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Welcome to the programme. The headlines: Plans move a step | :00:07. | :00:11. | |
nearer that could mean thousands of new jobs created around Coventry | :00:11. | :00:16. | |
airport. It is ready to go. It is a side | :00:16. | :00:21. | |
that can literally be happening within weeks or months. | :00:21. | :00:24. | |
A ground-breaking deal signed between the University of | :00:24. | :00:29. | |
Birmingham and one of the most prosperous cities in China. | :00:29. | :00:33. | |
TRANSLATION: If the companies from Birmingham want to come to | :00:33. | :00:38. | |
Guangzhou, we will treat them justly and fairly. | :00:38. | :00:42. | |
When the shops and restaurants that have made this town world-famous | :00:42. | :00:49. | |
have held their long -- held their own through the economic downturn. | :00:49. | :00:59. | |
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And the women's wheelchair doubles at Wimbledon. | :01:01. | :01:11. | |
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Good evening. Tonight, the prospect of thousands of new jobs and A | :01:12. | :01:15. | |
Prost -- partnership between private and public money. They | :01:15. | :01:19. | |
would be created in the shadow of Coventry airport. Local authorities | :01:19. | :01:25. | |
have joined with businesses to back the plan. They believe it could | :01:25. | :01:29. | |
create up to 14,000 jobs next year by cutting through red chip and | :01:29. | :01:36. | |
planning regulations. -- red tape. | :01:36. | :01:40. | |
Denys Short likes to get things done. He set up a beauty product | :01:40. | :01:45. | |
Ivers -- business in Stratford- upon-Avon from scratch. Turnover is | :01:45. | :01:50. | |
now �1 hand and 30 million. His business may be thriving but he | :01:50. | :01:54. | |
fears for the rest of the country. What does it take for real -- | :01:54. | :01:58. | |
people to realise there are no jobs our business is? What needs to | :01:58. | :02:03. | |
happen for people to say, we needed to turn this round and focus on | :02:03. | :02:11. | |
growth and jobs. He is behind a plan for an enterprise zone on land | :02:11. | :02:17. | |
behind Coventry airport. They have just submitted a bid. We start out | :02:17. | :02:21. | |
with jaguar Land Rover and move down here, a defunct sewage | :02:21. | :02:27. | |
treatment works. It is fundamental to Coventry. It shows we are open | :02:27. | :02:33. | |
for business and we are prepared as eight region to move forward. It is | :02:33. | :02:39. | |
important for the region. Enterprise zones lure businesses | :02:39. | :02:49. | |
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with incentives, relaxed planning laws and he --. The Isle of Dogs | :02:50. | :02:54. | |
started out like this. If the enterprise zone over here is going | :02:54. | :03:00. | |
to be a success, they have to look at this. This is the worst traffic | :03:00. | :03:04. | |
bottleneck in the area. It is likely to be a problem for five or | :03:04. | :03:09. | |
six years. If the enterprise idea comes forward it could be resolved | :03:09. | :03:16. | |
into a three years. It is important it is usable. Critics argue that | :03:16. | :03:26. | |
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enterprise zones and this place jobs. Ashby's place. Every job | :03:29. | :03:34. | |
should create another job outside the enterprise his own. There would | :03:34. | :03:38. | |
be a need for it with their losses in the car industry. A would be | :03:38. | :03:43. | |
brilliant. I think the rope round there is not designed for that | :03:43. | :03:49. | |
amount of people. It is bad enough now. The government will announce | :03:49. | :03:56. | |
if the bid was successful in two or three weeks. It was something of | :03:56. | :04:00. | |
pride and if we when it will be a great honour. | :04:00. | :04:03. | |
A ground-breaking deal has been signed between the University of | :04:03. | :04:07. | |
Birmingham and China. It was a multi-million pound research centre | :04:07. | :04:12. | |
set up in the city of Guangzhou. Chinese officials will arrive at | :04:12. | :04:16. | |
looking for business partners and clearly there is money to be made. | :04:16. | :04:21. | |
