:00:07. > :00:11.Hello, welcome to Midlands Today. The headlines tonight, a couple are
:00:12. > :00:15.murdered in their own home. They were found by their son, who is a
:00:15. > :00:21.police officer. For any murder inquiry is a
:00:21. > :00:25.horrendous events for any family, regardless of their profession.
:00:25. > :00:28.For a day after the controversial high-speed rail announcement, the
:00:28. > :00:32.Transport Secretary tells worried homeowners they would get ample
:00:32. > :00:37.compensation. Saving the NHS millions of pounds a
:00:37. > :00:42.year, the mental health teams working in A&E departments.
:00:42. > :00:52.And are celebrating a 30 year record. Walsall goalkeeper Jimmy
:00:52. > :01:01.
:01:01. > :01:05.Walker is about to play his 530 Good evening. Tonight, a double
:01:05. > :01:09.murder inquiry is under way after a police officer finds his parents
:01:09. > :01:13.murdered at their home. The couple, who had been married
:01:13. > :01:16.for 40 years, were discovered at this morning by their son.
:01:16. > :01:20.Detectives say they are determined to catch those responsible, and
:01:20. > :01:25.called for the help of the local community.
:01:25. > :01:30.This is a big inquiry, a brooch in Handsworth Wood, usually quiet and
:01:30. > :01:35.unremarkable, flooded by police officers. Their focus, a semi-
:01:35. > :01:42.detached house, home to Avtar Singh-Kolar, aged 62, and his wife,
:01:42. > :01:47.Carole, aged 58, found dead this morning by their son.
:01:47. > :01:51.The some of the deceased couple is a serving police officer within
:01:51. > :01:54.what -- West Midlands police. Upon attending the scene, as it -- a
:01:54. > :01:58.murder inquiry was immediately launched. It was obvious from the
:01:58. > :02:02.scene that the couple had been assaulted.
:02:02. > :02:07.Married for 40 years, the couple were proud of their four children
:02:07. > :02:11.and eight grandchildren. Their son had called to ask them to babysit.
:02:11. > :02:16.They were very nice, respectable people.
:02:16. > :02:21.Search teams lifted drain covers in neighbouring streets. Officers
:02:21. > :02:26.spent some time examining the back garden. A panel from the fence had
:02:26. > :02:30.been lifted. A police cordon are closed off the road. Others came to
:02:31. > :02:34.pay their respects. What is concerning is the age of
:02:34. > :02:39.the victims. We have been trying to improve the image of the area, and
:02:39. > :02:43.it has pushed us back. It is shocking. Right on your
:02:43. > :02:50.doorstep. There are 60 detectives working on
:02:50. > :02:55.the case. The couple died some time between 7:15pm last night and 80 m.
:02:55. > :02:59.This morning. The police believe local people have information that
:02:59. > :03:05.will lead them to their killer. -- at 8 o'clock this morning. We do
:03:05. > :03:12.not know how they died or whether a. The officers leading the inquiry
:03:12. > :03:15.are unequivocal that those responsible will be caught.
:03:15. > :03:25.Our reporter Anthony Bartram is at West Midlands police headquarters
:03:25. > :03:26.
:03:26. > :03:29.now. Any idea yet of emotive? -- a motive? It was clear that
:03:29. > :03:33.detectives would not be drawn on a motive. They were quite clear that
:03:33. > :03:37.they did not have suspect in mind at this time, which is why it is
:03:37. > :03:42.crucial that any bit of information if that members of the public may
:03:42. > :03:46.no, that they share it with the police. They believed the key to
:03:46. > :03:51.this inquiry could lie within the local community. They were asked if
:03:51. > :03:54.this could have been a break-in or a burglary gone wrong, but would
:03:54. > :03:59.not be drawn. They say they are keeping an open mind about the
:03:59. > :04:05.motive, and they will have to wait the results of post-mortem
:04:05. > :04:10.examinations, which should be carried out tomorrow.
