:00:00. > :00:00.Hello and welcome to Midlands Today. The headlines tonight...
:00:07. > :00:09.125 years of history comes to the end of the road. Dunlop Motorsport's
:00:10. > :00:21.Birmingham factory to close, with the loss of more than 240 jobs.
:00:22. > :00:25.Absolutely dismayed. Goodyear Dunlop are treating the city and country
:00:26. > :00:29.with contempt. Local MP Jack Dromey tells us it's a
:00:30. > :00:30.disgrace and the company has gone back on its word.
:00:31. > :00:34.Also tonight... More rain on the way ` are we
:00:35. > :00:37.sacrificing farmers to save our towns and cities from flooding? This
:00:38. > :00:41.is their business. They work to maintain it and they have one
:00:42. > :00:42.chance, generally, to get a crop off the land.
:00:43. > :00:45.Wolverhampton says a final goodbye to Steve Evans, who inspired
:00:46. > :00:47.thousands with his battle with stomach cancer.
:00:48. > :00:54.A first league win over Manchester United in 30 years means a happy
:00:55. > :01:00.Monday in the Potteries. Couldn't believe it. Thoroughly deserved it.
:01:01. > :01:02.Amazing. Both my sons are over the moon.
:01:03. > :01:05.And yesterday, this was the first sign of any real sunshine we've had
:01:06. > :01:09.for days, but by the looks of things, I doubt it'll last. As
:01:10. > :01:17.though we need reminding ` there's more rain on the way. Full details
:01:18. > :01:21.for you later. Good evening. 125 years of tyre
:01:22. > :01:24.production by Dunlop in Birmingham is coming to an end, with the
:01:25. > :01:30.closure of the company's motorsports plant. It had been hoped a deal
:01:31. > :01:33.could have been struck to save the factory and more than 240 jobs.
:01:34. > :01:37.Workers believed they were safe until September at least, but today
:01:38. > :01:43.the US`owned tyre maker said it was pulling out of the City. Here's Bob
:01:44. > :01:46.Hockenhull. A famous manufacturing name leaves
:01:47. > :01:51.the West Midlands after a proud history in the region. And it's a
:01:52. > :01:54.case of what a difference five years makes. This was what Dunlop
:01:55. > :02:07.Motorsport had to say about its factory in Erdington in 2009. The
:02:08. > :02:10.factory is full to capacity. With new business and new championships
:02:11. > :02:16.around the world, and new teams in car and motorcycle racing, it is a
:02:17. > :02:18.good news story for the automotive industry. That demand for good
:02:19. > :02:21.quality motor sport tyres continues, but Dunlop is ending its long
:02:22. > :02:24.association with Birmingham. Its American owners, Goodyear Tire and
:02:25. > :02:28.Rubber Company, will switch the work to existing sites in France and
:02:29. > :02:32.Germany. The company's Birmingham factory had been leased from a
:02:33. > :02:37.commercial property company. That lease ends in September. And the 11
:02:38. > :02:41.acre site has already been sold to Jaguar Land Rover, who want to
:02:42. > :02:46.expand their neighbouring factory. The unions say workers have been let
:02:47. > :02:52.down. They've accused the company of not being genuine in the search for
:02:53. > :02:57.an alternative site. It was not a case of what was wrong with the
:02:58. > :03:04.existing site, it was a case of we have two factories within the group
:03:05. > :03:07.that have capacity and capability to make motorsport hires and in the
:03:08. > :03:09.timescale we had, we were not able to build a new factory. Despite
:03:10. > :03:12.personal intervention by Business Secretary Vince Cable, it seems
:03:13. > :03:20.Dunlop is adamant it will leave Birmingham.
:03:21. > :03:23.Earlier this afternoon I spoke to Jack Dromey, the MP for Birmingham
:03:24. > :03:29.Erdington. He gave me his reaction to the news of the closure.
