:00:04. > :00:06.Hello and welcome to Midlands Today with Nick Owen and Suzanne Virdee.
:00:06. > :00:10.The headlines tonight: The couple who earned �200,000 from
:00:10. > :00:13.selling counterfeit DVDs over the internet.
:00:13. > :00:21.With house prices expected to go up, fears a whole generation will be
:00:21. > :00:26.excluded from the housing market. When you're renting, you never know
:00:26. > :00:29.when somebody is going to tell you you have to move. It is difficult.
:00:29. > :00:31.Birmingham City owner Carson Yeung given clearance to visit the UK as
:00:31. > :00:34.he awaits trial on money laundering charges in Hong Kong.
:00:34. > :00:43.And setting their sights for 12 months' time, the Paralympics
:00:43. > :00:53.hopefuls take aim. I could be walking into that arena at the
:00:53. > :01:02.
:01:03. > :01:05.opening ceremony in London knowing Welcome to Tuesday's Midlands Today.
:01:05. > :01:09.A factory worker's been jailed for 21 months for making thousands of
:01:09. > :01:11.fake DVD's at his home in the Black Country. Simon Evans sold pirate
:01:11. > :01:16.copies of Hollywood films over the internet earning more than �200,000
:01:16. > :01:19.in a six year period. His wife laundered the profits which paid
:01:19. > :01:25.for expensive foreign holidays, a house extension and even a family
:01:25. > :01:27.wedding. Giles Latcham reports. In the dark jacket, avoiding the
:01:27. > :01:36.camera, Simon Evans, whose counterfeiting raked in tens of
:01:36. > :01:40.thousands but ultimately cost his his liberty. If you just like to
:01:40. > :01:46.come in... In a lock up in West Bromwich, the tools of his illicit
:01:47. > :01:53.trade, computer equipment... could probably burn off a DVD and
:01:53. > :01:56.about 20 minutes, so you can do a considerable number in a small room.
:01:56. > :01:59.And the DVDS. From Hollywood blockbusters, to childrens films,
:01:59. > :02:02.pornography, computer games, which brought in not far off a quarter of
:02:02. > :02:08.a million pounds in six years. Sales were conducted on the
:02:09. > :02:16.internet from an elaborately disguised website. This particular
:02:16. > :02:22.gentleman was using a website which had been set up to look like a
:02:22. > :02:27.fishing call. There was a level of security, and a level of deception.
:02:27. > :02:31.-- a fishing pool. They turned their house and recount the tin
:02:31. > :02:34.factory. Simon Evans admitted all the charges against him and his
:02:34. > :02:39.wife admitted laundering the profits. Despite what people
:02:39. > :02:43.thought, Judge said that copyright theft was not a victimless crime
:02:43. > :02:48.and the counterfeiting had amounted to Horsell fraud on a commercial
:02:48. > :02:52.scale. He jailed Simon Evans the 21 months and gave his mark -- and if
:02:52. > :02:58.his wife a 36 weeks suspended sentence plus 100 hours of
:02:58. > :03:04.community work. In the dock, she wept as a husband was taken down.
:03:04. > :03:06.In the UK, the market for pirated DVDs is reckoned to be worth �200
:03:06. > :03:10.million a year and plenty are attempted. I am sure there are
:03:10. > :03:14.people out there like that family, but the sense that is wrong message
:03:14. > :03:21.to them that if you're thinking about it, think twice, because you
:03:21. > :03:30.are certainly going to end up in prison. The counterfeiting paid for
:03:30. > :03:38.Well, we're joined now from London by Kieron Sharpe, the director
:03:38. > :03:42.general of FACT, the Federation Against Copyright Theft. Good
:03:42. > :03:49.evening. First of all... Can you give us a sense of the scale of the
:03:49. > :03:53.problem across the UK? It is a huge problem and it gives but as
:03:53. > :03:57.technology improves. People are taking from content from the
:03:57. > :04:00.internet for free and selling it to others, and it is causing a massive
:04:00. > :04:05.problem for the audio-visual industry in the UK. The trouble is,
:04:05. > :04:10.many people attempted as it seems a bargain to buy. That is the first
:04:10. > :04:14.sign that you shouldn't be buying it, because if it is a big bargain,
:04:14. > :04:19.it cannot be legitimate. sentences given out today, 36 weeks
:04:19. > :04:26.in jail for 20 What -- and 21 months. Are they enough of a
:04:26. > :04:31.deterrent? They and the -- sending somebody to prison is a good
:04:31. > :04:37.deterrent. What are you doing to tackle this problem? We are looking
:04:37. > :04:41.at those people making those films and TV content available and
:04:41. > :04:44.distributing them. That is the area we are attacking. Thank you for
:04:44. > :04:47.joining us. Good to have you with us this
:04:47. > :04:57.evening here on Midlands Today. Later, the new school, just about
:04:57. > :04:57.
