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:00:00. > :00:09.Hello, and welcome to Midlands Today.
:00:10. > :00:11.The headlines tonight: Time doesn't heal.
:00:12. > :00:20.The parents of murdered teenager Georgia Williams talk of their
:00:21. > :00:23.anguish. We get further and further away from our daughter. It does not
:00:24. > :00:26.heal at all. Also tonight, a suspected victim of
:00:27. > :00:29.domestic violence receives a profuse apology from West Midlands police as
:00:30. > :00:36.two police officers under investigation after abusive remarks
:00:37. > :00:44.were left on this teenager's phone. I felt imperative that I express my
:00:45. > :00:47.shock to the complainant and my unreserved apologies.
:00:48. > :00:54.Assessing the damage, the clear up gets underway as the flood waters
:00:55. > :01:00.begin to fall. Too little too late. Nothing is being done.
:01:01. > :01:02.Have spade will dig. He's volunteering to unblock ditches in
:01:03. > :01:07.flood hit Herefordshire and wants more of us to do the same. We have
:01:08. > :01:12.got to the stage now where if we do not do something we will have
:01:13. > :01:16.nowhere else at all. So, is the weather going to help or
:01:17. > :01:19.hinder efforts? So far, so good, but with more rain forecast after today,
:01:20. > :01:32.how bad could it be? I'll have all the details for you later.
:01:33. > :01:35.Good evening. The parents of murdered Shropshire teenager Georgia
:01:36. > :01:38.Williams say only the charity set up in her name is keeping them going.
:01:39. > :01:40.In their first full television interview, Steve and Lynette
:01:41. > :01:44.Williams thanked the people of Wellington for their support. But
:01:45. > :01:55.they said the pain of Georgia's loss would haunt them forever.
:01:56. > :02:00.It gets worse. We get further and further away from our daughter. It
:02:01. > :02:03.does not heal at all. It's eight months since Steve and Lynette
:02:04. > :02:05.Williams saw the community of Wellington come together for the
:02:06. > :02:13.funeral of their 17`year`old daughter, Georgia, who was an air
:02:14. > :02:17.cadet. Life for them gets no easier. But the charity set up in her name
:02:18. > :02:23.to help young people enjoy the outdoor pursuits she did has
:02:24. > :02:28.provided comfort. It has helped us over this past nine months, because
:02:29. > :02:33.people have been doing semidivine things, and it has made us go out of
:02:34. > :02:37.the house, where as we were inside these four walls and that was it. In
:02:38. > :02:41.December, Jamie Reynolds was jailed for life for strangling Georgia with
:02:42. > :02:46.a noose. Experts said he could have gone on to be a serial killer. The
:02:47. > :02:51.psychologists that interviewed him have said that he will always be a
:02:52. > :02:57.danger to women, so he should never be let out, never. Reynolds
:02:58. > :03:03.handcuffed Georgia and killed her at his family home in Wellington, a
:03:04. > :03:06.short distance from where she lived. I picture what Georgia's last
:03:07. > :03:16.moments were like every day and think to myself, no`one should go
:03:17. > :03:20.through that. She must have been terrified, and I would imagine got
:03:21. > :03:34.the chance to plead for her life, but Reynolds showed no compassion.
:03:35. > :03:37.The community of Wellington is still sharing Georgia's loss. And people
:03:38. > :03:40.like Mike Sheridan are helping to raise money for the Georgia Williams
:03:41. > :03:43.Trust. He's about to walk from Lands End to the AFC Telford United
:03:44. > :03:49.football ground, where he and Georgia were match day volunteers.
:03:50. > :03:54.After her story broke last year, like most people, I wanted to do
:03:55. > :03:58.something to help, and I was given the opportunity to raise money for
:03:59. > :04:01.the charity and I jumped at it. Chief Inspector Steve Williams heads
:04:02. > :04:04.up the Georgia Williams Trust. For many years he has been a colleague
:04:05. > :04:10.of Georgia's father, who's a detective constable. It has been
:04:11. > :04:14.phenomenal, the interest and the wicked people have got behind the
:04:15. > :04:22.trust. We have raised over ?40,000 and we have started to release some
:04:23. > :04:25.of the money to people. And for Georgia's parents, the
:04:26. > :04:30.charity has helped them try to look forward. Our home had become a
:04:31. > :04:39.prison, and people were encouraging us to go out and support the charity
:04:40. > :04:43.and show our appreciation. We would just like to thank everybody who was
:04:44. > :04:48.involved in it. You're watching BBC Midlands Today.
