:00:09. > :00:13.Hello and welcome to Midlands Today. The headlines tonight, two
:00:13. > :00:18.teenagers die in a canal in what is called -- thought to be a tragic
:00:18. > :00:22.accident. Friends and relatives pay their tributes and remember.
:00:22. > :00:26.They were the last moments of his life.
:00:26. > :00:30.First the riots, now a bill of �5 million that the police say is
:00:30. > :00:35.unfair. In my view, I think these are costs
:00:35. > :00:42.that should be borne by insurance companies and taken that way.
:00:42. > :00:45.I am inside and experiments to make something happen much more easily.
:00:45. > :00:55.And we need to the Wildlife photographer who was ahead of his
:00:55. > :01:01.
:01:01. > :01:05.time, filming birds of prey in Good evening. A welcome to Midlands
:01:05. > :01:09.Today from the BBC. Tonight, tragedy has two teenagers die in a
:01:09. > :01:14.Black Country canal. Fyaz Uddin, who was 18, and Sara
:01:14. > :01:16.Rylance was 17. They were pulled unconscious from the water by fire
:01:17. > :01:21.crews and pronounced dead shortly afterwards.
:01:21. > :01:24.If tonight, it was said that the tragedy at Smethwick Locks was an
:01:24. > :01:30.accident. But investigation has been launched into how the pair
:01:30. > :01:34.came to fall into the canal. Fyaz Uddin and Sara Rylance, or
:01:34. > :01:38.friends who died together in the most terrible circumstances. Both
:01:38. > :01:41.were caught -- Butler pulled that off Smethwick Locks. Friends and
:01:41. > :01:46.their family have been visiting the scene all day.
:01:46. > :01:52.He was a nice young man. If he just wanted to go out for five minutes,
:01:52. > :01:58.and I was around. The five minutes was the last of his life. It is a
:01:58. > :02:02.sad, sad loss. The for our family and first and foremost, his parents.
:02:02. > :02:06.A the locks are used by teenagers at a meeting place. It is
:02:06. > :02:10.understood a friend of the pair raised the alarm. Fire crews were
:02:10. > :02:16.on the scene in six minutes. 4th we came in with a flotation
:02:16. > :02:22.device, or manage to travel -- carry the female a long, and one of
:02:22. > :02:26.us went into the water and rescues the second person. Our thoughts are
:02:26. > :02:28.with the families at the moment, it is a very tragic accident that has
:02:28. > :02:32.happened here. The police are still investigating
:02:32. > :02:36.what happened, but on not treating the deaths as suspicious. Nearby
:02:36. > :02:40.residents say they neighbourhood had been celebrating Diwali with
:02:40. > :02:43.fireworks until news spread of the tragedy.
:02:43. > :02:47.The officers were still trying to resuscitate them, the paramedics
:02:47. > :02:52.were try to resuscitate them. And then what seems like about 10
:02:52. > :02:56.minutes later, I cannot tell you exactly the Times, and then they
:02:56. > :03:01.were working on the other person involved. They were resuscitating
:03:01. > :03:04.as they were going. Canals are commonplace in the West
:03:04. > :03:09.Midlands, but following this tragedy, the emergency services are
:03:09. > :03:12.warning that they can be deceptive be dangerous. Besides are protected,
:03:12. > :03:16.had particularly at this time of year, the water can be extremely
:03:16. > :03:20.cold. The results of post-mortem
:03:20. > :03:28.examinations on Fyaz and Sara are yet to be released. An inquest is
:03:28. > :03:31.expected to open in the next few days.
:03:31. > :03:39.And West Midlands police are urging any witnesses to the incident last
:03:39. > :03:42.night to come forward. Still ahead on tonight's programme,
:03:42. > :03:50.the youngsters spreading an anti- gang message on the streets of
:03:50. > :03:54.Birmingham. Now, West Midlands Police Authority
:03:54. > :03:59.is calling for a change in the law as it faces claims of more than �5
:03:59. > :04:05.million after the August riots. Under the Riot Damages Act of 1886,
:04:05. > :04:15.the police are liable to pay compensation after a riot to anyone
:04:15. > :04:17.
