:00:00. > :00:00.The headlines tonight: so it is goodbye from me,
:00:07. > :00:09.Denied full treatment by thd NHS, the cancer patient trying to raise
:00:10. > :00:19.Initially very frustrating `nd I think probably we were very angry.
:00:20. > :00:21.As twenty people a day die from pancreatic cancer,
:00:22. > :00:25.we'll be asking why Chris Whnters has been denied funding:
:00:26. > :00:31.Caught in the act ` the bungling art thief trying to
:00:32. > :00:35.For this guy to think he cotld get away with stealing one
:00:36. > :00:39.of our sculptures, let alond try to put it under his jacket and walk out
:00:40. > :00:43.A warning that farmers could stage more blockades in protest
:00:44. > :00:50.A bygone age, but this steal train's extending its route
:00:51. > :00:55.And are we heading for blue skies or grey clouds and thunderstorls
:00:56. > :00:59.There's certainly plenty gohng on in the next 24 hours with
:01:00. > :01:23.It's the cancer with the worst survival rate `
:01:24. > :01:25.pancreatic cancer kills 23 people in the UK every day.
:01:26. > :01:27.Only three percent of those diagnosed live
:01:28. > :01:31.for five years ` a figure that hasn't improved for 40 years.
:01:32. > :01:34.But one drug that has been found to extend life
:01:35. > :01:37.for up to two years isn't available on the NHS because it's too costly,
:01:38. > :01:40.Because of this, one terminally ill Worcestershire
:01:41. > :01:43.man is making his own fundr`ising efforts to pay for his treatment.
:01:44. > :01:59.When he was diagnosed beford Christmas, Chris Winters did not
:02:00. > :02:05.think he would even see the summer. My initial thought was could I not
:02:06. > :02:12.have got a different one? Why the one that is so almost insur`ble
:02:13. > :02:27.Pancreatic cancer has the worst survival rate. `` in in dur`ble
:02:28. > :02:34.They are trying to raise ?50,00 to pay for a drug. We were verx angry.
:02:35. > :02:39.But she gets to a position where you are not going to change where we are
:02:40. > :02:46.at the moment so you best gdt on with it and do what you can do about
:02:47. > :02:48.it. Since under's husband dhed to mag years ago she has been
:02:49. > :02:54.campaigning for more awarendss and research into pancreatic cancer It
:02:55. > :03:00.receives only 1% of overall cancer funding. I think it is becatse it is
:03:01. > :03:04.the hardest cancer to diagnose and it mimics the symptoms of other
:03:05. > :03:09.illnesses such as gall bladder problems. And so the funding for it
:03:10. > :03:15.is not fair because it is so hard but that needs to change. S`ndra's
:03:16. > :03:19.campaign gathered 100,000 signatures, enough to bring on a
:03:20. > :03:24.debate in Westminster where one MP also raised the issue of thd
:03:25. > :03:27.experimental drug. This is the first advancement in some kind of
:03:28. > :03:31.treatment and pancreatic cancer in 40 years. And it looks likely that
:03:32. > :03:37.it will be rejected. It is ` disgrace. The body which approves
:03:38. > :03:41.drugs for use on the NHS has not made a final decision on thd drug
:03:42. > :03:45.but in its draft guidance it says the drug is too costly and has
:03:46. > :03:50.limited benefits. That is, ht does not extend life by a great deal
:03:51. > :03:54.Until it makes its final decision, NHS England has the say so. NHS
:03:55. > :03:58.England says that the decishon on whether or not to approve the use of
:03:59. > :04:02.the treatment is based on clinical evidence of its effectiveness and
:04:03. > :04:06.benefit for the patient. Chris is hoping to benefit from his family in
:04:07. > :04:09.the time he has got left. Well joining us now from our London
:04:10. > :04:12.studio's is Ali Stunt from the Pancreatic Cancer Action Ch`rity.
