07/03/2014

Download Subtitles

Transcript

:00:00. > :00:00.away. That's all from the BBC News at Six. On BBC One, we now join the

:00:00. > :00:07.Hello and welcome to Midlands Today. The headlines tonight: An elderly

:00:08. > :00:15.woman dies and ten others are infected by a new strain of

:00:16. > :00:17.drug`resistant superbug. Thhs is a very serious problem, but lhke

:00:18. > :00:21.global warming. It's creeping up on us. We'll be speaking live to our

:00:22. > :00:27.health correspondent of the potential dangers. Also tonhght An

:00:28. > :00:30.investigation's launched into a suspected plot by Muslim

:00:31. > :00:35.fundamentalists to exert influence in Birmingham schools. I don't think

:00:36. > :00:38.the nature of the written in bold is the important matter, we welcome all

:00:39. > :00:42.sorts of faiths to run our schools. The murder of Daniel Pelka triggers

:00:43. > :00:46.calls for a national debate on the future of our child protecthon

:00:47. > :00:48.services. Up for sale ` a Staffordshire zoo faces collapse

:00:49. > :00:52.putting hundreds of animals and birds under threat.

:00:53. > :00:54.And with sunny spells and temperatures in the teens, ht

:00:55. > :00:56.certainly feels like spring but will it last all weekend? I'll h`ve the

:00:57. > :01:09.full forecast later on. Good evening. A BBC investigation

:01:10. > :01:12.has revealed that a hospital superbug that's resistant to most

:01:13. > :01:16.antibiotics has been found `t three locations in the West Midlands. One

:01:17. > :01:23.elderly woman infected with the bug KPC ` has died in Wolverhampton Ten

:01:24. > :01:26.others were found to be carriers in Stoke`on`Trent and tonight ht's

:01:27. > :01:29.emerged that there are four more cases in Birmingham. Experts say KPC

:01:30. > :01:34.blood infections are extremdly rare, but are very difficult to treat Our

:01:35. > :01:40.Health Correspondent Micheld Paduano has the details. This robot at

:01:41. > :01:43.Birmingham University processes thousands of chemicals lookhng for

:01:44. > :01:48.new ways to fight bacteria, but it's racing against time. Klebsidlla

:01:49. > :01:52.pneumoniae carbapenemase, or KPC ` resistant to the last major group of

:01:53. > :02:00.antibiotics has arrived. Schentists say more research is needed. If we

:02:01. > :02:03.are really serious across the world about tackling this problem, we had

:02:04. > :02:09.to start viewing this in thd same way as the high income countries

:02:10. > :02:14.with the AIDS crisis in the 199 s. It'll take that sort of levdl of

:02:15. > :02:19.global policymakers to drivd this forward to tackle this propdrly So

:02:20. > :02:22.far ten patients have been identified as carriers of KPC in

:02:23. > :02:29.stoke on trent, two had infdctions but noone died. In Wolverhalpton

:02:30. > :02:34.they have been to KPC infections, one later died, but her KPC were

:02:35. > :02:39.still susceptible to some antibiotics. So far, Wolverhampton

:02:40. > :02:43.has been lucky, it has been said. KPC is so difficult to treat because

:02:44. > :02:48.it has an enzyme which sits in an outer layer. As antibiotics try to

:02:49. > :02:53.get into the cell the enzymd neutralises them. This immunity is

:02:54. > :02:55.now moving into other bacteria. Professor Peter Hawkey is ctrrently

:02:56. > :02:58.investigating multi drug resistance across England and needs salples

:02:59. > :03:09.from Birmingham and Shropshhre. The problem with KPC is that it destroys

:03:10. > :03:12.the antibiotic, we are very restricted in our choice of

:03:13. > :03:15.antibiotics. We have one or two unsatisfactory ones we have to use.

:03:16. > :03:21.Scientists believe its on the increase and we must be vighlant. In

:03:22. > :03:26.Italy, nearly half of all p`tients infected with KPC are now dxing

:03:27. > :03:28.Michele joins me now from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.

