:00:04. > :00:08.Hello and welcome to Midlands Today with Nick Owen and Suzanne Virdee.
:00:08. > :00:11.The headlines tonight: Making the streets safer - police
:00:11. > :00:19.clamp down on sex workers and kerb crawlers after a series of assaults
:00:19. > :00:23.and rapes. Would they be willing to have it outside their St? The
:00:23. > :00:25.answer is always no. They're winners - how the Budget
:00:25. > :00:27.has put a smile on the face of gaming companies.
:00:27. > :00:30.Beware the badgers - they're burrowing dangerously close to
:00:30. > :00:34.buildings and residents fear their homes could collapse. This is The
:00:34. > :00:37.Haven. It used to be heaven to live here, now it's hell on Earth.
:00:37. > :00:47.And how a Lottery grant will help restore a poignant landmark badly
:00:47. > :00:56.
:00:56. > :00:59.Good evening and welcome to Monday's Midlands Today. Tonight,
:00:59. > :01:03.West Midlands Police cracking down on prostitution after a series of
:01:03. > :01:06.sexual assaults and rapes on sex workers in the last year. More than
:01:06. > :01:12.200 people have so far been arrested during the operation in
:01:12. > :01:14.Walsall. In a moment, we'll be talking to an organisation that
:01:14. > :01:22.campaigns for the rights of sex workers, but first Shirley Henry
:01:22. > :01:27.has this exclusive report. Friday night in Walsall's red light
:01:27. > :01:36.districts, one of the busiest nights for the oldest trades. And
:01:36. > :01:41.We are in the area when you want us. The business of the sex workers is
:01:41. > :01:44.incredibly risky. It has inherent risks and it has been like that
:01:44. > :01:48.since time began. It is it important that be do everything we
:01:48. > :01:58.can to make that industry firstly to reduce the activity of the sex
:01:58. > :02:03.workers but ensure that they take as little risk as possible. So far,
:02:03. > :02:06.39 kerb crawlers have been charged and 168 sex workers prosecuted. In
:02:07. > :02:11.the last 12 months, eight sex workers have reported rapes to the
:02:11. > :02:16.police and there's three sexual assault. The women I have spoken to
:02:16. > :02:20.say this is the only the tip of the iceberg. Gemma worked the streets
:02:20. > :02:25.for 16 years and was addicted to heroin. She has been repeatedly
:02:25. > :02:30.raped and on one occasion, three times in one month. One was a gang
:02:30. > :02:37.rape. She did not tell the police. Even though I am a prostitute and
:02:37. > :02:45.getting money for it, they still have no right. I did not give my
:02:45. > :02:49.consent. They left bruises, mental scars. You have got eight girls
:02:49. > :02:55.that have come forward which is brilliant, that is a major move
:02:55. > :03:01.forward. But we need more. Because I know it there's more out there
:03:01. > :03:08.from experience and the police... There must be doing something right.
:03:08. > :03:17.If these eight girls are coming forward, or has the worst happened
:03:17. > :03:22.to these girls? we have had successful prosecutions and the
:03:22. > :03:27.fact that these girls have come to us, I think that is a trust and
:03:27. > :03:34.confidence in the police service. Back in Walsall and a breakthrough
:03:34. > :03:43.minus two suspect are caught. off your engine, please. But to
:03:43. > :03:46.come. Are you all right? This is a gentleman observed by officers.
:03:46. > :03:52.are actually in the grounds of a church. This is where people will
:03:52. > :03:59.come to pray. It is unacceptable that it is happening he made.
