:00:00. > :00:00.from the west That
:00:00. > :00:17.Hello and welcome to Midlands Today. The headlines tonight: they want
:00:18. > :00:21.me, I will be saying don't screw this up. We'll be talking to
:00:22. > :00:27.constituents and finding out what this is likely to mean for MP Mark
:00:28. > :00:29.Pritchard. Also tonight: The father of a teenager who hanged herself
:00:30. > :00:38.says more could have been done to help her. Somebody in the system
:00:39. > :00:42.made us feel as though Chelsea was getting better when in fact she was
:00:43. > :00:45.actually getting worse. The dangers of everyday household
:00:46. > :00:55.cleaning products, a campaign to keep children like Zachary say. It
:00:56. > :00:59.was nasty. In my RA. The speed skaters from Solihull who
:01:00. > :01:01.are medal favourites for the Winter Olympics.
:01:02. > :01:04.And it hasn't stopped raining all day. At this rate, flood alerts
:01:05. > :01:06.could quite easily turn into flood warnings ` but will they? The latest
:01:07. > :01:20.on the weather coming up shortly. Good evening. A Conservative MP from
:01:21. > :01:23.Shropshire is threatening libel action tonight against a newspaper
:01:24. > :01:25.that's accused him of trying to profit by using his parliamentary
:01:26. > :01:29.contacts. Mark Pritchard, who's been MP for the Wrekin for eight years,
:01:30. > :01:33.wouldn't be interviewed, but he insists he's done nothing wrong.
:01:34. > :01:36.He's referred himself to Parliament's Commissioner for
:01:37. > :01:46.Standards, saying he wants to clear his name. FrontPage and are under
:01:47. > :01:49.fire. Mark Pritchard is accused of
:01:50. > :01:52.offering to use his political contacts in Albania to broker a
:01:53. > :01:55.business deal from which he stood to benefit. He was secretly filmed by
:01:56. > :01:57.an undercover reporter posing as a businessman talking about the
:01:58. > :02:22.influence he could bring to bear. I may just be a little council house
:02:23. > :02:25.lad from a very poor background. Mr Pritchard's a member of the
:02:26. > :02:28.Parliamentary All`Party Committee on Albania and has longstanding links
:02:29. > :02:32.to the country. Elsewhere in the recording, the MP asks for a fee of
:02:33. > :02:34.?3,000 a month for his help building a chain of hotels, plus a percentage
:02:35. > :02:49.of any deal that's struck. He's said he'll now refer himself to
:02:50. > :02:52.the MPs' watchdog, the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, in an
:02:53. > :02:55.effort to clear his name. Mr Pritchard didn't want to be
:02:56. > :02:57.interviewed today but in a statement, he described the
:02:58. > :03:06.allegations as hurtful and malicious. He denied any wrongdoing
:03:07. > :03:09.and said the Telegraph had quoted him out of context.
:03:10. > :03:12.He's obviously confident that he hasn't breached any parliamentary
:03:13. > :03:14.rules but obviously we're waiting to see what the Parliamentary
:03:15. > :03:17.Commissioner for Standards report is going to say and obviously for the
:03:18. > :03:28.association we'll take any necessary action that report will indicate.
:03:29. > :03:34.Mr Pritchard increased his majority in the Wrekin at the last election.
:03:35. > :03:38.On a wet Wednesday in Wellington there was no rush to judge.
:03:39. > :03:41.Your faith in him isn't shaken by these allegations? Not shaken at
:03:42. > :03:45.all, no. Wait to hear what further news there is in the future. I think
:03:46. > :03:48.it's yet to be proven because it's gone to the Parliamentary Standards
:03:49. > :03:53.Committee and therefore I'll wait for them to judge. He says he's done
:03:54. > :03:58.nothing wrong so I don't know. Yes, I hope he clears his name. If not,
:03:59. > :04:02.justice will do. Mr Pritchard has sued the Telegraph
:04:03. > :04:13.for libel in the past and says he's consulting his lawyers with a view
:04:14. > :04:16.to taking action again. Our political editor Patrick Burns
:04:17. > :04:19.joins us now. Just how serious a matter is this, Patrick? It's a very
:04:20. > :04:22.serious accusation. Sufficiently serious for Mr Pritchard to have
:04:23. > :04:25.wasted no time in referring himself to the Pmtary Standards
:04:26. > :04:31.Commissioner, in order he says, to clear his name. If he had been using
:04:32. > :04:34.his parliamentary position to further his business interests that
:04:35. > :04:43.would be a very grave matter. But that he says is exactly what he
:04:44. > :04:46.hasn't been doing. The deal he was taped negotiating was for his
:04:47. > :04:49.advisory company which is on he Register of Members' Interests.