:04:17. > :04:22.Originally, the Home Office said it would take care of riot related
:04:22. > :04:24.claims, but it has since backtracked, and the West Midlands
:04:24. > :04:30.Police Authority is now dealing with more than 300 applications for
:04:30. > :04:34.compensation. It has been a tough 18 months for
:04:34. > :04:38.Kuldip and Iqbal Chana. He was attacked and stabbed four times in
:04:38. > :04:43.his shop last year, then in August they were victims of the Birmingham
:04:43. > :04:47.riot. CCTV footage shows a mob of looters forcing the shutters from
:04:47. > :04:51.the front of the shop, and then smashing their way inside. They
:04:51. > :04:57.caused thousands of pounds worth of damage, as well as dealing more
:04:57. > :05:01.than �5,000 in cash. But the couple's insurance has a 500 pound
:05:02. > :05:06.cap on cash, so would not pay out. And this means the Chanas have
:05:06. > :05:13.struggled to keep their shops -- shelves full.
:05:13. > :05:17.I am about 40% down, if not more. It is not here for the customers to
:05:17. > :05:21.buy, and sometimes I have not got it. But I am losing the customers,
:05:21. > :05:28.they will go somewhere else. The riot has caused problems for
:05:28. > :05:33.many. Now, as permitted by the Riot Damages Act, more than 300 people
:05:33. > :05:39.have filed claims with the police. A total of �5.1 million, which
:05:39. > :05:44.traders say is badly needed. -- �5.4 million.
:05:44. > :05:47.It can only be a positive. At its meeting today, the police
:05:47. > :05:51.authority had a grant from the Home Office would help pay. If not, it
:05:51. > :05:56.will have to pack --, told police reserves and could have knock-on
:05:56. > :06:01.effects. Both they are calling for the 1886 Riot Damages Act to be
:06:01. > :06:06.consigned to the history books. In my view I think these are costs
:06:06. > :06:11.that should be borne by insurance companies and taken that way. The
:06:11. > :06:16.Act needs to be repealed, and we will be working with our MPs within
:06:16. > :06:20.a locality to try and see if we can address this situation.
:06:20. > :06:24.So a lot of money being paid out in compensation, but West Midlands
:06:24. > :06:29.police have also spent between �10 million and �12 million policing
:06:29. > :06:35.the riot. So far, there have been six and and 44 arrests and had and
:06:35. > :06:40.68 people have been charged. Both and in a further 250 cases, charges
:06:40. > :06:42.are about to be brought. A more than 80 staff are still
:06:42. > :06:49.working full-time on the investigation, and others on these
:06:49. > :06:54.compensation claims. We are joined now by Conservative
:06:54. > :06:57.MP for Halesowen and Rowley Regis, James Morris. Cannot be right that
:06:57. > :07:02.the West Midlands police are facing a bill for �5 million because of an
:07:02. > :07:05.act that date back to 1886? I have got some sympathy from the
:07:05. > :07:09.police authority, at that is because it does -- the act goes
:07:09. > :07:13.back to 1886. Many people would recognise that the insurance market
:07:13. > :07:16.has moved on. We have got an issue where the police authority does the
:07:16. > :07:20.to make a special grant application to the Home Office, which I know
:07:20. > :07:24.that they are making, and we need to know that they make that grant
:07:24. > :07:27.application, and we keep pressure on the Home Office, because I think
:07:27. > :07:31.I agree that we do not want to be in a position where it can be
:07:31. > :07:36.avoided, the authority has to tap into reserves in order to
:07:36. > :07:38.compensate these businesses. The Home Office are visually said
:07:38. > :07:43.it would pick up the tab, and now it has backed down.
:07:43. > :07:48.We have to draw a distinction between insured and uninsured
:07:48. > :07:52.claims. Both for insured claims, this does at -- it does go back to
:07:52. > :07:56.this archaic piece of legislation, which the Africa which is being
:07:56. > :08:00.looked into. I think we have to make a distinction between the two,
:08:00. > :08:04.but the police authority has to go through the process of making his
:08:04. > :08:07.application, and given the scale of the issue which has been identified,
:08:07. > :08:12.as a local member of parliament representing an area of the West
:08:12. > :08:16.Midlands, I will be helping to put pressure on the Home Office. The
:08:17. > :08:19.this sounds great time consuming. We heard from West -- from one
:08:19. > :08:22.business owner that their insurers had not paid up the full amount.
:08:22. > :08:27.They are really struggling to run their businesses.
:08:27. > :08:31.It is also true that in response to the riots, the government put into
:08:31. > :08:34.place a government -- the government put into place a series
:08:34. > :08:38.of measures to help people get through difficulties that came out
:08:38. > :08:42.of the riots in terms of business interruption, so it is not just
:08:42. > :08:45.focusing on insurance claims. They rather funds around in order for
:08:45. > :08:49.them to get through these difficulties.
