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cooler through the weekend, but the weather is looking pretty good | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
Hello and welcome to Midlands Today. The headlines tonight: | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
Helping Harry Help Others ` the charity dedicated to the melory of | :00:00. | :00:08. | |
Harry Moseley gives a children's cancer unit a ?78,000 boost. | :00:09. | :00:10. | |
Mind the gap ` apprenticeshhps have trebled in over the last ten years, | :00:11. | :00:14. | |
so why are employers worried about a shortage of skills in our region? | :00:15. | :00:17. | |
Not just about England, our Premier League players `re | :00:18. | :00:19. | |
flying the flags for multiple nations in the World Cup. | :00:20. | :00:22. | |
A bumper crop of strawberrids, thanks to one | :00:23. | :00:23. | |
For us to have four players from four different continents in the | :00:24. | :00:54. | |
World Cup is a source of prhde. Will we be able to pull it out of the bag | :00:55. | :01:01. | |
tomorrow and at the weekend? You will hear all about it later. | :01:02. | :01:10. | |
The mother of Harry Moseley, the young Birmingham boy who raised | :01:11. | :01:13. | |
hundreds of thousands of potnds for charity as he battled | :01:14. | :01:15. | |
a brain tumour, has given a cancer unit appeal a ?78,000 boost. | :01:16. | :01:18. | |
Harry earned the title "Britain's kindest kid" before his | :01:19. | :01:20. | |
death in October 2011 as he became famous for makhng | :01:21. | :01:23. | |
Since his death, his mum Georgie has set up ` charity | :01:24. | :01:26. | |
shop and a family centre at a local hospice, in Harry's memory. | :01:27. | :01:29. | |
And this afternoon she handdd over the cash to help young people | :01:30. | :01:32. | |
like Harry having treatment in his home city. | :01:33. | :01:34. | |
He was important because he was ill and he made loads of braceldts and | :01:35. | :02:04. | |
made loads of money even though he had cancer. | :02:05. | :02:10. | |
They don't have as long a lhfe as us because they don't `` because they | :02:11. | :02:19. | |
have cancer. Harry raised thousands of pounds for cancer research. A | :02:20. | :02:26. | |
charity set up in his name `s `` has recently funded a room at this | :02:27. | :02:33. | |
hospice. This is the Harry Loseley centre which we were honourdd to be | :02:34. | :02:38. | |
able to support and give ?300,0 0 to help them create a home frol home | :02:39. | :02:42. | |
environment where families can be together in a time of need during | :02:43. | :02:49. | |
the final stages. The charity is helping out with another big`money | :02:50. | :02:56. | |
project. A cheque for ?78,000. Help Harry Help Others is teaming up with | :02:57. | :03:04. | |
the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. We are the largest unit outside London and | :03:05. | :03:09. | |
if we weren't able to work with partners like this charity we | :03:10. | :03:14. | |
wouldn't be able to help thd number that we want to or need to. | :03:15. | :03:18. | |
Some children have their radiotherapy in here but thdir | :03:19. | :03:22. | |
parents have to stay in the waiting room. There is nowhere Priv`te for | :03:23. | :03:28. | |
them to go. However, they whll soon have their own dedicated room where | :03:29. | :03:32. | |
they will be able to take thme out, tacked to the medics and it is the | :03:33. | :03:37. | |
charity that will fund this. The hospital is even giving up hts old | :03:38. | :03:41. | |
archive room and turning it into a treatment area. Back at Harry's | :03:42. | :03:46. | |
headquarters, his face beams. Always smiling. | :03:47. | :03:50. | |
Coming up later: Frozen veg with a difference, the University seed bank | :03:51. | :03:53. | |
which is securing the futurd of the nation's vegetables. | :03:54. | :04:03. | |
The number of young people on apprenticeships in the West Midlands | :04:04. | :04:06. | |
has trebled in the last dec`de, according to government figtres | :04:07. | :04:08. | |
Across the region, there ard now more than 60,000 apprentices, | :04:09. | :04:10. | |
but despite that increase, dmployers are increasingly worried about | :04:11. | :04:13. | |
In some areas it's so acute there's concern it could hold back growth. | :04:14. | :04:17. | |
Here's our business correspondent, Peter Plisner. | :04:18. | :04:28. | |
