:00:00. > 3:59:59there are major concerns about the spread of disease. That is all from
:00:00. > :00:00.us. Hello and welcome to Midlands Today.
:00:07. > :00:10.The headlines tonight: The true cost of stolen livestock, with lamb
:00:11. > :00:20.prices on the up sheep rustling is now big business.
:00:21. > :00:24.If they steal ten sheep, they have saved ?800, that is why they do it.
:00:25. > :00:27.We hear how eating meat from stolen sheep could be dangerous.
:00:28. > :00:30.Also tonight: Feeling the impact of Typhoon Haiyan in the Midlands ` the
:00:31. > :00:40.Filipino community looking for ways to help. These people leave in
:00:41. > :00:42.classrooms, in halls and we will try to make them as comfortable as we
:00:43. > :00:46.can. This magnificent car made entirely
:00:47. > :00:49.in the Black Country ` find out why it will never take to our roads.
:00:50. > :00:52.The actress who's swapped Coronation Street for treading the boards in
:00:53. > :00:59.her own theatre group in the Potteries. It has been a beautiful
:01:00. > :01:05.day but that means it is a cold night on the way and it is time to
:01:06. > :01:12.get scraping those cars. A full forecast later.
:01:13. > :01:15.Good evening. There's been a huge increase in livestock rustling as
:01:16. > :01:19.the price of meat, in particular lamb, has hit record highs. Last
:01:20. > :01:25.year, around 70,000 sheep were stolen across the UK and that number
:01:26. > :01:29.is expected to rise. The cost to farmers is around ?6 million and
:01:30. > :01:36.that of course feeds through to us, as consumers. With top quality lamb
:01:37. > :01:40.selling at up to ?12 a kilo in the shops, it's not hard to see the
:01:41. > :01:42.attraction for thieves. But as our Rural Affairs Correspondent David
:01:43. > :01:52.Gregory`Kumar has been finding out, meat from stolen sheep could prove
:01:53. > :01:56.dangerous to eat. On police patrol in Shropshire
:01:57. > :02:00.looking for livestock rustlers. While general farm theft including
:02:01. > :02:06.the stealing of agricultural machinery is down, livestock theft
:02:07. > :02:14.is on the up. Commercial vehicles found near a gate where `` Gateway,
:02:15. > :02:19.we will find out if the vehicle has a legitimate purpose and find out
:02:20. > :02:26.what they are doing. A vehicle parked at a Gateway has explaining
:02:27. > :02:30.to do. A legitimate butchers like this one in Wolverhampton knows
:02:31. > :02:35.exactly where their meat has come from. Each of the lambs we buy has
:02:36. > :02:41.the Staffordshire not on it and that gives us the origin. But they also
:02:42. > :02:50.know why livestock theft is increasingly grew quickly. To cattle
:02:51. > :02:57.bought last week cost us over ?2000. If they steal ten sheep they have
:02:58. > :03:03.saved ?800. That is why they do it. This farm has been targeted three
:03:04. > :03:08.times now, losing over 140 animals but for the farmer it is not just
:03:09. > :03:15.about the money. I worry how they are being slaughtered. We try to
:03:16. > :03:20.look after them to the best of our ability when they are here with us.
:03:21. > :03:29.Where do they end up, how are they killed? I do not know. I am worried
:03:30. > :03:32.I will be targeted again. Why shouldn't they? They have been here
:03:33. > :03:44.three times, why can't they come again? At night it drives my wife
:03:45. > :03:51.and I mad. They could be back. I hope they don't. This is not just
:03:52. > :03:55.about crime or animal welfare. Meat from stolen animals could be
:03:56. > :04:00.dangerous. Farmers use powerful drugs to treat their animals but
:04:01. > :04:05.they know not to sell them when the drugs are in their system. With
:04:06. > :04:09.stolen sheep you have no guarantee of that. There is the possibility
:04:10. > :04:13.this meat is unfit for human consumption. Livestock theft is a
:04:14. > :04:19.police priority and a growing worry for our farmers.
