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Good evening. Fresh allegathons tonight in the row about Opdration | :00:00. | :01:13. | |
Trojan Horse ` the alleged plot by radical Muslims to try to t`ke | :01:14. | :01:19. | |
control of schools in Birmingham. The City Council has now ordered a | :01:20. | :01:22. | |
recruitment freeze for school governors while it investig`tes the | :01:23. | :01:25. | |
claims. Tonight a Muslim le`der for the city said the controversy is | :01:26. | :01:27. | |
hugely damaging to communitx relations and risks putting back | :01:28. | :01:30. | |
decades of work improving education standards. Here's our speci`l | :01:31. | :01:31. | |
correspondent, Peter Wilson. Police staff this afternoon outside | :01:32. | :01:43. | |
the gates of one of twelve schools named as being under investhgation | :01:44. | :01:53. | |
by the City Council and Ofsted. Can we ask why you are outside today? It | :01:54. | :02:00. | |
is a usual thing. Satley school today at the centre of yet lore | :02:01. | :02:03. | |
allegations ` a parent with children there claims she was approached by | :02:04. | :02:07. | |
Tahir Alam the man named in the so called Trojan plot document. She | :02:08. | :02:18. | |
asked us to protect her identity. We had e`mails about the type of | :02:19. | :02:23. | |
training being provided. And how to question and how to go about | :02:24. | :02:28. | |
bringing about, in his eyes, positive change for Muslim children. | :02:29. | :02:36. | |
Tahir Alam spoke on radio rdfuting the claims. I am tired of trying to | :02:37. | :02:41. | |
respond to things which are completely anonymous... | :02:42. | :02:48. | |
For six weeks Birmingham has been riven with allegations of Islamic | :02:49. | :02:52. | |
takeovers influencing the ldadership of inner city schools. Now | :02:53. | :02:58. | |
Birmingham City Council havd frozen the recruitment of any new school | :02:59. | :03:02. | |
governors and say they've h`d a flood of new allegations to | :03:03. | :03:13. | |
investigate. Amongst the nohse and allegations and counter clahms, what | :03:14. | :03:19. | |
are our political leaders s`ying? There is a deafening silencd. The | :03:20. | :03:23. | |
council will not comment until its own investigations are complete The | :03:24. | :03:28. | |
chief executive has been quoted on an intranet site saying he believes | :03:29. | :03:33. | |
the Trojan horse conspiracy is, in fact, a hoax. The Bahu Trust a | :03:34. | :03:37. | |
respected Muslim charity and educational organisation consulted | :03:38. | :03:40. | |
in the past by government mhnisters tonight expressed their angdr over | :03:41. | :03:43. | |
what they see as a hugely d`maging controversy. | :03:44. | :03:55. | |
It is a very extreme knee jdrk reaction to what is a discrddited | :03:56. | :04:02. | |
document and, to my knowledge of history, we have never had `nything | :04:03. | :04:04. | |
like it. Many schools now face being taken | :04:05. | :04:07. | |
over by the educational watchdog Ofsted ` if real misdemeanotrs have | :04:08. | :04:12. | |
been done then actions need. There's a stark warning tonight abott the | :04:13. | :04:15. | |
impact this is already having on our communities. We are talking about | :04:16. | :04:24. | |
hundreds of thousands of chhldren. These communities can be targeted | :04:25. | :04:28. | |
heavy`handed knee jerk reactions from government and from st`te | :04:29. | :04:35. | |
authorities will take place against those communities on the basis of | :04:36. | :04:38. | |
unfounded allegations. The nervousness people feel, thd | :04:39. | :04:43. | |
cynicism they hold which stops them engaging, not only in school but in | :04:44. | :04:48. | |
other parts of society, will be reinforced by this action. | :04:49. | :04:51. | |
The investigations continue so too do rumours and yet more alldgations. | :04:52. | :04:54. | |
All concerned are now praying that hard evidence and the truth will | :04:55. | :05:04. | |
emerge in good time. We're joined now by a governor of a | :05:05. | :05:08. | |
school in Birmingham not affected by these allegations, Helen Br`din | :05:09. | :05:15. | |
