:00:00. > :00:15.Australia. More about the weather where you are on-line.
:00:16. > :00:19.Hello and welcome to Midlands Today. The headlines tonight: Increasing
:00:20. > :00:22.calls to scrap the controversial Channel 4 series Benefits Street set
:00:23. > :00:25.in Birmingham We'll be finding out from a Channel 4 executive if he
:00:26. > :00:27.regrets screening the programme. We believe this is damaging to those
:00:28. > :00:31.involved. Also tonight: a Birmingham MP says a
:00:32. > :00:37.terror suspect told his family he was going to Syria to fight with
:00:38. > :00:44.Al`Qaeda`backed rebels. His mother phoned me up when he first left last
:00:45. > :00:46.year, very distraught. She wanted to know what we could do to bring him
:00:47. > :00:49.back. Signs of recovery in manufacturing `
:00:50. > :00:56.a multi`million`pound investment at a major steel supplier.
:00:57. > :01:00.I'm at the LG Arena in Birmingham were 6000 children are getting ready
:01:01. > :01:03.to perform as part of the world's largest school choir.
:01:04. > :01:06.And it seems our weather just can't make up its mind ` today was cold
:01:07. > :01:08.and frosty, tomorrow is looking rather different. Find out why
:01:09. > :01:22.later. Good evening. More than 450
:01:23. > :01:24.complaints have been received by the television regulator OFCOM about the
:01:25. > :01:29.controversial Channel 4 documentary Benefits Street which is filmed in
:01:30. > :01:32.Birmingham. Five million people tuned in to watch last night's
:01:33. > :01:38.second episode featuring the residents of James Turner Street in
:01:39. > :01:41.Winson Green. But a coalition of leading charities wants the series
:01:42. > :01:44.scrapped, claiming it paints a false picture. They believe it's causing
:01:45. > :01:51.distress to millions of welfare claimants. Kevin Reide reports.
:01:52. > :01:55.At nine o'clock last night, more TV viewers had their eyes on a tiny
:01:56. > :02:03.corner of Birmingham than any other programme as episode two of Benefits
:02:04. > :02:06.Street was screened. The gritty documentary focuses on the lives of
:02:07. > :02:09.those in James Turner Street in the city's Winson Green area. Well, as I
:02:10. > :02:13.speak, the second episode of Benefits Street is on air and, as
:02:14. > :02:17.you can see, in the street itself it's very quiet. Earlier, we did
:02:18. > :02:20.speak to some of the residents who'd appeared in the first episode but,
:02:21. > :02:23.given their experiences, they said they didn't want to go on camera
:02:24. > :02:29.again. Last night, the programme focused on tensions between locals
:02:30. > :02:41.and Romanian migrants. They come over here, take thousands of pounds
:02:42. > :02:46.and move on to another house. TRANSLATION:
:02:47. > :02:50.The documentary's certainly polarising opinions with protests at
:02:51. > :02:57.the offices of the film company which made it, and some charities
:02:58. > :03:01.want it scrapped. The duty of a broadcaster like Channel 4 is to
:03:02. > :03:05.help promote informed debate, to show a mirror to the nation and
:03:06. > :03:10.instead what they seem to have done is picked on some extreme examples,
:03:11. > :03:13.and potentially misrepresented them, and not shown what is the
:03:14. > :03:16.reality for the vast majority of people. But others believe it's
:03:17. > :03:24.lifting the lid on many serious issues in society. I think now that
:03:25. > :03:28.we are 40% of the way and we can see it is becoming a brilliant programme
:03:29. > :03:34.in terms of putting people 's consciousness. Not just on an
:03:35. > :03:37.individual level but on a city level and a national level. Meanwhile,
:03:38. > :03:43.back at James Turner Street, and sightseers had come to see what all
:03:44. > :03:49.the fuss was about. We were thinking there would be things on the road,
:03:50. > :03:59.kids running around, like, horrible. It's completely different. It looks
:04:00. > :04:02.reasonable. It was my idea for him to come here to show him that all
:04:03. > :04:07.the areas are interlinked and just because you're from a road that
:04:08. > :04:10.doesn't look as attractive as the houses in Sutton Coldfield doesn't
:04:11. > :04:13.mean you can't grow. But at least one character from the series is
:04:14. > :04:16.smiling. Smoggy appeared last week as entrepreneurial so`called 50p man
:04:17. > :04:22.` he's now been given three job offers. Somebody was offering me a
:04:23. > :04:29.job to sell food, the Way foundations for buildings and
:04:30. > :04:31.another weird kind of job. If nothing else happens, I'll see what
:04:32. > :04:35.he's saying. Just over a fortnight ago, few knew of James Turner
:04:36. > :04:41.Street. Now, life there is fast becoming the talk of not just the
:04:42. > :04:44.town, but the nation. More than 30,000 people have now
:04:45. > :04:47.signed a petition calling for Benefits Street to be scrapped.
