:00:00. > :00:17.creating one of the biggest medical complexes in the country.
:00:18. > :00:20.In this environment is important to make every penny counts.
:00:21. > :00:23.We'll find out what this hospital in Birmingham could mean
:00:24. > :00:25.for the healthcare of families throughout the region.
:00:26. > :00:29.Destroyed by arsonists ` an historic home of the Cadbury
:00:30. > :00:33.A warning to pilgrims heading for Mecca ` after a rise in prosecutions
:00:34. > :00:44.This is a once`in`a`lifetime opportunity and they have been
:00:45. > :00:44.duped, those are the most heartbreaking cases.
:00:45. > :00:46.What does ?600 million worth of building look like?
:00:47. > :00:49.We go behind the scenes at New Street Station, ready for
:00:50. > :00:54.And as we say goodbye to a hot and sunny July,
:00:55. > :01:07.I'll have all the details in the forecast later.
:01:08. > :01:11.The Midlands could get a new children's hospital to rival
:01:12. > :01:17.It would run alongside the huge Queen Elizabeth Hospital
:01:18. > :01:19.in Birmingham, creating one of the biggest medial
:01:20. > :01:25.The cost would be more than ?400 million, but parents at the existing
:01:26. > :01:29.children's hospital, built more than 150 years ago, said today that it
:01:30. > :01:36.Here's our health correspondent Michele Paduano.
:01:37. > :01:38.Archie is six months old and has never left hospital.
:01:39. > :01:42.The Children's Hospital is a world centre of excellence
:01:43. > :01:45.for heart conditions like his and he needed an operation.
:01:46. > :01:47.But when he was born at the Women's Hospital,
:01:48. > :01:55.Alfie was moved and Emma didn't see him before
:01:56. > :02:05.I couldn't stop crying because I didn't get to see him. It was really
:02:06. > :02:06.scary, the thought that anything could happen.
:02:07. > :02:08.Moving sick, young children is far from ideal.
:02:09. > :02:12.Now the radical decision by both trusts is to merge by 2017 and
:02:13. > :02:21.create a brand new joint hospital by 2022 at a cost of ?430m.
:02:22. > :02:26.Both of the boards are committed to doing everything to make this
:02:27. > :02:29.happen. In order to make this hospital happen we need to come
:02:30. > :02:33.together as boards and create one single organisation. Clearly, that
:02:34. > :02:42.has to happen by the time the hospital opens in 2022.
:02:43. > :02:46.This building is not right for modern medicine, but the site is in
:02:47. > :02:48.the heart of the city, so by selling it they can raise some of the cash
:02:49. > :02:49.needed for the new hospital. Elsie May Goody was born at 24
:02:50. > :02:52.weeks on the edge of survival. Now 33 weeks old,
:02:53. > :02:55.she weighs just 3lbs 5oz. Twice she has had to be sent to
:02:56. > :03:05.the children's hospital It would be better because then LC
:03:06. > :03:08.would not have to go to and from first surgery, she would be in the
:03:09. > :03:08.same place, so it is easier for her.
:03:09. > :03:10.The new women's hospital will be built here.
:03:11. > :03:13.It's not known if this site belonging to the university could
:03:14. > :03:17.But a merger offers many cost savings and tough financial
:03:18. > :03:27.Especially for small babies and girls that are reaching adolescence,
:03:28. > :03:31.we are sharing patient anyway, so there is a lot we already have in
:03:32. > :03:33.common and we can build on that. The relations between the different
:03:34. > :03:34.clinical communities are already strong.
:03:35. > :03:36.But the biggest winners will be the babies and children, Michele
:03:37. > :03:54.This is early stages, will this new hospital become reality?
:03:55. > :03:58.Has been talk for 20 years. In 2011 there were moves, but then the
:03:59. > :04:02.chairman and chief executives resigned, partly over this issue. So
:04:03. > :04:06.it has been moving forward very slowly. Because of the financial
:04:07. > :04:11.situation, both hospitals now they cannot get themselves a new hospital
:04:12. > :04:13.without doing this. All the savings that can be made from joining
:04:14. > :04:18.together their backroom functions mean that as one director said to
:04:19. > :04:24.me, this is a no`brainer. It really should happen.
:04:25. > :04:26.What difference would it make to the healthier families across the West
:04:27. > :04:29.Midlands? It would be better for the children
:04:30. > :04:34.and appearance, and it would be better for the doctors who to travel
:04:35. > :04:37.between the various sites. At one of the big things that is going on here
:04:38. > :04:42.is that they are concentrating all this in one site, with the
:04:43. > :04:45.university, and are hoping to create a research centre and the centre of
:04:46. > :04:46.excellence to rival anywhere in the world.
