:00:00. > :00:07.Hello and welcome to Midlands Today with Joanne Malin and Nick Owen. The
:00:07. > :00:10.headlines tonight: Hospitals across the region in special measures are
:00:10. > :00:18.to get help from staff working in successful medical centres. A main
:00:18. > :00:21.should see real changes in their hospital in a matter of months.
:00:21. > :00:24.We'll be hearing from the boss of a hospital in Birmingham who's sending
:00:24. > :00:27.her staff to help others raise standards. Also tonight: The
:00:27. > :00:30.Birmingham pub bombings — former IRA commander Martin McGuiness says he
:00:30. > :00:37."sympathises" with the families of the victims. My heart goes out to
:00:37. > :00:40.all the victims of the conflict. The controversial high speed train line
:00:40. > :00:46.is the only way forward, claims the boss of Network Rail. We are pushing
:00:47. > :00:52.an existing infrastructure well beyond what it was ever designed
:00:52. > :00:57.for, like driving a motor way up and A road.
:00:57. > :01:00.After two broken bones, a fight to get fit ready for a shot at a world
:01:00. > :01:03.title for Wolverhampton's Olympic medal—winning gymnast. And there is
:01:03. > :01:13.the potential for it to warm up quite nicely over the weekend.
:01:13. > :01:18.Good evening. Managers from the giant Queen Elizabeth Hospital in
:01:18. > :01:22.Birmingham are to lend their expertise to failing trusts to try
:01:22. > :01:25.to transform standards. It's part of an NHS plan across the country to
:01:25. > :01:28.turn around hospitals in special measures. The plan mirrors the
:01:28. > :01:32."super—heads" scheme which is credited with turning around
:01:32. > :01:36.under—performing schools. Critics argue though that the real cause of
:01:36. > :01:51.failure is under—staffing, not poor management. George Eliot Hospital in
:01:51. > :01:56.Nuneaton has struggled for years. An investigation into death rates found
:01:56. > :02:00.problems. Too few staff out of hours, patients being shifted around
:02:00. > :02:05.the hospital and no real sense of leadership to put things right. So
:02:05. > :02:11.it is looking to this hospital for ideas. At the Queen Elizabeth in
:02:11. > :02:15.Birmingham, nurses check how the ward is doing each day. A computer
:02:15. > :02:23.system keeps track of everything from infection rates to medication.
:02:23. > :02:28.Hello, Mr Jones. The chief executive years says most NHS staff want to
:02:29. > :02:33.get things right for patients. But that hospitals labelled as failing,
:02:33. > :02:39.that sense of ambition is lost. People get a sense of helplessness
:02:39. > :02:50.and hopelessness. But we have seen a really good examples of good care.
:02:50. > :02:53.The Queen Elizabeth is seeing more patients from outside Birmingham,
:02:53. > :02:58.patients voting with their feet to go to a good hospital. Helping
:02:58. > :03:03.improve Nuneaton could improve pressures here. And under these
:03:03. > :03:09.contracts bring a little extra money back. But hospitals are big and
:03:09. > :03:15.complicated. Experts warn it can be hard to change a legacy. Many
:03:15. > :03:18.hospitals have long history of struggling to balance the books,
:03:18. > :03:24.achieve high—quality care for patients. It will be a long haul to
:03:24. > :03:26.turn these hospitals around. It would be unrealistic to expect any
:03:26. > :03:32.turnaround team to achieve quick results. We need to be honest with
:03:32. > :03:36.the public, that it takes three to five years to turn around a failing
:03:36. > :03:40.hospital. But I am not going to wait that long, and I think members of
:03:40. > :03:46.the public should see real changes in their hospital in a matter of
:03:46. > :03:51.months. Ministers now they have to show these 11 hospitals how the
:03:51. > :03:56.improved. The NHS is under massive financial pressure. It is possible
:03:56. > :04:00.that in the next few years, more hospitals may get into difficulties.
:04:00. > :04:07.At its best, the NHS is world—class, but there has also been
:04:07. > :04:09.increasing interest in why some hospitals are better than others.
:04:09. > :04:14.Labour says management solutions will not help close that gap and the
:04:14. > :04:19.real answer lies in more nurses on the ward.
:04:19. > :04:22.The Queens Hospital in Burton and the George Eliot in Nuneaton were
:04:22. > :04:25.amongst those identified as having "fundamental breaches of care".
