:00:03. > :00:08.Hello, and welcome to Midlands Today, with Nick Owen and Suzanne
:00:08. > :00:12.Virdee. The headlines tonight: The NHS pays out �900,000
:00:12. > :00:19.compensation to the little boy who had his leg amputated. It was a
:00:19. > :00:22.hell of a relief to know that his future's going to be cared for.
:00:22. > :00:25.300 jobs under threat as DHL announces it's closing a depot in
:00:25. > :00:30.Worcestershire. Getting worse and worse, the
:00:30. > :00:33.shocking truth about the level of animal cruelty in the West Midlands.
:00:33. > :00:41.The demand on our service is so great but we really struggle to
:00:41. > :00:44.cope with that demand. MUSIC: "Ivory Madonna" by UB40.
:00:44. > :00:54.And honouring the pub that helped launch an emerging band to
:00:54. > :01:02.
:01:02. > :01:05.Good evening, welcome to Tuesday's Midlands Today from the BBC.
:01:05. > :01:10.Tonight, a nearly �1 million NHS payout for a little boy who lost
:01:10. > :01:14.his leg. Leo Ison was just three weeks-old when he suffered a blood
:01:14. > :01:18.clot which saw him have his leg amputated. His parents claimed it
:01:18. > :01:20.was because doctors failed to spot the clot quickly enough. The
:01:20. > :01:23.hospital has refused to admit liability and instead settled out
:01:23. > :01:26.of court. As our health correspondent, Michele Paduano,
:01:26. > :01:31.reports, the family say they'll use the money to pay for the many
:01:31. > :01:34.operations Leo will need as he grows up.
:01:34. > :01:38.Leo Ison wants to jump and climb like his brother Zak, But the six-
:01:38. > :01:43.year-old from Bedworth can't wear his artificial leg at the moment.
:01:43. > :01:45.The bone still in his leg is growing, and it hurts. Leo has
:01:45. > :01:55.received �900,000 compensation for the leg that was amputated when he
:01:55. > :01:59.was just three weeks-old. Up until now, we have been ordinary folks
:01:59. > :02:05.struggling to get by and to give away some the best life he possibly
:02:05. > :02:09.can have. Even so, I would give it up if I could have his leg up. --
:02:09. > :02:14.leg bat. At three days-old, he was taken to Glenfield Hospital in
:02:14. > :02:17.Leicester, where a consultant saw his leg and sent him home. His
:02:17. > :02:22.mother was still worried. She contacted a junior doctor and was
:02:22. > :02:28.told to bring in Leo. When she brought him in, the specialist
:02:28. > :02:34.appeared shocked. They started the relevant dehydrating and he got
:02:34. > :02:39.straight on to the telephone and we could hear him shouting at them!
:02:39. > :02:43.Leo had a blood clot. The delays in treatment cost him his leg, when he
:02:44. > :02:49.might have lost just his toes. examination on the 1st July should
:02:49. > :02:53.have picked up the problems with his leg. If they had been picked up
:02:53. > :02:56.men, Leo would have been admitted a day earlier. In a statement,
:02:56. > :02:59.University Hospitals Leicester said: We are pleased the court has
:02:59. > :03:04.approved the terms agreed with Leo's family to bring this claim to
:03:04. > :03:08.a close. We wish Leo and his family all the best for the future. And
:03:08. > :03:12.that future is brighter. The family is looking for a bungalow and want
:03:12. > :03:14.him to have the experiences they could neve afford. We are not that
:03:14. > :03:20.well-off at the moment but we do give the kids whatever toys we can
:03:20. > :03:24.get them. Having a substantial amount to help Leo get better means
:03:24. > :03:27.his Christmas, we are hoping to take him to have Ms a Christmas. It
:03:27. > :03:37.is going to make his day. Leo wants a specially adapted leg for
:03:37. > :03:41.swimming. Swimming! What do you like about it? It is good!
