:00:07. > :00:14.Hello. Good evening and welcome to Midlands Today from the BBC.
:00:14. > :00:17.Tonight: desperate for a council house in Stoke-On-Trent but could
:00:17. > :00:26.families have been pushed further down the waiting list by Londoners?
:00:26. > :00:30.The area has hardly any work at all. The extra influx would be too many.
:00:30. > :00:33.The inventor who says Britain has got talent, only the government
:00:33. > :00:41.doesn't know what sells doesn't back it. For somebody like me, it
:00:41. > :00:51.is never going to happen. I do not see what doors they have to lock,.
:00:51. > :01:01.
:01:01. > :01:06.And how the games are being ruled Good evening. Tonight, desperate
:01:06. > :01:10.for a desk -- council house in Stoke-on-Trent but could from these
:01:10. > :01:12.be pushed further down the waiting list by Londoners? That's the
:01:12. > :01:18.question after officials in Staffordshire were asked by one of
:01:18. > :01:20.the capital's poorest boroughs to home 500 families. It's led to
:01:20. > :01:29.accusations of social cleansing and claims that Government's
:01:29. > :01:31.controversial cap to housing benefit is to blame.
:01:31. > :01:36.The Brighter Futures Housing Association received a letter from
:01:36. > :01:39.Newham Council asking it to take on 500 families. There are currently
:01:39. > :01:43.around 32,000 people on the council housing waiting list in the London
:01:43. > :01:46.borough in Stoke. Around 3,000 people are waiting for a house. And
:01:46. > :01:56.you get between �250 and �400 a week in housing benefits. But the
:01:56. > :01:57.
:01:57. > :01:59.proposal has not been well received in the Potteries.
:01:59. > :02:02.With thousands on the social housing waiting list and high
:02:02. > :02:05.unemployment, Stoke-on-Trent has it's own problems and the prospect
:02:05. > :02:10.of 500 families from east London being moved to the area has not
:02:10. > :02:16.gone down particularly well. We do not have jobs for ourselves, let
:02:16. > :02:20.alone people cuddle from a different part of the country.
:02:20. > :02:27.are locking houses down but they are not building any. Look at the
:02:27. > :02:30.facilities, there are not many. Newham Council asked for the
:02:30. > :02:32.rehoming help in this letter sent to many housing assoctions
:02:32. > :02:38.including Stoke's Brighter Futures. There will be need for social
:02:38. > :02:47.services, welfare, support, jobs, the council has already had to cut
:02:47. > :02:50.its services to the bone. They will be an increasing demand. Stoke-on-
:02:50. > :02:53.Trent City Council say they are concerned and that they are keen to
:02:53. > :02:56.speak to Newham before the situation goes any further. They
:02:56. > :03:02.say they have 3,000 people on their social housing waiting list and
:03:02. > :03:05.that their main duty is very much to local people. But Newham Council
:03:05. > :03:07.say the Government's cap on housing benefit is forcing people from
:03:07. > :03:12.expensive parts of London to their less costly borough, and opposition
:03:12. > :03:17.leaders claim this situation is the tip of an iceberg. The idea that
:03:17. > :03:22.you take a family and you put them in Stoke-on-Trent, away from their
:03:22. > :03:28.school, their family, their friends, their jobs, in this day and age,
:03:28. > :03:32.that cannot be right. Government insists the Housing
:03:32. > :03:38.Benefits Bill is still rising and that that has to stop. It is also
:03:38. > :03:41.questioning the timing of a new worms...
