:00:09. > :00:14.Hello and welcome to Midlands Today. The headlines tonight: Nearly there:
:00:15. > :00:18.Hereford United expected to reach their ?78,000 target to savd the
:00:19. > :00:21.club by tomorrow afternoon. We'll be talking live to a club legend at the
:00:22. > :00:24.ground. Also tonight: Education Secretary Michael Gove promhses
:00:25. > :00:29.action if claims of Muslim dxtremism in Birmingham schools are proved.
:00:30. > :00:33.It's important that we take that action based on facts rather than
:00:34. > :00:36.rumour. Jail for a cocaine `ddict who killed his partner's son by
:00:37. > :00:40.shaking him. The hole that simply grew and grew,
:00:41. > :00:46.forcing a Staffordshire B B to close.
:00:47. > :00:53.It was just falling income or we could see the water and we didn t
:00:54. > :00:58.know how far it was going to go to stop ``. And the pollution lay have
:00:59. > :01:02.gone, but the skies certainly aren't clear this weekend ` with plenty of
:01:03. > :01:06.cloud sticking with us, and it's the start of the cricket season ` but
:01:07. > :01:10.will it stay dry ` well you might want to keep one of these to hand?
:01:11. > :01:14.Your full weekend forecast hs on the way.
:01:15. > :01:18.Good evening. There's new hope for Hereford United tonight in hts fight
:01:19. > :01:22.to avoid being wound up in the High Court. The club, which has debts of
:01:23. > :01:25.almost half a million pounds, could have faced extinction if it couldn't
:01:26. > :01:28.pay a ?78,000 tax bill by Monday. Despite a huge community effort to
:01:29. > :01:31.raise funds, things were sthll looking bleak until earlier today
:01:32. > :01:40.when local cider makers Bullers came forward with a ?10,000 donation It
:01:41. > :01:43.still leaves the Bulls ?8,000 short of the target, but they're hoping a
:01:44. > :01:52.good crowd tomorrow will help them over the line. Ian Winter rdports.
:01:53. > :01:56.Laying out the kit with fresh hope for the future. Roger Lloyd's worst
:01:57. > :02:03.nightmare looks to have been banished. He feared tomorrow's game
:02:04. > :02:08.could be Hereford's last. On March 17, the club's debts were almost
:02:09. > :02:13.half ?1 million. A week latdr they received a winding`up petithon over
:02:14. > :02:18.an unpaid tax bill and ?70,000 had to be paid by Monday. But tonight
:02:19. > :02:23.the grass is looking greener on and off the pitch because a loc`l
:02:24. > :02:30.brewery has donated ?10,000 to help keep the club alive. Tremendous
:02:31. > :02:35.Bulmers, local company, employ a lot of local people, tremendous that
:02:36. > :02:40.they come up with the money. Bulmers have been making cider in Hdreford
:02:41. > :02:42.since 1887. Today their pardnt company Heineken said many of their
:02:43. > :02:46.colleagues were fans of Herdford United and they asked what could be
:02:47. > :02:51.done to help the club in its hour of need. We have lost a race course, a
:02:52. > :02:56.golf course, don't let Hereford be next. Use it or lose it is the
:02:57. > :03:02.expression. We need people to come back and watch football agahn. On
:03:03. > :03:05.Sunday a top comedian will do 2`macro fundraising shows which
:03:06. > :03:15.should have Hereford United laughing all the way to the bank. Ian is at
:03:16. > :03:22.Edgar Street for us tonight. Ian, so things looking a lot more hopeful
:03:23. > :03:25.now? Hereford United have vhntage ring on the brink for the p`st
:03:26. > :03:31.week, but now they have earned themselves, through a lot of hard
:03:32. > :03:35.work, an 11th hour reprieve and no one cares more about the cltbs in
:03:36. > :03:37.this manner, the former plaxer manager Colin Addison. They say
:03:38. > :03:43.people pull together in timds of crisis. A lot of people havd worked
:03:44. > :03:46.very hard over the last couple of weeks here, they need to kedp that
:03:47. > :03:52.going because they're not ott the woods yet, but trying so hard just
:03:53. > :03:58.to bring this together. What was your reaction when you heard the
:03:59. > :04:02.news of this donation from Heineken? Wonderful, wonderful, we th`nk them
:04:03. > :04:10.very much. It's going to be a great help to us. It's more than 40 years
:04:11. > :04:13.since you played a famous F@ Cup victory against Newcastle United.
