:00:09. > :00:12.Hello and welcome to Midlands Today. The headlines: New debt crisis -
:00:12. > :00:15.more and more of us are struggling to pay off debt with many admitting
:00:15. > :00:20.they can't even afford to feed their families.
:00:20. > :00:24.I know people that have had loans, get into debt, can't afford to keep
:00:24. > :00:29.up payments. Coping with the after effects of
:00:29. > :00:32.war - how one military nurse escaped a living nightmare. Unless
:00:32. > :00:36.you have lived it, you can't imagine what it does to you.
:00:36. > :00:39.Use it or lose it - a rallying call after a rural bus service is
:00:39. > :00:42.restored following a seven-year battle.
:00:42. > :00:49.And he is half the man he used to be, and now Asad is getting ready
:00:49. > :00:59.to run a half-marathon. Don't just sit at home. It is not the right
:00:59. > :01:08.
:01:08. > :01:11.Good evening. Tonight, warnings of a new debt
:01:11. > :01:15.crisis as more and more say they can't afford basic living costs,
:01:15. > :01:19.let alone pay off existing debt. The Consumer Credit Counselling
:01:19. > :01:22.Service says people seeking their help across the region are on
:01:22. > :01:28.average �17,000 in debt to credit cards and personal loans.
:01:28. > :01:32.In the Black Country, the area's food bank has had to give food
:01:32. > :01:36.parcels to 6,500 people, 50% on a year ago.
:01:36. > :01:40.Our reporter has been in Sandwell, one of the most deprived areas,
:01:40. > :01:44.talking to people battling with debt and the rising cost of living.
:01:44. > :01:48.Across the country, more than one million people last year took out
:01:48. > :01:53.pay-day loans, often at extortionate rates of interest,
:01:53. > :02:00.simply to pay their rent. Here in Sandwell, one charity says that the
:02:00. > :02:06.rate of debt had increased from �20 million a few years ago to �45
:02:06. > :02:10.million in the borough alone. If people's income has not gone up
:02:10. > :02:16.over the last few years and you have had rent increases, you have
:02:16. > :02:21.had increasing fuel bills, there's going to come a point in time where
:02:21. > :02:24.you are not going to be able to manage and start to struggle.
:02:24. > :02:28.Denise Vale is typical of people who have turned to money lenders
:02:28. > :02:32.for help. She borrowed �100 for school uniforms but ended up paying
:02:32. > :02:36.back more than double. Kids can do without, but sometimes
:02:36. > :02:41.you want them to have more than you had. My kids, I like them to have
:02:41. > :02:46.lots of things. If I can get the money, I will get the money.
:02:46. > :02:50.Smiles for another finance company opening its doors in West Bromwich.
:02:50. > :02:54.But this non-profit-making firm say they are providing a reasonable
:02:54. > :03:00.service to people in need. People that come through our doors
:03:00. > :03:05.have been spat out by a capitalist system that does not always favour
:03:05. > :03:11.the least wealthy. This is part of a mission to serve people that are
:03:11. > :03:15.not served by the Mike -- mainstream finance industry, and
:03:15. > :03:19.about displacing predatory lenders. A single mother, Maya Palmer,
:03:19. > :03:24.admits she has turned to affordable lenders on occasions. She says
:03:24. > :03:27.nobody wants to endure the stigma of debt. I would not judge somebody
:03:27. > :03:32.for borrowing money. Sometimes things you would not have done in
:03:32. > :03:37.the past, you go out there and consider borrowing money. As time
:03:37. > :03:41.gets on and maybe you fall on hard times, people do, you have to
:03:41. > :03:45.consider these things. Legally, money lenders can charge
:03:45. > :03:48.whatever interest rates they like. But debt professionals say that if
:03:48. > :03:55.you are worried about paying your bills, seek advice before taking
:03:55. > :03:59.out more loans to clear existing debts.
