:00:04. > :00:09.Hello, welcome to Midlands Today with Jackie Kabler and Nick Owen.
:00:09. > :00:11.The headlines tonight. Compensation for Cerys - a multi-
:00:11. > :00:15.million pound payout for the six- year-old permanently disabled by a
:00:15. > :00:18.dangerous driver. She has got the money she needs to
:00:18. > :00:22.pay for the round-the-clock care, nurses and carers for the rest of
:00:22. > :00:25.her life. Arrested on suspicion of conspiracy
:00:25. > :00:31.to defraud - West Midlands MEP Nikki Sinclaire is questioned by
:00:31. > :00:34.police. I do not know about a mistake, but
:00:34. > :00:37.I do not think she would do anything deliberately because she
:00:37. > :00:39.is an honest person who tries to get on with her life.
:00:39. > :00:43.The specialist police team seizing millions of pounds worth of
:00:43. > :00:53.cannabis from illegal drugs farms. And still no manager for Wolves as
:00:53. > :00:59.
:00:59. > :01:03.Good evening and welcome to Thursday's Midlands Today from the
:01:03. > :01:10.BBC. Our top story tonight. �5 million compensation for a six-
:01:10. > :01:13.year-old girl left paralysed by a speeding teenage driver.
:01:13. > :01:18.Cerys Edwards suffered a broken neck and severe brain damage, and
:01:18. > :01:20.now needs 24-hour care. It was November 2006 when a Range Rover
:01:20. > :01:26.collided with the Edwards' family car in Sutton Coldfield as they
:01:26. > :01:31.returned from a trip to feed the ducks. Cerys was thrown from her
:01:31. > :01:36.car seat. The 19-year-old driver was
:01:36. > :01:39.sentenced to 21 months in April 2008. He served just six in jail,
:01:39. > :01:48.leading to a campaign for longer sentences. Although Cerys has made
:01:48. > :01:56.some progress, her life expectancy is limited. Here's Ben Godfrey.
:01:56. > :01:59.Cerys Edwards is only six years old. But for most of her life, she has
:01:59. > :02:01.been unable to breathe without a ventilator. She suffered extensive
:02:01. > :02:05.brain injuries after this head-on crash. Her parents were told she
:02:05. > :02:09.would not survive. Teenager Antonio Boporan was doing
:02:09. > :02:12.more than 70 miles an hour in a 30 zone. At the High Court today, a
:02:12. > :02:22.settlement of �5 million was approved, paid for by his insurers
:02:22. > :02:25.as compensation for Cerys's catastrophic injuries.
:02:25. > :02:28.No amount of money is going to turn the clock back. They are pleased
:02:28. > :02:38.the case is finished and that Cerys' financial needs are assured.
:02:38. > :02:44.
:02:44. > :02:48.She has got the money she needs for the round-the-clock care. It is
:02:48. > :02:51.appalling. Currently there's a maximum
:02:51. > :02:54.sentence of two years for anyone causing injury through dangerous
:02:54. > :02:58.driving. Now the Government wants a new offence of causing serious
:02:58. > :03:01.injury by dangerous driving, with a maximum term of five years.
:03:01. > :03:03.Midlands Today has followed the Edwards family as they have
:03:03. > :03:10.campaigned for tougher penalties. Today, for legal reasons, their
:03:10. > :03:16.solicitor spoke on their behalf. They got a petition of something
:03:16. > :03:21.like 30,000 people to sign it, they took that to Parliament and the
:03:21. > :03:28.Home Secretary agreed to change the law. That Bell is now going through
:03:28. > :03:31.Parliament. So what about the speeding driver?
:03:31. > :03:33.Antonio Boporan now heads up a charitable trust. The website says
:03:33. > :03:40.it offers financial support to disadvantaged children. The High
:03:40. > :03:45.Court heard he had offered an unreserved apology. The judge said
:03:45. > :03:51.this is one of the saddest cases I have ever come across. As well as a
:03:51. > :04:00.lump sum of �5 million, Cerys Edwards has also been awarded
:04:00. > :04:03.�500,000 for every year of her life to fund her ongoing medical care.
:04:03. > :04:07.Cerys Edwards is paralysed and unable to speak to her parents.
:04:07. > :04:10.Despite it all, she is a girl who is full of smiles. Ben Godfrey, BBC
:04:10. > :04:12.Midlands Today, at the High Court. We're joined now from our London
:04:12. > :04:15.studio by Amy Aeron-Thomas from Roadpeace - the national charity
:04:15. > :04:23.for road crash victims. What is your reaction to the compensation
:04:23. > :04:28.package Cerys Edwards received? am glad it was finally completed.