:04:20. > :04:23.And David's here with me in the studio. David, we saw Mr Williams
:04:24. > :04:29.padlocking his gates at the end of your report, is there much else he
:04:30. > :04:35.can do to protect his livelihood? Farmers and the police are looking
:04:36. > :04:38.at cameras like this. They are weatherproof, remote cameras
:04:39. > :04:46.triggered by people moving in front of them. You can try to catch people
:04:47. > :04:53.in the act. What about the sheep themselves, is there any more that
:04:54. > :05:02.can be done to identify them? Sheep on Mr Williams farm have a big green
:05:03. > :05:07.stamp on their back. They do have two tags but they are easy to
:05:08. > :05:12.remove. There was talk of chipping but the chips move around under the
:05:13. > :05:19.skin of sheep. Now they are talking about retinal scanning of the sheep
:05:20. > :05:26.or even GPS tracking, putting a tracker on one animal in the flock.
:05:27. > :05:32.Where do the sheep go? Probably in the food chain, that is the big
:05:33. > :05:37.worry so even the catering trade. For farmers the big concern is he
:05:38. > :05:43.has had lands stolen. They are very young, too young to go for slaughter
:05:44. > :05:49.so it is likely they are going to other farmers. For someone like Mr
:05:50. > :05:53.Williams, the thought other farmers are involved, they find that quite
:05:54. > :05:56.upsetting. Coming up later in the programme:
:05:57. > :06:03.Throwing down a challenge ` how Walsall has become a centre aiming
:06:04. > :06:06.for Olympic judo medals. As an international appeal is
:06:07. > :06:10.launched to help those affected by Typhoon Haiyan, Filipinos living in
:06:11. > :06:14.this region are doing what they can to help. Hundreds of thousands are
:06:15. > :06:19.in desperate need of food, water and shelter after the massive storm last
:06:20. > :06:28.Friday. At least 10,000 people are thought to have been killed. Cath
:06:29. > :06:34.Mackie reports. In recent years, Filipino nurses
:06:35. > :06:38.have helped keep the NHS running. 200 work for the University 's
:06:39. > :06:41.hospitals Birmingham trust and many are learning if their families and
:06:42. > :06:52.friends have survived one of the worst storms in history. My heart is
:06:53. > :07:03.crying. I friends in Tacloban. After days of no use, Waterloo Martinez
:07:04. > :07:06.was told his mother were safe. They are struggling with food a bit
:07:07. > :07:15.because some of the roads are still blocked with the fallen trees. There
:07:16. > :07:19.was no electricity at all. The UN is calling the situation absolutely
:07:20. > :07:23.desperate. At least 10,000 are dead and hundreds of thousands have been
:07:24. > :07:28.made homeless. The West Midlands is home to one of the largest Filipino
:07:29. > :07:32.populations in the country and seeing these desperate images of
:07:33. > :07:38.their homeland is stirring many to action. Filipinos in Birmingham are
:07:39. > :07:41.now coordinating a national campaign. Doreen Mooney was
:07:42. > :07:48.contacted by Downing Street to see how they could help. We need
:07:49. > :07:55.nonperishable food because these people live in classrooms, in halls
:07:56. > :07:59.and we will try to make them as comfortable as the card. Sheets,
:08:00. > :08:09.towels, those kinds of things, even toys. We need volunteers to collect
:08:10. > :08:13.goods in other localities. Donation points are being set up around the
:08:14. > :08:16.country and the team will work with international agencies to make sure
:08:17. > :08:18.the aid gets to where it is needed most.
:08:19. > :08:21.Joining me now is Eddie Brioness from the Filipino International
:08:22. > :08:29.Christian Fellowship. What are you doing to try and help with the
:08:30. > :08:38.relief effort? What contact have you had? At the moment we are really
:08:39. > :08:42.trying to have contact with some of our friends whose families are
:08:43. > :08:51.affected directly. We are using everything we can with the use of
:08:52. > :08:57.technology to help them and at least have news about their relatives back
:08:58. > :09:06.home. Have you managed to contact them all? At the moment we still
:09:07. > :09:12.have families who have not heard anything so it really worries them.
