:00:00. > :00:00.The headlines tonight: continues. The dream shall never
:00:00. > :00:08.After the promise of more powers for Scotland, calls for the same
:00:09. > :00:15.They need to be given greatdr freedom over their own abilhty to
:00:16. > :00:19.raise their own tax, council tax, and also business taxes.
:00:20. > :00:23.We'll be asking a Black Country MP, who's also a Scot, what changes he
:00:24. > :00:26.thinks should be made to thd way things are run in the West Lidlands.
:00:27. > :00:30.Also tonight: More than 600 jobs to go at the Staffordshire
:00:31. > :00:36.The closest thing I can rel`te it to is sudden shock and bereavelent
:00:37. > :00:38.that was the reaction that H personally felt myself.
:00:39. > :00:45.A blow for Warwickshire ahe`d of their one day final at Lord's ` star
:00:46. > :01:01.And we've been a little spoilt with the we`ther
:01:02. > :01:05.recently, things a will be lore lively in the sky tonight ` but
:01:06. > :01:21.Good evening, the promise of more powers for Scotland
:01:22. > :01:26.in the wake of the referendtm is triggering renewed demands for extra
:01:27. > :01:30.devolution in English regions ` including here in the Midlands.
:01:31. > :01:34.There's a population of around 5.3 million people
:01:35. > :01:38.in Scotland ` over 5.5 millhon live in the West Midlands.
:01:39. > :01:42.In terms of public spending by the UK government, Scotl`nd
:01:43. > :01:50.In the West Midlands, it's lower at ?8,500.
:01:51. > :01:53.However Scotland contributes just over ?20,000 per person to the UK
:01:54. > :01:56.economy, compared with around ?17,500 per head in the Midlands.
:01:57. > :02:00.Nicola Beckford has been gathering reaction to the historic vote.
:02:01. > :02:06.Her report contains flashing images from the beginning.
:02:07. > :02:09.The Scottish referendum may be over ` but its impact will be felt
:02:10. > :02:13.In this truck stop in Cannock diners were taking
:02:14. > :02:32.If they'd all voted yes thex would have been sat there stumped thinking
:02:33. > :02:35.` what is the next step and I don't think they would have
:02:36. > :02:41.We got married up in Scotland ` it's part of our lives as we know it
:02:42. > :02:43.we're just glad they are staying part of the UK.
:02:44. > :02:45.The 300`year`old union between Scotland and England may
:02:46. > :02:48.have been preserved but the political consequences for the
:02:49. > :02:53.The Prime Minister said new reforms would deliver
:02:54. > :02:56."English votes for English laws ` and hinted at greater powers
:02:57. > :03:07.It is important we have widdr civic engagement about how to improve
:03:08. > :03:09.governance throughout the United Kingdom including how to
:03:10. > :03:21.We will say more about this in the coming days.
:03:22. > :03:23.The news was welcomed by thd Local Government Association.
:03:24. > :03:25.They're demanding greater powers for local authorities across England
:03:26. > :03:28.They need to be given greatdr freedom over
:03:29. > :03:31.their own ability to raise their own tax council tax and also biz taxes.
:03:32. > :03:38.And they also need to be given greater freedom to raise money
:03:39. > :03:39.independently via arrangements with the city
:03:40. > :03:42.and other financial institutions because only by that will they be
:03:43. > :03:45.It's a theme that's echoed by the business community.
:03:46. > :03:47.Our cities are not able to invest nimbly.
:03:48. > :03:49.We're not able to spot opportunities and take them
:03:50. > :03:52.because we've got this Westlinster machine that takes forever to grind
:03:53. > :03:55.out authority and they have no sense of what really works locallx.
:03:56. > :03:57.There's just this national view of how things should be run.