:04:50. > :04:51.Completely transparent. The commissioner will have to decide
:04:52. > :04:54.whether or not this arrangement allows a sufficient separation
:04:55. > :04:56.between his parliamentary and interests. What view will the
:04:57. > :05:00.Conservative Party be taking about this. Not the sort of headlines
:05:01. > :05:02.they'd want? They'll say it's a matter for the Parliamentary
:05:03. > :05:06.Standards Commission but you're right about the headlines. They
:05:07. > :05:09.revive memories from not too distant past about 'cash for questions' and
:05:10. > :05:12.'cash for access'. Mr Pritchard points out that he has neither
:05:13. > :05:15.received any money nor done any political lobbying on behalf of
:05:16. > :05:19.anyone involved in these negotiations. And what about Mr
:05:20. > :05:23.Pritchard? You know him, how will he be taking this? He's a very
:05:24. > :05:26.combative character. He was one of the architects of the biggest Tory
:05:27. > :05:32.backbench revolt in living memory, the EU Referendum issue. I'm not
:05:33. > :05:35.surprised he's taking legal advice about suing the Telegraph. Equally
:05:36. > :05:39.in my experience his actions and words are chosen with great care. So
:05:40. > :05:43.I'd be very surprised if he didn't feel he was negotiating within the
:05:44. > :05:46.rules. But that revives the debate over whether or not those rules
:05:47. > :05:50.should be changed. And he does need to retain the confidence of his
:05:51. > :05:56.support of his constituency party in Shropshire. Thank you.
:05:57. > :06:00.Coming up later in the programme: On the voyage to a brave new digital
:06:01. > :06:06.world. Has Birmingham missed the cultural boat?
:06:07. > :06:13.The father of a teenager who took her own life says more could have
:06:14. > :06:16.been done to help her. He was speaking after a serious case review
:06:17. > :06:22.found failings in the care received by Chelsea Clark. The 13`year`old
:06:23. > :06:24.girl was found hanged at her home in Wolverhampton two years ago. A
:06:25. > :06:27.review by the city's safeguarding board says that those involved could
:06:28. > :06:33.have worked together better to protect her.
:06:34. > :06:36.Up until four months before her death, Chelsea Clark showed no signs
:06:37. > :06:41.of the mental health problems which would lead her to take her own life.
:06:42. > :06:44.But when she was 13, she started self harming which brought her and
:06:45. > :06:52.her family into contact with health and social services. A serious case
:06:53. > :06:55.review published yesterday highlighted a number of failings in
:06:56. > :07:00.communication, record keeping and listening to Chelsea. It is a bit of
:07:01. > :07:06.a shock when the report does come out and you see how big it is. But I
:07:07. > :07:14.am in full agreement with everything and feel that Chelsea was let down
:07:15. > :07:18.by a number of services. The report points to a particular occasion when
:07:19. > :07:22.she was in hospital. In the spring of 2011, Chelsea was a tattoo to the
:07:23. > :07:28.children's ward here after taking an overdose. `` was admitted to the
:07:29. > :07:32.children's ward. She was then discharged despite the report saying
:07:33. > :07:38.that she would try to take her own life. Someone in the system read
:07:39. > :07:44.Chelsea wrong, we feel. And made us feel as if Chelsea was getting
:07:45. > :07:51.better when in fact, she was getting worse.
