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Welcome to Midlands Today. The headlines: jailed for four years, | :00:10. | :00:13. | |
the former leader of Worcestershire County Council is convicted of sex | :00:13. | :00:18. | |
attacks. We would like to apologise for any | :00:18. | :00:21. | |
anxiety felt by either of the victims. | :00:21. | :00:30. | |
The man who diffused the Birmingham riots insists it was self-defence. | :00:30. | :00:33. | |
Businesses talc then Secretary that the government must do more to | :00:33. | :00:41. | |
boost manufacturing. We are going to take time to get things back in | :00:41. | :00:45. | |
order. Children get ready for the first | :00:45. | :00:55. | |
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Good evening. Welcome to Tuesday's Midlands Today. | :01:01. | :01:05. | |
A senior politician and a church minister is jailed for sexually | :01:05. | :01:09. | |
abusing two teenagers. George Lord was leader of | :01:09. | :01:12. | |
Worcestershire County Council and to all appearances a pillar of the | :01:12. | :01:15. | |
community. His standing gave him power and influence. | :01:15. | :01:20. | |
A judge said today that the 79- year-old had abused his position by | :01:20. | :01:24. | |
assaulting one teenager in a council chamber and later admitted | :01:24. | :01:29. | |
three similar offences involving a 14-year-old girl in the 1970s. | :01:29. | :01:34. | |
Found in his office before his fall from grace, George Lord, the one- | :01:34. | :01:37. | |
time leader of Worcestershire County Council was harbouring a | :01:37. | :01:40. | |
dark secret. The secret was exposed at Birmingham Crown Court where he | :01:40. | :01:45. | |
was jailed for four years for sexually abusing two teenage girls. | :01:45. | :01:49. | |
The first phase was 40 years ago when Lord now 79 was a church | :01:49. | :01:53. | |
minister. The court was told that he started crooning the victim in | :01:53. | :01:58. | |
the 1970s when she was 11. Heat started indecently assaulting her | :01:58. | :02:02. | |
three years later. He told her that they had a special and secret | :02:02. | :02:06. | |
relationship that she could not discuss with anyone. The judge told | :02:06. | :02:09. | |
him he had abused his position. You should have been her protector, he | :02:09. | :02:14. | |
said, not her abuser. As the leader of the county council | :02:14. | :02:19. | |
he held the enormous power. He abused the power to prey on a 19- | :02:19. | :02:24. | |
year-old woman at County Hall in 2010. It is a position of authority | :02:24. | :02:28. | |
and trust which is being manipulated and broken and it can | :02:28. | :02:35. | |
lead to difficulties for victims and their ability to trust people | :02:35. | :02:41. | |
in the future. The victim's parents were in court and they are unhappy | :02:41. | :02:51. | |
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with the county council's handling The council is now holding an | :02:54. | :02:58. | |
inquiry chaired by an independent official. They say that the | :02:58. | :03:01. | |
sentencing of George Lord draws a line under what they say is a | :03:01. | :03:04. | |
difficult matter. The chief executive said that employee | :03:04. | :03:08. | |
welfare is of the utmost importance and the council has a | :03:08. | :03:12. | |
whistleblowing policy which applies to everyone in the organisation no | :03:12. | :03:17. | |
matter what their position. After sentencing, George Lord's solicitor | :03:17. | :03:20. | |
read that a statement. He would like to apologise for any anxiety | :03:20. | :03:28. | |
felt by either of the victims. He feels it was appropriate for him to | :03:28. | :03:33. | |
resign as the leader of the Worcestershire County Council in | :03:33. | :03:37. | |
order to preserve the good reputation of the council. George | :03:37. | :03:43. | |
Lord will be placed on the sex offenders' register indefinitely. | :03:43. | :03:48. | |
The judge told Lord from Brahms wrote that he was about to half of | :03:48. | :03:53. | |
the four-year jail term before being eligible for all release on | :03:53. | :03:58. | |
licence -- from Bromsgrove. Still ahead: the Mercury plummets | :03:58. | :04:03. | |
