:00:00. > :00:10.very much. That's all from the BBC News at Six. Goodbye from
:00:11. > :00:13.Hello and welcome to Midlands Today. The headlines tonight:
:00:14. > :00:15.Feeling the suffering of their compatriots ` Yazidis talk of their
:00:16. > :00:17.horror at events back home in Northern Iraq
:00:18. > :00:20.We'll be reporting live from Coventry, where members of the
:00:21. > :00:22.Yazidi community are holding a crisis meeting. Also tonight:
:00:23. > :00:25.A desperate search for donors as time starts to run out for two young
:00:26. > :00:28.people with rare forms of cancer. Struggling to cope ` the Potteries
:00:29. > :00:36.has some of the highest levels of debt in the country.
:00:37. > :00:39.It seems like your debt is never paid off.
:00:40. > :00:42.Prove your food has been grown locally ` strict rules bringing
:00:43. > :00:43.record business for a farmers market.
:00:44. > :00:46.And nothing more super than a supermoon on a clear night. But that
:00:47. > :00:49.was Sunday's highlight. Tomorrow, it's the Perseid meteor showers at
:00:50. > :01:22.their peak, but will you be able to see them? Find out later.
:01:23. > :01:25.Members of the Yazidi community say they've been traumatised by the
:01:26. > :01:28.Up to 400 followers of the persecuted sect have made
:01:29. > :01:32.They've watched with mounting horror as Yazidis flee extremists
:01:33. > :01:35.Our reporter Sarah Falkland is with some families tonight.
:01:36. > :01:41.I don't think they are coping well. It is very frustrating for them.
:01:42. > :01:45.Some men here tonight have been glued to the television screens as
:01:46. > :01:50.their wives are at home watching the horror is an fold in Iraq and
:01:51. > :01:55.powerless to do anything. Many of them are here in Coventry, having
:01:56. > :02:00.come over after the second Gulf War and have extended family there.
:02:01. > :02:05.Today our reporter spent time with the community.
:02:06. > :02:07.Jamil Shardeen Darwish arrived in Coventry 11 years ago, leaving loved
:02:08. > :02:21.TRANSLATION: Family is my blood, we have more than 100 family there.
:02:22. > :02:22.Many of them have run away to Syria, to the mountains, some of them we do
:02:23. > :02:33.not know where they are. The father of seven is seen
:02:34. > :02:36.as a head of the Yazidi community in Coventry, which is planning to
:02:37. > :02:39.travel to Downing Street to hold a peaceful demonstration calling
:02:40. > :02:46.for more British aid to help the TRANSLATION: We have a lot of people
:02:47. > :02:49.in the mountains but still are people there are very weak, they
:02:50. > :02:56.have gone ten days without food can, `` without food, but we are
:02:57. > :02:59.trying to say, the send help, anything is a help. `` please send
:03:00. > :03:01.help. Hundreds of Yazidis have
:03:02. > :03:03.been killed or kidnapped. Tens of thousands have fled their
:03:04. > :03:06.homes and are trapped on a mountain near Sinjar in northern Iraq,
:03:07. > :03:08.driven there by Islamic militants The Yazidi religion is
:03:09. > :03:12.a closed sect. It's not possible for someone
:03:13. > :03:14.to convert to the religion. For centuries, they have suffered
:03:15. > :03:18.persecution, mislabelled as devil worshippers because the name of
:03:19. > :03:21.the spirit they worship is similar In reality, it has elements of both
:03:22. > :03:35.Christianity and Islam at its roots. It's estimated that as many
:03:36. > :03:38.as 20,000 people may still be on the southern side of the mountain,
:03:39. > :03:50.all in desperate need of aid. I am here now with two men who have
:03:51. > :03:54.family in the attacks that area. We have all seen these awful pictures
:03:55. > :04:04.on TV. It must be frustrating for you. It was terrifying, it made me
:04:05. > :04:10.feel worse, you can see the picture of thousands of people without food
:04:11. > :04:21.or anything, the art kids, young, old, old the same. How many family
:04:22. > :04:29.do you have? We have blood family still there, we need help to get
:04:30. > :04:32.them food, clothes, stop. There has also been criticism of how the
:04:33. > :04:40.British government is handling this crisis. What do you think? I want to
:04:41. > :04:43.say thanks to the British people to help, but the government are too
:04:44. > :04:49.slow because the last element went into Iraq, and a lot of people died,
:04:50. > :04:57.women are in danger, kids are in danger, and we ask the government to
:04:58. > :05:02.go, save our family now. So you think parliament should be recall.