:04:13. > :04:26.Good evening to you. Does Chris It does not. Sadly the access to
:04:27. > :04:28.this drug is very limited. Throughout the United Kingdom not
:04:29. > :04:36.just in England. And the drtg has been licensed for use in certain
:04:37. > :04:40.patients, patients whose disease has spread beyond the pancreas but I
:04:41. > :04:48.possibly be funding bodies `re not recommending that it be funded. ``
:04:49. > :04:52.unfortunately. Patients can only get it when their oncologists apply to a
:04:53. > :04:57.fund to access it. Is there anything you can do? We have been. You have
:04:58. > :05:00.seen the clip from the debate and there are thousands of people who
:05:01. > :05:05.are supporting us in trying to of the lack of treatments for
:05:06. > :05:13.pancreatic cancer. The survhval rate has not changed in over 40 xears and
:05:14. > :05:16.one of the things that pancreatic suffer `` can go to cancers of the
:05:17. > :05:23.Somme is lack of investment and we see that in terms of the lack of
:05:24. > :05:29.offers we have for patients. `` options. It is one of the only new
:05:30. > :05:34.options that we have had for patients. It is so difficult to spot
:05:35. > :05:39.in the early stages, isn't ht? It can be. A lot of people refdr to it
:05:40. > :05:42.as a silent killer but we do know that patients in one of our
:05:43. > :05:47.replacement surveys have actually experienced symptoms are dud to mag
:05:48. > :05:50.years before their own diagnosis and unfortunately in the early stages as
:05:51. > :05:59.a San Fran alluded to it can mimic very other `` many other benign
:06:00. > :06:02.diseases. Good to have you with this
:06:03. > :06:05.evening here on Midlands Today. find out why that's not exactly
:06:06. > :06:11.the whole picture. Police are searching
:06:12. > :06:13.for a brazen thief who walkdd into a Birmingham art shop `nd tried
:06:14. > :06:16.to make off with a painting The man walked out of
:06:17. > :06:21.Castle Galleries at the ICC with the picture under
:06:22. > :06:25.his arm after failing to hide it, It is definitely no Thomas Crown
:06:26. > :06:31.affair. Watch as the man
:06:32. > :06:34.in your picture takes a look at the paintings in the Castle Fine
:06:35. > :06:37.Art Gallery in Birmingham. He looks, he looks again, and then,
:06:38. > :06:48.no it just won't fit. Fortunately staff were watching
:06:49. > :06:51.and grabbed the painting back just We couldn't believe it
:06:52. > :07:00.when we saw it. It is so funny and for
:07:01. > :07:03.the guy to think that he wotld get And this is the artwork safd and
:07:04. > :07:08.sound where it is supposed to be. It is part of a series
:07:09. > :07:11.of works called Never Forgotten which were created
:07:12. > :07:15.by the artist to commemoratd the And some of the proceeds ard going
:07:16. > :07:19.to the Royal British Legion. The images are pretty clear
:07:20. > :07:22.and the police are now very keen to There is a funny side to it and
:07:23. > :07:27.there is a very serious sidd to it. The person has tried to ste`l
:07:28. > :07:29.a piece of art and we do need to trace that person
:07:30. > :07:33.and thanks to the cracking system they have installed in here we
:07:34. > :07:36.should be able to do that. And while we were in the gallery,
:07:37. > :07:39.a couple from Gloucestershire heard about the story and decided to buy
:07:40. > :07:44.the almost stolen artwork. We thought it was
:07:45. > :07:46.a very fitting thing to do, was to support the British Legion
:07:47. > :07:50.and particularly buy the ond that So you have actually made
:07:51. > :07:56.off with it in the legal manner But if you do know who he is then
:07:57. > :08:02.West Midlands Police would More than 100 British Imams,
:08:03. > :08:14.Muslims, MPs and organisations have signed a letter appealing to
:08:15. > :08:20.the Islamic State to releasd Alan Henning, the aid volunteer
:08:21. > :08:22.held hostage by IS in Syria. Those holding him
:08:23. > :08:25.have threatened to behead hhm Mr Henning was helping to ddliver
:08:26. > :08:29.aid to Syria with a Worcestdr`based More than a quarter of
:08:30. > :08:35.the leading Muslims who've lade the Earlier I spoke to one of them,
:08:36. > :08:39.Dr Khurshid Ahmed from the Bahu Trust charity and began
:08:40. > :08:42.by asking him what message they re We are pleading with them not to
:08:43. > :08:45.continue with We hope that for the sake
:08:46. > :08:58.of humanity, the world over, they will desist from this `nd they
:08:59. > :09:02.will release this person who has Can you put into words what ordinary
:09:03. > :09:08.peace`loving Muslims think about Islamic State
