:00:00. > :00:00.Hello and welcome to Midlands Today. The headlines tonight:
:00:00. > :00:08.Another suspected arson attack on a Shropshire farm. 500 tons of straw
:00:09. > :00:23.I spoke to the farmer yesterday evening and he is devastated. A lot
:00:24. > :00:27.of hard work has gone in and it has been undone in a matter of minutes.
:00:28. > :00:31.We will be asking why there is a surge in rural crime.
:00:32. > :00:33.Happy to go: After a long campaign against it, traders in Birmingham's
:00:34. > :00:36.Wholesale Market finally back a move to a new site.
:00:37. > :00:43.It was all down to the council. They have realised what a vibrant market
:00:44. > :00:45.this is what an important market it is to the economics of the whole of
:00:46. > :00:47.the Midlands. The FA finally agrees to research
:00:48. > :00:49.into injuries caused by heading a football after pressure from the
:00:50. > :00:52.family of Albion legend Jeff Astle. Catching the vibrant sights
:00:53. > :00:55.and sounds of the inner city in And we're not quite over
:00:56. > :00:59.the effects of ex`hurricane Bertha Find out what there is to
:01:00. > :01:13.look forward to later. Firefighters
:01:14. > :01:18.in Shropshire fears arsonists are targeting farms, with at least five
:01:19. > :01:22.incidents in the last five weeks. The number of suspected attacks
:01:23. > :01:25.comes as new figures suggest rural crime levels across the
:01:26. > :01:29.West Midlands have risen by nine per Cath Mackie is at the scene of the
:01:30. > :01:48.latest fire near Wellington tonight. Yes, this is a worrying time of year
:01:49. > :01:54.anyway for farmers because typically this is the time of year when store
:01:55. > :01:58.stacks are targeted and you can see the devastation caused in this race
:01:59. > :02:02.and `` latest incident. There were 500 tonnes of straw here yesterday
:02:03. > :02:09.morning and by last night the whole thing had gone up in smoke. ?30,000
:02:10. > :02:14.worth of straw reduced to ashes, the fire on top of this hill in
:02:15. > :02:17.Shropshire was so severe it could be seen for miles. The flames engulfed
:02:18. > :02:22.the sky and fire crews were mobilised, their main objective was
:02:23. > :02:27.to stop the fire spreading. Upon arrival it was clear that all 500
:02:28. > :02:32.tonnes of it was fully involved in the crier `` fire so the aim was to
:02:33. > :02:35.protect the surrounding area from any further damage. There have been
:02:36. > :02:45.similar attacks at other farms in the region this summer. Just 15
:02:46. > :02:48.miles from here a farmer has fallen victim to these are a number of
:02:49. > :02:57.occasions. We have had two thefts of diesel from the farm and also a set
:02:58. > :03:01.of pallet Times has gone missing. I have been talking to my neighbours
:03:02. > :03:07.in the fast few days and it seems that fuel is one of the major
:03:08. > :03:14.problems. These reports of thefts and arson attacks on farms are not
:03:15. > :03:17.unique. Rural crime cost an estimated ?44.5 million every year
:03:18. > :03:22.according to NFU Mutual and criminals are becoming more
:03:23. > :03:25.organised and stealing to order. We have been monitoring rural crime and
:03:26. > :03:31.the change we have seen this that crime has gone from opportunist
:03:32. > :03:36.threat of `` set of small items to highly organised criminal activity
:03:37. > :03:39.involving high end equipment, very expensive tractors, livestock, tools
:03:40. > :03:45.and fuel. Investigators say they have found equipment stolen from the
:03:46. > :03:51.UK turning up in Eastern Europe, Africa and even Australia. It is not
:03:52. > :03:55.just about money. The effects can be devastating. This farmer did not
:03:56. > :04:00.want to speak to the press but he spoke to the Fire Service. He has
:04:01. > :04:06.said this is worth over ?30,000 so it feels like a lot of hard work has
:04:07. > :04:12.been undone in a matter of seconds. Renewed security advice is now being
:04:13. > :04:15.issued to farmers and the police continue to investigate this latest
:04:16. > :04:19.suspected arson attack. We heard there about criminals
:04:20. > :04:23.getting more organised but farmers have also been getting more
:04:24. > :04:26.organised and beefing up their security. There have been a lot of
:04:27. > :04:33.security campaigns in the countryside...