:04:57. > :05:00.A surgeon from Staffordshire who travelled to his Libyan homeland to
:05:00. > :05:04.treat casualties during the revolution says he plans to set up
:05:05. > :05:09.two charitable hospitals. Ramadan Atewah helped save dozens of lives
:05:09. > :05:12.in Misrata and Benghazi. He's now returned to work as a cardio-
:05:12. > :05:18.thoracic surgeon at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire and
:05:18. > :05:20.has been speaking to our Staffordshire reporter, Liz Copper.
:05:20. > :05:27.All smiles, back home with his family in North Staffordshire,
:05:27. > :05:34.Ramadan Atewah made four trips this year to Libya. Here he is at a
:05:34. > :05:39.hospital in Misrata dealing with casualties from the frontline.
:05:39. > :05:45.injuries I have seen, I have seen everything you can imagine. It is
:05:45. > :05:53.really horrifying. And very innocent people. These people are
:05:53. > :05:57.not fighting him. Maybe he disagrees with the fighters, but
:05:57. > :06:00.these people, they were in their homes and cities. And as these
:06:00. > :06:07.pictures from Tripoli show, there's still a desperate need for doctors'
:06:07. > :06:13.skills. Mr Atewah plans to return to lend his support again. We are
:06:14. > :06:16.looking to re-establish a state of order. And a state of science and a
:06:17. > :06:20.state of fairness. These are pictures Mr Atewah took himself
:06:20. > :06:26.whilst in Misrata. He was formally thanked by the rebel forces for his
:06:26. > :06:29.help. His family are also proud of the contribution he made. Everyone
:06:29. > :06:35.thought of it with apprehension because it wasn't safe at the time
:06:35. > :06:39.when he went. But we always knew that, like, it was something he
:06:39. > :06:43.wanted to do. We were not going to stop him because he wanted to go.
:06:43. > :06:49.There was a feeling of pride through the family. When you see
:06:49. > :06:55.these pictures, it breaks your heart. It was a stressful time. But,
:06:55. > :07:00.I mean, there is still atrocities going on, but it is all for the
:07:00. > :07:05.best, and it is all paying off, hopefully, and getting better.
:07:05. > :07:07.family, following the revolution, is both reunited and relieved.
:07:07. > :07:11.Meanwhile, a Libyan hospital doctor, who lives in Warwickshire, has
:07:11. > :07:14.returned to his homeland to help with the treatment of people caught
:07:14. > :07:16.up in the revolution. Earlier, I spoke to Dr Khaled Sherlala, who's
:07:16. > :07:19.using his annual leave from University Hospital, Coventry, and
:07:19. > :07:29.he began by telling me about discovering a massacre of Colonel
:07:29. > :07:40.
:07:40. > :07:45.Gaddafi's prisoners. I was told about the scene in a brigade. There
:07:45. > :07:51.were burnt bodies of the prisoners. That was horrendous. You went
:07:51. > :07:59.there? I went there myself. I took voters from my camera. We saw the
:07:59. > :08:06.burnt bodies. That was very shocking and distressing. Prisoners,
:08:06. > :08:12.the guards burned them. The people who escaped told us that when the
:08:12. > :08:16.guards left, they shot them, the guards shot them, and burned them.