:03:41. > :03:44.Earlier I spoke to the housing minister Grant Shapps and asked him
:03:44. > :03:47.if he agreed that the government's policy on housing benefit could
:03:47. > :03:56.potentially lead to a very unfair situation where people could be
:03:57. > :04:00.parachuted into city's like Stoke. No, I think it is outrageous that
:04:00. > :04:04.the borough are proposing anything of the sort. By have spoken to a
:04:04. > :04:10.number of people today, have discovered fed they have never
:04:10. > :04:14.spoken to stir up about it at all. Actually, it took the local BBC
:04:14. > :04:18.radio station to phone the council before they were involved in it at
:04:18. > :04:22.all. There is no scheme, it is outrageous that the London borough
:04:22. > :04:26.is proposing it. Actually, I think it could well be illegal, it is
:04:26. > :04:30.certainly against the regulations that I am situated. Il calling on
:04:30. > :04:33.them to make clear that this is not going to happen. You say it is
:04:33. > :04:37.outrageous but here we are in Britain, at the that of a terrible
:04:37. > :04:43.housing crisis. What are you going to do about it? Housing crisis
:04:43. > :04:46.don't turn up out of the blue. This has been created because at the end
:04:46. > :04:52.of 2000 of lying, there were fewer homes being built in this country
:04:52. > :04:56.at any time since the 1920s. -- 2009. What we're doing is building
:04:56. > :05:02.a lot more homes. I've come from a speech today where I have been able
:05:02. > :05:06.to announce that house building is up by a third. Things are starting
:05:06. > :05:11.to move. It will be building 170,000 affordable homes for rent
:05:11. > :05:16.in the next few years alone. It is inexcusable that the London borough
:05:16. > :05:19.have issued this press release to the BBC, stirred up a fuss, worried
:05:19. > :05:24.their tenants had actually worried tenants in Stoke-on-Trent as well.
:05:24. > :05:28.It and yet, it is not the first time we've seen something like that.
:05:28. > :05:31.Families in Croydon were offered the choice to move to Walsall. Is
:05:31. > :05:35.the West Midlands becoming a good dumping ground because of their
:05:35. > :05:42.policies? That should never be the case. If people want to move, that
:05:42. > :05:46.is up to them. It is very important we do control the housing benefit
:05:46. > :05:49.bill. I cannot think why any of your viewers should be working hard
:05:50. > :05:53.and playing their taxes for other people, who might be on housing
:05:53. > :05:55.benefit, to be able to afford to live will streets and
:05:55. > :05:58.neighbourhoods that the working people, who are paying all their
:05:58. > :06:08.taxes to support as a benefits system, cannot possibly afford
:06:08. > :06:15.
:06:15. > :06:18.themselves. Thanks for watching this evening.
:06:18. > :06:22.Still ahead: We're live at Aston Villa, ahead of their crucial
:06:22. > :06:25.relegation battle against fellow- strugglers Bolton Wanderers.
:06:25. > :06:28.Tariq Jahan, the father of one of the victims killed during the
:06:28. > :06:31.August riots, has described hearing the fatal impact of the crash. He
:06:32. > :06:34.was giving evidence in the trial of eight men accused of murdering his
:06:34. > :06:37.son and two other men. Haroon Jahan, along with brothers
:06:38. > :06:40.Shazad Ali and Abdul Musavir died when they were struck by a car. Mr
:06:41. > :06:44.Jahan was widely praised when he appealed for calm after his son's
:06:44. > :06:48.death. Our reporter was in court. Why was Mr Jahan called to give
:06:48. > :06:51.evidence, Phil? He was the first witness in a trial
:06:51. > :06:56.which began last week when the jury was shown some dramatic CCTV
:06:56. > :07:00.footage, which showed the three men being hit by a car in the early
:07:00. > :07:04.hours of August 10th. He began by being questioned about the day
:07:04. > :07:08.before that, when widespread disorder spread to the West
:07:09. > :07:12.Midlands. He described how he had been at a petrol station and
:07:12. > :07:17.witnessed a group of men in balaclavas attacking the petrol
:07:17. > :07:20.station has to be said by the next morning, the atmosphere was very
:07:20. > :07:24.tense and a group of people got together to decide that they would
:07:24. > :07:29.go out that night and got local properties, protecting them from
:07:29. > :07:35.looters. What did he say about the night his son died?