:03:41. > :03:44.Good to have you with us this evening. Later in the programme,
:03:44. > :03:49.why they're looking for 300 volunteers to put their best
:03:49. > :03:52.forward for Coventry next year. More than 300 workers at a
:03:52. > :03:56.distribution centre will lose their jobs or have to move to Somerset
:03:56. > :03:59.after it was announced the site will close. The logistics firm DHL
:03:59. > :04:04.will shut the branch in Droitwich, in Worcestershire, in January next
:04:05. > :04:12.year. Our reporter Giles Latcham is there now. Has this come out of the
:04:12. > :04:17.blue, Giles? There have been rumblings but it is still a bolt
:04:17. > :04:22.from the book, quite frankly. One of their biggest customers is
:04:22. > :04:26.Morrisons. They are building a new distribution centre down in
:04:26. > :04:32.Somerset and as a result, this place will close by January. If you
:04:32. > :04:37.want a job, you have got to move to Somerset. A bad day for Droitwich.
:04:37. > :04:46.It is a small town and I have been in the centre speaking to locals.
:04:46. > :04:51.It is terrible. People are struggling as it is around here.
:04:51. > :04:58.Not good news. Hopefully, they will be able to find new work for people
:04:58. > :05:03.but it is very worrying. I am joined by Peter Pinfield, the
:05:03. > :05:09.councillor for this area. We knew there was some reorganisation going
:05:09. > :05:12.on, but to lose 300 jobs, we cannot afford to do that. How well-
:05:12. > :05:16.equipped is this town to roll with this punch? There are jobs being
:05:16. > :05:20.lost and we have got cutbacks in the local authority is. This does
:05:20. > :05:25.not bode well for Christmas for many families. I guess it is up to
:05:25. > :05:33.you and your colleagues in the County Council to get out and sell
:05:33. > :05:39.Droitwich. Great road links with the A five just over there? You yes,
:05:39. > :05:46.I would encourage anybody who wants to Rio -- relocate to come now.
:05:46. > :05:51.Thank you for joining us. DHL, quite unusually, have offered to
:05:51. > :05:56.retrain people who lose their jobs at nearby Dudley College. Many
:05:56. > :05:59.families face a difficult run-up to Christmas now, deciding whether to
:05:59. > :06:02.upgrade and moved to the West Country.
:06:02. > :06:05.And there'll be more reaction to the job losses at DHL in Droitwich,
:06:05. > :06:08.and the impact it'll have on the town, on Howard and Toni's
:06:08. > :06:11.Breakfast Show on BBC Hereford and Worcester tomorrow morning.
:06:11. > :06:14.Education, education, education. That was the focus of the
:06:14. > :06:16.Conservative Party Conference this afternoon. But as the Education
:06:17. > :06:19.Secretary, Michael Gove, took to the stage in Manchester, at one
:06:20. > :06:22.school in Sandwell, they were hoping he might be able to provide
:06:22. > :06:28.money to replace the Building Schools for the Future project,
:06:28. > :06:32.after they lost out on �18.5 million, as Andy Newman reports.
:06:32. > :06:35.He's let them down once. What would he say today? Pupils at Perryfields
:06:35. > :06:39.High School, in Oldbury, watched Michael Gove's speech to the Tory
:06:40. > :06:42.Conference with more than passing interest. Perryfields was one of
:06:42. > :06:45.nine schools in Sandwell which lost millions of pounds in investment
:06:45. > :06:51.when Mr Gove axed the Building Schools for the Future programme
:06:51. > :07:00.last year. A court told him to consult again, but today, no
:07:01. > :07:03.rethink, no new money. In fact, no mention. I am a bit gutted that he
:07:03. > :07:09.did not give us any information on what could happen with the
:07:09. > :07:14.programme. Kind of annoyed that he did not mention it at all, but as
:07:14. > :07:18.one of them said earlier, it is not all around the building, it is
:07:18. > :07:21.about the teaching. But the building certainly helps. I am
:07:21. > :07:23.gutted that he is not mentioning the Building Schools for the Future
:07:23. > :07:26.Programme at all. As Sandwell's highest performing school,
:07:26. > :07:34.Perryfields is oversubscribed and needs new buildings to expand.
:07:34. > :07:38.Instead, they're having to make do. The school has no fewer than 16
:07:38. > :07:44.mobile classrooms. It had hoped to replace them with new teaching
:07:44. > :07:48.blocks but instead, it has had to spend �50,000 bringing these up to
:07:48. > :07:52.a proper standard, making the best of a bad job.
