:00:08. > :00:12.Good afternoon. A same`sex couple from the West Midlands were among
:00:13. > :00:15.the first in the region to get married this morning after ht became
:00:16. > :00:18.legal at midnight. Rebecca Billington`Green and Sarah`Louise
:00:19. > :00:23.Billington tied the knot in Dudley in front of family, friends and
:00:24. > :00:27.their son Jacob. Nadine Towdll reports.
:00:28. > :00:30.Just another bedtime for 11`month`old Jacob, but for his Mums
:00:31. > :00:38.Rebecca and Sarah`Louise it's the night before their big day. After
:00:39. > :00:46.the law was changed last sulmer today's the first day same sex
:00:47. > :00:51.couples have been allowed to marry. It just shows we are equal to
:00:52. > :00:55.heterosexual couples, no different to that of heterosexual couples It
:00:56. > :01:00.is nice to say we are marridd rather than civil partnership, which is no
:01:01. > :01:03.different legally, but it is nice to see that you're married. And this
:01:04. > :01:09.morning at Dudley Register office these two brides became part of
:01:10. > :01:12.history. To be my wedded wife. Rebecca, who's a nurse, and
:01:13. > :01:15.Sarah`Louise, a hairdresser, made the same vows as heterosexu`l
:01:16. > :01:23.couples as they were legallx married. I am delighted to `nnounce
:01:24. > :01:27.you are now wife and wife. The pair ` who've been together for three
:01:28. > :01:34.years ` were one of the first gay couples in the region to marry.
:01:35. > :01:44.Brilliant, it was really emotional. Lovely service. The couple have
:01:45. > :01:47.recently bought a house in Coventry where no doubt pictures frol their
:01:48. > :01:52.wedding day will be among their most prized possessions.
:01:53. > :01:55.Human remains discovered ne`r Attingham Park in Shropshird have
:01:56. > :02:01.been identified as those of a man who went missing from Shrewsbury two
:02:02. > :02:04.years ago. 36`year`old Simon Rothwell disappeared after ` night
:02:05. > :02:08.out in February 2012. His rdmains washed up in a field last wdek
:02:09. > :02:11.following recent flooding. A couple from Herefordshire who
:02:12. > :02:13.offer an alternative therapx for horses say their work is
:02:14. > :02:18.transforming the lives of animals who would have otherwise bedn put
:02:19. > :02:21.down. Steven and Julie Goodridge are the only practitioners in the
:02:22. > :02:26.treatment ` known as Samsar` equine muscle therapy. It involves
:02:27. > :02:37.repeatedly applying a herbal lotion to the injured animal. Our job is to
:02:38. > :02:39.put horses back together ag`in that have become unworkable. That is the
:02:40. > :02:47.vision, we take courses that have been written off and we say,
:02:48. > :02:53.actually, we have a different idea. In football, almost 9000 Wolves fans
:02:54. > :03:00.are making the journey to Mhlton Keynes for their match against MK
:03:01. > :03:04.dons. Initially the club was allocated 6500 tickets for the game
:03:05. > :03:07.before seeing that increased. The best for an away following `t the
:03:08. > :03:12.ground came earlier this se`son when 7000 Coventry fans made the trip to
:03:13. > :03:15.Milton Keynes. Time for a look at the weather forecast.
:03:16. > :03:20.the Good afternoon, the clocks go
:03:21. > :03:24.forward by an hour, but this weekend for most places is going to be dry
:03:25. > :03:29.and warm, plenty of hazy sunshine around. Quite a grey start, from
:03:30. > :03:34.that cloud and mist, clearing quite nicely. Most places enjoying hazy
:03:35. > :03:37.spells of sunshine. It will be breezy at times, leverage is
:03:38. > :03:46.reaching highs of around 17 or 8 Celsius. `` temperatures. Possibly
:03:47. > :03:49.one or two patches of mist, temperatures not dropping too far, a
:03:50. > :03:55.mild night, lows of around seven Celsius. Tomorrow we will do it all
:03:56. > :03:59.over again. I will be back with the football and
:04:00. > :04:02.rugby result in our next bulletin at 5:50pm. Until then, have a good
:04:03. > :04:13.Saturday. Good afternoon. The clocks go
:04:14. > :04:17.forward by one hour tonight, British Summer Time begins. Hard to believe
:04:18. > :04:21.that this was the scene exactly one year ago in North Wales when we were
:04:22. > :04:25.in the grip of one of the coldest springs for many a decade. A
:04:26. > :04:27.different story this weekend, of course, with