:09:09. > :09:11.and what they are doing? They are absolutely disgustdd
:09:12. > :09:18.at what they have seen so f`r. They vehemently disowned it
:09:19. > :09:23.and reject it. We have issued statements
:09:24. > :09:27.as community representatives, as imams and leaders,
:09:28. > :09:34.disowning ISIS and disowning this particular ideology which, `s I
:09:35. > :09:39.said, is a threat to world peace. How is this affecting the Mtslim
:09:40. > :09:44.community here because, as I understand it,
:09:45. > :09:47.there has been an increase The negative
:09:48. > :09:51.of course is that Islamophobia is But at the same time it is `ctually
:09:52. > :10:01.making people think about this issue and making people just not sit back
:10:02. > :10:09.but rise up against it. And that I think is a posithve
:10:10. > :10:12.outcome from these atrocious acts And we hope that this confidence
:10:13. > :10:21.that the community has of standing up and being cotnted
:10:22. > :10:24.does persist and that we will get a lot more vociferous condelnation
:10:25. > :10:26.and mobilisation of the comlunity Dairy farmers could once ag`in start
:10:27. > :10:36.a campaign of blockades and protests aimed
:10:37. > :10:38.at businesses across the Midlands. The price farmers are paid
:10:39. > :10:41.for milk is continuing to f`ll and they say each price cut costs
:10:42. > :10:48.them thousands of pounds. Our Rural Affairs Correspondent
:10:49. > :10:50.David Gregory`Kumar is in Market Drayton where farmers are
:10:51. > :10:52.meeting this evening. We haven't seen cuts like this for
:10:53. > :10:56.a while, David, so what's going on? Nick, dairy is by far the bhggest
:10:57. > :10:59.part of agriculture in the Lidlands Production globally is up
:11:00. > :11:14.so there's lots of milk sloshing Russia have banned western food
:11:15. > :11:17.including ?2 billionof European dairy products,
:11:18. > :11:18.further depressing prices. And finally
:11:19. > :11:20.a supermarket prices war at home. Three problems producing
:11:21. > :11:24.one result ` lower prices. And speaking of three probldm,
:11:25. > :11:28.in half a century a family farm never had a cow give
:11:29. > :11:35.birth to triplets before. But Nick,
:11:36. > :11:39.Mary and David are all doing fine. The farm's finances are not
:11:40. > :11:42.in such good shape after consecutive Well, this last couple
:11:43. > :11:48.of months we have had a couple And as from the 1st of October,
:11:49. > :11:55.we are going to have another 1. p That is 4p a litre lost
:11:56. > :12:03.and it mounts up over a year. It is a 60,000 pounds per ydar
:12:04. > :12:16.for a small farm like me. On this farm the price the farmer
:12:17. > :12:20.gets for the milk is now less than and it is a similar story
:12:21. > :12:24.from many other Midlands farmers. What worries farmers as there is no
:12:25. > :12:27.sign of these price cuts stopping. There is no sense that we are
:12:28. > :12:32.at the bottom of a trough and things You try to cut costs
:12:33. > :12:36.but we can't cut no more. We have been cutting and cutting
:12:37. > :12:39.and cutting these past 4 or 5 years And of course, if a dairy f`rmer is
:12:40. > :12:44.losing money they haven't got the cash to invest in the f`rm which
:12:45. > :12:47.is bad news for a network of rural He hopes
:12:48. > :12:49.his daughters will become the fourth generation to farm here, but not if
:12:50. > :13:03.the milk price continues to drop. If you just explain again why is the
:13:04. > :13:07.milk price dropping? Things have not been too bad for the past 18 months.
:13:08. > :13:11.There has been solid demand locally and really good weather so dveryone
:13:12. > :13:17.has been getting into milk `nd producing a lot of it. Look at this
:13:18. > :13:25.whether we have prepared. The amount of the EU has produced is up 5%
:13:26. > :13:29.What happens in any market hs when you have a lot of the commodity
:13:30. > :13:33.sloshing around like milk then the price starts to fall again. That is
:13:34. > :13:47.what we're seeing now. That is one of many reasons, farmer 's `re
:13:48. > :13:51.saying it's a problem. It is probably going to end up here and
:13:52. > :13:56.that will push down prices `gain. What is likely to come out of
:13:57. > :14:05.tonight's meeting? We are hdre at the market and it will be starting
:14:06. > :14:11.in about one hour. This is farmers for action. They have block`ded
:14:12. > :14:17.supermarkets and other businesses to get the point across. They say be
:14:18. > :14:22.made to do that again `` might. We will update you with what the
:14:23. > :14:25.farmers are saying and what they say about these falling prices.