:04:49. > :04:53.Good to have you with us tonight. Coming up later in the programme:
:04:54. > :04:57.How the on air farmers in the Archers are getting to know the real
:04:58. > :05:04.life drama in the flooded fields of Worcestershire.
:05:05. > :05:10.Trust in the police is once again in the spotlight tonight. The West
:05:11. > :05:13.Midlands force has offered a profuse apology to a suspected victim of
:05:14. > :05:17.domestic violence after an abusive rant was left on her mobile phone,
:05:18. > :05:20.apparently by police officers. A senior officer told us she is
:05:21. > :05:24.shocked and devastated by the allegations.
:05:25. > :05:29.Teenager Alex Faragher had called the police claiming she was a victim
:05:30. > :05:35.of domestic violence. Later, two police officers telephoned her. The
:05:36. > :05:38.call went to answer phone, and it's claimed their highly abusive
:05:39. > :05:39.comments were then recorded. Because of the poor sound quality we've
:05:40. > :06:10.transcribed the conversation. For years, the police have given out
:06:11. > :06:13.the message that women can come forward in confidence and trust to
:06:14. > :06:16.talk about domestic violence. Today, a senior woman police officer wanted
:06:17. > :06:23.to talk from the heart. Commander Rachel Jones has personally
:06:24. > :06:30.apologised to the victim. I was shocked, but also devastated for the
:06:31. > :06:40.complainant themselves, for other victims of domestic abuse, him and
:06:41. > :06:45.fearing this will undermine reporting domestic abuse to the
:06:46. > :06:51.police. You cannot have confidence in the individual. Can you have
:06:52. > :06:56.confidence in the service? Yes. This is not a reflection of the work and
:06:57. > :07:00.care and compassion of the police staff across the West Midlands. The
:07:01. > :07:06.police officers have not been suspended, but while the
:07:07. > :07:09.investigation takes place, they are not dealing with the public.
:07:10. > :07:17.Domestic islands is a huge problem. One woman's group spoke out tonight.
:07:18. > :07:21.To pick the phone up is a real big breakthrough for a woman, and then
:07:22. > :07:29.to be let down by the system, there is going to be a lot of training for
:07:30. > :07:36.these officers so they can value what women go through. The woman at
:07:37. > :07:46.the centre of this controversy has so far spoken only to the police and
:07:47. > :07:50.the newspapers. To the latest on the floods now, and
:07:51. > :07:53.with the waters falling, families in Worcester have begun the job of
:07:54. > :07:55.cleaning up flooded homes. Ben Sidwell reports from a Worcester
:07:56. > :07:57.street some say they've been abandoned.
:07:58. > :08:05.This is a familiar sight in Diglis Avenue in Worcester. Every one of
:08:06. > :08:13.the 24 houses were flooded, not just with river water, but also with
:08:14. > :08:17.sewage. We are going to be like this for possibly another two or three
:08:18. > :08:20.months. Hopefully shorter than that. We just do not know at the
:08:21. > :08:24.moment. A few doors down at number 22, Matt
:08:25. > :08:28.Beesley's garden is still deep in water. More than a week after the
:08:29. > :08:31.river came in, he and the other residents are still waiting for
:08:32. > :08:37.authorities to help. It is frustrating. We have had calls
:08:38. > :08:42.telling us what people are going to be doing and that is where it stops.
:08:43. > :08:48.The clean`up has begun here, but most of the is the residents
:08:49. > :08:53.themselves. You can see, it is a huge task. Many of these people
:08:54. > :08:57.might still be out of their house in two or three months, and it is
:08:58. > :09:00.really frustrating, the lack of help.
:09:01. > :09:04.And it's not just the inconvenience. Manhole covers were lifted by the
:09:05. > :09:10.floods, meaning the water is also a major health hazard. Is dirty and
:09:11. > :09:18.contains extra bacteria, and although those materials will
:09:19. > :09:21.dilate, Windy floodwater lease, we have to make sure things are
:09:22. > :09:25.properly cleaned up. So just how dangerous is the flood
:09:26. > :09:28.water in the city? To find out, we've brought in a specialist to
:09:29. > :09:31.test it. This equipment will tell us how easily harmful bacteria can grow
:09:32. > :09:35.in each water sample. Firstly, bottled water. Unsurprisingly, the
:09:36. > :09:40.results are very low. Next, the river itself. With safe levels
:09:41. > :09:51.between zero and 32, the river water only gives a reading of two. This
:09:52. > :09:58.shows that the aquatic environment would not really support bacterial
:09:59. > :10:02.life, which is good. Back in Diglis Avenue, it's time to test the water
:10:03. > :10:14.in Matt's garden, and here the results are simply shocking. 1007
:10:15. > :10:21.internet and 74. I never expected it to be approaching 2000. `` 1774.
