:00:10. > :00:13.Welcome to Midlands Today. The headlines: danger is an on the run,
:00:13. > :00:15.and armed gangs spring a man charged with murder from a prison
:00:15. > :00:20.van. How did they know he was in that
:00:20. > :00:23.fan? Warnings about travelling to
:00:24. > :00:29.Pakistan as investigations continue into the murder of a Birmingham
:00:29. > :00:33.father. They are saying not to travel by rail, calf. We would not
:00:33. > :00:37.recommend travel to Pakistan at part of -- at all at the moment.
:00:37. > :00:44.Come planes that one in five people in Coventry are now living in
:00:44. > :00:54.Coventry. -- complaints. Pressure increases on Wolves boss
:00:54. > :01:02.
:01:02. > :01:04.Good evening. Our top story tonight: a prison van is ambushed
:01:04. > :01:09.and a prisoner described as dangerous is on the loose.
:01:09. > :01:13.Three masked men forced the band to stop and used as much home --
:01:13. > :01:17.sledgehammers. They released John Anslow who was on his way to the
:01:17. > :01:22.court to face a charge of murder. One prison escort was hurt in the
:01:22. > :01:27.attack which happened Where's the van left Hewell Prison.
:01:27. > :01:32.The prison van at the centre of the drama, ambushed within seconds of
:01:32. > :01:35.leaving the prison. On board, John Anslow from Tipton in the Black
:01:35. > :01:44.Country, a man the police warn tonight the public should not
:01:44. > :01:49.approach. Anslow is an extremely dangerous man and we urge anybody
:01:49. > :01:53.who sees them not to approach him but to contact the police
:01:53. > :01:57.immediately. There were three men in the gang, two of them with
:01:57. > :02:03.sledgehammers, smashed the driver's window punched him in the face and
:02:03. > :02:08.forced him to open up. The gang climbed back into their Volkswagen
:02:08. > :02:10.Scirocco with John Anslow and we believe that a mile and a half-
:02:10. > :02:16.awake they switched vehicles completing their escape in a silver
:02:16. > :02:20.Mercedes. This was an operation meticulously planned. Some are now
:02:20. > :02:28.questioning how the gang knew what van to target and when. How did
:02:28. > :02:34.they know it was that particular present van? That is a question I
:02:34. > :02:38.would ask. There are a lot of prison vans coming out on a Monday
:02:38. > :02:44.morning? They are going to courts all over the country. John Anslow
:02:44. > :02:49.was charged last week with a murder in 20th July 10 of Richard Deakin,
:02:49. > :02:58.boss of a skip hire firm, at his home in Chasetown. Four other men
:02:58. > :03:03.face the same ever charged. Hewell Prison, the last escape here was
:03:03. > :03:13.three years ago. That such a dangerous inmate should be sprung
:03:13. > :03:13.
:03:13. > :03:17.up so brazenly is as embarrassing as it is worrying me.
:03:17. > :03:21.As you said in the report, it seems to have been a very well-planned
:03:22. > :03:26.escape? And quickly planned as well when you consider he was only
:03:26. > :03:29.charged with murder last week. The police say that John Anslow has
:03:29. > :03:34.connections around the country which makes it more difficult for
:03:34. > :03:38.them, especially in London. He also has connections abroad. It is
:03:38. > :03:42.likely that he has fled abroad or is seeking to do so. Ken Clarke has
:03:42. > :03:46.said that the pack showing Anslow is a top priority. There are
:03:46. > :03:52.questions the of authorities will want to a packed, not least how did
:03:52. > :03:57.began as such did information about the van? Also what about security
:03:57. > :04:01.arrangements for transporting people to court. There has been an
:04:01. > :04:11.incident room set up and anyone with information is asked to phone
:04:11. > :04:13.
