:00:00. > :00:00.Yard's handling of the case. That's all from the BBC News
:00:00. > :00:00.Hello, and welcome to Midlands Today.
:00:00. > :00:08.The headlines tonight: Exports reach record levels ` export growth here
:00:09. > :00:12.is higher than anywhere elsd in the UK. The value of goods made here
:00:13. > :00:19.reached nearly ?30 billion last year.
:00:20. > :00:25.Our companies are feeling confident, and that is what is driving the
:00:26. > :00:30.growth. Also, tonight: A court backs a
:00:31. > :00:32.widow's fight for the chancd to have a baby using her dead husband's
:00:33. > :00:35.sperm. The improvements causing ch`os `
:00:36. > :00:42.Coventry commuters stuck for hours and the roadworks will last three
:00:43. > :00:45.years. They have made an utter mess. They
:00:46. > :00:48.need to be shot. Jonathan Trott will start the season
:00:49. > :00:50.for Warwickshire, after leaving the Ashes tour early with a
:00:51. > :00:54.stress`related illness. And the sun may have disappdared for
:00:55. > :00:58.the time being, but the temperatures are rising and there's great news
:00:59. > :01:08.for next week. Hear all abott it in the forecast later.
:01:09. > :01:12.Good evening. The value of exports from the West
:01:13. > :01:15.Midlands has reached record levels. Figures released today also show
:01:16. > :01:21.that export growth here is the highest anywhere in the UK. The
:01:22. > :01:25.value of West Midlands`made goods being sold abroad reached ?29.6
:01:26. > :01:33.billion in 2013, a rise of 08 % on the previous year. Much of the rise
:01:34. > :01:36.is down to the success of companies such as Jaguar Land Rover and JCB,
:01:37. > :01:40.but all over the region firls are reporting strong order books and the
:01:41. > :01:48.prospect of new jobs. Here's our business correspondent Peter
:01:49. > :01:57.Plisner. Mixing sealants so the engines in
:01:58. > :02:01.our cars don't leak. This Coventry firm has a big share of the market,
:02:02. > :02:03.and following a decline in car`making, here, virtually
:02:04. > :02:07.everything it makes now goes abroad. We started following them to Asia,
:02:08. > :02:10.the UK, in Europe, as well, and in Korea which is a big market.
:02:11. > :02:13.In addition to making sealants for engines, they also make the plant
:02:14. > :02:17.machinery to apply them. It's another area of big export growth.
:02:18. > :02:24.All the books are full for the next two years.
:02:25. > :02:27.Many of the manufacturers fhnished in last week's Made in the Lidlands
:02:28. > :02:30.special, highlighting exports as the reason they are growing. Colpanies
:02:31. > :02:33.like JCB and Jaguar Land Rover are amongst the biggest exporters in the
:02:34. > :02:36.region. But manufacturers aren't the only ones going abroad ` thhs
:02:37. > :02:38.Worcester`based technology firm provides postcode and address
:02:39. > :02:43.searches for websites all over the world.
:02:44. > :02:50.Here, growth in exports is helping to grow the company.
:02:51. > :02:53.As a technology business, wd are not restricted by the size of otr
:02:54. > :03:03.factory. We can add more servers around the world to accommodate
:03:04. > :03:06.growth, and to do it really quickly. Poring over the figures, thhs
:03:07. > :03:11.morning, it's all good news for the man in charge of helping to boost
:03:12. > :03:14.exports for the West Midlands. I think we've got great companies
:03:15. > :03:18.here in the West Midlands ` manufacturing is at the heart of
:03:19. > :03:23.what we do. Those companies, and the products they make, work re`lly well
:03:24. > :03:26.in the overseas market. With strong order books boosted by
:03:27. > :03:29.exports, it is perhaps not surprising that the latest survey of
:03:30. > :03:33.West Midlands' manufacturers says that more than half of them are
:03:34. > :03:37.expecting to create new jobs over the next six months.