:03:58. > :04:00.So the Prime Minister has promised a new and fair devolution
:04:01. > :04:04.The question is now ` how will the government delhver
:04:05. > :04:07.Earlier I spoke to Pat McFadden the Labour MP for Wolverhampton South
:04:08. > :04:10.East and a Scotsman. I began by asking him whether the promhse of
:04:11. > :04:13.more devolved powers for Scotland means the government should now be
:04:14. > :04:18.focused on devolved powers for cities or regions in England?
:04:19. > :04:22.Well I think what we have sden overnight is the end of somdthing
:04:23. > :04:26.We have seen the end of a decades`long campaign
:04:27. > :04:31.for Scottish independence and I am very relieved and thankful
:04:32. > :04:38.that Scotland last night voted to remain in the United Kingdol.
:04:39. > :04:44.That is the most important thing to say first of all.
:04:45. > :04:46.But I also think that while that debate has been going
:04:47. > :04:49.on people in England have bden watching it and thinking wh`t about
:04:50. > :04:54.So I think it is healthy th`t we have a debate now, here in Dngland,
:04:55. > :04:59.And we have already had a lot of options thrown out in the l`st 4
:05:00. > :05:02.hours, and I think it is a healthy debate and one that we should have.
:05:03. > :05:05.There are actually more people living in the west Midlands than
:05:06. > :05:09.That may well be true and even in the few hours since the restlt was
:05:10. > :05:12.finalised this morning we'vd heard people talking about more ddvolution
:05:13. > :05:17.to other cities, more devolttion to regions, some ideas about England
:05:18. > :05:21.wide solutions so we have a lot of ideas out there but you do not
:05:22. > :05:28.change the constitution in ` rush and so I think it is import`nt that
:05:29. > :05:31.we have a proper debate abott this and importantly, maybe this is also
:05:32. > :05:34.a lesson from north of the border, not one that just involves
:05:35. > :05:36.politicians locked away in a room but one that involves
:05:37. > :05:40.There does not seem to be a lot of appetite
:05:41. > :05:46.for local government here in this region, bearing in mind Birlingham
:05:47. > :05:52.They didn't and mayoprs werd rejected in most cities when they
:05:53. > :05:57.I wonder if the impact of last night's vote is going to
:05:58. > :06:01.One of the mistakes that we made when Labour was
:06:02. > :06:04.in government was proposing regional assemblies in the North of Dngland
:06:05. > :06:10.only to find that they were rejected by the voters so I think yot got to
:06:11. > :06:18.And not think that the solution that looks good in Whitehall will
:06:19. > :06:22.That is why I think it is rdally important that we have this debate
:06:23. > :06:25.but that it is one that is ` proper dialogue between politicians
:06:26. > :06:32.and local communities because you do not want to get this wrong.
:06:33. > :06:34.Well, our Political Editor Patrick Burns is in
:06:35. > :06:36.Birmingham tonight, so the Dnglish question has really been aw`kened,
:06:37. > :06:48.This is at least part of it, according to the Prime Minister
:06:49. > :06:53.David Cameron wants to "re`empower the great cities".
:06:54. > :06:54.To which the counties promptly expressed
:06:55. > :06:57.their disappointment that hd didn't mention them in the same brdath
:06:58. > :07:01.Many people can agree England needs a new deal ` polls
:07:02. > :07:05.suggest more than 80% of people think that.
:07:06. > :07:08.The problems start when yoy try to decide what exactly
:07:09. > :07:26.that means and how you should go about achieving it.
:07:27. > :07:29.And Patrick will be back with Sunday Politics on on BBC1, 11: 0pm
:07:30. > :07:36.Thanks for joining us at the start of the weekend here
:07:37. > :07:41.Muslims across the region pray for the two British hostages being
:07:42. > :07:51.628 staff at the Staffordshhre Head Quarters of Phones4U h`ve been
:07:52. > :07:56.The adminstrators, who were appointed on Mondax,
:07:57. > :07:59.made the announcement to workers late this afternoon.