so it must mean that cricket is Barrack -- cricket is back. Why | :04:03. | :04:05. | |
Warwickshire believe this could be their season. | :04:05. | :04:12. | |
A father who has appealed for calm and ended the Birmingham writes | :04:12. | :04:16. | |
told a court today how he punched a man in self-defence. Tariq Jahan | :04:16. | :04:21. | |
allegedly assaulted Sajjad Ali last July after an argument on a street | :04:21. | :04:26. | |
in Handsworth in Birmingham. Tariq Jahan is the man credited | :04:26. | :04:32. | |
with helping to stop the Birmingham riots after his appeals for calm. | :04:32. | :04:37. | |
I lost my son. Step forward, do you want to lose your son's? Otherwise, | :04:37. | :04:42. | |
calm down and go home. He came to national prominence after his son | :04:42. | :04:45. | |
and two other young men died when they were hit by a car in Winson | :04:45. | :04:50. | |
Green last August. A month before that it is alleged he punched 34- | :04:50. | :04:53. | |
year-old Sajjad Ali to the ground and fractured his jaw in an | :04:53. | :04:58. | |
unprovoked attack. Today Tariq Jahan gave evidence. He said the | :04:58. | :05:01. | |
attack in Factory Road, Handsworth was entirely in self-defence and | :05:01. | :05:07. | |
that he was head-butted by Sajjad Ali after a disagreement and | :05:07. | :05:10. | |
punched him once to protect himself. Tariq Jahan told the police that he | :05:10. | :05:12. | |
had lied to police about the incident and said that he had been | :05:13. | :05:16. | |
elsewhere at the time and that he continued to live as recently as | :05:16. | :05:22. | |
last week when he finally made a statement admitting it. He said | :05:22. | :05:26. | |
that he lied may need to protect his wife. He told the court that | :05:26. | :05:31. | |
when you start with a lie, you have to make up at the 1000 miles to | :05:31. | :05:34. | |
cover the live. He said that when he has started there was no turning | :05:34. | :05:39. | |
back. Tariq Jahan's wife Tahira Yasmin also gave evidence | :05:39. | :05:43. | |
confirming what her husband had said. The court was told he had | :05:43. | :05:46. | |
several previous convictions including one for actual bodily | :05:46. | :05:51. | |
harm for his stepmother. He said it had been an accident. He said he | :05:51. | :05:55. | |
deeply regretted what had happened with Sajjad Ali and that it was not | :05:55. | :06:04. | |
how he normally behaved. The very significant part back | :06:04. | :06:07. | |
Tariq Jahan played in the Birmingham riots was mentioned in | :06:07. | :06:12. | |
court today? It was. Tariq Jahan had told the court when he was | :06:12. | :06:15. | |
giving evidence that he had been trying to calm Sajjad Ali down | :06:15. | :06:19. | |
before the alleged assault. His barrister then said that it was | :06:19. | :06:22. | |
similar to what he had done in the Birmingham riots when he appealed | :06:22. | :06:27. | |
to the community for calm. When that was mentioned, Tariq Jahan got | :06:27. | :06:30. | |
a set and broke down in tears and was so upset that the court had to | :06:31. | :06:34. | |
take a break because he felt he could not continue. The prosecution | :06:34. | :06:38. | |
said that while everyone has huge sympathy for what happened to him | :06:38. | :06:45. | |
during the riots, back must not cloud their judgment. -- that must | :06:45. | :06:49. | |
not cloud their judgment. What will happen tomorrow? The defence will | :06:49. | :06:54. | |
give their closing arguments and the judge will send the jury out to | :06:54. | :06:59. | |
consider its verdict. The judge has told the court that it is expected | :06:59. | :07:05. | |
that the trial will not finished until Thursday. | :07:05. | :07:08. | |
Leading businesses have been expressing concern about the state | :07:08. | :07:12. | |
of the economy to Vince Cable. That is despite a survey today from the | :07:12. | :07:15. | |
British Chambers of Commerce which suggests some companies are slowly | :07:15. | :07:18. | |
recovering. Mr Cable spent the day in | :07:19. | :07:22. | |
Worcestershire visiting manufacturing firms. Our business | :07:22. | :07:26. | |
correspondent reports on whether the talk was more about recession | :07:26. | :07:33. | |
