:00:09. > :00:13.Welcome to Midlands today. The headlines: The biggest rise in
:00:13. > :00:19.homelessness in the country, we are live at a shelter preparing for
:00:19. > :00:22.Christmas. It can happen to anybody. Police said they are treating the
:00:22. > :00:26.death of a man in Worcester as murder.
:00:26. > :00:31.I was going to see if I could get up there and save him but it was so
:00:31. > :00:33.intense. French prosecutors investigate that
:00:33. > :00:39.the themed party attended by MP Aidan Burley.
:00:39. > :00:49.The mum had a heart attack when she was pregnant, baby Ryan was less
:00:49. > :00:51.
:00:51. > :00:57.than three pounds at birth, but now the family is together.
:00:57. > :01:01.Good evening. Tonight, the growing problem of
:01:01. > :01:06.homelessness in the region, as numbers reach a record level.
:01:06. > :01:14.Two years ago, the number of homeless people was 7,100. Last
:01:14. > :01:19.year it had gone up to 8440. That rise is the largest anywhere in
:01:20. > :01:24.England. Surprisingly, -- not surprisingly, Christmas is the
:01:24. > :01:28.busiest time for shelters. Why are so many people living in this
:01:28. > :01:32.situation? Beds, like its and food. Just some
:01:33. > :01:36.of the supplies being delivered to help the homeless at St George's
:01:36. > :01:43.community centre in Newtown in Birmingham. Last year, the shelter
:01:43. > :01:49.are catered for 170 people on Christmas Day. 115 slap Dover. The
:01:50. > :01:54.indications are it could be even busier this year. Speaking to sit
:01:54. > :01:58.kitchens and organisations in Birmingham, they have been seeing
:01:59. > :02:03.an increase of 35-40%. We anticipate that we have an impact
:02:03. > :02:08.on us. We have never hit capacity here but we do not want to turn
:02:08. > :02:12.anyone away. Homelessness can come unexpectedly. Carol Brown was a
:02:12. > :02:16.successful publican but when her marriage broke up she found herself
:02:16. > :02:21.with nowhere to live. Now she works for the charity that helped turn
:02:21. > :02:24.her life around. If you had said to me for years ago but I would be in
:02:24. > :02:30.a homeless hostel, I would have laughed at you. It can happen to
:02:30. > :02:34.anybody, it is so easy. This manager in Birmingham says the
:02:34. > :02:38.tough economic climate means the building has doubled in size,
:02:38. > :02:42.catering for 95 residents. We have people coming with us stories about
:02:42. > :02:49.how they had a job 12 months ago and they don't have a job any more
:02:49. > :02:54.and they have lost their job, they have lost their home, and they are
:02:54. > :02:59.homeless and they just want somewhere to stay. The story has
:03:00. > :03:06.changed. Back at St George's, 200 of -- volunteers have signed up to
:03:06. > :03:12.help cope with the inspected increase. -- expected increase.
:03:12. > :03:16.is a lovely feeling seen them all tucked up in bed. It is not nice to
:03:16. > :03:21.come into somewhere and put your head on the floor. Not only will
:03:21. > :03:25.the people who come here get food and shelter, they will also have
:03:25. > :03:35.access to professional services might drop it is, massage, and The
:03:35. > :03:40.Samaritans. -- like a charade that is. They expect to have served
:03:40. > :03:45.around 3,000 meals by the time may close next Friday.
:03:45. > :03:49.Really worrying figures, how are they coping?
:03:49. > :03:54.They are coping very well at the moment. They have laid on a party
:03:55. > :04:00.for 100 people this afternoon. A Christmas dinner has been cooked by
:04:00. > :04:04.the executives and they are serving it. I am joined by the manager.