:03:59. > :04:02.police have called this young woman in this place. She will be charged
:04:02. > :04:09.and appear in court in the next few days. But why would she take that
:04:09. > :04:13.risk? It is like catch 22. A lot of the girls have got habits. To fund
:04:13. > :04:17.them, they have to do things like shoplifting or prostitution. Either
:04:17. > :04:22.way they get a criminal record. Have you ever been attacked or
:04:22. > :04:31.raped? No, I have not. Do you know anyone who has? Yes, a friend died
:04:31. > :04:39.three years ago. In Walsall. does that make you feel? You have
:04:39. > :04:43.to get on with it. You never come out of your front door if you let
:04:43. > :04:47.it get to you. People die every day, really. This man told the police he
:04:47. > :04:54.was not doing anything wrong. He has been charged and will appear in
:04:54. > :04:58.court. He will face a fine. Would they be willing but their daughter
:04:58. > :05:03.was selling their body on the street? What they be willing to
:05:03. > :05:07.have it outside their door? The answer always would be "no" so why
:05:07. > :05:11.would they think they can do it in other areas of the West Midlands. I
:05:11. > :05:15.am doing everything I can to make sure it stops. For the police, the
:05:15. > :05:21.crack down on prostitution is a constant battle. If they can keep
:05:21. > :05:24.just one woman says, it is a job Let's talk now to Catherine
:05:24. > :05:34.Stephens, from the International Union of Sex Workers, who's in our
:05:34. > :05:35.
:05:36. > :05:40.London studio. How big a problem are attacks on sex workers? As you
:05:40. > :05:44.heard from the package, it is an experience that people have,
:05:44. > :05:49.particularly if they are selling sex on the streets. It sounds like
:05:49. > :05:56.the policy adopted by the local police force is very contradictory
:05:56. > :05:59.and actually would work well from the evidence we know about this, it
:05:59. > :06:05.would work to increase the violence people are experiencing Marlow and
:06:05. > :06:09.targeting. Why do you say that though? There is an inherent
:06:09. > :06:12.contradiction between prosecution and protection. They talk about
:06:12. > :06:17.having successfully prosecuted a number of women and a number of
:06:17. > :06:21.clients who have paid for sex consensually. Why should they be
:06:21. > :06:26.doing then? Were would like to see an adoption of the Merseyside model
:06:26. > :06:31.nationwide, which has achieved a 90% conviction rate for crimes of
:06:31. > :06:33.violence against street workers. And a 60% conviction rate for rape.
:06:33. > :06:40.That means the police prioritise protection rather than prosecution.
:06:40. > :06:45.They treat these as hate crimes and work closely with local services.
:06:45. > :06:49.To build trust within the police. Obviously your organisation tries
:06:49. > :06:53.to protect women but this work is dangerous and is unregulated, how
:06:53. > :07:03.can it ever be made safe really? Violence occurs against women in
:07:03. > :07:06.all occupations. For example, and 85% of people working in A&E have
:07:06. > :07:10.experienced violence so the violence people experience in the
:07:10. > :07:14.sex industry is not unique but we know that if we look at what works
:07:14. > :07:18.- things like the Merseyside model - we can achieve targets and that
:07:18. > :07:21.is what we would like to save rather than people saying it is
:07:21. > :07:27.inevitable. For many people involved in the industry, the
:07:27. > :07:31.reality is a cycle of violence and coalition often caused by poverty.
:07:31. > :07:35.Doesn't there need to be more help to get people out of the situation?
:07:35. > :07:44.While that is not necessarily the case of all people, the majority of
:07:44. > :07:49.people between 70-90% of people work indoors. The BECTU works
:07:49. > :07:55.closely with projects -- the International Union of Sex Workers
:07:55. > :07:59.works closely with projects. We would like to see things that
:07:59. > :08:05.actually work and that people need. Thank you for talking to us. Still
:08:05. > :08:08.to come, the new campaign to cut the estimated 5 million people in
:08:08. > :08:12.the UK who can't read or write properly. There's nothing worse
:08:12. > :08:22.than not being able to catch a bus. I have to walk from Porthill to
:08:22. > :08:24.
:08:24. > :08:27.Burslem cos I don't know where to A murder inquiry's under way after
:08:27. > :08:30.a man's body was found in a derelict house. He was discovered
:08:30. > :08:32.at an address in Hospital Street in Wolverhampton at about 7:30am. A
:08:32. > :08:36.32-year-old man's been arrested on suspicion of murder.
