:00:00. > :00:00.to British coastlines, with winds of up to 80 mph. That's all
:00:00. > :00:00.Hello and welcome to Midlands Today. The headlines tonight. Cut off since
:00:07. > :00:16.Christmas ` the villagers in Gloucestershire who've been marooned
:00:17. > :00:20.by the flood waters. We have just been sort of forgotten. We are not
:00:21. > :00:24.in the village, we are not in the city, mostly we are forgotten about.
:00:25. > :00:27.We'll be live in Tirley in Gloucestershire for the latest,
:00:28. > :00:30.after another day of heavy rain and strong winds. Assessing the damage,
:00:31. > :00:37.homeowners in Worcester wade through the waters to monitor the impact.
:00:38. > :00:44.Very messy. Is not look good at all. I am travelling into a community
:00:45. > :00:50.largely cut off by flood water and now Gailes mean they have been
:00:51. > :00:55.without power for two days. The rain is still falling and the river
:00:56. > :01:02.levels are rising. But all signs point to things getting a little
:01:03. > :01:06.better next week. I'll have all the details later. Also tonight, as the
:01:07. > :01:08.Prime Minister visits Jaguar Land Rover's new engine plant.
:01:09. > :01:11.Local manufacturing firms claim they've lost out to overseas
:01:12. > :01:18.suppliers. And the farmers using social media to boost business and
:01:19. > :01:23.to share some fun photos. Good evening. People living in a
:01:24. > :01:32.village in Gloucestershire say they've been cut off by flood water
:01:33. > :01:36.for nearly two months. Roads around Sandhurst were flooded at Christmas
:01:37. > :01:48.and the water has only risen since then.
:01:49. > :02:00.It is not just river water flooding these homes, it is sewage. Matt
:02:01. > :02:04.Beesley lives here. Why did I leave? Human faeces floating around in the
:02:05. > :02:12.kitchen. No, thanks. We have had to make all the telephone calls. It is
:02:13. > :02:15.too late. These sandbags cover a manhole cover in Matt's garden and
:02:16. > :02:19.it was the manhole cover that exploded sending human sewage all
:02:20. > :02:22.over the place. We've taken the sensible decision probably not to
:02:23. > :02:27.walk any further into Matt's garden and I have to say the smell, as you
:02:28. > :02:30.can guess, is shocking. Severn Trent have told us they've sent extra
:02:31. > :02:34.pumps to Diglis Avenue but the water levels have got so high, they say,
:02:35. > :02:41.there's nothing more they can do until they recede. Horror stories
:02:42. > :02:47.like this are rare, and whilst some homes and businesses have flooded,
:02:48. > :02:55.it's not widespread. Police patrols are going door to door in vulnerable
:02:56. > :02:58.areas ` to offer reassurance. I can absolutely assure people we have had
:02:59. > :03:02.no crime as a result of the flooding. We have lots of resources
:03:03. > :03:06.out on the ground. People can be confident. All of the resources
:03:07. > :03:08.including the Army, there is nothing for people to worry about. At Bishop
:03:09. > :03:12.Hampton in Herefordshire supplies are being delivered in four by fours
:03:13. > :03:15.because the roads are flooded by standing water. The army has been in
:03:16. > :03:19.both Herefordshire and Worcestershire helping the emergency
:03:20. > :03:24.services. We're here for a minimum of five days. However, we know that
:03:25. > :03:28.we could be here for up to four weeks. If it takes four weeks, then
:03:29. > :03:31.that is what we are prepared to provide. The rain continues to fall
:03:32. > :03:35.and the Environment Agency's expecting the River Severn level to
:03:36. > :03:37.rise again this weekend. And the extent of the flooding remains
:03:38. > :03:40.breathtaking. One Midlands Today viewer filmed this footage of
:03:41. > :03:44.Worcester from a train ` the river bank and roads are indistinguishable
:03:45. > :03:48.in places. But there was some relief today, a nice touch when a Sikh
:03:49. > :03:54.charity turned up to feed emergency workers and local authority staff.
