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Hello, and welcome to Midlands Today. The headlines tonight: Calls | :00:00. | :00:07. | |
to bring oak`wood Prison back under Government control after a third | :00:08. | :00:17. | |
disturbance in as many months. These are not legal week a write`off. | :00:18. | :00:21. | |
These people will eventually be released, and reform, and become | :00:22. | :00:25. | |
part of our society. The local Conservative MP tells us | :00:26. | :00:29. | |
it's not good enough. The Chancellor pays tribute to a great | :00:30. | :00:31. | |
manufacturing company ` as 400 jobs are created in North Warwickshire. | :00:32. | :00:35. | |
Too muddy even for pigs ` the animal sanctuary struggling to cope with | :00:36. | :00:38. | |
the aftermath of the heavy rain. Still loving the limelight ` the | :00:39. | :00:41. | |
entertainer taking centre stage on her 100th birthday. | :00:42. | :00:54. | |
Life is just a bowl of cherries. And after a week of endless rain, | :00:55. | :00:58. | |
floods and rising waters, how does this week compare? I'll be telling | :00:59. | :01:10. | |
you later. Good evening. There are calls, | :01:11. | :01:14. | |
tonight, for the largest prison in England to be brought back under | :01:15. | :01:16. | |
government control, after disorder lasting up to ten hours broke out on | :01:17. | :01:20. | |
a wing. Oak`wood Prison, near Wolverhampton, is home to more than | :01:21. | :01:23. | |
1,600 inmates, and is privately run by security firm G4S. Last night's | :01:24. | :01:29. | |
incident was the third in three months ` at a prison which Justice | :01:30. | :01:32. | |
Secretary Chris Grayling described, just last November, as a first class | :01:33. | :01:54. | |
facility. Giles Latcham reports. My partner told me get out of his | :01:55. | :01:59. | |
window, he could see the security guards coming in, and the rate | :02:00. | :02:04. | |
people coming in. All he could hear was banging and shouting. G4S have | :02:05. | :02:10. | |
described this, simply as an incident. I spoke to a prisoner | :02:11. | :02:14. | |
inside, said it was nothing short of riots. But 50 inmates refused to be | :02:15. | :02:20. | |
locked down, yesterday. They smashed windows and barricaded the entrance | :02:21. | :02:25. | |
to Cedar wing. Staff lost control of the wing for the best part of ten | :02:26. | :02:29. | |
hours, until a heavily equipped team went in to restore order at 2am. | :02:30. | :02:35. | |
Prisoners have protested on the roof, in the past. There are | :02:36. | :02:42. | |
complaints of inexperienced staff handing out harsh and arbitrary | :02:43. | :02:47. | |
punishments. There is clear evidence that G4S are not coping with the | :02:48. | :02:52. | |
management of this present. They are failing to deliver their contractual | :02:53. | :02:56. | |
obligations, daily society, and the government ought to be looking at | :02:57. | :02:59. | |
cancelling their contracts, and bringing back state`controlled will | :03:00. | :03:10. | |
stop last October, inspectors report highlighted problems with drugs and | :03:11. | :03:13. | |
violence, and said the jail was failing in almost every respect. | :03:14. | :03:18. | |
Within days, the prisoners staged a protest on the roof. In November, | :03:19. | :03:22. | |
there was another protest on the roof, bringing us five weeks on, too | :03:23. | :03:29. | |
last night's riots. In November, G4S said that problems were being tired | :03:30. | :03:34. | |
out. Incidents will happen. It's a feature of risen life. Every | :03:35. | :03:42. | |
director, or manager, tries to manage them out. `` a feature of | :03:43. | :03:50. | |
prison life. G4S said about 20 prisoners were involved. A number of | :03:51. | :03:54. | |
cells were damaged. They deny reports that prison officers were | :03:55. | :04:01. | |
taken hostage. The Conservative MP for South Staffordshire is Gavin | :04:02. | :04:04. | |
Williamson. A little earlier, he gave me his reaction to the third | :04:05. | :04:07. | |
incident at oak`wood in as many months. Frankly, it is not good | :04:08. | :04:17. | |
