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The headlines tonight: Police accused of being heavy handed | :00:00. | :00:08. | |
with homeless people they suspect of begging. | :00:09. | :00:18. | |
are not. We are human beings like are not. We are human beings like | :00:19. | :00:22. | |
the rest of society. Also tonight: He disappeared | :00:23. | :00:28. | |
without trace six months ago today - how are the family coping | :00:29. | :00:31. | |
on their Shropshire farm? We thought he might have done | :00:32. | :00:38. | |
something drastic. thoughts on radio this morning, | :00:39. | :00:43. | |
Prince Charles visits about our waistlines | :00:44. | :00:47. | |
from a Black Country reggae star. Storm Barbara has been getting quite | :00:48. | :00:56. | |
a build up this week Details of warnings | :00:57. | :01:03. | |
in the forecast later. More than 14,000 people are reported | :01:04. | :01:15. | |
missing in our region every year. The vast majority, 95%, | :01:16. | :01:39. | |
will return home within a week. And what of the impact | :01:40. | :01:42. | |
on their families who're struggling disappeared without trace six months | :01:43. | :01:46. | |
ago today and Sarah Bishop has been Our way of coping is to get on with | :01:47. | :02:01. | |
the work. We have good days, we feel positive. Then we have bad days when | :02:02. | :02:07. | |
we think he may have done something that we hope not. Andrew Green | :02:08. | :02:16. | |
seemingly disappeared. His long-term partner had told him she was to | :02:17. | :02:23. | |
leave. We thought he might have done something drastic. As time goes on | :02:24. | :02:38. | |
we are hopeful he has not. He got into his car after an apparently | :02:39. | :02:43. | |
normal conversation with his father and then vanished. It was here, less | :02:44. | :02:48. | |
than half a mile from the farm, that his vehicle was found. There have | :02:49. | :02:55. | |
been extensive searches of this area of farmland, 700 acres, by the | :02:56. | :02:58. | |
police and the community, but to no avail. Police say they are treating | :02:59. | :03:04. | |
Andrew as a high risk missing person but are keeping an open mind about | :03:05. | :03:08. | |
what might have happened to him. There is no leads whatsoever. | :03:09. | :03:14. | |
Normally there is a lead. Statistically things happen within | :03:15. | :03:25. | |
1800 metres of the vehicle or a house. They have not found anything. | :03:26. | :03:29. | |
The police contained a fresh search in the New Year. In the meantime | :03:30. | :03:34. | |
Christmas on the farm their son lost so much will be the difficult | :03:35. | :03:40. | |
affair. They are stuck between hoping and ceiling. -- hoping and | :03:41. | :03:49. | |
fearing. Earlier I spoke to Lucy Holmes | :03:50. | :03:51. | |
from the charity Missing People. The numbers often shock people. It | :03:52. | :04:01. | |
is important to remember most of them are found safe and well very | :04:02. | :04:05. | |
quickly. Only a small proportion of cases people remain missing for | :04:06. | :04:11. | |
longer. We are focusing on the family of Andrew Green. Families | :04:12. | :04:15. | |
must feel powerless especially when a member of the family has been gone | :04:16. | :04:20. | |
for so long, six months in this case. My heart goes out to the | :04:21. | :04:25. | |
family. It is particularly difficult with Christmas coming up. Families | :04:26. | :04:32. | |
with a loved one part in this limbo all the time, not having answers, | :04:33. | :04:37. | |
that is excruciatingly painful. It is not just the emotional impact. If | :04:38. | :04:42. | |
that missing person as an income earner families can face enormous | :04:43. | :04:46. | |
financial pressures. Legally they may be in a difficult position. One | :04:47. | :04:54. | |
of the things that we seek to do to resolve this is to campaign for a | :04:55. | :05:00. | |
new guardianship law which would allow for fear is to be looked after | :05:01. | :05:03. | |
in their absence. Two police have the resources for this? We welcome | :05:04. | :05:12. | |
anything that the police can do. It is essential that we get a good | :05:13. | :05:16. | |
