:00:00. > :00:12.If colada and the today. The headlines tonight. UKIP make gains
:00:13. > :00:16.across a series of councils in our region and there is an increase in
:00:17. > :00:21.support for the Green party. We knew that people were behind us, you can
:00:22. > :00:27.never take that for granted, but we are excited, thrilled and grant ``
:00:28. > :00:33.delighted. Children are left at risk for two young too long. Ofsted 's
:00:34. > :00:40.damning report into child protection services. I will be asking the chief
:00:41. > :00:46.executive of Birmingham City Council what they are going to do to put it
:00:47. > :00:50.right. Also tonight. Preparing for the big day out. 10,000 Burton
:00:51. > :00:54.Albion fans expected to make the trip to Wembley for the play`off
:00:55. > :00:59.final. Seven long`distance races in seven months. A novel way of
:01:00. > :01:03.Celbridge in a 70th birthday. And what a difference a week makes. Last
:01:04. > :01:06.weekend we were talking about climbing temperatures and the sun
:01:07. > :01:10.was out. This weekend it is a different picture and it is a bank
:01:11. > :01:17.holiday. How is it looking? I will have the details later.
:01:18. > :01:21.Good evening, UKIP and the Green Party have increased the number of
:01:22. > :01:24.their councillors at the expense of the three main parties here in the
:01:25. > :01:27.Midlands. UKIP have made significant gains, and the Green Party are now
:01:28. > :01:34.the major opposition party at Solihull council.
:01:35. > :01:36.The final results mean that Labour held on to Birmingham, Cannock
:01:37. > :01:38.Chase, Coventry, Dudley, Newcastle under Lyme, Nuneaton and Bedworth,
:01:39. > :01:44.Redditch, Sandwell and Wolverhampton. The Conservatives
:01:45. > :01:50.remain in control in Rugby, Solihull, Stratford`on`Avon and
:01:51. > :01:52.Tamworth. The Liberal Democrats have held Cheltenham and there's 'No
:01:53. > :01:57.Overall Control' in Gloucester, Walsall, Worcester and the Wyre
:01:58. > :02:00.Forest. Our Political Editor, Patrick Burns is in Dudley tonight,
:02:01. > :02:04.a significant result there Patrick ` UKIP's results in the Black Country
:02:05. > :02:13.have to be among their best ever, anywhere.
:02:14. > :02:17.Certainly do. Dudley Castle have is quite a history and 11 UKIP gains
:02:18. > :02:21.right across the Black Country certainly sends a powerful message
:02:22. > :02:27.to the biggest parties. So Phil is this area of parliamentary
:02:28. > :02:32.constituencies, Dudley North, for example, as a whispered then Labour
:02:33. > :02:37.majority. Dudley South is a Conservative marginal seat, and now
:02:38. > :02:42.we know that UKIP can pick up seats in Conservative and Labour areas
:02:43. > :02:45.alike. They predicted they'd do well. But
:02:46. > :02:47.in Dudley UKIP's gains surpassed their own expectations. The smiles
:02:48. > :02:52.and cheers said it all. We knew that our share of the vote
:02:53. > :02:55.would go. We knew that people were behind us. You can never take
:02:56. > :02:58.anything for granted, but we are delighted, we are excited, we are
:02:59. > :03:01.thrilled and we are honoured. Labour retain control in Dudley, but the
:03:02. > :03:03.UKIP surge has unsettled the main Westminster parties.
:03:04. > :03:07.I think, quite frankly, I was shocked at the size of the their
:03:08. > :03:11.vote. I think we knew that they would take votes from all the other
:03:12. > :03:17.parties but the magnitude of those votes is a surprise, to say the
:03:18. > :03:20.least. And there was a surprise in Solihull at the expense of the three
:03:21. > :03:24.mainstream parties. Here it was the Greens doing well. They now have ten
:03:25. > :03:26.councillors here and are the main opposition to the Convervatives.
