:00:05. > :00:13.with Joanne Malin and Nick Owen. The headlines tonight: Searching for the
:00:13. > :00:18.mother of a newborn baby - abandoned on a door step in Worcestershire.
:00:18. > :00:21.She may be in need of urgent medical attention, and it is important she
:00:21. > :00:25.is checked over as soon as possible. Also in tonight's programme, the
:00:25. > :00:29.case for a high speed rail link from London to Birmingham and the north.
:00:29. > :00:36.The HS2 boss comes to Birmingham to say why she thinks it's a must for
:00:36. > :00:39.the Midlands. If you travel on the railway as I do, it is already very
:00:39. > :00:42.crowded. Friends and family remember a
:00:42. > :00:46.teenager who died after taking a dip in a water-filled quarry.
:00:46. > :00:48.The final bell for the school forced to shut - ending 80 years of
:00:48. > :00:58.education. And the Midlands is now officially
:00:58. > :01:04.
:01:04. > :01:08.on a Level three heatwave alert - Good evening. The search is on
:01:08. > :01:12.tonight for the mother of a newborn baby boy who was found abandoned
:01:12. > :01:14.earlier today on a doorstep in Worcester. He'd been wrapped in a
:01:14. > :01:17.bag. He was taken to the Worcestershire
:01:17. > :01:20.Royal Hospital where he's being looked after by nursing staff -
:01:20. > :01:24.they've named him Joseph. The head of midwifery at the hospital says
:01:24. > :01:33.he's in good health, but stressed it was important that his mother sought
:01:33. > :01:36.medical attention as soon as possible. Sarah Falkland reports.
:01:37. > :01:44.Oblivious to the drama surrounding his arrival into the world, baby
:01:44. > :01:48.Joseph is less than two days old. is being very well looked after by
:01:48. > :01:54.nursing staff, and he is doing very well.
:01:54. > :01:58.The baby was dumped here just after 430 this morning. This is the house
:01:58. > :02:02.of quite a well-known childminder. They rang the door bell, kept their
:02:02. > :02:07.finger on it for three or four seconds, then left the baby here on
:02:07. > :02:17.the step. When my wife got to the door there was nobody here, there
:02:17. > :02:20.
:02:20. > :02:25.was a bag on the doorstop. -- group -- doorstep. There was no sign of
:02:25. > :02:31.anybody, no footsteps or anything. John's wife has been at the hospital
:02:31. > :02:36.for much of the day, her daughter, herself a young mother, works
:02:36. > :02:40.alongside her as a childminder. has said she is pretty sure she will
:02:40. > :02:45.wake up and nothing will have happened, she is just a bit
:02:45. > :02:50.emotional about it. At five and a half pounds, Joseph is slightly
:02:50. > :02:55.overweight but is thought to have been full term. The concern now is
:02:55. > :03:00.for his mother. We have one priority today, to locate Joseph's mother. We
:03:00. > :03:04.believe she will be in need of medical attention. We know that the
:03:04. > :03:08.birth was very recent. It is important she is checked over by a
:03:08. > :03:12.midwife as soon as possible. She does not have to come to hospital if
:03:12. > :03:16.she does not want to. I can arrange for a midwife to visit her.
:03:16. > :03:24.So where is Joseph's mother tonight? The authorities are waiting
:03:24. > :03:30.for her call. A special number has been set up to
:03:30. > :03:40.find baby Joseph's mother. It is being staffed by a midwife 24 hours
:03:40. > :03:41.
:03:41. > :03:44.per day. Coming up later in the programme.
:03:44. > :03:46.New research in Birmingham into lung cancer which could prolong and
:03:46. > :03:49.improve the quality of patients' lives.