:07:52. > :07:57.The big theme today was academies. Could that be an answer for
:07:57. > :08:03.Perryfields High School? I think each need to make its own decisions
:08:03. > :08:07.in their own context. They need to look at how well they have their
:08:07. > :08:10.local authority and what position sues them best. It is not a
:08:10. > :08:14.possibility we are looking up at this moment in time. Perryfields
:08:14. > :08:17.may now consider taking out a loan to fund its own building programme,
:08:17. > :08:21.since the chances of getting the cash from the Government appear to
:08:21. > :08:24.have all but vanished. So, not as much applause for
:08:24. > :08:27.Michael Gove in Sandwell as there was in the conference hall, where
:08:27. > :08:31.he regaled his party with the progress of his Academies Programme.
:08:31. > :08:40.And our political editor, Patrick Burns, is there for us now. Patrick,
:08:40. > :08:43.what did the party faithful make of it? Michael Gove always gets some
:08:43. > :08:50.of the biggest ovations during Tory party conferences because they see
:08:50. > :08:54.him as someone who gets things done, in this case, celebrating the
:08:54. > :09:02.1,000th of those new style academies. But, of course, no
:09:02. > :09:07.mention of those schools like Perryfields High School. I am now
:09:07. > :09:12.joined by Karen Bradley, the local MP. You can understand they feel
:09:12. > :09:16.left out in the cold? I can understand that they need new but -
:09:16. > :09:20.- need new buildings and their help, but the Building Schools for the
:09:21. > :09:26.Future Programme was an incredibly inefficient way and expensive way
:09:26. > :09:30.of procuring new school buildings. The Government is very keen to get
:09:30. > :09:33.new funding to schools that need it. What can they do to reassure those
:09:33. > :09:38.schools like Perryfields High School? When I learned what was
:09:38. > :09:42.going on, I went and spoke to a member of Michael Gove's team, and
:09:42. > :09:46.Michael is now aware of the situation. He knew what was going
:09:46. > :09:49.on previously but now he knows exactly what is happening and he is
:09:49. > :09:56.going to set up an urgent meeting to make sure pupils do get the
:09:56. > :10:02.buildings they need. Really? Well, let's not to raise false hopes.
:10:02. > :10:06.They were dashed before. This is very much breaking news. I just had
:10:06. > :10:12.a full call to say he is going to set up a meeting, and let's take it
:10:12. > :10:22.from there. Well, thank you very much indeed. Let's had everybody
:10:22. > :10:22.
:10:22. > :10:25.takes note and that we have progress here. -- let's hope.
:10:25. > :10:29.And you can read more about the Conservative Conference on our
:10:29. > :10:32.political editor's blog, at the address below.
:10:32. > :10:35.A 14-year-old boy is in a critical condition after being stabbed in
:10:35. > :10:40.the neck. It happened yesterday at a newsagent's in the Earsldon area
:10:40. > :10:45.of Coventry. Police are appealing for witnesses. A 32-year-old man's
:10:45. > :10:48.being questioned by detectives. A further 14 people have been
:10:48. > :10:51.arrested in connection with the summer riots. They include two men
:10:52. > :10:55.suspected of stealing from a Hi-Fi and TV store in Birmingham, and two
:10:55. > :10:59.14-year-old boys, one of whom was detained at school in Wolverhampton.
:10:59. > :11:03.18 homes were raided. It brings the total number of people arrested
:11:03. > :11:06.over the riots to 671. A planning inspector's held an
:11:06. > :11:09.inquiry into plans to force the sale of a house standing in the way
:11:09. > :11:12.of development at Warwickshire County Cricket Club. The Secretary
:11:12. > :11:15.of State is expected to rule on whether Birmingham City Council
:11:15. > :11:20.should be granted a Compulsory Purchase Order for a home belonging
:11:20. > :11:24.to a young family. They don't want to move but the cricket club wants
:11:24. > :11:26.to build hotels, bars and flats on the land.
