:00:03. > :00:09.Hello, welcome to Midlands Today with Suzanne Virdee and Nick Owen.
:00:09. > :00:12.The headlines tonight: forced to watch as the other was killed, a
:00:12. > :00:17.jury's told that's what happened to a frail couple murdered in their
:00:17. > :00:20.home. More serious failures in care at
:00:20. > :00:22.Stafford Hospital and fears it's in dire financial difficulties.
:00:22. > :00:30.Dangerous and on the loose: warnings over a second escaped
:00:30. > :00:35.prisoner, jailed after a vicious attack in Coventry. It smacks of
:00:35. > :00:38.something which has been planned well in advance and with associates
:00:38. > :00:41.on the outside. And they thought they had no future
:00:41. > :00:45.and no chance of a career, the new course helping to turn young lives
:00:45. > :00:55.around. I got a chance to perform in front a bunch of great people
:00:55. > :00:57.
:00:57. > :01:02.and since then, they've helped me a Good evening, welcome to Thursday's
:01:02. > :01:05.Midlands Today from the BBC. Tonight: forced to watch as the
:01:05. > :01:09.other was savagely beaten and killed, a jury's told that's what
:01:09. > :01:12.happened to an elderly couple murdered in their home.
:01:12. > :01:16.Guiseppe and Caterina Massaro were found dead lying side by side on
:01:16. > :01:20.their bed. The jury was told to put aside all emotion in the case and
:01:20. > :01:30.to concentrate on the facts. A 22-year-old Polish man denies the
:01:30. > :01:31.
:01:31. > :01:36.two charges of murder. Lindsey Booth arrived at court
:01:36. > :01:39.today with her family. Last April on Good Friday she discovered her
:01:39. > :01:43.grandparents lying dead in their home in Wolverhampton. The house
:01:43. > :01:47.they'd lived in for more than 50 years had been ransacked. Guiseppe
:01:47. > :01:54.Massaro who was 80 and his wife Caterina who was 77, had been
:01:54. > :01:57.killed in a savage attack with a hammer and a knife. In the dock
:01:57. > :02:00.today 22-year-old Bartnofski listened to the evidence through an
:02:00. > :02:04.interpreter. Last year he arrived next door to the pensioners to stay
:02:04. > :02:12.with his sister. The prosecution claim he entered the frail
:02:12. > :02:15.pensioners home, attacked them and stole their property. The
:02:15. > :02:22.prosecution claimed that forensic scientists found a wealth of
:02:22. > :02:26.material inside the house. His blood was found on the murder
:02:26. > :02:32.weapons, a knife and a hammer. His fingerprints were found on property
:02:32. > :02:38.and documents. It is also claimed that his DNA was discovered inside
:02:38. > :02:45.the clothing of the pensioner. The prosecution say that he must have
:02:45. > :02:52.placed his hand inside a pocket, either while he was dying of war
:02:53. > :02:56.shortly afterwards. Guiseppe and Caterina Massaro left Naples in
:02:56. > :02:58.Italy and arrived in Wolverhampton in 1960 to make a new life for
:02:58. > :03:04.themselves. After they were murdered, two TV sets were taken
:03:04. > :03:06.from their home and sold for �200. Their Peugeot car was also stolen.
:03:06. > :03:16.A 32-year-old man from Wolverhampton Wojciech Ostolski is
:03:16. > :03:16.
:03:16. > :03:26.accused of selling the televisions. The defendant denies the two counts
:03:26. > :03:28.
:03:28. > :03:34.of murder. The trial is expected to last three weeks.
:03:34. > :03:43.Still to come: lessons from the Americans on how to bring up our
:03:43. > :03:46.There've been more serious failures in patient care at Stafford
:03:46. > :03:48.Hospital and tonight there're fears it's in dire financial difficulties
:03:48. > :03:51.too. The details come just weeks after a
:03:51. > :04:01.public inquiry was held into high death rates and appalling standards
:04:01. > :04:06.