:04:13. > :04:19.The Prison van driver is said to have been treated in hospital. He
:04:19. > :04:25.was not seriously hurt. The family of Richard Deakin, the man John
:04:25. > :04:30.Anslow has been accused of murdering, have been informed and
:04:30. > :04:35.are said to be shocked. The woman whose husband was shot
:04:35. > :04:39.dead in front of her in Pakistan is calling on the UK Embassy to call
:04:39. > :04:44.on them to do more. Travel agents are warning of the dangers of
:04:44. > :04:49.visiting Pakistan. The Foreign Office is avoiding people -- is
:04:49. > :04:59.advising people to avoid travel to some areas. There are many people
:04:59. > :05:01.
:05:01. > :05:05.of Pakistani origin living in this A family photo in happier times.
:05:05. > :05:09.Rubana Mukhtar and her husband Azhar Iqbal were shopping on
:05:09. > :05:13.holiday in Rawalpindi, a trip which ended with their nine-year-old
:05:14. > :05:17.daughter watching her father being shot dead. 12 days on, Rubana
:05:17. > :05:22.Mukhtar contacted BBC WM to say the Pakistani authorities are not
:05:22. > :05:26.giving them information. I have had a brief conversation with someone
:05:26. > :05:31.from the British Embassy. He said they would contact the police
:05:31. > :05:37.station and get back to me but I have not had any thing else. The
:05:37. > :05:47.only way to get a move on is to put pressure on them. Her wait for news
:05:47. > :05:47.
:05:47. > :05:51.may be a long one. In December 2010, Zafran Jamil was kidnapped. He was
:05:51. > :05:55.released four months later after a ransom was paid. He suffers from
:05:55. > :06:01.post-traumatic stress disorder. He told me that the Pakistani
:06:01. > :06:08.authorities are unhelpful. England, we have the police
:06:08. > :06:13.everywhere, the government, pushing to find us, to look for us. In
:06:13. > :06:16.Pakistan, it is a totally different story. As far as they're concerned,
:06:16. > :06:21.if you are gone, you are gone. Foreign Office says it is in
:06:21. > :06:25.contact with the a verities in Rawalpindi. The family's MP is
:06:25. > :06:29.investigating a response of emergency services. The hospital,
:06:29. > :06:32.to start out with, refused to do anything until a male relative
:06:32. > :06:39.signed the forms a major act. If you are taken to hospital, one
:06:39. > :06:43.assumes that people will will try to save your life. Tonight, travel
:06:43. > :06:52.agents are one the against unnecessary travel to Pakistan.
:06:52. > :06:56.Their offence of terror Vision -- terrorism. We would not recommend
:06:56. > :07:00.travel to Pakistan at all at the moment. Rubana Mukhtar says she
:07:00. > :07:06.will not return home to step to bed until she returns more -- learns
:07:06. > :07:10.more about the gunman who tuck her husband's life.
:07:10. > :07:14.We are joined now by Midlands journalist Amardeep Bassey he was
:07:14. > :07:19.thrown in a cell in Pakistan 10 years ago on suspicion of being an
:07:19. > :07:22.Indian spy. That part of the world has been described as the most
:07:23. > :07:27.dangerous in the world. Is it? is what Barack Obama described it
:07:27. > :07:31.as last year. The problem with that region of Pakistan is that it
:07:31. > :07:39.borders Afghanistan. You have a lot of people moving in and out of
:07:39. > :07:46.Afghanistan in particular. How much trust cannot Rubana Mukhtar have in
:07:46. > :07:49.the authorities to trace the killers of her husband? How much
:07:49. > :07:54.trust can Rubana Mukhtar? system is very different to hear.
