:00:06. > :00:10.Hello and welcome to Midlands Today with Nick Owen and Suzanne Virdee.
:00:10. > :00:13.The headlines tonight: Thousands of school leavers look to the army as
:00:13. > :00:17.a way to escape sky high youth unemployment. I would definitely
:00:17. > :00:20.consider a career in the Army, because I like to be in charge.
:00:20. > :00:24.gives you a better chance to show what you can do for your country,
:00:24. > :00:27.and how patriotic you are. As the agony goes on for Port Vale, fans
:00:28. > :00:32.launch a fighting fund to save their stricken club. We are working
:00:32. > :00:35.day and night to make sure there is a future for Port Vale. Criticism
:00:35. > :00:39.of plans for police work to be handed over to private security
:00:39. > :00:44.companies. These are not benevolent organisations, they are not doing
:00:44. > :00:49.it for the public good. They are doing it to make a profit for their
:00:49. > :00:59.board and shareholders. And is the game of darts in decline, as pub
:00:59. > :01:05.
:01:05. > :01:11.chains call time on a game enjoyed Good evening and welcome to the
:01:11. > :01:13.start of the week here on Midlands Today. Our main story this evening:
:01:14. > :01:16.Thousands of youngsters look to escape the unemployment queues by
:01:16. > :01:19.joining the armed services. The biggest recruiting event in the
:01:19. > :01:22.region is taking place at a military base in Stafford. There
:01:22. > :01:24.are 18,000 16 and 17 year olds looking for work in the West
:01:25. > :01:29.Midlands, and this week 5,000 school leavers will be attending
:01:29. > :01:33.the military jobs fair. The MoD says it's offering around 1000 jobs
:01:33. > :01:40.to the region's youngsters. But with the armed forces shrinking, is
:01:40. > :01:42.a military career a good choice for young people? Ben Godfrey reports.
:01:42. > :01:48.Could these teenagers become the next generation of frontline
:01:48. > :01:57.soldiers? At MoD Stafford this week, these pupils are being shown one
:01:57. > :02:01.way to avoid the dole queue, by signing up to the Army. Our deadly
:02:02. > :02:08.consider a career in the Army, I like being in charge. I would like
:02:09. > :02:13.to be a commander training of recruits. I don't want to be a a
:02:13. > :02:17.rightful person, I want to be a mechanic. Not many people want to
:02:17. > :02:19.join the Army. In the West Midlands, a thousand paid jobs are on offer -
:02:20. > :02:26.from infantry, to engineers and chefs. Amid record youth
:02:26. > :02:30.unemployment, they're looking to school-leavers. You could argue
:02:30. > :02:35.that the toughest job in the Army's recruiting the next generation of
:02:35. > :02:45.soldiers. The Army wants -- the government wants the army to cut
:02:45. > :02:47.
:02:47. > :02:50.7,000 post. -- posts. With troops still in Afghanistan and the
:02:50. > :02:53.casualty toll rising, the Government says it wants a leaner,
:02:53. > :03:01.more effective army. In the West Midlands, that means planning years
:03:01. > :03:06.ahead. It is true that the army is downsizing, but in the West
:03:06. > :03:10.Midlands alone, we recruit 5,000 people a year. That is not going to
:03:10. > :03:13.change, the army will always be a large organisation. Adam Gold
:03:13. > :03:19.joined the Royal Signals because he was concerned about unemployment in
:03:19. > :03:27.Stoke-on-Trent. Eight years later, he's seeing big cuts in the Army.
:03:27. > :03:31.We are going through quite a bit era a job cuts. -- quite a big era
:03:31. > :03:34.of job cuts. Coaches are bringing in thousands of children to this
:03:34. > :03:38.careers fair where the guns, tanks, and facepaint were creating a sense
:03:38. > :03:44.of wonder. But how many will be thinking about the realities of
:03:44. > :03:46.war? Ben Godfrey, BBC Midlands Today, Stafford.