:04:14. > :04:18.Can those halcyon days ever be recaptured? The picture looks a bit
:04:19. > :04:28.greener than a few years ago! We live in hope. Most important buses
:04:29. > :04:32.getting past this post here and the immediate match we have tomorrow,
:04:33. > :04:37.and getting herself safe from revocation and taking it from there.
:04:38. > :04:48.Does the future look bright or touch and go? Touch and go, but wd are
:04:49. > :04:51.going to make it right. Thehr battle for survival continues tomorrow
:04:52. > :04:56.They are only a point ahead of the relegation zone, they are at home to
:04:57. > :05:01.Woking but the most important news is that Hereford United livd on to
:05:02. > :05:04.fight another day. Fingers crossed for a good result and a good crowd.
:05:05. > :05:07.There's live commentary on Hereford's game against Wokhng on
:05:08. > :05:12.BBC Hereford and Worcester tomorrow afternoon from three. Thanks for
:05:13. > :05:15.joining us this Friday evenhng. Coming up later in the programme:
:05:16. > :05:18.Searching for answers: uncovering the names of all the Herefordshire
:05:19. > :05:24.soldiers who died during World War One.
:05:25. > :05:28.The Education Secretary Michael Gove has promised a thorough
:05:29. > :05:33.investigation into the alleged takeover of Birmingham schools by
:05:34. > :05:39.Muslim fundamentalists. And he says action will follow if it uncovers
:05:40. > :05:42.evidence of extremism. A former teacher at the school at thd centre
:05:43. > :05:46.of the allegations claims hd raised concerns with the council more than
:05:47. > :05:52.ten years ago ` but he says he was ignored. Giles Latcham reports.
:05:53. > :05:56.A trip down memory lane for Michael White who grew up in Alum Rock and
:05:57. > :05:59.spent more than 20 years te`ching at Park View. It's one of the schools
:06:00. > :06:02.allegedly targeted for takeover by Muslim fundamentalists, a school for
:06:03. > :06:09.the most part Mr White enjoxed his time at. I certainly mist not
:06:10. > :06:13.working with the young people of this area and the parents, who were
:06:14. > :06:18.lovely people. This politics shouldn't come into schools. 11
:06:19. > :06:21.years ago he was sacked, he says because he challenged the governors
:06:22. > :06:30.for preventing the teaching of sex education and excluding faiths other
:06:31. > :06:34.than Islam from religious education. The laws are very clear abott this,
:06:35. > :06:39.you teach general morals based on all the faiths of the world. Islam
:06:40. > :06:46.has its place, but not in a secular school, not in a state school. Your
:06:47. > :06:50.career was effectively ended, your pension severely depleted, some will
:06:51. > :06:55.say you are bearing a grudgd? It isn't true, one could say that, but
:06:56. > :06:59.everything I have said is the truth and everything I have said was in
:07:00. > :07:06.the public domain within thd LE a ten, 15, 20 years ago. It doesn t
:07:07. > :07:08.just started. The chairman of governors at Park View denids the
:07:09. > :07:14.allegations, claiming they're a witch hunt but the headlines keep
:07:15. > :07:19.coming. On a visit to the Mhdlands today the Education Secretary said
:07:20. > :07:22.we need fact not rumour. Thdse are serious allegations and it hs
:07:23. > :07:27.vitally important that we gdt to the bottom of what has been going on as
:07:28. > :07:32.soon as we were alerted, we talk to the council, and we talked to the
:07:33. > :07:35.inspector in order to make sure there was a proper investig`tion. In
:07:36. > :07:42.due course, more action will be taken. So he has broken his silence
:07:43. > :07:46.about these highly sensitivd allegations. Not so the Citx Council
:07:47. > :07:51.who told us they can't commdnt until the investigation they began nearly
:07:52. > :07:53.a month ago is ongoing. Tonhght faith leaders in Birmingham issued a
:07:54. > :07:57.joint statement expressing "profound concern" about the media's reporting
:07:58. > :07:59.of the allegations which thdy say is "demonising sections of the
:08:00. > :08:02.community". Park View's academic results are outstanding ` btt Ofsted
:08:03. > :08:10.inspectors have visited the school twice in recent weeks and their
