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Hello and welcome to Midlands Today with Nick Owen and Suzanne Virdee. | :00:10. | :00:16. | |
The headlines tonight. A generation without hope blamed | :00:16. | :00:18. | |
for the riots which terrorised Birmingham and the Black Country | :00:18. | :00:22. | |
last summer. We have got a crisis with young people. A crisis in | :00:22. | :00:25. | |
terms of hope, a crisis in terms of their engagement with society. | :00:25. | :00:27. | |
Hundreds protest in Birmingham over plans to execute a Sikh separatist | :00:27. | :00:30. | |
in India. We will settle for nothing less than Balwant Singh | :00:30. | :00:35. | |
Rajwana being released. Worries over plans for yellow | :00:35. | :00:38. | |
tourist buggies in Stratford. It's claimed it will make the place like | :00:38. | :00:41. | |
a theme park. And with a factory about to be | :00:41. | :00:51. | |
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built there, helping thousands of Good evening, welcome to | :00:58. | :01:06. | |
Wednesday's Midlands Today from the BBC. | :01:06. | :01:11. | |
Tonight, August's riots reveal a crisis among our young people. The | :01:11. | :01:14. | |
Riots, Communities and Victims Panel report into the causes of the | :01:14. | :01:17. | |
disturbances, which saw three days of violent scenes and looting in | :01:17. | :01:19. | |
Birmingham and the Black Country, was officially published today. | :01:19. | :01:22. | |
Steve Botham, who met the panel when it visited the region, says | :01:22. | :01:26. | |
the riots show a crisis of hope and a crisis of engagement with society | :01:26. | :01:28. | |
among young people which needs to be urgently addressed. Joanne | :01:28. | :01:31. | |
Writtle reports now on the reaction here to the panel's report. | :01:31. | :01:34. | |
Rioting and looting in Birmingham. A raid on a jewellers in | :01:34. | :01:36. | |
Wolverhampton. Some of the scenes prompting this comment from a man | :01:36. | :01:39. | |
heading a community development group in Birmingham. Steve Botham | :01:39. | :01:49. | |
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met the Riots, Communities and Victims Panel. Within Birmingham, | :01:49. | :01:54. | |
we have a crisis with our young people. It is a crisis in terms of | :01:54. | :01:56. | |
hope and their engagement with society. There are some big | :01:56. | :02:02. | |
questions for society to answer that the report highlights. | :02:03. | :02:05. | |
This was the chaos in Wolverhampton. Hairdresser Louise Johnson won | :02:05. | :02:07. | |
bravery awards after becoming a human shield to protect her | :02:08. | :02:16. | |
business. I was just standing here, swearing. | :02:16. | :02:18. | |
Today, Louise is turning her attention to helping youth. She's | :02:18. | :02:27. | |
just given a full time job to her apprentice hairdresser. Employers | :02:27. | :02:30. | |
should give young people opportunities. The young people say | :02:30. | :02:33. | |
that no one wants to give them a job. When this girl turned up and | :02:34. | :02:37. | |
she was so polite and willing to work, I told her I would take her | :02:37. | :02:47. | |
Annaliena Clements says not all young people are troublemakers. | :02:47. | :02:54. | |
is kids being stupid. They should not have been out there causing | :02:54. | :02:57. | |
trouble and making a mess of their town. They are meant to take care | :02:57. | :03:01. | |
of it, not destroy it. Here in Birmingham, 300 children | :03:01. | :03:05. | |
come to this youth centre. It is open five nights a week. It has | :03:05. | :03:10. | |
suffered a cut in public funding last year. | :03:10. | :03:18. | |
The teenagers here were as shocked as most by the riots. | :03:18. | :03:25. | |
Young people are now losing the way to find out what they won because | :03:25. | :03:30. | |
there is not much out there. that is not much of an excuse. | :03:30. | :03:37. | |
it is not. Parents and need support for their young people. They need | :03:37. | :03:42. | |
help in finding places for young people to go to. There has to be | :03:42. | :03:47. | |
more things are for young people to do. There needs to be more youth | :03:47. | :03:56. | |