:08:00. > :08:02.Phones 4U collapsed at the weekend after network operators
:08:03. > :08:08.Here's our Staffordshire reporter, Liz Copper.
:08:09. > :08:11.On Monday, some staff were `lready bidding farewell at the
:08:12. > :08:13.Staffordshire Headquarters of Phones 4U. As they departed, many were
:08:14. > :08:16.resigned to the reality ` they wouldn't be returning to work here.
:08:17. > :08:18.And tonight ` confirmation that 628 jobs are going.
:08:19. > :08:26.This recruitment agency in Newcastle's taken calls
:08:27. > :08:29.from hundreds of Phones 4U staff since thd firm's
:08:30. > :08:36.Already some workers have bdgun the process of securing new jobs.
:08:37. > :08:40.Something like this happens it is nevdr easy
:08:41. > :08:43.but you have got to look at it as a positive, and look out there
:08:44. > :08:48.It is not nice but you get on with it
:08:49. > :08:51.and you have to move forward and we will remain as positive as we can.
:08:52. > :08:56.You can't dwell on it and the thing is for me personally
:08:57. > :08:59.I've seen it as a chance to change and actually create a career.
:09:00. > :09:02.The directors of this agency were also both former
:09:03. > :09:08.Their new business has maintained strong links with the company.
:09:09. > :09:10.But they hadn't forecast the speed at which it found itself
:09:11. > :09:14.The closest thing I can acttally related to his sudden shock
:09:15. > :09:16.That was the reaction that H personally felt myself
:09:17. > :09:24.but also that was definitelx what the staff were conveying.
:09:25. > :09:26.What we're talking about is getting a sledgehalmer
:09:27. > :09:33.The founder of Phones 4U ` Staffordshire`based billion`ire
:09:34. > :09:36.John Caudwell ` was renowned for his straight
:09:37. > :09:39.talking when he ran the bushness, before he sold it eight years ago.
:09:40. > :09:51.And he's been equally forthright this week,
:09:52. > :09:54.My experience was one of growth and always good t`lented
:09:55. > :09:56.people in the organisation laking profits so I think you know
:09:57. > :10:03.it was a shock that it happdned so quickly.
:10:04. > :10:08.Vodaphone will be taking on 140 Phones 4U shops,
:10:09. > :10:20.But that deal's subject to court approval.
:10:21. > :10:27.the administrators are in t`lks with three different parties so that the
:10:28. > :10:29.next few days will be critical in determining how many jobs c`n be
:10:30. > :10:32.saved. A Birmingham man's been arrdsted
:10:33. > :10:34.on suspicion of theft after police released CCTV footage
:10:35. > :10:38.of a man trying to hide a phece It happened last month
:10:39. > :10:42.at a gallery in the city centre West Midlands Police say officers
:10:43. > :10:44.arrested The footage attracted more than
:10:45. > :10:48.204,000 hits in 48 hours after the police uploaded it to
:10:49. > :10:54.their Youtube site. A fundraising appeal to keep the
:10:55. > :10:56.Wedgwood Collection in Staffordshire The collection at the
:10:57. > :11:02.Wedgwood Museum in Barlaston is being sold because of a pension fund
:11:03. > :11:06.debt that arose when Waterford Public donations of ?1 millhon have
:11:07. > :11:12.now been matched by major donors, trusts and foundations,
:11:13. > :11:16.leaving the appeal ?750,000 short The words of religious leaddrs in
:11:17. > :11:25.a national day of prayer as muslims condemned the actions of extremists
:11:26. > :11:27.holding British hostages. In the clearest language evdr used
:11:28. > :11:33.packed mosques were told th`t the Islamic State do not represent
:11:34. > :11:40.Islam. Alan Henning and John Cantlhe are
:11:41. > :11:43.being held in Syria Our Special correspondent, Peter
:11:44. > :11:50.Wilson has this exclusive rdport. This Birmingham mosque was one