:04:28. > :04:33.It takes of the worry away from the family. It has taken over five
:04:33. > :04:39.years for it to be settled. It took them almost two years before they
:04:40. > :04:43.even got an interim payment. These may seem it like a large a mines,
:04:44. > :04:48.but the family has been given a life sentence and no amount can
:04:48. > :04:50.compensate for what they have suffered.
:04:50. > :04:53.There are new government proposals on compensation which mean that
:04:53. > :04:58.future victims similar to Cerys are unlikely to get such big payouts.
:04:58. > :05:08.That is right and it is worrying us. Under the proposals being discussed
:05:08. > :05:12.
:05:12. > :05:19.in Parliament now, victims would have to pay for solicitor's fees.
:05:19. > :05:29.Right now, it is the wrong doer, the one who caused the haar who has
:05:29. > :05:34.to pay. The we heard about the new charges that will be brought them,
:05:34. > :05:40.serious injury by dangerous driving. Also, tougher sentences for those
:05:40. > :05:50.drivers. Is that a good thing? is. They have been talking about
:05:50. > :05:53.
:05:53. > :05:57.that since 2003. It is long overdue. What worries us however is that the
:05:57. > :06:07.Government is talking about restricting it to life the encases
:06:07. > :06:07.
:06:07. > :06:12.when it should be extended to all serious injuries -- a life-
:06:12. > :06:14.threatening case. Thanks for joining us here on
:06:14. > :06:16.Midlands Today. Later in the programme.
:06:17. > :06:23.Moved to tears. How 10,000 children have been warned about the horrors
:06:23. > :06:26.of knife and gun crime. An MEP has been arrested on
:06:26. > :06:28.suspicion of conspiring to defraud the European Parliament. Nikki
:06:28. > :06:30.Sinclaire is accused of submitting false expenses. She has totally
:06:31. > :06:33.denied the allegations. Three other people were also
:06:33. > :06:43.arrested as part of the police investigation, as Bob Hockenhull
:06:43. > :06:54.
:06:54. > :07:04.reports. You are nothing better than dictators. Nikki Sinclaire's
:07:04. > :07:06.
:07:06. > :07:12.officers, looking for law today, there is a low point. -- For lawyer.
:07:12. > :07:15.One of her fellow MEPs was quick to defend Nikki Sinclaire. I do not
:07:15. > :07:23.think she would do anything it deliberately because she is an
:07:23. > :07:31.honest person. I cannot believe she has taken anything. She is no
:07:31. > :07:36.stranger to controversy air. She was expelled by UKip. Her campaign
:07:36. > :07:39.to get the UK out of Europe force a referendum debate in the Commons.
:07:39. > :07:49.She had been bailed by police along with three other people who were
:07:49. > :08:00.
:08:00. > :08:05.also arrested. Her office has She goes on to say that the
:08:05. > :08:09.allegations are old and come from a disgruntled ex-employee he. She
:08:09. > :08:12.feels it would be inappropriate to comment further because of the
:08:12. > :08:21.ongoing police investigation, but that is frustrating to her because
:08:21. > :08:24.she has nothing to hide. With us now is our political
:08:24. > :08:26.reporter Susana Mendonca. Will it make any difference to her work as
:08:27. > :08:31.an MEP representing the West Midlands in Strasbourg? Essentially
:08:32. > :08:38.not, because she has not been charged with anything. She wants to
:08:38. > :08:44.clear her name. If she had been charged, there are disciplinary
:08:44. > :08:47.procedures in place that the European Parliament can use.
:08:47. > :08:50.She stands as an independent and does not have the backing of a
:08:50. > :08:54.party machine any more. Does that make things more difficult for her?
:08:54. > :09:03.It makes it quite difficult for her in terms of having influence. In
:09:03. > :09:13.the European Parliament, parties form in groups. Nikki Sinclaire was
:09:13. > :09:15.
:09:15. > :09:21.expelled from UKip and focuses on single issues, campaign issues. Her
:09:21. > :09:26.major campaign issue is the idea of removing Britain from the European
:09:26. > :09:32.Union. She took a petition to Downing Street last year. It is
:09:32. > :09:37.quite difficult for somebody who is not going to a partly -- who is not
:09:37. > :09:40.linked to a party to have any influence.
