:00:00. > :00:00.London. If you want more details, you can head to our website. Now on
:00:00. > :00:22.Hello and welcome to Midlands Today. BBC One
:00:23. > :00:25.Hello and welcome to Midlands Today. The headlines tonight Apologies to
:00:26. > :00:31.the family of a severely autistic teenager after they were left
:00:32. > :00:33.without adequate support. There s just not enough funding for people
:00:34. > :00:37.like Charlie. We'll be asking an expert how this
:00:38. > :00:43.sort of situation can be avoided in the future. Also tonight, W`rwick
:00:44. > :00:46.Castle, Coventry Cathedral ` two of our finest visitor attractions
:00:47. > :00:49.getting together to build even more success. The more that the public
:00:50. > :00:52.realise what they have on their doorstep, the more people use it and
:00:53. > :00:54.value it. Creating great powerhouses of
:00:55. > :00:55.economic development. Ed Miliband's vision for cities such as
:00:56. > :00:58.Birmingham. A shock for water workers
:00:59. > :01:00.investigating stinking sewers in Telford ` had they found de`d
:01:01. > :01:04.piranha fish? And not much to rave about hn the
:01:05. > :01:07.weather this week, but then again no real cause for complaint, though the
:01:08. > :01:09.rise and fall in temperaturds might be something to keep an eye on. More
:01:10. > :01:18.on those later. Good evening. A family with a
:01:19. > :01:21.severely autistic teenage son was placed at unnecessary risk because
:01:22. > :01:25.Birmingham City Council failed to provide them with enough support.
:01:26. > :01:28.That's the finding of the Local Government Ombudsman who's now cold
:01:29. > :01:31.on the council to take action and pay compensation. It was in October
:01:32. > :01:35.2012 that Sally Clarke from Kings Norton first contacted the council
:01:36. > :01:41.to ask for help with her son, Charlie. But by February 2003, the
:01:42. > :01:44.council had closed the case without telling her. Both Sally Clarke and
:01:45. > :01:48.Charlie's school continued to plead for help, but it was only when the
:01:49. > :01:50.ombudsman intervened in Jantary this year that the council admitted it
:01:51. > :02:03.had failed. Joanne Writtle reports. Charlie is severely autistic. His
:02:04. > :02:07.family in Birmingham need a lot of support. Last year, he was very
:02:08. > :02:14.violent and stuff. I think hormonal as well, it played a part. We were
:02:15. > :02:18.having to deal with a lot of violence and self injuries `s well,
:02:19. > :02:23.which was tough. Charlie spends most of his time at a
:02:24. > :02:26.specialist residential home. But at weekends, his family was left to
:02:27. > :02:29.manage without help. They eventually had to go to the local government
:02:30. > :02:33.ombudsman to force Birmingh`m City Council to re`think.
:02:34. > :02:36.This was a young man, he was quite capable of overpowering his mother
:02:37. > :02:43.and she was physically assatlted and was at risk of that. The cotncil
:02:44. > :02:47.delayed conducting an assessment, and this goes back a couple of years
:02:48. > :02:50.now, and what I've asked for in my recommendations is to make sure an
:02:51. > :02:55.assessment is carried out as soon as possible, indeed, with a month and a
:02:56. > :03:01.proper plan is put in place so that she is no longer at risk of harm. I
:03:02. > :03:04.think it is lack of funding. There's just not enough funding for
:03:05. > :03:07.people like Charlie, autisthc people and people with disabilities
:03:08. > :03:17.generally. There's just not enough funding in those areas for the
:03:18. > :03:20.services that people need. Only three weeks ago, Birmingham
:03:21. > :03:23.City Council was ordered to pay compensation to the mother of
:03:24. > :03:26.another unnamed child with special needs because she wasn't getting the
:03:27. > :03:29.support she should have. Me`nwhile, the council says it's apologised to
:03:30. > :03:37.Charlie Clarke's family, saxing it will now re`assess his needs to
:03:38. > :03:40.ensure he gets appropriate care It's been really stressful. I'm just
:03:41. > :03:52.holding it together now. I'l coming out the other side of it. It's been
:03:53. > :03:56.a tough year. Charlie's mother will also be paid
:03:57. > :04:00.more than ?1,000 in compens`tion for the council's failure to help her
:04:01. > :04:03.cope with her son's actions. Joining us now from our London
:04:04. > :04:07.studio is Simon Shaw from the National Autistic Society. Good
:04:08. > :04:15.evening to you, Mr Shaw. Is this sort of failing comlon?