:08:16. > :08:21.It is shocking. I have never seen anything in movies like that, even
:08:21. > :08:26.if. What about supplies like water and food and medical supplies?
:08:26. > :08:35.biggest problem at the moment is water. There is no water in lots of
:08:36. > :08:40.places. That is causing problems. I mean, and people are getting water
:08:40. > :08:45.from outside. That is a problem that should be sold shortly. I
:08:45. > :08:50.stressed to any people that were lacking services that I would do
:08:50. > :08:54.best to get what are back to them because of the hygiene and so on. -
:08:54. > :08:59.- to get water back to them. have been inside Colonel Gaddafi's
:08:59. > :09:06.compound, have you not? Yes. And the hospital compound. Although it
:09:06. > :09:16.was damaged at that time because it is so big. It was very well-
:09:16. > :09:19.equipped. The rooms were very high class rooms. Whereas the public
:09:19. > :09:23.hospitals lacked lots of things. He kept everything for himself and
:09:23. > :09:29.gave the people very little. wish you well and thank you for
:09:29. > :09:33.talking to us. Thank you very much. The Birmingham City owner Carson
:09:33. > :09:36.Yeung will be allowed to travel to the UK next month while he waits to
:09:36. > :09:39.go on trial on money laundering charges in Hong Kong. A judge has
:09:39. > :09:41.doubled his bail to over $1 million so he can travel to Birmingham
:09:41. > :09:44.between September 15th and 19th. He's previously been denied
:09:44. > :09:47.permission because of concerns he might abscond. Our Correspondent
:09:47. > :09:56.Andrew Wood was at today's hearing in Hong Kong. His report contains
:09:56. > :10:00.some flash photography. Carson Yeung had been expected to
:10:00. > :10:03.plead guilty or not guilty in court today to those five charges of
:10:03. > :10:09.money-laundering but in the end the district court judge said that he
:10:09. > :10:13.didn't have to do that. His lawyers took the opportunity to ask the
:10:13. > :10:18.judge to change the conditions of bail so that Carson Yeung, who
:10:18. > :10:22.cannot leave Hong Kong, could travel to Britain from the 15th-
:10:22. > :10:25.19th September. He had tried to get a change in conditions of bail in
:10:25. > :10:29.order so that he could be at Birmingham City's first game of the
:10:29. > :10:35.season which was refused. The judge was more sympathetic this time and
:10:35. > :10:38.his lawyers said he had to be there because he had to -- he had a duty
:10:38. > :10:45.to shareholders and the fans, and the players, and wanted to consult
:10:45. > :10:48.with them. So, he now has to deposit an extra �400,000 in cash
:10:48. > :10:55.with the court within seven days. He will be allowed to go back to
:10:55. > :11:05.Britain just for this four day trip. The main trial is expected now to
:11:05. > :11:10.start early next year, probably February. Two more men have been
:11:10. > :11:15.arrested for the killing three men. They died on Dudley Road earlier
:11:15. > :11:18.this month. A 29 and a 30-year-old from Birmingham were arrested by
:11:18. > :11:28.detectives this afternoon on suspicion of murder. Five other men
:11:28. > :11:40.
:11:40. > :11:44.have already been charged with murder.
:11:44. > :11:46.The number of homeowners in the West Midlands could fall by 9% in
:11:46. > :11:49.the next decade, according to a report out today. The National
:11:49. > :11:52.Housing Federation say that without investment in affordable housing,
:11:52. > :11:55.prices in the region will rise by 15% in the next four years. And
:11:55. > :11:59.average private sector rents could rise by 20%. So just how tough is
:11:59. > :12:01.it for people looking to climb on to the property ladder? Ben Sidwell
:12:01. > :12:04.has spent the day in Worcester trying to find out.
:12:04. > :12:07.Building the homes of the future in Worcester. This development by the
:12:07. > :12:10.River Severn began in 2004. When work is completed in seven years'
:12:10. > :12:13.time, there'll be 455 new apartments and houses on this site.
