:00:04. > :00:09.Hello and welcome to Midlands Today with Mary Rhodes and Nick Owen. The
:00:09. > :00:16.headlines tonight: Tributes to a young couple deeply in love who
:00:16. > :00:20.drowned while on holiday in Italy. We found out yesterday morning,
:00:20. > :00:24.people broke down crying, they are devastated. Also tonight — more
:00:24. > :00:27.heavy criticism for the high speed rail project. An influential
:00:27. > :00:29.committee of MPs says the benefits of the line are dwindling and costs
:00:29. > :00:33.are spiralling. Transforming an old nuclear bunker
:00:33. > :00:42.into a museum — but only if new houses are built to pay for it. It
:00:42. > :00:50.will be lost forever, we needed to be saved session we can show older
:00:50. > :00:54.generations what we lived through. Making scoring child''s play — the
:00:54. > :00:57.Coventry striker with eight goals in six games lifting the Sky Blues off
:00:57. > :01:01.the bottom of the table. And we're certainly not lacking
:01:01. > :01:03.variety this week — but is it of the kind we'd like? Join me later and
:01:03. > :01:15.you'll find out. Good evening, tributes have been
:01:15. > :01:18.paid to a couple from Staffordshire who drowned while on holiday in
:01:18. > :01:21.Italy. Andrew Burgess and his girlfriend Carmen Spiridon were
:01:21. > :01:25.staying in Sicily when the accident happened. It took place on a beach
:01:25. > :01:27.at a resort town, where there were reported to be strong currents.
:01:27. > :01:32.Local police have suggested the couple were weak swimmers. The
:01:32. > :01:36.Foreign Office says it's supporting the families. Andrew's father has
:01:36. > :01:38.told Midlands Today that they're devastated, describing them as a
:01:39. > :01:42."lovely, lovely couple, who were deeply in love." Ben Godfrey
:01:42. > :01:44.reports. Andrew Sturgess and Carmen Spiridon
:01:44. > :01:47.were inseparable to the end.Police in Sicily say the couple drowned on
:01:47. > :01:54.saturday afternoon, while swimming in difficult currents near the
:01:54. > :01:57.resort of Compobello di Mazara. They believe the 34—year—old, from
:01:57. > :02:03.Biddulph, died while trying to save his girlfriend's life. This
:02:03. > :02:15.afternoon, his father Glynn told me his son:
:02:15. > :02:22.The couple were in Sicily to meet Miss Spiridon's family. They first
:02:22. > :02:31.met in this church in Stoke—on—Trent two years ago and planned to marry.
:02:31. > :02:36.Andrew was quite a quiet person, they were so in love, just to watch
:02:36. > :02:42.him grow, to which fall in love and growing confidence and belief in
:02:42. > :02:46.himself, it was just remarkable —— to watch him fall in love. Carmen
:02:46. > :02:49.Spiridon appeared in a church video, filmed and edited by her boyfriend.
:02:49. > :02:55.The 25—year—old was said to be thrilled at the prospect of moving
:02:55. > :02:59.into a new home together. All I can say about Carmen is that she just
:02:59. > :03:03.smiled all the time. They were both very creative, Andrew especially,
:03:03. > :03:06.with the BDO editing and production he used to do. Andrew Sturgess
:03:06. > :03:14.worked for a hydraulics company as an office manager. He was due back
:03:14. > :03:17.at work this week. In a statement, a director has described Andrew
:03:17. > :03:21.Sturgess as an honest, dedicated worker with a bright future ahead of
:03:21. > :03:24.him. They have closed the office today as a mark of respect. Tonight,
:03:24. > :03:31.the Foreign Office says it's providing consular assistance to his
:03:31. > :03:35.family. Coming up later in the programme —
:03:35. > :03:36.the new concept car from Jaguar Land Rover, with the chance to create
:03:36. > :03:44.thousands more jobs. There's been yet more heavy
:03:44. > :03:48.criticism today for the High—Speed Rail project — this time from an
:03:48. > :03:50.influential committee of MPs. The Public Accounts Committee say the
:03:51. > :03:53.benefits of the line linking the Midlands with London, Northern
:03:53. > :04:00.England and, eventually, Scotland are dwindling, while the costs are
:04:00. > :04:03.spiralling. Our Political Editor Patrick Burns is here with me. HS2
:04:03. > :04:08.is getting a real pounding these days, isn't it? It is, especially
:04:08. > :04:14.since three months ago, the government revised the overall
:04:14. > :04:17.estimated cost of the project up to £43 billion and more recently, it
:04:17. > :04:23.went up even further to over £50 billion. In the meantime, the
:04:23. > :04:28.economic benefits of the so—called multiplier effect, that being
:04:29. > :04:32.revised downwards. The other big worry for the committee is what they
:04:32. > :04:36.call the opportunity cost, the fear that with all this investment going
:04:36. > :04:40.into HS2, there will be less money to spare for conventional freight
:04:40. > :04:46.and passenger services around Britain. The economic case is not
:04:46. > :04:51.been made. Add to that spiralling costs and diminishing benefit and
:04:51. > :04:54.huge worries about the timetable, and we think there are real
:04:54. > :04:59.questions that need to be answered as to whether HS2 should go ahead.