:04:06. > :04:12.of care at the hospital. Jeffs life now revolves around
:04:12. > :04:21.trains. In the bad old days, his wife suffered terribly in Stafford
:04:21. > :04:25.hospital. Jeff was horrified that this happened �10 this year. These
:04:25. > :04:31.things... That hospital is not learning from mistakes. They are
:04:31. > :04:35.not doing it. Is it the staff? Is that the management? I don't know.
:04:35. > :04:38.Stafford hospital is also being investigated for its hip fracture
:04:38. > :04:42.or repairs. It is not operating quickly enough and too many
:04:42. > :04:47.patients are having to go back in. The trust board heard there were 19
:04:47. > :04:54.see that if a seal cases when the ship home the have been two. There
:04:54. > :05:00.were still -- for serious incidents last month. One patient later died.
:05:00. > :05:03.We are seeing 3% fewer falls this year than previously. The fact that
:05:03. > :05:08.we have had one which was very serious and has resulted in a
:05:08. > :05:13.person dying during the latter part of last year is a serious concern.
:05:13. > :05:15.The board was told of their efforts to reopen accident and emergency
:05:15. > :05:20.overnight. Staff are being recruited but the earliest it will
:05:20. > :05:23.happen is made. Compared to where it should be, it's got an awful
:05:23. > :05:28.long way to travel. Compared with where it was, it has made some
:05:28. > :05:31.improvements. Some people have put a lot of working. It is clear that
:05:31. > :05:33.management are doing their best to turn things around and they have
:05:33. > :05:37.been improvements. But it was also made clear today that some senior
:05:37. > :05:41.members of staff are not doing enough to help that. And there is
:05:41. > :05:51.still a big mountain to climb. But with for finances slipping, will
:05:51. > :05:57.
:05:57. > :05:59.they be given time to get to the top?
:05:59. > :06:02.We're joined now from Westminster by the Conservative MP for Stafford,
:06:02. > :06:05.Jeremy Lefroy. Thanks for talking to us, Mr Lefroy. This sounds
:06:05. > :06:07.simply outrageous, why isn't it being sorted out? There are many
:06:07. > :06:10.events happening which should not be happening. Many people are
:06:10. > :06:14.suffering stress because of that. We also need to stress that we are
:06:14. > :06:17.in advance of where we were a couple of years ago at the hospital.
:06:17. > :06:21.There are improvements being made but I don't want to downplay the
:06:21. > :06:24.seriousness of each case which affects somebody and the family.
:06:24. > :06:28.your election ticket was based around solving the problems that
:06:28. > :06:31.stuff a hospital. Things seem to be getting worse on the face of it.
:06:31. > :06:34.was about restoring confidence and we have got a huge way to go. I
:06:34. > :06:40.believe we have come a fair distance but clearly, there are
:06:40. > :06:44.many things to do. Firstly, we need to see A&E open 24 / 7. That has
:06:44. > :06:48.been put back for reasons of safety. The trust is not going to take a
:06:48. > :06:51.chance on this. Then there is the serious financial problems you have
:06:51. > :06:55.referred to with a deficit of something like �20 million this
:06:55. > :06:59.year. Are you banging on the Health Secretary's door about this?
:06:59. > :07:02.Absolutely. The trust board has been working hard. I understand
:07:02. > :07:06.there is a meeting next week with the Department of Health over this
:07:06. > :07:10.very issue. I hope we will see a resolution soon have a this.
:07:10. > :07:15.don't see how things are so bad after all. If to understand that,
:07:15. > :07:19.we have to see what we've come from. The outgoing chairman said this was
:07:19. > :07:23.the worst situation he had seen in his long experience. He said things
:07:23. > :07:26.have come on a way but there is a long way to go. That is what we are
:07:26. > :07:34.looking at the moment. I am confident that we will get there.
:07:34. > :07:37.Thank you very much. Police in Warwickshire say a post mortem
:07:37. > :07:40.examination on a body found in a burning car has proved inconclusive.