:09:13. > :09:21.What can you do and what can others do to halt? At the moment, just like
:09:22. > :09:28.we said earlier on, we had a meeting to launch a campaign for donations
:09:29. > :09:33.to our affected Filipinos so we have set collection points for
:09:34. > :09:41.donations, either clothes, food or any financial aid whatsoever that
:09:42. > :09:47.they think can help. We are trying to consolidate efforts with other
:09:48. > :09:52.associations in Birmingham. It is still early days but getting that
:09:53. > :09:59.aid to the Philippines is crucial. What reaction have you had from
:10:00. > :10:08.people in Birmingham? I agree with you that it is crucial to have these
:10:09. > :10:12.donations. We are doing everything to make sure we will be able to send
:10:13. > :10:20.these donations as early as next week, that is why we are contacting
:10:21. > :10:27.air forwarders so we can send them to the Philippines straightaway.
:10:28. > :10:30.A court's heard that a Coventry businessman murdered a family of
:10:31. > :10:33.four as an act of revenge. The prosecution's been outlining its
:10:34. > :10:37.case against 55`year`old Anxiang Du. He denies stabbing to death Jifeng
:10:38. > :10:40.Ding, his wife and two daughters at their home in Northamptonshire in
:10:41. > :10:44.May 2011. The family were stabbed a total of 51 times. The prosecution
:10:45. > :10:51.claim it was because of a ten year business dispute.
:10:52. > :10:54.Shropshire MP Mark Pritchard will not face investigation by the
:10:55. > :10:56.organisation which regulates MPs' behaviour. It says there's no
:10:57. > :11:00.evidence he breached parliamentary rules. Last week the Daily Telegraph
:11:01. > :11:03.reported the Conservative MP for the Wrekin had agreed to use his
:11:04. > :11:09.political contacts in Albania in return for substantial fees. Mr
:11:10. > :11:16.Pritchard said he'd done nothing wrong and the article was "hurtful
:11:17. > :11:19.and malicious". England's football team has been
:11:20. > :11:21.forced to switch training away from the National Football Centre near
:11:22. > :11:24.Burton`on`Trent. A number of visitors came down with stomach
:11:25. > :11:28.bugs. It's thought the virus was brought to St George's Park by a
:11:29. > :11:30.guest. The England side will now travel to Hertfordshire to prepare
:11:31. > :11:35.for this week's friendlies against Chile and Germany.
:11:36. > :11:39.A 20`year`old high on drink and drugs has been jailed for life for
:11:40. > :11:42.starting a fire which killed a Walsall pensioner. Aiden Elmore set
:11:43. > :11:45.fire to a wheelie bin which was blocking the exit to maisonettes in
:11:46. > :11:49.Short Heath. He was seen on CCTV setting fire to other wheelie bins
:11:50. > :11:52.nearby. Several people in the flats jumped to safety, but 68`year`old
:11:53. > :12:01.Victor Moore became trapped and died.
:12:02. > :12:04.A sleek and stylish virtual sports car was unveiled today to showcase
:12:05. > :12:07.the talents of Black Country manufacturing. 70% of the parts that
:12:08. > :12:10.make up the Bullet are manufactured by the Black Country's 2,000
:12:11. > :12:14.automotive suppliers. But the car itself will never actually take to
:12:15. > :12:22.the road. Here's our business correspondent Peter Plisner to
:12:23. > :12:26.explain. The advanced engineering show at the
:12:27. > :12:30.National exhibition Centre today, showing off what is great about
:12:31. > :12:34.Great Britain when it comes to high`tech manufacturing and doing
:12:35. > :12:38.the same on a smaller scale, manufacturers from the Black
:12:39. > :12:43.Country. This is what they are proud of, the Black Country bullet a
:12:44. > :12:49.virtual car with parts made in the Black Country. One of the Black
:12:50. > :12:55.Country 's many claims to fame is it produced the anchor and chain for
:12:56. > :13:01.the Titanic at the time the world 's largest cruise ship. Nowadays things
:13:02. > :13:07.are much more high`tech. Parts for the bus also made in the Black
:13:08. > :13:12.Country. The bullet will only ever be a computer`generated image and
:13:13. > :13:15.when linked to a dedicated website it effectively provides an extensive
:13:16. > :13:20.directory of Black Country suppliers, but if it were to be
:13:21. > :13:24.built, wheels like this are already made in West Bromwich. Parts run the
:13:25. > :13:31.engine might come from Walsall and Wednesbury. Some of the interior
:13:32. > :13:36.fixtures may come from a phone in Tipton. It is hugely important
:13:37. > :13:43.showcase the opportunities that are here in the Black Country. Perhaps
:13:44. > :13:48.we haven't been as good in the past in promoting ourselves. More
:13:49. > :13:53.promotion can only be good for manufacturers like this one. Thereon
:13:54. > :14:01.lots of parts we make for different areas of a car. Back at the show and
:14:02. > :14:05.it is a similar message for motor racing driver Matt Neal. He is
:14:06. > :14:14.involved in a Black Country `based alloy wheel manufacturing. If we can
:14:15. > :14:21.grow it, it is working as a team, getting it bigger and better and it
:14:22. > :14:24.is more attractive to other buyers. Buyers like judge when Land Rover
:14:25. > :14:37.are becoming increasingly important. This is a time`lapse film of its
:14:38. > :14:40.factory. Our top story tonight: The true cost
:14:41. > :14:46.of stolen livestock, with lamb prices on the up, sheep rustling is
:14:47. > :14:49.now big business. Your detailed weather forecast to
:14:50. > :14:52.come shortly with Rebecca. Also in tonight's programme: Coping
:14:53. > :14:55.with tragedy ` how the money you give helps young children come to
:14:56. > :14:59.terms with losing a loved one. And the Olympic legacy in action `
:15:00. > :15:05.how handball's taking off after being a big hit at London 2012.
