:00:00. > :00:00.shaking your head. That is horrible. That is all from
:00:00. > :00:08.Hello and welcome to Midlands Today. The headlines tonight: Chocolate
:00:09. > :00:19.giants Cadbury announce a new ?75 million investment in Bournville.
:00:20. > :00:22.We are trying to create the next generation of manufacturing, and we
:00:23. > :00:26.think it can only be good news for Bournville. But fears are emerging
:00:27. > :00:29.tonight jobs could be lost ` we'll be live in Bournville.
:00:30. > :00:34.Also tonight: Violence at a jail near Wolverhampton was a full`scale
:00:35. > :00:39.riot, claims a prison officer. There were tables that has been
:00:40. > :00:43.broken, iron bars lying around. Wires had become trip wires at a
:00:44. > :00:45.lead level. A Staffordshire hospital begins
:00:46. > :00:48.using a private company to look after patients at home, so it can
:00:49. > :00:51.clear beds. Fears for the local economy over a
:00:52. > :00:56.university's plans to close a campus and move 2,000 students.
:00:57. > :00:59.And after a couple of pleasant days, don't be fooled, this rather wet
:01:00. > :01:02.January is continuing with plenty more rain on the way as we head
:01:03. > :01:16.towards the weekend. Your full forecast coming up.
:01:17. > :01:19.Good evening. Cadbury, based here in Birmingham,
:01:20. > :01:22.has announced a major investment in its Bournville headquarters. The
:01:23. > :01:26.company said the ?75 million upgrade was the first significant investment
:01:27. > :01:28.at the plant for 30 years. It would include replacing out`of`date
:01:29. > :01:30.production lines and opening new ones.
:01:31. > :01:33.Cadbury currently employs about 2,000 workers at Bournville and
:01:34. > :01:38.union leaders have welcomed the investment. But tonight concerns are
:01:39. > :01:44.emerging that jobs could go, despite this investment. In a moment we'll
:01:45. > :01:48.be live in Bournville, but first this report.
:01:49. > :01:52.Four new production lines within three years for the Cadbury factory,
:01:53. > :01:56.where costs are high compared with competitors. Both unions and
:01:57. > :01:59.managers have welcomed the planned investment ` it is one of the
:02:00. > :02:05.biggest ever at the 135`year`old site. But there are hints the revamp
:02:06. > :02:14.may lead to cuts in the 2000 strong workforce.
:02:15. > :02:17.We have been open and honest with the workforce and say that there may
:02:18. > :02:21.be a reduction in the number of jobs, but that is all up for
:02:22. > :02:27.consultation. We have got to sit down with them. It is about how we
:02:28. > :02:30.work and how we change the way that we work at Bournville. We are trying
:02:31. > :02:34.to do the next generation of manufacturing. We think that the
:02:35. > :02:36.investment can only be good news. The unions have already been
:02:37. > :02:39.negotiating the redevelopment for two years. One leader sees today's
:02:40. > :02:45.annoucement as a potential triumph for the region, comparable with the
:02:46. > :02:51.resurgence of Jaguar Landrover. This is an acceptance that a lot of
:02:52. > :02:57.the equipment here is outdated, and we cannot take any extra volume with
:02:58. > :03:00.the equipment that we have. So we see it as positive, because we can
:03:01. > :03:01.bring more product back into the site.
:03:02. > :03:04.Whatever happens, it's clear another chapter is opening in the history of
:03:05. > :03:07.the world famous chocolate maker. Cadbury's association with
:03:08. > :03:14.Birmingham dates back to 1824, when John Cadbury opened a grocer's shop
:03:15. > :03:16.in Bull Street. Among other things, he sold cocoa and drinking
:03:17. > :03:19.chocolate. In 1879, John Cadbury's son George
:03:20. > :03:25.drew up plans for the factory in Bournville. Production began in
:03:26. > :03:29.September of that year More than 130 years later, the business was taken
:03:30. > :03:35.over by American food giant Kraft in 2010.
:03:36. > :03:38.At the time, there were concerns the company's new owners would run down
:03:39. > :03:40.the Bournville site. But business leaders in Birmingham say today's
:03:41. > :03:49.announcement shows serious commitment.