:03:55. > :04:01.Right now, the country is unaided of a crisis so we have been down to
:04:02. > :04:08.Somerset over the weekend `` in a bit of a crisis. It is time to show
:04:09. > :04:13.our support. All Matt can do is wait for the water levels to drop. How
:04:14. > :04:21.was it looking? Very messy. It does not look good at all. Hundreds of
:04:22. > :04:24.homes in north Shropshire have been without power for two days since
:04:25. > :04:28.gales battered the region. And for a village largely cut off by
:04:29. > :04:36.flood water, the lack of electricity is adding to their feelings of
:04:37. > :04:40.isolation. Joanne Writtle reports. Past flooded fields and down a lane
:04:41. > :04:46.which is now a river, there are people who feel forgotten. I am
:04:47. > :04:54.heading into the remote community of Royal Hill, by pretty much the only
:04:55. > :04:57.means possible. The farmer has been helping people get in and out for
:04:58. > :05:01.weeks. This is a natural flood plain. In there somewhere is the
:05:02. > :05:05.River Severn and people are used to all this water. What is bothering
:05:06. > :05:09.them is that the Gailes on Wednesday mean they have been without power
:05:10. > :05:18.for two days. Everything is a hassle. The heating in the house, it
:05:19. > :05:24.is a hassle setting it up, we have an emergency generator. Minutes
:05:25. > :05:30.before we arrived, good news, power was restored. But two days without a
:05:31. > :05:36.fridge, it means there is a lot of waste. It has been quite horrific.
:05:37. > :05:44.It is a little warmer now but it has been like living in a fridge. The
:05:45. > :05:47.weather has been horrific. It impeded our movements, getting
:05:48. > :05:53.around the house. It has been quite bad really. At the pub, a warm
:05:54. > :05:58.welcome. Until just now, they have coped with a generator. We are a
:05:59. > :06:03.country pub and we like to make sure we are open whatever the weather, so
:06:04. > :06:08.that people who have not got food or warmth or power can come in here.
:06:09. > :06:13.Power may be back here but hundreds of houses in Shropshire are still
:06:14. > :06:19.cut off. The difficulty we get is when the wind starts to get up, it
:06:20. > :06:25.becomes unsafe for the crews to work and that is my concern for today. If
:06:26. > :06:31.we get winds of that magnitude, we will be delayed in storing supplies.
:06:32. > :06:35.In this Hamlet, they may be swamped but at least they have now got
:06:36. > :06:57.power. And relaxing by a cosy fire is maybe the best way to switch from
:06:58. > :07:00.all this water. The Prime Minister's been visiting
:07:01. > :07:07.Jaguar Land Rover's new ?500 million engine plant near Wolverhampton
:07:08. > :07:10.today. When it opens in the autumn, it's expected that an engine will
:07:11. > :07:12.come off the production line every 36 seconds. However, some Midlands
:07:13. > :07:14.manufacturers have expressed disappointment that more parts
:07:15. > :07:18.aren't being made locally. It's emerged today that 50% of components
:07:19. > :07:20.going into the new engines will be made abroad. Our Business
:07:21. > :07:22.Correspondent, Peter Plisner, reports.