:15:06. > :15:08.If you have a story you think we should be covering on Midlands
:15:09. > :15:13.Today, we'd like to hear from you. You can call us or send an email. We
:15:14. > :15:24.are also on Facebook or you can tweet us.
:15:25. > :15:29.Deborah McAndrew is perhaps best known to audiences as Coronation
:15:30. > :15:33.Street's Angie Freeman. She made regular appearances in the show
:15:34. > :15:36.throughout the 1990s. But now the former soap star lives in North
:15:37. > :15:40.Staffordshire where her new theatre company is looking at life in the
:15:41. > :15:51.raw in the Potteries. Our Staffordshire reporter Liz Copper
:15:52. > :15:55.was at rehearsals. Set in Stoke and being stage in
:15:56. > :16:01.Stoke, Ugly Duck is the first play being performed by the newly formed
:16:02. > :16:10.clay body theatre. It is written and produced by Deborah McAndrew. She
:16:11. > :16:14.made her name in Coronation Street but these days Deborah McAndrew
:16:15. > :16:19.lives and works in North Staffordshire. It is an interesting
:16:20. > :16:24.and complicated place, not like anywhere else and it has this
:16:25. > :16:29.wonderful cultural and industrial and creative heritage. As an artist
:16:30. > :16:40.of a kind, a theatre maker, you want to be linked into that. The play
:16:41. > :16:46.tells the story of an unemployed Stoke bloke who takes a job as an
:16:47. > :16:51.artist model. The play is being performed here at the School of Art.
:16:52. > :16:57.In its day this was the place where some of the leading ceramic artists
:16:58. > :17:01.of the 20th century trained, so this building is steeped in artistic
:17:02. > :17:08.creativity. It is that creativity that this new company hopes will
:17:09. > :17:13.bring wider benefits to Burslem. To feel what it is like and put that in
:17:14. > :17:21.the play is really interesting. We hope this will do some good around
:17:22. > :17:27.here and to be part of that, terrific. Ugly duck premiers
:17:28. > :17:31.tomorrow before a short run at the Mac in Birmingham. This company
:17:32. > :17:35.hopes to inspire its audiences with its perspective of the potteries.
:17:36. > :17:39.The martial arts have always been big in this region. And today
:17:40. > :17:42.Walsall was unveiled as the focal point of British judo. The new
:17:43. > :17:44.centre of excellence at the University of Wolverhampton is
:17:45. > :17:50.designed to create the Olympic and Paralympic Champions of the future.
:17:51. > :17:56.Ian Winter reports. Like father, like son. Judo is in
:17:57. > :18:01.the blood of the Stewart family. Dennis won a bronze medal at the
:18:02. > :18:09.Seoul Olympics and now Max, his son, has set his sights on Rio. Does Max
:18:10. > :18:15.have the potential to be our first Olympic gold medallist? I like to
:18:16. > :18:22.think I have. It is a hajj challenge and I have a lot of work to do.