:03:49. > :03:55.The Chief Executive of HS2 Ltd has mounted a robust defence of the
:03:55. > :03:58.project during a visit to the region today. Alison Munro and the board of
:03:58. > :04:01.high speed rail were in Birmingham to hold their first meeting outside
:04:01. > :04:04.London. It comes as the plan to build a fast
:04:04. > :04:07.link from the capital to Birmingham and the north has come under fire
:04:07. > :04:11.from a series of leading politicians, as well as campaigners
:04:11. > :04:13.who've opposed it from the outset. In a moment, we'll be hearing from
:04:13. > :04:15.the Chief Executive, but first here's our Transport correspondent
:04:15. > :04:22.Peter Plisner. A pop up park outside Birmingham
:04:22. > :04:26.council house. Not to only thing to pop up today - fresh off the train
:04:26. > :04:34.from London, the board of HS2 Ltd, here to discuss a variety of issues,
:04:34. > :04:37.and some of those in favour of the project. The reason we came to
:04:37. > :04:44.Birmingham first is because we see Birmingham is critical to the whole
:04:44. > :04:48.high speed rail system in the UK. One board member knows only too well
:04:48. > :04:55.how high speed rail can change things. Richard Brown used to run
:04:55. > :05:00.Eurostar services between London, Paris and Brussels. It is about
:05:00. > :05:06.bringing cities closer together. If you take London to Paris, the French
:05:06. > :05:10.now call London France's sixth city because of the number of French
:05:10. > :05:13.people who live there. Later, the board looked around
:05:13. > :05:16.Birmingham's Eastside, site for the proposed city centre HS2 station.
:05:16. > :05:23.Here, regeneration has already started, and it's hoped HS2 see that
:05:23. > :05:27.continue. Today's meeting has been more than
:05:27. > :05:32.just an opportunity to meet those in the Midlands who have been
:05:32. > :05:37.supporting HS2, it has also provided an ideal PR opportunity following
:05:37. > :05:39.weeks of negative publicity. A report from the National Audit
:05:39. > :05:41.Office said the benefits to the Office said the benefits to the
:05:41. > :05:42.economy were unclear, while the Public Accounts Committee said the
:05:42. > :05:45.project had over-optimistic and economy were unclear, while the
:05:45. > :05:48.Recently the former business secretary Lord Mandelson said HS2
:05:48. > :05:50.could be an expensive mistake, while the Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls
:05:50. > :05:55.suggested spending HS2 money on traditional rail enhancements
:05:55. > :05:59.traditional rail enhancements instead.
:05:59. > :06:01.With some in the Labour Party now lukewarm of HS2, would the leader of
:06:01. > :06:11.Birmingham's Labour-led council still support the project if his
:06:11. > :06:16.party turned against it? I am going to remain committed to delivering
:06:16. > :06:19.HS2. It is to the economic advantage of Birmingham and the West Midlands.
:06:19. > :06:23.Despite recent criticism and the rising costs of the project - there
:06:23. > :06:27.still are claims that HS2 could create more than 20,000 jobs in the
:06:27. > :06:30.West Midlands and provide a big boost to the region's economy.
:06:30. > :06:37.Earlier I spoke to the chief executive of HS2 Ltd, Alison Munro,
:06:37. > :06:47.the company behind the high speed rail project.
:06:47. > :06:51.Why did they decide to meet in Birmingham today? High speed rail is
:06:51. > :06:56.-- HS2 is a major network. We think it is important to get out of those
:06:56. > :07:02.major cities and talk to local businesses. We are going to have
:07:02. > :07:06.every other board meeting in cities served by HS2. We are going to
:07:06. > :07:10.Liverpool next, so we will go around the cities and make sure we are in
:07:10. > :07:15.touch with the people there and can talk to them about how those cities
:07:15. > :07:23.can maximise the opportunities that can bring. The amount of money it is
:07:23. > :07:26.going to cost, that is a daunting prospect. Well, this is the largest
:07:26. > :07:30.infrastructure project in Europe. The Government has taken a prudent
:07:30. > :07:35.view in looking at the budget that it sets for HS2, to make sure that
:07:35. > :07:45.there is a significant contingency for things that might come along in
:07:45. > :07:45.
:07:45. > :07:50.the future. But the Government is expecting us to deliver the project
:07:50. > :07:56.well within the cost. Is it all worth it? You only have to look, as
:07:56. > :08:02.you travel -- if you travel on the railway as I do, you can see it is
:08:02. > :08:05.already very crowded... Can they not just improve what we have already?
