I have had a dedicated search team, | :06:28. | :06:32. | |
both land and water search. Currently we have a water search in | :06:32. | :06:37. | |
the canal, by the specialist shallow water team. Tom was | :06:37. | :06:41. | |
planning another celebration near his father's home near Cheltenham | :06:41. | :06:46. | |
this weekend. I am really confused by these missing hours. If I knew | :06:46. | :06:51. | |
where he was, I could deal with it, but just not knowing where he is is | :06:51. | :06:56. | |
just destroying us. Tonight, police confirmed no evidence had been | :06:56. | :07:04. | |
found in the canal. The search is now widening. | :07:04. | :07:07. | |
And if you have any information, please call the new police 101 | :07:07. | :07:11. | |
number. And the grieving family of a man | :07:11. | :07:14. | |
who was killed when his moped collided with a lorry in | :07:14. | :07:16. | |
Staffordshire have appealed for the driver to come forward. Benjamin | :07:17. | :07:19. | |
Warrington, who was 24, was driving along the A38 near Streethay early | :07:20. | :07:27. | |
on Tuesday morning when he was hit by a tipper truck which didn't stop. | :07:27. | :07:32. | |
Could anyone else was travelling on the road on Tuesday 21st February | :07:32. | :07:37. | |
at 525, who thinks they may have information, please contact the | :07:37. | :07:43. | |
investigation team. A special plea goes out of the lorry driver of the | :07:43. | :07:49. | |
HTV to come forward. Benjamin is in our thoughts and will be badly | :07:49. | :07:57. | |
missed. Hundreds of unpaid work experience placements are being | :07:57. | :08:00. | |
offered in Wolverhampton in a new attempt to tackle rising youth | :08:00. | :08:04. | |
unemployment. Despite the economic climate, local businesses are being | :08:04. | :08:08. | |
urged to find time and money to nurture the next generation of | :08:08. | :08:17. | |
workers. And time is pressing - with a sharp increase in the number | :08:17. | :08:23. | |
of 18-24 year olds out of work. Is Mr White House available? | :08:24. | :08:26. | |
After being unemployed for three months, Jess Williams took a gamble | :08:26. | :08:29. | |
on unpaid work experience - the 21- year-old impressed and landed a job | :08:30. | :08:34. | |
at Wolverhampton Homes. I felt that the whole experience really | :08:34. | :08:39. | |
benefited me. It led me to feel I am significant and I can make a | :08:39. | :08:43. | |
difference. It enabled me to gain all the skills I need to help me | :08:43. | :08:47. | |
gain employment. For the first time, businesses in Wolverhampton have | :08:47. | :08:49. | |
signed up to offer hundreds of eight-week work placements. And | :08:49. | :08:54. | |
this is why. Queues around the block at City jobs fairs, and the | :08:54. | :08:59. | |
busiest Jobcentres in the West Midlands. If you are aged between | :08:59. | :09:02. | |
18 and 24, chances are you know someone who is claiming jobseeker's | :09:02. | :09:07. | |
allowance. In Wolverhampton, around 15% of that age group to just that. | :09:07. | :09:13. | |
And that is twice the national average. So can unpaid work lift | :09:13. | :09:22. | |
Wolverhampton's 1 is? -- won his? This week, campaigners dubbed the | :09:22. | :09:26. | |
government's unpaid work scheme slave labour. Tesco have since | :09:26. | :09:29. | |
decided to offer pay. The government insists it is helping | :09:29. | :09:34. | |
people off benefit and into work. It is to give young people an | :09:34. | :09:38. | |
opportunity. The Labour MP behind a separate Wolverhampton scheme says | :09:39. | :09:43. | |
it is voluntary. No one has to take part in this. We are making | :09:43. | :09:47. | |
opportunities available for young people. We hope they will take part. | :09:47. | :09:51. | |
Here is a chance if you want to take one. This is not about press- | :09:51. | :09:59. | |
ganging people into doing something. Low Hill - one of the most deprived | :09:59. | :10:02. | |
parts of Wolverhampton - will be among the first areas to be | :10:02. | :10:04. | |
targeted. We see, unfortunately, in the homes we manage, many people | :10:04. | :10:09. | |
who have been without a job in some time, and in some cases their | :10:09. | :10:13. | |
parents have to. So it is ambition in the next year to target some of | :10:13. | :10:18. | |
these placements to our tenants's sons and daughters. Jess Williams | :10:18. | :10:23. | |
is lucky - not all work experience ends in a job. But a little goes a | :10:23. | :10:30. | |
