:00:00. > :00:08.with the latest news at 10.10. Now on BBC One, time for
:00:09. > :00:12.Good afternoon. A month aftdr the floods began in Worcester,
:00:13. > :00:16.businesses affected say thex need money from grants and hand`outs as
:00:17. > :00:18.soon as possible to help thdm survive. This week, Worcestdrshire
:00:19. > :00:22.County Council announced ?200,0 0 had been made available to help
:00:23. > :00:29.companies who lost trade. Bdn Sidwell reports.
:00:30. > :00:33.The water may have long gond, but the damage it caused is still very
:00:34. > :00:36.much evident at the Severn View hotel in Worcester. Here, they had
:00:37. > :00:40.to shut for two and half wedks due to the floods. I can't give you an
:00:41. > :00:44.exact figure but, I mean, it's thousands and thousands. Enough to
:00:45. > :00:46.cause real hardship for me `nd my business partner. As well as money
:00:47. > :00:49.promised from the Government, the hotel's owners could also now
:00:50. > :00:52.receive up to ?3000 from Worcestershire County Counchl. When
:00:53. > :00:57.we get it, it will give gre`t help. But it's just, like I said, can I
:00:58. > :01:00.survive until that point? Wd'll be looking to turn those applications
:01:01. > :01:02.round as quick as possible because we absolutely understand th`t
:01:03. > :01:07.businesses need that help now to help them deal with the immddiate
:01:08. > :01:11.clean`up and recovery effort. Thank you. But it's not just the
:01:12. > :01:15.businesses that were flooded who suffered. Take this restaur`nt, for
:01:16. > :01:21.instance. Because of road closures, they lost more than two thirds of
:01:22. > :01:25.their trade over two weeks. These photos taken during the height of
:01:26. > :01:29.the floods show just how bad things were around Detroit's restatrant
:01:30. > :01:35.compared to now. We were hugely affected because we had to lay off a
:01:36. > :01:38.lot of members of staff. On a busy night, we do at least 180 covers.
:01:39. > :01:43.That week, I would say, not more than 20. The County Council says
:01:44. > :01:48.businesses like this, that were affected but not actually flooded,
:01:49. > :01:52.could still receive up to ?0500 But unless some get the money soon, the
:01:53. > :02:01.fear is they may not still be trading when it eventually `rrives.
:02:02. > :02:03.Relatives of some of the 21 people killed in the 1974 Birmingh`m pub
:02:04. > :02:08.bombings have been demonstr`ting outside Downing Street this morning.
:02:09. > :02:11.It's over the so`called amndsty letters. The Government admhtted
:02:12. > :02:15.that as many as 200 former HRA suspects were told they wouldn't be
:02:16. > :02:19.prosecuted for past crimes `s part of the Northern Ireland peace
:02:20. > :02:23.process. Brian Hambleton's sister Maxine died in the pub bombhngs and
:02:24. > :02:26.he says they want her killers to brought to justice.
:02:27. > :02:30.Our only weapon against the authorities is our voice. And we
:02:31. > :02:34.will continue, whatever brick walls and barriers and doors are put up in
:02:35. > :02:38.front of us as a campaign, we will have to try and walk through them or
:02:39. > :02:46.demolish them because I will not give up till I die.
:02:47. > :02:49.Fans protesting against the current owners of Birmingham City Football
:02:50. > :02:53.Club have unveiled a banner at today's match. They unfurled the
:02:54. > :02:56.flag during the sixth minutd of the game, as the number six means wealth
:02:57. > :03:03.in Cantonese. It follows thd sentencing of former owner Carson
:03:04. > :03:07.Yeung to jail for money laundering. Only one football result to bring
:03:08. > :03:10.you so far today, as the other matches are still being plaxed. In
:03:11. > :03:14.the Premier League, West Brom were beaten 3`0 by Manchester Unhted
:03:15. > :03:17.And you can follow how your team is doing on your BBC Local Radho
:03:18. > :03:20.station, or Final Score has just started over on BBC Two.
:03:21. > :03:25.Here's Sara Blizzard with your weather.
:03:26. > :03:28.Good evening. Well, at times, the cloud did not always want to leave
:03:29. > :03:32.us as we headed through the afternoon but it is starting to
:03:33. > :03:36.clear a little bit more now through the evening. And the wind is easing
:03:37. > :03:39.down as well `just enough, H think, across parts of Herefordshire and
:03:40. > :03:42.Worcestershire to see a little bit of mist developing into the early
:03:43. > :03:46.hours. But tomorrow will be a fine, dry day once again. We start off
:03:47. > :03:49.with a bit more sunshine tolorrow. The wind will be slightly lhghter as
:03:50. > :03:52.well. The sunshine through the early part of the morning will help
:03:53. > :03:56.temperatures, too. A maximul tomorrow afternoon of 16 Celsius.
:03:57. > :03:58.BBC Midlands Today is back tomorrow just after six in the evening. Bye
:03:59. > :04:14.for now. Most of us have enjoyed a fine and
:04:15. > :04:20.dry start to the weekend. But all of us had the sunshine and a range of
:04:21. > :04:24.cloud conditions across the UK. There was a lot of cloud across
:04:25. > :04:29.Northern Ireland and Scotland to start the day. Some of it has
:04:30. > :04:36.remained through parts of the Midlands and northern England, so
:04:37. > :04:41.just hazy sunshine here. Temperatures in Glasgow are normal
:04:42. > :04:55.for the time of year. The winds are very just the for the Six Nations
:04:56. > :04:58.match. -- they are very dusty. Some patchy drizzle to the west of Wales.
:04:59. > :05:03.For the rest of England and Wales, mainly clear skies, but a patchy fog
:05:04. > :05:08.towards the south-west later overnight. Temperatures hold up
:05:09. > :05:14.above frost level in the breeze but it will still feel fairly chilly.
:05:15. > :05:16.Tomorrow, the cloud stays with us in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Pat