:07:40. > :07:43.They were called to a field in Aston Cantlow near Alcester
:07:43. > :07:45.yesterday morning. Officers believe they now know who the person was
:07:45. > :07:47.but say formal identification is likely to take some time.
:07:47. > :07:51.The chief constable of Gloucestershire has said policing
:07:51. > :07:54.in the county could be taken to a cliff edge if more funding cuts are
:07:54. > :08:02.imposed. The police authority wants the force to find extra savings,
:08:02. > :08:04.above the �24 million it's already been told to make. In an
:08:04. > :08:12.unprecedented move, Tony Melville has said this would threaten
:08:12. > :08:17.services at the heart of frontline policing.
:08:17. > :08:26.There are calls tonight since those seconds dangerous prisoner escaped
:08:26. > :08:28.from custody. Andrew Farndon from Coventry was freed by a gunman
:08:28. > :08:32.whilst being transferred to hospital. His escape comes just
:08:32. > :08:33.days after John Anslow's prison van was ambushed by an armed gang on
:08:33. > :08:36.Monday. The Ministry of Justice insist the
:08:36. > :08:38.escapes aren't connected but Labour's front bench say the
:08:38. > :08:41.incidents reveal flaws in the prison system and those responsible
:08:41. > :08:44.should be held to account. This man first Prom today manhunt
:08:44. > :08:48.when he leapt from the Doglost on trial at Coventry Crown Court in
:08:48. > :08:52.2007. He received an indeterminate sentence for a hammer attack on a
:08:52. > :08:56.motorist in the city. After receiving a knife injury at High
:08:56. > :08:59.Point Prison in Suffolk, he was transferred to hospital by taxi
:08:59. > :09:02.with two prison officers but awaiting gunman threatened the
:09:02. > :09:07.prison staff and he escaped. He had been convicted of causing grievous
:09:07. > :09:14.bodily harm in 2007. It was an incident in the West Midlands
:09:14. > :09:17.Police area. He has been in custody ever since. He clearly presents a
:09:17. > :09:20.potential risk to members of the public should they tried to
:09:20. > :09:23.intervene. Our advice would be that if you see this man, or you have
:09:23. > :09:26.any information about where he might be, contact us immediately
:09:26. > :09:30.and allow us to deal with the incident. A police in Coventry have
:09:30. > :09:33.been alerted that he could return to this area. It was an issue which
:09:33. > :09:37.didn't concern people from his neighbourhood. He is probably
:09:37. > :09:42.trying to hide. He doesn't want to go back to jail. He will keep his
:09:42. > :09:45.head down. As long as they catch him, it will be all right. Respect
:09:45. > :09:51.someone who grew up with him in Coventry. He felt that he was
:09:51. > :09:54.actually a good lad although he did have temper issues. But he was very
:09:54. > :09:59.clear that he blames the authorities for not keeping him in
:09:59. > :10:03.prison. The categorisation of prisoners is now under scrutiny.
:10:03. > :10:06.The man was considered unlikely to attempt an escape, a decision
:10:06. > :10:10.considering his history, that is now going to be raised in the House
:10:10. > :10:14.of Commons. We need to know what has happened, we've got to get to
:10:14. > :10:18.the bottom of this quickly. Two in one week suggest there is a
:10:18. > :10:22.loophole or something is going wrong somewhere. We cannot wait
:10:22. > :10:27.longer with more prisoners escaping. It the prison overcrowding and the
:10:27. > :10:31.situation we are finding ourselves in at the moment, will be a closed
:10:31. > :10:34.operational capacity, the prisoners -- and prisons are becoming a
:10:34. > :10:38.warehouse. Then prisoners are put into categories they may not be
:10:38. > :10:48.suitable for. Regardless of the outcome, the public want to know
:10:48. > :10:58.
:10:58. > :11:03.that too dangerous prisoners of Almost 5000 children in the region
:11:03. > :11:13.are in local authority care. The NSPCC says it will provide
:11:13. > :11:18.support for vulnerable families and spot the crucial signs of abuse.
:11:18. > :11:23.This role play shows how a neglected child might be identified.
