:00:11. > :00:16.The headlines tonight: Failing in almost every respect — a scathing
:00:16. > :00:21.report on one of the newest prisons in the country. There are calls to
:00:21. > :00:23.shut oak—wood Prison in Staffordshire for good. We'll have
:00:23. > :00:26.live reaction. Also tonight, a sex abuse charity
:00:27. > :00:31.says it's overwhelmed by an 80% increase in cases since the Jimmy
:00:31. > :00:35.Savile scandal came to light. I don't think any service in the land
:00:35. > :00:38.can cope at the moment. Jimmy Savile has opened the biggest Pandora's box
:00:38. > :00:41.you've ever seen. The changing face of the
:00:41. > :00:47.countryside, with four large solar energy farms in the planning.
:00:47. > :00:50.Reviving the wildlife, as an old quarry's transformed in a ten—year
:00:50. > :00:55.plan to restore a Shropshire beauty spot.
:00:55. > :00:59.And Shefali has the weather. After a lengthy run of warm weather, we may
:00:59. > :01:06.have to finally say goodbye to it after today. The cold is about to
:01:06. > :01:12.set in — join me later for the forecast.
:01:12. > :01:18.Good evening. Failing in almost every respect — that's the damning
:01:18. > :01:20.conclusion of the Chief Inspector of Prisons, following an unannounced
:01:20. > :01:25.visit to oak—wood Prison near Wolverhampton. The private prison is
:01:25. > :01:37.run by G4S and only opened in April 2012. It can hold more than 1600
:01:37. > :01:40.prisoners. The report found that levels of violence and victimisation
:01:40. > :01:43.were high, that drugs were easier to get than soap, and that prisoners
:01:43. > :01:46.were frustrated by staff inexperience and their inability to
:01:46. > :01:49.get things done. Sarah Falkland has been investigating what this means
:01:49. > :01:53.for the future of the prison. When it opened, G4S said it would be
:01:53. > :01:56.the best prison in the world. So what's gone wrong at oak—wood — the
:01:56. > :02:01.prison some have now dubbed "Jokewood?" Oak—wood may be big and
:02:01. > :02:05.impressive, but it has big problems, and this latest report makes for
:02:05. > :02:09.some quite disturbing reading. Inmates saying it's as easy to get
:02:09. > :02:12.hard drugs as it is to get a bar of soap, sex offenders not being
:02:12. > :02:18.properly rehabilitated, and staff here are said to be passive to the
:02:18. > :02:21.point of collusion. The Chief Inspector of Prisons says his report
:02:21. > :02:25.into conditions at oak—wood is possibly the most damning he's ever
:02:25. > :02:29.compiled. It wasn't safe, health care was very poor, one in seven of
:02:29. > :02:32.the prisoners said they had developed a drug problem while in
:02:32. > :02:34.prison, and there simply wasn't enough purposeful activity for
:02:34. > :02:41.prisoners to do, so they weren't kept occupied by work or training.
:02:41. > :02:48.He says too many inexperienced staff lie at the heart of problems here.