:08:11. > :08:15.report could be published ndxt week. Two fits of rage and he was dead. A
:08:16. > :08:18.cocaine addict was jailed for eight years today for killing his
:08:19. > :08:24.girlfriend's son by shaking and throwing him. Keiron Barley died two
:08:25. > :08:27.months before his second birthday. He suffered catastrophic br`in and
:08:28. > :08:31.back injuries after being attacked by Craig Lewis ` for no app`rent
:08:32. > :08:34.reason. The toddler's mother, Louise Barley, was given a 15`month jail
:08:35. > :08:42.term for child cruelty. Ben Godfrey's been in court and joins me
:08:43. > :08:46.now. This is a horrific casd. We only learned more about it today,
:08:47. > :08:50.what was said in court? Keiron Barley was 22 months old, and
:08:51. > :08:56.learning to walk ` living whth his mother Louise and her boyfrhend
:08:57. > :09:05.32`year`old Craig Lewis. He was a cocaine addict. In May 2011, while
:09:06. > :09:10.she went to the shops in Birmingham, Keiron was at home with Lewhs. He
:09:11. > :09:14.flew into a rage. He picked Keiron up, threw the toddler with lassive
:09:15. > :09:24.force against the floor ` fdet first. A month later, while changing
:09:25. > :09:26.Keiron's nappy, he again lost his temper and shook Keiron violently
:09:27. > :09:29.before throwing him against his wooden cot, causing brain d`mage.
:09:30. > :09:36.Keiron's life support machine was turned off four days later. Today,
:09:37. > :09:39.Lewis was jailed for eight xears after admitting manslaughter. Louise
:09:40. > :09:41.Barley, who's 26, was handed 15 months after admitting child
:09:42. > :09:47.cruelty. Both are likely to serve half their sentences. We ard pleased
:09:48. > :09:54.with the outcome of the court trial and hope that the family and the
:09:55. > :10:01.people that care about caring, are pleased about the report. Wd have
:10:02. > :10:07.reported on a number of child deaths recently. Will there be a ftrther
:10:08. > :10:10.investigation? There is alrdady a serious case review, which will look
:10:11. > :10:15.at the contact the defendants had with the authorities. It looks like
:10:16. > :10:19.health visitors and hospitals and what was formerly NHS Direct, there
:10:20. > :10:25.is no suggestion these defendants or the child were known to sochal
:10:26. > :10:29.services. This is Louise Barley with her son on a tribute page, xet this
:10:30. > :10:35.was the woman who delayed contacting doctors when her son was suffering
:10:36. > :10:40.at home. What will a serious case review look at? There may bd
:10:41. > :10:47.questions to answer, becausd after the first assault, Craig Lewis
:10:48. > :10:52.attended the hospital on three occasions. There was an x`r`y done
:10:53. > :10:56.which didn't identify fracttres on the spine nor the blood on the brain
:10:57. > :10:59.which was subsequently known to have been the case. The hospital have
:11:00. > :11:03.told us today that the safety of patients is the top prioritx. They
:11:04. > :11:14.completed a full review which will form part of the serious case
:11:15. > :11:17.review. 300 jobs are being created `t
:11:18. > :11:20.Coventry automotive supplier Brose UK after the firm secured a new
:11:21. > :11:23.contract with Nissan. The company ` which makes motors for autolatic car
:11:24. > :11:27.windows ` has already seen hts workforce rise from 200 to 800 in
:11:28. > :11:32.the last two years. Brose also provides parts for Jaguar L`nd Rover
:11:33. > :11:35.and Toyota. It is absolutelx great news, we could ripple to nulber of
:11:36. > :11:43.employees that we have on shte, the future looks bright. `` we
:11:44. > :11:52.quadrupled. The automotive hndustry is in recovery mode, we will see a
:11:53. > :11:55.bright future. A couple have watched their dreams
:11:56. > :11:59.of a new lifestyle sink before their eyes ` literally. An enormots hole
:12:00. > :12:01.opened up in the driveway of their one`year`old bed and breakf`st
:12:02. > :12:04.business in the Staffordshire Moorlands yesterday. They'vd now
:12:05. > :12:06.been forced to shut down until October. Joanne Writtle has the
:12:07. > :12:10.details. It was quite small to begin with.
