:00:00. > :00:09.stories on the BBC News Channel. That's all from me, stay with us
:00:10. > :00:13.Good afternoon. The former Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg
:00:14. > :00:17.has appeared in court chargdd with Syria`related terror offencds.
:00:18. > :00:21.45`year`old Begg, from Hall Green in Birmingham, was arrested along with
:00:22. > :00:23.three others on Tuesday. He's charged with providing terrorist
:00:24. > :00:27.training and funding terrorhsm overseas. A 44`year`old wom`n,
:00:28. > :00:32.Gerrie Tahari from Sparkbrook, is charged with facilitating tdrrorism
:00:33. > :00:36.overseas. Two other men arrdsted remain in police custody. A
:00:37. > :00:38.demonstration against the arrests is being held this lunchtime ottside
:00:39. > :00:40.the West Midlands Police headquarters.
:00:41. > :00:44.There's been a further protdst in the city this morning against the
:00:45. > :00:49.propsed closure of a local swimming baths. Tiverton Pool in Selly Oak is
:00:50. > :00:54.is one of several earmarked for closure by the City Council as a
:00:55. > :00:58.cost`cutting measure. Locals say it is a vital resource and if ht goes
:00:59. > :01:01.it will have a devastating hmpact on the community.
:01:02. > :01:04.A stained glass window belidved to have miraculously escaped unscathed
:01:05. > :01:12.from the ruins of Coventry Cathedral and delivered to a small Icdlandic
:01:13. > :01:15.town has been proven to be ` fraud. For decades it was thought the glass
:01:16. > :01:20.had been stolen during the war and sold to the church in Iceland. Joel
:01:21. > :01:23.Mapp reports. Before its destruction, Covdntry
:01:24. > :01:28.Cathedral had two types of stained glass ` Medieval and Victorhan. The
:01:29. > :01:31.Medieval windows were removdd before the Blitz and saved but the
:01:32. > :01:38.Victorian glass, well, many believe it was stolen and ended up hn
:01:39. > :01:40.Iceland. Dr Jonathan Foyle hs chief executive of the World Monulents
:01:41. > :01:46.Fund Britain and he's come to Iceland to investigate. We heard
:01:47. > :01:50.that because they haven't explained the history of the windows from
:01:51. > :01:56.Coventry to London and one of the explanations is that it had been
:01:57. > :01:59.stolen. As Hitler scrambled his bombers, some of the Cathedral's
:02:00. > :02:02.stained glass was removed for safekeeping. It's believed that some
:02:03. > :02:06.went missing, sold by an antiques dealer in London to an Icel`ndic
:02:07. > :02:11.trader. But Jonathan's not convinced. I don't think, however,
:02:12. > :02:14.they were from Coventry Cathedral. They were probably removed from many
:02:15. > :02:17.different church buildings `nd I think the antique dealer probably
:02:18. > :02:23.used the words Coventry Cathedral to sell them quicker. Coventry's
:02:24. > :02:26.Victorian glass, then, wasn't stolen and smuggled to Iceland but simply
:02:27. > :02:35.left in place and destroyed by the Luftwaffe.
:02:36. > :02:39.And you can see more on The Great Glass Mystery on BBC One tolorrow
:02:40. > :02:42.afternoon at 4.10pm. The Bromsgrove cyclist Jess Varnish
:02:43. > :02:45.will be hoping to win a second medal at the World Championships hn
:02:46. > :02:49.Colombia today. Varnish will compete in the semi`finals of the individual
:02:50. > :02:52.sprint in Cali after a quarterfinal victory over her GB team`mate and
:02:53. > :02:57.defending champion Becky Jales last night. She'll then have a third
:02:58. > :03:01.chance at a medal in the Kidrin tomorrow but admits that evdnt will
:03:02. > :03:05.be a very different experience. Kierin is like sort of a longer
:03:06. > :03:08.lengthier sprint so with me just training for one lap and thd
:03:09. > :03:11.individual sprint, it doesn't really have you in favour unless you're
:03:12. > :03:19.sort of headstrong and clevdr, really.
:03:20. > :03:21.Time to check on the weather now with Mel Coles.
:03:22. > :03:27.Good afternoon. It's been a fairly decent start to the day, perhaps
:03:28. > :03:30.chilly for many places but some good spells of sunshine. As we hdad
:03:31. > :03:34.through the afternoon, we'll see a little more cloud and have the risk
:03:35. > :03:37.of one or two showers. The winds are light today. Temperatures rdaching
:03:38. > :03:41.highs of around eight Celsits. This evening, most places will h`ng on to
:03:42. > :03:45.a bit of cloud. One or two showers around. Northern areas may have some
:03:46. > :03:48.rain from time to time. Temperatures overnight dropping to three or four
:03:49. > :03:53.Celsius. Tomorrow it will bd wetter and windier.
:03:54. > :03:56.That's all for now. I'll be back with all the day's football and
:03:57. > :04:09.rugby results in our next btlletin at 6.05pm.
:04:10. > :04:15.Hello there. The first day of March, and quite a wintry chill to
:04:16. > :04:19.the first thing, but conditions have improved a lot, a lot of sunshine
:04:20. > :04:27.have there, so the daffodils you can see behind me, a good sunny Saint
:04:28. > :04:31.David's day across Wales. We will hold onto the sunshine for many
:04:32. > :04:35.places. A fly in the ointment is showers across western areas,
:04:36. > :04:40.developing through the afternoon. Across the south-east, particularly
:04:41. > :04:44.East Anglia, a great start, that area of low pressure continuing to
:04:45. > :04:48.push out into the North Sea. Quite a deal to be a generally, temperatures
:04:49. > :04:51.slowly climbing, but the winds are light, pleasant in the sunshine A
:04:52. > :04:52.few