:07:52. > :07:54.Less than three months later, Phil and his wife found their daughter
:07:55. > :07:59.hanged in her bedroom at home. Trust managers say lessons have been
:08:00. > :08:02.learned. Chelsea was herself articulating their capacity to keep
:08:03. > :08:08.herself say. We have looked at that and we think we need to concentrate
:08:09. > :08:13.more on this thing to the views of young people in our care and would
:08:14. > :08:17.seek to do that much more consistently as again perhaps was
:08:18. > :08:20.done on this occasion. Two years on and all 30 of the
:08:21. > :08:26.report's recommendations have been implemented. I know pretty well what
:08:27. > :08:35.was going to be the report but when the report came out it took it right
:08:36. > :08:40.back to the day I buried Chelsea. Full Chelsea would be 16 now. For
:08:41. > :08:44.her family, the report just adds to the painful list of "what ifs".
:08:45. > :08:52.Joining us now is Lucy Russell, Director of campaigns at the charity
:08:53. > :08:55.Youngminds. Good evening to you. This was tragic for everyone
:08:56. > :09:03.concerned. She was clearly crying out for help, but what help is there
:09:04. > :09:09.for girls like Chelsea? There is help. But sometimes that help is
:09:10. > :09:15.quite hard to access. That help does not happen early enough and what is
:09:16. > :09:20.really important is that we look across the spectrum of who can
:09:21. > :09:24.help. So that actually starts with parents, with teachers, with social
:09:25. > :09:31.workers with youth workers, and then moves on from there to child and
:09:32. > :09:36.adolescent mental health services and then onto inpatient units so I
:09:37. > :09:41.think actually it is not just about crisis services, it is about
:09:42. > :09:47.everything that leads up to those services as well. And the people
:09:48. > :09:52.listen enough? I don't think people listen enough and what they don't do
:09:53. > :10:00.is listen enough to the voices of children and young people as the
:10:01. > :10:05.report demonstrated. And I think it is very important to listen to young
:10:06. > :10:11.people and make sure that services take account of what they say.
:10:12. > :10:17.Something like this, tragedies do happen and it is incredibly sad and
:10:18. > :10:21.this kind of thing is a very inexact science. We cannot always predict
:10:22. > :10:25.who is going to tragically take their own life but I think there is
:10:26. > :10:30.a real point being made here about listening to young people. We
:10:31. > :10:35.listened to adults but not to children. Early intervention is
:10:36. > :10:39.crucial. Absolutely. One of the import of this to point out is that
:10:40. > :10:43.the cuts that are being made to child and adolescent medal health
:10:44. > :10:48.services are really putting pressure on the services so there is a
:10:49. > :10:53.shortage of beds, there is not enough care in the community and an
:10:54. > :10:59.issue with what happened to Chelsea with when she came out of hospital,
:11:00. > :11:02.why is the cannot bear? So it is making sure the services of the
:11:03. > :11:06.investment they need right across the board from early intervention
:11:07. > :11:09.right through inpatient services. Thank you.
:11:10. > :11:12.A soldier from the third Battalion of the Mercian Regiment, the
:11:13. > :11:14.Staffords, has been killed in a suicide attack in Afghanistan. The
:11:15. > :11:17.soldier, who's been described as "hugely experienced", was on patrol
:11:18. > :11:26.in the Kamparack area of Helmand when a car bomb was set off. He's
:11:27. > :11:32.the eighth British serviceman to be killed in Afghanistan this year. His
:11:33. > :11:41.family have been informed. The cheap" Warwickshire says he has
:11:42. > :11:47.been misrepresented by MPs, `` the `` the Commissioner. Andrew Mitchell
:11:48. > :11:54.has always denied calling PC officers plebs.
:11:55. > :11:58.A welder who murdered his wife by pushing her downstairs has been
:11:59. > :12:02.jailed for life. Alun Evans from Kidderminster had been having an
:12:03. > :12:05.affair. Louise Evans was found with a skipping rope and vacuum cleaner
:12:06. > :12:10.next to her body to try to make the death look accidental.
:12:11. > :12:14.Too many children are being accidentally poisoned by cleaning
:12:15. > :12:20.products according to the Birmingham `based Royal Society for the
:12:21. > :12:27.Prevention of Accidents. Last year, 600 children alone were accident the
:12:28. > :12:36.poisoned in Solihull. Many are omitted to hospital due to hospital
:12:37. > :12:42.`` poisoning. Today, a campaign was launched to highlight the dangers.