:03:29. > :03:38.What's the significance of the four new cases? It's difficult to say. It

:03:39. > :03:41.could just be a blip but I looked at the Freedom of information request

:03:42. > :03:44.for the last two years and they haven't been any cases, so ht's a

:03:45. > :03:48.suggestion that this partictlar organism is beginning to spread

:03:49. > :03:54.What we know about those cases is that there are four people who are

:03:55. > :03:58.carriers and only one infection but that patient die. This organism is

:03:59. > :04:01.so clever because it lives hn the gut of human beings and you can

:04:02. > :04:05.carry it without any problels until you get some sort of blood

:04:06. > :04:11.poisoning. What we are beginning to see is its ability to jump species

:04:12. > :04:18.into things like E. Coli. How serious is this? In Manchester,

:04:19. > :04:23.where the problem has startdd it has become endemic. They have h`d 1

:04:24. > :04:29.deaths, a death rate of arotnd 2%. In Italy, it's the biggest possible

:04:30. > :04:36.way of getting blood poisonhng, up 4% of the blood poisoning is they

:04:37. > :04:42.have. They reckon between 40 and 50% of patients who get it are dying.

:04:43. > :04:46.Then there are cancer patients who are immunocompromised and in Italy

:04:47. > :04:50.they are seeing 70 to 80% of those patients dying, which is quhte

:04:51. > :04:55.serious. The issue is in hospital now, in Manchester and posshbly in

:04:56. > :04:58.this area in the future, yot will have a situation whereby a patient

:04:59. > :05:02.is going for a bowel operathon and you have to make a decision as to

:05:03. > :05:06.whether it is safe to give them the operation or not, because they could

:05:07. > :05:11.become infected by the organism The same thing occurs with cancdr

:05:12. > :05:15.patients. Not to scare you too much, we have been good so far at reducing

:05:16. > :05:20.the way in which this organhsm travels. Coming up later in the

:05:21. > :05:23.programme: A battle for the Blues ` with former chairman Carson Yeung

:05:24. > :05:27.jailed for six years for money laundering ` where do they go from

:05:28. > :05:29.here? Birmingham City Council is

:05:30. > :05:33.investigating allegations that some head teachers in the city wdre

:05:34. > :05:36.forced out of their jobs as part of an attempt to make the city's

:05:37. > :05:40.schools adhere to more Islalic principles. A leaked letter

:05:41. > :05:43.detailing the plan ` known `s "Operation Trojan Horse" ` claims up

:05:44. > :05:48.to four schools have alreadx been affected. I'm joined by BBC WM's

:05:49. > :05:56.political reporter Kathryn Stanczyszyn. What more can xou tell

:05:57. > :06:03.us? I have seen a copy of this letter that states that four schools

:06:04. > :06:09.have already been taken over. All four have seen recent senior

:06:10. > :06:14.leadership changes, sometimds under controversial circumstances. The

:06:15. > :06:17.letter states that parents can be in courage to turn against senhor

:06:18. > :06:22.leadership by being told th`t their children have been corrupted by

:06:23. > :06:27.being taught sex education, talked about homosexuality, even bding made

:06:28. > :06:30.to pray Christian prayers. The idea being that they turn against the

:06:31. > :06:36.leadership and it is easy to put someone in with more sympathetic

:06:37. > :06:44.views. What has direction bden? Birmingham City cancel are

:06:45. > :06:46.investigating. `` council. We know that education bosses met whth

:06:47. > :06:52.headteachers yesterday. This afternoon, Birmingham Hodge Hill MP

:06:53. > :07:00.Liam Byrne met with the education secretary, and afterwards hd said

:07:01. > :07:01.that our community will simply not tolerate any nonsense that

:07:02. > :07:06.interferes with first`class teaching of our children. What is thd

:07:07. > :07:15.reaction been from the teachers union? We have spoken to ond general

:07:16. > :07:17.secretary. I don't think thd nature of the religion involved is the

:07:18. > :07:23.important matter, we welcomd all sorts of faiths to run our schools,

:07:24. > :07:27.that is not the question, it is whether we are using illegitimate

:07:28. > :07:31.and transparent tactics for the governance of schools and wd would

:07:32. > :07:37.apply that to whatever group of people were looking to get hnvolved

:07:38. > :07:40.in governance. The council hs investigating, but not West Midlands

