:00:00. > :00:16.He was caught because of a drink drive DNA test.
:00:17. > :00:21.This offence did cast a shadow over that community for some time when
:00:22. > :00:22.the offence was committed so it is wonderful news for them.
:00:23. > :00:24.72-year-old Arnold Baxter has been jailed for nine years.
:00:25. > :00:27.Also tonight: How trying to break up an argument
:00:28. > :00:35.The Good Samaritan who was stabbed 12 times.
:00:36. > :00:48.In one quick instant lives can be torn apart and changed. For the rest
:00:49. > :00:49.of my life I am going to have to live with these scars.
:00:50. > :00:51.If you're eating your tea, look away now.
:00:52. > :00:53.Tackling the clogged-up grease and discarded wipes
:00:54. > :01:02.The kindness of a complete stranger towards a couple who got married in
:01:03. > :01:05.a hospice. And take away the cloud and rain and
:01:06. > :01:08.add a couple of degrees to the temperature and that is tomorrow,
:01:09. > :01:15.but what about the weekend? It is all in the forecast later?
:01:16. > :01:19.He thought he'd got away with it, but tonight 72-year-old
:01:20. > :01:24.Arnold Baxter's dark past has caught up with him.
:01:25. > :01:30.16 years ago he kidnapped and indecently assaulted
:01:31. > :01:32.a six-year-old girl from a village in Staffordshire.
:01:33. > :01:34.Today his victim saw him sentenced to nine years in prison.
:01:35. > :01:37.At the time a nationwide appeal to find him drew a blank.
:01:38. > :01:40.In the end drink-driving and a DNA test led police to Baxter's door.
:01:41. > :01:48.Our Staffordshire reporter Sian Grzeszczyk was in court.
:01:49. > :01:53.The two faces of Arnold Baxter. On the left as he looked when he
:01:54. > :01:58.abducted and sexually assaulted a six-year-old girl, on the right,
:01:59. > :02:03.72-year-old on his way to prison tonight. In March 2001 police were
:02:04. > :02:08.hunting for him and his crime featured on the BBC Crimewatch
:02:09. > :02:12.programme. He snatched young victim and drove her away to Bolton on
:02:13. > :02:17.Trent and assaulted her and abandoned her. She was found alone
:02:18. > :02:22.half an hour later. Until last year her attacker remained at large,
:02:23. > :02:26.until DNA breakthrough. The DNA breakthrough came as a result of
:02:27. > :02:29.Arnold Baxter getting arrested for a drink-drive offence, no doubt to
:02:30. > :02:33.celebrate his 72nd birthday he consumed alcohol and got behind the
:02:34. > :02:36.wheel of a vehicle which he subsequently crashed. When his DNA
:02:37. > :02:42.was taken for the Road traffic offence it led to the DNA match for
:02:43. > :02:48.this serious sexual offence of kidnap that occurred in 2001. When
:02:49. > :02:52.sentencing Baxter the judge described what happened as every
:02:53. > :02:57.parent 's nightmare. He said that Arnold Baxter would remain on the
:02:58. > :02:58.sex offenders register for life. The parents of the victim both released
:02:59. > :03:27.statements. Her mother said... I really would like to pay testament
:03:28. > :03:31.really to the bravery and courage of our victim but also the victim 's
:03:32. > :03:34.family and the local residents and the whole community. This offence
:03:35. > :03:37.did cast a shadow over that community for some time when the
:03:38. > :03:42.offence was committed so it is wonderful news for them, who can now
:03:43. > :03:47.finally put it behind them and move on with the rest of their lives.
:03:48. > :03:50.Tonight Arnold Baxter starts his nine-year sentence knowing the dark
:03:51. > :03:52.secret he thought he could keep it and has finally caught up with him.
:03:53. > :03:58.This wasn't an opportunist crime was it?