:03:46. > :03:50.And the MOD isn't the only organisation offering work to the
:03:50. > :03:54.young unemployed. Our Business Correspondent, Peter Plisner is at
:03:54. > :04:03.a branch of Tesco's tonight. They've announced a major jobs
:04:03. > :04:08.boost, Peter, What exactly have they said? They have said they are
:04:08. > :04:12.creating 20,000 new jobs across the UK. Many of those will be in the
:04:12. > :04:17.West Midlands, but interestingly, there will be targeted at the young
:04:17. > :04:21.unemployed. Tesco said, with youth unemployment in record levels, we
:04:21. > :04:26.are determined to target many of our jobs at young people currently
:04:26. > :04:32.out of work. Tesco is one of a number of firms to target the young
:04:32. > :04:36.unemployed to jobs. I expect many more firms to follow suit. Youth
:04:36. > :04:43.unemployment is a big problem. What is the government doing to deal
:04:43. > :04:50.that situation? At the moment, 23% of the unemployed population are
:04:50. > :04:56.16-24-year-olds. It is getting worse. A survey out today said they
:04:56. > :05:01.expect youth unemployment to get worse until the end of the year.
:05:01. > :05:05.The government is launching a billion pounds scheme to get jobs
:05:05. > :05:10.for young people. But they think that is going to do the trick.
:05:10. > :05:15.Going back to that military jobs fair, one attraction is being
:05:15. > :05:19.trained in a field while earning money. Indeed. Some of those skills
:05:19. > :05:23.are highly skilled, and highly sought-after for employers. That is
:05:23. > :05:27.good, not everyone stays in the army, and they can go to highly
:05:27. > :05:31.paid jobs, and employers don't have to pay them. There is no waiting
:05:31. > :05:34.period while they are getting up to speed with their training. Thank
:05:34. > :05:36.you very much. Port Vale fans are still on
:05:36. > :05:40.tenterhooks tonight as the club's agonising drift towards going into
:05:40. > :05:44.administration was postponed for another day. Although it would cost
:05:44. > :05:47.the 136 year old Potteries club 10 points and all chance of promotion,
:05:47. > :05:51.most fans see administration as the only way out of the financial
:05:51. > :06:01.crisis. Daniel Pallett reports. You can hear their pain, you can
:06:01. > :06:04.see their pain. And for fans of Port Vale that pain is going to
:06:04. > :06:07.linger for at least another day. Yesterday they gathered at an
:06:07. > :06:09.emergency meeting where acting chairman Mike Lloyd was asked to
:06:09. > :06:11.leave. CROWD BOOING
:06:11. > :06:21.Today they learnt that the club's move into administration has been
:06:21. > :06:25.delayed at least until tomorrow. are working day and night, we are
:06:25. > :06:30.having discussions with people to try and make sure there is a future
:06:30. > :06:36.for Port Vale. The feature Wednesday with the cardboard, but
:06:36. > :06:40.we want to be in a position where we can leave the club in a best
:06:40. > :06:42.possible position. All of this comes of great interest to the
:06:43. > :06:45.club's creditors. Regal Sports Press are just one of many. They've
:06:45. > :06:52.supplied this season's matchday programmes and other material. But
:06:52. > :06:59.they've not been paid since the summer. At the request of the
:06:59. > :07:04.commercial department, getting commercial literature, and also the
:07:04. > :07:12.design and printing of the club Callander, that is being retailed
:07:12. > :07:16.at the shop, we produce the bat. We have not been paid, dating right
:07:16. > :07:18.back to August. But through it all the fans passion shines through.
:07:18. > :07:20.They were out in force at Accrington Stanley on Saturday. But
:07:20. > :07:24.the win they were hoping would ease the win they were hoping would ease
:07:24. > :07:27.the pain didn't come. They took the lead through John McCombe. But were
:07:27. > :07:31.they were pegged back by Padraig Amond's scrappy equaliser. Chris
:07:31. > :07:35.Shuker put Vale 2-1 up in the second half. But with just 2
:07:35. > :07:39.minutes left Will Hatfield earned Accrington a 2-2 draw. It's raining
:07:39. > :07:46.on Port Vale from all angles at the moment. But the fans are standing
:07:46. > :07:49.moment. But the fans are standing firm.