:05:03. > :05:08.How quick they can come, that would be great. Please, British people,
:05:09. > :05:15.help us. You have been collecting aid here. We have collect it clothes
:05:16. > :05:19.for our people because they have left their family and they are in
:05:20. > :05:22.the mountain without anything, so here we try to help our people
:05:23. > :05:29.there, we take clothes and give them to people. A sense of the urgency
:05:30. > :05:36.and frustration here amongst the Daisy Dee and Kurdish people here in
:05:37. > :05:42.Coventry. `` that Yazidi people. Lindsay mentioned our marked in
:05:43. > :05:45.Coventry. `` eight March in Coventry.
:05:46. > :05:50.Why plans to make this colliery into an industrial park are
:05:51. > :06:00.A desperate struggle is on to find suitable stem cell or bone marrow
:06:01. > :06:03.19`month`old Khalid Adam and 21`year`old Riya Dandekar have
:06:04. > :06:07.But a shortage of suitable donors from ethnic minorities means
:06:08. > :06:15.Our reporter Kevin Reide has been finding out more.
:06:16. > :06:18.Khalid Adam from Coventry was just four months old when he was rushed
:06:19. > :06:22.After months of tests, he was diagnosed with acute myeloid
:06:23. > :06:28.leukaemia and needed treatment to save his life.
:06:29. > :06:36.You have to be positive, otherwise it starts at the thing your mind,
:06:37. > :06:38.the way you think. You look at him and think he looks fine.
:06:39. > :06:40.After chemotherapy, things seemed to be going well,
:06:41. > :06:45.He now has just four weeks to find a donor to give him
:06:46. > :06:53.You just think, why? You cannot take it in.
:06:54. > :06:55.Meanwhile, in Solihull, Riya Dandekar is
:06:56. > :06:59.Just five months ago a swelling near her shoulder turned out to be
:07:00. > :07:03.anaplastic lymphoma, another blood cancer.
:07:04. > :07:14.The dog brought the chair forward and in slow motion said it is
:07:15. > :07:21.lymphoma, and my brain panicked. I didn't know what to think, I
:07:22. > :07:26.thought, wait, is this cancer? He said yes, the doctor said yes, and I
:07:27. > :07:30.didn't know what to do. I looked at my mum and we both cried.
:07:31. > :07:32.The fact is that if Khalid and Riya were white northern European,
:07:33. > :07:35.they would have a 90% chance of finding a donor, but
:07:36. > :07:38.because they're of Asian heritage, they're chances are just 40%.
:07:39. > :07:40.Riya has enlisted the help of her friends at
:07:41. > :07:43.Dorridge Music School to demonstrate just how simple taking a swab test
:07:44. > :07:52.And she's now planning swab sessions in predominantly Asian communities.
:07:53. > :07:58.We have been talking to parents and students when they come in, so
:07:59. > :08:04.hopefully we will spread the word a lot. I was ignorant on the subject
:08:05. > :08:07.but I find out it is easy, three quick and straightforward steps.
:08:08. > :08:09.Exploding the myths is half the problem.
:08:10. > :08:11.Many are unsure what stem cell or bone marrow donation entails,
:08:12. > :08:15.but both are done without the need for surgery.
:08:16. > :08:23.I am 95% of cases just collecting themselves from the blood, which is
:08:24. > :08:29.having injections for four days and on the fifth day, needles will be
:08:30. > :08:35.put into arms and the blood flows through the machine to collect this
:08:36. > :08:39.themselves. Only a minority of blood conditions will we need to collect
:08:40. > :08:50.the bone marrow, and the bone marrow is also done under general
:08:51. > :08:56.anaesthetic. I going to die because I'm not responding to Chemotherapy?