:03:59. > :04:04.Absolutely not. It was very well planned. Baxter lived in rugby and
:04:05. > :04:07.he travelled all the way over to Staffordshire to do this. He used
:04:08. > :04:11.his company car but he had put plates from a stolen car that had
:04:12. > :04:15.been stolen in Peterborough on it. At the time a member of the public
:04:16. > :04:19.had thought that that car and him had been acting suspiciously and she
:04:20. > :04:22.had actually taken down the registration plate orbit, but of
:04:23. > :04:34.course when the police tried to cross reference they couldn't find
:04:35. > :04:36.it because the plates were stolen. When Baxter was originally arrested
:04:37. > :04:39.last year he denied that he had ever even heard of this village or been
:04:40. > :04:41.there and it was only under long questioning from the police that he
:04:42. > :04:44.finally admitted what he had done. What have police now found out about
:04:45. > :04:47.Baxter? A number of things. They described him as a dark character
:04:48. > :04:51.and alone and he had an interest in photography and he was ex-RAF and
:04:52. > :04:55.was an engineer for many years. We learned in court today that he had a
:04:56. > :04:57.previous conviction for indecent exposure back in 1990.
:04:58. > :05:00.Thank you. On New Year's Eve Will Flint was
:05:01. > :05:04.taking out ?20 from a cash point. Moments later he had
:05:05. > :05:06.been stabbed 12 times. The 27-year-old fitness enthusiast,
:05:07. > :05:08.has been scarred for life, after intervening when he saw
:05:09. > :05:11.a woman being attacked. Today Mr Flint returned to the scene
:05:12. > :05:16.of the attack for the first time. He told our Special Correspondent
:05:17. > :05:19.Peter Wilson more needs to be done to stop the growing threat
:05:20. > :05:23.of knife crime. William Flint had been celebrating
:05:24. > :05:25.New Years Eve when he stopped in Selly Oak in Birmingham
:05:26. > :05:28.at a cash machine. Will stepped in to help,
:05:29. > :05:33.but the man turned on him, It's bringing back some
:05:34. > :05:49.emotions, I guess. Lots of people are
:05:50. > :05:52.calling you a have-a-go I'm no hero at all, I'm
:05:53. > :05:56.just a regular guy who wanted to use a cashpoint and
:05:57. > :06:02.saw something bad going on and wanted to help, I would do anything
:06:03. > :06:06.I could to help and I wouldn't call I think most decent people
:06:07. > :06:09.would do the same thing. Will suffered a collapsed
:06:10. > :06:11.lung, ruptered spleen The knifeman, 18-year-old
:06:12. > :06:16.Aidan Morrissey, was jailed But what's the police advice
:06:17. > :06:22.about intervening to stop a crime? If people are carrying knives
:06:23. > :06:26.they are extremely dangerous and I could not encourage people
:06:27. > :06:29.to intervene in those circumstances. They need to call 909 and get
:06:30. > :06:32.emergency services to the scene Before the attack Will Flint had
:06:33. > :06:37.been learning martial arts His instructor believes Will's
:06:38. > :06:45.fitness kept him alive. Part of Will's training has
:06:46. > :06:47.taught him to make himself small but also to start to angle himself
:06:48. > :06:54.away from the knife, so what you can see is as he has
:06:55. > :06:57.gone out of the line, and controlled the arm that has
:06:58. > :07:00.minimised the amount of shots he has taken,
:07:01. > :07:03.the small amount of damages he has taken has been to the side,
:07:04. > :07:05.which is significant, but less life-threatening
:07:06. > :07:11.than going clean into the middle. The 60 stitches and
:07:12. > :07:13.collapsed lung spell the end of Will's career in physique
:07:14. > :07:17.fitness competitions. He now wants to put his energy
:07:18. > :07:30.into beating knife crime. Knives are very present on our
:07:31. > :07:33.streets and in one quick instant Will Flint plans to take his
:07:34. > :07:40.anti-knife campaign into city A jogger in Kings Heath has been
:07:41. > :07:51.shot with a stun gun, as a gang The victim suffered burns,
:07:52. > :07:54.whilst fighting off Police say six people
