:00:00. > :00:16.again at Birmingham's past and rediscover its treasures.
:00:17. > :00:23.Police say, hand yourself in. We are concerned his mental health and
:00:24. > :00:27.well`being was an issue and that is why he has absconded. He would have
:00:28. > :00:32.been eligible for parole next year. Also denied: Polish ` petitioning
:00:33. > :00:36.for paramedics. A campaigner whose grandson nearly died while waiting
:00:37. > :00:39.for an ambulance, Luxor and hundreds thousands supporters. Something has
:00:40. > :00:46.got to be done and I'm going to keep banging doors until something done.
:00:47. > :00:51.The bookies favourite, this burning artist is up for the prestigious
:00:52. > :00:55.Mercury prize tonight. A dramatic night at St Andrews.
:00:56. > :00:58.Stoker through to the quarterfinals of the league cup after beating
:00:59. > :01:04.Birmingham on penalties. And there is not much in the way of
:01:05. > :01:06.driving that weather ` dry weather later this week. Join me later and I
:01:07. > :01:19.will give you the full forecast. Good evening. A convicted murderer
:01:20. > :01:25.is on the run after escaping from Hewell prison near Redditch. This is
:01:26. > :01:28.Alan John Giles. He was given two life sentences nearly 20 years ago
:01:29. > :01:30.after being found guilty of kidnapping and killing 16`year`old
:01:31. > :01:39.Kevin Ricketts from his Birmingham home.
:01:40. > :01:43.On the 31st January 1995 16`year`old Kevin Ricketts left his home in
:01:44. > :01:48.Quinton to catch a bus to college but he never arrived. On the 17th
:01:49. > :01:52.July 1997, despite Kevins body not being found, Giles was convicted of
:01:53. > :01:55.his kidnap and murder. This is the current picture that we have of Alan
:01:56. > :02:01.Giles. Police said they were trying to trace him urgently. One theory is
:02:02. > :02:04.he may be intent on suicide. We are concerned his mental health and
:02:05. > :02:09.well`being was an issue and that is why he has left the prison. We are
:02:10. > :02:14.keeping an open mind. We are currently focusing on the South
:02:15. > :02:19.Warwickshire area. We have a large team of detectives looking and
:02:20. > :02:26.leaving no stone unturned. On the 31st of January, the boy left his
:02:27. > :02:32.home to catch a bus to college. On the 17th of July, despite Kevin 's
:02:33. > :02:37.body not been found, Alan Giles was convicted of his kidnap and murder.
:02:38. > :02:44.On the 28th July 1998, the police discovered his remains in a garden
:02:45. > :02:48.in Edgbaston. Giles was the boyfriend of Kevin 's older sister
:02:49. > :02:54.and he murdered him as an act of revenge, after she ended their
:02:55. > :02:57.relationship. At the time of his disappearance, Kevin 's family made
:02:58. > :03:01.public appeals for help. They are said to be distressed by his killers
:03:02. > :03:06.escape. Police officers are with them but it is not thought Giles
:03:07. > :03:10.poses any threat to them. It is odd that Alan Giles should choose to
:03:11. > :03:14.escape now because in less than a year, he would have become eligible
:03:15. > :03:18.for parole. In the past, he has demonstrated he has a conscience,
:03:19. > :03:22.telephoning the police from prison after his conviction to confess to
:03:23. > :03:28.the murder of Kevin Ricketts and to tell them whether he had buried the
:03:29. > :03:33.body. This prison houses more dangerous category B inmates but
:03:34. > :03:42.also category D inmates. People in Redditch to go out in the open part
:03:43. > :03:45.of the prison and so they should. I'm not too sure whether someone who
:03:46. > :03:49.was a child killer should have been there. I'm asking those questions,
:03:50. > :03:53.whether he should have been there. The police say Giles shouldn't be
:03:54. > :03:58.approached. Anyone who sees it is asked to call them on 909.
:03:59. > :04:02.Coming up later in the programme: a return to the Ricoh? New talks on
:04:03. > :04:09.the cards for Coventry City football club to go back to its home ground.