:03:50. > :03:53.This is a long`term, sustainable strategy, not a short`term play.
:03:54. > :03:57.This is a serious investment in their manufacturing capability, so
:03:58. > :04:00.that they can reduce a state`of`the`art business based here
:04:01. > :04:09.in Bournville. And Cadbury says this redevelopment will allow it to
:04:10. > :04:12.compete with the best in the world. And our business correspondent is in
:04:13. > :04:21.Bournville now. Peter, news tonight that this means jobs could go at
:04:22. > :04:25.Bournville despite the investment? New technology often does mean fewer
:04:26. > :04:32.jobs. Of course, machines are more efficient than people. What we are
:04:33. > :04:36.hearing is that the investment involves the replacement of six old
:04:37. > :04:40.production lines with four modern production lines, and irrespective
:04:41. > :04:45.laid and that this could mean 60% of the walk force would go. That is a
:04:46. > :04:50.worst`case scenario. Even the unions are saying that this is good news, a
:04:51. > :04:54.potentially ?75 million investment in the Bournville plant. A
:04:55. > :04:56.much`needed investment in an old plant that is very inefficient.
:04:57. > :05:00.A senior government minister has been in the region today. What's his
:05:01. > :05:06.reaction? Danny Alexander, the secretary of
:05:07. > :05:09.the Treasury, was in the Midlands. He was visiting the Land Rover
:05:10. > :05:15.plant. I asked him whether he felt it was right that Cadbury 's work
:05:16. > :05:20.pegging the investment with changes in working practices.
:05:21. > :05:25.Most workers in Britain want to work with companies to print `` improve
:05:26. > :05:28.productive day, because that is the way that we will see living
:05:29. > :05:32.standards increase. So the two things go together. I don't think
:05:33. > :05:33.there is anything to fear from increased productivity and
:05:34. > :05:36.investments. There were fears when Kraft took
:05:37. > :05:43.over in 2010 that factories could close. Does this finally secure the
:05:44. > :05:47.plant? I think it does mean much more
:05:48. > :05:54.security for Bournville. Certainly, it is the second began best and that
:05:55. > :05:57.we have seen here. The first saw Kraft bring in a Centre of
:05:58. > :06:03.excellence from Switzerland. But many remember the Kraft of York,
:06:04. > :06:09.where they kept factories open, then four years `` 12 years after the
:06:10. > :06:12.takeover, they moved the production abroad. The investment here does
:06:13. > :06:16.make that less likely at Bournville. You're watching Midlands Today.
:06:17. > :06:26.Still to come: A warning that the horse meat scandal could happen
:06:27. > :06:30.again. A prison officer has told the BBC
:06:31. > :06:33.that a disturbance at the Oakwood prison near Wolverhampton earlier
:06:34. > :06:36.this month was in fact a full scale riot. The officer said inmates set
:06:37. > :06:39.up tripwires around the building and shouted threats from behind a
:06:40. > :06:42.barricade. The company G4S, which runs Oakwood, says it was an
:06:43. > :06:47.incident which was significant, but low`level.
:06:48. > :06:50.Grey skies over HMP Oakwood, as a fresh testament cuts through the
:06:51. > :06:59.murkiness surrounding events of January fifth.
:07:00. > :07:03.Our briefing was that the prisoners were armed and dangerous and that
:07:04. > :07:06.they had completely taken over an entire wing of the prison.
:07:07. > :07:09.The words of one of the so`called Tornado Team, the crack squad of
:07:10. > :07:12.prison officers drafted in to regain control.