:07:54. > :07:58.They're open to corruption. Some people are literally lost in the
:07:58. > :08:01.system for years. She is going to find it difficult to get answers
:08:01. > :08:06.and to get any kind of breakthroughs or developments at
:08:06. > :08:09.any time soon. Inevitably, people of Pakistani origin from here are
:08:09. > :08:15.going to want to go back to see family. It must be very difficult
:08:15. > :08:23.knowing how dangerous cities. very difficult. They have to be
:08:23. > :08:27.very careful, particularly those with dual citizenship. They can be
:08:27. > :08:32.detained there at some length. They do have to be very careful. Do you
:08:32. > :08:36.think it will get safer any time soon? It does not appear so. There
:08:37. > :08:41.seems to be a lot of bomb attacks and a lot of violence. Because of
:08:41. > :08:45.the strained relationship with America, the security situation is
:08:45. > :08:49.deteriorating if anything. In other news, a court has heard
:08:49. > :08:54.claims that a Roman Catholic priests sexually abused young boys
:08:54. > :08:55.over a period of almost 20 years. Alexander Bede Walsh work in
:08:55. > :09:01.schools and parishes across the Midlands.
:09:01. > :09:05.The allegations date back as far as 1970. Our Staffordshire reporter
:09:05. > :09:10.was in court. Alexander Bede Walsh, here on the right, faces 27 charges
:09:10. > :09:15.in connection with the sexual abuse of eight boys between eight and 16
:09:15. > :09:21.years old. It is claimed the abuse was committed in the 1970s, 80s and
:09:21. > :09:24.90s. Mr Walsh was a priest at this Roman Catholic Church in Cheadle in
:09:24. > :09:27.North Staffordshire. The court was told that one young boy was given
:09:27. > :09:33.alcohol before he was abused and told that if he drank it quickly,
:09:33. > :09:39.he would go to heaven. Opening the case for the prosecution, Robert
:09:39. > :09:44.Price said the priest was able to carry out to be his because he was
:09:44. > :09:49.respected and his position allowed him access to young boys. The boys'
:09:49. > :09:54.families had absolute trust in him. Jurors were also told Mr Worsnop
:09:54. > :10:01.has a previous conviction for making and -- Mr Walsh has a
:10:01. > :10:05.previous conviction for making indecent images of children.
:10:05. > :10:09.Alexander Bede Walsh denies all of the charges he faces. His trial is
:10:09. > :10:16.expected to last between two and the three weeks. Jurors are begin
:10:16. > :10:20.to begin hearing evidence from witnesses tomorrow.
:10:20. > :10:24.A �10,000 reward is being offered to find the killer of a retired
:10:24. > :10:29.teacher from Worcestershire. Betty Yates, 77, was found dead at her
:10:29. > :10:32.home near Bewdley on 4th January. She had been stabbed and beaten to
:10:32. > :10:34.death with her walking stick. Crimestoppers have put up the
:10:35. > :10:39.reward. Villagers have been helping to
:10:39. > :10:45.search for a 63-year-old woman who has been missing for four days.
:10:45. > :10:50.Police are becoming increasingly concerned for the safety of Alethea
:10:50. > :10:55.Taylor. She was last seen on Thursday. A search team including
:10:55. > :11:01.hundreds of residents have set up a base in the village hall. What is
:11:01. > :11:04.the latest this evening? Basically, the official search for
:11:04. > :11:10.Alethea Taylor have been called off tonight. It is dark. Some villagers
:11:10. > :11:15.will be going back out later just in case. She disappeared last week.
:11:15. > :11:20.The police helicopter has been up, mountain rescue have been out.
:11:20. > :11:25.Teeth inspector, Tel-Me, are you starting to give up hope? -- Chief
:11:25. > :11:28.Inspector. A definitely not. Our concern is growing but we will
:11:28. > :11:31.continue searching until we have covered all of the ground we can
:11:31. > :11:39.cover. We will also look at whether she has travelled further outside
:11:39. > :11:48.of the area. We will certainly not give up hope. You have found some
:11:48. > :11:52.items of clothing. Both items are not hers. The one thing that has
:11:52. > :11:55.made this amazing is the response from the villagers. You are one of
:11:55. > :12:00.the people co-ordinating the search. Tell me why you have gone to so
:12:00. > :12:03.much effort. This is a very close community. I would like to think
:12:03. > :12:08.that if anything happened to me or anyone else in the village, we
:12:08. > :12:12.would get the same support. The village support is tremendous at
:12:12. > :12:20.the moment and we hope it carries on. You are not going to stop?
