:00:00. > :00:13.The headlines tonight: - so it's goodbye from me -
:00:14. > :00:15.Hunting for hidden weapons, West Midlands Police search parks
:00:16. > :00:17.and open land in an attempt to tackle knife crime.
:00:18. > :00:24.The work we are doing today and this week, it is imperative to rdmove
:00:25. > :00:28.dangerous weapons from the streets. I am in Dudley, where there have
:00:29. > :00:30.been three stabbings in the space of one week and one man has lost his
:00:31. > :00:31.life. Also tonight: The new borns
:00:32. > :00:34.being given a baby box - a simple way to reduce infant
:00:35. > :00:43.mortality. I thought a baby in a box is made
:00:44. > :00:46.but when you look at it, thdre is nothing for him to suffocatd on it
:00:47. > :00:47.is comfortable and he is enjoying it.
:00:48. > :00:51.an increase in the number of wild animals being kept as pets ,
:00:52. > :00:55.The pioneers of early cinem` - how the silver screen was shaped
:00:56. > :00:59.And even cloudy days can create impressive results.
:01:00. > :01:01.We lacked sun today but there's hope for better tomorrow
:01:02. > :01:17.Knife crime is a growing problem across the Midlands.
:01:18. > :01:21.On average, there are 180 offences a month involving a knife in
:01:22. > :01:27.In September, that figure reached 187.
:01:28. > :01:32.In the last year, there havd been 11 murders using a knife.
:01:33. > :01:34.Now, the police are searching parks and open-land
:01:35. > :01:37.It's thought criminals are using the areas to keep
:01:38. > :01:44.Beside a children's park in Aston, police officers
:01:45. > :01:57.There will be searchers in parks in the Birmingham area in the last
:01:58. > :02:01.couple of days and we found a large kitchen knife under a bush `nd a
:02:02. > :02:03.smaller nice as well. Not discarded but hidden
:02:04. > :02:05.for safe-keeping - West Midlands Police believd areas
:02:06. > :02:14.of open land are the playground So they can have access to them in
:02:15. > :02:17.the future if they need to get them for any illicit purposes. Btt also
:02:18. > :02:18.to disassociate themselves from any previous offending they havd done
:02:19. > :02:20.before. Look what else they turned tp
:02:21. > :02:22.during Operation Sceptre, a national police campaign
:02:23. > :02:24.to tackle knife crime. And judging by incidents in recent
:02:25. > :02:38.weeks, some say West Midlands Police Police have named a man who died
:02:39. > :02:42.after being stabbed in the stomach at the weekend. A 19-year-old man
:02:43. > :02:47.has been charged with murder after a fatal stabbing outside a Birmingham
:02:48. > :02:52.off-licence... Here, in broad daylight, on Saturday
:02:53. > :02:56.afternoon, a 24-year-old man was stabbed and later died from his
:02:57. > :03:00.injuries. It was the third stabbing in Dudley Borough in the sp`ce of
:03:01. > :03:04.just eight days. Whilst polhce say these incidents are rare, it does
:03:05. > :03:09.not stop people living here being any less concerned. It is ftll.
:03:10. > :03:19.People are frightened to cole out. It is just really bad. Not feeling
:03:20. > :03:20.safer. It is bad, you just wonder what has caused it.
:03:21. > :03:23.DCI Ian Parnell is the West Midlands top cop for bringing knife
:03:24. > :03:33.There were three stabbings hn Birmingham over the last eight days,
:03:34. > :03:39.three stabbings in Dudley over a week, one of which was fatal, have
:03:40. > :03:43.you got a handle on this? Those individual offences are dev`stating
:03:44. > :03:45.to the families involved and our sympathy goes out to them. Ht
:03:46. > :03:47.highlights that the work we are doing today and this week is
:03:48. > :03:52.imperative to remove dangerous weapons from the streets. Wdapons
:03:53. > :03:57.like the so-called zombie knife no band. Altogether, over the four
:03:58. > :04:02.police forces in this region, violent crime, not just including
:04:03. > :04:06.knife offences, has risen bx 28 on the previous year. Police, however,
:04:07. > :04:10.are keen to reassure, saying that in most places it is not randol. The
:04:11. > :04:12.attacker is known to the victim And Ben Godfrey is in
:04:13. > :04:15.Brierley Hill this evening. Ben, what else are the police doing
:04:16. > :04:19.during Operation Spectre? Firstly, police tonight sayhng
:04:20. > :04:21.people should not be unduly alarmed by the increase in violent crime,
:04:22. > :04:23.partly because they've changed Operation Sceptre
:04:24. > :04:30.is certainly timely. It's also about monitoring
:04:31. > :04:37.the sale of knives. -- the illegal sale of knivds to
:04:38. > :04:41.young people. Earlier this week, working
:04:42. > :04:42.with Trading Standards, police did test purchases of knives
:04:43. > :04:45.with a volunteer 16-year-old boy - four shops sold him blades
:04:46. > :04:55.and received warnings. Those shopkeepers have sincd been
:04:56. > :04:59.warned and they are going to continue that operation, evdn though
:05:00. > :05:02.there are these investigations going on as well.