:04:48. > :04:51.We'll be hearing from Channel 4 in a moment, but first we're joined from
:04:52. > :04:55.Leeds by Arshad Mahmood, who started the online petition in protest at
:04:56. > :05:03.the show's content. Good evening, Mr Mahmood, what's upset you so much
:05:04. > :05:08.about Benefits Street? The programme has found a tiny minority of people
:05:09. > :05:15.living in James Turner Street and the backlash has caused everybody to
:05:16. > :05:25.paint a picture that that is how the majority of benefit claimants left.
:05:26. > :05:34.Helpful and informative to see how difficult life can be for some
:05:35. > :05:38.people. It shows a tiny minority. But some newspapers are trying to
:05:39. > :05:43.use it as evidence of how benefit claimants live. But it is wrong,
:05:44. > :05:55.they don't. You think it betrays a false picture? Yes. Why do you feel
:05:56. > :06:00.so strongly about it? I am from not far from Winson Green and we were
:06:01. > :06:08.brought up on benefits. My brother is a successful solicitor and a
:06:09. > :06:15.councillor. We are not living like that. Hardly likely they will scrap
:06:16. > :06:22.it so is there any point in pursuing the campaign? There is because at
:06:23. > :06:26.the moment the whole nation seems to have painted a picture of benefit
:06:27. > :06:37.claimants that this is how they live. And the government are using
:06:38. > :06:40.it to try to justify welfare cuts. Earlier I spoke to the head of
:06:41. > :06:46.factual at Channel 4, Ralph Lee, in our London studio. Had he considered
:06:47. > :06:50.scrapping the show? I don't think there are any serious grounds to
:06:51. > :06:53.call for the programme to be pulled and people should be careful before
:06:54. > :06:59.they call for censorship of documentaries. The leaders of the
:07:00. > :07:02.campaign to remove the documentary have set themselves that what
:07:03. > :07:05.inspired their campaign was not the programme but some of the reaction
:07:06. > :07:11.on Twitter, Facebook and social media. I would encourage people to
:07:12. > :07:18.judge the programme itself and not reaction. Why did you call it
:07:19. > :07:24.Benefits Street? We didn't want to do abroad rector of the benefits
:07:25. > :07:30.system but examine a part of Britain with dependency on benefits is at a
:07:31. > :07:34.very high concentration. James Turner Street has a lot of people on
:07:35. > :07:37.benefits and it sits in an area where unemployment has been a
:07:38. > :07:43.long`term problem. The hopes for them to get out of benefits are
:07:44. > :07:46.actually relatively hard. Don't you think you're making an exhibition
:07:47. > :07:52.out of unfortunate people? I absolutely refute that. If you look
:07:53. > :08:04.at the reviews of last night's programme, they say that this
:08:05. > :08:12.programme does not mark the poor `` make fun of the poor. Do you think
:08:13. > :08:17.it is a fair picture? It is a fair picture of James Turner Street in
:08:18. > :08:22.the time we filmed there. Resilient in the face of hardships that it
:08:23. > :08:25.faces. That was one of the key reasons we chose it. Not because of
:08:26. > :08:29.the high dependency on benefits but because the community pulls
:08:30. > :08:36.together. Residents support one another. They feel they have been
:08:37. > :08:47.manipulated. A few devices have suggested that but not all.