:04:16. > :04:19.Yes, we hear of this are far too often, families who do not get the
:04:20. > :04:24.support they need quickly enough from councils who are required to
:04:25. > :04:30.provide services. It must leave affected families in
:04:31. > :04:33.despair with nowhere to turn? Yes, families often talk about the stage
:04:34. > :04:39.where young people are moving from children to adults services as a
:04:40. > :04:45.cliff edge. It is important that councils do take action.
:04:46. > :05:03.The government is reforming plans. Hopefully, this should happdn less
:05:04. > :05:08.often. It comes to something when the ombudsman has to get involved.
:05:09. > :05:15.Yes, it should not have got to the stage at all. Councils have a duty
:05:16. > :05:20.to assess and meet the needs of people with autism in their area.
:05:21. > :05:24.Why do you think councils do not get involved as much as they should Do
:05:25. > :05:31.they not realise how import`nt it is? I think there are a number of
:05:32. > :05:35.challenges for local authorhties. Fundamentally, it is a leaddrship
:05:36. > :05:40.issue. Local authorities should ensure that autism is a key priority
:05:41. > :05:46.for them. There are roughly one in 100 people who have autism so it
:05:47. > :05:53.should be on the list of ardas they need to think about. Are yot
:05:54. > :05:59.confident the sort of thing will not happen again? I think all local
:06:00. > :06:05.authorities need to review their process. The new autism str`tegy
:06:06. > :06:15.came out last week and this is an opportunity to introduce a
:06:16. > :06:18.StepChange. Thank you. Thanks for joining us this dvening.
:06:19. > :06:21.You're watching Midlands Today from the BBC. Coming up later in the
:06:22. > :06:23.programme A vital meeting ` councillors decide tonight on
:06:24. > :06:31.controversial plans to build some 30,000 new homes in Gloucestershire.
:06:32. > :06:34.Arts and culture is bringing over ?170 million a year to Coventry and
:06:35. > :06:38.Warwickshire and supporting hundreds of jobs. Now some of the cotnty s
:06:39. > :06:41.biggest attractions, includhng Warwick Castle and the RSC, have
:06:42. > :06:45.come together to highlight their importance to the local economy And
:06:46. > :06:48.today the new CW8 group met with the head of the Arts Council to make
:06:49. > :06:52.their case for continued support. Here's our Arts and Culture reporter
:06:53. > :06:55.Satnam Rana. As the spring sun glistens on
:06:56. > :07:00.Warwick Castle, tourists make their trip take in the medieval m`rvel.
:07:01. > :07:02.This is just one of the eight leading arts and culture
:07:03. > :07:06.organisations that have united to form CW8, a network to tell us and
:07:07. > :07:18.businesses about the role they play in the local ecenomy. It is about
:07:19. > :07:20.raising the profile. There hs limited funding for all of these
:07:21. > :07:24.attractions individually and I think that we have a much greater voice
:07:25. > :07:26.when we come together and ptsh our message collectively.
:07:27. > :07:29.So what's the message? Well, the CW8, which includes the Roy`l
:07:30. > :07:31.Shakespeare Company, brings 3.5 million visitors to Coventrx and
:07:32. > :07:42.Warwickshire. The eight oganisations employ 1,400 full`time staff and
:07:43. > :07:45.thousands more volunteers. @nd collectively, they turn over ?8
:07:46. > :07:48.million. And this was the mdssage being sent to the chair of the Arts
:07:49. > :07:53.Council in today's meeting `t the Warwick Arts Centre. The more that
:07:54. > :07:57.the public realise what thex have on their doorstep, the more thdy will
:07:58. > :08:00.use it and value it. Not only will they earn more from them, btt the
:08:01. > :08:04.government will see how important the arts and culture is to people
:08:05. > :08:08.and continue to fund us. Recently the Arts Council has been criticised
:08:09. > :08:11.for not spending enough outside the southeast London, so today's meeting
:08:12. > :08:14.was a reminder of what it c`n spend its money on here.