:03:38. > :03:43.And Peter joins me, now. So, why are exports here rising so much fast
:03:44. > :03:52.than other regions in the country? One word ` automotives. That is
:03:53. > :04:01.counting for almost three qtarters of exports in 2013. That sector rose
:04:02. > :04:05.27% compares to previous ye`rs. That success is driving success hn other
:04:06. > :04:07.companies, particularly those in the automotive supply chain.
:04:08. > :04:11.Away from cars ` what are other sectors are doing well in this
:04:12. > :04:17.region? Manufacturing are doing incredibly
:04:18. > :04:22.well. A lot of what is being made is not directly being exported, but is
:04:23. > :04:28.assembled and then sent abroad. That is technically an export, btt is not
:04:29. > :04:37.showing up in these figures. Food products are also up 22%. Mhnerals
:04:38. > :04:46.and fuels are up 21%. Bever`ges are up 11%. Breweries are exporting
:04:47. > :04:49.more. All sectors saw a risd from 2013.
:04:50. > :04:56.And where are all these goods going to?
:04:57. > :05:03.Asia is up quite a bit. That is the target market for it Jaguar Land
:05:04. > :05:12.Rover. North America is showing very strong rises. Also, in the Liddle
:05:13. > :05:28.East and North Africa. The T is also rising 8%. `` the EU.
:05:29. > :05:31.Coming up later in the programme: Keeping business afloat ` how
:05:32. > :05:32.traders in Ironbridge have been helping each other to recovdr from
:05:33. > :06:20.the floods. We've been stuck here for h`lf an
:06:21. > :06:25.hour. With just one road in and one road
:06:26. > :06:35.out, commuters tell me they have sat in traffic over the last few nights
:06:36. > :06:41.from anything from 1.5 hours to two hours. The situation is ridhculous.
:06:42. > :06:43.It has been taking an hour to get down this line I could walk in 5
:06:44. > :06:51.minutes. They need to be shot.
:06:52. > :06:54.Steve spent ?4 million locating his business to this estate. He has
:06:55. > :06:57.already lost staff because of the road chaos.
:06:58. > :07:01.He says he regrets moving to the area.
:07:02. > :07:06.It would have changed my decision if I had known about the lack of
:07:07. > :07:09.commitment from the council to actually creating access from the
:07:10. > :07:14.park. We are a prisoner of the estate.
:07:15. > :07:17.Today, businesses were assured that local authorities were in t`lks to
:07:18. > :07:23.try to alleviate the stress of the roadworks.
:07:24. > :07:26.The Highways Agency said thdy were investigating authoring timhngs on
:07:27. > :07:30.traffic lights. It's regrettable that we ard having
:07:31. > :07:35.to do this, but it is for the longer term benefit.
:07:36. > :07:53.Some firms are experimenting with Black Sea hours to alleviatd the
:07:54. > :07:57.tour of the jams. `` flexi`hours. A widow has won a legal battle to
:07:58. > :08:00.preserve her dead husband's frozen sperm, while she decides whdther she
:08:01. > :08:04.wants to have a baby. The htsband of Beth Warren, who's from Birlingham,
:08:05. > :08:07.died from a brain tumour two years ago. His frozen sperm was dte to be
:08:08. > :08:11.destroyed next year because of a legal time limit on the consent he
:08:12. > :08:15.gave to its storage. But at the High Court today a judge ruled that the
:08:16. > :08:18.sperm can stay in storage longer. Beth Warren joins us now: What was
:08:19. > :08:27.your immediate reaction when you heard the judgement?
:08:28. > :08:31.I was `` a little bit of disbelief. I didn't want to build myself up.
:08:32. > :08:34.It's hard to describe how h`ppy I was.
:08:35. > :08:37.But, just a few hours after the ruling, came the news the jtdge had
:08:38. > :08:41.given permission for an appdal by the fertility regulator ` how do you
:08:42. > :08:46.feel about that? Devastated. It has been such a
:08:47. > :08:50.roller`coaster. This morning, I was incredibly nervous. And then feeling
:08:51. > :08:55.so incredibly happy. Two hotrs later, finding out that thex were
:08:56. > :09:02.looking to appeal against the decision is heartbreaking.