:04:04. > :04:10.This is a good example of what can be done to help homeless people,
:04:10. > :04:15.isn't it? On a day like this, when the Executive have come together to
:04:15. > :04:20.cook for less privileged people in our community, we have said about
:04:20. > :04:25.100 people. It is the time of the year to give back to people in the
:04:26. > :04:29.community. How does this Christmas compared to last? This Christmas is
:04:29. > :04:35.different in a sense that we have got more people presenting as
:04:35. > :04:40.homeless and that is why charities like this are trying to provide for
:04:40. > :04:44.this community. At the same time, it is an opportunity for the
:04:44. > :04:48.community in the West Midlands to come together. It is hard to
:04:48. > :04:55.predict, but any predictions for how the homelessness problem may go
:04:55. > :04:58.next year? If the economy remains the way it is, more people will
:04:59. > :05:02.become homeless. That is why we want to provide for the less
:05:02. > :05:07.privileged in our society. That is why -- when you're doing this
:05:07. > :05:12.afternoon. Everybody seems to be enjoying themselves. We just wish
:05:12. > :05:16.everybody here a very happy Christmas.
:05:16. > :05:19.Well done to the volunteers to give up their time.
:05:19. > :05:26.Coming up later... How pictures of Coventry in times
:05:26. > :05:30.gone by are helping patients with dementia.
:05:30. > :05:34.Police in bet -- investigating the death of a man in Worcester said
:05:34. > :05:38.they are treating it as murder. Andrew Heath was found dead inside
:05:38. > :05:43.his property in the early hours of last Wednesday morning. Today, his
:05:43. > :05:46.neighbours and friends appealed for help to find his killer.
:05:46. > :05:51.Tributes outside the flat were Andrew Heath had lived for the past
:05:51. > :05:56.nine years. The severity of the fire that killed him, there for all
:05:56. > :06:00.to see. His neighbours and close friends, Sue and Clive Dayus, were
:06:00. > :06:04.often -- I have woken in the early hours of last Wednesday morning by
:06:04. > :06:10.banging from the flat above. wanted to go up and save him but
:06:10. > :06:19.the fire was at the doorway. I ran around to the front and I was
:06:19. > :06:26.shaking. -- I was shouting, Andrew, to see if I could get a response.
:06:26. > :06:30.Within minutes, flames shot out of the window. I knew that was it.
:06:30. > :06:34.were aware that somebody was inside. We deployed for firefighters with
:06:34. > :06:38.breathing apparatus to fight the fire and to go and try and rescue
:06:39. > :06:43.the person. Sadly we were unable to do so. Police arrested two men over
:06:43. > :06:47.the fire. One was released after questioning. Another, in his
:06:47. > :06:52.thirties, has been released on police bail. The fire was started
:06:52. > :06:56.in the porch of number two. Police are trying to work out whether
:06:56. > :07:00.Andrew Heath was already dead at that point, or whether he was
:07:00. > :07:06.killed by the fire. They are also desperate to find out what would
:07:06. > :07:09.motivate somebody to kill him. would ask anybody their new Andrew
:07:09. > :07:14.Heath to contact us so we can piece together the details of his life to
:07:14. > :07:19.establish what happened. The fire was particularly ferocious and
:07:19. > :07:23.clearly had been in a block of flats. It was one that put other
:07:23. > :07:27.people's lives in danger. Sue and Clive Dayus's flat was so badly
:07:27. > :07:34.damaged they said they have lost nearly everything they own and will
:07:34. > :07:38.never live there again. We want to catch whoever did this. It is not
:07:38. > :07:42.only his family they have taken him from, they to come from us as well.