:11:23. > :11:26.We need to be hoping for mother born with a child. These NSPCC
:11:26. > :11:29.charity workers are about to meet some of the most vulnerable
:11:29. > :11:33.families in Birmingham. They would be called in where social workers,
:11:33. > :11:36.for example, have preferred a parent for urgent support.
:11:36. > :11:41.Parenting classes, now widely used in America, would be offered in
:11:41. > :11:45.their own home. Some parents have had neglecting parenting themselves
:11:45. > :11:48.and struggled to understand how best to form relationships and
:11:49. > :11:53.protect children in the home, how best to support children and in
:11:53. > :11:58.people as they grow through their developmental stages. He here, in
:11:58. > :12:02.2010, there are almost 5000 children of all ages on child
:12:02. > :12:06.protection registers. Well over half Or in Birmingham and the Black
:12:06. > :12:10.Country. Zoe was brought up in an abusive home in the West Midlands.
:12:11. > :12:16.If my dad got bored, he would get the belt and had a house across the
:12:16. > :12:26.hands with it because... He would literally put our hands in hot
:12:26. > :12:27.
:12:27. > :12:32.water until the veins became clear. The NSPCC opened a new centre today,
:12:32. > :12:36.with staff working in partnership with the remote city council. Many
:12:36. > :12:41.of the agency's present here today so there will also be cases which
:12:41. > :12:45.go under the rates are. They may remain behind closed doors. The
:12:45. > :12:49.death of this killing 2000 and it was just one of 26 cases where
:12:49. > :12:53.children have died or seriously injured because of abuse or neglect.
:12:53. > :12:57.What changes for the good are you making all is the sort of thing a
:12:57. > :13:02.talking shop? It is much more than a talking shop. In the last year or
:13:02. > :13:06.so, we've made significant changes in Birmingham City social services.
:13:07. > :13:11.We've completely remodelled how we are organised. We've offered much
:13:11. > :13:15.greater and better training to our staff. A victims of abuse like Zoe,
:13:15. > :13:25.who now has her own family, are being told tonight, your voice will
:13:25. > :13:26.
:13:26. > :13:35.be heard. It has taught me how 0 to bring up my kids but the mental
:13:35. > :13:38.Thanks for joining us this Thursday evening, picture perfect, but will
:13:38. > :13:43.the children's efforts get the royal seal of approval? And back in
:13:43. > :13:47.the grip of winter. Night frosts and fog return. We even had a hint
:13:47. > :13:56.of snow today but what will it be tomorrow and over the weekend? All
:13:56. > :14:00.in the forecast later. The family of a man murdered in his
:14:00. > :14:03.home are appealing to the public to help find his killer. Andrew Heath
:14:03. > :14:06.died in an arson attack. His murder is one of three high profile cases
:14:06. > :14:12.from Worcestershire which will feature on the BBC's Crimewatch
:14:12. > :14:15.programe this evening. It's December 14th, and Andrew
:14:15. > :14:20.Heath's home in Worcester is set alight. He calls 999 and
:14:20. > :14:23.frantically tries to escape but his pathway is blocked by the flames.
:14:23. > :14:28.The reconstruction will be shown on the BBC's Crimewatch, as police
:14:28. > :14:32.continue to hunt his killer. Six weeks on and flowers still deck the
:14:32. > :14:41.walkway into what was the 52-year- old's home. His family say he was a
:14:41. > :14:45.kind and caring man. People like to be around 10. He was a big chap
:14:45. > :14:53.with a big personality. He had been was there for quite a long time, he
:14:53. > :15:03.liked it. It felt as if someone had eradicated them. There was very
:15:03. > :15:07.little left. We adopted him, we brought him into our home, he was
:15:07. > :15:17.caring and kind. Police are due to reveal later today how the fire was
:15:17. > :15:22.
