:00:06. > :00:16.Good evening. Tonight: death rates following hip operations down by
:00:16. > :00:23.nearly 100 patients a year at one of our biggest hospital trusts. The
:00:23. > :00:27.work ethic has completely changed. We will hear why operating within
:00:27. > :00:30.two days is a key reason for success.
:00:30. > :00:35.More than 600 jobs to go at Warwickshire County Council as part
:00:35. > :00:39.of £92 million of savings. Most of those have come from natural wastage
:00:39. > :00:43.but I cannot rule out that there will be some compulsory
:00:43. > :00:45.redundancies. The Prime Minister tells us why he is determined the
:00:45. > :00:51.high—speed rail project will go ahead, despite doubts from Labour.
:00:51. > :00:55.How a Warwickshire holiday home beat of the competition to win Britain's
:00:55. > :00:58.biggest architecture prize. And will it be an award—winning
:00:58. > :01:03.weekend for the weather? It is not looking too bad but will it be
:01:03. > :01:12.broadly is at the ready? The full forecast later.
:01:12. > :01:17.A remarkable turnaround at one of the region's biggest hospital
:01:17. > :01:21.trusts, after a sharp rise in survival rates for hip surgery. Just
:01:21. > :01:25.eight years ago, around one in five patients who went to the Heart of
:01:25. > :01:29.England NHS Trust for hip surgery died. But major investment in
:01:29. > :01:35.specialist care means that by last year that figure had been reduced to
:01:35. > :01:38.less than one in 15. That means around 90 patients a year are now
:01:39. > :01:41.walking out of hospital who previously would have died. Our
:01:41. > :01:48.health correspondent, Michele Paduano, has this report.
:01:48. > :01:51.She's made a textbook recovery and 77—year—old Pauline Poole is going
:01:51. > :01:54.home today after just ten days. Women are more likely to break their
:01:54. > :02:02.hips because they live longer and more and more are in their 80s and
:02:02. > :02:06.90s. Once I had the accident, the next thing I release new, I was
:02:07. > :02:12.waking up on the ward, operation over and done with and being looked
:02:12. > :02:15.after by the lovely girls —— the next thing I really knew. Elderly
:02:16. > :02:19.patients are often very sick. At Heart of England they had a terrible
:02:19. > :02:22.survival rate so they've invested £2 million. That means five junior
:02:22. > :02:29.doctors employed to monitor patients more closely and more specialists in
:02:29. > :02:34.elderly care. The statistics are showing we are third from the bottom
:02:34. > :02:39.out of 200 hospitals, so we had to change and people realised that. The
:02:39. > :02:42.work ethic has completely changed. That has improved quite
:02:42. > :02:46.considerably. So how have they changed the culture? They operate on
:02:46. > :02:50.patients seven days a week and 85% of patients now have their operation
:02:50. > :02:57.within two days. The monitoring ensures there are fewer
:02:57. > :03:01.complications like infection. One of the major changes is operating at
:03:01. > :03:04.the weekend. If a patient came in on a Thursday, they might not be
:03:04. > :03:06.operated on until the following Monday. Weekend operating at
:03:06. > :03:10.Heartlands has reduced deaths of patients admitted at the weekend by
:03:10. > :03:14.two thirds. According to national statistics, the best hospital in our
:03:14. > :03:16.region is New Cross in Wolverhampton with 4.3% overall mortality. The
:03:16. > :03:20.George Eliot Hospital in Nuneaton still has 10.4% of patients dying
:03:20. > :03:25.and the Gloucester Royal's 11.1% is the highest. The Heart of England
:03:25. > :03:28.NHS Trust isn't complacent. Good Hope's figures could improve and the
:03:28. > :03:36.level of pressure sores in Heartlands is nearly twice the
:03:36. > :03:41.national average. We have some work to do on pressure sores, that is
:03:41. > :03:47.improving, it has improved successively. It is a consequence of
:03:47. > :03:50.dealing with very frail people. But having one of the poorest
:03:50. > :03:51.communities in the country on their doorstep, this turnaround is
:03:52. > :03:55.impressive. I am joined now by our health
:03:55. > :04:00.correspondent, Michele Paduano. A broken hip is so much more serious
:04:00. > :04:08.for all the people than just a broken bone. —— for older people.