:07:42. > :07:48.Police are asking anyone with information to contact them
:07:48. > :07:53.immediately. French prosecutors have launched an
:07:53. > :07:58.investigation into the Nazi themed stag party attended by the MP for
:07:58. > :08:02.Cannock Chase, Aidan Burley. But Conservative MP was sacked from his
:08:02. > :08:06.job as a government adviser after he was pictured sitting next to the
:08:06. > :08:10.groom, who was wearing an SS uniform. It did it transpired he
:08:11. > :08:17.may have paid for the hire of the outfit himself. -- it later
:08:17. > :08:25.transpired. What are the French opera TI's serene today? What they
:08:25. > :08:32.have announced is a preliminary inquiry. This is the first step. It
:08:32. > :08:39.is a result of a complaint lodged by a group, SOS Racism, which has
:08:39. > :08:45.followed this story, and felt that in its year, a breach of French law
:08:45. > :08:49.might have been committed. It went public with this complaint and
:08:49. > :08:55.pressurise the local prosecutor, who then opened this preliminary
:08:55. > :08:59.inquiry. The preliminary inquiry isn't -- into what happened, not
:08:59. > :09:04.into individuals. It is simply to work out what happened and if there
:09:04. > :09:14.was a case against anyone involved. At that point it would turn into
:09:14. > :09:14.
:09:14. > :09:20.something more formal. People would be named and then I -- a judicial
:09:20. > :09:24.investigation would be launched. What laws could be broken?
:09:24. > :09:29.group involved thinks two might have been broken. One is incitement
:09:29. > :09:37.to racial hatred and the other is apologising for her, otherwise
:09:37. > :09:40.supporting and making arguments for, war-crimes. From my conversations
:09:40. > :09:46.with the representative of a so West Racism, he thinks the second
:09:46. > :09:56.is more likely to stick. That is apologetic for war crimes. Wearing
:09:56. > :09:58.
:09:58. > :10:01.eight Nazi military uniform is, for him, possible to interpret as
:10:01. > :10:08.championing the Nazi movement and therefore apologising for war
:10:08. > :10:14.crimes. That is his opinion. Two men have been sentenced to a
:10:14. > :10:19.total of 53 years in jail for murder. Richard Smith and Michael
:10:19. > :10:26.Sexton were found guilty of murder yesterday. Sixten will serve a
:10:26. > :10:30.minimum of 25 years and Smith, MM run -- minimum of 28 years. This
:10:30. > :10:35.man died after being stabbed in the head with a screwdriver.
:10:35. > :10:40.Part of a brand-new housing estate in Gloucestershire have at -- has
:10:40. > :10:44.been bulldozed after a victory of residence in a planning battle.
:10:44. > :10:51.Building began after planning permission was given five years ago.
:10:51. > :10:53.At a tribunal, local people claimed part of the land was protected by
:10:53. > :10:58.an old covenant. The housing company has been forced to tear
:10:58. > :11:02.down the homes. Families who have members of the
:11:02. > :11:08.armed forces overseas are being offered support over the Christmas
:11:08. > :11:15.period. One of the busiest airfield in the UK is in Shropshire and bar
:11:15. > :11:18.have people deployed all over the world this Christmas. It has a long
:11:19. > :11:26.established welfare programme. We have met some of the families
:11:26. > :11:31.facing separation this Christmas. I need you to look after mum while
:11:31. > :11:34.I am away... Josh reads a letter written by his father just after he
:11:34. > :11:41.left for Afghanistan. The family will be spending Christmas
:11:41. > :11:49.thousands of miles apart. All my love. I will so, so, so Miss You,
:11:49. > :11:54.dad. Josh and his mum will be in Shropshire on Christmas Day. His
:11:54. > :11:57.dad has been in Camp Bastion since late summer. There is a good
:11:57. > :12:04.community to have art. There are good neighbours and good friends
:12:04. > :12:09.who are willing to help out. Hynes family will also spend
:12:09. > :12:15.Christmas apart. Here at the Christmas party, Corporal Tony
:12:15. > :12:21.Hynes crams in as many cuddles as he can with his son, Jacob, who is
:12:21. > :12:27.only five months old. Tony has now flown out to the Afghan capital,
:12:27. > :12:31.Kabul. To be away for his first Christmas, I am gutted. I have been
:12:31. > :12:35.away before it. To be a way for his first Christmas is the worst thing
:12:35. > :12:39.I can think of. Most people take it for granted that they will spend
:12:39. > :12:44.Christmas with the people they love. Four military families it is common
:12:45. > :12:50.to spend the festive season thousands of miles apart. The
:12:50. > :12:54.welfare programme at RAF Shawbury is well established. Families are
:12:54. > :12:57.given all the support they need when loved ones are posted overseas.