:04:25. > :04:28.They'll now be under the guidance of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in
:04:28. > :04:31.Birmingham. Earlier, I spoke to the Chief Executive of the QE, Dame
:04:31. > :04:38.Julie Moore, who explained exactly what will be happening. We have come
:04:39. > :04:44.up with quite a few ways that we can help the George Eliot Hospital. One
:04:44. > :04:50.of the things that we will be doing is getting some of their staff to
:04:50. > :04:59.work, their clinical staff, doctors, sisters, so we can learn. The second
:04:59. > :05:03.thing is by use of our information system so we understand what happens
:05:03. > :05:14.deep inside award down to patient care level. We are going to see if
:05:14. > :05:21.we can roll that system out. Is there any danger this is going to
:05:21. > :05:29.drain? I will not let that happen because nothing must suffer. We can
:05:29. > :05:32.attract very high calibre managers. We have already got a very small
:05:32. > :05:39.team of people to undertake this kind of work because we foresaw this
:05:39. > :05:43.coming. There are also other people that we have gotten the trust who
:05:43. > :05:48.can be used. It is not going to be a huge drain on people. So far, I make
:05:48. > :05:57.a lot of telephone calls, but George Eliot stuff coming over to the QED.
:05:57. > :05:59.Jeremy Hunt says we should see improvements quite quickly. That is
:06:00. > :06:05.quite ambitious, are you happy with that? I am happy with a few months.
:06:05. > :06:11.We can start to see some improvements quite rapidly. One of
:06:11. > :06:16.the problems is we have labelled these hospitals as failure and I do
:06:16. > :06:20.not believe they are. We can talk about struggling trusts, there is a
:06:20. > :06:24.variety of reasons why these trusts are struggling. Adding a label can
:06:24. > :06:29.lead to a loss of morale and confidence. We need to make staff
:06:29. > :06:34.say they can make the improvements they want to. Thank you.
:06:34. > :06:37.Meanwhile a key proposal of administrators brought in to decide
:06:37. > :06:41.the future of Stafford hospitals being questioned tonight. They want
:06:41. > :06:44.to stop babies being born there because there are not enough births
:06:44. > :06:48.to maintain a safe and efficient maternity service. But a report to
:06:48. > :06:52.be released tomorrow suggests the figures that decision was based on,
:06:52. > :06:59.are inaccurate. Our health correspondent Michele Paduano has
:06:59. > :07:04.this exclusive report. The last public meeting in Cannock.
:07:05. > :07:08.Can cost little benefits from the changes so there were not many
:07:08. > :07:14.people here. Those who were were still worried about maternity
:07:14. > :07:22.services at Stafford Hospital. I was talking to a new mum and she said
:07:22. > :07:28.there is not enough births at Stafford Hospital to sustain the
:07:28. > :07:31.service. Is that correct? The report refers to 1800 babies being born in
:07:31. > :07:36.Stafford, not enough to keep maternity services there. Leaked
:07:36. > :07:40.figures I received today suggest 2400 babies were born in Stafford
:07:40. > :07:46.last year. That is more than were born in either Redditch. At the
:07:46. > :07:57.moment 2500 births is considered enough. Ideally, a lot more,
:07:57. > :08:03.thousands more because the whole direction of travel is towards
:08:03. > :08:07.consultant obstetricians. Fully qualified obstetricians on the floor
:08:08. > :08:14.of the delivery suite, as many hours a day as possible. This woman is
:08:14. > :08:18.worried about the travel risks. A former intensive care nurse who
:08:18. > :08:23.needs oxygen, she is meeting with trust administrators next week. I am
:08:23. > :08:30.beyond surprised, I am indignant with rage. Having asked the
:08:30. > :08:36.professor had he done any risk assessments to find out he actually
:08:36. > :08:42.hadn't. This person has a particular model of risk assessment. We have
:08:42. > :08:50.done a far more robust risk assessment. Campaigners are planning
:08:50. > :08:57.another march a week on Saturday. We are very there —— very nearly there.
:08:58. > :09:03.I think we're in a different position. With the administrators
:09:03. > :09:09.trying to sort out an effective and sound health care, the public
:09:09. > :09:13.mauling is over. Coming up later in the programme:
:09:13. > :09:16.School's back, but not for some. We meet the children still waiting for
:09:16. > :09:18.the builders to finish. A former IRA commander turned
:09:18. > :09:22.politician has offered his sympathy to the families of those killed in
:09:22. > :09:26.the Birmingham pub bombings nearly 40 years ago. Martin McGuinness said
:09:26. > :09:31."his heart goes out" to campaigners calling for justice for the 21
:09:31. > :09:34.victims. He was visiting England to give a lecture on peace and
:09:34. > :09:38.reconciliation. But protestors say, until he names the men who bombed
:09:38. > :09:49.Birmingham, his hands are stained with blood. Giles Latcham reports.