:12:11. > :12:20.Then the hole which appeared on this driveway grew and grew and grew
:12:21. > :12:24.Within two hours, what was once pleasant parking area at a B was
:12:25. > :12:27.an ugly gaping hole. Phil Tdster and his wife Helen King's busindss at
:12:28. > :12:33.Oakamoor in the Staffordshire Moorlands is now shut. It is it
:12:34. > :12:38.surely opened up before our eyes, we were horrified. Everything was
:12:39. > :12:41.falling in community the water and hear the water and we didn't know
:12:42. > :12:45.how far it was going to go, so we were really worried. Undeterred the
:12:46. > :12:57.couple are looking ahead to re`opening in October. We'rd trying
:12:58. > :13:03.to get back on track in October How stressful is it, watching everything
:13:04. > :13:06.falling in? We reassured thhs side of the barrier will be fine And
:13:07. > :13:10.throughout today, more and lore pieces fell off. Last year cracks
:13:11. > :13:17.appeared in the drive, thought to be down to a land slip. Then in
:13:18. > :13:19.January, the Health and Safdty Executive close down a building site
:13:20. > :13:26.here where excavation work had been going on. The cause is under
:13:27. > :13:30.investigation. They may speculate what has caused until they have done
:13:31. > :13:33.their in`depth analysis, taking place over a number of weeks, they
:13:34. > :13:40.won't be able to tell us wh`t has happened. Phil and Helen moved here
:13:41. > :13:45.from High Wycombe last year ` leaving behind management c`reers
:13:46. > :13:48.for a bed and breakfast. We decided we would move away from the
:13:49. > :13:53.corporate world and be responsible for our own decisions. And here we
:13:54. > :13:59.are, with one of our decisions! It is been a very stressful period
:14:00. > :14:03.it's got to be said. Later 20 tonnes of stone arrived. Neighbours took to
:14:04. > :14:09.precarious positions to watch. But 20 tonnes soon disappeared tnder
:14:10. > :14:19.water. Stabilising it could take days, the investigation weeks and
:14:20. > :14:22.repair work months. The debate over whether to rename
:14:23. > :14:27.the West Midlands conurbation Greater Birmingham continues to heat
:14:28. > :14:28.up. It comes on the day an official Black Country anthem was latnched,
:14:29. > :14:42.celebrating the area's achidvements. The song's been recorded to raise
:14:43. > :14:50.money for charity. Politici`ns at the launch today said they were wary
:14:51. > :14:55.of the idea of a Greater Birmingham. Whilst it's important to work in
:14:56. > :14:58.partnership with authorities such as Birmingham to ensure economhc
:14:59. > :15:01.vitality going into the futtre, it's also essential that we have event
:15:02. > :15:07.such as this to celebrate otr own identity. And it's a theme being
:15:08. > :15:10.taken up by our local MPs as well. Our Political Editor Patrick Burns
:15:11. > :15:16.has been talking to two of them They certainly appear to fedl very
:15:17. > :15:20.strongly about it don't thex. These things go deep with politichans
:15:21. > :15:24.local loyalties, it can get discordant. I have been talking to
:15:25. > :15:28.someone with long experiencd of how these things work internationally,
:15:29. > :15:33.especially in Europe, for example, she told me that if you represent a
:15:34. > :15:36.particular part of the country, when you go abroad, you can't find that
:15:37. > :15:42.place on the map anywhere, xou have really got a problem. If we continue
:15:43. > :15:48.with this bickering, all of us will lose out. The reality is, if you
:15:49. > :15:54.want to get funding, the enterprise boards have to work together. This
:15:55. > :16:01.debate has been around for `while, why it taken off? It has bedn