or recovery. Hand-made in the Malvern's and a | :07:33. | :07:35. | |
perfect place for the Business Secretary to gather intelligence | :07:35. | :07:39. | |
about the state of the economy and more. | :07:39. | :07:44. | |
Despite being highly desirable, even this man has found the | :07:44. | :07:47. | |
recession challenging and with conflicting surveys on whether the | :07:47. | :07:53. | |
economy is recovering, the company's MD is still cautious. | :07:53. | :07:57. | |
think in the UK things are extremely tight. Money is tight and | :07:57. | :08:03. | |
a demand in the UK for luxury products is static at the moment. | :08:03. | :08:08. | |
What we are trying to do at the moment is look for alternative | :08:08. | :08:10. | |
markets particularly in the emerging economies like China. | :08:10. | :08:14. | |
Things are not so bad that they cannot invest in its future. The | :08:15. | :08:20. | |
Business Secretary also met one of the company's apprentices. The | :08:20. | :08:24. | |
skills this man is learning are vital if production of such | :08:24. | :08:33. | |
specialised vehicles is to continue. We learn the old methods of folding, | :08:33. | :08:41. | |
Metal finishing techniques. We do not use many modern tools. He is | :08:41. | :08:46. | |
one of 10,000 so-called mid- sized businesses here in the UK | :08:46. | :08:51. | |
collectively representing 0.2% of all firms in the UK. They employ | :08:51. | :08:55. | |
around 20% of all private sector workers say it is vital that | :08:55. | :08:59. | |
companies like this are encouraged to grow. Not surprising that the | :08:59. | :09:02. | |
message from government then this does is go for growth. If Britain | :09:02. | :09:08. | |
is going to get right on to the fitting economic League, we have to | :09:08. | :09:13. | |
get on to exports. It has got to come through business investment. | :09:13. | :09:18. | |
Growth is not a problem that it was the based company, the biggest | :09:18. | :09:27. | |
provider of computerise metal cutting equipment. Here exports are | :09:27. | :09:32. | |
soaring and even UK sales rose by 60% last year. The recession was | :09:32. | :09:35. | |
tough for us and business dropped by 80%. Since then things have | :09:35. | :09:41. | |
picked up well. We are pretty optimistic. What about growth? How | :09:41. | :09:45. | |
busy are you? We are now back to manufacturing about 80% of the | :09:46. | :09:55. | |
levels we were prior to the recession. A chance to test drive a | :09:55. | :09:59. | |
Morgan product and the state of the economy. By all accounts, the | :09:59. | :10:02. | |
Business Secretary left to the region in a more positive mood | :10:02. | :10:06. | |
about money factoring and when he arrived. | :10:06. | :10:10. | |
What do you think is the main message Mr Cable will have taken | :10:10. | :10:19. | |
away? I think he was fairly encouraged. We are in the workshop | :10:19. | :10:23. | |
where they make the new Morgan car. Already 800 of them have been sold. | :10:23. | :10:31. | |
With me tonight is Charles Morgan. Tell me, how well is it more been | :10:31. | :10:35. | |
doing? You said in the film that you are cautious. Where is the | :10:35. | :10:39. | |
company going? A if you can produce a new product that is innovative | :10:39. | :10:43. | |
and has tradition rather like this model, you will have a worldwide | :10:43. | :10:48. | |
market. We are finding that markets like Germany are really taking off | :10:48. | :10:55. | |
on us. We are hoping to go to America with this. The motor market | :10:55. | :10:59. | |
generally has been powering ahead. By using map? This is quite an | :10:59. | :11:04. | |
expensive car to buy. -- are you seeing that? We are seeing a | :11:04. | :11:08. | |
revival of innovation in British manufacturing. In the old days, we | :11:08. | :11:14. | |
would end ties foreign companies to set up factory here and create jobs. | :11:14. | :11:17. | |
Now the innovation is coming from British companies themselves. | :11:17. | :11:22. | |
Jaguar Land Rover up the road is a perfect example. They have got new | :11:22. | :11:27. | |
technology. They have also got the tradition of the 4x4 car up a bit | :11:27. | :11:31. | |
like we have got the sports car traditions. We sought in the film | :11:31. | :11:35. | |