:12:13. > :12:17.I would like to find out about... This family is finding it tough
:12:17. > :12:19.making their first upon to the property ladder. Because we are
:12:19. > :12:25.renting and we are spending a certain amount of money on a
:12:25. > :12:29.regular basis monthly to pay the rent, we are not able to save 20%
:12:29. > :12:35.of the value of the house or any property, really. It is very
:12:35. > :12:37.difficult. Richard as property here is �145,000 for it on the
:12:37. > :12:42.department which means that potential first-time buyers are
:12:42. > :12:51.likely to need at around �30,000 deposit before they are even given
:12:51. > :12:55.a mortgage. The biggest problem is deposit levels. The culture of
:12:55. > :13:00.saving for deposits has not always been there. They have are now
:13:00. > :13:04.finding it quite difficult. Worcester City Council say that the
:13:04. > :13:08.number of affordable houses built has fallen slightly. That is
:13:08. > :13:11.expected to rise of the next to make years, though. They say that
:13:12. > :13:18.in partnership with the homes and communities agency, they
:13:18. > :13:23.endeavoured to fulfil their full quota of affordable housing. Andrew
:13:23. > :13:28.Grant has been an estate agent in the City for 40 years. It is up.
:13:28. > :13:32.The average age of the first-time buyer will probably be 388 -- 38
:13:32. > :13:35.years old. The number of people wanting to buy houses is enormous,
:13:35. > :13:39.greater than five years ago. They all want it on to the ladder but
:13:39. > :13:44.don't know how to do it and may need help from the banks, who are
:13:44. > :13:48.really making life very difficult for them. With house prices
:13:48. > :13:57.expected to start rising soon, people wanting to buy their first
:13:57. > :13:59.house in the City look like they will need to start saving.
:13:59. > :14:02.Well, joining me from a housing development in Birmingham now is
:14:02. > :14:11.Gemma Duggan, lead manager for the National Housing Federation in the
:14:11. > :14:16.West Midlands. Just how serious is the situation? We are calling it a
:14:16. > :14:19.housing crisis for reason. It is very serious. Every one of your
:14:19. > :14:25.viewers will probably know somebody who is struggling with housing
:14:25. > :14:29.costs, whether it is the housing crisis or rent prices, although
:14:29. > :14:33.it's a magazine of the social housing waiting lists. We have seen
:14:33. > :14:39.some examples in the reports we have shown of how difficult it is
:14:39. > :14:44.to get on a ladder. Deposits are the big problem, it seems. Yes, it
:14:44. > :14:51.is a big problem. They are around 20% on average. Most families
:14:51. > :14:59.cannot afford that whilst also paying rent. Rents will increase
:14:59. > :15:02.further over the next five years by around 20% in the lowest Midlands -
:15:02. > :15:04.- in the West Midlands which will price people out of buying a house
:15:04. > :15:09.and the rental market, which leaves a whole generation of people with
:15:09. > :15:16.very few options. It is a very frightening thought, so what is
:15:16. > :15:21.your advice to people tried to get onto the housing ladder? We are
:15:21. > :15:30.working with housing associations to try to get more supply on the
:15:30. > :15:35.ladder. -- onto the housing market. The key is to get people into home
:15:35. > :15:39.ownership and to increase supply. Then we can decrease costs. Thank
:15:39. > :15:42.you for talking to us. Still to come this evening:
:15:42. > :15:47.Remembering Tamworth's forgotten hero, a courageous survivor of the
:15:47. > :15:50.Charge of the Light Brigade. And a hint of autumn today but what
:15:50. > :16:00.has Hurricane Irene got to do with this weekend's weather? All will be
:16:00. > :16:04.