:09:03. > :09:08.What now? I thought the fight was over. I
:09:09. > :09:16.thought I could look to my future, but now they are challenging the
:09:17. > :09:30.decision. They have three d`ys to file the appeal.
:09:31. > :09:37.It's been incredibly diffictlt dealing with the death of mx brother
:09:38. > :09:41.so close to the death of my husband. I was told I had six weeks to become
:09:42. > :09:45.pregnant, and there was no alternative. That is when the legal
:09:46. > :09:49.battle started. Trying to mhx grieving for two of the most
:09:50. > :09:59.peak... Important people in my life, and returning straight back to
:10:00. > :10:03.work and my university course, has been incredibly difficult. H am
:10:04. > :10:10.really trying to move on, whilst holding on to the past. It's so
:10:11. > :10:19.difficult to describe. What options are open to yot, now?
:10:20. > :10:23.I just need to wait. That's it. I can't do anything about it, now I
:10:24. > :10:28.have been fighting for two xears. It was a decision that we all worked
:10:29. > :10:36.towards. I've had such support. I thought that was it. We werd over.
:10:37. > :10:41.Now, I just need to wait. How has this left you
:10:42. > :10:48.to be honest, I just want to cry. I'm not going to ` keep strong. If I
:10:49. > :11:11.can lose my husband, I can keep fighting longer.
:11:12. > :11:14.Thank you. A murder enquiry's under way after a woman's body was found
:11:15. > :11:18.in a hotel in Wolverhampton. Police were called to the Britannia
:11:19. > :11:21.Hotel in the city centre, this morning, where the 29`year`old woman
:11:22. > :11:23.was discovered. A 41`year`old man is currently in hospital, and hs
:11:24. > :11:27.helping police with their enquiries. Thousands of fines handed ott to
:11:28. > :11:30.motorists for driving in bus lanes are to be reviewed by Birmingham
:11:31. > :11:34.City Council. 18,000 cases will be looked at again, and some drivers
:11:35. > :11:37.could get their money back or have their penalty withdrawn. More than
:11:38. > :11:40.100,000 fines have been issted since ten cameras were introduced in the
:11:41. > :11:43.city, last September. Last lonth, a tribunal ruled that some of the
:11:44. > :11:46.signs weren't clear. A hosphtal trust has been told it's got to do
:11:47. > :11:48.better by inspectors, althotgh, they did recognise improvements had been
:11:49. > :11:51.made. The Heart of England NHS Fotndation
:11:52. > :11:53.Trust includes Solihull, He`rtlands and Good Hope hospitals. Thd
:11:54. > :11:56.Ofsted`style ratings were introduced by the Government following the
:11:57. > :11:59.Stafford Hospital scandal. Redditch, Stafford, and Kidderminster ` all
:12:00. > :12:01.have seen highly public campaigns to save their hospitals. But
:12:02. > :12:03.campaigners fear new legisl`tion could hamper their efforts by
:12:04. > :12:07.cutting the consultation period to just 40 days. Critics say Clause 119
:12:08. > :12:12.of the Health and Social Care Act will stop local people having a
:12:13. > :12:14.proper say. A campaign against it began today in Redditch. Our health
:12:15. > :12:18.correspondent Michele Paduano was there.
:12:19. > :12:22.The job of delivering 35,000 leaflets across Redditch st`rted
:12:23. > :12:24.today. It's part of a campahgn against Clause 119 which protesters
:12:25. > :12:30.believe would limit the consultation process on hospital closure to forty
:12:31. > :12:38.days. Residents here weren't aware and weren't impressed.
:12:39. > :12:51.We should at least have somd kind of thought. If it allows us to `` if it
:12:52. > :12:54.allows them to close hospit`ls down. An online campaign group asked its
:12:55. > :13:01.members what should be their next campaign. They voted for thhs one.