:12:43. > :12:46.Like most two`year`olds, Zachary is inquisitive. But it was his natural
:12:47. > :12:55.curiosity at home in Great Barr that caused him agony. I had done a load
:12:56. > :12:59.of washing and put a tablet into the washing machine and we were in here,
:13:00. > :13:03.me and my husband watching television when I heard Zachary cry
:13:04. > :13:08.and you know when it you hear it, you know it is bad. So we raced
:13:09. > :13:14.outside and he had got the liquid tab and squeezed it and it was all
:13:15. > :13:18.over his eyes. At hospital, the necessary treatment was tortuous.
:13:19. > :13:22.They used salt solution which is but through into a small tube whereby we
:13:23. > :13:25.had to hold him down and wrapping up in towels and there was a nurse
:13:26. > :13:31.there to open his eye and another nurse to feed all the saline
:13:32. > :13:37.solution in. It was one litre per eye and the whole thing took about
:13:38. > :13:44.25 minutes, it was horrendous. It was nasty, in my eyes. A campaign by
:13:45. > :13:47.the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents on the dangers of
:13:48. > :13:50.household cleaning products was launched in front of families at
:13:51. > :13:53.Birmingham Children's Hospital. If they are swallowed, they are not
:13:54. > :13:58.normally a big rob them. They will cause some sickness and diarrhoea,
:13:59. > :14:03.sometimes they get drowsy but they just did to wear that. The greater
:14:04. > :14:08.concern is when they get into the eyes and a chemical irritation that
:14:09. > :14:17.it can cause. We know young people in the home, they are attracted to
:14:18. > :14:22.their products the `` these brothers because they are in reachable
:14:23. > :14:25.places. Not even safety caps guarantee safety, people say they
:14:26. > :14:31.simply reduce the risk by delaying access to what is inside. We try to
:14:32. > :14:39.keep every cleaning product locked in a cupboard. My three`year`old had
:14:40. > :14:43.eaten a washing tablet it was a Likud won and he was sick twice.
:14:44. > :14:51.Back in Great Barr Zachary didn't suffer any lasting damage. But his
:14:52. > :14:55.mum says she learnt a hard lesson. The guilt was just horrendous. I am
:14:56. > :15:02.a sensible mother, I put catches on the door and it was just a silly
:15:03. > :15:04.mistake. Sounds as if Zachary is OK now.
:15:05. > :15:08.Our top story tonight: A Shropshire MP says he'll sue over newspaper
:15:09. > :15:12.allegations that he tried to profit from his political influence. Your
:15:13. > :15:15.detailed weather forecast to come shortly from Shefali. Also in
:15:16. > :15:21.tonight's programme, a draw takes Wolves to second in the table but it
:15:22. > :15:23.could have been so much better. And a co`production with US and
:15:24. > :15:36.English actors heading from Warwickshire to America.
:15:37. > :15:40.This region is falling behind in grabbing a fair share of cash for
:15:41. > :15:44.cutting edge innovation and technology. London and cities such
:15:45. > :15:47.as Bristol and Cardiff are pushing Birmingham out of the digital
:15:48. > :15:51.limelight. Our science correspondent David Gregory Kumar has been
:15:52. > :15:57.investigating. Is this a big problem, David, and if so what's the
:15:58. > :16:00.solution? It could be. "Digital culture" is a phrase that
:16:01. > :16:03.covers all sorts of arts and creative endeavours from film
:16:04. > :16:10.making, opera and theatre to coding, the internet and even video games.