:12:57. > :13:01.We do not want people to feel that once their partners are way that
:13:01. > :13:07.they are on their own. We always have a point of contact for them,
:13:07. > :13:10.we check how they are doing, as well as other avenues. Josh and his
:13:10. > :13:16.mum and the other families have no there is a vital job to be done,
:13:16. > :13:21.even at this Christmas -- even at Christmas. The community here at
:13:21. > :13:29.RAF Shawbury make sure that no one is left out at this special time of
:13:29. > :13:35.As we live longer, the number suffering from dementia is
:13:35. > :13:39.increasing. Providing the right care in hospital is difficult. A
:13:39. > :13:43.recent report criticised hospitals for not doing enough. But one is
:13:43. > :13:49.improving the lives of those facing what can be such a disorientating
:13:49. > :13:53.illness. Dementia, the condition affects
:13:53. > :13:58.more than three-quarters of a million people across the UK.
:13:58. > :14:03.Hospitals are struggling to keep pace but making a more attractive
:14:03. > :14:08.environment for confused patients can be beneficial. That is what is
:14:08. > :14:15.happening in Coventry. One area is this forget-me-not lounge designed
:14:16. > :14:22.to calm patients who suffer confusion. Like 92-year-old Rose.
:14:22. > :14:28.could put my feet up and have a cup of coffee and relax. Much of the
:14:28. > :14:33.project includes these montages which show old pictures of Coventry
:14:33. > :14:37.and they are known to evoke soothing and pleasant memories.
:14:37. > :14:44.Rose has not been diagnosed with dementia but those who are often
:14:44. > :14:48.get less than satisfactory care. 32% of NHS staff interviewed for a
:14:48. > :14:55.report felt they had enough training. The hospital has made
:14:55. > :14:59.great strides, there has been a dimension group at the hospital. We
:14:59. > :15:03.have done things like improving communication skills with activity
:15:03. > :15:08.packs and the project is a great example of improving the
:15:08. > :15:13.environment. To me, it makes a huge difference, a difference providing
:15:13. > :15:19.quality care for older people and making sure they are looked after
:15:19. > :15:24.properly in hospital. It is a bit of all right. As well as the
:15:24. > :15:28.memories and lounge, staff are taking other steps to help dementia
:15:28. > :15:36.patients, simple things like spending more time with them and
:15:36. > :15:39.engaging in conversation about the past can go a long way.
:15:39. > :15:41.You are watching Midlands Today. Still to come: the family
:15:41. > :15:44.celebrating their first Christmas together after a deeply traumatic
:15:44. > :15:46.year. And we could all do with a bit of
:15:46. > :15:56.festive cheer this weekend with a seasonal setting. But Jack Frost's
:15:56. > :16:02.