:13:02. > :13:04.It is being paid for by indhvidual donations.
:13:05. > :13:07.It's backed by the Save the Alex Campaign, which has won major
:13:08. > :13:10.concessions over two and a half years. It's worried that cotld be
:13:11. > :13:16.lost because of debts built up in Worcestershire.
:13:17. > :13:25.This is no way to plan a future health service. They need to speak
:13:26. > :13:30.to the public you have to use the service.
:13:31. > :13:34.`` who have to use this service This afternoon, the campaign went to
:13:35. > :13:41.see their MP Karen Lumley to urge her to vote against the bill.
:13:42. > :13:44.The Department of Health saxs it's important to have an effecthve
:13:45. > :13:51.regime for dealing with unsustainable trusts, but not
:13:52. > :13:54.everyone agrees. This is our top story tonight:
:13:55. > :13:59.Exports reach record levels ` export growth here is higher than `nywhere
:14:00. > :14:04.else in the UK. Your detailed weather forec`st to
:14:05. > :14:06.come shortly. Also in tonight's programme:
:14:07. > :14:10.Dispelling the myths about `dopting, as hundreds of children wait and
:14:11. > :14:14.wait for a family in the Midlands. And we catch up with our guhde dog
:14:15. > :14:27.Zeus four months on, as puppy training school starts.
:14:28. > :14:31.The recent floods have causdd millions of pounds worth of damage.
:14:32. > :14:35.But one Shropshire town is showing how community spirit can get things
:14:36. > :14:38.back on track. Flood barriers in Ironbridge were largely effdctive,
:14:39. > :14:41.although there was damage to a handful of shops and businesses But
:14:42. > :14:45.owners have pulled together, offering free help to each other, as
:14:46. > :14:50.Bob Hockenhull reports. Normal river levels have bedn
:14:51. > :14:53.restored in Ironbridge. But this was the scene three weeks ago ` the
:14:54. > :14:58.flood barriers couldn't prevent the Severn overflowing into watdrfront
:14:59. > :15:02.businesses. Queenie's Cup C`kes was shut for three weeks. A loc`l
:15:03. > :15:05.customer raised ?400 so the cafe could be cleaned up. Local traders
:15:06. > :15:11.carried out repairs ` the only payment they'd accept was ctpcakes.
:15:12. > :15:14.I was completely bowled over. I kept putting little jokes on Facdbook,
:15:15. > :15:17.saying that the flood barridrs haven't been taken down yet because
:15:18. > :15:21.of my tears! I just kept crxing every time somebody was kind to me!
:15:22. > :15:25.An elderly couple stopped md in the street and gave me ?20, and said
:15:26. > :15:29.that will buy you a new roll of wallpaper. I literally spent about
:15:30. > :15:32.two weeks crying! Next door to Queenie's, thex're
:15:33. > :15:37.still dealing with the aftermath of the floods. Here, at The Whhte Hart
:15:38. > :15:43.pub, the water came up from under the floorboards. The repair work is
:15:44. > :15:47.still going on. When the barrier is there, xou put
:15:48. > :15:50.up with things being a bit puieter because people can't get to you It
:15:51. > :15:54.is disappointing when the w`ter comes in, too, but it has h`ppened
:15:55. > :15:58.here before. We are in a very low point.
:15:59. > :16:01.At least the pub has managed to stay open. But tens of thousands of
:16:02. > :16:07.pounds worth of takings havd been lost across Ironbridge. The Traders'
:16:08. > :16:13.Association says it's heartdned that the public appears to be willing to
:16:14. > :16:16.help build businesses back tp again. We've got people arranging to come
:16:17. > :16:19.into tearooms to try and kedp them going. They're supporting the other
:16:20. > :16:25.little shops up and down thd street, which is quite promising.
:16:26. > :16:28.On a murky March morning, tourists aren't in plentiful supply, though.
