:00:04. > :00:07.with Nick Owen and Suzanne Virdee. The headlines tonight:
:00:07. > :00:10.More destinations and more flights - the Transport Secretary is told
:00:10. > :00:14.work could begin in the summer to extend the runway at Birmingham
:00:14. > :00:17.Airport. Birmingham has capacity. Longer term, it wil be connected
:00:17. > :00:22.with High Speed Rail which will be another real advantage for
:00:22. > :00:31.Birmingham and the airport. Plenty of warning about the white-
:00:31. > :00:34.out weekend, but was the road- Returning to normal.
:00:34. > :00:37.Signs of a brighter future as the number of new apprentices rockets
:00:37. > :00:40.by 70% in a year. 480,000 more people next September will enter
:00:40. > :00:43.the world of apprenticeships than the world of university.
:00:43. > :00:53.And a former world champion boxer investigates who hacked into his
:00:53. > :01:02.
:01:02. > :01:05.Good evening, welcome to Monday's Midlands Today from the BBC.
:01:05. > :01:11.Tonight, more flights, more choice - controversial work to extend the
:01:11. > :01:14.runway at Birmingham Airport could begin as early as this summer. The
:01:14. > :01:16.Transport Secretary Justine Greening was told today that a
:01:16. > :01:21.longer runway will help to open the region up to long-range
:01:21. > :01:23.destinations around the globe. A link-up with the High Speed Rail
:01:23. > :01:25.project could also turn Birmingham into a major international
:01:25. > :01:27.transport hub, helping to drive economic recovery.
:01:27. > :01:30.Environmentalists condemned the proposals saying taxpayers would be
:01:30. > :01:38.left to foot the bill at a time of cuts to public services. Here's our
:01:38. > :01:42.Rising out of the winter gloom, the first tangible commitment to the
:01:42. > :01:48.runway extension. A new �33 million control tower, replacing the old
:01:48. > :01:51.tower. One from which you can't even see where the extended runway
:01:51. > :01:57.would end. So with no new runways promised for London's congested
:01:57. > :01:59.airports, could this one help to take the strain? Justine Greening
:01:59. > :02:02.was told the state-of-the-art International Pier, opened two
:02:02. > :02:12.years ago, could cope with an extra nine million passengers a year, as
:02:12. > :02:15.
:02:15. > :02:21.of now. This place is genuinely world-class up last but frustrated
:02:21. > :02:23.managers here can't get enough of the world's Airlines coming here to
:02:23. > :02:26.stop the business is going to London.
:02:26. > :02:30.With a new Transport Secretary in the driving seat, the Government
:02:30. > :02:36.want to know if facilities here are up to the job of delivering more
:02:36. > :02:38.flights for Midlanders, and a new option for Londoners too. People in
:02:38. > :02:42.Birmingham have they great airport which is well connected to London
:02:42. > :02:47.and hopefully have more flights to more just -- more destinations so
:02:47. > :02:50.it is good news for them and good news for Londoners and in the time
:02:50. > :02:57.it could take them to go to the Piccadilly line to Heathrow, they
:02:57. > :02:59.might be able to get on high-speed rail and go to Birmingham as well.
:02:59. > :03:02.Airport managers hope to persuade environmental campaigners that it's
:03:02. > :03:05.a more eco-friendly option to extend this existing runway than to
:03:05. > :03:08.build a brand new one in the south- east. But opponents condemn the
:03:08. > :03:14.proposed increase in runway capacity as an unwarranted drain on
:03:15. > :03:21.the public purse. Taxpayers will have to foot the bill for that
:03:21. > :03:25.extension by paying more towards the course to divert the offer to
:03:25. > :03:28.45 at the time that the economy is cash-strapped, the taxpayer will
:03:28. > :03:31.have to foot the bill which does not seem fair when it should be
:03:31. > :03:33.spent on public services. It has been an epic battle for
:03:33. > :03:36.airport managers, initially to gain planning permission and then to
:03:36. > :03:39.secure the business case. Shareholders have been studying the
:03:39. > :03:42.tenders for the project, and are expected to reach a final decision
:03:42. > :03:45.at the end of this month. If all goes to plan, work could begin as
:03:45. > :03:49.early as this summer, with the first non-stop flights to the
:03:49. > :03:59.Pacific Rim two years after that. Patrick joins us from the airport
:03:59. > :04:01.