:07:41. > :07:44.Police have told me they have looked at the contents of this letter and

:07:45. > :07:47.it is not a criminal matter. Police are searching for a

:07:48. > :07:50.49`year`old man who's failed to answer bail ` after being arrested

:07:51. > :07:53.in connection with the disappearance of a Coventry teenager. 18`xear`old

:07:54. > :07:56.Nicola Payne went missing in the city more than 20 years ago. Earlier

:07:57. > :07:59.this week, police working on the case conducted a search at Coombe

:08:00. > :08:04.Abbey Country Park. The man was arrested in December on suspicion of

:08:05. > :08:08.abduction and murder. A man has been arrested on suspicion

:08:09. > :08:10.of murder after the body of a woman was found in Wolverhampton.

:08:11. > :08:14.29`year`old Amandeep Kaur Hothi was discovered at the city's Brhtannia

:08:15. > :08:17.Hotel yesterday morning. A 41`year`old man is now being

:08:18. > :08:22.questioned in connection with her death.

:08:23. > :08:25.A memorial service was held at Birmingham Cathedral today hn memory

:08:26. > :08:29.of Christina Edkins. The 16`year`old died a year ago after she w`s

:08:30. > :08:32.stabbed on a bus on her way to school. Her family say desphte the

:08:33. > :08:36.anniversary being a sad occ`sion they wanted to remember and

:08:37. > :08:39.celebrate her life. A 23`ye`r`old man has since been found guhlty of

:08:40. > :08:45.her manslaughter and sent to a secure mental health unit.

:08:46. > :08:49.The Leader of Coventry City Council is calling for a national ddbate on

:08:50. > :08:53.the future of child protecthon services. Ann Lucas made thd

:08:54. > :08:57.comments during a special ddbate ` on how services in the city need to

:08:58. > :09:01.improve following the murder of 4`year`old Daniel Pelka. Shd claims

:09:02. > :09:04.child protection teams across the UK are at 'crisis point' ` dealing with

:09:05. > :09:16.increasing workloads against a back drop of budget cuts. Kevin Reide

:09:17. > :09:19.reports. The debate, broadc`st this morning, began with a reminder of

:09:20. > :09:30.some of the harrowing events surrounding Daniel's death. Are you

:09:31. > :09:35.right by him at the moment? Senior representatives from the cotncil,

:09:36. > :09:39.police and others listened hntently. He was starved, beaten on a regular

:09:40. > :09:41.basis. Magdalena Luczak and step father Mariusz Krezolek werd

:09:42. > :09:44.subsequently jailed for Danhel's murder. A serious case revidw found

:09:45. > :09:50.many failings and said the police, schools and social workers needed to

:09:51. > :09:57.work more closer. `` more closely. It was one of 15 recommendations. We

:09:58. > :10:00.have completed seven of thel and of the other eight, they are all well

:10:01. > :10:06.underway. We are determined as far as we can that this won't h`ppen

:10:07. > :10:09.again. Can I guarantee it? No. The review also criticised West Midlands

:10:10. > :10:12.Police for not doing enough to help Daniel, but last night they revealed

:10:13. > :10:15.front line officers are being trained to be more proactivd, and

:10:16. > :10:21.already more children are bding taken in if abuse is suspected.

:10:22. > :10:25.There was nearly a third increase in the use of emergency police powers

:10:26. > :10:29.to seize that child, take them away from the home, put them with our

:10:30. > :10:34.colleagues in social care to look after them overnight. But the knock

:10:35. > :10:37.on effect is more strain on cash strapped Social Services ` two years

:10:38. > :10:42.ago they were dealing with just over 3,000 child referrals, by the end of

:10:43. > :10:49.last year that figure had gone up by fifty per cent to more than 4,5 0.

:10:50. > :10:54.There are social services departments who are at crishs point,

:10:55. > :10:58.and if I could wish away all the problems with money, I would do it.

:10:59. > :11:01.But it's absolutely an enorlous crisis. Notable absences were NHS

:11:02. > :11:09.representatives, in spite of requests they declined to t`ke part.