:08:36. > :08:40.A director of an employment agency has paid tribute to a member of
:08:40. > :08:43.staff killed in a crash on the fog- bound M5 on Saturday morning. The
:08:43. > :08:47.35-year-old from Smethwick died after a lorry collided with a
:08:47. > :08:50.stationary coach he was aboard near Frankley Services. Harjit Singh,
:08:50. > :08:54.from Fusion Personnel, said his employee was "well liked" and a
:08:54. > :08:58."valued member". The 65-year-old lorry driver from Somerset also
:08:58. > :09:03.died. The single-decker vehicle was carrying fruit workers from
:09:03. > :09:08.Birmingham to Evesham. A children's nursery is closed
:09:08. > :09:12.until further notice after a fire. About 40 firefighters were called
:09:12. > :09:15.to the KinderKare site off London Road in Worcester on Sunday evening.
:09:15. > :09:19.A woman was rescued from a balcony at the two-storey building, treated
:09:19. > :09:22.for smoke inhalation and taken to hospital.
:09:22. > :09:25.It's an industry that's worth more than �1 billion into the UK economy,
:09:25. > :09:29.and some of the most successful companies are right here in the
:09:29. > :09:32.West Midlands. And now the firms which deliver blockbuster computer
:09:32. > :09:34.games are promising to create even more jobs after tax breaks were
:09:34. > :09:38.announced in Chancellor George Osborne's Budget. Here's Joan
:09:38. > :09:41.Cummins. Budgets don't normally prompt
:09:41. > :09:43.smiles but news of corporate tax relief for the gaming industry has
:09:43. > :09:53.given hope to a sector that's been battling against overseas
:09:53. > :09:57.Government subsidies. And coping with home-grown talent being
:09:57. > :10:00.enticed abroad. The number of people I have worked with over the
:10:00. > :10:04.past five years there are now working in Canada is really quite
:10:04. > :10:08.frightening. That is one of the most frustrating things, where
:10:08. > :10:12.people who have developed their skills in the UK at a time when the
:10:12. > :10:15.UK was a dominant player in the industry and helped create it, they
:10:15. > :10:19.are now working abroad. One of the things we hope is that some of
:10:19. > :10:22.these people may start returning and bring skills back to Britain.
:10:22. > :10:25.Blitz Games in Leamington Spa is one of 50 companies in the region
:10:25. > :10:27.that directly employs designers and engineers in the gaming industry.
:10:27. > :10:35.Today it announced that it was hoping to recruit ten more
:10:35. > :10:39.programmers. After winning a contract with Disney. And while
:10:39. > :10:44.some may see it as a niche market, its impact is far wider than we may
:10:44. > :10:51.expect. Everybody is playing video games these days. Whether they call
:10:52. > :10:56.them apps or games, there's so many ways for people to play games. So
:10:56. > :11:00.many themes and so many people involved in it, it is a massive
:11:00. > :11:04.growth industry worldwide. It is the entertainment medium of the
:11:04. > :11:09.21st century. There's nothing childish about this industry, it
:11:09. > :11:14.generates about �1 billion for the economy. Now it is hoped that these
:11:14. > :11:20.tax breaks will help to put Coventry and Warwickshire at the
:11:20. > :11:24.centre of the Silicon Valley and gaming industry wants more. Small,
:11:24. > :11:30.innovative high-growth companies, this is exactly what they need. The
:11:30. > :11:34.tonic set up and start up and stay set up. They will employ the
:11:34. > :11:37.innovators. The proposed tax breaks won't come
:11:37. > :11:39.into force until next year but already this incentive appears to
:11:39. > :11:45.be invigorating an industry that prides itself on innovation and
:11:45. > :11:47.leading the world. Badgers are burrowing close to
:11:47. > :11:54.homes in the Black Country, leaving anxious residents fearing that
:11:54. > :11:57.retaining walls or even their homes could collapse. Up to 13 badger
:11:57. > :12:00.setts are dotted around a cliff bordering the houses in Wordsley
:12:01. > :12:09.near Stourbridge. Cath Mackie is there for us now. This must be a
:12:09. > :12:15.nightmare for residents. Absolutely. Some of the residents I have spoken
:12:15. > :12:19.to have used the word "nightmare" to describe it. They used to quarry
:12:19. > :12:24.sand here and it is easy to burrow into the soil. There were a couple
:12:24. > :12:31.of setts on this man, and they borrowed so deep you can see it is
:12:31. > :12:35.collapsing. It is next to houses. - - on this amount of her. This woman
:12:35. > :12:45.along with dozens of residents here want action on these badgers and
:12:45. > :12:46.
