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Good evening. BBC | :00:07. | :00:07. | |
The biggest cold calling scam in Britain has come to an end. | :00:08. | :00:10. | |
John Rivers, from Coleshill in Warwickshire ran Wyvern media. | :00:11. | :00:12. | |
The company miss-sold advertising space, conning people out | :00:13. | :00:15. | |
Kiera Byrne, from Coventry, was the last of those involved | :00:16. | :00:24. | |
Today, she was given a 23 month suspended jail sentence. | :00:25. | :00:29. | |
The fraud was uncovered by BBC Inside Out six years ago. | :00:30. | :00:32. | |
For years Jonathan Rivers from Coleshill in Warwickshire | :00:33. | :00:38. | |
masqueraded as a legitimate businessman - employing 250 people | :00:39. | :00:41. | |
His company, Wyvern Media, cold-called customers offering them | :00:42. | :00:48. | |
advertising space in local newspapers. | :00:49. | :00:54. | |
What happened to my parents is just astonishing, | :00:55. | :01:01. | |
and seven years on, it still keeps me awake at night. | :01:02. | :01:04. | |
Franny Moyle's father Jon - one of hundreds conned by Rivers | :01:05. | :01:07. | |
who used his businesses to rip people off. | :01:08. | :01:09. | |
Back in 2010, Mr Moyles from Shropshire was | :01:10. | :01:11. | |
When Wyvern Media spotted he wanted to rent out an apartment, | :01:12. | :01:21. | |
they cold-called him relentlessly, pressuring him into | :01:22. | :01:23. | |
Over a two year period, they took nearly ?25,000. | :01:24. | :01:26. | |
I just wanted to get rid of it all because I had | :01:27. | :01:34. | |
In reality, the adverts Wyvern Media pressured customers into buying | :01:35. | :01:38. | |
Most were in free newspapers with tiny circulations. | :01:39. | :01:47. | |
This is the rest of the property that we seized from Derby. | :01:48. | :01:50. | |
The five year-long investigation by Trading Standards, | :01:51. | :01:54. | |
led by Steve Wyatt, became the biggest in their history - | :01:55. | :01:56. | |
unpicking the elaborate web of companies that Jonathan Rivers | :01:57. | :02:07. | |
Jonathan Rivers used to conceal his fraudulent activities. | :02:08. | :02:09. | |
We knew it was going to be complicated, but certainly, | :02:10. | :02:11. | |
we didn't have any idea of just how big this was going to get. | :02:12. | :02:18. | |
But justice came too late for victim Jon Moyle, who died in 2015. | :02:19. | :02:23. | |
The brutal, honest, awful truth is that this cost them their house. | :02:24. | :02:26. | |
They were in debt aged 80 on a pension. | :02:27. | :02:31. | |
and she put the house on the market with my dad. | :02:32. | :02:37. | |
But within about a month of the house going on the market, | :02:38. | :02:41. | |
In October, nine former Wyvern Media employees were convicted of fraud. | :02:42. | :02:49. | |
And Jonathan Rivers is currently serving a six year sentence. | :02:50. | :02:55. | |
The headteacher of a Birmingham school has written to parents, | :02:56. | :03:02. | |
warning them not to allow their children out in | :03:03. | :03:04. | |
It follows a series of attacks - one of them on a group of pupils | :03:05. | :03:10. | |
but describe the incidents as isolated. | :03:11. | :03:18. | |
A group of youths outside a store in Frankley - | :03:19. | :03:24. | |
the shopkeeper, tired of repeated robberies, confronts them. | :03:25. | :03:26. | |
But was struck with a hammer and taken to hospital. | :03:27. | :03:28. | |
It was the first in a series of violent incidents last Friday night. | :03:29. | :03:31. | |
Along this stretch, a cyclist was assaulted. | :03:32. | :03:33. | |
Further along, a number of pupils from the school were attacked, | :03:34. | :03:36. | |
Though fortunately, the injury was superficial. | :03:37. | :03:42. | |
The boy, a Year 10 pupil at this school, | :03:43. | :03:44. | |
But the headteacher's written to parents asking them | :03:45. | :03:52. | |
to prevent their children from being in a public place | :03:53. | :03:54. | |
during the hours of darkness. Advice some locals applaud. | :03:55. | :03:57. | |
Up to 13, yes, I'd say that's very good. | :03:58. | :04:01. | |
There's a lot of trouble, yeah, since that college | :04:02. | :04:05. | |
Because you get all the gangs and kids coming from the other side | :04:06. | :04:11. | |