an apprentice. How important are they to you? Incredibly important | :11:35. | :11:43. | |
because they are the energy for the future. Education and the young | :11:43. | :11:48. | |
people's attitude means that they are combining technology and hand- | :11:48. | :11:52. | |
crafted. You have got the best of both worlds. Computer-aided design | :11:52. | :11:55. | |
and also a real skill in terms of the assembly. You cannot have one | :11:56. | :12:00. | |
without the other. Many thanks. Looking good. Let us hope it is a | :12:00. | :12:04. | |
good sign for elsewhere in the economy. | :12:04. | :12:08. | |
Police investigating the murder of a 92-year-old Black Country man to | :12:08. | :12:11. | |
say he died as a result of severe head injuries. The former seaman | :12:11. | :12:18. | |
William Davis was discovered at his home collapsed in Willenhall on | :12:18. | :12:21. | |
Sunday evening. Saying goodbye to a neighbour and a | :12:21. | :12:24. | |
friend, just one of a number of floral tributes left outside the | :12:24. | :12:29. | |
home of 92-year-old William Davis. If the pensioner died from severe | :12:29. | :12:34. | |
head injuries after being attacked at his home in Hobley Street in | :12:34. | :12:39. | |
Willenhall on Sunday afternoon. is highly likely that the person or | :12:39. | :12:44. | |
persons responsible may have left the address heavily bloodstained. | :12:44. | :12:49. | |
We are appealing to any body that has any information at all about | :12:49. | :12:53. | |
friends, relatives, neighbours, who may have been heavily bloodstained, | :12:53. | :12:57. | |
who may have been concealing bloodstains on their clothing on | :12:57. | :13:03. | |
Sunday afternoon, to please come forward. This afternoon, roads | :13:03. | :13:08. | |
remain sealed off in Willenhall as forensic searches continued. Mr | :13:08. | :13:13. | |
Davies was last seen at 3pm on Sunday afternoon when neighbours | :13:13. | :13:18. | |
went granted depends and tea. They became concerned after not hearing | :13:18. | :13:23. | |
from their -- they went round to give him some tea. They found him | :13:23. | :13:28. | |
collapsed and call the police just after 6pm. William Davis was a | :13:28. | :13:33. | |
veteran at war but to at -- restaurant of the war. He was | :13:33. | :13:37. | |
described as fiercely independent. Cliff Shelley who owns the garage | :13:37. | :13:41. | |
at the end of the road knows him well. He has been shocked by his | :13:41. | :13:47. | |
murder. I used to stop and talk to him and sometimes he would show me | :13:47. | :13:51. | |
the medals from when he was in the Navy. He was a really nice guy. I | :13:51. | :13:56. | |
am shocked. Police said that initial investigations so no sign | :13:56. | :14:00. | |
of a break-in or for Stent -- forced entry. They expect the area | :14:00. | :14:04. | |
around his house to remain sealed off for two to three days while | :14:04. | :14:14. | |
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A campaign to clear the names of 24 building workers charged with eight | :14:16. | :14:19. | |
-- charged with conspiracy after a strike 40 years ago stepped up | :14:19. | :14:22. | |
today with a fresh appeal. The Shrewsbury Pickets Campaign is | :14:22. | :14:25. | |
being led by a group including actor Ricky Tomlinson, who was | :14:25. | :14:31. | |
jailed after a trial in 1973. They are claiming a miscarriage of | :14:31. | :14:35. | |
justice, arguing the original case was political and an abuse of power | :14:35. | :14:38. | |
by the government. Today was the last chance for | :14:38. | :14:42. | |
people to comment on the planned changes to parliamentary boundaries. | :14:42. | :14:46. | |
The government wants to reflect changing demographics and ensure | :14:46. | :14:50. | |
each constituency has the same number of voters. But for towns | :14:50. | :14:55. | |
such as more than, it could mean they are split into two consistent | :14:55. | :15:01. | |
-- constituencies. Just a week ago we were getting | :15:01. | :15:05. | |
temperatures around the 20 degrees. Very different today, with the | :15:05. | :15:14. | |
gritters on standby and warnings of snow on the way. | :15:14. | :15:19. | |