:10:22. > :10:24.While we were there, at last what looked like help for Matt.
:10:25. > :10:29.Representatives from the City Council and a charity. But
:10:30. > :10:33.incredibly, Matt was told the street had been divided in two and someone
:10:34. > :10:38.would be along in a couple of days to see him. Too little too late
:10:39. > :10:47.trying to keep people happy. Nothing is being done. I am seething, I
:10:48. > :10:50.really am. The water may be dropping on this street, but frustration and
:10:51. > :10:54.anger among the residents at the response they've had, is definitely
:10:55. > :10:58.on the rise. And I've got murky looking water
:10:59. > :11:02.samples, this is some of the River Severn water and this is some of the
:11:03. > :11:08.water we collected from near the homes we saw in Ben's report. That
:11:09. > :11:12.is pretty disgusting. Ben Sidwell is in Worcester tonight. Any idea how
:11:13. > :11:21.long it will take to clear up the residue?
:11:22. > :11:30.I do not think anyone really knows exactly, but the estimated gas is
:11:31. > :11:35.that some of the houses, probably two or three weeks to clear up, but
:11:36. > :11:38.it could be months before the whole city is cleaned up properly. Let's
:11:39. > :11:43.speak to the man who is in charge of the clean`up here. David, we have
:11:44. > :11:47.heard from the residence a huge amount of frustration, growing
:11:48. > :11:52.anger, and they are saying that today is the first day they have had
:11:53. > :11:56.any contact in ten days. I would like to sympathise with anyone who
:11:57. > :12:00.has been flooded. We have been in touch with a number of people in all
:12:01. > :12:07.of the flooded properties over the last week or so I'm including the
:12:08. > :12:14.fire service in the early stages. `` or so, including the fire service.
:12:15. > :12:16.From today, we have allocated and environmental professional to each
:12:17. > :12:24.of the households to give some personal advice. Do you think you
:12:25. > :12:28.have done enough? It is a big event. There is an enormous amount of
:12:29. > :12:33.resources being deployed across the agency team. There are difficulties
:12:34. > :12:38.getting into clean up when there is still wants her on the ground.
:12:39. > :12:44.Tomorrow morning, we will be up at that particular avenue with a large
:12:45. > :12:49.resource beginning a full`scale clean`up. The clean`up is the
:12:50. > :12:54.important thing. Absolutely. The water has gone down from the
:12:55. > :13:00.houses, and our first priority is to help the householders. You can see
:13:01. > :13:07.how much the river is still quite high. We would like to get it
:13:08. > :13:11.cleaned as possibly `` as quickly as the public can. We have to leave it
:13:12. > :13:17.there. The good thing is, at the river is dropping quite fast now.
:13:18. > :13:19.The floods have disrupted lives, damaged homes and devastated
:13:20. > :13:23.thousands of acres of farmers' fields. Against the force of nature,
:13:24. > :13:26.it can seem there's little we can do. In Herefordshire, though, one
:13:27. > :13:29.man believes he can make a difference. And as Bob Hockenhull's
:13:30. > :13:35.been finding out, he wants others to follow his lead.
:13:36. > :13:39.This is an entirely voluntary road maintenance team. Michael and his
:13:40. > :13:46.family are out clearing ditches near a remote village. A little bit of a
:13:47. > :13:49.struggle here. After months of torrential rain, many of the roads
:13:50. > :13:58.have been flooded, and are in a poor state. With no sign of counsel
:13:59. > :14:01.repair teams arriving, Michael has decided to take action himself. I
:14:02. > :14:06.have got to the stage now where I think that if we don't make an
:14:07. > :14:12.effort, we will have no roads to dry on in these little backwaters here.