If you come onto Morrisons car park at 10 o'clock at night, | :04:12. | :04:16. | |
you're just seeing nothing but gangs and cars, | :04:17. | :04:18. | |
so where's the safety for the public around here? | :04:19. | :04:20. | |
Lord Mayor, this is very concerning to me... | :04:21. | :04:26. | |
The incidents have been raised in the council chamber. | :04:27. | :04:28. | |
It's up to parents, says a local councillor. | :04:29. | :04:30. | |
I think they have to assess what activities their children | :04:31. | :04:33. | |
are going to be undertaking and have confidence in the community, | :04:34. | :04:35. | |
these are isolated incidents, it would seem. | :04:36. | :04:37. | |
And certainly, I've got confidence in the area that this | :04:38. | :04:39. | |
is not representative of the local community. | :04:40. | :04:41. | |
The headteacher at Colmers says he will liaise with other schools | :04:42. | :04:47. | |
Giles Latcham, BBC Midlands Today, Rednal. | :04:48. | :04:54. | |
An entire lorry load of old fridges and freezers have been dumped | :04:55. | :04:57. | |
The 21 appliances were pushed off the back of a truck | :04:58. | :05:03. | |
The lorry was caught on CCTV, but had no number plates. | :05:04. | :05:09. | |
The fridges have since been disposed of. | :05:10. | :05:11. | |
Walsall Council say it's the latest in a catalogue | :05:12. | :05:13. | |
of flytipping problems, which cost the taxpayers ?400,000 last year. | :05:14. | :05:19. | |
We want them to prosper, to look good. | :05:20. | :05:23. | |
Nobody, at the end of the day, wants to turn down a road | :05:24. | :05:29. | |
and see such a dangerous site of fly-tipping without a care | :05:30. | :05:32. | |
That's the plea from businesses near an abattoir in Birmingham, | :05:33. | :05:40. | |
who say the sight and stench of animal waste is unbearable. | :05:41. | :05:43. | |
Midlands Today has been shown images of what appears to be blood outside | :05:44. | :05:47. | |
It previously traded as 'Mr Meats', but lost its licence | :05:48. | :05:54. | |
following an investigation by the Food Standards Agency | :05:55. | :05:56. | |
The abattoir now has a new license to operate. | :05:57. | :05:59. | |
You may find some of the images in Ben Godfrey's report distressing. | :06:00. | :06:05. | |
These images appear to show animal blood in the yard | :06:06. | :06:07. | |
of AJ Meats in Digbeth, an abbatoir supplying halal meat. | :06:08. | :06:12. | |
We're told they were taken this morning. | :06:13. | :06:15. | |
When we arrived trade was continuing, from the roadside | :06:16. | :06:18. | |
there were no visible signs of waste. | :06:19. | :06:20. | |
But surrounding firms have had enough. | :06:21. | :06:27. | |
It is so bad, the smell is pungent and strong | :06:28. | :06:30. | |
All the businesses are generally suffering. | :06:31. | :06:32. | |
We to the problems last time they would sort it out | :06:33. | :06:35. | |
and there will be more stringent rules in place that would stop | :06:36. | :06:38. | |
2015, and piles of sheep carcasses and offal appeared in the same yard, | :06:39. | :06:44. | |
discarded and exposed to the elements. | :06:45. | :06:48. | |
At that time, it was run by different company, | :06:49. | :06:51. | |
known as Mr Meats, who were eventually | :06:52. | :06:53. | |
So what did the new owners have to say? | :06:54. | :06:57. | |
We have tried on several occasions to get an answer from the company, | :06:58. | :07:05. | |
but as you can see, no one's responding. | :07:06. | :07:07. | |
A short time later, we were approached by a worker. | :07:08. | :07:09. | |
He told us they were a clean operation but added that | :07:10. | :07:12. | |
occasionally there may be some spillage of waste | :07:13. | :07:14. | |
Tonight, the Food Standards Agency told us following complaints | :07:15. | :07:19. | |
they have stationed an official there this week | :07:20. | :07:21. | |
Local businessman Peter Hughes says the authorities must be tougher. | :07:22. | :07:42. | |
When the ambient temperature increases, what is the smell | :07:43. | :07:45. | |
They would say this is an abattoir, there will be | :07:46. | :07:51. | |
That is fine and we understand the kind of animal smells that | :07:52. | :07:55. | |