:04:01. > :04:05.now. How confident is the airport but their work will begin in summer.
:04:05. > :04:10.There is cautious optimism here. The optimism explained by the far
:04:11. > :04:15.they have been talking seriously about extending it for nearly 40
:04:15. > :04:19.years so nobly wants to tempt fate but we know as a result of today,
:04:19. > :04:24.there is real, serious political will at the top. I am joined by the
:04:24. > :04:31.chief executive of Birmingham Airport. If everything goes to plan,
:04:31. > :04:35.those flights using the new runway will begin in summer 2014. How
:04:35. > :04:41.realistic is it? It is very realistic. The board has to sign
:04:41. > :04:44.this off the shelf. The tenders have been received, and hopefully
:04:44. > :04:48.in the next few weeks will have the decision to move forward.
:04:48. > :04:51.Secretary of State was here thinking about her aviation
:04:51. > :04:56.strategy which is being published next month. It seems that
:04:56. > :05:00.Birmingham actually has a role in UK aviation as a whole. Absolutely
:05:00. > :05:05.and that is what we have been saying to her. She came to see for
:05:05. > :05:10.myself, the facilities we have got. That will allow us to plug the
:05:10. > :05:12.enterprise zone and build a very good story. What you say to
:05:12. > :05:16.environmentalists who worry about the drain on the public purse and
:05:16. > :05:20.the impact on the environment? environment is an important part of
:05:20. > :05:24.this going forward and we must make sure we develop sustainably and in
:05:25. > :05:29.a controlled fashion but we do need the economic growth and we need to
:05:29. > :05:34.revitalise this region. A quick word about the weather you had.
:05:34. > :05:39.Complaints about the delays with the snow? We didn't we have to move
:05:39. > :05:44.20,000 tonnes of snow on the runway. Hopefully things are back to normal
:05:44. > :05:49.now and no delays today. More on the weather in a moment so back to
:05:49. > :05:52.you today. If thank you. The region has been returning to
:05:52. > :05:55.something like normal today after the heaviest snowfall of the winter
:05:55. > :05:57.so far. Leek in Staffordshire got the deepest covering with 11
:05:57. > :06:02.centimetres falling on Saturday night. Pershore in Worcestershire
:06:02. > :06:06.recorded the lowest temperature at And gritters in Staffordshire had
:06:06. > :06:14.the busiest time. A total of 2,500 tonnes of salt was spread on roads
:06:14. > :06:18.there. Giles Latcham has the We knew it was coming but heavy
:06:18. > :06:23.snow in Birmingham and across much of the Midlands caused chaos in
:06:23. > :06:26.places. For Jan Minihane a quick trip to to Tesco on Saturday
:06:26. > :06:30.afternoon turned into a nightmare. She was one of hundreds trapped for
:06:30. > :06:36.up to three hours on a retail park near her home in Telford. Gritted,
:06:36. > :06:40.yes, but gridlocked nonetheless. There were people with families
:06:40. > :06:47.there, all the people, vulnerable people. Nothing was done until four
:06:47. > :06:51.members of staff came out and that is very disappointed. An accident
:06:51. > :06:56.outside and slow going on the A54 did not help.
:06:56. > :06:59.Tesco have apologise and they said they had staff out offering tea and
:06:59. > :07:02.coffee and warmth to those affected and they said they will be talking
:07:02. > :07:04.to their landlord, the owners of this retail park.
:07:04. > :07:07.In places driving conditions were hazardous, verging on impossible. A
:07:07. > :07:11.jack-knifed lorry on the A50 near Uttoxeter forced motorists to
:07:11. > :07:21.abandon more than 100 vehicles. Some had to camp in the lounge of a
:07:21. > :07:22.
:07:22. > :07:27.nearby hotel, already full. We had about six inches in leak and eight
:07:27. > :07:30.inches near Alton Towers. People gave out at about 5 o'clock in the
:07:30. > :07:33.morning on Sunday. Birmingham Airport was forced to
:07:33. > :07:43.cancel a number of flights. Many passengers took it on the chin,
:07:43. > :07:45.
