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rain from the east. That's all from the BBC News | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
Hello and welcome to Midlands Today. The headlines tonight: A reprieve | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
for 24`hour A services at the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch, but | :00:07. | :00:09. | |
children's and maternity services look set to be downgraded. | :00:10. | :00:20. | |
I am pleased with the recommendation on A and that we will keep | :00:21. | :00:24. | |
consultants on site. I'll be asking the man leading the | :00:25. | :00:27. | |
campaign to save services at the Alex, where do they go from here? | :00:28. | :00:31. | |
Also tonight: West Brom striker Nicolas Anelka faces charges from | :00:32. | :00:33. | |
the FA over this alleged anti`Semitic salute. | :00:34. | :00:35. | |
We get the fans' view. When is a pothole not a pothole? | :00:36. | :00:39. | |
We're out on the road with the man who decides. | :00:40. | :00:45. | |
From Wolverhampton to the West End ` singer Beverly Knight makes her big | :00:46. | :00:55. | |
stage debut. Thrilled initially, just totally thrilled and then the | :00:56. | :00:59. | |
fear set in. I was like, great! Great. | :01:00. | :01:02. | |
And after a misty, murky start today, things are looking a little | :01:03. | :01:05. | |
clearer for the rest of the week, but the rain is back. For how long? | :01:06. | :01:17. | |
I'll tell you later. Good evening. Health campaigners | :01:18. | :01:20. | |
who've spent 18 months fighting to save their hospital's accident and | :01:21. | :01:22. | |
emergency department are tonight a major step closer to victory. But | :01:23. | :01:28. | |
under new proposals announced this afternoon by an independent health | :01:29. | :01:31. | |
panel, maternity and children's services in Redditch are likely to | :01:32. | :01:36. | |
be downgraded. Here's our health correspondent Michele Paduano. | :01:37. | :01:48. | |
Playgroup on a cold Tuesday in January but it shows how complex | :01:49. | :01:54. | |
changing hospital care is. Amelia was born without a thyroid gland and | :01:55. | :01:59. | |
spends considerable time in hospital. She was on the ward and | :02:00. | :02:04. | |
under their care for 12 days. Without that she could have | :02:05. | :02:08. | |
permanent development issues. She could even have brain damage so it | :02:09. | :02:13. | |
was important she was treated as quickly as she was. I would not have | :02:14. | :02:21. | |
had time to go to Worcester. These staff at the Alex were fantastic. In | :02:22. | :02:27. | |
future, Jack's mum would have to be transferred to Worcester. The review | :02:28. | :02:34. | |
panel also said 1200 of the sickest children would be moved. The | :02:35. | :02:41. | |
reception we have received from the leaders of the organisations have | :02:42. | :02:44. | |
been supportive of the recommendations we have made. It has | :02:45. | :02:49. | |
been a long drawn`out process. In June 2012, the trust 's first | :02:50. | :02:55. | |
floated concentrating health services on one side. In May, a | :02:56. | :03:01. | |
takeover bid was put forward. In July, NHS England appointed an | :03:02. | :03:07. | |
independent panel to sort it out. I am pleased with the recommendation | :03:08. | :03:11. | |
on A and the fact we will keep consultants on site. That was | :03:12. | :03:18. | |
something the sea CGE fought for. We are pleased that has happened. If a | :03:19. | :03:26. | |
patient needs emergency surgery they would likely be brought to Worcester | :03:27. | :03:31. | |
or brought here. There is a recommendation that the A | :03:32. | :03:35. | |
department in West has to be made larger. | :03:36. | :03:44. | |
Let's go live to Redditch and save the Alex campaigner Neil Stote. Your | :03:45. | :03:50. | |
reaction to today's recommendations? We are pleased we will retain A | :03:51. | :03:56. | |
with consultants. That was something we were told would not be achieved | :03:57. | :04:03. | |
back in 2012. Obviously, concerns about overnight paediatrics and | :04:04. | :04:09. | |
maternity and we need to study the report in detail to understand why | :04:10. | :04:15. | |
recommendations have been made. What impact will it have on the people of | :04:16. | :04:23. | |
Redditch? From a paediatric overnight point of view, there will | :04:24. | :04:30. | |