:07:55. > :07:58.have reported similar incidents in South Birmingham
:07:59. > :08:01.in just five days. Moseley and Acocks Green
:08:02. > :08:03.were the other two areas where people claim to have been shot
:08:04. > :08:06.with stun guns. Four teenage boys have been
:08:07. > :08:13.arrested and bailed. A driver caught on camera weaving
:08:14. > :08:15.between the barriers of a level crossing in the Black Country has
:08:16. > :08:18.been condemned by Network Rail. The footage shows the silver Citroen
:08:19. > :08:21.crossing the line near Oldbury, just moments before a train
:08:22. > :08:24.was due to pass. British Transport Police hasn't been
:08:25. > :08:30.able to identify the motorist. Controversial spit guards
:08:31. > :08:33.are to be issued to all The force already uses
:08:34. > :08:37.the hoods, similar to these, Its police vehicles are also
:08:38. > :08:43.equipped with them, to stop suspects The move comes after significant
:08:44. > :08:47.national debate, but public opinion The force says it can't
:08:48. > :08:55.expect its officers to protect the public without being protected
:08:56. > :08:59.themselves. Footballers who repeatedly
:09:00. > :09:01.head the ball can end up suffering from dementia,
:09:02. > :09:03.according to a new study. Researchers examined the brains
:09:04. > :09:05.of six players known for their skill at heading the ball,
:09:06. > :09:08.all of whom developed The former West Brom and England
:09:09. > :09:13.striker Jeff Astle died We have followed the family 's long
:09:14. > :09:27.campaign into research into this. His widow Laraine joins
:09:28. > :09:29.us now from her home. What do you make of
:09:30. > :09:41.the results of this study? Well, sadly, Mary, a came as no
:09:42. > :09:49.surprise to us. The inquest on Jeff 15 years ago said that heading the
:09:50. > :09:53.ball was an industrial disease that killed him. Although it is good to
:09:54. > :10:00.get, obviously, research, it is another piece to the puzzle. It
:10:01. > :10:04.didn't come as a surprise to us. We're just looking at some pictures
:10:05. > :10:07.of Jeff now, family photos and photos of him heading the ball, when
:10:08. > :10:15.did you first become aware that his behaviour was changing? It was when
:10:16. > :10:18.we were doing fantasy football. We were doing the songs in the dressing
:10:19. > :10:23.room, and the dressing room was about 20 strides away from the
:10:24. > :10:27.studio and Jeff would be fine in the dressing room and he would know the
:10:28. > :10:31.songs and yet going 20 strides into the studio, he would struggle to
:10:32. > :10:40.remember what we had been learning all that afternoon and I did start
:10:41. > :10:44.to worry. I thought, is he concerned because it is live? When we finished
:10:45. > :10:50.doing the series I made an appointment at the doctors, but I
:10:51. > :11:00.never, in my wildest imagination, expected to get the news that I got.
:11:01. > :11:06.Laraine, the FA has said that they will fund research into this area,
:11:07. > :11:09.you have had a long, long campaign, a battle really, with the FA, the
:11:10. > :11:14.Football Association, to get something done. Given what they have
:11:15. > :11:19.said today, does it give you any renewed hope? We were told this 15
:11:20. > :11:27.years ago, Mary. They promised us a 10-year research and after about two
:11:28. > :11:32.or three years the people that they did it on, the youngsters went out
:11:33. > :11:36.of the game and so, and are known to us, they just stopped all the
:11:37. > :11:44.research. We had no idea they had stopped it and we were waiting for
:11:45. > :11:46.the results and it was only 12 years after the Jeff 's death that a
:11:47. > :11:54.reporter rang and told us the news that the research had finished years
:11:55. > :12:00.and years earlier. We were a mixture of angry and shocked. And there is
:12:01. > :12:03.still more to do as far as you run the family are concerned, I know. I
:12:04. > :12:04.really appreciate your time this evening. Thank you very much for
:12:05. > :12:08.joining us. Thank you. If you're eating right now,