:12:20. > :12:24.will keep going and keep going. Until there is a result on this.
:12:24. > :12:29.have to say, as soon as we finish this interview, he will be going
:12:29. > :12:33.back out and the official search will start again tomorrow.
:12:33. > :12:37.More than 600 rescue animals may have to be destroyed according to a
:12:37. > :12:42.charity which is facing eviction. Many are too old or frail to be
:12:42. > :12:46.moved. The owner of the land insists that the sanctuary was only
:12:46. > :12:50.supposed to stay on a temporary basis.
:12:50. > :12:55.Janet Taylor shows me around the Farm Animal Sanctuary which she
:12:55. > :12:59.runs at each jump. Behind many of the 635 animals here is a
:12:59. > :13:05.heartbreaking story. He was by the side of are the road with the body
:13:05. > :13:09.of his mother. There are also ponies, a donkey, pigs and rescued
:13:09. > :13:14.battery hens. The charity relies on public donations to meet its weekly
:13:14. > :13:21.running costs of around �2,000. After 14 years, they have been told
:13:21. > :13:25.to leave. We have no way to go. A lot of these animals we would not
:13:25. > :13:31.be able to move from welfare at reasons. A lot of the older sheep
:13:31. > :13:34.have arthritis. It would be cruel to attempt to move them. Supporters
:13:34. > :13:42.including the actress Joanna Lumley are supporting their legal fight
:13:42. > :13:48.against eviction. After 14 years and occupation, we do not know why
:13:48. > :13:52.it they have been served with an eviction notice. Janet says she has
:13:52. > :13:56.never paid rent here and believed the 60 five-acre farm was given to
:13:56. > :14:00.them for the life of the charity. Lawyers acting for the other side
:14:00. > :14:03.have sent as a statement on behalf of their client. It says she has
:14:03. > :14:08.owned Manor Orchard Farm since 1997 and is an animal lover and has
:14:08. > :14:12.generously allowed the farm animal sanctuary to occupy it payment free
:14:12. > :14:17.on a temporary basis for 14 years. With no where else to go, the
:14:17. > :14:23.charity says the animals may have to be destroyed. What are you going
:14:23. > :14:26.to do? I have no idea. It is an absolute nightmare. The matter will
:14:26. > :14:36.be heard at the High Court in Bristol. In the meantime, the
:14:36. > :14:37.
:14:38. > :14:43.sanctuary is still taking in Still ahead: An update on the
:14:43. > :14:47.Coventry explorer who is halfway to a remarkable first.
:14:47. > :14:52.Compared to that, we can hardly complain about our lot this week
:14:52. > :15:01.but there is some snow, it could cause destruction and that is not
:15:01. > :15:05.all. It is a week of plenty. Poverty in one of our major cities
:15:05. > :15:09.is so bad that one in five people rely on food handouts. That is
:15:09. > :15:12.according to charity workers in Coventry who warn if the Government
:15:12. > :15:18.go ahead with the current planned cap on benefits, the situation will
:15:18. > :15:23.get even worse. One of those trying to help the hungry is charity
:15:23. > :15:28.worker Kervin Julien. Every week on a Sunday you'll find
:15:28. > :15:32.me here feeding the homeless and hungry. Get in the queue, please.
:15:32. > :15:37.Recently, the queues have been getting longer. I want to find out
:15:37. > :15:43.why. Food banks like this one in Coventry are inundated. Volunteers
:15:43. > :15:49.are feeding 150 for -- 150 mouths every week. These people are
:15:49. > :15:54.desperate. In this city, win a 20 % of the population are living on the
:15:54. > :16:01.breadline, that is after paying for food and fuel and everything else,
:16:01. > :16:09.they have nothing left. At another centre I meet 18-year-old Alesha.