:11:10. > :11:12.Joining me from our Coventrx studio is Josephine Khuwali, who's a

:11:13. > :11:19.lecturer in social work at Coventry University. Thank you for joining

:11:20. > :11:25.us. Ann Lucas says the systdm is at crisis point ` would you agree? In

:11:26. > :11:31.many centres, yes I would. She spoke last night of the enormous pressure

:11:32. > :11:33.on social workers, the masshve increase in referrals, the

:11:34. > :11:37.increasingly complex nature of society and the kind of isstes

:11:38. > :11:44.social workers are expected to deal with. You were once a senior service

:11:45. > :11:50.manager in London, what pressures facing social workers? Therd are

:11:51. > :11:55.pressures we are familiar whth in terms of increasing demand,

:11:56. > :12:00.insufficient social workers, and insufficient resources to ddal with

:12:01. > :12:04.complex needs that children are presenting. But I also think that

:12:05. > :12:10.there are pressures of rapidly changing society, we not only

:12:11. > :12:15.dealing with the more commonly understood family `based abtse but

:12:16. > :12:19.we also now having to deal with challenging issues such as

:12:20. > :12:27.trafficking, grooming, Internet abuse, gang rape. A whole array of

:12:28. > :12:33.issues which is a society, we have not begun to properly understand or

:12:34. > :12:38.grapple with all resource. Do we need more money to recruit lore

:12:39. > :12:44.social workers? I don't think that money alone is an answer. Btt

:12:45. > :12:50.clearly, we do need more social workers. We cannot have a shtuation

:12:51. > :12:53.that Ann Lucas spoke of, whdre caseload and referrals keep going up

:12:54. > :13:00.and up and individual social workers are expected to bear the prdssure of

:13:01. > :13:04.that increase in numbers. If we want a first`rate child protection

:13:05. > :13:08.services, we need not only to invest in social workers, but also to

:13:09. > :13:12.invest in the kind of services that will support families in tiles of

:13:13. > :13:18.need and early intervention services which will hopefully divert many of

:13:19. > :13:29.the children who may go on to suffer neglect or abuse.

:13:30. > :13:34.A senior Midlands MP is calling for urgent action to revive our

:13:35. > :13:36.embattled high streets. Adrhan Bailey, who chairs the Commons

:13:37. > :13:39.Business Select Committee, says soaring business rates are "the

:13:40. > :13:42.biggest single challenge" f`cing retailers. He told the BBC lore

:13:43. > :13:46.shops would go out of busindss unless the Government takes decisive

:13:47. > :13:52.action. There should be a root and branch assessment done of where the

:13:53. > :13:57.burden is falling and if it could be spread more equitably, betwden the

:13:58. > :14:02.multiple retailer and the bricks and mortar retailer or the online

:14:03. > :14:05.retailer. And you can see more from that debate plus a look at plans by

:14:06. > :14:09.the National Health Action Party to field a candidate in Stafford at the

:14:10. > :14:14.next General Election in thd Sunday Politics ` that's from 11 o'clock on

:14:15. > :14:18.Sunday morning with Patrick Burns. Our top story tonight: An ottbreak

:14:19. > :14:23.of a new drug resistent supdrbug kills one elderly woman while

:14:24. > :14:26.infecting ten others. Your detailed weather forec`st to

:14:27. > :14:29.come shortly from Rebecca ` also in tonight's programme: The story of

:14:30. > :14:32.Daisy`Mae Little ` born 15 weeks premature and already causing a stir

:14:33. > :14:36.on social media. And Pepe under pressure ` Albion's

:14:37. > :14:48.manager still looking for hhs first win after six Games in charge. Dan

:14:49. > :14:52.Pallett is here now with thd sport now and Dan we start with ndws of

:14:53. > :14:59.Carson Yeung being sentenced to six years in jail for money laundering.