:08:15. > :08:18.After the motor industry, the West Midlands is probably the most.. The
:08:19. > :08:23.most important thing going on here is arts and culture. We've got a
:08:24. > :08:33.national institution, the Royal Shakespeare Company. In the three
:08:34. > :08:37.years up to 2015, the Arts Council will be investing more than ?60
:08:38. > :08:41.million in the arts and culture in this area because it is verx
:08:42. > :08:44.important. To many of us, a trip to attractions like Coventry C`thedral
:08:45. > :08:47.is a day out. But cultural leaders want us to recognise the role they
:08:48. > :08:51.play in our region. Today's meeting with the Arts Council wasn't just a
:08:52. > :08:55.business pitch. It was also a moment to remind all of us about the value
:08:56. > :08:59.of arts and culture on our doorstep, the value of Coventry Cathedral and
:09:00. > :09:03.much more. And why? For every pound of public money, our money hnvested
:09:04. > :09:16.in arts and culture, ?4 is generated to the wider economy income in
:09:17. > :09:20.Coventry and Warwickshire. The Labour Leader has been hn
:09:21. > :09:23.Birmingham to set out a vishon of devolved powers for Britain's major
:09:24. > :09:26.cities. Ed Miliband said he planned to reverse a century of
:09:27. > :09:29.centralisation to make sure the new city and county regions bec`me great
:09:30. > :09:32.powerhouses of economic devdlopment. Our Political Editor Patrick Burns
:09:33. > :09:51.was at the event and joins le now. Patrick, what's the thinking behind
:09:52. > :09:56.this? It is the brainchild of Lord Adonis. Examining how major cities
:09:57. > :10:04.can punch above their weight economic league and in skills and
:10:05. > :10:10.technologies. There is a debate about greater Birmingham and I asked
:10:11. > :10:30.Ed Birmingham Ed Vaizey expdcting other areas to buy into this. There
:10:31. > :10:33.is a huge opportunity for authorities to come together, to
:10:34. > :10:36.work together with a proper partnership and get much grdater
:10:37. > :10:39.control over the things that matter to them ` transport, skills,
:10:40. > :10:41.economic development ` so they can shape their own future. We have had
:10:42. > :10:43.other ideas, like regional authorities, what is so difficult
:10:44. > :10:51.about this? It is to find a broad econolic
:10:52. > :10:57.sweep, but also keep" communities. It sounds like the notes stored and
:10:58. > :11:03.turned report set out by thd former Conservative Prime Minister Lord
:11:04. > :11:15.Heseltine `` Conservative mhnister Lord Heseltine.
:11:16. > :11:18.I've talked very much about devolution from Whitehall to city
:11:19. > :11:22.regions. If we are talking `bout balancing the economy of thd UK we
:11:23. > :11:24.need to see growth in the chty regions and this is the way to do
:11:25. > :11:28.it. And this is meant to be Ed Liliband
:11:29. > :11:32.showing that he is coming up with original ideas, how original is it?
:11:33. > :11:38.Opposition talks about and then starts centralising once in office.
:11:39. > :11:45.Michael Heseltine proposed this 18 months ago and I put it to Dd
:11:46. > :11:55.Miliband that he was rehashhng his ideas. How can you plan loc`l skill
:11:56. > :11:59.needs and plan local budgets when it is controlled from London. We would
:12:00. > :12:04.give power to areas like Birmingham and work with other councils to make
:12:05. > :12:09.a real difference. He says the big thing is thhs is
:12:10. > :12:19.backed up by devolved spendhng power worth ?20 billion.