clubs. They should be here, not rioting. | :03:56. | :03:59. | |
Visiting a supermarket in Redditch today, the Labour leader condemmed | :03:59. | :04:07. | |
violence, but said young people needed a stake in society. Nobody | :04:07. | :04:13. | |
nobody excuses criminality. But we do have to understand how our young | :04:13. | :04:18. | |
people can be given a stake in our society. That is what this panel is | :04:18. | :04:25. | |
talking about, showing people that there is a better way forward. | :04:25. | :04:28. | |
Criminality and irresponsibility is an acceptable. There is a way | :04:28. | :04:32. | |
forward for them where they can make more of their lives. | :04:32. | :04:34. | |
Young people like Annaliena Clements are already making the | :04:34. | :04:37. | |
most of their lives. Under the watchful eye of a woman brave | :04:37. | :04:47. | |
enough to protect her business. Joining us now is James Morris the | :04:47. | :04:49. | |
Conservative MP for Halesowen & Rowley Regis. | :04:50. | :04:56. | |
What is your reaction to the report? I welcome some of the | :04:56. | :05:00. | |
suggestions in the report, the importance of parents and families | :05:00. | :05:06. | |
in bringing up young people so that they have a stake in society. | :05:06. | :05:10. | |
are we let him down young people in our society right now however? | :05:10. | :05:14. | |
There are problems in certain areas. That is why the Government has set | :05:15. | :05:19. | |
up this troubled family's unit to support families who are having | :05:19. | :05:26. | |
problems. But we also need to invest in skills, that is why we | :05:26. | :05:29. | |
are increasing the number of apprenticeships for young people so | :05:29. | :05:35. | |
that they have a stake in the future of society. The youth | :05:35. | :05:42. | |
schemes, we saw that project in a report which as having their | :05:42. | :05:47. | |
funding cut. How will that Kate young people off the street? Before | :05:47. | :05:52. | |
I was elected, I was a volunteer youth worker myself. I know some of | :05:52. | :06:00. | |
the issues here. There are many good voluntary youth support it | :06:00. | :06:04. | |
projects out there. You the support from the voluntary sector is | :06:04. | :06:09. | |
excellent and we need to support that. It is not necessarily their | :06:09. | :06:15. | |
statutory sector which provides the best support. Surely the more | :06:15. | :06:19. | |
things out there for young people, the better? We need to be giving | :06:19. | :06:25. | |
young people mentoring, and opportunities to take jobs and the | :06:25. | :06:34. | |
prospects that are there in the future. | :06:34. | :06:38. | |
One in five 18-24 year olds are out of work in this region - 70,000 | :06:38. | :06:42. | |
people in all. How big a part of the problem is this? We are putting | :06:42. | :06:46. | |
�1 billion into the Youth project, we are doubling apprenticeships in | :06:46. | :06:50. | |
my constituency. We are trying to improve the situation for young | :06:50. | :07:00. | |
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people. Thanks very much indeed. We'd like to hear your views on | :07:01. | :07:04. | |
this. What do you think caused last summer's riots in the Midlands? Was | :07:04. | :07:06. | |
it poor parenting or different problems in society? Email us or | :07:06. | :07:10. | |
our go on our Facebook page and we'll have some of your comments | :07:10. | :07:11. | |
later. Still to come in the programme | :07:11. | :07:13. | |
tonight. History in the skies over | :07:13. | :07:16. | |
Warwickshire, as one of the world's oldest jets takes off once more, | :07:16. | :07:24. | |
some 70 years after its first flight. | :07:24. | :07:26. | |
Hundreds of Sikhs took part in a march and demonstration in | :07:26. | :07:29. | |
Birmingham today. They were protesting against plans to execute | :07:29. | :07:31. | |
a Sikh separatist who helped assassinate a politician and 17 | :07:31. | :07:36. | |
other people in a bomb attack in India. | :07:36. | :07:39. | |
Balwant Singh Rajwana was due to be hanged on Saturday for his role in | :07:39. | :07:44. | |
the conspiracy to kill the Chief Minister for Punjab in 1995. | :07:44. | :07:47. | |