long way in a city fearing a lost generation of workers. | :10:30. | :10:33. | |
As the Government continues to push through its health reforms, the BBC | :10:33. | :10:35. | |
Sunday Politics programme has discovered the NHS in this region | :10:35. | :10:41. | |
needs to save almost �2 billion by 2015. | :10:41. | :10:45. | |
It is because of the increasing elderly population, the rising | :10:45. | :10:53. | |
price of drugs and new technologies. Our reporter has this. | :10:53. | :10:57. | |
Here in the West Midlands, the NHS streets around 3 million people | :10:57. | :11:02. | |
every month. David Brooks is in New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton for | :11:02. | :11:09. | |
a fairly routine hernia operation. But his -- it is not the first time | :11:09. | :11:13. | |
he has gone under the knife. I have had a cancer operation, heart | :11:13. | :11:17. | |
problems, I have had bowel problems which are came in for last year, | :11:17. | :11:24. | |
which I now continuing with the treatment, G two that. -- due to | :11:24. | :11:28. | |
that. That is going to be repaired. Who knows what will happen in the | :11:28. | :11:33. | |
future? At 60, Mr Brooks seems to have made plenty of use of the NHS, | :11:33. | :11:38. | |
but with the average age for men in the West Midlands now 77 and one in | :11:38. | :11:45. | |
81, the chances are he will lead the NHS in the future. The NHS, the | :11:45. | :11:50. | |
problem with it is because we are living longer, more of us are | :11:50. | :11:54. | |
needing expensive treatment and operations like these. But our | :11:54. | :11:57. | |
demand for better health care doesn't stop in the operating | :11:57. | :12:01. | |
theatre. There are around a dozen staff working in this laboratory, | :12:01. | :12:06. | |
making up cancer drugs like these, and they're not cheap. Add all the | :12:06. | :12:10. | |
cost and the fact there is less money in the coffers, and you get | :12:10. | :12:15. | |
the kind of pressure that means that by 2015, we need to save �1.8 | :12:15. | :12:20. | |
billion from the health care budget in our region. I have noticed in | :12:20. | :12:25. | |
the last four or five years how technology and the advancement is | :12:25. | :12:29. | |
increasing, therefore the cost is increasing. We have got to be able | :12:29. | :12:34. | |
to find ways of saving money to be able to keep meeting that demand. | :12:34. | :12:38. | |
Health Wise, here in the West Midlands, we are living longer, | :12:38. | :12:42. | |
healthier lives, but financially, it seems the NHS is a victim of its | :12:42. | :12:52. | |
But we are joined by Patrick Burns. The first of all, how do these cuts | :12:52. | :12:56. | |
square with the government's promise to bring face the NHS? | :12:56. | :13:04. | |
Earth earth -- ring fence. They are having to produce these | :13:04. | :13:08. | |
huge amounts of money from within those existing budgets to foot the | :13:08. | :13:13. | |
bill for all these hi-tech, high cost of treatment that an ageing | :13:13. | :13:17. | |
population needs. It is really that they are victims of their run | :13:17. | :13:22. | |
success. This is coming at a time when the | :13:22. | :13:27. | |
government has got a fight on its hands with the health bill. | :13:27. | :13:30. | |
It is embroiled in the House of Lords, and we are hearing | :13:30. | :13:34. | |
speculation that some Liberal Democrat MPs are siding with Labour, | :13:34. | :13:40. | |
privately, saying that it should be dropped. On the wider front here, | :13:40. | :13:45. | |
help is one of those issues at the last election on which the | :13:45. | :13:48. | |
Conservatives regained the combatants of what we would | :13:48. | :13:52. | |
probably call Middle England, they won a 15 it seats in our part of | :13:52. | :13:58. | |
the country. What happens next? What | :13:58. | :14:03. | |
developments will there be in the next few days? | :14:03. | :14:06. | |
Fee the Royal College of Physicians is holding a meeting on Monday to | :14:06. | :14:11. | |
discuss whether or not they should come out against the proposals. I | :14:11. | :14:14. | |
will be talking to a Birmingham hospital consultant who has | :14:14. | :14:21. | |
triggered that meeting on Sunday. Sunday Politics is on Sunday on BBC | :14:21. | :14:24. | |
One. Hundreds of children are taking | :14:24. | :14:28. | |
part in the country's largest survey into how a computer games | :14:28. | :14:32. | |