:04:10. > :04:14.A man from Shropshire whose grandson nearly died while waiting for
:04:15. > :04:17.paramedics ` has launched an online petition to try to improve the
:04:18. > :04:20.service. Paul Passant from Bridgnorth claims people are having
:04:21. > :04:23.to wait too long, because there are not enough ambulances to cover the
:04:24. > :04:31.County. Our Health Correspondent Michale Paduano has the details.
:04:32. > :04:34.Last Decenber, Paul Passant promised his grandson that he would improve
:04:35. > :04:38.ambulance services in Shropshire, but it appears that the service has
:04:39. > :04:41.run into trouble again. Baby Thomas, had a heart condition and collapsed,
:04:42. > :04:45.although a paramedic arrived quickly it took 41 minutes for an ambulance
:04:46. > :04:52.to reach him and he could have died. Nearly a year on, other patients
:04:53. > :04:55.have had long delays. It is just not good enough. People don't seem to be
:04:56. > :05:00.taking this seriously. When I started the Thomas campaign, until
:05:01. > :05:06.the day I die, I'm going to improve ambulance provision. Now it has gone
:05:07. > :05:09.countywide. Something has got to be done. I'm going to keep banging on
:05:10. > :05:12.doors until something is done. The BBC understands that a patient
:05:13. > :05:16.needing urgent surgery had to wait more than an hour to be moved from
:05:17. > :05:19.hospital in Telford, to Shrewsbury on October 14th. Paul has started an
:05:20. > :05:23.online petition after hearing that a dementia patient with a broken hip
:05:24. > :05:30.waited an hour for an ambulance in the rain. If we can get 100,000
:05:31. > :05:33.signatures, questions can be asked in Parliament to the Health
:05:34. > :05:35.Secretary about what he is going to do about the situation. West
:05:36. > :05:39.Midlands Ambulance Service says it needs an extra ?1.2 million to
:05:40. > :05:44.provide an adequate level of service in Shropshire. That would mean two
:05:45. > :05:47.more ambulances. The reality is we have been chronically underfunded
:05:48. > :05:53.and we have raised this with the trusts and again two years ago with
:05:54. > :05:57.the commissioners is an issue. We still have not managed to address
:05:58. > :06:00.the under resourcing It says with more funding it meets its targets in
:06:01. > :06:07.another rural county Herefordshire. In these areas. The Shropshire
:06:08. > :06:11.commissioners say it is always difficult providing an ambulance
:06:12. > :06:14.service in rural areas. They say since 2009, they provide an extra
:06:15. > :06:21.million pounds and if they were to give any more, that would mean other
:06:22. > :06:24.local services would have to suffer. Mr Passant doesn't care whre the
:06:25. > :06:26.funding comes from, he just wants to ensure that no child in Shropshrie
:06:27. > :06:32.dies. Michele is here now. There seems to
:06:33. > :06:35.be a bit of a disagreement between the ambulance service and those who
:06:36. > :06:41.pay for the service. It is a right royal fight. The
:06:42. > :06:47.ambulance says they need an extra ?1.2 million. The commissioners are
:06:48. > :06:50.saying today they are meant to make 4% efficiency savings and they have
:06:51. > :06:54.got enough money to do the job. Whatever else is going on, what is
:06:55. > :06:59.interesting is in the old days, these ` the NHS would not be having
:07:00. > :07:04.this kind of fight but in the New World, these fights are going to
:07:05. > :07:07.take place were often So is Shropshire in a unique position in
:07:08. > :07:11.apparently under funding this service?
:07:12. > :07:15.I understand Warwickshire has already ` historically not paid as
:07:16. > :07:18.much money as some areas. There is an anomaly. We've heard that
:07:19. > :07:23.Herefordshire is meeting its targets because they put more money into the
:07:24. > :07:28.system. What will happen going forward is anybody's guess because
:07:29. > :07:32.this is quite an unusual situation. We've got to hope that it is not
:07:33. > :07:36.going to be a long cold winter because there are concerns.