:07:45. > :07:48.others didn't. I blame Birmingham Airport again. Here we are again.
:07:48. > :07:52.The Transport Secretary was sympathetic but said safety must
:07:52. > :07:55.come first. Each time we go through this process, people learn how to
:07:56. > :07:59.do it better and hopefully in the picture, Birmingham Airport will be
:07:59. > :08:05.closed less time and there will be less disruption. The key has to be
:08:05. > :08:10.on safety at the end of the day. Snow is only clinging on to the
:08:10. > :08:15.high ground. But beware the next trick, thick fog and freezing in
:08:15. > :08:19.places. And later in the programme Shefali
:08:19. > :08:22.will be here with the forecast. The key question - is the big freeze
:08:22. > :08:25.over? Sadly not, I'm afraid. The snow may have stopped for the time
:08:25. > :08:32.being but the cold continues. Join me later for the forecast and a
:08:32. > :08:37.look at some of your snow A Roman Catholic priest has been
:08:37. > :08:40.found guilty of sexually abusing seven boys. Alexander Bede Walsh,
:08:40. > :08:50.who's 58, has been convicted of 19 charges of abusing young boys
:08:50. > :08:53.between 1975 and 1993. He is seen here in the Greycoat. He's been
:08:53. > :08:55.found not guilty of four charges. The jury will return to Stoke-on-
:08:55. > :09:00.Trent Crown Court tomorrow morning to continue its deliberations on a
:09:01. > :09:03.further four counts. Police in Birmingham have begun a
:09:04. > :09:07.murder investigation after a man died at a hostel in Handsworth last
:09:07. > :09:14.week. A postmortem examination found that 40-year-old Bakhitar
:09:14. > :09:17.Mirawdali died from a neck wound. It's believed his body had been in
:09:17. > :09:21.the room at hostel on Soho Road for two days when it was discovered
:09:21. > :09:23.last Thursday. The number of people starting
:09:23. > :09:26.apprenticeships in the West Midlands has risen sharply. It's
:09:26. > :09:33.welcome news at the beginning of National Apprenticeship Week which
:09:33. > :09:36.will see a series of events held In the last 12 months, the number
:09:36. > :09:39.of people joining on the job training schemes has risen by more
:09:39. > :09:42.than 70%. It follows the announcement last week that Jaguar
:09:42. > :09:44.Land Rover is taking on 133 new apprentices. As Lindsay Doyle
:09:44. > :09:51.reports, it's not just factories which are benefiting from the
:09:51. > :09:59.The latest Junior Manager at the Midcounties Co-operative in Sedgley
:09:59. > :10:03.in the Black Country. Sam Dunn is 18 months into his apprenticeship.
:10:03. > :10:10.You have to start at the bottom, stacking shelves, on the tails. I
:10:10. > :10:15.made it clear that I wanted to work my way up. -- on the cash registers.
:10:15. > :10:18.I did what was asked of me and then I found myself as a junior manager.
:10:18. > :10:20.Sam is one of an increasing number of young people taking up
:10:20. > :10:24.apprenticeships. In 2009/10, nearly 32,000 young people were given the
:10:24. > :10:32.chance to learn as they work. This rose to just over 54,000 over
:10:32. > :10:42.Only last week, Jaguar Land Rover announced a 133 new apprenticeships,
:10:42. > :10:45.
:10:45. > :10:48.a record intake for the company. This coming year, 480,000 people
:10:49. > :10:55.more will enter the world of apprenticeships than into the world
:10:55. > :10:58.of university. That is a fabulous achievement. The scheme here is 60-
:10:58. > :11:05.25-year-olds the chance to get their first step on the career
:11:05. > :11:08.ladder. Whilst studying for must be recognised qualifications. They can
:11:08. > :11:12.reach junior management level within 18 months. I think there are
:11:12. > :11:15.important to provide things for the local community and give
:11:15. > :11:18.opportunity to come and get a career for life.
:11:18. > :11:21.With just six months left on his apprenticeship, Sam is already
:11:21. > :11:30.supervising other members of staff and is looking forward to a long
:11:30. > :11:32.Our business correspondent Peter Plisner joins us now. Why are we
:11:32. > :11:35.seeing this big rise in apprenticeships? $$YELLOW, Well,
:11:35. > :11:39.the main reason seems to be the need to reduce youth unemployment
:11:39. > :11:49.which is still a big problem. this region, there are 243,000
:11:49. > :11:49.