:03:30. > :03:38.It is outrageous. Goodyear Dunlop is treating our city and our country
:03:39. > :03:41.with contempt. For days ago, they agreed they would examine all
:03:42. > :03:47.options for the future to remain in Birmingham. Four days later, they
:03:48. > :03:53.have torn up the pledge they made. It is absolutely wrong that a
:03:54. > :03:56.decision made 3600 miles away in a high old `` in Ojai office
:03:57. > :04:03.threatening Birmingham workers with redundancy. A lot say they have
:04:04. > :04:08.worked closely with local authorities and agencies to identify
:04:09. > :04:13.a local site but unfortunately, no other site was available. Is that
:04:14. > :04:20.your understanding? Not true. Six months ago, an alternative site was
:04:21. > :04:24.identified three miles away. Dunlop said at the time it is a good side.
:04:25. > :04:28.They have been offered financial assistance to relocate to that
:04:29. > :04:34.site. They said that they would seriously examined dooming it ``
:04:35. > :04:41.doing it for days ago. Now they want to work away from Birmingham. Is it
:04:42. > :04:44.a done deal, is there any chance the jobs could be kept in Birmingham? We
:04:45. > :04:51.will not allow Goodyear Dunlop to terror up the pledge `` to terror up
:04:52. > :04:56.the pledge they made four days ago. It would be trade the pledge they
:04:57. > :04:59.made but also the commitment they made two generations of Birmingham
:05:00. > :05:04.workers who have built the success of the motor sport business. They
:05:05. > :05:08.deserve better now. What can be done? It sounds as though the
:05:09. > :05:14.company has made its mind up and the jobs will be transferred to Europe,
:05:15. > :05:18.which suggests they feel the jobs would be more effectively carried
:05:19. > :05:24.out in Europe? The company has a history of closing factories here in
:05:25. > :05:29.Britain and moving production to continent. We intend to step
:05:30. > :05:32.pressure up on Dunlop over the coming weeks and months. We're not
:05:33. > :05:37.going to allow them to walk away from the city. They owe Birmingham a
:05:38. > :05:39.commitment, because it was Birmingham workers that built the
:05:40. > :05:42.success of the business. Well our business correspondent
:05:43. > :05:54.Peter Plisner is outside the Dunlop factory now. Peter what's been the
:05:55. > :06:00.reaction there today? There is anger here as well. Unions and workers are
:06:01. > :06:03.devastated. The unions have accused Dunlop of walking away from its
:06:04. > :06:07.obligations. They have accused the company of not being honest. They
:06:08. > :06:12.have referred to the meeting last night between Vince Cable `` last
:06:13. > :06:16.week between Vince Cable and the company. They say that they gave a
:06:17. > :06:21.commitment to look more seriously at sites in Birmingham and four days
:06:22. > :06:26.later, they decided to announce the closure. They seem to have capacity
:06:27. > :06:29.elsewhere in the network, in France and Germany. The factory site will
:06:30. > :06:37.be redeveloped pretty quickly, within? That is certainly the
:06:38. > :06:40.understanding. I spoke to Jaguar Land Rover. They said there are
:06:41. > :06:44.plans for the site are under development and that there are a
:06:45. > :06:49.number of options being considered. They are expanding in all directions
:06:50. > :06:57.from the Castle Bromwich factory. They have taken over the side of the
:06:58. > :07:01.cinema, a cat had `` and a car park is being developed. New models are
:07:02. > :07:05.coming out all the times of the capacity is needed. What are the
:07:06. > :07:10.prospects for the Dunlop workers who will lose their jobs? It seems
:07:11. > :07:14.unlikely that many will transfer to Germany or France. Some may be
:07:15. > :07:18.redeployed within the Dunlop factories in the UK. There will be a
:07:19. > :07:23.three`month consultation period, which point some options may be
:07:24. > :07:26.available. I think the majority face a redundancy, it has to be said.
:07:27. > :07:29.Coming up later in the programme... The legal drug guaranteed to burn
:07:30. > :07:36.fat, but it raises the body temperature so much it can have
:07:37. > :07:39.fatal consequences. There are 23 flood warnings and two
:07:40. > :07:44.severe flood warnings across the region tonight. And today there was
:07:45. > :07:47.a stark warning that we could be forced to choose between protecting
:07:48. > :07:51.the countryside or protecting towns. Farmers say that could cost them
:07:52. > :07:55.dear. Our reporter Cath Mackie is in Worcester for us tonight. Cath, how
:07:56. > :08:03.concerned are farmers you've talked to today?