:07:37. > :07:39.A new ?4.5 million Helicopter has been bought by the West Midland Air
:07:40. > :07:43.Ambulance. It's the first aircraft actually owned by the charity, which
:07:44. > :07:45.until now has leased them instead. Completely funded through public
:07:46. > :07:48.donations the ambulance will be based at RAF Cosford after being
:07:49. > :07:55.fitted with medical equipment in Germany.
:07:56. > :07:58.A father who set fire to his house, killing his wife and seriously
:07:59. > :08:00.injuring his three daughters has been found guilty of murder and
:08:01. > :08:15.arson. Mohammed Riaz Inayat deliberately started the fire in
:08:16. > :08:18.Sparkhill in in April. His wife, Naika Inayat died in the blaze.
:08:19. > :08:23.Sentencing him to life imprisonment, the judge told him, he must spend a
:08:24. > :08:26.mininum of 22 years in jail. Coventry City Football Club have
:08:27. > :08:30.called for new talks with the City's council about returning to the Ricoh
:08:31. > :08:33.Arena. The club has been playing its home games in Northampton since
:08:34. > :08:40.leaving the Ricoh in the summer, in a dispute over unpaid rent.
:08:41. > :08:44.They released a statement today in response to comments made by
:08:45. > :08:47.Councillor Anne Lucas, the leader of Coventry City Council last week when
:08:48. > :08:49.she said she would like to see Coventry City playing back at this
:08:50. > :08:55.stage at Christmas. In the statement, the club were direct.
:08:56. > :08:59.They asked the question which was, is she prepared to discuss a
:09:00. > :09:02.freehold sale of the Ricoh? That would mean selling the Ricoh
:09:03. > :09:12.including the hotel the casino and the conference halls as well as the
:09:13. > :09:16.stadium itself to the club. The statement also added that the owner
:09:17. > :09:18.of the Sisu hedge fund which owns the club. Joy Seppala will be
:09:19. > :09:21.writing privately to Councillor Lucas shortly in order to find out
:09:22. > :09:29.exactly what the council's position is.
:09:30. > :09:41.So has the leader responded? Yes, late this afternoon, Councillor
:09:42. > :09:46.Lucas said she heard an invite for Joy Seppalla to meet with her. If
:09:47. > :09:51.Joy Seppala is serious about wanting to discuss a possible deal, then we
:09:52. > :09:55.need to talk soon. She also says she is disappointed but not surprised by
:09:56. > :10:02.the personal nature of the attack on her by Coventry City Football Club.
:10:03. > :10:06.What are the fans saying? I think the fans are no nearer to
:10:07. > :10:12.knowing if ever and if so when their beloved Sky Blues will return to the
:10:13. > :10:17.Ricoh. One supporters' group said there's a lack of trust. There is a
:10:18. > :10:22.huge issue about whether fans trust the owners of the club. There was a
:10:23. > :10:26.poll in the local newspaper recently which said two thirds of people
:10:27. > :10:31.actually say the arena should not be sold to them. For a long time, they
:10:32. > :10:34.have been promising they are going to build a new ground so a lot of
:10:35. > :10:41.people are questioning whether they are going to do it. Tonight,
:10:42. > :10:45.Coventry City fans are still no closer to knowing whether their club
:10:46. > :10:49.will ever play here. In the meantime, they will continue to play
:10:50. > :10:52.their football in Northampton, 34 miles away.
:10:53. > :10:55.The Birmingham singer Laura Mvula will find out later tonight whether
:10:56. > :10:56.she's won the prestigious Mercury prize for her album Sing to the
:10:57. > :11:27.Moon. She's up against 11 other artists
:11:28. > :11:32.including David Bowie and the Arctic Monkeys. Laura grew up in
:11:33. > :11:36.Birmingham, training at the city university's conservatoire as well
:11:37. > :11:43.as being a member of the CBSO Youth Orchestra. With me now is Michael
:11:44. > :11:46.Woltars who's the Deputy Head of Composition at the conservatoire.
