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Hello, and welcome to Midlands Today. The headlines tonight: "We | :00:00. | :00:09. | |
just want to bring her home," the words of Nicola Payne's parents, | :00:10. | :00:12. | |
after two men arrested in connection with her murder are released on | :00:13. | :00:19. | |
bail. We have searched everywhere. Tried | :00:20. | :00:24. | |
every avenue. We desperately need this closure. | :00:25. | :00:26. | |
We'll have an exclusive interview with John and Marilyn Payne. | :00:27. | :00:30. | |
Also tonight: A report into the death of a child who swallowed | :00:31. | :00:34. | |
heroin says there were unacceptable failings in his care. | :00:35. | :08:09. | |
Someone should be held responsible. A 22`month`old boy lost his life | :08:10. | :08:12. | |
because he was not monitored correctly. | :08:13. | :08:14. | |
Better communication between different agencies has been | :08:15. | :08:16. | |
promised. All involved have offered an apology for what they said was | :08:17. | :08:18. | |
the loss of a much`loved child. Every Christmas, advice on safe | :08:19. | :08:30. | |
drinking on a night out is repeated. But our next story really brings the | :08:31. | :08:33. | |
message home. 25`year`old Simon Collins held down a job, but would | :08:34. | :08:37. | |
binge drink. Three years ago, over the festive period, he collapsed, | :08:38. | :08:42. | |
and died in hospital months later. His brother Dan spoke to our | :08:43. | :08:45. | |
reporter Ben Godfrey, in the hope that Simon's story will help save | :08:46. | :08:53. | |
someone else's life. Simon, you can sort your life out, | :08:54. | :08:58. | |
you will be all right. He said, I will be dead before I am 25. | :08:59. | :09:02. | |
Three days before Christmas Day in 2010, Simon Collins collapsed after | :09:03. | :09:07. | |
a night out binge drinking. To look at him, I thought something | :09:08. | :09:13. | |
did not feel right. He was cold. Lifeless. Simon's family watched him | :09:14. | :09:16. | |
slowly deteriorate, and it was too late to do anything. | :09:17. | :09:23. | |
Five months later, after visiting him every day, we even celebrated | :09:24. | :09:29. | |
his 25th birthday at hospital. We got him a villa cake. He is a | :09:30. | :09:34. | |
massive villa fan. We lost him. Simon was a chef in a restaurant. A | :09:35. | :09:38. | |
bar was always close by. His parents separated before his 18th birthday. | :09:39. | :09:48. | |
And, in the following years, his life turned towards alcohol and | :09:49. | :09:50. | |
gambling. His doctor said his liver was | :09:51. | :09:55. | |
absolutely fine and he took that as an excuse to carry on drinking. | :09:56. | :09:58. | |
Dan Collins now feels it's his duty to warn people about the dangers of | :09:59. | :10:01. | |
binge drinking. So, we introduced him to a charity supporting people | :10:02. | :10:04. | |
with drink and drug addictions, at their annual conference, and he | :10:05. | :10:09. | |
ended up being a keynote speaker. Because it was `10 outside, his bad | :10:10. | :10:14. | |
`` his body carry on living even though his heart stopped. | :10:15. | :10:17. | |
Dan made a radio documentary, and won an international award in New | :10:18. | :10:21. | |
York. It was a simple idea. He sat in a room and talked to his father. | :10:22. | :10:30. | |
April 19 2011, we lost him. There's probably not a day goes by when we | :10:31. | :10:35. | |
don't think about him. Having feedback from charities, this is so | :10:36. | :10:43. | |
powerful. People listening to it have been in tears. I am hoping that | :10:44. | :10:48. | |
it will help at least one person, then it is worth making. | :10:49. | :10:52. | |
Dan Collins, on dealing with the death of his brother, Simon. Tonight | :10:53. | :10:56. | |
will be one of the busiest nights of the year for the emergency services. | :10:57. | :11:00. | |
They've set up a temporary minor injury unit to treat revellers in | :11:01. | :11:03. | |
Birmingham city centre. Ben Godfrey is there now. How many people are | :11:04. | :11:13. | |
they expecting to treat tonight? This is broad Street on Birmingham. | :11:14. | :11:18. | |
This is essentially a field hospital. Individual trauma bays, | :11:19. | :11:24. | |
six of them, those worse for the work can actually come here to be | :11:25. | :11:28. | |
