:00:00. > :00:00.find debris. That's all from the BBC News at Six
:00:00. > :00:12.Hello and welcome to Midlands Today. The headlines tonight... Frtstration
:00:13. > :00:16.and anger from the family of a woman who died from a diabetic cola, as
:00:17. > :00:24.one of the nurses responsible is told she can keep her job. The
:00:25. > :00:27.punishment that has been handed out is not equal to the indiscrdtion
:00:28. > :00:31.which was caused by this ond person. Also tonight ` the true imp`ct of
:00:32. > :00:35.housing benefit reforms. A puarter of those receiving the paymdnt have
:00:36. > :00:42.been affected ` 14,000 are now in arrears. When you have not got food
:00:43. > :00:44.in your fridge, you have to say which comes first, your food or your
:00:45. > :00:48.rent? The family who lost two children to
:00:49. > :00:50.heart failure within three xears campaign to make defibrillators
:00:51. > :00:53.compulsory in schools. Feeling a little jeglagged, we meet
:00:54. > :00:57.the newest residents at the National Sea Life Centre after their twelve
:00:58. > :01:00.thousand mile hop around thd world. And the clocks go forward this
:01:01. > :01:04.weekend, which means the st`rt of British summer time ` for once, the
:01:05. > :01:07.weather is playing ball, with milder conditions, and the sun is coming
:01:08. > :01:16.out. Your full weekend forecast is coming up.
:01:17. > :01:21.Good evening. The family of a Redditch woman who died aftdr
:01:22. > :01:25.falling into a diabetic com`, say they're angry that one of the nurses
:01:26. > :01:29.on duty has been allowed to keep her job. They are planning to appeal the
:01:30. > :01:32.decision by the Nursing and Midwifery Council NOT to strike off
:01:33. > :01:36.a nurse who was looking aftdr Margaret Pitt. Sister Jacqudline
:01:37. > :01:40.Charman failed to take two blood sugar readings from Mrs Pitt, who
:01:41. > :01:43.was diabetic. By the time other staff realised her glucose levels
:01:44. > :01:48.had fallen to a dangerously low level, she was in a coma. Mrs Pitt
:01:49. > :01:50.died ten days later at the @lexandra Hospital. Our health correspondent
:01:51. > :01:59.Michele Paduano reports. They can never forget. The lother,
:02:00. > :02:08.wife and grandmother who didd needlessly, simply because her blood
:02:09. > :02:17.sugar wasn't monitored. My mum died a long time before she
:02:18. > :02:22.was due. I can hear a piece of music which I know she liked, or sometimes
:02:23. > :02:27.I can watch a film which might have emotional content, and my thoughts
:02:28. > :02:31.invariably go back to the woman that I was married to for 35 years, and
:02:32. > :02:33.it can start. 55`year`old Margaret Pitt w`s
:02:34. > :02:37.looking forward to retirement when she appeared on To Buy Or Not To
:02:38. > :02:40.Buy. But the insulin`dependdnt diabetic was failed by staff at the
:02:41. > :02:42.Alexandra Hospital in Redditch. At Mrs Pitt's inquest, Sister Jackie
:02:43. > :02:45.Charman's evidence was doiscounted by the coroner who found it
:02:46. > :02:48."inconceivable that Mrs Charman s evidence could be right at `ny
:02:49. > :02:52.point". Scientific evidence showed as a matter of fact that thd bed
:02:53. > :02:55.time blood sugar reading hadn't been taken... "Not taking that rdading
:02:56. > :02:58.was a gross failing to provhde basic medical care." But despite the
:02:59. > :03:02.coroners findings about what happened on Ward 11 at the hospital,
:03:03. > :03:05.the Nursing and Midwifery Council decided it was not proved, dven
:03:06. > :03:08.though hers was the only re`ding out of 3,000 checked not recorddd on the
:03:09. > :03:20.computer.The NMC believe it was possible that she could havd used a
:03:21. > :03:23.different machine. The Nurshng and Midwifery council were told that
:03:24. > :03:28.this was the first time she had had to appear before them in a 37 year
:03:29. > :03:33.career. The failing amounted to one case only, they said. She told the
:03:34. > :03:41.panel that she had in effect retired from nursing. The family is
:03:42. > :03:48.outraged. I'd personally, along with other members of the family, do not
:03:49. > :03:53.feel it is a good enough decision. Yes, she will be very unlikdly to
:03:54. > :03:56.get the job, especially if she has got to disclose the information
:03:57. > :03:59.Samantha Pitt still believes that her mother would still be hdre if
:04:00. > :04:02.Sister Charman had done her job Michele Paduano, BBC Midlands Today.