:11:47. > :11:50.You must be very proud. So you must be pretty proud? I am very proud,
:11:51. > :11:54.yes. What was she like as a student? In many ways she was like every
:11:55. > :11:59.other student, working on her things, trying to do watch was
:12:00. > :12:03.interested in the best way she could. What was interesting, was I
:12:04. > :12:08.looked today at absolute feedback and I saw there was a piece of
:12:09. > :12:11.coursework where I asked her to arrange a piano piece. Students
:12:12. > :12:17.could choose whatever they wanted. Most people chose a string orchestra
:12:18. > :12:23.or full orchestra. She chose voice which is quite old when you think
:12:24. > :12:29.about it. It's a quite odd choice. You can see that in the album. It is
:12:30. > :12:34.all about voice, all about her voice and the way she uses it. The
:12:35. > :12:38.foundations were already there. She is like many other students, you
:12:39. > :12:42.say, but could you see something a little bit special?
:12:43. > :12:45.Here, of course, but it took awhile. The way we teach condition of the
:12:46. > :12:52.conservator is we are really interested in what the students can
:12:53. > :12:55.bring. We don't force them to write in a certain style for example. That
:12:56. > :12:58.is difficult for some students because they think they have to
:12:59. > :13:06.conform but they don't have to. It takes them to a three years to
:13:07. > :13:09.understand and start doing what they really want to do.
:13:10. > :13:13.She is clearly doing what she wants to do now but when you see her
:13:14. > :13:16.performing now, is there anything of the old student Laura that you
:13:17. > :13:21.recognise as she totally different? You know, the smile. The first thing
:13:22. > :13:28.that you think of as the smile, the amazing smile that she has. That was
:13:29. > :13:32.always there. She was always dressing in a glamorous way, of
:13:33. > :13:36.course. But then, you see the videos and you see her on stage and she
:13:37. > :13:39.looks OK diva. She has been described as a diva. As a student,
:13:40. > :13:45.there was nothing of the Deaver about her. She was just a lovely
:13:46. > :13:56.girl. I am sure you are going to have your fingers crossed my.
:13:57. > :13:59.This is our top story tonight: On the run, convicted murderer Alan
:14:00. > :14:01.John Giles escapes from Hewell prison. Police appeal to hand
:14:02. > :14:03.himself in. Your detailed weather forecast to
:14:04. > :14:07.come shortly. Also in tonight's programme: down to the wire, a night
:14:08. > :14:10.of drama in the league cup ends in penalties between Birmingham and
:14:11. > :14:16.Stoke. And do you know your Brummie
:14:17. > :14:18.history? The author who says its time to look again at the city's
:14:19. > :14:32.past. When you're just 11 and severely
:14:33. > :14:36.disabled, playing outside with other children can be a real challenge.
:14:37. > :14:40.That's why Shannon Hale's parents wanted to turn their run`down back
:14:41. > :14:43.garden into a safe haven. Their hearts sank though when quotes for
:14:44. > :14:47.the work came in at thousands of pounds. Then they heard about a new
:14:48. > :14:52.Black Country charity, Love to Give, which aims to help those most in
:14:53. > :14:53.need. Shannon's garden transformation is
:14:54. > :15:02.well underway. Shannon Hale from Kingswinford has
:15:03. > :15:09.never seen quite so much activity in her back garden. Gone are the broken
:15:10. > :15:13.fences and rough grass. In their place a team of volunteers, over
:15:14. > :15:17.half way thru a free make over. It's kindness her mum and dad find hard
:15:18. > :15:22.to take in. I was nearly in tears. I said don't make me cry yet! We
:15:23. > :15:26.always seem to think that we have bad luck, not good enough. To us,
:15:27. > :15:30.this doesn't exist. It doesn't happen to people like us. We don't
:15:31. > :15:33.get this sort of support. Businessman Steve Grove and boxing
:15:34. > :15:36.promoter Pete jackson are the male equivalents of fairy godmothers.