:05:03. > :05:05.We heard in your report that people in Dudley are concerned abott this
:05:06. > :05:14.sudden rise in stabbings. What more do we know about these incidents?
:05:15. > :05:19.To clarify, there were thred stabbings in Sedgley, or go more and
:05:20. > :05:24.here, a fatal one, there ard flowers behind me. Police say they `re not
:05:25. > :05:28.connected. The investigation into the murder is ongoing. One line of
:05:29. > :05:33.inquiry is that it may have been as a result of a dispute over drugs.
:05:34. > :05:36.Dudley Council is working closely with detectives and officers, with
:05:37. > :05:46.West Midlands Police, going into schools, educating young people
:05:47. > :05:48.about the consequences of c`rrying a knife. I am told that particular
:05:49. > :05:51.scheme will be stepped up. Those expect stabbings in Birmingham, a
:05:52. > :05:55.local councillor has said that he thinks police should get support
:05:56. > :05:57.from the wider community and it is about parents and carers having
:05:58. > :06:02.difficult conversations with their young children.
:06:03. > :06:03.OK, Ben, thank you. Apologids for the behaviour in the background of
:06:04. > :06:05.that report. It seems like a simple idea,
:06:06. > :06:08.but it could save lives. Sandwell General and Birmingham City
:06:09. > :06:10.Hospital are to become the first in the region to trial a new scheme
:06:11. > :06:13.to help prevent cot death. They're going to give
:06:14. > :06:16.all new mums a baby box. The boxes are made from verx thick
:06:17. > :06:19.cardboard, contain a foam m`ttress and the design helps
:06:20. > :06:21.to prevent babies from rollhng They've been used in Finland
:06:22. > :06:27.for nearly 80 years, and have helped reduce infant
:06:28. > :06:29.mortality rates dramaticallx. Three week old Logan is 17-xear old
:06:30. > :06:48.Alisha's precious first born... I thought a baby in a box is made
:06:49. > :06:52.but when you look at it, thdre is nothing for him to suffocatd on it
:06:53. > :06:59.is comfortable for him and obviously he is enjoying it.
:07:00. > :07:04.The boxes are free and have been given out by Sandwell and Wdst
:07:05. > :07:16.There, boxes have been handdd out to excpectant mums
:07:17. > :07:20.there since the 1930s and h`ve helped reduce infact mortalhty rates
:07:21. > :07:32.From over 60 per 1002 two pdr 1 00 today. The name stuck out, such a
:07:33. > :07:37.cute girly name. This baby left for just 17 days, and her mother says
:07:38. > :07:43.she did not even know that babies go to die suddenly and inexplicably.
:07:44. > :07:47.Losing Lola has probably made me one of Britain's most angriest
:07:48. > :07:53.teenagers. I am so angry at people. Not because I think it is their
:07:54. > :07:58.fault but... Because why did they not stop it from happening? She is
:07:59. > :08:02.expecting again, this time ht is a boy and he will be taking a baby
:08:03. > :08:06.box. As though all new mothdrs giving birth at a city hosphtal from
:08:07. > :08:13.November. But only after thdy have signed up with this card to watch 12
:08:14. > :08:16.short videos. They are going to have to watch video clips about
:08:17. > :08:19.breast-feeding, safer sleep, alcohol, drugs and maternal mental
:08:20. > :08:25.health and then they will bd able to get the box. So these are issues you
:08:26. > :08:32.feel are relevant? Yes, thex're public health messages that we need
:08:33. > :08:35.to get across to women. It seems amazing. Something so littld and
:08:36. > :08:38.simple could potentially save hundreds of children's lives. No
:08:39. > :08:44.targets have been set. Organisers say is the baby box is the just one
:08:45. > :08:48.life it will have been worth it -- saves just one life.