:16:04. > :16:08.The first Sikh-ethos free school in the country is preparing to open
:16:08. > :16:11.its doors here in the Midlands. The Nishkam Primary in Birmingham will
:16:11. > :16:14.be in the first batch of just 24 free schools across the country to
:16:14. > :16:17.begin teaching children this September. Free schools are state-
:16:17. > :16:21.funded, but operate outside local authority control, which has
:16:21. > :16:27.sparked some controversy. Our political reporter Susana Mendonca
:16:27. > :16:36.has had an exclusive preview of the new school.
:16:36. > :16:39.The desks are in, so are the books. As are a couple of keen new pupils.
:16:39. > :16:43.They'll be among 174 four to seven- year-olds in class here in a few
:16:43. > :16:47.days' time. And this is what they'll be wearing, the kind of
:16:47. > :16:50.uniform you'd see at any school. But this is not just any school.
:16:50. > :17:00.It's a free school which, much like the Labour government's academies,
:17:00. > :17:07.are funded by central government but not run by the local authority.
:17:07. > :17:14.In this case, it will be run by the Sikh community. This is the man is
:17:15. > :17:17.leading the way. So you're going to be one of the first free schools,
:17:17. > :17:22.the coalition's bigger deer, getting communities involved in
:17:22. > :17:26.running schools. What do you get out of it? We get the opportunity
:17:26. > :17:30.to extend the curriculum to ensure it is a richer curriculum for
:17:30. > :17:37.children and we also get the buy-in of the community contributing to
:17:37. > :17:41.establishing a school, contributing to what is taught in this school.
:17:41. > :17:44.It is this committee that paid to turn this building around, but some
:17:44. > :17:48.say that privately set up schools like this should not be getting
:17:48. > :17:53.cash. The running costs of the school will be money that should
:17:53. > :18:00.have gone to other local schools as well. If it attracts pupils, they
:18:00. > :18:06.will be taken from other schools in this area. With pupils going,
:18:06. > :18:09.monikers as well. The government is already planning more free schools
:18:09. > :18:13.with 300 applications nationwide with around 30 of those from the
:18:13. > :18:18.Midlands. The first wave will see 24 open across the country next
:18:18. > :18:23.week. While Birmingham City Council supports the Nishkam Primary, its
:18:23. > :18:28.concerned about the proliferation of three schools. That will create
:18:28. > :18:38.division and has to city rather than the fairness of we have -- the
:18:38. > :18:41.
:18:41. > :18:44.philosophy we have of inclusive of tea. Inclusivity is a word this
:18:44. > :18:50.school wants to embrace, although so far it has struggled to attract
:18:50. > :18:55.non-Sikh pupils. We have a Caribbean member of staff, a Sikh
:18:55. > :18:58.member of staff. But we also have other members of staff. What it is
:18:58. > :19:01.is a free school and its challenge now will be to prove the
:19:01. > :19:04.government's argument that they can push up standards.
:19:04. > :19:11.Well, Susana's with us now. Labour are accusing the government of a
:19:11. > :19:15.lack of transparency over free schools, aren't they? The Shadow
:19:15. > :19:19.education secretary, Andy Burnham, is questioning how the Government's
:19:19. > :19:22.allocating the money, and he is accusing the government of giving
:19:22. > :19:25.money to the projects they like and taking money away from mainstream
:19:26. > :19:33.schools. The Building Schools for the Future programme cancelled last
:19:33. > :19:36.year as a result of the cuts. There's nothing untoward the wake
:19:36. > :19:41.of the government is allocating funds, it says, and the new schools
:19:41. > :19:46.network is doing its job. So, are we likely to see more of these
:19:46. > :19:50.caused? It is a certainty. At the end of September, the government
:19:50. > :19:54.will announce the next round of these free schools. They to see
:19:54. > :19:57.these schools as a way to improve standards. Will it do that? Labour
:19:57. > :20:02.says there is no evidence to support it, but education is a long
:20:02. > :20:06.game and it takes a long time to work out whether the policy is
:20:06. > :20:10.implemented now will reap the results of thereafter.