:07:13. > :07:17.There were tables that had been broken, iron bars lying around,
:07:18. > :07:22.wires had been strung up as trip wires at chest and neck level. These
:07:23. > :07:25.were people who actively wanted to harm prison officers. As we were
:07:26. > :07:29.waiting to go in, I heard the prisoners shouting, we are ready for
:07:30. > :07:32.you, we are going to get you. The prison operators G4S had
:07:33. > :07:35.previously denied it was a riot. Today, they said it Wwas a
:07:36. > :07:39.significant event ` no surprise to people living in nearby
:07:40. > :07:44.Featherstone. It is like a holiday camp. It is not
:07:45. > :07:48.a prison, because they have all the facilities that they could have at
:07:49. > :07:53.home. It scares me. I am scared that I live down the road and that
:07:54. > :07:57.someone might get out. It's needs to be put right. The government needs
:07:58. > :08:02.to spend more money on security. G4S say any problems at Oakwood are
:08:03. > :08:05.teething troubles. In a separate development today, the firm said
:08:06. > :08:09.less experienced staff will now go on exchange programmes to other
:08:10. > :08:16.prisons and get a ?500 allowance in return. They say things are no worse
:08:17. > :08:23.at Oakwood than anywhere else. It really can be very frustrating to
:08:24. > :08:29.operate `` operators such as myself, to see incidents at Oakwood that are
:08:30. > :08:34.magnified by observers in the media, far more than any incident that
:08:35. > :08:36.would happen in a long established jail.
:08:37. > :08:39.But why would inmates here riot? This woman's son is serving time
:08:40. > :08:48.there on Cedar Wing where the violence broke out.
:08:49. > :08:52.He is being locked up early. He was getting locked up too early, that is
:08:53. > :08:55.why they decided to kick off. Apart from a highly critical report
:08:56. > :08:58.last year from Her Majesty's Inspector of Prisons, there's very
:08:59. > :09:04.little data on Oakwood. So it's difficult to know what's really
:09:05. > :09:10.going on behind its walls. Just this week, the Ambulance
:09:11. > :09:14.Service revealed that there had been hundreds of call`outs here to
:09:15. > :09:17.Oakwood, twice as much as any other prison in the country.
:09:18. > :09:20.And since the start of this month, there've been 36 requests for an
:09:21. > :09:24.ambulance ` either there are lots of accidents here or there's lots of
:09:25. > :09:30.illness. Or perhaps the truth is that Oakwood is a dangerous place?
:09:31. > :09:38.And you can hear the full report on Oakwood Prison on BBC Radio four
:09:39. > :09:41.tonight at 8pm. The Crown Prosecution Service has
:09:42. > :09:44.said there is insufficient evidence to charge five serving or former
:09:45. > :09:47.police officers over their roles in a murder investigation. Kevin Nunes
:09:48. > :09:51.was shot dead in Staffordshire in September 2002. Five men jailed for
:09:52. > :09:54.murder were freed on appeal after it emerged concerns over the
:09:55. > :10:06.credibility of witnesses were not disclosed to the defence.
:10:07. > :10:08.Stan Collymore has reactivated his Twitter account, after complaining
:10:09. > :10:11.about receiving abusive tweets. His account had been deactivated
:10:12. > :10:13.overnight after he was sent death threats. Staffordshire Police said
:10:14. > :10:16.officers had spoken to a 14`year`old in the Liverpool area and a
:10:17. > :10:24.15`year`old in Bedfordshire, but neither had been arrested.
:10:25. > :10:27.A wildlife charity has criticised the government's badger cull for the
:10:28. > :10:31.use of trapping and shooting methods, which it says were not part
:10:32. > :10:34.of its objectives. Care for the Wild said that in West Gloucestershire
:10:35. > :10:36.543 badgers were killed through controlled shooting in six weeks,
:10:37. > :10:47.while 165 were cage`trapped and shot.
:10:48. > :10:49.Pressure on hospital beds is top of the government agenda this winter
:10:50. > :10:53.and hospitals are being forced to look for radical solutions. In
:10:54. > :10:56.Stoke`on` Trent an ?8 million deal has been struck which will see a
:10:57. > :10:59.private company looking after patients at home, freeing up beds on
:11:00. > :11:02.wards. Andy Fallows had to have his hip
:11:03. > :11:06.removed due to a drug resistant infection. He was in hospital for
:11:07. > :11:12.four weeks, but thanks to this new system he's one of the first
:11:13. > :11:21.patients to go home. I want my tea at 8pm, like I
:11:22. > :11:25.normally do. I am not timed to certain times. I am not bored. If I
:11:26. > :11:28.want to do something, I can do it. He's visited by nurses from health
:11:29. > :11:31.care at Home, who give him antibiotics four times a day. It's
:11:32. > :11:36.been trialled in Southampton and means beds which cost the hospital
:11:37. > :11:41.?580 a day can be freed up. It has done amazingly well in
:11:42. > :11:47.Southampton. We have currently 36 staff on the team in which we often
:11:48. > :11:51.will have 42 patients out of the hospital on a daily basis. That
:11:52. > :11:52.means you have 42 beds in a trust that can be used in different
:11:53. > :11:55.people. University Hospital Stoke`on`Trent
:11:56. > :12:01.says that it will be monitoring it very closely.
