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Hello, welcome to Midlands Today. The headlines: only a poor | :00:10. | :00:13. | |
connection prevented a substantial explosion - the 10 years in jail | :00:13. | :00:18. | |
for a former soldier and his friend who set fire to a mosque. | :00:18. | :00:23. | |
Birmingham handed government funding to run the city. Power over | :00:23. | :00:27. | |
money. Power over infrastructure. The power to boost skills and job | :00:27. | :00:34. | |
so. A very serious offer for stop they want to build a bungalow and | :00:34. | :00:38. | |
downsize the but it will cost them thousands in a new housing tax. | :00:38. | :00:43. | |
And she completed her first marathon this year at the age of 83. | :00:43. | :00:49. | |
Now Myra has been chosen to be an Olympic torch bearer. I did ask my | :00:49. | :00:59. | |
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surgeon if he could graft another Good evening. Tonight, sentenced to | :01:11. | :01:15. | |
10 years in prison for attempting to blow up a mosque in Stoke on | :01:15. | :01:18. | |
Trent. Simon Beech was a serving soldier when he and his friend | :01:18. | :01:22. | |
Gareth Foster set fire to the newly built Regent Road mosque last | :01:22. | :01:26. | |
December. But for a faulty connection, they could have caused | :01:26. | :01:30. | |
a substantial explosion when they ran a gas pipe into the mosque and | :01:30. | :01:34. | |
set fire to it. Both denied the charges but they were found guilty | :01:34. | :01:39. | |
this afternoon. Simon Beech was a soldier with the | :01:39. | :01:42. | |
2nd Batallion the Yorkshire Regiment. He expected to serve in | :01:42. | :01:47. | |
Afghanistan but he will now serve a ten-year prison sentence. In | :01:47. | :01:50. | |
December last year, he set fire to the Regent Road mosque which was | :01:50. | :01:54. | |
being built in the centre of Hanley. Following the jury's verdict, | :01:54. | :01:58. | |
members of the mosque committee gave their reaction. It is very | :01:59. | :02:04. | |
difficult to describe what happened to the mosque. It was a committee | :02:04. | :02:08. | |
project and a project in which the committee was involved. They put | :02:08. | :02:16. | |
their salt into it. They tried to destroy it. We are happy that it is | :02:16. | :02:20. | |
still standing. The Beech was a member of the English Defence | :02:20. | :02:24. | |
League. On Armistice Day he posted his views on Facebook. They | :02:24. | :02:29. | |
included the words, they burnt our poppies, we burn their place. The | :02:29. | :02:34. | |
prosecution claimed the fire was a revenge attack. It was only when | :02:34. | :02:37. | |
the fire on the ground floor was put out that investigators | :02:37. | :02:41. | |
discovered what had happened up here. A gas meter at a neighbouring | :02:41. | :02:45. | |
house had been cut and a pipe attached. That Pipe was run all the | :02:45. | :02:50. | |
way along an alleyway and then fed into the mosque. Although the | :02:50. | :02:55. | |
connection was very poor, if gas had built up in this whole area, | :02:55. | :03:00. | |
including into the Dome, any spark from a fire could have caused a | :03:00. | :03:04. | |
very serious explosion. The plan was hatched with this man, Gareth | :03:04. | :03:10. | |
Foster, who was also found guilty and sentenced to 10 years. His | :03:10. | :03:14. | |
footprints were found by forensic scientists in the snow outside the | :03:14. | :03:20. | |
mosque. There is no doubts this was designed to blow the mosque up and | :03:20. | :03:24. | |
as part of that, without doubt that would have caused hate in the | :03:24. | :03:28. | |
committee, division in the committee, broke down all the | :03:28. | :03:33. | |
confusion and work we do. The committee around this area have | :03:33. | :03:37. | |
acted with such restraint and so dignified in the face of such | :03:37. | :03:42. | |
provocation. The judge said to find the exposed to gas meter and around | :03:42. | :03:45. | |
the pipe for such a distance had required planning and for thought. | :03:45. | :03:50. | |
He said the purpose of that plan was to destabilise committee | :03:50. | :03:54. | |