:08:48. > :08:50.Residents had the option whether to be in the documentary or not. This
:08:51. > :09:07.is a fair documentary portrait of that street. Any regrets question
:09:08. > :09:11.Coming up later in the programme: can this simple exercise help tackle
:09:12. > :09:16.depression without drugs? An intriguing NHS trial in the Black
:09:17. > :09:20.Country. An MP says a terror suspect told his
:09:21. > :09:24.family in Birmingham that he was going to Syria to fight with
:09:25. > :09:27.Al`Qaeda`backed rebels. Khalid Mahmood, who is MP for Perry Barr,
:09:28. > :09:33.was asked to help by the man's family. Here's Ben Godfrey.
:09:34. > :09:36.At a high security police station in the West Midlands, two men from
:09:37. > :09:40.Birmingham are still being questioned over alleged terror
:09:41. > :09:44.offences in Syria. We're told they're both 21 and from Handsworth.
:09:45. > :09:49.They travelled to Syria in May last year and were arrested at Heathrow
:09:50. > :09:53.Airport yesterday afternoon. Today, this Birmingham MP says one of the
:09:54. > :10:04.men is called Ali, a university drop`out. And he told me he spoke to
:10:05. > :10:07.his mother after he left the UK. Very distraught, wanted to know what
:10:08. > :10:12.we could do to bring him back. Unfortunately, there is very little
:10:13. > :10:17.to bring them back once they have gone across and he had left a note
:10:18. > :10:22.saying he was going off to join an Al`Qaeda group. Now he is back and
:10:23. > :10:31.at least I suppose she is relieved he is back. This afternoon,
:10:32. > :10:37.Parliament was warned that the number of UK jihadists going to
:10:38. > :10:40.Syria is around 360. There is a permissive environment in Syria
:10:41. > :10:48.which allows groups and organisations to repopulate the
:10:49. > :10:52.network in an international fashion. The BBC's been told Ali and the
:10:53. > :10:56.second man attended this mosque in Small Heath but, today, a spokesman
:10:57. > :10:59.said they weren't aware of the men. At Birmingham Central Mosque, imams
:11:00. > :11:08.are warning young worshippers of the dangers of extremism. We are poor
:11:09. > :11:13.all types `` we are against all types of such things. The two men
:11:14. > :11:16.remain in custody this evening. The West Midlands Counter`terrorism Unit
:11:17. > :11:20.can hold them until tomorrow afternoon. Then they must decide
:11:21. > :11:29.whether to charge them, release them or apply for a five`day extension
:11:30. > :11:32.for further questioning. A former West Midlands Police
:11:33. > :11:35.officer has been jailed for leaking confidential information to a
:11:36. > :11:38.convicted drug dealer. Daniel Watts was sacked from the force for gross
:11:39. > :11:41.misconduct after admitting passing on intelligence to Stephen Hunt, who
:11:42. > :11:45.was on trial for supplying drugs. Watts was jailed for 28 months after
:11:46. > :11:50.pleading guilty to misconduct in public office.
:11:51. > :11:53.A report has found some A patients at Good Hope Hospital in Sutton
:11:54. > :11:55.Coldfield have been waiting on trolleys in corridors and been
:11:56. > :11:59.ignored by staff, despite calling out for help. The Care Quality
:12:00. > :12:03.Commission says the hospital's casualty department needs to improve
:12:04. > :12:06.to ensure safety. However, the report also says staff are caring
:12:07. > :12:15.and patients are generally getting effective care.