:09:40. > :09:43.A man charged with the murder of retired Worcestershire school-
:09:43. > :09:46.teacher Betty Yates has appeared in court. Stephen Farrow who is 47 is
:09:46. > :09:51.also accused of killing a vicar at his home in Gloucestershire. Cath
:09:51. > :09:53.Mackie reports. The prison van manoeuvred its way
:09:53. > :09:55.swiftly passed the newspaper photographers waiting outside
:09:55. > :09:58.Northavon Magistrates Court. Hidden from view behind the blacked-out
:09:58. > :10:01.windows was Stephen Farrow who is facing two counts of murder.
:10:01. > :10:05.The 47-year-old, who is 6 foot 4, wore a grey fleece and trousers in
:10:05. > :10:08.court and spoke only to confirm his name, birth date and that he has no
:10:08. > :10:12.fixed address. Stephen Farrow is accused of
:10:12. > :10:17.murdering Betty Yates at her home on the banks of the River Severn in
:10:17. > :10:23.Bewdley. The 77-year-old retired schoolteacher had been stabbed and
:10:23. > :10:26.beaten with her own walking stick. Her body was found on January 4th.
:10:26. > :10:29.Six weeks later in the town of Thornbury in Gloucestershire, the
:10:29. > :10:31.Reverend John Stubbards was found stabbed to death in his vicarage.
:10:31. > :10:36.Police launched a nationwide manhunt and arrested Stephen Farrow
:10:36. > :10:39.on Sunday in Kent following a tip off from the public. In Bewdley,
:10:39. > :10:44.where Betty Yates was regarded as a pillar of the community, a memorial
:10:44. > :10:47.service will be held later this year.
:10:47. > :10:49.Police involved in this inquiry have thanked the public for their
:10:49. > :10:51.continued support and for their courage in coming forward. And
:10:51. > :10:54.they're still urging anyone with information to contact them.
:10:54. > :10:57.Stephen Farrow was remanded in custody. A trial is due to take
:10:57. > :10:59.place at Bristol Crown Court in June. Cath Mackie, BBC Midlands
:10:59. > :11:02.Today. A specialist team has recovered
:11:02. > :11:06.more than �22 million worth of cannabis from illegal farms in the
:11:06. > :11:09.West Midlands in the last year alone.
:11:09. > :11:13.Almost 600 raids have taken place across the region, seizing and
:11:13. > :11:16.destroying hundreds of thousands of plants. We sent our reporter Joan
:11:16. > :11:22.Cummins to join the team today, as they cleared another illegal
:11:22. > :11:24.cannabis farm. Noisy and necessary, a daily
:11:24. > :11:31.occurance in the destruction of illegal cannabis farms across the
:11:31. > :11:34.region. Today's target - a rented house in Oldbury. A specialist team
:11:34. > :11:44.working in the West Midlands are now dismantling cannabis farms on a
:11:44. > :11:48.
:11:48. > :11:53.regular basis. This is job number 585. Everything that has been put
:11:53. > :11:58.him out for safety has been bypassed to steal electricity.
:11:58. > :12:04.Neighbours say they did not know that anybody was living here.
:12:04. > :12:13.Inside his house, 300,000 cannabis plants. The house has been turned
:12:13. > :12:20.into a virtual death trap. You can see how it is set up. There is
:12:20. > :12:27.water running round the house as well. Not only are they exposed
:12:27. > :12:30.electricity cables, there are hosepipes and running water.
:12:30. > :12:33.The regional cannabis disposal team was set up initially as a trial,
:12:33. > :12:37.but the inhouse team has saved the police budget �1 million. The team
:12:37. > :12:43.is also being used by other forces in the region, but are they winning
:12:43. > :12:50.the drugs war? I think we will always be one step behind, but it
:12:50. > :12:57.is a very short step at the moment. There is a lot more of them than
:12:57. > :13:01.there is of us. But we are doing our best to keep up with them. We
:13:01. > :13:05.are doing a lot of these cannabis farms and taking a lot of drugs of
:13:05. > :13:08.the street. Cannabis is now classified as a
:13:08. > :13:11.class B drug. Operating a factory like this could result in the man
:13:11. > :13:18.arrested here last night facing 14 years in prison. But the team has
:13:18. > :13:24.no doubt that cannabis is part of organised crime. It is not the same
:13:24. > :13:29.as it was in the 1970s. It is not a mellow draw be any more. It is very
:13:29. > :13:34.potent, there are different strains and varieties. There are links with
:13:34. > :13:40.illegal immigrants, money laundering and all the other things
:13:40. > :13:42.have got money from crime goes into. Much of the paraphernalia is
:13:43. > :13:45.recycled whilst the plants end up in landfill. The continuing message
:13:45. > :13:49.to communities though is report anything suspicious before you find
:13:49. > :13:52.yourself living next door to a cannabis factory.