:03:27. > :03:30.People want something fresh, something different, and for the way
:03:31. > :03:32.we present ourselves and not just our positive policies, people are
:03:33. > :03:36.choosing the Green party. Any predictions of a Lib Dem collapse in
:03:37. > :03:39.Solihull were unfounded. Where we have got Liberal Democrat
:03:40. > :03:45.MPs, where we work the seats, we tend to be more successful. There
:03:46. > :03:50.are honourable exceptions, of course. People who have worked
:03:51. > :03:54.exceptionally hard. But never the less, that has been the general
:03:55. > :03:58.principle. And in Cheltenham, the only council in the Midlands run by
:03:59. > :04:01.the Lib Dems, they held onto control there too ` the party successfully
:04:02. > :04:04.kept all the seats it was defending. In Staffordshire, as the ballot
:04:05. > :04:07.boxes arrived, the weight of expectation was heavy. Voting in
:04:08. > :04:10.Tamworth is always watched closely by commentators ` this is seen as
:04:11. > :04:30.bellwether town ` indicating electoral trends. In the event, the
:04:31. > :04:34.Conservatives held onto control. We were led to believe it was the
:04:35. > :04:38.year the Conservatives were going to be taken out. I never believed
:04:39. > :04:41.that. We fought hard. We focused on the right issues. And we lead a very
:04:42. > :04:45.honest campaign about all the issues. It was a disappointing night
:04:46. > :04:48.for Labour in the West Midlands, the party failed to make ground in
:04:49. > :04:51.Walsall, Worcester and Gloucester. And the Labour leader of Newcastle
:04:52. > :04:54.Borough Council lost his seat to UKIP. But in Wolverhampton, Labour
:04:55. > :04:57.did increase its majority. All eyes now will be on the results of the
:04:58. > :05:01.Euro elections ` counting's on Sunday. And of course, in England,
:05:02. > :05:07.this is the last major test of opinion before the General Election.
:05:08. > :05:09.Liz Copper, BBC Midlands Today. And with European election results
:05:10. > :05:12.due on Sunday, have the council elections answered the question of
:05:13. > :05:25.which if the bigger parties suffers most from the UKIP effect?
:05:26. > :05:28.If you simply way the vote themselves then clearly the
:05:29. > :05:33.Conservatives supper at the bigger hit, but if you actually apply those
:05:34. > :05:36.numbers to real council areas and real parliamentary constituencies,
:05:37. > :05:39.you can see why certainly here in the Midlands it is Labour who are
:05:40. > :05:46.being held back from making these sorts of strides into places like
:05:47. > :05:50.Tamworth, where the Conservatives remain in overall control, Labour
:05:51. > :05:54.failed to get overall majorities in Walsall, in Worcester and in
:05:55. > :05:59.Gloucester, not getting the sort of momentum that they need. So very
:06:00. > :06:05.serious issues for Labour, the UKIP effect. This man is number three on
:06:06. > :06:11.UKIP's ticket for the European elections. These figures, this
:06:12. > :06:15.extraordinary level of support, is it suggesting that as number three
:06:16. > :06:21.candidate you can start to bridge a plane ticket to Brussels.
:06:22. > :06:25.I would like to think so, we don't like to take anything for granted,
:06:26. > :06:49.but it is looking very positive. Is it anything more than a and when we
:06:50. > :06:57.talk the talk the same line which. `` this in language. What was your
:06:58. > :07:01.campaign for those European elections in terms of local
:07:02. > :07:06.government? Here in Dudley, the main part of our campaign was that we
:07:07. > :07:09.wanted to get more free parking spaces in the shopping areas. We
:07:10. > :07:14.also want to get into this council area and look at the spending, not
:07:15. > :07:19.to look at cuts but to make sure the money is spent more wisely and more
:07:20. > :07:24.efficiently. There is a lot of waste going on and we want a common`sense
:07:25. > :07:26.approach to this. What is your message that the bigger parties
:07:27. > :07:31.should take from what you have achieved here? The message they
:07:32. > :07:37.should understand is that smears and understands that Iraq attacks on as
:07:38. > :07:44.an impersonal bases do not work on us, and people are ready for a
:07:45. > :07:51.change. Thank you very much. Thank you, Patrick.