:08:06. > :08:09.Network Rail conducted a study, looked at the problems that are
:08:09. > :08:16.going to arise on are always in the future. Their conclusion was that
:08:16. > :08:19.the only way you can really deal with the long-term issues... What
:08:19. > :08:25.about the people living in the countryside, who are not going to
:08:25. > :08:29.benefit? Some of the people can benefit, because the benefits are
:08:29. > :08:32.spread out throughout the wider region, but the people directly
:08:32. > :08:37.affected along the route have genuine concerns, we have talked a
:08:38. > :08:40.lot to them and recently conducted a consultation on our draft
:08:40. > :08:44.environmental statement which is analogous to put out a lot more
:08:44. > :08:48.information about the project, to have conversations with people, we
:08:48. > :08:58.do understand their concerns and have shown that we can incorporate
:08:58. > :09:00.better into the project. We have been able to move the line -- so we
:09:00. > :09:04.can address those concerns by talking to local people.
:09:04. > :09:07.Joining us now from Burton Green in Warwickshire, which is on the
:09:07. > :09:11.proposed high speed rail route, is Joe Rukin from the Stop HS2
:09:11. > :09:16.campaign. This scheme is forecast to create thousands of jobs and bring
:09:16. > :09:26.billions to the West Midlands economy. Why are you not supporting
:09:26. > :09:26.
:09:27. > :09:31.it? What they are doing at the moment is picking a random number
:09:31. > :09:38.and sticking the word jobs after it. Today they were saying 50,000 jobs.
:09:38. > :09:42.That works out as �1 million to create one job. If you gave me �1
:09:42. > :09:47.million I could create a lot more than one job and a lot quicker than
:09:47. > :09:53.HS2 will. HS2 does not create those jobs anyway, it just move them
:09:53. > :09:56.around the country. For example, the report out by KPMG said it would
:09:56. > :10:01.cost the Southwest 48,000 jobs because it will move to places that
:10:01. > :10:06.are quicker to get to London. This is all about getting to London
:10:06. > :10:12.quicker and making sure London remains primate within the economy.
:10:13. > :10:16.The trouble is, as you as -- as we have heard, there is strong
:10:16. > :10:24.cross-party support and strong political heavyweights behind HS2.
:10:24. > :10:28.Are you going to achieve anything? Absolutely. This is the reason that
:10:28. > :10:32.you are seeing these spin exercise is going on at the moment, but the
:10:32. > :10:36.political consensus is breaking down. We have now had two former
:10:36. > :10:40.chancellors of the exchequer coming out against it. Last night a former
:10:40. > :10:45.rail minister came out against it. Another Lord came out today. The
:10:45. > :10:49.more and more people find out about what HS2 really means and look
:10:49. > :10:55.behind the spin, the more people will come out against it and we will
:10:55. > :11:05.continue getting that message out that this is a vanity project. The
:11:05. > :11:06.
:11:06. > :11:09.costs will keep going up and up and Two men have been arrested his
:11:09. > :11:12.afternoon in connection with the explosion near a mosque in Walsall
:11:12. > :11:14.last month. They're being questioned by
:11:14. > :11:18.detectives from the West Midlands Police Counter Terrorism Unit.
:11:18. > :11:20.Police say the men are aged 25 and 22 and are originally from Eastern
:11:20. > :11:23.Europe. A murder investigation has been
:11:23. > :11:26.launched following the discovery of two bodies at a house in the Black
:11:26. > :11:28.Country. Officers forced entry to a house in
:11:28. > :11:31.Rowley Regis yesterday after concerns were raised about the
:11:31. > :11:34.couple living there. A 55-year-old woman and a 52-year-old man were
:11:34. > :11:37.found dead inside. Police say they're not looking for anyone else
:11:37. > :11:45.in connection with their deaths. It's been another hot and sunny day
:11:45. > :11:48.across the region - the 12th in succession. The Met Office have
:11:49. > :11:55.declared we are experiencing what they call a Level three heatwave -
:11:56. > :12:05.an amber alert. But what does an amber alert mean? Our weather expert
:12:06. > :12:07.