:04:47. > :04:49.You're with Midlands Today, good to have you with us.
:04:50. > :05:03.The harvest is ahead of schedule, but farmers see that rules from the
:05:04. > :05:05.EU could reduce the amount of food they can produce in the future. Join
:05:06. > :05:06.me to find out why. An historic home of the Cadbury
:05:07. > :05:09.family in Birmingham has been A member
:05:10. > :05:12.of the chocolate`making family said today he was shocked and saddened,
:05:13. > :05:16.and it was a loss to the community. Up to 100 firefighters tackled
:05:17. > :05:18.the blaze Our reporter Ben Sidwell
:05:19. > :05:24.joins us now from the scene. Ben, what kind of state has
:05:25. > :05:35.the house been left in? As you can probably see, it is in
:05:36. > :05:40.appalling state. The building, which has stood for 200 years, is most
:05:41. > :05:45.completely destroyed, in just a few hours. That's how severe this fire
:05:46. > :05:49.was. People around here in the whole community are now asking, can this
:05:50. > :05:55.piece of the city's history we saved?
:05:56. > :05:57.Going up in flames, part of Birmingham's heritage.
:05:58. > :06:00.Northfield Manor was once the grand home of the Cadbury family.
:06:01. > :06:06.This morning is was little more than a smouldering shell.
:06:07. > :06:12.Real sadness, this is part of the area's Heritage. The important thing
:06:13. > :06:17.is to retain the building if at all possible.
:06:18. > :06:18.From above, the damage is even clearer.
:06:19. > :06:20.The fire destroying almost all of the house.
:06:21. > :06:24.It was the second time in 24 hours that West Midlands Fire Service had
:06:25. > :06:32.We know that children have been using the site and were chased off,
:06:33. > :06:37.and we know that Cruise in previous evenings have seen children here.
:06:38. > :06:39.Putting that jigsaw together, we are going along the lines of arson, but
:06:40. > :06:46.the investigation is ongoing. For members of the Cadbury family,
:06:47. > :06:49.who used to live at Northfield Manor, shock at the fire and concern
:06:50. > :06:57.for the local community. The sad thing of someone committing
:06:58. > :07:01.permeates into the lives of so many permeates into the lives of so many
:07:02. > :07:04.other people who have very strong and very happy memories, one hopes,
:07:05. > :07:09.and it is a direct attack on their memory. They are the people I feel
:07:10. > :07:12.sorry for, more than our own family.
:07:13. > :07:14.Since 1953 it's been owned by the University of Birmingham
:07:15. > :07:20.and used as halls of residence, but in 2007 it was boarded up.
:07:21. > :07:26.We did boarded`up. We have had long`term plans to develop it, so
:07:27. > :07:31.pathetically, and have plans to make it into flats.
:07:32. > :07:34.The question now is, simply, has Northfield Manor been too badly
:07:35. > :07:40.So Ben, what happens now ` what's the building's future?
:07:41. > :07:47.The future of the building is very unclear. As you can see, the roof
:07:48. > :07:50.has gone, many of the chimney stacks could be dangerous, many of the
:07:51. > :07:55.roofs and the floors have fallen through. They have to see how safe
:07:56. > :07:58.structurally this building is. That'll be the decision as to
:07:59. > :08:03.whether this is kept or not. There were plans going into Brogan City
:08:04. > :08:11.Council into a committee next month `` Birmingham City Council next
:08:12. > :08:15.month, to turn this building into flats. At the moment they do not
:08:16. > :08:19.know what is happening because of the state of the building. The
:08:20. > :08:22.building will first be made more safe, and then people can go inside
:08:23. > :08:27.and assess the damage. The Fire Brigade have said there are lots of
:08:28. > :08:31.loose timbers and loose slates, and some of the chimney stacks are
:08:32. > :08:34.incredibly dangerous. Anyone thinking of coming to have a look
:08:35. > :08:36.around, the advice is to keep away because this is a dangerous building
:08:37. > :08:40.with an uncertain future. The Home Secretary Teresa May was
:08:41. > :08:43.in Birmingham this morning to support the Conservative candidate
:08:44. > :08:47.in the upcoming election for the West Midlands Police
:08:48. > :08:49.and Crime Commissioner. Councillor Les Jones says
:08:50. > :08:52.if he wins, he'll free the police to fight crime
:08:53. > :09:04.and insist on tougher sentences. There is a perception among the
:09:05. > :09:08.public that police arrest criminals and give them a slap on the wrist
:09:09. > :09:12.and let them go. I want to make sure we're doing right by the people,
:09:13. > :09:15.where criminals should be prosecuted, we take every step
:09:16. > :09:21.possible to make sure they are prosecuted.
