:00:10. > :00:12.Hello and welcome to Midlands Today. The headlines tonight:
:00:12. > :00:22.Police admit there is rising gang tension in Wolverhampton after
:00:22. > :00:23.
:00:23. > :00:26.three shootings in 24 hours. We are tackling the gang members and we
:00:26. > :00:29.expect to make arrests in the coming weeks.
:00:29. > :00:32.Friends try to raise �50,000 to pay the medical bill of a holidaymaker
:00:33. > :00:34.badly injured in the Canadian snow. Our town needs help, an MP's plea
:00:34. > :00:37.after major job losses hit Kidderminster.
:00:38. > :00:44.And Jamaican star Asafa Powell is in town to prove he is still a
:00:44. > :00:50.force in world sprinting Good evening. It is always a
:00:50. > :01:00.pleasure for me to go somewhere and do something really special,
:01:00. > :01:02.
:01:02. > :01:06.especially when I am in the UK. Good evening. Welcome to Friday's
:01:06. > :01:09.programme. Three shootings in 24 hours in the
:01:09. > :01:12.same city. One man is in hospital after being shot in the legs as
:01:12. > :01:14.gang tensions rise. The separate incidents happened across three
:01:14. > :01:18.neighbouring areas of Wolverhampton and police say, as a precaution,
:01:18. > :01:24.extra officers are on duty. We have been talking to those working with
:01:24. > :01:27.youngsters to keep them out of trouble. The shooting in Whitmore
:01:27. > :01:35.Reans was followed soon afterwards by another in Monsal Avenue in Park
:01:35. > :01:39.Village. This is the third shooting in a single city and a single day.
:01:39. > :01:43.I would say, in terms of reassurance, we believe these are
:01:43. > :01:47.gang members shooting at a gang members. This is not likely to
:01:47. > :01:51.involve a normal members of the public. We are tackling those gang
:01:51. > :01:56.members. We have armed police responding to them on the streets
:01:56. > :02:00.and we expect to make arrests in the coming days. A shot was fired
:02:00. > :02:03.at a house. No-one was hurt. And then yesterday lunchtime, a third
:02:03. > :02:13.incident in Showell Road in Low Hill. Again, shots fired at an
:02:13. > :02:14.
:02:14. > :02:18.address, no-one injured. But a side from these other incidents, there
:02:18. > :02:23.were two other shootings, one in this neighbourhood, last Friday, as
:02:23. > :02:30.a wake took place, which some say was connected to a local gang. This
:02:30. > :02:34.is a dispute about territory and respect. This charity is one of the
:02:34. > :02:42.several groups trying to get peace back on the streets and they say it
:02:42. > :02:48.is tense. We are trying to calm things down and resolve the
:02:48. > :02:54.situation with the various groups. Very stressful, clearly. We were
:02:54. > :02:58.about their safety and the public's as well. The local MP says that
:02:58. > :03:03.cool heads must prevail over the weekend. There will be an increased
:03:03. > :03:07.police presence in the city. I have spoken to the local authority about
:03:07. > :03:12.this and I think it is the case that we need to all pull together
:03:12. > :03:17.now to make sure that this violence does not escalate any further.
:03:17. > :03:25.is tit-for-tat and it is targeted. But for many it is far too close to
:03:25. > :03:29.home. Police arrested two 18-year-old men.
:03:29. > :03:33.They remain in custody tonight. And officers are urging any witnesses
:03:33. > :03:37.to contact Force CID at Bloxwich police station.
:03:37. > :03:41.Still ahead tonight: Reaction from Stoke City after a Spanish wonder
:03:41. > :03:44.goal leaves their Europa League hopes hanging in the balance.