:08:04. > :08:07.I spoke to one earlier whose land has been underwater since before
:08:08. > :08:11.Christmas, so he is very concerned. There is a pilot scheme in
:08:12. > :08:16.Shropshire between farmers and the Environment Agency, looking at the
:08:17. > :08:20.best way of maintaining waterways across farmland. It is hoped it will
:08:21. > :08:22.offer a national solution. Steven Watkins drives through
:08:23. > :08:25.floodwater at his farm at Severn Stoke in Worcestershire. A quarter
:08:26. > :08:30.of his land, 400 acres, is underwater. The boat on the horizon
:08:31. > :08:39.is sitting on top of the swollen River Severn. The farmland is
:08:40. > :08:43.protected by a man`made flood defence. It was put in in the 1960s
:08:44. > :08:48.to protect the villages along this stretch of the river. At that time,
:08:49. > :08:54.the river was dredged frequently to allow the tankers to get up. 20
:08:55. > :08:59.years ago, we had no more maintenance and no more dredging of
:09:00. > :09:06.the river and we are seeing the effects. We spend a reasonable
:09:07. > :09:09.amount every year on dredging but a lot of this is the responsibility of
:09:10. > :09:12.the owners of the rivers themselves. We have tried to make it easier for
:09:13. > :09:26.them to carry out the work themselves. This is a field of
:09:27. > :09:28.Swedes that were destined for the supermarket, but it is not going
:09:29. > :09:32.anywhere. It's completely waterlogged. Now, it's not the first
:09:33. > :09:36.time this field has been flooded, it is after all by the river, but what
:09:37. > :09:40.the problem is now is it's happening more often and the water is hanging
:09:41. > :09:43.around far longer than it used to. As it is in Somerset, where people
:09:44. > :09:46.trapped by floodwater are being helped by amphibious vehicles sent
:09:47. > :09:50.by a Staffordshire firm. But back at Sheepcote Farm, a gauge alerts the
:09:51. > :09:52.locals to any threat of flooding. So, the Red Line is danger?
:09:53. > :09:56.Absolutely. So what's the answer? The head of the Environment Agency
:09:57. > :09:59.says a stark choice may be needed between protecting the town or the
:10:00. > :10:01.country, prompting calls for more co`operation. Members do not want to
:10:02. > :10:05.see householders flooded. They do not want to see their farmland
:10:06. > :10:08.flooded. This is their business, they work to maintain it. They have
:10:09. > :10:12.one chance to get a crop off the land. It is about working together.
:10:13. > :10:15.In the meantime, it's an anxious wait. At Minsterworth in
:10:16. > :10:18.Gloucestershire, the flood banks have been breached three times in
:10:19. > :10:25.three days. But there's some respite ` in Ironbridge, the flood barriers
:10:26. > :10:33.have been taken down. Tonight along the River Severn, in Shrewsbury the
:10:34. > :10:36.barriers are in place. In Bewdley, they are staying put. The
:10:37. > :10:39.Environment Agency say they will review it in the mooring. The flood
:10:40. > :10:46.barriers at Ironbridge maybe up before the end of the week.
:10:47. > :10:54.We will have the full forecast later.
:10:55. > :10:58.Road tunnels will shut again this summer in Birmingham, it has been
:10:59. > :11:02.confirmed. The A38 tunnels will be shut from 10pm on Friday the 18th
:11:03. > :11:05.July until 6am on Monday the first September. The city council says
:11:06. > :11:09.it's to allow the second phase of essential repairs to take place.
:11:10. > :11:11.A Staffordshire MP has described a newspaper article about him as
:11:12. > :11:14.despicable journalism. Aidan Burley, seen here at a Nazi`themed stag
:11:15. > :11:18.party, was last month found by his party to be stupid, but not
:11:19. > :11:21.anti`semitic," for his role in the evening. The Cannock Chase MP made
:11:22. > :11:24.the comments after a Mail on Sunday article suggested he hadn't faced
:11:25. > :11:26.fair scrutiny from the Conservative Party.