:12:20. > :12:22.Thieves have caused thousands of pounds worth of damage after
:12:23. > :12:25.breaking into the Severn Arda Rescue base in the Wyre Forest. Thd windows
:12:26. > :12:29.of two Land Rovers were smashed with fuel and one of the inflatable
:12:30. > :12:32.rescue crafts stolen. A spokesman says it'll disrupt their abhlity to
:12:33. > :12:34.respond if there's an emergdncy The M6 in Warwickshire is still
:12:35. > :12:37.closed southbound after an `ccident involving two lorries and two cars
:12:38. > :12:40.this morning. The carriagew`y between junctions three and two
:12:41. > :12:43.won't be reopened until early tomorrow morning. The Highw`ys
:12:44. > :12:51.Agency says the motorway nedds to be resurfaced. There is report of heavy
:12:52. > :12:55.traffic in the area. A public inquiry has begun hnto
:12:56. > :12:58.plans for a new multi`million pound business park around Coventry
:12:59. > :13:00.Airport. Both Coventry City and Warwick District Councils h`ve
:13:01. > :13:03.already approved the Gatewax scheme. But a government planning inspector
:13:04. > :13:07.will make the final decision on the development being built on green
:13:08. > :13:21.belt land. It could create tp to 14,000 jobs. Protests are expected
:13:22. > :13:24.tomorrow as councillors in Gloucestershire vote on using green
:13:25. > :13:27.belt to build new homes. More than 30,000 houses are planned for the
:13:28. > :13:29.area around Cheltenham, Glotcester and Tewkesbury. The plans h`ve
:13:30. > :13:31.proved to be especially controversial as Paul Barltrop
:13:32. > :13:34.reports. The people have made their voices
:13:35. > :13:38.heard repeatedly. Why are people pressing to build in
:13:39. > :13:44.the green belt? This is going to be the biggest incursion into green
:13:45. > :13:47.belt ever. For years, there've been protests
:13:48. > :13:51.over the long term plan for where to put new housing around the county's
:13:52. > :13:53.main urban areas. The focus now shifts to council chambers. This
:13:54. > :13:56.evening, Gloucester councillors will assemble here to vote on thd plan.
:13:57. > :13:59.They follow Tewkesbury, where members yesterday narrowly backed it
:14:00. > :14:02.after a heated debate. And tomorrow protests are expected when the
:14:03. > :14:05.strategy goes before Cheltenham councillors. Campaigner Richard
:14:06. > :14:11.Lloyd will be at tonight's beating. `` meeting. It's very difficult The
:14:12. > :14:15.government mantra is growth, growth, growth, but it's how you deliver it
:14:16. > :14:18.in practice. The green belt was put in place to keep Gloucester and
:14:19. > :14:21.Cheltenham apart, that is its primary purpose. It is therd for a
:14:22. > :14:24.good reason. But the most sustainable location to put urban
:14:25. > :14:28.extensions are into the gredn belt and you can't get away from that.
:14:29. > :14:32.Visiting Gloucester today, the government's housing ministdr. He
:14:33. > :14:43.meets the staff on the council's housing offices. They want to tackle
:14:44. > :14:46.the shortage of housing. Thdre is a willingness to build and develop,
:14:47. > :14:50.but whether it will meet thd demand, there are 240,000 new homes required
:14:51. > :14:53.each year and we are nowherd there near that. It is something that has
:14:54. > :15:00.to be addressed nationally `nd at local level.
:15:01. > :15:03.The coalition know that new developments are often unpopular so
:15:04. > :15:07.it has set rules to say councils cannot say no to all house building.
:15:08. > :15:11.I am not going to debate about where it should be. That should bd about
:15:12. > :15:14.local people making choices. We have said to councils, go out and have
:15:15. > :15:18.those debates. These are tense moments. But I think it is hmportant
:15:19. > :15:25.we don't just look at the f`ct that there will be a house built there.
:15:26. > :15:27.Think about the local econoly in those communities which are
:15:28. > :15:31.concerned at the moment. People will get a job as a consequence of that.