:04:08. > :04:12.That is right and when they go to hospital, they are very frail. In
:04:12. > :04:17.some of these operations they have to have a new ball joint and it can
:04:17. > :04:21.be dangerous. In 2002, a quarter of all people who went to Good Hope
:04:21. > :04:28.Hospital died from this operation. The change has been to render it ——
:04:29. > :04:33.been tremendous. It is a shame there has to be a target but they target
:04:33. > :04:38.has worked. The improvement at the weekend is staggering. Two thirds
:04:38. > :04:44.less people died if they were operated on at the weekend. I'd Good
:04:44. > :04:48.Hope it was a third less. More people die at weekends and over
:04:48. > :04:52.holidays. We need to get into a culture where hospitals are working
:04:52. > :04:56.seven days a week. Is there more that can be done to improve survival
:04:56. > :05:00.rates? Some of these hospitals squeeze things down to the bones,
:05:00. > :05:04.excuse the pun. Certain people are going with heart attacks and strokes
:05:04. > :05:11.and almost incidentally breaking a hip as part of that process. Each
:05:11. > :05:15.year the figures are getting better. Last year the people admitted to an
:05:15. > :05:18.orthopaedic ward within four hours fell for the first time and that is
:05:18. > :05:27.because of the winter pressures. If you have another bad winter, there
:05:27. > :05:30.is always that possibility. Coming up later in the programme:
:05:30. > :05:33.Transformed from a ruin into a luxury holiday home — a prestigious
:05:33. > :05:36.award for an old Warwickshire castle.
:05:36. > :05:39.More than 600 jobs are to go at Warwickshire County Council as the
:05:39. > :05:43.authority aims to save £92 million in the next four years. The council
:05:43. > :05:46.says the cuts are due to a drop in government grants, inflation and an
:05:46. > :05:53.ageing population. Our reporter Sarah Falkland is in Warwick for us
:05:53. > :06:00.tonight. Sarah, do we know which departments will be hit by this?
:06:01. > :06:05.They haven't given any great detail but they have said that no
:06:05. > :06:09.department will be untouched. I would say it is looking extremely
:06:09. > :06:15.likely tonight that Warwickshire fire service, which cost something
:06:15. > :06:18.like £20 million a year to run, will merge with Hereford and Worcester
:06:18. > :06:24.Fire and Rescue Service come it has been talked for five or six years.
:06:24. > :06:28.Apart from that, jobs are the other big saving. They have already lost
:06:28. > :06:32.1500 jobs in Warwickshire County Council. That is just in the last
:06:32. > :06:39.couple of years. A lot of that with natural wastage. Now we are looking
:06:39. > :06:43.at compulsory redundancies. We are looking at up to a maximum of 627
:06:43. > :06:48.losses over the four—year period. Most of those, I hope, will come
:06:48. > :06:51.from natural wastage but I cannot rule out that there will be some
:06:51. > :06:59.compulsory redundancies over the four—year period. At this point I
:06:59. > :07:04.can't quantify those. What has been the reaction to this announcement?
:07:04. > :07:08.The unions have not said a lot, they are meeting with the council on
:07:08. > :07:12.Monday. The leader of the Labour Party on the County Council is
:07:12. > :07:17.concerned about social care. It eats up a whopping quarter of the £350
:07:17. > :07:20.million budget that the County Council has. There is a ready talk
:07:21. > :07:25.about looking after people in their homes for longer than putting them
:07:25. > :07:31.into care homes. She's worried this is taking David Cameron's big
:07:31. > :07:35.society idea one step too far. He seems to think this country can rely
:07:35. > :07:37.on volunteers and when we start talking about volunteers to look
:07:37. > :07:43.after elderly relatives and neighbours, I think things have got
:07:43. > :07:48.to come to a halt. Does this level of cuts mean council tax in
:07:48. > :07:55.Warwickshire will remain frozen? High as these cuts are, 92 million
:07:55. > :07:58.is based on having a council tax rise of 2%. The council is keen to
:07:58. > :08:02.hear what the bill say about these cuts and council tax levels. We
:08:03. > :08:08.asked people, would they be prepared to pay more council tax if it meant
:08:08. > :08:14.preserving council services? I would rather take the 2% rise and have
:08:14. > :08:21.less cuts. Services are important. Council tax is better. I pay more as
:08:21. > :08:27.it is. You have to be prepared to pay for the services that you want.