:08:57. > :08:58.It is a difficult question and to be honest with you I try to avoid it
:08:59. > :09:02.because it is so difficult. Riya is planning to set up her own
:09:03. > :09:05.charity to encourage potential donors, particularly from the Asian
:09:06. > :09:07.community, and if she doesn't survive, she
:09:08. > :09:10.hopes any legacy will help others, A teachers' organisation has
:09:11. > :09:20.criticised anti`extremism measures introduced in the wake
:09:21. > :09:22.of the "Trojan horse" inquiry into radicalisation
:09:23. > :09:24.at Birmingham schools. The Association of School
:09:25. > :09:27.and College Leaders says new standards have been "rushed through"
:09:28. > :09:30.and could have unintended An inquest has recorded
:09:31. > :09:38.a suicide verdict on a grandmother who was worried
:09:39. > :09:41.about losing her home because Stephanie Bottrill,
:09:42. > :09:45.known to her family as Doreen, She left a note saying
:09:46. > :09:50.the government was to blame, before walking in front
:09:51. > :09:52.of a lorry on the M6. On the morning of May 4th last year,
:09:53. > :09:58.Doreen Bottrill walked across the M6 motorway and
:09:59. > :10:02.into the path of a lorry. In suicide notes left for her
:10:03. > :10:08.family, she blamed changes to the housing benefit system and said she
:10:09. > :10:11.couldn't cope with the stress of Political opponents have called it
:10:12. > :10:18.a bedroom tax and it's been one of the coalition government's most
:10:19. > :10:22.controversial policies, leading to From April last year,
:10:23. > :10:28.councils and housing associations could reduce the amount
:10:29. > :10:30.of benefits paid to tenants with The government said up to half a
:10:31. > :10:37.million homes were being underused With Doreen Bottrill's family gone,
:10:38. > :10:41.she was living alone Her choice was to find,
:10:42. > :10:46.from somewhere, an extra ?80 At today's inquest,
:10:47. > :10:52.Mrs Bottrill's brother said his sister's death was a tragedy,
:10:53. > :11:09.but he understood why the government For social housing to work, it needs
:11:10. > :11:12.for everyone to take their turn, and went you are adequately housed by
:11:13. > :11:19.successive governments and your needs are met, then you must give
:11:20. > :11:22.somebody else a turn. It is terrible that people in this country are
:11:23. > :11:27.cramped into one or two bedroom flats for children while other
:11:28. > :11:29.children `` other people set in two bedroom houses.
:11:30. > :11:31.Solihull council said if Mrs Bottrill had decided to move out
:11:32. > :11:34.of the home where she'd lived for more than 20 years,
:11:35. > :11:37.As a verdict of suicide was recorded, the family
:11:38. > :11:40.said their thoughts went out to the driver whose life had been blighted
:11:41. > :11:51.Feeling the pain of their compatriots ` Yazidis living
:11:52. > :11:57.in Coventry talk of their horror at events back home in northern Iraq.
:11:58. > :12:00.Shefali will be with us shortly with the very latest weather forecast.
:12:01. > :12:03.How the FA plans to encourage more young
:12:04. > :12:11.And all produced locally ` how strict rules have been
:12:12. > :12:24.a business winner for a farmers' market in Shropshire.
:12:25. > :12:27.More people are struggling to pay their debts in Stoke`on`Trent than
:12:28. > :12:31.A study by two charities found more than a third of children
:12:32. > :12:34.in the city were living in families with debt problems.
:12:35. > :12:36.The report's authors say many feel taking on credit is
:12:37. > :12:40.Here's our Staffordshire reporter, Liz Copper.
:12:41. > :12:42.Enjoying the school holidays with her children,
:12:43. > :12:49.She's happy to be debt`free now, but when she was 16 she took out a
:12:50. > :12:59.loan and for a while her financial problems spiralled out of control.
:13:00. > :13:05.Sleepless nights, you worry about people knocking on your door and you
:13:06. > :13:10.worry about money especially when you have children, all the
:13:11. > :13:12.responsibilities and you feel like you have failed because you have no
:13:13. > :13:18.money. It is just a domino effect. And in Hanley city centre,
:13:19. > :13:28.plenty of other families were also You think you have the money and it
:13:29. > :13:33.can only go so far. I don't really believe in loans. I think they just
:13:34. > :13:35.get you in more debt, so I wouldn't risk it.
:13:36. > :13:37.But despite some families being reluctant to take out loans,
:13:38. > :13:40.a study out today suggests this city is one of the worst affected areas
:13:41. > :13:50.The report found half of children in families with problems that said it
:13:51. > :13:53.caused arguments and nine out of ten families said they cut back on
:13:54. > :13:55.essentials like food, clothing and heating.
:13:56. > :13:58.And at this food bank at a church in Bentilee, every week volunteers
:13:59. > :14:03.Sometimes as well as handing out bags of food,
:14:04. > :14:17.We have people in that they cannot buy anything because they cannot pay
:14:18. > :14:20.their way. The first thing they need to do is pay the debt and worry
:14:21. > :14:23.about food later on, and that is what we have found.