:04:59. > :05:05.There has been speaking nation all this pressure could make the
:05:05. > :05:08.government consider a U—turn? Here at least is one issue on which the
:05:08. > :05:15.leaderships of all the three main parties are agreed. But they do have
:05:15. > :05:17.today: A very powerful political argument in places like
:05:17. > :05:23.Staffordshire and Warwickshire, they are getting all the pain and none of
:05:23. > :05:27.the game. Ministers say passengers from places like Birmingham using
:05:27. > :05:33.HS2 will lead to improvements in the services the towns and cities
:05:33. > :05:36.elsewhere. It is releasing capacity on the conventional line for
:05:36. > :05:41.passengers who may want to join the train at Stafford, or wherever, and
:05:41. > :05:48.travel to another part of the rail network. The government 's fightback
:05:48. > :05:52.will begin in earnest on Wednesday when ministers will say that many
:05:52. > :05:56.billions of pounds in investment will be coming into regions like
:05:56. > :06:00.ours, not just Birmingham but throughout the wider West Midlands.
:06:00. > :06:06.Police stations should stop being used as places to detain the
:06:06. > :06:12.mentally ill. That's according to one of the most senior police
:06:12. > :06:15.officers in the UK. The President of the Superintendents Association
:06:15. > :06:17.spoke out at the beginning of their annual conference in Warwickshire.
:06:18. > :06:21.Meanwhile, a specialist unit in our region could be the answer to what's
:06:21. > :06:29.described as a national scandal. Peter Wilson has been investigating.
:06:29. > :06:31.A man arrested by the police. He's been drinking but he's also
:06:31. > :06:35.suffering from depression and he starts to self harm in the police
:06:35. > :06:38.cell. Tonight's BBC Panorama programme looks at the national
:06:38. > :06:42.scandal of people with mental health problems ending up in police cells.
:06:42. > :06:45.One of the most senior police officers in the country was in
:06:45. > :06:53.Kenilworth today for the Superintendents' annual conference.