:14:13. > :14:17.I think it is a bit of a joint effort required by all. The general
:14:18. > :14:21.public, ourselves, the farming community, everyone. If everyone did
:14:22. > :14:26.a little bit I think we could minimise this problem. Michael is
:14:27. > :14:32.campaigning for more residents in rural areas to help. He says the
:14:33. > :14:37.lack of effective drainage is ruining countryside roads. As you
:14:38. > :14:41.can see, the water is starting to flow away from the road as a result
:14:42. > :14:47.of the work being carried out here, and it is not just ditches that the
:14:48. > :14:54.team is attending to. They have also been clearing away debris from
:14:55. > :14:58.gullies and strain. The number of potholes growing day by day, the
:14:59. > :15:04.budget is tight, and it is welcoming, the can`do spirit of
:15:05. > :15:12.Michael. I would love our people to do this sort of work was to their
:15:13. > :15:15.properties. The council can do some work itself, but we do not have
:15:16. > :15:21.duties and lots of places to clear roadside date `` drainage. An extra
:15:22. > :15:27.?20 million is to be spent on highways, but now the garden or's
:15:28. > :15:32.labour of love will have to continue. We will not have any roads
:15:33. > :15:38.if it stays like this, so it is better to do it now. Clearly, this
:15:39. > :15:41.family will not let the flood speak them.
:15:42. > :15:44.This is our top story tonight. Time doesn't heal, the parents of
:15:45. > :15:50.murdered teenager Georgia Williams speak of their anguish. Shefali will
:15:51. > :15:56.be here with the weather forecast shortly. Also tonight: Set up in the
:15:57. > :15:57.60s to challenge conventional art in Birmingham, the Ikon Gallery turns
:15:58. > :16:14.50, but is it still cutting edge? There's been another sharp fall in
:16:15. > :16:17.unemployment in our region. Today's figures show the biggest quarterly
:16:18. > :16:22.reduction in any region outside South East England. 226,000 people
:16:23. > :16:27.are now out of work here, that's down 31,000. But at 8.3%. Our
:16:28. > :16:32.region's unemployment is still more than one percent above the UK
:16:33. > :16:39.average. Our Political Editor Patrick Burns has been studying the
:16:40. > :16:46.figures. Patrick, what's the significance of these numbers? They
:16:47. > :16:55.confirm the virtuous circle between falling unemployment and rising
:16:56. > :16:58.employment. On the last month, Last month's report by the accountants
:16:59. > :17:00.KPMG, which showed job creation here was outstripping every other region,
:17:01. > :17:07.including growth in full`time working. `` there are people who are
:17:08. > :17:18.working part who wants to work longer hours. But it's not good news
:17:19. > :17:20.everywhere, is it? The 2,000 job losses announced yesterday by
:17:21. > :17:24.Wolverhampton City Council more than outweigh the 1,400 that will be
:17:25. > :17:32.created up the road at the new JLR engine plant. I regret to say there
:17:33. > :17:40.will be more announcements like that as other spending plans for the
:17:41. > :17:45.coming year. That is one reason why the unemployment is 1% above the UK
:17:46. > :17:50.average. The worry is that public sector jobs are being lost, but that
:17:51. > :17:56.is being outweighed by the creation of jobs in the private sector. What
:17:57. > :17:58.worries me is youth and long term unemployment concentrated in parts
:17:59. > :18:01.of Birmingham, Black Country, and North Staffordshire, which have some
:18:02. > :18:05.of the UK's highest unemployment rates, low skills, poor educational
:18:06. > :18:13.attainment. And we have important elections coming up. The government
:18:14. > :18:16.says this confirms that their plan for the economy is working, helping
:18:17. > :18:19.people into real productive work. But other figures also out today
:18:20. > :18:22.show that wages are still lagging behind prices. There are predictions
:18:23. > :18:29.that wages could start catching up in a big way later this year, just
:18:30. > :18:34.in time maybe for a feel`good factor before the general election.
:18:35. > :18:38.Interesting. Thank you. More than 50 firefighters are
:18:39. > :18:41.tackling a fire at a luxury housing complex in Leamington Spa. Eight
:18:42. > :18:44.crews were called to Blackdown Hall in Sandy Lane this afternoon. An
:18:45. > :18:48.emergency rest centre has been set up at a nearby school after the
:18:49. > :18:51.building was evacuated. There are no reports of any injuries.
:18:52. > :18:54.A 22`year`old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a
:18:55. > :18:57.Gloucester hairdresser at a salon in the city. Hollie Gazzard, who was
:18:58. > :18:59.20, was attacked inside Fringe Benefits on Southgate Street just
:19:00. > :19:03.before six o'clock yesterday evening. She later died in hospital.
:19:04. > :19:11.It's believed the victim and the alleged attacker knew each other.