:09:49. > :09:52.Dignified but determined, a gathering outside a peace Centre in
:09:52. > :09:58.Warrington last night set up in memory of two boys killed by the
:09:58. > :10:03.IRA. The focus of their anger, a man who once lived by the bomb and the
:10:03. > :10:10.bullet. The reception I received your was exceptional. Martin
:10:10. > :10:17.McGuinness had been invited to give a lecture. The brother of the
:10:17. > :10:24.18—year—old victim of the Birmingham pub bombings says it is immoral. If
:10:24. > :10:30.he wants to lord it on the stage, he should be begging for forgiveness.
:10:31. > :10:42.He should be giving out the names of perpetrators. Martin McGuinness was
:10:42. > :10:46.a senior IRA figure when two IRA bombs exploded in Birmingham in
:10:46. > :10:49.1974. In the carnage 21 people died, among them Maxine Hambleton, at 18
:10:49. > :10:51.the youngest of the victims. Six men were jailed, but there are
:10:51. > :10:57.convictions were subsequently quashed. What did he have to say to
:10:57. > :11:02.the protesters outside? I will be the last to criticise them, my heart
:11:02. > :11:05.goes out to all the victims of the conflict. What we have to do is
:11:05. > :11:11.continue with our work so that we can continue to move away from
:11:11. > :11:19.conflict and move forward. This woman was so badly injured that
:11:19. > :11:23.night that a priest read her rights. In recent years, she has met former
:11:23. > :11:32.IRA men as part of a reconciliation project. She understands the call
:11:32. > :11:41.for justice — but the desire too to move on. We have got to talk,
:11:41. > :11:43.violence will not get us anywhere. Midlands police are assessing
:11:43. > :11:51.whether a new investigation is viable.
:11:51. > :11:54.Plans for a new £27 million hospital for Shropshire have been scrapped.
:11:54. > :11:57.The Shropshire Community Health Trust has already bought the land
:11:57. > :12:02.for the proposed new hospital in Ludlow — but now says it can't
:12:02. > :12:05.afford the running costs. A teenager's appeared in court
:12:05. > :12:07.charged with the murder of a Birmingham college student
:12:07. > :12:14.16—year—old Azim Azam from Billesley was stabbed near a bus stop in
:12:14. > :12:17.Moseley on Monday. This morning a 17—year—old from Kings Heath, who
:12:17. > :12:21.can't be named because of his age, was remanded in custody and will
:12:22. > :12:25.appear in court again next week. The UK Independence Party leader
:12:25. > :12:28.Nigel Farage has denied claims by a West Midlands Member of the European
:12:28. > :12:33.Parliament that his leadership style is "totalitarian". Mike Nattrass
:12:33. > :12:36.resigned from UKIP last week after failing to get on the list of
:12:36. > :12:40.candidates to fight next year's European elections. He described
:12:40. > :12:44.those who'd been selected as 'cronies' of the leader. But, on the
:12:44. > :12:46.eve of his party conference in London, Mr Farage dismissed
:12:46. > :12:56.allegations he interferes with candidate selection. It is
:12:56. > :13:01.balderdash. When I stood to be the leader of UKIP for the second time I
:13:01. > :13:06.said I was not greeted with I had done before. I would rather lead the
:13:06. > :13:11.party politically and not manage it or run it on a daily basis. I have
:13:11. > :13:16.accented myself totally from the procedure. I have had nothing to do
:13:16. > :13:19.with it. And you can see that interview in full on this weekend's
:13:19. > :13:23.Sunday Politics, now back in its regular morning slot of 11am here on
:13:23. > :13:26.BBC One. And there'll also be an interview with the Labour Leader Ed
:13:27. > :13:29.Miliband. The man in charge of Britain's
:13:30. > :13:32.railways said today there's no alternative to building the
:13:32. > :13:37.controversial 40 billion pound high speed rail line. Network Rail Chief
:13:37. > :13:40.Executive, David Higgins, says HS2 is the only realistic option to
:13:40. > :13:48.increase capacity on our congested rail system.