treated. They call it that Friday because of the level of people | :11:29. | :11:33. | |
coming in, perhaps 80 alone this evening. Nathan, what specific | :11:34. | :11:39. | |
injuries to people have? Mainly alcohol related, false, head | :11:40. | :11:48. | |
injuries from assaults. A range of issues coming through the door this | :11:49. | :11:52. | |
evening. When we hear about the Collins family, are people taking | :11:53. | :11:59. | |
warnings about alcohol abuse? Unfortunately not. We see increased | :12:00. | :12:04. | |
calls related to alcohol over the festive period. We do encourage | :12:05. | :12:12. | |
people to drink moderately. A is besieged. You are taking people away | :12:13. | :12:19. | |
from A That is correct. This will free up some of the capacity, to | :12:20. | :12:27. | |
treat patients here. But you only have six beds. Overall, not | :12:28. | :12:34. | |
everybody needs a bed. People can be fixed up quite quickly and sent on | :12:35. | :12:41. | |
their way. It's all here if it is needed. This | :12:42. | :12:47. | |
is open tonight from 8pm until 4am, the same tomorrow, and new years | :12:48. | :12:53. | |
eve. Hopefully they won't see many people here, although sadly they are | :12:54. | :12:57. | |
expected to come in their dozens. A teacher at a Birmingham school, | :12:58. | :13:00. | |
who recorded himself sexually assaulting children, has been jailed | :13:01. | :13:03. | |
for three years and eight months. Phillip Evans, a music teacher at | :13:04. | :13:06. | |
King Edward School in Edgbaston, fitted secret cameras in the | :13:07. | :13:08. | |
changing rooms. Police described Evans as a cold, calculating | :13:09. | :13:14. | |
paedophile. Four people have been charged, after | :13:15. | :13:17. | |
a man from Gloucestershire died on a night out in Manchester. 30`year`old | :13:18. | :13:20. | |
Nick Bonnie collapsed in September, after taking what's thought to be a | :13:21. | :13:24. | |
contaminated ecstasy tablet at a nightclub. The four men, all from | :13:25. | :13:30. | |
Gloucestershire, are charged with perverting the course of justice and | :13:31. | :13:33. | |
possession and supply of class A drugs. | :13:34. | :13:37. | |
This is our top story tonight: "We just want to bring her home," the | :13:38. | :13:43. | |
words of Nicola Payne's parents, after two men arrested in connection | :13:44. | :13:46. | |
with her murder are released on bail. | :13:47. | :13:50. | |
Your detailed weather forecast to come shortly. | :13:51. | :13:54. | |
Also in tonight's programme: The season of goodwill at Hereford | :13:55. | :13:56. | |
United. Fans are asked to help out with | :13:57. | :14:04. | |
players' wages. And, really getting into the part. | :14:05. | :14:08. | |
Our reporter Satnam goes behind the scenes in panto land. | :14:09. | :14:19. | |
Let's catch up on the sport. Coventry City fans have a new | :14:20. | :14:25. | |
stadium, on paper at least. Ian Winter is at the Ricoh Arena. How | :14:26. | :14:34. | |
much detail is there, Ian? As with most plans, the devil is in | :14:35. | :14:39. | |
the detail. And the one detail that's not been revealed is exactly | :14:40. | :14:42. | |
where the new Coventry City stadium would be built. We're told it could | :14:43. | :14:48. | |
seat up to 23,000 fans. And it could cost up to ?20 million. But today, | :14:49. | :14:56. | |
club officials told me it's the best way forward to end the long`running | :14:57. | :15:00. | |
rift with the Ricoh Arena. Busy`busy in the city centre today. | :15:01. | :15:04. | |
And, for last`minute shoppers, their first glimpse of a new gift. The | :15:05. | :15:07. | |
architect's plans for Coventry City's new stadium. It looks modern | :15:08. | :15:11. | |
and fit for purpose. But there's a problem. No one knows when, or | :15:12. | :15:14. | |
indeed where, they're going to build it. | :15:15. | :15:21. | |
I suspect it's going to be near the airport, there's a lot of | :15:22. | :15:25. | |
development there. They should put it in the park. Which part? The car | :15:26. | :15:34. | |
park! Coventry. That would be best. That would be novel. On the | :15:35. | :15:39. | |
outskirts, we would still go. How far would you still go? Within the | :15:40. | :15:46. | |
Coventry boundary. Where is it going to be? We don't know, David! Beryl, | :15:47. | :15:52. | |