be one ` two transfers the day to a specialist hospital and as a parent | :04:31. | :04:34. | |
myself, if your child is that ill, you would want the best care. The | :04:35. | :04:39. | |
bigger numbers are consultant led maternity and one of the things we | :04:40. | :04:44. | |
have called for is for capacity to be in the system before changes | :04:45. | :04:48. | |
happen. The report has recognised that. We need to look at why... Your | :04:49. | :05:00. | |
website does acknowledge that the hospital trust has a ?50 million | :05:01. | :05:10. | |
deficit. This is a minimum spec, a blueprint for services and if | :05:11. | :05:14. | |
Worcester acute hospitals trust cannot afford delivery, let's find | :05:15. | :05:18. | |
someone who can. This is from a panel of top clinicians. It is not | :05:19. | :05:23. | |
for the trust to dumb it down because they do not have the money. | :05:24. | :05:29. | |
Coming up later in the programme: Famed for its foundries, furnaces | :05:30. | :05:32. | |
and faggots and peas ` the Black Country now has a flag, but where | :05:33. | :05:39. | |
exactly is it? Four families have been contacted to | :05:40. | :05:42. | |
say their babies' organs have been kept without their permission for | :05:43. | :05:46. | |
the last 15 years. Lawyers acting for one family are now demanding a | :05:47. | :05:49. | |
public inquiry to get answers about why the children's organs were taken | :05:50. | :05:54. | |
without consent. We can join our reporter Joanne Writtle in | :05:55. | :05:58. | |
Birmingham City Centre. Joanne, what more do we know? We know that for | :05:59. | :06:09. | |
families have been visited in Birmingham from environmental health | :06:10. | :06:13. | |
officers. In one case, one mother was told that a number of her baby | :06:14. | :06:19. | |
son's organs were removed by a pathologist and they had been stored | :06:20. | :06:23. | |
at Birmingham central mortuary. In that case, her little boy died when | :06:24. | :06:30. | |
he was barely three months old. He died of cot death and as is usual in | :06:31. | :06:34. | |
these cases, the coroner was informed, he instructed a | :06:35. | :06:40. | |
pathologist to carry out a postmortem. What they have not been | :06:41. | :06:48. | |
told is why those organs had been removed, under whose request | :06:49. | :06:53. | |
authority and why they were not returned to the family when the | :06:54. | :07:00. | |
coroner 's inquest had been closed. Has the mother in this case given | :07:01. | :07:05. | |
her reaction? She says she is stunned. This is my son, she said, | :07:06. | :07:10. | |
and she is determined to get to the bottom of what happened. Many people | :07:11. | :07:17. | |
will remember the Alder Hey scandal from a few years ago when patients | :07:18. | :07:22. | |
organs were retained without family consent. In this case the baby boy | :07:23. | :07:27. | |
died a year before the Alder Hey scandal became public. What has | :07:28. | :07:34. | |
Birmingham City Council said? They are liaising with the families | :07:35. | :07:38. | |
involved and say they can decide what they want doing with their | :07:39. | :07:43. | |
babies bodies. Lots of unanswered questions in the case we were | :07:44. | :07:49. | |
talking about. One mother still does know which of her baby's organs were | :07:50. | :07:53. | |
removed and it is a cause of great distress. | :07:54. | :07:57. | |
Police in St Lucia are still questioning three men about the | :07:58. | :08:00. | |
death of 62`year`old Roger Pratt, who was killed defending his wife | :08:01. | :08:02. | |
from robbers. A postmortem examination has found that the | :08:03. | :08:05. | |
yachtsman from Warwickshire was hit and then fell, or was pushed into | :08:06. | :08:09. | |
the sea where he drowned. Today, his wife Margaret told a St Lucian | :08:10. | :08:12. | |
government news service that before her husband's death, they found the | :08:13. | :08:17. | |
island extremely friendly. We have enjoyed St Lucia, we have not felt | :08:18. | :08:26. | |
unsafe until the events of those final tragic minutes. We have had | :08:27. | :08:31. | |
considerable kindness from very many people. That kindness is continuing | :08:32. | :08:37. | |
during the period of the investigation. | :08:38. | :08:42. | |
A 33`year`old man has been arrested after armed police shot dead a dog | :08:43. | :08:46. | |
in Birmingham. Richmond Road in Bearwood was sealed off after two | :08:47. | :08:49. | |