A freak event is another way to put it. We have currently got a very | :15:19. | :15:23. | |
cold air moving in as I mentioned yesterday, combined with a heady | :15:23. | :15:30. | |
period of rain tonight which could produce a fair covering of snow. It | :15:30. | :15:34. | |
is going to feel bitterly cold with strengthening wind and a plummeting | :15:34. | :15:41. | |
temperatures. I will have a full round-up later. | :15:41. | :15:45. | |
Also on a programme, digging for Olympic glory, could your garden | :15:45. | :15:55. | |
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play a part in separate -- The government is facing yet | :15:56. | :15:59. | |
another court hearing objecting to the plans for a high-speed rail | :15:59. | :16:03. | |
link between Birmingham and London. More are expected before the | :16:03. | :16:06. | |
deadline at the end of the week. Protesters say the government has | :16:06. | :16:11. | |
failed to conduct a proper environmental assessment and made | :16:11. | :16:15. | |
mistakes with its compensation programme. We are joined by David - | :16:15. | :16:20. | |
- David Gregory. While these cases appearing now? | :16:20. | :16:24. | |
The government said yes to HS2 at the start of the year, but there is | :16:24. | :16:28. | |
a three-month window for people to get everything together and push | :16:28. | :16:31. | |
for a judicial review over certain parts of the decision. That is what | :16:31. | :16:37. | |
is happening now. I talked to a group earlier who have raised | :16:37. | :16:42. | |
�200,000 to pay for a judicial review. That has come from | :16:42. | :16:48. | |
individual contributions. May-June a group of councils such as | :16:48. | :16:51. | |
Warwickshire and commentary who have got together to launch a | :16:52. | :16:57. | |
similar challenge. -- they join. I would expect a more before the end | :16:57. | :17:02. | |
of the week. What are the grounds for objection? | :17:02. | :17:08. | |
It falls into two groups, environmental concerns, they are | :17:08. | :17:14. | |
saying that the government has not played -- paid any attention to the | :17:14. | :17:17. | |
environmental impact, and the other one is more complicated, it is | :17:17. | :17:22. | |
about compensation payments, saying that the government's compensation | :17:22. | :17:28. | |
scheme is not clearly set out. That is where things are happening. | :17:28. | :17:33. | |
Later challenges might focus on the route as well. | :17:33. | :17:38. | |
When will these cases be heard? The government gets 21 days to look | :17:38. | :17:43. | |
at what people have objected to him, put their side of things, and the | :17:43. | :17:48. | |
paperwork goes away to a judge. Four months from then, a judge will | :17:48. | :17:52. | |
either say no to a judicial review or they will say yes and people can | :17:52. | :17:56. | |
have their day in court. But then is a blockade on this at the moment, | :17:56. | :18:02. | |
so it may take some time. It is just 115 days until the start | :18:02. | :18:06. | |
of the Olympic Games, and if you are not lucky enough to have a | :18:06. | :18:10. | |
ticket, there are still ways to be involved. | :18:10. | :18:15. | |
Dennis the Olympic torch relay, reaching Cheltenham on may 23rd. | :18:15. | :18:18. | |
There will be road closures which means that some schoolchildren may | :18:18. | :18:24. | |
have to be at their desks at 6am. You can brush up on your | :18:25. | :18:28. | |
Shakespeare during Stratford's World Shakespeare Festival. On the | :18:28. | :18:34. | |
same day, Dancing for the Games will begin in Birmingham. On that | :18:34. | :18:40. | |
30th June, contrary's pedal-powered Godiva Awakes puppet heads to the | :18:40. | :18:47. | |
capital. -- Coventry's. And Olympic football starting commentary on | :18:47. | :18:51. | |
25th July. We report on how you can get | :18:51. | :18:57. | |
involved from your own garden. Gardening for the games? Yes, that | :18:57. | :19:03. | |
is what I said. Phil offers a few tips on some patriotic planting to | :19:03. | :19:09. | |
this young audience. How about a red, white and blue window-box? And | :19:09. | :19:16. | |
it is not just about flowers. The idea of having London 2012 | :19:16. | :19:22. | |