:09:22. > :09:24.The death of a woman in custody is to be investigated.
:09:25. > :09:26.30`year`old Sharmila Ullah was found dead in a cell at Bloxwich
:09:27. > :09:30.She'd been in hospital overnight, but had been assessed
:09:31. > :09:33.as being fit enough to be returned to custody the morning she died.
:09:34. > :09:35.The privately run Oakwood prison near Wolverhampton is one
:09:36. > :09:37.of two West Midlands jails whose performance has been described
:09:38. > :09:42.The annual rating is the worst that can be given
:09:43. > :09:47.Brinsford Young Offenders Institution
:09:48. > :09:51.in Wolverhampton has also been ranked in the lowest category.
:09:52. > :09:53.Figures given to the BBC reveal a rise in prosecutions
:09:54. > :09:58.for mis`selling packages to pilgrims heading to Mecca.
:09:59. > :10:00.Trading Standards Officers are warning travellers to be careful
:10:01. > :10:06.The warning comes as many Muslims start organising their journey to
:10:07. > :10:09.Saudi Arabia to take part in the annual Hajj pilgrimage.
:10:10. > :10:16.It was supposed the trip of a lifetime, and they'd saved
:10:17. > :10:19.for three years to afford it, but when Makhdoom Chishti and his wife
:10:20. > :10:30.Tahseen booked a pilgrimage to Mecca it was nothing like he'd imagined.
:10:31. > :10:42.It was chaos. We were not put in the same room, we were not looked after
:10:43. > :10:47.properly. I had to share my bed with a man, it was a double bed, and that
:10:48. > :10:48.was ridiculous. I had to sleep on the floor.
:10:49. > :10:51.Makhdoom had to fork out an extra ?300 to get a room with
:10:52. > :10:55.his wife and when he complained to the travel agent he was told because
:10:56. > :10:58.he was on a spiritual pilgrimage it was wrong of him to get upset.
:10:59. > :11:08.Millions of Muslims from across the world make the trip to Mecca every
:11:09. > :11:12.year, and many of them are now being targeted by rogue travel agents:
:11:13. > :11:17.There was just one prosecution back in 2012 which was the first
:11:18. > :11:26.By the end of the reporting period in 2014
:11:27. > :11:29.there'd been five convictions, with eight more awaiting court dates
:11:30. > :11:31.And at the moment trading standards are already dealing with
:11:32. > :11:36.a further 14 cases brought to them in the last few months.
:11:37. > :11:42.We think this is underreported. As soon as we proactively went out and
:11:43. > :11:43.looked for problems, we found problems.
:11:44. > :11:46.This midlands MP is calling for more to done to try
:11:47. > :11:56.We need to create greater awareness about the rules that apply to
:11:57. > :12:00.booking these packages. There are protections in law which are strong
:12:01. > :12:16.enough, it is just that people are not aware of them. Not everyone has
:12:17. > :12:20.a bad experience. I have just come back, and I had a
:12:21. > :12:23.good experience. If you go with people who are not
:12:24. > :12:24.registered, this is where the problem comes.
:12:25. > :12:27.Makhdoom and Tahseen are hope that by speaking out more people will.
:12:28. > :12:31.Makhdoom and Tahseen want to go back to Mecca one day if they can afford,
:12:32. > :12:36.but say they'll be much more careful booking the trip next time round.
:12:37. > :12:40.A world first ` a joint women's and children's hosptial,
:12:41. > :12:47.creating one of the biggest medical complexes in the country.
:12:48. > :12:59.Your weather forecast to come, also, more medals from the Commonwealth
:13:00. > :13:03.Games. And the Spitfire pilot turned photojournalist after stealing a
:13:04. > :13:04.camera from the German force, capturing everything from the
:13:05. > :13:14.battlefields to the Beatles. Birmingham's revamped
:13:15. > :13:16.New Street Station will be completed by September next year `
:13:17. > :13:20.according to Network Rail. The huge project includes
:13:21. > :13:23.a shopping centre and is costing Our transport correspondent,
:13:24. > :13:26.Peter Plisner has been checking No modern building, it seems,
:13:27. > :13:39.is complete without one, but the framework that makes up New
:13:40. > :13:42.Street Station atrium is certainly It's a bit like Meccano but
:13:43. > :13:54.on a much larger scale. Soon they will be demolishing this
:13:55. > :13:56.floor below me to bring daylight onto the Concourse station.