:13:52. > :13:55.The head of the Care Quality Commission who failed to spot poor
:13:55. > :13:58.care at Stafford Hospital has resigned. Cynthia Bower was chief
:13:58. > :14:04.executive of the West Midlands Strategic Health Authority when the
:14:04. > :14:06.appalling failures at Stafford occurred. Ms Bower was criticised
:14:06. > :14:11.at the Stafford public inquiry for disbanding the investigations team
:14:11. > :14:14.and presiding over a bullying culture.
:14:14. > :14:17.Police are to carry out fresh searches around the Herefordshire
:14:17. > :14:21.village of Orlton for a pensioner who has been missing for more than
:14:21. > :14:24.four weeks. 63-year-old Alethea Taylor was last seen in January.
:14:24. > :14:27.Around 80 local people have been helping to look for her, but
:14:27. > :14:33.there's been no trace so far. Air support will help ground teams with
:14:33. > :14:35.the new search which will take place later this week.
:14:35. > :14:39.A climber from Kidderminster has died after falling more than 1,000
:14:39. > :14:42.feet from Ben Nevis. 32-year-old Paul Guest was climbing the UK's
:14:42. > :14:52.highest mountain on Sunday when he fell. A fellow climber was injured
:14:52. > :14:54.
:14:54. > :14:58.but survived. Still ahead this evening. We're
:14:58. > :15:03.live with Stoke City fans hoping their team can reign in Spain.
:15:03. > :15:08.was always going to be tough, but a goal down it makes it all that much
:15:08. > :15:12.harder. And there's no need for the fans
:15:12. > :15:15.back home to feel left out - it's been exceptional today. Sun and
:15:15. > :15:25.sangria weather with record highs. I'll be telling what they were in a
:15:25. > :15:29.
:15:29. > :15:33.More than 10,000 schoolchildren in the West Midlands have taken part
:15:33. > :15:36.in a programme aimed at taking any idea of glamour out of guns and
:15:36. > :15:40.crime. They have come face to face with the impact guns and gangs can
:15:40. > :15:42.have on families and they have sat through a film which left some in
:15:42. > :15:44.tears. Latest figures show that nearly 90
:15:44. > :15:47.children in this region were charged with possessing a firearm
:15:47. > :15:51.between April 2008 and March 2010. Louise Brierley reports.
:15:51. > :15:59.Captured on CCTV, two teenagers are walking down a street. But look
:15:59. > :16:02.closely and one is holding something in his right hand. It
:16:02. > :16:06.appears to be a gun. Moments later, armed police are on
:16:06. > :16:10.the scene. Pointing their weapons at the youngster in Erdington High
:16:10. > :16:20.Street. It turned out it was a toy gun and he threw it down just in
:16:20. > :16:21.
:16:21. > :16:24.time to save his life. We close the film with what the alternative
:16:24. > :16:27.could have been, and knock on the door to your mother saying your son
:16:27. > :16:31.has been shot. It's one of many real life incidents being shown to
:16:31. > :16:34.pupils like these as part of a project by West Midlands Police to
:16:34. > :16:39.tackle gun and knife crime. So what do they think? It is about
:16:40. > :16:43.the consequences. It is not just the victim. It is the family as
:16:44. > :16:48.well. The way that everything is brought to life and how realistic
:16:48. > :16:51.it is. People might see this and think twice. The tragic case of
:16:51. > :16:54.teenagers Charlene Ellis and Letisha Shakespeare, who were the
:16:54. > :16:56.innocent victims of a gangland shooting in Aston in 2003, is also
:16:56. > :17:01.featured in the video presentation. Letisha's mother Marcia is a guest
:17:01. > :17:08.speaker. It is so important to speak to people, do not make their
:17:08. > :17:11.parents be in the same position as I was. It is important because the
:17:11. > :17:21.situation is so negative that something positive has to come out
:17:21. > :17:22.
:17:22. > :17:25.of it. The project has reached 85 schools across the West Midlands.