Rajoana has been in prison for 17 years after being convicted of | :07:48. | :07:50. | |
acting as a back-up suicide bomber in the plot. Tonight, the Indian | :07:50. | :07:53. | |
government put the execution on hold. Our reporter Bob Hockenhull | :07:53. | :08:01. | |
has been following today's events. The Sikh community on the march | :08:01. | :08:04. | |
through the streets of Handsworth in Birmingham, mobilised by anger | :08:04. | :08:12. | |
over the fate of a prisoner 4,000 Eventually, 1,000 people joined the | :08:12. | :08:15. | |
demonstration outside the Consulate General of India in the Jewellery | :08:15. | :08:21. | |
Quarter. They are furious over plans to execute Balwant Singh | :08:21. | :08:25. | |
Rajwana on Saturday. He has already served 17 years after admitting he | :08:25. | :08:34. | |
conspired to murder the Chief Minister for the Punjab in 1995. | :08:34. | :08:38. | |
want to put pressure on the local government and the natural | :08:38. | :08:42. | |
Government of the UK to use his influence on the Indian government | :08:42. | :08:48. | |
to stop this execution from taking place. As at this protests and | :08:48. | :08:52. | |
faults, along with demonstrations around the world, talks are taking | :08:52. | :08:58. | |
place at the very highest level in India aimed at stopping their | :08:58. | :09:07. | |
execution. Protesters are hoping to put pressure on the Indian | :09:07. | :09:13. | |
government. Tonight, it seems to have worked. India has put their | :09:13. | :09:18. | |
execution on hold. If it had gone ahead, it would have been the first | :09:18. | :09:23. | |
since 2004. People power is the most important power. Once that the | :09:23. | :09:28. | |
people start working and going forward, there is no stopping. | :09:28. | :09:35. | |
should now be released. We want nothing less than release for | :09:35. | :09:45. | |
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Balwant Singh Rajoana. This is a very controversial case because of | :09:45. | :09:51. | |
the political nation of the Sikh separatist movement at the time, | :09:51. | :09:56. | |
that is one reason we have seen the kind of reactions that we have a. | :09:56. | :10:00. | |
That demonstrations in Birmingham ended police fully without arrests. | :10:00. | :10:05. | |
We are trying to minimise disruption, but people have the | :10:05. | :10:11. | |
right to peaceful protest. Hopefully, we have achieved a | :10:11. | :10:18. | |
mixture of both. But six say they will be back on the street if the | :10:18. | :10:28. | |
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threat of execution is not removed. -- Sikhs. | :10:30. | :10:33. | |
A woman's died following a house fire in Coventry this morning. West | :10:33. | :10:36. | |
Midlands Ambulance Service was called to an address in Willenhall | :10:36. | :10:39. | |
just before 6 o'clock. Crews discovered the body of a woman who | :10:39. | :10:42. | |
was confirmed dead at the scene. Plans for a �120 million casino at | :10:42. | :10:45. | |
Birmingham's NEC have been approved. It will form part of a larger | :10:45. | :10:47. | |
development including a hotel and cinema. Solihull Council have | :10:47. | :10:54. | |
approved the project. The complex is expected to create 1,000 jobs. | :10:54. | :10:56. | |
A man has died following a crash in Shropshire in the early hours of | :10:56. | :10:59. | |
this morning. It happened on the A41 near Stanford Bridge at around | :10:59. | :11:03. | |
1am. The victim's car left the road and hit a tree leaving him with | :11:03. | :11:05. | |
multiple injuries. He was confirmed dead at the scene. | :11:05. | :11:08. | |
They're small, they're yellow and they're causing a stir in our | :11:08. | :11:12. | |
cultural heartland. The introduction of a fleet of | :11:12. | :11:14. | |
motorised tourist tricycles has caused a row in Shakespeare's | :11:14. | :11:16. | |
hometown. A former mayor claims they are | :11:16. | :11:20. | |
vulgar and unsuitable for Stratford Upon Avon. Here's Joan Cummins. | :11:20. | :11:24. | |
They cost more than �3,000 to buy, but now it is hoped these 50cc | :11:24. | :11:26. | |
motorised tricycles will bring an added extra to the tourist | :11:26. | :11:36. | |
