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Good evening. West Midlands Ambulance Service dealt with a | :00:11. | :00:15. | |
record amount of emergency 999 calls in the early hours of the New Year, | :00:16. | :00:18. | |
averaging four emergency calls a minute. More than 200 ambulances and | :00:19. | :00:23. | |
100 paramedics were on call. Between 1am and 2am this morning, the | :00:24. | :00:26. | |
control room saw an increase of 8% on last year's record levels. Last | :00:27. | :00:32. | |
year was busy. We had a 50% rise. This year in the peak period, we had | :00:33. | :00:38. | |
an 8% rise in calls again above last year. A lot of them were | :00:39. | :00:44. | |
alcohol`related. We were dealing with about a 909 call every 15 | :00:45. | :00:57. | |
seconds. `` 999. A pioneering support centre for | :00:58. | :01:00. | |
former military personnel is hoping to increase its work this year by | :01:01. | :01:03. | |
becoming a charity. Over the last three years, more than 600 people | :01:04. | :01:07. | |
have been helped by the Veterans' Contact Point in Warwickshire. Laura | :01:08. | :01:17. | |
May McMullan reports. Luke McCloskey left the Royal Marines at the start | :01:18. | :01:20. | |
of year. The Veterans' Contact Point advised him on how to set up and | :01:21. | :01:24. | |
market his bootcamp business. A lot of the time, people are confused and | :01:25. | :01:27. | |
they are not sure what to do. People do struggle a lot. It is just here | :01:28. | :01:39. | |
support. We have had 75 enquiries. Len has always offered a helping | :01:40. | :01:44. | |
hand. Little did he know it would lead to setting up a vital support | :01:45. | :01:47. | |
service for ex`service men and women. We have transferable skills. | :01:48. | :01:54. | |
After 24 years in the military himself, he knows how difficult it | :01:55. | :01:58. | |
can be to adapt to civilian life. You are not used to going out, | :01:59. | :02:05. | |
budgeting, looking for work, making your money last the month. | :02:06. | :02:09. | |
Everything is provided for you in the military. Without this, I would | :02:10. | :02:17. | |
be dead. Meeting other veterans, that alone, it cheered me up no end. | :02:18. | :02:22. | |
They have renewed my forklift licence. They got me my card. I put | :02:23. | :02:29. | |
me on a course to work on the railways. In the last three years, | :02:30. | :02:35. | |
they have helped more than 600 people. It has been set up with the | :02:36. | :02:42. | |
help of various partners. There is a wide`ranging charities all under one | :02:43. | :02:48. | |
roof. The volunteers say there is always help here for veterans. | :02:49. | :02:56. | |
The president of West Bromwich Albion John Silk has died at the age | :02:57. | :03:01. | |
of 89. Mr Silk was made a club director in 1984 and became chairman | :03:02. | :03:05. | |
in 1988, a position he held for four years. He became president in 2003. | :03:06. | :03:13. | |
So flags flew at half mast at the Hawthorns today as West Brom beat | :03:14. | :03:16. | |
Newcastle in the Premier League with a late penalty from Saido Berahino. | :03:17. | :03:19. | |
Stoke went ahead through Oussama Assaidi. But Everton equalised in | :03:20. | :03:22. | |
the last minute. And Aston Villa won at Sunderland, thanks to Gabby | :03:23. | :03:24. | |
Agbonlahor. In the Championship, Birmingham are | :03:25. | :03:27. | |
now unbeaten in ten games, but had to settle for a point against | :03:28. | :03:30. | |
Barnsley. In League One, Shrewsbury won 2`1 at | :03:31. | :03:38. | |
Oldham. Port Vale lost 3`2 at Preston. Three late goals inspired | :03:39. | :03:42. | |
Coventry to victory at Rotherham. A one`all draw there between Tranmere | :03:43. | :03:44. | |
and second`placed Wolves. And Walsall sit seventh after beating | :03:45. | :03:47. | |
Sheffield United 2`1. In League Two, Cheltenham's game was | :03:48. | :03:53. | |
postponed. Burton are up to second place after a point at Mansfield. | :03:54. | :03:57. | |
Well, there's been plenty of rain around today. Rebecca Wood has the | :03:58. | :03:58. | |
weather forecast. A rather wet night to come. Heavy | :03:59. | :04:07. | |
downpours expected. The other weather warning in place for heavy | :04:08. | :04:13. | |
rain particularly across Herefordshire `` a yellow weather | :04:14. | :04:16. | |
warning. The showers continue through the next few hours and | :04:17. | :04:21. | |
overnight. By the time we make it into the early hours of tomorrow, it | :04:22. | :04:27. | |
will clear. Still gusty. Tomorrow will be a day to dry out. We have | :04:28. | :04:32. | |
plenty of sunny spells to come. Isolated showers here and there. | :04:33. | :04:37. | |
Temperatures not doing too badly. The sunshine will help. By Thursday, | :04:38. | :04:44. | |
we still have another band of rain to come. That is with us as we make | :04:45. | :04:47. | |
our way into Friday. Strong winds to come. Unsettled weather for the next | :04:48. | :04:54. | |
few days. The National forecast in a moment. | :04:55. | :04:59. | |
We are back at 10:40pm. Goodbye for now. | :05:00. | :05:02. | |
unsettled weekend. I'll be back after 10:30pm tonight. | :05:03. | :05:15. | |
Hello. It is a New Year but it is the same old weather. Flood warnings | :05:16. | :05:26. | |
are on the rise. The flood line number is on screen if you are at | :05:27. | :05:31. | |
all concerned. Still some rain to come this evening and overnight | :05:32. | :05:36. | |
Still some heavy bursts. It will push the way towards the east taking | :05:37. | :05:41. | |
the strongest winds with it. It did in temperature across the Highlands. | :05:42. | :05:46. | |
Temperatures are holding up fairly well. Tomorrow, I can offer you a | :05:47. | :05:51. | |
glimpse of brightness. Quite it isn't over getting out and about. | :05:52. | :06:02. | |
Many places staying dry. -- quite a decent day for getting out and | :06:03. | :06:07. | |
about. There will be some long, dry spells and a decent amount of | :06:08. | :06:10. | |
sunshine as well. Temperature | :06:11. | :06:12. |