:19:12. > :19:16.This is an isolated incident, an incident whereby the victim and
:19:17. > :19:21.suspect did know each other, they were in a previous relationship. I
:19:22. > :19:30.want to ensure people that this is a safe community.
:19:31. > :19:34.50 years ago the Birmingham made Mini was the car to dry and mini
:19:35. > :19:37.skirts were causing a sensation on the city's streets. But the art
:19:38. > :19:40.scene was pretty conventional, until a new gallery opened with a mission
:19:41. > :19:43.to bring cutting edge exhibitions to Birmingham. And it's still going
:19:44. > :19:46.strong. Our Arts Reporter Satnam Rana is at the Ikon Gallery for
:19:47. > :19:52.birthday celebrations tonight. And it's been an eventful half century,
:19:53. > :19:57.hasn't it? The artwork is continuing today.
:19:58. > :20:02.Tonight, celebrations are underway for the 50th birthday. The gallery
:20:03. > :20:07.has had five directors, and here is a taste of what has happened so far.
:20:08. > :20:12.The bullring shopping centre is symbolic of the new Birmingham.
:20:13. > :20:15.There is nothing quite like it anywhere else in the world.
:20:16. > :20:18.1965. The Rotunda had recently become part of Birmingham's skyline.
:20:19. > :20:21.And over near the Bullring, a so`called gallery without walls has
:20:22. > :20:26.been founded by emerging contemporary artists in a glass
:20:27. > :20:29.kiosk. John Salt, who went on to pioneer the photorealism movement,
:20:30. > :20:32.painting images that look like photos. He became the first artist
:20:33. > :20:40.to exhibit at the Ikon. His is work is back on display for its 50th
:20:41. > :20:43.birthday. I was really pleased to be offered the show there. The first
:20:44. > :20:50.show there was really making history. The 1970s brought a move to
:20:51. > :20:54.the Pallasades to get closer to the local audience. It was here that the
:20:55. > :20:59.Ikon was bombed by the IRA, the likely target being the army and
:21:00. > :21:06.navy recruitment office next door. The early 70s was a time when we
:21:07. > :21:17.head a great optimism on the crest of a wave of a can`do attitude, so
:21:18. > :21:20.it had expanded enormously. Lots of visitors, lots of people who would
:21:21. > :21:28.not normally go to an art gallery, and that was very intentional. The
:21:29. > :21:32.1980s and UB40 are making sounds across the city, and the IKon is now
:21:33. > :21:35.in another home. This time, a disused carpet factory in John
:21:36. > :21:38.Bright Street. And then, in 1998, a final move to the former Oozells
:21:39. > :21:41.Street School where it won lottery funding to covert the Grade two
:21:42. > :21:45.listed building. And it's here where a year long series of exhibitions
:21:46. > :21:52.and events begin today to mark 50 years of contemporary art in
:21:53. > :21:56.Birmingham. Tonight there is a great buzz in
:21:57. > :22:02.this gallery for the opening of the celebratory exhibition by an
:22:03. > :22:08.artist. I am joined now by the current director of the gallery.
:22:09. > :22:12.What has the success been down two and the last 50 years. Essentially,
:22:13. > :22:17.it is the fact that it is such an independent art gallery and it is
:22:18. > :22:24.quite old. We try to be as relevant as possible. We want to engage with
:22:25. > :22:27.the local community. You have about 130,000 visitors coming through the
:22:28. > :22:35.door every year, but what about those people who do not come into
:22:36. > :22:39.galleries? We like to think of ourselves as outgoing. We are doing
:22:40. > :22:43.things all the time out and about in Birmingham and in the region. The
:22:44. > :22:48.most exciting project we have this year is a canal boat which is being
:22:49. > :22:52.crewed by young people, sailing from Birmingham and around the Black
:22:53. > :22:56.country, and they are going to meet lots of people along the way and
:22:57. > :23:01.there will be so many events and performances. This gallery is about
:23:02. > :23:06.giving emerging artists a showcase. Yes, right from the beginning, the
:23:07. > :23:11.gallery was there to support young artists. Of course, young artists
:23:12. > :23:15.get older, and we are celebrating the 50th anniversary, so the young
:23:16. > :23:20.ones who started it are in their 70s and 80s, and we celebrate them, what
:23:21. > :23:26.younger ones are coming up all the time. Thank you very much. This is
:23:27. > :23:32.the start of a year`long set of celebrations. In 1964, at the artist
:23:33. > :23:34.came up with the idea, and it was in 1965 that the gallery opens to the
:23:35. > :23:37.public. A final word tonight on floods, and
:23:38. > :23:43.they've been adding reality to the drama in Radio Four's The Archers.