and a lack of sleep on having an impact on childhood obesity. | :14:32. | :14:37. | |
One quarter of 11 year-olds in hour region are overweight. The charity | :14:37. | :14:40. | |
behind the study says many face a future of heart disease and | :14:40. | :14:45. | |
diabetes. It is the first lesson of the day, | :14:45. | :14:50. | |
and one which could help change the health of the nation's children. | :14:50. | :14:52. | |
Sixth-formers at Bordesley Green Girls' School in Birmingham | :14:52. | :14:55. | |
supervise younger pupils in the country's largest-ever study into | :14:55. | :15:00. | |
the effect of sleep deprivation on adolescence. It is linked to | :15:00. | :15:03. | |
obesity and how much technology is to blame. | :15:03. | :15:07. | |
We are no longer just interested in TV viewing, we are looking at | :15:07. | :15:14. | |
laptop and internet use, social networking, video gaming, reading, | :15:14. | :15:18. | |
music. The World Health Organisation | :15:18. | :15:21. | |
estimates the meet -- rate of the Beastie in children has tripled in | :15:21. | :15:31. | |
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20 years. In the Midlands, one quarter of 11-year-olds are obese. | :15:31. | :15:35. | |
Sleep deprivation and obesity could be linked through a number of ways. | :15:35. | :15:40. | |
There is life style, a lack of sleep leading to a snacking and | :15:40. | :15:45. | |
unhealthy eating culture. There is also an interesting hormonal | :15:45. | :15:48. | |
factors, and we know there are certain hormones which change in | :15:48. | :15:54. | |
our bodies if we lack sleep, and they could also play a part. | :15:54. | :15:57. | |
These watches will be fitted to 800 children across Birmingham, which | :15:57. | :16:02. | |
they will wear for a week. It will monitor their sleep | :16:02. | :16:07. | |
patterns, for example, how often they wake up in the night. They | :16:07. | :16:13. | |
will also fill in this diary. I go to sleep at 9:30pm, and I | :16:13. | :16:19. | |
think I get a lot of sleep. I watch TV before I go to bed, and | :16:19. | :16:24. | |
I go on the laptop. It is an eye-opener for the | :16:24. | :16:29. | |
children themselves to see what factors affect their sleep. | :16:29. | :16:33. | |
They will be monitored for six years. If the links are confirmed, | :16:33. | :16:38. | |
researchers hope it will lead many to make lifestyle changes. | :16:38. | :16:43. | |
Still ahead, the countdown continues to the London Olympics, | :16:43. | :16:48. | |
and we are with young athletes at the Black Country Games. | :16:48. | :16:53. | |
And it has been a week of rising temperatures. Coleshill was the hot | :16:53. | :17:03. | |
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spot yesterday, but what goes up I thought he would say that! | :17:10. | :17:14. | |
Find a see -- finally some news on a new manager at Wolves. | :17:14. | :17:20. | |
The search is finally over. At least until May. Mick McCarthy's | :17:20. | :17:23. | |
right back -- right hand Madhur Terry Connor has got the job until | :17:23. | :17:28. | |
the end of the season. Did has been a frustrating time for Taoiseach | :17:28. | :17:31. | |
fans, but today, chairman Steve Morgan insisted the club has | :17:31. | :17:37. | |
nothing to be embarrassed about. Wolves. | :17:37. | :17:43. | |
They have searched high and low to the north and the self-. The a | :17:43. | :17:47. | |
couple have turned them down. But finally they found the answer | :17:47. | :17:54. | |
on their own doorstep. We set out to find the right man, | :17:54. | :17:59. | |
and we believe we have. Certainly until the end of the season. He has | :17:59. | :18:02. | |
been in the Premier League for the last three seasons and was there a | :18:02. | :18:07. | |
few years ago, so we have a man with Premier League experience. | :18:07. | :18:10. | |
It is a great honour to be asked to look after the team for the | :18:10. | :18:19. | |
remainder of the season. We have unfinished business. We have done | :18:19. | :18:21. | |
two seasons where we have managed to survive, and we want to make it | :18:21. | :18:25. | |
three. If Terry Connor was almost | :18:25. | :18:29. | |
speechless, so were many Taoiseach fans, who wonder why some | :18:30. | :18:34. | |
candidates are not willing to run over hot coals to get the top job | :18:34. | :18:42. | |
at Molineux. -- Taoiseach. How frustrating is is that the | :18:42. | :18:47. | |