:12:09. > :12:12.you might want to put take a pause. It's not a pleasant subject,
:12:13. > :12:14.but our sewers are getting That's clogged up grease and,
:12:15. > :12:19.increasingly, discarded wipes. As Sarah Bishop reports,
:12:20. > :12:24.Severn Trent are hoping a new A fatberg is like a ball
:12:25. > :12:31.of slime and grease and fat. a hugely expensive
:12:32. > :12:42.and needless problem. Every year, congealed and compacted
:12:43. > :12:44.oil and grease accounts for three quarters of the 50,000
:12:45. > :12:51.or so blockages in But pupils at Water Mill Primary
:12:52. > :12:59.School in Selly Oak are being taught Their school sits
:13:00. > :13:10.in a fatberg hotspot. One fifth of Severn Trent's
:13:11. > :13:13.problems are in Birmingham. Once you get it on new
:13:14. > :13:17.hits like a sickly smell, like baby sick,
:13:18. > :13:18.I'd say personally. So it's just rank, you can't
:13:19. > :13:22.get it off for ages. Every single day Severn Trent
:13:23. > :13:27.are dealing with 140 or so blockages like this, most of them caused
:13:28. > :13:31.by people flushing away things they shouldn't have, or pouring things
:13:32. > :13:34.down the sink they shouldn't have. So we're talking
:13:35. > :13:40.fatbergs and wipebergs. There's a wipe for
:13:41. > :13:41.everything these days. For cleaning the floors,
:13:42. > :13:43.cleaning the bathroom, We remove about 1,500 tonnes
:13:44. > :13:48.of wipes from the inlet of our sewage treatment works
:13:49. > :13:51.per month and that obviously doesn't include all the ones that have
:13:52. > :13:53.accumulated and our building-up within our sewers and could lead
:13:54. > :13:59.to blockages and potential flooding. It's in educating the younger
:14:00. > :14:03.generation, though, that the company hopes to embarrass adults
:14:04. > :14:05.into changing their ways. My brother put cotton
:14:06. > :14:09.buds down the toilet. My mother was putting
:14:10. > :14:11.on some make-up and then she used cotton buds
:14:12. > :14:15.and then I told her... Don't do it, don't
:14:16. > :14:20.do it, don't do it. So the golden rules,
:14:21. > :14:23.the three Ps for flashing then? Thanks for joining us
:14:24. > :14:39.on Midlands Today, this is our top story tonight: Jailed for abducting
:14:40. > :14:41.a six-year-old girl 16 He was caught because of
:14:42. > :14:44.a drink drive DNA test. Also in tonight's programme:
:14:45. > :14:46.Filling in the blanks, we find out how a collection
:14:47. > :15:00.of fossils in Staffordshire is being Today we sorted out the temperatures
:15:01. > :15:03.and by tomorrow we should have got rid of the fog and delivered you
:15:04. > :15:04.some sunshine so there is plenty to look forward to in the forecast
:15:05. > :15:06.later. If you're a regular traveller
:15:07. > :15:09.on the M6, you'll probably feel a bit tense at the mention
:15:10. > :15:12.of junction 10. In rush hour alone there
:15:13. > :15:16.are more than 8,000 vehicles Today designs were revealed
:15:17. > :15:23.for a new interchange. The ?64 million scheme
:15:24. > :15:25.will provide more lanes, but some are concerned the plans
:15:26. > :15:29.don't include a flyover. Here's our transport
:15:30. > :15:34.correspondent, Peter Plisner. I have been commuting from my home
:15:35. > :15:37.in Wolverhampton to Sutton Coldfield Doing battle with Junction 10,
:15:38. > :15:43.Frazer Dukes suffers delays most mornings and,
:15:44. > :15:45.like many, he's got used Junction 10 has always been
:15:46. > :15:52.the place I hate the most. The number of vehicles
:15:53. > :16:00.using the junction is already well over what is was designed to carry
:16:01. > :16:04.and that's the cause of much fristration for the discount store
:16:05. > :16:07.Poundland, which has two To be honest we have
:16:08. > :16:14.now started planning Soon they might not
:16:15. > :16:19.have to because this A new roundabout with four lanes
:16:20. > :16:23.instead of the current two. We're going to build a new bridge
:16:24. > :16:26.entirely and then come and demolish But the Highways England plans