:04:03. > :04:05.Coming up later in the programme... Cracking down on foreign crhminals
:04:06. > :04:13.using our region's roads, one of the busiest networks in the country
:04:14. > :04:19.Research by the BBC has revdaled the true impact of housing benefit
:04:20. > :04:22.reforms. A year ago, the Government decided that people who livdd in
:04:23. > :04:26.properties with spare bedrooms should have their housing bdnefit
:04:27. > :04:29.cut. A survey of local authorities and housing associations has
:04:30. > :04:32.revealed just over 58,000 pdople have been affected by the changes `
:04:33. > :04:37.that's a quarter of those who receive housing benefit herd in the
:04:38. > :04:40.West Midlands. Nearly 14,000 of those have found their accotnts
:04:41. > :04:46.going into arrears for the first time. Just under 2,000 have been
:04:47. > :04:48.able to move house as a restlt of the change. Here's BBC Stokd's
:04:49. > :04:58.political reporter, Phil McCann Before last April, bedrooms had
:04:59. > :05:01.never been worth so much to Mark. He has three in his flat near
:05:02. > :05:09.Newcastle`under`Lyme, and over the last year they've led to his housing
:05:10. > :05:13.benefit being cut by 25%. `` two. `` 16%. But he wants somewhere for his
:05:14. > :05:22.children to sleep when they stay with him at weekends. ?11.38 a week
:05:23. > :05:26.does not sound a lot, but when you have not got food in your fridge,
:05:27. > :05:29.you have to decide between food and went. One in ten social housing
:05:30. > :05:33.tenants in the Midlands is `ffected by the reforms, with thousands of
:05:34. > :05:36.people being told they have too many bedrooms under the Government's new
:05:37. > :05:39.size criteria, which is oftdn referred to as the bedroom tax. A
:05:40. > :05:43.number of other people have also been having to pay a portion of
:05:44. > :05:47.their council tax for the fhrst time. Coupled with the rising cost
:05:48. > :05:50.of living, it's been putting pressure on their ability to pay
:05:51. > :05:54.their rent. 45% of council tenants in Sandwell who are affected by the
:05:55. > :05:57.reforms have fallen behind with their rent since last April. The
:05:58. > :06:00.figure is a third in Stoke`on`Trent and a quarter in Wolverhampton. And
:06:01. > :06:03.one housing association has served over 400 of its tenants with
:06:04. > :06:07.eviction notices. One of thd main reasons for the reforms was to free
:06:08. > :06:15.up spare bedrooms. But only 6% of people have relocated as a result.
:06:16. > :06:24.So housing associations are building more. They have helped ease a
:06:25. > :06:29.potential crisis situation for us. We have families living in
:06:30. > :06:33.accommodation which is too big, based on their entitlement to
:06:34. > :06:37.benefit. We needed to consider what alternative accommodation there was.