:08:27. > :08:33.A 2% rise is probably a fairly small price to pay. The economy doesn't
:08:34. > :08:38.work on frozen because you are forcing things and there will be a
:08:38. > :08:43.big bubble afterwards. Give us an idea of when final decisions will be
:08:43. > :08:46.made. Public consultation running over the next couple of months in
:08:46. > :08:50.the autumn, a final decision in early Fabri next year. —— February
:08:50. > :08:56.next to. A prolific burglar from Birmingham
:08:56. > :08:59.has been jailed for 12 years for running over a West Midlands police
:08:59. > :09:02.officer. 50—year—old Carl Anderson knocked down PC Peter McGinn as he
:09:02. > :09:05.tried to escape following a burglary in Erdington in June. The
:09:05. > :09:07.44—year—old police officer has undergone multiple operations for
:09:07. > :09:14.serious leg injuries but he's hopeful of returning to duties
:09:14. > :09:19.within two years. A statement was read on his behalf outside
:09:19. > :09:22.Birmingham Crown Court. I am glad that Anderson pleaded guilty and
:09:22. > :09:27.acknowledged his actions on the day, I am pleased that justice has been
:09:27. > :09:31.concluded today and I can now concentrate on my recovery, which is
:09:31. > :09:36.going to be a lengthy process. I would like to take this opportunity
:09:36. > :09:40.to thank my wife, my family, friends and colleagues for all their help
:09:40. > :09:43.and support. A coroner has criticised organisers
:09:43. > :09:46.of a fell—running event after they failed to realise a competitor from
:09:46. > :09:49.Staffordshire had fallen from a cliff and died. 63—year—old Brian
:09:49. > :09:52.Belfield, from Leek, slipped down a mountain near Buttermere in the Lake
:09:52. > :09:55.District in April last year and died of hypothermia. Cumbria's deputy
:09:55. > :09:58.coroner Robert Chapman heard race officials had wrongly counted the
:09:58. > :10:04.number of finishers and that their walkie—talkies had failed.
:10:04. > :10:09.Union leaders have written a letter of no confidence in the governing
:10:09. > :10:12.body of a Birmingham school where a boy threatened other children with a
:10:12. > :10:16.knife. Concerned parents gathered at Saltley School this afternoon to
:10:16. > :10:18.find out what action's going to be taken. The pupil had been
:10:18. > :10:21.permanently excluded until governors reversed the decision. The school
:10:21. > :10:24.says the incident was dealt with through due process, but the GMB
:10:24. > :10:35.union says school support staff are concerned. Primarily we are
:10:35. > :10:40.concerned about health and safety of our members but also the pupils
:10:40. > :10:43.within the school. We want to seek assurances from the school, what
:10:43. > :10:46.they are doing to protect our staff, our members and the pupils
:10:46. > :10:50.within the environment that they look after on a day—to—day basis.
:10:50. > :10:53.Promises of a review of High Speed Rail by an incoming Labour
:10:53. > :10:56.government have been dismissed by the Conservative leader David
:10:56. > :10:59.Cameron. The Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls told his party conference the
:10:59. > :11:02.project could be scrapped if the estimated costs continued to rise.
:11:02. > :11:05.But, as he prepared for his party conference in Manchester, the Prime
:11:05. > :11:08.Minister reaffirmed his strong support for it. He was talking to
:11:08. > :11:11.our political editor, Patrick Burns, who joins us now. He's still
:11:11. > :11:20.confident about it despite Labour's doubts? I think after the events of
:11:20. > :11:25.the past few days, David Cameron is, if anything, even more determined
:11:25. > :11:30.than ever. He was cataloguing the considerable economic advantages to
:11:30. > :11:37.parts of the country like ours. I think he feels that intriguingly, if
:11:37. > :11:42.push comes to shove, even Labour themselves would not turn their
:11:42. > :11:46.backs on this project. We need to build a new railway line. The West
:11:46. > :11:50.Coast mainline is full. The only question for us is do we build
:11:50. > :11:54.another Victorian style railway, or do we build one of these new
:11:54. > :11:59.high—speed ones. Of course it costs a lot of money but we will be
:11:59. > :12:04.spending three times as much in the next Parliament on other transport
:12:04. > :12:07.schemes, including rail schemes, as we will on HS2. It is not taking up
:12:07. > :12:14.all the budget and it is vital for our economic future. Ed Balls's
:12:14. > :12:20.speech was attacked, what have local MPs had to say? A Black Country
:12:20. > :12:25.Labour MP who chairs the all—party business select committee, I put it
:12:25. > :12:29.to him that Labour's intervention would deter important investment in
:12:29. > :12:32.potential high—speed rail projects. He said if anything was likely to
:12:32. > :12:37.deter investors, it is the coalition's handling of this. The
:12:37. > :12:41.current government has totally failed in its bid to convince the
:12:41. > :12:47.country that it is the best way to spend this amount of money.
