:00:09. > :00:16.Welcome to Midlands Today. Stopping forced marriages. Police officers
:00:16. > :00:24.are given specialist training. It has highlighted some of the issues
:00:24. > :00:30.around forced marriages. We hear from a former victim who tell us not
:00:30. > :00:36.enough is being done. Also, following the death of Daniel
:00:36. > :00:42.Pelka, a senior judges appointed as special adviser to Coventry City
:00:42. > :00:48.Council. This is a critical friend of a huge amount of experience with
:00:48. > :00:53.all things judicial to do with children.
:00:53. > :00:55.The redevelopment of Birmingham Children's Hospital mental health
:00:55. > :01:00.unit. And the after—school club where they
:01:00. > :01:06.are building an aeroplane. And the weather. There are warnings
:01:06. > :01:21.for torrential downpours in the East. Join me
:01:21. > :01:26.Good evening. Police officers based at Birmingham Airport are being
:01:26. > :01:30.given specialist training to try and spot young people who're being flown
:01:30. > :01:33.abroad to be forced into marriage. Last year there were almost 1,500
:01:33. > :01:37.known cases of forced marriage in the UK, though the real figure is
:01:37. > :01:43.thought to be much higher. 16% of those cases took place here in the
:01:43. > :01:47.West Midlands. And a third of them involved people under the age of 16.
:01:47. > :01:50.But tonight, a former victim of forced marriage who now works to
:01:50. > :01:53.support young people is alleging that some Asian police officers are
:01:53. > :01:55.unwilling to tackle the problem. Our special correspondent Peter Wilson
:01:55. > :01:59.has this exclusive report. Birmingham Airport — gateway to the
:01:59. > :02:03.rest of the world, but for some, the journey is a nightmare leading to a
:02:03. > :02:11.forced marriage. Outside of London, the West Midlands has the highest
:02:11. > :02:15.number of such cases in the country. The main terminal at Birmingham
:02:15. > :02:19.Airport is the last opportunity for the police to intervene. In some
:02:19. > :02:23.cases, females have even hidden metal objects in their clothing
:02:23. > :02:27.knowing that security staff would stop them and prevent them from
:02:27. > :02:30.leaving the country. Arranged marriages are part of many cultures
:02:30. > :02:33.and acceptable when choice is involved. But a forced marriage
:02:33. > :02:37.means emotional duress and often violence. West Midlands Police
:02:38. > :02:46.officers at the airport are now being trained to help intervene,
:02:46. > :02:50.even at the last moment. It is really highlighting some of the
:02:50. > :02:54.issues around forced marriage that the officers were not aware of
:02:54. > :02:58.before. It has given them extra information so that they can look
:02:58. > :03:04.out for from rubble people and provide assistance to protect them
:03:05. > :03:08.—— vulnerable people. Kelly Kaur knows all about forced marriage. At
:03:08. > :03:13.15, she was expected to marry a man from India. She ran away from her
:03:13. > :03:18.home in Walsall. You have mixed feelings. You are a bit scared, and
:03:18. > :03:22.at the same time, you do not want to hurt your parents. She now runs a
:03:22. > :03:26.project helping to support young people, but claims not all police
:03:26. > :03:29.officers want to help. When you have got your own community working in
:03:29. > :03:34.the police force who do not agree with what we are doing... You are
:03:34. > :03:40.saying some Asian police officers are reluctant to get involved? Some
:03:40. > :03:44.will help but a majority of them really think that it should not be
:03:44. > :03:52.happening because it is a tradition, a cultural thing. They
:03:52. > :03:56.think you should just go ahead and get married. There was a lot of
:03:56. > :03:59.violence, domestic abuse. Back at the airport, the police training is
:03:59. > :04:05.provided by Karma Nirvana, a charity set up to confront issues about
:04:05. > :04:11.forced marriages. A father holding a gun at the back of his daughter's
:04:11. > :04:15.head who did not agree to a marriage. That can be the
:04:15. > :04:19.consequence, death. It can be quite extreme. To intervene in any
:04:19. > :04:22.domestic situation takes courage and training. Next year, the Government
:04:22. > :04:30.will make forced marriages a criminal offence.