pit bull`type dogs were spotted last night. One dog was shot dead amid | :08:50. | :08:52. | |
concerns over public safety, while the other was taken to the force dog | :08:53. | :08:59. | |
unit after being found in a garden. We heard about a gunshot, still the | :09:00. | :09:07. | |
dogs were barking and then a final gunshot and then it was silent. It | :09:08. | :09:13. | |
is quite upsetting because I am an animal lover and those dogs were | :09:14. | :09:20. | |
very friendly, very obedient. The West Bromwich Albion striker | :09:21. | :09:23. | |
Nicolas Anelka is facing a minimum five game ban. He's been charged by | :09:24. | :09:26. | |
the Football Association of an aggravated breach of its rules by | :09:27. | :09:29. | |
making what appeared to be a "quenelle" gesture. Anelka made the | :09:30. | :09:32. | |
sign, which many view as an anti`Semitic gesture reminiscent of | :09:33. | :09:35. | |
the Nazi salute, after scoring at West Ham last month. Our sports | :09:36. | :09:39. | |
reporter Ian Winter is in the BBC WM radio studios for tonight's football | :09:40. | :09:49. | |
phone`in. What is the reaction? The lines are hot on the phone into | :09:50. | :09:54. | |
night. Albion supporters have a lot to talk about. The guest is the | :09:55. | :10:01. | |
format West Brom favourite Richard stickers and we will pop inside to | :10:02. | :10:06. | |
gauge the mood of fans. Last night I was at the hawthorns to judge if the | :10:07. | :10:12. | |
Nicolas Anelka controversy would overshadow Pepe Mel's first game in | :10:13. | :10:15. | |
charge. On a cold night at the Hawthorns. | :10:16. | :10:19. | |
Nicolas Anelka warmed up for the battle ahead ` his future still very | :10:20. | :10:22. | |
much in limbo. For 75 minutes, his mind was fully focused on events on | :10:23. | :10:26. | |
the pitch. By nine o'clock this morning, he'd been charged by the FA | :10:27. | :10:29. | |
following his controversial gesture last month. Having received a | :10:30. | :10:31. | |
34`page document outlining the allegations against him. Nicolas | :10:32. | :10:44. | |
Anelka has until Thursday evening to respond to the charge. If found | :10:45. | :10:49. | |
guilty he could face a lengthy ban. Will he be well advised to | :10:50. | :10:55. | |
apologise? He will try to explain the meaning of this was. IM guessing | :10:56. | :11:00. | |
it was not anti`Semitic and he will say this was a gesture of defiance | :11:01. | :11:05. | |
and he was showing support for a friend. Nicolas Anelka is a very | :11:06. | :11:16. | |
good player, a good professional and I am only head coach. Last night | :11:17. | :11:22. | |
Pepe Mel was given a warm reception by the home fans and he responded in | :11:23. | :11:27. | |
similar fashion. Four minutes before the break, his team fell behind | :11:28. | :11:35. | |
before a well worked Everton goal. With 15 minutes left, Albion were | :11:36. | :11:39. | |
level. Thanks to a fine cross by man of the match James Morrison, and a | :11:40. | :11:42. | |
firm header from Diego Lugano. Throughout the match, Pepe had | :11:43. | :11:45. | |
prowled up and down, pointed here and there. And finally, he praised | :11:46. | :11:49. | |
his new team for their hard work on his debut. Marks out of ten? Eight. | :11:50. | :12:02. | |
Much more exciting to watch. Seven. Nine out of ten. Eight or nine. | :12:03. | :12:12. | |
Heroes toying with the rest of the crowd. Nicolas Anelka left last | :12:13. | :12:17. | |
night knowing he faces a minimum five match ban if the charges are | :12:18. | :12:24. | |
upheld. You are now live on BBC Midlands Today. What has been the | :12:25. | :12:30. | |
mood of supporters? Mixed views. We had one found that says that Nicolas | :12:31. | :12:36. | |
Anelka has served it is an antiestablishment gesture and he | :12:37. | :12:39. | |
would want him to take it through to the High Court. Otherwise, he would | :12:40. | :12:46. | |
not be convinced it was antiestablishment. Some fans | :12:47. | :12:49. | |
supporting him, some saying he should take his punishment. | :12:50. | :12:54. | |
One other football line tonight and Graham Turner has quit as manager of | :12:55. | :12:57. | |
League One strugglers Shrewsbury Town. The 66`year`old has called | :12:58. | :13:01. | |
time on his second spell at the club with the Shrews a point above the | :13:02. | :13:04. | |