:04:34. > :04:37.Oh, we seem to have lost her there. She was reporting from Shropshire on
:04:38. > :04:43.those series of arson attacks in the country.
:04:44. > :04:46.Thanks for joining us this evening. Coming up later in the programme:
:04:47. > :04:49.Is this a snooker genius in the making?
:04:50. > :04:52.Traders at Birmingham's Wholesale Market say they're feeling confident
:04:53. > :04:54.as they prepare for the move to their new site in the
:04:55. > :04:59.They'd originally opposed the move as they feared for their future.
:05:00. > :05:02.It comes as markets across the region begin to recover
:05:03. > :05:07.In the first of five special reports this week,
:05:08. > :05:15.Ben Godfrey has spent a day at the country's biggest wholesale market.
:05:16. > :05:16.When the city sleeps, the wholesalers
:05:17. > :05:21.It's 4.30am and the deliveries are rolling in.
:05:22. > :05:29.Tomatoes from Spain, cassavas from Costa Rica.
:05:30. > :05:34.Mark Tate's speciality is fruit and veg.
:05:35. > :05:37.It'll end up on the plates of schoolchildren,
:05:38. > :05:49.We are the biggest independent in the wholesale market. We turned over
:05:50. > :05:51.in excess of 14 million. It was an effort to bring
:05:52. > :05:55.wholesalers in fish, fruit They're international traders
:05:56. > :06:11.and the balance sheet reads like The market turns over between 250 to
:06:12. > :06:13.?270 million a year. We employ 2000 people on site this morning.
:06:14. > :06:16.Here the idea that only quality food is grown locally doesn't wash.
:06:17. > :06:23.Take these lobsters from Canada which have lived to tell the tale.
:06:24. > :06:31.These bananas come all of the way from Panama, direct. This garlic
:06:32. > :06:32.comes all of the way from China. These runner beans from
:06:33. > :06:33.Worcestershire. For four years traders have faced
:06:34. > :06:35.an uncertain future. Relations with
:06:36. > :06:37.the City Council were as sour as citrus fruits after this vast
:06:38. > :06:40.site was deemed unfit for purpose. A new wholesale market will open
:06:41. > :06:45.in 2016 in Witton. It will have a third of the units,
:06:46. > :06:57.but tensions have eased because We are sitting on 22 acres which is
:06:58. > :07:01.worth about ?50 million to the council. The wholesale market needs
:07:02. > :07:05.a new image. It has had bad publicity. There will always be a
:07:06. > :07:09.place for a market. The market needs to evolve with the times and we need
:07:10. > :07:10.to bring it up to be fit for purpose.
:07:11. > :07:14.Everyone seems to be flogging one particular fruit.
:07:15. > :07:20.Mohammed Armani has come extra early to buy in bulk.
:07:21. > :07:35.In this weather, hot weather, they love watermelon. They buy just
:07:36. > :07:36.watermelon and nothing else. Since June one .1 million watermelons have
:07:37. > :07:39.been sold here! Under these roofs traders
:07:40. > :07:41.are bucking the trend. Where footfall has recently dropped
:07:42. > :07:44.in many retail markets, the wholesale market is keeping a lower
:07:45. > :07:48.profile, quietly making millions. Campaigners gathered in Birmingham
:07:49. > :07:51.city centre today to protest about Israeli military action in Gaza.