:14:24. > :14:25.Bentilee is typical of many estates in the city,
:14:26. > :14:33.Children will often pick up on the anxiety there parents feel around
:14:34. > :14:43.financial problems and it is well known that they could be extreme and
:14:44. > :14:46.relationships. `` they put a strain on race and ships. `` on
:14:47. > :14:49.relationships. Zoe Walton's finances are now
:14:50. > :14:52.trouble free, but for many families, escaping the cycle
:14:53. > :14:53.of debt remains difficult. A public meeting's being held
:14:54. > :14:56.tonight over controversial plans to turn the site
:14:57. > :15:00.of the region's last deep coal mine Daw Mill Colliery in Warwickshire
:15:01. > :15:01.shut last year. The pit had been struggling to break
:15:02. > :15:04.even, but the final straw was a devastating fire underground,
:15:05. > :15:06.which took months to put out. At one time it was one of Europe's
:15:07. > :15:10.biggest collieries. And when it shut last year,
:15:11. > :15:13.Daw Mill was the last remaining deep coal mine in our region,
:15:14. > :15:15.employing nearly 700 people. Now he's a councillor
:15:16. > :15:22.and he's worried about the future I feel we've got to do something
:15:23. > :15:26.on the site. It's got to be a business park but
:15:27. > :15:30.it's got to be the right sort of business, so we've got to look at
:15:31. > :15:33.the infrastructure carefully, about But the hope is 1400 jobs could be
:15:34. > :15:40.created in a new industrial park ` twice
:15:41. > :15:47.the number who worked underground. That could mean dozens of lorries
:15:48. > :15:50.like this on winding country lanes, through villages which are already
:15:51. > :15:52.too familiar with the effects I think most people welcome jobs but
:15:53. > :15:58.the concern here is that we have a site which is extremely inaccessible
:15:59. > :16:03.and most people fear the worst of both worlds, where we will get very
:16:04. > :16:07.few jobs created and massive amounts of traffic
:16:08. > :16:10.from heavy goods vehicles that will And it's not just
:16:11. > :16:14.the neighbours who are worried. Five miles away in Coleshill, the
:16:15. > :16:17.prospect of even more traffic is People, children cross the road,
:16:18. > :16:21.it's a route for the kids to get to school,
:16:22. > :16:25.pushchairs, elderly people crossing We have no pedestrian crossing,
:16:26. > :16:31.you can't cross at the moment, so more traffic,
:16:32. > :16:35.more damage to the area, damage to It may not look like much now,
:16:36. > :16:41.but one of this site's main assets is that it has access to
:16:42. > :16:44.the rail network for freight. The developers say that will cut
:16:45. > :16:46.down on the number of lorries coming here,
:16:47. > :17:21.and they also say they're willing to This is Danny Bath, who is one of
:17:22. > :17:24.very few rich agents playing in professional football. That is
:17:25. > :17:29.something the FA wants to change. Nick,
:17:30. > :17:31.the Football Association is very And that's why they've organised
:17:32. > :17:35.a series of forums in places with large Asian communities, like this
:17:36. > :17:38.one tonight here at the Hawthorns. Across the Midlands, thousands of
:17:39. > :17:40.British Asians have a real passion for football, as I discovered
:17:41. > :17:44.in the Black Country this morning. The school holidays are
:17:45. > :17:48.in full swing Around two dozen lads have turned up
:17:49. > :17:53.for a training session with Jerusalem Rangers, one of many clubs
:17:54. > :17:57.around the Midlands encouraging youngsters to play the beautiful
:17:58. > :18:02.game at a grassroots level. I've been playing here for two
:18:03. > :18:06.months and it's really good because I want to do this path so I can
:18:07. > :18:12.become a professional footballer. So how many British`born Asian
:18:13. > :18:15.players are playing professional football in the top four English
:18:16. > :18:18.leagues? The answer is just eight,
:18:19. > :18:22.including Adil Nabi at West Brom, Malvind Benning at Walsall,
:18:23. > :18:27.and Danny Batth at Wolves. Danny's father is Indian and his
:18:28. > :18:30.outstanding talent has made him a He said, "It would be great to
:18:31. > :18:36.see more Asian footballers making If that does make me
:18:37. > :18:41.a role model for other aspiring young Asian players,
:18:42. > :18:45.that can only be a positive thing." We need to increase
:18:46. > :18:47.the participation at a foundation level, at a grassroots
:18:48. > :18:50.level, therefore that will filter up to hopefully finding more people
:18:51. > :18:54.in the professional game. And in five or 10 years, will
:18:55. > :18:57.that picture look very different? There is a shift in culture