:07:35. > :07:40.He said that group of 40 people had gathered outside on the road. A
:07:40. > :07:44.bunch of cars had driven past slowly, provoking the crowd. He
:07:44. > :07:48.said there was abuse shouted from both sides. As he was talking to
:07:48. > :07:53.his wife, he heard a car engine revving up and driving at high
:07:53. > :07:57.speed. Then a loud thud. Be heard shouting, he went across and saw
:07:57. > :08:02.his son's body lying in the road. He was pronounced dead. The eight
:08:02. > :08:06.men were you mentioned have denied murder at the trial is expected to
:08:06. > :08:12.last nine weeks. Birmingham City Council's to carry
:08:12. > :08:15.out a review into the death of a stroke patient it was caring for.
:08:15. > :08:20.Colin Bird who was 46 and from Yardley Wood, had suffered two
:08:20. > :08:23.strokes, losing mobility in an arm and a leg. He died yesterday. He
:08:23. > :08:25.received 30 minutes of care every morning and evening but claimed
:08:25. > :08:27.he'd only been washed four times in four months.
:08:27. > :08:30.The Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire, Michael Brinton,
:08:30. > :08:32.has died. He passed away at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in
:08:33. > :08:35.Birmingham yesterday after being diagnosed with cancer a year ago.
:08:35. > :08:39.The former businessman guided the family-run firm, Brinton's carpets,
:08:39. > :08:46.for many years. He was appointed the Queen's representative in the
:08:47. > :08:51.county in 2001. A man accused of killing his
:08:51. > :08:54.pregnant wife collapsed in sobs in the dock this afternoon. The jury
:08:54. > :08:57.was sent home after Mohammed Mumtaz fell to the floor in a trial in
:08:58. > :09:03.which there are claims his wife may have been possessed by an evil
:09:03. > :09:08.spirit. He's accused of killing his wife
:09:08. > :09:11.with his mother, father and brother in law.
:09:11. > :09:21.This is the family home at Handsworth Wood in Birmingham where
:09:21. > :09:24.
:09:24. > :09:27.pregnant 21-year-old Naila Mumtaz was allegedly killed. Her husband,
:09:27. > :09:29.Mohammed Mumtaz, his mother, Salma Aslam, and father, Zia Ul Haq, and
:09:29. > :09:32.brother-in-law, Hammad Hassan, all deny murder and manslaughter. The
:09:32. > :09:42.court heard how Naila was from Pakistan and came to live in
:09:42. > :09:51.
:09:51. > :09:54.Birmingham after an arranged marriage. Was it due to an unknown
:09:54. > :09:59.illness? Or was it as the prosecution say, she was assaulted,
:09:59. > :10:04.or smothered by the four accused, all of whom had that they were
:10:04. > :10:11.present when she died? Details of phone calls between family and --
:10:11. > :10:15.in Birmingham and Pakistan were given. The jury had to be sent home
:10:16. > :10:25.for the night after Mohammed will tonnes collapsed in sobs in the
:10:26. > :10:26.
:10:26. > :10:29.dock. The trial is expected to resume tomorrow.
:10:29. > :10:32.A Worcestershire inventor, who says he was forced to go abroad to get
:10:32. > :10:33.funding for his product, believes Britain is in danger of losing its
:10:33. > :10:36.entrepreneurs. Philip Jarrett's company mi-zone
:10:36. > :10:42.has won a Government award for innovation, but it was the Irish
:10:42. > :10:45.Government which backed him financially.
:10:45. > :10:49.It's called a proximity alarm and its inventor Philip Jarrett is
:10:49. > :10:55.trying it out in his office at Ombersley in Worcestershire. It has
:10:55. > :11:03.been designed specifically to prevent -- protect items of value,
:11:03. > :11:07.cameras, keys, toolbox is. It sits on a new mobile device. We have
:11:07. > :11:14.come outside because in the best traditions, we will do a test. That
:11:14. > :11:21.is my bag, you can see a pink device. If I start walking away,
:11:21. > :11:25.the alarm goes off. The prototype was built with �30,000 from Warwick
:11:25. > :11:28.University. Mr Jarrett couldn't get any further funding the British
:11:28. > :11:32.Government but the Irish Government lent him a 250,000 euros. The
:11:32. > :11:35.alarm's now being manufactured in Cork in the Irish Republic. I was
:11:35. > :11:41.passionate to have made in England on the back of this box. There is a
:11:41. > :11:47.lot to be said and a lot to be done with young minds that have got
:11:47. > :11:51.really good ideas, who could perhaps reinvent this country but
:11:51. > :11:57.unfortunately, they are strangled by having nowhere to go, no
:11:57. > :12:00.guidance, no assistance. Ironic then that across the region in
:12:00. > :12:03.Walsall today, the hunt was on for the inventors and designers of
:12:03. > :12:12.tomorrow at an event for Midlands manufacturers. There is funding in
:12:12. > :12:20.Staffordshire forces and aspects of product development. -- for certain
:12:20. > :12:22.aspects. We are always looking to break the best new product.
