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Hello and welcome to Midlands Today. The headlines tonight: | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
A community arts centre deliberately destroyed by fire ` | :00:07. | :00:09. | |
I feel scared and disgusted that somebody did this. Somebody could | :00:10. | :00:22. | |
have died in the fire. We?ll be live at the centre | :00:23. | :00:28. | |
in Birmingham Plans announced for a vigil | :00:29. | :00:31. | |
for teenage cancer victim Stephen Sutton to be held over two | :00:32. | :00:34. | |
days at Lichfield Cathedral. The all`action Brummie verdict | :00:35. | :00:38. | |
on a late`night dance extravaganza And there may have been | :00:39. | :00:40. | |
a stillness and serenity about today, but calm waters are soon to | :00:41. | :00:53. | |
be ruffled by bouncing rain. There will be warnings | :00:54. | :00:57. | |
in force later tonight full details Good evening. | :00:58. | :00:59. | |
A community arts group believes an arson attack on its building was | :01:00. | :01:10. | |
racially motivated. Staff at Ulfah Arts and Media | :01:11. | :01:14. | |
in Birmingham have told police they've been receiving hate emails | :01:15. | :01:17. | |
for the past four months. Its chief executive described | :01:18. | :01:23. | |
the attack as an act of violence. Live now to | :01:24. | :01:26. | |
the group's headquarters in Highgate and our reporter Amy Cole. | :01:27. | :01:29. | |
How bad's the damage, Amy? Around half | :01:30. | :01:32. | |
the unit has been destroyed and the The organisation works to bring | :01:33. | :01:36. | |
young people from different faith groups and communities together | :01:37. | :01:42. | |
through arts and media, but that's All of the carpets, computers, | :01:43. | :01:45. | |
electrical equipment... Sarah Javid is appalled | :01:46. | :02:02. | |
and shocked by what's happened. The fire started in the early hours | :02:03. | :02:04. | |
of yesterday morning and has caused The organisation says it believes | :02:05. | :02:08. | |
it's the victim of a race attack. We have had over a number of months | :02:09. | :02:17. | |
hate mail and e`mails. Only last week, we received a DVD that was | :02:18. | :02:24. | |
anti`Islam. We reported all this to the police. There is a serious | :02:25. | :02:28. | |
investigation going on. It is not just a coincidence that all of this | :02:29. | :02:33. | |
has been going on and all of a sudden there is an attack that is | :02:34. | :02:34. | |
suspected to be arson. West Midlands Police say at this | :02:35. | :02:41. | |
stage they?re keeping an open mind, but are taking steps to find out if | :02:42. | :02:44. | |
the attack was racially motivated. We are looking at CCTV and forensics | :02:45. | :02:51. | |
opportunities. We are putting officers on the street to speak to | :02:52. | :02:54. | |
the community. Ulfah Arts | :02:55. | :02:56. | |
and Media has been running for ten years and helps to bring different | :02:57. | :02:59. | |
faiths and communities together. 18`year`old Aamir Hussain has been | :03:00. | :03:02. | |
involved with the group for five The studio has been destroyed so | :03:03. | :03:14. | |
there are no more shows. We have been doing documentaries and that | :03:15. | :03:17. | |
has been put on hold as well. How do you feel? Devastated. I feel | :03:18. | :03:25. | |
scared and disgusted that somebody would do this. Somebody could have | :03:26. | :03:32. | |
died in the fire. We do broadcasts where we are in there 24 hours. | :03:33. | :03:35. | |
The organisation says it's determined to keep going | :03:36. | :03:37. | |
About ?50,000 worth of damage has been caused, as I said in the | :03:38. | :03:47. | |
report. The volunteers have called it a sickening attack. They are | :03:48. | :03:52. | |
rallying together and said the local community has been really | :03:53. | :03:55. | |
supportive. They have found a temporary office already and they | :03:56. | :03:58. | |
will keep fighting. They have had help clearing up as well. They say | :03:59. | :04:02. | |