relationships. In spite of this attack, work continued on the | :03:54. | :04:04. | |
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mosque. It is due to open next year. You can hear more reaction to this | :04:05. | :04:10. | |
case on BBC Radio Stoke's breakfast show tomorrow morning. | :04:10. | :04:19. | |
Later: the awards for those who showed bravery during the riots. | :04:19. | :04:23. | |
Burningham is being given unprecedented new powers to raise | :04:23. | :04:27. | |
its own funds and decide what is and the mud. The Deputy Prime | :04:27. | :04:30. | |
Minister announced that City deals will give places like Birmingham, | :04:30. | :04:33. | |
Leeds and Manchester more freedom from Whitehall control but they | :04:33. | :04:37. | |
will have to prove their strong leadership in place to make it | :04:37. | :04:41. | |
happen. The city council will be able to set an keep local business | :04:41. | :04:46. | |
rates, take charge of local housing developments, transport and job | :04:46. | :04:51. | |
creation. We have been getting reaction to | :04:51. | :04:55. | |
today's announcement. It has been named by the government | :04:55. | :04:59. | |
as one of the nation's cause cities and with that comes new powers for | :04:59. | :05:04. | |
Birmingham. He power over money. Power over in the structure. Power | :05:04. | :05:11. | |
to boost skills and jobs. When it comes to money, the new status will | :05:11. | :05:14. | |
mean burning in the city council will set and keep the money it | :05:14. | :05:18. | |
raises from local business rates instead of getting a share of a | :05:18. | :05:23. | |
national park decided by central government. In Birmingham's case we | :05:23. | :05:28. | |
only connect 20 % of that expenditure. The 80 % comes from | :05:28. | :05:32. | |
central government. If we can reduce our dependence on central | :05:32. | :05:36. | |
government we can do more local initiatives to create employment. | :05:36. | :05:41. | |
which takes us to power number two. To get infrastructure projects that | :05:41. | :05:45. | |
Bruce growth moving but some are concerned about Birmingham city | :05:45. | :05:49. | |
council having too much say over deciding what happens to transport. | :05:49. | :05:56. | |
It is a cautious welcome, having business rates determined locally, | :05:56. | :06:00. | |
it is good. Infrastructure, are also good news but some concerns on | :06:00. | :06:05. | |
the larger level about transport schemes needing to go beyond the | :06:05. | :06:09. | |
Birmingham and how that would be co-ordinated with other authorities | :06:09. | :06:13. | |
in the Black Country. Third is the power to boost local jobs and | :06:13. | :06:19. | |
skills, because Birmingham city council will be able to create | :06:19. | :06:22. | |
apprentices harps which will bring together companies and colleges to | :06:22. | :06:27. | |
make it easier for them to access national funds. But the man who | :06:27. | :06:30. | |
runs this Pied making firm doubt that today's announcements will | :06:30. | :06:35. | |
help him. I am for change but what I am not for his change for the | :06:35. | :06:41. | |
sake of change that does not benefit anybody. They are looking | :06:41. | :06:45. | |
to score points than do anything that benefits business. Turning | :06:45. | :06:49. | |
Birmingham into a powerhouse that will rebalance the economy is what | :06:49. | :06:54. | |
the government aims to achieve. All eyes will be on whether handing out | :06:54. | :07:02. | |
power will reap the desired results. Our political editor Patrick Burns | :07:02. | :07:07. | |
is with us. What is the big idea behind this? Localism. The | :07:07. | :07:11. | |
government sees it as a remedy for the position we are in at the | :07:11. | :07:15. | |
moment where most people know little and care less about local | :07:15. | :07:19. | |
governments, so long their bit of the services development. The | :07:19. | :07:23. | |
government says this is a reflection of local authorities | :07:23. | :07:30. | |
operating within a narrow range of policy areas and something like 14- | :07:30. | :07:39. | |
50 % of money is spent locally and raised locally. The I deer is that | :07:39. | :07:44. | |
if you devolve important areas like transport and regeneration and the | :07:44. | :07:49. | |