:04:30. > :04:36.Joining me now is Superintendent Clare Cowley. Good evening. 1,500
:04:36. > :04:42.known cases. Any idea of the true figures of forced marriages? That is
:04:42. > :04:46.really hard to quantify. We know that one in six of the national
:04:46. > :04:50.numbers take place within the West Midlands but we know from partners
:04:50. > :04:54.who receive significant numbers of calls over and above that so we
:04:54. > :04:59.believe the problem is more widespread. We heard from Kelly Kaur
:04:59. > :05:04.who believes that the majority of Asian officers are unwilling to get
:05:04. > :05:09.involved in intervention. How seriously will take that
:05:09. > :05:16.allegation? I would be very concerned not taking allegations ——
:05:16. > :05:20.very concerned by an officer not taking these allegations seriously.
:05:20. > :05:24.The work we are doing that has led to the training of the airport
:05:24. > :05:28.officers has been about making sure front line officers are fully
:05:28. > :05:33.informed of the latest position, of the risks, even perhaps ones that
:05:33. > :05:41.they may not have been thinking about. Clearly, if any victim of
:05:41. > :05:48.honour —based violence or forced marriage does not feel that they are
:05:48. > :05:56.being taken seriously, talk to police but also ask partners like
:05:56. > :06:01.the charity in the report and they will help. Arranged marriages are
:06:01. > :06:06.perfectly acceptable in many cultures though. There is a world of
:06:06. > :06:11.difference. The key is how willingly the individual is going into the
:06:11. > :06:15.marriage. A very delicate issue. How confident are you that the training
:06:16. > :06:21.is appropriate and will take effect? It is something we need to
:06:21. > :06:30.constantly reinforce. This is a four—month also operation to raise
:06:30. > :06:37.awareness in a range of areas of vulnerability including domestic
:06:37. > :06:41.abuse, making sure we constantly revisit the messages with our staff
:06:41. > :06:44.so that they understand the risks. And if you have any concerns about
:06:44. > :06:46.forced marriage, there's more information and contact details for
:06:47. > :06:52.the charities featured on our Facebook page.
:06:52. > :06:55.Coming up later in the programme: The 56—year—old who's been told he
:06:55. > :07:00.has to move from his lifelong home because the council needs the space.
:07:00. > :07:03.The council that was heavily criticised for failings which led to
:07:03. > :07:06.the death of Daniel Pelka has appointed a retired High Court judge
:07:06. > :07:09.as a special advisor on child protection issues. Four—year—old
:07:09. > :07:12.Daniel was murdered by his mother and her partner in March of last
:07:12. > :07:18.year. Sarah Falkland has been following events for us. Sarah, tell
:07:18. > :07:28.us more about the council appointing this judge. His name is Donald
:07:28. > :07:32.Hamilton and he will be starting his first day tomorrow morning. He is a
:07:32. > :07:37.retired High Court judge with years of experience of family matters and
:07:37. > :07:41.family law. He is coming as a special adviser particularly to the
:07:41. > :07:43.council leader who says he is coming at a modest cost and he is confident
:07:44. > :07:50.his contribution will be invaluable. He is here as a critical
:07:50. > :07:57.friend with a huge amount of experience in all things judicial,
:07:57. > :08:05.to do with children, adoption. He will be for me I am sure a very
:08:05. > :08:12.sensible and safe sounding board. He will have authority to go anywhere
:08:12. > :08:17.and ask any questions. What else was agreed at the special meeting? They
:08:17. > :08:22.agreed to push the government to set up a particular Commons select
:08:22. > :08:25.committee looking at safeguarding children. They want there to be more
:08:25. > :08:32.national debate. They will be writing to all of the city's MPs
:08:32. > :08:35.involved tomorrow. They are also changing the make—up of the
:08:35. > :08:40.safeguarding board to include two members. There were a few protests
:08:41. > :08:47.outside today. What point where they meeting? There were several groups.