:06:38. > :06:43.But the reforms have caused some of those affected to budget better and
:06:44. > :06:49.to change their priorities. It was a case of moving to one`bedroom, or
:06:50. > :06:53.stay where you are, struggld, and you get to keep your kids. So, you
:06:54. > :06:59.are forced into that situathon, pay, or lose everything. Thd fact
:07:00. > :07:04.is, lots of households have not been hit by the changes at all. The
:07:05. > :07:08.government says the new system provides more of an incentive for
:07:09. > :07:12.people to find work. The Government says the new system is fairdr and
:07:13. > :07:15.provides more of an incentive for people to find work or incrdase
:07:16. > :07:19.their hours. Our political dditor, Patrick Burns, is here. One year on
:07:20. > :07:27.from the new benefit system coming in, it's more controversial than
:07:28. > :07:31.ever. That's right. This has prompted the work and pensions
:07:32. > :07:35.department to put out a state and. It is saying that these measures
:07:36. > :07:39.have saved the taxpayer ?1 lillion every single day. The Liber`l
:07:40. > :07:43.Democrats in the coalition point out that they have been responshble for
:07:44. > :07:54.negotiating up the level of cushioning for the most vulnerable
:07:55. > :07:58.housing benefit claimants. Ht is hard, but then it is hard to have
:07:59. > :08:04.1.7 million people who are waiting for housing. Of those, 240,000
:08:05. > :08:08.existing tenants are actually overcrowded. So, we must trx to do
:08:09. > :08:13.something, but we have to bd compassionate as well if we can
:08:14. > :08:18.Patrick, imagine if these fhgures had served to reinforce Labour's
:08:19. > :08:22.opposition to the change? Absolutely, and I was speakhng to
:08:23. > :08:27.one Labour frontbencher, who says the Government in this is m`king a
:08:28. > :08:31.mistake of historic proporthons Once in a generation, there is a tax
:08:32. > :08:37.so bad that the Next Generation looks back and says, why did they do
:08:38. > :08:41.it? We will scrap it. So, jtst over a year to go to the general
:08:42. > :08:45.election, how do you see thhs debate carrying on? Well, the challenges
:08:46. > :08:50.this poses for the Government are obvious. And yet at a broaddr level,
:08:51. > :08:56.the support for the benefits cap as a whole appears to command wide
:08:57. > :09:00.public support. And Labour support for that actually was subject of a
:09:01. > :09:04.backbench revolt on their shde in the debate over the Budget. So I
:09:05. > :09:07.think both main parties feel they have strength in their own `rguments
:09:08. > :09:12.which they can exploit, and weaknesses in the positions of their
:09:13. > :09:15.opponents. And Patrick will be back with more on this, plus calls for a
:09:16. > :09:18.new all`purpose, all`powerftl council for all Warwickshird in this
:09:19. > :09:21.weekend's Sunday Politics. That s at the slightly later time of 01.1
:09:22. > :09:25.here on BBC One, following coverage of the Malaysian Grand Prix.
:09:26. > :09:29.A woman who drove the wrong way up the M5 motorway while drunk has been
:09:30. > :09:32.banned from driving for thrde years. 27`year`old Katy Homer from
:09:33. > :09:38.Halesowen was stopped by police last December. CCTV footage shows her car
:09:39. > :09:43.travelling into the path of oncoming traffic. She also received `
:09:44. > :09:46.suspended prison sentence and was ordered to do 180 hours of community
:09:47. > :09:49.service. A man was arrested in Wolverhampton
:09:50. > :09:52.today as part of a Home offhce investigation into suspected sham
:09:53. > :09:55.marriages. The 37`year`old from Dace Road is accused of arranging and
:09:56. > :09:58.taking part in fake marriagds between Pakistani "grooms" `nd Czech
:09:59. > :10:01."brides". It follows ceremonies held at four register offices, including
:10:02. > :10:11.Shrewsbury, between Februarx and August last year.
:10:12. > :10:16.The former governor of Shrewsbury prison says he cannot understand why
:10:17. > :10:20.the Ministry of Justice dechded to close it. He says the prison was
:10:21. > :10:24.performing well, and that more expensive jails have remaindd open.
:10:25. > :10:27.The prison closed one year `go and is now up for sale after thd
:10:28. > :10:29.Government said its running costs were too high.
:10:30. > :10:32.Julie Bailey, the campaigner who spearheaded the efforts to highlight
:10:33. > :10:35.the failings at Stafford Hospital, has been presented with a CBE by the
:10:36. > :10:39.Queen at Buckingham Palace. Ms Bailey founded the campaign group
:10:40. > :10:42.Cure The NHS after being appalled by the care she witnessed her lother
:10:43. > :10:45.receiving at the hospital bdfore she died. Also honoured at todax's
:10:46. > :10:57.investiture ceremony was Ann Jones, Birmingham's former Wimbledon tennis
:10:58. > :11:00.champion. The 1969 Ladies' Champion also received a CBE in recognition
:11:01. > :11:02.of her many years of work in tennis administration.
:11:03. > :11:09.The Midlands has one of the busiest motorway networks in the cotntry.
:11:10. > :11:12.More than 450 vehicles have been stopped and 85 arrests have been
:11:13. > :11:15.made as part of an operation targeting foreign criminals using
:11:16. > :11:17.the region's roads. Operation Trivium has brought officers from
:11:18. > :11:21.the UK together with counterparts from Eastern Europe. Our reporter
:11:22. > :11:24.Liz Copper has spent the dax with the teams.
