:00:00. > :00:09.Hello and welcome to Midlands Today. The headlines tonight: Guilty of
:00:10. > :00:15.money laundering ` Birmingh`m City's largest shareholder Carson Xeung
:00:16. > :00:20.could face 14 years in jail. It leaves an awful lot of questions
:00:21. > :00:25.unanswered. Is the club for sale? We would like that question answered.
:00:26. > :00:27.We'll hear from former Blues manager Alex McLeish who worked unddr Yeung.
:00:28. > :00:30.Also tonight, a former Birmhngham prison officer is jailed for
:00:31. > :00:36.misconduct. She supplied drtgs and had sex with an inmate. Casds like
:00:37. > :00:41.this are always extremely frustrating and in some ways
:00:42. > :00:44.demoralising for all of the staff who do a very good job.
:00:45. > :00:48.Two years after the death of Daniel Pelka, a Coventry social worker
:00:49. > :00:50.tells us he looks at every case as a potential Daniel.
:00:51. > :00:52.The extraordinary story of the wartime egg collectors, sending
:00:53. > :00:56.nourishment from Shropshire across the Channel.
:00:57. > :01:00.Spring may have already sprtng according to the Met Office, but for
:01:01. > :01:03.it to be official, we have to wait until later this month. That's
:01:04. > :01:09.probably why temperatures are still undecided this week. Find ott what
:01:10. > :01:20.they are doing later on in the programme.
:01:21. > :01:24.Good evening. The former Birmingham City chairman
:01:25. > :01:27.Carson Yeung is facing up to 14 years in jail in Hong Kong `fter
:01:28. > :01:30.being found guilty of five charges of money laundering. The 54`year`old
:01:31. > :01:35.first tried to buy Birmingh`m City in 2007, but his takeover bhd
:01:36. > :01:39.failed. Two years later, he finally completed a deal to buy the club
:01:40. > :01:42.from the Gold brothers and David Sullivan. Then in June 2011, Carson
:01:43. > :01:48.Yeung was arrested and charged with laundering more than ?55 million. He
:01:49. > :01:51.will be sentenced on Friday, although he can still appeal against
:01:52. > :02:02.the verdict. Juliana Liu reports from Hong Kong. Her report contains
:02:03. > :02:08.flash photography from the start. Carson Yeung, a hairdresser turned
:02:09. > :02:15.tycoon. He was a passionate fan and make big promises but was unable to
:02:16. > :02:20.deliver when he was arrested in 2011 and money`laundering charges. Now he
:02:21. > :02:26.faces up to 14 years in prison after being found guilty. Prosecutors said
:02:27. > :02:32.he was unable to show where tens of millions of dollars in his bank
:02:33. > :02:35.accounts had come from. He has steadfastly maintained his
:02:36. > :02:39.innocence. He told the court that he had made the money through
:02:40. > :02:48.legitimate means including ` chair `` a chain of hair salons. The judge
:02:49. > :02:52.did not buy his argument saxing that the testimony was contradictory
:02:53. > :02:57.Carson Yeung's legal troublds have affected Birmingham City. Hd stepped
:02:58. > :03:01.down from official posts in February in anticipation of the verdhct. He
:03:02. > :03:05.remains the largest shareholder Now fans are hoping the guilty verdict
:03:06. > :03:10.will remove a key source of uncertainty for the club.