:11:27. > :11:29.The online retailer Amazon says 330 workers at its Rugeley distribution
:11:30. > :11:31.centre have been switched from temporary to permanent contracts
:11:32. > :11:34.since October. The company has created almost 1,000 permanent jobs
:11:35. > :11:39.across the country in the last three months.
:11:40. > :11:42.Visiting restrictions are in place at the Worcestershire Royal Hospital
:11:43. > :11:47.and Alexandra Hospital in Redditch following an outbreak of norovirus
:11:48. > :11:50.over the weekend. Anyone who's had sickness or diarrhoea in the last 48
:11:51. > :11:56.hours is being asked not to visit patients.
:11:57. > :12:00.The family of a student who died after taking a fat`burning drug want
:12:01. > :12:04.tougher action from the government. DNP raises the body temperature so
:12:05. > :12:07.much it can be fatal. Telford's former world champion boxer Richie
:12:08. > :12:12.Woodhall knows a lot about keeping his weight down and keeping fit. For
:12:13. > :12:15.tonight's Inside Out, he's been looking at the use of DNP by
:12:16. > :12:25.slimmers, but also by body`builders in the Midlands.
:12:26. > :12:32.Chris took DNP, Sarah was losing weight. Now their families are
:12:33. > :12:35.living life without them. Luke is a Midlands teenager and fitness
:12:36. > :12:39.fanatic. He has been using DNP behind his parents' back. After the
:12:40. > :12:53.first few days my temperature really went up. I started sweating
:12:54. > :12:59.constantly. Your breathing is rapid. You can't sleep because you
:13:00. > :13:02.are constantly sweating. The Food Standards Agency has already been
:13:03. > :13:08.talking tough. It can't prosecute anyone selling DNP to burn fat. We
:13:09. > :13:14.still managed to get hold of DNP. Is the law working? We have closed or
:13:15. > :13:19.altered 40 websites around the world to stop this industrial chemical
:13:20. > :13:23.coming in and being used by people. Jeff and Jean Houston said that is
:13:24. > :13:27.not enough. Their daughter died after taking DNP and likely's
:13:28. > :13:32.parents, they did not know she was taking it. We found out after she
:13:33. > :13:39.died. The police found the pills in her room. It was only about three
:13:40. > :13:45.months later that we found out they were DNP capsules. We realised that
:13:46. > :13:52.there was nothing they could do to help in hospital. Once you taking it
:13:53. > :13:56.`` once you have taken it, it is irreversible, there is nowhere to
:13:57. > :14:02.go. It is horrendous. It is what killed our daughter. We loved her
:14:03. > :14:07.very much. They want the Home Secretary to listen. It raises the
:14:08. > :14:12.metabolic rate and is incredibly dangerous and therefore, should be a
:14:13. > :14:18.controlled substance. While changes to the law will take time, the
:14:19. > :14:22.meeting with Luke has made a difference. I will stay away with
:14:23. > :14:27.it. It seems Luke has learned his lesson. They users have not been so
:14:28. > :14:31.lucky. `` other users. Also on tonight's Inside Out
:14:32. > :14:34.programme, I'm asked to down a large glass of wine and then get behind
:14:35. > :14:37.the wheel. With nearly half of drivers admitting to being
:14:38. > :14:41.distracted by their phone, we tested whether I was safer driving after a
:14:42. > :14:46.drink, or with a phone in my hand. It was a simulator, not a car on the
:14:47. > :14:52.road. You can find out how I got on tonight at 7.30 here on BBC One `
:14:53. > :14:55.the results might surprise you. Our top story tonight...
:14:56. > :14:58.125 years of history comes to the end of the road. Dunlop Motorsport's
:14:59. > :15:02.Birmingham factory is to close, with the loss of more than 240 jobs.
