:00:08. > :00:10.Good evening. An area of the Midlands once plagued by metal
:00:11. > :00:13.theft has seen the biggest drop in the crime anywhere in the country.
:00:14. > :00:19.Last year the Sandwell area saw a 76% fall in the theft of metal.
:00:20. > :00:24.With all this metal around, it's easy to see why this company
:00:25. > :00:27.in Bilston was a prime target for thieves.
:00:28. > :00:30.In 2011, a break`in cost the business tens
:00:31. > :00:33.of thousands of pounds, but since laws have been tightened
:00:34. > :00:44.on the sale of scrap metal, things have significantly improved.
:00:45. > :00:49.The theft has been reduced quite dramatically really.
:00:50. > :00:52.We haven't seen any major events where we've been targeted
:00:53. > :00:58.by anybody. I've seen no activity.
:00:59. > :01:04.Major changes to the law, including the banning of cash payments and
:01:05. > :01:06.proof of the seller's identity, mean thefts have dropped dramatically
:01:07. > :01:08.across the West Midlands, with Sandwell seeing incidents fall last
:01:09. > :01:11.year by more than three`quarters, the best anywhere in the country.
:01:12. > :01:14.You'd be surprised how many people are happy to go into a scrapyard
:01:15. > :01:17.and give their photographic identification and try to sell them
:01:18. > :01:23.stolen metal, thinking they will never get caught.
:01:24. > :01:27.We are catching these criminals and prosecuting them.
:01:28. > :01:30.At this scrap metal business in Dudley, the new law means things
:01:31. > :01:33.Until just two years ago, this is how customers used to get paid.
:01:34. > :01:37.Money was put in here, it was sent through these tubes and they
:01:38. > :01:42.But due to the changes in law, everything is now done by computer,
:01:43. > :01:45.In fact, this system has become so successful,
:01:46. > :01:58.It really changes us and puts us, we are not a backward industry.
:01:59. > :02:01.We feel we have really come to the forefront of modern business.
:02:02. > :02:04.Police say they'll continue to work closely with the scrap metal trade
:02:05. > :02:07.and any firm found flouting the new law will risk losing
:02:08. > :02:12.The Birmingham teenager and education campaigner
:02:13. > :02:14.Malala Yousafzai is in Nigeria to meet the families of
:02:15. > :02:19.Malala was shot in the head by the Taliban
:02:20. > :02:25.After being treated in Birmingham, she became a campaigner
:02:26. > :02:30.It's three months since the Nigerian girls were abducted by the militant
:02:31. > :02:36.A third person's been charged with the murder of a 28`year`old man
:02:37. > :02:41.Father of four Ikram Khan was stabbed
:02:42. > :02:44.in the neck during a disturbance on Stratford Road in Sparkbrook.
:02:45. > :02:49.The man, who's 25, is due in court tomorrow.
:02:50. > :02:52.A thousand Morgan car owners descended on the company's factory
:02:53. > :02:55.in Worcestershire today to celebrate the 100th year of production there.
:02:56. > :02:58.The firm claims to be the world's oldest privately`owned
:02:59. > :03:02.car manufacturer. Joanne Writtle reports.
:03:03. > :03:05.Deep in the Malvern Hills, the 180 people who work
:03:06. > :03:09.for the Morgan Motor Company enjoy a picturesque journey to work.
:03:10. > :03:12.Today was a celebration of the century the factory's been
:03:13. > :03:17.in this setting, with a car for every year of production on show.
:03:18. > :03:19.She was registered in September 1914.
:03:20. > :03:21.She's only got two gears, no reverse.
:03:22. > :03:25.If you see someone's driveway which goes uphill, then you just
:03:26. > :03:28.ease up it and float back. Fantastic.
:03:29. > :03:36.Roger Orford bought his 1925 Morgan for ?25.
:03:37. > :03:40.I used to drive it from home in Stourbridge, the town I lived in, to
:03:41. > :03:44.the technical college when I was 16 with another schoolmate in the front
:03:45. > :03:49.and if we were lucky we would bring two girls back from school at night.
:03:50. > :03:52.Over the years, the cars have developed, although
:03:53. > :03:58.And this is the latest model, a centenary special edition,
:03:59. > :04:05.Only 60 have been built and they cost ?70,000.
:04:06. > :04:09.The Morgan's been part of hill climb competitions and a firm favourite
:04:10. > :04:14.Jill Price's grandfather Harry made the first Morgan
:04:15. > :04:18.for the simple reason that he was fed up of cycling to work.
:04:19. > :04:22.He made this little three`wheeler runabout and
:04:23. > :04:28.his sister Dot liked it so much, she thought, "Could you make me one?"
:04:29. > :04:34.So he made her one and then he started production after that.
:04:35. > :04:38.Little did Harry Morgan know that years later, so many enthusiasts
:04:39. > :04:46.would descend on his factory to celebrate what he started.
:04:47. > :04:49.The Wolverhampton speedway star Tai Woofinden finished second in
:04:50. > :04:53.last night's British Grand Prix as he bids to retain his world title.
:04:54. > :04:56.Woofinden, wearing the white helmet, was beaten by American rider
:04:57. > :04:59.Greg Hancock in the final race in Cardiff.
:05:00. > :05:02.But after scoring more points on the night,
:05:03. > :05:07.Woofinden now leads the overall standings with five meetings to go.
:05:08. > :05:14.Time for the weather now. Here's Sara Blizzard.
:05:15. > :05:19.We will be holding on to the drier weather as we head through the
:05:20. > :05:24.evening. Clearer skies coming in overnight. There could be a little
:05:25. > :05:27.mist in the early hours but it will be a much fresher and night, not the
:05:28. > :05:36.community we experienced last night, a minimum of ten Celsius `` not
:05:37. > :05:39.disunity. Tomorrow morning there will be brightness then cloud
:05:40. > :05:43.increasing in the afternoon and a weather front moving in. It will
:05:44. > :05:48.produce some patchy light rain around tea`time but it will still be
:05:49. > :05:53.a warm day tomorrow, temperatures reaching a maximum of 22. We have a
:05:54. > :05:57.good deal of dry weather in the middle part of the week but it will
:05:58. > :06:08.gradually turn humid again and it will feel very hot by Thursday.
:06:09. > :06:15.Hello, most places are enjoying a fine end to the weekend with some
:06:16. > :06:19.sunshine. You might be firing up the barbecue ahead of the World Cup
:06:20. > :06:22.final but we have seen torrential storms in East Anglia and they still
:06:23. > :06:28.have showers. They will ease but showers in Eastern Scott and into
:06:29. > :06:33.eastern England. Elsewhere, it is dry and clear and misty and places,
:06:34. > :06:41.and cooler, sunspots in single figures. -- some areas. 20 of
:06:42. > :06:45.sunshine first thing but the weather will change from the West. Northern
:06:46. > :06:49.Ireland is first to get rain in the morning and that will head into
:06:50. > :06:54.western Scotland, quite heavy and reaching parts of western England
:06:55. > :06:57.and Wales in the afternoon. In the East, not much. Cloud will build
:06:58. > :07:04.across central and eastern Scotland but they -- but there will still be
:07:05. > :07:07.sunny spells and it will feel warm. Northern Ireland, temperatures held
:07:08. > :07:13.down by rain but it will ease by the evening but it will still be wet in
:07:14. > :07:15.western Scotland and some of that rain will head East later in the
:07:16. > :07:17.day. Wettest in Scotland in the