:00:00. > :00:11.struggled with an Australian barrage all tour. Let's hope this guy has
:00:12. > :00:18.Good evening. 20 flood warnings are now in place and the Midlands as
:00:19. > :00:23.swollen waters continue to rise. Flood barriers were put up alongside
:00:24. > :00:27.the Severn this afternoon, and the Environment Agency says several
:00:28. > :00:30.motorists are lucky escapes after their cars were stranded in
:00:31. > :00:35.deepwater. The waters of the Severn are
:00:36. > :00:40.expected to peak at three and a half metres in Shrewsbury on Christmas
:00:41. > :00:42.Day. The Environment Agency was putting up flood barriers to protect
:00:43. > :00:49.the town today. It expects to have to do the same in Worcestershire
:00:50. > :00:53.tomorrow. Flood warnings are in place on the Severn, the Wye and the
:00:54. > :00:57.Avon. The ground is already saturated, and if the predicted rain
:00:58. > :00:59.comes at the end of the week, the Environment Agency says rivers and
:01:00. > :01:05.streams will become much more swollen and dangerous. The high
:01:06. > :01:09.waters are closed several roads and made many others barely passable.
:01:10. > :01:14.The moment agency says too many motorists are taking risks by
:01:15. > :01:18.driving through deep surface water. I was talking to a lady ten minutes
:01:19. > :01:21.ago who was telling me upstream appear she had to help pull somebody
:01:22. > :01:25.out this morning. It seems to be happening all the time, people just
:01:26. > :01:30.don't know what the depth is, they should not do it.
:01:31. > :01:33.With more rain forecast, one riverside pub was preparing for the
:01:34. > :01:39.worst in Worcester. For the local wildlife, though, the rising waters
:01:40. > :01:44.proved more than the `` more of a fascination in the challenge.
:01:45. > :01:48.The body of a man has been found in a river in Oxford. Police believe it
:01:49. > :01:51.is the body of Michael Griffiths who went missing from his home in
:01:52. > :01:59.Stechford and Birmingham. His car was found nearby. The body was found
:02:00. > :02:13.in the River Thame near junction 88 the M 40 this morning.
:02:14. > :02:19.Jobs are to be created by the company are WK operating out of the
:02:20. > :02:22.Wedgwood/Royal Doulton warehouse. A toddler is recovering at home
:02:23. > :02:25.after an operation to remove a tumour the size of a tennis ball...
:02:26. > :02:31.Doctors were not sure whether Thomas Phillips would survive, but he is
:02:32. > :02:34.excited to make excellent recovery. Thomas Phillips is one toddler
:02:35. > :02:39.academic forward to two days unwrapping presents. Today on his
:02:40. > :02:43.second birthday, his parents get their greatest gift, their son at
:02:44. > :02:47.home on Christmas. After all we've been through, it's
:02:48. > :02:53.fantastic. To see how Mikey is now, on his second birthday, it's
:02:54. > :02:58.magical. Thomas became unwell in October. His
:02:59. > :03:03.head appeared tilted. GPs at first thought it was a virus, but his
:03:04. > :03:05.parents decided to pay privately for an MRI scan, and they bridge was
:03:06. > :03:10.found. We never imagined. We thought it
:03:11. > :03:15.would happen to someone else, it's not something that happens to you.
:03:16. > :03:19.Surgeons and Birmingham Children's Hospital carried out a complex well
:03:20. > :03:23.our operation. The tumour was wrapped around blood vessels at the
:03:24. > :03:29.base of Thomas's skull. We believe we got all of it. There
:03:30. > :03:32.is a few strands in other scans, we are planning to do another scan to
:03:33. > :03:36.see whether that is just an appearance after surgery or whether
:03:37. > :03:41.there might be a small residue. The tumour is known as Ependymoma
:03:42. > :03:48.and affects just 30 children each year in the UK.
:03:49. > :03:51.If you have a headache with `` if you have a child with headaches and
:03:52. > :03:54.vomiting that goes on for more than two weeks, you should seek expert
:03:55. > :03:58.guidance. Expats about hospital are delighted
:03:59. > :04:02.with Thomas's progress, and he is excited to make a full recovery
:04:03. > :04:08.after intensive course of chemotherapy.
:04:09. > :04:16.What will the Christmas weather bring us? Here is Charlie Slater.
:04:17. > :04:19.bring us? Here is Charlie Good news for Santa, it will not be
:04:20. > :04:25.as windy as last night so he will not be blown around too much. In the
:04:26. > :04:29.main it is a dry and Green Knight, temperatures around one or two
:04:30. > :04:36.Celsius. Probably a little frost on Christmas Day, but not a bad day,
:04:37. > :04:42.largely dry and bright. Some showers but I wouldn't pay them too much
:04:43. > :04:45.mind. Into Boxing Day, not bad either. It looks like it'll be dry.
:04:46. > :04:48.It will also be largely bright at times, but unfortunately it gets a
:04:49. > :04:51.little worse come Friday. times, but unfortunately it gets
:04:52. > :04:54.The national weather forecast is next, but from Midlands Today,
:04:55. > :04:56.that's it, this side of Christmas. . From all of us, have a very happy
:04:57. > :05:03.Christmas Day. Bye`bye. it from us - we are back on Boxing
:05:04. > :05:06.Day at One o'clock. Merry Christmas.