:00:11. > :00:11.Good evening. Back to you.
:00:12. > :00:14.The Shadow Housing Minister and Wolverhampton MP Emma Reynolds
:00:15. > :00:17.says the country is in a housing crisis with just half the
:00:18. > :00:21.But the Government says house building is at its highest level
:00:22. > :00:23.since 2007, with more investment in affordable homes.
:00:24. > :00:30.Lizz Wright plays house with her young daughter.
:00:31. > :00:39.Affording a real home is something of a fairytale.
:00:40. > :00:51.We saved as much as possible. But didn't get anywhere. We were moving
:00:52. > :00:59.at a snail's pace. So Liz and her family have given up
:01:00. > :01:02.renting and moved back home with her parents in Birmingham to save
:01:03. > :01:04.for a deposit. Liz wants to live here in the
:01:05. > :01:07.Kings Heath area of Birmingham, where a three bedroom house can
:01:08. > :01:10.cost up to ?250,000. Getting
:01:11. > :01:11.on the property ladder isn't cheap. In recent years house prices in the
:01:12. > :01:14.West Midlands have risen by 56%. According to the
:01:15. > :01:16.National Housing Federation, the average deposit needed is
:01:17. > :01:18.?35,000, with the average house Speaking on the Sunday Politics,
:01:19. > :01:22.the shadow housing minister said the country was in the midst
:01:23. > :01:40.of a housing crisis. We're not building half of what we
:01:41. > :01:47.need. This government has presided over the lowest building since the
:01:48. > :01:49.1920s. Builders are operating flat out.
:01:50. > :01:52.The building of new homes and estates is often proving to be
:01:53. > :01:55.For the Wright family, the drive for more affordable homes
:01:56. > :02:00.A man died in a crash which closed part of the M6 motorway
:02:01. > :02:04.The accident, involving a car and a lorry, happened just before 5am.
:02:05. > :02:06.The dead man was a passenger in the car.
:02:07. > :02:08.The drivers of both vehicles received hospital treatment
:02:09. > :02:18.68 years ago today the very first tractor rolled off the production
:02:19. > :02:20.line at Massey Ferguson's Banner Lane factory in Coventry.
:02:21. > :02:23.The plant went on to produce nearly three and a half million tractors,
:02:24. > :02:26.but until today there were no signs it ever existed.
:02:27. > :02:37.Today was about remembering what was once one of the Midlands if not UK's
:02:38. > :02:43.important factories ` Massey Ferguson's Banner Lane.
:02:44. > :02:46.On this day in 1946 the first little grey Fergie or T20
:02:47. > :02:51.It was all made possible by this man, Harry Ferguson,
:02:52. > :03:12.It signifies brilliant engineering. It all happened here in Coventry.
:03:13. > :03:14.The administration headquarters were raised to the ground two years ago `
:03:15. > :03:17.removing all traces of what was the western world's
:03:18. > :03:20.It's hard to imagine that at one time nearly 10,000 people
:03:21. > :03:22.worked here, producing up to 100,000 tractors every year.
:03:23. > :03:24.Ted Everett was an official photographer for
:03:25. > :03:27.Massey's, starting there in 1952, and behind him the last tractor to
:03:28. > :03:53.Sometimes when I did visits... The full stint of walking was under
:03:54. > :03:56.three miles. I was always smiling. Terrific.
:03:57. > :03:59.These days Massey's is owned by AGCO ` an American firm who shifted
:04:00. > :04:01.production to France, although they do still employ 500
:04:02. > :04:08.Tennis, and Halesowen's Jordanne Whiley has
:04:09. > :04:11.The 22`year`old partnered Yui Kamiji, from Japan,
:04:12. > :04:14.to victory in the Wheelchair Women's Doubles final, beating their Dutch
:04:15. > :04:18.It's their third Grand Slam victory this year after the Australian
:04:19. > :04:33.Let's get the weather forecast now, from Charlie Slater.
:04:34. > :04:54.Largely clear. Still a few showers. Because of the clear skies,
:04:55. > :05:00.temperatures are falling. Lots of dry weather. Sunshine and showers
:05:01. > :05:11.continue. Hello. We are going to carry the
:05:12. > :05:12.weekend weather into the first part of