:12:07. > :12:10.Shefali Oza joins us now to explain. Well, there are basically four
:12:10. > :12:13.levels in total in this so-called heat/health watch system, and what
:12:13. > :12:15.they represent are the levels of response to various threshold
:12:15. > :12:21.daytime maximum temperatures and night-time minimum temperatures, but
:12:21. > :12:25.on average the threshold is around 30 degrees by day and 15 by night.
:12:26. > :12:28.So with a Level three alert we've gone up from a 60% to a 90% chance
:12:29. > :12:34.of those temperatures being met, and of course if you're adversely
:12:34. > :12:38.affected by the heat - ie. If you're very young or very old or suffering
:12:38. > :12:42.from chronic diseases then you need to take necessary precautions.
:12:42. > :12:45.The funeral's taken place of a teenager who drowned in a quarry in
:12:45. > :12:48.Worcestershire while taking a dip during the hot weather. Russell
:12:48. > :12:52.O'Neill, who was 17, died earlier this month.
:12:52. > :12:57.Just a week later another man died at the same spot, and safety experts
:12:57. > :12:59.met today to consider the future of the site. Around 500 people attended
:12:59. > :13:09.Russell's service, including team-mates from the football academy
:13:09. > :13:09.
:13:09. > :13:15.he attended. Cath Mackie reports. It's the pep talk no coach wants to
:13:15. > :13:18.give. Mark Owen tries to prepare Russell O'Neill's team-mates at
:13:18. > :13:28.Worcester City Football Academy for the funeral they are about to
:13:28. > :13:28.
:13:29. > :13:32.attend. I have been doing this job 13 years, and you have your ups and
:13:32. > :13:39.downs, but you think this day is never going to come. Hopefully it
:13:39. > :13:42.will never happen again. He used to speak to everyone. It is sad to see
:13:42. > :13:45.him go, so young as well. The 17-year-old had gone to Gullet
:13:45. > :13:48.Quarry near Malvern with friends earlier this month. His decision to
:13:49. > :13:52.go into the water was to prove fatal.
:13:52. > :13:56.His team-mates performed a guard of honour as his coffin arrived at St
:13:56. > :14:06.Martin and St Peter's Church in Worcester. Inside it was standing
:14:06. > :14:10.room only, as 500 people packed the aisles. He will probably be looking
:14:10. > :14:13.down that you now, saying what is the matter with you? He was just a
:14:13. > :14:16.good lad. As Russell O'Neill is laid to rest,
:14:16. > :14:19.the future of Gullet Quarry is being considered. Malvern Hills
:14:19. > :14:22.Conservators, who are responsible for the land, are meeting the Royal
:14:22. > :14:24.Society for the Prevention of Accidents today to look at what can
:14:25. > :14:28.be done. Even as we filmed, shortly after
:14:28. > :14:37.Russell's death, people were jumping into the quarry to swim, and just a
:14:37. > :14:41.week later it claimed a second life. People can jump in and get cold
:14:41. > :14:43.water shock. The depth maybe a lot deeper than you imagined, and then
:14:44. > :14:46.maybe underwater debris and you cannot swim to safety.
:14:46. > :14:50.Russell's family have started a petition to get websites advertising
:14:50. > :14:59.the quarry as a safe place to swim to be taken down, before another
:14:59. > :15:02.family faces a similar tragedy. Our top story tonight: Police are
:15:02. > :15:05.searching for a mother after a newborn baby was found abandoned on
:15:05. > :15:09.the doorstep of a home in Worcestershire.
:15:09. > :15:15.On the 12th day of the heatwave, Shefali will be here with the
:15:16. > :15:18.detailed weather forecast shortly. Also in tonight's programme, the
:15:19. > :15:20.Assistant Chief Constable of West Midlands Police will be joining us
:15:20. > :15:24.ahead of the EDL Rally this Saturday.