:07:52. > :07:55.And Patrick will be back with Sunday Politics, ahead of the Euro Election
:07:56. > :07:57.count live at the ICC in Birmingham, at the usual time of 11 o'clock on
:07:58. > :08:00.Sunday. You're watching Midlands Today,
:08:01. > :08:03.coming up later in the programme: A new national song commissioned to
:08:04. > :08:11.commemorate the centenary of World War One, we give you a sneak
:08:12. > :08:15.preview. Inadequate: Birmingham Children's
:08:16. > :08:18.services has once again been rated inadequate by Ofsted. The government
:08:19. > :08:22.watchdog found that as of April this year, more than 400 children thought
:08:23. > :08:25.to be 'in need' had still not had their cases looked at by a social
:08:26. > :08:33.worker. The council department has been failing for more than ten
:08:34. > :08:36.years. Giles Latcham reports. Their names are a litany, their
:08:37. > :08:41.faces a gallery that shames Birmingham. Khyra Ishaq and Keanu
:08:42. > :08:53.Williams just two of the vulnerable children the city's
:08:54. > :08:55.Services failed to protect, killed by members of their own family. For
:08:56. > :08:57.the sixth year running Ofsted have rated the department inadequate. The
:08:58. > :09:01.council concedes, yes it's still failing but says it won't be forced
:09:02. > :09:04.into a kneejerk reaction. What we don't want to be dragged back into
:09:05. > :09:08.is another change of management, and other restructuring of the service,
:09:09. > :09:11.because for years and years that is what we focus on rather than
:09:12. > :09:19.focusing on the basics of what our social workers do day in, day out
:09:20. > :09:23.with the children. Key findings include that as of last month, more
:09:24. > :09:30.than 400 children referred to the department still hadn't had their
:09:31. > :09:34.case looked at by a social worker. Because of a shortage of social
:09:35. > :09:37.workers more than 140 children without assessing them for risk And
:09:38. > :09:40.after years of reorganisations and restructuring, the work of managers
:09:41. > :09:43.overseeing front line staff is said to be "generally poor" . In March
:09:44. > :09:46.the government appointed Lord Norman Warner as an Independent
:09:47. > :09:48.Commissioner to oversee a three year improvement plan and in a letter to
:09:49. > :09:54.the Education Secretary Michael Gove has been made on the difficult task
:09:55. > :09:54.of turning round Birmingham's Children's
:09:55. > :10:28.coming into Birmingham. This former Birmingham social worker accepts
:10:29. > :10:34.improvements are being made but says too few staff are still trying to
:10:35. > :10:39.juggle too many cases. Social workers and their managers and
:10:40. > :10:43.senior people know that there are still too many children and families
:10:44. > :10:47.being left without the necessary support. That gives a lot of us
:10:48. > :10:50.nights. The council's put an extra ?10 million pounds into the
:10:51. > :10:53.department this year. But in one of the youngest cities in Europe, with
:10:54. > :10:55.high levels of children living in poverty the battle to put things
:10:56. > :12:07.right is all uphill. sufficiently robust and whether
:12:08. > :12:12.there were other things that we might do even if children didn't
:12:13. > :12:13.move into the child protection arena. Councillor Jones is right to
:12:14. > :12:48.say what she said, but we have a say what she said, but we have a
:12:49. > :12:50.answer is that there was. There is a IT question in there and the
:12:51. > :12:56.workforce question, and some of the procedural arrangements weren't
:12:57. > :13:01.bold. The report also says, and this is significant, that children are
:13:02. > :13:06.left at risk of significant harm for too long. Do you accept that? Yes we
:13:07. > :13:11.do. We know that in Birmingham we have a long history of failure.
:13:12. > :13:15.Although it grieves me to see it, there are children out there for
:13:16. > :13:21.whom we should be acting pastor. That remains the case. We have
:13:22. > :13:26.spoken to social workers who didn't want to go on record for fear of
:13:27. > :13:29.losing their job. They have said that their caseload is unacceptable
:13:30. > :13:33.and the cases aren't been allocated quickly enough. What are you going
:13:34. > :13:38.to do to address the situation quickly? We are continuing to
:13:39. > :13:42.recruit quality staff. The week to get cases down is to have a
:13:43. > :13:46.workforce that is capable at its job and wants to stay and work for
:13:47. > :13:51.Birmingham City Council. That is the bottom line. The government stepped
:13:52. > :13:56.in and stripped Doncaster of its responsibility. Would that be the
:13:57. > :14:04.right way to go in Birmingham. You would expect me to say no, but I
:14:05. > :14:08.don't think it is. But it has been failing and it is inadequate for the
:14:09. > :14:12.sixth year running. Indeed. I have recently joined the council, and I
:14:13. > :14:18.think that is between the leader and the councillors. The city council
:14:19. > :14:24.now has the team, if it is given a good run. A good run. That is the
:14:25. > :14:30.point, isn't it? What does that mean? Let me be honest. That means
:14:31. > :14:33.we need to take up to three years to get everything right. It is a very
:14:34. > :14:36.difficult message and I don't like to have to give it. The truth of the
:14:37. > :14:41.matter is that so many things need to be addressed that if you try and
:14:42. > :14:46.bite them all off in one go, we will not succeed, so we need to do the
:14:47. > :14:53.most important things first and that will take time. Thank you.