:16:11. > :16:14.And here in Birmingham what the digital cultural life of the city
:16:15. > :16:18.lacks is a space to come together and meet and swap ideas. And some
:16:19. > :16:22.sort of big event to kick off new collaborations. And maybe a digital
:16:23. > :16:27.festival. But maybe this afternoon at the BBC here in Birmingham a
:16:28. > :16:31.small step to tackling this problem. It's certainly been a spectacular
:16:32. > :16:40.few years for the cultural life of Birmingham. Massive events like
:16:41. > :16:43.Olympics`linked The Voyage. And the first ever performance of
:16:44. > :16:45.Stockhausen's Mittwoch aus Licht. An extraordinary opera featuring
:16:46. > :16:50.violinists in helicopters. And all reached a much wider audience thanks
:16:51. > :16:54.to the internet. If we make it at the centre of the work we do and
:16:55. > :16:57.choose the correct repertoire, we can give people an experience at
:16:58. > :17:01.home, on demand without them having to come to the venue and reach
:17:02. > :17:06.beyond geographical boundaries, beyond earning and across the world.
:17:07. > :17:12.So as everywhere else the Internet is revolutionising our cultural
:17:13. > :17:14.life. But some uncomfortable truths. Birmingham is falling behind cities
:17:15. > :17:21.like cardiff and bristol. One problem? No clear place to meet. I
:17:22. > :17:26.guess I was trying to explain that there is something about the ecology
:17:27. > :17:29.of the still that is fundamentally different to Birmingham but we have
:17:30. > :17:36.got a physical space where you can bring film`makers, games designers,
:17:37. > :17:40.artists, creatives together, technologists, geeks for what of a
:17:41. > :17:49.better word. To be able to talk about their ideas and discuss ideas
:17:50. > :17:52.in person. But today's meting may be a small step to helping the city
:17:53. > :17:56.catch up. You may say, why matter? These
:17:57. > :17:59.industries generate jobs and income though and if Birmingham has not got
:18:00. > :18:04.the facilities to hold onto creative talent, it will have long`term
:18:05. > :18:09.impacts for Birmingham and the wider Midlands. The biggest creative
:18:10. > :18:13.industry in the UK is the BBC itself and here in BBC Birmingham in the
:18:14. > :18:20.past 18 months, something described as a whole out of burger making from
:18:21. > :18:23.the city here. BBC bosses were here today and would not talk to us today
:18:24. > :18:26.but they do say we should expect an announcement about the future of
:18:27. > :18:30.programme making here at BBC Birmingham in the next two weeks.
:18:31. > :18:34.Football now and Wolves missed their chance to go joint top of League One
:18:35. > :18:41.last night. Twice they took the lead, away to Carlisle, but twice
:18:42. > :18:45.they were pegged back. So they had to settle for one point instead of
:18:46. > :18:49.three as the game finished 2`2, leaving fans and the manager
:18:50. > :18:54.frustrated. Jackets on for a cold night out.
:18:55. > :18:57.Exactly two years ago, Kevin Doyle was helping Wolves beat Wigan in the
:18:58. > :19:00.Premier League. How times change. Last night, he was signing in at
:19:01. > :19:04.Carlisle, where Wolves were looking for their fourth straight victory in
:19:05. > :19:07.League One. It all started so well. Just eight minutes played when
:19:08. > :19:09.Bakary Sako put the visitors in front. And thirteen hundred
:19:10. > :19:13.travelling fans must have thought three points were there for the
:19:14. > :19:17.taking. But on the half hour, Carlisle were level through Prince
:19:18. > :19:21.Buaben. It was a wake up call for Wolves, who responded by regaining
:19:22. > :19:25.the lead just before the break. Leigh Griffith's 10th goal of the
:19:26. > :19:28.season. In the second half, Wolves failed to raise their game. The
:19:29. > :19:32.referee spotted a tug on the shirt by Lee Evans. And there were few
:19:33. > :19:40.complaints. Penalty. Duly scored to give Carlisle a point at 2`2. And it
:19:41. > :19:43.could easily have been worse, Wolves' poor performance left Kenny
:19:44. > :19:45.Jackett fuming. The second half performance or that poor, I don't
:19:46. > :19:50.think we deserved anything out of it, we did well to get a point, we
:19:51. > :19:55.did well to get it. In the second half, Carlisle wanted it more than
:19:56. > :19:58.we did. We were in a good position, and we fell away and did not
:19:59. > :20:04.capitalise. Wolves are couple of points behind Leyton Orient while
:20:05. > :20:07.they are off to hold on the Saturday for the FA Cup. `` off to Oldham.