response. I have been working for this organisation for a long time | :05:17. | :05:21. | |
and I have seen improvements in the police response. It is different to | :05:22. | :05:25. | |
ten years ago. We would always encourage forces to think about how | :05:26. | :05:31. | |
they can come their response, and for other organisations such as | :05:32. | :05:33. | |
local authorities to make the effort to work well with obese forces. They | :05:34. | :05:39. | |
cannot do it on our own. This charity is here every day of the | :05:40. | :05:44. | |
year and we provide our services for free. We can support families with | :05:45. | :05:48. | |
publicity appeals. We can provide emotional support. We have a 24-hour | :05:49. | :05:59. | |
helpline. Missing adults and missing children can call this number at | :06:00. | :06:00. | |
times of crisis. Staffordshire Police have issued | :06:01. | :06:24. | |
handwritten warning letters to homeless people suspected | :06:25. | :06:25. | |
of begging in Stoke-on-Trent, telling them to leave or face | :06:26. | :06:27. | |
potential prosecution. It follows an investigation | :06:28. | :06:29. | |
by BBC Radio Stoke - they've been given a copy | :06:30. | :06:31. | |
of one of the letters. Our Staffordshire reporter | :06:32. | :06:34. | |
Sian Grzeszczyk has been to meet one of the men who's had one and claims | :06:35. | :06:36. | |
that homeless people in the city are being treated like rats | :06:37. | :06:40. | |
rather than human beings. Gary's been on the streets | :06:41. | :06:42. | |
for the last 22 years. he was given a letter | :06:43. | :06:44. | |
by police accusing him prosecution if he didn't move on, | :06:45. | :06:47. | |
somehing he strongly denies. If I was to see you in the street I | :06:48. | :06:54. | |
would ask you if you could spear a little change. I would ask that | :06:55. | :06:57. | |
question once. If you say no and I would walk away. I am not begging. | :06:58. | :06:59. | |
You have not been aggressive? No. What is the atmosphere like amongst | :07:00. | :07:20. | |
homeless people at the moment? We are being treated like rats. We are | :07:21. | :07:27. | |
not. We are human beings like the rest of society that needs to be | :07:28. | :07:28. | |
given chances. They think the police | :07:29. | :07:30. | |
are being heavy handed. We were outraged when we read it. | :07:31. | :07:47. | |
Gary is homeless. He was at the time of receiving a letter, he has in a | :07:48. | :07:52. | |
hostel no. It is the way they are portraying the homeless. Nobody was | :07:53. | :07:57. | |
available from Staffordshire Police but they received a statement saying | :07:58. | :08:01. | |
they work closely with partners trying to offer advice and help to | :08:02. | :08:05. | |
anyone who is homeless. It cannot be easy for the police to move | :08:06. | :08:08. | |
everybody on. Sometimes it gets awkward when you are coming out of | :08:09. | :08:13. | |
the shops and people are begging but that said there have been a feud | :08:14. | :08:17. | |
where we have given money because we feel sorry for them especially at | :08:18. | :08:20. | |
this time of year. We need to give more support rather than just moving | :08:21. | :08:25. | |
them alone. They need help. I do not think there is a solution. There | :08:26. | :08:31. | |
will always be that minority that are not working and do not want to | :08:32. | :08:35. | |
work. In the majority of cases it is easier. Homelessness is a problem | :08:36. | :08:41. | |
across the country and in the West Midlands. | :08:42. | :08:45. | |
In Gloucester a new team tackling begging says the problem is made | :08:46. | :08:48. | |
When people give caught we want people to consider alternative | :08:49. | :09:07. | |
giving this Christmas. Stoke-on-Trent City Council have | :09:08. | :09:10. | |
said they are working hard with agencies across the city. | :09:11. | :09:17. | |
More barriers have been installed around the German Christmas Market | :09:18. | :09:19. | |
in Birmingham in the wake of the terrorist attack in Berlin. | :09:20. | :09:22. | |
They've been put up on Temple Street and Bennetts Hill. | :09:23. | :09:24. | |
That's in addition to a number of concrete bollards set | :09:25. | :09:27. | |