:12:47. > :12:52.Secondly, the costs have escalated. What the Labour Party is saying is
:12:52. > :12:57.yes, we are still committed to this. Certainly in the West Midlands,
:12:57. > :13:03.leaders and members of Parliament are. We can't give the operators and
:13:03. > :13:09.open cheque. What else did you talk to David Cameron about? It was a
:13:09. > :13:14.wide—ranging interview, we touched on acute services at Stafford
:13:14. > :13:17.Hospital. And all those marginal seat and the issues which David
:13:17. > :13:21.Cameron thinks will cut through at the next general election, welfare
:13:21. > :13:24.reform, education reform and the improving condition, he says, of the
:13:24. > :13:28.economy generally. And you can see Patrick's interview
:13:28. > :13:31.with the Prime Minister in full in this weekend's Sunday Politics from
:13:31. > :13:34.11:00am here on BBC One. This is our top story tonight: death
:13:35. > :13:41.rates following hip operations drop by nearly 100 patients a year by
:13:41. > :13:44.operating within two days. Your detailed weather forecast to
:13:44. > :13:46.come shortly. Also in tonight's programme,
:13:46. > :13:51.drumming up support for Stoke — season tickets back on sale after a
:13:51. > :13:54.dip in crowd numbers. And recreating the trial of the
:13:55. > :14:04.Prince of Poisoners — one of the country's most notorious villains.
:14:04. > :14:09.It may be getting on for 1,000 years old, but a manor house in
:14:09. > :14:13.Warwickshire has landed the country's top prize for contemporary
:14:13. > :14:16.architecture. The transformation of Astley Castle, near Nuneaton, into a
:14:16. > :14:21.modern holiday home has won its designers the coveted Stirling
:14:21. > :14:24.Prize. The award was presented to architects firm Witherford Watson
:14:24. > :14:36.Mann at a ceremony in London last night. Being recognised early is one
:14:36. > :14:41.of the most important things about these awards. It allows you to
:14:41. > :14:45.communicate your ideas. It may not translate into huge business
:14:45. > :14:48.improvement but it is certainly really important to get ideas out
:14:48. > :14:51.there. Supporters of the restoration project have gathered at Astley
:14:51. > :14:54.Castle tonight to celebrate the award. Our reporter Joanne Writtle
:14:54. > :15:03.has joined them. Joanne, how important is this prize to people
:15:03. > :15:07.there in North Warwickshire? It is a cause of huge celebration. This
:15:07. > :15:12.award is a bit like the Oscars of British architecture. How beautiful
:15:12. > :15:17.it is. They are all having a huge party. Let's chat to one or two of
:15:17. > :15:21.the locals who have gathered here. Sharon is housekeeper here, she
:15:21. > :15:28.lives in the village. Tell me what you do. We maintain and get it ready
:15:28. > :15:33.for the guests. Meet and greet them sometimes. We meet lovely people. A
:15:34. > :15:38.wonderful place to work. What about Leonard. You have lived in Astley
:15:38. > :15:43.all your life, you have had lots of celebrations, what has happened in
:15:43. > :15:49.the past? The wedding receptions for a brother and four sisters. And it
:15:49. > :15:55.was wonderful. Always had great times in Astley, lived here all my
:15:56. > :16:00.life. That is when it was a hotel in the 50s. The Landmark trust lets
:16:00. > :16:04.this out as a holiday home and a short time ago, a group of eight
:16:04. > :16:08.friends staying here from Herefordshire and Bristol, let me
:16:08. > :16:10.disturb their dinner progressions to give me a quick tour of what is now
:16:10. > :16:25.their award—winning holiday house we have this wonderful staircase and
:16:25. > :16:28.on that floor, and open space. This wonderful large room which would
:16:28. > :16:34.have been the grand Hall in medieval times, it has been transformed into
:16:34. > :16:38.a modern living area. Very exciting to be in such a grand and
:16:38. > :16:46.award—winning plays. A medieval castle with a difference. It's only.