:07:52. > :07:54.Around 50 demonstrators from the organisation Solidarity For
:07:55. > :07:58.Palestine gathered outside Birmingham City Council this
:07:59. > :08:01.lunchtime. Perry Barr MP Khalid Mahmood says the Prime Minister,
:08:02. > :08:16.David Cameron, needs to do much more The British government have not done
:08:17. > :08:20.enough, they cannot even come to fully criticise what is happening at
:08:21. > :08:24.the moment, bombing of innocent men and women and children in
:08:25. > :08:29.particular. Hospitals, schools, any place there are children, all of
:08:30. > :08:31.that is taking place and we cannot get any condemnation from this
:08:32. > :08:32.government and I think it is very weak.
:08:33. > :08:35.Sales at the luxury car maker Jaguar Land Rover are up again.
:08:36. > :08:38.The company sold more than 115,000 vehicles in the last three months,
:08:39. > :08:40.up by 22% on the same period last year.
:08:41. > :08:47.The latest rise in sales comes as a result of strong global demand
:08:48. > :08:50.for new and refreshed models, including the all new Range Rover
:08:51. > :09:01.The family of goal`scoring hero Jeff Astle have met FA Chairman Greg
:09:02. > :09:06.Dyke as part of their long`running campaign to highlight the risks
:09:07. > :09:08.of heading footballs and players suffering concussion.
:09:09. > :09:12.It was initially believed the West Bromwich Albion legend had died
:09:13. > :09:15.from Alzheimer's disease in 2002, but a coroner ruled
:09:16. > :09:20.his brain had been damaged by heading heavy leather balls.
:09:21. > :09:23.Sarah Falkland is with Jeff's widow Laraine and daughter Dawn now.
:09:24. > :09:36.It has taken a long time to get here.
:09:37. > :09:40.It has. This family have waited patiently in good faith for well
:09:41. > :09:46.over a decade for the FA to carry out this research into the kind of
:09:47. > :09:50.brain injuries that killed Jeff Astle in 2002. Nothing of substance
:09:51. > :09:53.was being done. Yesterday we had this to carry out this research into
:09:54. > :09:55.the kind of brain injuries that killed Jeff Astle in 2002. Nothing
:09:56. > :10:11.of substance was being done. Yesterday we had this FA had not
:10:12. > :10:13.done enough and he also said that they owed our family a huge thank
:10:14. > :10:16.you for bringing this important issue to the attention of people.
:10:17. > :10:18.Quite an emotional moment for you? A very emotional moment, especially
:10:19. > :10:22.when the whole room burst into applause. Greg Dyke says he will be
:10:23. > :10:27.looking at this from a global perspective, what does he mean by
:10:28. > :10:31.that? I know that they hope to get FIFA on board, he said they were
:10:32. > :10:36.very interested and then we want them to look at Alzheimer's and
:10:37. > :10:40.dementia in former players. Informally you have tried to
:10:41. > :10:45.research this, what conclusions have you discovered? I have just been
:10:46. > :10:47.doing basic searches on Google and Wikipedia and the number of former
:10:48. > :11:06.footballers who have either died about time as all who are living
:11:07. > :11:09.with the consequences of it, the list is getting longer and longer.