the attack will only make them stronger and bigger and better than | :04:03. | :04:13. | |
before. Thank you. Coming up later, remembering Joshua Ribera. A | :04:14. | :04:18. | |
football celebration to promote the legacy of a musician from Birmingham | :04:19. | :04:20. | |
who was stabbed to death. Funeral arrangements have been | :04:21. | :04:26. | |
announced for Stephen Sutton, the Staffordshire teenager who died | :04:27. | :04:28. | |
last week from cancer. A public vigil will be held | :04:29. | :04:30. | |
at Lichfield Cathedral ahead Giles Latcham is | :04:31. | :04:33. | |
at the cathedral for us now. Giles, | :04:34. | :04:37. | |
how can the public get involved? There are all sorts of ways. That is | :04:38. | :04:47. | |
the reflection of the public figure at the young man had become before | :04:48. | :04:54. | |
his death. Fitting that this should all take place at Lichfield | :04:55. | :04:59. | |
Cathedral, one of the oldest public places of Christian worship in the | :05:00. | :05:01. | |
UK and a stone's throw from his home. Stephen's body will lie within | :05:02. | :05:08. | |
the cathedral in what is termed the place of honour from 7pm next | :05:09. | :05:14. | |
Thursday. That is the 29th of May. Members of the public will be | :05:15. | :05:18. | |
invited to take part in a vigil and pay their respects. It will last | :05:19. | :05:24. | |
until midnight. The doors will reopen at 7am on the Friday and the | :05:25. | :05:29. | |
same thing will happen. His body will remain in place until 3pm that | :05:30. | :05:33. | |
afternoon for more members of the public to visit. At 11pm that day, | :05:34. | :05:44. | |
Friday, the 30th, there will be a thumbs up, the gesture that he made | :05:45. | :05:49. | |
so famous, he tweeted it, he made it his own, in effect. There is also a | :05:50. | :05:55. | |
book of condolence opened within the cathedral. His mother has also | :05:56. | :06:02. | |
issued a statement today. She has put out a statement. She is not | :06:03. | :06:06. | |
speaking to the media. Her grief is still very raw. She says that the | :06:07. | :06:12. | |
love and support people are showing for Stephen is a great comfort. We | :06:13. | :06:17. | |
know thousands of people have been inspired by his story. We want to | :06:18. | :06:21. | |
give all of his friends and supporters and local people who | :06:22. | :06:24. | |
supported him from the start the opportunity to come and say goodbye. | :06:25. | :06:29. | |
She goes on to say that there will be a public event later in the year | :06:30. | :06:34. | |
which she hopes many people will be able to attend. She urges people to | :06:35. | :06:39. | |
make further donations to the Teenage Cancer Trust. His amazing | :06:40. | :06:44. | |
fundraising campaign. I think he had an original target of 10,000. It | :06:45. | :06:50. | |
grows and grows. The fundraising page goes to the heart of the | :06:51. | :06:55. | |
Stephen Sutton phenomenon. This evening it is now over ?3 million. | :06:56. | :07:01. | |
It is climbing. The page reference if you want it, just giving, Stephen | :07:02. | :07:09. | |
Sutton. By the end of next week, it might have climbed past the ?4 | :07:10. | :07:16. | |
million mark. Remarkable. If you want to pay tribute to Stephen next | :07:17. | :07:20. | |
week, we have put full details on how you can on the Midlands Today | :07:21. | :07:25. | |
Facebook page. The brain injury charity Headway | :07:26. | :07:29. | |
says it's coming under increasing financial pressure because of cuts | :07:30. | :07:32. | |
to local authority spending. Headway has told our reporter | :07:33. | :07:34. | |
Ben Sidwell that a lack of council support | :07:35. | :07:37. | |
for patients means increasing I was celebrating my 30th birthday | :07:38. | :07:46. | |
and I was assaulted from behind. I hit my head on the floor and it | :07:47. | :07:52. | |
caused a brain haemorrhage. Holding your husband in your arms and | :07:53. | :07:56. | |
thinking he is dying is something that will live with me forever. | :07:57. | :07:59. | |