:16:09. > :16:15.Most of the time it is a Packer sip meal a day. They are 17p from ASDA.
:16:15. > :16:19.Today, Alesha will eat. She has enough food to keep her going for
:16:19. > :16:23.three days. Oxfam says one in seven poor people in the West Midlands
:16:23. > :16:28.regularly go without food to ensure that family can eat. I think,
:16:28. > :16:33.without charity, a lot of people would start. After the intervention
:16:33. > :16:37.of the food bank, Alesha's cupboards are full. Head
:16:37. > :16:42.Jobseeker's Allowance has been reinstated but she is still living
:16:42. > :16:46.hand to mouth. I would love to be able to cook a massive dinner or a
:16:46. > :16:52.fry-up but I have not got the right resources and I cannot afford to
:16:52. > :16:57.buy the stuff anyway. The sad cases, there is not just one Alesha, there
:16:57. > :17:01.are thousands of people living in that sort of existence. It is an
:17:01. > :17:05.existence. There is no purpose or meaning to it. They're just going
:17:05. > :17:09.from day today, hand to mouth, wondering where the next meal will
:17:09. > :17:15.come from. We can talk to Kevin now. He is in
:17:15. > :17:21.our Coventry studio. First of all, tell us about Alesha's story. We
:17:21. > :17:25.saw a picture of a baby. Is that her baby and if she parted from the
:17:25. > :17:30.baby? Yes, she has a 17 months son who lives with her mother because
:17:30. > :17:36.she does not have the resources to look after the child. What you mean
:17:36. > :17:41.by resources? She had no cooker or fridge. We provided her with one
:17:41. > :17:46.just before Christmas that she had nothing. It is heartbreaking to see
:17:46. > :17:50.people queuing for food like that. You are saying one in seven people
:17:50. > :17:56.in Coventry go hungry, is that really true in this day and age? It
:17:56. > :18:00.is an incredible, depressing statistic. It is. We are watching
:18:00. > :18:05.an alarmingly increasing number of people accessing our services. We
:18:05. > :18:10.have been doing this for four years. We started with three or four
:18:10. > :18:14.people, increasing to 10 or 20 but in the last year there has been a
:18:14. > :18:19.massive increase, probably close to 200 % in the amount of people
:18:20. > :18:25.accessing our services. You have got big concerns about the
:18:25. > :18:29.government's plans to cap benefits, tell us why. They are talking about
:18:29. > :18:33.the cap being at �26,000 which will be a lot of money to some people.
:18:33. > :18:37.It is not just about the cap, it has all the other things which the
:18:37. > :18:41.government is doing to transaction people on benefits, to manipulate
:18:41. > :18:45.statistics so it looks like Les people claiming benefits than There
:18:45. > :18:48.are. When he continued put these people through all of these hoops,
:18:48. > :18:54.they go into debt which means they eventually turn up homeless. Thank
:18:54. > :19:00.you. You can see more on this tonight on
:19:00. > :19:04.Inside Out at 7:30pm on BBC One. We can talk football now. It has
:19:04. > :19:10.been a miserable weekend for Wolves fans but Dan is here with a glimmer
:19:10. > :19:16.of good news. Yes, Emmanuel Frimpong could be
:19:16. > :19:22.back in training again, despite being injured in Saturday's defeat
:19:22. > :19:26.against Aston Villa. It is a much- needed boost for manager Mick
:19:26. > :19:30.McCarthy who saw his side slip into the bottom three.
