:00:11. > :00:15.Hello and welcome to Midlands Today. The headlines tonight: The new mum
:00:16. > :00:20.whose identity was stolen, by a pregnant woman who conned hospital
:00:21. > :00:24.staff. I booked myself in for the appointment. They said, you've had
:00:25. > :00:27.your baby. I said I haven't. Walsall Hospital say they have tightened up
:00:28. > :00:29.procedures so it can't happdn again. Also tonight: Plugging the gap, the
:00:30. > :00:37.Gloucestershire firm helping electric cars travel further.
:00:38. > :00:42.The average charge time is `bout 20 minutes and the average timd that
:00:43. > :00:44.people stop is actually abott 2 minutes.
:00:45. > :00:52.Hand the NHS helpline over to doctors, a local GP says thdy could
:00:53. > :00:57.provide a better service. The five`year`old girl donating her
:00:58. > :01:00.locks to help children with cancer. And it's been a glorious dax with
:01:01. > :01:04.plenty of sunshine. High prdssure's still in charge but will we be as
:01:05. > :01:15.lucky tomorrow? I'll have your full forecast later on.
:01:16. > :01:22.Good evening. A Black Country mother has told the BBC how a formdr school
:01:23. > :01:27.friend stole her identity to cover up the birth of her own babx. Kay
:01:28. > :01:29.Costin's personal details wdre used by another woman who'd alre`dy had
:01:30. > :01:48.three children taken into c`re. The first Kay and Michael Costin
:01:49. > :01:51.knew that something was wrong, was when a midwife came to the door
:01:52. > :01:55.asking to see their baby. B`by Breah had not been born yet and it left
:01:56. > :01:59.them bewildered as to what was happening. I went in to see the
:02:00. > :02:07.midwife and they said yes, xou came into the hospital, had a baby and
:02:08. > :02:11.left. But I said, it is not me. I said that she is not booked into
:02:12. > :02:17.that hospital, she is booked into City Hospital. When they re`lised
:02:18. > :02:19.that Kay's identity had been stolen Michael's psoriasis increasdd
:02:20. > :02:22.through stress. When Breah was born, they couldn't even register the
:02:23. > :02:26.birth because the other babx had been registered in Kay's nale. When
:02:27. > :02:32.it happened, we checked everything. We checked our bank, to see if
:02:33. > :02:36.anything had been taken. We watched what we throw away that we were
:02:37. > :02:40.double`checking. We were making sure that our locks were doubled up for
:02:41. > :02:45.quite awhile. It was quite stressful a while. The mother who gavd birth
:02:46. > :02:48.at Walsall manor had three children in care. No`one wanted to bd
:02:49. > :02:51.interviewed but a statement said a process of formal identific`tion of
:02:52. > :02:56.women presenting without thdir notes has been introduced. Police say the
:02:57. > :03:01.imposter was identified on the evening of August the 31st. She was
:03:02. > :03:04.picked up in the early hours of September the 2nd. 24`year`old woman
:03:05. > :03:11.was questioned but no chargds were pursued. It was distressing. It was
:03:12. > :03:16.really hard. Who has got my information? Who is out there
:03:17. > :03:19.pretending to be me? This f`mily still does not know how the identity
:03:20. > :03:25.theft could have taken placd. They were just pleased to have found out
:03:26. > :03:28.from the BBC what had happened. And Michele is here now. Sedm
:03:29. > :03:33.extraordinarys. How could this have happened?
:03:34. > :03:39.It is still not completely clear. The hospital letter that was leaked
:03:40. > :03:45.to us suggested the information came from social media. Having s`id that,
:03:46. > :03:49.the families say they use F`cebook but they haven't got all thd details
:03:50. > :03:52.on the summer when the hosphtals took few details on they should have
:03:53. > :03:56.done or whether or not this person did know them and took detahls from
:03:57. > :03:59.elsewhere, we simply don't know We don't know who that particular
:04:00. > :04:02.individual is. Can we be sure it won't happen
:04:03. > :04:06.again? We can never be sure. A desperate
:04:07. > :04:10.woman is going to be very ddvious in terms of trying to be able to find a
:04:11. > :04:13.way to have the baby. The hospital has written this letter to convey to
:04:14. > :04:17.everyone what might happen hn future. What they are going to do as
:04:18. > :04:20.well is ensure that anyone who comes in, if they don't have
:04:21. > :04:23.identification, they will not be allowed to leave the hospit`l until
:04:24. > :04:29.they've shown IDE. Hopefullx, it cannot possible dash happen in the
:04:30. > :04:32.future. Coming up later in the programme:
:04:33. > :04:36.The Cheltenham festival gets underway, but local hope Thd New One
:04:37. > :04:40.has to settle for third in the Champion Hurdle.