:03:11. > :03:13.The case of Carson Yeung has been making headlines around the world
:03:14. > :03:16.today, but what is the Hong Kong businessman really like? Thd former
:03:17. > :03:21.Birmingham City manager, Aldx McLeish, has been talking to Ian
:03:22. > :03:25.Winter. 6,000 miles away from the courtroom
:03:26. > :03:28.drama in Hong Kong. Alex McLeish has been following the Carson Ydung
:03:29. > :03:31.trial with great interest. LcLeish had been manager of the Bluds for
:03:32. > :03:35.almost two years when the ndw owner arrived in a blaze of publicity and
:03:36. > :03:50.promised big bucks to spend on new players. My first plan is to support
:03:51. > :03:56.the club with ?20 million up to ?40 million. When you hear the chairman
:03:57. > :04:03.said there is ?40 million to spend, how do you react? I can unddrstand
:04:04. > :04:08.he would want to win over the hearts of the fans with a statement like
:04:09. > :04:13.that. It is fair enough. But when it did not happen, people are
:04:14. > :04:17.disappointed. You keep it qtiet in case it does not happen. Whdn the
:04:18. > :04:20.two men met for the first thme, Carson Yeung surprised everxone by
:04:21. > :04:26.taking part in training. Whdn he he showed off his skills, rebelling,
:04:27. > :04:34.what was it? I think he took a penalty. He scored? Yes. Three years
:04:35. > :04:37.ago, Birmingham also notched against Arsenal to win the Carling Cup at
:04:38. > :04:41.Wembley. A shared moment of great pride for one Scottish manager and
:04:42. > :04:44.one Hong Kong businessman. But the smiles didn't last long. Within four
:04:45. > :04:51.months, Blues had been relegated, McLeish had resigned and Yetng had
:04:52. > :04:59.been arrested. What was your reaction? Shocked. It has bden
:05:00. > :05:04.ongoing since then. I am sthll trying to pick the bones out of it
:05:05. > :05:08.to understand what it is all about. He's not the only one. Thousands of
:05:09. > :05:11.Blues fans feel exactly the same. But McLeish believes it's not how
:05:12. > :05:18.far you fall, but how high xou bounce back that really matters
:05:19. > :05:24.Sometimes you have failure `s well, but it is getting back`up that is
:05:25. > :05:29.the key when you get knocked down. I have had to do that and I whll do it
:05:30. > :05:31.again. Carson Yeung might h`ve to do that again too.
:05:32. > :05:35.What impact will this have on Birmingham City? Our sports reporter
:05:36. > :05:38.Dan Pallett is at St Andrews this evening. Dan, what have the club
:05:39. > :05:45.said about Carson Yeung's conviction? The message this evening
:05:46. > :05:49.is with this as usual. They were very quick this morning to hssue a
:05:50. > :05:53.statement on the back of thd conviction stressing that hhs time
:05:54. > :05:56.in prison would not affect the day`to`day running of the btsiness.
:05:57. > :06:01.Numerical last month he stepped down from the board of the footb`ll club
:06:02. > :06:08.and the parent company `` you will remember last month. We had a
:06:09. > :06:11.statement this evening from the football league. They say they have
:06:12. > :06:15.been working with the club over the last few months and they ard
:06:16. > :06:21.satisfied there is enough money for the football club to operatd at
:06:22. > :06:25.least until the end of the season. People question the fit and proper
:06:26. > :06:31.person test, does Carson Yetng fall foul of that? That is only relevant
:06:32. > :06:38.for people who own 30% of a book club. Carson Yeung owns 15% of the
:06:39. > :06:47.parent company so that is not an issue. What is the mood among fans?
:06:48. > :06:51.The fans could not wait for this day because they want to move on. There
:06:52. > :06:57.has been so much inertia since Carson Yeung was arrested in June,
:06:58. > :07:02.2011. Finally, we have a verdict. The fans still have lots of
:07:03. > :07:06.questions. I have spoken to a board member of the trust, a fans group
:07:07. > :07:10.that was formed because of the way the club has been financed `nd he
:07:11. > :07:15.says there are still plenty of questions to answer. We would now
:07:16. > :07:23.look to Hong Kong and ask them to clarify our position as thex are one
:07:24. > :07:30.major asset of the company. Are we for sale? Are we not for sale? What
:07:31. > :07:34.is the plan? That is the kex question, what is the plan? There is
:07:35. > :07:38.also the question about Carson Yeung's ownership of a part of the
:07:39. > :07:44.parent company, what will h`ppen to that? It is a big day for Bhrmingham
:07:45. > :07:46.City but there are still pldnty of questions that need answering over
:07:47. > :07:49.the next few months. If you're a Blues fan, how worried
:07:50. > :07:53.are you about the impact of Carson Yeung's conviction on the club? And
:07:54. > :07:57.does is raise wider questions about how football clubs are run? Get in
:07:58. > :07:59.touch with your thoughts. Wd will try to get to them later in the
:08:00. > :08:02.programme. Coming up later in the programme:
:08:03. > :08:11.The students turning to sug`r daddies to help pay their w`y
:08:12. > :08:13.through university. A former prison officer has been
:08:14. > :08:16.jailed after admitting supplying drugs, bringing banned items into
:08:17. > :08:19.prison and having a sexual relationship with an inmate.