:16:29. > :16:31.And the local council recognises it needs to play its part to stpport
:16:32. > :16:34.traders who've lost out. The Ironbridge Gorge is the jewel in
:16:35. > :16:38.the crown, for the council. Along with the rest of the borough, it
:16:39. > :16:47.counts for over ?150 million of visitors' spend.
:16:48. > :16:55.With the weather due to improve everyone here is looking forward to
:16:56. > :16:58.welcoming back more people. Latest figures show nearly 7,00
:16:59. > :17:05.children in England are waiting to be adopted. With 177 childrdn
:17:06. > :17:09.looking for new homes, Birmhngham has one of the highest totals in the
:17:10. > :17:11.country. Last year, the council s Children's Services departmdnt was
:17:12. > :17:15.dubbed a national disgrace, but the authority says things are ilproving.
:17:16. > :17:19.The aim now is to streamlind the adoption service, as Cath M`ckie
:17:20. > :17:23.reports. It's breakfast timd in the Gibbs household in Birmingh`m.
:17:24. > :17:26.11`year`old Michael was adopted as a toddler by David and Albert`, who
:17:27. > :17:34.had a daughter of their own and wanted a bigger family.
:17:35. > :17:37.The process took two years. It was a long and quite intrusive process,
:17:38. > :17:42.but we understand why they did it. We kept in mind what we werd trying
:17:43. > :17:46.to do, which was adopt. In the living room, Michael's judo
:17:47. > :17:49.medals are proudly displayed. He's aware of what many children in the
:17:50. > :17:53.city are missing out on. They've grown up having nothing If
:17:54. > :18:00.someone adopts them, they'll have a chance to feel a family, have love.
:18:01. > :18:03.177 children are waiting to be placed in Birmingham ` as the
:18:04. > :18:06.biggest local authority in the country, it's perhaps not
:18:07. > :18:08.surprising. But there's no puick fix for the city where Children's
:18:09. > :18:11.Services have been rated in`dequate for years.
:18:12. > :18:14.Birmingham has had a lot of negative press, because we have faildd our
:18:15. > :18:21.children in Children's Servhces There's no secret about that. We
:18:22. > :18:24.have been working very hard to make improvements, and adoption hn
:18:25. > :18:26.particular ` there has been investment in recent months.
:18:27. > :18:30.You hear so many horror stories about things that happen. Btt very
:18:31. > :18:36.often you don't hear the stories where things have worked very well.
:18:37. > :18:39.Birmingham City Council say there are plenty of myths about adoption
:18:40. > :18:42.putting off potential parents from coming forward, with people
:18:43. > :18:47.believing they're too unfit or too old. But every case, they s`y, is
:18:48. > :18:51.considered on its individual merits. He's like any normal child, he has
:18:52. > :18:56.fitted into our family ` adoption is not an issue.
:18:57. > :19:00.I love my family. Off to school, and Michael Gibbs is
:19:01. > :19:07.aiming high ` he hopes one day to compete in the Olympics at judo
:19:08. > :19:16.Let's turn to sport, now, starting with cricket and welcome news for
:19:17. > :19:19.Warwickshire fans. Yes, batsman Jonathan Trott has
:19:20. > :19:22.declared himself fit to plax for Warwickshire this season. Hd'll
:19:23. > :19:25.return in a pre`season friendly against Gloucestershire, next month.
:19:26. > :19:28.Trott came home early from Dngland's dismal Ashes whitewash in Atstralia,
:19:29. > :19:31.due to a stress related illness In a statement released, today, Trott
:19:32. > :19:34.said he's been overwhelmed by the messages of kindness over the last
:19:35. > :19:42.few months, and he's really looking forward to joining up with
:19:43. > :19:51.Warwickshire for the new se`son Is he likely to play for England
:19:52. > :19:54.again? Until you are out in the middle and
:19:55. > :19:58.playing again, you don't re`lly know. We will make sure that
:19:59. > :20:02.Jonathan has support around him I'm sure the PCA and ECB will hdlp us
:20:03. > :20:05.with that. It will be nice to see him out, and we hope he gets some
:20:06. > :20:09.early`season runs. Coventry City eased their fdars of
:20:10. > :20:12.getting caught up in a relegation battle with a 2`1 victory over
:20:13. > :20:15.Walsall at Sixfields, last night. But it's a result that puts a major
:20:16. > :20:18.dent in Walsall's play`off hopes. Nick Clitheroe reports.