:14:26. > :14:30.Denied full treatment by thd NHS, the cancer patient trying to raise
:14:31. > :14:33.fifty thousand pounds to save his life.
:14:34. > :14:36.It's been another warm one today ` your detailed weather forec`st to
:14:37. > :14:45.Seeking out this year's unstng heroes of sport across the Lidlands:
:14:46. > :14:51.And, with the help of rare film footage, celebrating the people and
:14:52. > :15:08.It's still one of the most evocative sights, don't
:15:09. > :15:11.you think, a steam train thtndering through our beautiful countryside?
:15:12. > :15:13.Well, it's hoped that steam trains on the Gloucestershire and
:15:14. > :15:15.Warwickshire heritage railw`y will be running into the Cotswold village
:15:16. > :15:19.Work is currently underway to extend the line in the hope
:15:20. > :15:22.Members of the public have donated almost half
:15:23. > :15:27.Our reporter Ben Sidwell has been to see how the work is progressing
:15:28. > :15:29.For more than 30 years they have been running steam trains
:15:30. > :15:33.on the Gloucestershire`Warwhckshire Railway.
:15:34. > :15:36.Last year they began a fundraising campaign so they could extend
:15:37. > :15:50.We're talking about a one and a half million pound project.
:15:51. > :15:52.We have had a share issue ongoing in the last year
:15:53. > :15:55.which has raised half a million to fix the bridges on the way.
:15:56. > :15:58.We need the best part of another ?1 million to get there
:15:59. > :16:04.The railway is 14 miles long and at the moment runs from Cheltenham
:16:05. > :16:07.At the moment this is the end of the line.
:16:08. > :16:10.But you only have to look this way to see the enormous task th`t the
:16:11. > :16:14.team have to complete the two and a half miles of track to Broadway.
:16:15. > :16:17.And it is Broadway where thd most significant work is taking place.
:16:18. > :16:20.This is how the station looked when it opened in 1904.
:16:21. > :16:26.But like so many it was demolished in the 1960s.
:16:27. > :16:32.Now thanks to the railway's volunteers,
:16:33. > :16:37.I think it is a major tourist attraction `nd it
:16:38. > :16:44.It is an attraction for us because we have a destination and it
:16:45. > :16:47.is attraction for the villagers and the shops and hotels in the village
:16:48. > :16:51.because we will be bringing 200 or 300 people at a time who will wander
:16:52. > :16:53.up to the village to buy sttff and have a meal.
:16:54. > :16:55.The biggest challenge with the extension is the repairhng
:16:56. > :16:58.the five bridges to Broadwax which have weakened over tile.
:16:59. > :17:02.Not good when you need to rtn heavy steam trains right over thel.
:17:03. > :17:06.The average steam train that we run is 80 to 100 tonnes ` we also run
:17:07. > :17:09.a few Heritage diesels which go up to 120 tonnes and then you have got
:17:10. > :17:12.the coaches on the back, another couple of hundred thmes
:17:13. > :17:24.The next train arriving at platform two will be in three years.
:17:25. > :17:42.Let's just hope it is not running late.
:17:43. > :17:45.To open your heart ` and yotr home ` to a complete stranger is,
:17:46. > :17:49.But for Katy Lowe and her mtm Susan, life wouldn't be
:17:50. > :17:52.He's 60 years old and has special needs.
:17:53. > :17:55.He lives with the Lowes, thanks to a charity called
:17:56. > :17:57.Shared Lives which pairs vulnerable adults with families.
:17:58. > :17:59.And, as Sarah Falkland reports, it's now on the look`out
:18:00. > :18:06.for more families who can offer care and companionship .
:18:07. > :18:18.This is a Dennis and he livds with us. He is a right laugh. He is
:18:19. > :18:23.always smiling. Dennis is no relation but he is definitely one of
:18:24. > :18:34.the family. He has been livhng with them for over three years. Do we
:18:35. > :18:38.have a laugh? Yes. Always khnd, caring. If you are not well he will
:18:39. > :18:47.come and put his arm on me `nd Pat Meehan says it will be all right.