:08:20. > :08:22.54`year`old Julie Turton was a manager in charge of M wing at HMP
:08:23. > :08:28.Birmingham when the offences occurred. Our special correspondent
:08:29. > :08:33.Peter Wilson reports. Julie Turton, a senior prison
:08:34. > :08:36.officer in charge of a wing containing 160 inmates. Instead of
:08:37. > :08:42.being professional, she beg`n a sexual affair with one prisoner and
:08:43. > :08:46.talked on illicit mobile phones more than 1000 times with two other
:08:47. > :08:52.inmates. Jail today for two years and eight months. The director of
:08:53. > :08:55.G4S says the public should not be alarmed by this lapse in security. I
:08:56. > :09:02.would say that the overwhelling majority of prison staff at
:09:03. > :09:04.Birmingham and indeed in thd entire prison system are hugely
:09:05. > :09:10.professional people who do `n extremely good job in somethmes very
:09:11. > :09:14.difficult circumstances. Ond of the inmates talking to Julie Turton was
:09:15. > :09:18.this man, a member of an organised crime gang serving time in
:09:19. > :09:24.Birmingham prison a firearm offences. He was encouraging her to
:09:25. > :09:29.supply cannabis. She was in telephone communications with a
:09:30. > :09:36.number of inmates. She was `lso associating with persons outside of
:09:37. > :09:43.the prison and we had a covdrt operation to turn our intelligence
:09:44. > :09:49.into evidence. Her daughterdaughter cried when she was sentenced. It is
:09:50. > :09:57.not a pleasant experience. She will carry the burden, Julie Turton.
:09:58. > :10:04.Mobile phones at highly valted in prisons. In one year, 600 wdre
:10:05. > :10:07.recovered from Birmingham j`il yet Julie Turton never reported finding
:10:08. > :10:14.a telephone while she was in charge of the wing. Julie Turton allowed
:10:15. > :10:18.herself to be manipulated bx the very people that she was supposed to
:10:19. > :10:22.be supervising and controllhng. Tonight she is on her way to
:10:23. > :10:31.prison, not to work, but to be locked up.
:10:32. > :10:34.Police are searching a country park in Coventry in connection whth the
:10:35. > :10:37.disappearance of Nicola Payne more than 22 years ago. Officers have
:10:38. > :10:40.cordoned off part of the grounds around Coombe Abbey after rdceiving
:10:41. > :10:44.new information in connection with the case. The search is expdcted to
:10:45. > :10:46.last up to three days and involve forensic scientists and specialist
:10:47. > :10:53.dog teams. Five people who have been arrested as part of the
:10:54. > :10:59.investigation remain on polhce bail. The information is fresh. It has
:11:00. > :11:02.some significance to us and therefore we feel it appropriate to
:11:03. > :11:09.carry out this extensive se`rch on this land. We want to see whether it
:11:10. > :11:12.is relevant to take Nicola's inquiry further forward.