:02:48. > :02:51.G4S' head of prisons says just 15% of the total 300 staff at oak—wood
:02:51. > :02:56.have had experience of the prison service — that's less than half than
:02:56. > :03:00.what he would have hoped for. Remember, this is a growth period,
:03:00. > :03:06.and the staff are now six months more experienced than they were when
:03:06. > :03:08.the inspectors came in. I know from personal experience across many
:03:08. > :03:12.establishments that staff take a while to get used to the custodial
:03:12. > :03:18.environment, which is a strange environment and can be very
:03:18. > :03:21.challenging. And so they get more expertise in dealing with prisoners
:03:21. > :03:24.and fellow human beings. In the Commons, the Shadow Justice
:03:24. > :03:27.Secretary asked if the Government now wanted to rethink its plans for
:03:27. > :03:36.so—called "super prisons." "To my mind, it's an excellent model for
:03:36. > :03:40.the future of the Prison Service." That's what the current Justice
:03:40. > :03:44.Secretary told us earlier this year. Do you stand by those words? The
:03:44. > :03:48.Justice Secretary Chris Grayling conceded there was work to be done,
:03:48. > :03:51.or as one former inmate put it, in his opinion, G4S weren't ready for
:03:51. > :04:02.the London Olympics and they weren't ready for oak—wood. You We're joined
:04:02. > :04:08.now by Frances Crook, Chief Executive of the Howard League for
:04:08. > :04:12.Penal Reform. Good evening to you. You refer to the prison as Jokewood
:04:12. > :04:20.and say it should close — that is very strong stuff! Are actually,
:04:20. > :04:26.it's not funny. It is not really joke, but the inmates and staff
:04:26. > :04:31.apparently called best. Don't forget, you and I pay for this
:04:31. > :04:40.through taxes, and G4S is making a profit, so something is going very
:04:40. > :04:45.seriously wrong. When there are high levels of violence and the chief
:04:45. > :04:50.inspectors prisons say he can trust what is being said. Prisoners are
:04:50. > :04:54.coming out into the community without any proper support and
:04:54. > :04:58.inevitably, will commit more crimes and more violent crimes do. Surely
:04:58. > :05:01.it is hardly an option to close a prison so soon after it opens, when
:05:01. > :05:03.presumably its facilities are in top order, "an excellent facility?" To
:05:03. > :05:16.be the government are threatening to
:05:16. > :05:21.close a school today, and... They say the facilities there are in top
:05:21. > :05:26.order, so surely it just needs sorting or improving? The building
:05:26. > :05:31.is new, but what is going on inside is a disaster area in every possible
:05:31. > :05:35.way. The chief inspector said it is failing in every way, and of course
:05:35. > :05:41.it should close. It should be a planned closure so it is done
:05:41. > :05:48.safely, but G4S is not running this properly, and it is not safe for the
:05:48. > :05:51.public. Would you then abandoned the building? I would, and let G4S pay
:05:51. > :05:54.for it. It is their problem. Surely the whole point of an inspection is
:05:54. > :06:00.to find where there is room for improvements? The chief inspected
:06:00. > :06:04.didn't find any areas where there could be improvements, only the
:06:04. > :06:08.building was good. This is very serious. People may come out and
:06:08. > :06:13.commit more crimes, so this is the problem for us, facing people who
:06:13. > :06:18.may have had their legs made worse by going into prison. The prospect
:06:18. > :06:25.for staff, prisoners, and victims is a very poor, and the taxpayer is
:06:25. > :06:33.paying into the profits of G4S for the privilege of this. Thank you
:06:33. > :06:35.very much. And you can read more about how private prisons are
:06:35. > :06:39.performing across the country, as well more analysis about oak—wood,
:06:39. > :06:41.on the BBC's website for the Black Country. Plenty more ahead,
:06:41. > :06:45.including: He's less than a year old, but he's already stopped
:06:45. > :06:50.breathing more than 20 times — but why?
:06:50. > :06:53.A Black Country charity which helps people who've been sexually abused
:06:53. > :06:57.says they can't cope with the number of people contacting them since the
:06:57. > :07:00.allegations of child abuse by Jimmy Savile first came to light. It's a
:07:00. > :07:04.year since the documentary highlighting the historic abuse was
:07:04. > :07:08.broadcast. And, as Cath Mackie's been finding out, it's had a huge
:07:08. > :07:14.impact on victims as well as the authorities trying to deal with
:07:14. > :07:17.their cases. This report contains flashing images.
:07:17. > :07:20.One year ago, and Jimmy Savile's face is in the news. The face of a
:07:20. > :07:24.prolific sex offender who'd fooled the nation. Watching her TV at home
:07:24. > :07:28.in the Midlands was a woman we've called Yvonne. Her words are spoken
:07:28. > :07:31.by someone else to protect her identity. I always felt sorry for
:07:31. > :07:35.the victims, not knowing that I was a victim. I just went to bed, we'd
:07:35. > :07:42.watched the 10pm News, and then, when I woke up the next morning,
:07:42. > :07:46.there were all these vivid images. Yvonne was remembering sexual abuse
:07:46. > :07:50.she suffered as a child. Memories which had been buried for years.
:07:50. > :07:58.Pandora just opened her box, and now it's there. It can't be put back
:07:58. > :08:04.away. Do you have any idea how long you were abused for? Years.