China is a world's second largest economy and it is predicted it also | :04:21. | :04:25. | |
pass the USA by 2020. What can a Chinese opera businesses from the | :04:25. | :04:35. | |
West Midlands? -- what can be Chinese offer? | :04:35. | :04:38. | |
All smiles as they signed a memorandum of co-operation, they | :04:39. | :04:45. | |
are in business. It is a unique collaboration between a British | :04:45. | :04:50. | |
university and China. There are a number of advantages. We will be | :04:50. | :04:53. | |
working in one of the fastest- growing economies in the world. One | :04:53. | :04:58. | |
of the evidence is the best research is done internationally. | :04:59. | :05:02. | |
Brains from Birmingham will collaborate with researchers in | :05:02. | :05:06. | |
Guangzhou on projects relate -- ranging from health to | :05:06. | :05:11. | |
manufacturing. Already the University spearheaded the largest | :05:11. | :05:18. | |
health trial in China. We estimated 1.9 million deaths in China are | :05:18. | :05:25. | |
caused as a response that -- to passive smoking. It kicked off last | :05:25. | :05:32. | |
weekend when the Chinese premier visited MG Rover. He went on to | :05:32. | :05:38. | |
sign deals in the UK were billions. Clearly officials in Guangzhou are | :05:38. | :05:43. | |
hoping for the same. Around 100 are in Birmingham and armed with a | :05:43. | :05:49. | |
glossy video, they are trying to promote business. If a business | :05:49. | :05:54. | |
wants to invest in your city, how confident can they be that there | :05:54. | :05:58. | |
will not be political interference? TRANSLATION: To further co- | :05:58. | :06:02. | |
operation, we will issue a series of policies regarding companies | :06:02. | :06:06. | |
from the UK and Birmingham. We will give them support and help. | :06:06. | :06:11. | |
If what we are encountering is a seriousness of commitment and | :06:11. | :06:14. | |
openness to working together and a desire on both sides to get his | :06:14. | :06:20. | |
right. The Birmingham-Guangzhou research centre will open in the | :06:20. | :06:23. | |
Teva. I am joined by Professor David | :06:23. | :06:31. | |
Bailey. Our China connections keep growing. Why is it good for | :06:31. | :06:37. | |
business here? All universities in the West Midlands are active in | :06:37. | :06:41. | |
emerging economies. That is partly about students, partly about joint | :06:41. | :06:46. | |
research. At Coventry it is everything from automotive design | :06:46. | :06:52. | |
and three to low carbon economies. It is more about economic | :06:52. | :06:56. | |
development. Whether it is an enterprise zone in the West | :06:56. | :07:06. | |
Midlands or at supporting administrations in China. China is | :07:06. | :07:08. | |
the fastest-growing economy in the world. What is the attraction for | :07:08. | :07:13. | |
them to do this this year? We know it is good for us, but what for | :07:13. | :07:18. | |
them? We can offer skills, Brahms, technologies and lease on a visit | :07:18. | :07:27. | |
by the Chinese premier last week. - - Bryant's. We can't do the | :07:27. | :07:30. | |
development in the UK and the money factor in China and both benefit. | :07:30. | :07:36. | |
It is about finding ways to increase trade. Will we get on with | :07:36. | :07:41. | |
business here but find it difficult in China? We will have to make it | :07:41. | :07:45. | |
work as we do with other markets. There is a big role for | :07:45. | :07:50. | |
universities in understanding cross cultural differences. Let's take | :07:50. | :07:57. | |
you to the top story, the enterprises and in Coventry. For | :07:57. | :08:01. | |
there will be all sorts of tax benefits. Is that no way to get | :08:01. | :08:08. | |
this country back on its big economically? There will only be 20 | :08:08. | :08:12. | |
when enterprise zones, not everyone had them. In the 1980s they were | :08:12. | :08:20. | |
short lived. Be on the Enterprise Zone, how do things develop? It | :08:20. | :08:25. | |
will help businesses grow. It builds on the success of a science | :08:25. | :08:28. | |
park and it will offer an attractive place for inward | :08:28. | :08:34. | |