:03:44. > :03:48.She almost died from horrific injuries. Sara Baker broke her back
:03:48. > :03:54.while snowboarding in Canada. But the 30-year-old from Birmingham is
:03:54. > :03:56.now facing huge costs if she is to return home for rehabilitation. She
:03:56. > :04:00.discovered that her travel insurance had expired, so a
:04:00. > :04:09.campaign has been started here to raise up to �100,000 to bring her
:04:09. > :04:16.home in a specially-adapted air ambulance.
:04:16. > :04:18.This was the moment Sara Baker knew she would survive. In difficult
:04:18. > :04:26.conditions, rescuers landed on a glacier to treat the 30-year-old
:04:26. > :04:31.after she lost control of her snow board. The edge at the bottom of
:04:31. > :04:34.the cliff was a big pit. It was pretty much a 20 ft drop. Sara
:04:34. > :04:38.needed surgery to repair crushed vertebrae and she almost severed
:04:38. > :04:41.her spine. Whistler is a popular resort and Sara was there helping
:04:41. > :04:44.to set-up a restaurant with a friend. But her travel insurance
:04:44. > :04:50.had expired. She will have to pay around �50,000 in medical costs, as
:04:50. > :04:57.well as an emergency flight home. Back in Birmingham, her friends are
:04:57. > :05:02.trying to raise money. She thought she had an annual policy, a silly
:05:02. > :05:07.mistake. We have all done it before. We all need to make sure that the
:05:07. > :05:13.debt travel insurance and that it is valid, because no one would
:05:13. > :05:21.expect a �50,000 bill. Sara's family are with her at her bedside.
:05:21. > :05:27.I am just devastated. I feared the worst. All I wanted to do was jump
:05:27. > :05:32.on a plane and get here to be with her. I cannot think people enough
:05:32. > :05:36.for all of the support that they have given me. I never experienced
:05:36. > :05:40.pain at like this ever before. While there is a good chance Sara
:05:40. > :05:44.will walk again after months of rehab, she has been told there's a
:05:44. > :05:47.possibility she will not be able to have children.
:05:47. > :05:52.And you will find more information on the campaign to raise cash for
:05:52. > :05:55.Sara on the Midlands Today Facebook page.
:05:55. > :05:58.A concrete block was dropped from a bridge over a busy road, hitting a
:05:58. > :06:01.passing car in Telford. The incident happened just before 10
:06:01. > :06:03.last night on the A442 at the Wombridge Interchange. The driver,
:06:03. > :06:11.a 23-year-old man from Worcester, suffered bruised ribs after the
:06:11. > :06:14.block hit his car. A 25-year-old man filmed driving
:06:14. > :06:17.the wrong way along a busy dual carriageway as his friends cheered
:06:17. > :06:20.from the roadside has been banned from the road for three years and
:06:20. > :06:22.given a suspended jail term. Steven McInulty, from Coventry, admitted
:06:22. > :06:25.dangerous driving and driving whilst disqualified. He was filmed
:06:25. > :06:35.in Coleshill, Warwickshire by a group of young people gathered on a
:06:35. > :06:36.
:06:36. > :06:40.grass verge. We heard earlier this week that
:06:40. > :06:42.nearly a quarter of a million people are out of work in the West
:06:42. > :06:45.Midlands. And the impact is being keenly felt in Kidderminster. Today,
:06:45. > :06:47.the local MP said the Worcestershire town needs to
:06:47. > :06:50.attract bigger businesses to stabilise its economy. His call
:06:50. > :06:59.follows the announcement of 250 job losses at just two firms in the
:06:59. > :07:03.Kidderminster, like many places, is feeling the effects of the
:07:03. > :07:11.recession. Empty shops litter the town as the number of its residents
:07:11. > :07:15.who are unemployed continues to rise. Sadly, the outlook for
:07:15. > :07:20.Kidderminster does not look that bright. In October, a luxury
:07:20. > :07:27.boatbuilder cut 37 jobs. Now they have announced 72 or more are to go.