:07:23. > :07:26.A big investment in a big engine plant in fact it's the size of 14
:07:27. > :07:28.football pitches. With much of the hi`tech equipment still being
:07:29. > :07:48.installed, today the Prime Minister, a big fan of Jaguar Land Rover, came
:07:49. > :07:51.to see the plant for himself. This epitomises everything we need
:07:52. > :07:54.to see in the British economy. We need to make more things and here we
:07:55. > :08:02.are, a pneumatic factoring plan. We need more investment and jobs around
:08:03. > :08:06.the country. It's also a boost for people like
:08:07. > :08:13.Steve Bird, whose one of the first employees to take up a post here. It
:08:14. > :08:18.is a great experience. All of the new machines coming in. There is
:08:19. > :08:22.little doubt that this plant is good for the region 's economy and job
:08:23. > :08:29.creation in the Midlands but there is some concern that around 50% of
:08:30. > :08:32.the parts are being made abroad. Although this Willenhall based Forge
:08:33. > :08:35.didn't bid for work from the engine plant, management are still
:08:36. > :08:44.concerned that more isn't being made locally. It is disappointing. We do
:08:45. > :08:50.have the capacity locally. But it is not surprising because it is going
:08:51. > :08:57.to low`cost countries where the energy prices are considerably lower
:08:58. > :09:00.and the labour costs are also lower. But according to JLR management
:09:01. > :09:08.today sourcing parts is complex issue. We have a competitive
:09:09. > :09:12.sourcing strategy, like any other global company. We have tried doing
:09:13. > :09:18.very Jasmine Birtles possible in the UK to participate in the bidding
:09:19. > :09:24.process. `` as many companies as possible.
:09:25. > :09:27.One of those decisions has brought more jobs to this Birmingham
:09:28. > :09:31.engineering. It's making a variety of parts for the new engines and
:09:32. > :09:38.it's one of the biggest contracts they ever won. It means job
:09:39. > :09:42.stability, job creation, it is a learning that we can take elsewhere
:09:43. > :09:46.to other vehicle manufacturers. The new plant which has cost ?500
:09:47. > :09:51.million to set up will produce it's first engine in the autumn. And
:09:52. > :09:55.Peter's here now. So exactly how much of what's going into these new
:09:56. > :10:03.engines will actually be made in the Midlands?
:10:04. > :10:09.As you said, 50% being made abroad but 50% being made in the UK. Of
:10:10. > :10:12.that 50%, 20% being made in the West Midlands. But is lower than most
:10:13. > :10:17.people expected but let's not forget, there are some substantial
:10:18. > :10:25.contracts that have been one. The company in the film has an eight to
:10:26. > :10:30.ten year contract. That is securing jobs and creating new jobs. What can
:10:31. > :10:35.be done to make it easier for firms here to win work in the future? One
:10:36. > :10:38.of the problems is the energy costs. The companies pay a lot for
:10:39. > :10:43.electricity, that is continuing to rise. In Germany, energy costs are
:10:44. > :10:49.often fix for businesses. They say it is not a level playing field.
:10:50. > :10:53.Labour is also cheaper abroad. It is difficult to get money to invest
:10:54. > :10:56.here. And to fulfil the kind of orders they are coming out with,
:10:57. > :11:04.they need to invest but companies are finding that very difficult.
:11:05. > :11:08.Even without those jobs in the supply chain, this is a big
:11:09. > :11:11.investment in the Midlands. It is indeed. ?500 million, one of the
:11:12. > :11:16.biggest construction projects anywhere in the country and it is a
:11:17. > :11:21.local construction firm that has won a lot of the work. There are 1400
:11:22. > :11:27.people working in this plant and a lot of those are apprentices, it has
:11:28. > :11:31.been a really big project with some big numbers. Serial killer Joanna
:11:32. > :11:35.Dennehy has told a court she's sorry for the attempted murders of two men
:11:36. > :11:37.in Hereford, but not for the murders of three others in Cambridgeshire.
:11:38. > :11:40.31`year`old Dennehy, from Peterborough, pleaded guilty to the
:11:41. > :11:43.offences at an earlier hearing and appeared before Cambridge Crown
:11:44. > :11:47.Court today for sentencing. She made her remarks after the case was
:11:48. > :11:53.adjourned and she was being led from the dock.
:11:54. > :11:57.One of Coventry's oldest firms has been saved from going out of
:11:58. > :12:01.business. Cash's UK, which has made name tags for school uniforms for
:12:02. > :12:05.more than 160 years, went into administration last month. It's been
:12:06. > :12:10.sold as a going concern, production is expected to restart immediately.