enough. You want to see any prison, whether it is run privately or by | :04:18. | :04:20. | |
the public sector, to run smoothly without incident, or any problems. | :04:21. | :04:25. | |
We've had three incidents, and that isn't adequate. I've spoken with the | :04:26. | :04:31. | |
prisons minister to voice my concerns. To make it clear, that | :04:32. | :04:41. | |
this isn't adequate. The prisons minister has already said that he is | :04:42. | :04:46. | |
ending up the deputy director of the prison service, to meet with | :04:47. | :04:49. | |
oak`wood, and have a clear understanding of what led to this | :04:50. | :04:53. | |
incident, and what can be done to ensure that it doesn't happen again. | :04:54. | :05:01. | |
Your Justice Secretary Chris Grayling described oak`wood as a | :05:02. | :05:04. | |
first class facility ` that was only two months ago. Most of my | :05:05. | :05:13. | |
constituents want to ensure that the amount of money we spend | :05:14. | :05:16. | |
incarcerating people is not astronomical. It's not adequate, and | :05:17. | :05:27. | |
that's why we've got to see action, we've got to see everyone working | :05:28. | :05:31. | |
together. We have to make sure that those people working in the prison | :05:32. | :05:34. | |
have the right training, the right support, the right back`up. We've | :05:35. | :05:39. | |
got to make sure that those people in prison, yes, they are probably | :05:40. | :05:45. | |
looked after, but it is a regime that is putting rehabilitation, and | :05:46. | :05:49. | |
making sure that people who live around prisons are safe stop how | :05:50. | :05:54. | |
much longer are you going to get this? The Chief Inspector of Prisons | :05:55. | :05:59. | |
said that oak`wood was failing in almost every respect, and they'd get | :06:00. | :06:03. | |
one last chance. How many more chances will you give? What we are | :06:04. | :06:08. | |
already seeing, is we are seeing the government is taking swift action, | :06:09. | :06:12. | |
sending the deputy director of prisons to oak`wood, to get a | :06:13. | :06:16. | |
clearer understanding of what has happened. The incidents didn't occur | :06:17. | :06:20. | |
because of what the prison officers did, it occurred because someone | :06:21. | :06:24. | |
within the prison decided to act in Amberley manner. We cannot make it | :06:25. | :06:31. | |
uses for people that acting... Take action and do whatever they want. | :06:32. | :06:44. | |
Coming up later in the programme: A last minute winner for Coventry | :06:45. | :06:46. | |
salvages some pride for West Midlands' football in the FA Cup. | :06:47. | :06:50. | |
400 new jobs are being created at an automotive company in North | :06:51. | :06:52. | |
Warwickshire. This fresh employment boost at Sertec was announced by | :06:53. | :06:55. | |
Chancellor George Osborne, during a visit today, and the emphasis will | :06:56. | :06:58. | |
be on providing opportunities for young people. Ben Godfrey has the | :06:59. | :07:00. | |
details. In 2008, at the height of recession, | :07:01. | :07:03. | |
Sertec in Coleshill was shedding jobs ` its future as a car parts | :07:04. | :07:11. | |
supplier was uncertain. It was hard to imagine, then, that six years | :07:12. | :07:14. | |
later, the Chancellor would pitch up here to deliver his latest plan to | :07:15. | :07:18. | |
remedy the economy. But last year, Sertec took on 200 new staff, and | :07:19. | :07:23. | |
now it wants to recruit 400 more. They're in demand to supply another | :07:24. | :07:32. | |
expanding firm ` Jaguar Land Rover. With their new models, we've been | :07:33. | :07:36. | |
able to create these positions. These are purely manufacturing jobs. | :07:37. | :07:42. | |
A lot of engineering positions, highly skilled robotics engineers. I | :07:43. | :07:48. | |
want the new jobs being advertised here to go to local kids. So, here | :07:49. | :07:53. | |
are two local kids, Andy and Oliver ` they've been taken on as | :07:54. | :07:56. | |
apprentices learning new skills, and earning qualifications. We are the | :07:57. | :08:02. | |
future of the company as apprentices. It made me optimistic | :08:03. | :08:08. | |