:07:49. > :07:52.And there'll be a full report on the latest in the quickly changing
:07:52. > :07:56.situation at Port Vale in Late Kick off. That's at 11:05pm tonight here
:07:56. > :08:01.on BBC One when there'll also be details of a change of manager at
:08:01. > :08:04.another of our clubs as well as all the Football League action.
:08:04. > :08:07.Still to come tonight: How scientists at Birmingham University
:08:08. > :08:16.hope humans in a gym can teach them more about the behaviour of apes in
:08:16. > :08:19.the wild. "Policing for profit." That's one
:08:19. > :08:22.scathing assessment of a plan to pay private firms to do police work
:08:23. > :08:25.in the West Midlands. The Police Federation which represents rank
:08:25. > :08:29.and file officers, say the proposals aren't in the public
:08:29. > :08:32.interest. But the force, which needs to make �125m of cuts,
:08:32. > :08:38.insists the changes will reduce costs and protect front line
:08:38. > :08:41.policing. Cath Mackie reports. The collection of CCTV evidence;
:08:41. > :08:47.guarding the scene of a crime, just two of the functions which may
:08:47. > :08:50.switch from police officers to private firms in the West Midlands.
:08:50. > :08:59.Under pressure to make cuts of �126m, the West Midlands force say
:08:59. > :09:09.it's not just about cost savings. We think there's an opportunity,
:09:09. > :09:13.particularly looking at some of our office duties, there is a chance
:09:13. > :09:23.for private firms to provide better value. But critics, like the Police
:09:23. > :09:23.
:09:23. > :09:26.Federation aren't impressed. We see it as Policing Board profits.
:09:26. > :09:29.Ultimately what we see is that these aren't benevolent
:09:29. > :09:33.organisations, they are not doing it for the public good, they are
:09:33. > :09:36.doing it for the profit of their shareholders. West Midlands police
:09:36. > :09:39.say this is not a move to privatise the police service and they're
:09:39. > :09:42.adamant it won't mean private security staff carrying out front
:09:42. > :09:46.line duties like making arrests. The West Midlands is one of two
:09:46. > :09:55.forces involved in the scheme, the other is Surrey. The private
:09:55. > :09:59.contracts could be worth one and a �1.5b over 10 years. I think the
:09:59. > :10:02.public, whether they are a user or a tax payer, will see that this
:10:02. > :10:06.will be better value for money, and allow us to provide a much better
:10:06. > :10:10.service. It's a sensitive issue which is causing ructions at
:10:10. > :10:13.Westminster. Labour's claiming it could put core public policing at
:10:13. > :10:15.risk. The Home office say it's about supporting front line
:10:15. > :10:21.services by making the backroom more efficient. West Midlands
:10:21. > :10:24.police plan to meet businesses interested in the scheme next week.
:10:24. > :10:27.Police have called off the search for a Cheltenham man who's gone
:10:27. > :10:30.missing in the Cayman Islands because of bad weather. 30-year-old
:10:30. > :10:35.teaching assistant Nathan Clarke was last seen near a beach bar on
:10:35. > :10:38.Grand Cayman a week ago. Hundreds of people have helped in the search.
:10:38. > :10:41.Police say they'll decide later whether the search can resume
:10:41. > :10:44.tomorrow. Vital repair work on twenty four
:10:44. > :10:49.churches across the West Midlands can go ahead following a one point
:10:49. > :10:51.six million pound grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The money
:10:51. > :10:54.has been awarded to churches in Warwickshire, Herefordshire and
:10:54. > :11:00.Shropshire. Included is St Botolph Church in Newbold-on-Avon near
:11:00. > :11:03.Rugby and Francis Xaviers in Hereford. The money will go towards
:11:03. > :11:06.repairing cracks in the walls and replacing church roofs.