:14:54. > :14:57.Detectives in Staffordshire are appealing for help to trace a man
:14:58. > :14:59.wanted in connection with an attempted murder in Shelton.They've
:15:00. > :15:02.released a poster showing twenty four year old Akeem Thames from
:15:03. > :15:05.Blurton, who they want to question about an incident outside a takeaway
:15:06. > :15:08.on College Road on Monday. A legal challenge against plans to
:15:09. > :15:10.downgrade Stafford Hospital has been launched today. Labour's
:15:11. > :15:13.Parliamentary Candidate for the town, Kate Godfrey, lodged papers at
:15:14. > :15:16.Birmingham High Court calling for a judicial review. She's hoping to
:15:17. > :15:19.overturn plans to reduce the paediatric and critical care units
:15:20. > :15:28.at the hospital, as well permanently shutting A overnight.
:15:29. > :15:31.We have one chance to say that the process isn't good enough at
:15:32. > :15:35.Stafford Hospital. We know that the administrators have made a number of
:15:36. > :15:39.serious errors, and people in Stafford really value the services
:15:40. > :15:44.at hospital. The deadline applies today at 4pm.
:15:45. > :15:47.The company which operates the car hire scheme 'Car`2`Go' in Birmingham
:15:48. > :15:51.has announced it's pulling out of the city. Members had access to any
:15:52. > :15:54.one of 250 cars parked in the centre for short journeys. The company says
:15:55. > :15:57.it's withdrawing because the idea hasn't caught on in the UK.
:15:58. > :16:02.Thousands of visitors are expected in Birmingham this weekend for the
:16:03. > :16:05.city's annual gay pride festival. The event will focus on freedom and
:16:06. > :16:07.equality in countries across the world that criminalise
:16:08. > :16:12.homosexuality.There will be over fifty floats and the parade and will
:16:13. > :16:16.begin in Victoria square from noon. Dan's here with the sport and part
:16:17. > :16:24.of Staffordshire is preparing for a big weekend.Burton Albion on their
:16:25. > :16:27.way to Wembley. A grand day out indeed. Around 10,000 Burton Albion
:16:28. > :16:34.fans are expected to make the trip to Wembley on Monday, to watch the
:16:35. > :16:38.leap to final. The victory will mean promotion to league one for the
:16:39. > :16:42.first time in their history. It's the biggest game of their lives
:16:43. > :16:45.` but they won't kick a ball. Yes don't be fooled by the kit. This is
:16:46. > :16:54.Burton Albion Supporters Football Club. They play Saturday mornings
:16:55. > :17:04.and watch the team Saturday afternoons. We have all got tickets
:17:05. > :17:08.for Monday. I don't think there is a word for it. It is huge. It is
:17:09. > :17:14.Burton Albion at Wembley, it is something you dream of. I have a
:17:15. > :17:17.friend who refuse to go to Wembley until they made it there. For former
:17:18. > :17:21.player Aaron Webster ` there's a sense of relief. 12 months ago while
:17:22. > :17:24.still a player he had this t`shirt made after the semifinal first leg.
:17:25. > :17:32.But Burton didn't make it to Wembley ` and the t`shirt has been stored
:17:33. > :17:36.away for 12 months. Until now. Unfortunately they didn't go for us
:17:37. > :17:41.on the day, and I wasn't able to show it off after the game, and I
:17:42. > :17:47.suppose it has been on top of my wardrobe electing cobwebs for 12
:17:48. > :17:51.months and obviously last week, they have finally got to Wembley and it
:17:52. > :17:55.is good that I have got the chance to win it again. The busiest place
:17:56. > :18:01.in Burton this week has been the club shop. With fans buying tickets
:18:02. > :18:06.and souvenirs. It's also been quite a week for the players. The players
:18:07. > :18:11.will only enjoy it if they are Wembley winners. It is not going to
:18:12. > :18:16.be a great day, it is not going to be a great occasion. It will be for
:18:17. > :18:19.the fans, but for the players it is a great opportunity, and I think it