High`tech manufacturing in South Birmingham. This company makes | :04:29. | :04:34. | |
automated production equipmdnt. They have seen growth of 25% in the last | :04:35. | :04:40. | |
few years and they want to double their size within three years. | :04:41. | :04:43. | |
According to its managing dhrector, finding people with the right skills | :04:44. | :04:49. | |
isn't easy though. It is extremely difficult in our business as there | :04:50. | :04:53. | |
is only a limited pool of qtalified engineers in the marketplacd because | :04:54. | :04:57. | |
there are similar companies to us accelerating their growth as well at | :04:58. | :05:00. | |
this time. Part of the answer our apprdntices. | :05:01. | :05:07. | |
Jake started here last year and is already acquiring valuable new | :05:08. | :05:12. | |
skills. It is an expensive decision though and in the past we h`ve taken | :05:13. | :05:17. | |
trainees and graduates and we have formulated that now into school | :05:18. | :05:23. | |
leavers. Record numbers of new apprentices has meant the nded of a | :05:24. | :05:27. | |
new training centre which h`s been set up by the EEF. Jake and others | :05:28. | :05:36. | |
come here for the formal part of their training. We are the dmployers | :05:37. | :05:41. | |
organisation so we are employer driven and owned and we pride | :05:42. | :05:45. | |
ourselves on being responsive to the needs of our employers. That is | :05:46. | :05:49. | |
where we gain as we underst`nd their needs and we understand enghneering | :05:50. | :05:53. | |
and pride ourselves that we understand apprentices. This has | :05:54. | :06:00. | |
cost more than ?3 million to set up and trains in a variety of | :06:01. | :06:05. | |
disciplines. Here, apprentices are shown how to use lathes and over | :06:06. | :06:09. | |
there is the latest technology, machines that make components | :06:10. | :06:14. | |
controlled by computer will stop for people like Jake it is a grdat | :06:15. | :06:19. | |
learning experience. I am ldarning whilst on learning. I would probably | :06:20. | :06:24. | |
have gone to university and have had massive debt. The increasing number | :06:25. | :06:31. | |
of apprentices is already hdlping to bridge the so`called skills gap but | :06:32. | :06:38. | |
it is only part of the solution The Business Secretary has been in | :06:39. | :06:41. | |
Staffordshire today looking at the way one of the region 's biggest | :06:42. | :06:45. | |
employers has been ensuring they have a skilled workforce to deal | :06:46. | :06:51. | |
with manufacturing in the ftture. The Business Secretary met the | :06:52. | :06:56. | |
business brains of the future. This is the JCB Academy. It is the UK's | :06:57. | :07:00. | |
first academy dedicated to developing the skills of engineers | :07:01. | :07:07. | |
and entrepreneurs between 14 and 19. Later, at the headquartdrs, | :07:08. | :07:12. | |
Doctor cable discussed the importance of doing more to tackle | :07:13. | :07:16. | |
the skills shortage seen in some industries. More needs to bd done | :07:17. | :07:23. | |
because I want the recovery to be sustained and concentrated on | :07:24. | :07:26. | |
manufacturing and exports which will keep the economy going and we need | :07:27. | :07:31. | |
trained people to do that. Apprentices had been educatdd here | :07:32. | :07:34. | |
and are now amongst the first to graduate and work full`time to `` | :07:35. | :07:42. | |
for JCB. It prepared me for being in the working environment bec`use it | :07:43. | :07:45. | |
was so hands on. We were also treated as young adults as we were | :07:46. | :07:51. | |
in the workplace are ready. The skills relate to what I am doing now | :07:52. | :07:55. | |
as I have to run through projects in design. Run them into production. | :07:56. | :08:02. | |
JCB's chairman delivered his maiden speech in the House of Lords this | :08:03. | :08:10. | |
week. It takes time. I would be very keen and I mentioned it to dogs came | :08:11. | :08:17. | |
bowl `` Doctor cable and I would to any politician, industry nedds a | :08:18. | :08:20. | |
long`term strategy and educ`tion should be part of that. The ambition | :08:21. | :08:26. | |
to improve skills is reflected in investment in apprenticeships but | :08:27. | :08:29. | |
all sides agree much more ndeds to be done. | :08:30. | :08:32. | |
There are just a few hours to go until the World Cup | :08:33. | :08:35. | |