Police say the added security isn't based on any new intelligence. | :09:28. | :09:33. | |
A man's critically ill in hospital following a crash involving | :09:34. | :09:35. | |
several lorries and cars on the M6 in Warwickshire. | :09:36. | :09:39. | |
It happened near Rugby around 5.30 this morning | :09:40. | :09:45. | |
with the southbound carriageway closed for several hours. | :09:46. | :09:47. | |
It's believed the man, who's in his 40s, was thrown | :09:48. | :09:50. | |
He was taken to the University Hospital Coventry in Warwickshire | :09:51. | :10:00. | |
A Vietnamese man who control a workforce has been jailed. Inside | :10:01. | :10:18. | |
police discovered a sophisticated setup. The man was jailed for 11 | :10:19. | :10:26. | |
years. Wolverhampton Civic Hall 's will | :10:27. | :10:30. | |
close their last events tomorrow before closing for refurbishment. | :10:31. | :10:35. | |
The multi-billion pound refurbishment will see capacity | :10:36. | :10:39. | |
increased as well as a new stage and bar area. It is hoped the work will | :10:40. | :10:41. | |
see the venue attract as many as see the venue attract as many as | :10:42. | :10:46. | |
330,000 additional visitors every year. | :10:47. | :10:47. | |
A reward's been posted to catch whoever has been shooting birds | :10:48. | :10:50. | |
West Mercia Police say they know of ten buzzards deliberately | :10:51. | :10:53. | |
It's illegal to kill birds of prey, and offenders risk heavy | :10:54. | :11:00. | |
fines and even prison, but X-rays taken from the dead birds | :11:01. | :11:02. | |
At the Herefordshire Wildlife Rescue in Dinmore, they are used to looking | :11:03. | :11:12. | |
after injured birds of prey, like this female buzzard. | :11:13. | :11:17. | |
Being large birds, up until now, their survival rate | :11:18. | :11:19. | |
But a recent spate of deaths has begun to cause concern. | :11:20. | :11:25. | |
Of the 15 or 20 buzzards we've had over the last couple of years, | :11:26. | :11:29. | |
they've all survived, except the one that we had | :11:30. | :11:32. | |
in November and that was quite puzzling. | :11:33. | :11:35. | |
That bird and another two badly injured buzzards were taken | :11:36. | :11:38. | |
to the Holmer Veterinary Surgery in Hereford. | :11:39. | :11:40. | |
And when x-rays were taken, it showed they had been shot. | :11:41. | :11:47. | |
We had to euthanise some of them, because they were so badly injured | :11:48. | :11:53. | |
and you find all these gunshot pellets, so yes, it was, er, | :11:54. | :11:56. | |
It makes me wonder how many more we might have found in the past if we | :11:57. | :12:09. | |
had looked for them. Jane Edwards and her family found | :12:10. | :12:10. | |
one of the badly injured birds in the Herefordshire | :12:11. | :12:13. | |
village of Mordiford. Not having held a bird of prey | :12:14. | :12:15. | |
before, and this being the first time that I'd been able to, | :12:16. | :12:19. | |
I felt it was a huge privilege and I couldn't understand why anyone | :12:20. | :12:22. | |
would want to harm a creature But it's not just here that | :12:23. | :12:26. | |
birds are being killed. Another buzzard was | :12:27. | :12:30. | |
shot in Eaton Bishop. Buzzards are protected | :12:31. | :12:32. | |
by law in England and it's West Mercia Police tell me | :12:33. | :12:41. | |
that they take very seriously any incidents where a bird of prey | :12:42. | :12:45. | |
is intentionally harmed or killed. They say they have a ?1,000 reward | :12:46. | :12:47. | |
for anyone that has any information that leads | :12:48. | :12:53. | |
to a successful prosecution. It is a crying shame if people feel | :12:54. | :13:06. | |
they want to harm or even kill these animals. Such a shame that they | :13:07. | :13:10. | |
cannot appreciate them in a different way. | :13:11. | :13:14. | |
The worry is that many more buzzards are being shot each | :13:15. | :13:17. | |
year in Herefordshire, but never found. | :13:18. | :13:18. | |
Those people killing the birds are being warned | :13:19. | :13:20. | |
Ben Sidwell, BBC Midlands Today, Dinmore. | :13:21. | :13:27. | |
Thanks for being with us in these final days before Christmas. | :13:28. | :13:30. | |