:06:53. > :06:55.Quite often an argument for taking people to police cells is that
:06:55. > :06:59.police officers are trained to restrain them can but the reality is
:06:59. > :07:03.they are not, they are trained to restrain criminals. The best place
:07:03. > :07:10.to somebody with mental health problems is a mental health
:07:10. > :07:14.assessment unit. So what can be done? This unit could be the answer
:07:14. > :07:17.to some of these national problems. It was opened three years ago
:07:17. > :07:22.today, and is a place of safety where people suffering from mental
:07:22. > :07:31.health problems and identified by the police brought here from
:07:31. > :07:36.Birmingham and Solihull. Richard Clarke is one of the senior nurses
:07:36. > :07:39.at the Oli Aster Unit. We will bring them in and bring them into our
:07:40. > :07:43.suites and we will explain the process to them, why they have been
:07:43. > :07:48.brought here, how they can be held for up to two hours, and of our
:07:48. > :07:52.people are held for that long. 20 per cent of police time is taken up
:07:52. > :07:57.dealing with people suffering from mental illness. If we take them into
:07:57. > :08:01.a cell block, it is a small, confined space and probably when you
:08:01. > :08:05.are in crisis, it isn't the right place for you. This is the best
:08:05. > :08:09.place for people suffering. Ten years ago Michael Powell died. He'd
:08:09. > :08:12.been restrained by police officers after suffering from a mental
:08:12. > :08:20.crisis. Tomorrow the city council is holding a special meeting to discuss
:08:20. > :08:23.the problems of the mentally ill. They are still some serious concerns
:08:23. > :08:27.out there, particularly within the African Caribbean community around
:08:27. > :08:31.mental health and the criminal justice systems. This is a crucial
:08:31. > :08:36.time to pull agencies together, all the key players together, these
:08:36. > :08:43.report. So far 1,500 people have been kept out of police cells thanks
:08:43. > :08:46.to this specialist unit. Thousands more jobs look set to be
:08:46. > :08:49.created at Jaguar Land Rover following the unveiling, earlier
:08:49. > :08:52.today, of a new concept car at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The company's
:08:52. > :08:55.also planning to announce a multi—million pounds investment
:08:55. > :09:00.designed to help expand the Jaguar range of models. Joining us from
:09:00. > :09:03.outside the Jaguar plant at Castle Bromwich is our business
:09:03. > :09:07.correspondent, Peter Plisner. Yet more new models — what do you think
:09:07. > :09:16.will be the impact on jobs in the region? Any new models are good news
:09:16. > :09:21.for jobs, not just the Jaguar Land Rover but also in the wider supply
:09:21. > :09:25.chain. For every job on the Jaguar Land Rover production lines, there
:09:25. > :09:30.are three or four jobs in the supply chain. Jaguar has been sourcing
:09:30. > :09:34.plants locally, previously the policy was to source abroad, a lot
:09:34. > :09:40.of those parts that are coming back to be produced here. More good news
:09:40. > :09:43.on the way, strong spec nation about the big investment programme, one
:09:43. > :09:48.press race I saw said that a multi—million pound investment is
:09:48. > :09:52.due —— press release. It is the first day of the Frankfurt motor
:09:52. > :09:57.show tomorrow, any manufacturers will make announcements. Tell us
:09:57. > :10:03.more about the new concept car that has been unveiled in Frankfurt. It
:10:03. > :10:09.was revealed earlier this afternoon. There is some flash photography on
:10:09. > :10:15.these pictures. Jaguar 's first foray into the 4x4 market, new
:10:15. > :10:19.territory for them. It is pretty environmentally friendly, one of the
:10:19. > :10:24.most environmentally friendly in its sector. It has been rumoured that
:10:24. > :10:29.some time that they have been looking to produce a 4x4. No telling
:10:29. > :10:33.yet when it is going to go into production but we are being told
:10:33. > :10:39.forms the basis of the new range of Jaguar models for the future. The
:10:39. > :10:43.first of which will be a saloon car, thought to be a replacement for the
:10:43. > :10:49.X type, that could go into production as early as 2015.
:10:49. > :10:52.Police say a child rapist from Coventry had 'undoubtedly more
:10:52. > :10:54.victims'. 39—year— old Karl Clay attacked women and children before
:10:54. > :10:59.pouring petrol on them and threatening to set them alight. He
:10:59. > :11:02.was found guilty in July of 13 charges, including the rape of a
:11:02. > :11:09.child under the age of 13. The offences became clear when two
:11:09. > :11:13.victims came forward. West Midlands police say there may be many more
:11:13. > :11:17.and are asking any one who might have been affected to make contact.
:11:17. > :11:20.The accountancy firm Deloitte has been fined £14 million over the way
:11:20. > :11:33.it advised the failed MG Rover Group. 6,000 jobs were lost when MG
:11:33. > :11:36.Rover collapsed in 2005 with debts of £1.4 billion. Regulators say
:11:36. > :11:39.Deloitte didn't do enough to manage a conflict of interest. They were
:11:39. > :11:43.advising the MG Rover Group as well as the "Phoenix Four" directors who
:11:43. > :11:46.bought the firm before it collapsed. A former Deloitte partner has also
:11:46. > :11:49.been fined £250,000 and banned from the profession for three years.