:11:10. > :11:12.Just the other day for 20 minutes I added a number 40 mean `` another 40
:11:13. > :11:15.names to the list that is getting longer. This could be the tip of the
:11:16. > :11:18.iceberg. Yes, I am sure that Jeff is not the first footballer to die of
:11:19. > :11:21.this and I am sure he will not be the worst `` last. We have had no
:11:22. > :11:24.word on when this research may start but there is already a lot of
:11:25. > :11:26.interest and Port Vale have already invited this family to go there and
:11:27. > :11:29.talk about concussion in sport. Figures obtained
:11:30. > :11:31.by the BBC show the number of inquests involving suicides has
:11:32. > :11:34.more than doubled in the last decade The figures were provided
:11:35. > :11:37.by the coroner in North Staffordshire, where 56 people
:11:38. > :11:40.took their own lives last year, The vast majority
:11:41. > :11:44.of cases involve men. Our Staffordshire reporter
:11:45. > :11:58.Liz Copper's been investigating. It was in the letter that he left me
:11:59. > :12:03.that he said he had suffered from depression from a very young age,
:12:04. > :12:05.since he was 13 or so. I say to people that I probably did not stop
:12:06. > :12:07.crying for many months. Chris Habgood was 26
:12:08. > :12:10.when he took his own life. His father,
:12:11. > :12:11.a former prison governor, is now behind a charity helping
:12:12. > :12:19.families affected by suicide. We need to do a lot more around
:12:20. > :12:24.helping young people say how they feel. There is only so ashram there
:12:25. > :12:29.is a myth around that if you talk about suicide you can actually cause
:12:30. > :12:33.it and that is not true. All you do is you encourage young people to
:12:34. > :12:34.disclose how they are feeling and admit they are struggling and to
:12:35. > :12:35.seek help. But for many young people, like
:12:36. > :12:44.Chris Habgood, seeking help is hard. This is the coroner 's Court and
:12:45. > :12:48.cameras are not normally allowed inside and we have been given
:12:49. > :12:51.special permission to film. The evidence heard here is often
:12:52. > :12:53.distressing and sometimes harrowing and this is a place that no family
:12:54. > :12:56.wants to find themselves in. But the North Staffordshire coroner
:12:57. > :12:58.has seen an increasing number of suicide cases
:12:59. > :13:01.in his court over the last decade. The reasons
:13:02. > :13:11.for the rise aren't clear. I think it is men who have found
:13:12. > :13:14.themselves in a position where their relationship has broken down and
:13:15. > :13:19.maybe they have lost their job and become redundant. They have ended up
:13:20. > :13:22.in poor accommodation, maybe they are beginning to develop health
:13:23. > :13:24.issues as well and they wonder if life is worth carrying on.
:13:25. > :13:27.This film was made as part of a campaign supported by the Samaritans
:13:28. > :13:29.to help reduce deaths on the railways.
:13:30. > :13:33.Nationally every six seconds somebody contacts the charity.
:13:34. > :13:44.It wants to do more to reach young men at risk of suicide.
:13:45. > :13:49.As Samaritans I think what we are going to see is more of us going out
:13:50. > :13:54.into the community to reach these men and less perhaps sitting here in
:13:55. > :13:55.the office waiting for them to call us because maybe men just are not
:13:56. > :13:56.very good at that. Chris Habgood didn't find
:13:57. > :13:59.the help which might have prevented But his family are amongst those
:14:00. > :14:02.campaigning in his memory for more to be done to support
:14:03. > :14:08.those contemplating suicide. And if you are affected by anything
:14:09. > :14:11.you've just seen in that report, we've put a list of organisations
:14:12. > :14:15.that may be able to help you on Concerns over rural crime with
:14:16. > :14:25.another suspected arson attack 500 tons of straw worth
:14:26. > :14:31.?30,000 are destroyed. Shefali's standing
:14:32. > :14:33.by with the weather forecast How a taxi ride down the
:14:34. > :14:38.Stratford Road in Birmingham can And how
:14:39. > :14:43.the war effort here 100 years ago included supplying our troops
:14:44. > :14:46.in the trenches with chocolate Time for sport now, Dan's here with
:14:47. > :15:03.a new star of the green baize. It is fair to say this lad has got
:15:04. > :15:14.the best future in front of him. And he's certainly got
:15:15. > :15:16.an impressive CV. Hamim Hussain has just become
:15:17. > :15:18.the National under`14 Champion. And he's aiming to turn professional
:15:19. > :15:34.as soon as he leaves school. In small Heath the washing was out
:15:35. > :15:41.for dry and these brothers were out to play. They have a championship
:15:42. > :15:45.standard table costing ?5,000. Hamim Hussain is the new English under 14
:15:46. > :15:50.champion and his brother is 12 and they are both very talented players.
:15:51. > :15:55.I will never forget the last time I met alike `` a young player like
:15:56. > :16:01.this, it was 1996 and Shaun Murphy was the player and he went on to
:16:02. > :16:08.become World Snooker champion in 2005. No pressure then! Well done.