:15:32. > :15:35.These were the last homes btilt by the council 25 years ago. There is a
:15:36. > :15:45.determination for a new era of construction to begin.
:15:46. > :15:48.This is our top story tonight: Apologies to the family of `
:15:49. > :15:49.severely autistic teenager `fter they were left without adeqtate
:15:50. > :15:52.support. Your detailed weather forec`st to
:15:53. > :15:55.come shortly from Shefali. We could do without that bitter wind.
:15:56. > :15:58.Also in tonight's programme. Can we all enjoy the wonders of
:15:59. > :16:01.modern science? A series of special events in Birmingham are ailing to
:16:02. > :16:04.make us do just that. And had they found dead pir`nhas? A
:16:05. > :16:07.shock for council workers investigating extra smelly sewers in
:16:08. > :16:11.Shropshire. If you have a story you think we
:16:12. > :16:29.should be covering on Midlands Today, we'd like to hear from you.
:16:30. > :16:33.There are calls tonight for more research as the number of
:16:34. > :16:37.Parkinson's Disease patients is set to double over the next 20 xears. A
:16:38. > :16:40.leading academic is in Downhng Street this evening saying that the
:16:41. > :16:43.West Midlands is involved in some of the biggest drug trials in the
:16:44. > :16:47.world, but more investment hs needed. Here's our Health
:16:48. > :16:55.correspondent, Michele Padu`no. Imagine never being able to stand or
:16:56. > :16:58.sit perfectly still. At 56, Barrie Smith is, through illness, having to
:16:59. > :17:09.retire and spend more time hn his garden. His Parkinsons symptoms mean
:17:10. > :17:13.he can move but not keep sthll. I can hoe perfectly well. I c`n't hold
:17:14. > :17:17.the hoe very well. Because ly resting tremor kicks in. And the
:17:18. > :17:27.more I try to stop it, the worse it will get. Barrie takes pills for the
:17:28. > :17:30.missing dopamine in his rain. Recently he was admitted to hospital
:17:31. > :17:33.and had access to drugs. But Parkinsons UK says ignorancd means
:17:34. > :17:38.six in ten patients are affdcted. In some parts of the country, people
:17:39. > :17:43.find great difficulty in getting their drugs at the time thex need
:17:44. > :17:51.them. I can only imagine th`t that is pretty much like a living hell.
:17:52. > :17:55.At City Hospital, they're aware that, with an ageing population
:17:56. > :17:58.Parkinson rates are set to double in 20 years. Parkinsons patients are
:17:59. > :18:02.prone to falls and injuries. More work needs to be done to stop
:18:03. > :18:07.into hospital in the first place. At into hospital in the first place. At
:18:08. > :18:12.the moment, there are 75,000 admissions are you at the cost of
:18:13. > :18:16.over ?100 million. Professor Carl Clark has just submitted a 05 year
:18:17. > :18:19.study into the best treatment for Parkinsons to the prestigiots Lancet
:18:20. > :18:23.journal, but today he will call on Government for more investmdnt. The
:18:24. > :18:27.key message for the reception at Downing Street is that we are going
:18:28. > :18:30.to have to face the problem of Parkinson's disease just as people
:18:31. > :18:36.have to face the problem of dementia, which I think people are
:18:37. > :18:40.more familiar with. He's hoping that at Number Ten, he will be ptshing on
:18:41. > :18:49.an open door. Michele Paduano, BBC Midlands Today.
:18:50. > :18:51.From steam engines to beer brewing there's a long, proud history of
:18:52. > :18:54.scientific invention in Birlingham and the wider Midlands. Now
:18:55. > :18:57.Birmingham is launching its first`ever year of science with all
:18:58. > :18:59.sorts of events for all sorts of ages. We sent our Science
:19:00. > :19:03.Correspondent David Gregory`Kumar along to find out more and he joins
:19:04. > :19:06.us now from the Library of Birmingham where the Year of Science
:19:07. > :19:09.was launched. David, what c`n we expect?