:15:00. > :15:02.It has dominated the week. The former Birmingham City chairman

:15:03. > :15:05.Carson Yeung has been jailed for six years by a court in Hong Kong for

:15:06. > :15:08.money laundering. The former hairdresser turned tycoon w`s

:15:09. > :15:14.convicted on Monday of laundering more than ?55 million. Jon Brain

:15:15. > :15:20.reports. Carson Yeung, being driven away from a Hong Kong courts to

:15:21. > :15:23.begin his jail sentence. Thd final humiliation for the former

:15:24. > :15:28.hairdresser turned millionahre businessman, turned English football

:15:29. > :15:32.club owner. It was all diffdrent three years ago as he celebrated

:15:33. > :15:37.Birmingham City's League Cup victory at Wembley will stop it seeled his

:15:38. > :15:41.takeover of the club was delivering on the promise of glory and

:15:42. > :15:46.financial investment. The rdality became relegation, cost`cutting and

:15:47. > :15:51.disillusionment. We were on the crest of a wave at the time, it was

:15:52. > :15:55.all, fantastic! But yeah, b`ck down to earth very quickly, and was

:15:56. > :16:00.extremely disappointing and frustrating to be a supportdr.

:16:01. > :16:04.Carson Yeung isn't the first foreign owners are being seduced by the

:16:05. > :16:08.potential which is on offer in English football, but his f`ll from

:16:09. > :16:11.grace has been dramatic. Birmingham City insists his conviction won t

:16:12. > :16:17.have any impact on the runnhng of the club. But not everyone hs

:16:18. > :16:20.convinced. Carson Yeung stepped down last month but three of the four

:16:21. > :16:27.remaining directors are his relatives, including his son, seen

:16:28. > :16:31.here on the right. He is sthll a major shareholder and owns 08% of

:16:32. > :16:34.the stock now. So he's going to have an influence irrespective of the

:16:35. > :16:41.fact that he has resigned them or his positions. The football league

:16:42. > :16:43.says Birmingham City fully complies with its ownership regulations.

:16:44. > :16:53.Supporters just hope the cltb has moved on from the man who promised

:16:54. > :16:58.so much. And I understand they have been further developments today

:16:59. > :17:03.Yes, a Chinese media companx who hope to buy 12% of the cup, that it

:17:04. > :17:06.has failed, we have all suffered from the Premier League, thdy said

:17:07. > :17:11.they have stepped up their fit and proper person test since Carson

:17:12. > :17:19.Yeung took charge of Birmingham City in 2009, it is having wider

:17:20. > :17:22.revocations. And problems of a different kind for Pepe Mel and West

:17:23. > :17:26.Bromwich Albion. The Baggies haven't won since Mel took charge shx Games

:17:27. > :17:32.ago. And tomorrow they host Manchester United. He was born in

:17:33. > :17:38.Manchester and fell in love with West Brom and he was only 14. Tony

:17:39. > :17:43.Brown is an Albion legend. 218 goals in 17 years with the club and yet he

:17:44. > :17:48.won only one England cap. These days he's a popular voice on fred radio

:17:49. > :17:54.and when the Baggies beat United at Old Trafford in September, he was

:17:55. > :17:58.delighted. But now? I am nervous, because I am just a fan now, I want

:17:59. > :18:04.the team to win. When you sde them in the position they are, it's a

:18:05. > :18:09.nervous time. Pepe Mel may be feeling the same way. Because today,

:18:10. > :18:15.English wasn't on the menu. I prefer to speak Spanish today. Tricky

:18:16. > :18:18.questions about Nicolas Anelka, his chemistry with the players `nd

:18:19. > :18:26.speculation over his future after only six Games. Concession lacro I

:18:27. > :18:33.understand your job and I know what mine is. `` TRANSLATION:. Mhne is

:18:34. > :18:40.winning Games, the players `re the important ones for the coach. I feel

:18:41. > :18:46.a little sorry for him, he has a lot on his plate. All he needs hs a win.

:18:47. > :18:51.We have a lot of draws. The position would have been different. @lbion

:18:52. > :18:56.fans must be wondering two things, how much would Brown be worth today

:18:57. > :19:05.in the crater transfer markdt, and how confident is Pepe Mel of earning

:19:06. > :19:11.his first victory? TRANSLATHON: We are totally convinced we can win the

:19:12. > :19:15.game tomorrow. With that in mind, he has told as players to remelber

:19:16. > :19:18.exactly how they managed to beat United six months ago. Here's hoping

:19:19. > :19:25.they beat the double against Sir Matt Busby's old club, his boyhood

:19:26. > :19:28.heroes. The Winter Paralymphcs got underway in Sochi this afternoon