:17:25. > :17:31.It is hoped this sort of early intervention will make Young people
:17:31. > :17:34.think twice before carrying a knife or gun. And after their close shave,
:17:34. > :17:37.it is doubtful these boys will pick up an imitation firearm again.
:17:37. > :17:40.Louise Brierley, BBC Midlands Today, Wolverhampton.
:17:40. > :17:43.The former Rangers and Scotland manager Walter Smith is the latest
:17:43. > :17:46.to rule himself out of becoming the new boss of Wolverhampton Wanderers.
:17:46. > :17:50.The club sacked Mick McCarthy ten days ago vowing to have a new man
:17:51. > :17:55.in charge for Saturday's game at Newcastle. But that's now being
:17:55. > :18:00.left to caretaker Terry Connor. Dan Pallett reports.
:18:00. > :18:03.He looked like the one, but now he's gone. Walter Smith is just the
:18:03. > :18:06.latest manager to say thanks, but no thanks, to Wolves. He was
:18:06. > :18:10.offered the post of manager, but turned it down. And he's far from
:18:10. > :18:14.the first. Alan Curbushley was thought to be the club's first
:18:14. > :18:17.choice, but he ruled himself out at the weekend. Brian McDermott is now
:18:17. > :18:20.off the radar after signing a new deal at Reading. And Gus Poyet is
:18:20. > :18:23.happy at Championship Brighton. So today caretaker Terry Connor had to
:18:23. > :18:30.face the media and will run the team on Saturday. But he knows his
:18:30. > :18:40.13 years at the club could end any day. If that is the case, that is
:18:40. > :18:49.the case. I know what happens. When I signed the contract, I knew their
:18:49. > :18:52.ups and downs. Ryan Leister is on the fans' parliament and constantly
:18:52. > :18:57.takes the fans' pulse. He says the club should do the same over the
:18:57. > :19:06.new manager. It is hard to ignore all the comments on Twitter and
:19:06. > :19:14.Facebook. They need to make the right decision and putting someone
:19:14. > :19:17.in that the fans are not keen Ellen could be detrimental. Work
:19:17. > :19:22.continued on the ground today, but fans are less impressed by the work
:19:22. > :19:29.finding a new manager. I was disappointed when Alan Curbishley
:19:29. > :19:33.said it was not right for him. thought that their new manager
:19:34. > :19:37.would be in place by the game against Newcastle. Mick McCarthy
:19:37. > :19:47.was a big character at Wolves. It seems it's not easy trying to fill
:19:47. > :19:53.
:19:53. > :19:57.his shoes. A big night for Stoke City fans. 5,000 of them have
:19:57. > :20:01.headed for Spain. But many more had to stay at home. Nick Clitheroe is
:20:01. > :20:07.with some of them in Stoke on Trent. Plenty of people have made the trip
:20:07. > :20:12.out of Valencia for the game. But on the pitch, nothing to cheer
:20:12. > :20:22.about so far. Stalker did get off to a good start in the game. Plenty
:20:22. > :20:28.
:20:28. > :20:38.of early pressure. -- Stoke. But Valencia have scored and it is a
:20:38. > :20:42.
:20:42. > :20:46.mountain to climb for it -- Stoke. They got off to a good start. It
:20:46. > :20:51.should have been a free kick on the edge of their area but Valencia
:20:51. > :21:01.went up to the other end and scored. It will be difficult from here. Can
:21:01. > :21:06.they get back into this? I can see Valencia coming out of the second
:21:06. > :21:10.half and having two or three more goals. But it has been a great
:21:10. > :21:15.adventure? Yes, it has been brilliant. A good experience.
:21:15. > :21:22.Better luck next time. Do you think they could get out of this one?
:21:22. > :21:29.Maybe. They would have to be market. They could do, but it is going to
:21:29. > :21:36.be tough. -- the would have to be lucky. We will bring you the full
:21:36. > :21:38.story in the late bulletin. Thank you very much.
:21:38. > :21:42.It's nearly 40 years since the Birmingham soul singer with the
:21:42. > :21:44.huge voice, Ruby Turner, first took to the stage. She was born in
:21:44. > :21:48.Jamaica, but came to this country as a child.
:21:48. > :21:51.Her early days in the showbiz world were a tough slog, but it was not
:21:51. > :21:54.long before she was performing with the likes of Mick Jagger, Boy
:21:54. > :21:57.George, Brian Ferry and UB40. A far cry from the day she arrived here
:21:57. > :22:07.after travelling from Montego Bay, all alone, with a name tag on her
:22:07. > :22:11.