:13:48. > :13:52.Higher speeds, more capacity and economic growth — that's the promise
:13:52. > :13:55.from high speed rail and today saw another major conference — this time
:13:55. > :14:00.designed to transform the way people think about the project. Amongst the
:14:00. > :14:03.hard hitters invited to speak — the head of Network Rail who maintains
:14:04. > :14:12.that UK plc simply can't do without High Speed Rail. We are pushing an
:14:12. > :14:18.existing infrastructure well beyond what it was ever designed for. We
:14:18. > :14:26.have got freight trains, commuter trains, high—speed, all winning it
:14:26. > :14:28.out. We will create jobs and opportunities.
:14:28. > :14:30.Today's conference follows the launch of a major government
:14:30. > :14:33.campaign highlighting the growth potential of the HS2. One of the
:14:34. > :14:39.leading supporters of the project it's time to big up the benefits all
:14:39. > :14:48.over again. What if you or a motorist? It gets lorries off roads.
:14:48. > :14:51.What if you are a commuter? It frees up capacity for more services and
:14:51. > :14:59.more seats. There are an awful lot of benefits that have not been
:14:59. > :15:03.grasped. The conference has been taking place just yards from one of
:15:03. > :15:06.the proposed HS2 stations. It has been taking place at a time when
:15:06. > :15:09.there has been a summer of negative stories about the project, and some
:15:09. > :15:12.are questioning whether it will ever happen. At the end of June the
:15:12. > :15:15.Department for Transport increased it's estimate of the cost of HS2
:15:15. > :15:19.from 33 to more than £42 billion. Then in August the Institute of
:15:19. > :15:23.Economic Affairs said the cost could be as high as 80 billion. Later in
:15:23. > :15:26.the month the Institute of Directors describe the project as "one grand
:15:26. > :15:29.folly" then earlier this month the Public Accounts Committee said the
:15:29. > :15:37.Government had "not yet presented a convincing strategic case" for HS2.
:15:37. > :15:40.This summer, the number of people who have started to agree with what
:15:40. > :15:45.we have been saying all along for three and a half years has reached
:15:45. > :15:52.enormous levels. It is time for the government to stop and think again.
:15:52. > :15:56.But that seems unlikely. A special bill designed to clear the way for
:15:56. > :16:00.HS2 is expected to be debated in parliament at the end of this year.
:16:00. > :16:06.And Peter joins us now from a site close to HS2 in the centre of
:16:06. > :16:13.Birmingham. Where do we go next for this scheme? There is still a long
:16:13. > :16:23.way to go. Public consultations, two are underway at the moment. One of
:16:23. > :16:28.them has had to be rerun as the result of a judicial review. Phase
:16:28. > :16:35.two is underway, that is due to end in January next year. Phase two
:16:35. > :16:41.goals from the West Midlands to Manchester. We have got a hybrid
:16:41. > :16:46.build due to begin at the end of the year. And with the Parliamentary
:16:46. > :16:54.Bill finally give the go—ahead for HS2? It should do. But there is no
:16:55. > :17:01.public enquiry into HS2. The hybrid build process completely replaces
:17:01. > :17:08.that. But of the public want to have a say they can petition Parliament.
:17:08. > :17:15.There will be scrutiny by various committees in both houses, it all
:17:15. > :17:21.takes time. Royal assent for the hybrid bid is due in 2015. We have a
:17:21. > :17:26.general election in May, so that'll have to happen otherwise the scheme
:17:26. > :17:28.could be delayed. Thank you. Our top story tonight: Hospitals
:17:28. > :17:31.across the region in special measures to get help from staff
:17:31. > :17:33.working in successful medical centres.
:17:33. > :17:37.Your detailed weather forecast to come shortly from Shefali. Also in
:17:37. > :17:40.tonight's programme: Why this Olympic medal winning gymnast
:17:40. > :17:45.believes getting more youngsters into the sport is his real success.
:17:45. > :17:47.And the theatre company that's heading for the hills in Shropshire
:17:47. > :18:00.for a unique performance. Pupils at a primary school in the
:18:00. > :18:04.Black Country still haven't been allowed to start the new term
:18:04. > :18:06.because of delays to building work. Contractors at Brandhall Primary in
:18:06. > :18:11.Oldbury have been working on upgrading the school's heating
:18:11. > :18:14.system and removing asbestos. But the work's overrun and for parents
:18:14. > :18:20.the extra childcare costs are mounting up.