:19:10. > :19:12.We got a taste of what we c`n expect today. There were hands on
:19:13. > :19:18.experiments for children of all ages. Some of top scientists from
:19:19. > :19:27.our universities were on hand to explain what we can expect.
:19:28. > :19:30.In front of the Library of Birmingham Science, buskers attract
:19:31. > :19:32.the crowds. Inside Marmite, robots and plenty of liquid nitrogdn
:19:33. > :19:36.introduce Birmingham's Year of Science. It's astounding. Wd've got
:19:37. > :19:41.a range of really brilliant researchers, including rese`rchers
:19:42. > :19:44.from the universities in Birmingham. It's an opportunity for people to
:19:45. > :19:48.come and hear about that research and to engage in dialogue as well,
:19:49. > :19:51.to ask questions, to find ott what implications are of that schence for
:19:52. > :19:54.themselves in their own livds, for making political and economhc
:19:55. > :20:00.decisions and all those sort of things.
:20:01. > :20:17.In Birmingham and the Midlands, science is a serious business.
:20:18. > :20:20.Today, we've got a really strong scientific background as well. We've
:20:21. > :20:23.got 40% growth over the last eight years within the science sector one
:20:24. > :20:30.of the fastest`growing areas of the economy. We've also got 14,000
:20:31. > :20:32.students who are years studxing science, more than any other
:20:33. > :20:35.regional city. Not far from today's launch event,
:20:36. > :20:38.we find this statute Boulten, Watts and Murdoch who did everythhng from
:20:39. > :20:42.steam engines to improving the brewing process. They are a sign of
:20:43. > :20:44.the long and proud scientifhc tradition of Birmingham and the
:20:45. > :20:47.Midlands. And recognising that history, the year will culmhnate in
:20:48. > :20:50.the British Science Festival in September. A massive sciencd event
:20:51. > :20:54.that has been going since 1831. We want to really make science a
:20:55. > :20:58.part of a city's life for a week. We want to say this is the biggest
:20:59. > :21:01.thing you should be thinking about. We want to have events, talks,
:21:02. > :21:05.ideas, drama, comedy all focused around science. It is there so the
:21:06. > :21:06.public can see what science is really about and connect with
:21:07. > :21:12.scientists. A year of science in this most
:21:13. > :21:16.scientific of cities. If yot are wondering what they were dohng at
:21:17. > :21:21.the end, I think it was an experiment to work out lung
:21:22. > :21:28.capacity. If all this has ghven you a taster for wanting to learn more,
:21:29. > :21:33.you can find all the details on our Facebook page. There are pldnty of
:21:34. > :21:38.events, many of them free and for all levels of scientific
:21:39. > :21:51.understanding. For me, the highlight will be in the autumn. They say
:21:52. > :22:01.there was not even a word for scientist when the first schence
:22:02. > :22:08.festival took place in 1831. Education as always.
:22:09. > :22:11.Would I be right in thinking that many people at some point m`y have
:22:12. > :22:14.flushed a dead goldfish down the toilet? Well, imagine the strprise
:22:15. > :22:18.Severn Trent workers got whdn they went to clear a very smelly drain in
:22:19. > :22:20.Telford and found what they believed to be piranhas blocking the pipe.
:22:21. > :22:26.Yes, piranhas! Ben Sidwell reports.
:22:27. > :22:29.There's something fishy that's been plaguing the residents of Ndw Street
:22:30. > :22:40.in Madeley, but even they wdren t expecting the horrors that lurking
:22:41. > :22:44.down below. I just came and the manhole cover came up and when I
:22:45. > :22:50.looked down, there was a piranha down there.
:22:51. > :22:54.Barry Briggs, who first cold for help, knows a thing or two `bout
:22:55. > :22:58.fish, he's got plenty in his back garden. But even he was shocked when
:22:59. > :23:01.he found out what had been causing the stench in the street. You would
:23:02. > :23:04.like to think they are in somebody's house, not in thd drains.
:23:05. > :23:09.The last thing you want to be is on the toilet when one of them pops up.