:11:26. > :11:30.More than 100 artefacts from the Staffordshire Hoard are being
:11:30. > :11:33.prepared for a trip to the United States. They'll go on show in
:11:33. > :11:37.Washington DC. More than 40,000 people visited the hoard when it
:11:37. > :11:45.went on a UK tour this summer, and it's expected to get an equally
:11:45. > :11:50.warm reception from American enthusiasts. It is definitely
:11:50. > :11:58.beneficial to the region. It will be fantastic for Stoke-on-Trent,
:11:58. > :12:03.and Birmingham, but for Stoke-on- Trent, it puts us on the map. The
:12:03. > :12:06.museum is visited at least once a term by a President and it would be
:12:06. > :12:09.so exciting if Barack Obama were to visit.
:12:09. > :12:13.It's a rather grim reflection on the West Midlands, but it's the
:12:13. > :12:16.only region in the country where cases of animal cruelty are on the
:12:16. > :12:19.increase. That's according to the RSPCA, which says last year more
:12:19. > :12:22.than 6,000 animals were rescued. The charity has told the BBC that
:12:22. > :12:25.many cases involve dog-fighting and a trend for "dog-rolling", where
:12:25. > :12:30.owners train their pets for battle. You may find some of the images in
:12:30. > :12:35.Ben Godfrey's report distressing. This undercover footage shows the
:12:35. > :12:38.practice of dog-rolling. These men, two of whom have recently been
:12:38. > :12:41.jailed, are preparing their dogs for fighting. Typically, they're
:12:41. > :12:49.forced to sparr in children's playing fields. Cases like this are
:12:49. > :12:55.increasing. Certainly, the West Midlands stands head and shoulders
:12:55. > :12:58.above the rest of the country for incidents of cruelty against dogs,
:12:58. > :13:02.particularly dog fighting. We are processing information that comes
:13:03. > :13:06.in from the public and other sources all the time. Unlike every
:13:06. > :13:09.other region in England, the West Midlands is seeing a rise in animal
:13:09. > :13:12.cruelty cases, up 14%. The RSPCA's hospital at Barnes Hill in
:13:12. > :13:20.Birmingham is inundated, but the centre's almost 50 years-old and no
:13:20. > :13:24.longer fit for purpose. This is the only RSPCA facility in the country
:13:24. > :13:28.requiring 24 hours security, where members of staff are out every
:13:29. > :13:32.morning looking for discarded drugs and even syringes. You can see they
:13:32. > :13:38.have a major problem. Cat kennels are full and the waiting room is
:13:38. > :13:42.always busy. The waiting time is not good. You always have to wait a
:13:42. > :13:45.long time. But they look after your animals. But four miles away in
:13:45. > :13:48.Frankley, this will be the RSPCA's new flagship animal hospital.
:13:48. > :13:51.Newbrook Farm will cost the charity �10 million. But will the public
:13:51. > :13:54.put their hands in their pockets? Adam Rickitt, a former Coronation
:13:54. > :14:00.Street actor, is heading an appeal to raise a third of the cost
:14:00. > :14:03.through donations. People are having to tighten their purse
:14:03. > :14:08.strings and we completely understand that. We are not asking
:14:08. > :14:12.for miracles. But if somebody gives a pound, that is a miracle in
:14:12. > :14:15.itself. The RSPCA says it's rescuing animals at a rate of one
:14:15. > :14:23.every four minutes. Many are the victims of vicious dog fights, many
:14:23. > :14:27.which are still going unreported. Still to come this evening, the
:14:27. > :14:31.weather and how the hot spell will soon be a distant memory. Yes,
:14:31. > :14:41.we're certainly getting colder. As autumn tightens its grip, how far
:14:41. > :14:43.
:14:43. > :14:47.If you missed out on Olympic tickets, there's still a chance to
:14:47. > :14:49.be part of 2012, and you don't have to go too far. Coventry is looking
:14:50. > :14:53.for 300 Olympic Ambassadors to represent the city and help the
:14:53. > :14:58.thousands of visitors expected to flood the area. Here's our Coventry
:14:58. > :15:01.and Warwickshire reporter, Joan Cummins.