:11:06. > :11:11.Managers at New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton are defending an
:11:11. > :11:16.increase in parking charges which came into effect today. Prices have
:11:16. > :11:20.increased from two to �3 for two hours. The NHS Trust say it's the
:11:20. > :11:24.first time rise since 2005. Residents are concerned that some
:11:24. > :11:27.visitors will park on nearby streets, causing congestion.
:11:27. > :11:29.Three generations of one family have made a remarkable pilgrimage
:11:29. > :11:33.from Worcestershire to the Falklands, 30 years after the
:11:33. > :11:37.conflict. The journey of remembrance for Craig Jones is the
:11:37. > :11:41.subject of a special edition of Inside Out at 7.30 here on BBC One
:11:41. > :11:44.tonight. Presenter Mary Rhodes went with the Jones family to the
:11:44. > :11:53.Falklands and she's here now. Thirty years on, what's life like
:11:53. > :11:57.for the Falkland Islanders now? think it's fair to say that it is
:11:57. > :12:00.not a lifestyle they everybody. It is very remote and bleak. It is
:12:00. > :12:07.surprising the number of servicemen who served there you have returned
:12:07. > :12:15.to live there. There are strong Midlands connections. A ship that
:12:15. > :12:20.was sunk, SAS connections, 18 people killed there. I spoke to a
:12:20. > :12:28.man who ran a print shop out there, and I asked him what the appeal was.
:12:28. > :12:33.He said it was the safety. It was a small-town community. He said it
:12:33. > :12:43.reminded him of England in the 1950s. A there is a lot of tension
:12:43. > :12:44.
:12:44. > :12:52.over the Falklands, how is that affecting them? The truth is that
:12:52. > :12:56.they are very passionate about being British. They wry Union flags
:12:56. > :13:02.flying everywhere. They are very proud of their islands. They had
:13:02. > :13:06.visitors coming in on cruise ships, and you can see why. Parts of the
:13:06. > :13:11.island are beautiful. The wildlife is absolutely stunning. I was
:13:11. > :13:14.delighted to go and see the penguins. The beaches are white,
:13:14. > :13:20.many of them are closed off to tourists, because there are
:13:20. > :13:25.landmines. The landmines are not set off by the penguins! They are
:13:25. > :13:31.not heavy enough. It is a real privilege to have gone there. This
:13:32. > :13:36.family went on a remarkable journey of remembrance. There was a huge
:13:36. > :13:45.debt of gratitude from the islanders. You can see all of that
:13:45. > :13:49.Heart and lung transplant patient Ben Hughes is dying after his body
:13:49. > :13:52.began rejecting his new lungs. He may have only days to live but he's
:13:52. > :13:54.determined to raise awareness of the need for more people to join
:13:55. > :13:57.the donor register. He also wants to give other terminally ill
:13:57. > :14:00.patients a chance to fulfil their dreams. It's something he's done
:14:00. > :14:07.himself, writing about it in internet blogs that have gained him
:14:07. > :14:10.a worldwide following, as Joanne Writtle reports. Ben Hughes from
:14:10. > :14:13.Shrewsbury's just celebrated five years since a heart and double lung
:14:13. > :14:16.transplant. But his body's now rejecting his lungs, and he's spent
:14:16. > :14:19.the last few months visiting Premiership grounds, going to TV
:14:19. > :14:29.sets and meeting celebrities as part of a Bucket List of things to
:14:29. > :14:31.
:14:31. > :14:38.do before he dies. It has been a blast. I have done more in the last
:14:38. > :14:44.two months I've done in 28 years. It has been really, really good.
:14:44. > :14:46.Some amazing memories for my loved ones to keep as well. Now too sick
:14:46. > :14:52.to continue, and with thousands of followers worldwide on a Facebook
:14:52. > :15:02.page, he wants his wife Ayla to set up a charity to help others. There
:15:02. > :15:05.is no help out there for people and then's situation. -- people in
:15:05. > :15:15.Ben's situation. The their charities to help people with
:15:15. > :15:16.