:11:13. > :11:14.The police watchdog says it is investigating contact betwedn
:11:15. > :11:16.Gloucestershire Police and Hollie Gazzard before her death. The
:11:17. > :11:19.20`year`old hairdresser died after she was stabbed inside the salon in
:11:20. > :11:23.Gloucester where she worked. The IPCC says it'll look at intdlligence
:11:24. > :11:32.available to the force. A 22`year`old man who was charged with
:11:33. > :11:35.the murder remains in custody. The Shropshire`based steel `nd
:11:36. > :11:38.aluminium pressing firm Stadco has announced it's creating 200 more
:11:39. > :11:41.jobs this year, after winning a major new contract. It will take the
:11:42. > :11:45.number of people employed at its plants in Shrewsbury and Telford to
:11:46. > :11:48.1,000 by the end of 2015. Two years ago today, Daniel Pelka
:11:49. > :11:51.died in Coventry. The four`xear` old had been starved and sufferdd
:11:52. > :11:56.physical abuse for most of his short life. His mother Magdalana Luczak
:11:57. > :12:00.and stepfather Marius Kresholek are serving 30 years in prison for his
:12:01. > :12:04.murder. Now a Coventry soci`l worker who took Daniel's siblings hnto care
:12:05. > :12:08.the day police arrested his killers has spoken about the case for the
:12:09. > :12:13.first time. He's been telling our correspondent how Daniel's death has
:12:14. > :12:17.affected him and his colleagues He'd never met Daniel when he was
:12:18. > :12:20.alive, but Chris Horne was one of the first social workers sent to his
:12:21. > :12:27.home when suspicions were r`ised about how he had died. When he got
:12:28. > :12:32.there, the house seemed norlal. We found that there were dozens of her
:12:33. > :12:39.fresheners around the home to cover`up the smell. `` air
:12:40. > :12:45.fresheners. The box room Daniel was kept in, it was kept out of the way
:12:46. > :12:50.and did not look particularly used. They did a job of making it look
:12:51. > :12:59.normal. How did the mother `nd stepfather seem to you? The man was
:13:00. > :13:04.distraught `` the mother. She appeared like a loving mothdr who
:13:05. > :13:08.had just lost her child. Thd stepdad was very calm and considered, gave
:13:09. > :13:13.the impression of being the rock in the family keeping everything
:13:14. > :13:19.together. The report into D`niel's death criticised police, thd school,
:13:20. > :13:23.health professionals and social services, who all missed
:13:24. > :13:27.opportunities to help Daniel. If they had the support from p`rtner
:13:28. > :13:31.agencies, maybe they would have made a different decision. We did not do
:13:32. > :13:36.enough to protect Daniel and we know that. When a child dies in xour area
:13:37. > :13:52.under your watch, you take ht really personally. We collectively failed.
:13:53. > :13:56.The number of reports of suspected abuse in Coventry has soared by 40%,
:13:57. > :13:58.with more than 21,000 in 2003, putting increasing pressure on
:13:59. > :14:02.social workers like Chris. Next month, this office is due to be
:14:03. > :14:04.transformed into a special hub where police and health services work
:14:05. > :14:07.alongside social workers sh`ring information on cases. This was one
:14:08. > :14:10.of the key recommendations following the Serious Case Review into
:14:11. > :14:15.Daniel's death. It's clear Daniel's story has changed social workers in
:14:16. > :14:22.Coventry, especially Chris. I now look at every case as a potdntial
:14:23. > :14:26.Daniel. That is what we havd to do. We think about him all of the time
:14:27. > :14:31.and that is how much he has affected our practice. Everyone has read the
:14:32. > :14:36.Serious Case Review and knows the case inside and out because we feel
:14:37. > :14:40.responsible and we feel likd we should not let it happen ag`in. But
:14:41. > :14:47.as caseloads rise here, are there enough social workers to protect
:14:48. > :14:50.future Daniels? This is our top story tonight:
:14:51. > :14:52.Guilty of money laundering ` Birmingham City's largest
:14:53. > :14:57.shareholder Carson Yeung cotld face 14 years in jail.
:14:58. > :15:00.Your detailed weather forec`st to come shortly from Shefali.
:15:01. > :15:03.Also in tonight's programme, two goals in three minutes from
:15:04. > :15:07.Christian Benteke help ease Aston Villa's relegation worries.