do you know? Beryl doesn't know. But this man | :15:53. | :15:55. | |
does. Mark Labovitch has been a nonexecutive director of Coventry | :15:56. | :15:59. | |
City for the past two years. He's excited by the new plans and he's | :16:00. | :16:02. | |
keen to hear supporters' opinions. But the burning question remains. | :16:03. | :16:10. | |
Well above the stadium be built? You know we can't answer that right at | :16:11. | :16:15. | |
the minute. We have two sites we are negotiating on. It would be suicidal | :16:16. | :16:20. | |
to drop one of them and have all our eggs in one basket. We want to get | :16:21. | :16:28. | |
moving quickly. We want to get back to the outskirts of Coventry as soon | :16:29. | :16:32. | |
as possible. I want the club to own its own stadium that by Coventry, | :16:33. | :16:35. | |
and play here and have a great future. Eventually, it could seat up | :16:36. | :16:40. | |
to 23,000 fans. And it could cost up to ?20 million pounds. But it's | :16:41. | :16:44. | |
anyone's guess as to when it'll get started, let alone finished. Until | :16:45. | :16:47. | |
then, the new stadium remains an artist's impression. And the most | :16:48. | :16:50. | |
concrete plan is for Coventry to play at Swindon tomorrow. | :16:51. | :16:57. | |
Ian, that new stadium is still some way off, what about more immediate | :16:58. | :17:00. | |
matters? West Brom's search for a new head coach. What's the latest? | :17:01. | :17:04. | |
Interesting developments during the day. And it's looking very much like | :17:05. | :17:10. | |
a two`horse race between a Scot and a Scandinavian. The bookies' | :17:11. | :17:12. | |
favourite tonight is Malky Mackay. And the second favourite is Ole | :17:13. | :17:17. | |
Gunnar Solskjaer. All the other runners and riders appear to have | :17:18. | :17:20. | |
been left standing. This evening, Mackay is still the manager of | :17:21. | :17:23. | |
Cardiff City. But not for much longer. He's had a long`running, and | :17:24. | :17:28. | |
very public dispute with the club's owner. And Albion are ready to | :17:29. | :17:31. | |
pounce, as soon as he quits Cardiff. But, as we revealed on Monday, Ole | :17:32. | :17:35. | |
Gunnar Solskjaer is very much in the picture. He's keen to manage in the | :17:36. | :17:41. | |
Premier League, he's had great success with his Norwegian club | :17:42. | :17:45. | |
Molde, and he's told them that he's keen to listen to what Albion have | :17:46. | :17:50. | |
to say. In the meantime, Albion play Hull | :17:51. | :17:53. | |
City tomorrow, with Keith Downing in temporary charge. One of his former | :17:54. | :17:57. | |
clubs, Hereford United, are struggling to pay their players' | :17:58. | :18:02. | |
wages this Christmas. The Conference side are asking fans to raise | :18:03. | :18:05. | |
?35,000 to help them through until the New Year. Nick Clitheroe | :18:06. | :18:12. | |
reports. There were plenty of smiling faces | :18:13. | :18:15. | |
at Hereford United's training session this morning, but the | :18:16. | :18:18. | |
players can be forgiven if inside they're just a little bit worried. | :18:19. | :18:22. | |
The players are thinking they won't get paid in December which puts a | :18:23. | :18:27. | |
dampener on morale. I totally understand and respect the decision | :18:28. | :18:30. | |
by the board. If you are a business losing money, you need to do | :18:31. | :18:35. | |
something about it. For the chairman David Keyte, it's a major | :18:36. | :18:38. | |
frustration. They had hoped to sign a new 30`year lease on their ground | :18:39. | :18:43. | |
with the council before Christmas. That would have allowed them to | :18:44. | :18:47. | |
finalise a deal with a mobile phone company to put receivers on their | :18:48. | :18:50. | |
floodlights, and raise more than ?100,000. | :18:51. | :18:52. | |
We have made severe cuts in the last two years. And the gates have gone | :18:53. | :18:56. | |
down still further which has taken us back a step. So we have made | :18:57. | :19:01. | |
further cuts. At what level do we get the clear message that Hereford | :19:02. | :19:06. | |
does not need a professional football club? The problem is that | :19:07. | :19:12. | |
relegation from the Football League saw their income drop instantly from | :19:13. | :19:15. | |