More than 100 players from the Premier League will be hoping | :08:36. | :08:39. | |
it's their country who'll bd lifting the trophy in a month's timd. | :08:40. | :08:42. | |
Fans of Stoke City have plenty of teams to cheer with four | :08:43. | :08:45. | |
of their stars representing four different nations. | :08:46. | :08:50. | |
Goalkeeper Asmir Begovic is already a hero to Stoke City supporters | :08:51. | :08:52. | |
after a string of fine performances in the Premier League. | :08:53. | :08:55. | |
But he's also one of the biggest stars | :08:56. | :08:57. | |
They've brought joy to a nation after qualifying for the World Cup | :08:58. | :09:01. | |
It will be very special for myself and the whole family. It has been a | :09:02. | :09:18. | |
lifelong dream of mine so to achieve it is great. We want to achheve | :09:19. | :09:23. | |
something at the World Cup. Hopefully we can be positivd and | :09:24. | :09:28. | |
achieved something. Wilson Palacios is in the Honduras squad for the | :09:29. | :09:34. | |
tournament whilst the American team features Geoff Cameron in ddfence. | :09:35. | :09:38. | |
And striker Odemwingie will come up against Begovic in their group. We | :09:39. | :09:45. | |
are in a global league which means players that we attract our global | :09:46. | :09:51. | |
superstars. For us to have four players from four different | :09:52. | :09:54. | |
continents playing in the World Cup is a source of great pride. I am | :09:55. | :10:02. | |
pleased and proud. Shawcross ought to have been there though. Begovic | :10:03. | :10:08. | |
is one of the best in the Premier League. It is great for our club. | :10:09. | :10:17. | |
Very proud. They are also ilmensely proud that players like Begovic will | :10:18. | :10:20. | |
be carrying their name to the World Cup. | :10:21. | :10:24. | |
A World Cup party organised by BBC WM is taking place now | :10:25. | :10:27. | |
in Birmingham City Centre, `nd Ben Sidwell is there for us now | :10:28. | :10:30. | |
Ben, who needs Copacobana bdach in Rio | :10:31. | :10:31. | |
Absolutely. The excitement hs greater in Brazil, I suspect. Plenty | :10:32. | :10:50. | |
of England fans are making their way over to the World Cup, incltding a | :10:51. | :10:53. | |
number from right here in the Midlands. | :10:54. | :10:58. | |
Wherever Robin Evans goes hhs England flag is never far bdhind. It | :10:59. | :11:03. | |
has travelled around Europe, Miami and is now heading for the big one | :11:04. | :11:10. | |
in Brazil. I can't wait. It is once in a lifetime. The one everxone | :11:11. | :11:14. | |
wants to go to, in Brazil. Fingers crossed we will do well. With | :11:15. | :11:20. | |
hundreds of flags making thdir trip to Brazil, the competition for pride | :11:21. | :11:23. | |
of place will almost be as competitive as the game on the | :11:24. | :11:30. | |
pitch. Quite a lot of peopld turn up and there is argy`bargy to try and | :11:31. | :11:32. | |
get there first and get the best place. A friend of mine is Dnglish | :11:33. | :11:42. | |
as well. In Detroit, Glen from Sutton Coldfield has been dhsplaying | :11:43. | :11:49. | |
his new `` his England flag, to the bewilderment of many Americ`ns. | :11:50. | :11:52. | |
There is not much of their height in the United States so I really had to | :11:53. | :11:57. | |
come back home for it or go to Brazil and watch it there. | :11:58. | :12:03. | |
Back at Stoke City, a permanent tribute to one of the club `nd | :12:04. | :12:09. | |
countries legends who has fond memories of Brazil. Playing them, | :12:10. | :12:18. | |
anyhow! When you think all the great saves goalkeepers have made and for | :12:19. | :12:23. | |
people to remember this one... It is something very, very special. Robin | :12:24. | :12:30. | |
and Glen and their flags will hope their World Cup memories ard just as | :12:31. | :12:33. | |
special. Robin has completed a 48 hotr treat | :12:34. | :12:39. | |
and has arrived in Brazil. Glenn is due to get there on Wednesd`y but | :12:40. | :12:44. | |
the question is, how will England do? Former Coventry and Aston Villa | :12:45. | :12:50. | |
midfielder, and what do you think? I think they will do better than most | :12:51. | :12:54. | |
people think. They will get out of their group. It will be a vdry good | :12:55. | :13:00. | |
competition for us. We never do well in South America historically. Can | :13:01. | :13:05. | |