In October last year, Mark Schofield's life changed forever. | :08:00. | :08:01. | |
The father from Kitts Green in Birmingham was so badly injured he | :08:02. | :08:04. | |
I was at war with my own brain. It would not switch off. It was | :08:05. | :08:12. | |
continually throwing everything at me, thoughts of dying. We were at a | :08:13. | :08:19. | |
point where I could not cope. We could not cope. I did not know who | :08:20. | :08:25. | |
to call. It was the only number I heard. I phoned the number and said, | :08:26. | :08:33. | |
I do not know if I'm speaking to the right people, but I need to speak to | :08:34. | :08:34. | |
somebody. That number was for the brain injury | :08:35. | :08:36. | |
charity Headway West Midlands. Last year they helped many people | :08:37. | :08:39. | |
like Mark, in and around Birmingham. But cuts to funding mean many | :08:40. | :08:42. | |
of the services they offer are now The future is very uncertain for all | :08:43. | :08:53. | |
of us. We may be able to run one service but it will not meet the 700 | :08:54. | :08:57. | |
people we are able to support last year. | :08:58. | :08:58. | |
The charity helps those with acquired brain injuries re`learn | :08:59. | :09:01. | |
It would be a massive loss. My life has changed. I have only been coming | :09:02. | :09:12. | |
to the centre about six, eight months. It is the best thing that | :09:13. | :09:19. | |
has happened to me since my brain injury. I did not know anything | :09:20. | :09:23. | |
about brain injuries until it happened. It can happen to anyone, | :09:24. | :09:28. | |
it can happen to you. But the charity are very important because | :09:29. | :09:36. | |
without them... I don't know what we would have done. | :09:37. | :09:42. | |
With us now is Luke Griggs from Headway. | :09:43. | :09:45. | |
Some extremely powerful comments in that report, | :09:46. | :09:48. | |
Very much so. Unfortunately. It is just one of a number of groups | :09:49. | :10:02. | |
across the most Midlands `` across the West Midlands and a recent | :10:03. | :10:08. | |
survey found that 85% of our charities are concerned about their | :10:09. | :10:11. | |
ability to provide long`term support to people affected if the level of | :10:12. | :10:17. | |
funding continues. Also the report reveals starkly how life can change | :10:18. | :10:22. | |
in an instant. Absolutely. It can affect anyone at any time. When it | :10:23. | :10:27. | |
does, the effects can be devastating for families as well as the | :10:28. | :10:32. | |
individual. We know that with the right help, there can be life after | :10:33. | :10:38. | |
brain injury. What is the problem now? Simultaneous cuts by local | :10:39. | :10:45. | |
authority funding, welfare benefits, through a variety of different ways | :10:46. | :10:49. | |
that people are being restricted from access to our services. Some | :10:50. | :10:53. | |
people who previously attended a service are saying, you can still | :10:54. | :10:56. | |
go, but we are putting your transport costs so they cannot get | :10:57. | :11:00. | |
in. Other people are finding their level of need is not deemed higher | :11:01. | :11:06. | |
left which is a real shame `` high enough. Every charity thinks it is | :11:07. | :11:14. | |
special, understandably. Why should you get better treatment from | :11:15. | :11:19. | |
councils? We fully appreciate the difficulty local authorities are | :11:20. | :11:23. | |
facing in terms of balancing the books. We are trying to help them to | :11:24. | :11:29. | |
use their pressured resources in a more appropriate way. It is a false | :11:30. | :11:33. | |
economy to stop people receiving the rehabilitation they need if it will | :11:34. | :11:37. | |
help them to become more independent and therefore less likely to be | :11:38. | :11:40. | |
reliant on more expensive long`term state care in the future. Thank you | :11:41. | :11:42. | |
very much indeed. A mother today pleaded guilty to | :11:43. | :11:47. | |
abandoning her newborn baby in The baby, | :11:48. | :11:50. | |