vegetables foray shed barbecue or salad on the opening night or | :19:22. | :19:27. | |
whatever weekend you cannot manage, or the closing ceremony, the idea | :19:27. | :19:33. | |
has come together with these plants are to create eight celebration of, | :19:33. | :19:37. | |
and it is very exciting bus-stop the event focused on gardening, but | :19:38. | :19:44. | |
it is about more than getting green fingered for the Games. | :19:44. | :19:48. | |
The question is what can you do to get your community in the Olympic | :19:48. | :19:54. | |
mood? They need people to get motivated. It is about waving the | :19:54. | :20:00. | |
flag for Britain and waving it for your community. This is a dress | :20:00. | :20:03. | |
rehearsal for an Olympic qualifying football match at the Ricoh Arena | :20:03. | :20:08. | |
in Coventry later this month. We want to encourage more and more | :20:08. | :20:12. | |
people who have the confidence and the desire to make the Olympics and | :20:12. | :20:16. | |
Paralympics, live in whatever way works for them. It could be about | :20:16. | :20:20. | |
having a party in the street for the opening ceremony, getting the | :20:20. | :20:27. | |
community together and having some gains. -- games. | :20:27. | :20:34. | |
No such shortage of enthusiasm here are. They are aiming to sow the | :20:34. | :20:36. | |
scenes for a rich harvest of community events later this year | :20:36. | :20:43. | |
across the Midlands. -- so the seeds. | :20:43. | :20:49. | |
Let's stay with the sporting scene. News of Stiliyan Petrov? | :20:49. | :20:53. | |
Yes, Randy Lerner has been to visit Stiliyan Petrov to miss him well in | :20:53. | :20:59. | |
his battle to overcome leukaemia. He attended Saturday's game with | :20:59. | :21:04. | |
Chelsea, and received a standing ovation from both sets of fans. He | :21:04. | :21:07. | |
is now being treated in London, where Alex McLeish about him in | :21:07. | :21:14. | |
amazing spirit. He is determined to meet it head-on, | :21:14. | :21:19. | |
and he was talking really positively, and could not wait to | :21:19. | :21:25. | |
get started to try and clear up this illness. I do not know what he | :21:25. | :21:29. | |
is thinking in his head, but he is the captain of Aston Villa and has | :21:29. | :21:34. | |
shown the commitment on the pitch. He is a great leader and he wants | :21:34. | :21:40. | |
to get himself a through this. It does sound as if he is in a | :21:40. | :21:47. | |
positive frame of mind. That is the impression you get from | :21:47. | :21:51. | |
Alex McLeish. He thanked supporters from across the country, saying he | :21:51. | :21:56. | |
has been overwhelmed. But the clubs say they do not be able to give | :21:56. | :22:00. | |
day-to-day bulletins, and they should respect him and his family. | :22:00. | :22:04. | |
We will bring you update as and when the club replace -- release | :22:04. | :22:10. | |
more. Birmingham City can take a step | :22:10. | :22:13. | |
closer to the end-of-season play- offs tonight, they are away at | :22:13. | :22:19. | |
Burghley hoping to repeat their 2-1 victory from earlier in the season. | :22:19. | :22:23. | |
There one of four teams on 63 points, lying 4th in the | :22:23. | :22:28. | |
Championship on goal difference. And we will have full match | :22:28. | :22:33. | |
commentary from 7pm on BBC WM. On to cricket, and Warwickshire say | :22:33. | :22:37. | |
the lessons they learnt from finishing second in last year's | :22:37. | :22:40. | |
County Championship will be crucial in their attempts to go one better | :22:40. | :22:44. | |
this time. The Bears missed out on the title on the final afternoon of | :22:44. | :22:49. | |
last season. The new season starts on Thursday. | :22:49. | :22:54. | |
The Bears have emerged from hibernation, and they are not | :22:54. | :22:58. | |
grumpy. But it is not like Warwickshire's players have been | :22:58. | :23:02. | |
dormant since the summer, pre- season started on November. | :23:02. | :23:07. | |
This time around, they are determined to win the title. | :23:07. | :23:12. | |
It was a big knock for all of us, that last day at Hampshire, and we | :23:12. | :23:17. | |
were very tired and it was a very difficult run-in. But it gave us | :23:17. | :23:21. | |