investors. It is supported by councils and universities. When a | :08:34. | :08:40. | |
tax rates and run at Ayr is a chance of it working. | :08:40. | :08:44. | |
-- and run out, there is a chance of it working. | :08:44. | :08:51. | |
Don't mention a tennis! Still ahead tonight... The Saxon relics going | :08:51. | :08:54. | |
on show for the first time with treasures from the stuff which | :08:55. | :09:00. | |
record. -- Staffordshire abhorred. | :09:00. | :09:03. | |
Around 100 jobs could go at a Premier Prison when a private firm | :09:03. | :09:11. | |
takes over running the prison. -- Birmingham prison. Their company | :09:11. | :09:16. | |
due to take over the prison in October has confirmed 123 posts are | :09:16. | :09:20. | |
at risk in management and administration. | :09:20. | :09:25. | |
An investigation into the work of a Staffordshire surgeon has concluded | :09:25. | :09:30. | |
one patient was not treated correctly. Dr Changez Jadun's | :09:30. | :09:37. | |
activities have sparked for separate inquiries. He no longer | :09:37. | :09:41. | |
performs some procedures on the brain. The trust also admitted his | :09:41. | :09:51. | |
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whistle-blowing policy did not work. Under changes announced, a fit of | :09:53. | :09:58. | |
workers in a council was the big drop in pay. 50% will get a heck -- | :09:58. | :10:03. | |
pay rise and some of the noted at all. All staff have to agree by the | :10:03. | :10:12. | |
end of October RTE's redundancy. -- or face redundancy. Please explain | :10:12. | :10:22. | |
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why you are doing us? We have to do it. The equal Pay Act came into | :10:22. | :10:28. | |
force in 1970, followed by the single status legislation in 1997. | :10:28. | :10:36. | |
We are obliged to take this process forward. Inevitably, Unison is | :10:36. | :10:41. | |
latching on to the fact that staff will have a pair reduction. What do | :10:41. | :10:45. | |
you say to that? There will be winners and losers. We cannot avoid | :10:45. | :10:48. | |
that. We do not want there to be losers but we have to follow the | :10:48. | :10:54. | |
government guidelines in the introduction of this grading system. | :10:54. | :10:59. | |
That is what has shaken out. We have followed procedure and this is | :10:59. | :11:04. | |
how it has worked out. The union is saying, there is no doubt Walsall | :11:04. | :11:09. | |
will seek strike action similar to Birmingham earlier this year. Does | :11:10. | :11:15. | |
that worry you? I would be disappointed to hear that. We have | :11:15. | :11:19. | |
had good negotiations with the unions. We have worked well with | :11:19. | :11:23. | |
them to resolve these matters amicably. I would be disappointed | :11:23. | :11:28. | |
if we got there that situation. official statement says they are | :11:28. | :11:34. | |
disappointed at the way this has turned out. So be it, we have | :11:34. | :11:38. | |
followed procedure. We have carried out the evaluation in a correct | :11:38. | :11:42. | |
manner in consultation with unions. Might I said, there will be winners | :11:42. | :11:49. | |
and losers. Bearing in mind, 81% of people will either stay the same or | :11:49. | :11:59. | |
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be a winner, 19% will have a change. A lorry driver has been jailed for | :12:03. | :12:06. | |
12 months for causing the death of a her for a couple who were crushed | :12:06. | :12:09. | |
when it's begun shed its load of timber. Tom Matts and Terri-Ann | :12:09. | :12:13. | |
Barnett died after the lorry hit a bridge at Belmont in February. Ray | :12:13. | :12:18. | |
Morgan has been told he will serve at least six months in prison. | :12:18. | :12:22. | |
MPs want the Government to postpone closing the National forensic | :12:22. | :12:25. | |
science service based in Birmingham. Ministers announced the closure in | :12:25. | :12:29. | |
December, saying the service was losing �2 million a month. It is | :12:29. | :12:35. | |
due to be wound down by March but the Commons Science and Technology | :12:35. | :12:39. | |
Committee said meeting the work elsewhere could create unacceptable | :12:39. | :12:43. | |