:03:59. > :04:02.And if you are worried about debt, you can find help and advice on the
:04:02. > :04:05.Midlands Today Facebook page, and you can take the BBC's debt test,
:04:05. > :04:13.too. Thank you for your company. Still
:04:13. > :04:17.ahead: Next stop, Le Mans - meet Sarah, the top racing driver in
:04:18. > :04:23.Britain. Five men jailed for the execution
:04:23. > :04:27.style murder of a drug dealer have had their convictions quashed.
:04:27. > :04:31.Kevin Nunes's body was found in South Staffordshire in September
:04:32. > :04:36.2002. He had been shot five times. Today, three Appeal Court judges
:04:36. > :04:39.ruled that convictions had to be quashed after hearing there was a
:04:39. > :04:44.failure to disclose material to the defendant's appeal to be legal
:04:44. > :04:48.teams. 20-year-old Kevin Nunes was seized
:04:48. > :04:53.at gunpoint and shot dead in a country lane in Pattingham,
:04:54. > :05:00.Staffordshire, in September 2002. These men, Levi Walker, Adam Joof,
:05:00. > :05:06.Antonio Christie and Owen Crooks, all from Birmingham, were jailed
:05:06. > :05:11.for life in 2008. But today at the Court of Appeal, their convictions
:05:11. > :05:17.were overturned because of doubts about the key prosecution witness.
:05:17. > :05:24.Outside the court, their families expressed relief. It is absolutely
:05:24. > :05:28.fantastic news. He has said all along that he is innocent, and it
:05:28. > :05:31.has been proven today that justice has been done for a start today's
:05:31. > :05:35.verdict comes as an independent investigation is continuing into
:05:36. > :05:39.the conduct of a number of senior officers at Staffordshire police in
:05:39. > :05:42.connection with the case. One of the five men, Levi Walker,
:05:42. > :05:50.will remain in jail as he is serving a prison term for another
:05:50. > :05:55.murder. The other four are expected to be released soon.
:05:55. > :05:57.130 jobs are to go at the Co- operative Banking Group, formerly
:05:57. > :06:01.the Britannia Building Society headquarters. The bank says the
:06:01. > :06:04.changes will help it become more competitive in the future. It says
:06:04. > :06:08.it is talking to unions and staff affected will be offered
:06:08. > :06:11.redeployment. The former leader of Worcestershire
:06:11. > :06:17.County Council has admitted assaulting a teenager when he was a
:06:17. > :06:21.Methodist preacher in the 1970s. Dr George Lord had already been
:06:21. > :06:25.convicted of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old why he was leader in
:06:25. > :06:29.2010. He will be sentenced next month.
:06:29. > :06:34.Harrowing scenes on the front line leave many ex-servicemen and women
:06:34. > :06:38.with images they would rather forget but are unable to. Many go
:06:38. > :06:41.on to suffer post-traumatic stress disorder. Figures reveal that more
:06:41. > :06:45.than 100 military veterans are being treated in this region alone.
:06:45. > :06:53.For five years, that is what a former military nurse, Hilary
:06:53. > :06:59.Norton, has lived with. It was one of the most brutal
:06:59. > :07:04.attacks in the Iraq war, six military policeman, from the
:07:04. > :07:06.Midlands, murdered at this police station. Royal Air Force nurse
:07:06. > :07:11.Hilary Norton was in charge of looking after the bodies of the
:07:11. > :07:15.victims. The site was so horrific that I
:07:15. > :07:18.stood alone for a while with them because I could not therefore the
:07:18. > :07:23.nurses to see this. I remember struggling for some while, trying
:07:23. > :07:27.to make the site a bit more, something that we could cope with.
:07:27. > :07:31.A year later, back home and working as an occupational health nurse,
:07:31. > :07:37.Hilary began to suffer horrifying flashbacks.
:07:37. > :07:43.Suddenly I was back with my name, as I called them, those bodies. --
:07:43. > :07:47.my name. The cordite, the smell, the sweat - it was very real. There
:07:47. > :07:50.began a film that I was to watch thousands of times, thousands of
:07:50. > :07:55.times, and could not come to terms with.