:18:23. > :18:26.Everything he needs is on`site, he has the best coaches, technical
:18:27. > :18:36.support and with the backing of the University, it is all in one. You
:18:37. > :18:45.dad got bronze, is that incentive? Yes, I always want to beat him! Max
:18:46. > :18:49.is one of 20 judo players selected. Now the Walsall campus of the
:18:50. > :18:53.University of Wolverhampton is the perfect training venue to get the
:18:54. > :18:59.most from their lottery funding. This centre has cost ?1 million. It
:19:00. > :19:04.is state`of`the`art and its goal is to produce Britain's first judo
:19:05. > :19:09.Olympic champion. Last summer the Australian judo team used also as
:19:10. > :19:17.its base for London 2012. They failed to win a medal unlike Team GB
:19:18. > :19:21.who won silver and bronze. I have known some of these guys for many
:19:22. > :19:26.years and it feels right that now is the time we are going forward and
:19:27. > :19:32.going on for bigger and better things. Next year the world judo
:19:33. > :19:36.Championships take place in Siberia, the perfect place for British judo
:19:37. > :19:41.to come in from the cold with a boost from this new centre of
:19:42. > :19:44.excellence. At the London Olympics a surprise
:19:45. > :19:48.hit among audiences was the fast and furious sport of handball. Our
:19:49. > :19:50.reporter Kevin Reide has been to a newly formed handball club in
:19:51. > :19:54.Coventry. It's among the finalists in the newcomer of the year category
:19:55. > :20:01.in the West Midlands Community Sports Awards, which we're featuring
:20:02. > :20:06.over the next few days. It was last year 's London Olympics
:20:07. > :20:10.which inspired the formation of the Coventry handball club and at their
:20:11. > :20:15.first meeting in September last year, there were just 12 players.
:20:16. > :20:23.Now it has expanded immeasurably. Biella macro we have had 250 people
:20:24. > :20:30.in our club this season. We have possibly a fourth team going into
:20:31. > :20:35.development, a women's side. This weekend the men's first team `based
:20:36. > :20:42.Nottingham. There was quite a rivalry between Nottingham and
:20:43. > :20:46.Coventry. Coventry, this is their second game of in this league and
:20:47. > :20:54.they are seen as the new kids on the block. Coventry got off to a good
:20:55. > :21:00.start but by half`time, they were trailing. We have had a problem with
:21:01. > :21:10.a player sent off. We are not taking advantage of our shots. A valiant
:21:11. > :21:16.second`half fightback was not enough and Coventry lost but when not too
:21:17. > :21:21.downhearted. They are probably one of the best teams in the Midlands at
:21:22. > :21:26.the moment. We have proved ourselves. We are a new team and
:21:27. > :21:30.there was massive potential in these lads. At least they know they are
:21:31. > :21:36.recognised as a growing force in the game. Last week they were awarded
:21:37. > :21:40.the Best Newcomer award securing their place in the Midlands final on
:21:41. > :21:44.December four. It's Children in Need this Friday
:21:45. > :21:47.and all this week we're looking at some of the projects which have
:21:48. > :21:51.benefited from the money you give. The Time For You project is run by
:21:52. > :21:55.the charity Relate in Coventry. It helps children who've lost a loved
:21:56. > :22:03.one come to terms with their grief. Joan Cummins has been finding out
:22:04. > :22:07.more. Every 22 minutes a child in this country will experience
:22:08. > :22:11.bereavement for the first time in their lives. Dealing with loss is
:22:12. > :22:19.something many struggle with but as a child it can feel like the end of
:22:20. > :22:24.their wild. You realise you cannot see them again. In Coventry a chore
:22:25. > :22:29.during a neat project brings together youngsters of all ages and
:22:30. > :22:36.backgrounds who all know exactly what it is like to lose someone
:22:37. > :22:41.close to them. This is my little sister and she died on the 5th of
:22:42. > :22:45.March this year. Youngsters are offered a safe environment to create
:22:46. > :22:51.memory projects that allowed them to think about the person who has died.
:22:52. > :22:55.No one judges if anyone cries and children are encouraged to smile at
:22:56. > :23:01.the memories of the person who is never longer around. It starts to
:23:02. > :23:06.get easier but there are days where it is like, oh, my God. I wish it
:23:07. > :23:14.was the other way round, that they were still here. If you have lost
:23:15. > :23:24.somebody, you hang on to the memories, the important things that
:23:25. > :23:35.matters. It helps because it cheers me up. It clears memories sometimes.