risks to justice. An empty building designed for use as a regional fire | :12:43. | :12:48. | |
control centre is costing the taxpayer �1.4 million in and will | :12:48. | :12:53. | |
went. Wolverhampton control centre was commissioned by the Labour | :12:53. | :12:57. | |
government to bring emergency call services under one roof. The | :12:57. | :13:00. | |
National Audit Office says it was flawed because it did not have the | :13:00. | :13:06. | |
support of Fire and rescue services. Local produce, visitors from around | :13:06. | :13:12. | |
the world and individual food protesters, the recipe for economic | :13:12. | :13:18. | |
success. While there have been hard times for some, on the whole they | :13:18. | :13:26. | |
have held their own. Ludlow has developed an | :13:26. | :13:33. | |
international reputation for fine food. The annual Frugi festival in | :13:33. | :13:36. | |
a September attracted 22,000 visitors, double the local | :13:36. | :13:45. | |
population, and generates millions of pounds for the local economy. | :13:45. | :13:50. | |
This chef gained 8 Michelin-starred two years ago. Turnover increased | :13:50. | :13:57. | |
30% in the last financial year. Some Australian tourist recently | :13:57. | :14:02. | |
planned their trip to the UK based on a visit to this restaurant. | :14:02. | :14:06. | |
supporting local businesses by buying locally, supporting | :14:06. | :14:12. | |
independent farmers and shops, and in turn the locals support me. | :14:12. | :14:19. | |
There is a market for days a week. The shops are owned by independent | :14:19. | :14:22. | |
people, we do not have changed here. People are passionate about what | :14:22. | :14:27. | |
they are selling, they know about the producer. The pictures and | :14:27. | :14:30. | |
because know the origins of everything they are using and that | :14:30. | :14:34. | |
is really special. Visits here has remained stable. Mike of the shop | :14:34. | :14:40. | |
owners, they were affected more by this know than by the economic | :14:40. | :14:45. | |
climate. We get a lot more visitors from the West Midlands area. They | :14:45. | :14:49. | |
seem to travel to Ludlow regularly. They used to come every week but | :14:50. | :14:54. | |
now they perhaps come once a month. Perhaps that is due to fuel prices | :14:54. | :14:58. | |
as well as the economy. This picture it says people are more | :14:58. | :15:06. | |
cautious. In the last few years it has grown 10 to 20% each year. This | :15:06. | :15:14. | |
year, it has been stable or is even dance some percentage. It is | :15:14. | :15:19. | |
worrying but compared to some places, probably very good. A mix | :15:19. | :15:23. | |
of local people, we get home owners and tourist shop here. Their | :15:23. | :15:30. | |
opinion then buried. I am going to Manchester tomorrow. I am taking | :15:30. | :15:34. | |
food to my son in Manchester because I'll have the choice. | :15:34. | :15:42. | |
pubs and restaurants are great. The fine dining is good. Tourists but | :15:42. | :15:46. | |
accommodation within a 30 mile radius a year in advance of the | :15:46. | :15:52. | |
annual rate festival and with many holiday makers opting to stay Hann, | :15:52. | :16:02. | |
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those in the food industry here That has made me hungry. Lunch was | :16:03. | :16:07. | |
a long time ago. Still to come: | :16:07. | :16:11. | |
How the gorgeous spring weather - remember that - has produced a | :16:11. | :16:15. | |
bumper and early crop of a fruit that we love to drink. | :16:15. | :16:18. | |
And there could be good fruit growing weather this weekend - | :16:18. | :16:23. | |
mostly dry with some sunshine and a bit warmer. The full forecast in a | :16:23. | :16:32. | |
few minutes. I think we are going to like the | :16:32. | :16:36. | |
forecast. Rare Anglo Saxon documents rarely | :16:37. | :16:40. | |
shown to the public are going on display for the first time. Over | :16:40. | :16:44. | |
1000 years old, they give an insight into the dark Ages, a | :16:44. | :16:48. | |
period we know little about. The exhibition has been put on to | :16:48. | :16:51. | |
coincide with the first tour of Staffordshire of the famous | :16:51. | :16:56. | |