:12:02. > :12:11.Patients who are at home are at less risk at home `` four, and of getting
:12:12. > :12:14.hospital infection. Patients do not want to be sat in hospital if they
:12:15. > :12:17.can have the same treatment at home. Winter bed pressures meant temporary
:12:18. > :12:20.wards had to be rerfurbished before Christmas.
:12:21. > :12:23.This building houses 34 patients, but eschewed to be demolished and a
:12:24. > :12:30.jewel carriageway going through this. Healthcare at Home will
:12:31. > :12:33.hopefully free up for two beds Although it has run in Southampton
:12:34. > :12:36.for three years, this campaigner has concerns about safety and the way
:12:37. > :12:41.the contract was awarded. And solve the crisis.
:12:42. > :12:47.To me, it is an initiative that in fact is a loophole that means that
:12:48. > :12:49.University Hospital North Staffordshire does not have to
:12:50. > :12:52.tender this work out. Health care at Home will be judged
:12:53. > :12:54.on whether there are beds available next Christmas.
:12:55. > :13:01.MPs have voted to release secret papers relating to the conviction of
:13:02. > :13:04.the Shrewsbury 24. The group included comedy actor Ricky
:13:05. > :13:07.Tomlinson, who was jailed for his part in picket line disturbances
:13:08. > :13:13.following a builders' strike more than 40 years ago. The government
:13:14. > :13:16.said today the documents could be made available next year. MPs from
:13:17. > :13:25.our region spoke on both sides of the debate.
:13:26. > :13:30.The Stasi published their files after the burning wall came down in
:13:31. > :13:33.1989. I think we can. Many constituents say that these people
:13:34. > :13:39.have been tried and convicted by a jury and many constituents are the
:13:40. > :13:45.world at that this debate has even been called.
:13:46. > :13:48.An MP is tonight urging the board of governors at Staffordshire
:13:49. > :13:50.University not to close its campus in Stafford. The town's Jeremy
:13:51. > :13:53.LeFroy believes the potential relocation of more than 2,000
:13:54. > :13:56.students to Stoke`on`Trent would have a "substantial impact" on the
:13:57. > :14:01.local economy. A final decision will be announced a week today.
:14:02. > :14:03.The campus at Beaconside in Stafford's seen an increasing number
:14:04. > :14:06.of students enrolling on courses over the last few years. But
:14:07. > :14:10.Staffordshire University's carrying out a review of its buildings and
:14:11. > :14:18.that could mean it moves out of this campus.
:14:19. > :14:22.Currently, I don't want to move. I am settles and it is a lovely town.
:14:23. > :14:28.I like the shops and the people, I don't want to move out.
:14:29. > :14:32.It is further away than where I live. You have to sort out
:14:33. > :14:38.accommodation again. It is just an annoyance.
:14:39. > :14:42.It will probably cripple Stafford, because it will take all the
:14:43. > :14:43.students away. I think it is a really bad idea.
:14:44. > :14:46.The university's considering moving more students here, to its base in
:14:47. > :14:51.Stoke`on`Trent. But leaving Stafford would be a mistake, according to the
:14:52. > :14:56.town's MP. What I am saying to the university
:14:57. > :15:02.is thinking long term. Don't take a short`term decision. Stafford is an
:15:03. > :15:08.incredibly strategic position for a university to be in. We are near the
:15:09. > :15:10.airport and the M6. It is at the heart of the UK.
:15:11. > :15:13.The university says any changes won't have an impact on second or
:15:14. > :15:18.third year undergraduates, although first years could potentially be
:15:19. > :15:21.affected. The university declined our request
:15:22. > :15:26.for an interview, but said that it is aware of students concerns and
:15:27. > :15:29.has held meetings to discuss the future. It said it did not want to
:15:30. > :15:31.pre`empt a decision of its Board of Governors.