:18:20. > :18:23.is really important that they are ready to embrace that. Could striker
:18:24. > :18:26.Adam McGurk be the match winner? He scored in both legs of the
:18:27. > :18:30.semifinal. And he's not bothered about Burton being the underdogs. It
:18:31. > :18:36.is going to be a tight game, but I don't know if you could call anyone
:18:37. > :18:39.favourites. I think it is who handles it best on the day. I think
:18:40. > :18:43.who produces that little bit of quality. So the class of 2014 are
:18:44. > :18:51.Wembley bound. And determined to make history. And BBC Radio Derby
:18:52. > :18:56.will have all the build up to Burton's trip to Wembley, as well as
:18:57. > :19:03.full match commentary. West Brom fans, prick up your ears. We have
:19:04. > :19:08.been hearing from this man today. Basically, it is in response to
:19:09. > :19:12.Albion's for a season. He put out a statement on the website, because
:19:13. > :19:18.they had finished just one point above the relegation zone. He says
:19:19. > :19:20.the buck stops with him. He says the appointment of former first`team
:19:21. > :19:24.coach Terry Burton will help in finding a new coach and better
:19:25. > :19:28.players for next season. I think most fans would say that should be
:19:29. > :19:35.his priority is finding a new head coach. What is his priority? He says
:19:36. > :19:39.it is simple, it is simply saying in the Premier League. He says that for
:19:40. > :19:45.a club of their size it will always be their number one objective, and
:19:46. > :19:47.they hope they can achieve it. Although we are talking football, it
:19:48. > :20:01.is supposed to be the cricket season. Rain I am afraid. Delayed
:20:02. > :20:05.start. Now if you think at the age of 70,
:20:06. > :20:08.you should be taking things a little easier, then you've not met Kathy
:20:09. > :20:11.Ling. Because she decided to celebrate her 70th birthday by
:20:12. > :20:18.running 70 long distance races ` a feat she completed in just seven
:20:19. > :20:21.months. In the process, she's also raised hundreds of pounds ` in
:20:22. > :20:33.memory of a close friend who died from cancer.
:20:34. > :20:37.Kathy Ling is used to surprising people, not least Graham Norton. It
:20:38. > :20:41.is better than watching television. I have two days off before running
:20:42. > :20:49.When she's turned 70, she was only interested in one thing. A big race.
:20:50. > :20:52.Getting her trainers on. Kathy, who once competed for Great Britain at
:20:53. > :21:01.Judo, began with mile runs, and progressed to half marathons. My
:21:02. > :21:05.husband is 100% supportive and behind me, for which I thank him
:21:06. > :21:11.very much, and my daughter thinks I am a first`class nutter, but is very
:21:12. > :21:17.proud of me. Kathy's a member of the Wrekin Road Runners club. She is a
:21:18. > :21:20.legend, everybody loves her. ` and she's raised seven hundred pounds
:21:21. > :21:26.for charity after her friend Pat Adams died from Cancer. We used to
:21:27. > :21:32.go to a lot of races together, and get lost together, but she always
:21:33. > :21:35.waited for me. She was a good friend and I miss her dearly. Every day,
:21:36. > :21:38.Kathy runs from Broseley to Ironbridge. A three mile run where
:21:39. > :21:45.she's constantly stopped by admiring motorists. Kathy's competed all over
:21:46. > :21:48.the World. Here she is crossing the line in Berlin, and here in Norway.
:21:49. > :22:01.But her first marathon in Wolverhampton was pretty memorable.
:22:02. > :22:08.I ended up at the racecourse, eventually doing 29 miles. And Kathy
:22:09. > :22:12.has a few tips for novice runners. A very good pair of trainers, and
:22:13. > :22:20.ladies, you must wear a very strong sports bra. So Cathy has completed
:22:21. > :22:24.and 70 races to hit her 70th birthday, but she is not content
:22:25. > :22:32.with that. Ben Godfrey, BBC Midlands Today, Ironbridge.