:08:49. > :08:50.The University of Nottinghal has asked for a full report
:08:51. > :08:52.from its Students Union, after a pub crawl team appe`red
:08:53. > :08:55.to dress up as victims of the Alton Tower's Smiler
:08:56. > :08:59.The students made their fancy dress outfits for the annual
:09:00. > :09:01.fundraising event, and posed for photos
:09:02. > :09:04.They've apologised unreservddly to the teenagers who had
:09:05. > :09:12.legs amputated following last year's crash.
:09:13. > :09:19.I think what a lot of other people think, that they were trying to
:09:20. > :09:23.persuade... They came out s`ying it was a traditional costume. Ht is not
:09:24. > :09:29.traditional to have mutated legs attached to it. It was asked if
:09:30. > :09:32.people thought it was offensive or not, a simple yes or no, and over
:09:33. > :09:36.70% thought was. West Midlands Fire Service believe
:09:37. > :09:39.a fire at a Wolverhampton industrial More than 70 firefighters wdre sent
:09:40. > :09:42.to Clearwater Industrial Estate on Eccleshall Road on Tuesd`y
:09:43. > :09:43.evening. One unit was completely destroyed,
:09:44. > :09:46.along with two vans. DEFRA has confirmed the badger cull
:09:47. > :09:48.across parts of Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Dorset
:09:49. > :09:50.has ended for this year. Seven new licences were granted
:09:51. > :09:53.by the government for the 2016 cull, with almost 10,000
:09:54. > :09:55.animals due to be killed. It's part of a 25-year strategy
:09:56. > :10:08.aimed at eradicating Bovine TB. The Environment Agency is urging
:10:09. > :10:10.home owners and businesses in Worcester to stop disposhng
:10:11. > :10:13.of oil and fuel in an unsafd way. They say its officers have dealt
:10:14. > :10:16.with a number of incidents in the last few weeks,
:10:17. > :10:18.where oil has polluted the Worcester A two-mile stretch of the w`terway
:10:19. > :10:22.has been affected and seven swans needed treatment
:10:23. > :10:25.from animal rescue groups. Taxi drivers have been staghng
:10:26. > :10:28.a go-slow in Wolverhampton city The private hire drivers
:10:29. > :10:33.are angry at the council, Kevin Reide is there this evening,
:10:34. > :10:50.so Kevin how many cars took part? Well, there were about 100 cars
:10:51. > :10:54.proceeding along one of the main routes into the city centre and then
:10:55. > :10:58.they drove around the ring road in a procession that lasted from about
:10:59. > :11:02.4pm until 6pm. The Council say that it caused minimum disruption to the
:11:03. > :11:05.rush-hour traffic and the Council say the drivers were merely doing
:11:06. > :11:10.this because they want to h`rness trade for themselves and do not want
:11:11. > :11:13.new drivers to come on-board. They also say that the tests havd
:11:14. > :11:22.deliberately modernised. We have refocused on the tr`ining
:11:23. > :11:26.that we do require drivers to do. That is already very robust but it
:11:27. > :11:31.now has aspects of child sexual exploitation awareness and other
:11:32. > :11:39.wider issues concerning safeguarding. Well, Abraham is the
:11:40. > :11:47.chairman of the Wolverhampton weather drivers Association. Why are
:11:48. > :11:52.you hosting these? The reason we have this protest is becausd there
:11:53. > :11:56.is no more topographical knowledge test. There is no driving assessment
:11:57. > :12:04.test, no practical test, no nothing. But is that any of your bushness as
:12:05. > :12:08.the council are satisfied that their procedures are correct for the right
:12:09. > :12:11.type of drivers? It is part of business, because the drivers coming
:12:12. > :12:13.out now that the assessment, the driving assessment and topographical
:12:14. > :12:18.knowledge test, they do not know what they are doing. It givds a bad
:12:19. > :12:22.name to the professional drhvers who already exist. But why does that
:12:23. > :12:28.affect you? It does because we all get a bad name them. As customers
:12:29. > :12:34.get a poor service, lack of public safety... And the council h`s
:12:35. > :12:40.invited you to meetings. Yot have not attended them all, have you We
:12:41. > :12:45.have been to quite a few medtings. We have given them the petition We
:12:46. > :12:49.ask them to take the test -, make the test astringent. OK, I `m going
:12:50. > :12:55.to have to stop either. Thex are planning further disruption as this
:12:56. > :12:55.dispute with the council gods on. Back to you.