:04:10. > :04:13.Meanwhile, detectives investigating the murder of a 77-year-old retired
:04:13. > :04:16.schoolteacher in Worcestershire have issued a picture of a coat she
:04:16. > :04:20.was wearing when she was last a life.
:04:20. > :04:25.If Betty Yates was found stabbed to death at her home on the outskirts
:04:25. > :04:29.of Bewdley last week. She was seen wearing the code on Monday. Police
:04:29. > :04:35.are hoping the picture will bring witnesses forward.
:04:35. > :04:38.24 hours after the controversial decision to approve High Speed Two,
:04:38. > :04:43.Transport Secretary Justine Greening was in Birmingham to
:04:43. > :04:46.promote the economic benefits for the West Midlands. She also pledged
:04:46. > :04:54.compensation over and above what affected homeowners would be
:04:54. > :04:59.entitled to under the law. Will be talking to a campaigner in a moment.
:04:59. > :05:04.Curzon Street station is a relic of the railways. It was 1838 when the
:05:04. > :05:07.first train left the platform for London. Today, this land is part of
:05:07. > :05:13.the transport secretary's rail revolution.
:05:13. > :05:18.This will put Birmingham at the heart of the railway network.
:05:18. > :05:24.The HS2 terminal will be built here. Birmingham City Council say the
:05:24. > :05:30.design of the station will provide work for 22,000 people.
:05:30. > :05:35.That will generate �1.5 billion to the local economy. This is a major,
:05:35. > :05:39.major announcement. Campaigners could mount a legal
:05:39. > :05:44.challenge. Susan Willis was moved to tears as she told Midlands today
:05:44. > :05:51.-- Press -- Midlands Today last night how her home will have to
:05:51. > :05:55.make way for the rail line. My house of 27 years will be
:05:55. > :05:58.demolished. And for what? Foray train.
:05:58. > :06:04.They're all the people who will lose their homes. What message do
:06:04. > :06:08.you have? We will set out what the next steps
:06:08. > :06:12.are, and we understand how important this plan is for those
:06:12. > :06:16.people. It is why I have worked very hard on why we have some
:06:16. > :06:20.compensation and support that goes over and above what they are
:06:20. > :06:27.entitled to it. Death proper compensation is the
:06:27. > :06:33.call. -- proper compensation. Yes, we will go over and above what
:06:33. > :06:37.is required by law. This will be where the HS2 station
:06:37. > :06:46.will be. There will be six platforms, and it will be elevated
:06:46. > :06:51.higher than the existing station. Transport bosses say HS2 will make
:06:51. > :06:56.the city more accessible, with faster connections. But just how
:06:56. > :07:04.affordable is it? No 1 at the event was prepared to take -- put a price
:07:04. > :07:10.on a ticket. We are joined now from Burton Green
:07:10. > :07:19.in Warwickshire by Jerry Marshall, chairman of the group Aghast, who
:07:19. > :07:25.campaigned against the line. Is it now time to say the game is up?
:07:25. > :07:28.Absolutely not. We must fight on, because it is so damaging for the
:07:28. > :07:32.country, and we have hope from Justine Greening because the
:07:32. > :07:38.government approved the third runway at Heathrow and Bennett was
:07:38. > :07:43.overturned. The visible cost �1,700 per household, and it will cost
:07:43. > :07:49.four jobs for everyone it creates. Although some areas in Birmingham
:07:49. > :07:56.will have extra jobs, the evidence from places like France is that the
:07:56. > :07:59.wider region will actually lose out and will be worse off.
:07:59. > :08:05.But the last government and the current one acknowledged a greater
:08:05. > :08:10.good. Penny but knowledge that? That is why we are fighting. It is
:08:10. > :08:14.to do with the greater good. This is a lousy scheme. We are in favour
:08:14. > :08:19.of high-speed rail, but there are alternatives which are much better
:08:19. > :08:24.than you. But the last government as the
:08:24. > :08:29.current government are both saying this is the best scheme.
:08:29. > :08:37.They are wrong and their own figures say they are wrong. They
:08:37. > :08:41.say you get a �6 return for every pound invested on the alternative.