budgets that go with them, then you re-energise local government and | :07:49. | :07:52. | |
politically another attraction is if things go wrong, you devolve the | :07:52. | :07:56. | |
political playing. Is this connected to the fact that | :07:56. | :08:05. | |
Birmingham could have an elected mayor? Yes. The government has | :08:05. | :08:09. | |
distanced themselves from any idea of a deal of an elected mayor. Nick | :08:09. | :08:14. | |
Clegg said the test is whether the right level of accountability and | :08:14. | :08:18. | |
leadership is there, be it through a council leader or a mayor but the | :08:18. | :08:23. | |
reality is the government is offering this option of having | :08:23. | :08:28. | |
elected mayors in cities because of those questions about leadership, | :08:29. | :08:33. | |
accountability, visibility. It is naive to suggest there is not some | :08:33. | :08:38. | |
kind of connection but it is at an informal level. What are the | :08:38. | :08:42. | |
chances of this happening? There has long been widespread support | :08:42. | :08:47. | |
for this. The key test will be between one government department | :08:47. | :08:51. | |
and the other. The Treasury likes to centralise control of the purse- | :08:51. | :08:57. | |
strings. When it comes to devolving budgets, frankly I can hear the Sir | :08:57. | :09:01. | |
Humphreys in Whitehall saying, minister, are you sure this is | :09:01. | :09:08. | |
wise? Four people had been injured | :09:08. | :09:14. | |
following an explosion on an industrial estate. Emerged as the | :09:14. | :09:16. | |
crews were called to the Oldington trading estate in Kidderminster | :09:16. | :09:21. | |
shortly before noon. A compressed air canister had repeatedly | :09:21. | :09:24. | |
exploded. A man has suffered serious injuries to his upper and | :09:24. | :09:28. | |
lower limbs. Three other men were treated for minor injuries. | :09:28. | :09:32. | |
The University of Birmingham has obtained an injunction preventing | :09:32. | :09:37. | |
any sit in protest on campus for the next frog mugs. It follows a | :09:37. | :09:41. | |
demonstration last month were 20 students barricaded themselves | :09:41. | :09:45. | |
inside a barricaded building to protest against tuition fees. The | :09:45. | :09:49. | |
injunction was taken out as the university believed the occupation | :09:49. | :09:53. | |
by a safety issues. The group of MPs is calling for the | :09:53. | :09:56. | |
boss of the BBC to meet them by the cuts to the corporation in | :09:57. | :10:00. | |
Birmingham. The politicians who include the International | :10:00. | :10:02. | |
Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell and Labour MP Giselle | :10:03. | :10:06. | |
Stewart have written a letter to Mark Thompson saying a decision to | :10:06. | :10:11. | |
reduce the BBC's presence in Birmingham is unacceptable. The BBC | :10:11. | :10:15. | |
plans to move production of programmes like Country File and | :10:15. | :10:19. | |
coast to Bristol. The spokeswoman said the BBC had received the | :10:19. | :10:25. | |
letter and respond in due course. A couple in the 70s he want to | :10:25. | :10:29. | |
downsize the they is up to �16,000 in my charges if they press ahead. | :10:29. | :10:34. | |
They are planning to build a two bedroom Bonneau on land next to | :10:34. | :10:39. | |
their existing home but they would have to pay existing -- new housing | :10:39. | :10:46. | |
taxes if they do. Shropshire council says the charges will | :10:46. | :10:50. | |
benefit communities. Malcolm and Sheila Milan-San live | :10:50. | :10:54. | |
here in Benthall in Shropshire. They bought a peaceable and next | :10:54. | :10:58. | |
door and won planning permission to build a two-bedroom bungalow so | :10:58. | :11:04. | |
they can downsize and sell their existing home. But they face paying | :11:04. | :11:10. | |
�16,000 to Shropshire council in two new charges if they build. | :11:10. | :11:15. | |
make things awkward. We are limited to what we can afford and | :11:15. | :11:21. | |
unfortunately, we want to put money on the property we want to build. | :11:21. | :11:29. | |
It is a problem this architect is fighting. A project for another | :11:29. | :11:34. | |