:15:01. > :15:04.An unusual recruitment hotspot for the Olympics, but this taster keep-
:15:04. > :15:14.fit class for the over '50s in Coventry city centre is just one of
:15:14. > :15:17.the areas being trawled for ambitious Olympic Ambassadors.
:15:17. > :15:22.After the events have gone and the Olympics is gone, and part of that
:15:22. > :15:25.legacy is that people will be able to tell their grandchildren and
:15:25. > :15:29.families that they were involved in the Olympic Games and making the
:15:29. > :15:32.Games happen in Coventry. people are needed to help fans of
:15:32. > :15:36.Olympic football when they flood into the city, not only with
:15:36. > :15:43.directions, but to offer advice on enjoying the city at its best. But
:15:43. > :15:47.why should people give up their spare time to help strangers?
:15:47. > :15:53.of that legacy is to lift the morale of people. At the moment, it
:15:53. > :15:56.is quite depressing. You know, economically, job wise. If we can
:15:56. > :16:00.raise morale, the people of Coventry are capable of achieving
:16:00. > :16:02.anything. It would seem that the idea of showing the world that
:16:02. > :16:07.they're proud of their city has already captured some people's
:16:07. > :16:15.imaginations. I am very proud of Coventry. I have lived he all my
:16:15. > :16:19.life. I am a little bit shy! People always say, you know, returned to
:16:19. > :16:23.Coventry! Sent to Coventry. But it is a nice place. Simon Fairbanks is
:16:23. > :16:27.one of those crossing his fingers that he'll be choosen. We don't
:16:27. > :16:30.have tickets and we are not athletes, so to be there,
:16:30. > :16:35.collecting tickets and meeting people at the train station, I
:16:35. > :16:42.think it will be a wonderful experience. So, the Olympics really
:16:42. > :16:47.is coming to Coventry next year and we can be part of it. But being a
:16:47. > :16:51.one of the 300 and limpet ambassadors requires one
:16:51. > :17:01.qualification - to be over 18. -- Olympic ambassadors.
:17:01. > :17:02.
:17:02. > :17:08.Now here's Dan, with the sport. While our football clubs may have
:17:08. > :17:12.to rethink their business plans, the region's Club -- pubs are
:17:12. > :17:16.delighted after another ruling on a broadcasting football.
:17:16. > :17:19.It might look like just another day behind the bar. But this was a day
:17:19. > :17:21.which could change Michael White's Wolverhampton pub forever. Today,
:17:21. > :17:24.he learned that he can show football using an overseas
:17:24. > :17:30.broadcaster, saving him thousands of pounds a year. Fantastic. It
:17:30. > :17:34.opens at the door now. For those who have got a satellite system at
:17:34. > :17:38.the moment and are showing the games, congratulations to them.
:17:39. > :17:42.Let's hope we can show them now so that all the pubs and clubs can be
:17:42. > :17:46.on A-level playing field. It's all because of this woman, Portsmouth
:17:46. > :17:49.landlady Karren Murphy. She was fined for using a Greek company to
:17:49. > :17:54.show football. But she took her case to the European Court of
:17:54. > :17:59.Justice, and won. It could be good news for pubs across our region.
:17:59. > :18:03.have seen a horrendous increase in the Sky subscription price. Pubs
:18:03. > :18:07.are struggling to survive, as you said earlier, so hopefully it is
:18:07. > :18:12.good news for the future. But if pubs are showing every game live,
:18:12. > :18:17.where does that leave our clubs? Wolves are in the middle of
:18:17. > :18:24.building a new stand. Now they have a new challenge. They need to get
:18:24. > :18:29.people out of the pubs and into the ground. The charge of the ground is
:18:29. > :18:33.far too much. It gives people a different option. It will be the
:18:33. > :18:40.decline of their business but they are the big dogs. It is a good idea,
:18:40. > :18:44.to get more people in and stop them closing. And if the flow of TV
:18:44. > :18:49.money dries up, that could have a huge impact on our clubs. But will
:18:50. > :18:55.it close the gap between rich and poor? They will still be powerful
:18:55. > :18:59.because they still have heavy commercial revenue. And they will
:18:59. > :19:03.make money in other ways that will allow them to spend that money
:19:03. > :19:06.within de rules. Sky are consulting their lawyers before commenting.