:08:41. > :08:47.On the HS2 forecast, they had to invent a new forecast to say that
:08:47. > :08:50.the other line would not work. What about compensation? Are you
:08:50. > :08:55.happy with that the offer of compensation over and above what
:08:55. > :08:59.you are entitled to? We were promised a the best
:08:59. > :09:04.possible compensation by Philip Hammond, and we have been
:09:04. > :09:12.completely let down. The overwhelming response from the
:09:12. > :09:16.consultation was that we have been offered the cheapest scheme. It
:09:16. > :09:23.will leave householders having to wait till 2027 to get compensation,
:09:23. > :09:27.and until then, unless they have got a reason to move, until then
:09:27. > :09:31.they will get no compensation. This is an appalling deal for
:09:31. > :09:35.householders. Once again, we have been completely let down by the
:09:35. > :09:40.government. They have relayed on their promises.
:09:40. > :09:44.Jerry Marshall, thank you. A husband and wife have been pelted
:09:44. > :09:48.with bricks and sticks in the street in front of their young
:09:48. > :09:53.children. Police say it was a racist hate crime. The family are
:09:53. > :09:57.said to be traumatised, and the family -- and the father is
:09:57. > :10:00.recovering in hospital. Police officers gathered
:10:00. > :10:05.information had sought to reassure local people following the attack
:10:05. > :10:08.in this street in Tipton. West Midlands Police say that a husband-
:10:08. > :10:14.and-wife were pelted with bricks and sticks in front of their
:10:14. > :10:17.children in what was a racially motivated attack. The husband is
:10:17. > :10:23.currently still in hospital, being treated for his injuries. The
:10:23. > :10:27.police say that the attack appears to have been totally unprovoked.
:10:27. > :10:31.Neighbours told me A car had been set alight, and had attracted a
:10:31. > :10:35.crowd of people on Sunday. A husband-and-wife appeared to have
:10:35. > :10:40.bought into this situation which then spiralled into mindless
:10:40. > :10:43.violence. -- walked into this situation.
:10:43. > :10:47.It is a multicultural area, are we have lots of communities living
:10:47. > :10:52.side by side, and for something to take place here, it has been a
:10:52. > :10:58.shock to the local community. The police say the victims were
:10:58. > :11:02.eastern European. Hate crime depends on people's
:11:02. > :11:08.nationalities and ethnicities. The people were abused because they
:11:08. > :11:12.were Polish. It was a hate crime. We will prosecute those involved.
:11:12. > :11:16.Throughout the day, the people I have been speaking to have assumed
:11:16. > :11:21.that the victims of this race crime were either black or Asian. The
:11:21. > :11:26.fact that they are white eastern European it shows the complexity of
:11:26. > :11:35.this type of crime. It also shows the tensions which exist in some of
:11:35. > :11:38.our communities. It is better for patients and would
:11:38. > :11:43.save the NHS millions. It is a new way of assessing mental health
:11:43. > :11:47.patients as soon as they arrived in hospital. It has been piloted in
:11:47. > :11:52.one hospital in Birmingham, and has already saved it �3 million. It
:11:52. > :11:56.could now be rolled out across the country.
:11:56. > :12:00.A&E at City Hospital Birmingham. As well as the normal emergencies,
:12:00. > :12:09.staff are used to to have to deal with everything. But now there is a
:12:09. > :12:13.team based it 24 hours a day to deal with mental health issues.
:12:13. > :12:17.By seen people with mental health problems early, they can stop
:12:17. > :12:27.people having to be admitted to hospital and help get them out
:12:27. > :12:27.
:12:27. > :12:35.quicker. The result of a pilot are surprising. It found it saved at
:12:35. > :12:39.3.4 millions in hospital care. -- �3.4 million. Perhaps the most
:12:39. > :12:42.astonishing finding was that the vast majority of the savings, 90%,
:12:43. > :12:49.were made by hospital staff a better understanding mental health
:12:49. > :12:53.issues, and not directly by the RAID staff themselves. Matron Fiona
:12:53. > :12:58.Green uses a memory box to stimulate this patient. She says
:12:58. > :13:04.having RAID to call upon for other patients is a godsend.