named Jade by hospital staff after being discovered in Stechford, | :11:51. | :11:54. | |
is now eight months old and in The 26`year`old woman from the | :11:55. | :11:57. | |
Kingshurst area of Birmingham, who cannot be named for legal reasons, | :11:58. | :12:01. | |
will be sentenced next month. Showbiz celebrities and sporting | :12:02. | :12:04. | |
stars will honour heroes from all walks of life at the Pride | :12:05. | :12:06. | |
of Birmingham Awards in September. The event at Birmingham Town Hall, | :12:07. | :12:12. | |
fronted by TV and radio presenter Gabby Roslin, will celebrate local | :12:13. | :12:16. | |
people who've overcome adversity or made an outstanding contribution to | :12:17. | :12:18. | |
their community, as well as raising funds for the | :12:19. | :12:22. | |
Queen Elizabeth Hospital. They asked me to be involved and | :12:23. | :12:32. | |
dialect at the chancel stop it is wonderful when unsung heroes get a | :12:33. | :12:38. | |
chance to stand up and we can applaud them `` and I jumped at the | :12:39. | :12:44. | |
chance. It is wonderful. A football gala took place today to | :12:45. | :12:47. | |
remember the life of a young rap musician who was | :12:48. | :12:50. | |
stabbed to death in Birmingham. Joshua Ribera was killed | :12:51. | :12:54. | |
by another teenager outside His short life has become a focal | :12:55. | :12:56. | |
point for an anti`knife campaign. Here's our special | :12:57. | :13:00. | |
correspondent Peter Wilson. This was a day`long football event | :13:01. | :13:02. | |
for families, fans and friends. Joshua Ribera's star was | :13:03. | :13:06. | |
last year on the rise. his first album went to number one | :13:07. | :13:09. | |
in the download charts in September. He was stabbed to death outside | :13:10. | :13:16. | |
a Birmingham nightclub. We set up a charity in his name to | :13:17. | :13:29. | |
show young people there is more to life than hanging around on the | :13:30. | :13:34. | |
streets hurting people and doing negative things. You can have fun, | :13:35. | :13:37. | |
be positive and enjoy your life. Teams including children | :13:38. | :13:39. | |
and staff from the schools Joshua Ribera attended in Bromsgrove today | :13:40. | :13:41. | |
came to the Birmingham City ground. A very talented young man. He did | :13:42. | :13:52. | |
quite a lot with our school. Very nice young chap. An inspiration to a | :13:53. | :13:59. | |
lot of our pupils. We felt so bad when tragedy struck. He was a major | :14:00. | :14:02. | |
part of the school, part of the family. | :14:03. | :14:04. | |
Joshua Ribera was only 18 when he died, yet people here were | :14:05. | :14:07. | |
calling him a legend and predicting great things for his music. | :14:08. | :14:15. | |
He kept getting better and better. He was 18 and he was destined for | :14:16. | :14:20. | |
big things. He was destined for greatness. | :14:21. | :14:22. | |
Depzman, as he was known, wrote lyrics calling | :14:23. | :14:24. | |
A current knife surrender in Birmingham is discussing ways to | :14:25. | :14:29. | |
use his image and music to back the campaign. | :14:30. | :14:37. | |
Because he was such an influential figure, a lot of people will listen. | :14:38. | :14:43. | |
When it happens to someone famous, it sinks in. There is a chance the | :14:44. | :14:47. | |
kids will listen a lot more compare to if it was not a famous person | :14:48. | :14:59. | |
that was stabbed. Josh would pull them aside and say, get your | :15:00. | :15:02. | |
education, don't get caught in this. This was not just a simple | :15:03. | :15:12. | |
kick around. Those close to Joshua Ribera are hoping it was the first | :15:13. | :15:16. | |
of a series of events to raise money to help change young people's lives. | :15:17. | :15:25. | |
The councils holding elections include all seven of the big West | :15:26. | :15:28. | |
One`third of the seats are up for election in all but two. | :15:29. | :15:33. | |
In Cheltenham and Nuneaton and Bedworth, half | :15:34. | :15:35. | |