:11:49. > :11:52.people currently unemployed and of those around 51,000 are aged 16-24.
:11:52. > :12:00.Interestingly the latest count of vacancies at job centres across the
:12:00. > :12:02.region stands at 32,500. But it's not just the need to reduce youth
:12:02. > :12:05.unemployment that's driving the growth in apprentices, there's now
:12:05. > :12:08.a lack of skills in many industries, and apprenticeships are one way of
:12:08. > :12:11.solving that problem. Lord Digby Jones talked about university
:12:11. > :12:14.entrants versus apprenticeship places. Why is that significant?
:12:15. > :12:21.It's significant because it shows that many are now opting not to go
:12:21. > :12:24.to university and instead applying for apprenticeships. There are now
:12:24. > :12:29.a growing number of things called vocational degrees where you work
:12:29. > :12:32.while studying. With higher university fees coming in this year
:12:32. > :12:37.and the fear of accruing large debts, many young people are
:12:37. > :12:46.deciding that it's a better way forward. It also means they're
:12:46. > :12:56.earning money while they study rather than running up debts. There
:12:56. > :13:01.
:13:01. > :13:03.is a call for you Cass style A Warwickshire company has won a
:13:03. > :13:06.prestigious order to build special boxes for the Queen's Diamond
:13:06. > :13:09.Jubilee which will sell at a cool �100,000 each. They will each
:13:09. > :13:12.contain a 60-year-old bottle of whisky and all the proceeds will go
:13:12. > :13:15.to charity. It's hoped the project will encourage the craftsmen and
:13:15. > :13:17.women of tomorrow. �3 billion is contributed to the UK economy every
:13:17. > :13:20.year by the country's creative industries. Joan Cummins reports
:13:20. > :13:22.from Warwickshire. Hidden buttons and secret
:13:22. > :13:27.compartments demonstrate the quality of workmanship in this
:13:27. > :13:29.Diamond Jubilee chest. It's one of 60 boxes crafted from wood sourced
:13:29. > :13:35.from the Queen's estate in Sandringham, made by the Queen's
:13:35. > :13:39.cabinet-maker in Warwickshire. It will eventually house a 60-year-old
:13:39. > :13:43.bottle of rare whisky. Each of these commemorative cabinets will
:13:43. > :13:53.then be sold for �100,000 with the proceeds going to a charity devoted
:13:53. > :13:55.
:13:55. > :14:01.to encouraging British Peanut we do the very finest,
:14:01. > :14:08.traditional cabinet-making but also very modern constructions -- here
:14:08. > :14:10.we do the very finest. We then go onto the next stage of furniture-
:14:10. > :14:12.making. 25 people are employed at
:14:13. > :14:16.Stevenson's in Church Lawford making bespoke furniture. On this
:14:16. > :14:25.project, the boxes can take two weeks each to make but the care
:14:25. > :14:30.taken on each piece of work is impressive. It is a dying trade,
:14:30. > :14:36.regarding skill levels but it is enjoyable. It is making something
:14:36. > :14:46.different every day. Creating something special. If you don't
:14:46. > :14:50.
:14:50. > :14:56.create something, what are you here for? �3 billion is generated by
:14:56. > :14:59.creative industries in the UK. Liz Monk is a Queen's Scholar. She
:14:59. > :15:05.was awarded �8,000 by the trust to help develop her ceramist skills,
:15:05. > :15:14.which she says was invaluable. gave me funding to work alongside
:15:14. > :15:19.porters and the way that kills at work. The Queen will receive one of
:15:19. > :15:27.the chest but hopefully the project will enable future generations to
:15:27. > :15:32.continue with the legacy of quality Those are beautiful, are you
:15:32. > :15:42.putting your name down for one? You're watching BBC Midlands Today,
:15:42. > :15:47.
:15:47. > :15:50.still ahead: Cooking up a tasty -- Shakespearean style.