:12:56. > :12:58.OK, thank you. A wildlife sanctuary
:12:59. > :13:00.in Staffordshire is being inundated In the last year, the Gentldshaw
:13:01. > :13:03.Centre in Eccleshall, has seen a dramatic rise
:13:04. > :13:06.in the number of abandoned It's created a waiting list
:13:07. > :13:09.after referrals quadrupled. His neighborus include chimps,
:13:10. > :13:16.monkeys, wild cats and the slowest Our love for unusual
:13:17. > :13:26.pets is on the rise, with 40% more exotic animal
:13:27. > :13:30.licences issued last year in the West Midlands
:13:31. > :13:39.than a decade ago. But for the Gentleshaw Wildlife
:13:40. > :13:41.Centre in Eccleshall, an increase in the number
:13:42. > :13:43.of creatures being neglected or abandonned means they're busier
:13:44. > :13:53.than ever. We have had to set up new bhrd
:13:54. > :13:57.enclosures, we have got anilals on a waiting westward into common. We
:13:58. > :14:02.cannot keep up with the dem`nd. With things like social media, it is
:14:03. > :14:05.relatively easy to get hold of breeders and the present have
:14:06. > :14:07.dropped and there are no regulations so you can buy whatever anilal you
:14:08. > :14:08.fancy. Records show that in the last
:14:09. > :14:10.decade local authorities in the West Midlands have issued
:14:11. > :14:13.more than 160 exotic Some of the species listed
:14:14. > :14:16.as pets include wild boar, With a population of residents
:14:17. > :14:20.outgrowing their number of cages the wildlife centre needs to find
:14:21. > :14:25.long term solutions. Homes like the one belonging
:14:26. > :14:27.to the expanding Hargrave Mum, Dad, seven-year-old Jaxden
:14:28. > :14:34.and one-year-old Ava. Plus one dog, four cats,
:14:35. > :14:38.a bearded dragon and three snakes, including the latest addition
:14:39. > :14:50.adopted from Gentleshaw. We have got the space and wd know
:14:51. > :14:54.what we are doing. So we will take him on. You would not have ` child
:14:55. > :14:59.and then just leave them with nothing, so why do it to an animal?
:15:00. > :15:02.If you take on the responsibility of an animal, you are taking on the
:15:03. > :15:10.responsibility of another lhving being so you make sure they are fed
:15:11. > :15:13.and watered. I am definitelx one of those that you have an anim`l for
:15:14. > :15:16.life and if you cannot offer it a home for life then you need to think
:15:17. > :15:18.about whether you are going to take on or not.
:15:19. > :15:20.With food, water, warmth and affection all this repthle needs
:15:21. > :15:23.Emma Thomas, BBC Midlands Today, Staffordshire.
:15:24. > :15:26.Thanks for joining us on Midlands Today, this is our top
:15:27. > :15:28.story tonight: Hunting for hidden weapons, West Midlands Police search
:15:29. > :15:32.parks and open land in an attempt to tackle knife crime.
:15:33. > :15:39.Your details weather forecast to come shortly. Also coming up:
:15:40. > :15:42.Bringing boxing back to Birlingham. A city are gaining its reputation in
:15:43. > :15:45.the ring. And forget Hollywood, how the
:15:46. > :15:50.Midland helped shape the early years of cinema.
:15:51. > :15:51.Tackling childhood obesity is becoming
:15:52. > :15:59.Nearly 40% of children across the city aged ten
:16:00. > :16:01.and 11 are overweight, compared with around
:16:02. > :16:05.That means the number of chhldren in year six who are classed
:16:06. > :16:07.as overweight or obese, has increased from 908 to ndarly
:16:08. > :16:15.Health experts are going back to basics, and have introduced
:16:16. > :16:17.a new scheme to get children interested in growing
:16:18. > :16:28.Laura May McMullan has been finding out more.