:23:10. > :23:13.This is what Severn Trent workman came face to face with when they
:23:14. > :23:18.went to investigate below the ground. It's not everyday that we
:23:19. > :23:25.find fish, particularly big fish the sewers so we were surprised. And
:23:26. > :23:28.it's not just piranhas. In January, a blockage near Bridgnorth was
:23:29. > :23:37.caused by piles of pants th`t had been flushed down the toilet. With
:23:38. > :23:40.planners in the water systel, it's time to call in the experts. At
:23:41. > :23:43.Ripples Waterlife in Telford, there's rather a snappy trade on the
:23:44. > :23:47.more dangerous varieties of fish. But whatever type you have, the
:23:48. > :23:55.advice is not to flush them down the loo. It would be better to bury
:23:56. > :24:01.them, or burn them on a bonfire something like that. If you put them
:24:02. > :24:07.in the bin, they will start to smell. If you put them down the
:24:08. > :24:11.toilet, they can block it. So what does Arron make of the toothy terror
:24:12. > :24:17.lurking in Shropshire's sewdrs? This is the fish. It's not `
:24:18. > :24:21.piranha. Hopefully tonight they ll sleep more soundly in their beds in
:24:22. > :24:23.New Road, knowing the worst the fish in the sewers will give thel is a
:24:24. > :24:28.nasty suck. Smelly sewers aside, what's in the
:24:29. > :24:46.air tonight, Shefali? Nothing as nasty as that. Now the
:24:47. > :24:54.coalfish lashing out at us. All pretty good this week. It whll be
:24:55. > :25:01.relatively warm during the day, but watch out for prostate
:25:02. > :25:10.`` frosty nights. High pressure is very much in control. There is a
:25:11. > :25:17.cold front descending from the North on Thursday night. But I thhnk the
:25:18. > :25:23.effects of that will be weakened by that high pressure. We are just
:25:24. > :25:28.talking about light, patchy rain. This evening, and for the fhrst part
:25:29. > :25:35.of tonight, clear skies. Temperatures could fall lowdr than
:25:36. > :25:43.last night, three Celsius. We could see some patchy frost first thing.
:25:44. > :25:48.In towns and cities, lows of five or six Celsius. More moisture heading
:25:49. > :25:54.in from the North West giving us some patchy mist and fog for the
:25:55. > :26:05.morning. Starting off on a larket note tomorrow morning, cloudy. ``
:26:06. > :26:15.murky. Sunshine later, but that could set of odd shower.
:26:16. > :26:22.Temperatures rising to about 13`14 Celsius, reasonably warm. More in
:26:23. > :26:27.the way of cloud tomorrow nhght and the breeze could pick up as well.
:26:28. > :26:41.Just the odd shower he had `nd there. Some rain later in the day.
:26:42. > :26:44.Don't forget, I'm going to be presenting two radio shows on BBC
:26:45. > :26:47.Coventry and Warwickshire over the Easter holiday ` at 6pm on Good
:26:48. > :26:50.Friday and Easter Monday. And I m hoping that listeners will get in
:26:51. > :27:00.touch with their questions on Twitter.
:27:01. > :27:07.It would be good if you could get those questions in two me bx the end
:27:08. > :27:10.of the day. Tonight's headlines from thd BBC.
:27:11. > :27:12.The Oscar Pistorius murder trial ` the athlete relives the momdnt he
:27:13. > :27:15.shot his girlfriend. And history is made as Irel`nd's
:27:16. > :27:18.president is welcomed by thd Queen for the first official statd visit
:27:19. > :27:21.to Britain. And apologies to the family of a
:27:22. > :27:29.severely autistic teenager `fter they were left without adeqtate
:27:30. > :27:31.support. Warwick Castle and Coventry
:27:32. > :27:35.Cathedral are getting together to build it even more success.
:27:36. > :27:42.That was the Midlands Today. I'll be back at ten o'clock, with the latest
:27:43. > :27:48.football scores. Have a gre`t evening. Goodbye.