Still to come in tonight's programme: | :13:31. | :13:31. | |
The Shropshire-based British archery team are to appeal after losing | :13:32. | :13:33. | |
all their ?3 million Olympic funding. | :13:34. | :13:37. | |
And Shefali will confirm there's a slight nip in the air! | :13:38. | :13:46. | |
There is, but you would hardly think it | :13:47. | :13:48. | |
from the warming colours of this sunrise at Barlaston | :13:49. | :13:51. | |
A nip in the air though is the least of our problems | :13:52. | :13:54. | |
I'll have the latest for you in a short while. | :13:55. | :14:01. | |
The Prince of Wales has been in the region today | :14:02. | :14:05. | |
to celebrate his longstanding links with a Gloucestershire hospice. | :14:06. | :14:08. | |
Earlier he spoke on BBC Radio's Thought for the Day | :14:09. | :14:10. | |
with a warning about the growing danger of religious persecution. | :14:11. | :14:16. | |
Whatever religious path you follow the destination is the same. | :14:17. | :14:20. | |
To value and respect the other person, | :14:21. | :14:23. | |
accepting their right to live out their peaceful | :14:24. | :14:25. | |
A few hours later, leaving us all to digest his message, | :14:26. | :14:32. | |
Prince Charles was at the Sue Ryder Hospice, | :14:33. | :14:39. | |
near Cheltenham, a charity he's been involved in for 30 years. | :14:40. | :14:42. | |
There is flash photography in this report. | :14:43. | :14:54. | |
The Prince of Wales today celebrating three decades of his | :14:55. | :15:00. | |
involvement. He was here to meet staff, patients and volunteers. As | :15:01. | :15:04. | |
ever, willing to get involved. He was invited to meet a felt snowman. | :15:05. | :15:20. | |
It led to a slight royal injury. Thankfully everything was OK. This | :15:21. | :15:30. | |
was a visit to lift the spirits of everyone from the staff to the | :15:31. | :15:35. | |
patients who rely so much on the work of the hospice. The staff here | :15:36. | :15:39. | |
are brilliant. The volunteers understand our needs. Largely they | :15:40. | :15:45. | |
have been through something similar to what I am going through. A big | :15:46. | :15:50. | |
difference because it helps me meet people. As well as DK at the hospice | :15:51. | :16:01. | |
provides 16 inpatient beds, the only unit of its type in the county. -- | :16:02. | :16:12. | |
as well as day care. The patients are listed by his visit. To have him | :16:13. | :16:18. | |
as our patron means a lot to us. Before he left, cutting the cake to | :16:19. | :16:24. | |
celebrate three decades as patron and a chance to pay tribute. Meeting | :16:25. | :16:31. | |
the patients, they all say such marvellous things about the quality | :16:32. | :16:39. | |
of the care. Maybe be many more years of looking after people. He | :16:40. | :16:47. | |
will be back here again to say thanks for the vital work done here, | :16:48. | :16:51. | |
not just at Christmas, but every day and night of the year. | :16:52. | :16:58. | |
The British archery team are considering an appeal, | :16:59. | :17:00. | |
after losing all their ?3 million Olympic funding | :17:01. | :17:02. | |
It means the archers, who are based at the National Sports Centre | :17:03. | :17:07. | |
in Shropshire, will have to get jobs to allow them to carry on training. | :17:08. | :17:12. | |
Four other sports have also lost their funding. | :17:13. | :17:13. | |
Naomi Folkard from Leamington Spa has been to four | :17:14. | :17:19. | |
Now she's coaching youngsters in the academy and seriously | :17:20. | :17:22. | |
considering another shot at a medal in Tokyo. | :17:23. | :17:25. | |
But that just became a much tougher prospect. | :17:26. | :17:28. | |
Because archery will no longer be Lottery funded and Naomi | :17:29. | :17:31. | |
and her team-mates will have to find part-time jobs to support | :17:32. | :17:33. | |
There is quite a few people on the programme that are at university. | :17:34. | :17:45. | |
For them to be able to train, go to university, and get a job, that will | :17:46. | :17:49. | |
be tough. This means there will be less rest time, any spear time out | :17:50. | :17:54. | |
of training they will be working. It is tough. But it gives you | :17:55. | :17:56. | |