:15:16. > :15:21.cancer. Everybody that I speak to, they also inspired by him. They say,
:15:21. > :15:24.I must be so proud, and proud just doesn't come near. Ben's also
:15:24. > :15:30.written a local newspaper column and blog, something his wife's
:15:30. > :15:38.continued more recently: I'm not just in -- losing my husband, I'm
:15:38. > :15:41.losing my soulmate and my whole life. Some of the things on Ben's
:15:41. > :15:44.wish list were very simple, like spending time with loved ones by
:15:44. > :15:47.the Weir close to his home. But more than anything he wants to
:15:47. > :15:49.raise awareness about organ donation. There are 10,000 people
:15:49. > :15:52.on the waiting list for a transplant at any one time
:15:52. > :16:01.nationally. In the West Midlands 16 people have had lung transplants in
:16:01. > :16:06.the last year, compared to 169 nationally. My life would have been
:16:06. > :16:12.over a long time ago if it wasn't for that person's general --
:16:12. > :16:22.generosity. As Ben plans his funeral, he wants to publicise that
:16:22. > :16:22.
:16:22. > :16:28.more people need transplants than there are organs available.
:16:28. > :16:31.Very brave of him to continue the campaign. According to the NHS
:16:31. > :16:33.Blood and Transplant Service, three people die every day waiting for an
:16:33. > :16:43.organ transplant. Hundreds of people have signed up to be donors,
:16:43. > :16:44.
:16:44. > :16:46.Still ahead here on Midlands Today this evening: All the Premier
:16:46. > :16:51.League latest, including the fallout from Wolves' woeful five-
:16:51. > :16:55.nil thrashing at Fulham. And the weekend marked a turning point that
:16:55. > :16:59.saw a return to the cold. But could it be more than a passing phase?
:16:59. > :17:09.The road to spring is not a smooth one but there is some positive news
:17:09. > :17:11.
:17:11. > :17:14.Apes and monkeys make swinging through the treetops look easy. But
:17:14. > :17:19.scientists have plenty of questions about the mechanics of how they
:17:19. > :17:23.actually do it. Sadly your average orangutan isn't a particularly co-
:17:23. > :17:27.operative test subject. So, at the University of Birmingham to learn
:17:27. > :17:36.more about monkey movement, they're experimenting on people instead.
:17:36. > :17:42.More now from our correspondent David Gregory. This is an orang-
:17:42. > :17:47.utan. Here he is moving through the canopy. At least for the purposes
:17:47. > :17:51.of this experiment at the University of Birmingham. These
:17:51. > :17:57.experts have been told to move like a monkey to help scientists
:17:57. > :18:06.understand a movement of the real thing. I like re-enacting things I
:18:06. > :18:11.see gibbons do injuries. -- in trees. This course will help us
:18:11. > :18:14.answer all sorts of questions. One of the major ones is how can a big
:18:14. > :18:22.and more like an orang-utan move through the car -- through the
:18:22. > :18:28.forest canopy so easily? It is mysterious. We know a lot about
:18:28. > :18:32.Tauranga times move around. But they're so big and the barge is so
:18:32. > :18:36.flexible that they're moving on -- a runner cans. We don't know
:18:36. > :18:42.anything about the actual energy that they used to move around that
:18:42. > :18:47.habitat. And to measure this energy, the runners use this mask and
:18:48. > :18:57.backpack. We're using lots of different activities and seeing how
:18:58. > :18:58.
:18:58. > :19:01.much energy they're using. That translates into a orangutans. Are
:19:02. > :19:09.they using more, is that going to put more strain on the amount of
:19:09. > :19:19.food they have to find to survive? And the habitat of orangutans is
:19:19. > :19:28.
:19:28. > :19:35.certainly changing. But why not use a real a rattans -- around a tang?