:12:11. > :12:14.And a senior Labour MP has attacked the war of words between the main
:12:15. > :12:16.parties over flood protection. Labour identified 24 Midlands
:12:17. > :12:19.Conservatives who voted against a Labour motion three years ago, which
:12:20. > :12:22.condemned cuts to flood protection budgets. The Government say the
:12:23. > :12:25.defences are holding`up well in most Midlands towns and cities. But a
:12:26. > :12:29.former business minister said the debate was not what people directly
:12:30. > :12:34.involved wanted to hear. I do not think that people who are currently
:12:35. > :12:38.battling flooding welcome party political battling on this. This has
:12:39. > :12:43.been truly terrible for people, it is ultimately mostly down to the
:12:44. > :12:47.weather and the terrible storms and rain that we have had and I want to
:12:48. > :12:51.pay tribute to every environment agency member of staff, army
:12:52. > :12:55.officer, police and fire officers, volunteers, they have been doing
:12:56. > :13:00.their best to help in what has been a really difficult situation for the
:13:01. > :13:03.country in recent ones. `` months. And there'll be more on
:13:04. > :13:06.this on this weekend's Sunday Politics, when Patrick Burns will
:13:07. > :13:10.also be joined in the studio by Alison Munro, the Chief Executive of
:13:11. > :13:22.HS2 Ltd, the company responsible for delivering high`speed rail. That's
:13:23. > :13:32.from 11pm here on BBC One. ``11am. Today, the Fire and rescue
:13:33. > :13:35.service were bringing vital resources to people by boat. We have
:13:36. > :13:38.been finding out how they have been coping.
:13:39. > :13:41.Cut off since Christmas. The residents of Sandhurst in
:13:42. > :13:50.Gloucestershire have not been able to leave their homes for weeks. How
:13:51. > :13:53.long have you been stranded? One day merges into the next. None of us can
:13:54. > :14:02.remember. In some places, the water is six foot deep.
:14:03. > :14:08.We were trying to pump water out last night, we were in shifts,
:14:09. > :14:13.waking each other up. Trade keep the water out through the night. This
:14:14. > :14:20.afternoon, human contact that lass. Specialist water genes bringing ``
:14:21. > :14:29.specialist water teams bringing much`needed supplies. Upstream in
:14:30. > :14:36.Jukes Brie, a lot of water but far fewer problems. Although not all
:14:37. > :14:42.houses escape. This is a perfect example of the problems they face.
:14:43. > :14:46.Behind me, believe it or not, are actually two rivers. Close by is the
:14:47. > :14:49.River Avon. Right in the distance, that is where the River Severn runs.
:14:50. > :14:57.Of course when they fled, they become one huge river and that
:14:58. > :15:00.affects the town. For hotels and restaurants, relief as the town
:15:01. > :15:06.stayed open on one of their busiest days of the year. We have had some
:15:07. > :15:10.cancellations but we are getting a lot of local residents coming to
:15:11. > :15:17.join us for a nice romantic meal. We are open. As normal. To which water
:15:18. > :15:23.is even causing problem at this marina. Some of the boats have sunk.
:15:24. > :15:26.It has been flooded for so long and the owners have not been able to get
:15:27. > :15:31.to it to bale it out. Back in Sandhurst, more vital supplies but
:15:32. > :15:38.with the water not expected to go any time soon, the villagers will
:15:39. > :15:45.have to wait for some time yet. Ben Sidwell is in the village of
:15:46. > :15:50.Tirley, just south of Shrewsbury. It is clearly very windy. What are
:15:51. > :15:54.conditions like? It is incredibly windy. Huge gusts of wind coming.
:15:55. > :15:59.You may be able to see behind, that is part of the River Severn. There
:16:00. > :16:04.are actually waves on that. And that is dividing this village in half.