:12:46. > :12:51.say it is a problem that is this month shows the damage that
:12:51. > :12:57.badgers have done to his lawn. is just a nightmare living here. It
:12:57. > :13:03.used to be... It is called The Haven and it used to be heaven but
:13:03. > :13:09.now it is hell on earth. Badgers built this settin her garden
:13:09. > :13:14.several years ago. They come out several at a time. But they are
:13:14. > :13:20.protected so I say, what about our right? The trail of destruction is
:13:20. > :13:26.spreading. This bank has collapsed twice. My main worries are that
:13:26. > :13:32.eventually be a lot will come down. And the tree in the corner, that is
:13:32. > :13:35.what really worries me because it is such a huge thing. The problem
:13:35. > :13:38.for the resident here is that badgers are legally protected and
:13:38. > :13:42.if you want to move them, you need a special licence. The local
:13:42. > :13:45.council says that the Department of Environment tried to stop the
:13:46. > :13:55.spread in 2007 but it was not enough. What they did then under
:13:55. > :13:59.licence was to fit one way traps on to the Barr -- on to the setts out
:13:59. > :14:03.of breeding season so they could not get back in but really all that
:14:03. > :14:07.does his move them from one garden to the next. Dudley council has set
:14:07. > :14:15.up a working group to look at the problem of the people here what is
:14:15. > :14:20.for the badgers to be caught and I am here in The Haven but have
:14:20. > :14:22.been told that it is not just this street in Wordsley, a couple of
:14:22. > :14:26.neighbouring streets are having serious problems. We have been
:14:26. > :14:31.given a statement by natural England and I will reduce an
:14:31. > :14:36.excerpt. They say they have had the sympathy with the residents and a
:14:36. > :14:39.providing licences which would allow some of the setts to be
:14:39. > :14:47.closed off. They say that those licences have not always been acted
:14:47. > :14:50.on. They say that although badgers are protected, action can be taken
:14:50. > :14:54.so long as the welfare of the animal is not compromised. They are
:14:54. > :15:04.hopeful that a solution will be found and certainly the residents
:15:04. > :15:05.
:15:05. > :15:07.here are hopeful that one will be Nearly �500,000 is to be spent
:15:07. > :15:10.restoring a landmark war memorial constantly targeted by metal
:15:10. > :15:13.thieves for its copper. It was built to honour people from
:15:13. > :15:16.Staffordshire and Warwickshire who died in the First World War. Now
:15:16. > :15:20.it'll be forensically marked to ensure it stays untouched.
:15:20. > :15:23.It's stood proudly on Barr Beacon for 80 years. But today this First
:15:23. > :15:25.World War memorial is wearing its own battle scars after being
:15:25. > :15:35.targeted by metal thieves four times in two years. It's left
:15:35. > :15:35.
:15:35. > :15:41.feelings running high. I think it would be a good idea, quite frankly,
:15:41. > :15:44.if we can catch the people who did it and send them to Afghanistan or
:15:44. > :15:47.something like that without armour and see how they survive. This was
:15:47. > :15:51.built to commemorate people who fought for the freedom of this
:15:51. > :15:54.country. And the people who continue to do so.
:15:54. > :15:56.But now there's good news. The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded
:15:57. > :16:00.Barr Beacon �440,000 to restore the memorial and improve the landscape
:16:01. > :16:10.around it. As part of the revamp, measures including forensic marking
:16:11. > :16:11.
:16:11. > :16:15.will be used to make the monument less attractive to thieves. We are
:16:15. > :16:22.discussing whether to replace the roof with copper or and other
:16:22. > :16:24.material. This site is not just about the war memorial. Or we Clear
:16:24. > :16:27.Day You Can See For Miles picking out many Midlands landmarks and
:16:27. > :16:30.that is something that the lottery bid wants to capitalise on.