:12:16. > :12:18.There's more evidence of a recovery in manufacturing, with the opening
:12:19. > :12:20.today of a new Indian`owned multi`million`pound facility at one
:12:21. > :12:23.of the region's biggest steel suppliers. The steel industry was
:12:24. > :12:26.hit hard during the recession. But demand is starting to recover as our
:12:27. > :12:30.business correspondent Peter Plisner's been finding out.
:12:31. > :12:34.Shaping the future for the steel industry. It's a sector that's been
:12:35. > :12:36.on its knees but finally there's signs of recovery and that's now
:12:37. > :12:41.translating into investment and jobs. Around ?15 million has been
:12:42. > :12:45.invested in the Wednesfield processing plant. Its rather
:12:46. > :12:53.aptly`named managing director Paul Steele admits that until now life
:12:54. > :12:59.hasn't been easy. The market remains well below historical levels but I
:13:00. > :13:04.think after five years of difficult times we are finally seeing how key
:13:05. > :13:08.customers and markets showing signs of recovery. But nevertheless demand
:13:09. > :13:11.for steel remains 25% below where it was before the recession. It's
:13:12. > :13:14.predicted that this year there'll be growth of between 3`5% and most
:13:15. > :13:18.experts agreed that it'll be at least 2020 before things have fully
:13:19. > :13:22.recovered. Here they provide steel to a variety of different
:13:23. > :13:31.industries. This new equipment is making body panels for Jaguar Land
:13:32. > :13:35.Rover, which is also owned by Tata. One sector picking up fast as
:13:36. > :13:43.construction. Here, they make parts for JCBs. Kevin Faulkner has been
:13:44. > :13:48.here 15 years. For him, the latest investment means more job security.
:13:49. > :13:52.It makes you feel a bit more comfortable. A bit more optimistic
:13:53. > :13:54.for the future. For the man in charge of the Black Country Local
:13:55. > :14:01.Enterprise Partnership, the latest investment is further evidence that
:14:02. > :14:05.manufacturing is doing well. It is excellent for all sectors and the
:14:06. > :14:10.fact that we in the West Midlands are seen as the place to be for
:14:11. > :14:14.those sectors is good news for the areas. Steel goes into most products
:14:15. > :14:20.made in the Midlands and investment here could ultimately mean growth
:14:21. > :14:23.and jobs elsewhere in the region. Our top story tonight: Increasing
:14:24. > :14:27.calls to scrap the controversial Channel 4 series Benefits Street set
:14:28. > :14:29.in Birmingham. Rebecca's standing by with the
:14:30. > :14:32.latest weather forecast to come shortly.
:14:33. > :14:37.Also in tonight's programme: Villa seek new firepower after going down
:14:38. > :14:40.at home to League`leaders Arsenal. And in the FA Cup, it's Bournemouth
:14:41. > :14:44.versus Burton tonight, but why are supporters of the South Coast club
:14:45. > :14:52.paying for rival fans to get to the game?
:14:53. > :14:55.Patients with depression or psychosis are benefiting from a
:14:56. > :15:01.therapy called emotional freedom technique. It involves tapping with
:15:02. > :15:05.fingers on acupuncture pressure points whilst giving a positive
:15:06. > :15:12.message. Early results are encouraging. Here's our health
:15:13. > :15:17.correspondent, Michele Paduano. The anxiety I am feeling.
:15:18. > :15:20.Tony Stewart is a specialist in public health, but he became
:15:21. > :15:24.interested in tapping and persuaded doctors in Sandwell to pilot the
:15:25. > :15:32.technique. He found all but one of his 36 patients got better. What we
:15:33. > :15:38.found was that, on average, at the start, people were showing as
:15:39. > :15:42.clinical cases and at the end, on average, they were showing as normal
:15:43. > :15:45.on a range of things. Patients like Mark Willetts, a classical guitarist
:15:46. > :15:54.who has suffered with anxiety and depression for years. It was even
:15:55. > :15:57.affecting his ability to perform. Anyone suffering with stress or
:15:58. > :16:03.depression can be a difficult person to be around and maybe slightly
:16:04. > :16:07.unpredictable to be around and as a result of lightening my mood,
:16:08. > :16:11.headlines the mood in the entire house. I felt a tremendous benefit.