we cope with the weather? That is the problem. It will be eight have | :13:06. | :13:11. | |
game for us and for Italy bdcause humidity is a problem. If wd can get | :13:12. | :13:17. | |
out of that game OK and then I am confident we can do well ag`inst | :13:18. | :13:22. | |
Uruguay and Costa Rica. With our exciting young talent, it is quite | :13:23. | :13:26. | |
exciting. For the first timd, no one expects anything and we might be | :13:27. | :13:32. | |
surprised. Is it a good thing that there is almost an apathy? The | :13:33. | :13:38. | |
atmosphere is building. Tomorrow night, and kick`off, the whole | :13:39. | :13:41. | |
nation will be right behind the country and if we get off to a great | :13:42. | :13:46. | |
start it will build and mount as the competition goes forward. The | :13:47. | :13:51. | |
atmosphere is building. Everything is fantastic. The Brazilians tonight | :13:52. | :13:57. | |
are opening the tournament `nd they are very colourful. If we c`n | :13:58. | :14:01. | |
surprise a view and progress into the tournament you never know. We | :14:02. | :14:07. | |
may do better than everyone thinks. Who will win? Brazil! | :14:08. | :14:16. | |
The University of Warwick h`s been tasked with securing the future | :14:17. | :14:18. | |
The government is funding a project to save the seeds of rare and wild | :14:19. | :14:23. | |
The aim is to preserve DNA that could help solve | :14:24. | :14:27. | |
Our science correspondent, David Gregory`Kumar, spent the day | :14:28. | :14:29. | |
This is a great store of gi`nt `` genetic diversity we can usd to | :14:30. | :14:52. | |
breed into crop varieties in the future. If there is less water in | :14:53. | :14:59. | |
the future there might be useful drought resistant genes in ` wild | :15:00. | :15:03. | |
lettuce stored here. The sedd bank is a living thing and the sdeds need | :15:04. | :15:07. | |
to be regenerated and grown into plants from which new seed hs | :15:08. | :15:13. | |
gathered. Seed can only be stored for so long and in order to store in | :15:14. | :15:20. | |
long`term it needs to be tested for viability. Periodically, depending | :15:21. | :15:26. | |
on the crop type, crops are taken out and they will be regenerated. An | :15:27. | :15:31. | |
important part of this is these fellows. Maggots are import`nt | :15:32. | :15:37. | |
because some of the vegetables will need to be pollinated by flhes. Take | :15:38. | :15:41. | |
these and turn them into flhes and they do the hard work for you. | :15:42. | :15:47. | |
Carrots, and lettuce, turnips and more. These 14,000 seeds lock and | :15:48. | :15:53. | |
key are a vital insurance against all sorts of threats from drought to | :15:54. | :15:58. | |
pest and disease. If we didn't have this then you couldn't do that. | :15:59. | :16:04. | |
These are equally if not more important for future breeding | :16:05. | :16:07. | |
activities. They don't tastd as good? No. Some of our rarest | :16:08. | :16:14. | |
vegetables kept alive so th`t people in the UK can keep on eating our | :16:15. | :16:19. | |
greens. Our top story: The charity dedicated | :16:20. | :16:27. | |
to the memory of Harry Mosldy gives a children's cancer unit a 78 `` 70 | :16:28. | :16:33. | |
?8,000 boost. Woman`macro whll report from Herefordshire as | :16:34. | :16:38. | |
strawberry growers expect a bumper crop. | :16:39. | :16:47. | |
British strawberry growers predict a highly successful crop thanks to the | :16:48. | :16:54. | |
wet and mild winter. More than 51,000 tonnes of the fruit `re | :16:55. | :16:57. | |
expected to be picked at Brhtish farms this summer. We met a | :16:58. | :17:03. | |
strawberry grower from Herefordshire. | :17:04. | :17:08. | |
Looking for strawberries thhs summer than Herefordshire is your place. | :17:09. | :17:13. | |
Here they expect a bumper crop right before the kick `` picking. We have | :17:14. | :17:20. | |
just come out of the wettest winter for years and we have had a mild | :17:21. | :17:24. | |
swing `` spring with good lhght levels and we have been abld to | :17:25. | :17:29. | |
strike the strawberry crop three weeks earlier than normal. There | :17:30. | :17:33. | |
will be strawberries available for the next six months which is really | :17:34. | :17:39. | |
encouraging. The county produces 20% of this country is soft fruht and | :17:40. | :17:43. | |
this business is one of its biggest contributors with a turnover of 1000 | :17:44. | :17:48. | |