Staffordshire hoard. Lindsay Doyle reports. | :16:56. | :16:59. | |
This is one of our archive strong rooms which we do not normally | :16:59. | :17:05. | |
allow access to, so you are privileged. Stafford is truly going | :17:05. | :17:09. | |
Saxon. Rare Anglo Saxon documents are going on display at the records | :17:09. | :17:13. | |
office to coincide with the first visit to the town of the | :17:13. | :17:17. | |
Staffordshire hoard. We are very lucky that they have survived from | :17:17. | :17:21. | |
that period will stop the connection with the Staffordshire | :17:21. | :17:26. | |
hoard adds even more to what they tell us about the history of the | :17:26. | :17:31. | |
county. The documents are over 1000 years old and they rarely leave the | :17:31. | :17:36. | |
archives. The most valuable is the last will and testament of a mercy | :17:36. | :17:42. | |
and nobleman, who leaves his wealth to the abbey. It is not just the | :17:42. | :17:45. | |
will, but there are several documents relating to the | :17:45. | :17:48. | |
conveyance of land. They are not normally stored like this. They are | :17:49. | :17:58. | |
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being prepared to go on display for There will, for example, was folded | :18:08. | :18:15. | |
into a small package of perhaps three inches square. And this would | :18:15. | :18:21. | |
have been kept in someone's pocket, in a pouch or his saddlebag. Just | :18:22. | :18:27. | |
over the road, the famous hall of Anglo Saxon gold from the ancient | :18:27. | :18:31. | |
kingdom of mercy or is being carefully unpacked. It was found in | :18:31. | :18:37. | |
a field two years ago by a metal detector enthusiast. It is | :18:37. | :18:41. | |
absolutely fantastic to be able to put the items on display. Some of | :18:41. | :18:46. | |
them have never been on display before. And on show for the very | :18:46. | :18:52. | |
first time, the actual metal detector used by the manner | :18:52. | :18:57. | |
discovered the hoard. The first stop for the artifacts, it will | :18:57. | :19:02. | |
then travel to Lichfield and Tamworth. | :19:02. | :19:07. | |
If that has whetted your appetite, there is a programme on Sunday | :19:07. | :19:14. | |
presented by Dan Snow on BBC One at 6pm. | :19:14. | :19:19. | |
Dan is here with the sports news. I understand there has been around in | :19:19. | :19:23. | |
women's football on Twitter. Yes, communication is not always a good | :19:23. | :19:27. | |
thing. England's women have got their World Cup campaign back on | :19:27. | :19:32. | |
track with victory over New Zealand. For Enny Aluko, it is the perfect | :19:32. | :19:35. | |
response to comments that she received after the first match, | :19:35. | :19:39. | |
comments she described as poisonous. Aluko missed several second half | :19:39. | :19:44. | |
chances. England drew their first game 1-1 with Mexico. She said that | :19:44. | :19:51. | |
comments directed at her on Twitter did nothing to help her or the team. | :19:51. | :19:56. | |
It does affect me. It is quite poisonous. When I am in a World Cup, | :19:56. | :20:01. | |
you need to keep positive going into the next game. I do not need | :20:01. | :20:05. | |
these things directed at me. There is a time when I might say | :20:05. | :20:13. | |
something back. Carson has left to join a Turkish | :20:13. | :20:17. | |
side. As a Roger Vingham have not revealed how much the former | :20:17. | :20:22. | |
captain has been sold for. -- West Bromwich Albion. | :20:22. | :20:25. | |
It was not just Andy Murray who had a big day today. While he was | :20:25. | :20:31. | |
losing on Centre Court, Jordanne made her Wimbledon debut in the | :20:31. | :20:36. | |
wheelchair doubles. But she also lost in the semi-finals. | :20:36. | :20:40. | |
It is the most famous tennis club in the world and is home to the | :20:40. | :20:45. | |
most famous tournament. Today, Jordanne was part of it. For the | :20:45. | :20:50. | |
first time, she graced the grass of Wimbledon. Then 19-year-old from | :20:50. | :20:54. | |
Halesowen played in the semi-final of the ladies will chair doubles, | :20:54. | :20:58. | |