:15:03. > :15:05.Your detailed weather forecast to come shortly with Shefali. Also in
:15:06. > :15:08.tonight's programme... The future of professional
:15:09. > :15:12.basketball in Birmingham is on a knife edge, the Knights desperate to
:15:13. > :15:15.end a run of 19 defeats. And Wolverhampton says its final
:15:16. > :15:26.goodbye to Steve Evans, who shared his fight with cancer with thousands
:15:27. > :15:29.online. We always knew he was who he was, how he acted and how he
:15:30. > :15:32.played, that was him. If you have a story you think we
:15:33. > :15:45.should be covering on Midlands Today, we'd like to hear from you.
:15:46. > :15:49.We are also on Facebook and Twitter. Let's turn to sport. Stoke City fans
:15:50. > :15:56.still basking in the afterglow of victory ` not just any old win.
:15:57. > :15:59.Good things come to those who wait. For 29 years, Stoke City have waited
:16:00. > :16:02.patiently for this moment. The moment they finally won a League
:16:03. > :16:06.game against Manchester United. Two goals from Charlie Adam clinched
:16:07. > :16:09.their famous victory. So it was no surprise to learn the Potteries were
:16:10. > :16:12.still buzzing with excitement today, as Ian Winter reports For the past
:16:13. > :16:26.seven years, Ann Johnson has been selling the Sentinel in the centre
:16:27. > :16:34.of Stoke. Red hair, red scarf, red Herring! How happy does the score
:16:35. > :16:54.make you feel? not very happy. You never are! I am a man United fan.
:16:55. > :17:00.She supports Man United. Charlie Adam scored two goals. His first
:17:01. > :17:04.might have been deflected but his second was the perfect stride. It
:17:05. > :17:10.left Stoke celebrating a league win over United for the first time since
:17:11. > :17:15.Boxing Day, 1984, when Mark was 21 and a striker with the red Devils.
:17:16. > :17:21.There comes a point when we expect Charlie to score goals like that. I
:17:22. > :17:33.see it in training every day. He has got a clean strike. I am pleased
:17:34. > :17:38.that Stoke one. I like to see the little guy come out on top. What did
:17:39. > :17:45.you make a? Amazing. My husband and my sons are over the moon. Really
:17:46. > :17:49.thrilled. Villa were taking the lead at
:17:50. > :17:57.Garrison Park, but the first`half goal was not good enough. Edison
:17:58. > :18:04.Park. As for West Brom, they seized on a howler to win a draw against
:18:05. > :18:13.Liverpool. Back in Hanley, Sir Stanley smiled.
:18:14. > :18:19.29 years they have waited. He would have been the proudest man in the
:18:20. > :18:22.Potteries on Saturday afternoon. Away from the Premier League, there
:18:23. > :18:25.was a fans' protest at Birmingham City against the current owner.
:18:26. > :18:29.The fans have lost patience with the current regime and the lack of money
:18:30. > :18:32.at the club. The Blues Trust held a banner at Saturday's game which
:18:33. > :18:37.read, "Delay no more." Their ultimate aim is for the current
:18:38. > :18:41.owners to sell the club. And it's a big month for the club with an EGM
:18:42. > :18:52.on Wednesday and the verdict in Yeung's trial on the 28th. On the
:18:53. > :18:58.pitch, they were losing 3`1 to Derby but it finished 3`3 on Saturday.
:18:59. > :19:02.The former Warwickshire director of cricket Ashley Giles is a leading
:19:03. > :19:06.contender to take over as head coach of the England Test team. Giles is
:19:07. > :19:09.already in charge of the one day and Twenty20 sides. He says he would be
:19:10. > :19:12."very interested" in replacing Andy Flower who resigned from the test
:19:13. > :19:16.side after the Ashes. And today the chairman of the ECB confirmed Giles
:19:17. > :19:18.was a "strong candidate" for the role.