:16:02. > :16:04.galvanised by the John Lewis boss, in an interview with a Sund`y
:16:05. > :16:09.newspaper and then here on Lidlands today earlier this week, he says
:16:10. > :16:13.that really, it's time everxbody plays together for the same side,
:16:14. > :16:19.and the Greater Birmingham that he represents on the enterprisd
:16:20. > :16:25.partnership extends all the way from Kidderminster at the one end to
:16:26. > :16:29.Tamworth at the other. We are proud in Tamworth that Birmingham is one
:16:30. > :16:33.of our larger suburbs. But seriously, he has an import`nt
:16:34. > :16:36.point, which is that you nedd to brand and area well so that
:16:37. > :16:42.international investors know about it and are prepared to come and
:16:43. > :16:50.visit it in it. Is this just political knock`about? What we're
:16:51. > :16:53.not talking about is some r`dical reorganisation and restructtring of
:16:54. > :16:56.local government but there hs a broader question of maybe a
:16:57. > :17:00.partnership involving all the local authorities, so that they play as a
:17:01. > :17:05.team that is part of the cotntry. It follows from what the MP is saying
:17:06. > :17:10.that the main Birmingham should be in there somewhere because we have
:17:11. > :17:15.seen, it's a hard sell of your sitting in Wolverhampton or West
:17:16. > :17:18.Bromwich! And Patrick will be back with more on this, plus an
:17:19. > :17:21.investigation into the effects of 'zero hours' contracts on Stnday
:17:22. > :17:29.Politics from 11 o'clock here on BBC One.
:17:30. > :17:32.This is our top story tonight: Nearly there ` Hereford United
:17:33. > :17:35.expected to reach their ?78000 target to save the club by tomorrow
:17:36. > :17:38.afternoon. Rebecca's standing by with the
:17:39. > :17:41.weekend weather forecast, whth the county cricket season starthng on
:17:42. > :17:45.Sunday. And after it was submerged by the
:17:46. > :17:48.floods just a couple of months ago, we'll be finding out if the
:17:49. > :17:54.Worcestershire pitch is up to scratch ` for the first match.
:17:55. > :17:56.And a folk legend in Birmingham to remember the ground breaking radio
:17:57. > :18:13.show she helped to launch. From the green fields of thd Wye
:18:14. > :18:16.Valley to the bloody beaches of Gallipoli and the mud`filled
:18:17. > :18:20.trenches of Northern France. It was a cruel awakening for the young men
:18:21. > :18:23.of Herefordshire in World W`r One. Quite how many men from the county
:18:24. > :18:27.lost their lives, and how, no one knows for sure. But one man has made
:18:28. > :18:39.it something of a life`time mission to find out. Sarah Falkland reports.
:18:40. > :18:44.The faces of the Herefordshhre regiment. Carpenters, farm
:18:45. > :18:48.labourers, factory workers. In the summer of 1914, they were w`ved off
:18:49. > :18:54.to war by the people of Ledbury Many never returned. Colonel Andy
:18:55. > :19:01.Taylor has spent the last 30 years documenting those who died. It's a
:19:02. > :19:06.puzzle, and the pieces come together, and when you find out
:19:07. > :19:10.about individuals and you fhnd out their story, you realise th`t they
:19:11. > :19:13.were human beings, they had lives, they had families. And it's quite
:19:14. > :19:19.humbling to realise that perhaps I am the first person who is taking an
:19:20. > :19:27.interest in this individual for many, many years. Of around 3,0 0
:19:28. > :19:33.troops, only 1,200 survived. At the start of the war, there was the
:19:34. > :19:36.shock of Gallipoli. One indhvidual I spoke to said they came on the
:19:37. > :19:41.smarter fire, suddenly they were taking casualties and he re`lised
:19:42. > :19:43.what the war was all about. But not all those reported dead werd.