:11:50. > :11:53.Child protection agencies are awaiting the publication of yet
:11:53. > :11:57.another inquiry into the death of a young child. Four—year old Daniel
:11:57. > :12:01.Pelka died from a head injury in Coventry in March 2012. After months
:12:01. > :12:05.of abuse, he only weighed around a stone and a half when he died. His
:12:05. > :12:08.mother Magdelena Luczak, and her partner Mariusz Krezolek, were found
:12:08. > :12:13.guilty of murder. They must serve at least 30 years in jail. This
:12:13. > :12:16.evening, BBC Inside out West Midlands is asking whether the child
:12:16. > :12:31.protection system is learning from its mistakes. Joining me now is
:12:31. > :12:35.DrPeter Sidebotham — Warwickshire's designated Child Protection doctor.
:12:35. > :12:40.Of the agent is learning from their mistakes? I think they are, we're
:12:40. > :12:44.seeing a lot of his prudence in the way we work to support families, and
:12:44. > :12:49.intervening when children are suffering abuse, but clearly it does
:12:49. > :12:55.continue and we need to be vigilant and learn. It does seem we are
:12:55. > :13:00.reporting all too regularly on tragic deaths such as Daniel 's,
:13:00. > :13:03.have the numbers gone down? They have, it is encouraging if we look
:13:03. > :13:09.at the numbers of children who die as a result of abuse or neglect,
:13:09. > :13:13.they have fallen since the 1970s and 1980s, that has been encouraging and
:13:13. > :13:21.does reflect the work that went into establishing national procedures.
:13:21. > :13:28.But it is still meant that children are dying as a result —— it still
:13:28. > :13:38.means. Everyone told a week dies in the UK. Each one of those deaths is
:13:38. > :13:44.a tragedy. What can be done to drive that number down? I think we need a
:13:44. > :13:48.continued support for families, the majority of cases I look at, and I
:13:48. > :13:52.have looked at a number of cases through the research I have done,
:13:52. > :13:58.the majority we are dealing with our families are didn't set out to harm
:13:58. > :14:01.their children but are struggling, vulnerable families in difficult
:14:01. > :14:06.circumstances. We need a lot more in terms of early intervention, hitting
:14:06. > :14:11.alongside these families and parents and supporting them, helping them be
:14:11. > :14:17.good parents but also being vigilant when that is not working and be
:14:17. > :14:24.prepared to step in and intervene. Is this about resources? Have we
:14:24. > :14:28.enough people? The reality is we are all stretched and have a look at my
:14:28. > :14:31.colleagues in social services, health visiting, they are all
:14:31. > :14:36.carrying incredibly huge caseloads, often with many vulnerable families,
:14:36. > :14:41.they are trying to work with them on a regular basis. We all struggle
:14:41. > :14:46.with the issue of not having enough time to devote the families we would
:14:46. > :14:53.want to. The impact this must have when you is difficult to imagine. It
:14:54. > :14:58.is huge, any case where you see a vulnerable child who has suffered,
:14:58. > :15:09.we all feel bad. There is hardly a case where I am not in tears. Thank
:15:09. > :15:19.you, appreciate your time. Can see more on that tonight at 7:30pm.
:15:19. > :15:24.This is our top story tonight: Tributes to a young couple deeply in
:15:25. > :15:27.love who drowned while on holiday in Italy. Your detailed weather
:15:27. > :15:32.forecast to come shortly from Shefali. Also in tonight's programme
:15:32. > :15:35.— the striker whose goals have already lifted Coventry off the
:15:35. > :15:38.bottom of the table, despite starting the season on minus ten
:15:38. > :15:42.points. And marking 30 years since it all began, Musical Youth revive
:15:42. > :15:49.reggae memories as they take to the stage in Birmingham City centre.
:15:49. > :15:54.A former nuclear bunker in Worcestershire could be transformed
:15:54. > :15:57.into a museum and coffee shop, if a controversial planning application
:15:57. > :16:00.gets the go ahead. Drakelow tunnels near Kidderminster were originally
:16:00. > :16:03.built during the Second World War as an underground factory to produce
:16:03. > :16:08.aircraft engines. Cath Mackie reports.