relegation zone. He said today it's very sad decision. The football | :13:05. | :13:14. | |
phone in continues here. Where exactly is the Black Country? | :13:15. | :13:17. | |
A simple question or so you'd think. But for years a fierce debate has | :13:18. | :13:21. | |
been taking place over its precise location in the West Midlands. Not | :13:22. | :13:24. | |
even this map from the Black Country Living Museum has settled the | :13:25. | :13:27. | |
argument, as plans were announced to mark Black Country Day. We've had a | :13:28. | :13:31. | |
huge response to this map on our Facebook page, including this | :13:32. | :13:33. | |
message from Bill Hollingshead, who's clearly not a fan of maps. He | :13:34. | :13:39. | |
says: "The Black Country is defined by the way people feel and speak. | :13:40. | :13:50. | |
So the only certainty seems to be that a special day to celebrate the | :13:51. | :13:56. | |
region will be held in July. And Dudley was today named capital city | :13:57. | :14:00. | |
of the Black Country. Live now to Sarah Falkland in Dudley. Sarah, you | :14:01. | :14:04. | |
are definitely in the Black Country then? Most definitely. But here we | :14:05. | :14:16. | |
are, you could be mistaken to thinking you are not in the Black | :14:17. | :14:20. | |
Country because this building and it opened last Tuesday. 800 years of | :14:21. | :14:28. | |
Black Country history. The launch of the new Black Country flag. | :14:29. | :14:41. | |
The Black Country, a place west of Birmingham, home to more than a | :14:42. | :14:48. | |
million people. The Black Country is about the people. We are genuine, | :14:49. | :14:57. | |
honest and hard`working. Thanks to this schoolgirl they have their road | :14:58. | :15:01. | |
flag. The Black Country was described as black by day and read | :15:02. | :15:05. | |
by night and that is why I have done part of it black and part red. The | :15:06. | :15:12. | |
glass cone in the middle to show all the manufacturing and industry in | :15:13. | :15:17. | |
the area. We were the core the industry. But it is our accent and | :15:18. | :15:29. | |
people put you down. The famous dialect aside, July 14 will see the | :15:30. | :15:33. | |
dawn of the first`ever Black Country day. The Black Country culture is | :15:34. | :15:40. | |
not celebrated enough. Wales has their dragon, Scotland has a | :15:41. | :15:45. | |
referendum and we need to proclaim what England is about and the Black | :15:46. | :15:49. | |
Country is at the centre. You will have heard about its canals, have | :15:50. | :15:54. | |
the first steam engine was invented here and there is strong IM | :15:55. | :16:01. | |
production industry. `` are you. 20% was produced here. But today, | :16:02. | :16:09. | |
somewhere it is a place you can find a casino next to a mosque. What does | :16:10. | :16:17. | |
it mean to you, the Black Country? Everything, I was born and bred | :16:18. | :16:26. | |
here. It was where I was brought up. Another man for whom the Black | :16:27. | :16:29. | |
Country is very special, Doctor Brian Dakin. What do you think is | :16:30. | :16:41. | |
the essence of Black Country this macro to use a line out of a lyric, | :16:42. | :16:47. | |
it is strong guns and a warm heart. Hands and heart. Which encompasses | :16:48. | :16:53. | |
the industry and the generosity of the people. What about the future? | :16:54. | :17:02. | |
Where is it going? It continues to evolve so it will always be here and | :17:03. | :17:08. | |
just embrace whatever comes into it. What do you think about the Black | :17:09. | :17:15. | |
Country day? Busting! It is fantastic, it is a day for us to | :17:16. | :17:22. | |
celebrate. People are contacting myself about festivals and getting | :17:23. | :17:26. | |
involved in that, so it will be a wonderful way for people just to | :17:27. | :17:35. | |
know how proud they of region. And you have written a poem for it? Yes. | :17:36. | :17:47. | |
The day is the 14th. Our top story tonight: A reprieve | :17:48. | :17:50. | |
for 24`hour A services at the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch, but | :17:51. | :17:52. | |
children's and maternity services will be downgraded. | :17:53. | :17:54. | |
Your detailed weather forecast to come shortly from Rebecca. | :17:55. | :17:57. | |
Also in tonight's programme: how running a mile for Sport Relief is | :17:58. | :18:00. | |
helping budding DJs in Coventry. And Wolverhampton singer Beverley | :18:01. | :18:03. | |