:08:04. > :08:06.Throughout childhood? Yeah. It sounds extraordinary — almost
:08:06. > :08:15.unbelievable — until you discover her abuser has since confessed to
:08:15. > :08:19.the police. I'm frightened to go to sleep now in some ways, because I
:08:19. > :08:23.don't know what I'm going to wake up with the next morning, and that's
:08:23. > :08:27.exactly what happened. I went to bed and walk up the next morning with
:08:27. > :08:30.all these images. The police referred Yvonne to Crisis Point — a
:08:30. > :08:34.charity in Walsall which helps victims of rape and sex abuse.
:08:34. > :08:41.They've seen an 84% rise in calls to their helpline, with more than 1100
:08:41. > :08:46.calls in just six months. Can you cope as a service with the amount of
:08:46. > :08:51.people bringing your hotline? Of course not. I don't think any
:08:51. > :08:54.service in the land can cope at the moment. Jimmy Savile has opened the
:08:54. > :08:58.biggest Pandora's box you've ever seen. Police, too, are under
:08:58. > :09:01.pressure. The West Midlands Force is investigating 170 more cases of
:09:01. > :09:04.historic abuse this year than last, and they're now reviewing whether to
:09:04. > :09:09.increase staffing levels in public protection. Officers can cope, but
:09:09. > :09:13.they have seen an increase in their personal workloads, and in many
:09:13. > :09:18.cases there carrying significantly higher workloads. Subsequent cases,
:09:18. > :09:21.like the jailing of Stuart Hall for a series of indecent assaults,
:09:21. > :09:28.usually results in more calls for help. We need more money. We always
:09:28. > :09:31.need more money and need to employ more people. Police say despite the
:09:31. > :09:33.pressure, every case is investigated, and they are securing
:09:33. > :09:41.more convictions. Yvonne is glad she's spoken out. This person dead
:09:41. > :09:46.wrong, and —— this person dead wrong and I don't know how many years it
:09:46. > :09:54.has been, but for me, I need justice.
:09:54. > :09:57.A Coventry man has appeared in court, charged with murdering a
:09:57. > :10:00.3—year—old girl in the city two years ago. Mariam Alam died in
:10:00. > :10:04.hospital after ambulance crews were called to a house in the Foleshill
:10:04. > :10:06.area of the city. Kamran Khalid denies murdering her, but he's
:10:06. > :10:08.admitted perverting the course of justice.
:10:08. > :10:11.Jaguar Land Rover have announced they're to stop production of the
:10:11. > :10:14.Defender model. The last vehicle will roll off the production line at
:10:14. > :10:17.the company's Solihull plant in December 2015. Although the name has
:10:18. > :10:23.only existed since the 1990s, the vehicle has close links to the
:10:23. > :10:26.original Land Rover from 1948. More than 6000 people have
:10:26. > :10:31.registered to use a car rental scheme, set up in Birmingham earlier
:10:31. > :10:35.in the year. Car2Go members can rent one of the 250 vehicles parked
:10:35. > :10:38.anywhere around the city. Most journeys are under three miles — a
:10:38. > :10:43.figure that leaves environmentalists with mixed views on the scheme's
:10:43. > :10:46.value. If it's replacing journeys that are cycleable or walkable, and
:10:46. > :10:49.they're just a quick hop round the city centre where people might have
:10:49. > :10:52.walked previously, then obviously that's kind of increasing carbon
:10:52. > :10:57.emissions and the environmental cost.
:10:57. > :11:00.Not so long ago, the outlook for solar energy was definitely cloudy,
:11:00. > :11:05.with subsidies being cut and grim talk that much of the industry would
:11:05. > :11:08.be going out of business. In fact, the Midlands is seeing a solar boom,
:11:08. > :11:13.including large scale solar farms — many of them in Shropshire. And
:11:13. > :11:15.that's where our environment correspondent David Gregory—Kumar
:11:15. > :11:21.has spent the day, David, I gather there are plans for a solar farm
:11:21. > :11:25.near the village where you are? That's right. This is Condover, just
:11:25. > :11:28.south of Shrewsbury. And in the village hall today, people have been
:11:28. > :11:40.getting a first proper look a plans for a local solar farm. Really, the
:11:40. > :11:43.people here are at the sharp end of a resurgence in the sector.