:15:22. > :15:25.started. His case will be one of three to be featured on tonight's
:15:25. > :15:28.programme. They'll be renewed appeals over the murder of retired
:15:28. > :15:31.school teacher Betty Yates who was found beaten and stabbed at her
:15:31. > :15:34.home in Bewdley earlier this month, and calls too for help to find
:15:34. > :15:43.suspected killer John Anslow who escaped from a prison escort van in
:15:43. > :15:47.Redditch. What in fact is that having? Obviously it has an issue
:15:47. > :15:50.on resources. We are put the money to one side so have something
:15:50. > :15:53.happens we can do your bit. �10,000 reward's on offer in all
:15:53. > :15:55.three cases. Police hope the Crimewatch appeal will prompt more
:15:55. > :15:59.people to come forward with information.
:15:59. > :16:01.And you can see the full appeals on Crimewatch tonight on BBC One at 9
:16:01. > :16:04.o'clock. The families of wounded soldiers
:16:04. > :16:06.being treated at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham
:16:06. > :16:11.will soon be offered free accommodation at a pioneering new
:16:11. > :16:14.facility - from an idea that originated in America. It's called
:16:14. > :16:17.a Fisher House and building work will begin in April. The BBC's
:16:17. > :16:27.correspondent in Washington, Steve Kingstone, has been finding out how
:16:27. > :16:29.
:16:29. > :16:36.the scheme works on that side of the Atlantic. I was injured in Iraq
:16:36. > :16:39.in 2006. I have had a 66 surgeries since 2006, I am still in recovery
:16:39. > :16:41.mode. 27-year-old Brent tells a story
:16:41. > :16:45.that's all too familiar among a new generation of veterans. He's
:16:45. > :16:53.recovering in Washington, hundreds of miles from home. But in a place
:16:53. > :16:58.where patient's families are encouraged to come and stay. Words
:16:58. > :17:03.can't describe the feeling that soldiers have when they know that
:17:03. > :17:06.their family members can be flown here and have a place to stay on a
:17:06. > :17:09.military base. It's called a Fisher House, with space for up to 20
:17:09. > :17:13.families visiting wounded relatives. They have their own rooms. But the
:17:13. > :17:17.lounge and kitchen are shared. And it's all free. Cherica has come
:17:17. > :17:26.here from Ohio - so baby AJ can spend time with his Dad, Anthony.
:17:26. > :17:32.It's a trip she simply couldn't have paid for herself. It would be
:17:32. > :17:41.devastating financially. We are already having trouble, I'm just
:17:41. > :17:51.thankful we have these types of facilities here. The first picture
:17:51. > :17:54.house was built in 1991. For families here it is all about
:17:54. > :17:57.convenience. And now, the winning formula is being exported to
:17:57. > :17:59.Britain - where wounded soldiers are treated here, at the Queen
:18:00. > :18:02.Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham. A Fisher House will be built where
:18:02. > :18:09.this car park currently stands. Staff say it'll bring huge benefits
:18:10. > :18:13.for patients as well as their families. I think it will be vital,
:18:13. > :18:20.families come from all over the country to visit their loved ones,
:18:20. > :18:24.and if the the soldier knows that his family is being looked after
:18:24. > :18:27.that will speed up the process. It's all costing �4m, almost half
:18:27. > :18:30.of which will come from America's Fisher House Foundation. And while
:18:30. > :18:38."recovery" is a relative term, the lesson here seems to be that
:18:38. > :18:40.journey back is more bearable when it's shared.
:18:40. > :18:42.Turning their talent into a career - young singers, dancers and
:18:42. > :18:46.designers from disadvantaged backgrounds are being encouraged to
:18:46. > :18:50.get creative. They're being given training, advice and the contacts
:18:50. > :18:53.thanks to a Birmingham based company. Many of them are at a
:18:53. > :19:03.showcase event in the city this evening and Ben Sidwell is there
:19:03. > :19:14.
:19:14. > :19:20.Welcome to Birmingham, this is Charlie, like so many people here
:19:20. > :19:27.she is trying to carve out a career in music. Many of those people have
:19:27. > :19:32.become disengaged from society, I have been finding out their stories.