:11:25. > :11:37.We're on patrol near the M5 and are called to a car that's been pulled
:11:38. > :11:40.over. In the vehicle they h`ve found a substantial amount of contraband,
:11:41. > :11:43.believed to be in excess of 20, 00 cigarettes. When we arrive, customs
:11:44. > :11:47.officers are already here and are seizing the cigarettes ` thdy've an
:11:48. > :11:50.estimated value of ?200,000. This is one of 460 vehicles stopped in the
:11:51. > :11:59.last week as part of Operathon Trivium. The other day, we stopped a
:12:00. > :12:04.car, there was a number of foreign nationals involved, and thex had
:12:05. > :12:07.?30,000 worth of property which was stolen from three force are`s in the
:12:08. > :12:09.West Midlands. Here at the operation's control room, officers
:12:10. > :12:17.from Europol, Lithuania, Rolania and Poland have all been involvdd. These
:12:18. > :12:22.officers are not just helping with language problems, they can tap into
:12:23. > :12:26.their home country called in police systems to verify details ghven by
:12:27. > :12:28.drivers. It's estimated at `ny one time, there are 30,000
:12:29. > :12:30.foreign`registered vehicles on Britian's roads. For the officers
:12:31. > :12:39.from Eastern Europe, this operation will signal greater co`oper`tion in
:12:40. > :12:44.the future with UK forces. H find it very good, very useful, and I think
:12:45. > :12:48.that in the future, we should do the same operation again. As thhs car is
:12:49. > :12:51.taken off the road, it's thd start of further investigations, `nd it
:12:52. > :12:52.also marks the beginning of new levels of co`opearation between
:12:53. > :13:00.European police forces. Our top story tonight...
:13:01. > :13:05.Frustration and anger from the family of a woman who died from a
:13:06. > :13:08.diabetic coma, as one of thd nurses responsible is told she can keep her
:13:09. > :13:15.job. Your detailed weather forecast to come shortly from Rebecc`. Also
:13:16. > :13:18.in tonight's programme `nothing to separate the goal`scoring prowess of
:13:19. > :13:29.Chris Smith from Stafford R`ngers and Wayne Rooney ` apart from
:13:30. > :13:31.?300,000 a week. And find ott why a colony of penguins has travdlled
:13:32. > :13:36.nearly 12,000 miles to come to Birmingham.
:13:37. > :13:40.A couple whose teenage daughter and son suddenly died from heart
:13:41. > :13:42.conditions within three years of each other are campaigning to make
:13:43. > :13:47.defibrillators compulsory in schools. Robert and Maggie Tnderwood
:13:48. > :13:58.fundraise to buy the life`s`ving machines for public places. Joanne
:13:59. > :14:03.Writtle has been to meet thdm. Charlotte Prentice`Underwood died
:14:04. > :14:09.suddenly at home in Redditch. She was 16. We were told that Charlotte
:14:10. > :14:16.died from a massive cardiac arrest. From that day on, we campaigned for
:14:17. > :14:21.defibrillators to be installed in all schools and public buildings.
:14:22. > :14:26.Charlotte Green and brother worked tirelessly with her, he did a lot of
:14:27. > :14:30.fundraising. But last year, 17`year`old Craig was diagnosed with
:14:31. > :14:36.a heart complaint. Months l`ter he collapsed on his way home. His
:14:37. > :14:42.friend but to him, and he s`ys, I am calling an ambulance, I am joining
:14:43. > :14:46.my sister. Craig knew the sxmptoms, he knew the signs. Craig had
:14:47. > :14:51.suffered a massive cardiac `rrest that night, almost three ye`rs to
:14:52. > :14:57.the day that we lost his be`utiful sister. Robert and Maggie Underwood
:14:58. > :15:02.have two younger children. Litchell was born four days after Ch`rlotte
:15:03. > :15:05.died. They also have four older children. Tragically, they `re also
:15:06. > :15:13.being assessed for various heart complaints. Every single morning,
:15:14. > :15:18.every single day, every single night, we just don't know. Ht is
:15:19. > :15:23.like a ticking time bomb, wd do not know when it is going to explode. We
:15:24. > :15:27.just sit and wait and wonder if it is going to happen again, are we
:15:28. > :15:33.going to be hit a third timd, a fourth time? It is the reason the
:15:34. > :15:38.couple want defibrillators hn schools. They also do fundr`ising,
:15:39. > :15:46.and have so far paid for 35 in various places. St John and villains
:15:47. > :15:55.answers calls, and they say these deliberate as are simple and easy to
:15:56. > :16:04.use. About 60,000 people a xear will suffer a cardiac arrest outside
:16:05. > :16:08.hospital, and for every mintte that they are without defibrillators the
:16:09. > :16:15.chance of survival decreases by 10%. Back in Redditch, Maggie and Robert
:16:16. > :16:18.have their own defibrillator, because of their older children So
:16:19. > :16:24.far, the younger two appear healthy. It is my life in a box and
:16:25. > :16:28.I shall keep it, and it shall be wherever my children are.
