:00:09. > :00:12.Around 150 people have attended two recruitment days at the pottery firm
:00:13. > :00:18.The company has already takdn on 100 new staff this year,
:00:19. > :00:21.but says demand for its products is so high, it needs to increase
:00:22. > :00:29.Portmeirion is one of the stccess stories of the potteries.
:00:30. > :00:31.In March, the firm announced it'd had a record
:00:32. > :00:37.And now it's looking for 30 new employees to help meet the
:00:38. > :00:51.Stoke is the heart of potteries If we are going to find skilled people
:00:52. > :00:54.we will find them here, but they don't it is there any have to have
:00:55. > :00:57.skills as long as they are willing to learn. `` they don't necdssarily
:00:58. > :01:00.have to have skills. At the factory in Stoke tod`y,
:01:01. > :01:08.a steady stream 90 people came to the doors on
:01:09. > :01:14.Thursday, today looks like being even busier, but with dirty jobs on
:01:15. > :01:17.offer it is a great chance for local people. `` 30 jobs.
:01:18. > :01:19.The best of these applicants will be offered
:01:20. > :01:30.It seems to have a lot of btsiness coming in. I have done pottdry and
:01:31. > :01:32.stuff like that and I am gohng into fashion design so it would be fun to
:01:33. > :01:34.do some of the arty stuff. The jobs on offer here are temporary
:01:35. > :01:37.posts for now, but if the Portmeirion Group continues
:01:38. > :01:39.to grow, many of them could secure A Wolverhampton man
:01:40. > :01:43.and his girlfriend have been reported missing in Mexico
:01:44. > :01:46.after a hurricane struck. Paul Whitehouse and Simone Wood
:01:47. > :01:49.who's from London, are thought to have been on board a
:01:50. > :01:52.yacht which capsized when Htrricane A Gloucestershire couple who
:01:53. > :01:59.neglected five of their children have had
:02:00. > :02:01.their jail sentences doubled. They were sentenced to almost five
:02:02. > :02:04.years between them by Gloucdster Crown Court in June, after the court
:02:05. > :02:07.was shown pictures of the fhlthy The pair, who cannot be namdd
:02:08. > :02:12.for legal reasons, have since had their sentences increased to six
:02:13. > :02:17.years each by the Court of @ppeal. West Midlands Police are asking
:02:18. > :02:20.for help in tracing a woman who attacked a shopper following
:02:21. > :02:24.a row about parking in Birmhngham. The assault took place about 1pm
:02:25. > :02:29.on Wednesday the 30th of July outside the Shalil Food store
:02:30. > :02:32.in Handsworth Wood. The attacker was a passenger
:02:33. > :02:35.in a grey VW Touran which h`d been The Royal Welsh Regiment has been
:02:36. > :02:41.given the Freedom of Ludlow today. It led a parade through the town,
:02:42. > :02:46.celebrating more than 300 ydars Hundreds turned out to see
:02:47. > :02:51.the ceremonial event take place which was then followed
:02:52. > :02:54.by a civic reception. Onto sport now, and in cricket,
:02:55. > :02:57.the Warwickshire Bears have been thwarted in their bid to win
:02:58. > :03:00.their second trophy of the season. The Bears were put in to bat
:03:01. > :03:04.by opponents Durham in the final But they were all`out for 165 after
:03:05. > :03:11.47 of their 50 allocated ovdrs. Durham reached their target
:03:12. > :03:19.of 166 with three wickets to spare. To football now, and in the
:03:20. > :03:22.Premier League, Aston Villa were All three goals went in within three
:03:23. > :03:26.minutes and 12 seconds And in the lunchtime kick`off,
:03:27. > :03:31.Stoke drew 2`2 away at In the Championship, it finhshed
:03:32. > :03:36.Birmingham City 2, Norwich 2. In League One, Walsall playdd out
:03:37. > :03:42.a 0`0 draw against Gillingh`m. Port Vale managed a 2`1 win
:03:43. > :03:46.against Barnsley, and Coventry City In League Two, Burton Albion
:03:47. > :03:54.were beaten 3`1 by Berry. It finished Cheltenham 1, D`genham
:03:55. > :03:56.and Redbridge 1, while Shrewsbury In the Conference,
:03:57. > :04:02.there was a 1`0 defeat for Nuneaton AFC Telford were thrashed 5`0
:04:03. > :04:08.by Halifax, and Kidderminstdr also Onto rugby now,
:04:09. > :04:13.and in the Championship, Let's find out what
:04:14. > :04:31.the weather has in store. We are starting to see the weather
:04:32. > :04:34.changing overnight. We have had a lot of cloud today which offered a
:04:35. > :04:38.little brightness but as thd skies clear in the early hours, slall
:04:39. > :04:43.amounts of mist and fog and a minimum of nine Celsius. Tolorrow
:04:44. > :04:49.morning, clearer skies inithally, so a bright start. Cloud will hncrease
:04:50. > :04:54.in the afternoon but courtesy of an area of high pressure it will be dry
:04:55. > :04:59.with light winds from the North the way daytime temperature of 08
:05:00. > :05:05.Celsius. A fresher feel, we have lost the mist and work but their
:05:06. > :05:06.chance of a little rain. `` there is chance of a little rain.
:05:07. > :05:22.Good evening. I think tomorrow should be a good day for getting out
:05:23. > :05:27.and about wherever you are. Sunny spells becoming more widespread for
:05:28. > :05:32.Sunday. You will notice a different feel to things, particularly across
:05:33. > :05:36.England and Wales where it has been on the multisite hence the
:05:37. > :05:44.thunderstorms. -- where it has been on the muggy side. There is a cold
:05:45. > :05:48.front coming in so it is introducing cooler air which will be fresher.
:05:49. > :05:53.But only just about reaching the south coast by the end of the night.
:05:54. > :06:01.As you go further north, certainly rural areas will have a chilly end
:06:02. > :06:02.to the night. Tomorrow, looking fair for