:15:32. > :15:36.Ahead of that decision, what's the feeling in Stafford town centre on
:15:37. > :15:40.the plans? I benefit, because I am a taxi
:15:41. > :15:46.driver. I take a lot of students around. Plus, they come into town
:15:47. > :15:49.and do their shopping. As far as we can see, the students are happy
:15:50. > :15:51.there and Stafford needs the University.
:15:52. > :15:54.The university will announce its plans next week, when students will
:15:55. > :16:03.be told where future investment will be made. It is 6:45pm.
:16:04. > :16:06.This is our top story tonight: Chocolate giants Cadbury announce a
:16:07. > :16:12.new ?75 million investment in Bournville, but jobs could be lost.
:16:13. > :16:16.Brace yourselves for a watery weather forecast from Rebecca.
:16:17. > :16:20.And also in tonight's programme: Exodus to the capital. Coventry City
:16:21. > :16:25.set to be roared on by 5,000 fans in tomorrow night's FA Cup tie at
:16:26. > :16:28.Arsenal. And celebrating 30 years: the
:16:29. > :16:44.theatre group set up to tell women's stories.
:16:45. > :16:46.It's 12 months since the horse meat scandal erupted into the headlines.
:16:47. > :16:49.Shocking revelations followed one after another as major retailers
:16:50. > :16:52.discovered their beef, pork or lamb actually contained traces, or worse,
:16:53. > :16:55.of horse. But for some in the Midlands the scandal was actually
:16:56. > :16:58.good for business. Our Rural Affairs Correspondent David Gregory`Kumar
:16:59. > :17:06.has been investigating. So David who's done well out of all
:17:07. > :17:09.this? People like this butcher. Now this
:17:10. > :17:13.shop near Wolverhampton is part of a farm shop. You can buy the sausages
:17:14. > :17:17.and steaks and see the pigs and cattle from the windows of the shop.
:17:18. > :17:19.The owners call it a one link food chain. You can't get more certain
:17:20. > :17:32.about where your meat has come from when the horse meat scandal broke,
:17:33. > :17:36.we had a surge in meat sales, because people lost faith in
:17:37. > :17:40.supermarkets, and decided to go to farm shops where they knew the meat
:17:41. > :17:43.came from. And sales are still up. They've held onto half their new
:17:44. > :17:47.customers. So what about the rest of us? This is the change in what we're
:17:48. > :17:53.eating. As you can see frozen pork, beef and ready meals are all down.
:17:54. > :17:57.But look at frozen burgers. That's where the horse meat scandal started
:17:58. > :18:01.and sales are down by just 1%. That's thanks to heavy promotion and
:18:02. > :18:08.discounting. If it's cheap enough, we'll still eat it.
:18:09. > :18:11.So who's testing this food? Well not Trading Standards. For example, in
:18:12. > :18:14.Birmingham Trading Standards have stopped testing for horse meat. They
:18:15. > :18:24.told us since they didn't detect any further incidences of contamination.
:18:25. > :18:28.One other reason Trading Standards stopped testing, increasing testing
:18:29. > :18:40.by food companies themselves. Though of course that does carry a cost.
:18:41. > :18:45.It is a bit of a business, because it's ?126 per analysis, and if you
:18:46. > :18:49.can imagine, we take delivery of meat once a week, that means it
:18:50. > :18:51.would cost ?25,000 a year just to check meat coming in is what it
:18:52. > :18:55.says. A year after the horse meat scandal
:18:56. > :18:59.many of us have gone back to buying meat based purely on how affordable
:19:00. > :19:02.it is. But for a good proportion of shoppers knowing exactly where our
:19:03. > :19:10.meat has come from is much more important than it was 12 months ago.