:16:05. > :16:07.That is the big problem. Just like Sandhurst, here in Tirley, they have
:16:08. > :16:14.had this problem pretty much since Christmas. I cannot speak to the
:16:15. > :16:20.chairman of the parish council. Do you feel like you are cut off and
:16:21. > :16:25.people are forgetting about you? I think it is because we are tiny and
:16:26. > :16:30.there are far more problems in the big towns. But we have people living
:16:31. > :16:33.down at the river who have been in their homes since Christmas, have
:16:34. > :16:39.not been able to get out. It is difficult to get food to them. Is it
:16:40. > :16:44.a community thing? The community has to pull together. We have formed an
:16:45. > :16:50.emergency action group a couple of years ago because we were concerned
:16:51. > :16:55.about the flooding. And we appointed a chairman. And he has done a
:16:56. > :17:03.wonderful job. Let's speak to the flood warden in Tirley. We can see
:17:04. > :17:08.how awful it is. About three foot of water behind us on the main road.
:17:09. > :17:16.How bad is it in the village? It is really bad. It goes from here about
:17:17. > :17:23.three quarters of a mile, over to where we have 18 houses...
:17:24. > :17:28.Apologies, the wind is causing problems with the connection to the
:17:29. > :17:35.village of Tirley. I think we can actually return to our reporter.
:17:36. > :17:40.Carry on if you can. Absolutely. A number of properties
:17:41. > :17:46.are flooded. Absolutely, yes. That is right. What can you do? We are
:17:47. > :17:51.doing everything that we can. We have identified who is staying in
:17:52. > :17:54.their houses. If we need to get people out, we are keeping
:17:55. > :17:57.information on the website. We have a team of volunteers that are kind
:17:58. > :18:02.of working to put sandbags out, organise food and just keep a link
:18:03. > :18:08.to the people that deserted down at the river. If you look behind us,
:18:09. > :18:11.these guys are doing absolutely everything they can. But
:18:12. > :18:19.potentially, this water could be here for a month or so yet.
:18:20. > :18:23.You can see all of our reports on the flooding situation on our
:18:24. > :18:27.Facebook page. And for the latest weather, travel
:18:28. > :18:32.and news updates on the flooding, tune into your local BBC radio
:18:33. > :18:35.station. Selfie ` it was the word of 2013,
:18:36. > :18:41.taking your own picture and posting it on social media. Now there's a
:18:42. > :18:45.new version ` the felfie. But behind the fun, there's a more serious side
:18:46. > :18:50.to the social media craze as our Rural Affairs correspondent, David
:18:51. > :18:54.Gregory Kumar, has been finding out. Celebrities love a selfie, taking a
:18:55. > :19:08.picture of themselves and putting it online. Here's mine... And if you
:19:09. > :19:13.want to find it you can search for it using the hashtag felfie. You'll
:19:14. > :19:19.find plenty from our farmers. But felfie isn't the only farming
:19:20. > :19:25.hashtag out there. I have heard that you are working of the hash tag team
:19:26. > :19:33.dairy. According to some people, yes. It is what we are all about. As
:19:34. > :19:37.regards Twitter and farming, it is instant, you can do it wherever you
:19:38. > :19:44.are. Whether you are in need looking parlour, in the tractor, you can get
:19:45. > :19:48.it out there as quickly as possible. Businesses large and small have
:19:49. > :19:53.followed the farmers onto twitter. By using twitter, I have got into
:19:54. > :19:58.conversations with people that are interested in what we do. How much
:19:59. > :20:02.business have you picked up? We joined in April last year and I
:20:03. > :20:11.would estimate between ten and ?15,000 worth. And both Chris and
:20:12. > :20:14.Jim have been involved with the huge task of helping flooded Somerset
:20:15. > :20:18.farmers. And social media was at the heart of relief effort. One farmer
:20:19. > :20:21.said to me that in the old days, you waited for farmers weekly to drop
:20:22. > :20:24.onto your doormat and that is when you found out what was happening.
:20:25. > :20:28.But now it is all immediate. They say that is a good thing. But of
:20:29. > :20:31.course, Twitter is not for everyone. What would you say to farmers who
:20:32. > :20:38.think this is just a stupid waste of time? Fair enough. Don't use it.