:19:44. > :19:48.Colonel Taylor's own grandf`ther Charles was a bandsman in the
:19:49. > :19:54.regiment. He was reported mhssing, presumed killed. Within fivd weeks
:19:55. > :20:00.later, his young wife received this in the post. This is a little card
:20:01. > :20:04.made by the Germans for British prisoners of war. Charles h`s
:20:05. > :20:10.written his name here, he h`s scrubbed out where it says winded
:20:11. > :20:13.and put yes next to the word sound. This was proof he was alive. Even
:20:14. > :20:20.when there is a gravestone, questions often remain. Died on the
:20:21. > :20:23.1st of November 19 18, ten days before the Armistice. But hd is
:20:24. > :20:30.buried here. So I assume from that that he was either wounded hn France
:20:31. > :20:36.and evacuated and died in England, or died in England as a restlt of an
:20:37. > :20:39.accident. The Colonel's givdn himself until the end of thd
:20:40. > :20:42.anniversary of WW1 to compldte his record. But many of the Herdfords
:20:43. > :20:45.he's found are unknowns. Thdse three survived the war ` .the strhpes show
:20:46. > :20:53.how one had been seriously hnjured three times.Who they are, though, is
:20:54. > :20:56.a mystery. Cricket fans are anxiously checking
:20:57. > :21:02.the weather forecast ahead of the start of the new season this
:21:03. > :21:05.weekend. And now the flood waters have receded in Worcester, the
:21:06. > :21:08.players have been enjoying that wonderful springtime sensathon of
:21:09. > :21:12.the sun on their backs. Nick Clitheroe reports.
:21:13. > :21:17.There may not be a prettier backdrop in English cricket than the
:21:18. > :21:20.cathedral at New Road in Worcester. And as the players came togdther for
:21:21. > :21:26.the traditional pre`season photocall this morning, there was a rdal sense
:21:27. > :21:29.of anticipation. Always feels nice to start the season, you never quite
:21:30. > :21:34.know until you have got the first couple of runs, so you alwaxs having
:21:35. > :21:40.a few butterflies and things, but I'm ready to go, I feel in good
:21:41. > :21:46.shape. I do run the my first photocall as a Worcestershire player
:21:47. > :21:51.`` I do remember. I'm still proud to be involved in this wonderftl club.
:21:52. > :21:54.Just seven weeks ago the ground looked like this and there `re still
:21:55. > :21:58.plenty of sandy patches. But the ground staff are confident ht will
:21:59. > :22:01.be ready for the first home match. There are no problems with the
:22:02. > :22:05.playing surface at Edgbaston but it was certainly a lot chillier as
:22:06. > :22:08.Warwickshire lined up to face the cameras. With their England batsmen
:22:09. > :22:12.back in the fold for now, the Bears will be keen to make a fast start.
:22:13. > :22:16.The number`1 trophy of the xear is the championship, that's thd one you
:22:17. > :22:23.want to win. Every county would prefer to win the championship. If
:22:24. > :22:30.we have an injury free season, we can create momentum for the back
:22:31. > :22:33.end. Once again this season the BBC will be offering online comlentary
:22:34. > :22:40.of every county game...so what do the reporters make of the two
:22:41. > :22:43.counties' prospects. Those that have shown promise in the past whll have
:22:44. > :22:50.to fulfil that with runs and wickets. If players stay fit,
:22:51. > :22:54.Warwickshire can be competitive They did well to get fourth last
:22:55. > :22:59.year but that will be key, players being fit and available.
:23:00. > :23:07.Worcestershire will be known as the rapids. Warwickshire as the
:23:08. > :23:11.Birmingham Bears. The simpld pleasures are the same. Bec`use it's
:23:12. > :23:16.the sound of the first bat on the first ball which will reallx mark
:23:17. > :23:20.the season's start. She's the woman who inspired the
:23:21. > :23:23.classic song "The First Timd Ever I Saw Your Face" and today thd
:23:24. > :23:26.legendary folk singer Peggy Seeger has returned to Birmingham ` the
:23:27. > :23:29.city where she helped make ` series of pioneering radio programles. The
:23:30. > :23:32.documentaries called Radio Ballads featured the voices of ordinary
:23:33. > :23:42.people interwoven with folk songs about their lives. Bob Hockdnhull
:23:43. > :23:45.reports. A young Peggy Seeger recordhng radio
:23:46. > :23:54.ballads in Birmingham in thd 19 0s. The series combined folk songs with
:23:55. > :23:57.real voices. Sections of society, like the travellers, that would
:23:58. > :24:00.normally go unheard.Ahead of a concert at the CBSO centre tonight,
:24:01. > :24:06.Peggy reminisced with fans `t Birmingham Library this morning
:24:07. > :24:10.Every time I listen to it, H see in my mind where we recorded them and
:24:11. > :24:18.who was talking, I have an `mazing memory for that. I was taken along
:24:19. > :24:21.as musical director, to record. That was expensive but necessary, because
:24:22. > :24:32.I got a taste of this and I could build it in to the accompanhments.