:20:08. > :20:12.Britain's short`track speed skaters are in Italy this week for a vital
:20:13. > :20:15.Olympic qualifying tournament. The team, including Solihull pair Jon
:20:16. > :20:18.Ealy and Paul Stanley, are hotly tipped to bring back medals from the
:20:19. > :20:27.2014 Winter Olympics in Russia. But they have to get there first.
:20:28. > :20:31.There are only three months to go to the Winter Olympics so this week in
:20:32. > :20:36.Turin the British team are skating for their Olympic future. Solihull's
:20:37. > :20:40.Jon Eley has been here before. The 29`year`old is one of the most
:20:41. > :20:46.experienced members of the team. COMMENTATOR: Terrific stuff of Great
:20:47. > :20:50.Britain, leaving here. He's a former European champion and has finished
:20:51. > :20:54.in the top eight at the past two Games and is back with one last bid
:20:55. > :20:59.for a medal. I am pretty excited. I have got myself into a good bit of
:21:00. > :21:03.form, the training has been going well and it is exciting times. It is
:21:04. > :21:07.another Olympic qualifiers but it will be different. The British team
:21:08. > :21:10.are leaving nothing to chance. They've already been to Sochi in
:21:11. > :21:14.Russia where the Games will be held next February to prepare. Rising
:21:15. > :21:18.star Elise Christie is expected to bring a medal home so does Jon
:21:19. > :21:21.believe he can win one too? I am good enough and if I perform to my
:21:22. > :21:26.best on the day, I come home with what I want. You go through rounds
:21:27. > :21:28.of racing so you can have a fantastic first round and then not
:21:29. > :21:34.focus on the second round and you can go out, you need to focus on the
:21:35. > :21:38.rounds, every race is important. More than 200 skaters are competing
:21:39. > :21:39.this week in Italy and next week in Russia but only 32 will qualify for
:21:40. > :21:48.the Games. We wish them well.
:21:49. > :21:53.Two countries divided by a common language ` the old joke about
:21:54. > :21:56.Britain and America. But for 100 years the Royal Shakespeare Company
:21:57. > :22:00.has been trying to bring the two countries together through a shared
:22:01. > :22:02.love of the Bard. Now a new transatlantic adaptation of
:22:03. > :22:06.Shakespeare's Anthony and Cleopatra ` or Tony and Cleo, perhaps ` is to
:22:07. > :22:07.tour the States. Our Arts Reporter Satnam Rana has been talking to the
:22:08. > :22:21.Anglo` American cast and crew. Their hateful memory...
:22:22. > :22:23.A unique union of cast and crew from America and the UK for this adaption
:22:24. > :22:36.of Anthony and Cleopatra. This version is set in the
:22:37. > :22:41.Caribbean. It's the late 1700s and the eve of the Haiti revolution
:22:42. > :22:44.against the French. The show is produced The Royal Shakepearre
:22:45. > :22:47.Company, Miami's Gablestage and The Public Theartre in New York. This
:22:48. > :22:52.production comes at a fitting time. Exactly 100 years ago, a company of
:22:53. > :22:56.actors from Stratford`upon`Avon went across to the United States to tour
:22:57. > :23:04.for the first time. Shakespeare is the greatest writer in the Western
:23:05. > :23:08.canon so his work lives on and his work can be interpreted in so many
:23:09. > :23:13.different ways and productions, reflecting what is happening in our
:23:14. > :23:17.times. The Royal Shakespare brand is now a shared asset between UK and
:23:18. > :23:21.the America ` in 2011 the copmany took a flatpack thaetre to New York
:23:22. > :23:25.for a summer run and Matilda of course has been a Broadway hit. We
:23:26. > :23:31.have a loyal audience in America. We love going out and flying the flag
:23:32. > :23:35.for Stafford upon a them and for the West Midlands, and as a consequence,
:23:36. > :23:38.a lot of our audiences come from North America and back into
:23:39. > :23:43.Stratford so it is a two`way thing and it is really important to us.