:15:37. > :15:43.They set up a charity called love to give earlier this year, which aims
:15:44. > :15:46.to help children and young adults. When you meet these parents, they
:15:47. > :15:50.are so down`to`earth. You think, what can we do for this family? We
:15:51. > :15:55.just want to help and that is what keeps us going. Other volunteers
:15:56. > :15:59.come into the garden with us and we are giving something back. It costs
:16:00. > :16:02.nothing to give something back. This is the first garden they did for a
:16:03. > :16:06.little disabled boy called Jack from Woolaston. Organising a trip up ben
:16:07. > :16:14.Nevis for 45 complete strangers was one of many fundraisers. We meet
:16:15. > :16:20.people and decide together. We do an event, raise the money. We don't get
:16:21. > :16:23.it given to us. Then we spend the money on that child directly so
:16:24. > :16:26.every penny raised, you can see where it is going. Speaking of the
:16:27. > :16:29.pennies, Emma here might be painting Mr Tumble, but usually she works at
:16:30. > :16:36.Dudley building society. Steve pulled a few strings with her boss.
:16:37. > :16:40.They are top blokes, may I say? They are unbelievable. All the workers
:16:41. > :16:43.that cannot help. They are unbelievable people. When it's
:16:44. > :16:46.finished there'll be a Wendy house, astro turf and a swing but most
:16:47. > :16:49.exciting of all, a trampoline. In the future Shannon can share
:16:50. > :16:58.playtime with her younger brother and sister.
:16:59. > :17:02.It was a night of drama at St Andrew's last night as Birmingham
:17:03. > :17:05.City took on Stoke City in the League Cup. It went to extra time
:17:06. > :17:11.and penalties as both sides fought it out for a place in the quarter
:17:12. > :17:14.finals. With winter starting to bite the
:17:15. > :17:18.fans had wrapped up against the chill but this was a game which left
:17:19. > :17:22.everyone who watched it with a warm glow. Premier League Stoke City have
:17:23. > :17:24.struggled for goals this season but took charge thanks to this this
:17:25. > :17:28.stunning effort from Oussama Assaidi. Championship Birmingham
:17:29. > :17:33.fought back and levelled through Tom Adeyemi. The balance of the tie
:17:34. > :17:37.seemed to have shifted for good when Wade Elliott was sent off just
:17:38. > :17:41.before half`time for an arm in the face of Assaidi. Stoke seemed to be
:17:42. > :17:44.cruising into the next round when goals in the second half from Peter
:17:45. > :17:47.Crouch and Marko Arnautovic gave them a 3`1 advantage. But this is a
:17:48. > :17:53.competition in which Birmingham have thrived in recent years and the 2011
:17:54. > :17:59.winners staged a stunning comeback. Substitute Peter Lovenkrands scored
:18:00. > :18:02.twice. The second deep into stoppage time and amazingly the ten men had
:18:03. > :18:06.earned an extra half an hour. Once more Stoke gained the upper hand.
:18:07. > :18:09.Kenwyne Jones with their fourth. But sloppy defending allowed Olly Lee to
:18:10. > :18:14.score his first goal for Blues and take the tie to a penalty shoot`out.