:08:47. > :08:52.Prevent Child Abuse said the protest up. They are linked to another group
:08:52. > :08:54.called Justice for Daniel. These are ordinary people from all around the
:08:55. > :08:59.country who want to make their voice known about what happened to Daniel.
:08:59. > :09:03.One woman from Hampshire said she cried for a fortnight after reading
:09:03. > :09:08.about what happened to Daniel. The woman who set up Prevent Child Abuse
:09:08. > :09:12.says she wants a change in the law so that parents, when they say that
:09:12. > :09:18.their children are ill or underweight, they are not believed.
:09:18. > :09:23.If a child has an illness, the parents need to prove it, either by
:09:23. > :09:28.a letter from the GP or hospital. It would stop it ever happening again.
:09:28. > :09:34.One woman who trained social workers said that it would make a real
:09:34. > :09:39.difference if social workers were allowed to way children. They have
:09:39. > :09:43.to get a health visitor in at the moment. With all of these horrible
:09:43. > :09:52.cases, what is central is that they lose weight dramatically.
:09:52. > :09:54.Plans have been unveiled for a £9 million redevelopment of Birmingham
:09:54. > :09:57.Children's hospital's mental health unit. It's the only NHS inpatient
:09:57. > :10:01.unit for children in the Midlands and one of the largest in the UK.
:10:01. > :10:04.Bob Hockenhull has been finding out why the new facilities are needed.
:10:04. > :10:20.Sophie Flanagan is 11 and knows what it's like to have mental health
:10:20. > :10:23.problems. I was depressed and not eating because I had problems at
:10:23. > :10:28.home with my family. Sophie spent several months being treated by
:10:28. > :10:32.Birmingham Children's Hospital. We used to go into town and sit in the
:10:32. > :10:35.park and talk. Sophie's problems aren't uncommon. The charity Young
:10:35. > :10:39.Minds says there's been a 68% increase in young self—harmers being
:10:39. > :10:45.admitted to hospital in the last ten years. When you ask a ten or
:10:45. > :10:50.11—year—old years ago, they never had a care in the world. Now there
:10:51. > :10:56.is so much responsibility and pressure on them, it has changed an
:10:56. > :10:58.awful lot. Mental health is becoming more common. With demand for
:10:59. > :11:01.treatment increasing, plans were unveiled today to rejuvenate mental
:11:01. > :11:04.health services for the young. Existing facilities at Parkview
:11:04. > :11:06.Clinic in Moseley will be expanded, providing a better healing
:11:06. > :11:16.environment and more en suite bedrooms for patients from across
:11:16. > :11:21.the region. Mental health is such an important park of what we do at the
:11:21. > :11:26.Children's Hospital. We absolutely need to invest in it if the same way
:11:26. > :11:31.we would if it was a cancer centre or a heart centre. The patients have
:11:31. > :11:37.said that they hate long corridors and bland colours. The new centre
:11:37. > :11:41.will have vibrant social areas and bright colours. It'll be four years
:11:41. > :11:44.before the revamp is complete. In the meantime, the hospital's
:11:44. > :11:49.increasing its home visiting team so youngsters like Sophie get the
:11:49. > :11:54.support they need. A knife amnesty will be held in Birmingham following
:11:54. > :12:00.a series of recent stabbings. The police Commissioner announced this
:12:00. > :12:08.following talks earlier today. Five people were stabbed to death in
:12:08. > :12:11.Birmingham in the last six months. A 19th century Birmingham church
:12:11. > :12:14.destroyed by a fire has been removed from the English Heritage At Risk
:12:14. > :12:18.Register. St Barnabas Church in Erdington was left in ruins after it
:12:18. > :12:20.was burnt down by arsonists six years ago. Meanwhile, Coventry's
:12:20. > :12:23.14th—century charterhouse has been added to the register. The grade—one
:12:23. > :12:26.listed former monastery has been empty for several years, but plans
:12:26. > :12:33.are under way for a major restoration.