:18:48. > :18:52.Don't you Dennis? Dennis's parents were getting too old to look after
:18:53. > :18:57.him and he was paired with this family by the charity. He is
:18:58. > :19:03.classified as high dependence. Susan gets an allowance to help c`re for
:19:04. > :19:09.him. I help get up in the morning and his personality. He lovds me to
:19:10. > :19:15.make sometimes. I make his bed. I get him ready for the day cdntre and
:19:16. > :19:21.then I pick him up or we go out for lunch and go on holiday togdther and
:19:22. > :19:32.we do all sorts of things together. Do you like living with me `nd mum?
:19:33. > :19:35.Yes. This much all this much? Katie agreed to appear in a promotional
:19:36. > :19:41.video with Dennis to try to persuade more families to consider lhving
:19:42. > :19:47.with adults with special nedds. I get the impression you love Dennis
:19:48. > :19:57.and Dennis loves you? Very luch I don't drink beer I drink water. But
:19:58. > :20:03.his real passion is these. He has been a spotter all his life. He is
:20:04. > :20:05.already 60. It is Susan's and his dearest wish that they can spend the
:20:06. > :20:13.remaining years together. Football news and Micky Adals has
:20:14. > :20:16.resigned as manager of Port Vale The 52`year`old led Vale to
:20:17. > :20:20.promotion from League Two in 20 3 but six straight defeats has left
:20:21. > :20:24.them near the foot of Leagud One. Adams said he was leaving whth
:20:25. > :20:26."great sadness" but says he thinks the club is in a stronger position
:20:27. > :20:29.now than when he joined. This evening we're launching our
:20:30. > :20:32.search to find the 2014 BBC Midlands Every year we seek to recognise
:20:33. > :20:36.those folk across our region who give their thme to
:20:37. > :20:41.help others take part in sport. And where better to start
:20:42. > :20:43.our search for this year's heroes than in Nuneaton,
:20:44. > :20:46.the home of last year's winner. And that's where Dan
:20:47. > :20:48.Pallett is right now. Welcome to the Pringles Stadium on
:20:49. > :20:55.a club night for Nuneaton H`rriers. And the beating heart
:20:56. > :20:57.of this evening's training session ` well very evening's training is
:20:58. > :20:59.Barry Ewington our He's been involved in the sport
:21:00. > :21:25.for 60 years ` one of Cast your mind back 12 months, what
:21:26. > :21:29.was winning the award like? A fabulous night. I'm not just saying
:21:30. > :21:34.that, it was one of the nicdst night we're been to. The daughter was on
:21:35. > :21:37.the stand. She was the one who nominated me and we were all over
:21:38. > :21:42.the moon. It was a really nhce night. You went off to the sports
:21:43. > :21:47.personality of the year award? That was a night in itself. To w`lk in a
:21:48. > :21:52.stadium or arena with 12,000 people and you're thinking what do I have
:21:53. > :21:56.to do it I have to get up and walk in front of them but we knew that
:21:57. > :22:00.was not going to happen. It was a magic experience. What diffdrence
:22:01. > :22:05.hasn't made to yourself on the club? Are people getting in touch? One
:22:06. > :22:09.numbers has helped. How much I'm not sure but it must help because it
:22:10. > :22:15.gives a hearts to the club. As of old friends I've known for xears and
:22:16. > :22:26.had not seen for many years that have phoned and said Stella grams.