:20:10. > :20:14.2012 is not just about the Olympic Games. It's about the Paralympics
:20:14. > :20:20.as well. For many of those taking part, it will be a story of triumph
:20:20. > :20:22.over adversity. Nick Clitheroe reports. I've come to
:20:22. > :20:25.Buckinghamshire where the modern Paralympics began as a
:20:25. > :20:27.rehabilitation programme for British war veterans with spinal
:20:27. > :20:29.injuries. It's home to the British
:20:29. > :20:33.Paralympics shooting team and Pamela Grainger from Shifnal in
:20:34. > :20:40.Shropshire. Nine years ago, she lost the use of her right arm in a
:20:40. > :20:43.motorbike accident. Now she's hoping to go to London 2012.
:20:43. > :20:48.never thought I'd get to the Olympics. I love sport, but I've
:20:48. > :20:52.never been the best at anything, so to find a sport you are a good at
:20:52. > :20:56.and passionate about, and you might actually get the Olympics and be
:20:56. > :21:05.that we a country, and stand on that podium and have the national
:21:05. > :21:09.anthem played in London... That's Mike rain. -- that is my dream.
:21:09. > :21:12.did she get here? Well, Pamela is an RAF corporal. She was chosen for
:21:12. > :21:15.the Battle Back scheme set up by the forces to use sport to
:21:15. > :21:18.rehabilitate injured personnel. Two years ago, she went to a
:21:18. > :21:21.Paralympics Talent ID. And a talent was exactly what they found. While
:21:21. > :21:24.Pamela is hoping to make it to her first games, one of Britain's
:21:24. > :21:26.finest Paralympians is grateful his own 2012 dreams are still alive.
:21:26. > :21:30.Lee Pearson from Cheddleton in Staffordshire has won nine dressage
:21:30. > :21:32.golds across three games but he can't even get on a horse at the
:21:32. > :21:39.moment after fracturing three vertebrae and crushing another in
:21:39. > :21:43.his back. If I had gone from the excellent to the hospital and they
:21:43. > :21:50.said you have broken your back, I would have been mortified, but we
:21:50. > :21:56.carried on for two weeks after. I am not paralysed. My plan is to
:21:56. > :22:00.come out in London 2012 like, here I am, and hopefully they threw good
:22:00. > :22:02.scores at me. Here is Mr famous himself. Not me. Although he'll
:22:02. > :22:05.miss September's European Championships, Lee will be back
:22:05. > :22:15.competing later this year and it's made him even more determined to
:22:15. > :22:20.
:22:20. > :22:23.keep his golden run going in London. That is a brave guy. The River
:22:23. > :22:26.Stour in Worcestershire is one of the most improved in the country,
:22:26. > :22:29.according to the Environment Agency. The Stour, which in recent years
:22:29. > :22:33.has seen the return of salmon and otters, was one of ten highlighted
:22:33. > :22:35.by the report that looked at rivers across the UK. The report says that
:22:35. > :22:39.work with farmers and businesses to reduce pollution and improve water
:22:39. > :22:41.quality had paid off. Firefighters have reminded visitors to the
:22:41. > :22:46.Malvern Hills in Worcestershire that camp fires are banned after an
:22:46. > :22:49.unattended fire was discovered. It Reach the fire after they were
:22:49. > :22:53.alerted by a walker yesterday near the summit of Midsummer Hill.
:22:53. > :22:56.He's been called "Tamworth's Forgotten Hero". Samuel Parkes was
:22:56. > :23:01.the oldest recipient of the Victoria Cross for acts of valour
:23:01. > :23:04.during the Crimean war in the 1850s. You might have heard of the Charge
:23:04. > :23:07.of the Light Brigade. Well, Samuel survived it and saved the lives of
:23:07. > :23:11.his comrades. Now, after more than 150 years, finally, a memorial has
:23:11. > :23:19.been built in his place of birth in Staffordshire. Ben Godfrey has the
:23:19. > :23:21.When 1930s Hollywood told the infamous story of the Charge of the
:23:21. > :23:27.Light Brigade, for some, Errol Flynn's gritty performance failed
:23:27. > :23:29.to capture the harsh realities of the Crimean war. But in the small
:23:29. > :23:34.village of Wigginton in Staffordshire, this obelisk
:23:34. > :23:37.memorial tells a new story, free from artistic license. This is the
:23:38. > :23:41.only known image of Samuel Parkes, a painting of the local lad from
:23:41. > :23:51.the 4th Light Dragoons, who saved at least two lives when the cavalry
:23:51. > :23:53.