:18:15. > :18:17.There was to be far less drama here as Birmingham missed their first two
:18:18. > :18:21.and Stoke ruthlessly took advantage. But while their players celebrated
:18:22. > :18:28.with the fans it was the Birmingham supporters who seemed to have taken
:18:29. > :18:33.even greater heart. Unbelievable. To come back from that scoreline, with
:18:34. > :18:37.ten men, says an awful lot for the team spirit. I thought they were
:18:38. > :18:40.outstanding. You couldn't have asked for anything else really. I just
:18:41. > :18:46.wished we could have been in the next round to thank the fans and
:18:47. > :18:56.also let the players have some report ` reward. I'm so proud of
:18:57. > :19:04.them. We made a dog 's dinner of it to be perfectly honest. They
:19:05. > :19:13.switched off. Stoke City will learn their quarterfinal opponents when
:19:14. > :19:16.the draw is made this evening. Best Selling Author and Birmingham
:19:17. > :19:19.resident RJ Ellory, says that the people of the city have forgotten
:19:20. > :19:22.its history. The crime writer is presenting his arguments at one of
:19:23. > :19:29.the CityTalks Public Lectures being hosted by Birmingham City University
:19:30. > :19:32.tomorrow evening. Birmingham, the UK's second city,
:19:33. > :19:41.home to diverse communities and the youngest population in Europe. But
:19:42. > :19:47.what do we know about its history? I know more about the Black Country
:19:48. > :19:49.than Birmingham. Leaders of industry helped to promote the industrial
:19:50. > :19:53.revolution. I'm sorry but we can't be much up to you. We come from
:19:54. > :20:00.Dorset. Now Birmingham author RJ Ellory is on a mission to remind us
:20:01. > :20:05.all about our heritage. I meet him on Vincent driveby the Birmingham
:20:06. > :20:09.University Station. Here we are at the original footprint of the Roman
:20:10. > :20:12.fort built on the seventh century which established the first
:20:13. > :20:16.residence in this part of the country. So why are you on this
:20:17. > :20:21.personal mission to educate at the moment? Birmingham is a hugely
:20:22. > :20:24.undervalued, hugely under recognised and hugely underappreciated city.
:20:25. > :20:27.Fed up of people viewing the city as a dark, drab place, Roger has
:20:28. > :20:32.reseacrhed the orgins of Birmingham. In the 12th century it became a
:20:33. > :20:42.market town. Its founders remembered inside St Martin's at the Bullring.
:20:43. > :20:47.We have here teams ` tombs of the original family which established
:20:48. > :20:50.Birmingham. They were the people who obtained the Royal Charter that
:20:51. > :20:54.enabled a market to be opened here in the first place. And not many
:20:55. > :20:57.people know about them. Even people who have lived here all of their
:20:58. > :21:10.lives. And so for those who live here, a reminder to sing the city's
:21:11. > :21:13.praises. From it's musical pioneers, Black Sabbath, Duran Duran and ELO
:21:14. > :21:17.to industrial pioneers like Boulton Whatt and Murdoch. RJ Elloree wants
:21:18. > :21:20.all of us to stand proud. It was here that the Spitfire was built.
:21:21. > :21:24.Had we not had the Spitfire, it raises the question, would we have
:21:25. > :21:30.won the Battle of Britain? Would we now have the nation that we have? It
:21:31. > :21:33.is a reminder that should never be forgotten of how much we, as
:21:34. > :21:39.Birmingham citizens, have contributed to culture, industry,
:21:40. > :21:44.the arts all over the world. From the old to the new. He once all of
:21:45. > :21:49.us to celebrate Birmingham 's rich heritage.
:21:50. > :21:52.Of course Birmingham's rich heritage also includes the history of the
:21:53. > :21:55.motor car. By the late 1960s Longbridge was the largest car plant
:21:56. > :21:59.in the world and employed around 250,000 workers. But in 2005 the MG
:22:00. > :22:04.Rover Car plant closed. Now though the area is being given a boost with
:22:05. > :22:08.some public art. So what's happening?
:22:09. > :22:12.Well, tonight here at Bournville College there's a taster of whats to
:22:13. > :22:18.come over the next 12 months in Longbridge. A new annual festival of
:22:19. > :22:21.lights inspired by the Fete des Lumieres from Birmingham's sister
:22:22. > :22:24.city Lyon, as well as pieces of public art made by atrisst alogn wth
:22:25. > :22:28.residents here are some of the highlights that feature in this nwe
:22:29. > :22:31.Public Art Strategy for the area. Let's speak now to the lady leading
:22:32. > :22:34.the project. Why do this? Bournville College has an important milestone
:22:35. > :22:38.coming up with their centenary. They asked me to develop a strategy to
:22:39. > :22:44.further support the community and the regeneration of Longbridge. How
:22:45. > :22:47.will it work? Imminently, we will have nine artists in residence that
:22:48. > :22:51.will be spread across Longbridge and they will simply have conversations
:22:52. > :22:55.with people here. They will be inspired by the historical context
:22:56. > :23:01.and hopefully that will inform their concept development for public art.