:13:57. > :13:58.And for contractors like Peter Creswell, the task
:13:59. > :14:04.of putting on the roof comes with the benefit of stunning views.
:14:05. > :14:11.This is great, this is why we do the job! We get to see things that
:14:12. > :14:15.people don't get to see, we get to see the beautiful buildings from a
:14:16. > :14:17.different angle. Birmingham, London, I've done most of them, really.
:14:18. > :14:20.When it's all finished in September next year the atrium will become
:14:21. > :14:22.a focal point of the new station and the Grand
:14:23. > :14:34.There will be a wow factor. The space you can see here is the size
:14:35. > :14:37.of Wembley football pitch. It will be exciting for Birmingham, and when
:14:38. > :14:39.we open up the retail, it will be an exciting venture for the people of
:14:40. > :14:40.Birmingham. And this time`lapse film
:14:41. > :14:42.shows something others are This is the construction
:14:43. > :14:45.of the new quarter of It'll promises be the company's
:14:46. > :14:49.largest store outside London and it In addition to John Lewis, other big
:14:50. > :14:57.names have signed up to Grand Central including The White
:14:58. > :14:59.Company, Joules, Cath Kidson, But does Birmingham need another big
:15:00. > :15:13.shopping centre? We have some fantastic shops, but
:15:14. > :15:18.this will be the final piece in the jigsaw. There are lots of people who
:15:19. > :15:20.live in the West Midlands who do not shop in Birmingham because they
:15:21. > :15:23.further afield. This gives us an opportunity to make the city the
:15:24. > :15:25.place everyone comes to the go shopping.
:15:26. > :15:29.And with just over a year to go there's still a lot of work still to
:15:30. > :15:36.do if the station and Grand Central are to arrive on time.
:15:37. > :15:38.In farms across the region, the harvest is now underway
:15:39. > :15:44.But some farmers say because so many chemical sprays have now been banned
:15:45. > :15:47.or restricted by the EU, it's making their job much harder, resulting
:15:48. > :15:52.Our rural affairs correspondent David Gregory`Kumar is on a farm
:15:53. > :16:04.David, how is the harvest going so far?
:16:05. > :16:09.Despite the odd shower it is going well. This was a field of wheat just
:16:10. > :16:13.an hour ago, but now it is safely gathered in. Across the Midlands,
:16:14. > :16:18.everything is pretty much ahead of schedule. But they are also saying
:16:19. > :16:19.that there are problems with EU rules banning many of the chemicals
:16:20. > :16:24.they rely on to grow these crops. From barley for beer in
:16:25. > :16:26.Overbury Gloucestershire through to wheat for supermarket loaves
:16:27. > :16:30.in Tamworth in Staffordshire. The hope was this year might be
:16:31. > :16:42.a bumper year. One of the biggest factors affecting
:16:43. > :16:46.yield is sunshine. If you look back to 2012 we can see all the grey
:16:47. > :16:50.areas of below average sunshine. As we move forward we can see that the
:16:51. > :16:51.month of June becomes more sunny and the hope was that would mean better
:16:52. > :16:57.yields. But it seems the extra sunshine
:16:58. > :17:10.hasn't been enough to increase Are mild and wet winter could have
:17:11. > :17:13.damaged the roots. The crop will be more well rounded than last year,
:17:14. > :17:16.but perhaps not as high as some people initially thought.
:17:17. > :17:19.And tackling disease is something farmers say is now harder, because
:17:20. > :17:22.the EU is banning or restricting the use of a number of pesticides,
:17:23. > :17:31.Will have fewer products, so resistance in the crop will build
:17:32. > :17:35.up, and that is not good. Harvest 2014 won't be the bumper
:17:36. > :17:39.crop farmers hoped for a month ago. But with fewer sprays available it
:17:40. > :17:42.might be the best we can do So why is the EU banning
:17:43. > :17:54.so many agricultural chemicals? Has been a shift in how they think
:17:55. > :17:59.about these chemicals. The knock`on effect is they are more risk averse
:18:00. > :18:03.and they are restricting the use of some of them are banning them a
:18:04. > :18:07.great. It is not just wheat, it is chemicals used on things like
:18:08. > :18:11.apples. It is having a big impact on our reformers, and the fear that
:18:12. > :18:16.some pests will become resistant to the fewer number of chemicals that
:18:17. > :18:20.are still in use. We wanted to doctor the EU and called them
:18:21. > :18:23.yesterday and today and you know them several times, but they have
:18:24. > :18:24.and unable to put someone forward to discuss the issue.