:11:43. > :11:50.Inside Condover village hall plans are unveiled for a solar farm. So
:11:50. > :11:55.what do local people think? 99% in favour. I think the only issue I
:11:55. > :11:57.would have is probably some of the visual impact from various
:11:58. > :12:02.viewpoints around needs to be addressed carefully. I think it's
:12:02. > :12:06.good what they're doing, and I think it's good that animals can still
:12:06. > :12:10.place. I think it's a good proposal. Here are some of the larger solar
:12:10. > :12:13.farms in planning or being built in the Midlands. The largest being
:12:13. > :12:17.planned is at a quarry in Burton upon Trent — 62500 panels. In
:12:17. > :12:19.Shropshire, there are two schemes of around 35000, including Condover.
:12:19. > :12:24.And Telford and Wrekin Council wants to build a 20000 panel scheme at
:12:24. > :12:27.Wheat Leasows. If built, and when the sun is shining, the four schemes
:12:27. > :12:33.could provide power for 65000 homes, or about half of Shrewsbury's energy
:12:33. > :12:36.needs. But at the UK's biggest solar power conference in Birmingham
:12:36. > :12:42.today, the Government was keen to stress it wants responsible
:12:42. > :12:48.development of our countryside. I do not want to see inappropriate solar
:12:48. > :12:56.developments in beautiful countryside. There is a place in
:12:56. > :13:00.some cases first solar on brown field sites and low—grade
:13:00. > :13:03.agricultural land, but it must be screened and muscle discarded beauty
:13:03. > :13:11.of the countryside. And big solar farms might be good news for our
:13:11. > :13:19.Midlands wildlife. We're seeing in interest from local wildlife trusts
:13:19. > :13:25.in the —— looking at creating habitats. A lot of wild flowers and
:13:25. > :13:30.habitats for birds and thinks and we're small animals within a fenced
:13:30. > :13:33.off wildlife refuge, if you like. If Condover goes ahead, it could be
:13:33. > :13:35.twice the size of this Nottinghamshire solar farm. Green
:13:35. > :13:44.energy generator and wildlife haven — or blot on the landscape?
:13:44. > :13:50.Well, let's talk now to the people involved in this. Jane is from the
:13:50. > :13:53.solar building company working with the land. Many of the people we
:13:53. > :13:59.talked to were happy, but many people were also not happy. That is
:13:59. > :14:02.very true. Their prime concerned was due to visual impact of the site,
:14:03. > :14:07.and we're going to listen to those comments and do what we can to
:14:07. > :14:13.mitigate it, but overall, I think it was very positive. It is a big
:14:13. > :14:16.project for the area, and I think we will see the benefits of the amount
:14:16. > :14:19.of renewable energy that will be generated, so generally positive. It
:14:19. > :14:30.is a bit of a boom, as we said in my report. Why are so many of these
:14:30. > :14:33.farms appearing in Shropshire? I don't think there's a huge density
:14:33. > :14:39.here. There is a good limitation, but in the UK, is an interesting
:14:39. > :14:41.market. The support for the renewables is strong, and healthy,
:14:41. > :14:44.and I don't think it's overgenerous. But it allows developers to take
:14:44. > :14:48.place, and I think there are some opportunities. You say there is a
:14:48. > :14:52.problem with the great in Shropshire. As it up to this? We
:14:52. > :14:57.have struggled to find suitable capacity, and I think that issue is
:14:57. > :15:01.generally a problem with the UK. The country does have a limit on how
:15:01. > :15:09.much exploit can be made into the existing grid structure, and it's
:15:09. > :15:12.hard to see how the renewables targets can be met within that red
:15:12. > :15:16.constraint. It is a concern. Thank you very much, James. Tonight, we
:15:16. > :15:19.will be live at the solar conference in Birmingham and taking the
:15:19. > :15:25.temperature of the industry. This is our top story tonight:
:15:25. > :15:28.Failing in almost every respect: a scathing report on one of the newest
:15:28. > :15:31.prisons in the country. Your detailed weather forecast to come
:15:31. > :15:33.shortly from Shefali. Also in tonight's programme —
:15:33. > :15:35.restoring the breathtaking beauty of one of Shropshire's most famous
:15:35. > :15:39.tourist destinations. And we catch up with Brummie comic
:15:39. > :15:49.Joe Lycett as he returns to his home city for the comedy festival.