:12:22. > :12:24.Government insist they are investing in business through a
:12:24. > :12:32.regional growth fund that's allocated �1.4 billion to projects.
:12:32. > :12:35.A further �1 billion is now available for new bids. They've set
:12:35. > :12:40.up A Business In You campaign encouraging entrepreneurs to start
:12:40. > :12:43.or grow their business. Philip Jarrett meanwhile has signed deals
:12:43. > :12:46.with major high street names like Apple and Carphone Warehouse.
:12:46. > :12:51.With us now is the Chief Executive of the Birmingham Chamber Group,
:12:51. > :12:57.Jerry Blackett. It's a real pity that Philip Jarrett had to go
:12:57. > :13:03.elsewhere, isn't it? These are difficult projects to get away. The
:13:03. > :13:08.hardest time to get money is what you have a good idea. Sometimes
:13:08. > :13:12.putting all taxpayers' money alongside private money can work.
:13:12. > :13:17.But there is never enough to go around. I've been looking into how
:13:17. > :13:19.much we've put into this of the last decade and there has been at
:13:19. > :13:23.�90 million over that time available. Other parts of the
:13:23. > :13:27.country have had less than the others a bit more. Platini is now
:13:27. > :13:32.drying up so it is now going to be harder to find that sort of money
:13:32. > :13:38.to get good ideas going. So there is a gap in the system. There
:13:38. > :13:43.always is. You cannot blame the banks for the Somme. You coming
:13:43. > :13:47.with a good idea, you want somebody to back it. The taxpayer can
:13:47. > :13:52.sometimes help unleash some money. This one got away. There is still
:13:52. > :13:57.money out there, not as much. Birmingham City Council have put
:13:57. > :14:00.�10 million into a fund for this sort of scheme. The money may come
:14:00. > :14:06.back. A local enterprise partnerships may be able to
:14:06. > :14:16.convince government to give us more to stimulate new inventions. Should
:14:16. > :14:21.an inventor do? Search for a corporal finance advice. Their rock
:14:21. > :14:26.people who are out there -- there are people who want to help you
:14:26. > :14:36.look for money. Good ideas will find cash. It is a shame this one
:14:36. > :14:40.
:14:40. > :14:43.went to the Republic of Ireland. A jury's been told that a sprinkler
:14:43. > :14:45.system at a warehouse hadn't been connected before a fire which
:14:45. > :14:48.killed four firemen. Three fire service managers are on
:14:48. > :14:50.trial and deny charges of causing manslaughter by gross negligence in
:14:50. > :14:52.connection with the fire at Atherstone-on-Stour in Warwickshire
:14:52. > :14:56.five years ago. Stafford Crown Court heard how
:14:56. > :15:01.building worker at this Warehouse had not received building
:15:01. > :15:05.regulations from Stratford District Council. This man, a fire warden at
:15:05. > :15:09.the vegetable packing plant, had said he had complained to his
:15:09. > :15:14.management about an incomplete sprinkler system and a gap in the
:15:14. > :15:18.firewall. Under cross-examination, he did say although he had tried to
:15:18. > :15:22.help firefighters find the fire on last night, they had been a
:15:23. > :15:26.terrible mistake and he had missed directed them to the wrong place.