What do you make of this recruitment freeze? It is going to be dhfficult | :05:16. | :05:22. | |
for many schools, the probldm is it is difficult to get people who want | :05:23. | :05:25. | |
to support schools and be p`rt of the school as a governor and this | :05:26. | :05:30. | |
means we cannot recruit at the moment with schools we all ready | :05:31. | :05:35. | |
have too few governors to assist. What puts people off? | :05:36. | :05:41. | |
I don't know. It is the timd and commitment. If you are a governor | :05:42. | :05:45. | |
you have to give time and commitment and support the school. Not | :05:46. | :05:50. | |
everybody can do that. This controversy about an alleged | :05:51. | :05:55. | |
Muslim plot will not help the image of government. `` of governors. Are | :05:56. | :06:00. | |
they tainted? I did think so. Overall, governors | :06:01. | :06:05. | |
are trying to do a job for their schools and communities and they | :06:06. | :06:09. | |
will continue to do so. This will not stop them. | :06:10. | :06:17. | |
The council are concerned. To introduce any sort of freezd in any | :06:18. | :06:21. | |
situation means some concerns are there but whether they are dealt | :06:22. | :06:25. | |
with by local schools is a latter for the council to deal with. | :06:26. | :06:31. | |
Why are governors so import`nt at a school? | :06:32. | :06:34. | |
The governors have the strategic direction of the school at heart, | :06:35. | :06:38. | |
they have to make sure the school is properly run, they ask the head and | :06:39. | :06:43. | |
teachers what they are doing and keep the educational standards for | :06:44. | :06:48. | |
children at a level that is outstanding if possible. Without | :06:49. | :06:52. | |
that sort of commitment and consideration by those people who | :06:53. | :06:56. | |
are often community minded, the schools would not have that support | :06:57. | :06:59. | |
and the openness. Thank you. Coming up later hn the | :07:00. | :07:05. | |
programme: As they prepare hn the spring sunshine, we'll be looking | :07:06. | :07:07. | |
ahead to Gloucestershire's chances ahead of their first match this | :07:08. | :07:09. | |
weekend. The mother of a 7`year`old girl from | :07:10. | :07:18. | |
Birmingham is calling for a chemical found in hundreds of everyd`y | :07:19. | :07:21. | |
products to be banned, after her daughter developed an allergy. The | :07:22. | :07:24. | |
ingredient known as MI and hs found in cosmetics and cleaning products. | :07:25. | :07:27. | |
Dermatologists believe as m`ny as one in five children could be | :07:28. | :07:37. | |
allergic to it. Holly Lewis reports. We have to look on the backs of | :07:38. | :07:41. | |
everything we buy ` including shampoo. Niamh McGroarty from Acocks | :07:42. | :07:44. | |
Green has to check everything she puts near her skin for the chemical | :07:45. | :07:50. | |
MI. If she comes into contact with it she quickly develops a p`inful | :07:51. | :07:56. | |
rash. It is really sore and itchy. How about when you eat? I couldn't | :07:57. | :08:03. | |
really open my mouth that mtch. Methylisothiazolinon or MI hs a | :08:04. | :08:05. | |
preservative used to stop products going mouldy and has been | :08:06. | :08:08. | |
increasingly used in cosmethcs and cleaning products since 2006. It is | :08:09. | :08:17. | |
in washing powder so when wd go on holiday to Spain she would have to | :08:18. | :08:21. | |
have her own sheets brought with me and I will have to check thd sun | :08:22. | :08:25. | |
cream because it is in suncream and after sun. And Niamh's school have | :08:26. | :08:31. | |
had to adapt too as MI is found in paints and glue. It is about looking | :08:32. | :08:38. | |
at resources, what do we have that Niamh can use that she can't use | :08:39. | :08:42. | |
which is a lot more than thd other way round. And ordering new things | :08:43. | :08:48. | |
for her. Dermatologists havd expressed concern about the growing | :08:49. | :08:52. | |
number of patients with the allergy. There's been a trend of increase in | :08:53. | :08:55. | |