:19:35. > :19:39.-- orangutans? Dan here with the rest of the sports news now. Dan, a
:19:39. > :19:41.new manager for Hereford? He may have won for the first time in
:19:41. > :19:44.eight matches on Saturday but it wasn't enough to save Jamie
:19:44. > :19:47.Pitman's job as manager of Hereford United. The club's board today
:19:47. > :19:53.relieved Pitman of his duties despite the 2-1 victory over AFC
:19:53. > :19:56.Wimbledon. He will stay on the coaching staff though.
:19:56. > :20:03.The new boss is Richard O'Kelly who's never been a manager before.
:20:03. > :20:09.He's been given a contract until the end of the season. It pleased
:20:09. > :20:15.me to see the group of players this morning, how we were motivated and
:20:15. > :20:19.how we were engaged in the process of what is happening. That was good
:20:19. > :20:23.to see. If you have got that sort of commitment, you have got a
:20:23. > :20:32.better chance. Just under 25,000 fans saw history made at the
:20:32. > :20:35.Hawthorns. West Bromwich Albion's first victory over Chelsea in 33
:20:36. > :20:42.years. That's now six points out of six for the Albion, and their new
:20:42. > :20:45.secret weapon. Have any of our Premier League
:20:45. > :20:47.teams made a better signing this season than Emily Badger? Last week,
:20:47. > :20:50.her rousing chorus of Albion's favourite hymn produced a 4-nil win
:20:50. > :20:53.over Sunderland.. So no wonder the Baggies invited her back to the
:20:53. > :20:56.Hawthorns, and Emily's encore inspired another famous, and well-
:20:56. > :21:01.deserved victory over Chelsea. Delight for Gareth McAuley and
:21:01. > :21:10.thousands of home fans. Despair for Andree Villas-Boas, who knew the
:21:10. > :21:13.final whistle was about to blow after only 8 months in charge.
:21:13. > :21:22.won the game because we played well. It wasn't one of those games way
:21:22. > :21:27.you have a tin hat on all the time, it was a game where we had as many
:21:27. > :21:29.chances as Chelsea had. The last time Albion fans sang you're
:21:30. > :21:33.getting sacked in the morning was at Molineux last month. Mick
:21:33. > :21:36.McCarthy got the bullet and Terry Connor got the job. And now he
:21:36. > :21:39.knows exactly what a tough task he's taken on. Fulham were flying
:21:39. > :21:46.and Wolves never got a sniff. Five times, the ball fizzed past Wayne
:21:46. > :21:51.Hennessey. Setting up a must-win six pointer against relegation
:21:52. > :21:58.rivals Blackburn on Saturday. suffered a bad defeat but we came
:21:58. > :22:04.back into positive. We took another defeat today and hopefully we can
:22:04. > :22:08.bounce back and get positive results. Aston Villa are now eight
:22:08. > :22:11.points above Wolves. But it should have been 10? Charles Nzogbia's
:22:11. > :22:14.strike was their only reward for dominating the first half. So no
:22:14. > :22:17.surprise when Blackburn fought back after the break to earn a one-all
:22:17. > :22:26.draw, And one goal settled the game at the Britannia, where Matthew
:22:26. > :22:28.Etherington's angled drive was enough to beat Norwich. The
:22:28. > :22:31.Birmingham City manager Chris Hughton says Chelsea will still be
:22:31. > :22:34.a tough nut to crack in tomorrow's FA Cup replay, despite sacking
:22:34. > :22:36.Andre Villas-Boas. Whilst Chelsea were losing to West Brom on
:22:37. > :22:42.Saturday, Hughton was watching his team throw away a 2-goal lead
:22:42. > :22:51.against Derby County. It finished 2-2. And the Blues boss knows
:22:51. > :22:56.they'll need to be on top of their game against Chelsea. A to not lose
:22:56. > :23:00.a -- on one occasion this tough, to not lose on a couple of occasions
:23:00. > :23:05.is even tougher. We know the quality they have got. We just need
:23:05. > :23:15.to make sure we are organised flight we were in the first game
:23:15. > :23:17.