client will incur a total of �51,000 in charges. Larger-scale | :11:34. | :11:39. | |
housing developers have paid one of the charges for some time but | :11:39. | :11:42. | |
architect Vic Johnson claims the decision to hit people building | :11:42. | :11:48. | |
just a handful or one home is unfair. The problem is the smaller- | :11:48. | :11:52. | |
scale developers, these are people who are developing their own | :11:52. | :11:57. | |
gardens or building themselves a grand decide -- design project, | :11:57. | :12:02. | |
they had planned to do this for 20 years and suddenly the local | :12:02. | :12:04. | |
authority has brought in a secure the can tax that is scuppering | :12:04. | :12:10. | |
their plans. The council says the new infrastructure levy will help | :12:10. | :12:14. | |
build four new projects in the area. The added charge will go towards | :12:14. | :12:20. | |
affordable housing. A large builders have been paying for a | :12:20. | :12:27. | |
long time. When we were consulting with our core strategy on new | :12:27. | :12:30. | |
planning policy four Shropshire area, what they were clear to tell | :12:30. | :12:34. | |
us is it would be much fairer if all new housing developments paid | :12:34. | :12:38. | |
this rather than just the larger schemes. The council says people | :12:38. | :12:43. | |
can forgo the charges if they agree then the bill can only be sold to a | :12:43. | :12:47. | |
Shropshire resident as an affordable home. That Millinsons | :12:47. | :12:53. | |
say either way, they will lose money. The pensioner who is | :12:53. | :12:59. | |
downsizing a self-build, who pays the tax, cannot get it back. As a | :12:59. | :13:08. | |
developer they can get it back. It Coming up, we meet the octogenarian | :13:08. | :13:11. | |
who will be carrying the Olympic torch next summer. | :13:11. | :13:15. | |
And after a battering of the winds today, where were the strongest | :13:15. | :13:20. | |
ones and what more will have to withstand this week? Join me later | :13:20. | :13:30. | |
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It has been grim enough today as it is. It hopefully cannot get worse. | :13:31. | :13:35. | |
145 people who showed bravery and commitment in the way they stood up | :13:35. | :13:39. | |
to the rioters in August will be honoured in a ceremony tonight. | :13:39. | :13:43. | |
Police officers, emergency staff are members of the public will be | :13:43. | :13:48. | |
presented with a special award by the West Midlands force. Our | :13:48. | :13:53. | |
reporter is at the University of Birmingham for us. Welcome to the | :13:53. | :13:58. | |
Great Hall at the University of Birmingham. As you say, 145 people | :13:58. | :14:02. | |
from all sorts of backgrounds will be honoured here tonight. Not just | :14:02. | :14:06. | |
police officers and civilians who bore the full brunt of facing the | :14:06. | :14:09. | |
rioters but also ordinary people who did simple things like keeping | :14:09. | :14:13. | |
officers who were dealing with the disturbances fed and watered right | :14:13. | :14:16. | |
through to people who organised the clean-up of the streets in the | :14:16. | :14:24. | |
aftermath. the sweet stall was one of the | :14:24. | :14:29. | |
first to be attacked during the August rides. Manager Steve Ebanks | :14:29. | :14:32. | |
was still inside as would-be looters try to smash their way in. | :14:32. | :14:36. | |
Four months on and he is being honoured tonight for doing all he | :14:36. | :14:41. | |
could to protect the shop in the face of the mob. It is a bit of a | :14:41. | :14:45. | |
surprise because I did not feel particularly brave. It would be | :14:45. | :14:50. | |
nice to have the chance to meet other people involved in the riot | :14:50. | :14:53. | |
and get their views on what happened. Police officers and other | :14:53. | :14:59. | |
emergency services faced an unprecedented level of violence. On | :14:59. | :15:05. | |
a page, a female police officer, was confronted by about 60 writers | :15:05. | :15:09. | |
on this road in her squad. They were called to protect people in | :15:09. | :15:13. | |
this Hindu Centre in Oldbury. Ed been glut of concrete coming | :15:13. | :15:20. | |