those patients we have seen coming in with allergies to MI. So, this | :08:56. | :09:00. | |
has been between the years 2000 and more recently a doubling or triplet | :09:01. | :09:09. | |
of the amount of patients. `` tripling. | :09:10. | :09:11. | |
The European Commission has recently published guidelines saying all | :09:12. | :09:14. | |
products which stay on the skin like moisturiser or suncream must be MI | :09:15. | :09:19. | |
free. The amount in other products should be reduced. Most | :09:20. | :09:23. | |
manufacturers have agreed to this but the reformulation process will | :09:24. | :09:26. | |
take time and it will be a while before they are freely available. | :09:27. | :09:31. | |
But Sheila says only an outright ban will help Niamh and other stfferers | :09:32. | :09:33. | |
of this increasingly common allergy. Manufacturers, charities and media | :09:34. | :09:45. | |
companies in the Midlands h`ve won a share of ?31 million in govdrnment | :09:46. | :09:49. | |
funds to help create new jobs. Luxury car maker Aston Marthn is | :09:50. | :09:52. | |
among eight companies who h`ve secured funding from the Regional | :09:53. | :09:56. | |
Growth Fund. The others include newspaper publishers Trinitx Mirror | :09:57. | :09:59. | |
Midlands and the charity Sense International which supports | :10:00. | :10:06. | |
deaf`blind people. People objecting to the proposed HS2 railway line | :10:07. | :10:09. | |
will be able to petition ag`inst the scheme formally from the 29th April. | :10:10. | :10:16. | |
The government's announced that those affected by Phase One of the | :10:17. | :10:19. | |
line from London to Birmingham will have until the 23rd May to submit | :10:20. | :10:25. | |
their petitions. Police havd released images of a man thdy're | :10:26. | :10:28. | |
trying to trace after a wom`n was stabbed in the back with a needle | :10:29. | :10:32. | |
and syringe in Sandwell. The attack happened outside a bakery | :10:33. | :10:35. | |
on Blackheath High Street on the 26th February. Officers say the | :10:36. | :10:38. | |
woman was left distressed and had the anxiety of weeks of tests to | :10:39. | :10:42. | |
make sure she hadn't sufferdd any lasting effects from the assault. | :10:43. | :10:46. | |
Ambitious plans have gone on display for a new university for Hereford. | :10:47. | :10:50. | |
The council's given its backing to a scheme which its supporters claim | :10:51. | :10:53. | |
would transform the local economy and help create jobs as well as | :10:54. | :10:57. | |
boosting tourism. Links are being forged with universities abroad | :10:58. | :11:00. | |
although as yet there's no firm funding in place. Giles Latcham | :11:01. | :11:10. | |
reports. What would make a difference in 2020... Students and | :11:11. | :11:14. | |
sixth form college students coming up with ways of improving lhfe in | :11:15. | :11:21. | |
Herefordshire and the big idea. My favourite was the universitx. I | :11:22. | :11:24. | |
lived at home and commute so the fact they are building Hereford | :11:25. | :11:30. | |
university would have benefhted me. There would be more trade and boost | :11:31. | :11:34. | |
the economy. Part of the unhversity would be sited here south of | :11:35. | :11:41. | |
Hereford. It would cater for 50 0 students and supporters say it would | :11:42. | :11:46. | |
generate ?77 million a year for the economy. This will be developed for | :11:47. | :11:52. | |
new businesses. The woman ldading the project says it is an | :11:53. | :11:57. | |
opportunity to equip Hereford with science and engineering skills and | :11:58. | :12:01. | |
changed the face of the economy We will be teaching science and | :12:02. | :12:06. | |
engineering subjects in a w`y that focuses on global employability so | :12:07. | :12:12. | |
something small, specialised, unique to Hereford but also relevant to the | :12:13. | :12:16. | |
county, the country and the world. There would be no campus, classes | :12:17. | :12:20. | |
and lectures taking place in buildings around the city. The | :12:21. | :12:25. | |
council is considering offering up empty promises of its own to project | :12:26. | :12:30. | |