:23:44. > :23:49.The play has been radically edited by former International Playwright
:23:50. > :23:53.in Residence Tarell Alvin McCraney. But with a cast of five actors from
:23:54. > :23:56.here and five from the US how challening has it been? The goal is
:23:57. > :24:00.to give them their unique flavours and spices to tell one story so that
:24:01. > :24:07.was my main focus, regardless of whether they had been in the US or
:24:08. > :24:10.the UK. The play opens tomorrow at the Swan Theatre and will travel to
:24:11. > :24:18.and Miami and New York from January onwards.
:24:19. > :24:19.I hope the weather is a bit better for them, how is the forecast
:24:20. > :24:27.looking? Quite bad, I'm afraid but today we
:24:28. > :24:31.had plenty of rain as you know and there is still more to come. It is
:24:32. > :24:36.not over yet. The rain has had an impact slightly and river levels
:24:37. > :24:40.already, two flood alerts at the moment south of Leominster and for
:24:41. > :24:45.the River Severn between Tewkesbury and also Gloucester. These areas
:24:46. > :24:51.will be fundable to flooding if we get any substantial rain. And that
:24:52. > :24:56.is likely. Over the weekend, showers on Saturday but Remembrance Day
:24:57. > :24:59.parades, we have got wet and windy weather heading our way from the
:25:00. > :25:04.West but one piece of good news is that it could turn milder by then as
:25:05. > :25:08.well. The reason for that is because the system bringing in the rain on
:25:09. > :25:14.Sunday is a warm sector so we will be nestled in between these are the
:25:15. > :25:20.editor in them will be quite mild. Back to this evening, in the thick
:25:21. > :25:27.of it this evening. Lots of rain running through the area but this is
:25:28. > :25:30.heading east later on in the night, after midnight and by that stage it
:25:31. > :25:36.should be a lot drier. A good enough cloud across all parts but it will
:25:37. > :25:40.break in the morning and then we will reach the lowest temperatures
:25:41. > :25:45.of around five Celsius, towns and cities but colder in the
:25:46. > :25:47.countryside. I do not think we will see a frost tonight though. The
:25:48. > :25:53.winds will be light. Tomorrow morning, we are set up nicely for a
:25:54. > :25:56.good do you love sunshine which will develop through the day to
:25:57. > :26:00.widespread sunshine for most areas. We cannot rule out showers because
:26:01. > :26:05.the winds will be stronger from the south`west and the showers could
:26:06. > :26:07.crop up in the south across Shropshire but temperatures slightly
:26:08. > :26:15.lower tomorrow because the rain today was what in by a cold front so
:26:16. > :26:19.the edit behind it is colder. `` rain today was brought in by a cold
:26:20. > :26:22.front. A cluster of showers developing towards the north`west on
:26:23. > :26:33.Thursday evening overnight into Friday. Friday, we have got showers
:26:34. > :26:37.in the West, the same case on Saturday as well, fairly wet there,
:26:38. > :26:39.the dry it will be in the East but the wet and windy weather heading in
:26:40. > :26:45.for Sunday. Tonight's headlines from the BBC:
:26:46. > :26:49.The end of five hundred years of shipbuilding in Portsmouth as the
:26:50. > :26:50.defence giant BAE cuts jobs across the UK.
:26:51. > :26:53.A mother's desperate attempts to save her 4`year`old daughter from
:26:54. > :26:57.being mauled to death by the family's bulldog.
:26:58. > :27:00.A Shropshire MP says he'll sue over newspaper allegations that he tried
:27:01. > :27:05.to profit from his political influence.
:27:06. > :27:07.And the father of a teenager who hanged herself says more could have
:27:08. > :27:16.been done to save her. If you have a story you think we
:27:17. > :27:19.should be covering on Midlands Today, we would like to hear from
:27:20. > :27:23.you. You can call us or send an e`mail. We are also on Facebook or
:27:24. > :27:32.you can tweet us. And that was the programme macro. I
:27:33. > :27:36.will be back with the latest news at ten o'clock. We hope to have more on
:27:37. > :27:41.the death of a long serving soldier on the Mercian Regiment killed in
:27:42. > :27:43.Afghanistan. He was with the 3rd Battalion the Mercian Regiment, the
:27:44. > :27:46.former Staffordshire Regiment. For now, goodbye.