:15:08. > :15:09.And the crack team of Shropshire ladies who helped to feed the troops
:15:10. > :15:21.in the first world war. The National Union of Students is
:15:22. > :15:25.urging universities to do more to raise awareness and support students
:15:26. > :15:28.who date older men for monex in order to pay their tuition fees
:15:29. > :15:31.Tonight's Inside Out progralme has been talking to one Midlands student
:15:32. > :15:34.who is regularly paid hundrdds of pounds by so`called "sugar daddies"
:15:35. > :15:43.after signing up to an on`lhne dating website. Anthony Bartram
:15:44. > :15:47.reports. Rising seas and that levels means
:15:48. > :15:52.that students are having to work harder than ever. But some `re
:15:53. > :15:59.finding less conventional w`ys of making money. They get paid ?25 for
:16:00. > :16:06.every meet, that is just further lunch. They get paid ?150 on another
:16:07. > :16:10.one meeting up for dinner or something like that. Also
:16:11. > :16:17.occasionally you get paid ?40 just for talking. Rachel is a sttdent. We
:16:18. > :16:21.have changed her name and voice to protect her identity. She goes on
:16:22. > :16:28.dates with two older sugar daddies forecast. There is evidence that a
:16:29. > :16:33.growing number of young womdn are turning to this to pay their way
:16:34. > :16:40.through college `` sugar daddies for cash. There had been no resdarch.
:16:41. > :16:47.Everything was done on anecdotal evidence. It is really important to
:16:48. > :16:53.get the research done. Rachdl says she has been contacted by mdn via
:16:54. > :16:59.the website who have clearlx wanted more than dinner. We arrangdd an
:17:00. > :17:04.online interview with the company's spokesperson in Las Vegas. @ lot of
:17:05. > :17:08.people might have a hard tile understanding because we ard
:17:09. > :17:13.involving finance in the relationship. But it is far removed
:17:14. > :17:18.from agencies like escort sdrvices or prostitution. They are adults
:17:19. > :17:21.making their own decisions but student organisations are concerned
:17:22. > :17:26.about the influence of financial pressures.
:17:27. > :17:36.And there'll be more on this story on Inside Out West Midlands tonight
:17:37. > :17:40.at 7.30pm here on BBC One. Stoke City say they are surprised and
:17:41. > :17:44.disappointed that Charlie Adam is facing an FA charge of violdnt
:17:45. > :17:49.conduct following an incident on Saturday. Aston Villa also dase
:17:50. > :17:59.relegation fears beating Norwich 4`1.
:18:00. > :18:01.Home sweet home. Villa Park has been anything but this season with only
:18:02. > :18:08.three league wins there before Sunday. We have got to get something
:18:09. > :18:13.out of this game. The biggest game. Whoever wins today will be safe It
:18:14. > :18:16.didn't look very good when Norwich took the lead inside three linutes.
:18:17. > :18:23.But just as more misery thrdatened, this happened. Great chance What a
:18:24. > :18:26.fantastic goal! Christian Bdnteke's incredible goal was the spark for a
:18:27. > :18:30.glorious spell of 15 minutes which saw the Belgian score a second to
:18:31. > :18:33.put Villa in front. A sweephng team move then freed Leandro Bactna to
:18:34. > :18:36.fire in a third. And when Norwich defender Sebastian Bassong put
:18:37. > :18:40.through his own net, Villa were seven points clear of the bottom
:18:41. > :18:45.three. I think you have to fight together, this is not just `bout
:18:46. > :18:50.wrist inventor K, but I havd to take responsible at you as well, it is
:18:51. > :18:57.about the team `` it is not just about Christian Benteke. He has not
:18:58. > :19:02.been his usual self but tod`y was the man we know. Stoke City are also
:19:03. > :19:05.moving in the right direction, six points above the relegation zone
:19:06. > :19:09.after Jon Walters' penalty was enough to beat Arsenal on S`turday.
:19:10. > :19:14.They will take the confidence going into the rest of the games. Norwich
:19:15. > :19:17.City away, hopefully we can get the points we need. It's pivotal days
:19:18. > :19:27.like these which can easily decide your fate at the season's end.
:19:28. > :19:30.Late Kick Off is back on BBC One tonight featuring our leagud clubs
:19:31. > :19:33.across the Midlands. I'm johned now by its presenter Manish Bhasin.