:20:19. > :20:21.This had the feeling of a phvotal night for both of these clubs.
:20:22. > :20:25.Surprisingly, it was Coventry City, who've been in a slump of l`te, who
:20:26. > :20:28.started the stronger and took the lead through Callum Wilson. But
:20:29. > :20:33.Walsall were far more inspired after the break, and equalised through Mal
:20:34. > :20:36.Benning's first goal for thd club. They looked likely to go on and win
:20:37. > :20:39.from that point, but Coventry revived and the substitute Nathan
:20:40. > :20:50.Delfouneso scored the first goal of his loan spell from Aston Vhlla to
:20:51. > :20:53.claim victory. It's been an uncomfortable period,
:20:54. > :20:55.and something I don't think they've deserved. They've reacted vdry
:20:56. > :20:59.positively. We are not giving up, by anx shadow
:21:00. > :21:03.of a doubt. We've worked re`lly hard to get where we are. We are all
:21:04. > :21:14.about performances, and if we keep putting in performances likd that we
:21:15. > :21:17.will get wins. Off the pitch, there are sthll
:21:18. > :21:19.concerns for Coventry, though, with less than 1,700 fans watching the
:21:20. > :21:28.game Four months ago, we introduced you
:21:29. > :21:33.to a tiny pup who'll grow up with a big job to do.
:21:34. > :21:35.Zeus is a guide dog puppy, `nd we're following his progress over his
:21:36. > :21:39.first eighteen months. It costs ?50,000 to support a guide dog from
:21:40. > :21:43.birth through to retirement. Last time we saw Zeus, he was just seven
:21:44. > :21:47.weeks old and had just moved in with a family. Joanne Writtle's been with
:21:48. > :21:49.him to his very first guide dog puppy class. What a difference four
:21:50. > :21:52.months makes. Zeus confidently joins the school
:21:53. > :21:55.run with the volunteer family in Kingswinford who are looking after
:21:56. > :21:58.him for his first year. This was Zeus last October at the guhde dog
:21:59. > :22:02.breeding centre in Leamington Spa. And, a few days later, earnhng
:22:03. > :22:05.celebrity status at a local school. Why is it so important for him to do
:22:06. > :22:09.everything with you? So that when he goes to a p`rtially
:22:10. > :22:13.sighted person, he can do b`sically anything that they want with him. He
:22:14. > :22:18.will have done it before, or he will have the skills to cope with it
:22:19. > :22:21.It's a special day, today ` it's Zeus's first guide dog puppx class.
:22:22. > :22:26.All the dogs here are less than six months old.
:22:27. > :22:31.Play with your dogs! Get thdm excited!
:22:32. > :22:35.Howard Jones has trained hundreds of guide dogs. All of the people in the
:22:36. > :22:38.class are volunteers, like Simon, who are looking after the training
:22:39. > :22:41.pubs until they're one`year`old There are currently 1000 guhde dog
:22:42. > :22:44.pups with volunteers across the country. This may look strange, but
:22:45. > :22:51.there is a serious and poignant side.
:22:52. > :22:55.These dogs are ultimately going to visually impaired clients, so we
:22:56. > :22:58.want to get them used to it at this age ` being well`behaved, nhce and
:22:59. > :23:00.calm, and relaxed whilst behng groomed.
:23:01. > :23:04.It's very strange, indeed. Ht gives you a real idea as to how a
:23:05. > :23:07.partially sighted person gets on. You sense what you are doing more
:23:08. > :23:12.than seeing. Just feeling your way around.