it hopes will drive up standards across the board. | :12:31. | :12:35. | |
We have found us up drifting below the average by 5% at GCSE and we | :12:36. | :12:42. | |
have to close the gap. The university, what a great opportunity | :12:43. | :12:46. | |
to say to you people have the ambition and we can deliver it for | :12:47. | :12:50. | |
you on the doorstep. The hunt is on for funding from | :12:51. | :12:53. | |
government and foreign investors and the business community. We have | :12:54. | :13:01. | |
economic challenges in the city and demographic challenges with the loss | :13:02. | :13:07. | |
of youngsters and by attracting and retaining them it would change the | :13:08. | :13:12. | |
economy of the city dramatically. It is far from side and sealed but | :13:13. | :13:16. | |
there was no fault in the albition to unroll the first students in just | :13:17. | :13:24. | |
over three years' time. One of the project's long term supportdrs is | :13:25. | :13:27. | |
the Conservative MP for Herdford and South Herefordshire, Jesse Norman. I | :13:28. | :13:30. | |
spoke to him earlier today to find out how likely he thought it was | :13:31. | :13:33. | |
that the new university would actually become a reality. | :13:34. | :13:40. | |
I hope better than 50`50. It is early days. There's a tremendous | :13:41. | :13:45. | |
body of support in Herefordshire for it and the council have been to | :13:46. | :13:48. | |
refit coming on side to support it. We had a meeting with the mhnister | :13:49. | :13:57. | |
last week and he is supporthve. I am hopeful it is looking good. Where | :13:58. | :14:02. | |
will the money come from? The interesting thing about the change | :14:03. | :14:08. | |
in tuition fees is that it leans these institutions are more self | :14:09. | :14:12. | |
financing that they would h`ve been when you are waiting for a piece of | :14:13. | :14:16. | |
government hand`out. That is a potential source of revenue and | :14:17. | :14:22. | |
what's interesting is it is looking closely at how you can deliver | :14:23. | :14:27. | |
better education at lower price points. It has had a lot of interest | :14:28. | :14:33. | |
and support from other univdrsities around the country. That's because | :14:34. | :14:36. | |
they can see there is something interesting going on in the way you | :14:37. | :14:39. | |
tie together online, off`line, expert teaching and concerndd for | :14:40. | :14:46. | |
the whole person and basic curriculum. It is an interesting set | :14:47. | :14:53. | |
of ideas. How attractive is it to students | :14:54. | :14:58. | |
coming to a comparatively slall city with a smaller reputation? | :14:59. | :15:04. | |
I think there will be a lot of interest from local people `nd from | :15:05. | :15:09. | |
people in the marshes because petrol prices are high and people `re not | :15:10. | :15:12. | |
going away to study in the way they were. It is also true that there | :15:13. | :15:20. | |
will be people who say it is the cathedral city, lots of beattiful | :15:21. | :15:24. | |
things happening, new market developments opening at the moment | :15:25. | :15:30. | |
and the effect the Herefordshire are potentially magnificent bec`use it | :15:31. | :15:33. | |
is a real boost to the economy locally at it addresses the | :15:34. | :15:37. | |
demographic issue of an agehng population which we have struggled | :15:38. | :15:39. | |
with. Thank you. This is our top story | :15:40. | :15:48. | |
tonight: Claims parents werd asked to promote "Islamic values" in a | :15:49. | :15:51. | |
school at the centre of an investigation into an allegdd plot. | :15:52. | :15:54. | |
Shefali will be here soon whth your detailed weather forecast to come | :15:55. | :15:59. | |
shortly. Join me on the can`ls of Birmingham as they worked to clear | :16:00. | :16:01. | |
decades of rubbish from the water. Preparations are underway in | :16:02. | :16:14. | |
Stratford upon Avon and Covdntry ahead of the official state visit | :16:15. | :16:17. | |
tomorrow of the Irish President In Coventry, Michael Higgins whll visit | :16:18. | :16:20. | |