:23:02. > :23:06.It doesn't sound very interesting. Let me turn to the leader Birmingham
:23:07. > :23:11.City Council, Sir Albert Bore. To what extent can public art
:23:12. > :23:14.regenerate an area? Public art doesn't in itself regenerate an
:23:15. > :23:18.area. It brings life and character into an area which is being
:23:19. > :23:23.regenerated. Public Art of this quality, I think, is essential, to
:23:24. > :23:31.help bring the area alive and make it somewhere that people want to be.
:23:32. > :23:34.This project will cost ?400,000. Bournville College and arts Council
:23:35. > :23:39.West Midlands have funded it. To what extent can public art play a
:23:40. > :23:46.role in regeneration? Without vibrancy and public art, without
:23:47. > :23:50.culture, the city is not alive. This all kicks off next year with a
:23:51. > :23:52.festival for the community. It will bring brightness to an area which
:23:53. > :24:00.has seen some dark days. We are struggling on that front
:24:01. > :24:06.because we have come to the part of the week where we are moving from
:24:07. > :24:11.November... From October to November. It will bring showers and
:24:12. > :24:14.any dry periods will be brief indeed. Once again, the winds are
:24:15. > :24:18.also going to be strengthening as we head into the weekend. That does not
:24:19. > :24:22.bode very well for Halloween or those bonfires. At the moment,
:24:23. > :24:25.fortnight as tomorrow, we have these two fronts which are passing
:24:26. > :24:28.through. After that, the remainder of the week is driven by low
:24:29. > :24:37.pressure pushing in from the West. We have two areas this time that
:24:38. > :24:41.pushing in but it will not bring storms. Nevertheless, there will be
:24:42. > :24:47.gusty winds and heavy rain showers. As for this evening, right now, we
:24:48. > :24:52.have light rain crossing the region. It will move away to the south`east,
:24:53. > :24:56.leaving or parts dried, clear and quite cold. Particularly so for
:24:57. > :25:02.rural areas. Elsewhere, temperatures will be at around six to nine
:25:03. > :25:09.Celsius. Some fairly widespread mist and fog patches developing through
:25:10. > :25:15.low`lying areas. Once that disburses, it will shift eastwards
:25:16. > :25:20.and we could see a spot of sunshine first thing. More cloud is going to
:25:21. > :25:24.gradually piling during the course of the day. It will bring a band of
:25:25. > :25:30.rain to all parts. Some of that could be heavy. Most of it is going
:25:31. > :25:37.to be light. Temperatures although the degree also lower than today,
:25:38. > :25:40.the wind will also be slightly stronger from that south`westerly
:25:41. > :25:43.direction. Overall, it would be quite cool. The rain will still
:25:44. > :25:50.linger into the night tomorrow. It will eventually clear up and then we
:25:51. > :25:53.will see more piling from the West. With all that cloud, it will not be
:25:54. > :25:58.quite as cold as tonight. We will not see any frost. As I said, as we
:25:59. > :26:00.head into Friday itself, we've got rain and more rain and showers over
:26:01. > :26:09.the weekend. Tonight's headlines from the BBC:
:26:10. > :26:13.The prosecution opens its case in the phone hacking trial and says
:26:14. > :26:16.former News of the World bosses knew what was going on. On the run,
:26:17. > :26:19.convicted murderer Alan John Giles escapes from Hewell prison, police
:26:20. > :26:39.appeal to hand himself in. That was the Midlands Today. I'll be
:26:40. > :26:43.Everyday normal things that everybody does is where I use my energy.
:26:44. > :26:45.I haven't got an extravagant lifestyle,
:26:46. > :26:47.I've not got a hot tub outside or something like that.
:26:48. > :26:52.In essence, it is a choice between heating or eating.
:26:53. > :26:56.We will still eat and we will still have heating