:07:55. > :07:59.It was five years later when she was diagnosed with post-traumatic
:07:59. > :08:07.stress disorder and referred to hospital. The condition is more
:08:07. > :08:11.common than many realise. Combat stress has a caseload of 4,800 ex
:08:11. > :08:16.servicemen and women. More than 700 of those served in Iraq or
:08:16. > :08:20.Afghanistan. The combat stress survey revealed that 81% of
:08:20. > :08:24.veterans are ashamed or embarrassed about their mental health problems.
:08:24. > :08:30.It might not look like much, but this machine, used in therapy,
:08:30. > :08:37.called eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing, cured Hilary.
:08:37. > :08:39.Flashing lights and other stimulus help patients to stay with shocking
:08:39. > :08:46.images that have lodged in the brain.
:08:46. > :08:51.It is a technique to help people process the trauma.
:08:51. > :08:56.A have to confess, when I first saw the light and the vibrations, I
:08:56. > :09:01.thought this is bonkers, this is never - how is this guy to help me?
:09:01. > :09:04.Focusing on the lights seemed to do something to my brain.
:09:04. > :09:07.Realistically, my mind and my thoughts were back in Iraq, and it
:09:07. > :09:15.was important to identify trigger points.
:09:15. > :09:20.Hilary and her doctor believe a lot of stress disorder goes undiagnosed.
:09:20. > :09:25.Both hope this treatment will become more common in the future.
:09:25. > :09:30.We are joined by the county manager for the Royal British Legion in
:09:30. > :09:36.Birmingham. Thank you for coming in. A powerful and fascinating story
:09:36. > :09:41.there about Hilary. How widespread is this? We are seeing and
:09:41. > :09:45.increased number of veterans contacting us. Maybe 25% of our
:09:45. > :09:49.caseload are presenting with the disorder or related mental health
:09:49. > :09:55.illnesses. It is interesting that it takes 13
:09:55. > :09:58.years for a person to admit they have a problem. A lot of it is down
:09:58. > :10:01.to embarrassment and shame and not wanting to admit they have a
:10:01. > :10:07.problem. But it is also difficult for people from the Serb community
:10:07. > :10:10.because they have had family in there and making the transition
:10:11. > :10:15.back to civilian life and not knowing who they should be talking
:10:15. > :10:17.to is a problem. That is why it can take a long time for them to come
:10:17. > :10:21.forward. How does the Royal British Legion
:10:21. > :10:27.help? We help with a lot of practical
:10:27. > :10:33.support, but we have a new project which picks up where the clinical
:10:33. > :10:39.services leave off, and it is a mentoring programme providing
:10:39. > :10:45.support and comradeship, reducing the social isolation for our
:10:45. > :10:49.veterans. It is proving to be very successful.
:10:49. > :10:53.If there are many veterans watching now who thought they might have a
:10:53. > :11:03.problem, what would your advice because mac certainly, approached
:11:03. > :11:06.
:11:06. > :11:09.the Royal British Legion. -- what would your advice be? Certainly,
:11:09. > :11:15.approach the Royal British Legion. We can identify the support for the
:11:15. > :11:20.veterans. Thank you very much. A private company is considering
:11:20. > :11:24.reducing staffing levels on dialysis units by a third.
:11:24. > :11:29.The firm has try out a new service in the Black Country, but patients
:11:29. > :11:33.claim it has led to a into double delays and the company is putting
:11:33. > :11:37.profit before care. Maintaining blood pressure is
:11:37. > :11:43.important for Michael, who has had his kidneys removed. Three times
:11:43. > :11:49.per week, he has dialysis at this unit, and says that cuts in staff
:11:49. > :11:53.are getting home later and later. The only conclusion is that they
:11:53. > :11:57.are trying to increase their profits. As a private company, they
:11:58. > :12:02.are entitled to make a profit, but not at the expense of patient care
:12:02. > :12:09.and safety. The dialysis centre is run by a
:12:09. > :12:14.multinational company making �642 million per year. It says that no
:12:14. > :12:17.decision has been made. It is still consulting with both patients and
:12:17. > :12:21.the University Hospital, Birmingham, which runs the contract. It says
:12:21. > :12:26.that elsewhere in the country, units are running at lower levels.