:15:24. > :15:34.And shutting its doors for the last time, a Shropshire school forced to
:15:34. > :15:35.
:15:35. > :15:40.The Staffordshire digger maker JCB's announced it's creating 130 new jobs
:15:41. > :15:43.by spending �5 million in a recruitment drive. The investment
:15:43. > :15:45.will see new apprentices and graduates join the business this
:15:46. > :15:48.summer. It comes as the company introduces
:15:48. > :15:54.the UK's first apprenticeship geared specifically towards international
:15:54. > :15:57.business. Here's our Staffordshire reporter, Liz Copper.
:15:57. > :16:01.Learning about the mechanics of the business. These apprentices are
:16:01. > :16:10.being taught the basics about how diggers are driven. They're among
:16:10. > :16:15.130 new recruits the company hopes will drive future growth. It is
:16:15. > :16:20.extremely hard at the moment. I know a lot of people are unemployed, but
:16:20. > :16:26.I don't know where I would be without this job. It gives me
:16:26. > :16:31.experience on a job, it gives me a salary. University gives you massive
:16:31. > :16:37.debts, so with this it is experience and skills I would not learn other
:16:37. > :16:40.places. Without this apprenticeship, I think I would be looking around
:16:40. > :16:46.for different colleges and different things to do, still based around
:16:46. > :16:47.business, because I know how hard it is to get the job without
:16:47. > :16:51.qualifications. The new business apprenticeship
:16:51. > :16:58.being launched will be taught here at the JCB Academy in Rochester. The
:16:58. > :17:03.syllabus has been developed by industry experts. We are not just
:17:03. > :17:13.producing students with an academic ability, we are producing students
:17:13. > :17:14.with employability and professional skills. Until now boast
:17:14. > :17:20.business-related -- most business-related apprenticeships
:17:20. > :17:25.have lasted two years, but this new one will last four years studying
:17:25. > :17:29.business-related subjects. It is mixing businesses, -- business,
:17:29. > :17:31.logistics, and all sorts of activities that give a whole scope
:17:31. > :17:34.of capability. These apprentices are amongst a
:17:34. > :17:40.record number joining JCB in a single year. They're part of a plan
:17:40. > :17:43.to lay the foundations for future economic expansion.
:17:43. > :17:46.Medics and scientists in Birmingham are to take part in research into
:17:46. > :17:50.lung cancer that could prolong and improve the quality of patients'
:17:50. > :17:53.lives. �14 million will be spent identifying different kinds of
:17:53. > :17:59.tumours and discovering which drugs work best to slow their progress, as
:18:00. > :18:03.Giles Latcham reports. Lynn does a lot of fundraising these
:18:03. > :18:07.days. Although she's never smoked, she's got lung cancer - and it's
:18:07. > :18:10.terminal. She wants others to know it's not
:18:10. > :18:19.just smokers who get lung cancer, and she wants more research into the
:18:19. > :18:25.most effective way to treat it. don't have to be over 60. I was in
:18:25. > :18:28.my 40s when I was diagnosed. I have met people in their 20s and 30s who
:18:28. > :18:31.have also never smoked. So it can happen to anybody at any time.
:18:32. > :18:34.Survival rates are notoriously low. 3,400 people are diagnosed with the
:18:34. > :18:35.disease in the West Midlands each disease in the West Midlands each
:18:35. > :18:38.year. Of those, 2,900 die in the disease in the West Midlands each
:18:38. > :18:40.year. Of those, 2,900 die Only 9% year. Of those, 2,900 die Only 9%
:18:40. > :18:44.survive longer than five years. Researchers and medics in Birmingham
:18:44. > :18:54.will run a nine-year study into the disease, at a cost of �14 million
:18:54. > :18:55.