:16:29. > :16:29.Ten-year-old Shannon and her classmates love
:16:30. > :16:36.Today, after picking these `pples, they'll be making an apple crumble.
:16:37. > :16:40.I like it when we take it ott of the soil and cook it
:16:41. > :16:45.because we know it's more fresh than the supermarkets.
:16:46. > :16:47.We enjoy planning and growing
:16:48. > :16:52.And that's the school's main aim by working with the Soil
:16:53. > :17:08.Forest Park Primary in Stoke-on-Trent is one of 49
:17:09. > :17:10.schools across the city who've introduced the 'Food
:17:11. > :17:13.If they start early, when they get to secondary school,
:17:14. > :17:16.they can make an informed choice, make a better choice and th`t's
:17:17. > :17:19.going to be better for their lives and what they're going
:17:20. > :17:22.Quite a lot of the children didn't know what vegetables
:17:23. > :17:25.were when we first started this project and with them growing them
:17:26. > :17:27.in their own garden, they learnt what vegetables are
:17:28. > :17:31.what they're for and they'vd learnt how to cook them.
:17:32. > :17:36.A small step, perhaps, to tackling a huge problem.
:17:37. > :17:44.Experts say they're facing a childhood obesity epidemic.
:17:45. > :17:46.Up to two thirds of children are obese or overweight
:17:47. > :17:50.Obviously this is a really big concern for public health
:17:51. > :17:53.because if children are overweight at that age it's likely
:17:54. > :17:56.to carry on into adulthood, and that gives range to a whole
:17:57. > :18:04.Here in Stoke-on-Trent, the percentage of overweight
:18:05. > :18:06.and obese children is higher than the national
:18:07. > :18:13.That's why programmes like this are vital in helping to change
:18:14. > :18:20.pupils perceptions to eating healthy food.
:18:21. > :18:23.We're eating a lot more vegdtables, cutting down on sugar and e`ting
:18:24. > :18:27.It gives us brain knowledge and it makes our bones
:18:28. > :18:32.These children have just won a Food for Life Award -
:18:33. > :18:35.and will hopefully now pass on their passion for good food,
:18:36. > :18:48.Dan's here with the sport, and fans of boxing are lookhng
:18:49. > :18:55.forward to a big bout this weekend in the Midlands.
:18:56. > :18:59.For many years, boxing in Birmingham was struggling.
:19:00. > :19:01.Promoters stayed away after trouble at a world title
:19:02. > :19:05.But now the city is a force in the sport once again
:19:06. > :19:07.and on Saturday night, two of Birmingham's best fighters
:19:08. > :19:10.will go head to head in front of a packed crowd.
:19:11. > :19:24.When there is a fight like this with so much local pride on the line
:19:25. > :19:26.bragging rights, both guys have sold a lot of tickets, desperate to win,
:19:27. > :19:30.you can only see a great fight. Now, it's hardly a surprise to hear
:19:31. > :19:33.a promoter talk up a boxing bill but the massive interest in this
:19:34. > :19:36.press conference suggest More than 6,000 tickets havd
:19:37. > :19:39.already been sold for Saturday's battle for
:19:40. > :19:45.Birmingham bragging rights. It's going to be a great fight. I'm
:19:46. > :19:48.ready to put it all on the line everything I've got. If I h`ve to
:19:49. > :19:53.stand there and fight for 12 rounds, I will do it but the plan is to box
:19:54. > :19:58.and not come out. I am very confident. You can ask the team you
:19:59. > :19:59.know, I am very confident on this one.
:20:00. > :20:02.Of course it always helps when there's a little bit of tension
:20:03. > :20:06.between the two fighters and that was certainly evident today.
:20:07. > :20:12.I am going to beat him for 02 rounds from pillar to post. I thought you
:20:13. > :20:14.were going to stop me, how hs it going to go 12 rounds?
:20:15. > :20:17.Frankie Gavin still holds the distinction of being Brhtain's
:20:18. > :20:19.only male world amateur chalpion and winning on Saturday will be
:20:20. > :20:21.critical to his hopes of getting another shot
:20:22. > :20:25.In the meantime, Hearn dropped a strong hint today that another
:20:26. > :20:27.Brummie, Kal Yafai, will get his world title chance before
:20:28. > :20:37.It is crazy. We have had sole really talented fighters from Birmhngham
:20:38. > :20:43.coming through the years. Robert McCracken was a great fightdr. So I
:20:44. > :20:48.think it might be third timd lucky and I am going to do the job.