:12:26. > :12:36.Any unit can be subject to delays, which are outside of the unit's
:12:36. > :12:39.
:12:39. > :12:43.It is a tiring thing. These people are ill.
:12:43. > :12:52.Today, the University Hospital, Birmingham, celebrated wild kid the
:12:52. > :12:56.day. It accepts that early contracts were not watertight.
:12:56. > :13:00.We're not happy with the proposals. Our view is that we would like to
:13:00. > :13:08.have worked with the company on any changes that were proposed to the
:13:08. > :13:14.units for which our patients were attending for start Michael's wife
:13:14. > :13:17.wrote to -- attending. Michael's wife has written to the
:13:17. > :13:21.Prime Minister. He has not received a reply.
:13:21. > :13:26.The company has decided to cut a number of staff in centres around
:13:26. > :13:31.here. Does that concern you? I have no knowledge of that so I cannot
:13:31. > :13:41.comment. Would it concern you were as mac I have no knowledge.
:13:41. > :13:45.
:13:45. > :13:51.The wife's will -- letter has now A Staffordshire primary school has
:13:51. > :13:55.closed due to an outbreak of E.coli. Three cases have been confirmed and
:13:55. > :13:58.children are being tested. Staffordshire County Council says
:13:58. > :14:06.it believes the infection was brought in from an outside source.
:14:06. > :14:09.A thorough clean is now underway. A bus service has returned to two
:14:09. > :14:12.Herefordshire villages following a seven-year break after a campaign
:14:12. > :14:15.led by parish councillors. The 458 service, which will go from
:14:15. > :14:19.Fownhope and Mordiford to Ross-on- Wye once a month, was halted in
:14:19. > :14:22.2005. So, at a time when hundreds of rural bus services are being cut
:14:22. > :14:24.across England, how is this one going to survive? Cath Mackie's
:14:24. > :14:28.been finding out. They've waited seven years for a
:14:29. > :14:31.bus to turn up, and this morning, the 458 finally arrived. As the
:14:31. > :14:34.service from Mordiford to Ross-on- Wye in Herefordshire set off, there
:14:35. > :14:44.was a genuine delight that after seven years, the bus route was back
:14:45. > :14:47.
:14:47. > :14:53.in use. A lovely! I don't drive so it is useful to get on the bus and
:14:53. > :14:57.be able to go to a different town. It is encouraging me to leave my
:14:57. > :15:00.car at home, which must be a good thing. The service was withdrawn by
:15:00. > :15:04.Herefordshire Council in 2005 as it wasn't seen as sustainable. So two
:15:04. > :15:10.parish councils have stumped up the cash in the first scheme of its
:15:10. > :15:14.kind in the country. We think there has been a sea-change. More people
:15:14. > :15:18.want to travel by bus and don't want to have the hassle of parking
:15:18. > :15:21.and are aware of the consequences of using their cars, so there is a
:15:21. > :15:24.new genu of -- generation of people who will use this. They'll need
:15:24. > :15:27.about 12 passengers to make it worthwhile, but by the time we left
:15:27. > :15:31.Fownhope, there was double that number on board. 35 minutes after
:15:31. > :15:38.it set off, the bus reached Ross- on-Wye, where traders are hoping to
:15:38. > :15:41.benefit. Hopefully they will like what they see when they come and
:15:41. > :15:46.people always tell their friends and neighbours if they have had an
:15:46. > :15:49.ice experience somewhere, so word often get out and if we can make it
:15:49. > :15:52.enjoyable for them to come shopping here, we will try very hard.
:15:52. > :15:56.There's two and a half hours' shopping time before the return
:15:56. > :16:01.trip. And just one word of warning, if you do miss the bus, you have
:16:01. > :16:05.got a bit of wait. The next one will be along in a month's time.