:07:27. > :07:31.That is about one-quarter of their entire workforce. And that news
:07:31. > :07:37.comes as one of Kidderminster's other main employers has plans to
:07:37. > :07:43.cut its workforce by 150 people. But companies say that the Job
:07:43. > :07:48.losses are necessary to maintain the long-term future of their
:07:48. > :07:50.businesses. Kidderminster has the highest unemployment anywhere in
:07:50. > :07:53.Worcestershire. So what can be done? According to Mark Garnier,
:07:53. > :07:59.the town's MP the answer is simple, bigger businesses. We need to
:07:59. > :08:03.create a vision for the town and the district that says that if you
:08:03. > :08:08.wanted to make carpets 20 years ago you could only come to
:08:08. > :08:18.Kidderminster. We need to say that if you need to you this or that you
:08:18. > :08:19.
:08:19. > :08:24.need to come to Kidderminster. People pay -- the owners of this
:08:24. > :08:30.business have been set up since 1995 and they employed many people.
:08:30. > :08:35.Last year they had a turnover of a quarter of a million pounds.
:08:35. > :08:43.can never have too many small businesses. They are the heart of
:08:43. > :08:47.Kidderminster. Small manufacturers will hopefully grow into medium-
:08:47. > :08:51.sized and larger businesses. Business has got to start somewhere.
:08:51. > :08:55.With more than one in 20 people unemployed in the town, new
:08:55. > :09:04.businesses are desperately needed. Now the challenge is to persuade
:09:04. > :09:07.them to come. Leading businessman Digby Lord
:09:07. > :09:11.Jones has ruled himself out of the race to become Birmingham's first
:09:11. > :09:13.elected mayor because he thinks it will be a job without any real
:09:13. > :09:16.power. Lord Jones has told the BBC's Sunday Politics programme
:09:16. > :09:22.that to make any major political impact, the mayor needs to be in
:09:22. > :09:26.charge of the whole West Midlands region. This fabulous opportunity,
:09:26. > :09:30.this moment when we could change Birmingham and the West Midlands
:09:30. > :09:35.forever, if we do not lift our ambitions up to the horizons of the
:09:35. > :09:39.West Midlands as opposed to just Birmingham, we will really miss a
:09:39. > :09:43.trick because we have got to get around the world selling the West
:09:43. > :09:48.Midlands. It is bigger than Scotland. We have so many
:09:48. > :09:51.challengers and people who live in the West Midlands and they do not
:09:52. > :09:56.differentiate about where they live and work. They are in a group
:09:56. > :10:00.together and I think it should be a mayor of the West Midlands were
:10:00. > :10:03.frankly it will fail. A referendum on whether or not to
:10:03. > :10:06.have elected mayors will be held in both Birmingham and Coventry in May.
:10:06. > :10:09.But while Lord Jones claims the role doesn't go far enough, critics
:10:09. > :10:16.say it would actually concentrate too much power in too few hands.
:10:16. > :10:24.Here is our Political Editor. They said yes to an elected mayor
:10:24. > :10:30.in Stoke-on-Trent, Ali to vote No six years later. -- only to vote No
:10:30. > :10:34.six years later. And despite step's epic drama, the man who burst do
:10:34. > :10:40.the job here says it is time for Birmingham and Coventry to update
:10:40. > :10:44.their local government. The if you are running Stoke City football
:10:44. > :10:52.club, I do not think they would say it would be better if it was run by
:10:52. > :10:55.a committee. We have leaders and that is why organisations succeed.
:10:55. > :11:04.Voters will be asked to choose whether to retain the council
:11:05. > :11:09.leader system or replace it with a 10 or Boris figure.
:11:09. > :11:13.There are questions. What should be the powers of the mayor? Economic
:11:13. > :11:18.regeneration is the Government's big idea, along with things like
:11:18. > :11:21.housing and transport. But what would the councillors do?