:16:08. > :16:17.Sid Robinson opens a large rusty door and walks into a vast
:16:17. > :16:20.underground tunnel network. As caretaker of the Drakelow tunnels
:16:20. > :16:23.near Kidderminster, he makes his way by torchlight to the generator room
:16:23. > :16:27.where volunteer Mike Arnold flips the switch. We will get all the bits
:16:27. > :16:33.in here... The pair are discussing plans to turn the tunnels into a
:16:33. > :16:36.museum. This was kept away from everybody for years, it is nice
:16:36. > :16:40.people can come and see what actually went on. The past echoes
:16:40. > :16:43.through the three and a half miles of tunnels. The ghosts of the 1940s
:16:43. > :16:53.line up at the wartime canteen, whilst mould eats away at the radio
:16:53. > :16:57.studio built during the cold war. If it had gone pear—shaped during the
:16:57. > :17:00.cold war this is the room where a BBC reporter would have been
:17:00. > :17:04.dispatched to, and this is the desk that the news would have been read
:17:04. > :17:07.from. But this isn't just about an application to turn the tunnels into
:17:07. > :17:11.a museum. If it were these councillors and other protestors
:17:11. > :17:15.might feel differently. The owners, Quercus Ilex, a Swiss company want
:17:15. > :17:19.to build six houses on the site and sell them to pay for the museum. On
:17:19. > :17:21.the face of it you might think it is a good idea, but it isn't here
:17:21. > :17:25.because this is a sensitive area of green belt, and people have been
:17:25. > :17:30.stopped from building and doing anything on this area for a long
:17:30. > :17:34.time. It was known as Little Switzerland before the factory
:17:34. > :17:38.days, so it's not like we're ripping up a fresh piece of field to build
:17:38. > :17:43.houses, it's on ground that has already been built on twice before.
:17:43. > :17:46.Arguments aside, there's no denying this is a remarkable piece of local
:17:46. > :17:51.history. Roy Godfrey worked here when it was owned by the ministry of
:17:51. > :17:56.defence in the Cold War. We had to clean the place up, renew all the
:17:57. > :18:01.tiles, we had to do the beds and everything, make sure everything was
:18:01. > :18:03.OK. The museum and housing application's with Wyre Forest
:18:03. > :18:10.District Council who'll decide the future of this unique reminder of
:18:10. > :18:13.life in the 20th century. Dan's here with the sport, and
:18:13. > :18:16.despite all their problems off the pitch, Coventry City are flying on
:18:16. > :18:21.it. Coventry City's move away from the Ricoh Arena may have upset
:18:21. > :18:24.thousands of their supporters. But their new home at Northampton is
:18:24. > :18:28.suiting one of the club's talented young strikers. Callum Wilson has
:18:28. > :18:32.now scored six goals at Sixfields. So this afternoon, Ian Winter went
:18:32. > :18:35.to meet him. Little Oritse is 11 months old. And
:18:36. > :18:39.his first birthday next month should be quite a party. His young dad
:18:39. > :18:45.Callum Wilson couldn't be happier if he'd won the Lottery. Coventry born
:18:45. > :18:48.and bred, Callum went to the President Kennedy School and joined
:18:48. > :18:54.the Sky Blues at 15. Now, he's scoring goals for fun. And still
:18:54. > :19:01.only 21 years old. What difference is this chap made? A lot of
:19:01. > :19:07.difference, motivation along with my fiance, it is nice to them —— have
:19:07. > :19:12.their support. Six months ago, Callum achieved one of his targets
:19:12. > :19:14.by scoring at the Ricoh Arena. Against the same opponents,
:19:14. > :19:18.Colchester, he pounced again. Not once, but twice — one in each half,
:19:18. > :19:22.to become the top goal—scorer outside the Premier League. And with
:19:22. > :19:26.it, the man of the match award for second time on his adopted home
:19:26. > :19:32.ground. Coventry 's youngest fan has no idea that his dad 's eight goals
:19:32. > :19:35.have not only helped the sky blues off the foot of the table, they have
:19:35. > :19:39.wiped out that penalty deduction. But here's the rub. Just look at the
:19:39. > :19:43.empty seats. Coventry's team may be on the up and up — their crowd is
:19:43. > :19:47.down to rock bottom. A record low of just under 1,800 fans paid to get in
:19:47. > :19:50.yesterday. Because Northampton will never be home for these Sky Blue
:19:50. > :19:53.supporters. And that's why they staged their protest on the mound
:19:53. > :19:57.behind the ground. They've called it Jimmy's Hill. And now it's the focal
:19:57. > :20:05.point of their campaign to "Keep Cov in Cov". He is a brilliant young
:20:05. > :20:10.player and he deserves to be at the Ricoh Arena playing in front of
:20:10. > :20:12.thousands. Those performers to be marked the lowest ever home
:20:12. > :20:17.attendance in our history is an absolute disgrace. Don't tell little
:20:17. > :20:20.Oritse. But he's getting a real leather football on his first
:20:20. > :20:25.birthday next month. And Callum will be delighted to see his son take
:20:25. > :20:32.centre stage. Hopefully he will follow in his dad 's footsteps!