:16:09. > :16:11.When he was about the age of two and a half he would find any stick and
:16:12. > :16:15.ball and start playing snooker and he really enjoys playing it. I love
:16:16. > :16:21.watching my boys playing, I love snooker. All of the same brothers
:16:22. > :16:26.inherited their passion for snooker from their dad who arrived from
:16:27. > :16:29.Bangladesh in 1974 and learn to play the game in Halesowen and worked
:16:30. > :16:34.flat out in the restaurant business to give all of his sons, including
:16:35. > :16:42.the four`year`old, every opportunity to achieve their full potential. For
:16:43. > :16:45.him the next thing is to become a professional snooker player as soon
:16:46. > :16:50.as possible and then take it from there and join the big boys! What is
:16:51. > :16:55.the secret to him enjoying success? Practice, practice, practice. Just
:16:56. > :17:00.like his favourite snooker players have always done. I like Sean Murphy
:17:01. > :17:08.and the way he plays, attacking and aggressive. I find that tactic quite
:17:09. > :17:13.suitable for my game. One day possibly world champion? Yes,
:17:14. > :17:16.hopefully! The boys are doing well at school but snooker is their
:17:17. > :17:19.passion, no wonder the family is very proud of its national champion
:17:20. > :17:22.and his future prospects. Norwich City have confirmed they are
:17:23. > :17:24.investigating allegations of racist behaviour by a small group
:17:25. > :17:27.of their fans during their 1`0 Meanwhile Wolves have today sold
:17:28. > :17:31.midfielder David Davis to The 23`year`old who's spent
:17:32. > :17:36.his whole career at Wolves has had a frustrating 12 months at Molineux
:17:37. > :17:49.trying to break into the team. Obviously it was not to be and I do
:17:50. > :17:53.not resent the club or resent anyone. It was just a touring top
:17:54. > :17:56.personnel. The team was winning and it is hard when a team is winning
:17:57. > :18:00.and we are flying and winning every week so for me now it is all about a
:18:01. > :18:02.fresh start and hopefully I will hit the running `` the ground running
:18:03. > :18:04.here. The new owner
:18:05. > :18:06.of Hereford United is promising to It follows protests outside the
:18:07. > :18:10.ground on Saturday from fans unhappy Financial problems mean the team are
:18:11. > :18:14.now playing in the Southern League. But Tommy Agombar says he does have
:18:15. > :18:24.new backers waiting to invest. The big investment comes from
:18:25. > :18:31.friends of mine that I know in the city and they are really investing
:18:32. > :18:34.in me. I am very confident, very, bury confident. How can I turn the
:18:35. > :18:39.Hereford people around? I would have thought I had already done that by
:18:40. > :18:40.keeping the club here. I am not really bothered about whether they
:18:41. > :18:42.like me or not. And our full interview with Tommy
:18:43. > :18:50.Agombar is on our Facebook page. The European athletic starts
:18:51. > :18:55.tomorrow as well. Thank you.
:18:56. > :18:57.Catching a taxi in one part of Birmingham has now become
:18:58. > :19:01.Visitors are being given a tour of Stratford Road as part of
:19:02. > :19:05.Our Arts Reporter Satnam Rana has been finding out how the area has
:19:06. > :19:20.Welcome to the tour, I will take you on a short tour of Stratford Road.
:19:21. > :19:23.It is three miles to be exact. This area has changed so much as I was a
:19:24. > :19:28.child, we have had the Irish year and then the Asian people came and
:19:29. > :19:30.now there are a lot of Somalis on this part of Stratford Road.
:19:31. > :19:33.Stick an actor in a taxi and you get theatre on the go.
:19:34. > :19:36.This is Taxi Tour, a free experience which immerses you
:19:37. > :19:39.in the sights, sounds and stories of Birmingam's Stratford Road.
:19:40. > :19:48.A key land mark is Saint Agatha 's Church which is coming up on your
:19:49. > :19:52.right hand side. It was established in 1899 as a Catholic church and it
:19:53. > :19:54.is a testament to the architecture that it is still standing.