:20:39. > :20:43.Each to their own. Some people love it. I know I do. This gives you a
:20:44. > :20:49.chance to talk to so many people so quickly, a photo with a bit of an
:20:50. > :20:52.excavation can put so many would accrue `` so much information out
:20:53. > :20:57.there very quickly. And sometimes of course that photo can be very silly
:20:58. > :21:00.indeed. A centre in Birmingham will begin
:21:01. > :21:03.serving breakfast to the homeless again, after an overwhelming
:21:04. > :21:06.response to an appeal by Worcester Warriors rugby club. Rising costs
:21:07. > :21:10.forced the SIFA Fireside centre in Digbeth to give up the service at
:21:11. > :21:15.Christmas. The Worcester players stepped in to buy food and cook
:21:16. > :21:18.breakfast once a week. After we featured the story on Midlands
:21:19. > :21:21.Today, other businesses and groups have come forward to help provide
:21:22. > :21:24.meals for around 100 homeless people a day.
:21:25. > :21:29.A former West Bromwich Albion striker has left the entire contents
:21:30. > :21:32.of his luxury home to charity. Markus Rosenberg has left the club
:21:33. > :21:36.to play for Malmo in his native Sweden. But instead of taking the
:21:37. > :21:45.furniture from his home in Solihull, he got his agent to arrange to give
:21:46. > :21:48.it to the Sue Ryder charity. We were absolutely amazed. We have
:21:49. > :21:56.never had a foot taller donate any items to us that we are aware of.
:21:57. > :22:01.The money that we raise we believe will be around ?3500. It will go
:22:02. > :22:06.towards incredible care. Let's hope it raises more money than he managed
:22:07. > :22:10.to score goals for the Albion. Onto sport. And it's been a pretty awful
:22:11. > :22:14.week to be a groundsman. Out in all weathers, working hard to get the
:22:15. > :22:17.game on despite the nonstop rain. Tomorrow lunchtime, Shrewsbury Town
:22:18. > :22:21.are due to play Port Vale. So today, Ian Winter went to the Greenhous
:22:22. > :22:23.Meadow to check up on the state of the pitch.
:22:24. > :22:26.For one day only, Richard... Andrew... And Ken have acquired a
:22:27. > :22:29.willing apprentice. So this morning, at the Greenhous Meadow, it was four
:22:30. > :22:32.blokes with four forks working flat out to make sure tomorrow's game
:22:33. > :22:37.between Shrewsbury and Port Vale has the very best chance of beating the
:22:38. > :22:42.weather. Have you ever known anything like it? No, we have had
:22:43. > :22:50.some windy times but it is just so matter storm. We have seen the
:22:51. > :22:55.forecast, we will wait to see what happens in the morning. We will have
:22:56. > :23:03.to wait and see what tomorrow brings. You have done well to find
:23:04. > :23:13.him. There is usually a cardboard cutout of him and he's in the pub by
:23:14. > :23:21.now. Since moving here, she was behind never had a game called off
:23:22. > :23:24.due to a waterlogged pitch. What a contrast to their previous ground.
:23:25. > :23:27.Ever since 1911, flooding used to be an almost annual event for
:23:28. > :23:29.Shrewsbury Town. When the river burst its banks, the phrase
:23:30. > :23:33.waterlogged pitch somehow felt inadequate. For 25 years, it was
:23:34. > :23:36.Brian Perry's job to care for the football pitch beneath the floods.
:23:37. > :23:39.And today, he's returning to the site of the old Gay Meadow for the
:23:40. > :23:42.first time since retiring. No wonder he's surprised to find 179
:23:43. > :23:50.family homes being built exactly where Shrewsbury Town used to play
:23:51. > :23:54.football. Your job must have been a nightmare.