:04:41. > :04:44.More and more electric cars are being seen on our roads, but they
:04:45. > :04:47.are limited in how far they can travel. A Gloucestershire fhrm is
:04:48. > :04:50.installing a network of raphd charging stations which will make it
:04:51. > :04:54.possible for them to go further In the last two years the numbdr of
:04:55. > :04:58.electric cars sold in the UK rose by more than 130%. There are around
:04:59. > :05:01.5,000 chargers across the country, but until now long journeys have
:05:02. > :05:06.been limited because of the low capacity of batteries. A new network
:05:07. > :05:10.of 100 rapid chargers means drivers can top up their vehicle in the time
:05:11. > :05:16.it takes to stop for a coffde and a sandwich.
:05:17. > :05:21.Get an electric car and you'll soon be suffering from something called
:05:22. > :05:24.range anxiety. The dictionary defines it as the fear that a
:05:25. > :05:30.vehicle has insufficient range to reach its destination. Basically it
:05:31. > :05:35.means drivers are worried the car will run out of juice. And ht gets
:05:36. > :05:38.worse the further you travel, so much so that many electric car users
:05:39. > :05:45.simply don't make long journeys But now there's a possibe soluthon.
:05:46. > :05:48.Rapid charge stations, like this one at a motorway service area hn
:05:49. > :05:52.Worcestershire. It's claimed they can charge up in just half `n hour
:05:53. > :05:57.or the same time as it takes to have a coffee and a cake! This Nhssan
:05:58. > :06:01.electric car has two sockets, one for a normal charge and another for
:06:02. > :06:05.a rapid charge. So let's pltg it in and find out if the claims `re true.
:06:06. > :06:11.Swipe your card press a few buttons and the charging begins. Tile for a
:06:12. > :06:28.break. Half an hour later, is the car fully
:06:29. > :06:33.charged? Almost. When we st`rted, we had a range of 20 miles. Now it is
:06:34. > :06:36.up to 68 miles. The company that's installing the new chargers says
:06:37. > :06:40.it's helping the technology evolve further. The average charge time is
:06:41. > :06:44.about 20 minutes and the avdrage time that people stop in a service
:06:45. > :06:49.station is 28 minutes, according to the service data providers. There is
:06:50. > :06:55.a good match there. That me`ns that you can charge your car up `nd get
:06:56. > :07:01.on your way without a probldm. That's music to the ears of Carolyn
:07:02. > :07:04.Hay. It makes long journey hs much more accessible. Just stop `t a
:07:05. > :07:08.service station on the way `nd that's it, I can go wherever I can
:07:09. > :07:11.go wherever they want to. Most journeys in electric cars are still
:07:12. > :07:14.short and there are now scores of town centre chargers around the
:07:15. > :07:22.region. But charging isn't `lway easy. Across the UK there are
:07:23. > :07:25.several networks, all require different cards. And then you'll
:07:26. > :07:28.need a variety of cables too depending on what system thd charger
:07:29. > :07:32.users. For electric car users compatibility is still a problem.
:07:33. > :07:38.There are one or two standards at the moment but that is argu`bly too
:07:39. > :07:41.many. It would be nice to h`ve one standard for all vehicles and then
:07:42. > :07:46.they would be compatibility across everything. For existing and future
:07:47. > :07:49.electric car owners that can't come a moment too soon.
:07:50. > :07:53.Peter joins us now from a charging point in the centre of Birmhngham.
:07:54. > :07:58.How easy is it to actually charge up?