:18:25. > :18:27.After weeks of sun, there's a change in the weather ` how's that
:18:28. > :18:38.It is a bit of a gamble. You could do what this farmer did and just
:18:39. > :18:42.gather everything in. The yields might be lower, but it is money in
:18:43. > :18:48.the bank as you have those grains and cereals inside the barn. Some
:18:49. > :18:51.others are leaving things longer in the fields and taking a gamble on
:18:52. > :18:52.the weather and that could mean higher yields. That something
:18:53. > :18:56.farmers have to consider. Sport, the Midlands has won two
:18:57. > :18:59.bronze medals at the And cricketer Moeen Ali has
:19:00. > :19:02.also been making headlines. A remarkable bowling
:19:03. > :19:08.performance today. Worcestershire's Moeen Ali took six
:19:09. > :19:11.wickets as England beat India Ali, who is mainly in the side
:19:12. > :19:18.as a batsman, wrapped up victory He finished with figures of 6
:19:19. > :19:23.for 47 as England won The five match series is now level
:19:24. > :19:30.at 1`all with two matches to play. The Midlands have won two more
:19:31. > :19:34.bronze medals at the Para lawn Bowls Birmingham's Bob Love showed great
:19:35. > :19:44.skill bowling with his feet and Paul Brown of Ross`On`Wye Bowling
:19:45. > :19:49.Club helped England to beat Scotland in the bronze medal match with
:19:50. > :19:59.his last bowl of the match. The England netball team will take
:20:00. > :20:01.on the defending champions New Zealand
:20:02. > :20:03.in the semi`final this weekend. And it will be a very special
:20:04. > :20:07.occasion for one Birmingham family with a strong sporting tradition, as
:20:08. > :20:10.Nick Clitheroe has been finding out. He's just like every other proud
:20:11. > :20:19.father ` delighted to watch his daughter playing her heart out
:20:20. > :20:22.in search of Commonwealth gold. Stacey Francis is a key part
:20:23. > :20:24.of the English netball team's defence, but dad Kevin was more used
:20:25. > :20:27.to scoring than stopping. For three years in the 1990s he was
:20:28. > :20:30.a crowd favourite at Birmingham City Now he's learning what it's
:20:31. > :20:44.like to be on the sidelines rather It was awesome. It one of those
:20:45. > :20:48.things that until it happens you don't realise how much it means to
:20:49. > :20:55.you. As a sportsman myself, being there is second to none. Seen her
:20:56. > :20:59.was second to none. Hopefully I have improved since
:21:00. > :21:03.2009. It is really emotional. I had to make sure I was focusing on the
:21:04. > :21:07.game and not trying to find my dad in the audience. Just focusing on
:21:08. > :21:08.getting the job done so we could talk about it afterwards.
:21:09. > :21:10.But the story is even more remarkable than that.
:21:11. > :21:13.Kevin emigrated to Canada in 2005 to become a policeman.
:21:14. > :21:18.Stacey, then 17, stayed behind to pursue her sporting dream.