the cathedral before a lunch reception with the city's Lord | :16:21. | :16:23. | |
Mayor. One of Coventry's best known Irishman is broadcaster Bob Brolly | :16:24. | :16:26. | |
and he's been testing the w`ter before the big event. | :16:27. | :16:30. | |
It's an exciting for these Coventry Irish Dancers ` they'll be | :16:31. | :16:34. | |
performing for the Irish prdsident at the city's Guildhall tomorrow but | :16:35. | :16:38. | |
for now it's all about making sure it goes smoothly. The president s | :16:39. | :16:43. | |
already received the grandest of receptions with this banquet at | :16:44. | :16:46. | |
Windsor Castle but in Coventry he'll meet the real grassroots | :16:47. | :16:53. | |
communities. Mary McHugh's parents came over in the '60s. She's now an | :16:54. | :17:01. | |
accomplished dance instructor. Are they nervous? Probably. As nervous | :17:02. | :17:08. | |
as you? Yes, I am more nervous but they will be fine. They will enjoy | :17:09. | :17:12. | |
it. It's a great opportunitx for the parents as well to see the children | :17:13. | :17:17. | |
dance and great for the citx. His visit will also take in Str`tford | :17:18. | :17:21. | |
where he'll tour the RSC and watch a performance before visiting | :17:22. | :17:26. | |
Shakespeare's birthplace. The pinnacle of his visit to thhs area | :17:27. | :17:30. | |
will be here in the ruins of the old Cathedral ` it's hoped he'll take | :17:31. | :17:33. | |
with him Coventry's international message of peace and | :17:34. | :17:40. | |
reconciliation.. What this place stands for is a recognition of the | :17:41. | :17:43. | |
things that go wrong, we don't deny those. He talked about thosd all | :17:44. | :17:49. | |
ready, movingly. Then that hs never the end of the story so we hope we | :17:50. | :17:53. | |
will be encouraged for peacd and reconciliation back in Irel`nd. | :17:54. | :17:59. | |
Meanwhile at another venue traditional Irish venue mushcians | :18:00. | :18:01. | |
have also been preparing ` they too will perform for the Presiddnt. It | :18:02. | :18:13. | |
is a proud moment. She has lived here for 60 `` 56 years. It is | :18:14. | :18:23. | |
amazing to see, where can I get a glimpse of him? If they want to come | :18:24. | :18:28. | |
to the steps of the cathedr`l from 12:30pm they will be given flags to | :18:29. | :18:35. | |
wave as the president arrivds. The whole community can come and see | :18:36. | :18:41. | |
from there. Ready! Off you go! The young one's may well be wondering | :18:42. | :18:45. | |
what all the fuss is about ` but when they're a little older they'll | :18:46. | :18:48. | |
probably realise they were here when history was being made. And there'll | :18:49. | :18:55. | |
be much more about the Irish President's visit to the region on | :18:56. | :18:58. | |
BBC Coventry and Warwickshire from six tomorrow morning. The cricket | :18:59. | :19:03. | |
season's underway. Last week we looked at the prospects of | :19:04. | :19:05. | |
Warwickshire and Worcestershire Dan's here now to tell us how | :19:06. | :19:08. | |
Gloucestershire are trying to rebuild. | :19:09. | :19:22. | |
Yes, on and off the pitch. They were a disappointment in four dax, one | :19:23. | :19:25. | |
day and Twenty20 cricket last season. But captain Michael Klinger | :19:26. | :19:28. | |
is confident a young squad will perform much better this sulmer | :19:29. | :19:32. | |
Everyone loves a good crickdt tea. And at Gloucestershire the breakfast | :19:33. | :19:35. | |
isn't bad either. But the prospect of swapping glassware for shlverware | :19:36. | :19:38. | |
look distant. It's ten years since Gloucestershire's last trophy. Last | :19:39. | :19:41. | |
season they were sixth in dhvision two of the county championship ` | :19:42. | :19:44. | |
that's bottom but three. And they didn't reach the knockout stages in | :19:45. | :19:48. | |
either one day or Twenty20 cricket. But optimism remains. I would be | :19:49. | :19:58. | |
disappointed if art ability in short format doesn't make the fin`l. I | :19:59. | :20:02. | |
think as we saw with the improvements last year, there is a | :20:03. | :20:07. | |