:16:30. > :16:32.Barr Beacon was opened to the public in 1919, the memorial was
:16:32. > :16:35.funded partly by public subscription and it's hoped
:16:35. > :16:43.attracting more people up here will play a part in deterring the
:16:43. > :16:47.thieves. By people being that here and policing the site informally,
:16:47. > :16:50.that negative activity will not happen so frequently. It is a
:16:51. > :16:55.lovely place and it is well publicised and well used of a
:16:56. > :17:05.weekend. It is only us here at the moment but that is because we are
:17:05. > :17:08.pension us. it is the main part of the Beacon, to remember those who
:17:08. > :17:11.gave their lives so that we can walk around here.
:17:11. > :17:17.The restoration work is due to be completed in 2014 to coincide with
:17:17. > :17:20.the centenary of the outbreak of World War One.
:17:20. > :17:27.Still to come this evening, Peter Crouch's wonder goal - was it the
:17:27. > :17:29.best of all time? We'll hear about your favourite goals later. And
:17:29. > :17:33.it's been T-shirt weather again today with plenty of warm spring
:17:33. > :17:37.sunshine. But you'll need more than a T-shirt if you're heading out
:17:37. > :17:47.tonight, in fact there could be a touch of frost. Join me for all the
:17:47. > :17:48.
:17:48. > :17:53.It's estimated that five million adults in Britain can't read or
:17:53. > :17:56.write properly. The number has risen from two million when the BBC
:17:56. > :18:01.launched its first literacy campaign called On The Move in the
:18:01. > :18:05.1970s. Now a new campaign's under way with help from a man in Stoke
:18:05. > :18:08.on Trent, who has perfect credentials. James McDonald reports.
:18:08. > :18:13.That's the post done. Tommy Dawkins has spent his working life at
:18:14. > :18:20.Steelite in Stoke on Trent. For much of that time, he kept a
:18:20. > :18:24.closely-guarded secret - he couldn't read or write. My daughter
:18:24. > :18:27.knew and the wife knew. If anyone else got close to finding out, I've
:18:27. > :18:31.get very aggressive. Yeah. Really, they'd say, Tommy, what's that
:18:31. > :18:37.sign? I'd say, "Hey, I'm here for work, not reading your signs. Read
:18:37. > :18:41.it yourself". Tommy eventually received help. Now he helps others,
:18:41. > :18:45.he was awarded an MBE for his work, and he's among the faces of the
:18:45. > :18:49.BBC's new literacy campaign. There's nothing worse than not
:18:49. > :18:58.being able to catch a bus. Because you walk from Porthill to Burslem
:18:58. > :19:01.because you don't know what it says on that bus. You go shopping,
:19:01. > :19:03.you're catching trains... You can't do anything like that. And I don't
:19:03. > :19:06.want people to do that. Steelite runs a staff learning
:19:06. > :19:09.programme in partnership with the trade union on site. Some staff are
:19:09. > :19:11.so ashamed they're given one-to-one training so nobody finds out. Ann
:19:11. > :19:18.White recently started learning again and now helps other overcome
:19:18. > :19:22.the stigma. Some people are cruel and some people would laugh and
:19:22. > :19:26.joke but I try and to the other approach and try and make them feel
:19:26. > :19:29.better about themselves and say look, there is hope.
:19:29. > :19:31.In the past around 15% of all jobs nationally required no reading or
:19:31. > :19:37.writing ability. Today that figure's less than 1%. English and
:19:37. > :19:41.maths skills in the workplace are more important than ever. People
:19:41. > :19:47.have become interested in other areas of the business and it has
:19:47. > :19:49.given them load of confidence, and really helped them to get more
:19:49. > :19:52.involved and just feel part of it, really.
:19:52. > :20:02.The issue of adult literacy is being highlighted in a drama series
:20:02. > :20:07.
:20:07. > :20:10.on BBC One all this week, called A brilliant example, Tommy there.