:16:27. > :16:31.have criticised by some drivers because they think a flyover
:16:32. > :16:34.would be better. Some people think that
:16:35. > :16:39.would be the solution here. Yes, we did look at building
:16:40. > :16:41.a flyover early in the project and it was dismissed
:16:42. > :16:44.on engineering grounds. You have to get it over
:16:45. > :16:47.the existing junction and it But there's more than the revamp
:16:48. > :16:52.of Junction 10 than just The improvement should also help
:16:53. > :16:56.with the development of land It is reckoned they could create
:16:57. > :17:00.around 10,000 jobs over But that does rely on Junction
:17:01. > :17:05.10 being free-flowing, something that's now pretty vital
:17:06. > :17:09.to the regeneration of Walsall. Everybody you talk to
:17:10. > :17:12.who exists in Walsall at the moment, especially
:17:13. > :17:14.big businesses or ones who want to come here,
:17:15. > :17:16.the flow of traffic Whatever they want to
:17:17. > :17:20.manufacture or build, they have to get it somewhere
:17:21. > :17:22.and the junction has always The consultation into the junction
:17:23. > :17:30.designs begin today and if all goes well the improvements should be
:17:31. > :17:38.complete sometime in the year 2020. And you can find out more
:17:39. > :17:41.about the junction 10 scheme, and where you can have your say
:17:42. > :17:44.on the designs, on the Highways England website, highways.gov.uk
:17:45. > :17:50.then search for M6 junction 10. The UK has been given a final
:17:51. > :17:53.warning for breaching European air pollution limits,
:17:54. > :17:55.and Birmingham has been named among The European Commission was warned
:17:56. > :18:01.the Government it must take urgent action over air quality with two
:18:02. > :18:07.months or it could take the matter It says more than 400,000 people
:18:08. > :18:12.died prematurely in the EU every year as a result of poor air
:18:13. > :18:14.quality. The West Midlands has seen
:18:15. > :18:17.the largest rise in unemployment In the three months to December
:18:18. > :18:23.the total number out It means the current unemployment
:18:24. > :18:34.rate in the West Midlands is 5.9%. How do you restore something
:18:35. > :18:37.which is thousands of years old? A project to restore
:18:38. > :18:39.a collection of fossils The Geological Gallery
:18:40. > :18:43.at Biddulph Grange Garden is run After years of neglect,
:18:44. > :18:47.they're trying to fill in holes in the walls at the gallery,
:18:48. > :18:50.by making replicas of I had to find fossils
:18:51. > :19:02.of the right sort of age, from the right sort of time period,
:19:03. > :19:04.and also the right Nigel Larkin is a man
:19:05. > :19:08.on a mission, a prehistoric We have these holes in the wall
:19:09. > :19:20.that we can't change, they are the size that they are
:19:21. > :19:24.so we have to find the right sort of animal that James Bateman
:19:25. > :19:28.would have put on the wall. This is the Biddulph
:19:29. > :19:29.Grange Geological Gallery. In 1862 it was designed
:19:30. > :19:32.by James Bateman to explain evolution and creation, and
:19:33. > :19:34.once had huge collection of fossils but it's been damaged over the years
:19:35. > :19:37.and has a palaeontologist it's Nigel's job to get it
:19:38. > :19:39.back in prime condition, but that means he's
:19:40. > :19:41.hunting for fossils. The originals of these
:19:42. > :19:44.fossils were collected know that they are from the right
:19:45. > :19:49.sort of site and found at the right sort of time for Bateman using
:19:50. > :19:51.similar fossils, and there's then We know that this is
:19:52. > :19:54.bothriole pis canadensis, that it's from a very
:19:55. > :19:58.particular rock deposit. For days one and two
:19:59. > :20:01.in the gallery Nigel has just four fossils left to find, including
:20:02. > :20:04.something to fill this giant hole, so today we are off
:20:05. > :20:07.to Manchester Museum to find out So it's a quick trip up
:20:08. > :20:14.the M6 to Manchester where the university's museum archive
:20:15. > :20:30.might hold the key piece. I have got a few things to show you.