:22:33. > :22:35.A new national song has been created in Birmingham to commemorate the
:22:36. > :22:38.centenary of the First World War. It's the work of the city's Bach
:22:39. > :22:42.choir, who were approached by the Royal British legion. It's also led
:22:43. > :22:53.to the creation of a new Midlands Military choir. Lindsay Doyle has
:22:54. > :23:02.been to rehearsals. For many the country's national song
:23:03. > :23:06.written in 1916. Fade to new one Now a new national song written for the
:23:07. > :23:09.multi cultural age.to be performed at the Birmingham Symphony Hall in
:23:10. > :23:17.September to celebrate the centenary of the first world war. The nation
:23:18. > :23:26.has changed so much in the last 100 years. It is not know about wiring
:23:27. > :23:29.should boundaries be set, it is about a national song very very
:23:30. > :23:31.diverse nation. The Birmingham Bach Choir will be performing a specially
:23:32. > :23:34.commissioned symphony Unfinished Remembering at the September
:23:35. > :23:37.concert. The national song came from a request from a fledgling choir,
:23:38. > :23:55.the brainchild of the British legion. I was very conscious that we
:23:56. > :24:00.don't have a garrison in Birmingham. There is no central base
:24:01. > :24:04.were everybody meets, so we don't have the lives that they have in
:24:05. > :24:09.other places. I was very keen to see if we could perhaps start a military
:24:10. > :24:16.community choir that involves people from all walks of life. Members who
:24:17. > :24:19.completed their national service. We used to go on route marches and sing
:24:20. > :24:27.well we were marching, and then we would sing along with other people
:24:28. > :24:33.when the day was over, forming a community, so I have always been a
:24:34. > :24:38.singer. A military nurse who served in Afganistan in 2012. It is the
:24:39. > :24:43.real unity to get everybody singing together, and it is very exciting
:24:44. > :24:47.and it is a fantastic opportunity. The aim of the new choir is to
:24:48. > :24:51.teacher 's members musical skills and reach out to the civilian
:24:52. > :24:59.population of the West Midlands. They believe that music Blacks cut
:25:00. > :25:03.`` relaxes, rewards, and affirms. This whole idea has burgeoned into a
:25:04. > :25:07.huge project, it will be an extraordinary evening, I think. And
:25:08. > :25:13.of course the new choir will be joining the professionals for the
:25:14. > :25:17.new national song in September. Dare I even mention it's a bank holiday
:25:18. > :25:25.weekend ` the weather's not looking too clever Rebecca.
:25:26. > :25:32.This time last week, I was talking about it being the warmest day of
:25:33. > :25:36.the year so far, and today we were 10 degrees below that. It has
:25:37. > :25:40.certainly not been a very good day for our weather. As we head into
:25:41. > :25:45.tomorrow, we keep that heavy rain. It will get better as we head
:25:46. > :25:49.through the bank holiday weekend. We have this deep area of low pressure
:25:50. > :25:53.sitting over us at the moment, spiralling around throughout the
:25:54. > :25:57.day. As we head through this evening, though, they will
:25:58. > :26:01.eventually clear away. Still some heavy showers to come, and the odd
:26:02. > :26:06.rumble of thunder behind that. Then it will start to clear away. Then we
:26:07. > :26:09.started the cloud filling in as we head into the early hours of
:26:10. > :26:14.tomorrow morning and some drizzle as well. All that cloud cover will keep
:26:15. > :26:17.it a mild night tonight. We start off tomorrow and we do have heavy
:26:18. > :26:24.rain on the way, we have a yellow warning for that rain, 20 to 30
:26:25. > :26:31.millilitres possible. It could cause some disruption to travel. Be aware
:26:32. > :26:36.of that. We see this heavy band of rain working its way through, the
:26:37. > :26:41.odd rumble of thunder possible. Once that is clear, we keep some heavy
:26:42. > :26:46.showers. The best of any brightness will be to the east, but with all
:26:47. > :26:49.that cloud and rain are temperatures will struggle. Only 15 Celsius.
:26:50. > :26:55.Those showers will not clear away on Saturday night. They are never too
:26:56. > :26:59.far away. It does mean it will be mild, though. This band of rain
:27:00. > :27:03.starts to work its way northwards into Sunday, and once that has
:27:04. > :27:08.cleared we will get some spells of sunshine and cabbage start to
:27:09. > :27:14.recover, up to 17 Celsius. Sunday is better. By Monday, we start off OK,
:27:15. > :27:19.but cloud service to fill in. We will then see some heavy showers
:27:20. > :27:23.again, and it doesn't improve as we head through the working week.
:27:24. > :27:28.Staying unsettled, hopefully better by the end of it.
:27:29. > :27:32.Now the headlines. UKIP and Labour are still great gains in the local
:27:33. > :27:35.elections in England. Children are left at risk of significant harm for
:27:36. > :27:41.too long. Ofsted's damning report into Birmingham 's children
:27:42. > :27:55.services. I will be back at 10pm. Goodbye for now.
:27:56. > :28:00.Let's look at the history of BBC TWO with me, Simon Schama.
:28:01. > :28:05.'Harry And Paul's Story Of The 2s - part of
:28:06. > :28:25.'the Big Bumper Bank Holiday Comedy 50th Birthday Weekend.'
:28:26. > :28:27.Ted, I wondered if... I'm not interested
:28:28. > :28:34.part of the big bumper bank holiday comedy 50th birthday weekend.