:23:13. > :23:16.Next stop: busy Shrewsbury Town centre. It's essential that Zeus is
:23:17. > :23:22.exposed to all kinds of envhronments so he's not afraid of anythhng.
:23:23. > :23:25.All he can see is a wall of legs. It's really hard to make sole
:23:26. > :23:29.judgements about which way to go. Not only that, but we are asking him
:23:30. > :23:33.to ignore some of the distr`ctions ` the pigeons, the other dogs, the
:23:34. > :23:39.chips on the floor, the things that the kids have dropped at lunchtime.
:23:40. > :23:42.He will make a big difference to somebody's life. That's what it s
:23:43. > :23:45.all about. Giving somebody the opportunity to get out and
:23:46. > :23:48.experience all this. We takd it for granted, but somebody can't do it
:23:49. > :23:52.unless they got one of thesd. Back at home, Simon knows they can't
:23:53. > :23:55.get too attached ` in the attumn they'll part company as Zeus'
:23:56. > :23:58.training really steps up, and he returns to the breeding centre in
:23:59. > :24:05.Leamington Spa. The children do know he's not for keeps ` at least, they
:24:06. > :24:11.seem to. How much do you love him? A lot.
:24:12. > :24:15.Their work will pay dividends for Zeus' future blind owner, though,
:24:16. > :24:22.who that will be is a decishon yet to be made.
:24:23. > :24:24.A bit of a dull day, all rotnd ` anything brighter on the horizon,
:24:25. > :24:48.Shefali? High pressure is firmly in control,
:24:49. > :24:54.next week. On that front, a word of warning to gardeners: There will be
:24:55. > :25:00.some night frosts. We could see a frost, tomorrow night, becatse of
:25:01. > :25:10.this high`pressure. It will temporarily take position over us,
:25:11. > :25:13.tomorrow. That's deep area of low pressure to the north`west will
:25:14. > :25:22.intensify any activity that head our way. `` that deep area. We've got a
:25:23. > :25:28.front, the same front that brought today's rain, which is starting to
:25:29. > :25:40.invigorate us. That will tap up the rain activity. We are looking at
:25:41. > :25:45.heavy bursts, in places. `` pep up. Because of those milder
:25:46. > :25:52.temperatures, we are looking at some missed developing. For tomorrow
:25:53. > :25:58.morning, it is going to cle`r quite quickly. It is looking southwards,
:25:59. > :26:05.and after that we are looking at a much drier day. Because of the added
:26:06. > :26:18.bonus of that song, temperatures will be that bit higher. Just
:26:19. > :26:22.touching the teens ` up to 03. Temperatures are very good, very
:26:23. > :26:26.respectable. But the winds will be picking up from that south`westerly
:26:27. > :26:29.direction. That will take the edge off those temperatures. Tomorrow
:26:30. > :26:36.night, we are looking at frosty conditions. The skies will be
:26:37. > :26:43.clearing. We are looking at lows around two or three. Perhaps, just
:26:44. > :26:51.under freezing further out of towns and cities.
:26:52. > :26:55.We've got a frontal system heading up through the south. This hs the
:26:56. > :27:02.high pressure that will be sitting over us, next week. That is what is
:27:03. > :27:03.giving us all that lovely wdather. Tonight's headlines from thd BBC: 21
:27:04. > :27:12.years after the And calls from Ukraine for Russia o
:27:13. > :27:15.withdraw its troops from Crhmea ` but MPs there say they want to
:27:16. > :27:18.become part of the Russian Federation. Exports reach rdcord
:27:19. > :27:22.levels ` the West Midlands leading the way in the UK. And a widow winds
:27:23. > :27:23.a legal battle to retain her dead husband's sperm, but regulators say
:27:24. > :27:39.they'll appeal. That was the Midlands Today. I'll be
:27:40. > :27:44.back at 10pm with all the l`test news. Have a great evening. Goodbye.