:16:02. > :16:05.out of town. So what is it going to I think it'll be quite mild. One of
:16:05. > :16:08.our top universities is leading the way in some of the biggest
:16:08. > :16:10.scientific discoveries ever made. Our science correspondent David
:16:10. > :16:12.Gregory reports now on how the discovery of yet another new
:16:12. > :16:22.particle at the European organisation for nuclear research,
:16:22. > :16:25.CERN on the French Swiss border, This is the Director of CERN,
:16:25. > :16:29.preparing to reveal to the world's media their news on the Higg's
:16:29. > :16:31.Boson and where did he come just a few days later? To the University
:16:31. > :16:40.of Birmingham to receive an honorary degree cementing the
:16:40. > :16:47.strong relationship between Birmingham and CERN. I think when I
:16:47. > :16:50.came in from the airport, I saw a sign, University of Birmingham,
:16:50. > :16:59.research with global impact. I think you do research with global
:16:59. > :17:02.impact. There are four experiments and the
:17:02. > :17:07.University of Birmingham is involved in the most of any
:17:07. > :17:14.university in the country, three out of four. But back to the Higgs
:17:14. > :17:19.boson, have they discovered it or not? What you can say is if there
:17:19. > :17:24.is one we are seeing the right sort of thing at the moment. But it is
:17:24. > :17:29.not at the level where you can say it is definitive. You could talk to
:17:29. > :17:37.me in six months' time and I might be going, that disappeared and it
:17:37. > :17:41.is different or does it exist. As for the experiment itself, well
:17:41. > :17:46.it's now offline. It is a complicated machine and needs
:17:46. > :17:50.maintenance. Experiments themselves have to have maintenance, there was
:17:50. > :17:52.shut down over winter. Next year, it will run even better than this
:17:52. > :17:57.year. And now the university has joined
:17:57. > :17:59.up to a third experiment. Right after all the hard work of
:17:59. > :18:05.designing and building has finished and just as the data gathering
:18:05. > :18:14.starts. That's the fun bit for a physicist. Yes, we feel bad about
:18:14. > :18:16.joining but it is fantastic to join. We can contribute a lot. It is the
:18:16. > :18:19.most complex, expensive and groundbreaking experiment ever
:18:19. > :18:25.attempted. And Birmingham and the Midlands are at the heart of three
:18:25. > :18:30.quarters of it. Very impressive and proud. Dan's
:18:30. > :18:33.here with the story of the most important goal of the season so far.
:18:33. > :18:38.The Aston Villa midfielder Marc Albrighton says it's a great honour
:18:38. > :18:43.that one of his goals has given Acorns Hospice a �20,000 windfall.
:18:43. > :18:47.Albrighton scored the 20,000th goal of the Premier League last night.
:18:47. > :18:50.And although Villa lost 2-1 it proved very precious.
:18:50. > :19:00.He didn't know it at the time but Marc Albrighton was about to score
:19:00. > :19:00.
:19:00. > :19:05.the goal of a lifetime. That is a mistake and there is Albrighton.
:19:05. > :19:07.was celebrating drawing Aston Villa level against Arsenal. It was only
:19:07. > :19:12.afterwards the significance of his goal became clear. It was the
:19:12. > :19:14.20,000th since the Premier League was launched in 1992. The league
:19:14. > :19:22.sponsors Barclays offered �20,000 to the player who scored it and
:19:22. > :19:31.it's gone straight to Villa's charity partner Acorns Hospice.
:19:31. > :19:34.is a great honour and it is a great cause. We see the great work they
:19:34. > :19:40.do their and the kids are great. There was a smile on her face all
:19:40. > :19:46.the time. I am pleased it is going towards a good cause. �20,000 is a
:19:46. > :19:50.day's care across the trust. You can imagine to be given an infusion
:19:50. > :19:52.of that magnitude without any warning at all is wonderful.
:19:52. > :19:56.night's low point came three minutes from time when Yossi
:19:56. > :19:58.Benayoun scored to give Arsenal a 2-1 victory. But Villa could still
:19:58. > :20:01.celebrate an improved performance alongside the charity pay-out.
:20:01. > :20:04.Charity was in short supply from league leaders Manchester City
:20:04. > :20:08.though. They beat Stoke 3-nil and the result was never really in
:20:08. > :20:10.doubt. In contrast Albion's game at Newcastle was unpredictable and
:20:10. > :20:17.exciting from the moment Peter Odemwingie gave the baggies an
:20:17. > :20:22.early lead. Demba Ba equalised for Newcastle with a fine free-kick.
