:00:08. > :00:10.Crowds flocked to Birmingham to see a moving artistic commemoration to
:00:11. > :00:14.the millions who lost their lives in the First World War.
:00:15. > :00:18.5,000 frozen statues were left to simply melt away
:00:19. > :00:21.in the summer sunshine ahead of Monday's anniversary
:00:22. > :00:33.5,000 figures each representing a life lost in the First World War.
:00:34. > :00:35.Hundreds gathered in Chamberlain Square to take part in Mimimum
:00:36. > :00:45.Momument created in Birmingham by an award`winning Brazilian artist.
:00:46. > :00:50.I am very, very happy. I'm emotional. I thank you very much, so
:00:51. > :00:52.much Birmingham. The first sculpture to be laid
:00:53. > :00:54.on the steps of Chamberlain Square was in memory
:00:55. > :00:57.of a soldier without a monument. Captain John Osborne Walford of the
:00:58. > :00:59.Worcestershire regiment fought at Ypres and Passchendaele, he took his
:01:00. > :01:12.own life four years after war ended. They were boys, they were 18, 19. He
:01:13. > :01:16.must have seen these boys coming out from England and then there were no
:01:17. > :01:19.longer there. I had all those thoughts going round and seeing them
:01:20. > :01:19.all here, they are all being remembered.
:01:20. > :01:35.It is really nice, this way to commemorate them. It looks very
:01:36. > :01:40.effective. Is good for everybody. This is in honour of my great, great
:01:41. > :01:44.uncle, private Peter Anthony Doyle. He was killed in action in 1917. He
:01:45. > :01:47.was 19 years old. Minimum Monument has been brought
:01:48. > :01:59.here with the help of the What a response. Just seeing
:02:00. > :02:05.everybody here, a huge turnout. It is unbelievable. And it is a
:02:06. > :02:06.poignant moment, but there is a buzz in the air. It is fantastic, quite
:02:07. > :02:07.emotional. Here but for a short time, but a
:02:08. > :02:14.memory which will last a lifetime. And you can see more pictures
:02:15. > :02:16.from Minimum Monument on The UK Independence Party's youth
:02:17. > :02:23.wing ` Young Independence ` has been Around 150 delegates attended the
:02:24. > :02:28.event at Birmingham's Council House. The party says its youth section has
:02:29. > :02:32.grown rapidly in the last year. Not just a party
:02:33. > :02:39.for the older generation. UKIP's image as a refuge
:02:40. > :02:42.for retired Colonels and their wives may need a rethink ` as
:02:43. > :02:54.more young people are joining up. UKIP, for me, is a different way of
:02:55. > :02:59.doing politics. I been in a party for two years now and it has been
:03:00. > :03:04.very refreshing. this will dictate the rest of your working life. It
:03:05. > :03:07.seems big when you are young, but it is important for your future. I
:03:08. > :03:14.think it is important for your future. . I think tuition fees for
:03:15. > :03:15.example, housing prices, all things that are affecting young people.
:03:16. > :03:17.The speakers are well underway behind me.
:03:18. > :03:20.2,600 young people are members of UKIP ` 700 of them joined
:03:21. > :03:34.The numbers have been rolling in. It is exceptional. These are the people
:03:35. > :03:37.for our future. These are the people who will make the changes in
:03:38. > :03:40.politics so we must nurture them and help them as well as supports them.
:03:41. > :03:41.They are excellent. They're now hoping to make it
:03:42. > :03:50.an annual event. There's been another two medals for
:03:51. > :03:53.the Midlands at the Commonwealth Games this afternoon, both
:03:54. > :03:55.for competitors from Warwickshire. Kelly Sibley from Leamington Spa and
:03:56. > :03:58.her partner Danny Read won a Bronze Emma Beddoes also got a Bronze
:03:59. > :04:02.in the women's squash doubles with The region now has 33 medals
:04:03. > :04:09.in total. Time for the weather now
:04:10. > :04:19.with Charlie Slater. Unfortunately a lot of rain we have
:04:20. > :04:22.had today. But things are now improving and we should see bright
:04:23. > :04:27.weather to end the day. Overnight ill be mainly dry and cool. There
:04:28. > :04:32.will be lows of 11 degrees in parts of Herefordshire. Into Sunday, it is
:04:33. > :04:37.looking like a really nice day. Lots of blue sky and sunshine and it will
:04:38. > :04:41.stay dry throughout. Apart from a bit of jazz or, here and there.
:04:42. > :04:44.Avast improvement on today as reflected in those temperatures
:04:45. > :04:47.there, too. Things improve as we go into the working week were able be
:04:48. > :04:48.largely dry and quite bright at times, too.
:04:49. > :04:50.Before we go time to congratulate Stuart Kertel
:04:51. > :04:52.from Warwickshire who has successfully completed a four`day
:04:53. > :04:55.charity mission to push a sprout up Mount Snowdon with his nose!
:04:56. > :04:58.They'll be a full report on that in Monday's programme.
:04:59. > :05:01.Your next Midlands update is tomorrow evening at 6.50pm.
:05:02. > :05:18.that you have a very good evening, goodbye.
:05:19. > :05:27.It has been one of those days, Sony for some and pouring with rain for
:05:28. > :05:31.others. Locally there has been intense downpours. Further west,
:05:32. > :05:32.resolutely cloudy and wet across the heart of