:11:21. > :11:26.Scrutinise the Meyer, of course, but also probably speak up for
:11:26. > :11:29.their own local areas, which in turn leads to the question of
:11:30. > :11:37.localism. How could the Meyer keep close to local communities well at
:11:37. > :11:40.the same time acting as a champion for the City and the wider world?
:11:40. > :11:48.Coventry's council has overwhelmingly voted against the
:11:48. > :11:53.idea. There is no indication from citizens that that is what they
:11:54. > :12:03.want. We could have a further election in November which would
:12:03. > :12:11.cost us �130,000. Elected mayors Macey -- may seem a more American
:12:11. > :12:15.or presidential. Here, November 15th will bring elections for
:12:15. > :12:18.elected mayors potentially amongst other things, and that could be our
:12:18. > :12:22.super Thursday. And Patrick joins us now. Does Lord
:12:22. > :12:28.Jones have a point? It will be a position without real power?
:12:28. > :12:32.The answer to that is that, to some extent, the job would be what the
:12:32. > :12:37.candidate he was successful made of it. They will have an opportunity
:12:37. > :12:40.during this campaign to sell to the electorate some extra powers beyond
:12:40. > :12:44.the defined powers that the Government have set up. There is
:12:44. > :12:51.the opportunity for the job to be moulded to a specific requirement.
:12:51. > :12:57.Lord Jones is used to the business world. Politicians will say it is
:12:57. > :13:02.about a politician -- persuading and bargaining. Peps we know about
:13:02. > :13:07.-- we know about the referendums. What do you think the public mood
:13:07. > :13:12.We could not find out in the streets to find many people talking
:13:12. > :13:22.about the lord mayor on a Friday night, but political watchers think
:13:22. > :13:22.
:13:22. > :13:26.that this city will deliver more voters than Coventry.
:13:26. > :13:29.Thank you very much. And there will be more on elected
:13:29. > :13:31.mayors on the Sunday Politics, from noon on BBC1 High streets may be
:13:31. > :13:37.suffering in these times of austerity, but research suggests
:13:37. > :13:40.our traditional markets are doing better.
:13:40. > :13:43.More than half the market traders questioned in this region say
:13:43. > :13:51.they're doing well and have suffered no loss of sales despite
:13:51. > :13:57.the economic downturn. Bilston market in the Black Country,
:13:57. > :14:07.still a focal point of the community. I'd just like the
:14:07. > :14:07.
:14:07. > :14:16.atmosphere. It is still as good as the -- as it has always been.
:14:16. > :14:19.very competitive. There are a lot of bargains around. Like most
:14:20. > :14:27.markets it has a reputation for cheap goods, and many of the 150 or
:14:27. > :14:32.so stall holders here say that is why business is still brisk.
:14:32. > :14:42.think it your GP that he will take money. You have got to be cheap. --
:14:42. > :14:43.
:14:43. > :14:52.if you are cheap that you will get money. You have got to be cheap.
:14:52. > :15:02.A report has found that traders believe that 43 % - a row that 43 %
:15:02. > :15:03.
:15:03. > :15:06.of traders believe that sales -- believe that traders... There are
:15:06. > :15:10.less people coming out to the market. It might be the way they
:15:10. > :15:17.are brought up or because of online shopping. Looking around, it is
:15:17. > :15:21.true. Most of the shoppers are middle-aged or older. A if you
:15:21. > :15:26.start easing -- losing the younger people then there will be eight
:15:26. > :15:36.times that the older generation will pass on you. -- there will be
:15:36. > :15:40.
:15:40. > :15:43.a time. It still appears that of many markets are holding their own.
:15:43. > :15:48.Still to come on the programme: We're live in Telford as the spirit
:15:48. > :15:51.of the Olympics lights up a lantern parade.
:15:51. > :15:53.And temperatures reached a balmy12 Celsius in parts of the Midlands
:15:53. > :16:03.today. The cold looks like staging a comeback during this weekend...
:16:03. > :16:07.