real impetus going into this year in terms of thinking how we can | :23:21. | :23:26. | |
improve a little bit too maybe get over the line and win it this year. | :23:26. | :23:32. | |
They have already got injury problems. Chris Woakes damaged | :23:32. | :23:36. | |
ankle on a book -- ankle ligaments in Barbados. They will also have | :23:36. | :23:40. | |
other high-profile absentees. Ian Bell and Jonathan Trott orange | :23:40. | :23:44. | |
rancour with England at the moment, and their availability will be | :23:44. | :23:49. | |
limited this summer. Preparation has been meticulous. They have even | :23:49. | :23:52. | |
had check-ups for skin cancer and a sun damage. Now they are raring to | :23:52. | :23:58. | |
The guys were already thinking about next season at the end of | :23:58. | :24:04. | |
last season. We are eager to get back on the pitch, and we are | :24:04. | :24:10. | |
playing a university site this week, but next week it is Somerset. | :24:10. | :24:13. | |
Troughton expects the title race to be wide open, but if Warwickshire | :24:14. | :24:17. | |
are in contention come August, they know exactly what it takes to | :24:17. | :24:23. | |
become champions. I do try and get down and watch | :24:24. | :24:30. | |
their season. They will have fresh impetus this | :24:30. | :24:35. | |
year. I am going to ask you to lay your cards on the table. Will they | :24:35. | :24:39. | |
do it this season? I am worried about them losing | :24:39. | :24:44. | |
Chris Woakes. But they have got new players, and that may compensate. | :24:44. | :24:49. | |
Ashley Giles said the one silver lining is that maybe Chris Woakes | :24:49. | :24:55. | |
will have a break, as cricketers often play all year now. I saw them | :24:55. | :24:58. | |
trudge of the pitch on that last afternoon, and they look to 10 | :24:58. | :25:03. | |
years older than last year of -- than today. They want to win it and | :25:03. | :25:07. | |
will not leave anything on the pitch. | :25:07. | :25:11. | |
Their spirit is really good. They had just come back from Barbados | :25:11. | :25:15. | |
where Chris Woakes did his ankle, as they are very much buzzing this | :25:15. | :25:20. | |
time. This time last year they were | :25:20. | :25:25. | |
tipped for relegation, so they are looking in a good way. | :25:25. | :25:29. | |
There are rumours that winter is about to return! Let's find out the | :25:29. | :25:39. | |
Yes, there is snow on the way. We have had snow in June it, and you | :25:39. | :25:43. | |
will find since last week, we will have seen a drop in temperature of | :25:43. | :25:48. | |
around 15 degrees, largely due to a combination of Nordic air and a | :25:48. | :25:55. | |
heady period of rain. We have had a combination of fronts coming | :25:55. | :25:59. | |
through from the north today, and the first has gone through this | :25:59. | :26:02. | |
afternoon and is still there this evening. You can see the last of | :26:02. | :26:06. | |
the rain clearing the east of the region, but you will find that | :26:06. | :26:09. | |
tonight and it through the early hours, the next one will come | :26:09. | :26:14. | |
through from the north. It is more active and will produce heavy rain | :26:14. | :26:19. | |
in the northern part of the patch. It will also bring snow over the | :26:19. | :26:24. | |
highest ground, but the 200 metres. So the Peak District and the | :26:24. | :26:32. | |
Pennines could see some. The Met Office has issued a yellow warning. | :26:32. | :26:39. | |
Arts where it is rain and maybe some sleet and snow. -- elsewhere. | :26:39. | :26:43. | |
It will be a cold night, temperatures down took roughly zero | :26:43. | :26:53. | |
degrees. So they could be some ayes somewhere. -- ice. The snow is | :26:53. | :26:58. | |
confined to to the highest ground, again about 200 metres. Tomorrow | :26:58. | :27:03. | |
will be a bitterly cold day with a lot of Gamestation and higher wind | :27:03. | :27:12. | |
speed. -- a lot of cloud. A huge drop in temperatures, last week we | :27:12. | :27:22. | |
:27:22. | :27:26. | ||
saw 21 Celsius. By Thursday it will Run thousands of students could -- | :27:26. | :27:30. | |
thousands of students could see tougher A-levels. And the former | :27:30. | :27:33. |