:16:29. > :16:33.Time for the sport. The Covdntry Bees were due to begin their new
:16:34. > :16:36.season in speedway's top flhght this evening. It was billed to bd a derby
:16:37. > :16:39.against last season's runners`up, the Birmingham Brummies. Well, Dan
:16:40. > :16:46.Pallett's there now. Dan ` they ve been having problems with the track
:16:47. > :16:51.and it's not got any better...? That's right. This was going to be
:16:52. > :16:55.the big star for the Coventry Bees in the elite league, but thd track
:16:56. > :16:58.is the problem. There was a postponement at the weekend. They
:16:59. > :17:04.have been working hard on it since then, adding stone, to try to dry it
:17:05. > :17:09.out, but it is inconsistent, and you cannot have that with speedway bikes
:17:10. > :17:15.doing 70mph. Earlier I spokd to one of the officials here. The lain
:17:16. > :17:18.frustration is that the track, despite all the hard work from the
:17:19. > :17:22.stadium staff this week, unfortunately, time has run out on
:17:23. > :17:27.us. Can you reassure Coventry speedway fans that the track will be
:17:28. > :17:31.OK for this season? It will be, yes. We have been hit with rain hn the
:17:32. > :17:35.week as well, which has del`yed the work. Had the rain not come, I am
:17:36. > :17:41.sure the stadium staff would have had more time to get it ready. But
:17:42. > :17:46.Jeremy said to me, they are probably about three hours short of having it
:17:47. > :17:51.perfect for them. It is verx frustrating for all of the Coventry
:17:52. > :17:55.speedway people. They have now got one week to work
:17:56. > :17:59.on it to get it ready for the next meeting here. They are not going to
:18:00. > :18:03.do a complete with placement. That would be ?250,000.
:18:04. > :18:05.In the Premier League, Aston Villa get the ball rolling tomorrow
:18:06. > :18:09.lunchtime. They're away to lisfiring Manchester United. But Waynd Rooney
:18:10. > :18:10.isn't the only player to score from the half`way line this week, as Ian
:18:11. > :18:17.Winter reports from Staffordshire. Oatcakes have always been Chris
:18:18. > :18:21.Smith's bread and butter. M`king batch after batch at the falily
:18:22. > :18:24.business in Stoke`on`Trent. But what he really wants to do is pl`y
:18:25. > :18:29.football. So two years ago, Chris entered a national competithon. He
:18:30. > :18:40.beat hundreds of hopefuls to win a professional contract with Swindon
:18:41. > :18:45.Town. This is Paolo di Canio from Swindon, your new manager. How do
:18:46. > :18:48.you feel? Oh, my god Yes! Btt now, the dream has died. Chris h`s
:18:49. > :18:51.returned home to oatcakes and non`league. And this week, hn his
:18:52. > :18:54.first full game for Stafford Rangers, he did a Rooney, bx
:18:55. > :19:05.catching the Grantham goalid off`guard. Caught it sweet, and
:19:06. > :19:11.whenever you do that, you know you have got a chance. What was your
:19:12. > :19:15.reaction? I cannot really rdmember. Maybe the keeper had been a bit far
:19:16. > :19:18.off his line. Sadly, David Beckham wasn't there to see it. But only
:19:19. > :19:24.three days earlier, he'd bedn at West Ham to see his old pal pull off
:19:25. > :19:34.a similar trick. Lightning rarely strikes twice in the same place But
:19:35. > :19:39.Brad Guzan beware. What top tip would you have? Make sure the
:19:40. > :19:45.goalkeeper is on his line. Once a week, Chris treats himself to a
:19:46. > :19:49.bacon and egg oatcake. Whether Wayne Rooney does the same, nobodx knows.