:19:29. > :19:35.with Britain's small team of 15 looking to build on the success of

:19:36. > :19:37.the Winter Olympics. Among them is seated`skier Anna Turney from

:19:38. > :19:43.Warwick who's competing in her second Winter Paralympics. @t 3 ,

:19:44. > :19:50.she's the oldest member of the British Team. People are now viewing

:19:51. > :19:53.Paralympics as athletes. I train between three and seven hours a

:19:54. > :20:01.day, six days a week. It's ` full`time job. At times, I do worry

:20:02. > :20:04.a bit but yeah, it's great fun. And Anna is straight into action on the

:20:05. > :20:10.opening day tomorrow in the women's downhill. Yes, good luck to her A

:20:11. > :20:14.Staffordshire Zoo has been put up for sale after going into

:20:15. > :20:17.administration this week. Blackbrook Zoo, near Leek, is on the m`rket

:20:18. > :20:22.with its collection of 200 species of animals and birds. Falling

:20:23. > :20:28.visitor numbers are being blamed for the collapse of the business. Giles

:20:29. > :20:33.Latcham reports. Filipino warty pigs on the brink of

:20:34. > :20:37.extinction. Japanese cranes, almost as rare but alive and flourhshing on

:20:38. > :20:42.the Staffordshire moorlands. Just two of the attractions that have

:20:43. > :20:45.been drawing crowds to Blackbrook Zoo for nearly 25 years but their

:20:46. > :20:50.future and that of the seven remaining staff here is now in grave

:20:51. > :20:54.doubt. It would be a shame to see it go because there aren't manx zoos in

:20:55. > :21:00.Staffordshire. When people do come, they love the place. You max have

:21:01. > :21:05.passed it on the way to altdr and towers. Two years ago, 55,000

:21:06. > :21:08.visitors came but numbers h`ve swindled scents and the zoo is now

:21:09. > :21:15.in administration, in urgent need of a buyer. We are trying to m`intain

:21:16. > :21:20.the park, keep it open and get somebody new in who is prep`red to

:21:21. > :21:26.invest. It's a fantastic facility. It is desperately needed. This is

:21:27. > :21:29.one of the few places in thd Midlands where you can meet a

:21:30. > :21:33.meerkat, but the clock is sticking to these animals and all thd animals

:21:34. > :21:38.here. The admin is only havd the money to run the place for two more

:21:39. > :21:44.months. Sarah and partner qtit the jobs to set up a reptile hotse. They

:21:45. > :21:50.only opened two weeks ago. We have people asking us, can we cole and

:21:51. > :21:53.see you? We have children whth special needs, it would be ` shame

:21:54. > :22:00.to lose it all. We have givdn up everything to come here and help

:22:01. > :22:04.them. Whatever the problems of Blackbrook Zoo, the local atthority

:22:05. > :22:09.believes it can succeed. In Staffordshire, tourism has grown by

:22:10. > :22:13.30% in the last two years. 20,0 0 extra jobs have been created and we

:22:14. > :22:19.want that to continue, and we want this to be part of the offer. At one

:22:20. > :22:22.point, staff or paying for feed themselves. Wanted, someone who

:22:23. > :22:28.shares their passion for anhmals with ?350,000 to spare.

:22:29. > :22:32.A Black Country father's account of his baby daughter's fight for life

:22:33. > :22:35.is proving to be a big hit on social media. Daisy`Mae Little was born 15

:22:36. > :22:38.weeks premature and weighing less than two pounds. Now her story has

:22:39. > :22:43.attracted over 10,000 followers on Facebook from all over the world.

:22:44. > :22:48.Bob Hockenhull has been talking to her family.

:22:49. > :22:53.Daisy`Mae Little wasn't due to arrive in the world until ndxt

:22:54. > :23:04.Thursday. But she's been here for 97 days already. After the 20 week

:23:05. > :23:08.scan, I thought, that's it now, we have to wait until March. D`isy`Mae

:23:09. > :23:12.was just 25 weeks when she was born and had just a 46 per cent chance of

:23:13. > :23:15.survival. Parents Jen and W`yne from Pensnett near Dudley are sthll

:23:16. > :23:20.waiting for the day when thdir daughter will be well enough to come

:23:21. > :23:29.home. It's heartbreaking, bdcause every night, we have to leave her.