resilience as well. The man brought in 18 months ago | :17:57. | :17:58. | |
to improve archery's performance They are saying that. We would | :17:59. | :18:14. | |
dispute that. The last year and a half, but is not the case. We have | :18:15. | :18:18. | |
one of the world's leading coaches. He would back us up on that. | :18:19. | :18:23. | |
Wheelchair rugby, which is also based at Lilleshall, | :18:24. | :18:28. | |
has lost its ?3 million funding as well. | :18:29. | :18:30. | |
With ?345 million to be shared among 31 sports there were always | :18:31. | :18:33. | |
Success in Rio has seen funding for gymnastics, | :18:34. | :18:36. | |
which is also based at Lilleshall, rise by more than two million. | :18:37. | :18:39. | |
The para-archery team who topped the medal table in Rio | :18:40. | :18:41. | |
see their funding rise by a million. | :18:42. | :18:43. | |
But badminton, weightlifting and fencing are the other three | :18:44. | :18:45. | |
If their target is still to be as successful in Tokyo as in Rio | :18:46. | :18:59. | |
smaller sports like ourselves will have to play a part. | :19:00. | :19:02. | |
Behind the scenes GB Archery will have to cut costs as well | :19:03. | :19:06. | |
Tough choices lie ahead for the sport. | :19:07. | :19:09. | |
Nick Clitheroe, BBC Midlands Today, Shropshire. | :19:10. | :19:10. | |
The new Coventry City manager says he must focus on the football | :19:11. | :19:13. | |
and not be distracted by the Sky Blues' many problems. | :19:14. | :19:16. | |
Russell Slade joined the club yesterday | :19:17. | :19:18. | |
The Sky Blues are bottom but one of League One, having | :19:19. | :19:23. | |
But Slade hopes disaffected fans can get behind him. | :19:24. | :19:33. | |
job in terms of resources. It has to job in terms of resources. It has to | :19:34. | :19:47. | |
stop at some stage. That is what helped me to come to the club, I | :19:48. | :19:51. | |
think I can help. I believe I can turn it around. | :19:52. | :20:02. | |
Hereford FC have invented a new ten year lease on the Edgar Street | :20:03. | :20:06. | |
ground. The club say the deal with Herefordshire council will allow | :20:07. | :20:09. | |
them to make improvements to the stadium including a new spectator | :20:10. | :20:13. | |
fans at the end of 2014 after the fans at the end of 2014 after the | :20:14. | :20:16. | |
collapse of Hereford United. People with debilitating | :20:17. | :20:18. | |
lung diseases are being It's known that singing can improve | :20:19. | :20:20. | |
breathing and quality It's now being used | :20:21. | :20:24. | |
by the NHS in Warwickshire Our reporter Kevin Reide's visited | :20:25. | :20:28. | |
one such choir in Nuneaton. Val McPherson, a retired nurse | :20:29. | :20:38. | |
from Bedworth in Warwickshire, has suffered from Chronic Lung Disease | :20:39. | :20:40. | |
since having severe pneumonia. She remembers it being a close call | :20:41. | :20:42. | |
between life and death. At six o'clock in the morning I ran | :20:43. | :20:52. | |
111 and said, I am really ill, I have not been to bed all night | :20:53. | :20:56. | |
because I cannot sleep, I cannot get my breath. She said she would send | :20:57. | :21:01. | |
an ambulance. I said it is pointless, I will be dead before | :21:02. | :21:05. | |
they get here. I never did see them. They picked me up off the floor in | :21:06. | :21:07. | |
my kitchen apparently. at George Eliot Hospital | :21:08. | :21:10. | |
in Nuneaton, her It uplifts you. You do feel better. | :21:11. | :21:30. | |
Treatment with medication has some effects but we need other treatments | :21:31. | :21:35. | |
like exercise and breathing control. Singing achieves both. Exercise is | :21:36. | :21:36. | |
all the muscles we need. The choir also helps build | :21:37. | :22:02. | |
confidence. I love it. If anybody said I would be doing | :22:03. | :22:06. | |
4-part harmony and acquire I would have said, Norway. But we do and we | :22:07. | :22:10. | |
love it. and the choirmaster is a GP | :22:11. | :22:19. | |
as well as a gospel singer: The socialising is more than the | :22:20. | :22:33. | |
singing sometimes. This is thought to be one of the largest quires of | :22:34. | :22:44. | |