:13:04. > :13:09.I think the fact that we know the support -- we know we have the
:13:09. > :13:12.support on the ward, that help us to deal with some of the more
:13:12. > :13:16.challenging patients, is an excellent thing.
:13:16. > :13:22.They say it the savings have been made by getting donations --
:13:22. > :13:29.dementia patients back home. For every �1 spent on mental health,
:13:29. > :13:32.we save the NHS four pounds, in addition to increasing quality. The
:13:32. > :13:37.team were now expanded to all the hospitals in Birmingham and
:13:37. > :13:40.Solihull. I am looking forward to April this year, when the team will
:13:40. > :13:43.be marching in to different hospitals trying to make a
:13:43. > :13:53.difference. A national conference will be held
:13:53. > :13:54.
:13:54. > :13:57.Still to come this evening. They said he was lazy at school and
:13:57. > :13:58.told him off. But Mark was dyslexic and now, as a successful
:13:58. > :14:01.businessman, he's helping others with the problem.
:14:01. > :14:11.And after unseasonably mild weather, a timely reminder of what winter's
:14:11. > :14:12.
:14:12. > :14:16.really about. Keep watching. Things We've heard warnings of a housing
:14:16. > :14:19.crisis in the region, could this be the answer? 90 flat-pack homes are
:14:19. > :14:21.being built in the Black Country as part of a major affordable housing
:14:21. > :14:24.development. The properties are low carbon and energy efficient, so
:14:24. > :14:27.they will be cheaper to run than traditional houses.
:14:27. > :14:31.And they're all made locally. Louise Brierley reports.
:14:31. > :14:34.Cost effective, environmentally friendly and quick to make.
:14:34. > :14:39.The first panels of these new homes being assembled at this site in
:14:39. > :14:48.Darlaston today. One of the people looking to buy one is first time
:14:48. > :14:55.buyer Christine Kirk. financially, I would not be able to
:14:55. > :14:58.buy a property out right. On a shared ownership scheme, I can
:14:58. > :15:01.purchase a property. It is all the work of the not-for-
:15:01. > :15:08.profit housing association Accord. It opened a factory in Walsall two
:15:08. > :15:13.months ago where it makes the flat- pack homes. We have had experience
:15:13. > :15:19.of building a similar houses up to these and other parts of the region,
:15:19. > :15:22.importing them are from Norway. This is our first version of May
:15:22. > :15:25.get ourselves. They're made out of timber, which
:15:25. > :15:27.means they're low carbon and the design of the panels will keep more
:15:27. > :15:30.heat in which is an important consideration for Christine.
:15:30. > :15:37.Because they are timber-framed, it was saved on my fuel bills in the
:15:37. > :15:41.future. And she won't have long to wait.
:15:41. > :15:47.The basic structure of one of these homes it takes just three days to
:15:47. > :15:50.complete, compared to an average home which can take six weeks or
:15:50. > :15:53.more. But how much do they cost? A two-
:15:53. > :15:59.bedroom property will set you back �125,000, a four-bedroom �175,000,
:15:59. > :16:03.which is average for the area. There will be houses for rent,
:16:03. > :16:08.there is housing for sale and there is also shared-ownership housing.
:16:08. > :16:12.It is available for all of those groups. The houses are the same
:16:12. > :16:15.whether you buy or rent. The first lot of homes will be
:16:15. > :16:18.ready in the spring, with the whole site finished in 18 months. And for
:16:18. > :16:22.Christine, the long wait for her own home will soon be over. Louise
:16:22. > :16:25.Brierley, BBC Midlands Today, Darlaston.
:16:25. > :16:28.The UK film and video industry employs more than 35,000 people,
:16:28. > :16:31.but many independent film makers are finding it harder and harder to
:16:31. > :16:33.finance projects. Regional screen agencies, which used to be a source
:16:33. > :16:36.of funding, were disbanded last year under Government spending cuts.