:15:50. > :15:53.The former Telford boxer Richie Woodhall has become one of the
:15:53. > :15:55.latest victims of Internet crime. The sportsman has had his e-mails
:15:55. > :15:57.hacked by cyber criminals. So, to coincide with tomorrow's Safer
:15:57. > :16:07.Internet Day, he's been investigating how it happened and
:16:07. > :16:08.
:16:08. > :16:12.what he and other victims can do to Fraud, viruses, predators. The
:16:12. > :16:16.internet has lots of advantages but it can be a hostile place.
:16:16. > :16:20.'s I've never had any problems using the internet but a couple of
:16:20. > :16:24.days ago, somebody hacked into my e-mails. I would like to find out
:16:24. > :16:29.who it was and how it happened. If there are cracks in my online
:16:29. > :16:32.defences, this man will find them. After they hacked my e-mails, I am
:16:32. > :16:37.increasing my security. Brian, an ethical hacking lecturer, is the
:16:37. > :16:42.man for the job. If I have to keep them out, I need to know how they
:16:42. > :16:47.got in. They might be lucky enough to guess your password. They could
:16:47. > :16:49.use software to allow them to send multiple requests to your e-mail
:16:49. > :16:54.address for lots of possible passwords. All they might have
:16:54. > :16:58.actually targeted your machine at home. Usually Brian's Coventry
:16:58. > :17:02.University students pit their skills against cyber criminals.
:17:02. > :17:05.Testing for weaknesses without breaking laws. But this week, using
:17:05. > :17:12.information openly available, they are going to investigate me. It
:17:12. > :17:18.seems my private life is on display. From a technical point of view, the
:17:18. > :17:25.worrying thing is we were able to find your home IP address. That can
:17:26. > :17:30.then lead your machine to become under significant attack. How can I
:17:30. > :17:35.protect against that? There are techniques you can use to mitigate
:17:35. > :17:39.people finding out your IP address. Things called proxies. It is like a
:17:39. > :17:43.filter that keeps your machine anonymous. I definitely needed one
:17:44. > :17:46.of those. What I've heard here today, it has
:17:46. > :17:51.been quite surprising. When it comes to protecting myself on line
:17:51. > :17:55.in the future, one thing's for certain - doing nothing is not an
:17:55. > :18:01.option. And I certainly would be burying my head in the sand in
:18:01. > :18:04.And you can find out more information about ways to protect
:18:04. > :18:09.yourself and the results of a BBC survey on the internet in tonight's
:18:09. > :18:12.Inside Out on BBC One at 7:30. Onto sport now and although the
:18:12. > :18:14.weather wiped out a lot of the weekend's football programme, the
:18:14. > :18:17.Premier League fixtures went ahead as planned. Here's Dan with the
:18:17. > :18:20.details. The Wolves midfielder Emmanuel
:18:21. > :18:25.Frimpong is out for the rest of the season after damaging his cruciate
:18:25. > :18:28.ligament in Saturday's win at QPR. He has returned to Arsenal for an
:18:28. > :18:31.operation on his injured knee. It casts a shadow over Wolves
:18:31. > :18:40.excellent 2-1 win which lifted them out of the bottom three of the
:18:40. > :18:44.same. QPR were on top. They took the lead through Bobby Zamora and
:18:44. > :18:47.Wolves had that sinking feeling again. But it all turned, with a
:18:47. > :18:52.glove to the neck. Djibril Cisse was sent off and Wolves came
:18:52. > :19:02.roaring back. Goals from Matt Jarvis and Kevin Doyle gave them a
:19:02. > :19:03.
:19:03. > :19:08.2-1 win which lifted them out of It was a fabulous response. It was
:19:08. > :19:13.a booking, not a nice tackle but that is what it was, a booking. I
:19:13. > :19:16.do not like those things being sent off but we have had them.
:19:16. > :19:20.Next up they play West Bromwich Albion. The good news for the
:19:20. > :19:24.Baggies is they're away from home. Saturday brought a familiar tale.
:19:24. > :19:27.Goals from Gylfi Sigurdsson and Danny Graham gave swansea a 2-1 win.
:19:27. > :19:31.Albion have now lost five and drawn just one of their last six home
:19:31. > :19:36.league games. Blue pitch markings at Stoke City -
:19:36. > :19:39.a real blast from the past. Conditions were tough at the
:19:39. > :19:42.Britannia Stadium. And Stoke felt there was rough justice. They're
:19:42. > :19:45.appealing the decision to send off Robert Huth for this challenge.