:16:46. > :16:51.How about that? We are joined by Caroline Standford, historian from
:16:51. > :16:55.the Landmark trust. Congratulations. In 1978 this was a scene of ruins
:16:55. > :17:00.after a fire what would have happened if you did not take it on?
:17:00. > :17:04.Had the Landmark trust not stepped in, it would have fallen away and
:17:04. > :17:13.become unrecognisable, despite being grade to listed. —— two listed.
:17:13. > :17:18.Inside it is ultramodern, did you preserve any of the original
:17:18. > :17:22.features? Sadly it was so far gone that there was nothing left of the
:17:22. > :17:26.internal features to restore in a conventional sense. We have kept as
:17:26. > :17:33.much as we can but nothing to restore. Who is one of the most
:17:33. > :17:36.famous residents? Elizabeth would feel was the White Queen and lived
:17:36. > :17:39.here in the middle of the 15th century were just before she married
:17:39. > :17:45.Edward IV and became the White Queen of England. People here tonight can
:17:45. > :17:48.feel like their own king and queen of their own castle just for the
:17:48. > :17:51.day. Thank you. Dan's here with the sport. And
:17:51. > :17:56.concern at Stoke City about falling attendances?
:17:56. > :18:02.They are trying to do something about it. For many fans, Stoke
:18:02. > :18:05.City's impressive start to the season has raised eyebrows. If they
:18:05. > :18:09.beat Norwich on Sunday it will be their best ever start in the Premier
:18:09. > :18:12.League but their home crowd is down by 7% and the club is determined to
:18:13. > :18:16.win back the hearts and minds of their fans.
:18:16. > :18:20.Something was missing from the last home game at the Brit. Not just
:18:20. > :18:23.goals but a full compliment of Stoke City supporters, because the gate
:18:23. > :18:29.was 2,000 down on the same game last season. The Britannia Stadium has or
:18:29. > :18:35.has been a fortress, loud and proud of its reputation as the Potters'
:18:35. > :18:38.12th man. When 2000 Stoke City fans fail to renew their season tickets
:18:38. > :18:43.in the summer, the alarm bells started ringing. Chief executive
:18:44. > :18:50.Tony Scholes hates to see hundreds of empty seats. It's costing the
:18:50. > :18:53.club thousands of pounds. So when Stoke fans told him they wouldn't
:18:53. > :18:56.pay good money to watch uninspiring football, he cut the price of season
:18:56. > :18:59.tickets to tempt them back. These have been pretty austere times in
:18:59. > :19:03.the potteries, is football feeling the pinch? We are very aware of that
:19:03. > :19:05.and our pricing reflects the fact that we are in difficult environment
:19:06. > :19:10.at the moment, and we live in an area that is not the wealthiest. We
:19:10. > :19:14.haven't put the prices up since we got promoted to the Premier League.
:19:14. > :19:20.The Britannia is not thought any more, why is that? I suppose it is
:19:20. > :19:22.down to price. Change the style of football which you would have
:19:22. > :19:26.thought would be more attractive to watch. I don't know why they are not
:19:26. > :19:31.coming. Are you getting value for money? I think so. They are one of
:19:31. > :19:35.the cheapest in the Premier League will stop a friend of mine went to
:19:35. > :19:40.the Emirates and it was over £40 for a ticket. Mark Hughes' job is to
:19:40. > :19:43.make Stoke City more watchable. But he knows money's too tight to
:19:43. > :19:46.mention for many fans, So he'll never take their loyalty for
:19:46. > :19:50.granted. I think people are encouraged by what they are seeing
:19:50. > :19:55.and the way we are playing. We think that will add a few to the crowd.