:08:49. > :08:54.Thank you. Bosses at the Warwickshire Hospital
:08:54. > :08:59.have set up an external review into its own mortality rate after a
:08:59. > :09:04.report today showed that they had the highest rating in England.
:09:04. > :09:10.The George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust in Nuneaton recorded 1024 deaths in
:09:10. > :09:15.the year ending March 2011. Only 143 had been expected. We are live
:09:15. > :09:20.now to our reporter Joan Cummins, has this report just come out of
:09:20. > :09:24.the blue, or has it been linked in any way be the concern of death
:09:24. > :09:27.rates at a our hospitals? Thi this is a direct result as to
:09:28. > :09:30.the appalling events that happened at Mid-Staffordshire Hospital. The
:09:30. > :09:40.big government said they wanted to ensure that those mistakes never
:09:40. > :09:42.
:09:42. > :09:48.happened again. Interestingly, under this data, Mid-Staffordshire
:09:48. > :09:50.came out quite well, almost 2% under the expected mortality rate.
:09:50. > :09:54.But one Department of Health spokesman said to me that you
:09:55. > :10:01.should not judge a hospital just on one set of results, they say it is
:10:01. > :10:05.like buying a car. You would not just buy it on fuel consumption.
:10:05. > :10:09.So the hospital is excepting the findings?
:10:09. > :10:12.Earlier today I spent to the medical director at as the George
:10:12. > :10:15.Eliot Hospital, and he was very quick to say that he wanted to be
:10:15. > :10:19.as transparent as possible, and he did not feel that there was
:10:19. > :10:23.anything wrong with the care in Nuneaton.
:10:23. > :10:30.I think the quality of care is good, and I think the safety of patients
:10:30. > :10:35.is good. It is paramount at -- to the decisions we make. We ensure
:10:35. > :10:40.that quality and safety is at the centre of everything we provide.
:10:40. > :10:43.Something is going wrong. Something is going wrong, and what
:10:43. > :10:47.our external review will determine his by their it is initial quality,
:10:47. > :10:52.which I do not think it is, whether it is an issue of recording, an
:10:52. > :10:56.issue of external factors. Interestingly, the Department of
:10:56. > :11:00.Health say that this data does not come with any sanctions. Nobody has
:11:00. > :11:05.been named and shamed. The Department of Health said it was
:11:05. > :11:10.like a smoke alarm, it prompted further investigation. But one that
:11:10. > :11:15.Inspector... One watchdog for the hospital said to me it was all very
:11:15. > :11:18.well, but surely if your toaster is burning up that is simply
:11:18. > :11:22.difference to your house being on fire. These results will be coming
:11:22. > :11:28.out every quarter, and all the hospitals will be looking at them
:11:28. > :11:31.with great care. Two other news, and unions
:11:31. > :11:34.representing bin men in Birmingham have voted in favour of strike
:11:34. > :11:38.action for the second time this year. These were the scenes in the
:11:38. > :11:42.city during the last walk out, today the GMB said its members plan
:11:42. > :11:48.to strike again over changes to their contracts. They claim that
:11:49. > :11:53.some staff could lose �4,000 a year. A strike date has not been set.
:11:53. > :11:59.Amazon has become the gritting 1500 temporary staff to work at his new
:11:59. > :12:08.depot in * Staffordshire. They opened a 7000 square foot warehouse
:12:08. > :12:11.in Rugeley last month. They are now Could eating more slowly make use
:12:11. > :12:18.Laura? It is a theory that scientists in Coventry are trying
:12:19. > :12:23.to prove and a hi-tech unit nicknamed the Flab Lab.
:12:23. > :12:29.They it has been set up to get at - - an idea of what is causing the
:12:29. > :12:33.world's obesity problems. This is no ordinary day for this
:12:33. > :12:37.woman. She is being sealed in a chamber and closely monitored for
:12:37. > :12:42.eight hours. There will be exact measurement of how much energy C
:12:42. > :12:46.Burns. It is part of an experiment to test whether eating faster make
:12:46. > :12:53.should put on weight. -- how much energy she Bunce.
:12:53. > :12:57.Weight is due to how many calories you taking and expend. If you find
:12:57. > :13:03.that meal duration can affect those parameters it is important for
:13:04. > :13:10.public health. She has had nothing to read today
:13:10. > :13:14.and it is exactly mid-day. She has lunch passed -- passed into are, a
:13:14. > :13:19.sand which and yoghurt. She must eat the portions slowly, one every
:13:19. > :13:26.five minutes, and her appetite is assessed throughout the afternoon.