:20:31. > :20:33.Excellent, thank you. Not everyone can get access like this but
:20:34. > :20:37.restoring important archive is something the museum are pleased to
:20:38. > :20:40.be a part of. There was something I thought would be particularly good
:20:41. > :20:44.just here which is limestone with all sorts of bits in it. It has a
:20:45. > :20:51.shelf onto trilobites and it is quite old, about 430 million years
:20:52. > :20:56.old. Another fossil successfully tracked down which Niger will now
:20:57. > :21:02.borrow and copy to go on the wall at Biddulph Grange. Just 30 more to
:21:03. > :21:03.find! That is a great actor statement,
:21:04. > :21:04.quite old! The Aston Villa manager,
:21:05. > :21:07.Steve Bruce, says his players must learn to handle the pressure
:21:08. > :21:09.of playing for a big club. They lost at home for the second
:21:10. > :21:12.time in three days last night. And Bruce wasn't
:21:13. > :21:14.the only unhappy boss. None of the other seven Midlands
:21:15. > :21:17.clubs in action could manage a win.. Nick Clitheroe rounds up a poor
:21:18. > :21:20.night for our clubs. Since the start of 2017 Aston Villa
:21:21. > :21:23.have the worst record of any team They've managed just one
:21:24. > :21:26.point from seven matches. Last night's 3-1 home defeat
:21:27. > :21:28.by Barnsley was played in front of their lowest crowd of the season
:21:29. > :21:31.and they failed to make any impression even
:21:32. > :21:33.after Jonathan Kodjia briefly gave Birmingham City aren't
:21:34. > :21:36.much better off. They've still only won once in 13
:21:37. > :21:39.games since Gianfranco Zola Che Adams equalised for them
:21:40. > :21:42.at Preston before they lost Wolves have been outstanding
:21:43. > :21:47.in the FA Cup but they're still too close to the Championship relegation
:21:48. > :21:49.zone for comfort. Like Villa last night's home defeat
:21:50. > :21:52.by Wigan was their second this week. Coventry City were seconds away
:21:53. > :22:04.from a vital win at Wimbledon There was a lot of huffing and
:22:05. > :22:09.puffing but without the intensity or quality that we have been playing
:22:10. > :22:11.with recently is so that was disappointing.
:22:12. > :22:13.Coventry City were seconds away from a vital win at Wimbledon
:22:14. > :22:17.But a last minute equaliser means they're now 11 points from safety.
:22:18. > :22:20.Joe Edwards was close to giving Walsall victory but they were fairly
:22:21. > :22:22.happy with a point at second place Scunthorpe.
:22:23. > :22:24.Stephen Humphrys penalty looked like giving Shrewsbury
:22:25. > :22:26.another important win, until he was later sent off
:22:27. > :22:28.and Peterborough fought back to take the points.
:22:29. > :22:30.Port Vale slipped deeper into trouble as they went down 2-0
:22:31. > :22:33.at Millwall and now lie just three points above the League
:22:34. > :22:36.Cheltenham Town are even closer to danger in League Two.
:22:37. > :22:39.Only goal difference leaves them above the bottom two
:22:40. > :22:48.Let's move something a little more positive.
:22:49. > :22:51.You may not know, but today is Random Acts of Kindness Day.
:22:52. > :22:53.And this story fits the bill perfectly.
:22:54. > :22:55.A couple who got married in a hospice have sent
:22:56. > :22:57.their heartfelt thanks to a total stranger.
:22:58. > :22:59.Paul Bruce, who has terminal cancer, tied the knot with Emma Davies
:23:00. > :23:02.and when a customer at the florist heard their story, he insisted
:23:03. > :23:08.Paul Bruce and Emma Davies got married at Mary Stevens Hospice
:23:09. > :23:12.For much of the five years they ve been together,
:23:13. > :23:15.Paul's had cancer and didn't feel up to being filmed today.
:23:16. > :23:18.But they want to thank a complete stranger who made their Valentine's
:23:19. > :23:34.Here's Emma with her bouquet shortly beforehand.
:23:35. > :23:37.And here are the rest of the flowers, which
:23:38. > :23:40.collected from the florist, and was taken aback by the reaction
:23:41. > :23:47.The gentleman in the shop overheard me saying others from the local
:23:48. > :23:52.hospice and he stepped in and said he would like to pay for the flowers
:23:53. > :23:56.for the couple getting married. What was your reaction? Overwhelmed
:23:57. > :23:58.really. Just surprised at his act of genuine human kindness.
:23:59. > :24:03.The wedding was arranged with just 24 hours notice.