to do want to try my hardest. I've always wanted to be an engineer. I | :08:09. | :08:13. | |
was going to go to university, then I decided that I'd like do hands`on. | :08:14. | :08:26. | |
Only last summer, a telecoms firm based here went out of business with | :08:27. | :08:30. | |
a loss of 200 jobs. 2013 saw not just the demise of Greenwoods | :08:31. | :08:32. | |
Communications, but another major North Warwickshire employer ` Daw | :08:33. | :08:40. | |
Mill Colliery. I think it's the good news is outweighing the bad. We got | :08:41. | :08:44. | |
companies like Energetics, the Ralston Group, Rosa in bed worth, | :08:45. | :08:49. | |
they are all growing, taking on staff, and these are high quality | :08:50. | :08:52. | |
manufacturing jobs. The Chancellor talked about the pressure of global | :08:53. | :08:55. | |
competition, but for Sertec, success begins at home. In its 52nd year of | :08:56. | :08:58. | |
trade, it's still independently owned by former company apprentices | :08:59. | :09:08. | |
and engineers. ?300,000 will be spent on improving | :09:09. | :09:11. | |
the canals in Stoke`on`Trent and Staffordshire. The Canal and River | :09:12. | :09:17. | |
Trust will use the money to carry out essential winter maintenance. | :09:18. | :09:19. | |
They'll repair the canal walls, locks and bridges, including | :09:20. | :09:21. | |
Trentham, Etruria, and Branston Lock, near Burton. | :09:22. | :09:24. | |
Two minor injury units in Herefordshire have been closed, | :09:25. | :09:26. | |
temporarily, because of winter pressures being faced by the Wye | :09:27. | :09:29. | |
Valley NHS Trust. The units at Ross`on`Wye and Leominster Community | :09:30. | :09:32. | |
Hospitals, are being shut for a brief period to boost the resources | :09:33. | :09:34. | |
at Hereford County Hospital's Accident and Emergency Department. | :09:35. | :09:41. | |
All of the Community Hospital's other services will continue to | :09:42. | :09:47. | |
operate as usual. 's The NHS is facing its biggest financial | :09:48. | :09:50. | |
challenge since it was formed in 1948 ` with smaller hospitals, here, | :09:51. | :09:53. | |
in the Midlands, facing the prospect of being taken over and starting to | :09:54. | :09:58. | |
lose services. Meanwhile, GPs in the region say | :09:59. | :10:01. | |
they're struggling to cope with increased workloads. So, what is the | :10:02. | :10:06. | |
future for the NHS? Our Health Correspondent, Michele Paduano | :10:07. | :10:14. | |
reports. In essence, Edna represents the | :10:15. | :10:18. | |
problem. Edna is nearly 94. She fell at home and hit her head ` but due | :10:19. | :10:22. | |
to her time in hospital, she lost the use of her legs. Six weeks on, | :10:23. | :10:26. | |
this centre in Willenhall has freed up a hospital bed and Edna is | :10:27. | :10:29. | |
receiving intensive physiotherapy to help her get home. It's a big | :10:30. | :10:37. | |
problem, because I don't know how I will go on. I'm just taking it day | :10:38. | :10:47. | |
by day, step`by`step. That's how I'm taking life, now. But how much | :10:48. | :10:50. | |
better for patients, and NHS finances, if they can stop the | :10:51. | :10:53. | |
elderly going into hospital in the first place? There are simply not | :10:54. | :10:58. | |
enough beds to treat all the patients who need care. This centre | :10:59. | :11:08. | |
in Willenhall has a rapid response team of GPS and nurses who seek to | :11:09. | :11:20. | |
do just that. Hundred and 34 of those were rapid response patients. | :11:21. | :11:24. | |
We are setting up a new rapid response team, which should be up | :11:25. | :11:28. | |
and running by February. Yet Pressure is being put on GPs to take | :11:29. | :11:32. | |
on extra work. Simon Parkinson says primary care in Worcestershire | :11:33. | :11:34. | |
Herefordshire and Warwickshire is ?10m in the red, and like hospital | :11:35. | :11:37. | |
emergency departments are full to bursting. The workload is steadily | :11:38. | :11:48. | |
increasing. General practice has not had any additional resources. The | :11:49. | :11:53. | |