:18:20. > :18:28.Half past eight in the morning, and the school run would usually be a
:18:28. > :18:32.hive of activity. Ready to go back to school? But at Brandhall Primary
:18:32. > :18:35.in Oldbury, just the reception and year six pupils trickle through the
:18:35. > :18:43.gates. The school is still closed until Monday due to building work
:18:43. > :18:48.overrunning. Nobody knows the ins and outs, especially as parents. We
:18:48. > :18:50.have been kept in the dark. I feel for parents to have to take more
:18:51. > :18:57.time off work to subsidise the school. They have been standing
:18:57. > :19:01.about, they have not kept up to the schedule. Pupils in Year one to Year
:19:01. > :19:05.five are two weeks late returning for the new term. A total of 280
:19:05. > :19:08.children have been affected. It's also been a huge inconvenience to
:19:08. > :19:16.parents having to find and fund extra childcare. Sarah Bradley has
:19:16. > :19:21.recently moved and was aiming to start redecorating. Her plans have
:19:21. > :19:32.been scuppered because her daughter has to stay at home. I haven't had a
:19:32. > :19:36.home work plan at all. We have had to go out and buy things for her to
:19:36. > :19:41.learn. It is really awkward her being at home. Instead of school.
:19:41. > :19:49.Parents are now being reassured the school gates will be open for every
:19:49. > :19:55.pupil this coming Monday morning. Parents will not be compensated. I
:19:55. > :20:06.am a parent myself and I would be angry if my children could not go
:20:06. > :20:09.back to school on time. Parents are now being reassured the school gates
:20:09. > :20:13.will be opened this coming Monday morning.
:20:14. > :20:19.Sport now and winning Olympic medals in London last year made stars of
:20:19. > :20:22.Britain's male gymnasts. The team were invited to Buckingham Palace
:20:22. > :20:25.and Louis Smith went on to win Strictly Come Dancing. But the
:20:25. > :20:28.euphoria didn't last long for Wolverhampton's Kristian Thomas
:20:28. > :20:32.who's faced a tough battle to overcome injury in time for a shot
:20:32. > :20:37.at the world title. Nick Clitheroe reports from Shropshire.
:20:37. > :20:40.It's only when you get this close to world class gymnasts that you
:20:40. > :20:44.realise the combination of grace and power required to reach the top of
:20:44. > :20:48.the sport. That only comes with hours of hard work in the gym at
:20:48. > :20:51.Lilleshall's National Sports Centre. But Kristian Thomas is relishing
:20:51. > :20:59.being back in training because his post—Olympic year has been disrupted
:20:59. > :21:05.by a broken leg and a broken heel. I suppose there is two ways that you
:21:05. > :21:10.can look at it. You can get a bit down in the dumps and not do much
:21:10. > :21:15.for a few months or do what I did and say I can't use my leg that I
:21:15. > :21:19.can use my upper body. I can progress on other skills and other
:21:19. > :21:23.apparat is. They call Kristian the rock of the British team. It was his
:21:23. > :21:26.job to keep his nerve in London when the pressure was on and guide the
:21:26. > :21:33.team to that medal. His temperament is exceptional and he is very good
:21:33. > :21:37.under pressure. You will always get 100% from him. And the admiration of
:21:37. > :21:41.his team—mates has carried over to the wider public. More than a year
:21:41. > :21:47.on people are still stopping him to offer their congratulations. Even
:21:47. > :21:53.when I go to my local gymnasium, I still have parents come up to me and
:21:53. > :21:59.say their children have gotten into the sport. It is really special.
:21:59. > :22:01.Kristian and his team—mates are off to the World Championships in
:22:01. > :22:04.Belgium later this month. Next year's Commonwealth Games in Glasgow
:22:04. > :22:16.is another major target. It's hard work in the gym today that will pay
:22:16. > :22:21.off in those competitions. Amazing courage to come back from a
:22:21. > :22:29.broken leg and a broken wrist. I always feel the same with
:22:29. > :22:37.footballers. Let's talk about the glorious Shropshire countryside. The
:22:37. > :22:41.experiences of women who live and work in the county's hill country
:22:41. > :22:44.are bring brought to life in a unique way. Poetry and theatre are
:22:44. > :22:47.being combined with one of my favourite pastimes, a brisk walk in
:22:47. > :22:50.the rolling hills. Our arts reporter Satnam Rana put on her walking boots
:22:50. > :22:53.to find out more. Stunning views of the Shropshire
:22:53. > :22:57.Hills in Stiperstones, an area of outstanding natural beauty and now
:22:57. > :23:05.the setting for In This Place. Cotton grasses, sphagnum mosses. I
:23:05. > :23:08.think it has given me more satisfaction than anything in my
:23:08. > :23:11.life. It's a piece of audio theatre recounting the stories of 20 women
:23:11. > :23:16.who are connected to the landscape, and you experience through
:23:16. > :23:22.headphones. We didn't even have to speak. It was like we had found a
:23:22. > :23:28.playground. You feel this rising feeling in your chest. It is like
:23:28. > :23:30.being children. We really wanted to find a way of celebrating and
:23:30. > :23:35.interrogating the role that women have in shaping the local landscape.