:24:04. > :24:08.Paul realised that it was Valentine's Day the next day and he
:24:09. > :24:13.had not got round to marrying him, which was something I had expressed
:24:14. > :24:17.that he had wanted to do and he was quite upset about the fact and it is
:24:18. > :24:21.said to the nurses, I haven't married Emma, and they said, don't
:24:22. > :24:26.worry, we can help you and we can sort it out, so we managed to
:24:27. > :24:30.arrange the wedding within 24 hours, which meant writing to the
:24:31. > :24:34.Archbishop of Canterbury to get a special licence and getting flowers.
:24:35. > :24:38.This is the florist in Southbridge that made the bouquets at a moments
:24:39. > :24:39.notice on one of their busiest days of the year.
:24:40. > :24:42.They were never going to charge full price in the circumstances,
:24:43. > :24:45.but the mystery customer's generosity touched them.
:24:46. > :24:55.Everybody was speechless really. Must be so emotional. It was, even
:24:56. > :24:57.listening to the story, and then for somebody else just to say out of the
:24:58. > :25:00.blue, I'll pay for them. Paul and Emma say the kind act
:25:01. > :25:09.made their special day even more so. If you were watching
:25:10. > :25:13.yesterday you may remember Molly the rescue dog who had
:25:14. > :25:15.a pacemaker fitted after Well, you'll be pleased
:25:16. > :25:19.to know she's doing well! Here she is with Chris Linney
:25:20. > :25:21.at the Willows Veterinary They tell us she had a peaceful
:25:22. > :25:25.and rested night and recovered Not the cheeriest of weather,
:25:26. > :25:37.Shefali, can you offer Affirmative. I should be able to
:25:38. > :25:42.manage it. It won't take much really to improve on today, will it? Just a
:25:43. > :25:46.hint of brightness would be enough. We had fog this morning and quite
:25:47. > :25:50.widespread across the region and it lifted into cloud and we had quite a
:25:51. > :25:54.bit of rain to round off the day. Signs of spring all over the place,
:25:55. > :25:59.encouraged by the temperatures. These were our finishing numbers.
:26:00. > :26:01.Highs of 11 across the south of the region, compared with eight in the
:26:02. > :26:23.north. Eight is the average for the time of
:26:24. > :26:25.year. To end the day we had some bouncing rain here in Warwickshire
:26:26. > :26:28.and across the East. It is all heading to the east so we will see
:26:29. > :26:30.drier conditions this evening and overnight. A ridge of high pressure
:26:31. > :26:33.building which will insert itself over the east by the weekend. Any of
:26:34. > :26:35.these incoming fronts crossing the region should be greatly weakened.
:26:36. > :26:38.The rain should not be too wet over the weekend or the coming days but
:26:39. > :26:41.great weather over the weekend for getting out and about. It stays
:26:42. > :26:43.largely dry and we should see some sunnier spells and stay mild
:26:44. > :26:48.weather. This evening we see this rain just clearing the north-east.
:26:49. > :26:51.We will start to see drier conditions taking over later tonight
:26:52. > :26:55.and clearer skies as well as the cloud breaks up. Temperatures drop
:26:56. > :26:58.to a minimum of three here in the south-west and generally speaking
:26:59. > :27:10.the temperatures are above freezing so we're not looking for thrust into
:27:11. > :27:13.the morning tomorrow but we may see pockets of mist to start the day.
:27:14. > :27:16.Nothing as extensive as we have had this morning. Quite a bright start
:27:17. > :27:19.to the day for many and we see sunny spells developing through the day.
:27:20. > :27:21.Just the odd shower but it is mainly dry picture and temperatures will
:27:22. > :27:26.respond to the sunshine and we will see highs of ten or 11. Into the
:27:27. > :27:31.tight -- into tonight and tomorrow we see the clearer spells starting
:27:32. > :27:35.to clear away to more cloud as it starts to thicken up from the west
:27:36. > :27:38.so it will be a cloudy start to Friday and mainly dry with some
:27:39. > :27:42.brightness over the weekend. Tomorrow looks great. Thank you!
:27:43. > :27:59.when farmers leave their daily routines behind...
:28:00. > :28:03.Right, here we come, Dorset! ..for a show day.