:15:27. > :15:32.The judge described the evidence in this case as enigmatic and
:15:32. > :15:37.difficult. For the first time today, we heard that information about the
:15:37. > :15:45.potentially dangerous sandwich construction of the building was
:15:45. > :15:49.not available to fire crews on much night. The three defendants all
:15:49. > :15:56.deny the charges. Minute by minute, the jury are being led through the
:15:56. > :16:00.night's events. From red ones being sent into the emergency being
:16:00. > :16:10.declared that several 3:00pm. Poignantly, a request for an
:16:10. > :16:11.
:16:11. > :16:14.ambulance. Four men died on that night in 2007. The bodies of three
:16:14. > :16:20.of the men were recovered days later. The trial is expected to
:16:20. > :16:23.last 10 weeks. Good to have you with us this
:16:23. > :16:28.Tuesday evening. Still to come: Glitz of the Games, the Olympic
:16:28. > :16:31.Rings welcome passengers to Birmingham Airport.
:16:31. > :16:41.And if you think it's been wet so far, just wait till you see what's
:16:41. > :16:42.
:16:42. > :16:45.heading our way tonight. It's all The George Eliot Hospital in
:16:45. > :16:49.Nuneaton still has the highest death rate in the country according
:16:49. > :16:51.to new official Government figures. Overall, the West Midlands is
:16:51. > :16:55.performing badly, with only two hospitals showing below-average
:16:55. > :17:01.death rates. Our health correspondent has been to Nuneaton
:17:01. > :17:04.to see what's being done to improve things.
:17:04. > :17:13.Kenneth Barratt is the sort of patient this hospital has to look
:17:14. > :17:19.after. The 77-year-old spent two days in intensive care. I came in
:17:19. > :17:23.here after a heart attack 12 years ago. Have always been quite happy
:17:23. > :17:29.with it. Next time the death rate comes out, this hospital is
:17:29. > :17:33.confident. Why? Because it's invested �1.5 million in more
:17:33. > :17:38.nurses. There used to be as few as two on this shift, now there are
:17:38. > :17:42.five. We have the additional staff and doctors, and we have changed
:17:42. > :17:47.have the stuff works are we have put more senior doctors and nurses
:17:47. > :17:51.on a out-of-hours and at the weekend. If the average hospital
:17:51. > :17:53.death rate is 1, Nuneaton's is highest at 1.23. But Dudley is high
:17:54. > :17:59.at 1.12 and Burton-on-Trent at 1.11. Only Stafford Hospital performed
:17:59. > :18:06.better than average. At Nuneaton, they have also developed a military
:18:06. > :18:10.style hand over to help ensure continuity of care. We realised
:18:10. > :18:14.that information was being missed, communication was not of a
:18:14. > :18:19.consistent standard of what we filed in my area was that we had
:18:19. > :18:23.had some complaints. This hospital is facing cuts this year. In the
:18:23. > :18:26.future, it realises it cannot carry on on its own. There are three
:18:26. > :18:32.private companies and three hospital trusts looking to take it
:18:32. > :18:40.over. For all small hospitals, saving lives whilst finances are
:18:40. > :18:46.squeezed remains a challenge. Dan's here with the sport. So a big
:18:46. > :18:49.night for Villa. Aston Villa host Bolton tonight in a game which is
:18:49. > :18:53.crucial to the Premier League survival of both clubs. Villa are
:18:53. > :18:56.currently five points above the relegation zone. But with just one
:18:56. > :19:05.win in their last 12 matches and defeat tonight will drag them right
:19:05. > :19:08.into the relegation fight. Reasons to be cheerful, Villa beat
:19:08. > :19:13.Bolton in December at they are six points above them in the table.
:19:13. > :19:17.Reasons to be miserable, for the lost to Bolton in September and if
:19:17. > :19:22.that happens again, they would just be three points behind them and
:19:22. > :19:26.with a game in hand. Look at the table. It is not underestimating
:19:26. > :19:31.things to say that this is the biggest game of the season so far.