:23:44. > :23:47.Millions tune into the programme each day, made in our studios right
:23:48. > :23:50.here at BBC Birmingham. Episodes have been re`written to reflect the
:23:51. > :23:53.flooding crisis. To get a real insight into the problem, some of
:23:54. > :23:56.the cast visited a Worcestershire farmer whose land is under water.
:23:57. > :24:07.Just a warning, this report from David Gregory Kumar contains shots
:24:08. > :24:10.of the Archers characters! Fact meets fiction as Archers
:24:11. > :24:15.actors, Tim Bentinc and Felicity Finch see first`hand the reality of
:24:16. > :24:21.life on a flooded farm. It is coming up through the floors in the shed.
:24:22. > :24:24.That isn't any good at all. Farmer Steve Page has lost whole fields to
:24:25. > :24:28.flood water on his farm near Worcester. He's had no choice but to
:24:29. > :24:34.bring 1,000 of his sheep inside and that costs. At the moment it will
:24:35. > :24:40.cost us an extra ?300 a day to keep them in. We have been underwater
:24:41. > :24:43.since Christmas, and it looks as if we could be for the next month or
:24:44. > :24:46.six weeks. Ambridge too is preparing for a
:24:47. > :24:53.flooding storyline. But for the actors confronting the real thing is
:24:54. > :24:59.a sobering experience. To actually hear their problems and what they
:25:00. > :25:05.are having to face, it is an extraordinary thing to see it in the
:25:06. > :25:10.flesh and it pulls you up, no doubt about it. One of the things that
:25:11. > :25:15.hadn't occurred to me you're talking about when the water recedes, I said
:25:16. > :25:24.that would be `` what's with the grass be like, and he said it would
:25:25. > :25:30.be contaminated. Farmers will be coping with this for months. Talking
:25:31. > :25:34.about this story and the programme is a good way to remind people about
:25:35. > :25:42.farming after the flood water goes down. The Archers flooding storyline
:25:43. > :25:44.continues this evening. David and Ruth don't look like that in my
:25:45. > :25:53.head. We have got some are sunshine and
:25:54. > :25:59.the way this week, tomorrow, to be precise. This is how the rest of the
:26:00. > :26:04.week is looking. We have got rainfall followed by showers and
:26:05. > :26:08.then it turns windy and cold by Friday, followed by the next area of
:26:09. > :26:14.rain. The track is uncertain as is the timing of that. I do not often
:26:15. > :26:18.do this, but I am going to skip ahead to next week, because there is
:26:19. > :26:22.something significant to talk about, the jet stream, which I am
:26:23. > :26:27.sure you are familiar with. Things always get worse the further south
:26:28. > :26:32.it goes, and it could slip further south for Monday and Tuesday, going
:26:33. > :26:36.into Wednesday as well, so we could be looking at more significant
:26:37. > :26:39.amounts of rainfall. Or the immediate future, let's look at this
:26:40. > :26:44.rain that is heading our way overnight. We have a few showers
:26:45. > :26:49.dusted about the region, and then this band of rain moves in from the
:26:50. > :26:55.west. It is not particularly heavy, and the heaviest outbreaks will be
:26:56. > :26:59.about ten mm at most, but under that cloud and the winds, the
:27:00. > :27:05.temperatures should the main well above freezing. We have further
:27:06. > :27:09.pulses of rain moving through central and eastern parts of the
:27:10. > :27:13.region through the morning tomorrow, but it clears away to sunnier
:27:14. > :27:17.conditions, and that is going to take us up to about 11 Celsius
:27:18. > :27:23.tomorrow morning. A few blustery showers to go with that as well.
:27:24. > :27:26.Tomorrow night, skies clear and the temperatures start to plummet. That
:27:27. > :27:34.pesky jet stream! Tonight's headlines from the BBC: The hacking
:27:35. > :27:37.trial is told Tony Blair advised News International's Rebekah Brooks
:27:38. > :27:43.on handling the scandal just days before her arrest. Time doesn't
:27:44. > :27:46.heal, the parents of murdered teenager Georgia Williams talk of
:27:47. > :27:48.their anguish. And two police officers under investigation for
:27:49. > :27:49.leaving abusive messages on this teenager's phone.