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experience in Stratford Upon Avon. We need to move into the 21st | :11:37. | :11:44. | |
century a little bit. It is an historical time, but people can | :11:44. | :11:48. | |
still have fun. Stratford has seen its top | :11:48. | :11:51. | |
posistion as a tourist destination slipping in recent years, but it is | :11:51. | :11:53. | |
hoped this year's World Shakespeare Festival will help re-establish the | :11:53. | :11:56. | |
Warwickshire market town on the world map. But the prospect of the | :11:56. | :11:59. | |
self-hire vehicles becoming part of the general tourist traffic has | :11:59. | :12:02. | |
caused some to describe them as vulgar and simply not fitting for | :12:02. | :12:10. | |
such a world class destination. It is a bit naff, a bit vulgar. But | :12:10. | :12:19. | |
people have their own taste. But the town does not have the harder | :12:19. | :12:24. | |
to take this on board. We are very fortunate in this town, I do think | :12:24. | :12:28. | |
we need to protect it. Shakespeare will be turning in his grave of. | :12:29. | :12:32. | |
Drivers have to be at least 21 with a full driving licence, but not | :12:32. | :12:37. | |
everyone sees them as a cultural invasion. | :12:37. | :12:41. | |
Stratford's main job is to provide what its visitors want. Our job is | :12:41. | :12:45. | |
not to educate people or raise their social status, it is to | :12:45. | :12:51. | |
provide them with entertainment and enjoyment while they are here. | :12:51. | :12:54. | |
With plans to introduce electric versions of the three wheelers next | :12:54. | :12:57. | |
year, I asked today's visitors if they were persuaded by the �35 an | :12:57. | :13:00. | |
hour buggies. I think it looks fabulous. As long | :13:00. | :13:07. | |
as there is not too many of them. Yes, very good. But a bit noisy. | :13:07. | :13:14. | |
You do not want to see them on the street. It is yet to be seen | :13:14. | :13:18. | |
whether this will improve the situation for tourists in the | :13:19. | :13:24. | |
Stratford. But at least parking is free. | :13:24. | :13:30. | |
That is a big plus. Free parking. And great in this weather. | :13:30. | :13:38. | |
Perfect in this weather. A big rescue operation is underway | :13:38. | :13:41. | |
to move thousands of breeding toads from the site of a new car engine | :13:41. | :13:43. | |
factory near Wolverhampton. They are being moved before building | :13:43. | :13:47. | |
work can continue on the Jaguar Land Rover plant on the i54 site. | :13:47. | :13:50. | |
As the name suggests, common toads are widespread and found throughout | :13:50. | :13:51. | |
Britain. They follow the same route back to | :13:51. | :13:54. | |
ancestral breeding ponds each spring. In Britain, the common toad | :13:54. | :13:57. | |
is protected by law from sale and trade. Ben Godfrey's has been down | :13:57. | :14:06. | |
at the pond side. It can be a difficult life being a | :14:06. | :14:09. | |
toad. You want to build a colony in a picturesque pond, but somebody | :14:09. | :14:13. | |
moves you on before you have a chance to spawn. So these | :14:13. | :14:19. | |
volunteers are mounting Operation Rescue. 4,000 mating common toads | :14:19. | :14:22. | |
are breeding on the site of Jaguar Land Rover's soon-to-be built | :14:22. | :14:32. | |
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engine plant, at i54 near Wolverhampton. We have got one here. | :14:33. | :14:40. | |
It is covered in month, it was at the bottom of the pond. -- covered | :14:40. | :14:47. | |
in mud. The toads have migrated back to the pond to breed. They | :14:47. | :14:53. | |
hibernate, but they have will come with a warm weather. | :14:53. | :14:56. | |
So far, 1,000 toads have been scooped from the murky depths and, | :14:56. | :14:58. | |
for these amorous amphibians, time's pressing. On Monday, | :14:58. | :15:01. | |
construction workers move on to prepare the ground on this 120 | :15:01. | :15:11. | |
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hectare site. We are putting him a new M42 junction. -- motorway. This | :15:31. | :15:36. | |
is meeting season. But at the Newlove lest it is a quarter of a | :15:36. | :15:45. | |