:16:07. > :16:10.But for how long? Join me for all It's time for sport with Dan, with
:16:10. > :16:14.football and athletics dominating the agenda tonight.
:16:14. > :16:17.Stoke City have it all to do if they are to progress further in the
:16:17. > :16:23.Europa League after losing the home leg last night. They lost 1-nil to
:16:23. > :16:26.Valencia due to a stunning first half goal. And with the away leg to
:16:26. > :16:31.come next week Stoke will now need to spring a real surprise to reach
:16:31. > :16:34.the last 16. Just 50 hardy souls made the trip.
:16:34. > :16:37.Mind you, when you come from southern Spain, a grey night in the
:16:37. > :16:41.Potteries doesn't feel like a holiday. But Valencia's fans knew
:16:41. > :16:44.they were following a classy side. Stoke fans were just hoping they
:16:45. > :16:49.could raise a few eyebrows and cause a shock. But it soon became
:16:49. > :16:52.clear Stoke were up against it. Goalkeeper Asmir Begavic had to
:16:53. > :17:02.produce a fine save to keep Stoke level. But there was nothing he
:17:03. > :17:07.
:17:07. > :17:09.could do when midfielder Mehmet Topal let fly. This was a truly
:17:10. > :17:13.stunning effort. Stoke were left to feed on scraps of possession but
:17:13. > :17:16.Peter Crouch nearly equalised in stunning fashion. But they had to
:17:16. > :17:21.ride their luck after the break the post and Begavic's hell keeping
:17:21. > :17:29.Valencia at bay. Stoke were kept at arms length for most of the game.
:17:29. > :17:33.Ryan Shotton's deflected shot was their best effort on target. So now
:17:33. > :17:38.Stoke City know they are really up against a class side. The good news
:17:38. > :17:45.is they are only one goal down. do not think we played our best
:17:45. > :17:50.tonight. We'd done OK. Hopefully we will get a win on the back of
:17:50. > :17:55.Crawley. Now we have been up against them we will do better next
:17:55. > :18:02.time. Never giving up hope, never. I am looking forward to Crawley on
:18:02. > :18:05.Sunday. Second leg, maybe get a goal, extra time. I had been
:18:05. > :18:09.watching this team for over 50 years so I know what it is like.
:18:10. > :18:17.You do not give up hope on anything. Stoke will have 2,300 fans cheering
:18:17. > :18:25.them on in Valencia next week. On the evidence of last night they
:18:25. > :18:28.will need them to be in good voice. I think that for the first 50
:18:28. > :18:34.minutes Stoborough great and everybody appreciated what a great
:18:34. > :18:39.goal that first one was. -- Stoke were agreed. There was a bit of
:18:39. > :18:44.pressure. I think the atmosphere never really kicked on because
:18:44. > :18:49.Valencia was so good. It was a fight to the death.
:18:49. > :18:52.Stoke are playing Crawley this weekend. Valencia will be playing
:18:52. > :18:55.Barcelona. The Birmingham City manager Chris
:18:55. > :19:00.Hughton is promising to put everything into pulling off an FA
:19:00. > :19:03.Cup shock at Chelsea tomorrow. They are up against it as main strikers
:19:03. > :19:07.Nikola Zigic and Marlon King will both miss the game because of
:19:07. > :19:12.injury. But the manager is keen to make it a day to remember for
:19:12. > :19:17.players and fans alike. It Wiz -- I think it is one that has filled us
:19:17. > :19:23.with excitement. We are going to be going down to the quality of what
:19:23. > :19:27.Chelsea have. We have 3,000 supporters going and they have been
:19:27. > :19:30.wonderful on the road for us this season. It is one I am looking
:19:30. > :19:33.forward to. Former Blues boss Steve Bruce today
:19:33. > :19:35.made his pitch for the vacant manager's job at Wolves Bruce, who
:19:35. > :19:38.was sacked by Sunderland in November, is on the interview
:19:38. > :19:41.shortlist to replace Mick McCarthy at Molineux, with the club
:19:41. > :19:44.insisting they are on course to have a new manager before their
:19:44. > :19:50.next game at Newcastle. The bookies favourite for the post remains Alan
:19:50. > :19:52.Curbishley. One of the world's fastest men
:19:52. > :20:00.breezed into Birmingham today and promised athletics fans something
:20:00. > :20:09.special at the National Indoor Arena this weekend. The Jamaican
:20:09. > :20:14.sprinter Asafa Powell has been talking to Ian Winter. Slowly he
:20:14. > :20:20.amble along, but do not be fooled, he is quite quick. The last time he
:20:20. > :20:27.was in Birmingham he said a record at the Alexander Stadium. -- set a
:20:27. > :20:32.record. I always try to do something special when I am in the
:20:32. > :20:37.UK. They love me and I love the crowd as well. And you are going to
:20:37. > :20:43.be back here in the summer for the training camp to London 2012.