an invaluable experience. It was a good experience and I really | :20:58. | :21:03. | |
enjoyed it. It is lovely to play with Lucy. We worked hard to get | :21:03. | :21:06. | |
the ranking that we have, and we worked hard together to be in | :21:06. | :21:12. | |
places like this, playing in these tournaments, so I was proud. | :21:12. | :21:15. | |
despite the lure of Andy Murray on Centre Court, there were plenty of | :21:15. | :21:19. | |
fans cheering them on. It means a lot that people are taking the time | :21:19. | :21:23. | |
to look at wheelchair tennis, taking the time to support us. We | :21:23. | :21:27. | |
appreciate that. Sadly, her debut was a losing one, losing in | :21:27. | :21:33. | |
straight sets. But she will hope to be back twice next year. Once in | :21:33. | :21:37. | |
the Wimbledon championships, and again at the London 2012 | :21:37. | :21:42. | |
Paralympics. Finally, if Alex McLeish needs help | :21:42. | :21:45. | |
winning over the fans at Aston Villa, he could do worse than to | :21:45. | :21:50. | |
call on this man. Yes, that really is Prime Minister David Cameron | :21:50. | :21:53. | |
going for his morning jog in an Aston Villa shirt. The photo was | :21:53. | :21:59. | |
taken in Hyde Park. I presume he has Cameron Number 10 on the back. | :22:00. | :22:03. | |
Am not sure that he and the Chancellor have much spare cash, | :22:03. | :22:10. | |
but Alex McLeish could do worse than to ask. His uncle was the | :22:10. | :22:16. | |
chairman of Aston Villa in the glory years. It is the club of the | :22:16. | :22:19. | |
Establishment. Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England, | :22:19. | :22:25. | |
Prince William, Tom Hanks, no less. Exactly, a Holyrood superstar. | :22:25. | :22:28. | |
There is an argument as as men of that age should not be wearing | :22:28. | :22:35. | |
football shirts. I have to say, he was exercising so I think it is | :22:35. | :22:39. | |
allowed. And most men have not given up the dream of playing for | :22:39. | :22:49. | |
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their side. Thank you. | :22:50. | :22:55. | |
It may not be the most tasty of fruits, but the humble black | :22:55. | :22:59. | |
currant is having something of a resurgence. Almost a third of the | :22:59. | :23:03. | |
total crop produced in the UK has grown in this region. This year, | :23:03. | :23:07. | |
thanks to the spring weather, the black current season is earlier | :23:07. | :23:11. | |
than ever. Deep in the Herefordshire | :23:11. | :23:16. | |
countryside, the black current harvest is well under way. On this | :23:16. | :23:19. | |
farm in Lyonshall, close to the Welsh border, they have been | :23:19. | :23:26. | |
growing the fruit for almost 100 years. We are picking this variety | :23:26. | :23:30. | |
about two weeks earlier than ever before. Lovely fruit, swelled by | :23:30. | :23:34. | |
the rain and ready to harvest. some parts of Herefordshire, they | :23:34. | :23:38. | |
have been harvesting blackcurrants for two weeks, something unheard of | :23:38. | :23:44. | |
before. So why has the season started so early? We had a | :23:44. | :23:47. | |
fantastic the cold winter, lovely warm spell in the spring and plenty | :23:47. | :23:52. | |
of water recently. Sunshine on the Bush has now to get the sweetness | :23:52. | :23:57. | |
into the berries. So this should be a very good crop. On this farm in | :23:57. | :24:03. | |
Herefordshire they grow around 125 acres of blackcurrants. That | :24:03. | :24:08. | |
produces around 300 tons of the fruit each year. 90% of that is | :24:08. | :24:11. | |
bought by a manufacturer of a rather well-known blackcurrant | :24:11. | :24:15. | |
drink. That still leaves enough fruit to produce a drink of a very | :24:15. | :24:21. | |
different kind. This is Casillas, an alcoholic version of | :24:21. | :24:26. | |
blackcurrant juice. It is one of the products they make on the farm | :24:26. | :24:32. | |
from this bear fruit. This is this year's crop. What makes good | :24:32. | :24:35. | |
blackcurrants? In terms of nutritional benefit, it is the | :24:36. | :24:40. | |
colour, the Act -- the anti- oxidants that come from such a dark | :24:40. | :24:46. | |