:23:30. > :23:34.She's becoming more like a baby now. She cries, she doesn't like being

:23:35. > :23:38.left now. But even though she is still in hospital, little D`isy`Mae

:23:39. > :23:42.has already made a big imprdssion on the world. Dad Wayne started a

:23:43. > :23:47.journal about her progress on Facebook and it has become `n

:23:48. > :23:53.international hit. At the l`st count, we have something like 1 ,500

:23:54. > :24:01.or so followers from Australia, Sweden, North America. France..

:24:02. > :24:06.Everywhere. They sent us gifts as well, it has been marvellous, the

:24:07. > :24:12.power of kindness in people 's hearts. Thanks to the hard work of

:24:13. > :24:17.staff at the specialist neonatal unit here in Wolverhampton,

:24:18. > :24:24.Daisy`Mae's White has incre`sed to four pounds three. She has done very

:24:25. > :24:29.well, I remember clearly shd was a very sick little baby, she couldn't

:24:30. > :24:34.breathe by herself so we have to support with a ventilator. We had to

:24:35. > :24:40.give her nutrition intravenously. We had to support her blood prdssure

:24:41. > :24:44.and manage infection. The Journal has inspired some followers to fund

:24:45. > :24:48.raise. It's also being used as a training tool for midwives. The

:24:49. > :24:57.update their most looking forward to writing is news that Daisy`Lae is

:24:58. > :25:01.finally home in her new nursery Well onto the weather now ` and I

:25:02. > :25:02.couldn't help but notice thd sun today. How's it looking for the

:25:03. > :25:14.weekend? It was a beautiful day todax, it was

:25:15. > :25:18.reflected in our temperaturds. Not too bad at all. And there is more to

:25:19. > :25:21.come as we head through the weekend, or because we have this are` of

:25:22. > :25:26.milder air, starting to takd control as we had through the weekend. More

:25:27. > :25:34.pleasant conditions on the way. Overnight, rather calm quiet end of

:25:35. > :25:37.the day. Initially, temperatures are going to drop it and we see the

:25:38. > :25:43.cloud filling in from the south as we had through the early hotrs of

:25:44. > :25:48.tomorrow morning. We could get some fog as well. Temperatures r`nging

:25:49. > :25:54.between four and seven Celshus, so quite mild night but dull start to

:25:55. > :25:58.tomorrow. It will improve, though. That cloud, lingering through the

:25:59. > :26:01.morning, we will have some drizzle and anywhere could cease and spits

:26:02. > :26:07.and spots of rain through the morning. Then it will clear away and

:26:08. > :26:12.we get some fresh air from the continent so it will feel more

:26:13. > :26:16.pleasant. It is going to be windier than it has been, those wins our

:26:17. > :26:22.comment from a southerly direction so they are much milder. `` those

:26:23. > :26:33.wins are coming. As we head through Saturday night, continued to keep

:26:34. > :26:39.the clear skies but the winds are. `` are up. Some cloud starthng to

:26:40. > :26:44.fill in the western part but there isn't much change through Stnday,

:26:45. > :26:46.another pleasant day. A little more cloud in western parts but

:26:47. > :26:55.elsewhere, some good spells of sunshine, with temperatures getting

:26:56. > :27:00.up to 15 Celsius so climbing all the time, and next week, high pressure

:27:01. > :27:03.is in charge. It doesn't me`n we will get wall`to`wall sunshhne, we

:27:04. > :27:07.will see some cloud but it's going to be pleasant and managed to stay

:27:08. > :27:11.dry and settled as we head hnto next week. All in all, looking bright and

:27:12. > :27:18.sunny. Tonight's headlines from thd BBC:

:27:19. > :27:23.The head of the Metropolitan police describes the damning criticism over

:27:24. > :27:27.Stephen Lawrence as devastating And an elderly woman dies and tdn others

:27:28. > :27:32.are infected by a new strain of drug resistent superbug to hit the West

:27:33. > :27:38.Midlands. That was the Midl`nds Today. Have a great evening.