:12:33. > :12:38.Colin Davies has lived in the same council house all of his life. But
:12:38. > :12:41.after 56 years and the death of his mother, he's now been told he must
:12:41. > :12:51.leave because Dudley Council say they need it for a larger family.
:12:51. > :12:54.Friends and neighbours say that he should be able stay in the three—bed
:12:54. > :12:57.property he's always called home. We'll have some of your thoughts in
:12:57. > :13:00.a moment, but first here's Giles Latcham.
:13:00. > :13:03.It's the only home he's known and Colin Davis isn't going without a
:13:03. > :13:06.fight. This is where I live now and this is where I was born. In this
:13:06. > :13:09.three—bedroom terrace, he was raised with his two brothers and here he
:13:09. > :13:13.nursed his mother Edith until her death in July. Her name was on the
:13:13. > :13:17.council tenancy and now she's gone the council says he has no right to
:13:17. > :13:20.remain. To me, I die here. Why should I go out of the area, to
:13:20. > :13:26.think I have all of my family close, the neighbours are wonderful. I know
:13:26. > :13:29.everyone. They are all with me. And they were with him outside Dudley
:13:29. > :13:31.Council House today along with members of UKIP protesting on
:13:31. > :13:38.Colin's behalf. The council though is not for turning. It is always sad
:13:39. > :13:45.when someone's mother or parent dies. Currently, Mr Davies is under
:13:45. > :13:48.occupying a three—bedroom house that we desperately need for families
:13:48. > :13:51.with children. There are 6,000 people on Dudley's housing list. In
:13:51. > :13:57.Wolverhampton, 8,800. In Birmingham, 27,000. The estimate for the whole
:13:57. > :14:06.of the West Midlands, 79,000. In anyone's language, a huge backlog.
:14:06. > :14:09.Ultimately, you cannot have a three—bedroom property being used by
:14:09. > :14:13.one person when you have a family down the road who have four or five
:14:13. > :14:18.children crammed into two bedrooms. It is difficult but it is the right
:14:18. > :14:24.decision and fell on taxpayers, the people playing. The council tells me
:14:24. > :14:30.there are thousands of families looking for properties. This is not
:14:30. > :14:34.about statistics and number crunching. This is about simple
:14:34. > :14:37.humanity and decency. But unless he can convince the council he's an
:14:37. > :14:46.exceptional case, Colin will soon be forced to quit the home he loves.
:14:46. > :14:51.This has got you talking on our Facebook page. Louise said, although
:14:51. > :14:55.it is unfortunate, I tend to agree with the council, they must make the
:14:55. > :14:58.most of the housing they have to suit the people they have requiring
:14:58. > :15:02.it, even if it means moving people around. Her view is echoed by Carl
:15:03. > :15:06.James. He says, if he only rents and doesn't own, he should move on and
:15:06. > :15:09.allow a larger family in there. He can always privately rent a
:15:09. > :15:13.three—bed house if that's what he wants. But Geoff Paddock says, his
:15:13. > :15:16.house is his home, we should have enough housing stock available that
:15:16. > :15:25.old timers can live their lives as they wish. Thank you very much
:15:25. > :15:28.indeed for all of your comments. This is our top story tonight:
:15:28. > :15:30.Stopping forced marriages — officers at Birmingham Airport given
:15:30. > :15:32.specialist training to spot young people travelling against their
:15:32. > :15:35.will. And the unusual after—school club
:15:35. > :15:49.that's about building more than just confidence. The detailed weather
:15:49. > :15:53.report is also to come shortly. Also in tonight's programme: Back in the
:15:53. > :15:57.Midlands and here in the Mailbox, we're chatting to Speedway World
:15:57. > :16:01.Champ Tai Woffinden. Bee populations across the world are
:16:01. > :16:04.in trouble and here in the UK numbers have crashed. One reason
:16:04. > :16:07.might be disease and for the first time, scientists at the University
:16:07. > :16:10.of Warwick have built a computer model of an outbreak of one very
:16:10. > :16:14.nasty bee disease called American foulbrood. It could be vital in
:16:14. > :16:16.helping ensuring our bees have a brighter future. Our science
:16:16. > :16:23.correspondent David Gregory—Kumar is here. David, what is foulbrood?