:24:33. > :24:35.The ground breaking documentaries were also made by her partndr, folk
:24:36. > :24:37.artist Ewan MaColl and BBC producer Charles Parker.Peggy Seeger made a
:24:38. > :24:50.career of writing songs on he was this wonderfully eccdntric,
:24:51. > :24:54.driven producer and started his career as a Tory and ended tp as a
:24:55. > :25:02.Maoist, through the influence of UN and the miners, people he rdcorded,
:25:03. > :25:11.he was an incredible innovator. Peggy Seeger made a career of
:25:12. > :25:14.writing songs on social isstes. She was also the inspiration for Ewan
:25:15. > :25:22.MacColl's love song "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" later made
:25:23. > :25:29.famous by Roberta Flack. Yot must have been removed by the fact he
:25:30. > :25:34.wrote that song. I thought ht was my due at the time! But Peggy proved
:25:35. > :25:38.she wasn't just a pretty face, telling extraordinary storids of
:25:39. > :25:41.ordinary lives through her lusic. It's time for the weekend forecast.
:25:42. > :25:43.From one cricket fan to another Rebecca, how's it looking for this
:25:44. > :25:51.weekend? I'm afraid it looks like we'll be in
:25:52. > :25:56.the pavilion having tea bec`use it's not the best for cricket. Wd have
:25:57. > :26:00.plenty of cloud cover, as wd have seen today. The winds will lake
:26:01. > :26:06.things feel fresher, and pldnty of rain to come, particularly on
:26:07. > :26:11.Sunday. We had this blanket of cloud sitting over the top of us today, it
:26:12. > :26:15.did help to keep things warl, but we're getting clear skies to end our
:26:16. > :26:20.day, we get the cloud starthng to thin and break as we had through the
:26:21. > :26:26.next few hours. I dry end to the day, then we start to see cloud
:26:27. > :26:31.filling in through the West. Some spots of rain possible by e`rly
:26:32. > :26:38.tomorrow morning. Temperatures overnight not doing too badly. We
:26:39. > :26:43.start off our Saturday, rather murky, I'm afraid. The cloud cover
:26:44. > :26:48.doesn't really break through the day, limited brightness, thd showers
:26:49. > :26:52.pep up as we had through thd day. Temperatures not doing too badly.
:26:53. > :26:58.But the winds will make it feel fresher. We keep the showers through
:26:59. > :27:02.the afternoon, eventually they will start to dry out, but try not to
:27:03. > :27:08.begin with but not long before we start to see the next weathdr front
:27:09. > :27:14.start to move in. `` a dry night to begin with. Temperatures dropping
:27:15. > :27:19.down to about 10 Celsius. This is what we have to content with four
:27:20. > :27:22.Sunday, this cold front, working its way in, bringing with it sole
:27:23. > :27:29.showers, they will be heavy at times. They are with us frol the
:27:30. > :27:32.start of Sunday. Temperaturds not doing too badly, but it is ` wet one
:27:33. > :27:34.and it stays rather miserable for Monday.
:27:35. > :27:39.Tonight's headlines from thd BBC: Back on track ` the rail line in
:27:40. > :27:42.Dawlish re`opens, key link to the south west. Nearly there ` Hereford
:27:43. > :27:45.United expected to reach thdir ?78,000 target to save the club by
:27:46. > :27:46.tomorrow afternoon.