:19:07. > :19:13.But this could prove to be a landmark day for Midlands pubs and
:19:13. > :19:18.football clubs. It certainly sounds like it. Is
:19:18. > :19:24.this legally-binding? Not at the moment. It has to be ratified by
:19:24. > :19:29.our own court, but it is highly unusual for our courts to go
:19:29. > :19:34.against the European High Court. What about households and families?
:19:34. > :19:38.Are that could be a situation where we could go abroad and go to get
:19:38. > :19:43.satellite broadcasters. The pubs might have problem with copyright
:19:43. > :19:49.but watching at home, people could watch it over the internet. It
:19:49. > :19:55.could change the world a lot. There is a lobby, for example, for
:19:55. > :19:59.relaxing the laws with inside football grounds. So will play as'
:19:59. > :20:04.wages plummet? There are so many different aspects. We will have to
:20:04. > :20:07.wait and see people stop yes, a fascinating day, though.
:20:07. > :20:17.Hereford United have appointed the former Shrewsbury Town manager Gary
:20:17. > :20:18.
:20:18. > :20:25.Peters as their Director of Football. He guided them to a lead
:20:25. > :20:27.in 2007. They have won just one of their first 11 league games this
:20:27. > :20:30.season, however. A Black Country millionaire who
:20:30. > :20:33.paid �36,000 for a Lonsdale belt belonging to Birmingham boxing
:20:33. > :20:36.legend Gentleman Jack Hood says he couldn't let it leave the country.
:20:36. > :20:43.Tony Whittaker feared American collectors would snap up the belt.
:20:43. > :20:46.Sarah Falkland reports. He's never been in the ring himself,
:20:46. > :20:50.but Black Country businessman Tony Whittaker is a life-long fan of
:20:50. > :21:00.boxing. When he was a little boy, Jack Hood, the British welterweight
:21:00. > :21:03.champion of the '20s and '30s, came into his father's pub... I have to
:21:03. > :21:08.say, my recollection of Jack is very vague because I cannot him
:21:08. > :21:14.will remember what you look like! And yet he's just paid a small
:21:14. > :21:19.fortune his Lonsdale belt. started at �14,000 and then it had
:21:19. > :21:25.gone up to 36 in no time. To stop it going out of the country was the
:21:25. > :21:29.main thing. When everything is up for sale, it seems to go over to
:21:29. > :21:32.the States. Only around 20 belts like this were ever made,
:21:32. > :21:35.commissioned by explorer and bon viveur, the first Earl of Lonsdale.
:21:35. > :21:38.It used to hang over the bar at this pub in Tanworth, in Arden,
:21:38. > :21:43.where Jack was landlord after his retirement. It's here that his
:21:43. > :21:46.daughters, who put it up for sale, have come to meet Tony. It was so
:21:46. > :21:55.lovely when it went where it went. It was a lovely surprise and we
:21:55. > :22:01.were so happy about it. Our father would have been thrilled about it.
:22:01. > :22:10.If you look at Jack's record, it probably overtakes the Cassius Clay
:22:10. > :22:15.fights. Jack was landlord here 30 years and he even had a win
:22:15. > :22:19.upstairs to train aspiring boxers. He may have left in 1972, but he
:22:19. > :22:24.has not been forgotten. There isn't a week goes by that somebody
:22:24. > :22:28.doesn't come in and ask about Jack and think about what they produce
:22:28. > :22:32.to look like and where the Lonsdale Belt was. Jack Hood lies peacefully
:22:32. > :22:41.a few hundred yards from his old pub, in a modest grave that gives
:22:41. > :22:46.no clue to his sporting heroism. Well, if the staff at John Ward is
:22:46. > :22:51.staying here, it is good news that Jack's belt is staying as well. --
:22:51. > :22:54.the Staffordshire halt. Yet another honour today for those
:22:54. > :22:57.worldwide bestsellers UB40. The pub where they played their first gig
:22:57. > :23:00.has become a music heritage site. The Birmingham boys watched a
:23:00. > :23:03.plaque being unveiled, ahead of playing to their loyal fans. Our
:23:03. > :23:07.arts reporter, Satnam Rana, went along to soak up the excitement.