:19:34. > :19:37.Manish, what can viewers expect tonight? We have been released from
:19:38. > :19:42.the confines of our studio here We are now in the custard factory. We
:19:43. > :19:48.filmed the first of nine programmes which will be shown now every Monday
:19:49. > :19:51.at 11:20pm and it is all about throwing forward the stories we have
:19:52. > :19:57.seen from all of the clubs hn the region. Just trying to shed more
:19:58. > :20:04.light on it. You talk about the new look, we have a studio audidnce
:20:05. > :20:11.Fans from all of the 12 Midlands clubs. If there is anyone who wants
:20:12. > :20:16.to be part of it, you can gdt through to us on Facebook or
:20:17. > :20:29.Twitter. Tonight we have thd likes of Stan Collymore, he began his
:20:30. > :20:32.apprenticeship at Wolves. Also we have a respected journalist and
:20:33. > :20:37.commentator. He gives us his take. Both give us their take on the story
:20:38. > :20:41.you have been reporting on night about Carson Yeung and the fact he
:20:42. > :20:46.has now been found guilty and what it means for the fans. Also, the
:20:47. > :20:50.other thing is, it feels like only yesterday on the last series we were
:20:51. > :20:56.holding an inquest in the studio about what has gone wrong at Wolves.
:20:57. > :21:00.Now look at them! They have tipped down a couple of divisions but they
:21:01. > :21:08.are building from the bottol. They have got respect. They have won
:21:09. > :21:14.seven in a row. We will be talking about them and seeing how the
:21:15. > :21:20.negativity has gone. Plenty to look at. Thank you very much. A pleasure.
:21:21. > :21:24.It's said that an army marches on its stomach and with hundreds of
:21:25. > :21:28.thousands of men going to w`r in 1914, those left at home had the job
:21:29. > :21:32.of trying to feed them. By the time of the Armistice in 1918, two
:21:33. > :21:35.million more acres of land had been given over to farming. And `nimals
:21:36. > :21:41.too were expected to play their part, as Cath Mackie reports.
:21:42. > :21:46.It's the same today as it w`s 1 0 years ago. On a farm in Shropshire,
:21:47. > :21:49.the eggs are being collected. But back in 1915, these eggs weren't
:21:50. > :22:02.heading for local breakfast tables, they were a vital ingredient in the
:22:03. > :22:06.war effort. You have got thd injured in hospitals in France, and coming
:22:07. > :22:10.back by hospital trains to this country and convalescing in this
:22:11. > :22:14.country and they really need to be nurtured and looked after. Food and
:22:15. > :22:19.care and rest is seen as important. Eggs are easy to consume and a good
:22:20. > :22:23.source of protein. Eggs are seen as something they want everybody to
:22:24. > :22:27.give. The aim was to collect a million eggs a week. In Much
:22:28. > :22:30.Wenlock, a group of women ldd by Lady Catherine Gaskill set tp a
:22:31. > :22:33.collection point, one of 2000 across the country. And it's the women of
:22:34. > :22:40.the town today who've uncovdred their story. Among them, actress
:22:41. > :22:43.Gabrielle Drake. We have cole to know a lot about Lady Catherine and
:22:44. > :22:49.to realise what a formidabld woman she was, the building here behind us
:22:50. > :22:54.was the town's market Hall. It was the collecting point, I suppose for
:22:55. > :22:58.this extraordinary national effort that went on, the collecting of
:22:59. > :23:02.eggs. The eggs were carefully packed and sent not just to wounded
:23:03. > :23:05.soldiers at home, but also to those being treated in hospitals `cross
:23:06. > :23:10.the Channel. In the month of September, 1915, the people here in
:23:11. > :23:13.Much Wenlock donated 1,500 dggs The following spring it was double that
:23:14. > :23:16.number. And there was huge competition between villages and
:23:17. > :23:25.towns as to who could collect the most. It largely was hens eggs, but
:23:26. > :23:29.there were goose eggs and dtck eggs too. Sometimes the children
:23:30. > :23:33.decorated the eggs and put lessages on them and received letters back
:23:34. > :23:38.apparently from the soldiers who were grateful for the decor`ted eggs
:23:39. > :23:41.they received. That is a direct connection between the soldhers on
:23:42. > :23:46.the front and the people back home. It was lovely. But as the w`r
:23:47. > :23:49.progressed, food shortages hit hard. Grain was in short supply. People
:23:50. > :23:54.fed chickens any scraps thex could find. By 1917, 35 million eggs had
:23:55. > :23:57.been donated for wounded soldiers. The idea that you would havd to
:23:58. > :24:00.think twice before you used an egg for your cooking because thdre is a
:24:01. > :24:06.war on and maybe you should be ascended it to a wounded soldier is
:24:07. > :24:09.how a big elliptical thing like the war had a lot of effect on the
:24:10. > :24:15.everyday lives at home track road maybe you should be sending it. ``
:24:16. > :24:19.maybe you should be sending it to a wounded soldier. And like mtch of
:24:20. > :24:23.the work done on the home front it gave women a role to play, ` purpose
:24:24. > :24:27.often denied them in peace time It's a little story about an egg
:24:28. > :24:29.that was part of something so much bigger.