:19:50. > :19:52.Whenever Stoke City are at home on Saturdays, Chris always sells more
:19:53. > :19:56.oatcakes on Fridays. But whhsper it quietly, he's a Man Utd fan, who
:19:57. > :19:57.doesn't expect to see any more goals from the half`way line, either from
:19:58. > :20:11.himself or Wayne Rooney. So stopping Wayne Rooney will be
:20:12. > :20:14.priority number one for Aston Villa. The task for West Bromwich @lbion is
:20:15. > :20:18.staying in the Premier Leagte starting with the visit of Cardiff
:20:19. > :20:23.City tomorrow. Yes, Albion darned a bit of respite with the win at
:20:24. > :20:26.Swansea two weeks ago. But lose to bottom but one Cardiff and they re
:20:27. > :20:30.deep in trouble with perhaps only goal difference keeping thel out of
:20:31. > :20:33.the bottom three. And head coach Pepe Mel is still looking for his
:20:34. > :20:38.first win at the Hawthorns. But it's a big weekend across the Football
:20:39. > :20:44.League. BBC local radio will make sure you won't miss a kick.
:20:45. > :20:49.And a big weekend for Worcester Wolves in basketball. They take on
:20:50. > :20:52.Glasgow Rocks in Sunday's BBL Trophy Final. Commentary on Sunday
:20:53. > :20:56.afternoon on BBC Hereford and Worcester's AM frequency.
:20:57. > :21:00.It has survived two world w`rs, travelled the world and raised
:21:01. > :21:04.hundreds of thousands of potnds for charity. The Kidderminster Lale
:21:05. > :21:09.Choir has plenty to celebrate on its 110th anniversary. It is ond of
:21:10. > :21:19.Britain's oldest. Pam Caulfheld joined them for rehearsals.
:21:20. > :21:27.Ancient these hymns might bd, but they have still got the powdr to
:21:28. > :21:31.bring people together. The hairs on the back of your neck stand up when
:21:32. > :21:36.the crowd respond, and you can see they are enjoying it, and you are
:21:37. > :21:44.enjoying giving them enjoymdnt. It is a two`way thing. It is brilliant.
:21:45. > :21:47.Sam's grandfather was one of the first members of the Kidderlinster
:21:48. > :21:54.Male Choir, formed in 1904. And it is still going strong, with 65
:21:55. > :21:58.singers. It has gone on, it has survived two world wars. Once you
:21:59. > :22:03.join the choir are you stay in it until you cannot sing any more. That
:22:04. > :22:12.is why some of them have bedn in it for 30`35 years. It is one big happy
:22:13. > :22:21.family. It is great. We havd grown up together, growing old together.
:22:22. > :22:27.It has been an amazing lifeline for me. It is part of my life, H am sure
:22:28. > :22:35.it is for everybody. It has taken over, really. They have toured the
:22:36. > :22:42.world together, raising hundreds of thousands for charity. With big
:22:43. > :22:44.birthday concerts planned, they hope to attract new members and to keep
:22:45. > :22:52.singing for centuries to cole. Birmingham's newest residents are
:22:53. > :22:56.settling into their new homd at the National Sea Life Centre. The 1
:22:57. > :23:00.Gentoo penguins have travelled nearly 12,000 miles from New
:23:01. > :23:05.Zealand. We sent Bob Hockenhull to pick up a penguin or two!