:15:49. > :15:54.A mother from Coventry is desperate for answers about why her baby son
:15:54. > :16:00.stops breathing and appears lifeless, only to recover minutes
:16:00. > :16:03.later. Despite tests at her local hospital, everyone is still baffled
:16:03. > :16:07.about what's happening. Nicole Drakeford has been speaking to our
:16:07. > :16:10.reporter Kevin Reide. Baby Kyle looks as healthy as any
:16:10. > :16:13.other 10—month—old, but since he was born, his mum says he's suddenly
:16:13. > :16:26.stopped breathing more than 20 times. It was his older sister that
:16:26. > :16:31.first noticed it. I was playing with him, and he stopped breathing and
:16:31. > :16:36.went pale and grey. It really scared me and I didn't know what to do. For
:16:36. > :16:42.his mum, it means keeping an eye on him 20 47. I can't leave him. The
:16:42. > :16:47.minute he goes to bed, I am panicking and making sure he is OK.
:16:47. > :16:52.I hate him being away from me. In spite of numerous hospital fillets,
:16:52. > :16:59.he has not been diagnosed with anything wrong, and to hospitals are
:16:59. > :17:02.at a loss. The hospital said they turned out numerous tests, but they
:17:02. > :17:06.said they will continue to monitor him and he has an appointment with a
:17:06. > :17:13.consultant at the end of the year. Less than one in 1000 is well
:17:13. > :17:17.present with episodes like this, and in two and three quarters of them,
:17:17. > :17:23.we may find a particular medical reason for those events, but around
:17:23. > :17:26.about one quarter we will never find a reason for it, and those of the
:17:27. > :17:31.cases that we need to continue to observe and monitor, giving that the
:17:32. > :17:38.assurance that we expected the baby will in time great of it. I left
:17:38. > :17:42.thinking, has been missed something? I want them to find something so
:17:42. > :17:48.that they can get him the help that he needs. His mother has been
:17:48. > :17:59.advised what to do if this happens again, unfortunately, the chances
:17:59. > :18:03.are he will grow out of it. The Birmingham Brummies speedway
:18:03. > :18:06.team will have to be on top form next Monday night, if they're to win
:18:06. > :18:10.the Elite League Grand Final. In last night's first leg, the Brummies
:18:10. > :18:13.were well below par, losing away to Poole Pirates by 57—36. They'll need
:18:13. > :18:16.to make the most of their home advantage at Perry Barr in the
:18:16. > :18:19.second leg if they're to overturn that 21—point deficit.
:18:19. > :18:22.Stoke City are to be granted the Freedom of the City of
:18:22. > :18:25.Stoke—on—Trent. The club was one of the founder members of the Football
:18:25. > :18:29.League, and is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. The Stoke
:18:29. > :18:33.City chairman Peter Coates says it's a great honour for the club.
:18:33. > :18:36.And staying with sport, a reminder that time's running out for you to
:18:36. > :18:39.submit your nominations for this year's BBC Midlands Sports Unsung
:18:39. > :18:43.Hero Award. We're looking for an individual or pair aged16 or over
:18:43. > :18:47.who give their time on a voluntary basis to help others to participate
:18:47. > :18:51.in sport. You can download a nomination form on the BBC Sport
:18:51. > :18:59.website or call 0845 308 8000 and we'll send one to you. Calls cost up
:18:59. > :19:02.to 5p a minute from a landline, but may be more from mobiles. The
:19:02. > :19:10.closing date is Wednesday week, that's October the 16th.
:19:10. > :19:13."On Wenlock Edge, the wood's in trouble, His forest fleece the
:19:13. > :19:20.Wrekin heaves." Perhaps you know AE Housman's famous poem about that
:19:20. > :19:23.inspiring Shropshire beauty spot. Well, for years, it's been scarred
:19:23. > :19:26.by a limestone quarry, but now work's begun to transform it and
:19:26. > :19:31.bring back its wildlife and native plants. It's owned by a renewable
:19:31. > :19:37.energy company which initially faced opposition. Joanne Writtle's been to
:19:37. > :19:40.see the start of the regeneration. The lunar—like landscape of this
:19:40. > :19:44.former quarry is being restored so that it can be returned to its
:19:44. > :19:48.natural state. How much of a challenge is it turning what was an
:19:48. > :19:52.industrial landscape back to nature? It is, actually, very challenging,
:19:52. > :19:58.but it's a very rare opportunity to do such habitat creation on this
:19:59. > :20:02.scale. So we are very, very excited. The land now belongs to a renewable
:20:02. > :20:06.energy company employing 50 people. It buys in timber and produces wood
:20:06. > :20:10.chip fuel. But the years of quarrying have left its scars.