:16:36. > :16:44.Now one Herefordshire film maker has turned to so-called crowd
:16:44. > :16:47.funding. Here's our Arts reporter Satnam Rana.
:16:47. > :16:50.He has been coined the Spielberg of Hereford by one national paper, but
:16:50. > :16:53.Neil Oseman certainly does not have the same budget as the Oscar
:16:53. > :17:03.winning director. The film maker is trying to raise
:17:03. > :17:06.
:17:06. > :17:11.�2,000 to start shooting a short With two feature films to his name,
:17:11. > :17:14.Neil is no novice. But with the closure of the UK Film Council,
:17:14. > :17:21.raising money is harder this time round. So he's turning to crowd
:17:21. > :17:30.funding. In the past, I have been able to
:17:30. > :17:35.get investors to put in. �2,000. But most people cannot afford that
:17:35. > :17:41.at the moment. With crowd funding, you get lots of people to put money
:17:41. > :17:45.in, even if they only put him �5, it all adds up.
:17:45. > :17:49.This is how it works. You click onto the film website, pledge
:17:49. > :17:53.between as little as �20 up to �250. There's no cash return, but you do
:17:53. > :17:58.get a thank you credit and things like signed memorabilia. Funding
:17:58. > :18:00.for short films is currently under review by the Government. Creative
:18:00. > :18:10.England is the body that has replaced regional film councils, so
:18:10. > :18:11.
:18:11. > :18:13.is there any hope for creatives like Neil? There is a bit of a
:18:13. > :18:23.status whereby we have to decide what sort of films we want to
:18:23. > :18:26.
:18:26. > :18:34.investment -- invest in, and we're hoping that other agencies such as
:18:34. > :18:37.Creative England and BBC will all get together.
:18:37. > :18:41.An unpaid cast and crew are now on standby,locations have been picked.
:18:41. > :18:43.Neil has done what he can. He has until January the 18th to raise the
:18:43. > :18:50.funds. Satnam Rana BBC Midlands Today Hereford.
:18:50. > :18:52.And you can find out more about Neil's project on our Facebook page.
:18:52. > :18:55.It's time for sport now, Ian Winter's here.
:18:55. > :18:59.Next week's FA Cup replay between Wolves and Birmingham City has been
:18:59. > :19:02.put back 24 hours. The game will now be televised live from Molineux
:19:02. > :19:11.a week tonight. Before then, both teams face important league games,
:19:11. > :19:16.starting at 7.45 for the Blues at home to Ipswich in the Championship.
:19:16. > :19:24.They do have a lot of quality. They have had some difficulties, but we
:19:24. > :19:28.have found that in this division, after a poor run, any side is
:19:28. > :19:31.capable of putting some a results together.
:19:31. > :19:35.BBC WM has full match commentary from St Andrews. We'll have the
:19:35. > :19:38.goals here tomorrow. It was a night to forget for
:19:38. > :19:41.Hereford United. Beaten at home by one of their relegation rivals. And
:19:41. > :19:44.a bizarre red card to boot. A poor goalkeeping error gave Bristol
:19:44. > :19:48.Rovers an early lead at Edgar Street. But Hereford were level
:19:48. > :19:51.four minutes after the break with a well-taken goal from Delroy Facey.
:19:51. > :19:56.Then this clumsy challenge by Benoit Dalibard was judged worthy
:19:56. > :19:59.of a red card by the referee. And mid-way through the second half,
:19:59. > :20:06.10-man Hereford could not prevent the visitors from scoring the
:20:06. > :20:09.winner. It finished 2-1. When young Jimmy Walker turned up
:20:09. > :20:16.for a trial at Walsall, his football career was hanging in the
:20:16. > :20:19.balance. For a goalkeeper, he was a bit short and a little overweight.
:20:19. > :20:23.But Jimmy's natural ability caught the eye. And now, almost 20 years
:20:23. > :20:26.later, he's all set to create a new club record.