:16:05. > :16:09.The 458 will run on the second Thursday of the month. Its future
:16:09. > :16:14.will be reviewed in August. We're joined now by Kevin Chapman,
:16:14. > :16:22.from the Campaign for Better Transport. What's your reaction to
:16:22. > :16:27.this initiative? I think it is a wonderful initiative from the
:16:27. > :16:32.parish council and it will benefit the community greatly in terms of
:16:32. > :16:36.improving connectivity. And these rural bus services can be a
:16:36. > :16:40.lifeline for the community because one in five households in rural
:16:40. > :16:46.areas don't have access to a car, so for many, this could be very
:16:46. > :16:52.important to get to the shops, get to work and so on. How concerned is
:16:52. > :16:57.your organisation about bus routes in rural communities? We heard this
:16:57. > :17:02.new one only goes once a month? is a very difficult pitch at the
:17:02. > :17:08.moment. The bus services are facing increased costs with if you're
:17:08. > :17:12.going up. And councils have had to manage reductions in their budgets.
:17:12. > :17:17.What the councils need to do is look and be very innovative and
:17:17. > :17:22.look at different solutions. In Shropshire, for example, may have
:17:22. > :17:26.taxi buses. In other areas, they have looked at news service is or
:17:26. > :17:31.different networks, so there is a lot councils can do to make routes
:17:31. > :17:36.is sustainable. But you can understand that bus companies
:17:36. > :17:42.cannot afford to run them? Yes. Buses cost money and the fuel is
:17:42. > :17:46.going up. Drivers' wages have to be paid. Are you have to look at the
:17:46. > :17:50.sustainability of the network. But there are solutions out there and
:17:50. > :17:54.it is important services are protected and where possible so
:17:54. > :17:59.these vital links in the community are protected. Thank you for
:17:59. > :18:02.talking to us and coping with that, long!
:18:02. > :18:06.You're with Midlands Today this Thursday evening. Still to come,
:18:06. > :18:09.this Oliver Cromwell poster offered a reward to capture the King. It
:18:09. > :18:14.was at auction for �1,000 but find out later what it actually sold for.
:18:14. > :18:17.And we could do with the warmth as well as some rain. The first we
:18:17. > :18:27.should get, but if the dry weather's taking its toll, it's set
:18:27. > :18:27.
:18:27. > :18:31.Now losing weight is not always easy, especially if you've been out
:18:31. > :18:35.of condition for sometime. But one man has lost an astonishing 16
:18:35. > :18:40.stone in little over a year and is now planning to become a semi-
:18:40. > :18:43.professional martial arts fighter. Kevin Reide's been to meet him.
:18:44. > :18:48.It's hard to believe that a little over a year ago, Ash Begg, from
:18:48. > :18:52.Birmingham, was nearly 28 stone. But this is him now, weighing in at
:18:52. > :18:58.a tidy 12. His miracle weight-loss began when he had a gastric bypass
:18:58. > :19:00.operation. But Ash's treatment is not just about having surgery. He
:19:00. > :19:09.went for a complete lifestyle change, cut smoking and drinking,
:19:09. > :19:15.and now trains six days a week at this Birmingham gym. I was
:19:15. > :19:20.suffering from hypertension, asthma, early signs of type 2 diabetes. I
:19:20. > :19:23.was obviously 28 stone and not in a good way at all, to be honest.
:19:23. > :19:26.daily diet of chips, burgers and pizza has been replaced with brown
:19:26. > :19:32.rice, pasta, fresh fish and vegtables. And medics say surgery
:19:32. > :19:38.is only one part of escaping obesity. 50% is what we would
:19:38. > :19:42.expect surgery to help you with but the other, you can lose with self
:19:42. > :19:46.motivation and persistent commitment to diet and exercise.