NHS as unit GPs are the sponge that soak up the work that no one else | :11:54. | :11:56. | |
wants to do. We are reaching our limits. Well, Stafford will be the | :11:57. | :12:04. | |
first hospital likely to be downgraded. Others in Redditch, | :12:05. | :12:06. | |
Nuneaton and Hereford are likely to follow. An independent analyst says | :12:07. | :12:09. | |
fewer hospitals will save money, but, ultimately, the public needs to | :12:10. | :12:19. | |
think about rationing. I think it's probably will work until the next | :12:20. | :12:24. | |
election. But after that, we need to start thinking, not just about the | :12:25. | :12:30. | |
way we do things, but actually what we do. That raises a whole lot of | :12:31. | :12:34. | |
difficult political questions. If the NHS is to stay on its feet, it's | :12:35. | :12:38. | |
going to have to change. And Michele joins us now. A lot of talk about | :12:39. | :12:42. | |
improvements needed for health care, but where is the money going to come | :12:43. | :12:50. | |
from? Although the NHS hasn't lost money, just to stand still, it needs | :12:51. | :12:56. | |
3% increases, but hasn't been getting them. They are talking about | :12:57. | :13:00. | |
the seven`day working. And more nurses on the wards. The managers I | :13:01. | :13:06. | |
have spoken to say, where is the money coming from? We are | :13:07. | :13:12. | |
struggling, at the moment. Looking forward 12 months, what do you see | :13:13. | :13:16. | |
the future being for hospitals across the West Midlands? We are | :13:17. | :13:23. | |
going to be moving towards these super`centres. Stafford is a pilot, | :13:24. | :13:27. | |
locally and nationally, as to what might happen. The others are going | :13:28. | :13:36. | |
to move in a similar direction. The problem is, it probably won't happen | :13:37. | :13:40. | |
until after the next election, because there is too much concern. | :13:41. | :13:45. | |
We also need to see integration of both social services and health care | :13:46. | :13:52. | |
and primary care. There is a time gap, between being able to do these | :13:53. | :13:55. | |
things, and things needing to happen. It's a question of whether | :13:56. | :13:59. | |
the public will accept what is going on. | :14:00. | :14:06. | |
Twenty`one flood warnings remain in place across the Midlands this | :14:07. | :14:08. | |
evening, with another thirty`two flood alerts across the region. The | :14:09. | :14:12. | |
Environment Agency says the risk of flooding could remain for three | :14:13. | :14:14. | |
days, although riverside defences appear to be working well. To | :14:15. | :14:20. | |
Worcester, now, and our reporter Cath Mackie. Cath, how are things | :14:21. | :14:27. | |
looking this evening? In the Mary, in the past, after this | :14:28. | :14:30. | |
much rain, I'd be showing you pictures of homes under water. | :14:31. | :14:33. | |
Thankfully, that's no longer the story here. The Environment Agency | :14:34. | :14:36. | |
say flood defences have saved around 1000 homes along the River Severn | :14:37. | :14:39. | |
from flooding during the recent bad weather. The defences in the village | :14:40. | :14:43. | |
of Kempsey, a few miles from here, have passed their first test since | :14:44. | :14:47. | |
they failed last year ` and have kept the village dry, much to the | :14:48. | :14:55. | |
relief of local people. If the defences haven't been put in, we | :14:56. | :15:00. | |
would have been underwater it. But mercifully, we are not. We are well | :15:01. | :15:06. | |
protected. Everybody is very happy with the successful outcome. The | :15:07. | :15:10. | |
driving rain and winds have also caused problems further away from | :15:11. | :15:14. | |
the river banks. A sanctuary in the heart of the Black Country is | :15:15. | :15:17. | |
struggling to look after its animals, with staff describing the | :15:18. | :15:20. | |
situation as really depressing. Bob Hockenhull reports. | :15:21. | :15:24. | |
This pig shelter has been blown over in high winds, forcing these two | :15:25. | :15:27. | |
Gloucestershire Old Spots to seek refuge under a tree. It's one of | :15:28. | :15:33. | |