:18:55. > :19:00.paid for by a charity. This is a landmark study. We are looking more
:19:00. > :19:05.closely at lung cancer than ever before, really trying to understand
:19:05. > :19:09.its biology, what makes the tumours tick. For many years research into
:19:09. > :19:15.lung cancer has not progressed much at all. Treatment hasn't developed
:19:15. > :19:19.much either, but this study promises to reveal just how different
:19:19. > :19:25.individual lung cancer tumours are. And it offers medics the chance to
:19:25. > :19:30.tailor treatment for individuals. This is drilling down into the
:19:30. > :19:31.molecular characteristics of a patient's tumour, and understands
:19:31. > :19:35.what -- understanding what drives the tumour on.
:19:35. > :19:45.It won't lead to a cure - but it will help doctors prescribe specific
:19:45. > :19:48.treatments for specific tumours, This Saturday the English Defence
:19:48. > :19:51.League will hold a rally in the centre of Birmingham in Centenary
:19:51. > :19:54.Square - while just a few hundred metres away there will be a
:19:54. > :19:58.counter-demonstration held by Unite Against Fascism.
:19:58. > :20:01.On a weekend when the city will be filled with shoppers and families
:20:01. > :20:11.enjoying the sun, it's going to be a challenge for West Midlands Police.
:20:11. > :20:16.Assistant Chief Constable Sharon Rowe is here. Why are both these
:20:16. > :20:22.demonstrations being allowed to go ahead? They are static protests,
:20:22. > :20:26.there is no legislation that can stop a static protest, only a march.
:20:26. > :20:31.What we can do is put restrictions on the locations and the timings.
:20:31. > :20:35.How big an operation will this be for you? This is probably one of the
:20:35. > :20:38.biggest ever operations West Midlands Police have carried out, I
:20:38. > :20:44.have over 1000 officers on duty on Saturday dedicated to this
:20:44. > :20:53.operation. Is it still business as usual for shoppers who want to come
:20:53. > :20:56.in? We have been working with local traders, communities. We have
:20:56. > :21:01.successfully policed EDL demonstrations in the past, so
:21:01. > :21:04.everyone is welcome this Saturday. If you are coming into protest,
:21:04. > :21:10.please be peaceful. If you are coming in intent on violent
:21:10. > :21:15.behaviour, you will be arrested. EDL say they chose Birmingham for
:21:15. > :21:20.the demo because the city has become, their words, a literal
:21:20. > :21:23.hotbed of Islamic extremist activity. Are they right? We have
:21:23. > :21:27.had a number of terrorist investigations over the last couple
:21:28. > :21:32.of years in Birmingham, but the EDL do publish a calendar and they do
:21:32. > :21:38.move around the whole country and conduct protests. They have been to
:21:38. > :21:43.Birmingham before and no doubt they will come again. If you have any
:21:43. > :21:46.more information -- do you have any or information on the story that two
:21:46. > :21:52.men have been arrested in connection with the explosions on mosques in
:21:52. > :21:57.Walsall and Tipton. They were arrested this afternoon by a
:21:57. > :22:05.uniformed officer on the street. We put a protection plan in operation
:22:05. > :22:09.at all our mosques, increased patrols, and really good local
:22:09. > :22:13.policing today, two men in custody for those terrorists incidents.
:22:13. > :22:18.Finally, this weekend, you have officers to manage these rallies,
:22:18. > :22:22.but do you have the resources to protect the rest of the area?
:22:22. > :22:29.have officers all over the region, at and coming in from all over the
:22:29. > :22:37.country. We are ready for Saturday. A Shropshire school that became a
:22:37. > :22:40.victim of council cuts closes its the only secondary school in the
:22:40. > :22:43.whole county forced to shut. Last night pupils and teachers, both past
:22:43. > :22:46.and present, attended a memorial service and concert to mark the end
:22:46. > :22:49.of almost 80 years of education. Ben Sidwell reports.
:22:49. > :22:53.In Shrewsbury, The Wakeman is a well-known landmark, the only non
:22:53. > :22:56.fee paying high school in the town. For almost 80 years it's provided an
:22:56. > :22:59.education to local youngsters, and more than 600 pupils used to fill
:22:59. > :23:09.these corridors, but now in its final week of existence there are
:23:09. > :23:15.