:16:12. > :16:13.Doctors in Sandwell who sanctioned the research have developed the
:16:14. > :16:24.scheme training another 20 therapists. I was very cynical. But
:16:25. > :16:26.he proved me wrong. I don't understand how tapping your
:16:27. > :16:33.acupuncture lines can make you feel calm and better but it seems to work
:16:34. > :16:36.for patients, some of them very ill patients. As well as acupuncture, it
:16:37. > :16:43.seems to work through positive thinking and perhaps mild hypnosis.
:16:44. > :16:49.I think it felt more like hypnosis, really, than anything else. Quite a
:16:50. > :16:53.strange feeling but it was relaxing. This process is quite easy to teach
:16:54. > :16:58.people and it is also very effective. It seems to work on
:16:59. > :17:01.patients who have as few as five sessions. With demand for mental
:17:02. > :17:10.health services increasing and finances tight, it could strike a
:17:11. > :17:13.chord with those who pay for care. Dan's here with tonight's sport. And
:17:14. > :17:17.two of our Premier League clubs have been wheeling and dealing today.
:17:18. > :17:20.Yes, Stoke City have signed the Sweden under`21 striker John
:17:21. > :17:23.Guidetti on loan from Manchester City. They've also agreed a
:17:24. > :17:27.permanent deal with Stephen Ireland, who'd been on loan from Aston Villa.
:17:28. > :17:31.And this afternoon, the Wigan striker Grant Holt is all set to
:17:32. > :17:35.join Villa until the end of the season. Ian Winter reports.
:17:36. > :17:39.Grant Holt will be 33 in April. But's he's always scored goals for
:17:40. > :17:42.fun. As Villa fans know only too well. And Paul Lambert, his former
:17:43. > :17:46.manager at Norwich, believes he's just the man they need to boost a
:17:47. > :17:50.Villa attack that's now scored just eight goals in 11 Premier League
:17:51. > :17:53.games at Villa Park this season. Last night, Villa suffered an early
:17:54. > :18:03.setback when Nathan Baker was stretchered off, suffering from
:18:04. > :18:06.concussion. He took a blow to the side of his head and everyone knows
:18:07. > :18:10.when you have concussion it is dangerous. That rocked as a little
:18:11. > :18:12.bit. With Villa forced to reshuffle their defence, Arsenal took full
:18:13. > :18:16.advantage. They scored twice inside in a minute to leave the home
:18:17. > :18:20.supporters stunned. It was a double blow for Villa against a team on its
:18:21. > :18:23.way back to the top of the Premier League. Mid`way through the second
:18:24. > :18:27.half, Villa made a vital change. Andi Weimann came on and Christian
:18:28. > :18:34.Benteke came good to capitalise on a fine cross by Matt Lowton to score
:18:35. > :18:39.his first goal since September. I'm very happy tonight to score again
:18:40. > :18:49.but a bit disappointed for the result. The second half definitely
:18:50. > :18:58.was much better. It was a great header. That will give him a big
:18:59. > :19:01.lift to score a goal. If we keep playing like the second half, it was
:19:02. > :19:04.really pleasing. Despite Villa's late revival, they couldn't force a
:19:05. > :19:07.draw and next they're off to Liverpool on Saturday, hoping that
:19:08. > :19:18.Grant Holt will add some extra firepower to their attack.
:19:19. > :19:21.What about in the FA Cup? Kidderminster Harriers and Burton
:19:22. > :19:31.Albion will both be aiming for big upsets in the FA Cup this evening.
:19:32. > :19:34.Non`League Kidderminster travel to Peterborough while Burton are away
:19:35. > :19:37.to Bournemouth. It's a long trek but, thanks to the Bournemouth fans,
:19:38. > :19:39.Burton supporters are travelling for free.