:20:32. > :20:37.And our only other winners at the weekend were Port Vale. Tom Pope
:20:37. > :20:42.scored a last minute winner as they beat Carlisle 1—0 in League One. So
:20:42. > :20:45.it's been a fairly good weekend for our football clubs, but not much joy
:20:46. > :20:48.at the start of the rugby season? Yes, unfortunately both Gloucester
:20:48. > :20:51.and Worcester lost their opening Premiership games. The big surprise
:20:51. > :20:54.was Gloucester's 22—16 home defeat by Sale. Kingsholm is traditionally
:20:54. > :21:00.a fortress for Gloucester and Sale were expected to struggle. Food for
:21:00. > :21:03.thought there for Gloucester and the manager. Less surprising was
:21:03. > :21:05.Worcester's 32—15 defeat at the defending champions Leicester but
:21:05. > :21:12.Josh Matavesi did score this excellent try for Worcester. Much
:21:12. > :21:15.better news in the world of speedway. I understand we could be
:21:15. > :21:18.about to get a world champion from the Midlands. Yes, this is Tai
:21:18. > :21:20.Woffinden who rides for Wolverhampton. Tai's on the way to
:21:20. > :21:24.becoming Britain's first world champion in 13 years. He's in the
:21:24. > :21:33.white helmet here and came second in the final at the Slovenian grand
:21:33. > :21:36.prix at the weekend. And finally, Aston Villa's Gabriel Agbonlahor
:21:36. > :21:44.isn't very popular with fans of One Direction. Can you explain? Yes,
:21:44. > :21:46.it's because of a charity match in Glasgow for Stiliyan Petrov's
:21:46. > :21:49.Leukaemia Foundation. And One Direction's Louis Tomlison played.
:21:49. > :21:54.Look out for the flash photograpy as this is how you might recognise him.
:21:54. > :21:58.This is him on the left—hand side. Here he's with the boy band at the
:21:59. > :22:02.launch of their film last month. And this is what happened when he was
:22:02. > :22:05.involved in a challenge with Villa's Agbonlahor. It's fair to say that
:22:05. > :22:09.Tomlinson came off second best. He was dazed and confused and asked to
:22:09. > :22:12.be substituted. He was even sick as he left the field. Agbonlahor
:22:12. > :22:15.apologised but One Direction fans weren't happy and hurled a lot of
:22:15. > :22:22.on—line abuse towards him via a social network site. He was given
:22:22. > :22:26.all sorts of grey. But Tomlinson was said to be fine afterwards and a
:22:26. > :22:37.crowd of 60,000 meant it was a good fundraising day. But yes, they are
:22:37. > :22:49.not too often in the sports News! Tomlinson is no slouch. You take
:22:49. > :22:51.your the, blimey! Lovely note to finish on!
:22:51. > :22:54.95,000 people visited Birmingham City centre this weekend to
:22:54. > :23:02.celebrate the opening of the new library. They came to see more than
:23:02. > :23:05.70 free events which made up the Four Squares Weekender festival.