:19:45. > :19:54.Stoke lost their third straight league game thanks to James McClean
:19:54. > :19:57.scoring the game's only goal. disappointing thing, and it is
:19:57. > :20:01.happening to many times, is the reaction of the players. If you
:20:01. > :20:04.look at Robert, he goes in to be committed and then pulls out. It is
:20:04. > :20:10.a disease coming into the game when players are rolling around. They
:20:10. > :20:13.are looking round. Aston Villa also lost. They fell behind to Demba
:20:13. > :20:16.Ba's opener. Robbie Keane's impressive run continued as he
:20:16. > :20:21.scored the equaliser. But they were undone by a stunning goal from
:20:21. > :20:29.debutant Papiss Demba Cisse. It leaves Villa 13th, and all of the
:20:29. > :20:32.Midlands teams are in the bottom half of the table.
:20:32. > :20:34.In the Championship Birmingham City's winning run came to an end
:20:34. > :20:37.with a goalless draw at home to Southampton. The match will
:20:37. > :20:42.probably be best remembered for the atrocious conditions it was played
:20:42. > :20:45.in. Marlon King's shot was among the few chances in the match.
:20:45. > :20:48.Meanwhile Coventry City were back to their old habit of losing a game
:20:48. > :20:51.late on. A Sammy Clingan penalty and this strike from Gary Deegan
:20:51. > :21:00.gave them a 2-1 half-time lead over Ipswich. But Michael Chopra scored
:21:00. > :21:04.twice, including an injury time It's 40 years since one of the most
:21:04. > :21:06.famous shocks in FA Cup history. Hereford United, then playing in
:21:06. > :21:11.the Southern League, beat first division Newcastle United with a
:21:11. > :21:21.memorable goal from Ronnie Radford. Players and spectators will be
:21:21. > :21:21.
:21:21. > :21:25.sharing their memories of the game He had a lovely little shout,
:21:25. > :21:29.somebody told me to get out the way and I am glad I did, it went
:21:30. > :21:32.straight as a die in the top corner. Even if you had three goalkeepers
:21:32. > :21:42.on the line, it would have still gone in.
:21:42. > :21:45.
:21:45. > :21:48.And you can see that interview in I never tire of seeing that.
:21:48. > :21:51.you look at the pitch as well. The London 2012 Olympics are less
:21:51. > :21:54.than six months away and they won't just involve sporting events. There
:21:54. > :21:58.will be cultural celebrations as well. One of them is the World
:21:58. > :22:00.Shakespeare Festival which begins in April. When people will be able
:22:00. > :22:03.to get their teeth into Elizabethan food, amongst other things. Today,
:22:03. > :22:06.chefs from a top London restaurant came to Stratford-upon-Avon intent
:22:06. > :22:11.on taking back a taste of the Bard's favourite dishes. Kevin
:22:11. > :22:16.Mary Arden's house at Wilmcote near Stratford-upon-Avon, a place where
:22:16. > :22:19.a young William Shakespeare would have enjoyed many a meal. And today
:22:20. > :22:22.a team from a top London restaurant where here to find out the sort of
:22:22. > :22:31.food on the Bard's dinner plate with a view to recreating
:22:31. > :22:35.Shakespearean evenings in the capital. It is very much a fact-
:22:35. > :22:40.finding mission. An opportunity to share some of the food and recipes
:22:40. > :22:44.of Tudor England and Shakespeare's time. This is a piece of roast pork
:22:44. > :22:47.which will be served with a sweet and sour sauce. Today's feast was
:22:47. > :22:50.laid on by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and as well as the
:22:50. > :22:53.pork, a typical banquet of that time for the wealthy would have
:22:53. > :23:03.included baked chicken with sliced oranges and spices, a white bread
:23:03. > :23:08.made with honey and eggs, and pottage. It is a vegetable soup,
:23:08. > :23:13.very much like we have a starter nowadays. It helps to take the edge
:23:13. > :23:16.of the up-turn it before the more expensive dishes come to the table.