Knight on her first West End stage role. | :18:04. | :18:17. | |
Last week, we had a huge response from you to our report on the | :18:18. | :18:20. | |
scourge of motorists across the region ` potholes. We wanted to know | :18:21. | :18:24. | |
what councils are doing to tackle the problem. Ben Sidwell has been to | :18:25. | :18:29. | |
meet a man who you could say is Mr Pothole. | :18:30. | :18:41. | |
Meet Staffordshire 's Mr pothole. This is a severe pothole outside of | :18:42. | :18:45. | |
a school. We need to make this saving 24`hour. `` safe in 24 hours. | :18:46. | :18:57. | |
As a senior Highway inspector, what Will Painter doesn't know about | :18:58. | :19:01. | |
potholes probably isn't worth knowing. This is a rural road. We | :19:02. | :19:08. | |
will be checking this annually. There is water running down the edge | :19:09. | :19:14. | |
of the carriageway. In Staffordshire they are repairing around 400 | :19:15. | :19:18. | |
potholes a week. Last year the council added half ?1 million | :19:19. | :19:22. | |
meaning that more than 13,000 of them were fixed. But in these times | :19:23. | :19:28. | |
of cuts, even the road maintenance budget is being squeezed. We are a | :19:29. | :19:33. | |
council and have to make sure all vivant of all people are looked | :19:34. | :19:39. | |
after as well as the roads. At this garage in blocks which they are | :19:40. | :19:42. | |
seeing first`hand the effect potholes can have. If you look here, | :19:43. | :19:52. | |
the core Spring is sticking out. This driver's repair will be around | :19:53. | :19:57. | |
?200 but some are running into the thousands. Your macro when I first | :19:58. | :20:03. | |
started 20 years ago, we never had any course brings broken. We are | :20:04. | :20:13. | |
seeing more of these, probably 10`15 a week. Back in Staffordshire and as | :20:14. | :20:18. | |
quickly as crews are filling them, yet more potholes are being found. | :20:19. | :20:24. | |
We have a team working here. We need to make this safe. The battle | :20:25. | :20:34. | |
against potholes goes on. Sport Relief returns to our screens | :20:35. | :20:37. | |
in March, with fundraisers being urged to run, swim or cycle at the | :20:38. | :20:41. | |
Sport Relief Games. Community groups across the West Midlands hope to | :20:42. | :20:44. | |
benefit from the special weekend of events ` groups like a local radio | :20:45. | :20:47. | |
station in Coventry. Here's Louise Brierley. | :20:48. | :20:52. | |
Set in one of Coventry 's most deprived areas, this community radio | :20:53. | :20:57. | |
station is giving its volunteer DJs skills. Where I come from thereon | :20:58. | :21:04. | |
not many opportunities and I got here and got to do what I love. I | :21:05. | :21:10. | |
get to help out other kids as well who come in on a weekly basis. The | :21:11. | :21:16. | |
line`up reflects the diverse community of Hill Fields, one of its | :21:17. | :21:23. | |
older DJs has a big Irish fan base. Coventry is like a melting pot. It | :21:24. | :21:29. | |
is a community radio station so we try to get as much out to the | :21:30. | :21:35. | |
communities that we can. Like many projects, without donations from | :21:36. | :21:39. | |
charities like Sport Relief it would not exist. In 2012, the West | :21:40. | :21:47. | |
Midlands raised over ?1 million which has helped to fund 360 | :21:48. | :21:58. | |
projects across the region. All the funding we get enables us to reach | :21:59. | :22:02. | |
out to the community and that is important, so we reach the community | :22:03. | :22:08. | |
in so different ways and funding is allowing us to do that. It doesn't | :22:09. | :22:13. | |
matter where you have come from, it is a welcoming place to be. A family | :22:14. | :22:19. | |
that has been brought together thanks to money raised by you. | :22:20. | :22:25. | |
Wolverhampton's Beverley Knight has been starring in her debut stage | :22:26. | :22:28. | |
role in The West End. For an award`winning soul singer what has | :22:29. | :22:32. | |
it been like making the move from singing to acting? Our Arts Reporter | :22:33. | :22:39. | |
Satnam Rana has been finding out. From Wolverhampton to the West End. | :22:40. | :22:44. | |
Beverley Knight is wowing audiences in her first role on stage in The | :22:45. | :23:01. | |
Bodyguard. I was thrilled initially, just totally thrilled and then the | :23:02. | :23:06. | |