:23:05. > :23:08.And, for many, the highlight was in Chamberlain Square on Saturday
:23:08. > :23:10.night, when '80s band Musical Youth took to the stage. Our Arts reporter
:23:10. > :23:28.Satnam Rana was there too. Reggae vibes in Birmingham's
:23:28. > :23:39.Chamberlain Sqaure..proof that Musical Youth have still got the
:23:39. > :23:43.rhythm. It's great, loved it. I remember when they were doing chart
:23:43. > :23:47.stuff and being successful, it's great to hear them doing it just as
:23:48. > :23:58.good as it was then. It is good still! Musical man! Two of the
:23:58. > :24:01.original band members, Dennis and Michael, took to the stage as part
:24:01. > :24:05.of Birmiingham's four quares Weekender — a free festival to
:24:05. > :24:08.celebrate the opening of the Library of Birmingham.But it was in 1982
:24:08. > :24:11.when the boys from Newtown and Nechells entered a whirlwind of
:24:11. > :24:14.music stardom here in the UK and in America. It is a new building, is
:24:14. > :24:19.like, oh my God! It's nice that it has developed and it is regressing.
:24:19. > :24:23.I pinch myself that I'm still playing music 30 odd years later, we
:24:23. > :24:38.never had a plan like that, we just wanted to play. We didn't think we
:24:38. > :24:41.would play music 30 years later. But it was in 1982 when the boys from
:24:41. > :24:43.Newtown and Nechells entered a whirlwind of music stardom here in
:24:43. > :24:55.the UK and in America. Forward 30 years and they're back
:24:55. > :25:04.making music to celebeate reggae through the decades. And as well as
:25:04. > :25:08.playing to a home crowd this weekend they were supporting Elton John on
:25:08. > :25:21.the Isle of Wight. It is always great to support any major artist.
:25:21. > :25:25.The homecoming gig was certainly a success, proving that they still
:25:25. > :25:36.have got it. Even though you've may not be on their side. —— youth.
:25:36. > :25:40.They may still have it! Some bad dancing in the studio! What weather
:25:40. > :25:49.is there going to be? A bit of a sluggish start today, a
:25:49. > :25:53.lot of cloud and some rain as well, but we have seen signs of hope with
:25:53. > :26:00.some sunshine breaking through. In terms of temperatures, we have
:26:00. > :26:02.flashes of blue indicating where the cooler air is, thankfully we're not
:26:03. > :26:11.succumbing totally to this cooler air this week stop we will see
:26:11. > :26:15.things getting more humid by Friday. Rain and showers, more unsettled
:26:15. > :26:25.conditions during the day but turning more humid by Friday. As we
:26:25. > :26:31.head into the weekend, it will be fairly unpleasant but right now,
:26:31. > :26:35.some lively showers, into the South—East of the region, these will
:26:35. > :26:42.fade away and Peter later on, leaving all parts try with some
:26:42. > :26:49.fairly decent spells. Just touching double figures in some places. In
:26:49. > :26:53.oral parts, definitely down to eight or nine Celsius. A fairly chilly
:26:53. > :26:58.night to night, but would be clearer spells, some sunshine, particularly
:26:58. > :27:04.around the south—west. Generally, a much improved day. We will see some
:27:04. > :27:12.glimmers of brightness and the sunnier spells. To break through.
:27:12. > :27:17.Temperatures, between 15 Celsius under the cloud, rising to 18 in the
:27:17. > :27:21.sunshine. It will be coupled with a fairly stiff northerly breeze which
:27:21. > :27:25.will add a slight wind chill. Tomorrow night, try again. —— drive
:27:25. > :27:32.again. Let's recap tonight's top stories:
:27:32. > :27:36.Russia makes a surprise offer to break the deadlock over Syria's
:27:36. > :27:39.chemical weapons. And tributes have been paid to a
:27:40. > :27:43.young couple deeply in love who drowned while on holiday in Italy.
:27:43. > :27:47.Mary will be back at ten o'clock when we'll be in Shrewsbury with the
:27:47. > :27:47.team of volunteers being trained to keep people safe