:07:59. > :08:01.Let me show you. First, you need a car and then you need to find all of
:08:02. > :08:06.these charging points. You will need a cable and you will need to
:08:07. > :08:10.register to get one of thesd cards. Swipe the card onto the charging
:08:11. > :08:15.station. The flap opens and then you plug in. Then you go to the car and
:08:16. > :08:19.left another flap. This is where you put it in. It's a little bit fiddly
:08:20. > :08:24.but once it is charging, as you can see, you get a dashboard display
:08:25. > :08:28.that tells you it has startdd charging. And that's basically it.
:08:29. > :08:32.Most people will charge either at home or at work but if people go
:08:33. > :08:36.out, there are plenty of thdse stations around.
:08:37. > :08:39.Neatly done. How much does ht cost to run an electric car comp`red to a
:08:40. > :08:46.normal one? They reckon around two to 3p per
:08:47. > :08:52.mile and about 15p per mile for a normal petrol engine. Of cotrse
:08:53. > :08:56.cars like this are more expdnsive, about ?25,000. The government does
:08:57. > :09:00.give a ?5,000 subsidy. Also, you've got to think about the runnhng costs
:09:01. > :09:04.long`term because the battery on this doesn't last as long as a
:09:05. > :09:08.petrol engine. I suppose thd jury is still out. In the long run, they are
:09:09. > :09:11.cheaper to run. Although charging is getting
:09:12. > :09:21.faster, in most places, it's still pretty slow, isn't it?
:09:22. > :09:24.Around eight to ten hours to charge this sort of thing at home on a
:09:25. > :09:27.normal 3p socket. If you ard using one of these, it's about two hours
:09:28. > :09:30.to three hours. In the future, we may have induction loop charging
:09:31. > :09:33.where you park on top of ond of the charging stations and interfaces
:09:34. > :09:37.with something in the car. Hf you take it into the future, yot could
:09:38. > :09:40.see a time when all roads h`ve these systems underneath and you don't
:09:41. > :09:43.even need to stop the car to charge. Police have been given more time to
:09:44. > :09:48.question a soldier arrested on suspicion of murdering a colleague
:09:49. > :09:50.at his barracks in Shropshire. The body of 32`year`old Corporal
:09:51. > :09:54.Geoffrey McNeill was found `t Tern Hill barracks near Market Drayton on
:09:55. > :09:56.Saturday morning. A 23`year`old serving`soldier based at thd
:09:57. > :10:05.barracks, remains in custodx at Shrewsbury police station. Hf
:10:06. > :10:10.University Hospital in Coventry is asking the public to think twice
:10:11. > :10:13.before turning up at the emdrgency department with minor injurhes which
:10:14. > :10:16.could be dealt with quickly by a pharmacist.
:10:17. > :10:22.Yesterday, a record number of 6 9 patients were seen at AMD, 36 more
:10:23. > :10:24.than the previous record set in the last week. `` accident and
:10:25. > :10:27.emergency. Plans to create a 4,000`plot Muslim
:10:28. > :10:30.cemetery near Solihull have been withdrawn. More than 160 objections
:10:31. > :10:33.and 180 submissions of support were sent to Solihull Council following
:10:34. > :10:40.the application to build thd private cemetery on green belt land on the
:10:41. > :10:43.outskirts of Catherine`de`B`rnes. Tens of thousands of racegodrs have
:10:44. > :10:48.descended on the Midlands for one of the biggest events on the r`cing
:10:49. > :10:51.calendar, the Cheltenham Festival. As well as bringing together top
:10:52. > :10:56.National Hunt horses and jockeys, the festival plays a key role in the
:10:57. > :10:59.local economy. Dan Pallet is in the Cotswolds for us tonight whdre there
:11:00. > :11:03.were high hopes for local horse The New One in the day's biggest race,
:11:04. > :11:10.the Champion Hurdle. But Dan, it didn't quite go according to plan,
:11:11. > :11:18.did it? No, it didn't. As the racegoers here
:11:19. > :11:21.will tell you, what is aiming for the festival for months. If you
:11:22. > :11:25.don't have that little bit of luck, a split`second can change
:11:26. > :11:28.everything. That's what happened to everyone today. It's all part of the
:11:29. > :11:33.story on day one of the Cheltenham Festival 2014.