straight for me. -- I saw a big lump of concrete. It fortunate that | :15:20. | :15:26. | |
bounced off the kerb but then hit me in my right side. I had to | :15:26. | :15:31. | |
protect myself and colleagues from the ongoing threat at the time. | :15:31. | :15:36. | |
Despite suffering a fractured rib, Donna was back on duty in less than | :15:37. | :15:40. | |
two hours after hospital treatment. Tonight she will get an award for | :15:40. | :15:45. | |
her dedication. I am honoured, really. As probably | :15:45. | :15:51. | |
many officers were doing, we were just two in our jobs. I felt it was | :15:51. | :15:57. | |
my duties. The August riots brought out the worst in humility and | :15:57. | :16:01. | |
tonight's award ceremony also shows the brought out the best. | :16:01. | :16:04. | |
With me is the Chief Constable Chris simmers he will present the | :16:04. | :16:11. | |
awards. How will they decide -- how were they decided upon? We have got | :16:11. | :16:16. | |
a mixture of awards. We have got police colleagues awarded for their | :16:16. | :16:22. | |
contribution and also members of the public. We have had a fantastic | :16:22. | :16:25. | |
contribution with nominations from all sorts of quarters and we tried | :16:25. | :16:29. | |
to take a view about the different contributions that people made and | :16:29. | :16:35. | |
come up with a list of 145 awards that we are making tonight. You did | :16:35. | :16:39. | |
not have to hold this, you are not legally obliged so why did you | :16:39. | :16:44. | |
decide to hold this? I think this was a big event for West Midlands | :16:44. | :16:49. | |
Police and the region. We have got a delicate balance tonight. We want | :16:49. | :16:53. | |
to honour the great things that were done and make sure that the | :16:53. | :16:57. | |
tragic context that they happened in he is also remembered. I know it | :16:57. | :17:06. | |
is difficult to single anything out but are there any particular people | :17:06. | :17:11. | |
who will stand out? The officers who came under fire deserve a | :17:11. | :17:15. | |
particular mention and from the community side, of course the | :17:15. | :17:20. | |
parents of the three young men who died and he really became a symbol | :17:20. | :17:24. | |
of hope for the country. They are here tonight and will be honoured | :17:24. | :17:30. | |
by us. In a nutshell, what do you hope will be achieved by tonight? | :17:30. | :17:35. | |
hope that we can put the events of August into a context that we can | :17:35. | :17:40. | |
recognise the good that came out of them and work together to make sure | :17:40. | :17:45. | |
they don't happen again. Thank you for speaking to us. There will also | :17:45. | :17:49. | |
be music tonight and hopefully a chance to show the good spirit of | :17:49. | :17:56. | |
the West Midlands. We could hear the music behind you. | :17:56. | :18:00. | |
It will make the community feel stronger. Moving on to sport, a | :18:00. | :18:04. | |
difficult start to the season for Aston Villa who took a turn for the | :18:04. | :18:09. | |
West again today. Jermaine Jenas will not play again this season. He | :18:09. | :18:12. | |
has had an operation on his Achilles tendon after being | :18:12. | :18:16. | |
stretchered off during Saturday's defeat by Manchester United. He | :18:16. | :18:21. | |
will be out for six months and he has returned to his parents club | :18:21. | :18:25. | |
Tottenham. Birmingham City lost 2-1 at Hull | :18:25. | :18:30. | |
City last night. Within 90 seconds of the restart, the home side had | :18:30. | :18:33. | |
equalised through Robert Koren and Birmingham were beaten when Aaron | :18:33. | :18:38. | |
McLean scored Hull's second, 20 minutes from the end. | :18:38. | :18:44. | |
A bit of a shocker, that. A night for emotion and celebration here at | :18:44. | :18:47. | |
the Mailbox last night as a retired police superintendent from | :18:47. | :18:53. | |
Shropshire was named as this year's BBC Midlands Sports Unsung Hero. | :18:53. | :19:03. | |
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Bill Moore was recognised for his years of working tirelessly Bill | :19:06. | :19:13. | |