:23:06. > :23:11.The closest thing to Antarctica in the centre of Birmingham. These 12
:23:12. > :23:16.Gentoo penguins arrived at the Sea Life Centre at three o'clock this
:23:17. > :23:25.morning. Showing little signs of jet lag despite a 50`hour journdy. It
:23:26. > :23:28.has been years of planning to get this point where we can acttally
:23:29. > :23:32.housed them in Birmingham, laking sure that all the designs are fit
:23:33. > :23:37.for purpose, and that they have a specially climate controlled
:23:38. > :23:39.environment, and that they `re seasonally acclimatised, depending
:23:40. > :23:42.on where the seasons are in the Antarctic. Gentoos are the fastest
:23:43. > :23:46.underwater swimmers in the penguin world. They started testing out the
:23:47. > :23:49.water in their new home shortly after arrival. But by lunchtime the
:23:50. > :23:56.colony was adopting a more sedate attitude. They have just bedn given
:23:57. > :24:03.their first full meal since arriving, full of macro, vitamins
:24:04. > :24:10.and electrolytes, in the hope that it will hurt them up after their
:24:11. > :24:13.long journey. `` mackerel. Some of the captive bred birds alre`dy have
:24:14. > :24:17.names... Alf, Lolly Ginny and Brick. The public will be able to see them
:24:18. > :24:20.from the 7th of April. But they re not just a tourist attraction.
:24:21. > :24:28.They'll be part of a conservation breeding programme. These gtys are
:24:29. > :24:31.classified as near threatendd. They are a large population group,
:24:32. > :24:35.sustainable at the moment, but teetering on the brink. That is
:24:36. > :24:39.where big conservation projdct like this are really important, because
:24:40. > :24:44.it means we can maintain a large genetic diversity in captivhty, and
:24:45. > :24:48.if we need to really enjoy reintroduced back into the wild in
:24:49. > :24:51.the future, we have that capability. Some nature lovers would no doubt
:24:52. > :24:55.prefer to see these animals stay in the wild. But their keepers say this
:24:56. > :24:58.environment is the next best thing, and the research carried out here
:24:59. > :25:00.may ultimately help save thd species.
:25:01. > :25:03.Some big storms around todax, but rumours of warmer weather this
:25:04. > :25:10.weekend, Rebecca? Well, yes, Mary, but before that, we
:25:11. > :25:13.have had a pretty exciting `fternoon of weather, with a funnel cloud
:25:14. > :25:17.reported over Coventry Airport, and look at this this is one of several
:25:18. > :25:20.hail storms across the West Midlands today, sent in by Sue in Sutton
:25:21. > :25:23.Coldfield. Tonight's headlines from the BBC ` the search area for the
:25:24. > :25:31.missing Malaysia Airlines flight moves.
:25:32. > :25:38.Over the weekend we will be pulling in this milder air off the
:25:39. > :25:41.continent. Things will start to get a bit warmer. It is all coincided
:25:42. > :25:45.with the start of British summertime, as the clocks go forward
:25:46. > :25:50.in the early hours of Sundax morning. Temperatures will be going
:25:51. > :25:54.up as well, with the sun coling out. The last of those lively showers
:25:55. > :25:58.this afternoon are now clearing away. Overnight tonight it will dry
:25:59. > :26:03.out by and large. Plenty of cloud about overnight. With the mhlder
:26:04. > :26:11.air, it is going to feel warmer tonight. So, it is not a bad start
:26:12. > :26:15.to Saturday. It will be quite cloudy, but then it will be clearing
:26:16. > :26:19.away, and the sun will come out It will be quite hazy sunshine, with
:26:20. > :26:25.quite a lot of high cloud still about. But temperatures could get up
:26:26. > :26:30.to 17 Celsius. It will be qtite breezy tomorrow, noticeable over
:26:31. > :26:36.higher ground in particular. But it should be a pleasant day all round.
:26:37. > :26:39.Then the clouds starts to come in again overnight, and the milder air
:26:40. > :26:48.will make its presence felt with temperatures overnight. Movhng into
:26:49. > :26:51.Mother's Day, it is again looking like another pleasant day, with
:26:52. > :26:58.temperatures continuing to climb. We have got 17s on the board, but it
:26:59. > :27:06.could get even higher. It whll be another pleasant day. Making our way
:27:07. > :27:09.into the new working week, ht is going to stay mild. But we will be
:27:10. > :27:12.pulling some lively showers in off the continent as well. All hn all,
:27:13. > :27:27.it is not too bad at all. Our main headlines... The sdarch
:27:28. > :27:30.area for the missing Malaysha Airlines flight has moved. For the
:27:31. > :27:35.first time, spotter planes have found debris. Frustration and anger
:27:36. > :27:39.from the family of a woman who died from a diabetic coma as one of the
:27:40. > :27:44.nurses responsible is told she can keep her job. That was the Lidlands
:27:45. > :27:47.Today. I'll be back at ten o'clock. Have a great evening. Goodbxe.