other people do not want the job? There have been a lot of untruths | :18:47. | :18:52. | |
spoken in the press over the last 10 days or so. They have been some | :18:52. | :18:56. | |
complete rubbish that has been printed. | :18:56. | :19:00. | |
How much the chief executive and chairman of argued to the contrary, | :19:00. | :19:04. | |
the efforts to recruit a new manager had appeared ham-fisted at | :19:04. | :19:09. | |
best to many supporters. But now, after 12 days of speculation, they | :19:09. | :19:13. | |
have finally chosen the sitting tenant all along. | :19:13. | :19:17. | |
I think the process we followed has been a really diligent, | :19:17. | :19:22. | |
professional approach in appointing what is, as Steve has said, a | :19:22. | :19:25. | |
really important appointment. I have nothing to be embarrassed | :19:25. | :19:29. | |
about, this club has got nothing to be embarrassed about. This club has | :19:29. | :19:33. | |
got everything to be proud about. We have handled things right and | :19:33. | :19:40. | |
proper all along. The players say that -- and Terry, | :19:40. | :19:46. | |
says he has not yet earned the right to be called gaffer. -- Terry | :19:46. | :19:50. | |
Connor. The internet has been alive with | :19:50. | :19:54. | |
comments from fans over the last few days. There has been a lot of | :19:54. | :19:59. | |
criticism. Lot of criticism on Facebook from | :19:59. | :20:06. | |
the Wolves fans. One person says they are a pathetic, | :20:06. | :20:10. | |
laughing stock and were in favour of sacking Mick McCarthy, but to do | :20:11. | :20:16. | |
it without a plan is a shocking. Andrew says it is a joke. No | :20:16. | :20:20. | |
leadership or direction, and he accuses the club of trying to do it | :20:20. | :20:28. | |
on the cheap. There is one from Christopher. He | :20:28. | :20:32. | |
says he does not want to judge Connor without giving him a chance, | :20:32. | :20:42. | |
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and he will support him because he supports Taoiseach. -- Wolves. | :20:42. | :20:46. | |
The very best coverage of all our teams will be tomorrow on your BBC | :20:46. | :20:51. | |
local radio station. It starts at 2 o'clock. | :20:51. | :20:54. | |
One of the biggest motocross events of the year is being held in | :20:54. | :20:59. | |
Shropshire on Sunday. Riders from 15 countries will travel to | :20:59. | :21:02. | |
Hawkstone Park for the Hawk International event. Local riders | :21:02. | :21:07. | |
will be keen to make their mark. A these are days of nervous | :21:07. | :21:10. | |
excitement for Ray and Nathan, young riders facing a daunting test | :21:10. | :21:20. | |
:21:20. | :21:25. | ||
on Sunday. Both have been British junior | :21:25. | :21:30. | |
champions, but they have got different reasons to be nervous. | :21:30. | :21:34. | |
23-year-old Ray Rowson is from Shrewsbury, but always seems to get | :21:34. | :21:38. | |
injured at Hawkstone Park. I have broken my back twice, my | :21:38. | :21:44. | |
wrist, my collarbone, everything, really. But I enjoy it, so I will | :21:44. | :21:51. | |
not stop. It does not would be off. 17-year-old Nathan Watson's concern | :21:51. | :21:55. | |
that is because this is his first season in the senior ranks. | :21:55. | :22:01. | |
It will be a big jump. I am used to racing 16 year-olds and 17 year- | :22:01. | :22:06. | |
olds, adding up to the professionals is a big step. They | :22:06. | :22:11. | |
are a lot rougher. The middle of riders have had some | :22:11. | :22:16. | |
early practice. 120 of the world's best riders will be here at the | :22:16. | :22:21. | |
weekend. It is recognised as the top | :22:21. | :22:26. | |
international in Europe, and it creates the biggest crowds, and the | :22:26. | :22:32. | |
top riders love coming to England, and Hawkstone Park. | :22:32. | :22:37. | |
Up to 7000 people are expected to come here on Sunday, just do not | :22:37. | :22:45. | |
expect a quiet day in the country. You are not stuck for motorsport in | :22:45. | :22:49. | |
Shropshire, because an institution that has been going for a quarter | :22:49. | :22:53. | |
of this century is ending this weekend. But it is Telford Ice | :22:53. | :23:00. | |
speedway. It has been going since 1986. The redevelopment of the ice | :23:00. | :23:04. | |
rink in Telford means it will no longer be suitable for speedway | :23:04. | :23:13. | |
racing, so catch it while you can. Earlier, are we highlighted child | :23:13. | :23:17. | |