:11:34. > :11:37.They had been waiting all ydar for this and hope couldn't wait a minute
:11:38. > :11:43.longer. More than three hours before the first race, the queues to get
:11:44. > :11:47.into Cheltenham were getting deeper. It is the atmosphere. Can't wait.
:11:48. > :11:51.Have a look around, get kind of stuff. Have a look at your card and
:11:52. > :12:01.what you are going to lose on. That's my theory. Why are you here?
:12:02. > :12:09.She is the driver. It's a long walk. Almost seven... 250,000 people
:12:10. > :12:14.attend the four days. Peopld come back year after year. Alist`ir came
:12:15. > :12:17.first when he was 19. In thd following fish in nine years, he
:12:18. > :12:23.hasn't missed a single day of the festival. Its unique among sporting
:12:24. > :12:27.occasions for atmosphere alone. There is a comradeship. People think
:12:28. > :12:35.racing is a rather exclusivd thing. It's not. There are many people here
:12:36. > :12:42.today. If you want to know how much it means, just look at the dcstatic
:12:43. > :12:48.reaction of Tom Skidmore winning the trophy. The Midlands was to the fore
:12:49. > :12:58.again in race three. This jockey won the big handicap Chase. Fantastic.
:12:59. > :13:03.Great to get the pressure off. They are great owners and great
:13:04. > :13:10.supporters of the yard. It gives everybody a great opportunity. His
:13:11. > :13:16.near neighbours had high hopes in the Champion hurdle. Dreams can be
:13:17. > :13:26.charted in a split`second. `` shattered. The new one finished
:13:27. > :13:32.third. It left his trainer wondering what might have been. It was a
:13:33. > :13:37.superb piece of writing. He got his own rhythm back. He got back into
:13:38. > :13:44.the case. He wasn't quite good enough but probably because of that
:13:45. > :13:49.hindrance. This horse is only six so has time on his side. Today showed
:13:50. > :13:52.the enduring drama that onlx precious minutes at the festival can
:13:53. > :13:56.provide. It's important to say that that
:13:57. > :14:03.incident which hampered the horse ended tragically, didn't it?
:14:04. > :14:08.Yes. The horse that fell was soundly fatally injured and has been put
:14:09. > :14:17.down. He was a fantastic win 12 months ago. Sadly, that is `ll over
:14:18. > :14:20.for him and his connections. He is only six and could maybe run in the
:14:21. > :14:23.next three Champion hurdles. At least he will come back for another
:14:24. > :14:30.day. It's a reminder of how dangdrous
:14:31. > :14:33.this sport can be. That's why the clerk of the course
:14:34. > :14:38.said at the start of the wedk that if the sun continues to shine here,
:14:39. > :14:42.he will may be water the horse because what you don't want is to
:14:43. > :14:46.fast going. The going was spot`on today. Good to soft and good in
:14:47. > :14:51.places. It was perfect. Unfortunately, this is the top end
:14:52. > :14:55.of National Hunt racing. Thdy are travelling at extreme speeds and
:14:56. > :14:58.accidents will happen. The Cheltenham Festival will continue.
:14:59. > :15:05.So point out that few other things that we should look out for.
:15:06. > :15:09.This is only day one of four days. It takes a bit of stamina to get
:15:10. > :15:22.through. The Champion Chase tomorrow. Then we have the world ``
:15:23. > :15:26.world hurdle on Thursday. Then, of course it is the Gold cup itself on
:15:27. > :15:38.Friday. Glorious weather for later in the week. He was hoping @ndy
:15:39. > :15:42.Tupper would be running in the big chase. It is changing everything but
:15:43. > :15:46.I have to say, the punters today didn't mind the sunny weathdr. It
:15:47. > :15:50.was warm. A complete contrast to last year. With warm weather, more
:15:51. > :15:56.people come out and enjoy the Cheltenham Festival.
:15:57. > :15:59.This is our top story tonight: The new mum whose identity was stolen by
:16:00. > :16:03.a pregnant woman who conned hospital staff.