:18:58. > :19:02.at the moment where football is You have eight players
:19:03. > :19:09.across the four leagues. Let's give the kids that push,
:19:10. > :19:13.let's give ourselves that push to In the meantime, Adam and thousands
:19:14. > :19:17.of youngsters just like him can only work hard and dream of breaking
:19:18. > :19:21.through the glass ceiling and making the grade, but the stats don't lie
:19:22. > :19:38.for British`born Asians aspiring to Let's talk to a couple of guys with
:19:39. > :19:44.an interest in this subject. Adil is one of the young professional agent
:19:45. > :19:49.that owners of the year. Do you regard yourself as a role model? If
:19:50. > :19:55.that is what you want to call it, yeah, a role model to young Asians
:19:56. > :20:02.in deprived areas like I was from, so it can help young lads do what I
:20:03. > :20:06.have supposedly done now, great. You have put in so much hard work, not
:20:07. > :20:12.just yourself but all your family. Yes, if you want to get to the top
:20:13. > :20:18.you have to put hard`working, my mum, my dad, my brothers, so it is a
:20:19. > :20:22.whole family thing, but obviously I get the headlines but there is a lot
:20:23. > :20:29.of work from the family that has to be done. Your father had to change
:20:30. > :20:36.jobs and to all of his brothers on the playing staff. Brendan, a former
:20:37. > :20:42.legendary players here and consulted on equality matters. What more can
:20:43. > :20:46.the FA do? Forums like this where they are having consultations with
:20:47. > :20:53.the Asian community, who make up 5% of the population here, and we want
:20:54. > :20:58.to embrace everyone and we have had one or two come through but we need
:20:59. > :21:02.a deeper pool of talent for that to rise to the top, so that all is
:21:03. > :21:09.lovely, you are welcome, just come forward and be part of it. Is
:21:10. > :21:14.progress being made? I think there is work being done that hopefully
:21:15. > :21:18.you will see, but this problem keeps rising year in year out and we need
:21:19. > :21:25.positive action, which we are trying to do now. The FA's that all four
:21:26. > :21:31.continues here this evening. `` football forum continues.
:21:32. > :21:32.The owner of Hereford United has confirmed to
:21:33. > :21:35.the BBC that he has failed the Football Association's fit and
:21:36. > :21:38.proper person test and is no longer allowed to be involved in the club.
:21:39. > :21:41.Tommy Agombar took over Hereford in June and attended their opening game
:21:42. > :21:45.He says he's invested around ?240,000 in the club
:21:46. > :21:51.and fears that without his support, Hereford will "crash".
:21:52. > :21:54.It's been a successful day for Midlands athletes at the European
:21:55. > :21:56.19`year`old Matthew Hudson`Smith, from Wolverhampton,
:21:57. > :21:59.was an impressive winner of his heat in the men's 400 metres.
:22:00. > :22:02.He's through to tomorrow's semifinals.
:22:03. > :22:06.Stoke's Ashleigh Nelson set a personal best of 11.19 seconds to
:22:07. > :22:09.qualify for the semifinals of the women's 100 metres.
:22:10. > :22:14.And Birmingham's Hannah England has reached Friday's final
:22:15. > :22:26.Just like our high streets, markets have had to change
:22:27. > :22:29.One of the big successes has been farmers'
:22:30. > :22:31.markets providing produce you don't find on a supermarket shelf.
:22:32. > :22:33.Some are becoming increasingly strict
:22:34. > :22:36.They say that's helping to attract record visitors and sales.
:22:37. > :22:39.In the second part of our series on the state of
:22:40. > :22:42.the region's markets, Ben Godfrey's been to Ludlow, a Shropshire town
:22:43. > :22:53.There's been a market in Ludlow for over 900 years.
:22:54. > :22:56.In the shadow of the castle, 40 stallholders promise quality
:22:57. > :23:02.This isn't Oxford Street where you can sell rubbish
:23:03. > :23:05.People who don't sell quality, who do not maintain quality,
:23:06. > :23:10.So if you didn't hear that message loud
:23:11. > :23:16.Anybody that trades here has to be within 30 miles of that town.
:23:17. > :23:20.Everyone has to make their own product, so if you are selling raw
:23:21. > :23:27.Appleteme are a small company selling apple juice
:23:28. > :23:33.Seven miles away from Ludlow, Jane Cullen and her business
:23:34. > :23:39.partner produce 6000 bottles a year, and they pick, crush and bottle it
:23:40. > :23:45.We supply a growing number of pubs and restaurants
:23:46. > :23:51.and we are stretching as far as Shrewsbury now, so we would
:23:52. > :23:57.like to grow but we want to keep the character of our product.