mile away. -- New laugh at messed It's a journey alongside the busy | :15:45. | :15:48. | |
M54 to a new toad enclosure surrounded by steel. They get a | :15:48. | :15:51. | |
larger pond, some quiet neighbours and just about the tightest | :15:51. | :15:53. | |
security they could get at short notice. Ben Godfrey, BBC Midlands | :15:54. | :16:02. | |
Today, Staffordshire. Looks a better place. You can read | :16:02. | :16:05. | |
a full report on that on our website. | :16:05. | :16:07. | |
Well, we've still got this sensational weather, haven't we? I | :16:07. | :16:12. | |
hope Ben isn't going to spoil it! Well, Nick, all good things come to | :16:12. | :16:15. | |
an end. After one more very warm day tomorrow, our temperatures are | :16:15. | :16:18. | |
going to slide back to where they should be by the weekend. The | :16:18. | :16:28. | |
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We are being terribly spot by the weather. | :16:34. | :16:37. | |
It's nearly three weeks since Port Vale football club went into | :16:37. | :16:39. | |
administration owing around �3 million. Tonight, the fans are | :16:39. | :16:43. | |
gathering at the ground to hear the latest news on when new owners | :16:43. | :16:46. | |
might take over. Nick Clitheroe is there too. What are the fans likely | :16:46. | :16:51. | |
to discover this evening, Nick? They are going to get the latest | :16:51. | :16:55. | |
briefing from the administrators. It came to ahead at the beginning | :16:56. | :16:59. | |
of March when be found out that the players were not being paid. There | :16:59. | :17:04. | |
was a meeting at the supporters' club when one of the members of the | :17:04. | :17:13. | |
previous club had to leave the meeting. After that, we had the | :17:13. | :17:20. | |
process of the council put in the club into administration. I have | :17:20. | :17:27. | |
one of their administrators here now. What can you tell the | :17:27. | :17:31. | |
supporters tonight? We are going to keep them fully informed of what we | :17:31. | :17:35. | |
are doing. This is really a question and answer session. We | :17:35. | :17:40. | |
have got three parties who have already submitted offers. We have | :17:40. | :17:44. | |
not got a from a favourite at this time. We have not closed of the | :17:44. | :17:54. | |
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bidding. But I am hoping there will be some good news next week. So you | :17:55. | :17:59. | |
hope to close the door for beds next week? We may impose a deadline | :17:59. | :18:04. | |
for bids. Possibly Friday night, or Monday my day. We will consider | :18:04. | :18:12. | |
those beds and become -- consider those bitters and make a | :18:13. | :18:20. | |
recommendation. That is excellent news. Hopefully, we can start | :18:20. | :18:26. | |
moving forward. It is good news that three beds are in. There will | :18:26. | :18:36. | |
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be more from the administrators at this meeting. -- bids. | :18:38. | :18:44. | |
Light at the end of the tunnel for Port Vale, hopefully. | :18:44. | :18:47. | |
Shrewsbury Town have praised club staff and the fans for their | :18:47. | :18:50. | |
reaction to a fire which caused the abandonment of last night's home | :18:50. | :18:53. | |
game with Port Vale. The fire broke out in the electric control panel | :18:53. | :18:56. | |
for the floodlights at the Greenhouse Meadow just over an hour | :18:56. | :18:59. | |
into the game. The East Stand had to be evacuated, but no-one was | :18:59. | :19:02. | |
injured. Shrewsbury were winning 1- 0 at the time after James Collins | :19:02. | :19:07. | |
scored. A new date for the game is yet to be arranged. | :19:07. | :19:11. | |
It was a better night for fans of Walsall and Burton Albion who both | :19:11. | :19:13. | |
enjoyed home victories. Walsall moved out of the League One | :19:13. | :19:16. | |
relegation zone with their first win in five games. Emmanuel Ledesma | :19:16. | :19:19. | |
equalised Colchester's early goal and Walsall went in front when Mat | :19:19. | :19:22. | |
Sadler scored just before half-time. A late third from George Bowerman | :19:22. | :19:30. | |