:13:26. > :13:31.It is all happening in Coventry hospital and Warwick University's
:13:31. > :13:36.Flab Lab. The most advanced of its kind in Europe. Before our
:13:36. > :13:39.experiment gets under way, patients are tested in this extraordinary
:13:39. > :13:45.looking instrument that measures how much the way, their body volume
:13:45. > :13:48.at how much fat they have. Scientists will test the
:13:48. > :13:52.relationship between weight and things like sleep levels, exercise
:13:52. > :13:55.and dogs. For conditions like infectious
:13:55. > :14:00.diseases and cancer, we are beginning to make process. However,
:14:00. > :14:06.it is frustrating that a condition like obesity, which is very common,
:14:06. > :14:10.we still have not manage -- managed to get a treatment. That is what
:14:10. > :14:14.we're hoping to do. After eight hours, she is allowed
:14:14. > :14:20.out. Fresh air!
:14:20. > :14:24.What did she think? You never think about how you eat,
:14:24. > :14:29.it is something you do. When you have good time you saw for pace
:14:29. > :14:33.yourself, I think it affects the way you take your food. -- when you
:14:33. > :14:39.have good time yourself. Finally, she assesses her hunger by
:14:39. > :14:44.eating what she likes from us that -- selection of food. The results
:14:44. > :14:48.will take time, but they're hoping to find some answers about the
:14:48. > :14:54.obesity and it -- obesity epidemic. Watching that makes you hungry,
:14:54. > :14:59.that is the problem. You can find out more about that
:14:59. > :15:04.obesity report on the Midlands Today Facebook page.
:15:04. > :15:09.Still to come tonight... Are the little owl part of a big
:15:09. > :15:13.archive - I Shropshire baronet gives us a bird's-eye view.
:15:13. > :15:23.And rain at last. It has not been the wettest October so far, but it
:15:23. > :15:26.
:15:26. > :15:29.Three of the Black Country's best- known tourist attractions today
:15:29. > :15:33.received a �4.5 million boost which is hoped will double visitor
:15:33. > :15:36.numbers. Dudley Zoo, the Black Country
:15:36. > :15:41.Living Museum and Dudley Canal Trust hold the investment will draw
:15:41. > :15:47.more than one million tourists to the town that each year. Our
:15:47. > :15:51.correspondent is high above the town at Dudley Castle. Great news.
:15:51. > :15:57.It is, today it has not been perfect weather for tourism, but
:15:57. > :16:01.you can see the castle, 1,000 years old, standing behind me imposingly.
:16:01. > :16:05.That is one of the attractions that brings visitors to the town, but
:16:05. > :16:10.now it is hoped this investment from Europe will be able to build a
:16:10. > :16:15.big new centre, which will give people access to all three of the
:16:15. > :16:18.town's biggest tourist attractions. Let's speak to the chief executive
:16:19. > :16:23.of Dudley Zoo, one of those attractions. You fought long and
:16:23. > :16:27.hard for this money, you must be delighted, what will it do?
:16:27. > :16:33.It is fantastic news. We have been trying to get investment for ten
:16:33. > :16:38.years. �4.5 million will provide infrastructure to -- for access to
:16:38. > :16:43.the museum in a different way. We will have a new car parks so that
:16:43. > :16:50.people can transfers between the three attractions. -- transfer
:16:50. > :16:55.between. They will also be a new attraction within the castle so
:16:55. > :16:59.that conservation and education work associate with the zoo can
:16:59. > :17:03.take place. I have been to three of the major
:17:03. > :17:08.attractions today. Can it actually work that you have one centre for
:17:08. > :17:12.three very different attractions? Yes, we think it can. We're
:17:12. > :17:16.different attractions, and you can come for a weekend to the Black
:17:16. > :17:21.Country Museum and the Canal Trust, whereas previously they were seen
:17:21. > :17:26.as quite separate entities. The views taken by the local
:17:26. > :17:31.authorities are that this is the way to develop the tourism centre.
:17:31. > :17:35.Currently, 600,000 people visit these three attractions. The hope
:17:35. > :17:38.is when the work is finished in about five years' time they can
:17:38. > :17:42.increase that number to one million people. There has increased numbers
:17:42. > :17:45.are also point to help boost the town, as well.
:17:45. > :17:52.Hopefully we should see people coming into Dudley very soon.
:17:52. > :17:55.Especially when it is not raining. Thank you very much.