:20:26. > :20:36.At last, it's official. And here's the proof. Even goalkeeping legends
:20:36. > :20:37.
:20:37. > :20:40.must clean their own boots in League One. How are you?
:20:40. > :20:44.James Barry Walker, Wacka to his mates, is about to shatter a record
:20:44. > :20:47.that has stood for more than 30 years. And may never be beaten.
:20:47. > :20:51.When Jimmy jogs out to face Brentford on Saturday, it will be
:20:51. > :20:58.his 530th game in goal for Walsall Football Club.
:20:58. > :21:05.What is it like to be a Walsall legend? It is quite nice. We have
:21:05. > :21:10.had some great times here. Tell us all about him. His dress sense is
:21:10. > :21:17.not too bad, there is a lot worse at the club. Is he worth another
:21:17. > :21:20.contract? I think so. I think he has another 34 games in him.
:21:20. > :21:23.Jimmy has spent most of his 38 years flinging himself around in
:21:23. > :21:27.muddy penalty areas. He arrived on trial, slightly overweight, back in
:21:27. > :21:30.1993. And he's been a firm favourite with the fans ever since.
:21:30. > :21:39.Twice, he's won Player of the Year. And three times, Wacka has helped
:21:39. > :21:43.Walsall win promotion. He is not one for the spectacular, he just
:21:43. > :21:46.wants to make the job look easy. That is a good sign for a
:21:46. > :21:49.goalkeeper. But in 2004, the unthinkable
:21:49. > :21:53.happened. Jimmy got on his bike and swapped Walsall for West Ham. He
:21:53. > :21:56.had waited 32 years to make his Premier League debut. And he loved
:21:56. > :22:02.every minute. Next came 12 months at Tottenham. But when the Saddlers
:22:02. > :22:08.said come home, Jimmy's heart jumped. You are not the tallest
:22:08. > :22:14.goalkeeper. I have heard that a few times. That is what most people say.
:22:14. > :22:17.I have had that all my career. It has been nice to prove people wrong
:22:17. > :22:20.at times. His own goalkeeping hero is Peter
:22:20. > :22:28.Shilton. But there's only one Jimmy Walker for the Walsall fans. And
:22:29. > :22:37.after 530 games, few would bet against him reaching 600 not out.
:22:37. > :22:43.Well done to him. And well done to Britain's gymnasts who qualified
:22:43. > :22:50.for the Olympics at last night. They had to qualify in the top four,
:22:50. > :22:55.but they did even better than that and won the tournament. More sport
:22:56. > :22:59.tomorrow. They do not think I could do that.
:22:59. > :23:02.You have got a bad back at the moment.
:23:02. > :23:04.An entrepreneur written off as lazy by teachers when he was dyslexic
:23:04. > :23:08.has become a champion for others with the condition. Mark Reynolds
:23:08. > :23:10.now runs two successful businesses. He's one of 10% of the population
:23:10. > :23:12.that have dyslexia, including the multi-millionaire Sir Richard
:23:12. > :23:15.Branson and celebrity chef Jamie Oliver. Now, after years of trying
:23:15. > :23:24.to hide his problem, he's open about how he overcame it. Joanne
:23:24. > :23:29.Mark Reynolds owns two commercial cleaning companies in Shropshire,
:23:29. > :23:31.employing 18 people. He's just won more contracts and the business is
:23:32. > :23:35.growing. But his entrepreneurial spirit is a
:23:35. > :23:45.far cry from his school days when he wasn't even diagnosed with
:23:45. > :23:45.
:23:45. > :23:53.dyslexia until he was 13. teacher used to chuck the border
:23:53. > :24:00.rubber at me. I could not copy what he was writing down on the board.
:24:00. > :24:08.And on a school visit to a fire station, this. I was asking one of
:24:08. > :24:13.the officers what qualifications you needed to have to be a fireman,
:24:13. > :24:15.and one of my teachers said, do not worry, you will never be a fireman.