tonnes of strawberries annu`lly While the weather may have played | :17:49. | :17:54. | |
its part, it can often play havoc and without modern farming lethods, | :17:55. | :17:59. | |
there might not be a thriving soft fruit industry. Water is a big issue | :18:00. | :18:04. | |
and we have been able to save it in these structures and recycld it | :18:05. | :18:11. | |
These poly tunnels and tabld top planting systems have protected the | :18:12. | :18:17. | |
crops. Also investment in ndw varieties has meant it is now | :18:18. | :18:20. | |
available out of season but still bursting with flavour. Less need for | :18:21. | :18:26. | |
imports. When it comes to plant breeding, this succulent and scented | :18:27. | :18:33. | |
fruit is judged on shape, shze, and aroma. This one is the queen of the | :18:34. | :18:42. | |
crop and is a perfect heart`shaped. It is naturally sweet and h`s a | :18:43. | :18:48. | |
distinctive and fresh aroma. And... It is so tasty. But it is also | :18:49. | :18:56. | |
valuable to the local and n`tional economy. Horticulture in thhs region | :18:57. | :19:03. | |
uses 3% of land to produce one fifth of the region 's agricultur`l output | :19:04. | :19:12. | |
of which 110,000 tonnes is fruit and 870,000 tonnes of vegetables. | :19:13. | :19:18. | |
British very sales alone have doubled in the past decade. That is | :19:19. | :19:28. | |
why this gem is a nation 's little treasure, perhaps. | :19:29. | :19:31. | |
Sutton Coldfield has this evening become only the fourth town | :19:32. | :19:33. | |
in the country to be bestowdd with an official "Royal" title. | :19:34. | :19:36. | |
Royal Sutton Coldfield is the region's second "royal" town. | :19:37. | :19:38. | |
Royal Leamington Spa was gr`nted the patronage in 1838 by Queen Victoria. | :19:39. | :19:41. | |
The announcement has just been made at Westminster. | :19:42. | :19:54. | |
We wish to reassert something we claim never to have lost and which | :19:55. | :20:01. | |
we have enjoyed down the centuries. That the Royal town of Sutton | :20:02. | :20:05. | |
Coldfield bears this title hn perpetuity as clearly documdnted | :20:06. | :20:09. | |
throughout our history. An historic moment. Kath, dhdn't the | :20:10. | :20:16. | |
town already have a royal town of some sort? | :20:17. | :20:23. | |
Well, it is Royal already. Henry VIII was the one who granted its | :20:24. | :20:28. | |
Royal Charter. It has been largely forgotten no particularly as it has | :20:29. | :20:33. | |
become part of Birmingham. Two years ago, the local paper launchdd a | :20:34. | :20:37. | |
campaign to end this confushon once and for all and this afternoon they | :20:38. | :20:41. | |
were busy putting together tomorrow's triumphant front`page. It | :20:42. | :20:47. | |
will now be known as the Roxal Sutton Coldfield Observer. We asked | :20:48. | :20:54. | |
people to prove that Sutton Coldfield is Royal and we got an | :20:55. | :20:59. | |
avalanche of people sending in information about family hehrlooms | :21:00. | :21:03. | |
and keepsakes and evidence of the Royal past of the town. Well, with | :21:04. | :21:11. | |
me is Elizabeth Allison, thd chairman of the local civic society. | :21:12. | :21:17. | |
Welcome to Royal Sutton Coldfield. How does that sound? It is great | :21:18. | :21:22. | |
news and so many people herd will be delighted to it. May I pay tribute | :21:23. | :21:28. | |
to the people who put in so much effort to achieve this end `nd not | :21:29. | :21:33. | |
least our MP, Andrew Mitchell, and Marion Baxter who collated `ll the | :21:34. | :21:38. | |
evidence and took it to London to present it. Why does it matter? It | :21:39. | :21:44. | |
is certainly not snobbery btt people just believed it was their right as | :21:45. | :21:51. | |
it was granted in the 16th century. It had been preserved in melory over | :21:52. | :21:56. | |
the years. The civic societx played a small part in restoring the Royal | :21:57. | :22:03. | |
town signs on certain occashons It is based on what people truly | :22:04. | :22:09. | |
believed they were entitled to. A lot of support? Yes, a very popular | :22:10. | :22:16. | |
campaign here. Thank you. All Royal Sutton Coldfield needs now hs a | :22:17. | :22:20. | |
Royal visit and I imagine a letter is winging its way to the P`lace as | :22:21. | :22:28. | |
we speak. Jeremy Houghton is an artist with a | :22:29. | :22:34. | |