leaves them two points above the relegation places. Burton Albion | :19:30. | :19:36. | |
fans had been waiting 17 games for a win. And it needed an own goal | :19:36. | :19:46. | |
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from Matt Fish to finally break their drought against Gillingham. | :19:57. | :20:03. | |
The Olympic countdown has begun for a beach volleyball player. She is | :20:03. | :20:08. | |
packing up and heading for the Sam &. But it will be no holiday. | :20:08. | :20:14. | |
Denise John's is embarking on her Olympic dream. That means precious | :20:14. | :20:19. | |
little time at home with her husband. We do travel a lot because | :20:19. | :20:24. | |
there is no indoor beach volleyball court. But we travelled to lovely | :20:24. | :20:34. | |
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places. This is where where she hopes she will be going. Last year, | :20:35. | :20:45. | |
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she and her partner finished 4th. The test event for the Olympics was | :20:47. | :20:51. | |
incredible. There was great support from the fans and the British | :20:51. | :20:57. | |
public. Her accent is not what you would expect for someone living | :20:57. | :21:01. | |
near Gloucester. Her nationality has been a controversial Olympics | :21:01. | :21:07. | |
subject. But she says she is definitely British. My dad is | :21:07. | :21:14. | |
British. I grew up with British Customs. I do feel British. I have | :21:14. | :21:19. | |
lived here for five years. I just love being around British people, | :21:19. | :21:26. | |
they have been so welcoming. I love it here and I will definitely stay | :21:26. | :21:36. | |
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here. If the test is having a cup of tea, she certainly qualifies. | :21:40. | :21:43. | |
A piece of aviation history took to the skies over the Midlands today | :21:43. | :21:47. | |
as a special thank you to a group of dedicated volunteers who have | :21:47. | :21:50. | |
helped to keep it flying. The Gloucester built Meteor T7 is the | :21:50. | :21:51. | |
oldest twin engined jet fighter still airworthy. | :21:51. | :21:54. | |
Kevin Reide was there. Coventry Airport, and takeoff for | :21:54. | :21:57. | |
one of the world's rarest flying jet fighters. There are just five | :21:57. | :22:07. | |
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Gloucester Meteors still flying and this model T7 is the oldest aged 63. | :22:08. | :22:12. | |
This flight was specially laid on for a team of more than 40 | :22:13. | :22:20. | |
volunteers who make sure this aircraft keeps flying. We want to | :22:20. | :22:30. | |
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keep that in Britain. It is one of their earliest jets. The media, | :22:31. | :22:35. | |
because they did not feel that their initial in just did not have | :22:35. | :22:45. | |
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enough power, they put on two. It has an iconic cellaret. -- iconic | :22:49. | :22:59. | |
silhouette. This 89-year-old former RAF pilot | :22:59. | :23:02. | |
flew Spitfires in the Second World War and saw them being phased out | :23:02. | :23:05. | |
for the state-of-the-art Meteor. was moved up. Lone voice in the | :23:05. | :23:15. | |
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cockpit. -- smooth. This is our anniversary. What a way to spend it. | :23:20. | :23:30. | |
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It says me buying a present. Meteor is based at Coventry airport | :23:31. | :23:36. | |
and will be flying at air shows of the summer. | :23:36. | :23:45. | |
Happy anniversary. Now it's been another unseasonably | :23:45. | :23:48. | |
warm and beautiful day today, but can it last? Here's Ben Rich with | :23:48. | :23:51. | |
the details. Yes, it has been incredibly warm | :23:51. | :23:54. | |
for March, and I'll have the forecast in a moment. But talking | :23:54. | :23:57. | |
of all things unseasonable, a group of pupils at a school in Birmingham | :23:57. | :24:00. | |
made an attempt on the record for the biggest number of simultaneous | :24:00. | :24:10. | |
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conker games today. Nearly 800 pupils and staff from King Edwards | :24:12. | :24:17. | |