:19:40. > :19:43.All aboard the Bournemouth express. And the best bit about these coaches
:19:44. > :19:46.is that they're free. It's down to the generosity of Bournemouth fans
:19:47. > :19:49.who felt for the Burton fans who'd travelled to Dean Court for the
:19:50. > :19:52.original tie only for it to be postponed due to a waterlogged
:19:53. > :19:55.pitch. It's unbelievable, really. It gives me a chance to finally come
:19:56. > :20:00.here. It has renewed people's faith in football and fans. The spirit in
:20:01. > :20:07.football is not totally dead. Absolutely fantastic. Generosity is
:20:08. > :20:14.second to none. It almost seems impolite for Burton to go and win
:20:15. > :20:19.tonight. Two divisions separate them but just 34 places in the Football
:20:20. > :20:23.League. There has been a change of manager since their original time.
:20:24. > :20:28.The new man's main task is to get them back on track but the FA Cup is
:20:29. > :20:31.an added bonus. And that man is Andy Thorn. He's been in the job less
:20:32. > :20:34.than a week following the departure of Steve Burr. Harriers drew 0`0
:20:35. > :20:37.with League One Peterborough in the first leg. Kidderminster are two
:20:38. > :20:44.divisions and 54 league places below Peterborough but are undaunted. ``
:20:45. > :20:50.46 league places. We are trying to get something from the game, albeit
:20:51. > :20:53.from a team to divisions above us. We are confident. Premier League
:20:54. > :20:56.teams await in round four so there's incentive for Kidderminster and
:20:57. > :21:07.Burton ` but their fans seem quite happy already.
:21:08. > :21:21.We also have warming in city against Bristol Rovers. `` earning.
:21:22. > :21:25.Thousands of children are being given the chance to sing in front of
:21:26. > :21:28.huge audiences. The Young Voices tour features 120,000 schoolchildren
:21:29. > :21:31.between the ages of seven and 13. At the LG Arena at the NEC near
:21:32. > :21:35.Birmingham, no fewer than 24,000 children will take part in a series
:21:36. > :21:38.of live concerts. And tonight there'll be 6000 singing in the
:21:39. > :21:41.largest school choir in the world. It's all due to start in a few
:21:42. > :21:45.minutes and Ben Sidwell's there. Everyone ready, Ben?
:21:46. > :21:50.Ready and very excited. I have been to a lot of concerts but never wear
:21:51. > :21:59.the number of performance almost all numbers those watching. That's what
:22:00. > :22:12.makes Young Voices so unique. Forget the voice of an angel, at the LG
:22:13. > :22:17.Arena it was more like 6000 of them. Schoolchildren from across the
:22:18. > :22:20.Midlands and even further afield gathered together for what is likely
:22:21. > :22:28.to be the biggest concert of their lives. I feel really excited and
:22:29. > :22:35.quite nervous. I want to enjoy it. I'm really excited but nervous, too.
:22:36. > :22:42.To make today possible, individual schools have been rehearsing for
:22:43. > :22:48.months. This school are taking part in Young Voices for the very first
:22:49. > :22:53.time. The thing that surprised me was that there were children who
:22:54. > :22:56.were petrified to stand up and say one line in assembly and now the
:22:57. > :23:03.fact that they will sing their hearts out, and just the confidence
:23:04. > :23:07.they have built is fantastic. It is fun because it is a big experience
:23:08. > :23:19.to go somewhere where most children might not go. We have got to learn
:23:20. > :23:32.new songs and some were quite hard. Back back at the LG Arena there is a
:23:33. > :23:38.famous face to lend a hand. It is the most incredible thing I have
:23:39. > :23:43.seen. They were singing so sweetly. It is the nicest sound ever.