:22:27. > :22:31.`` sent telegrams. I would say to anyone to nominate. My daughter
:22:32. > :22:38.insisted and I said well if you really want to do it. It shows it is
:22:39. > :22:39.worthwhile. Have you got thd details of how people can nominate other
:22:40. > :22:41.members? We're looking for an individual or
:22:42. > :22:44.pair aged`16`or`over who give their time on a voluntary basis to help
:22:45. > :22:47.others to participate in sport. You can download
:22:48. > :22:49.a nomination form on the BBC Sport Website or you can ring 0844 30
:22:50. > :22:53.8000 and we'll send one to xou. Calls cost up to 5p a minutd
:22:54. > :22:55.from a landline, The closing date is October
:22:56. > :23:04.the 20th. Rare film footage of Ironbrhdge
:23:05. > :23:07.and the surrounding area has been collected
:23:08. > :23:08.for a special celebration of the the life and times of Shropshire
:23:09. > :23:11.folk over the last half century Past Lives features builders,
:23:12. > :23:14.street parties and family events. It will be shown this weekend
:23:15. > :23:17.as part of a festival to mark the Ironbridge Gorge's statts
:23:18. > :23:19.as a world heritage site. And this footage shows the bridge
:23:20. > :23:34.in the 1960s. His workshop
:23:35. > :23:40.a shed that still remains today He then took his boat out
:23:41. > :23:44.on the River Severn. The old footage and more
:23:45. > :23:49.like it was filmed by local people. And forms part of a new fill
:23:50. > :23:52.by a group called freefall `rts People have had this stored
:23:53. > :24:03.in their cupboards and their lofts and they cannot view it bec`use
:24:04. > :24:06.most people do not have projectors, there is no way of seeing it,
:24:07. > :24:10.it is not valued any more bdcause Some of the clips were filmdd by
:24:11. > :24:16.George and Edna who lived ndarby. Including the construction
:24:17. > :24:18.of Ironbridge power station. I got to know
:24:19. > :24:21.the men who were building it and I asked them could I come up `nd film
:24:22. > :24:25.it and they said yes, come on up. At Madeley in Telford Pete Wilson
:24:26. > :24:41.helped the filmmakers find luch We are looking at a carnival
:24:42. > :24:50.in the 60s. People gave me
:24:51. > :24:55.and loaned me cinefilm. And past lives have copied these
:24:56. > :24:59.and it has been fascinating When they digitised it,
:25:00. > :25:05.it meant that we could stop the film We put Pete's theory to the test
:25:06. > :25:10.to see who they could recognise There is me there with
:25:11. > :25:14.my eldest sister at a stall but I Pete's starring role
:25:15. > :25:20.in the past lives film will be shown on Saturday in Ironbridge as part
:25:21. > :25:23.of a festival marking the status Meanwhile, this amazing weather
:25:24. > :25:45.goes on ` how long for, Shefali Probably until the weekend.
:25:46. > :25:50.Temperatures reached highs of 2 degrees across the South. For the
:25:51. > :25:54.bus majority it has been a lovely day but there have already been
:25:55. > :25:59.stirrings of change across the South with thunderstorms there and they
:26:00. > :26:02.are now heading our way. We will continue to see Misty murky nights
:26:03. > :26:06.ahead because of the warmth and moisture from the showers btt it is
:26:07. > :26:12.only by the weekend it can turn a touch cooler. Still warm for the
:26:13. > :26:16.time of year. With regards to these warnings they come into force from
:26:17. > :26:20.about 11 o'clock tonight and should remain in force until about roughly
:26:21. > :26:27.the same time tomorrow night. These are for the majority of the region,
:26:28. > :26:30.the far north`east I think. These thunderstorms and showers could
:26:31. > :26:36.produce some flooding due to the fact that it has been quite dry so
:26:37. > :26:39.far this month. Driest across the UK for 30 years. This is how it is
:26:40. > :26:43.developing what a night. A frontal system from the south which is
:26:44. > :26:48.pushing those showers I will wave and those will meet up later on
:26:49. > :26:50.during the first half of thd weekend with his cold front slipping
:26:51. > :26:54.south`westwards will intenshfy the activity. So we're going to see the
:26:55. > :26:58.showers continuing to Saturday as well. Once that front fears are
:26:59. > :27:01.southwards that is when we see those fresh acrylic conditions and high
:27:02. > :27:09.pressure dominating and that will tan fryer for Sunday. We can see
:27:10. > :27:15.that we have already got showers breaking out. `` turn drier for
:27:16. > :27:21.Sunday. A wet end to the night and you can see the heaviest of the dam
:27:22. > :27:26.was here. It is also very mhld indeed. Temperatures down to 15
:27:27. > :27:29.degrees. `` heaviest of the downfall. Fairly warm and hhghs of
:27:30. > :27:32.21 degrees. millions head to the polls to cast
:27:33. > :28:13.their vote on the country's future. MENACING VOICE: You will rob
:28:14. > :28:18.the Bank of Karabraxos.