:20:49. > :20:50.That can wait, though, because Saturday is all abott
:20:51. > :20:55.So two Midlanders to battle it out in Birmingham.
:20:56. > :20:57.And in cricket, we've got two Midlanders doing well
:20:58. > :21:01.Yes, all rounders Moeen Ali and Chris Woakes have rescudd
:21:02. > :21:04.England from a precarious position of 21 for three on day
:21:05. > :21:10.Worcestershire's Moeen Ali top scored with 68.
:21:11. > :21:14.But he survived five LBW reviews from the TV official described it
:21:15. > :21:19.as the hardest 68 of his life, as the ball span so much.
:21:20. > :21:22.And then Warwickshire's Chrhs Woakes finished the day on 36 not out
:21:23. > :21:30.and England closed day one on 258 for seven.
:21:31. > :21:34.A lot better than it was in the morning.
:21:35. > :21:36.Interesting conditions out there. Thank you very much.
:21:37. > :21:39.There are just a few days left for you to go
:21:40. > :21:41.to get your nomination in for the 2016 -
:21:42. > :21:43.We're looking for those inspirational characters
:21:44. > :21:46.who get others into sport for the love of it.
:21:47. > :21:48.The details of how to nomin`te your 'unsung hero' can be
:21:49. > :21:56.The closing date for nominations is this Sunday, the 23rd of October.
:21:57. > :21:58.You may think Hollywood is the home of the movies,
:21:59. > :22:01.but did you know the Midlands played a pivotal part in early
:22:02. > :22:06.In fact if it wasn't for ond man from Birmingham, there may not
:22:07. > :22:10.Ben Sidwell's been to find out more about our pioneers
:22:11. > :22:20.In the mid 20th Century, movies were king and there was no lore
:22:21. > :22:22.important person in the British film industry
:22:23. > :22:27.than Birmingham-born Sir Michael Balcon.
:22:28. > :22:33.His significance is everywhdre in the film industry, I think. Because
:22:34. > :22:36.that was the decisions that he made as a producer that really modernised
:22:37. > :22:38.the UK film industry. As the boss of Ealing Studios,
:22:39. > :22:40.he produced more than 350 films, making UK movies
:22:41. > :22:49.a worldwide success. He was also the man who gavd Sir
:22:50. > :22:53.Alfred Hitchcock his first directing job.
:22:54. > :22:56.Of course films needed cinelas to show them in and that's
:22:57. > :22:57.where another Birmingham man led the way.
:22:58. > :23:00.Opened in 1935 in Kingstandhng, this was of Oscar Deutsch's
:23:01. > :23:06.Within just a few years, he had a chain of more
:23:07. > :23:17.But neither of these men wotld have been able to do anything
:23:18. > :23:22.It is even being claimed it stands for Oscar entertains our nation A
:23:23. > :23:28.lot of people don't realise that Odeon is a Birmingham's story. I
:23:29. > :23:30.guess we are a bit rubbish `t celebrating our own heritagd and I
:23:31. > :23:32.think cinema in particular. But neither of these men wotld have
:23:33. > :23:35.been able to do anything without the invention of another
:23:36. > :23:37.Brummie, Alexander Parkes. In 1855 he created celluliod,
:23:38. > :23:47.the substance film was made from. All film-makers, all of the film 's
:23:48. > :23:51.Michael Balkan has made, all of the film 's Stephen Spielberg h`s made
:23:52. > :24:00.recently, or their artistic freedom do expressions on film to Alexander
:24:01. > :24:02.Parkes, fun of Birmingham. ,- a son of Birmingham.
:24:03. > :24:05.Today, Birmingham still has an active role in the film hndustry,
:24:06. > :24:08.with a number of movies being made here, from Hollywood blockbtsters
:24:09. > :24:10.to smaller independent films like this one in Balsall He`th.
:24:11. > :24:16.You wonder whether today he would have needed to go to London to set
:24:17. > :24:21.up as Don studio. Maybe somdbody like Michael today would have gone,
:24:22. > :24:24.actually, why don't we do it in Birmingham where you have got great
:24:25. > :24:26.transport links and all of these amazing locations on the doorstep.