:23:44. > :23:46.Performance fine tuned, tonight they will do it for real in front of
:23:47. > :23:54.thousands and thousands of incredibly proud parents. Let's meet
:23:55. > :23:59.the man who makes it all possible. The managing director of Young
:24:00. > :24:05.Voices. There are 6000 children here tonight. They have been practising
:24:06. > :24:15.for over four months. They are pretty excited about tonight. There
:24:16. > :24:21.are people from everywhere around. It must be a logistical nightmare.
:24:22. > :24:26.We have been doing it for years but it is challenging. We worked for 11
:24:27. > :24:33.months of the year to make sure everything is slick. What do the
:24:34. > :24:39.children actually get out of it? It is an amazing opportunity to sing in
:24:40. > :24:48.an arena like this to all their mums and dads and to sing such diverse
:24:49. > :24:55.music and with all the artists who will be on stage, it gives them a
:24:56. > :25:01.sense of confidence and belief. 6000 tonight but another 6000 different
:25:02. > :25:07.children tomorrow. Yes, and 24,000 in total. It is a pretty big deal.
:25:08. > :25:13.If you think the children are excited, you should see the parents.
:25:14. > :25:19.It will be a great night for the next four nights.
:25:20. > :25:23.Time for the weather now, and another nippy one today, Rebecca? It
:25:24. > :25:29.was certainly chilly, and rather slippery under foot. On that note, I
:25:30. > :25:32.want to take you back to this time last year ` we had snowfall across
:25:33. > :25:35.the West Midlands ` the first significant snowfall of the year.
:25:36. > :25:39.It's not looking like that here at the moment although we did have a
:25:40. > :25:42.dusting of snow in Hednesford last night. And temperatures dropped down
:25:43. > :25:46.to below freezing overnight and we saw the first widespread frost of
:25:47. > :25:52.the year. Sue Chadwick sent in this picture of the frost patterns on her
:25:53. > :25:55.car. But it's all change tonight. No need to scrape those windscreens
:25:56. > :26:03.tomorrow. As this band of rain moves through, behind it we're drawing in
:26:04. > :26:10.milder air. So no frost to come tonight. Instead it's looking rather
:26:11. > :26:14.wet. Many place already experiencing that rain, and there will be some
:26:15. > :26:18.heavy bursts in there too. As we move through to tomorrow morning it
:26:19. > :26:24.will start to break up a little and ease. But temperatures not falling
:26:25. > :26:28.much lower than we've seen during the day today. But it'll be a misty
:26:29. > :26:34.and murky start to tomorrow, some showers remaining. Plenty of drizzle
:26:35. > :26:41.around, and generally a dull, damp day. Winds will be a little stronger
:26:42. > :26:44.than today ` a breezy day ` but despite that, with the milder air
:26:45. > :26:48.over us ` temperatures up into double figures ` possibly even
:26:49. > :26:52.scraping a 12 in places. Then we have another band of showers moving
:26:53. > :26:58.through tomorrow night ` again some could be rather heavy and lively.
:26:59. > :27:01.But they'll move through quite quickly and once they clear away
:27:02. > :27:03.things will turning a little clearer, and cooler again.
:27:04. > :27:07.Temperatures still staying above freezing though. But as we head
:27:08. > :27:10.through towards the latter part of the week low pressure is dominating,
:27:11. > :27:14.with a pattern of sunshine and showers on the way for Thursday and
:27:15. > :27:18.Friday. Some of those will be sharp. And it's generally staying unsettled
:27:19. > :27:22.as we make our way towards the weekend., but despite all that it is
:27:23. > :27:29.managing to stay on the mild side. Tonight's headlines from the BBC:
:27:30. > :27:33.The Coronation Street star William Roache goes on trial for rape ` the
:27:34. > :27:35.court hears how he took advantage of his fame.
:27:36. > :27:37.There've been increasing calls to scrap the controversial Channel 4
:27:38. > :27:40.series Benefits Street set in Birmingham.
:27:41. > :27:44.That was the Midlands Today. I'll be back with an update at ten o'clock,
:27:45. > :27:46.plus the night's football results. Have a good evening. Bye for now.