:19:46. > :19:53.There is no reasons why you cannot go back to normal weight, which Ash
:19:53. > :19:57.has proven. What he has achieved is amazing. Not only motivating
:19:57. > :20:04.himself but others as well. It is like we have got a Plasmon there
:20:04. > :20:13.and he is showing people, because a lot of people said, no. His friends
:20:14. > :20:17.cannot believe it is him. I would say, don't just sit at home and
:20:17. > :20:21.take the surgery. The Government are definitely spending money on
:20:21. > :20:26.you to get you to have a gastric bypass and you should use that to
:20:26. > :20:30.your advantage, producer of forwards, just like I have. Spring
:20:30. > :20:32.yourself forwards to achieve a goal. Ash is considering becoming a semi-
:20:32. > :20:35.professional martial arts competitor, and this weekend he'll
:20:35. > :20:45.be doing a half-marathon. And by that, we don't mean a chocolate
:20:45. > :20:51.
:20:51. > :20:55.bar! I felt about 60 and now I feel ! Wow! Two completely different
:20:55. > :20:58.people! Inspirational. Well done. Football, and Wolves captain Roger
:20:58. > :21:01.Johnson has been fined by the club for allegedly turning up for
:21:01. > :21:04.training under the influence of alcohol on Monday. Johnson, who'd
:21:04. > :21:12.been dropped by new manager Terry Connor for his first two games in
:21:12. > :21:17.charge, has issued a public apology. He reported for work and he was not
:21:17. > :21:21.fit to train or frame properly. And we have dealt with that matter on
:21:21. > :21:24.the Tuesday and finished it on Tuesday and moved on from there.
:21:24. > :21:27.It's been a good week in the sporting life of Sarah Reader.
:21:27. > :21:29.She's now officially Britain's top female racing driver. Sarah, who
:21:29. > :21:33.lives near Stratford-upon-Avon, has just collected several awards to
:21:33. > :21:39.mark her achievements. And now she's set her sights on competing
:21:39. > :21:44.at Le Mans, as Ian Winter reports. Going to work is never a chore for
:21:44. > :21:47.Sarah Reader. She's always loved fast cars. And when she's not out
:21:47. > :21:54.racing on the track, you'll find her tinkering with the engine at
:21:54. > :21:59.the TFL workshop near Leamington Spa. Ever since I was little and I
:21:59. > :22:02.could first reach the pedals and see over the weir, I just loved
:22:02. > :22:07.driving and going faster and faster! You have to be very precise
:22:07. > :22:10.in these cars and I enjoy that - been as accurate as you can and
:22:10. > :22:13.getting the last 10th out of it. Sarah, who's from Loxley in
:22:13. > :22:17.Warwickshire, is officially the top female racing driver in the country.
:22:17. > :22:20.She's been obsessed with cars since she was a youngster. And now, aged
:22:20. > :22:26.29, she's the only woman on the grid in the Euro Series
:22:26. > :22:31.Championship. Behind the wheel of her Juno sports prototype.
:22:31. > :22:36.Formula One car will do well over 200 miles an hour. You can give is
:22:36. > :22:42.one to 160 but you can take a corner at 150, 155, and you just
:22:42. > :22:45.have to hang on to it. It is very physical and heavy. When you load
:22:45. > :22:50.up through the corners, the force you are pulling and the weight on
:22:50. > :22:54.the steering wheel, you have we got to try and hang on to it, and over
:22:54. > :22:56.a long-distance race, that is very draining. And when she's not
:22:56. > :22:59.squeezing every ounce of performance from her car in
:22:59. > :23:03.competitive racing, Sarah works as a test driver and a coach to other
:23:03. > :23:06.drivers with ambitions of making the big time. So keep an eye out
:23:06. > :23:16.for Sarah Reader, as she continues to set the pace as Britain's top
:23:16. > :23:18.
:23:18. > :23:22.female racing driver. Well done, Sarah! 150 miles an hour around
:23:22. > :23:25.corners. Now back to that poster offering a
:23:25. > :23:29.reward for the capture of King Charles II that was up for auction
:23:29. > :23:31.today for a reserve price of �1,000. It was issued by Oliver Cromwell's
:23:31. > :23:35.Parliament after the Battle of Worcester, when the heir to the
:23:35. > :23:38.throne had famously hid in an oak tree to escape the battlefield. As
:23:38. > :23:44.Claire Marshall reports, it sold for much much more than expected.