royal seal of approval. He hs now painting at Windsor Castle for the | :22:35. | :22:39. | |
Queen but it is his links whth rural life in the Cotswolds which led him | :22:40. | :22:43. | |
to explore the role of horsds in World War I. | :22:44. | :22:52. | |
Horses have always played a role in Jeremy Houghton's life. Frol a boy | :22:53. | :22:57. | |
growing up in Broadway to an artist who paints them today. But ht was | :22:58. | :23:02. | |
his grandfather's photo collection that inspired his latest exhibition | :23:03. | :23:06. | |
from the meadows of the Cotswolds to the fields of the Somme. It was a | :23:07. | :23:12. | |
rule, equestrian village and horses were part of its way of lifd. They | :23:13. | :23:19. | |
help recreate the story. It is a vivid relevant photo. Insidd this | :23:20. | :23:28. | |
gallery of Broadway, the role of horses through the war is told | :23:29. | :23:31. | |
through paintings. They looked like photo negatives. With this | :23:32. | :23:37. | |
exhibition I have tried to still `` tell the story of life before, | :23:38. | :23:43. | |
during and after the war. Prewar you have scenes like this. Yes, it is an | :23:44. | :23:49. | |
important part of the narrative of the exhibition. You didn't have a | :23:50. | :23:57. | |
say in the matter as horses were owned by the state. 1.2 million | :23:58. | :24:04. | |
horses were used in the war, transporting artillery and len. Many | :24:05. | :24:09. | |
started life in rural places. This could be a farming lead with horses | :24:10. | :24:15. | |
who was ploughing the fields and then, because of the circumstances, | :24:16. | :24:20. | |
they find themselves in the middle of the Somme stuck in the mod `` | :24:21. | :24:26. | |
mode with bombs going around them. A really gritty, dark side to what was | :24:27. | :24:33. | |
quite a miserable war. Todax, Jeremy shows hp through paintings of races, | :24:34. | :24:39. | |
hunting and parades. 100 ye`rs ago, the same horsepower was being used | :24:40. | :24:41. | |
in the war effort. It has been perfect weather to ripen | :24:42. | :24:54. | |
strawberries. Any chance it will stay that way? Not as high `s it was | :24:55. | :25:03. | |
a couple of days ago, Mary. Turning cloudier over the weekend btt | :25:04. | :25:13. | |
otherwise pleasant. However, the pollen level is rocketing at the | :25:14. | :25:17. | |
moment as the temperature rhses by a couple of degrees by tomorrow. As | :25:18. | :25:23. | |
the high`pressure pulls awax to the Atlantic it allows a frontal system | :25:24. | :25:30. | |
to push down from the North. This is what could produce the odd spot of | :25:31. | :25:37. | |
rain. Nothing major. This evening and tonight, plenty of late sunshine | :25:38. | :25:41. | |
and clearer skies as we head into the night. Cloud flitting in and out | :25:42. | :25:46. | |
but it is dry and warm. Starting off with clear skids | :25:47. | :26:04. | |
tomorrow morning so bags of sunshine. Through the day the cloud | :26:05. | :26:09. | |
will start to thicken. The best part of the day is the morning, like | :26:10. | :26:22. | |
today. Very nice temperaturds indeed! The cloud will edge in | :26:23. | :26:27. | |
through the evening tomorrow and perhaps in the afternoon. | :26:28. | :26:37. | |
That brings in a clutch of showers but they will be very light. Towards | :26:38. | :26:44. | |
the tail end of tomorrow night it will be drier. Again, very warm To | :26:45. | :26:53. | |
the weekend and it will be largely cloudy for Saturday. The odd spot of | :26:54. | :27:01. | |
rain but temperatures not that high because of the cloud. Simil`r values | :27:02. | :27:05. | |
on Sunday but there should be more sunshine then. | :27:06. | :27:10. | |
The headlines, Iraqi forces launch air strikes against Islamist | :27:11. | :27:18. | |
militants advancing on Baghdad. And the charity dedicated to thd memory | :27:19. | :27:23. | |
of Harry Mosley gives a children's cancer unit a ?78,000 boost. | :27:24. | :27:28. | |
The first elephant born at Westminster Midlands Safari Park has | :27:29. | :27:33. | |
been named in honour of Cancer fundraiser Stephen Sutton. Stephen | :27:34. | :27:39. | |
or Sutton were frontrunners in a competition to name the elephant. | :27:40. | :27:43. | |
Stephen died last month and raised more than ?4 million. We hope you | :27:44. | :27:45. | |
can join us later. | :27:46. | :27:48. |