good chance we can press for top positions. And there is a plan. The | :20:08. | :20:14. | |
development of their Bristol headquarters continues after the new | :20:15. | :20:17. | |
pavilion was completed last August. Then they can build the teal. It | :20:18. | :20:21. | |
should ensure international is coming here for years to cole. That | :20:22. | :20:29. | |
provides revenue to reinvest. Given this group can stay together for | :20:30. | :20:34. | |
three or four or five years, we will develop a strong team. The good | :20:35. | :20:38. | |
thing is they're coming out of the academy, the majority and their own | :20:39. | :20:44. | |
developer programme and it hs about resources, financially to bd able to | :20:45. | :20:48. | |
keep them here otherwise we would lose them. | :20:49. | :20:50. | |
Gloucestershire have plenty of room to improve. But they're detdrmined | :20:51. | :20:57. | |
to start climbing the tables. It has been a staggered start. Yes. | :20:58. | :21:00. | |
So Gloucester start at home to Hampshire, then Warwickshird are at | :21:01. | :21:07. | |
home to Sussex on Sunday. The big names are there. Worcestershire | :21:08. | :21:16. | |
already under way ` Captain Daryl Mitchell scored 172 not out in their | :21:17. | :21:22. | |
opening drawn match at Hampshire. He is flying. This weekend thex are at | :21:23. | :21:26. | |
home to Kent. Remarkable thdy have been playing cricket and a few weeks | :21:27. | :21:32. | |
ago there was eight foot of water. I was there. Remarkable. Thdre is | :21:33. | :21:36. | |
sand at one end but they should be OK. | :21:37. | :21:40. | |
Let's talk about football. It is all about bringing thd | :21:41. | :21:46. | |
campaign to bring Coventry City back to Coventry. The supporters say they | :21:47. | :21:49. | |
might stand in the elections. They are trying to force all parties | :21:50. | :21:53. | |
involved to get some way in the dispute. The club moved out in the | :21:54. | :21:59. | |
summer and have been at Northampton ever since. OK, thank you. Now | :22:00. | :22:09. | |
London might be the capital of Commerce but Birmingham's the | :22:10. | :22:11. | |
capital when it comes to canals The Canal and River Trust which is | :22:12. | :22:15. | |
now responsible for their upkeep looks after more than hundrdd miles | :22:16. | :22:18. | |
of them around here, ` one of the most intricate networks anywhere in | :22:19. | :22:22. | |
the world. But it all needs constant attention if it's to be kept running | :22:23. | :22:25. | |
smoothly ` which is why a one million pounds dredging project is | :22:26. | :22:28. | |
now nearing completion. Ben Sidwell reports. | :22:29. | :22:30. | |
Clearing away decades of rubbish. From bricks to bottles, shopping | :22:31. | :22:33. | |
trollies to sofas all kinds of waste has been thrown in Birmingh`m canals | :22:34. | :22:43. | |
over the years. Let's show xou how big a problem it is. Mike whll get | :22:44. | :22:48. | |
us to the tow path. Let's go for it. Even though it has a shallow bottom, | :22:49. | :22:55. | |
as you can see, it is impossible. Which is why the Canal River Trust | :22:56. | :22:59. | |
have spent the last four ye`rs and a million pounds making the chty's | :23:00. | :23:05. | |
waterways navigable again. Birmingham is the canal caphtal of | :23:06. | :23:08. | |
the UK, people flock to the centre so they have to get there and if we | :23:09. | :23:13. | |
don't dredge, the boats can't get past. I don't want to imagine a | :23:14. | :23:18. | |
canal without boats. It brings the canal to life. | :23:19. | :23:21. | |
But there's an added problel and cost here in Birmingham. All the | :23:22. | :23:24. | |
waste removed has been cont`minated by pollution from the city, meaning | :23:25. | :23:28. | |
it can only be disposed of `t a specialist site around 100 liles | :23:29. | :23:40. | |
away. It is a menace becausd sometimes he struggled to gdt | :23:41. | :23:47. | |
moving. You can be stuck and getting out my be quite a job. | :23:48. | :23:50. | |
Tony and Linda Sweeby, from Yorkshire, are just two of the | :23:51. | :23:53. | |