:23:36. > :23:42.The time for you project aims to help young people come to terms with
:23:43. > :23:46.life's hardest lesson and give them back some control over the changes
:23:47. > :23:58.happening around them. In a simple ceremony, children attach memory ``
:23:59. > :24:05.memories to balloons to remind them they will never forget.
:24:06. > :24:09.How the money you raise makes a difference. And the One Show
:24:10. > :24:12.Children in Need Rickshaw is in the West Midlands this evening Five
:24:13. > :24:15.youngsters who have been helped by the charity are taking it in turns
:24:16. > :24:18.to ride 700 miles from Northern Ireland to London. Their first stop
:24:19. > :24:26.today was Holyhead Primary School in Wednesbury. Presenters Alex Jones
:24:27. > :24:32.and Matt Baker are with them. Just to see how all the members are
:24:33. > :24:36.developing, they have spent so long in their life focusing on the
:24:37. > :24:40.challenges they have and suddenly they refocus that effort into
:24:41. > :24:42.something different. They are like an army.
:24:43. > :24:45.And The One Show will be broadcast live from The Bullring straight
:24:46. > :24:49.after our programme at seven o'clock. If you want to fundraise,
:24:50. > :24:52.or make your own donation, there's a lot more information online, on
:24:53. > :24:59.Facebook and there's even a Pudsey app. We'll be giving out a
:25:00. > :25:04.phone`line number later in the week. Now the weather forecast. We got
:25:05. > :25:11.away with a largely frost free autumn but is that about to change?
:25:12. > :25:19.It is and it will get a lot colder. A beautiful day today, clear skies,
:25:20. > :25:27.sunny spells. This was the scene at Broadway Tower in the Cotswolds. A
:25:28. > :25:31.beautiful, stunning day. But that beautiful weather doesn't mean
:25:32. > :25:38.things are going to turn chilly tonight. We are expecting the first
:25:39. > :25:42.widespread frost of the year and it is a frosty start tomorrow, but that
:25:43. > :25:47.doesn't mean it will be another dry and bright day. Once that clears it
:25:48. > :25:52.does promise to be quite pleasant. Clear skies tonight and already
:25:53. > :26:00.temperatures falling down to five or six degrees. We have like winds as
:26:01. > :26:05.well so that will mean temperatures drop away rather rapidly. Down to
:26:06. > :26:10.zero or minus two degrees in rule spots. Towns and cities will do
:26:11. > :26:17.better than that overnight. We start tomorrow with that frost about. Also
:26:18. > :26:22.rather foggy. But the sun will burn through that and it will be
:26:23. > :26:27.pleasant. Good sunny spells to come but then it. Two CROWD
:26:28. > :26:33.As we move into the afternoon. Temperatures getting up to 10
:26:34. > :26:38.Celsius. That weather system will start to move in tomorrow night.
:26:39. > :26:44.Light, patchy rain to come. With that comes some wind. Even though
:26:45. > :26:50.there were clear skies in the south, it will help to keep
:26:51. > :26:54.temperatures above freezing. Temperatures a little milder
:26:55. > :26:59.tomorrow night. Thursday does promise to be a pleasant day, we
:27:00. > :27:05.have northerly winds circuit will feel colder and we have more cloud
:27:06. > :27:08.to come on Friday but with that high pressure in control, it will stay
:27:09. > :27:12.settled. Tonight's headlines from the BBC:
:27:13. > :27:14.Desperation and anger in the Philippines ` four days after
:27:15. > :27:18.Typhoon Haiyen hit, millions are still without food or shelter.
:27:19. > :27:21.Typhoon The energy company EDF becomes the
:27:22. > :27:26.latest to raise prices, but the hike's a lot less than its rivals.
:27:27. > :27:30.The true cost of stolen livestock, with lamb prices on the up sheep
:27:31. > :27:33.rustling is now big business And how the growing car components industry
:27:34. > :27:39.is bringing new jobs to the Black Country.
:27:40. > :27:41.That was the Midlands Today. I'll be back at ten o'clock. Have a great
:27:42. > :27:43.evening. Goodbye.