:19:11. > :19:14.This time tomorrow, 5,000 Coventry City fans will be making a bee`line
:19:15. > :19:18.for North London. They're hoping to witness a big upset in the FA Cup
:19:19. > :19:21.fourth round. The Sky Blues maybe 55 places below Arsenal, who are
:19:22. > :19:29.currently on top of the Premier League, but the Coventry camp
:19:30. > :19:37.remains quietly confident. Training hard for the toughest task
:19:38. > :19:41.in the round draw. Coventry away to Arsenal sitting pretty on top of the
:19:42. > :19:46.Premier League. Realistically, Coventry know that they do not stand
:19:47. > :19:52.a chance, but if Arsenal was to take their foot off the brake, then the
:19:53. > :19:56.Sky Blues have players. Players like Franck Moussa, who has
:19:57. > :20:03.30 goals and more to come. Last season, he took his debut when
:20:04. > :20:08.Arsenal won`1. It is a great opportunity to play football.
:20:09. > :20:12.Everybody knows about the FA Cup, anything can happen. We have to give
:20:13. > :20:19.our best shot and go that expecting to get a result out of that. We will
:20:20. > :20:23.see what our best will give us. I was hoping for Liverpool, but I will
:20:24. > :20:28.not complain about going back to the Emirates. We have to believe that we
:20:29. > :20:34.can get something out of the game. There will be cheered on by 5000
:20:35. > :20:38.fans, but the boss, Steven Pressley, is determined there will have a
:20:39. > :20:43.night to remember. If you are going to draw this, there
:20:44. > :20:48.is no better side than Arsenal. It is one of location. We have to go
:20:49. > :20:52.there with the right mentality. We cannot just go there to make the
:20:53. > :21:00.numbers up. My players do have an opportunity. Have boots, do travel.
:21:01. > :21:02.Hoping that tomorrow night is not the end of the road for them. Good
:21:03. > :21:04.luck to them. And tomorrow we'll be with
:21:05. > :21:07.Kidderminster Harriers as they prepare to face Premier League
:21:08. > :21:20.Sunderland in the fourth round on Saturday A memorial
:21:21. > :21:25.A memorial service will be held in Wolverhampton next month to honour
:21:26. > :21:27.the Wolves and England goalkeeping legend Bert Williams The
:21:28. > :21:30.93`year`old, who died on Sunday, made more than 400 appearances for
:21:31. > :21:34.Wolves in a 14`year career that spanned the club's most successful
:21:35. > :21:38.era in the 1950s. The service will be held at St Peter's Church in the
:21:39. > :21:49.city on Wednesday February the fifth.
:21:50. > :21:53.Have you heard of the popular comedy character Barbara Nice? Well, not
:21:54. > :21:56.only does she make us laugh, but, in real life, her less manic persona
:21:57. > :21:59.Janice Connolly is a founding member of the Women Theatre group, which
:22:00. > :22:08.tackles difficult and often taboo topics. This year the group's
:22:09. > :22:17.celebrating its 30th birthday. Are you ready now? A stinging start
:22:18. > :22:22.to this week's comedy class in Wolverhampton. This is one of
:22:23. > :22:26.thousands of projects that Women Theatre have devised for ordinary
:22:27. > :22:32.people. It is all devised theatre, so we are making it up ourselves. We
:22:33. > :22:36.wanted to find stories that were not already been told and, initially, it
:22:37. > :22:40.was women telling their stories, but now we have men as well. But that is
:22:41. > :22:47.how it started in the beginning. Three decades on, and Janice
:22:48. > :22:53.Connolly is still going strong. You have caught me going through my
:22:54. > :22:59.cupboards. You might be thinking, what are you looking for, Barbara? I
:23:00. > :23:06.am looking for Anglo`Saxon gold. She is best known as her, the altar ego
:23:07. > :23:13.Barbara Nice, who was in Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights.
:23:14. > :23:16.Everyone who does the course will not end up being a performer, but
:23:17. > :23:20.some people will. People enjoy themselves, and it is good for
:23:21. > :23:25.well`being. You cannot beat the arts for coming out of yourself and
:23:26. > :23:29.feeling better when you go home. The odd comedy, Women Theatre have
:23:30. > :23:33.created work to challenge our perceptions.
:23:34. > :23:38.I was standing outside the club, trying to pluck up the courage to go
:23:39. > :23:48.into the disco to find women like me.