The real issues here are the poor controls. | :07:56. | :07:59. | |
The new owners have barely been operating two months. | :08:00. | :08:01. | |
Whether they like it or not, all eyes are on them. | :08:02. | :08:07. | |
A whistleblower has claimed that staff at the Alexandra Hospital | :08:08. | :08:10. | |
in Redditch, were pressured into admitting patients | :08:11. | :08:12. | |
to a "virtual ward", to avoid breaching the government's | :08:13. | :08:15. | |
But the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust says while it's | :08:16. | :08:22. | |
found cases of "poor recording" by staff, | :08:23. | :08:24. | |
there is no evidence staff were trying to defraud the system. | :08:25. | :08:26. | |
Police have released footage of a Walsall shopkeeper, | :08:27. | :08:29. | |
The man attempted to raid Kobani Stores on West Bromwich Street | :08:30. | :08:38. | |
using a hand gun just before midnight on 9th January. | :08:39. | :08:40. | |
Police have praised the owner of the shop who sprayed mace | :08:41. | :08:43. | |
in the face of the robber, who then ran off. | :08:44. | :08:46. | |
Officers are asking anyone who recognises | :08:47. | :08:47. | |
Archaeologists uncovered an intriguing animal mystery | :08:48. | :08:52. | |
Experts have discovered remains of farm animals | :08:53. | :08:56. | |
arranged near coffins, close to where building | :08:57. | :08:58. | |
They have also unearthed a wooden door post, which they believe | :08:59. | :09:03. | |
could be the key to proving that an Anglo Saxon church | :09:04. | :09:06. | |
We're absolutely amazed and thrilled, and think that perhaps | :09:07. | :09:11. | |
People will actually know we're here. | :09:12. | :09:16. | |
I grew up around here, so it's lovely to know that the site | :09:17. | :09:19. | |
is much richer than we ever thought when we were playing here. | :09:20. | :09:24. | |
Everybody has thought, here'S this is a tiny little church, | :09:25. | :09:27. | |
they've even referred to it as a shed. | :09:28. | :09:31. | |
You know, totally inconsequential on the edge of Shrewsbury, and yet, | :09:32. | :09:33. | |
once it was a much bigger church, much more important. | :09:34. | :09:36. | |
That's all from me, I'll be back with Midlands Today | :09:37. | :09:39. | |
Have a good night. I'll leave you with the forecast from Rebecca. | :09:40. | :09:53. | |
It has certainly been a cold day today. | :09:54. | :09:56. | |
Temperatures will continue to fall away as we head towards the weekend. | :09:57. | :09:59. | |
It was a cloudy grey day, tomorrow is more of the same, I'm afraid. | :10:00. | :10:03. | |
Temperatures pushing two or three today, but a touch | :10:04. | :10:05. | |
And the added complication of possible snow flurries. | :10:06. | :10:08. | |
We have seen a few of those heading through tonight. | :10:09. | :10:10. | |
Thick enough to squeeze out the odd spot of rain. | :10:11. | :10:14. | |
But as that falls, it is more likely to follow something a touch wintry | :10:15. | :10:17. | |
Lows of a possible -1, perhaps staying above | :10:18. | :10:20. | |
As for tomorrow, we still have the easterly breeze, continuing | :10:21. | :10:26. | |
It is going to be very chilly through the day tomorrow, | :10:27. | :10:30. | |
And we will continue to see the odd flurry of snow | :10:31. | :10:34. | |
For most places, a dry and cloudy day. | :10:35. | :10:39. | |
But a wintry mix just about anywhere. | :10:40. | :10:44. | |
Temperatures ranging between one and three, the easterly | :10:45. | :10:46. | |
As for Saturday, an organised area of showers pushing in, | :10:47. | :10:52. | |
More information on that in the National forecast. | :10:53. | :10:56. | |
I will leave you with an outlook for the next few days. | :10:57. | :10:58. | |
sleet and snow. The outlook, Sunday will turn a bit less cold again. All | :10:59. | :11:02. | |
the way up seven Celsius. At this time of year we can often | :11:03. | :11:14. | |
get the weather stories that reflect the battle between winter and | :11:15. | :11:16. | |
spring, and that's what's been happening in New York in the USA. | :11:17. | :11:21. | |
Yesterday, 17 Celsius, but today, it's been bitterly cold, just a | :11:22. | :11:25. | |
daytime maximum | :11:26. | :11:26. |