:20:10. > :20:15.Ecologists have been brought in to advise to advise on the 10—year
:20:15. > :20:18.regeneration. The lagoon is part of the legacy of the quarry, the
:20:18. > :20:21.quarrying that has been done so far, and in order to maximise the
:20:21. > :20:30.biodiversity of the quarry, we are levelling out gradients in order to
:20:30. > :20:34.create more valuable habitats. When the company first took over a week
:20:34. > :20:36.ago, it faced opposition from those eager to preserve this geologically
:20:36. > :20:41.important site on Shropshire's Wenlock Edge. We're standing on
:20:41. > :20:44.20—odd miles of really nationally important wildlife site, and it
:20:44. > :20:51.would be fantastic to see the whole lot going back, but we've got to
:20:51. > :20:54.compromise. We can live with that, and we would really like to work
:20:54. > :20:58.with the company to get the best deal we possibly can. It's hard to
:20:58. > :21:02.imagine that 400 million years ago, this area was a tropical sea bed. It
:21:02. > :21:08.is common to find fossils here, even coral, and that's why this area is
:21:08. > :21:12.so important in geological circles. There are plans for a visitors
:21:12. > :21:16.centre and large swathes of land will be open to the public. We did
:21:16. > :21:19.get a lot of objections. We didn't think they were very well—informed
:21:19. > :21:24.objections, but we have listened to them and we have acted on those, but
:21:24. > :21:27.I think the end result is actually positive for all involved. It will
:21:27. > :21:31.take time for the wildlife and native plants to return here. But
:21:31. > :21:42.work has begun, and it's hoped that nature will soon take care of the
:21:42. > :21:45.rest. Comedians from all over the UK are
:21:45. > :21:48.in Birmingham this week for the annual comedy festival. This year,
:21:48. > :21:52.Hollywood star Russell Brand is one of the big names to come to the
:21:52. > :21:55.city. The festival also showcases local talent such as Barbara Nice
:21:55. > :21:59.and Joe Lycett, who we'll be meeting in a moment. But first, our arts
:22:00. > :22:04.reporter Satnam Rana joins us from an exhibition. What has this got to
:22:04. > :22:11.do with comedy? Well, the Birmingham comedy festival
:22:11. > :22:15.isn't just about stand—up comedians and their acts. It is also about
:22:15. > :22:20.showcasing some of the other characters connected to the comedy
:22:20. > :22:25.industry here, and behind me, we have a very unique exhibition of
:22:25. > :22:28.some of the classic characters from through the decades of British
:22:28. > :22:34.comedy. The man behind this is Steve. What is the inspiration for
:22:34. > :22:39.this? Well, I actually grew up on them when I was a kid, I absolutely
:22:39. > :22:50.loved them, and I wanted to wear them. —— on them. How has comedy
:22:50. > :22:57.helped you? The comedy Festival has really raised the profile, and I am
:22:57. > :23:10.an official artist in residence at the Dad's Army museum, so it's
:23:10. > :23:13.brilliant. Much like Steve, it is much about raising their profiles,
:23:13. > :23:16.and I went to meet one of them today.