:19:19. > :19:20.Basketball, and the director of the Birmingham Knights says they'll fold
:19:21. > :19:24.unless attendances rise. The club was formed last summer and is half
:19:25. > :19:27.way through a first season in the top flight. But it's proving
:19:28. > :19:30.tough... 19 defeats and no victories. So could they turn that
:19:31. > :19:32.around against bottom club Surrey? I went along on Saturday night to find
:19:33. > :19:35.out. These are nervous times for the
:19:36. > :19:40.Birmingham Knights. They've yet to win a game this season. And the
:19:41. > :19:50.finances are creaking. The message to basketball fans is clear. Back
:19:51. > :19:54.them, or lose them. We really do need the city and local businesses
:19:55. > :19:59.and new fans to start coming along and supporting us, or we won't be
:20:00. > :20:04.here next season. We should be devastated for Birmingham. We've got
:20:05. > :20:07.professional basketball back. The venue has been the biggest problem.
:20:08. > :20:10.The Knights are based at North Solihull Sports Centre. It's in
:20:11. > :20:14.Chelmsley Wood, and being away from the city centre makes it hard to
:20:15. > :20:20.attract crowds. But those who do go are passionate ` especially when
:20:21. > :20:26.they've got two sons in the side. They are competing, and that is all
:20:27. > :20:38.we want. The fact that in the second quarter there was a good points
:20:39. > :20:44.tally, that is nice in any sport. I am a huge fan of Birmingham Bullets
:20:45. > :20:46.and I was disappointed when they disappeared so I was pleased when
:20:47. > :20:50.basketball came back. Saturday's game against Surrey gave the Knights
:20:51. > :20:53.a great chance of their first win of the season. But the Knights lost
:20:54. > :20:58.again 89`80. Their coach is still optimistic about the future. The
:20:59. > :21:04.results have not gone the way we wanted it to but when you have been
:21:05. > :21:06.looking at the schools and universities, that is all positive.
:21:07. > :21:09.Birmingham would love to follow the example of the league leaders,
:21:10. > :21:12.Worcester Wolves. Worcester play at their University's new arena, and
:21:13. > :21:15.Birmingham have an agreement with their university to move into a new
:21:16. > :21:20.arena in 2016. But that's still two years away. And if the Knights can't
:21:21. > :21:30.improve their finances, they won't last that long.
:21:31. > :21:35.Zac purchase from Tewkesbury, the rower, has announced his retirement
:21:36. > :21:41.today. He won medals in ageing and London. `` in Beijing.
:21:42. > :21:44.Steve Evans shared his fight with terminal stomach cancer on radio, TV
:21:45. > :21:47.and online, always showing "courage, humour and grace". In one of his
:21:48. > :21:51.final tweets, Steve thanked all his followers saying, "You have helped
:21:52. > :21:54.us get through some very dark and tricky times". His story touched the
:21:55. > :21:57.lives of people from all walks of life and all over the world. The
:21:58. > :22:00.Olympic gold medallist Matthew Pinsent described Steve as "funny
:22:01. > :22:03.and dignified to the end". Mike Pearson tweeted from America that
:22:04. > :22:06.Steve's journey was "truly the bravest thing I've ever heard,"
:22:07. > :22:09.while on Facebook, Louise Ransberry, who attended today's service, said
:22:10. > :22:12."what a fabulous send off ` funny, emotional, entertaining." Tributes
:22:13. > :22:15.at today's service in Wolverhampton were led by the comedian and family
:22:16. > :22:22.friend, Frank Skinner, as Ben Godfrey reports.
:22:23. > :22:28.At half past twelve, parts of Wolverhampton city centre fell
:22:29. > :22:36.silent. 500 mourners gathered to celebrate the life of a man of many
:22:37. > :22:43.talents. I have followed him through his journey, through sad times. He
:22:44. > :22:46.was a good guy. I am showing my respect to day. He was
:22:47. > :22:51.inspirational. Steve Evans touched people with his honesty and humour.