:17:55. > :17:59.Premier League footballers are backing a new video which carriages
:17:59. > :18:06.young people to adopt a zero- tolerance to going for -- to gang
:18:06. > :18:08.warfare. The film also has the support of chart-topping music acts.
:18:09. > :18:12.Today they were in Birmingham to showcase their creative talents in
:18:12. > :18:22.an attempt to put across a positive image of young people, as a our
:18:22. > :18:23.
:18:23. > :18:28.arch reporter reports. -- as a Mac Arts reporter reports.
:18:28. > :18:31.No Postcodes - No Gangs, a clear message from those affected by gang
:18:31. > :18:36.culture. I am not educated, not from a very
:18:36. > :18:41.wealthy family, I am from the bottom of the chain. It is easy for
:18:41. > :18:48.people to close the door on me. The gangs gave me a way out, they gave
:18:48. > :18:53.me money, they gave me life. Headed a you get out?
:18:53. > :19:00.My brother motivated me. My brother said to me, I am saving money for
:19:00. > :19:07.your funeral. That scared me. The campaign is the brainchild of
:19:07. > :19:11.young people from Bromford Support. The idea is to urge other people to
:19:11. > :19:17.be citizens of Birmingham and not be did -- not be defined by their
:19:17. > :19:24.postcode, something gangs have been defined by in their past.
:19:24. > :19:28.The many have had first-hand dealings with gangs.
:19:28. > :19:37.I just said I was not going to get over my stuff and they stabbed me
:19:37. > :19:42.with a screwdriver. I had someone to see me with a knife. I was on a
:19:42. > :19:49.bike and as I was pedalling away the scratch my back, it was an open
:19:49. > :19:53.wind. The No Postcodes - No Gangs video
:19:53. > :19:57.is now online for anyone to view. It is a sign that there is an
:19:57. > :20:01.alternative to gangs for young people.
:20:01. > :20:04.We know there were some local footballers involved in that from
:20:04. > :20:09.the Premier League. Talking of which, Wolves were applauded off
:20:09. > :20:14.last eight, despite losing five had -- 5-22 Manchester City in the
:20:14. > :20:17.Carling Cup. Mick McCarthy had called some
:20:17. > :20:25.supporters mindless idiots after he was jeered during their previous
:20:25. > :20:28.game. Only 12,000 fans were at Molineux,
:20:28. > :20:31.but left the manager in no doubt whose side they were on. The
:20:31. > :20:37.whose side they were on. The players responded, too, and took
:20:37. > :20:41.the lead through Nenad Milijas. Mick McCarthy's reaction Das
:20:41. > :20:46.understated delight. In five restless first half minutes the
:20:46. > :20:53.visitors rammed their superiority home. Astonishingly, a 1-0 lead
:20:53. > :20:56.became a 3-1 deficit in the blink of an eye. Two further goals at the
:20:56. > :20:59.start of the second half threatened a demoralising wrote, but once more
:20:59. > :21:01.Wall's revealed their backbone and Wall's revealed their backbone and
:21:01. > :21:11.Jamie O'Hara scored the only other goal the game.
:21:11. > :21:17.We were still chasing them, still creating chances. The desire to
:21:17. > :21:18.play is just quality. Stoke City are also out, but they
:21:18. > :21:22.Stoke City are also out, but they went down fighting, too. They had
:21:22. > :21:27.already had a goal disallowed for obstructing the goalkeeper Glenn
:21:27. > :21:32.Jon Walters power and pace set up the opera for Kenwyne Jones. But
:21:32. > :21:36.Liverpool have a player with magic in his boots - Luis Suarez pit in a
:21:36. > :21:38.delightful equaliser early in the second half. His second was more
:21:38. > :21:42.prosaic but was enough to win the prosaic but was enough to win the
:21:42. > :21:46.game. It has to be even Stevens. We
:21:46. > :21:52.played tonight and we do not think it was even Stevens, in respect of
:21:52. > :21:59.some of the decisions. When you look at it, you will have to ask
:21:59. > :22:03.him why, we do not know why. So after two consecutive years with a
:22:03. > :22:08.Midlands Today and the final, they will be no repeat at Wembley this
:22:08. > :22:13.time. Better news for Birmingham City, at the Blues made it six wins
:22:13. > :22:18.out of six after beating Leeds 1-0 in the champion jump. Nikola Zigic
:22:19. > :22:23.scored the game's only goal. It was his first goal since February. It
:22:23. > :22:30.left them to aid than the table, just one -- just one point outside
:22:30. > :22:34.the play-offs. You only have until Sunday to
:22:34. > :22:44.nominate your BBC Sports Midlands unsung hero.