:16:23. > :16:26.Well, it comes in two varieties — American and European foulbrood. It
:16:26. > :16:32.causes very nasty problems for the larvae, the young bees, killing off
:16:32. > :16:36.entire colonies. This is an infected hive. Inside these cells, the bee
:16:36. > :16:40.larvae is dead, but there are millions of foulbrood spores ready
:16:40. > :16:42.to spread the disease further. Stopping these spores spreading
:16:42. > :16:47.means burning the entire infected hive. So what the researchers set
:16:47. > :16:55.out to do is model how this disease behaves and spreads. We are trying
:16:55. > :16:59.to use the data we have showing when and where the disease was spotted to
:16:59. > :17:04.work out how the disease is spreading and how it is getting from
:17:04. > :17:11.place to place. Once you understand the methods of transmission, you
:17:11. > :17:19.have a better idea of can —— control strategies that will be effective to
:17:19. > :17:23.diminish the size of the epidemic. It may look a bit basic, but this is
:17:23. > :17:26.the real research. It's based on data from an actual outbreak on
:17:26. > :17:30.Jersey, but this a simulation. These dots are hives and these lines are
:17:30. > :17:33.beekeepers moving between them. This model shows the two most important
:17:33. > :17:37.factors in the spread of the disease — how close the hives are and the
:17:37. > :17:43.beekeepers because the beekeepers can spread the disease as they move
:17:43. > :17:46.around the island. The model shows that what the Government and
:17:46. > :17:49.beekeepers actually did in the real world was the right thing to do. But
:17:49. > :17:56.the scientists say confirming what we already know is a useful result.
:17:56. > :18:00.It is always nice if you can have something that says, we should have
:18:00. > :18:04.done this. But from a practical point of view, it is very reassuring
:18:04. > :18:09.to know that what was done was the correct thing. It leads to more
:18:09. > :18:15.confidence in the industry and the ability of them to control things.
:18:15. > :18:19.This is 20 years of data on outbreaks of foulbrood on the
:18:19. > :18:22.mainland. And now the team at Warwick have the maths to understand
:18:22. > :18:26.what happened on Jersey scientists can use the same tools to get to
:18:26. > :18:29.grips with this and other bee diseases. All of which is good news
:18:29. > :18:36.for bees, farmers and those of us who like honey.
:18:36. > :18:39.Indeed it is. Interesting stuff. Hundreds of homeless people from
:18:40. > :18:43.across Britain have been taking part in a football tournament in
:18:43. > :18:46.Birmingham with a bit of help from England's most capped player. Peter
:18:46. > :18:49.Shilton made 125 appearances for his country, but this afternoon, he was
:18:49. > :18:53.inspiring footballers who are using the game to help rebuild their
:18:53. > :18:56.lives. Nick Clitheroe reports. From every corner of the land, they
:18:57. > :19:03.had come to the shadow of Spaghetti Junction. Men young and old, women
:19:03. > :19:06.too, who've all found themselves homeless and in need of a fresh
:19:06. > :19:10.start in life. People like Shaun who spent 17 years as a heroin addict
:19:10. > :19:13.but has been clean for more than a decade thanks to the Salvation
:19:13. > :19:20.Army's Vale Street Lifehouse in Stoke on Trent. I owe a lot to them
:19:20. > :19:26.because otherwise I would still be on the streets. Obviously, whenever
:19:26. > :19:29.I have a chance to give anything back, I will do. Stewart was a
:19:29. > :19:32.professional footballer back home in Zimbabwe, but never made it beyond
:19:32. > :19:37.non—league in England. Now he lives at the Harnall Lifehouse in
:19:37. > :19:43.Coventry. It means a lot. I cannot even put the words... It means a
:19:44. > :19:48.lot. It changes a human being's life. The lifehouses are not just
:19:48. > :19:51.about a roof over their heads and food. They also give residents the
:19:51. > :19:54.chance to learn skills or get qualifications. But one of the
:19:54. > :19:57.biggest problems they face after time on the streets is a lack of
:19:57. > :20:00.self—confidence. That's why Peter Shilton, England's most capped
:20:00. > :20:04.goalkeeper, was on hand to give them a penalty shoot out masterclass with
:20:04. > :20:06.belief as one of his key lessons. Confidence in life is about
:20:06. > :20:11.achieving by trying to better yourself and having a goal to work
:20:11. > :20:15.for. People who have problems have lost sight of that. They feel
:20:15. > :20:19.sometimes that there is nothing to work for. Sport gives you that.