Longmore. I feel overwhelmed and it will spur us on and I hope we can | :19:13. | :19:18. | |
really get things moving even quicker, to get more people playing | :19:18. | :19:27. | |
sport and involved because I think we need it. I have many happy | :19:28. | :19:32. | |
moments in my time but to have this award in the area I live in, it is | :19:32. | :19:35. | |
the top of the pile, absolutely wonderful. | :19:35. | :19:45. | |
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Good to see Tommy Goodwin in there as well. 91 years old, he got two | :19:46. | :19:51. | |
medals in the Olympics in 1948. Quite tearful as well. P S, he was | :19:51. | :20:00. | |
a. It was a lovely event -- yes, he And he can see more of the award | :20:00. | :20:03. | |
ceremony on our Facebook page. And while we are talking about | :20:03. | :20:13. | |
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Tommy could win, he was one of the six people across the region who | :20:15. | :20:19. | |
were told he would be able to carry the Olympic torch. Many people have | :20:19. | :20:23. | |
been looking out to see if they have been allowed to do as well. | :20:23. | :20:26. | |
Our reporter is in Droitwich Spa this evening wear another torch- | :20:26. | :20:30. | |
bearer is hard at work this evening. Welcome to Droitwich Spa football | :20:30. | :20:34. | |
club. It is cold and windy but that has not stopped a remarkable young | :20:34. | :20:40. | |
woman coming out and coaching the children this evening, some of the | :20:40. | :20:44. | |
-- Samantha Spencer who has been doing an awful lot of work for this | :20:44. | :20:49. | |
town. I will speak to her in a moment but first, a little reminder | :20:49. | :20:52. | |
of where the talk will be in our region next summer. The first time | :20:52. | :20:57. | |
we get to set eyes on it in this region will be on Wednesday 23rd | :20:57. | :21:00. | |
May with an overnight stop in Cheltenham and then it moves to | :21:00. | :21:05. | |
Worcester before the torch head west to Cardiff. A brief tour of | :21:05. | :21:08. | |
Wales and the northern England and the next time we see it here in the | :21:08. | :21:12. | |
Midlands will be 30th May when it spends the night in Stoke-on-Trent. | :21:12. | :21:16. | |
Then it goes to Northern Ireland, Scotland and then returns to the | :21:16. | :21:23. | |
Midlands for one last time on Saturday 30th June in Birmingham. | :21:23. | :21:25. | |
We have got it for the whole weekend because then it goes to | :21:25. | :21:32. | |
Coventry before it had to London he closed the Olympics -- to open the | :21:32. | :21:38. | |
Olympics. Very few will carry the torch. Samantha is 18 and Myra | :21:38. | :21:42. | |
Starkey who is 84 and has been chosen because her father | :21:42. | :21:52. | |
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Makeweight for Moira Starkey, a new-found celebrity at the age of | :21:54. | :21:59. | |
84 -- make way. Did you think that you had been | :21:59. | :22:05. | |
asked to carry the Olympic torch... Why me? Queue up being very modest! | :22:05. | :22:15. | |
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Surely there are more photogenic and nicer people than me. | :22:16. | :22:20. | |
Olympic Committee did not think so. I think Moira is an inspirational | :22:20. | :22:25. | |
person and that is what we are looking for. A once-in-a-lifetime | :22:25. | :22:27. | |
opportunity, people who have done inspirational things in their | :22:28. | :22:31. | |
community. Moira is well prepared for the Olympics, having completed | :22:31. | :22:36. | |
a marathon last year by walking around her village hall to raise | :22:37. | :22:42. | |
money to raise money for a breast Cancer Support Centre, The Haven. | :22:42. | :22:46. | |
It took her three months. finished it on the day of the | :22:46. | :22:49. | |
London Marathon and we had a super cream tea party. | :22:49. | :22:55. | |
You are planning another marathon? Yes, next May. I will practise for | :22:55. | :23:00. | |
it right now coming tomorrow if we can get to the hall. Are you hoping | :23:00. | :23:04. | |
to improve your time on three months? Yes. What are you aiming | :23:04. | :23:10. | |
for this time? Two months! The she will still be making a | :23:10. | :23:12. | |