:23:15. > :23:20.just 18 students left. I think it is an unnecessary decision. It is a
:23:20. > :23:23.waste of talent. It does not save any money, or improve education
:23:23. > :23:28.across the country. During the last week many former
:23:28. > :23:31.pupils and teachers have returned to get one last look at their school.
:23:31. > :23:41.Last night Shrewsbury Abbey was packed for a special memorial
:23:41. > :23:42.
:23:43. > :23:47.service to mark the closing of The Wakeman. Very upset. Because it is a
:23:47. > :23:49.lovely school, and they have worked hard. It is sad to see the place
:23:49. > :23:52.close. Despite a long battle to keep the
:23:52. > :24:01.school open, Shropshire Council announced its closure in 2011. Of
:24:01. > :24:06.the 18 teachers still at the school, just three have found jobs. Deep
:24:06. > :24:10.down, if I was retiring, then I could celebrate. But I am not
:24:10. > :24:12.retiring, I have been made redundant. And that in itself, that
:24:12. > :24:19.hurts. We asked Shropshire Council for an
:24:19. > :24:29.interview, but they refused. However interview, but they refused. However
:24:29. > :24:34.
:24:34. > :24:41.college, so to mark the closure they commissioned this installation.
:24:41. > :24:46.Behind me, the names of every single pupil who has been here since 1957,
:24:46. > :24:50.all 7241 of them. Staff say they want the final week
:24:50. > :24:56.to be a celebration of the school, before it becomes part of the town's
:24:56. > :24:59.Sixth Form College in September. So, on the day the region got so hot
:24:59. > :25:01.it moved into a Level three heatwave category, let's go back to Shefali
:25:01. > :25:11.category, let's go back to Shefali now on the balcony for the latest
:25:11. > :25:14.
:25:14. > :25:20.now on the On a day is that we have been
:25:20. > :25:26.elevated two. -- Level three alerts, temperatures do not reflect it. The
:25:26. > :25:32.warmest place in the region reached highs of 28.5. This alert is with us
:25:32. > :25:37.until the end of tomorrow, so as I mentioned earlier, if you are at all
:25:38. > :25:42.adversely affected by the heat, you need to take adequate precautions.
:25:42. > :25:49.We are now into the 12th consecutive day of this hot weather, and that
:25:49. > :25:56.makes it the longest hot spell for seven years, since 2006. According
:25:56. > :26:00.to latest statistics, we have only had 12% of the month's rainfall, and
:26:00. > :26:05.77% of the sunshine. There are places that are in desperate need of
:26:05. > :26:13.water and rain, not to be a killjoy, but there is no sign of that rain
:26:13. > :26:16.just yet. I was talking of some changes occurring later on in the
:26:16. > :26:20.week, and we are almost there because that high pressure to the
:26:20. > :26:23.North West is just manoeuvring its way into position to the north of
:26:23. > :26:30.the country, and that will change the wind direction to
:26:30. > :26:34.north-easterly. We have another one night ahead of us, it is looking
:26:34. > :26:38.clear largely with just the odd wisp of cloud here and there, and the
:26:38. > :26:45.coolest part of the region is the worst with temperatures dropping to
:26:45. > :26:50.15 Celsius. Elsewhere though, we could get 17 or 18. Tomorrow, we do
:26:51. > :26:55.it all over again. We have plenty of hot sunshine there, taking
:26:55. > :26:58.temperatures to 28 Celsius. That freshening easterly breeze starts to
:26:58. > :27:06.show its hand, introducing more clout to the eastern half of the
:27:06. > :27:10.region and making things a little Let's recap tonight's top stories:
:27:10. > :27:17.David Cameron has welcomed official figures showing a reduction in crime
:27:17. > :27:19.in England and Wales. Police are searching for the mother of a baby
:27:19. > :27:23.abandoned on a doorstep. Before we go, a reminder that
:27:23. > :27:26.traffic in the centre of Birmingham is expected to be delayed when two
:27:26. > :27:29.road tunnels through the city centre are closed for the rest of the
:27:30. > :27:33.summer from tomorrow night. The A38 tunnels are being shut for