:22:44. > :22:58.
:22:58. > :23:02.Further details, call to our I am wondering if we will pop one
:23:03. > :23:07.in the post of the closing date is Sunday and today is Thursday.
:23:07. > :23:15.The weather is threatening outside, but our Autumnwatch series should
:23:15. > :23:21.have died in things up. Sir Michael Leighton is a cameraman
:23:21. > :23:25.who has dedicated much of his time filming a unique record of wildlife
:23:25. > :23:29.in the Midlands. This estate is one of the jewels of
:23:29. > :23:32.Shropshire. It is also an important wildlife record, because for more
:23:32. > :23:38.than 30 years the man in charge has been filming pretty much anything
:23:38. > :23:42.that moves. Leighton Parker has been the seat of the Leightons
:23:42. > :23:47.since 1931. Few Giddings have stayed here, but some visitors have
:23:47. > :23:53.been less regal, and Sir Michael Leighton got many on camera.
:23:53. > :23:59.These are young buzzards. They are a bit naive.
:23:59. > :24:03.It is so easy to forget in these days of high-definition cameras how
:24:03. > :24:11.unusual Sir Michael's passion was, but he was years ahead of its time.
:24:11. > :24:16.He used the latest technology to film the wildlife on the estate.
:24:16. > :24:22.So you call this area little owl Avenue, why is that?
:24:22. > :24:30.Yes, because a lot of the sites were here. They picked between 1974
:24:31. > :24:35.and 1982. -- they peaked between. In 1985 or 1986 they were down to
:24:35. > :24:39.about three pairs. Now I don't think there is a sight in the park.
:24:39. > :24:48.The little owls may have gone, but we have the pictures and films,
:24:48. > :24:53.some taken using early motion detector technology.
:24:53. > :24:59.The animals would go on heat and added capture them when they went
:24:59. > :25:03.to feed their young ones. I had some exciting stuff.
:25:04. > :25:07.What were you doing when the little filming was going on? -- when the
:25:07. > :25:11.little owl filming. Playing cricket!
:25:11. > :25:15.Given the extraordinary amount of the cage, literally give you a
:25:15. > :25:21.taste of it, but what is his favourite moment?
:25:21. > :25:30.There was a sparrowhawk on a branch. What was special about that?
:25:30. > :25:32.It was very rare. Sir Michael has recorded almost
:25:33. > :25:38.every British bird on the estate over the years and has captured
:25:38. > :25:41.many on film, creating a vital record of Shropshire Wildlife.
:25:41. > :25:46.Fabulous footage, and more from David tomorrow, looking at
:25:46. > :25:55.hedgehogs. Sunshine over there and rain over
:25:55. > :25:59.Yes, but the rain has been much needed. The Met Office have
:25:59. > :26:03.released provisional figures for October showing the Midlands has
:26:03. > :26:06.had only just have its usual rainfall. Even though it has been
:26:06. > :26:13.raining for pretty much the whole day, amounts have been fairly
:26:13. > :26:16.unimpressive. Hereford was the wettest with 7 mm. This should
:26:16. > :26:21.silence people grumbling about the cold, because October has been one
:26:21. > :26:24.of the warmest on record. These figures include the entire country,
:26:25. > :26:33.so temperatures have reached a maximum of 29.9 Celsius at the
:26:33. > :26:39.beginning of the mud, averaging out at 12.2 Celsius. That will only be
:26:39. > :26:42.supported by the next few days. -- the beginning of the month. And if
:26:42. > :26:48.you are was the whole region should be much more dry, and some clear
:26:48. > :26:53.spells developing overnight. Some dent fog patches and places.
:26:53. > :27:02.Temperatures overnight dropping to a minimum of four Celsius, possibly
:27:02. > :27:07.three in rural spots. At chilly start tomorrow, but we have some
:27:07. > :27:12.sunshine once the fog lifts. A complete transformation,
:27:12. > :27:16.temperatures up to around 12-14 Celsius. It will be milder than
:27:16. > :27:18.today with hardly any breeze at all. The weekend is looking largely dry
:27:18. > :27:24.The weekend is looking largely dry and mild.
:27:24. > :27:30.Finally, a look at tonight's main headlines. European leaders stuck -
:27:30. > :27:33.- strike a last-minute deal, the rescue fund will be doubled at half
:27:33. > :27:36.of grease's debt will be written off.