:24:15. > :24:18.Years of knocked confidence fuelled his determination and Mark is now
:24:18. > :24:21.also a retained fireman in Telford. He is one of seven Shropshire
:24:21. > :24:23.firefighters to receive specialist tuition from Eli Wilkinson through
:24:23. > :24:29.a Government scheme. Eli too is dyslexic, but is celebrating five
:24:30. > :24:34.years as a dyslexia consultant. chaps I work with or starting to
:24:34. > :24:38.realise that their own potential and that they are not stupid and
:24:38. > :24:40.debt they have a lot to offer. Market Drayton Infants is a
:24:40. > :24:43.mainstream school, but has won an award and other commendations for
:24:43. > :24:47.the help it gives to children with dyslexic tendencies and other
:24:47. > :24:50.special needs. Six-year-old Tyler has not been
:24:50. > :25:00.diagnosed as dyslexic, but the school recognised that he may have
:25:00. > :25:05.symptoms, so stepped in early to help. And like working with my
:25:05. > :25:07.teacher. Why do you like that? Because I like fishing.
:25:07. > :25:14.Teaching assistant Julie Meijueiro is qualified to help dyslexic
:25:14. > :25:21.children. If they are overlooked, they become disheartened, they lose
:25:21. > :25:24.focus and then bad behaviour starts to creep in. The loser that
:25:24. > :25:27.enjoyment of learning. Mark Reynolds left school without a
:25:27. > :25:30.single qualification. But he now plans to help his tutor inspire
:25:30. > :25:40.others at dyslexia information days which she runs. Joanne Writtle BBC
:25:40. > :25:44.
:25:44. > :25:47.Midlands Today. Midlands Today.
:25:47. > :25:49.Here's Shefali with the weather. Out with the mild, in with the cold.
:25:49. > :25:52.We're reaching that transition point soon. But because clearer
:25:52. > :25:55.skies are involved, although it is going to be turning colder, there
:25:55. > :25:58.will be quite a bit of sunshine in the bargain. At present, we're
:25:58. > :26:02.steering away from the possibility of snow for the hills on Sunday.
:26:02. > :26:05.Most of that now looks confined to the north of us. So one more night
:26:05. > :26:07.of mild weather. Although these winds are going to picking up to
:26:07. > :26:14.the north, more particularly towards Burton upon Trent where
:26:14. > :26:21.there could be gusts of up to 50 miles per hour. It's a largely
:26:21. > :26:31.cloudy but dry picture overnight with lows of only seven Celsius.
:26:31. > :26:31.
:26:31. > :26:35.For some parts, ten. And then we see a cold front heading down from
:26:35. > :26:40.the north tomorrow and so quite a cloudy start to the day and with
:26:40. > :26:46.some light patchy rain, mostly over higher ground. The winds slowly
:26:46. > :26:49.easing and just to round the day off, a little sunshine in the north.
:26:49. > :26:52.But south of the front, temperatures are still up to 12
:26:52. > :26:58.Celsius, although you will start to feel the cold in the north later in
:26:58. > :27:01.the day. It's that colder air that paves the way for the rest of the
:27:01. > :27:06.week. Tomorrow night as temperatures plunge to 1 Celsius,
:27:06. > :27:12.we see some frost, quite clear skies and mist. But really quite a
:27:12. > :27:15.sunny day on Friday and into the weekend as well, just a lot colder.
:27:15. > :27:18.Just before we go, take a look at this. Twitchers have been gathering
:27:18. > :27:21.on Cannock Chase to spot a Great Grey Shrike. There are usually
:27:21. > :27:25.fewer than 30 in the UK as they're native to Scandinavia.
:27:25. > :27:28.The bird's about 7 inches tall and you'll see it on top of large tree
:27:28. > :27:30.stumps. It settles there to look for its prey That's all for tonight,
:27:30. > :27:33.enjoy your evening, we'll see you tomorrow.
:27:33. > :27:36.A look at tonight's main headlines. Blame game. A private company at
:27:36. > :27:38.the heart of the breast implant scare says it's the Government's