:24:27. > :24:28.An exhibition about Sir Michael Balcon is now
:24:29. > :24:30.on at the Parkside Gallery at Birmingham City University.
:24:31. > :24:32.Those behind it hope a more permanent memorial can be
:24:33. > :24:34.created in the city, in honour of the pioneers
:24:35. > :24:43.Now, have a look at this - it's a tree
:24:44. > :24:45.which appears to have grown into the shape
:24:46. > :24:53.The remarkable 30-foot-high beech tree seems to show the horsd
:24:54. > :24:56.It can be seen on the A528 road between Shrewsbury
:24:57. > :25:07.Only please if you are a passenger! Let's have a look at the we`ther.
:25:08. > :25:13.It seems like sunshine was `t a premium in many places todax.
:25:14. > :25:16.That is true. Yes, it was a bit nippy under the cloud as well and if
:25:17. > :25:20.you were caught in the showdrs, I do not blame you for thinking the day
:25:21. > :25:23.was not living up to expect`tions. We are hoping for a bit mord
:25:24. > :25:34.sunshine by the weekend. Just slip on a few layers and it should not be
:25:35. > :25:39.too bad, just a bit nippy. Hnto tonight, not great timing btt we are
:25:40. > :25:42.looking at the cloud starting to melt away. That is good news,
:25:43. > :25:44.however, if you're looking `t for the meteor shower speaking tonight.
:25:45. > :25:47.They could produce 20 shoothng stars per hour at their peak and we have
:25:48. > :25:50.got clear skies for it. I pressure in charge, now introducing drier air
:25:51. > :25:52.are helping to break up the cloud. A few of these pressure systels
:25:53. > :25:55.waltzing around us over the coming days. Low pressure moving down to
:25:56. > :25:59.the side, temperatures to the east. Then we have got as high prdssure
:26:00. > :26:03.currently in control becoming king by the time we get to the wdekend.
:26:04. > :26:06.Before this next low pressure system starts to move on from the
:26:07. > :26:11.south-west by the end of thd weekend. But for tonight, as I say,
:26:12. > :26:15.the cloud is melting away and with largely clear skies, temper`tures
:26:16. > :26:18.going to plummet to near frdezing in the countryside and here in the
:26:19. > :26:21.south-west around towns and cities only four Celsius. We have got some
:26:22. > :26:25.patchy mist and fog develophng into the morning as well tomorrow and
:26:26. > :26:29.this will clear quite quickly. Then we should be integrated bit of
:26:30. > :26:32.sunshine. Because of the cldar skies tonight, we start with that. Even if
:26:33. > :26:40.we get some cloud during thd day, the drier air will help to break up
:26:41. > :26:43.the cloud. It is a dry day `nd temperatures will rise to 14 Celsius
:26:44. > :26:45.in the south-west, 11 Celsits elsewhere. A touch appear pdrhaps
:26:46. > :26:50.with that when starting to hntroduce an easterly flow and that whll start
:26:51. > :26:55.to make its presence felt bx the template to the weekend. For the
:26:56. > :26:57.weekend, to start with, on Saturday we have mist and fog but with
:26:58. > :27:01.lighter winds from the east, that should take a bit of time to lift.
:27:02. > :27:06.Once it does, into some ple`sant spells of sunshine and Sund`y is
:27:07. > :27:09.looking a little bit cloudidr. We have got that low pressure system
:27:10. > :27:14.moving up from the south-west and that could introduce some r`in as we
:27:15. > :27:17.head into the start of next week. Otherwise, looking quite pldasant
:27:18. > :27:22.for the weekend. I will keep an eye out for that meteor shower.
:27:23. > :27:25.Join us tomorrow for a tractor ride down memory lane celebrating more
:27:26. > :27:27.than 50 years of the iconic, Midlands-made, Massey Ferguson.
:27:28. > :27:30.Find out how the famous Fergie built in Coventry is now driving
:27:31. > :27:32.an agricultural revolution in Africa, where they are used
:27:33. > :27:42.78% of all of the tractors sold in Great Britain in the 1940s was
:27:43. > :27:49.Ferguson. 78%. I will be back at 10:30pm. Goodbye
:27:50. > :27:50.for now.