:20:10. > :20:20.There's also a helpline if you'd like to return to learning - it's
:20:20. > :20:24.
:20:24. > :20:27.08000 150 950. More details on our Facebook page.
:20:27. > :20:31.It's time for sport, and Dan's here after a weekend where Stoke City
:20:31. > :20:35.striker Peter Crouch took centre stage. Gary Lineker called it
:20:35. > :20:38.sensational, Alan Shearer claimed it was the goal of the season.
:20:38. > :20:41.Peter Crouch's stunning strike for Stoke City on Saturday night has
:20:41. > :20:49.been gaining rave reviews. But is it the best Midlands goal we've
:20:50. > :20:55.about whether Stoke could disrupt Manchester City's title chase. But
:20:55. > :21:00.the game hadn't really been a classic until this happened.
:21:00. > :21:06.COMMENTATOR: Crowd going for the spectacular... What a goal from
:21:06. > :21:10.audacity all rolled up into one brilliant moment that none of the
:21:10. > :21:20.27,000 fans in the ground will ever forget. And it wasn't just the fans
:21:20. > :21:21.
:21:21. > :21:25.It is as good as a goal I have seen in the past four years commentating,
:21:25. > :21:31.he had time and space around him, other players trying to chase him
:21:31. > :21:37.down, to hit it over arguably Europe's best goalkeeper, what a
:21:37. > :21:47.fantastic effort. But what about the man himself? Have you scored a
:21:47. > :21:47.
:21:48. > :21:51.better goal than that? Probably not, that was one of the best, I do a a
:21:51. > :21:54.lot like that in practice but they don't always fly in like that.
:21:54. > :21:57.Unfortunately it wasn't quite enough to win the game as City
:21:57. > :22:00.equalised with a pretty good goal of their own. But we've been asking
:22:00. > :22:04.whether you know a better goal than Crouch's and there have been plenty
:22:04. > :22:07.of suggestions. Fancy a volley? Well, what about this juggling
:22:07. > :22:10.special from Bomber Brown. Prefer a diving header? Well, who can forget
:22:10. > :22:13.Keith Houchen helping Coventry on their way to FA Cup glory. But a
:22:13. > :22:23.solo special takes some beating. This was a moment of magic from
:22:23. > :22:23.
:22:23. > :22:27.Port Vale's Ray Walker. And there's something special about a Derby
:22:27. > :22:30.belter. And there can't have been many goals better than this effort
:22:30. > :22:33.from Dalian Atkinson for Aston Villa at Wimbledon. It won Villa
:22:33. > :22:36.the match and Atkinson goal of the season. And there's a very good
:22:36. > :22:46.chance that Crouch's wonder strike on Saturday will win him the same
:22:46. > :22:47.
:22:47. > :22:50.They do you the world of good, don't they?
:22:50. > :22:52.Some great goals there, many suggested by the fans. At lunchtime
:22:52. > :22:56.I mentioned a classic scored by Trevor Francis for Birmingham City.
:22:56. > :23:05.And we've managed to dig it out of the library. It was October 1976
:23:05. > :23:08.when he scored this cracker against QPR. Such a special player. Another
:23:08. > :23:17.classic goal made in the Midlands was Willie Carr teeing up Ernie
:23:17. > :23:24.Hunt on October 1970. It was on the title card of Match Of The Day. We
:23:24. > :23:32.could not finish without seeing Ronnie Radford against Newcastle,
:23:32. > :23:37.1972, duffel coat into delirium! Spectacular, lovely to talk about
:23:37. > :23:40.those great goals today. Peter Crouch might have scored the
:23:40. > :23:42.goal of the weekend but there's no doubt about the most vital result.