:23:16. > :23:20.This is spiced cider. The food was served as it would
:23:20. > :23:23.have been more than 400 years ago with the pottage to start. Main
:23:23. > :23:25.course, the pork and chicken followed by a selection of desserts
:23:25. > :23:34.including peascod - a thin pastry filled with apple, honey, ginger
:23:34. > :23:37.and butter before frying. So as the guests enjoy the Tudor feast, a
:23:37. > :23:44.chance for the maids and servants to have a rest and a bit of food
:23:44. > :23:48.themselves. It has almost come full circle now, we are going back to
:23:48. > :23:55.locality and provenance. We are eating what is available. I am
:23:55. > :23:59.eating dishes in season as opposed to what is out of season. By a
:23:59. > :24:05.meeting what is in the garden and this cuisine was built on this, we
:24:05. > :24:09.did not have ingredients flown across the world. What they have
:24:09. > :24:15.listed is what they would eat. Afterwards, they headed for the
:24:15. > :24:23.Shakespeare Centre in Stratford to look at the archives. And for those
:24:23. > :24:31.involved in the cooking, a job well Pork with sweet and sour sauce
:24:31. > :24:38.sounds quite contemporary, quite Oriental. It reminded me of a line
:24:38. > :24:41.from Romeo and Juliet. Very snowy this weekend and very
:24:41. > :24:43.pretty but I have to say I'm rather glad it's gone. The weekend's snow
:24:43. > :24:51.certainly brought out the more playful side of people's
:24:51. > :24:55.Glad to see you made the most of it. We were inundated with photographs
:24:55. > :24:58.of your handiwork and here are just a few examples. This scary scene
:24:58. > :25:02.was made by Marcus Skelton in Stoke-On-Trent. The James family
:25:02. > :25:05.built a more traditional snowman in their garden in Harborne. As did
:25:05. > :25:09.Gary Cheary who sent us this picture. There was enough snow for
:25:09. > :25:13.Brandon and Lewis Spence to build an igloo in Rugby. Chloe Adams of
:25:13. > :25:16.Bradwell created this snow caterpillar. And this is a Snow
:25:17. > :25:20.Jedward, built by Freya Sweeney. Dave Atkinson captured Leamington
:25:20. > :25:25.Spa with a carpet of snow and Paul Wilde's photo shows it wasn't just
:25:25. > :25:28.children enjoying the white stuff in Redditch. Finally this snowman
:25:28. > :25:38.was nicknamed Bob by Ella and Maisi Moore in Great Haywood but is he
:25:38. > :25:43.
:25:43. > :25:48.I am afraid not. The cold snap is not over but the snow will be for
:25:48. > :25:52.the time being. It will be a many dry picture except by the end of it
:25:52. > :25:57.by which time the temperatures will rise slightly. The outstanding
:25:57. > :26:00.feature this week is freezing fog, frost and also the cold. That is
:26:00. > :26:06.because of the overbearing presence of high pressure which is to the
:26:06. > :26:15.north-east. The vans coming in are trying to stay but are being fended
:26:15. > :26:18.off. We have got a lot of cold weather around, particularly so by
:26:18. > :26:21.midweek when the high pressure really assert itself and we get
:26:21. > :26:25.temperatures plummeting down to minus double figures by Wednesday
:26:25. > :26:29.night. Tonight we are wading through the cloud and we have got
:26:30. > :26:37.freezing fog and masses over any lying snow. Particularly towards
:26:37. > :26:40.the east and the North. Also fairly widespread frost where we have the
:26:40. > :26:44.lowest temperatures and temperatures could drop as low as
:26:44. > :26:48.minus three Celsius. A many dry picture and if you get any snow
:26:48. > :26:56.flurries, they are taught the eastern fringes way you could see a
:26:56. > :26:59.spot of ice. It is a continued risk. Freezing fog persists tomorrow
:26:59. > :27:05.morning and a lot of cloud during the morning, some brighter spells
:27:05. > :27:08.possible by the afternoon. It is a very dull picture generally with
:27:08. > :27:12.low-lying cloud and temperatures down to around four Celsius.
:27:12. > :27:18.Tomorrow night, the skies will clear and once again snow flurries
:27:18. > :27:24.disappearing to the east. Widespread frosts with temperatures
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