:23:35. > :23:41.We didn't want this material to sit in archives. The idea came that we
:23:41. > :23:44.could find a creative response to it and do it as a walk were people
:23:45. > :23:47.could experience the landscape for themselves. The project has been
:23:47. > :23:50.developed out of oral histories captured by a local archivist.
:23:50. > :23:56.Amongst the contributors, Fiona, who works for the Wildlife Trust. It is
:23:56. > :24:00.such a precious thing and a special thing to me. It is lovely to share
:24:00. > :24:04.it with other people and to tell them about these experiences and
:24:04. > :24:07.hope that they are going to get something out of it and have some of
:24:07. > :24:10.these experiences themselves. The hour long walk also incorporates
:24:10. > :24:18.visual art by local sculptur Sophia Clist. She has made a visual arts
:24:18. > :24:25.trail, she has cast a mould of her own hands out of compost,
:24:25. > :24:30.biodegradable, which represents women having a tactile relationship
:24:30. > :24:33.with the Earth. Countryside and land has been part of what people have
:24:33. > :24:36.been doing since the beginning, working their way across it to get
:24:36. > :24:39.somewhere. From Nipstone Quick through expansive fields and hidden
:24:39. > :24:47.woodland this is a unique theatrical experience. There is something quite
:24:47. > :24:55.Zen like about listening to the stories. Put them next to this
:24:55. > :25:04.beautiful, rough, raw landscape, and this is theatre and nature working
:25:04. > :25:11.together. The beautiful Shropshire hills. Fabulous, it looks quite
:25:11. > :25:18.nice. Stand—by for some even better news on weather front. There is good
:25:18. > :25:22.news for the weekend. The sunshine burst forth eventually today, which
:25:22. > :25:27.made a world of difference. Sunshine is going to be key to us getting the
:25:27. > :25:31.weekend we want. Now that today is out of the way, we have got this
:25:31. > :25:35.ridge of high pressure building, getting into a fully fledged area of
:25:35. > :25:44.high pressure over the weekend, giving a scam, settled conditions
:25:44. > :25:51.but also a lot of cloud. It will be warmer if the sunshine breaks
:25:51. > :25:56.through, more likely on Sunday the further east you are. This evening,
:25:56. > :26:06.we have got that Sun across, drier conditions as well. Starry skies,
:26:06. > :26:10.temperatures will drop. Down to about seven Celsius. You can see
:26:10. > :26:18.this bank of clouds starting to filter in from the North, holding
:26:18. > :26:25.temperatures at around ten or 11 Celsius. Tomorrow we have got much
:26:25. > :26:29.calmer conditions, that will peck temperatures back to perhaps only 17
:26:29. > :26:35.or 18 Celsius in the south of the region. Not particularly impressive,
:26:35. > :26:39.but at least it will be dry tomorrow and we will see some brightness by
:26:39. > :26:45.the afternoon. Moving on to tomorrow evening, again we have got some
:26:45. > :26:52.cloud which will hold temperatures up to nine or 10 Celsius tomorrow
:26:52. > :26:58.night. It is a largely dry picture. As we head into the weekend, it is
:26:58. > :27:01.Saturday that is going to be fairly cloudy. Sunday is probably the
:27:02. > :27:09.sunniest day. Temperatures on Saturday, 17 to 19 Celsius, average
:27:09. > :27:16.for the time of year. If the sun pops through, temperatures will rise
:27:16. > :27:20.to 20 or 21 Celsius. It will be warm into the start of next week as well.
:27:20. > :27:23.Thank you. Let's recap tonight's top stories: A
:27:23. > :27:25.crackdown is ordered on pension schemes that offer poor value to
:27:25. > :27:28.millions of savers. And NHS managers from Birmingham are
:27:28. > :27:33.parachuted in to help struggling hospitals in the region. We'll be
:27:33. > :27:36.back at 10pm with more about why staff at the Queen Elizabeth
:27:36. > :27:39.Hospital in Birmingham are being sent to help raise standards at
:27:39. > :27:40.hospitals in Nuneaton and Burton—on Trent. Have a great evening.
:27:40. > :27:45.Goodbye.