:24:30. > :24:31.We had some beautiful sunshhne at the weekend. Any chance of some more
:24:32. > :24:40.this week, Shefali? Today at least it felt like we were
:24:41. > :24:45.on the brink of change. Tod`y felt pleasant. Plenty of bright weather
:24:46. > :24:50.about. Turning milder from Wednesday. All of the changds
:24:51. > :24:55.translate onto the pressure chart as well. Unlike revers weeks when we
:24:56. > :24:59.have been dominated by low pressure. It will be pushed to one side in
:25:00. > :25:06.favour of high pressure. Th`t will have its drawbacks during the
:25:07. > :25:10.nights. Temperatures will bd falling low enough for fairly widespread
:25:11. > :25:14.frosts to develop. Tonight will be one of those nights. Sharp showers
:25:15. > :25:18.today and they could continte over the eastern half of the reghon
:25:19. > :25:22.perhaps gravitating northern parts later on. These will gradually fade
:25:23. > :25:32.to leave us with largely cldar skies and temperatures will fall to about
:25:33. > :25:35.minus one. Patchy frost and eyes and mist and fog as we head into the
:25:36. > :25:40.morning tomorrow. Not dissililar to the morning today. That will persist
:25:41. > :25:46.into the first half of the day and it will lift to make way for some
:25:47. > :25:54.good spells of sunshine. Ag`in, the occasional sharp shower. Like today,
:25:55. > :25:58.some of those could turn to hail. Temperatures will rise to about
:25:59. > :26:04.eight or nine degrees. The winds are light this week. Coming in from the
:26:05. > :26:10.south`west tomorrow. Tomorrow night, they will fall lighter and with the
:26:11. > :26:16.clear skies the temperatures will plummet to around minus four or
:26:17. > :26:21.five. It will lead to a fairly widespread frost tomorrow nhght
:26:22. > :26:27.ground and there. Patchy mist and fog developing `` ground and air
:26:28. > :26:30.frost. Temperatures beginning to pick up. Rain and cloud over
:26:31. > :26:36.Thursday. Tonight's headlines: Presiddnt Putin
:26:37. > :26:45.in Russia meets his militarx leaders and delivers an ultimatum to
:26:46. > :26:48.Ukrainian forces in Crimea. Birmingham City's largest
:26:49. > :26:53.shareholder could face 14 ydars in jail. You have been e`mailing us
:26:54. > :27:00.about that story. One viewer said, we need the German model whhch gives
:27:01. > :27:06.fans 51% control of their clubs Simon says, as Birmingham f`ns, a
:27:07. > :27:12.large number of us are not satisfied, we want the group to sell
:27:13. > :27:19.up and leave. I think it highlights the dangers of having foreign
:27:20. > :27:27.investors. Travel news. Traffic disruption this evening. Police have
:27:28. > :27:30.closed the West bound carri`geway. Next news at 10pm.