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Good evening. the news where you are. Goodbye. | :00:11. | :00:11. | |
Police are investigating after a Shetland Pony was attacked | :00:12. | :00:13. | |
The animals have been impounded after the pony's | :00:14. | :00:18. | |
owners discovered it dead in its paddock in Staffordshire. | :00:19. | :00:20. | |
You may find some of the details in Kevin Reide's report distressing. | :00:21. | :00:26. | |
This is Monty, a 12-year old Shetland Pony savaged to death | :00:27. | :00:30. | |
at his paddock in Burntwood on Christmas Eve by three | :00:31. | :00:32. | |
It's left the owner and his family devastated. | :00:33. | :00:37. | |
Around his mouth had been torn open, he had lost a lot of blood. | :00:38. | :00:45. | |
The family from Great Wyrley had rescued Monty from a pitiful | :00:46. | :00:51. | |
He had a chain left embedded in his neck and | :00:52. | :00:57. | |
we were advised to have him put to sleep when we first had him | :00:58. | :01:00. | |
and the vet said they would keep him in and see | :01:01. | :01:03. | |
So it's awful for him to lose his life. | :01:04. | :01:11. | |
Monty had his own purpose-built stable at Lamb's Lodge Farm, | :01:12. | :01:13. | |
Staffordshire Police deployed dog handlers and an armed response unit | :01:14. | :01:21. | |
to capture the roaming dogs and they say they have now been | :01:22. | :01:24. | |
Meanwhile, they are making enquiries under the Dangerous Dogs Act. | :01:25. | :01:31. | |
We have been through so many things, operations, to keep them going. | :01:32. | :01:35. | |
He could not even run away because he had a bad shoulder. | :01:36. | :01:39. | |
The dogs had been seen on the loose before acting aggressively. | :01:40. | :01:52. | |
Kevin Reide, BBC Midlands Today, Staffordhsire. | :01:53. | :01:56. | |
On the twentieth anniversary of the disappearance of two | :01:57. | :01:59. | |
boys in Chelmsley Wood, their families say they're | :02:00. | :02:00. | |
still hopeful of finding out what happened to them. | :02:01. | :02:03. | |
David Spencer and Patrick Warren were both eleven when they went | :02:04. | :02:07. | |
missing near their homes on Boxing Day in 1996. | :02:08. | :02:10. | |
Their relatives now accept they are probably both dead | :02:11. | :02:13. | |
and police have made a fresh appeal for information. | :02:14. | :02:19. | |
It's predicted that Warwickshire's tourist economy could get | :02:20. | :02:21. | |
a ?15 million boost next year as a result of Brexit. | :02:22. | :02:24. | |
More than 18,000 people in the county are employed | :02:25. | :02:26. | |
The County Council says there are indications that visitors | :02:27. | :02:29. | |
from around the world are planning to take advantage of | :02:30. | :02:34. | |
There were queues outside many of our major shopping centres | :02:35. | :02:40. | |
today including in Stoke and Birmingham as the traditional | :02:41. | :02:42. | |
Boxing Day Sales got underway - despite predictions that the rise | :02:43. | :02:45. | |
of online retailers might persuade many people to stay at home. | :02:46. | :02:48. | |
Ten to eight - queues snaking out of the Bullring. | :02:49. | :02:57. | |
As the shutters to Selfridges went up, it was a case | :02:58. | :03:00. | |
Time to see what deals were to be had. | :03:01. | :03:11. | |
events by some of their competitors, the company said it wouldn't impact | :03:12. | :03:21. | |
As much as the sales start early I think people | :03:22. | :03:24. | |
still like to come out and make sure they have that moment. | :03:25. | :03:27. | |
It is the busiest day of the year for us. | :03:28. | :03:31. | |
tradition, people come out and queue from early | :03:32. | :03:34. | |
hours in the morning, they | :03:35. | :03:35. | |
Elsewhere in the Bullring, trading was brisk. | :03:36. | :03:38. | |
Some had come with Christmas money to spend. | :03:39. | :03:45. | |
I got ?220 so I have got a little bit to spend. I am looking forward. | :03:46. | :03:52. | |
Come down and get a few things and get back for lunchtime. It is OK. | :03:53. | :03:55. | |
We have a really developed -- redeveloped station and also the | :03:56. | :04:08. | |
tram and people find lots of ways to travel into Birmingham city centre | :04:09. | :04:12. | |
so fruitful and sales have generally been positive. -- footfall. | :04:13. | :04:17. | |
And proof that spending never goes out of fashion. | :04:18. | :04:19. | |
Amy Cole, BBC Midlands Today, Birmingham | :04:20. | :04:21. | |
Onto sport now, let's start with football's Premier League | :04:22. | :04:23. | |
where West Bromwich Albion lost one nil away at Arsenal. | :04:24. | :04:26. | |
In the Championship Aston Villa beat Burton Albion two one. | :04:27. | :04:28. | |
Wolverhampton Wanderers beat Bristol City three two. | :04:29. | :04:30. | |
In League One, Shrewsbury lost 2-1 away to Bolton. | :04:31. | :04:32. | |
Coventry City lost four one to Bristol Rovers. | :04:33. | :04:34. | |
And Port Vale lost at home to Walsall, 1-0. | :04:35. | :04:45. | |
Cheltenham Town, in League Two, and they lost two one | :04:46. | :04:47. | |
Finally for football, the National League, | :04:48. | :04:49. | |
where Solihull Moors beat Chester FC 3-2. | :04:50. | :04:51. | |
Let's round the sport off with one rugby result and struggling | :04:52. | :04:54. | |
Worcester failed to beat Bristol in the Aviva Premiership, | :04:55. | :04:56. | |
And Rebecca, what do we have to look forward to? | :04:57. | :05:04. | |
Today was a glorious Boxing Day and we have more of the same to come | :05:05. | :05:10. | |
through this week. This stunning day and a stunning end with high | :05:11. | :05:12. | |
pressure very much in charge as we had through the remainder of today | :05:13. | :05:18. | |
and into tomorrow the winds will drop out. We will likely see a | :05:19. | :05:22. | |
widespread frost as temperatures fall away. Some tricky driving | :05:23. | :05:28. | |
conditions through the morning with that frost lingering but it will be | :05:29. | :05:33. | |
dry and bright with good spells of sunshine. Still chilly temperatures | :05:34. | :05:39. | |
3-5 C. The wind dropped outsole for Wednesday it will be a chilly day | :05:40. | :05:43. | |
with temperatures not quite far but there will be some fog and that is | :05:44. | :05:46. | |
how we continue for the remainder of the week. | :05:47. | :05:48. | |
Finally congratulations to the four families who had Christmas | :05:49. | :05:50. | |
day babies delivered at Hereford County | :05:51. | :05:51. | |
Midlands Today will be back with more news at twenty | :05:52. | :05:55. | |
and longer spells of rain over northern isles. By the end of the | :05:56. | :06:05. | |
night, temperatures recovering once again after a chilly evening, three | :06:06. | :06:10. | |
to five Celsius. Tomorrow and for the next couple of days, we have | :06:11. | :06:13. | |
this area of | :06:14. | :06:14. |