School took part. The current world record stands at just over 500. | :24:17. | :24:20. | |
It's a game usually played in the autumn of course, but there has | :24:20. | :24:22. | |
been nothing autumnal or even been nothing autumnal or even | :24:22. | :24:24. | |
springlike about the weather recently. In fact, it's been more | :24:24. | :24:27. | |
like summer. Today, we have had some very impressive temperatures. | :24:27. | :24:33. | |
They got up to 21 Celsius in Birmingham. Plenty of other places | :24:33. | :24:38. | |
not far behind that. One of the reasons for that is the sheer | :24:38. | :24:44. | |
amount of sunshine we have had. This is a satellite picture, hardly | :24:44. | :24:48. | |
any cloud. That bank of cloud across Scotland is heading our way | :24:48. | :24:53. | |
across the next few days and that will turn things cloudier and | :24:53. | :24:58. | |
cooler. Turning pretty cool tonight as well. Temperatures are going to | :24:58. | :25:03. | |
drop a way, quite close to freezing in places. There could be a touch | :25:03. | :25:08. | |
of grass frost and some patchy fog tomorrow morning. But that will | :25:08. | :25:14. | |
dissipate very quickly tomorrow. Up similar day with plenty of sunshine | :25:14. | :25:18. | |
tomorrow. Some high cloud by the end of the day. A slightly | :25:18. | :25:28. | |
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increased a breeze as well. Another beautiful evening tomorrow and a | :25:28. | :25:33. | |
fine, dry night as well. But we will see more cloud spreading in | :25:33. | :25:38. | |
from the north. Quite a lot of cloud on Friday. Things should have | :25:38. | :25:42. | |
brighten up slowly, but it will be cooler, temperatures around 15 | :25:42. | :25:46. | |
Celsius. This rage of high pressure that has been in charge of our | :25:46. | :25:52. | |
weather is going to move to the west over the weekend. The wind was | :25:52. | :25:56. | |
which to northerly, bringing Bin cool air and increasing amount of | :25:56. | :26:06. | |
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cloud. But no sign of any much- needed rain on the horizon. | :26:06. | :26:15. | |
Thank you very much. And earlier in the programme we | :26:15. | :26:18. | |
asked you to get in touch with your views on what caused last year's | :26:18. | :26:22. | |
riots. Lots of comments on our Facebook page. | :26:22. | :26:25. | |
Jane Bremer says, A lack of proper education and the fact that schools | :26:25. | :26:28. | |
and parents aren't able to discipline the kids is the problem. | :26:28. | :26:31. | |
Nick Savage, I think that it is because they are angry about the | :26:31. | :26:34. | |
high unemployment situation. It strikes me that they don't realise | :26:34. | :26:37. | |
that rioting won't help. Dom Nash. The riots were not youth | :26:37. | :26:39. | |
failure only, it was whole of society's failure. | :26:39. | :26:42. | |
Gary Jordan says, Pure greed and criminality - we don't need the | :26:42. | :26:45. | |
report to tell us that. Plenty of decent people are unemployed but | :26:45. | :26:47. | |
didn't go looting. Jake Williams, It would not have | :26:47. | :26:50. | |
happened if they were all in jobs! Young people have got to have a | :26:50. | :26:53. | |
sense of belonging and feel a part of a community. | :26:53. | :26:56. | |
David Ford, When they see the super rich running the country and taking | :26:56. | :27:00. | |
so much from so many while making even more of a fortune, well, it | :27:00. | :27:02. | |
doesn't take rocket science to work out what's going on. | :27:02. | :27:10. | |
Lots of emails too. Lillian Webb says, I find it | :27:10. | :27:13. | |
utterly preposterous that everyone is making excuses for the rioters. | :27:13. | :27:15. | |
These selfish people showed no consideration at all for anyone | :27:15. | :27:25. | |
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because they know they live in a society which has grown soft. | :27:28. | :27:31. | |
A look at tonight's main headlines. David Cameron says motorists should | :27:31. | :27:35. | |
top up their tanks in case the fuel strike goes ahead. | :27:35. | :27:37. |