:19:32. > :19:35.They are turning their lives around. Before they won Talent 2011,
:19:35. > :19:38.Pressurize were just a group of young friends with a passion for
:19:38. > :19:41.dancing. Since then, thanks to the help of Birmingham based company
:19:41. > :19:44.Aspire 4U, they've started to try and turn their skills into a full
:19:44. > :19:53.time career and have already performed in front of thousands of
:19:53. > :19:57.people at the Clothes Show. These type of projects are there to
:19:58. > :20:04.support new talent coming up, and to give them the opportunity to
:20:04. > :20:07.showcase their talent to people like myself who why in the industry.
:20:07. > :20:10.Ashley Henson is a great example of how the scheme can work. After
:20:10. > :20:13.winning in 2007, he was given training in event management. Now
:20:13. > :20:20.Ashley is combining work, with a career as an up and coming comedian,
:20:20. > :20:27.as well as putting on various events across Birmingham. A lot of
:20:27. > :20:36.people who put on events only deal would end -- only deal entertainers
:20:36. > :20:39.who are out there. He gives a chance to up and coming people.
:20:39. > :20:42.Like many of those who entered the 2011 compettion, Luke Truth from
:20:42. > :20:52.Redditch was unemployed. He's now getting support, direction and most
:20:52. > :20:56.importantly exposure. I got a chance to perform in front of a
:20:56. > :21:02.bunch of great people, and they have helped me a lot. I have done a
:21:02. > :21:05.couple of other things through them, it's really good. And then there's
:21:05. > :21:14.Benjamin Blake. Thanks to the contacts made, he's about to start
:21:14. > :21:19.a course at university. Now that I can go to university and do
:21:19. > :21:23.something I really like and enjoy, I want to say thank you to them,
:21:23. > :21:26.because I probably wouldn't have gone to university without that.
:21:26. > :21:36.The hope is this year they'll be able create more success stories,
:21:36. > :21:38.
:21:38. > :21:42.starting tonight. Let's speak to the chief executive.
:21:42. > :21:45.You started this whilst US university, why did you do it?
:21:45. > :21:49.think it's very important that everyone takes responsibility for
:21:49. > :21:54.empowering young people in the community, instead of sitting back
:21:54. > :21:56.and complaining. We wanted to provide a platform for young people
:21:56. > :22:01.to be empowered, and to do something with their talent and
:22:01. > :22:05.their community. Something like this, many would say it's very
:22:05. > :22:10.worthy, but as a businesswoman, you're not making huge money, you
:22:10. > :22:15.could do that as they then scored an 80? I think it's important that
:22:16. > :22:23.I work with the young people, and other people see what we are doing
:22:23. > :22:29.and higher rus -- other people will see what we're doing and high-rise
:22:29. > :22:34.to work. Are you finding that people are turning their lives
:22:34. > :22:38.around? We have had some fantastic people coming through our programme.
:22:38. > :22:44.People have gone into university and full-time employment. We have
:22:44. > :22:52.had some fantastic stories. It makes it all worthwhile.
:22:52. > :22:56.showcase start at 7:30pm tonight -- the Showcase will start. Many
:22:56. > :23:05.people are desperate to get into the arts, hopefully they'll be more
:23:05. > :23:13.success stories here. We enjoyed that. We liked that a
:23:14. > :23:16.lot. I will remember them before they become famous.
:23:16. > :23:19.Thousands of schoolchildren across the Midlands are creating self-
:23:19. > :23:23.portraits as part of a national art project which, it's hoped, will
:23:23. > :23:26.break a world record. Each child's picture will be combined into one
:23:26. > :23:36.giant image which will be shown at Buckingham Palace as part of the
:23:36. > :23:37.
:23:37. > :23:44.Queen's Jubilee celebrations. A self portrait of four year old
:23:44. > :23:49.Scarlet. This is Isaac. Here's 6 year old Ewan. And this one is
:23:49. > :23:52.Bella. Every pupil at Lapworth Church of England Primary School is
:23:52. > :23:55.taking part in the Face Britain project, their artwork will become
:23:55. > :24:05.part of the UK's celebrations for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the
:24:05. > :24:09.