:11:51. > :11:54.of dozens around the countrx, 10,000 worshippers hearing
:11:55. > :11:57.in the same message that thd Islamic State are terrorists and condemning
:11:58. > :12:01.the kidnapping of aid worker Alan Henning and photojournalist
:12:02. > :12:07.John Cantlie. The imams appdaled directly to those threatening to
:12:08. > :12:10.kill Mr Henning. We ask you, please show compassion,
:12:11. > :12:17.justice and mercy to Mr Henning Alan Henning was part
:12:18. > :12:24.of a Worcester`based charitx convoy Known as Gadget to his friends, he
:12:25. > :12:29.simply wanted to help those in need. It is worthwhile
:12:30. > :12:35.when you see what is needed actually Today's appeal and prayers were
:12:36. > :12:44.broadcast on the Internet, designed to place maximum pressure on those
:12:45. > :12:51.holding the British hostages. Muslims around the world fedl that
:12:52. > :12:54.the so`called Islamic State which we are calling the un`Islamic
:12:55. > :12:57.state does not represent Islam or We want to make it crystal clear
:12:58. > :13:06.what Islam feels about the terrible atrocities that are being committed
:13:07. > :13:09.in the name of the Islamic State. The organiser of this national event
:13:10. > :13:13.which continues over Alan was a humanitarian, he went
:13:14. > :13:21.with a Muslim organisation to help He was a humanitarian
:13:22. > :13:25.and today the mosques are praying for all humanitarians `
:13:26. > :13:27.for their safety and securhty. These sermons
:13:28. > :13:29.and messages are being repe`ted The message unequivocal
:13:30. > :13:36.and the prayers for the safdt return After a promise of more powdrs
:13:37. > :13:53.devolved to Scotland, a call After a dank and dismal Friday,
:13:54. > :14:03.Rebecca will be here with a brighter With West Brom perilously close to
:14:04. > :14:09.the bottom of the Premier Ldague, manager Alan Irvine
:14:10. > :14:14.on the way ahead. And a film premiere underne`th
:14:15. > :14:18.the arches to celebrate Covdntry's The West Midlands is home to one
:14:19. > :14:31.of the largest Kashmiri ex`pat In the last two weeks, they've seen
:14:32. > :14:40.their homeland devastated bx the Kashmiris here struggling to contact
:14:41. > :14:48.their relatives are calling for more As Bob Hockenhull reports,
:14:49. > :14:51.they're also raising funds to help Nearly 300 have died.
:14:52. > :14:55.Three quarters of a million people have lost their homes after floods
:14:56. > :14:57.devastated Kashmir. It's distressing for Eram Rather from Shirlex in
:14:58. > :15:05.Solihull ` she tries to keep in daily contact with her parents who
:15:06. > :15:08.live in the capitol Shrinig`r. But When you know that
:15:09. > :15:15.your parents are there and xou don't know that they are fine and you
:15:16. > :15:18.are not able to contact thel. Some
:15:19. > :15:23.of Eram's relatives were tr`pped But all of her and her husb`nd's
:15:24. > :15:29.family have now been accounted for: All the main hospitals,
:15:30. > :15:31.all the speciality hospitals are underwater. There are some places
:15:32. > :15:36.over 30 feet of water. The West Midlands is home to
:15:37. > :15:41.an estimated 90,000 people The Birmingham based Islamic Help
:15:42. > :15:45.charity has already raised thousands of pounds to help `
:15:46. > :15:51.its volunteers are distributing food We have had a tremendous response
:15:52. > :15:55.from our volunteers here in the UK who have heard about the problems
:15:56. > :16:00.and have wanted to come forward Individuals are also doing
:16:01. > :16:04.their bit to help. This Kashmiri curry house
:16:05. > :16:06.in Sparkbrook will donate 40 per cent of its takings over fotr days
:16:07. > :16:12.next week. People there have got no food,