:19:32. > :19:36.It is certainly a game at Aston Villa cannot afford to lose. It is
:19:36. > :19:43.a high-pressure game. There are high stakes. Everybody knows what
:19:43. > :19:48.is at stake. I would not imagine that the play is up for that.
:19:48. > :19:53.Villa manager was an unpopular choice last summer, sparking
:19:53. > :20:03.protests. Just for home wins all season have hardly helped.
:20:03. > :20:08.cannot blame this manager. We have to give everything but a difference.
:20:08. > :20:12.We need to give them to have something to be proud about. Fair
:20:12. > :20:16.fate will not be decided either way tonight but it Bolton victory would
:20:16. > :20:21.make the last three games very nerve-racking for everyone at them
:20:21. > :20:27.apart. The home fans must be anxious
:20:27. > :20:31.tonight. Anxious, yes. Livers, yes.
:20:31. > :20:36.Petrified, yes. Take your pick because the loan note that this is
:20:36. > :20:41.a game they cannot afford to lose. The owner's home form this season
:20:41. > :20:45.is dismal. In fact Alex McLeish called it rotten yesterday. He said
:20:45. > :20:48.it is not something we are proud of and we've got to go all-out to win
:20:49. > :20:52.tonight. But as you mentioned in your report there, they have won
:20:52. > :20:58.four times at home this season so that is why the Villa fans will
:20:58. > :21:00.travel here more in hope than expectation of seeing a villa win.
:21:01. > :21:10.They are not at full strength tonight either, are they?
:21:10. > :21:17.No, they are not. We go about long- term absentees and the long term
:21:17. > :21:22.injuries. James Collins is also missing tonight. Emil Heskey and
:21:22. > :21:26.one other player will help play a bigger role to live. Villa have
:21:26. > :21:30.conceded more goals from corner kicks than any other team in the
:21:30. > :21:33.Premier League and yet incredibly, they've failed to score from a
:21:33. > :21:37.single call themselves. The Villa fans don't care how the goals come
:21:37. > :21:41.to light as long as they score goals the bottom of the weather
:21:41. > :21:51.probably is a metaphor for how both sets of supporters are feeling
:21:51. > :21:53.
:21:53. > :21:57.tonight. And BBC WM will have full match commentary. Kick-off is
:21:57. > :22:00.7.45pm. The draws taken place for this
:22:00. > :22:03.summer's Olympic football tournament. It took place at
:22:03. > :22:06.Wembley this morning after Senegal booked the final place by beating
:22:06. > :22:09.Oman 2-0 in a qualifier in Coventry last night. It means we now know
:22:09. > :22:12.which teams will play in Coventry this summer. And the organisers
:22:12. > :22:16.also know that Coventry will do a good job when the Olympics start
:22:16. > :22:19.for real. A it is so wonderful to be able to showcase our great
:22:19. > :22:24.cities of venues around the UK, from Glasgow, Newcastle, Manchester,
:22:24. > :22:29.Cardiff, Coventry. Last night was a good example. And of course back
:22:29. > :22:36.here for the final at Wembley. here's just some of those fixtures
:22:36. > :22:39.in Coventry. The first game will be on Wednesday July 25th, between
:22:39. > :22:42.Sweden and South Africa. The last group game is between New Zealand
:22:42. > :22:45.and Cameroon but they'll also host a quarter-final and a bronze medal
:22:45. > :22:49.match. In the men's competition the first game will be between New
:22:49. > :22:55.Zealand and Belarus. The last is a double header involving Senegal
:22:55. > :23:01.versus United Arab Emirates, and Japan against Honduras.