:23:16. > :23:19.Funny man Joe Lycett is back on home turf in Hall Green Birmingham, ahead
:23:19. > :23:23.of his performance at the city's comedy festival on Thursday. So,
:23:23. > :23:27.Joe, it began here? Yes, well, I went to scout group here, and I
:23:27. > :23:31.tried to be a masculine boy, and they put me in a bin, so I realised
:23:31. > :23:35.it wasn't possible and I wrote some stand—up about that. I think I've
:23:35. > :23:41.always had, like, stupid voice, so everybody already thinks I'm a bit
:23:41. > :23:45.of an idiot. For her epic challenge tonight, Jessica Green is going to
:23:45. > :23:49.serve up ice creams using her hand and feet. He's been on the comedy
:23:49. > :23:53.circuit for six years and has already made it on screen, in shows
:23:53. > :23:56.like Epic Win? For their Epic Win tonight, our vertical tricksters
:23:56. > :24:02.will be changing the wheels on their car whilst driving it. ..and Never
:24:02. > :24:09.Mind The Buzzcocks. But for him, stand—up is his passion. In the last
:24:09. > :24:12.few years, there's not been a lot of Birmingham comics coming out, so,
:24:12. > :24:15.you know, I think we're a very funny group of people, and people should
:24:16. > :24:22.be encouraged and given the option to do comedy here. And Joe is doing
:24:22. > :24:26.exactly that. His current show has been compiled in this Birmingham
:24:26. > :24:31.City centre cafe. I love the people here. I think they're so funny, and
:24:31. > :24:35.they're just good Brummies, and it's a great place to work, is a good
:24:35. > :24:41.place to be, and yeah, there's a lot of odd characters that come through
:24:41. > :24:46.this place. There's loads of great characters here. Have you used them
:24:46. > :24:51.in shows? I've used some of them, and some of them a bit frightened to
:24:51. > :24:55.use them in case they kill me if I take the Mick out of them too much.
:24:55. > :24:58.Joe is now touring with his first solo show, taking with him
:24:58. > :25:09.inspiration from his home city and its people. Jill was following in
:25:10. > :25:15.the footsteps of the like of Frank Skinner and Jasper carrot. The
:25:15. > :25:21.festival has been running since 2001, and has become one of the
:25:21. > :25:25.largest regional independent events of its kind. It has been another
:25:25. > :25:31.sunny day today, hasn't it? Not for much longer? I'm not saying
:25:31. > :25:35.we haven't got much sunshine, but still get some, and it leaves even
:25:36. > :25:39.still be better than today. Some people started today on a cloudy
:25:39. > :25:42.zero, but it is really the temperatures this week that are
:25:42. > :25:52.going to give the game away and make us finally realise that autumn is
:25:52. > :25:55.here. Not only are the days going to be colder, but the nights as well,
:25:55. > :25:58.with a chance of frost and fog. This is the plunge of cold air that is
:25:58. > :26:00.going to be filtering through to us by tomorrow, leading to the crash
:26:00. > :26:07.and temperatures by Thursday. That's when the really well be a sharp
:26:07. > :26:10.drop. For the time being, we are looking to the temperatures staying
:26:10. > :26:13.in double—figure 's, with loads of around 10 Celsius, but for most of
:26:13. > :26:18.the night, it will be dry, just towards the end of the night, we may
:26:18. > :26:24.see some spots of rain here in there. That will herald the arrival
:26:24. > :26:28.of small army of shower that Dominic —— a small army of showers that are
:26:28. > :26:35.going to be in the region during the middle part of tomorrow. They will
:26:35. > :26:38.be with us in the rest of the day, and they will move rapidly, because
:26:38. > :26:43.the wind will be freshening up from the Northwest and because it is a
:26:43. > :26:50.cold direction, temperatures model will drop from 45 cents US, only has
:26:50. > :26:55.a 15 Celsius. Tomorrow, you will do we feel the cold bite. Temperatures
:26:55. > :27:00.in towns and cities will drop to five or six Celsius, but in rural
:27:01. > :27:05.areas, even lower than that. A touch of ground and even air frost, so
:27:05. > :27:11.word of warning for farmers, gardeners, anyone with plants that
:27:11. > :27:16.need protection. After that, high—pressure, and this is typical
:27:16. > :27:20.these conditions, we have lighter winds and lower temperatures. You
:27:20. > :27:25.will notice just a cost of showers to the east, which will affect us on
:27:25. > :27:30.Friday, but Thursday will be dry and sunny, but as I see, cold.
:27:30. > :27:33.Friday, but Thursday will be dry and sunny, but as Tonight's headlines
:27:33. > :27:36.from the BBC: Bottom of the class — young people in the UK lack key
:27:36. > :27:38.skills compared with the youth in other major economies.
:27:38. > :27:39.And the banks start unveiling their