bucket load of preserves that she makes for the charity that | :23:13. | :23:18. | |
nominated her. We have supported thousands of people with breast | :23:18. | :23:25. | |
cancer here at The Haven. We could not do it without the help of | :23:25. | :23:28. | |
people like Moira. The a Olympic torch will arrive | :23:28. | :23:32. | |
here on May 24th in Hereford. does not know what part of the | :23:32. | :23:35. | |
route she will be doing but you will be carrying the torch for | :23:35. | :23:40. | |
about 300 metres. I asked my surgeon if he could graft another | :23:40. | :23:45. | |
arm! He said, not yet, not for another 50 years. No doubt she will | :23:45. | :23:49. | |
manage it and says it will be a real honour. Prove that you are | :23:49. | :23:59. | |
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never too old to live the Olympic Let's speak to another torch-bearer. | :23:59. | :24:04. | |
Some of the Spencer, known as Sam. You will carry the torch, how do | :24:04. | :24:11. | |
you feel -- Samantha Spencer. will be great. The world will be | :24:11. | :24:17. | |
watching you. No pressure! Why do you think you have been chosen? | :24:17. | :24:20. | |
have seen it is because people have recognised the numerous hours of | :24:20. | :24:26. | |
volunteering I have done. As you can see in the football, I have | :24:26. | :24:31. | |
done a lot of fund-raising as well. Let's get a word with John Glover | :24:31. | :24:36. | |
he can ratify what to have said. Why have they chosen Sam? She has | :24:36. | :24:41. | |
done a tremendous amount of work for tremendous football and also | :24:41. | :24:45. | |
across the counter, developing other sports for young people. She | :24:45. | :24:51. | |
will be a wonderful ambassador -- across the county. Congratulations | :24:51. | :24:57. | |
to Sam and those other people who have been successful will Sam was | :24:57. | :25:00. | |
named citizen of the year here intro which and started fund- | :25:00. | :25:10. | |
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raising at 14. We met another one, The extreme weather is having a | :25:19. | :25:21. | |
knock-on effect for people travelling from Birmingham New | :25:21. | :25:27. | |
Street tonight. Many services are delayed so do check before you go | :25:27. | :25:36. | |
are out. With just over 156 mph reported in | :25:36. | :25:40. | |
Scotland, it has been terrible. The low pressure has been causing the | :25:40. | :25:48. | |
problems. If you/the values of the winds in half, that is how bad we | :25:48. | :25:55. | |
had them. These are the strongest winds. It was not just the winds | :25:55. | :25:59. | |
will have to contend with, it is also the cold. The winds will ease | :25:59. | :26:03. | |
and they're beginning to do so tonight. We will see a | :26:03. | :26:07. | |
transformation with the rain cleared towards the east and | :26:07. | :26:10. | |
temperatures plummeting down to near freezing. We have got the dry | :26:10. | :26:15. | |
conditions tonight but we will get frost showers affecting northern | :26:15. | :26:19. | |
part and we could see some ice there as well. Tonight will start | :26:19. | :26:29. | |
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of dry and tomorrow we will see it get a bit sunny. Getting wintry | :26:30. | :26:35. | |
error the hilltops. It will be cold as well. The values tomorrow half | :26:35. | :26:40. | |
of today, we have got values of six Celsius and it will not be quite as | :26:40. | :26:48. | |
windy. Look at this. Blue colours writer -- right across the map and | :26:48. | :26:52. | |
that is because temperatures will zip down to minus six Celsius in | :26:52. | :27:02. | |
sport -- spots and that means plumber of the heiress of ice. That | :27:02. | :27:07. | |
will lead to a crisp, cold start to Saturday but otherwise dry and | :27:07. | :27:11. | |
sunny and we have got some rain and cloud for Sunday. Remember if there | :27:12. | :27:16. | |
is any disruption to travel and you want to catch up, tune into your | :27:16. | :27:24. | |
The main headlines following the theme, Scotland battered by a | :27:24. | :27:28. | |
hurricane-force winds. Schools closed and transport is disrupted. | :27:28. | :27:32. |