:19:55. > :19:56.Step outside and you get a better idea of what this changing
:19:57. > :20:01.Taxi Tour is based on work carried out
:20:02. > :20:06.You see a lot of people will come around and see new things they never
:20:07. > :20:12.saw before, a new type of coffee that they did not ever used a drink.
:20:13. > :20:16.It was all English shops and every thing anything about it was just
:20:17. > :20:22.might but as the years have gone they have moved out and these have
:20:23. > :20:27.come in. The community has developed in many ways. You have got different
:20:28. > :20:29.communities joined in and it is good.
:20:30. > :20:31.Taxi Tour is based on work carried out
:20:32. > :20:36.by south asian arts group SAMPAD and is a Heritage Lottery Fund project.
:20:37. > :20:42.In 100 years time people are going to look back and say, who were my
:20:43. > :20:47.ancestors? How did they arrive, where did they work? What did they
:20:48. > :20:49.do in their lives? And how did they reinvent themselves because that is
:20:50. > :20:51.what you are really looking at here. And the reivention
:20:52. > :21:03.of this area will continue That brings us to the end of the
:21:04. > :21:07.tour, we will pull in here by this restaurant where you can get a bite
:21:08. > :21:11.to eat. It has been fantastic and I have learned so much about Stratford
:21:12. > :21:14.Road that I had not even realised even though I drive down it a couple
:21:15. > :21:21.of times a week. Fantastic. O some grub!
:21:22. > :21:24.During the First World War scores of factories around the West Midlands
:21:25. > :21:28.were flat out producing military hardware for the war effort.
:21:29. > :21:31.But for one of our region's largest and best known companies
:21:32. > :21:35.the conflict was an opportunity to show its compassionate side.
:21:36. > :21:38.Birmingham chocolate maker Cadbury not only supplied chocolate to
:21:39. > :21:41.soldiers in the trenches but also cared for those affected
:21:42. > :21:53.Chocolate, a sweet treat, even a luxury.
:21:54. > :22:00.Not something you'd readily associate with helping to win a war.
:22:01. > :22:04.But it was to prove otherwise during the First World War.
:22:05. > :22:08.Cadbury Brothers of Birmingham, already established for 90 years,
:22:09. > :22:18.found demand for its products increasing rapidly in 1914.
:22:19. > :22:23.The government were asking Cadbury to supply chocolate and drinking
:22:24. > :22:28.chocolate for the front line, really keeping with their philosophy a lot
:22:29. > :22:31.of their work was to do with helping troops overseas. There was an
:22:32. > :22:33.ambulance division setup in Bournville to caper for the people
:22:34. > :22:36.returning from the front line. Sustenance was needed
:22:37. > :22:37.in the trenches. These distinctive chocolate boxes
:22:38. > :22:41.were sent specifically to the The companies war memorial shows
:22:42. > :22:50.a tenth didn't return. Barrie Tims is remembering
:22:51. > :22:54.his mother and aunts. This picture shows them knitting
:22:55. > :22:58.hats, One recipient may well have been
:22:59. > :23:04.Barrie's dad Ernie, a Cadbury worker I tend to think Cadbury started
:23:05. > :23:12.right at the beginning, I think they set the standard
:23:13. > :23:16.for looking after their workers. The ones that had gone away,
:23:17. > :23:21.the families that they left. I'm grateful for what they did
:23:22. > :23:24.for mum, I'm grateful On his return Ernie Tims helped
:23:25. > :23:31.build the Cadbury war memorial. Like his comrades he never forgot
:23:32. > :23:46.the gifts of chocolate Some of the letters from great feel
:23:47. > :23:53.Ashur ungrateful soldiers were reprinted in a works magazine in
:23:54. > :23:57.1916, this one said, I received it on Christmas Day when I was up to my
:23:58. > :24:02.neck in water. If you could only taste the staff are here, you would