:22:11. > :22:16.coat. Her talent was yet to emerge! That talent has taken her around
:22:16. > :22:23.the world as an actress and a singer. As a new British tour gets
:22:23. > :22:27.under way, I went with her to the theatre where it all began. It is
:22:27. > :22:36.very special to me because this is where it all started. I came you
:22:36. > :22:40.when I was 16 years old and it changed my life. Her family it was
:22:40. > :22:50.part of a wave of new arrivals from the Caribbean who came to
:22:50. > :22:58.Birmingham in the 1960s. I was just nine. I was looking for the trees
:22:58. > :23:08.and wondering what all these walls were. There was a nice gentle
:23:08. > :23:18.breeze, but no smell of the sea, no mangles. No coconut palms waving. -
:23:18. > :23:20.
:23:21. > :23:27.What is it about people with a Caribbean background, those big
:23:27. > :23:32.voices that? My grandfather was a lead singer in a gospel group.
:23:32. > :23:39.your mother has sung with you recently? She has. I put out a
:23:39. > :23:48.gospel album about two years ago. I thought my mum would be great on it.
:23:48. > :23:56.It was so moving for me. What strikes me is you keep your feet
:23:56. > :24:01.for a -- keep your feet firmly on the ground. I can tell that. I
:24:01. > :24:08.think it is growing up and that Midlands. And you are still happy
:24:08. > :24:14.to live here? I am still happy to be here. I love coming home. I of
:24:14. > :24:18.the quiet, I can relax here. A love being with my family and friends.
:24:18. > :24:28.She has always struggled with her weight, but tries to keep in trim
:24:28. > :24:39.
:24:39. > :24:42.playing badminton. I do play badminton. Thank you. Pleasure. I
:24:42. > :24:45.loved every minute of that. And, besides appearing throughout
:24:45. > :24:55.the year with Jools Holland, Ruby is performing this Sunday at the
:24:55. > :25:05.
:25:05. > :25:09.Warwick Arts Centre in Coventry. It's been an exceptional day in
:25:09. > :25:11.every way. The winds were lighter. The sunshine made an early
:25:11. > :25:14.breakthrough in spite of yesterday's indications to the
:25:14. > :25:17.contrary and so the temperatures just kept rising and rising. These
:25:17. > :25:20.were the final numbers - not only was Coleshill in Warwickshire the
:25:20. > :25:30.warmest spot in the region, it broke its own February record of
:25:30. > :25:36.16.8, although records were only started there in 1997. -- 18.7.
:25:36. > :25:39.Even elsewhere, we exceeded expectations. A really lovely day.
:25:39. > :25:42.Now we're still in a warm sector, so it'll still remain quite warm
:25:42. > :25:45.overnight. Although compared to today's temperatures, the drop is
:25:45. > :25:48.quite steep - nine or ten Celsius overnight and turning cloudier from
:25:48. > :25:50.the North. And then the rain comes through tomorrow. It's a weak front
:25:50. > :25:53.that'll be crossing the region. Once it's gone through, the
:25:53. > :26:03.temperatures will start to fall. So feeling cooler tomorrow with a
:26:03. > :26:19.
:26:20. > :26:24.maximum of between 10 to 13 Celsius. There's a brisk breeze too. And for
:26:24. > :26:34.the weekend - cooler but mostly dry with some sunshine. Could be some
:26:34. > :26:37.
:26:37. > :26:40.rain later in the day on Sunday, but a frost on Saturday night.
:26:40. > :26:43.A look at tonight's main headlines. RBS - the taxpayer-funded bank -
:26:43. > :26:48.records its fourth straight year of losses, and it's double the
:26:48. > :26:51.previous year. And �5 million compensation is
:26:51. > :27:01.awarded to a six-year-old girl left paralysed by a teenage speeding
:27:01. > :27:07.
:27:07. > :27:10.driver. A Muntjac deer got more than he
:27:10. > :27:13.bargained for when he was scavenging for food in Sutton
:27:13. > :27:15.Coldfield. He tried to take a short cut through some railings but got
:27:15. > :27:18.stuck. Eventually Warwickshire Fire and Rescue service were able to
:27:18. > :27:20.free him. The deer had only suffered minor grazes and was
:27:20. > :27:28.immediately released back into the wild.
:27:28. > :27:34.Poor little thing. Tomorrow, we will be at the launch