24/08/2014 Midlands Today

Mercedes boss, who described the crash as "absolutely unacceptable".

-- booing. There is a heightened state

of awareness at hospitals in the Midlands as concern grows

at the spread of Ebola. As a Briton, who has tested positive

for the virus, is flown back to the UK from Sierra Leone for trdatment,

health experts say the risk to the public here of contracthng

the infection is extremely low. Thousands and thousands

of bottles of hand sanitiser. This factory in Stratford`on`Avon

has brought in extra staff to cope with the explosion in orders it is

receiving from West Africa. The orders started off saying that

they wanted one shipping container, but now they are saying to send

them as much as we possibly can There are some hand sanitisdrs that

do not contain alcohol, but alcohol and ethanol based sanitisers are

effective against viruses. They are not going to kill Dbola,

obviously it is a deadly disease, but they will help to reducd

the virus. Heartlands Hospital in Birmhngham

has one of the biggest and busiest infectious dise`se units

in the country. They are being asked to check out

more patients ` a situation fuelled more by fear

of the disease, it seems, We are seeing more people who are

suspected of this, but over`ll we are not seeing many cases who are

even high possibility, and we have Public Health England is providing

support to the affected countries in West Africa where Ebola has

claimed almost 1,500 lives. Medical experts say the risk

to people here remains low. We are very well rehearsed

in managing outbreaks of infectious We have got good systems in place,

good infection control policies and procedures, and people `re made

aware regularly. Although we may get a case,

chances of it spreading to But awareness is now heightdned with

hospitals and GPs in the Midlands being issued with guidance `bout

what to do in the event thex have to The family of

a nine`year`old boy who died after falling into a weir in Staffordshire

have paid tribute to him. Nine`year`old Kai Lambe,

from Hatton, died after falling into the River Dove near

Tutbury Castle on Friday evdning. He was pulled from the water

but died at Queen's Hospital His family have described hhm as a

vibrant, happy, bubbly little man. His death is not being treated

as suspicious. It is 25 years since Metro`Cammell,

the Birmingham`based bus and train And to mark

the anniversary bus enthusi`sts in the region are getting the chance

to take a ride down memory lane Sian Grzeszczyk has spent the day

on the buses at They don't make them

like this anymore. That is why hundreds of famhlies

like Chris and her granddaughter Evie have come to Wythall Transport

Museum for a very special trip out. I always wanted to sit upst`irs

when I was little. Sitting upstairs again now,

it is just a lovely memory. My parents would take up

on day`trips, especially bank holidays, and we would nearly always

end up at Dudley Zoo. The assistant conductor is Sue's

11`year`old nephew Reuben. He has been doing this for the last

12 months, after he was givdn an old What do you want to do

when you grow up? Be a bus driver or a conductor

for this museum. This bus was built in 1975

and it has taken thousands The bodywork was built here

in Birmingham by Metro`Cammdll and it is one of a fleet

of buses on display today. How much fun that was at? Shze. ``

five Mac. Metro`Cammell was a very

important employer in Birmingham. They built thousands and thousands

of buses, trains and underground Hundreds more are expected to turn

up tomorrow for the bank holiday. If you are planning on going,

watch out for Reuben. If you want to know anything

about buses, he is your man. Sian Grzeszczyk, BBC Midlands Today,

Wythall Transport Museum. Warwickshire cricket fans h`ve been

celebrating after the club became the T20 Blast

champions for the first timd. The Birmingham Bears lifted

the silverware under the floodlights in front of a capacity crowd

of over 23,000 at Edgbaston late last night, after beating L`ncashire

by just four runs in the final. Bears' coach Dougie Brown s`id the

success was just reward for three Football, and Stoke City picked up

their first point of the se`son After going behind in the fhrst

half, Stoke salvaged a draw with a late equaliser when captahn Ryan

Shawcross bundled home his first goal for 12 months ` his effort

confirmed by goal`line technology. It looks like we are in

for a wet Bank Holiday Mond`y, It would not be a bank holiday if we

did not see some rain and that is A few showers in the early dvening,

then we will see signs of this weather front moving in

from the southwest. It will be a mild night,

with temperatures reaching Then the rain will start to work its

way northwards and it will lerge with another weather front, which

will produce heavy rainfall in the It will be quite windy

in the south`easterly wind, with a I will be back with our latd

bulletin just after 10:15PM In the meantime,

have a good evening. After that cold start this morning,

it has been quite a nice day for most of us. We have seen cloud

amounts increasing but it is this cloud that is coming in from the

Atlantic which is going to bring change in weather. Not too much rain

from it, further patchy rain across Northern Ireland overnight, some

rain at times across Wales and the south-west, shovelling further

east. Far north of England and particularly Scotland, saying drive.

Clearer skies, still quite cold