its type. -- largest choirs of its type. | :22:45. | :22:50. | |
Now to a reggae artist with a festive warning | :22:51. | :22:52. | |
Wolverhampton's Macka B has been writing and performing songs | :22:53. | :22:55. | |
But this Christmas he's spreading the message of good health | :22:56. | :22:59. | |
following a personal plan to lose weight. | :23:00. | :23:01. | |
So we sent our arts reporter, Satnam Rana, | :23:02. | :23:03. | |
It's time for a reggae reggae workout with Macka B. | :23:04. | :23:15. | |
As a practising Rastafari, Macka B is passionate about nature, | :23:16. | :23:17. | |
Excess Baggage is his latest track as he sets us on mission | :23:18. | :23:36. | |
I was bigger than I am now, I was 18, 19 stone. | :23:37. | :23:49. | |
I went to the doctor and the doctor was saying, it's a bit of | :23:50. | :23:54. | |
arthritis, I can't do anything about it, age | :23:55. | :23:56. | |
So I decided to do something about it | :23:57. | :23:59. | |
Immediately as I lost a bit of the weight my knees felt better | :24:00. | :24:18. | |
again so I thought, I'll carry on losing the weight | :24:19. | :24:23. | |
A good time of year to spread that message. | :24:24. | :24:47. | |
But for him it's not just about keeping fit. | :24:48. | :24:49. | |
I'm cooking Jamaica's national dish which is ackee and | :24:50. | :24:53. | |
If I don't have saltfish it's ackee with | :24:54. | :24:56. | |
This is going to take about half an hour. | :24:57. | :25:03. | |
But guess what - here's one I made earlier. | :25:04. | :25:05. | |
# It's about the exercise and good nutrition. | :25:06. | :25:08. | |
# Anything can happen and you may not live long | :25:09. | :25:10. | |
# Keep fit, keep healthy have a happy holiday. | :25:11. | :25:15. | |
Time for the weather and Shefali has a new friend, called Barbara! | :25:16. | :25:25. | |
She is no friend of mine and I will tell you why in a moment. Today was | :25:26. | :25:36. | |
calm and frosty to begin with. It was dazzling, lots of sunshine | :25:37. | :25:39. | |
around. It was a classic winter 's day. It is not going to last. | :25:40. | :25:50. | |
Christmas Day -- it will be wet and windy, christmas Eve it will settle | :25:51. | :25:55. | |
down. Christmas Day itself, it will be drizzly but mild and windy once | :25:56. | :26:02. | |
again. As far as tomorrow's turbulent weather is concerned there | :26:03. | :26:05. | |
is a warning in place from midday at that runs until six o'clock tomorrow | :26:06. | :26:13. | |
evening. Gusts of 50-60 mph, possibly in excess of 60 mph, over | :26:14. | :26:19. | |
70 mph in exposed areas. It is because of storm Barbara. She is | :26:20. | :26:25. | |
rattling in from the West. Still on a course for the British Isles. | :26:26. | :26:33. | |
Bringing in heavy rain. Arrival time here will be around that day. | :26:34. | :26:37. | |
Running through the afternoon. There could be travel disruption as a | :26:38. | :26:40. | |
result. Christmas Day is going to be | :26:41. | :26:44. | |
exceptionally mild, record-breaking week mild for some parts of the | :26:45. | :26:48. | |
country. Act to this evening, in contrast it is much colder. | :26:49. | :26:52. | |
Temperatures and clearer skies will drop down to 1-4 C. Not as much | :26:53. | :27:00. | |
frost. That is because we have some close pushing and from the West. | :27:01. | :27:04. | |
That'll hold temperatures up slightly. Tomorrow is a dry start to | :27:05. | :27:08. | |
the day. Some sunshine, particularly the further East you go. Then comes | :27:09. | :27:14. | |
the rain. At around midday and into the afternoon. You can see that | :27:15. | :27:17. | |
heavier rain running from north to south. But all sweeps away by | :27:18. | :27:25. | |
tomorrow night and into Christmas Eve. | :27:26. | :27:26. | |
And on tomorrow's Midlands Today at 6.30 we'll be catching up | :27:27. | :27:28. | |
with a fifth generation baker from Shropshire. | :27:29. | :27:30. | |
John Swift will be starring in a Christmas Day TV special | :27:31. | :27:33. | |
They'll be looking at how the Victorians invented Christmas | :27:34. | :27:36. | |
I'll be back at 10.30 with your late update. | :27:37. | :27:45. |