Ten of the councils will declare their results tomorrow night | :15:36. | :15:48. | |
The European results will not be declared until Sunday night, | :15:49. | :15:57. | |
following the close of polls across the rest of Europe. | :15:58. | :16:11. | |
Patrick Byrne has written a blog post about both sets of elections. | :16:12. | :16:18. | |
Ten of the councils will declare their results tomorrow night and the | :16:19. | :16:22. | |
rest on Friday. The European results will not be declared until Sunday | :16:23. | :16:26. | |
night following the close of voting across the rest of Europe. | :16:27. | :16:31. | |
Midlands Today is in CERN in Geneva all this week ahead | :16:32. | :16:34. | |
of the second anniversary of the discovery of the Higgs boson. | :16:35. | :16:41. | |
The particle which basically holds everything together in this world of | :16:42. | :16:44. | |
ours. And for the first time, | :16:45. | :16:45. | |
we can reveal how one Birmingham company saved the Large Hadron | :16:46. | :16:48. | |
Collider not once, but twice. When disaster threatened, | :16:49. | :16:51. | |
they had engineering solutions. Our science correspondent | :16:52. | :16:53. | |
David Gregory`Kumar reports. This is | :16:54. | :16:55. | |
a story that begins 150 years ago Karl Brandauer starts a company | :16:56. | :16:57. | |
making nibs for dipping pens. Complex shapes stamped | :16:58. | :17:05. | |
from flat metal. This was the original factory built | :17:06. | :17:18. | |
around 1850 on the edge of Birmingham's jewellery Quarter. It | :17:19. | :17:21. | |
is currently being refurbished. The company moved out in 2001 but they | :17:22. | :17:23. | |
did not go far. Just over the road is | :17:24. | :17:25. | |
the new factory. Still a family`owned company | :17:26. | :17:27. | |
and still making complex things And one day they got a call | :17:28. | :17:30. | |
from CERN. They needed a new part, an extra | :17:31. | :17:33. | |
part that only Brandauer could make. We made shielding strips which goes | :17:34. | :17:47. | |
along both sides of the electron beam tubes. To put it simply, | :17:48. | :17:53. | |
without the parts the Large Hadron Collider would not work. The strip | :17:54. | :18:03. | |
we saw goes around the inside of the whole of the ring. Normally we could | :18:04. | :18:08. | |
not show you them in place, but because it is being upgraded, parts | :18:09. | :18:14. | |
of the pipe are up in the lab so we can. | :18:15. | :18:17. | |
Brandauer?s strips weren't actually part of the original design. | :18:18. | :18:23. | |
The physicists said, we need something, this is not going to | :18:24. | :18:30. | |
work. This was designed as an add`on afterwards when manufacturing was | :18:31. | :18:33. | |
ongoing. Problem solved | :18:34. | :18:35. | |
and CERN was ready to start work. Then during initial testing, | :18:36. | :18:37. | |
another unexpected and very serious problem, an explosion severely | :18:38. | :18:40. | |
damaged the ring. Thousands of pressure`release | :18:41. | :18:42. | |
valves would have to be installed CERN turned to Birmingham`based | :18:43. | :18:44. | |
Brandauer once more. They stamped out | :18:45. | :18:50. | |
the clever claw`like springs that hold the newly`installed pressure | :18:51. | :18:53. | |
valves shut. If there is a pressure build up, it | :18:54. | :19:06. | |
pops up? It will come out. It is attached so it cannot go... | :19:07. | :19:11. | |
Soon these sections of the Large Hadron Collider will be refurbished | :19:12. | :19:14. | |
But it's only thanks to a Midlands engineering firm that they got this | :19:15. | :19:19. | |
Many people believe we no longer make anything in Birmingham and it | :19:20. | :19:27. | |
is not true. In a lot of cases it is specialised work. It is not end | :19:28. | :19:32. | |
products, you cannot go into a shop and buy something made by this | :19:33. | :19:37. | |
company. You can going to a shop and buy something that has parts made by | :19:38. | :19:39. | |
it though. CERN is sometimes called | :19:40. | :19:45. | |
a prototype of itself. There were always going to be | :19:46. | :19:47. | |