:22:52. > :22:54.Here was a man revealing the hard truth about life with terminal
:22:55. > :22:56.stomach cancer. The 52`year`old council building surveyor, part`time
:22:57. > :23:06.comedian and magician, leaves behind his wife Septina, and their
:23:07. > :23:10.daughters Meg and Lauren. The only thing we can do, and it does not
:23:11. > :23:16.have to be a specific thing, is continued living the way he taught
:23:17. > :23:19.us. If we do that, then his legacy lives on. Steve spent a decade
:23:20. > :23:27.managing the acts at the Civic Hall. This was the first funeral service
:23:28. > :23:31.in the venue's history. One of those paying tribute was the comedian,
:23:32. > :23:35.Frank Skinner, a family friend. He said Steve was an amazing guy, a man
:23:36. > :23:41.of great intelligence and cleverer than he looked. He added, he was
:23:42. > :23:44.Wolverhampton through and through, but I forgive him that. Also among
:23:45. > :23:47.the mourners were former colleagues at Wolverhampton City Council, some
:23:48. > :23:57.of his 26,000 Twitter followers and those who'd helped Steve to tell his
:23:58. > :24:03.unique story. There is a familiar play called Death Of A Salesman, and
:24:04. > :24:08.the lead character judges people by how many turn up to his funeral. If
:24:09. > :24:12.that is a good assessment of a man's life, this was an incredible
:24:13. > :24:16.life. Steve asked for donations to be made to Compton Hospice because
:24:17. > :24:23.of the support given to him at home by its nurses. ?15,000 has been
:24:24. > :24:26.raised so far. Such a sizeable sum will go a long way to help provide
:24:27. > :24:35.care in the future for families affected. The furthest away donation
:24:36. > :24:38.was Zimbabwe. It shows love. Steve Evans called his fight against
:24:39. > :24:43.cancer "a journey shared by loved ones". Today, it was apparent there
:24:44. > :24:55.were many more of them than perhaps he realised.
:24:56. > :24:58.Truly inspirational. Earlier we saw the continuing flooding problem, is
:24:59. > :25:04.there any respite from the rain on the horizon Shefali?
:25:05. > :25:11.There is some respite. Any respite is going to be welcome at this
:25:12. > :25:16.stage, especially to those in flooded areas. We have got drier
:25:17. > :25:20.days this week. They are interspersed with wetter periods.
:25:21. > :25:24.For the first half of the week, the wettest and windiest period will be
:25:25. > :25:33.on Wednesday. That is quite a wild day and there are warnings in force
:25:34. > :25:37.at the moment for gusts of up to 50 mph. That will cause travel
:25:38. > :25:41.disruption. There will be rain to come with that and it could amount
:25:42. > :25:46.to 20 or 30 millimetres, about an inch of rain, on top of what we have
:25:47. > :25:52.already got. Just to point out that we have numerous flood warnings in
:25:53. > :25:54.force across the region. We have two severe flood warnings for
:25:55. > :25:58.Gloucestershire. It is a changing picture so if you want to keep up to
:25:59. > :26:04.date, the best thing to do is contact this phone number. This is
:26:05. > :26:10.what is affecting us in the immediate future. There is a cold
:26:11. > :26:15.front heading in from the west. It does not have the additional baggage
:26:16. > :26:20.of low pressure, so it will not be as bad as this deep area of low
:26:21. > :26:24.pressure heading our way on Wednesday. There is a lot of rain
:26:25. > :26:33.along it. It is a narrowband heading in this evening from the West,
:26:34. > :26:38.producing rain in some places. It heads off to the east, followed by
:26:39. > :26:42.showers. We have got dry conditions to end the night and under those
:26:43. > :26:47.clearer skies, temperatures near freezing in more reward areas and
:26:48. > :26:53.over higher land. We could see a touch of ice and frost as well. For
:26:54. > :27:00.towns and cities, temperatures above freezing. Tomorrow is also a day of
:27:01. > :27:04.respite. Dry weather and showers, and sunshine as well. Temperatures
:27:05. > :27:06.to about eight Celsius. The rain is going to arrive tomorrow night and
:27:07. > :27:12.it will be heavy. Tonight's headlines from the BBC...
:27:13. > :27:16.State schools as good as private ones ` that's the ambition, says the
:27:17. > :27:19.Education Secretary. 125 years of history comes to the
:27:20. > :27:24.end of the road ` Dunlop Motorsport's Birmingham factory to
:27:25. > :27:27.close, with the loss of 240 jobs. Moore at ten o'clock. Goodbye.