?750,000 a year to just ?47,000. It's worried fans like Keith Dodd | :19:16. | :19:18. | |
who's been watching the club for almost 60 years. | :19:19. | :19:22. | |
I know the board had put a considerable much of money to keep | :19:23. | :19:27. | |
us where we are. Ex`football league clubs which have been relegated | :19:28. | :19:31. | |
struggling like us. We are one of many. | :19:32. | :19:35. | |
We need to get the club through this period, into the summer. Then there | :19:36. | :19:40. | |
needs to be serious talks about a sensible budget for next season. | :19:41. | :19:48. | |
There is some positive news. More than ?3,000 has been pledged in the | :19:49. | :19:51. | |
first 24 hours, and further ahead, major redevelopment plans promise a | :19:52. | :19:54. | |
more secure future. Tonight, it's all quiet at the | :19:55. | :19:59. | |
Ricoh. But clearly it's going to be a very busy Christmas for everyone | :20:00. | :20:02. | |
connected with Hereford United, Coventry City and West Bromwich | :20:03. | :20:05. | |
Albion. For many, Christmas just wouldn't be | :20:06. | :20:08. | |
the same without a trip to the pantomime. But while we settle into | :20:09. | :20:13. | |
our seats ready to be entertained, have you ever thought about what it | :20:14. | :20:17. | |
takes to put on the show night after night? Our arts reporter Satnam Rana | :20:18. | :20:20. | |
has been meeting people on and off stage, to bring us a flavour of | :20:21. | :20:23. | |
pantomime season across the Midlands. Just a warning, her report | :20:24. | :20:25. | |
does contain some ugly sisters. I set upon a quest. | :20:26. | :20:37. | |
To dig beneath the jest. To get beyond the curtain. | :20:38. | :20:42. | |
Find great shows for certain. And meet people full of panto pun. | :20:43. | :20:46. | |
Bringing all of us lots of festive fun. | :20:47. | :20:51. | |
In Lichfield, doth Snow White reside, turn the page to step | :20:52. | :20:56. | |
inside. At The Garrick, and a familiar face | :20:57. | :21:00. | |
for Midlands Today's viewers. Joanne Malin is transformed into | :21:01. | :21:03. | |
Queen Evilene, in Snow White and the Magic Mirror. You know, I never | :21:04. | :21:09. | |
forget a face but in your case, I'll make an exception. You can call me | :21:10. | :21:16. | |
your Majesty. And this is the busy sewing bee | :21:17. | :21:20. | |
who's helped make it happen. It's been brilliant. I've started out at | :21:21. | :21:24. | |
the studio in Cheadle with Jon. And then that's where all the designs | :21:25. | :21:34. | |
were. Then I will be doing the whole run and see it through to the end | :21:35. | :21:37. | |
when I will be sad to see the costumes go. | :21:38. | :21:40. | |
13 shows on the panto meter for Geoff at The Regent Theatre. | :21:41. | :21:44. | |
In Stoke on Trent, Geoff is at work in the box office. You'd think it | :21:45. | :21:49. | |
would be hard work doing two shows a day. It is fun, you can hear the | :21:50. | :21:54. | |
atmosphere, thousands of kids, parents, families, all coming into | :21:55. | :22:00. | |
the theatre to enjoy themselves to scream and shout. When do have a | :22:01. | :22:04. | |
chance normally to do that throughout the year? | :22:05. | :22:09. | |
Inside the auditorium, Snow White and Seven Dwarfs is the call of the | :22:10. | :22:14. | |
day for these young children. At The Courtyard, two dames we meet | :22:15. | :22:20. | |
serving up some yule time treats. And big hair, big make`up is the | :22:21. | :22:23. | |
order of the day for this panto dame. | :22:24. | :22:29. | |
I'm behind you! My goodness, you are so ugly. Oh no | :22:30. | :22:36. | |
we are not. Why is it such an important part of production? The | :22:37. | :22:42. | |
panto dame brings a bit of fun, it gets the audience going, kids | :22:43. | :22:47. | |
shouting. We get to play tricks on everyone. Brilliant fun at | :22:48. | :22:53. | |
Christmas. Isn't it? No, it's not. I'm prettier than you are. Oh, note | :22:54. | :22:56. | |
you are not! You guessed it. | :22:57. | :23:18. | |
The story here is Cinderella. She is putting in a 12`hour day for the | :23:19. | :23:21. | |
Christmas show in Stratford upon Avon. Her job, warming up the | :23:22. | :23:24. | |
actors' voice and body. There are lots of coughs and colds | :23:25. | :23:28. | |
at Christmas so it is sustaining their vocal health throughout the | :23:29. | :23:32. | |