problems, but it's Midlands expertise the engineers here turned | :19:48. | :19:49. | |
to to help them find solutions to And you can find out how to visit | :19:50. | :19:53. | |
CERN and about what goes on there And he'll be reporting from CERN | :19:54. | :19:58. | |
again for us tomorrow. Fears that | :19:59. | :20:03. | |
an arson attack that destroyed a community arts centre was racially | :20:04. | :20:07. | |
motivated. Another belter | :20:08. | :20:10. | |
of a day weatherwise. Shefali's on standby to tell us | :20:11. | :20:12. | |
if it'll continue tomorrow. Also in tonight's programme: Don't | :20:13. | :20:17. | |
be surprised if you find hundreds dancing in the streets of Birmingham | :20:18. | :20:20. | |
later tonight. He's one of the finest bowlers | :20:21. | :20:33. | |
in world cricket. So it's no wonder that Saeed Ajmal | :20:34. | :20:36. | |
is making The Pakistan off`spinner has just | :20:37. | :20:38. | |
taken thirteen wickets for 94 runs Ian Winter has been to meet him | :20:39. | :20:42. | |
at New Road. It should have been busy here this | :20:43. | :20:55. | |
morning but it was not. No wickets in the middle, just running repairs. | :20:56. | :21:00. | |
No match commentary, just a little light reading. No game for Steve | :21:01. | :21:05. | |
Rhodes and the players, just nets. They beat Essex with a day to | :21:06. | :21:10. | |
spare. All thanks to this man, the spin bowler Saeed Ajmal. Three years | :21:11. | :21:16. | |
ago, he played a key role in saving Worcestershire from relegation. Now | :21:17. | :21:19. | |
he is back to help them win promotion. You have a sparkle in | :21:20. | :21:22. | |
your eye. I am loving playing cricket. I love to play cricket in | :21:23. | :21:28. | |
Britain. No wonder, yesterday he snapped up seven six wickets for | :21:29. | :21:37. | |
just 19 runs. Here is very accurate. He does not give anything away. Very | :21:38. | :21:42. | |
attacking. Also different types of deliveries. I am glad I am retired | :21:43. | :21:49. | |
and not facing him. What makes Worcestershire at a special county | :21:50. | :21:54. | |
for you to come back here? It is a nice city, relaxed and enjoyable. | :21:55. | :22:03. | |
Nice to stay here. Friendly people. That is why I have come here to | :22:04. | :22:08. | |
play. It is not just the Essex batsman who were bamboozled. Four | :22:09. | :22:14. | |
years ago, he claimed five England wickets for Pakistan and a couple of | :22:15. | :22:19. | |
years later in Dubai he took seven including Warwickshire's Ian Bell. | :22:20. | :22:25. | |
To what someone of that quality playing regularly in county | :22:26. | :22:29. | |
cricket, great stuff. International cricketers playing against each | :22:30. | :22:32. | |
other in the County Championship, good to see. His team`mates believe | :22:33. | :22:39. | |
there is plenty more to come this season. | :22:40. | :22:43. | |
You cannot beat it in the sunshine. For the last month, | :22:44. | :22:49. | |
the International Dance Festival in Birmingham has been showcasing | :22:50. | :22:51. | |
the work of artists from As the festival draws to | :22:52. | :22:54. | |
a close this week, a free outdoor event is going to be staged right | :22:55. | :22:58. | |
in the heart of the city centre. Our arts reporter Satnam Rana | :22:59. | :23:02. | |
has been to rehearsals. If you're in | :23:03. | :23:04. | |
Birmingham?s Victoria Square Even the daytime rehearsals | :23:05. | :23:06. | |
have been impressive enough to I thought it was good. Fantastic. I | :23:07. | :23:26. | |
would rather than be doing this than causing trouble on the streets. All | :23:27. | :23:30. | |
of the culture has come together, peace and harmony. | :23:31. | :23:32. | |
This is B Town, a free outdoor production. | :23:33. | :23:40. | |
It is rooted in the city. This production is set in a Birmingham of | :23:41. | :23:48. | |
the future. It is very related to that idea. | :23:49. | :23:52. | |
The show sees dancers from Birmingham, South Korea | :23:53. | :23:54. | |