:20:19. > :20:22.There was no fairy tale ending as the teams from Coventry and Stoke
:20:22. > :20:30.both went out in the quarterfinals. Instead, the trophy headed down the
:20:30. > :20:32.M5 to Bristol. Congratulations to the Dudley
:20:32. > :20:36.Heathens who won their first national league speedway title last
:20:36. > :20:39.night. They beat Kings Lynn 47—46 in Norfolk to take the grand final
:20:39. > :20:47.100—86 on aggregate. But they're not the only Midlands speedway winners
:20:47. > :20:50.this week. Dan Pallett's with the new world champion Tai Woffinden
:20:50. > :21:01.who's back home after winning the title in Poland. Tai Woffinden,
:21:01. > :21:08.world champion. Are you getting used to that? It has been pretty crazy.
:21:08. > :21:12.Doing a lot of press stuff. I was in the hotel and someone said, I was
:21:12. > :21:18.watching you on TV this morning. Really looking forward to the rest
:21:18. > :21:22.of it. The question I keep getting asked is, how is your collarbone?
:21:22. > :21:28.You have broken it twice and you road with it broken in the last
:21:28. > :21:33.Grand Prix. When your adrenaline gets going, it helps. I just raced
:21:33. > :21:38.through it and dug deep and it paid off. Tell us about some of the
:21:38. > :21:47.sacrifices you and your family had to make. We came out in 2006 and the
:21:47. > :21:52.first three years we were in a caravan. My parents have given up a
:21:52. > :21:56.lot to give me a shot at it and to finally win it is an awesome
:21:56. > :22:01.feeling. It means a lot to your mum because of losing your dad three
:22:02. > :22:06.years ago to cancer. Definitely. I would have loved him to be here but
:22:06. > :22:11.that is life. I am sure he is watching from up there. You are the
:22:11. > :22:18.youngest ever world champion at 23. Have you got fire in your belly to
:22:18. > :22:25.go on and do more? I have won it once and I want to repeated as many
:22:25. > :22:31.times as I can. A few more meetings in England and when that is done, I
:22:31. > :22:36.will worry about my collarbone then. One of those meetings is in
:22:36. > :22:41.Wolverhampton a week Tuesday. It is going to be a good meeting. We will
:22:41. > :22:46.go out there and have a bit of fun and celebrate with the fans. Not
:22:46. > :22:52.everyday you get to see a world champion in action, a week on in
:22:52. > :23:05.Wolverhampton, you can see Tai Woffinden, world champion.
:23:05. > :23:09.If we say after—school club, you'll probably think of chess or maybe a
:23:09. > :23:13.sport. How about building one of these? Pupils from a school in the
:23:13. > :23:16.Black Country have been set the task of building a Boeing aeroplane as
:23:16. > :23:19.part of an aviation challenge. But the skies of Wolverhampton won't be
:23:19. > :23:22.seeing a jumbo jet taking—off anytime soon. Instead, teenagers at
:23:22. > :23:25.the city's North East Academy are constructing a much smaller model
:23:25. > :23:30.from a kit worth £50,000. Laura May McMullen reports.