:16:13. > :16:15.they have got no homes, thex are homeless so it is our opportunity to
:16:16. > :16:18.help those people there. With officials describing
:16:19. > :16:19.the Kashmiri flooding as unprecedented in living lemory,
:16:20. > :16:22.the fundraising will be needed Ian's here with the sport
:16:23. > :16:33.and a blow for Warwickshire ahead Yes, the Bears will be without
:16:34. > :16:37.their England batsman Ian Bdll for tomorrow's One`Day Cup final
:16:38. > :16:42.against Durham. He's suffering from a broken toe
:16:43. > :16:44.and tonsilitis. Warwickshire's Director of Cricket
:16:45. > :16:46.Dougie Brown says he's disappointed. Bell says he's gutted to miss
:16:47. > :16:49.the game, but he'll be watching It was very warm and very htmid
:16:50. > :16:56.at Lord's this afternoon. Nevertheless, the Bears camd out to
:16:57. > :17:02.play in the nets, knowing that Ian Bell ` one of their key potdntial
:17:03. > :17:05.match`winners had been ruled out Earlier this week as they g`thered
:17:06. > :17:11.for a round of golf on the famous Brabazon course the Warwickshire
:17:12. > :17:13.players were still hopeful that Bell would be fit in time for tolorrow's
:17:14. > :17:33.big match at cricket HQ. This they are all hoping to complete
:17:34. > :17:36.the double which would be a fitting finale for this talented sqtad. If
:17:37. > :17:44.you were not playing in this final you would be there? 100%. You want a
:17:45. > :17:47.Warwickshire to do well with you are playing or not and there is a good
:17:48. > :17:52.chance I will be playing. That is just great and I am excited as much
:17:53. > :17:57.as any of the other lads. Hhs team`mate has rediscovered his
:17:58. > :18:03.form. He is available for England and would love to sign of the season
:18:04. > :18:09.with victory. The same applhes to this pace bowler from Yorkshire How
:18:10. > :18:17.much are you looking forward to the experience? Massively. To go back
:18:18. > :18:23.and play in the final in front of a big crowd is going to be fantastic.
:18:24. > :18:27.20 years since what we showdd the treble. It has been thought about.
:18:28. > :18:32.The championship has slipped away from us but certainly we want a
:18:33. > :18:36.double as well so we want to push on for second in the championship and I
:18:37. > :18:41.cannot think of a better se`son It may have been lacking in little
:18:42. > :18:44.consistency but cricket has been outstanding Arab season. Thdir
:18:45. > :18:52.opponents will be a tough ntt to crack but Bush `` all season. `` but
:18:53. > :18:53.Warwickshire. They travel to Spurs,
:18:54. > :18:58.still looking for their first win. These are tough times
:18:59. > :19:00.at the Hawthorns. Yes, just one win in
:19:01. > :19:02.their last 10 Premier Leagud games. So far this season,
:19:03. > :19:04.they've drawn two, and lost two since Alan Irvhne took
:19:05. > :19:08.over as Head Coach in the stmmer. He says he can understand the fans
:19:09. > :19:12.frustration at Albion's slow start. Anybody who is down towards
:19:13. > :19:15.the bottom end of the table is going to be in that position wherd they
:19:16. > :19:17.are under pressure. It is four games in, it can change
:19:18. > :19:24.very very quickly, I have too say It is four games in, it can change
:19:25. > :19:27.very very quickly, I have to say that Paul Lambert has just been
:19:28. > :19:31.given a new contract and if I remember rightly he was unddr a
:19:32. > :19:39.great deal of pressure last season. But at the other end of the table,
:19:40. > :19:42.Aston Villa could go top? Villa are just two points
:19:43. > :19:46.behind the leaders Chelsea who take their 100 per cent record to
:19:47. > :19:48.Man City on Sunday. Tomorrow,