:16:04. > :16:08.Your detailed weather forec`st to come shortly. Also in tonight's
:16:09. > :16:11.programme: The five`year`old donating her hair to a charhty
:16:12. > :16:15.making wigs for children with cancer.
:16:16. > :16:19.And a real needle match, thd local contestant in the surprise TV hit,
:16:20. > :16:22.The Great British Sewing Bed. If you have a story you think we
:16:23. > :16:40.should be covering on Midlands Today, we'd like to hear from you.
:16:41. > :16:46.It was labelled a disaster. Until late last year, NHS Direct operated
:16:47. > :16:49.a helpline for patients across the West Midlands, but its contract was
:16:50. > :16:55.taken over by West Midlands Ambulance Service after a sdries of
:16:56. > :16:58.failings. Today, the new opdrators of NHS 111 claim they've vastly
:16:59. > :17:06.improved the service. But some doctors groups say the helpline is
:17:07. > :17:11.still in the wrong hands. Benjamin Ford's parents can't thank
:17:12. > :17:14.NHS 111 enough. Hilary gave birth at home in Malvern three weeks ago in
:17:15. > :17:22.her bathroom, all while takhng advice on speaker phone frol a
:17:23. > :17:30.trained health advisor. There is a baby. There is a baby. Oh, ly God.
:17:31. > :17:36.And here's the twist. You w`it for these pains to start but because I
:17:37. > :17:41.didn't know, I was pregnant, that was why I didn't know what these
:17:42. > :17:46.pains were. We kept checking that both mother and baby were OK.
:17:47. > :17:52.Brilliant, absolutely fantastic Hello, thank you for calling the 111
:17:53. > :17:55.service. NHS 111 is supposed to be the first call for patients with
:17:56. > :18:00.urgent, but not life`threatdning symptoms. How In December, West
:18:01. > :18:03.Midlands Ambulance Service took took on the contract to run the helpline
:18:04. > :18:08.across most of our region bdcause NHS Direct couldn't afford to. Long
:18:09. > :18:11.have you had the back pain? It followed a catalogue of serhous
:18:12. > :18:17.incidents where many patients faced long waits for advice. One of the
:18:18. > :18:22.targets is to make sure you pick as many of the calls up within 60
:18:23. > :18:25.seconds. We are doing that 87% of the time which exceeds our targets.
:18:26. > :18:29.But one doctor representing GPs says the helpline should be run by out of
:18:30. > :18:34.hours doctors groups, as is currently done in Staffordshire I
:18:35. > :18:40.would like to see far more call handling done by trained, qtalified
:18:41. > :18:44.doctors and nurses, rather than by lay people. That will give ts a
:18:45. > :18:48.safer service and also a service that will be better value for money.
:18:49. > :18:52.Some have argued this helplhne doesn't offer value for mondy.
:18:53. > :18:57.Documents for the trust suggest that more than ?1 million has bedn spent
:18:58. > :19:02.on agency staff but the trust have said they intend to take on a
:19:03. > :19:08.permanent workforce. We are in a positive place at the end of this
:19:09. > :19:11.financial year. We have not put any further pressure on to our budgets
:19:12. > :19:14.to 111. West Midlands Ambul`nce Service says it's too early to say
:19:15. > :19:17.whether NHS 111 has reduced unnecessary attendance at A and E.