:19:30. > :19:34.Something hot and steamy to keep out the winter's Gill. There has
:19:34. > :19:40.only been one hot topic at Steve Franklin's city centre hot dog van
:19:40. > :19:42.today, Wolves and their worrying slide down the Premier League. The
:19:42. > :19:47.news stands say it has left manager Mick McCarthy under pressure but
:19:47. > :19:51.what do the fans think? We have stagnated. Mick McCarthy has done a
:19:51. > :19:55.great job keeping us here but it is no good just keeping us here. We
:19:55. > :20:00.want better performance as. Getting feedback saying things aren't
:20:00. > :20:05.working out. To be honest, I think he is the manager for the job.
:20:05. > :20:09.wins out of 20 games, not good enough and it is not improving. The
:20:09. > :20:12.problem is, who do you replace him with? Everyone is entitled to their
:20:12. > :20:16.own opinion but the reason the papers are saying pressure is
:20:16. > :20:21.growing on which -- Mick McCarthy it is because Wolves lost to Aston
:20:21. > :20:29.Villa on Saturday. The game was breathless from the moment Darren
:20:29. > :20:33.Bent's penalty put Wolves ahead. Michael Kyte Lee put them level and
:20:33. > :20:38.Dave Edwards scored after the break. But Robbie Keane scored for Villa,
:20:38. > :20:47.and Manuel Frimpong was stretchered off after an accidental kick to the
:20:48. > :20:55.head and after her -- Robbie Keane supplied the winner. There is a lot
:20:55. > :21:04.more can go wrong, a penalty, sending off, I don't know where
:21:04. > :21:11.Lady Luck was but she was not in a waltz shirt. But their rivals won
:21:11. > :21:16.against Stoke City. Graham Dorans gave West Bromwich Albion a 2-1
:21:16. > :21:19.victory which gives them a seven- point cushion over the bottom three.
:21:19. > :21:23.Birmingham City have agreed to sell the winger Jean Beausejour to Wigan
:21:24. > :21:29.Athletic. There is no word yet on the fee and he is yet to agree
:21:29. > :21:33.personal terms but he could -- his last game could have been the
:21:33. > :21:38.victory over Watford on Saturday. The on-loan striker Alex Nimeley
:21:38. > :21:42.made a fine debut for Coventry City scoring his first goal for the club
:21:42. > :21:47.in a 3-1 win over Middlesbrough at the Ricoh.
:21:47. > :21:50.You can see a special report on Port Vale on Late Kick Off tonight
:21:50. > :21:54.at five past 11. A Staffordshire teenager said she
:21:54. > :22:00.had to pinch herself after winning a silver medal at the 20th Olympics
:22:00. > :22:08.in Austria. 17-year-old Jazmin Sawyers from Stoke-on- Trent is the
:22:08. > :22:12.brakemen in Britain's to woman bobsleigh team. -- two woman
:22:12. > :22:18.bobsleigh team. This is the most exciting thing we have ever done.
:22:18. > :22:21.Just to be part of the games is an incredible experience. To win a
:22:21. > :22:30.silver medal is incredible. It is the highlight of my life.
:22:30. > :22:35.Well done to her. You made a documentary about Basil D'Oliveira,
:22:35. > :22:40.didn't you, Nick? He was such a significant figure. You cannot
:22:40. > :22:44.underestimate that. This guy, when he was the top non-white cricketer
:22:44. > :22:49.in South Africa as a youngster, he was not even allowed to watch
:22:49. > :22:52.first-class cricket, let alone play. It is the equivalent of being here
:22:52. > :22:56.and having to watch cricket at Lord's from a tree outside. You can
:22:56. > :23:01.see why he came here and why to such a great story that he came and
:23:01. > :23:07.helped begin the ending of apartheid. On 7:30pm on Inside Out
:23:07. > :23:09.there will be more on a story. If you think it is cold outside,
:23:09. > :23:14.explorer Mark Wood is halfway through his attempt to become the
:23:14. > :23:18.first person to ski solo to the north and south poles. Today, he
:23:18. > :23:22.took time out from his expedition to talk live via a video link to
:23:23. > :23:26.pupils at his former school in Coventry. He is in Canada to begin
:23:26. > :23:31.preparations for the second part of his challenge.