obesity. Today in Walsall, the emphasis was on getting on people | :23:17. | :23:21. | |
into sport. More than 1100 youngsters took part in the Black | :23:21. | :23:25. | |
Country Games, part of the government's commitment to use | :23:25. | :23:35. | |
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London 2012 as an inspiration to Over 1100 children up from 71 | :23:36. | :23:41. | |
schools competing in 12 sporting activities. These are the Black | :23:41. | :23:46. | |
Country Games. I really enjoyed it, especially | :23:46. | :23:50. | |
coming out to play sport and playing sports that I love. | :23:50. | :23:57. | |
It has been brilliant, how many people there actually are. | :23:57. | :24:01. | |
I like bouncing the ball and catching it. That was the best | :24:01. | :24:04. | |
thing. From volleyball to netball, rugby | :24:04. | :24:09. | |
to running, just some of the sport taking place. These youngsters have | :24:09. | :24:13. | |
already battled their way past other schools to make the Games, | :24:13. | :24:18. | |
that they were aiming to be crowned the best in the Black Country. | :24:18. | :24:22. | |
It is about taking part had been inspired to take part in the school | :24:22. | :24:27. | |
games, but what a great year to do that in an Olympic year. | :24:27. | :24:31. | |
Last year, the Black Country was one of nine places to hold the | :24:31. | :24:35. | |
school games. But the success has meant that this year, There are now | :24:35. | :24:40. | |
49, giving every schoolchild in the country the opportunity to take | :24:40. | :24:44. | |
part. If they needed some inspiration, a | :24:44. | :24:49. | |
former Olympian and Commonwealth gold medal-winning swimmer Adam | :24:49. | :24:56. | |
Whitehead was there. I was very average at school, I was | :24:56. | :25:01. | |
not even that good at sport, but through hard work and determination, | :25:01. | :25:06. | |
things are possible. For the youngsters, medals to | :25:06. | :25:10. | |
represent their success. The winners will represent the Black | :25:10. | :25:15. | |
Country in regional and national finals. | :25:15. | :25:19. | |
I was watching cricket earlier. It is only about six weeks and still | :25:19. | :25:29. | |
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the start of the season. -- until The weather has been a bit like | :25:30. | :25:34. | |
Springer this weekend. But it is still only late February. We will | :25:34. | :25:38. | |
see temperatures dropping a way through the next couple of days, so | :25:38. | :25:43. | |
I think to some things up, yes, it will feel cool, but there will be | :25:43. | :25:50. | |
some sunny spells. That cool where there is working in it from the | :25:50. | :25:57. | |
north. -- weather. Temperatures are still way above what we should be, | :25:57. | :26:02. | |
but behind the cold front, there is some colder air starting to work in. | :26:02. | :26:06. | |
That will be the case through this evening and tonight, so | :26:06. | :26:10. | |
temperatures could drop below enough for a touch of frost. But | :26:10. | :26:15. | |
further south we will hold on to the remnants of the weather front. | :26:15. | :26:19. | |
There may even be a bit of rain. We will lose the front of tomorrow | :26:19. | :26:26. | |
morning, and it will be a fairly pleasant day. There will be some | :26:26. | :26:31. | |
cloud floating around, however. Well the temperatures are as well | :26:31. | :26:36. | |
down on what they have been, they are still above average. There | :26:36. | :26:40. | |
could be some frost into Sunday, but Sunday is another fine day. | :26:40. | :26:46. | |
There is a bit more cloud in the afternoon. Temperatures again will | :26:46. | :26:50. | |
be good. If you off to the motocross event at Hawkstone Park | :26:50. | :26:58. | |
in Shropshire, it should be dry with some cloud by the afternoon. | :26:58. | :27:02. | |
You can see the dip in the temperatures through the weekend. | :27:02. | :27:06. | |
Watch what happens as we go into next week. They will start to rise | :27:06. | :27:11. | |
once again. It looks like by Tuesday, we could again sea | :27:11. | :27:16. | |
temperatures into the middle of the teens. It looks like only a | :27:16. | :27:25. | |
A 65-year-old a former businessman is on his way to America, the | :27:25. | :27:29. | |
latest Briton to lose his battle against extradition. | :27:29. | :27:33. | |
Police investigate claims doctors in Birmingham agree to carry out | :27:33. | :27:37. |