many casualties of the weather at Brockswood Animal Sanctuary, near | :15:34. | :15:41. | |
Sedgley. It's quite depressing. You come in and don't know what you will | :15:42. | :15:45. | |
find. When it came in, the shelters were racked. You find sheet covered | :15:46. | :15:50. | |
in mud. You don't know what you will find. The sanctuary is in a valley, | :15:51. | :15:54. | |
and water from nearby brooks has seeped on to the land, adding to the | :15:55. | :15:58. | |
quagmire. Many animals have been moved. Part of an aviary wall has | :15:59. | :16:01. | |
collapsed, and fences and buildings have been damaged in the high winds. | :16:02. | :16:05. | |
It's very difficult for the staff to get round. The animals are | :16:06. | :16:13. | |
constantly covered in mud. We are having to get that out, often. The | :16:14. | :16:18. | |
fences have been blown down, shelters have been blown down. The | :16:19. | :16:21. | |
animals have nowhere to go undercover. We are trying to fix | :16:22. | :16:26. | |
everything quickly. 450 animals are looked after here ` they've all been | :16:27. | :16:29. | |
rescued, after being found abandoned. The centre relies on | :16:30. | :16:32. | |
public donations to keep running, but costs are spiralling because of | :16:33. | :16:36. | |
the bad weather. The sodden fields means there's less pasture for | :16:37. | :16:40. | |
animals, like Duke, here. Thousands of pounds worth of extra feed is | :16:41. | :16:44. | |
having to be bought in ` adding to the sanctuary's problems. It already | :16:45. | :16:49. | |
costs ?200,000 to keep the rescue centre open. Staff are worried that | :16:50. | :16:54. | |
if the bad weather continues, it'll struggle to cope, putting the | :16:55. | :17:04. | |
animals' future in jeopardy. River levels do remain high, and the | :17:05. | :17:08. | |
other problem it's causing is the amount of debris that's getting | :17:09. | :17:11. | |
caught up in the current. Down on the river Teme, at Powick, there was | :17:12. | :17:15. | |
a mountain of the stuff, and they're looking to clear as soon as they | :17:16. | :17:20. | |
can. The public's being urged to stay vigilant and check for flood | :17:21. | :17:25. | |
alerts. There will be more information on your BBC local radio | :17:26. | :17:29. | |
station ` and of course Shefali will be here later in the programme with | :17:30. | :17:32. | |
the weather forecast. Back to you, Mary. | :17:33. | :17:38. | |
Our top story tonight: Calls to bring oak`wood Prison back under | :17:39. | :17:41. | |
government control, after a third disturbance in as many months. | :17:42. | :17:44. | |
Shefali will be along shortly with the detailed weather forecast for | :17:45. | :17:51. | |
the Midlands. Also ahead: the showstar centenarian who doesn't | :17:52. | :18:04. | |
think much of modern celebrities. On Friday, Dan and I were talking | :18:05. | :18:08. | |
about the chances of an FA Cup upset involving a Midlands side ` didn't | :18:09. | :18:16. | |
quite go to plan did it Dan? Kidderminster Harriers are the only | :18:17. | :18:19. | |
non`league team in the country still left in the FA Cup. | :18:20. | :18:22. | |
They forced a replay against Peterborough United from League One. | :18:23. | :18:25. | |
But it was Coventry City who pulled off our best result, as Ian Winter | :18:26. | :18:30. | |
reports. Coventry City once paid Wolves | :18:31. | :18:33. | |
almost ?2 million to sign Steve Froggatt. How times have changed. | :18:34. | :18:37. | |
But Froggy still has a soft spot for his old club. And he's delighted to | :18:38. | :18:41. | |
see the Sky Blues earn a fourth round trip to Arsenal. Stephen | :18:42. | :18:49. | |
Presley has done such a fabulous job, under the circumstances. | :18:50. | :18:54. | |
They've had a ten point deduction. A lot of credit should go to him, but | :18:55. | :18:59. | |
the players have really stepped up. They're not used to playing in front | :19:00. | :19:03. | |
of big crowds. To go to the Emirates, in front of 60,000 people, | :19:04. | :19:08. | |
it will be a great atmosphere. On Saturday, Coventry saved their best | :19:09. | :19:11. | |