:24:09. > :24:14.London Olympics. As a small primary school, with only got 140 children.
:24:14. > :24:18.Taking part of this project is a good chance to become part of the
:24:18. > :24:20.celebrations. It's the biggest art project the country has ever seen.
:24:20. > :24:27.The Face Britain organisers are setting their sights on an
:24:27. > :24:35.ambitious world record. The record for most artists working on the
:24:35. > :24:45.same installation is over a thousand, we are aiming to break
:24:45. > :24:46.
:24:46. > :24:49.out. -- break that. So far around ninety of the region's schools are
:24:49. > :24:58.signed up. Here in Lapworth Class 4's creations are starting to take
:24:58. > :25:08.shape. The eyes and the skin. It's got blonde hair. It is different to
:25:08. > :25:10.everyone else's. Every image will end up here at Buckingham Palace.
:25:10. > :25:14.The children's self-portraits will be turned into a giant mosaic of
:25:14. > :25:17.the Queen's face which will then be projected onto the wall, like this!
:25:17. > :25:26.More than 100 works of art created in Lapworth, soon be seen by
:25:26. > :25:31.millions in London. Let's find out what's happening in
:25:31. > :25:36.the weather. Well there was no mistaking it's
:25:36. > :25:39.winter today. The cold is now here to stay for the next few days but
:25:39. > :25:41.it is looking largely dry, quite sunny but with night frosts and fog.
:25:41. > :25:44.Just a degree uncertainty still surrounding Sunday's forecast as
:25:44. > :25:52.this warm front heads in from the West with wetter milder conditions
:25:52. > :25:56.competing with the colder, drier competing with the colder, drier
:25:56. > :26:00.Easterly winds. It looks as though it'll stay to the West. If the line
:26:00. > :26:05.between wet and dry is blurred it's most likely to be in Western parts
:26:05. > :26:09.of the region. This evening and we still have quite peppering of
:26:09. > :26:19.showers across us but they will gradually die out as the night goes
:26:19. > :26:22.
:26:22. > :26:25.on and then under clearer skies, temperatures dip to 2 C. We start
:26:25. > :26:29.off sunny and dry tomorrow - but even though high pressure is going
:26:29. > :26:31.to kill off most of the showers, there is line of then spilling in
:26:31. > :26:41.through the Cheshire Gap and running a diagonal line from
:26:41. > :26:49.
:26:49. > :26:53.Northwest to Southeast. It'll feel the same as today though with a
:26:54. > :26:56.noticeably breeze and highs of 5-6 C. And then it's tomorrow night
:26:56. > :26:59.that winds finally drop and as the temperatures fall away to freezing
:27:00. > :27:02.or just below a there'll be a fairly widespread frost and some
:27:02. > :27:04.fog tomorrow night. Into Saturday morning, a chilly one this weekend
:27:04. > :27:08.but plenty of dry weather and some sunshine.
:27:08. > :27:11.A look at tonight's main headlines: Numerous warnings ignored, a school
:27:11. > :27:14.in Somerset has been criticised for failing to protect children from a
:27:14. > :27:17.paedophile teacher employed for more than a decade. And forced to
:27:17. > :27:19.watch as the other was killed, a jury's told that's what happened to
:27:19. > :27:22.a frail couple murdered in their home.
:27:22. > :27:25.And, before we go, a reminder that the secrets of the Staffordshire
:27:25. > :27:29.Hoard of anglo-saxon gold will be unravelled tonight. It was found in
:27:29. > :27:32.a farmer's field in 2009 and sheds new light on life in the Midlands
:27:32. > :27:34.1400 years ago. TV historian Dan Snow has pieced together some of
:27:34. > :27:37.the clues to paint a colourful picture of the Dark Ages.
:27:37. > :27:39.And the programme, called Saxon Hoard: A Golden Discovery, will be
:27:39. > :27:41.Hoard: A Golden Discovery, will be on BBC Two, tonight at 8pm.