:19:49. > :19:50.Villa are at home to Arsenal. When they last met in January,
:19:51. > :19:52.Villa lost 2`1. Christian Benteke scored
:19:53. > :19:54.and the good news is that hd's now But if Villa win, then they would
:19:55. > :20:04.go top ` for 24 hours at le`st. And you can follow all your teams
:20:05. > :20:07.this weekend by listening to your Big celebrations
:20:08. > :20:14.in Coventry tonight to mark the 40th There's a drive`in film scrdening
:20:15. > :20:20.underneath the famous carri`geway. We'll be live
:20:21. > :20:23.there in a moment ` but I w`nt to the "trailer" ` which is thd world
:20:24. > :20:27.premiere of the video for "Let's Go Round Again" ` that's the cleverly
:20:28. > :20:30.remade Ska version of the Average White Band's hit
:20:31. > :20:32.and it's the brainchild of the team Well, we think it's great `
:20:33. > :20:37.but see what you think. #Maybe we'll turn back the hands
:20:38. > :20:43.of time #One more time
:20:44. > :20:57.#Watching all the people go round. Well, that's the trailer
:20:58. > :21:04.for tonight's drive`in. Sarah Falkland is at the Whhte
:21:05. > :21:12.Street car park for us, what is it? Well, no prizes for this ond,
:21:13. > :21:15.but here's a clue. " I only told you to blow the bloody
:21:16. > :21:21.doors off!" Had to be the original Italhan Job
:21:22. > :21:24.because as everyone in Coventry knows there's the connection with
:21:25. > :21:28.the city's sewers. Sewers in Turin were too puny and
:21:29. > :21:33.small ` they needed big impressive sewers to speed those Longbridge
:21:34. > :21:36.built minis through so came to Coventry to use the ones behng built
:21:37. > :21:39.to link up with the the finham sewage plant ` in fact they're
:21:40. > :21:52.now underneath Stoke Aldermoor. How the child are you with the
:21:53. > :22:00.result? `` how chuffed. We `re excited. If you are one of the
:22:01. > :22:14.people who came out thank you so much. It is amazing. The rahlroad
:22:15. > :22:18.was never expected to reach its 40th birthday, it surprised everxone
:22:19. > :22:21.It was in 1960 that work first started on Coventry's ring road
:22:22. > :22:23.The two and a quarter mile circular carriageway
:22:24. > :22:25.was the icing on the cake of the city's post`war regener`tion.
:22:26. > :22:29.Father and son George and Mhchael both worked on it.
:22:30. > :22:37.We saw the concrete and reinforcing for the flyovers and slip roads I
:22:38. > :22:45.used to work two shifts somd weeks just to get the work done on time.
:22:46. > :22:50.Michael was just 16 and a trainee apprentice.
:22:51. > :22:53.I was put on a tractor on d`y two of my apprenticeship
:22:54. > :22:59.Loaded up to the gunnels it was with materials, and I said to
:23:00. > :23:02.the foreman, I could not drhve that, he said just get on it `
:23:03. > :23:10.I managed to get it stuck down Union Street and bring Coventry to a halt
:23:11. > :23:23.and the traffic was backed tp and my name was mud for about four hours.
:23:24. > :23:25.Once completed the road was praised by motorists for its efficidncy and
:23:26. > :23:29.these days there are rarely traffic jams but it is not so welcoling to
:23:30. > :23:31.pedestrians with a labyrinth of unwelcoming subways and unddrpasses.
:23:32. > :23:34.But on at least one of the junctions that is set to ch`nge
:23:35. > :23:37.They are creating a huge walkway so pedestrians will be able to
:23:38. > :23:39.cross the ring road without even knowing it's there.
:23:40. > :23:42.Ten of these 50 tonne steel beams have been hoisted over the top
:23:43. > :23:46.of the road and there are a further 22 to follow later in the ydar.
:23:47. > :23:49.What you see here is only a third of the bridge at the moment.
:23:50. > :23:52.In late November we will install the rest of it.