:23:55. > :24:00.Yes, it was but I enjoyed every minute of it. People would ask me
:24:01. > :24:06.about if the rain will stop the game on Saturday. It used to come down
:24:07. > :24:10.quick and come up quick. Once the water on the pitch was there, there
:24:11. > :24:13.was nothing I could do. But is when I went home for a cup of tea. Which
:24:14. > :24:17.is exactly what groundsmen have always done when the rain pours
:24:18. > :24:21.down. And the forecast for the next few hours remains wet, wet, wet. And
:24:22. > :24:25.there'll be a pitch inspection at 8:15am.
:24:26. > :24:28.Throughout the programme we've seen just how awful the weather has been
:24:29. > :24:30.today. How's it looking for the weekend, Rebecca?
:24:31. > :24:36.I almost dare not say this, Mary, but all signs are pointing to things
:24:37. > :24:39.improving ever so slightly as we head into next week, and things
:24:40. > :24:42.today haven't been quite as bad as we were expecting. Although we have
:24:43. > :24:46.had some heavy bursts across the region. That said, we do still have
:24:47. > :24:49.a Met Office yellow weather warning in place for heavy rain tonight and
:24:50. > :24:53.through tomorrow as low pressure continues to sit above the country.
:24:54. > :24:55.And this is the system that has brought today's unsettled weather,
:24:56. > :24:58.and through tonight winds are strengthening. We could get gusts of
:24:59. > :25:01.40`50mph tonight as we head towards tomorrow morning. We also have
:25:02. > :25:05.showers rattling through the region too. At times they will be heavy and
:25:06. > :25:10.with the cloud and the winds temperatures aren't going to fall
:25:11. > :25:13.away too far. Temperatures 5`6 Celsius. It'll be a grey and wet
:25:14. > :25:17.start to Saturday, with blustery conditions too. Those showers
:25:18. > :25:20.banding up again at times. As that area of low pressure moves, our wind
:25:21. > :25:23.direction will change, bringing in some colder air, we could see some
:25:24. > :25:26.wintry showers over the Staffordshire moorlands. But slowly
:25:27. > :25:29.through the day tomorrow we will see those showers moving away. With
:25:30. > :25:32.drier and brighter conditions from the north, feeling colder though.
:25:33. > :25:39.Temperatures a few degrees colder than today. So a clear night to
:25:40. > :25:47.come, with a few showers remaining over the north midlands, at times
:25:48. > :25:50.they could be a little wintry. But under clear skies with cooler air a
:25:51. > :25:53.widespread frost is on the cards, with temperatures dropping down to
:25:54. > :25:57.around freezing point. We could see some icy stretches developing too on
:25:58. > :26:01.untreated surfaces. But Sunday is looking like a much better day ` the
:26:02. > :26:04.best day of the weekend with dry and bright conditions, sunshine and
:26:05. > :26:06.lighter winds through the day. It is feeling colder though, with
:26:07. > :26:10.temperatures hovering between seven and nine Celsius. It doesn't last
:26:11. > :26:13.too long though as cloud starts to build through the afternoon ahead of
:26:14. > :26:17.the next band of rain moving in. Despite that though, the low is not
:26:18. > :26:20.as extreme as we've seen recently and it finally looks like we are
:26:21. > :26:28.returning to slightly more normal winter weather.
:26:29. > :26:33.That was the Midlands Today. I'll be back at 10pm with the latest on the
:26:34. > :26:36.flood warnings. It's been a week dominated by the weather, we'll
:26:37. > :26:39.leave you with some of the images captured by phone, and on our
:26:40. > :26:41.cameras from helicopter, four by four, tractor, boat and in lots of
:26:42. > :26:59.pairs of wellies. Unfortunately, the impacts are
:27:00. > :27:02.really starting to happen now. It has been seeping through the
:27:03. > :27:08.concrete. Water gets everywhere, doesn't it?
:27:09. > :27:20.You just find yourself thinking, what else am I going to do?
:27:21. > :27:33.Quite significant damage. And some very upset children when they
:27:34. > :27:39.realise what has happened. This has caused a lot of distress
:27:40. > :27:45.for a lot of people. The city centre has been in sort of locked down.