:21:19. > :21:24.I was prepared to drag her ticking and screaming, she put up a good
:21:25. > :21:29.argument and stayed here. And she was true to her word, she focused on
:21:30. > :21:30.education and sport, and it has paid dividends because she is here
:21:31. > :21:32.today. The only problem is, Kevin will have
:21:33. > :21:35.returned to Canada before the final. So if Stacey does win gold he'll
:21:36. > :21:38.have to get up in the middle But there's been disappointment
:21:39. > :21:42.for the Wolverhampton Gymnast Yes, he won a team gold on Tuesday
:21:43. > :21:50.and qualified for the final of the men?s floor but this afternoon
:21:51. > :21:52.his misjudged this tumble. That cost him penalty points and he
:21:53. > :22:00.finished 8th and last in the final. So with three days left, where might
:22:01. > :22:04.other Midlands medals come from? Well, Kristian Thomas competes again
:22:05. > :22:06.tomorrow in the finals And Jamie`Lea Winch
:22:07. > :22:12.of Rugby is guaranteed at least a silver tomorrow in the final of
:22:13. > :22:16.the women?s pairs in the bowling. Spitfire pilot, daredevil,
:22:17. > :22:31.photo`journalist ` Terence Spencer When war ended he stole a camera
:22:32. > :22:37.from the German air force and began photographing everything
:22:38. > :22:40.from battlefields to The Beatles. His work captures the spirit
:22:41. > :22:44.of the swinging ?60s ` and his daughter's put some of it
:22:45. > :22:48.on show at a new gallery, as Giles Ace fighter pilot,
:22:49. > :22:54.globetrotting photographer. He loved the natural ones, catching
:22:55. > :23:05.people off guard. At her home near Shrewsbury
:23:06. > :23:07.his daughter cherishes his photos and her memories of a father for
:23:08. > :23:18.whom life was one big adventure. Somebody said he was Biggles and
:23:19. > :23:22.James Bond rolled into one. He said the RAF set him up because he
:23:23. > :23:24.learned to head for danger when everyone else was running away from
:23:25. > :23:31.it. At Shrewsbury's old music
:23:32. > :23:32.hall, newly re`invented as museum and art gallery there are
:23:33. > :23:35.pictures of the conflicts he covered from Vietnam to the Congo `
:23:36. > :23:45.as well as scenes for the streets Isn't it wonderful to think that
:23:46. > :23:51.back then they were tough guys and now they are sweet East End
:23:52. > :23:55.grandfathers. The Fab four also loom large. It was
:23:56. > :24:00.his daughter who told her dad she should be photographing them.
:24:01. > :24:04.He followed them all around Britain, they were not famous then, so he got
:24:05. > :24:07.some great photographs of them in their dressing rooms and fooling
:24:08. > :24:14.around. He said that since it was my idea I should come along and meet
:24:15. > :24:20.them. It was fabulous. Mary Poppins, Dick Van Dyke, it just
:24:21. > :24:25.brings all that back to me. Name a celebrity from the 1960s and
:24:26. > :24:31.he probably photographed them. So many iconic images. We are
:24:32. > :24:34.celebrating his life and his work. He was a character. He worked hard
:24:35. > :24:45.and he played hard. That's what people in that generation dead.
:24:46. > :24:49.# Talking about my generation #. The photographs of terror and
:24:50. > :24:59.Spencer are on show until the middle of August. There was welcome rain
:25:00. > :25:07.for the gardens around. We can find out if there is more to come.
:25:08. > :25:14.You can bridge what can on stand`by for the next few days at least. Not
:25:15. > :25:17.everyone will see the rain, we will have some sunny spells, and by the
:25:18. > :25:22.end of the weekend things are starting to turn a little windy.
:25:23. > :25:26.This afternoon we had some showers working across the region and
:25:27. > :25:30.reports of thunder and lightning in Warwickshire and Worcestershire this
:25:31. > :25:34.afternoon. Cloud has been spilling in from the West for much of the
:25:35. > :25:39.day. The last of the showers are clearing away and it will be a
:25:40. > :25:43.pleasant evening. Overnight we have clear spells, saw temperatures will
:25:44. > :25:49.drop a little particularly in rural spots. It is still not feeling cold
:25:50. > :25:54.overnight and it will be a little humid. Tomorrow is a flip`flop from
:25:55. > :25:59.today. We have low`pressure starting to take charge and that drives and
:26:00. > :26:02.unsettled period of whether and when switch we will see by the end of the
:26:03. > :26:06.weekend. The south`east got most of the showers, but tomorrow it will
:26:07. > :26:11.stay dry for much of the day before the showers started piling through
:26:12. > :26:15.the afternoon. Across the North and West we start with showers in the
:26:16. > :26:18.morning and they will band together and become persistent rain.
:26:19. > :26:25.Temperatures struggling under the cloud and rain. 17 up to 20
:26:26. > :26:31.Celsius. On Saturday we continue to see rain, it will be with us through
:26:32. > :26:36.Friday night and into Saturday. Saturday is a grey, wet and
:26:37. > :26:43.miserable day. The rain continues throughout the day. It will march
:26:44. > :26:46.northwards. The good news is that by the time we get through to Sunday
:26:47. > :26:49.things are looking better. It will be brighter, it will feel warmer.
:26:50. > :26:52.But still unsettled next week. Israel says it won't stop
:26:53. > :26:57.its attacks on Gaza until all the tunnels built by Palestinian
:26:58. > :27:02.militants are destroyed. I'll be back
:27:03. > :27:06.at ten o'clock with the latest on the lasting impact of the so called
:27:07. > :27:10."Trojan horse" plot to Islamify some