:23:42. > :23:45.Defeat for Coventry City against relegation rivals Portsmouth would
:23:45. > :23:48.have left them deep in trouble in the Championship. But goals from
:23:48. > :23:55.Gary McSheffrey and Oliver Norwood lifted the Sky Blues to within one
:23:55. > :24:00.point of escaping the bottom three. We are five unbeaten now, albeit a
:24:00. > :24:05.few draws but we have been keeping clean sheets as well. Our biggest
:24:05. > :24:11.problem was letting in late goals throughout the season and we can
:24:11. > :24:13.rectify that and see out games with a draw or draws and wins, we are
:24:13. > :24:17.confident. There's more reaction to Coventry's
:24:17. > :24:20.win on Late Kick Off tonight, and there'll also be an interview with
:24:20. > :24:22.the mother of a teenage footballer who died nearly five years ago. 16-
:24:22. > :24:26.year-old Anton Reid collapsed and died while training for Walsall.
:24:26. > :24:29.He'd had a sudden cardiac arrest. Anton's mum says the footballing
:24:29. > :24:36.authorities need to review their medical procedures in the light of
:24:36. > :24:40.the Fabrice Muamba case. I would like to see screening don't within
:24:40. > :24:47.the club's and I think that it should probably be done every six
:24:47. > :24:51.months or so. To see what is going on with those children. Because I
:24:51. > :24:54.remember when Anton had his screening, they said to me that he
:24:54. > :25:02.was one of the fittest children. And there'll be a full report on
:25:02. > :25:10.this in Late Kick Off tonight at 11:35 on BBC One. Come on, Nick, a
:25:11. > :25:16.Luton classic. September 1968, Graham French, once of through
:25:16. > :25:23.Freetown, fantastic player and he took it from our own penalty area -
:25:23. > :25:29.- once of Shrewsbury Town. We had somebody sent off in that game, it
:25:29. > :25:34.was spectacular, that game. And you can remember it was like yesterday!
:25:35. > :25:37.It's weather time, and after a glorious weekend, it's been another
:25:38. > :25:47.lovely day. And after the clocks were put forward, it's now still
:25:48. > :25:49.
:25:49. > :25:53.light outside, so Ben Rich is out It is beautiful out here, another
:25:53. > :25:57.cracking day. He would be forgiven for thinking it is early summer
:25:57. > :26:02.rather than early spring -- you would be forgiven. The weather will
:26:02. > :26:06.continue in a similar vein with a reminder that it is still only
:26:06. > :26:09.March. Some chilly night and that will be the case tonight. The ridge
:26:09. > :26:13.of high pressure have been dominating our weather for the last
:26:13. > :26:17.few days and will stay with us for the next few as well bringing sunny
:26:17. > :26:22.skies and will bring clear skies overnight. Under those clear skies,
:26:22. > :26:26.temperatures will plummet. In towns and city centres, close to freezing
:26:26. > :26:29.that out in the countryside, a bit below freezing such a touch of
:26:29. > :26:34.frost in places possible and some mist and fog patches as well. Not
:26:34. > :26:37.too expensive. Into tomorrow, those patches should clear quickly and
:26:37. > :26:42.then it is another plain sailing day, a beautiful day again with
:26:42. > :26:47.plenty of sunshine unbroken in most places. That sunshine will lift the
:26:47. > :26:51.temperatures reaching highs of 20 Celsius. As we get through tomorrow
:26:51. > :26:55.night, we do it again and a clear skies turning pretty chilly but
:26:55. > :26:58.during the day on Wednesday, those temperatures could rise even
:26:58. > :27:03.further peaking at possibly 22 Celsius. Looking towards the end of
:27:03. > :27:07.the week, it looks like they will start to drop off a little bit and
:27:07. > :27:09.that is because the ridge of high pressure will drift off to the west
:27:09. > :27:13.allowing us to introduce a northerly wind bringing slightly
:27:13. > :27:16.lower temperatures and a bit more in the wake of cloud by Thursday
:27:16. > :27:25.and Friday but it will still stay dry, plenty more fine weather to
:27:25. > :27:28.It looks continental there and you could hear the geese!
:27:28. > :27:31.A look at tonight's main headlines: David Cameron is forced to reveal
:27:31. > :27:36.the names of those who dined in Downing Street. He insists buying
:27:36. > :27:38.influence was not on the menu. And police clamp down on sex
:27:38. > :27:41.workers and kerb crawlers as they investigate a series of assaults