fear set in. I was like, great! Great. I thought I have now got to | :23:07. | :23:13. | |
actually extend myself beyond what I have been doing. The show is based | :23:14. | :23:24. | |
on the film starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston. It sees Beverly | :23:25. | :23:30. | |
singing big numbers in big costumes. It is a big dress so it is a big | :23:31. | :23:37. | |
number, I will always love you. Right at the end of the show. It | :23:38. | :23:44. | |
weighs a tonne. I was always a fan of Whitney Houston. Beverly was | :23:45. | :23:52. | |
awarded an MBE for her work in 2007 and has sold over a million albums | :23:53. | :23:56. | |
in the UK but the last time she acted, it was on a school stage. | :23:57. | :24:03. | |
Little did I know that all those years ago that very rudimentary | :24:04. | :24:13. | |
training would help me out. A bit of your Wolverhampton experience to the | :24:14. | :24:19. | |
West End. Exactly! What have the critics made of her debut? Her | :24:20. | :24:25. | |
talent and her talent alone is making people come to the theatre. | :24:26. | :24:32. | |
There are only a handful of singers that can do these songs and Beverly | :24:33. | :24:38. | |
is one of them. I would relish the opportunity to do another acting | :24:39. | :24:43. | |
role on stage certainly, and if I work really hard and if anyone | :24:44. | :24:48. | |
thinks I am good enough, maybe I make the transition to the screen. | :24:49. | :25:01. | |
But who knows, we will see. In the next few hours, audiences will be | :25:02. | :25:05. | |
coming through the doors here to see Beverly and she has been a hit | :25:06. | :25:10. | |
amongst them. She has agreed to extend her run by three months until | :25:11. | :25:21. | |
the end of May. We have had that tricky combination for a forecaster, | :25:22. | :25:25. | |
Frost and fog. Will they get the same tonight? | :25:26. | :25:31. | |
Hopefully not but we have got rain so I do not know which is worst. It | :25:32. | :25:38. | |
has been a 40 few days and Matthew managed to get this picture of the | :25:39. | :25:44. | |
Broadway in the Cotswolds. A beautiful for the scene. It will | :25:45. | :25:49. | |
look damper tonight. Do keep your pictures coming in. You can see our | :25:50. | :25:55. | |
full selection on our Facebook page. It changes tonight because of this | :25:56. | :26:01. | |
band of rain. We will feel the full effects through the next few hours. | :26:02. | :26:07. | |
Rain moving through the region. Over tonight it will get more heavy, more | :26:08. | :26:12. | |
persistent and we could see heavy downpours to calm before it starts | :26:13. | :26:16. | |
to clear away to the east and behind that, we will get clear skies. Under | :26:17. | :26:21. | |
those clear skies, temperatures will fall away. We could see mist and fog | :26:22. | :26:27. | |
patches developing tomorrow morning. Temperatures managing to | :26:28. | :26:32. | |
stay above freezing. Tomorrow is a day of sunshine and showers. The sun | :26:33. | :26:40. | |
will help to burn through any mist and fog patches and it will be a | :26:41. | :26:45. | |
pleasant day with a lighter winds. Temperatures between seven and nine | :26:46. | :26:52. | |
Celsius. Showers continue to rattle through as we head through the | :26:53. | :26:57. | |
evening and then it is another clear night. Temperatures will fall but it | :26:58. | :27:03. | |
is not long before we see the next weather system working its way in. | :27:04. | :27:08. | |
Temperatures still dropping down to close to freezing. Thursday we seem | :27:09. | :27:13. | |
to get through one weather front and another one starts to move through. | :27:14. | :27:18. | |
Squally conditions on this band of rain. Not a pleasant day on Thursday | :27:19. | :27:22. | |
and more rain in the forecast for Friday. | :27:23. | :27:23. | |
Tonight's headlines from the BBC: On the eve of the biggest diplomatic | :27:24. | :27:27. | |
effort to end the Syrian conflict ` shocking pictures of torture by | :27:28. | :27:30. | |
government forces. A reprieve for 24`hour A services at the | :27:31. | :27:32. | |
Alexandra Hospital in Redditch, but children's and maternity services | :27:33. | :27:34. | |
will be downgraded. That was the Midlands Today. I'll be | :27:35. | :27:38. | |
back with more on the future of the Alexandra Hospital at ten o'clock. | :27:39. | :27:41. | |
Have a great evening. Goodbye. | :27:42. | :27:43. |