:23:01. > :23:04.It's all happening! In case the forthcoming Olympic Games had
:23:04. > :23:06.managed to escape your attention, another reminder for you. The five
:23:06. > :23:09.famous interlinking rings have appeared at Birmingham Airport. In
:23:09. > :23:13.a special event last night, the region's major transport hub began
:23:13. > :23:20.its countdown to London 2012. Staff and business leaders were
:23:20. > :23:23.joined in celebrations by legends of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
:23:23. > :23:27.As dusk descended on Birmingham Airport, its new air traffic
:23:27. > :23:31.control tower was about to be dazzled. Each of the five Olympic
:23:31. > :23:41.rings is two metres wide. They represent the union of five
:23:41. > :23:44.Few get the chance to use this iconic brand. The brand is so
:23:44. > :23:50.closely controlled and we have agreed with the Olympic Committee
:23:50. > :23:52.that we can use this iconic structure, these iconic rings at
:23:52. > :24:00.our airport to let people there our airport to let people there
:24:00. > :24:04.that we are part of the London Edwin Moses won gold in the 400
:24:04. > :24:07.metre hurdles at the 1976 and 1984 games - and set the world record in
:24:07. > :24:14.his event four times. He'll be following the progess of the US
:24:14. > :24:18.team as they train in Birmingham. The fact that they are here says a
:24:18. > :24:27.lot about the atmosphere in the city. They have peace and quiet,
:24:27. > :24:31.they have great expectations for accommodation. Birmingham is trying
:24:31. > :24:36.to inspire, to show the world what it can offer in this Olympic year
:24:36. > :24:38.but could a star from Staffordshire steal the sporting limelight? Lee
:24:38. > :24:43.Pearson's aiming for gold number ten, having represented British
:24:43. > :24:47.para-equestrianism in Sydney, Athens and Beijing. I have done one
:24:47. > :24:52.selection trial and I have two more to do. By will no in July if I have
:24:52. > :24:57.been selected. This spectacle is not just about dazzling a Olympic
:24:57. > :25:06.competitors. Business leaders also hope it will tempt thousands of
:25:06. > :25:16.spectators to spend some of their homes in the West Midlands.
:25:16. > :25:16.
:25:16. > :25:26.-- their pounds. They look really, really impressive,
:25:26. > :25:29.
:25:29. > :25:35.especially at night. And great to Yes, well, put simply a plainly,
:25:35. > :25:38.tonight you will get soaked! We have an early warning from the met
:25:39. > :25:42.Office after midnight for heavy downpours for the south of the
:25:42. > :25:44.region particularly, which could lead to a build-up of surface water
:25:44. > :25:48.which could also lead to potentially dangerous driving
:25:49. > :25:52.conditions. This is the cause. We have an intense area of low
:25:52. > :25:55.pressure coming from the south-west. As you can see from his tightly-
:25:55. > :25:59.packed isobars, it will be accompanied by strong winds, not
:25:59. > :26:03.just the rain. At least we get a bit of a breeze this evening and
:26:03. > :26:13.overnight. The showers the ceiling will start to clear northwards so
:26:13. > :26:14.
:26:14. > :26:20.after that we have it period of dry weather before it turns wetter and
:26:20. > :26:26.windier the darker... The darker colours aware the heavier bursts of
:26:26. > :26:30.rain will be. There will be... A wet and windy start to tomorrow as
:26:30. > :26:34.the wind starts to spill further northwards. You can see that it
:26:34. > :26:38.will pep up in areas from those dark green areas. And it clears
:26:38. > :26:42.during the afternoon, followed by squally showers. It is a very wet
:26:43. > :26:46.day indeed. Highs of around 11-12 sausages tomorrow but coupled with
:26:46. > :26:51.whims, the cloud of the rain, head and think it will feel too warm.
:26:51. > :26:54.The showers will continue into the night tomorrow, so there for the
:26:54. > :26:58.duration. At least it will not be too cold to moralise. Temperatures
:26:58. > :27:01.will fall down to a minimum of around eight Celsius. A lot of
:27:01. > :27:11.cloud and rain, more showers later in the week. It is turning out to
:27:11. > :27:13.
:27:13. > :27:19.be a very wet one. Strong winds on It was very silly and beautiful
:27:19. > :27:29.this morning, when I went on my walk along the canals of Birmingham.
:27:29. > :27:32.He is almost poetic! A look at tonight's main headlines:
:27:32. > :27:33.James Murdoch, the former boss of News International is questioned at
:27:33. > :27:36.the Leveson inquiry about his family's influence.