:19:55. > :20:01.Are you a big fan of Sunday lunchtime football? Not
:20:01. > :20:04.particularly, only when you win. Watching football doesn't get much
:20:04. > :20:07.cheaper than this. But if Stoke beat Norwich on Sunday, it'll be their
:20:07. > :20:10.best ever start in the Premier League. And 2,000 Potters fans may
:20:10. > :20:15.well tempted to reconsider their decision.
:20:15. > :20:20.England's netball team take on South Africa in front of a sell—out crowd
:20:20. > :20:23.at the University of Worcester tonight. It's a vital part of their
:20:23. > :20:27.preparations for next summer's Commonwealth Games where they're
:20:27. > :20:30.aiming to win gold. But these players have to combine sporting
:20:30. > :20:34.excellence with holding down a full—time job. Nick Clitheroe
:20:34. > :20:37.reports. Six in the morning and England's
:20:37. > :20:47.captain Pamela Cookey is meeting up with her team—mates for the first
:20:47. > :20:51.training session of a long day. It is very early in the morning.
:20:51. > :20:55.Sometimes it is good, you get out of bed and have to get on with it. You
:20:55. > :21:00.don't how hard you are working sometimes. If I don't put my all
:21:00. > :21:04.into it, the girls will wonder why. Sometimes you are tired and you are
:21:04. > :21:07.struggling but you have to help each other get through. Although she's
:21:07. > :21:11.from Birmingham, Pamela has moved to Bath, where the national team are
:21:11. > :21:14.based, to pursue her sporting dream. There's not enough money in the
:21:14. > :21:17.sport to be a full—time professional, so once training
:21:17. > :21:20.finishes it's off to her day job at an aerospace company. England have
:21:20. > :21:23.won Commonwealth bronze in the last two games but recent performances
:21:23. > :21:29.have seen them set their sights even higher for Glasgow next year. We
:21:29. > :21:37.actually want more, we want to come away with a different medal, and
:21:37. > :21:40.that is driving force. The Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, we
:21:40. > :21:44.are aiming for the final, that is where we want to be. I definitely
:21:44. > :21:50.think we are in a position to challenge for the gold medal.
:21:50. > :21:55.For Pamela that means when her fellow workers head home at the end
:21:56. > :22:00.of the day she's back in they gym for more training. But it will all
:22:00. > :22:03.be worth it if there's a gold medal hanging round her neck next summer.
:22:03. > :22:06.Decent crowds expected at the netball — let's hope the numbers
:22:06. > :22:09.pick up at Stoke. Elsewhere this weekend it's Manchester versus the
:22:09. > :22:12.Midlands. In the Premier League tomorrow Aston Villa are at home to
:22:12. > :22:14.Manchester City while West Bromwich Albion are at Manchester United.
:22:14. > :22:20.There is nothing to lose, the pressure is off both teams. The odds
:22:20. > :22:29.against them both winning, 66—to one, it perhaps says it all.
:22:29. > :22:32.Before I go, don't forget we're looking for nominations for our BBC
:22:32. > :22:35.Midlands Unsung Sporting Hero Award. We're looking for an individual or
:22:36. > :22:39.pair aged 16 or over who give their time on a voluntary basis to help
:22:39. > :22:42.others to participate in sport. You can download a nomination form on
:22:42. > :22:44.the BBC Sport website or you can ring 0845 308 8000 and we'll send
:22:44. > :22:47.one to you. pair aged 16 or over who give their
:22:47. > :22:49.time on a Calls cost up to 5p a minute from a landline, but may be
:22:49. > :22:49.more from mobiles. can download a nomination form on
:22:49. > :22:57.The closing date is October 14th. A Stafford Threatre Company has
:22:57. > :23:00.taken over the town's former Crown Court to recreate the trial of one
:23:00. > :23:09.of the county's most notorious villains. Rugeley doctor William
:23:09. > :23:12.Palmer is thought to have killed at least 15 people in the mid—19th
:23:12. > :23:16.century. He was finally convicted for the murder of a close friend in
:23:16. > :23:19.1856. Laura May McMullen has been to see Victorian justice in action.
:23:19. > :23:31.June 1856 and the trial of Dr William Palmer gripped the nation.