:20:43. > :20:50.is a start. It is a kind of a teaser for the upcoming Olympics.
:20:50. > :20:54.Tomorrow, over 60 metres, he will be one of the biggest attractions
:20:54. > :21:01.at the Grand Prix. The next will be Mo Ferre, who won the 5,000 metres
:21:01. > :21:05.in Birmingham next -- bustier, and went on to be world champion.
:21:05. > :21:09.His run last year brought the indoor arena to its feet. Not on
:21:10. > :21:14.the debt he said a new European record, but he also knocked 10
:21:14. > :21:21.seconds of a British record that stood for 29 years. It was really
:21:21. > :21:28.dead. That record had been there for a while and then I broke it. --
:21:28. > :21:35.that was really good. How conscious of you -- of the crowd are you?
:21:36. > :21:41.is going to be good. The Olympics is just 161 days away, so now it is
:21:41. > :21:44.getting serious. It promises to be another great
:21:44. > :21:47.meeting. And there will be full coverage of
:21:47. > :21:52.the athletics on BBC 1 and BBC West Midlands tomorrow afternoon and on
:21:52. > :21:55.the BBC sport website. No excuse for missing it.
:21:56. > :21:59.The Olympic Torch arrives in our region on Wednesday May 23, with an
:21:59. > :22:01.overnight stop in Cheltenham. And, as excitement starts to build, a
:22:01. > :22:04.special lantern procession is being held tonight in Telford with an
:22:04. > :22:09.Olympic Torch bearer leading the way. Joanne Writtle is there for us
:22:09. > :22:14.now, Joanne. As you can see, hundreds of people
:22:14. > :22:19.have turned out here tonight. They are here for the parade in Telford.
:22:19. > :22:24.The event kicks off a month of celebrations to mark the Olympics
:22:24. > :22:29.and Paralympics, and one, the guests of honour is a particularly
:22:29. > :22:34.special teenager. Sarah Thomas will be an official Olympic torch bearer.
:22:34. > :22:38.Her nomination came about because she is a carer and she acts as a
:22:38. > :22:42.mouthpiece for others who are carers. She has been described as a
:22:42. > :22:48.true inspiration. Sarah Thomas has spent most of her
:22:48. > :22:52.18 years caring for her mother who has multiple sclerosis. Learning
:22:52. > :22:58.she was going to be an Olympic torch bearer left her speech was
:22:58. > :23:04.also a up I cannot even remember my reaction. I was -- speechless. I
:23:04. > :23:12.cannot even remember my reaction. From an early age, Sarah Laird
:23:12. > :23:17.domestic tasks, and also does charity work. It is like our roles
:23:17. > :23:23.have been reversed. She is the mum and she tells me what to do and
:23:23. > :23:27.advises me. But being different has had its drawbacks. When I was in
:23:27. > :23:33.primary school I got quite badly bullied because people would see my
:23:33. > :23:39.mother in a scooter and think of weakness. I asked a friend, Wyken
:23:39. > :23:43.your mother walk? -- why is your mother able to walk? I could see
:23:43. > :23:48.that my mother could not walk and struggled more and other people
:23:48. > :23:52.went to work and did not struggle. She met the Prime Minister as part
:23:52. > :24:00.of her campaign work, lobbying for the needs of young carers. Every
:24:00. > :24:06.week, she also volunteers at this market selling products for
:24:06. > :24:10.disabled people. I do not dislike anything I do. I enjoy volunteering
:24:10. > :24:16.and looking after mum and going to college and hopping my dad to an
:24:16. > :24:21.extent. I do not find any of a hardship. I think most for young
:24:21. > :24:26.carers would say the same thing. She is also working with her dad
:24:26. > :24:30.who is also suffering from a ditch and a tray of -- degenerative
:24:30. > :24:33.disease. And Sarah joins us now.