:23:30. > :23:34.It is not every day you get to build a plane, an actual two seater light
:23:34. > :23:40.aircraft that will eventually take to the skies. But that is exactly
:23:40. > :23:47.what pupils from this school have got the chance to do. Being involved
:23:47. > :23:51.in this project is one of the best things that could ever happen to a
:23:51. > :23:57.young student like me. It is going to make me look like I have tried to
:23:57. > :24:02.get out there and prove myself. You get to have more experience about
:24:02. > :24:07.how to build an aeroplane. Also, I want to be an aeroplane designer so
:24:08. > :24:10.I can get more experience. It improves communication skills and
:24:10. > :24:15.helps you work together as a team. It will help in work life because
:24:15. > :24:20.you need those skills. The school is one of six in the country who won
:24:20. > :24:26.the competition from Boeing to get real hands—on experience. It is to
:24:26. > :24:32.inspire and encourage the next generation of engineers. The country
:24:32. > :24:36.is crying out for more engineers so the whole idea is that these young
:24:36. > :24:44.people get interested in it and look to develop the skills. We have had a
:24:44. > :24:49.couple of students going from the project getting jobs. It has been
:24:49. > :24:53.really successful. The aim of the project is to reach around 2000
:24:53. > :24:57.young people and it is hoped in the next 18 months these pupils will be
:24:57. > :25:02.able to fasten their seat belts ready for take—off. Then there is
:25:02. > :25:10.just the small matter of finding a pilot.
:25:10. > :25:11.Looks like they will have plenty of volunteers for that! A definite
:25:11. > :25:22.change in the air today. There is speculation of warmth
:25:22. > :25:29.returning by the end of the month. But that is not likely this week. We
:25:29. > :25:35.were lucky to get the high pressure and dry conditions with today. Over
:25:35. > :25:39.the weekend, we will be contending with cold and strong winds and rain
:25:39. > :25:43.at times. We are hoping we will not get as much rain as the south—east.
:25:43. > :25:49.There will be torrential downpours there. Anywhere that is on the cusp
:25:49. > :25:57.of that, parts of Gloucestershire and Warwickshire, they could get a
:25:57. > :26:01.knock—on effect. To be honest, the amounts will be small. This evening,
:26:01. > :26:06.we start with clear skies across the region. The winds will ease and
:26:06. > :26:12.temperatures will plummet. In rural parts particularly. With the lighter
:26:12. > :26:18.winds, I think we could see a touch of ground frost. Later on, the cloud
:26:18. > :26:21.will come in from the north—east, introducing rain macro. The winds
:26:21. > :26:25.will pick up again from the north—east through the morning and
:26:25. > :26:30.perhaps draw in and take some of the rain to the west of the region. It
:26:30. > :26:35.will start all and very damp. Compared to today, it will be dollar
:26:35. > :26:41.through the day and the region. The rain will die a way through the
:26:41. > :26:47.afternoon —— it will be dull. Temperatures slightly higher, Nero
:26:47. > :26:53.to normal for the time of year. The winds will temper the value.
:26:53. > :26:58.Tomorrow evening, it bears all the hallmarks to tonight except for the
:26:58. > :27:06.clear skies to begin with. Because of that, temperatures may be
:27:06. > :27:10.slightly higher. Again, you see the rain affecting eastern fringes. As
:27:10. > :27:16.advertised, the weekend, it is looking cold, breezy, dry but the
:27:16. > :27:20.possibility of rain for the south—east to begin with and then
:27:20. > :27:30.the north—west on Sunday. The headlines: The weather is
:27:30. > :27:33.turning cold and we face higher energy costs.
:27:33. > :27:39.Officers at Birmingham Airport get specialist training to spot young
:27:39. > :27:46.people being forced into marriage. I will be back later with more on
:27:46. > :27:47.the specialist adviser being appointed to Coventry City Council
:27:47. > :27:47.following