:23:53. > :23:57.rode into a hail of bullets in 1854. I believe that he was born in one
:23:57. > :24:00.of these cottages we are walking past. Peter Elkin's the great,
:24:00. > :24:07.great, great nephew of Samuel Parkes. He's pieced together the
:24:07. > :24:11.history and even has Samuel's sabre. Wigan has only just outside
:24:11. > :24:16.Tamworth. That is why he is Tamworths forgotten hero. Nobody
:24:16. > :24:19.knew anything about him. He has been a forgotten man, until now.
:24:19. > :24:21.But the memorial wouldn't have been possible without the people of
:24:22. > :24:30.Wigginton, who raised more than �14,000. It will also carry the
:24:30. > :24:35.names others who lost their lives during War. We had an abbot evening,
:24:35. > :24:40.a greasy evening, a curry evening, people did so on Said What --
:24:40. > :24:43.people that sponsored walks... It is a statement of village community.
:24:43. > :24:46.Remembrance and pride. Samuel Parkes was the oldest recipient of
:24:46. > :24:51.the Victoria Cross, he later joined the Police force. Tamworth's
:24:51. > :24:55.forgotten hero was just 49 when he died. It is so sad that for so many
:24:55. > :25:01.years he was not known about. This is the absolutely ultimate memorial
:25:01. > :25:06.for him. Locals are even toasting for Samuel Parkes beard. Samuel
:25:06. > :25:13.Parkes died a hero in 1864 but was buried in an unmarked pauper's
:25:13. > :25:23.grave. Today, here, people will know his name and his act of
:25:23. > :25:24.
:25:24. > :25:28.Never-to-be-forgotten again. He had that Saber! In those days, people
:25:28. > :25:38.would not known any of those details about war. We get instant
:25:38. > :25:39.
:25:39. > :25:43.details. The world has a small There is a stillness to the weather
:25:43. > :25:47.which could be rattled into the weekend as we see some rain. We
:25:47. > :25:52.will be sitting in some tropical air by that time so although it
:25:52. > :25:59.feels autumnal, by Friday it will feel very summery with temperatures
:26:00. > :26:04.rising to 23 possibly. This is why. We have high pressure dominating
:26:04. > :26:09.which is going to move off. This is the remnants of Hurricane Irene.
:26:09. > :26:18.But without the damaging effects. It will bring some rain as the
:26:18. > :26:22.front moves North South eastwards. -- moods North eastwards. Will get
:26:22. > :26:26.some freezing showers tonight. Where the cloud bricks, we are
:26:26. > :26:31.beginning to see some late sunshine but right now. That indicates where
:26:31. > :26:38.the brakes will be. It comes in and goes once again. So, temperatures
:26:38. > :26:43.could drop to about 8-9 in the coolest spots. In the morning
:26:43. > :26:48.tomorrow, a dull start, but unlike today, we will see some brighter
:26:48. > :26:52.spells during the afternoon. It is largely dry, with the odd shower
:26:52. > :26:58.cropping up along the North of the region but temperatures rise to
:26:58. > :27:04.about 18, which is slightly higher than today. It will still feel cool.
:27:04. > :27:08.Then those winds move round to suddenly, drawing and warm air. It
:27:08. > :27:17.is a dry air with some sunshine with temperatures rising to 20. By
:27:17. > :27:22.So, summer is not over just it! Tonight's main headlines:
:27:22. > :27:24.A generation locked out of the housing market. Home ownership's
:27:24. > :27:27.heading for its lowest level for nearly 30 years.
:27:27. > :27:30.And a husband's jailed for 21 months and his wife's given a