We spread our language through our dance and movement. It automatically | :23:55. | :24:04. | |
attracts people. We want to spread the right information and positive | :24:05. | :24:05. | |
energy to everybody. But it?s not just the language | :24:06. | :24:07. | |
of dance that?s rubbing off on the performers and it seems it?s | :24:08. | :24:10. | |
not just dancing that?s rubbing Birmingham's accent is rubbing off | :24:11. | :24:20. | |
on me. Oh, my goodness. Give us some Brummie! All right, then. I would | :24:21. | :24:31. | |
like a cup of tea. Stick to dancing! This is the finale event. Bringing | :24:32. | :24:38. | |
international artists into the city, showcasing their talent. And as you | :24:39. | :24:42. | |
can see, there is something quite infectious about it. | :24:43. | :24:45. | |
So, over the next few nights at 9.30pm | :24:46. | :24:47. | |
Victoria Square will be lit up with a performance full of soul, | :24:48. | :24:52. | |
Wow. Another fabulous day. I have a hint of dread about this forecast. | :24:53. | :25:13. | |
There are some good bits to it. We have got quite a few showers over | :25:14. | :25:24. | |
the weekend. It appears now that the frequency of the showers will be | :25:25. | :25:28. | |
dying down as the weekend goes on. Monday will be the best. Saturday | :25:29. | :25:32. | |
the wettest day. It will be generally warm. However, it is the | :25:33. | :25:37. | |
immediate future that will pose problems. The entire southern half | :25:38. | :25:41. | |
of the region comes under the umbrella of this warning coming into | :25:42. | :25:45. | |
force from midnight and through tomorrow as well. This is for | :25:46. | :25:49. | |
between 20 and 30 millimetres of rain falling within a short space of | :25:50. | :25:53. | |
time. That is the worst`case scenario. Likely to lead to standing | :25:54. | :25:59. | |
water causing problems on the roads during rush hour. This crossbow | :26:00. | :26:05. | |
formation of fronts is propelling the rain into our direction and it | :26:06. | :26:10. | |
is governed by low`pressure which will heighten the activity. Tonight | :26:11. | :26:14. | |
we are starting off with clear skies. This evening the cloud will | :26:15. | :26:18. | |
thicken. Later on, after midnight, the rain will arrive from the | :26:19. | :26:22. | |
south`east and you can see most of it is covered by these darker shades | :26:23. | :26:26. | |
of blue. Worst`case scenario, the bright green and yellow which is | :26:27. | :26:30. | |
where the heaviest of the downpours occur. It will be fairly mild to | :26:31. | :26:37. | |
night. It is tonight that bears the brunt of most of this rain and also | :26:38. | :26:42. | |
tomorrow morning but after that we are going to see a raft of fairly | :26:43. | :26:46. | |
heavy lively potent showers packing a punch. They will break out during | :26:47. | :26:51. | |
the course of the afternoon. There is a lot of cloud in between, very | :26:52. | :26:55. | |
brief spells of brightness or sunshine. Temperatures down to 16, | :26:56. | :27:02. | |
17 degrees. The showers will die out tomorrow night and the cloud will | :27:03. | :27:06. | |
break and slightly cooler conditions. Showers after that for | :27:07. | :27:07. | |
Friday and Saturday. Public funding is to be withdrawn | :27:08. | :27:16. | |
from the Police Federation for England and Wales. | :27:17. | :27:21. | |
Fears tonight that an arson attack that destroyed a community arts | :27:22. | :27:24. | |
centre in Birmingham was racially motivated. | :27:25. | :27:27. | |
An appeal for your World Cup stories before we go. 22 days until the big | :27:28. | :27:32. | |
kick`off in Brazil. Are you going? Are you a Brazilian expat? Are you | :27:33. | :27:40. | |
from another competing nation and living here? Please get in touch. | :27:41. | :27:43. | |
That was Midlands Today. Goodbye. that is to find that one item | :27:44. | :27:56. | |
that's going to change their life. Flames are beautiful. Made | :27:57. | :28:01. | |
nice money, that did. Nice money. | :28:02. | :28:05. |