:23:17. > :23:20.and can make a good account of ourselves. Tomorrow, we'll look
:23:20. > :23:24.ahead to Birmingham against Chelsea and BBC WM will have full match
:23:24. > :23:34.commentary from St Andrew's. Brewers have got a few injuries,
:23:34. > :23:36.
:23:36. > :23:41.but it should be a good night. Don't forget late kick-off tonight.
:23:41. > :23:48.Thank you very much. It is a popular sport on television, but
:23:48. > :23:56.could the game of darts being the decline? Fewer games in pubs mean
:23:57. > :24:01.fewer places to power -- to play. It has been part and parcel of the
:24:01. > :24:04.British pubs to be decades, but now I seem to good old dartboard is
:24:04. > :24:09.becoming a rarity. There are just a handful left in Birmingham city
:24:09. > :24:15.centre, like this one at the Wellington. Now wants is -- City
:24:15. > :24:18.Council has launched his own internet campaign. This is
:24:18. > :24:21.something people want in their pubs and that is what I'm trying to
:24:21. > :24:26.emphasise man and get the pub chains to try and reverse the
:24:26. > :24:32.general trend over the past five to six years of taking darts boards
:24:32. > :24:37.out of pubs. There are thought to be many reasons why darts are not
:24:37. > :24:41.played in pubs so often. One is that darts boards have been removed
:24:41. > :24:44.to provide eating areas. But whilst pubs are going in one direction, TV
:24:44. > :24:51.is going and the other with darts finals becoming increasingly
:24:51. > :25:01.popular. Regular finalist Adrian Lewis paints the decline of pubs
:25:01. > :25:03.
:25:03. > :25:09.darts could be detrimental -- thinks. For some, the missing darts
:25:09. > :25:18.boards are the tip of a much larger iceberg. Pubs are losing their
:25:18. > :25:22.traditional feel in any way. -- in many ways. The traditional feel of
:25:22. > :25:25.the pub is excellent. Campaigners are now targeting all major pub
:25:25. > :25:33.chains to stop any more time being called on one of our most
:25:33. > :25:43.traditional pastimes. I was disastrous when I had a go, but
:25:43. > :25:44.
:25:44. > :25:51.week -- you were good. No, I was hopeless. Time for the weather now.
:25:51. > :25:56.Lovely day, but perishing. Yes, the weekend, a reminder that
:25:56. > :26:01.we have Dylan Winter. Spring has not yet officially arrived. It is
:26:01. > :26:06.then arrival of this one sector on Wednesday that is going to herald
:26:06. > :26:12.another change. It is this area that is coming through. It will
:26:12. > :26:16.lift the temperatures and introduce a bit of rain. By midweek, it is
:26:16. > :26:23.going to turn brighter, otherwise it is looking mainly dry. For
:26:23. > :26:27.tonight, largely clear skies. It is also dry, we might get a bit of
:26:27. > :26:37.cloud entering from the north into Central Park later Ron, but other
:26:37. > :26:38.
:26:38. > :26:44.than that a widespread frost -- later on. We could encounter some
:26:44. > :26:48.mist and fog patches. It is quite a chilly start of the day because of
:26:48. > :26:53.that fast but it will not be as cold as today because the
:26:53. > :26:57.significant change will be lighter winds. It is quite a calm day with
:26:57. > :27:07.highs of nine or 10 sources. Tomorrow night, we get that warm
:27:07. > :27:07.
:27:08. > :27:17.sector. Temperatures rise as well, to about five or six Celsius. On
:27:18. > :27:18.
:27:18. > :27:21.Wednesday, it will be worked with a cooler air. -- wet. A look at
:27:21. > :27:24.tonight's main headlines: The BBC learns of atrocities in the Syrian
:27:24. > :27:27.city of Homs. Refugees fleeing under cover of darkness say men and
:27:27. > :27:31.boys have been separated from their families and killed.
:27:31. > :27:36.And thousands of school leavers look to the army as a way to escape