:24:03. > :24:05.not wonder why Cadbury 's chocolate is world`renowned. `` some of the
:24:06. > :24:09.letters from grateful soldiers. In 1914 more than 700 product lines
:24:10. > :24:13.were running to cope with New brands were still being
:24:14. > :24:16.developed, for example Milk But
:24:17. > :24:19.by 1917 the war hit chocolate hard. German U boat attacks in the
:24:20. > :24:24.Atlantic saw sugar imports plummet. Dairy Milk and many other
:24:25. > :24:27.production lines were halted. The Bournville factory diverted
:24:28. > :24:43.into fruit and vegetable drying The Cadbury family decided at the
:24:44. > :24:47.end of the war that conditions in inner cities were appalling and they
:24:48. > :24:51.were running short of basic supplies so they diverted 20,000 gallons of
:24:52. > :24:53.milk every week from the milk processing plants and send them to
:24:54. > :24:55.the poor areas of Birmingham. The company also handed over some
:24:56. > :24:58.of its buildings for use But Cadbury made sure it combined
:24:59. > :25:02.its compassion with commerce, ensuring there was
:25:03. > :25:04.a successful factory Another intriguing story from 100
:25:05. > :25:18.years ago. Now you can keep up to date with
:25:19. > :25:21.everything that's happening here And Twitter is now where you'll
:25:22. > :25:26.find Shefali, isn't that right? Yes, I may not yet have
:25:27. > :25:28.as many followers as Midlands Today, that figure is rapidly approaching
:25:29. > :25:49.50,000, but I'm off and running, Ex`hurricane Bertha, we are still
:25:50. > :25:53.feeling the effects of it. It is currently situated to the north`east
:25:54. > :25:57.of Scotland and it is otherwise known as a very deep area of low
:25:58. > :26:01.pressure. Scotland is bearing the brunt of the effects of that but we
:26:02. > :26:06.do not get away scot free. We get the knock`on effects with this
:26:07. > :26:10.flotilla of fronts marching down from the north through the week and
:26:11. > :26:13.we get showers from time to time. These are key features of the week
:26:14. > :26:18.with sunshine and showers and gusty wind in places. It will start to
:26:19. > :26:23.improve briefly by the weekend as an area of high pressure, ridge of high
:26:24. > :26:26.pressure starts to build. This evening we still have a few showers
:26:27. > :26:31.flitting across the region and they are on the heavy side as well. They
:26:32. > :26:37.will gradually peter out and leave us with a drier and to the night.
:26:38. > :26:42.During this time temperatures will fall to their minimum value of
:26:43. > :26:46.around 10 degrees. We are off to a sunny and dry start to the day
:26:47. > :26:51.tomorrow but it is not long before the showers resurface and it is the
:26:52. > :26:55.south`west of the country that will generate them. They piling very
:26:56. > :27:01.quickly during the morning and move eastwards rapidly in the afternoon.
:27:02. > :27:06.They have very bright centres so there will be heavy outbreaks and
:27:07. > :27:12.downpours in places containing thunder as well. Top temperatures
:27:13. > :27:19.from 17 to 19. The wind could get up to 40 mph. Wednesday will be
:27:20. > :27:21.slightly drier. Thank you. The Iraqis desperate to get away
:27:22. > :27:26.from the militants of the Islamic state. And another suspected arson
:27:27. > :27:28.attack on a Shropshire farm. 500 tons of straw worth
:27:29. > :27:34.?30,000 are destroyed. I'll be back at ten o'clock
:27:35. > :27:37.with your latest update. 'Let's bring you...'
:27:38. > :28:06.'..The latest headlines...' CHEERING
:28:07. > :28:12.'..With some outbreaks of rain.' Every year comes
:28:13. > :28:18.in weekly instalments. So, why not pay your TV licence
:28:19. > :28:26.in weekly instalments, too? Who really fought for Britain
:28:27. > :28:29.and her allies in World War I? BBC Two reveals the forgotten
:28:30. > :28:58.faces of the First World War. You know the bank robbery
:28:59. > :29:01.in Headingley.