:23:58. > :24:01.A decade ago, Ludlow built a reputation as a foodie capital,
:24:02. > :24:05.but the recession saw some producers and restaurateurs struggle.
:24:06. > :24:10.The produce market adapted, catching the tourist trade and moving from
:24:11. > :24:16.I'm quite interested in food that's locally grown.
:24:17. > :24:19.I live in Bournemouth and I love to come to Ludlow every time I'm here.
:24:20. > :24:23.For every pound spent here, there is another ?3 that stays
:24:24. > :24:29.There are plans to build a large supermarket
:24:30. > :24:34.It comes as British Market Authorities are seeing reduced
:24:35. > :24:39.footfall as the big players spread more local convenience stores
:24:40. > :24:43.We've got markets now that are reducing in size,
:24:44. > :24:48.Increasingly people are doing what we call click and collect,
:24:49. > :24:51.or shopping via the internet, and that's used now, I think 32
:24:52. > :24:55.However, it removes the human interaction.
:24:56. > :24:59.And that's something this produce market prides itself on ` and
:25:00. > :25:12.the belief that people will travel from afar to buy the local label.
:25:13. > :25:15.Bit of a grey day today weather`wise and somewhat damp in the last couple
:25:16. > :25:27.We are hoping it will be, and we are hoping for the skies to clear
:25:28. > :25:30.tonight, especially in the early as of tomorrow because there is a
:25:31. > :25:36.galactic spectacle in the night skies. We have a supermoon and also
:25:37. > :25:41.the meteor shower, both competing with each other, but the meteor
:25:42. > :25:46.shower were willed peak later tonight, especially towards dawn. By
:25:47. > :25:49.all accounts it looks as though the skies will clear later tonight
:25:50. > :25:54.because the showers today caused by this area of low pressure, which
:25:55. > :26:00.will swing off to the east by tomorrow, that will clear the way
:26:01. > :26:04.for drier conditions. If we look at what is going on now, we still have
:26:05. > :26:10.some angry looking showers over the region or the next couple of those
:26:11. > :26:13.`` couple of hours and those will fade away to leave dry conditions in
:26:14. > :26:18.the early hours and clear skies developing, not everywhere, central
:26:19. > :26:23.parts may have the best chance of seeing the meteor showers, at
:26:24. > :26:28.temperatures will drop to a minimum of 12 Celsius, but tomorrow morning
:26:29. > :26:34.there is a lot of sunshine to be had. Not as wet as today, a lot of
:26:35. > :26:38.dry weather and sunshine but we will see the winds turned to
:26:39. > :26:44.north`westerly as today they were south`westerly. It will cut off the
:26:45. > :26:49.flow of showers from the south`west, there are still a few trickling
:26:50. > :26:55.through the Cheshire gap, very light and sunshine to take temperatures up
:26:56. > :26:58.to around 20 Celsius. We have winds picking up again tomorrow night and
:26:59. > :27:03.that will draw in more showers through the second half of the night
:27:04. > :27:08.and into Thursday, so Thursday we are looking at a return of some
:27:09. > :27:12.fairly lively and prolific showers and that will also lead to winds
:27:13. > :27:17.picking up and it will feel quite cool, but drier by Friday, cooler
:27:18. > :27:24.and quieter. Before I hand back to Nick, a quick mention of Twitter. I
:27:25. > :27:27.am on that, so you can find my official account online.
:27:28. > :27:30.The actor and comedian Robin Williams has died.
:27:31. > :27:32.He's believed to have killed himself.
:27:33. > :27:37.Feeling the suffering of their compatriots `
:27:38. > :27:40.Yazidis talk of their horror at events back home in Northern Iraq.
:27:41. > :27:43.And a desperate search for donors as time starts to run out for two young
:27:44. > :27:58.MUSIC: "It Don't Mean A Thing" by Duke Ellington
:27:59. > :28:16.celebrating the music of Count Basie and Duke Ellington.
:28:17. > :28:19.We've got factory boys and butchers' apprentices and office clerks
:28:20. > :28:24.Don't stop moving! If you go back you'll die!
:28:25. > :28:38.Espionage. Who would possibly assassinate him?
:28:39. > :28:42.Deception. There's so much more to this story than I thought.
:28:43. > :28:46.And even murder. With a knife! Real shock.
:28:47. > :28:49.Unravelling the mysteries of their family tree.
:28:50. > :28:52.A baker?! Well, I'm damned.