till last. With only 12 minutes left to play, they were trailing 1`0 to | :19:12. | :19:14. | |
Barnsley from the Championship. Then Frank Moussa raced clear to level | :19:15. | :19:18. | |
the score. And almost before you could say, when's the replay, Leon | :19:19. | :19:20. | |
Clarke made the question redundant by rifling in Coventry's second, to | :19:21. | :19:26. | |
win the game 2`1. Like Coventry, Stoke City are also | :19:27. | :19:29. | |
off to London in round four. Kenwyne Jones scored early against Leicester | :19:30. | :19:33. | |
at the Brit. And ten minutes after the break, Charlie Adam doubled | :19:34. | :19:36. | |
their lead. It finished 2`1, and Stoke will now be away to Chelsea. | :19:37. | :19:41. | |
On Friday night, we featured the Kidderminster hotshot, Joe Lolley. | :19:42. | :19:44. | |
So, no surprise when he almost scored in the first minute against | :19:45. | :19:48. | |
Peterborough. But, the Harriers goal led a charmed life in the second | :19:49. | :19:51. | |
half. It finished nil`nil, and they'll now replay, next Tuesday, to | :19:52. | :19:56. | |
earn a trip to Sunderland. Port Vale must be kicking themselves | :19:57. | :19:59. | |
today. 2`0 up at half`time, thanks to goals from Gavin Tomlin and Tom | :20:00. | :20:03. | |
Pope. They allowed Plymouth to force a replay. And that means a 500 mile | :20:04. | :20:08. | |
round trip from Burslem to Devon. It's not all glamour in the FA Cup. | :20:09. | :20:24. | |
So, only two Midlands sides definitely through to the fourth | :20:25. | :20:27. | |
round. Villa and Albion both losing at home on Saturday, and Albion yet | :20:28. | :20:31. | |
to appoint a new head coach. It's now four weeks since Steve Clarke | :20:32. | :20:34. | |
was sacked. Mirko Slomka, from Germany, and Jose Luis Mendilibar, | :20:35. | :20:37. | |
from Spain, are the latest to be linked to the job. They're new names | :20:38. | :20:41. | |
to most of us. But the fact remains that, for now, Keith Downing remains | :20:42. | :20:45. | |
the caretaker head coach. He'd drawn four out of four in the league, but, | :20:46. | :20:49. | |
on Saturday, they lost 2`0 at home to Crystal Palace. Dwight Gayle put | :20:50. | :20:52. | |
Palace in front, midway through the first half, after a mistake by Goran | :20:53. | :20:56. | |
Popov. And Palace made it 2`0 when Marouane Chamakh scored in the 90th | :20:57. | :20:59. | |
minute. A tame exit really. But, at least Palace are in the same | :21:00. | :21:03. | |
division as Albion. Villa lost to a team two divisions below them. | :21:04. | :21:06. | |
Villa's 2`1 defeat to Sheffied United was arguably the shock of the | :21:07. | :21:10. | |
entire third round. Villa have had their struggles at home, but this | :21:11. | :21:13. | |
was still a surprise. Jamie Murphy put Sheffield United ahead. Nicklas | :21:14. | :21:20. | |
Helenius equalised for Villa, which seemed to have rescued a draw. But, | :21:21. | :21:27. | |
the winner came nine minutes from time. Ryan Flynn sending the away | :21:28. | :21:32. | |
fans delirious ` but making a miserable season at Villa Park even | :21:33. | :21:35. | |
worse. Only five sides left, and only two definitely through to | :21:36. | :21:51. | |
fourth round. Now, a very happy 100th birthday to | :21:52. | :21:56. | |
Iris Bonehill. Her name might not be familiar to you, but she was one | :21:57. | :22:00. | |
third of the Clayton Sisters ` who were popular in the entertainment | :22:01. | :22:03. | |
industry across the Midlands back in the 1930's. Our Arts Reporter Satnam | :22:04. | :22:07. | |
Rana has been to find out more about her life in showbiz, and why she's | :22:08. | :22:17. | |
not a big fan of modern performers. The voice of Iris Bonehill and her | :22:18. | :22:21. | |
sisters ` recorded in Birmingham. Together, they were known as the | :22:22. | :22:25. | |
Clayton Sisters. The travelling troupe entertained audiences all | :22:26. | :22:41. | |
over the UK in the 1930s. I send my congratulations and best wishes to | :22:42. | :22:44. | |
you, on such a special occasion. Today, a royal seal of approval. | :22:45. | :22:47. | |