:23:31. > :23:37.I am really pleased to say that I am standing at the Geographic South
:23:37. > :23:41.Pole. 15 days ago, there was no disguising the euphoria as Mark
:23:42. > :23:46.Wood made it to the South Pole on skis. Thanks to the wonders of
:23:46. > :23:53.modern communication, today, the intrepid explorer made it into a
:23:53. > :24:01.classroom at his former school, Finham Park in Coventry. Hello. How
:24:01. > :24:05.are you? Ma Arca, 45-year-old former soldier and fire fighter,
:24:05. > :24:09.has arrived in Ottawa and Canada are preparing to ski to the North
:24:09. > :24:13.Pole -- Mark. Today was a chance for pupils to catch up on his
:24:13. > :24:19.adventures. When you went to the South Pole did you get any
:24:19. > :24:25.hallucinations? I did not hallucinate as in my mind and my
:24:25. > :24:31.eyes seeing staff but I learnt how to put my mind in different places,
:24:31. > :24:39.rather than the situation I was in. DDC any penguins? There were no
:24:39. > :24:44.penguins, no birds, nothing at all lives within that area. For Mark's
:24:44. > :24:49.Challenge started in the Antarctic on November 20th. About 650 miles
:24:49. > :24:55.later he reached the South Pole. Now in February, he will walk
:24:55. > :24:59.across the Arctic to the North Pole, a journey of about 480 miles. Even
:24:59. > :25:04.then it is shorter, his next trek is considered more dangerous
:25:04. > :25:08.because of moving eyes and polar bears. Mark has lost three stone
:25:08. > :25:12.and plans to regain the wait before his North Pole challenge, I
:25:12. > :25:20.challenge these people say they would not want to share. I would
:25:20. > :25:30.feel lonely and bored. I cannot be without people. But they are full
:25:30. > :25:33.
:25:33. > :25:42.of admiration for the adventurer. Best of luck, Mark. I do admire him.
:25:42. > :25:46.Now the weather. I think it is a It is no easy task summarising this
:25:46. > :25:54.week because there is so much chopping and changing going on. It
:25:54. > :25:58.will be wintry. A warm front followed by a cold. When we are
:25:58. > :26:03.caught in the middle we are in a warm sector so temperatures will
:26:03. > :26:08.rise but temperatures are picking up. We are not quite there yet. We
:26:08. > :26:12.have clear skies across as this evening. That will send
:26:12. > :26:18.temperatures plunging down to-four Celsius in the countryside, minus
:26:18. > :26:22.one in built up areas. That will give us a frost and mist and fog
:26:22. > :26:28.patches developing. Later on tonight, we will see the clouds
:26:28. > :26:32.thickening up from the West. There will be rain across most parts. It
:26:32. > :26:38.is a wet start to the day across all parts tomorrow morning. Still a
:26:38. > :26:43.raw feel to the day. As the rain comes into contact with the colder
:26:43. > :26:48.air from the east, that could turn into snow over the hills. The rain
:26:48. > :26:53.starts to clear-up by the afternoon. Quite cloudy across the region. On
:26:53. > :26:59.the surface, the temperatures look good. You think, why was it so cold
:26:59. > :27:03.and then mild? Tomorrow night is a lot milder. We are looking at it
:27:03. > :27:09.being cloudy with some spit sun spots of rain. Temperatures only
:27:09. > :27:17.falling down to eight Celsius compared to tonight's-four. On
:27:17. > :27:22.Wednesday we are looking at highs I was on the Lancashire coast on
:27:22. > :27:26.Saturday and it was very, very windy. Tonight's main headlines:
:27:26. > :27:30.Plans to impose a benefits cap run into trouble in the House of Lords.
:27:30. > :27:34.And an escaped prisoner is on the loose tonight after he was freed
:27:34. > :27:37.following an ambush on a prison van in Worcestershire. He is described