thousands of canal tourists who ll benefit from the clear up. There is | :23:54. | :24:00. | |
a lot of rubbish, sofas, shopping trolleys and a lots of plastic | :24:01. | :24:04. | |
bottles. If they clear that, it will be more pleasant and it is `n | :24:05. | :24:07. | |
attraction for tourists. The Canal River Trust say, due to | :24:08. | :24:11. | |
cost, this round of dredging has only scraped the surface of the | :24:12. | :24:14. | |
problem, with three quarters of the rubbish still below the watdr. | :24:15. | :24:17. | |
However, for now at least, ht's a much clearer route for any barges | :24:18. | :24:26. | |
heading to Brum. Outdoors whth the cricket, outdoors with the canals ` | :24:27. | :24:30. | |
is the weather up to scratch for it? Here's Shefali. | :24:31. | :24:37. | |
I think so. Hitting four rather than six! Some decent weather on the way, | :24:38. | :24:41. | |
any rain heading our way will be coming through in the night. A | :24:42. | :24:46. | |
couple of friends over the next few days, this one tonight and the next | :24:47. | :24:51. | |
one flicking through on Sattrday. On either side of the rain, thd skies | :24:52. | :24:55. | |
might be clear and because of that we could get a of frost, perhaps a | :24:56. | :25:03. | |
widespread frost with ground frost. Friday night could see that. | :25:04. | :25:09. | |
Gardeners and farmers should be aware. Tonight, more cloud `fter | :25:10. | :25:16. | |
clear skies because the first of these weather front pushing down | :25:17. | :25:21. | |
moving south eastwards. Light patchy rain, high pressure is dominating | :25:22. | :25:28. | |
killing off most of the rain. After that, we are back to clear skies, | :25:29. | :25:33. | |
patchy cloud and under clear skies, patchy mist and fog. It has been a | :25:34. | :25:40. | |
theme running through this week Temperatures only down to sdven or | :25:41. | :25:44. | |
eight Celsius. We will narrowly avoid a frost tonight. A murky | :25:45. | :25:50. | |
start, it will clear quicklx as the sun gets to work. Through the | :25:51. | :25:57. | |
morning, we are looking at Sunshine taking temperatures up to 14 | :25:58. | :26:02. | |
Celsius, perhaps 15. That is coupled with a light northerly breeze and | :26:03. | :26:09. | |
that is a cooler direction. The afternoon, some cloud, we start with | :26:10. | :26:12. | |
predominantly clear skies tomorrow night because we haven't got any | :26:13. | :26:19. | |
friends crossing us but temperatures falling to about four Celsits. | :26:20. | :26:24. | |
Perhaps low in the countryshde. Frost is an issue tomorrow night and | :26:25. | :26:29. | |
more widespread than recently. So, the weekend, it looks cloudx to | :26:30. | :26:35. | |
start with on Saturday, Sunday is the best day of the weekend. Lots of | :26:36. | :26:38. | |
sunshine. Tonight's headlines from thd BBC | :26:39. | :26:41. | |
Nigel Evans, the former Deptty Speaker of the Commons, is found not | :26:42. | :26:45. | |
guilty of rape and eight other sex abuse charges. Bright, beautiful and | :26:46. | :26:48. | |
innocent ` the Hillsborough inquest hears a tribute from the parents of | :26:49. | :26:54. | |
Sarah and Victoria Hicks. Claims parents were asked to promote | :26:55. | :26:57. | |
'Islamic values' in a school at the centre of an investigation hnto an | :26:58. | :27:01. | |
alleged plot. And calls for a chemical fotnd in | :27:02. | :27:04. | |
hundreds of everyday products to be banned after a schoolgirl ddveloped | :27:05. | :27:06. | |
an allergy. A family owned firm features in the | :27:07. | :27:19. | |
new series tonight hosted bx Digby Jones starting on BBC Two tonight. | :27:20. | :27:23. | |
The Birmingham `based Guru spent months working with the owndrs of | :27:24. | :27:26. | |
Hereford furniture who have three local shops and employs 40 people. | :27:27. | :27:34. | |
That was the Midlands Today. Another update in our late bulletin at ten ` | :27:35. | :27:38. | |
we'll be live in Coventry ahead of the Irish President's visit | :27:39. | :27:41. | |
tomorrow. Have a good evening. Bye for now. | :27:42. | :27:46. |