Iris is celebrating her 100th birthday surrounded by her loving | :22:48. | :22:50. | |
family and memories of her showbiz years. I was always performing with | :22:51. | :22:58. | |
my father in his group. It was a concert party, then, and I don't | :22:59. | :23:02. | |
think they have them now. We used to do the Birmingham parks, and put the | :23:03. | :23:13. | |
show on and always pantomime. By the age of 14, Iris started perfuming | :23:14. | :23:16. | |
professionally with her sisters. From the Dudley Hippodrome, to the | :23:17. | :23:19. | |
Alexander Theatre in Birmingham, to Yarmouth Pier and Scotland. | :23:20. | :23:22. | |
Performing alongside future stars such as actress Dora Bryan and Jazzz | :23:23. | :23:33. | |
legend Duke Ellington. I had a lovely time in show business. There | :23:34. | :23:37. | |
were some lovely people. Especially in Scotland, they built the artists | :23:38. | :23:44. | |
they could entertain. It was such a high standard. It was just lovely, | :23:45. | :23:54. | |
the atmosphere, to work in. Up until five years ago, she was performing | :23:55. | :23:57. | |
with the Ballard Singers in Worcestershire. But what does she | :23:58. | :24:00. | |
think of the way showbiz has changed? I'm still waiting for | :24:01. | :24:08. | |
something to happen, they don't do anything, do they? We danced, we | :24:09. | :24:15. | |
sang, we played instruments. We did every part in the way of | :24:16. | :24:20. | |
entertainment. So, after all the wind and rain, any sign | :24:21. | :24:47. | |
last week 's deluge left us with a string of flood warnings. But at | :24:48. | :24:54. | |
least the flood warnings have now been downgraded. However, there are | :24:55. | :25:00. | |
still 15. If you are in affected areas, I suggest that you bring the | :25:01. | :25:08. | |
flood line. `` ringing the flood line. This week will be a lost | :25:09. | :25:14. | |
writer, although not completely dry. It will be mostly mild, until | :25:15. | :25:20. | |
Friday, when temperatures drop. In terms of rain, we got a couple of | :25:21. | :25:29. | |
features running up which will affect us on Tuesday and Wednesday. | :25:30. | :25:35. | |
It's mainly affecting the southern half of the region. One to keep an | :25:36. | :25:42. | |
eye on, is this front that is heading in from the west. Is | :25:43. | :25:46. | |
currently affecting America, and causing chaos. It's heading our way, | :25:47. | :25:53. | |
and we could get quite a bit of rain later on Friday and into Saturday. | :25:54. | :25:58. | |
The time being, this evening, we have a few showers. There will be | :25:59. | :26:09. | |
periods when that even slightly, but it could have up a bit later on | :26:10. | :26:14. | |
tonight. Temperatures, because of the wind strength, are above | :26:15. | :26:18. | |
freezing will stop around seven or eight. We are looking at a frost | :26:19. | :26:27. | |
free nights, . It's going to be a lot quieter, and it won't be quite | :26:28. | :26:32. | |
as whites. There is a good deal of sunshine between those showers, but | :26:33. | :26:39. | |
still blustery winds. If you're out of those winds, temperatures aren't | :26:40. | :26:44. | |
bad dashed up to ten or 11. On Wednesday and Thursday, Thursday is | :26:45. | :26:45. | |
the driest. Tonight's headlines from the BBC: | :26:46. | :26:55. | |
Another ?25 billion of cuts on the way for Britain ` George Osborne | :26:56. | :26:58. | |
targets welfare again. Giant waves, as new storms batter the south and | :26:59. | :27:02. | |
west ` forecasters warn the flooding could be worse than last week. Calls | :27:03. | :27:06. | |
to bring oak`wood Prison back under Government control, after a third | :27:07. | :27:10. | |
disturbance in as many months. And 400 jobs are created at a car parts | :27:11. | :27:13. | |
manufacturer in North Warwickshire. That was the Midlands Today. I'll be | :27:14. | :27:17. | |
back at ten o'clock with more on the future of oak`wood Prison. Have a | :27:18. | :27:19. | |
great evening. Goodbye. TOM: # And if there's | :27:20. | :27:54. | |
anybody left in here # That doesn't want | :27:55. | :28:14. | |
to be out there... # | :28:15. | :28:18. |