:23:44. > :23:49.In fact, you could say a king's ransom.
:23:49. > :23:55.These documents have lasted for more than 350 years, isn't it up --
:23:55. > :23:59.surviving the Great Fire of London. They are rare and very valuable.
:23:59. > :24:04.Defeated in battle, King Charles the second was on the run. He
:24:04. > :24:08.escaped to France despite Cromwell's offer of a reward. How
:24:08. > :24:14.does it feel as an expert to look at a collection like this when it
:24:15. > :24:19.comes up for auction? It gives me an amazing amount of goose bumps,
:24:19. > :24:25.to be honest. To be able to hold in your hand the very documents from
:24:25. > :24:28.this period of time. If it is very unusual for items like this to come
:24:28. > :24:32.up for sale. There is an extraordinary array of documents
:24:32. > :24:38.here today, including an original copy of the Act of Union between
:24:38. > :24:42.England and Scotland. A little bit controversial today it! The Most
:24:42. > :24:49.Wanted poster in history issued by Oliver Cromwell. No doubt and,
:24:49. > :24:56.though, which lot was the star of the show. For a wanted poster.
:24:56. > :25:03.32,000... 33... At �33,000. We go round again for the first time.
:25:03. > :25:07.Mohammed is down. �33,000. Thank you. -- my hammock is down.
:25:07. > :25:13.would have 30 times more than the guide price. Is that what you
:25:14. > :25:19.expected to pray? No. I was told 1,000 or 4,000. Why did you pay so
:25:19. > :25:24.much? Our house is called Cromwell manner. It will look good on the
:25:24. > :25:29.wall, even though it is a very expensive wall and out! It will now
:25:29. > :25:34.stay in the area so significant to the civil war.
:25:34. > :25:44.That looked good. Maybe better off in a safe at that price! Very
:25:44. > :25:44.
:25:45. > :25:48.expensive! Let's find out what the We have seen the worst of the
:25:48. > :25:51.sunshine and those temperatures will continue to fluctuate until we
:25:51. > :25:56.get into spring properly. This graphic shows you how things have
:25:56. > :26:01.changed in the last week. Last week, we had six Celsius, but this
:26:01. > :26:06.weekend, we are looking at 14. A huge improvement. But the key to
:26:06. > :26:11.sorting out all of our problems at the moment is some rain, and I
:26:12. > :26:16.don't see any of that in the next few days or week. It is high
:26:16. > :26:21.pressure that is to blame. We have a lot of cloud and not much to show
:26:21. > :26:25.for it, and we get the ball rolling tonight. The cloud comes in from
:26:25. > :26:30.the West and it could produce the odd bit of drizzle on the fringes
:26:30. > :26:35.and the borders, but we are in a mild air mass, Sir temperatures
:26:35. > :26:39.will only be falling to six or seven degrees tonight. We start
:26:39. > :26:44.with that sort of temperature tomorrow and it will be fairly mild.
:26:44. > :26:49.They will rise eventually tore round 11 but a lot of that cloud
:26:49. > :26:53.will move in, producing the odd spot of drizzle. But mainly dry and
:26:53. > :27:03.duller than today. A few breaks in the cloud in the afternoon,
:27:03. > :27:07.possibly. Light when Bobs but those remain light of -- light winds and
:27:07. > :27:10.they remain night over the next few days. Temperatures even milder
:27:10. > :27:20.tomorrow than tonight. During the coming days, temperatures are
:27:20. > :27:24.rising and we are looking at 14 I think the cricket season is about
:27:24. > :27:27.four weeks today. A look at tonight's main headlines:
:27:27. > :27:30.The six soldiers killed in Afghanistan are named, victims of
:27:30. > :27:33.the deadliest attack on British troops since 2001. Five of them