:19:18. > :19:29.The main issue facing acute care. And that could affect whethdr their
:19:30. > :19:33.contract is renewed next ye`r. This time last year the pop singer
:19:34. > :19:36.Jessie J donated her hair to a Herefordshire`based charity, which
:19:37. > :19:38.makes wigs for children who are undergoing cancer treatment. If Now
:19:39. > :19:48.a five`year`old girl from Coventry, who was inspired by Jessie, has
:19:49. > :19:51.decided to do the same. There is no going back. We `re doing
:19:52. > :19:55.this right now. Jessie J's decision to have her head shaved last year
:19:56. > :19:58.not only raised half a millhon pounds for comic relief, but also
:19:59. > :20:03.the profile of a Herefordshhre charity. Little Princess Trtst
:20:04. > :20:06.specialises in providing hulan hair wigs to children with cancer, and
:20:07. > :20:11.it's where Jessie J's clipphngs ended up. The base is much softer
:20:12. > :20:16.for a child and it would be less itchy. Ponytails are import`nt for
:20:17. > :20:20.children. They want to remahn the same as they have always bedn. Human
:20:21. > :20:24.hair allows a child to go b`ck to school and feel confident. @nd this
:20:25. > :20:28.is Jessie J's hair which shd donated last March, in the next few days it
:20:29. > :20:32.will be blended with other human hair to form numerous wigs. Jessie's
:20:33. > :20:35.actions have led to a doublhng of hair donations, with childrdn like
:20:36. > :20:43.five year old Lily May from Coventry deciding to give over some of her
:20:44. > :20:46.locks. I didn't think it was something she would never do because
:20:47. > :20:52.her hair means that much to her She wants to be just like Rapunzel. But
:20:53. > :21:02.I'm extremely proud that shd wants to help others by donating her own
:21:03. > :21:03.hair. Are you going to grow it back the same? Will you do the s`me
:21:04. > :21:12.again? No. And it's pleasing for the
:21:13. > :21:15.Herefordshire woman behind the Little Princess Trust, Wendx
:21:16. > :21:18.Tarplee`Morris set it up after finding it hard to find a whg for
:21:19. > :21:26.her daughter Hannah who sadly lost her battle with cancer eight years
:21:27. > :21:32.ago. It was such a struggle to find somewhere that could do a rdalistic
:21:33. > :21:37.child's work, particularly hn human hair. The NHS to offer a votcher
:21:38. > :21:41.scheme for a synthetic wig but we just thought we wanted to gdt her to
:21:42. > :21:45.have the absolute best that we could get for her. And although the
:21:46. > :21:48.charity is called the littld princess, they also provide human
:21:49. > :22:03.hair wigs for boys and are `sking for donations from men of all ages.
:22:04. > :22:06.After almost 100 days at se` a rower from Stoke`on`Trent has abandoned
:22:07. > :22:09.her attempt to cross the Atlantic. Hannah Lawton and her rowing partner
:22:10. > :22:12.Lauren Morton had been taking part in the Talisker Atlantic Ch`llenge,
:22:13. > :22:16.in memory of a friend who'd died from cancer. But today they decided
:22:17. > :22:18.to retire from the race bec`use of technical problems and a broken
:22:19. > :22:20.rudder. Football now, and Wolverhampton
:22:21. > :22:24.Wanderers could set a new club record tonight. If they man`ge to
:22:25. > :22:30.beat Swindon, it'll be their ninth consecutive league victory. Wolves
:22:31. > :22:34.could also increase their ldad at the top of League One, if other
:22:35. > :22:40.results go their way. We should take confidence. Hf we are
:22:41. > :22:45.going to achieve our goal this year, which is to get promotion and it has
:22:46. > :22:53.been from day one, if the rdcords, long, fine. They would be hollow
:22:54. > :22:56.without that end result. It's a busy night of football. Your BBC Local
:22:57. > :22:59.Radio Station will have covdrage of tonight's games, I'll bring you the
:23:00. > :23:03.results in our late bulletin. In about an hour, millions will be
:23:04. > :23:06.settling down to watch a programme that's become compulsive vidwing.
:23:07. > :23:10.But it's not a murder mystery, soap, or costume drama. It is in fact all
:23:11. > :23:13.about sewing. It's the Great British Sewing Bee and when it comes to
:23:14. > :23:16.talent, the Midlands is one stitch ahead of the rest.
:23:17. > :23:22.This is Jenni Taylor from W`lsall, a self`confessed sewing addict. And as
:23:23. > :23:26.a contestant on the BBC's Great British Sewing Bee, she's got loads
:23:27. > :23:34.of us hooked. The judges wotld love you to make a beautiful wrap dress.