colour. There is also the fact that his is full of natural fruit sugars. | :24:46. | :24:50. | |
As far as the crop is concerned, these are lovely berries, so we are | :24:50. | :24:54. | |
pleased. With more fruit now being produced in the UK, the growers | :24:54. | :25:02. | |
will be hoping the blackcurrant resurgence is here to stay. | :25:02. | :25:09. | |
Someone around here perked up when they mentioned coses. -- when they | :25:09. | :25:19. | |
:25:19. | :25:20. | ||
mention the alcoholic drink! Can we Yes, we will be drinking in the | :25:20. | :25:24. | |
garden this weekend. Not as warm as last weekend, but the headline is | :25:24. | :25:27. | |
that we will see sunny spells and it will stay mostly dry, and it | :25:27. | :25:31. | |
will begin to turn a bit warmer as well. The reason for the fine | :25:31. | :25:34. | |
weather is this area of high pressure right on top of us at the | :25:34. | :25:40. | |
moment. Through today, that has trapped a lot of cloud underneath | :25:40. | :25:43. | |
it but that will melt away through the rest of tonight. Clear spells | :25:43. | :25:47. | |
developing which will allow things to turn fairly chilly. In towns and | :25:47. | :25:53. | |
cities, down to 10 Celsius, but in the countryside, may be as low as | :25:53. | :25:57. | |
six. It will be a bright start tomorrow morning with a lot of | :25:57. | :26:01. | |
sunshine through the first part of the day. But more cloud developing | :26:01. | :26:05. | |
into the afternoon. Temperatures doing quite well tomorrow, getting | :26:05. | :26:11. | |
up to 22 Celsius, 72 Fahrenheit in a light and variable wind. Tomorrow | :26:11. | :26:16. | |
evening and tomorrow night it will stay fine, which is good news for | :26:16. | :26:18. | |
over 400 women heading to the University of Birmingham for the | :26:18. | :26:23. | |
start of the Starlight stroll, kicking off at 10pm. Pleasant | :26:23. | :26:29. | |
weather for walking. Clear spells, patchy cloud and temperatures down | :26:29. | :26:33. | |
to 10 Celsius. But there will be some sunshine on Sunday, very | :26:33. | :26:37. | |
pleasant conditions. Patchy cloud, some spells of sunshine and | :26:37. | :26:43. | |
temperatures beginning to rise. Maybe 23 Celsius. Not good news for | :26:43. | :26:46. | |
everyone. High pollen levels make things miserable for hayfever | :26:47. | :26:49. | |
sufferers. That will continue through the weekend and into the | :26:49. | :26:54. | |
first part of next week, because during Monday and Tuesday it will | :26:54. | :26:58. | |
stay fine and dry, with sunny spells but only in the daytime, not | :26:58. | :27:01. | |
the night time! Temperatures eventually into the mid- twenties. | :27:01. | :27:05. | |
As far as the weekend goes, not too bad. | :27:05. | :27:11. | |
Just to confirm, it will be dark at midnight! | :27:11. | :27:17. | |
Before we leave, the headlines: The former IMF chief Dominique | :27:17. | :27:20. | |
Strauss-Kahn has had his bail conditions relaxed in New York, as | :27:20. | :27:24. | |
doubts emerge about the sexual assault case against him. | :27:24. | :27:29. | |
Over and out for Andy Murray, beaten again by Rafael Nadal in the | :27:29. | :27:33. | |
Wimbledon semi-finals. The Spaniard will play Novak Djokovic in | :27:33. | :27:37. | |
Sunday's final. And plans for thousands of jobs | :27:37. | :27:40. | |
with the creation of a business enterprise zone near Coventry | :27:40. | :27:44. | |
airport. A couple of big events are amongst | :27:44. | :27:48. | |
many this weekend. There is a weekend of celebrations to mark the | :27:48. | :27:53. | |
reopening of the canal at Droitwich Spa. It cost �12 million to make | :27:53. | :27:57. | |
the seven-mile stretch navigable again, completing a Worcestershire | :27:57. | :28:02. | |
circle. There will be displays of boats and trips on the water. And | :28:02. | :28:07. | |
they will have the weather for it. And today has been the start of | :28:07. | :28:10. | |
three days of music in Coventry. Three days of music and | :28:10. | :28:15. | |
entertainment. One of a highlights is the Godiva choir who have been | :28:15. | :28:20. | |
chosen to perform as part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. BBC | :28:20. | :28:24. |