:23:53. > :23:54.You will be able to see str`ight into town and walk direct
:23:55. > :23:57.into town whereas you have puite a torturous route at the molent
:23:58. > :24:01.through various walkways and subways so it will be a lot more opdn, a lot
:24:02. > :24:05.The ring road was only designed to last for 20 years.
:24:06. > :24:08.But there are parts now looking past their sell by date
:24:09. > :24:11.and planners are working on other ideas to improve its overall image.
:24:12. > :24:23.Celebrations carry on into the weekend.
:24:24. > :24:36.These are the lucky people `llowed into night. What is happening on
:24:37. > :24:47.Sunday? We have a sky vied taking place. `` right. We have a bike
:24:48. > :24:52.race. We have many people shgned up for it and we expect between 50 0
:24:53. > :25:02.and 6000. A chance of a lifdtime? There will be no traffic at all We
:25:03. > :25:06.have lost the signal. I hopd they have decent weather for it this
:25:07. > :25:15.evening because the sunshind seems to have disappeared.
:25:16. > :25:18.Yes Nick it's been covered by a blanket of cloud today ` the
:25:19. > :25:22.good news is that the weekend isn't a total washout ` we have still got
:25:23. > :25:25.some storms to come tonight and tomorrow ` but they will cldar, the
:25:26. > :25:28.cloud will break up too ` and by Sunday we'll have more
:25:29. > :25:31.sparkling sunshine, but with cooler air over the top of us `
:25:32. > :25:36.Now we do still have a Met Office yellow weather warning in place
:25:37. > :25:39.for heavy rain ` it's with ts until tomorrow morning and it's bdcause
:25:40. > :25:45.some of the showers we're gdtting overnight could be heavy catsing
:25:46. > :25:47.some flash flooding, some hail and thunder in thdre too.
:25:48. > :25:50.It's been one of those days where it started off rather grey and it
:25:51. > :25:54.hasn't got any better ` we still have that blanket of cloud over us
:25:55. > :25:57.this evening it has broken tp a little ` but is with us tonight.
:25:58. > :25:59.We also still have some heavy showers to come `
:26:00. > :26:03.The cloud and the rain is going to help to
:26:04. > :26:06.keep temperatures up ` so a muggy night on the way with temperatures
:26:07. > :26:10.That means it'll be a rather dull and damp start to tomorrow ` still
:26:11. > :26:14.some showers hanging about ` we have a cold front sinking southw`rds `
:26:15. > :26:17.once that clears the air behind it will be fresher and clearer and
:26:18. > :26:21.Our temperatures starting to drop a little ` but still 21C is possible.
:26:22. > :26:24.For the cricket at Lord's at the moment it's looking rather dull `but
:26:25. > :26:27.it should start largely dry which is good news for Warwickshire.
:26:28. > :26:30.Overnight into Sunday we sthll have a few showers kicking around `
:26:31. > :26:32.but then as skies clear temperatures will fall away `
:26:33. > :26:35.a cooler night than we've sden recently ` temperatures arotnd 0C.
:26:36. > :26:38.So it's a fresher start to things on Sunday ` and for those
:26:39. > :26:40.of you doing the Worcester 00K it's certainly looking like
:26:41. > :26:44.the best day of the weekend ` one of those pleasant autumn daxs with
:26:45. > :26:47.A fresher feel though with our temperatures back to
:26:48. > :26:50.where we'd expect them to bd for the time of year.
:26:51. > :27:13.And it stays settled into next week too.
:27:14. > :27:26.Alex Salmond is standing down as Scotland's First Minister
:27:27. > :27:33.and leader of the SNP after the decisive vote against indepdndence.
:27:34. > :27:36.And, after promises of further powers to be devolved to Scotland,
:27:37. > :27:38.there are calls for the samd to happen in the West Midlands.
:27:39. > :27:41.And more than six hundred jobs are to go at the Staffordshire
:27:42. > :27:46.Elizabeth Glinka will be back at 10:00pm