:20:22. > :20:26.But Gareth McCauley put Albion back in front before the break. Ba again
:20:26. > :20:29.equalised and Newcastle went in search of the winner. Albion had
:20:29. > :20:36.other ideas and a scintillating move was ended with Paul Scharner's
:20:36. > :20:41.athletic volley. Albion's last win at Newcastle was way back in 1977.
:20:41. > :20:44.This five goal thriller was almost worth the wait. And talking of
:20:44. > :20:47.waiting, Wolves fans will now have to wait 24 hours longer to see
:20:47. > :20:51.their side play at Arsenal over Christmas?
:20:51. > :20:56.Yes, they were due to play at the Emirates Stadium at 3pm on Boxing
:20:56. > :20:59.Day. But the match has now been put back 24 hours due to a drivers
:20:59. > :21:03.strike on the London Underground. This is what Wolves fans have made
:21:03. > :21:08.of it today. It is all fun. The fans have to get
:21:08. > :21:14.down there, travel to the ground and stuff. It is tough. It is the
:21:15. > :21:19.right thing. It is annoying because you like to watch it on Boxing Day
:21:19. > :21:25.because no one is a work. There's nothing to be done about it. It is
:21:25. > :21:28.about tradition and a football on Boxing Day is a big tradition.
:21:28. > :21:31.Other matches are taking place that day why have Arsenal called this
:21:31. > :21:35.one off. Well, in a statement they cited a duty of care to supporters
:21:35. > :21:42.and in their defence the vast majority of fans use the tube to
:21:43. > :21:46.get to Arsenal because there just isn't any parking around there. But
:21:46. > :21:49.the traditions of Boxing Day isn't set in stone these days. For
:21:49. > :21:59.example TV dictates that Birmingham City play West Ham in a 5.30 kick-
:21:59. > :22:02.off. Stoke host Villa in a 7.45pm kick-off. But we don't have to wait
:22:02. > :22:03.much longer to find out who's this year's BBC Sports Personality and
:22:04. > :22:06.we could have some Midlands winners tonight.
:22:06. > :22:09.Yes the programme starts at 8pm on BBC1 tonight. Cyclist Mark
:22:09. > :22:14.Cavendish is favourite to win the main award but we could have
:22:14. > :22:16.winners in the young sports personality award. Paralympic
:22:16. > :22:19.swimmer Eleanor Simmonds from Walsall and golfer Lauren Taylor
:22:19. > :22:22.from Rugby are down to the final three from what's been described as
:22:22. > :22:26.the "strongest ever field". And don't forget Bill Longmore, from
:22:26. > :22:32.Hanwood in Shropshire. He's a contender for the Unsung hero award
:22:32. > :22:35.after winning the Midlands version earlier this month. Let's hope we
:22:35. > :22:39.have good news tomorrow. A couple will be celebrating Christmas at
:22:39. > :22:42.home as a family a day they thought they'd never see as both mum and
:22:42. > :22:44.baby were seriously ill in hospital after his premature birth. It meant
:22:44. > :22:47.long trips to hospitals in Birmingham and Leicester for dad
:22:47. > :22:53.Daniel Tookey, who was also helping to look after their daughter at
:22:53. > :22:56.home in Shropshire. Joanne Writtle has been to meet them.
:22:56. > :23:04.Baby Ryan Tookey finally home in Oswestry, after he was delivered 10
:23:04. > :23:08.weeks early back in May, weighing just 2lb and 9oz. Mum Tina had a
:23:08. > :23:12.heart attack when she was just seven weeks pregnant. But all then
:23:12. > :23:22.appeared to well. Until she suffered pre-eclampsia and a liver
:23:22. > :23:22.