festive season. It is a challenge. But we manage it. | :23:33. | :23:37. | |
As Wendy and Peter Pan take to Neverland, it's time for us to fly | :23:38. | :23:41. | |
to the second city, OT. Birmingham. And a panto grand, one of the | :23:42. | :23:49. | |
biggest in the land. At The Hippodrome, fashion guru Gok | :23:50. | :23:53. | |
Wan takes to the stage for the first time in Snow White and the Seven | :23:54. | :24:00. | |
Dwarfs. Panto means three things, family and | :24:01. | :24:04. | |
friends getting together and celebrating. The second thing is | :24:05. | :24:08. | |
fun. The third thing is, camp, camp, camp. | :24:09. | :24:16. | |
Beanstalk, Giant. A lad named Jack. To Shrewsbury, quick no turning | :24:17. | :24:18. | |
back. At Theatre Severn, Jo is in charge | :24:19. | :24:22. | |
of 600 litres of water for a gag`filled bathroom scene. It's the | :24:23. | :24:27. | |
best and worst part of the year for us. At the same time, everyone else | :24:28. | :24:31. | |
having fun and not havng to work. Whereas we're having fun at work. | :24:32. | :24:37. | |
And there you have it, my panto story. | :24:38. | :24:39. | |
So go forth and revel in Christmas glory. | :24:40. | :24:41. | |
Satnam Rana, BBC Midlands Today, somewhere in panto land. | :24:42. | :24:47. | |
Let's find out how the weather is shaping up over the weekend, Rebecca | :24:48. | :24:54. | |
has the forecast. We have a bit of everything to come. | :24:55. | :24:59. | |
A rather chilly start to today. Not dissimilar to the scene captured | :25:00. | :25:03. | |
here by Jack Downes in his garden. A frosty start. Plenty of rain to | :25:04. | :25:14. | |
come. Sunshine and showers to content with as well. There's | :25:15. | :25:18. | |
sunshine and showers will also see quite a bit of wind through the next | :25:19. | :25:24. | |
couple of days. We have an area of low pressure moving into day, taking | :25:25. | :25:29. | |
some time to get to us. We will see quite a bit of rain this evening. | :25:30. | :25:35. | |
And strong winds, up to 40 miles an hour this evening. 20 millimetres of | :25:36. | :25:42. | |
rainfall by tomorrow morning. Once that band of rain has cleared away, | :25:43. | :25:46. | |
it will be a quite end to the night. Not feeling too cold either. | :25:47. | :25:51. | |
Saturday is not too bad at all. Some sunny spells in the morning. Showers | :25:52. | :25:57. | |
to content with, some quite nicely. Still rather breezy, the possibility | :25:58. | :26:02. | |
of a wintry mix. Good spells of sunshine to come through the day | :26:03. | :26:06. | |
before this next band of rain makes its way in. Temperatures up to 11 | :26:07. | :26:11. | |
Celsius, not feeling too bad. This second span `` second band moves in | :26:12. | :26:20. | |
afterwards. There could be localised flooding on Sunday. It is getting | :26:21. | :26:27. | |
much colder. Sunday is rather chilly. Showers we see are more | :26:28. | :26:36. | |
likely to contain some snow. Temperatures around seven Celsius. | :26:37. | :26:40. | |
The winds are picking up. Monday, a big area of low pressure bringing | :26:41. | :26:46. | |
strong winds, heavy rain, and a Met Office yellow warning for wind and | :26:47. | :26:52. | |
rain. By Christmas Day, things are starting to get colder. A mixed | :26:53. | :26:58. | |
picture heading to Christmas. It could cause travel disruption. Stay | :26:59. | :27:01. | |
tuned to the forecast. Tonight's headlines from the BBC@ | :27:02. | :27:09. | |
Nigella Lawson's two assistants are cleared of fraud. They had claimed | :27:10. | :27:12. | |
they were allowed to spend huge sums if they kept quiet about her drug | :27:13. | :27:17. | |
use. 17 different agencies failed to | :27:18. | :27:20. | |
prevent men sexually abusing young girls in Rochdale. If "We just want | :27:21. | :27:24. | |
to bring her home," the words of Nicola Payne's parents, after two | :27:25. | :27:27. | |
men arrested in connection with her murder are released on bail. | :27:28. | :27:30. | |
And a report into the death of a child who swallowed heroin says | :27:31. | :27:33. | |
there were unacceptable failings in his care. | :27:34. | :27:38. | |
That was the Midlands Today. I'll be back at ten o'clock. Have a great | :27:39. | :27:40. | |
evening. Goodbye. | :27:41. | :27:44. |