:23:49. > :23:52.Here, stories of a hidden gay past. Homosexuality was seen as a form of
:23:53. > :23:56.madness. This data is now part of the
:23:57. > :24:04.cultural identity. They have employed 300 artists and workers.
:24:05. > :24:11.They have had workshops, reaching out to thousands of people, many
:24:12. > :24:15.have been empowered and entertained. Rachel is one of the many people who
:24:16. > :24:20.has attended workshops. It has really boosted my confidence. I have
:24:21. > :24:24.never done comedy, I was wanted to do it. It came along at the right
:24:25. > :24:29.time. I have made new friendships, and onwards and upwards for more
:24:30. > :24:33.comedy nights. At a time when many arts organisations are trying to
:24:34. > :24:41.make ends meet, Women Theatre are a success story and have 20 to laugh
:24:42. > :24:51.about. Happy birthday to them. Here is the
:24:52. > :24:55.weather. Yes, unfortunately, the weather is deteriorating as we go to
:24:56. > :24:59.the weekend. I will talk about rainfall totals, because we have
:25:00. > :25:07.significant rainfall in the next few days. We could see ten to 20 minute
:25:08. > :25:11.metres, then `` millimetres, then the showers on Saturday could be
:25:12. > :25:16.heavy, and we could have up to 25 millimetres of rain on Sunday. There
:25:17. > :25:21.are flood alerts in the region, and they could go up. We have had some
:25:22. > :25:24.showers today, but we will see those moving off, then it is a clear
:25:25. > :25:27.night. Cabbages will fall away under those
:25:28. > :25:36.clear skies to begin with, but then we start to see cloud head of the
:25:37. > :25:39.next band of rain. `` temperatures will fall away. We could see some
:25:40. > :25:44.icy stretches. In Staffordshire, there is a yellow weather warning
:25:45. > :25:48.for ice. Tomorrow morning, we will see the
:25:49. > :25:53.rain sticking with this, temperatures really struggling.
:25:54. > :25:59.Around three Celsius under that. It will feel cold tomorrow, it will be
:26:00. > :26:02.breezy. There will be a few clear periods in that rain, but it will
:26:03. > :26:09.not go anywhere. Eventually, there will be mild air, but we could get
:26:10. > :26:13.up to eight Celsius where we have been recently. And the rain stays
:26:14. > :26:17.with us right the way through Friday night. It will get heavy at times,
:26:18. > :26:21.eventually heading away as we head into Saturday. We will get some mist
:26:22. > :26:25.and fog patches developing, because there is quite a lot of moisture in
:26:26. > :26:30.the error was well. It will not be too cold on Saturday, and Saturday
:26:31. > :26:33.will be the best day of the weekend, but it still will not be a
:26:34. > :26:38.great day, because although it starts off dry, we get some sunny
:26:39. > :26:42.spells. Then we have the showers moving through. They will clear away
:26:43. > :26:47.again, it will be a very cold night as we head into Sunday. Then we have
:26:48. > :26:50.this area of low pressure moving in. It will have strong guts of wind up
:26:51. > :27:00.to 40 miles an hour, 25 millimetres of rain. The forecast could change,
:27:01. > :27:03.but it is not looking good. Tonight's headlines from the BBC.
:27:04. > :27:06.Some hospital waiting time figures in England can't be relied upon,
:27:07. > :27:10.according to an official watchdog. And guilty of throwing acid in the
:27:11. > :27:13.face of a friend ` the woman who disguised herself in a Muslim veil.
:27:14. > :27:18.Chocolate giants Cadbury announce a new ?75 million investment in
:27:19. > :27:20.Bournville. There are some fears tonight that 60% of jobs could be
:27:21. > :27:23.lost. And recent disturbances at a jail
:27:24. > :27:29.near Wolverhampton amounted to a full scale "prison riot", according
:27:30. > :27:33.to an officer working there. That was the programme. I will be
:27:34. > :27:36.back at 10pm with the latest of the Cadbury 's announcement. We will
:27:37. > :27:43.have more analysis of what this could mean for jobs, and we expect
:27:44. > :27:45.to hear whether the striker has admitted all denied a football
:27:46. > :27:54.Association charge about an A star will be born
:27:55. > :28:17.on The Voice 2014!