:23:22. > :23:26.and blood clotting disorder when she was 30 weeks pregnant: I had
:23:26. > :23:32.him via emergency Caesarean section and as I have that, both of my
:23:32. > :23:37.lungs collapsed. All I can remember is saying goodbye to my husband at
:23:37. > :23:39.the theatre door to have emergency Caesarean section and next thing I
:23:40. > :23:43.woke up in a different hospital. Tina had been transferred to
:23:43. > :23:46.Glenfield Hospital in Leicester, where she had to be kept alive by a
:23:47. > :23:49.machine doing the work of her heart and lungs. She was home a few weeks
:23:50. > :23:53.later, but Ryan then had to go to Birmingham Children's Hospital for
:23:53. > :23:56.an operation to remove part of his bowel due to a condition which had
:23:56. > :24:05.caused it to die. Dad Daniel and big sister Kelly meanwhile, were at
:24:05. > :24:11.home in Oswestry. I was told within a two week period
:24:11. > :24:15.I could lose both of them. But I put that to the back of my mind and
:24:15. > :24:19.kept thinking to myself they will be home soon. It will all get
:24:19. > :24:23.better. I had to keep thinking that. Tina also has Polycystic Ovaries
:24:23. > :24:33.Syndrome, and it had taken five years to conceive Ryan. As for the
:24:33. > :24:34.
:24:34. > :24:39.future. Hopefully we will all be fine. I am confident I will be OK.
:24:39. > :24:44.Ryan seems to be doing well. Providing he keeps growing and is
:24:44. > :24:50.bowels keep growing with him, it will get better. How special
:24:50. > :24:54.Christmas be? It will be amazing after the last 12 months, two years,
:24:54. > :24:57.it will be a most amazing Christmas ever. Finally, as if they hadn't
:24:57. > :25:01.all been through enough, big sister Kelly here slipped in the shower
:25:01. > :25:11.and broke her toe the day before Ryan came home from hospital two
:25:11. > :25:13.
:25:13. > :25:23.My goodness, they have been through it. What a lovely Christmas they
:25:23. > :25:28.will have. Happy Christmas. Here's Something along the lines of today
:25:28. > :25:33.would be nice for Christmas Day. It will be mild, some sunshine but I
:25:33. > :25:37.do not think we will be able to pull that out of the back. Not
:25:37. > :25:43.snide but cloudy conditions, it will be damping places, mild and
:25:43. > :25:53.windy. Nothing Chris and see about Christmas. Christmas Eve is looking
:25:53. > :25:53.
:25:53. > :25:57.OK. Tonight, cloud piling in from the West, it will be mild. It will
:25:57. > :26:02.state knows the drive but rain it ageing in towards dawn.
:26:02. > :26:09.Temperatures only eight or nine Celsius. Very mild. It will be a
:26:09. > :26:15.mild start tomorrow, a dull day and we see this rate band moving
:26:15. > :26:21.eastwards. Some will be fairly heavy, particularly in the east and
:26:21. > :26:29.the North. Flakes of snow on at Staffordshire Malverns. It is still
:26:29. > :26:35.quite mild. The air is coming in from the north-west. 10 and 11 in
:26:35. > :26:40.the day, the rain it plays East Wood's In the Night and skies will
:26:40. > :26:47.play quickly. Temperatures plummeting down to 2 or three
:26:47. > :26:52.Celsius. There will be a touch of frost on the cards. That is how we
:26:52. > :27:02.start Christmas Eve, it is looking quite nice on Christmas Eve, dry
:27:02. > :27:03.
:27:03. > :27:07.and sunny. Temperatures up to around six Celsius. Then, south-
:27:07. > :27:11.westerly and temperatures in double figures. Cloudy and dampen places
:27:11. > :27:13.and windy. A Christmas Day barbecue. A look at
:27:13. > :27:16.tonight's main headlines: Multiple explosions rip through Baghdad -
:27:16. > :27:19.the worst violence Iraq has seen for months. And here homelessness
:27:19. > :27:29.hits a record high - it's growing at a faster rate in this region
:27:29. > :27:31.than anywhere in the country. That's all from us this evening. On