:24:33. > :24:40.Congratulations on being named a torch bearer. You must be very
:24:40. > :24:48.proud? A thank you very much. Yes, I am proud. What does it mean to
:24:48. > :24:52.you? It was a complete surprise when I was told and it is such a
:24:52. > :24:56.massive once-in-a-lifetime thing that I cannot even fathom the
:24:56. > :25:01.meaning of it. It is amazing. had a number of nominations. You
:25:01. > :25:05.even got one from a complete stranger who might you on a train.
:25:05. > :25:10.You obviously create quite an impression. I must have done
:25:10. > :25:15.somehow. We are friends now. It was such a surreal experience just to
:25:15. > :25:21.be nominated who only knew my name and my college. They must have
:25:21. > :25:25.known a little bit more! What does it mean to your parents? I know
:25:25. > :25:28.that they are both very proud. I know that mum and dad have always
:25:28. > :25:34.helped me with my charity work and I know they are really happy about
:25:34. > :25:39.it. They did not lick -- like keeping it a secret from me. I
:25:39. > :25:44.think they are proud parents. sure that they are a. Have a
:25:44. > :25:54.marvellous time. Had a good night and think you for talking with us.
:25:54. > :25:58.-- have such a good night and thank Now for a look at the weather. I
:25:58. > :26:03.think you will barely have time to reach for the thermostat before the
:26:03. > :26:09.mild air comes back again. A mild start to the weekend and then a
:26:09. > :26:13.spell of squally rain tomorrow. Then it will turn briefly cold. A
:26:13. > :26:17.mild start to the weekend and staying very mild this evening.
:26:17. > :26:23.There will be some cloud that will produce the odd spit and spot of
:26:23. > :26:28.drizzle. Temperatures will drop no lower than six or seven Celsius.
:26:28. > :26:33.The mild air his burly -- firmly in place for tomorrow morning. There
:26:33. > :26:40.is a dividing line between mild air and some much colder air coming in
:26:40. > :26:44.from the North West. There are going to -- is going to be some
:26:44. > :26:50.very heavy rain in some areas tomorrow, a company by some very
:26:51. > :26:56.strong winds. Some places will brighten up but the cold air will
:26:56. > :27:01.flood in from the North. It will feel quite chilly and quite fresh.
:27:01. > :27:06.With the cold air continuing to dig its heels in, tomorrow night will
:27:06. > :27:12.see a widespread frost. That could give as a bed of a problem with ice
:27:12. > :27:19.as we go into Sunday morning. - regarded as a bit of a problem. --
:27:19. > :27:23.give us a bit of a problem with ice as we go into Sunday morning. The
:27:24. > :27:27.cold air will not last. The mild air will return with the south-
:27:27. > :27:32.westerly winds. It will turn more unsettled but the cold will return
:27:32. > :27:33.just briefly. A look at tonight's main headlines:
:27:33. > :27:36.A look at tonight's main headlines: Rupert Murdoch confirms plans for a
:27:36. > :27:39.new newspaper, saying the Sun on Sunday will launch very soon. And