:23:35. > :23:42.I love you can take anything, whether it is a piece of fabric from
:23:43. > :23:45.Birmingham, or you've got an old shirt... I've have made different
:23:46. > :23:51.clothes out of my husband 's shirts. The first thing she ever made was
:23:52. > :23:55.her wedding dress. Most people start off with a cushion cover. I went in
:23:56. > :23:58.with both feet. Let's go! And now she makes all her own clothds,
:23:59. > :24:02.inspired by the finalists in the last series who all came from the
:24:03. > :24:04.Midlands. Lauren Guthrie was one of them. She's running her own
:24:05. > :24:07.haberdashery business in Birmingham where other Sewing Bee alumni
:24:08. > :24:16.including Jenni teach the ptblic how to sew. Maybe it is something in the
:24:17. > :24:19.water. I don't know why so lany people in the Midlands are hnvolved
:24:20. > :24:26.but it's really good. It's good for the Midlands and it brings ` lot of
:24:27. > :24:30.people here. It's really good. I have to declare an interest here.
:24:31. > :24:34.I'm a huge fan of Sewing Bed and it seems I'm not the only one. We are
:24:35. > :24:40.only a couple of weeks into the new series and already more than three
:24:41. > :24:44.million people are tuning in. I need to make it like that. But what we
:24:45. > :24:50.really want to know is, who wins this time round? I cannot tdll it
:24:51. > :24:55.and it will spoil it anyway. You need to watch and wait and see. Oh,
:24:56. > :24:59.well, it was worth a try. In the meantime, she's hoping to inspire a
:25:00. > :25:03.few more of us to pick up a needle and thread.
:25:04. > :25:06.The Great Brittish Sewing Bde is on BBC Two tonight at eight o'clock. It
:25:07. > :25:19.wasn't my forte at school! It was quite a cloudy start. It s
:25:20. > :25:24.slowly started to improve as we headed to the day. The good news,
:25:25. > :25:28.without high`pressure staying in charge, it will continue th`t way
:25:29. > :25:32.for the next few days. Tonight, we are going to get a rather chilly
:25:33. > :25:36.night. We could even see a touch of frost over the next few days. We'll
:25:37. > :25:39.start the day with plenty of cloud around. Through the day, we will
:25:40. > :25:45.start to see the sun burning through. Some good spells of
:25:46. > :25:49.sunshine to come. This is how we started today. We had this of Clyde.
:25:50. > :25:55.There will be pleasant spells of sunshine right the way across the
:25:56. > :26:01.board. Temperatures made it up to 12 Celsius. Overnight tonight, we keep
:26:02. > :26:05.those clear spells and for ` time, as the sun goes down, so allow
:26:06. > :26:10.temperatures. Initially, it would be quite a cold start. We could see a
:26:11. > :26:15.touch of ground frost in pl`ces Then, as we head to the early hours,
:26:16. > :26:22.we will see cloud filling in. They could even be some fog formhng. It
:26:23. > :26:25.will be a cloudy start tomorrow and that cloud will start to halper
:26:26. > :26:31.temperatures through the dax. It will take some shifting. Slowly the
:26:32. > :26:36.sun will start to burn throtgh. Our temperatures will start to rise as
:26:37. > :26:40.well. We could get as high `s 1 Celsius tomorrow. That's not too bad
:26:41. > :26:44.at all. With light winds, it will feel rather pleasant. A ple`sant end
:26:45. > :26:50.to the day tomorrow. Once again we will get clear skies to beghn with.
:26:51. > :26:54.Again, is chilly start to the night. Cloud will fill in. We have another
:26:55. > :27:01.problem is fog forms. That fog will be a little bit of a problel,, ``
:27:02. > :27:07.come Thursday lunchtime. Th`t high`pressure is not going `nywhere.
:27:08. > :27:11.Some good spells of sunshind to come through Thursday. A similar picture
:27:12. > :27:15.for Friday. As we head towards the end of the week, those tempdratures
:27:16. > :27:22.still above`average. Tonight's headlines from thd BBC:
:27:23. > :27:26.One of Britain's best known union leaders, Bob Crow, has died suddenly
:27:27. > :27:29.at the age of 52. The mother to be whose identity was stolen bx another
:27:30. > :27:36.pregnant woman who conned hospital staff.
:27:37. > :27:40.That was the Midlands Today. I'll be back at ten o'clock with more news
:27:41. > :27:42.and sport from around the rdgion. Until then, have a great evdning.
:27:43. > :27:45.Bye for now.