:23:31. > :23:36.Are you guilty or not guilty? Not guilty. He was tried for the murder
:23:36. > :23:39.of his friend John Parsons Cook, but it's alleged the doctor — also known
:23:39. > :23:44.as the Rugeley Poisoner — killed at least 15 people, including his wife
:23:44. > :23:46.and children. Now, his trial has been recreated by a Staffordshire
:23:47. > :23:55.theatre company with members of the audience making up the jury. We have
:23:55. > :24:01.done this four times. It seems a very popular one. Whether Stafford
:24:01. > :24:06.people are more morbid than others, who knows? I suppose he was one of
:24:06. > :24:09.the first mass murderers in British history and until that time, he
:24:09. > :24:15.probably killed more people than anybody. His trial was due to take
:24:15. > :24:23.place in this courtroom in Stafford, but such was his notoriety it was
:24:23. > :24:26.moved to the Old Bailey in London. It is fascinating. I was on the jury
:24:26. > :24:35.last time I was here, some years ago. It is interesting to see the
:24:35. > :24:40.history of what happened. I live in Rugeley, it is more interesting than
:24:40. > :24:44.it would be for other people. In 1856, it was the custom to make a
:24:44. > :24:47.death mask after someone had been executed. After studying his cast
:24:47. > :24:55.the phrenologist said "the head was altogether the worst kind". William
:24:55. > :24:59.Palmer, you have been found guilty of the heinous crime of murder. More
:24:59. > :25:02.than 30,000 people gathered outside Stafford Prison to witness the
:25:02. > :25:12.hanging of one of history's most notorious villains.
:25:12. > :25:19.How very grizzly. Can we squeeze more sunshine out of
:25:19. > :25:25.the last days of September? Rebecca has the forecast.
:25:25. > :25:29.Yes, we can, but it is a bit of a North—South divide. It will be
:25:29. > :25:35.pleasant for pretty much all of us. We will have strong winds to content
:25:35. > :25:39.with. It will be generally dry, with the sun coming out at times but also
:25:39. > :25:44.with temperatures above average for the time of year so feeling very
:25:44. > :25:48.pleasant. It is because of this area of hide pressure to the east of us
:25:48. > :25:54.are managing to keep weather fronts at bay but also keeping things
:25:54. > :25:57.settled. We have had a good day with good spells of sunshine. Still a
:25:57. > :26:01.little to come through late afternoon. Overnight we will see
:26:01. > :26:07.largely clear skies. The cloud will start to fill in but it will be a
:26:07. > :26:11.dry night for most of us. Under that cloud the temperatures will manage
:26:11. > :26:15.to stay just into double figures but it will still be colder in rural
:26:15. > :26:21.spots and a chilly night to come. It means Saturday will start off dry
:26:21. > :26:26.and bright for most. Strong easterly winds so we will get breaks and
:26:26. > :26:29.sunshine. Further South we will see the cloud thicken and we can't rule
:26:29. > :26:35.out the odd shower across Gloucestershire and Herefordshire.
:26:35. > :26:41.They will blow through. Temperatures getting up to 18 or 19. Where the
:26:41. > :26:44.sun is out they could get into the low 20s. More sunshine to come
:26:44. > :26:47.through the afternoon, a few more showers but they will blow through
:26:47. > :26:52.quickly and it will be a similar picture to tonight. A few clear
:26:52. > :26:57.spells but temperatures managing to just stay into double figures.
:26:57. > :27:03.Sunday is a very similar picture to Saturday. Dry and bright with good
:27:03. > :27:09.spells of sunshine. The winds are picking up so that will take the
:27:09. > :27:14.edge off temperatures. Still 18 or 19 so not too bad. The high pressure
:27:14. > :27:19.is sitting with us as we move through Sunday into Monday. Perhaps
:27:19. > :27:22.more cloud by Tuesday. For late September it is not looking too bad.
:27:22. > :27:28.More sunshine left in last few days of September?
:27:28. > :27:32.Let's recap tonight's top stories: The BBC has learnt that uncertainty
:27:32. > :27:36.about who was in charge of responding to the attack on a Kenyan
:27:36. > :27:38.shopping centre may have helped gunmen to prolong the siege.
:27:38. > :27:41.And death rates following hip operations down by nearly 100
:27:41. > :27:44.patients a year by operating within two days.
:27:44. > :27:46.We'll be back at 10:00pm. Have a great weekend. Goodbye.