:23:07. > :23:09.Back to their performace birthplace. The Hare and Hounds in Kings Heath
:23:09. > :23:17.Birmingham, where UB40 performed their debut gig on 9th February
:23:17. > :23:22.1979. We are just so very proud to come from around here, and music is
:23:22. > :23:27.a culture and is so strong. We also very lucky to have this on our
:23:27. > :23:31.doorstep. What does it mean to you see in the pack up there? It is
:23:31. > :23:38.great! They should have predict a bit higher rap because by that time
:23:38. > :23:41.the sun goes down, it will be on eBay! -- a bit higher up. UB40 have
:23:41. > :23:50.joined the likes of Dire Straits and Blur in receving this music
:23:50. > :23:53.heritage accolade. I think it is good for our pop rock and roll
:23:53. > :23:58.culture but young people recognise the length of the career, the
:23:58. > :24:03.difficulty with which it is to actually make it as a band, and to
:24:03. > :24:08.recognise where they started. had come from far and wide. I have
:24:08. > :24:12.come from Wales to see them and every gig is like a first. It is
:24:12. > :24:18.absolutely amazing. I have come all the way from Wolverhampton and I
:24:18. > :24:23.have been queuing since 5:45am! Me and my friends have been here since
:24:23. > :24:29.then. And some had been to the first gig 32 years ago. I got
:24:29. > :24:33.dragged along with a mate from school. I did not particularly want
:24:33. > :24:43.to go but it ended up being a brilliant night. Then a special
:24:43. > :24:46.treat for 80 loyal fans, who got to see an acoustic gig. With more than
:24:46. > :24:53.70 million records to their name, UB40 are the biggest selling Reggae
:24:53. > :24:57.band wordlwide. The last few years haven't been easy for the band,
:24:57. > :25:01.with the acromonious departure of lead singer Ali Cambell. Five
:25:01. > :25:09.remaining orginal members then faced bankruptcy proceedings. But
:25:09. > :25:13.today was all about celebrations. It has been a special day for the
:25:13. > :25:17.band, who have returned back to their roots here. And a special day
:25:17. > :25:23.for the fans, who have got up close and pretty intimate with their
:25:23. > :25:27.reggae heroes. They have got such a distinctive
:25:28. > :25:34.sound. I have seen them live but have also been lucky enough to see
:25:34. > :25:38.them in rehearsal and it just goes through you! And coming all the way
:25:38. > :25:41.from Wolverhampton! Quite a journey, that!
:25:41. > :25:51.And you can log onto our Facebook page to see more interviews from
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:25:52. > :25:57.It is time for the weather. We are going through a transitional period
:25:57. > :26:01.at the moment. But I will say that on Thursday, you were going to have
:26:01. > :26:06.to reach for that winter wardrobe. The wind will be punctuated the
:26:06. > :26:10.cold. If you look at the isobars, they are all over the shop.
:26:10. > :26:16.Hopefully, by Friday, we will get a ridge of high pressure from the
:26:16. > :26:21.West, so things could be a bit, and drier. Back to tonight, all day we
:26:21. > :26:28.have seen a finger of cloud Begin in from the North which has become
:26:28. > :26:32.a major distraction and his right over us. More of a nuisance factor,
:26:32. > :26:36.because it is not heavy enough to do anything. So largely dry tonight,
:26:36. > :26:43.but the main feature is the temperature. We have lows of around
:26:43. > :26:45.15 to 16 degrees and it is because of the south-westerly wind. We will
:26:45. > :26:49.see some mist patch is developing and those will lift quite quickly
:26:49. > :26:54.through the morning tomorrow because of the breeze. Quite a
:26:54. > :27:00.gusty day, with gusts of around 40 mph. A bit of sunshine here and
:27:00. > :27:06.there, with the rain starting to move further south. Temperatures of
:27:07. > :27:11.only 18, 19 degrees, but it is the wind that will make it feel cooler.
:27:12. > :27:15.The rain spreads tomorrow night and it should produce a showers by
:27:15. > :27:19.Thursday. Thank you. Let's take a look at the
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:27:28. > :27:34.flies back to the US. And nearly �1 million compensation