:00:00. > :00:00.A reminder of the day's main story... The
:00:07. > :00:11.Failed by a number of agencies: baby Keegan Downer should never have been
:00:12. > :00:15.placed in the care of the woman who went on to murder her.
:00:16. > :00:17.The death of any child that we are responsible for this
:00:18. > :00:19.tragedy but we will learn from that tragedy, we
:00:20. > :00:22.are here today, we are very clear about what is already very different
:00:23. > :00:26.A serious case review blames flawed and incomplete assessments.
:00:27. > :00:29.A serious case review blames flawed and incomplete assessments.
:00:30. > :00:33.The growing scourge of fly-tipping: experts say they're dealing
:00:34. > :00:37.We need to tackle it together, we need
:00:38. > :00:42.need witnesses and importantly we need people to stop putting their
:00:43. > :00:47.Find out why I'm back in the Midlands on Midlands Today,
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:00:56. > :01:04.European capitals in seven days just as it did 70 years ago.
:01:05. > :01:11.And although it's been wet and miserable today has been the calm
:01:12. > :01:14.before the storm, storm Doris, with strong gusts of wind expected
:01:15. > :01:23.tomorrow and heavy rain. All the details later.
:01:24. > :01:27.Toddler Keegan Downer should "never have been placed "with the woman
:01:28. > :01:30.That's according to a Serious Case Review carried out
:01:31. > :01:36.Keegan was born in March 2014 and placed into foster care
:01:37. > :01:41.soon after her birth, but, in January 2015,
:01:42. > :01:43.Birmingham City Council placed her with Kandyce Downer,
:01:44. > :01:46.a distant relative who became her legal guardian.
:01:47. > :01:49.Nine months later, in September 2015, Keegan died after suffering
:01:50. > :01:55.Kandyce Downer was found guilty last year and sentenced
:01:56. > :02:02.Today the review was published into the role the local authority
:02:03. > :02:12.Little Keegan - born Shianne - seen here happy and flourishing
:02:13. > :02:17.But that all changed when she went to live with Kandyce Downer,
:02:18. > :02:20.a distant relative who had been awarded a Special Guardianship Order
:02:21. > :02:29.Just nine months later, she was dead.
:02:30. > :02:31.A serious case review into the toddler's death has
:02:32. > :02:34.found she was failed by a number of agencies.
:02:35. > :02:36.For example, a health visitor only ever made one
:02:37. > :02:38.visit, not long after Kandyce became her guardian.
:02:39. > :02:43.Keegan did not have a flag or red code on her medical notes to say
:02:44. > :02:47.she was effectively adopted, and was not seen by a GP
:02:48. > :02:54.And there was no further contact made by Children's Social Care.
:02:55. > :02:56.Well that was one of our failings and we had no
:02:57. > :02:59.expectations set out in policy either that we should do those
:03:00. > :03:02.visits and that is part of what we've changed.
:03:03. > :03:04.There does need to be ongoing support and indeed part of
:03:05. > :03:06.our expectation needs to be that there is
:03:07. > :03:08.a working relationship with
:03:09. > :03:10.placements. Not if you like some privacy
:03:11. > :03:12.that some very distant relationship means
:03:13. > :03:14.you've got an automatic right to dependency
:03:15. > :03:16.of the child without supervision.
:03:17. > :03:19.The initial assessment of whether Kandyce Downer should
:03:20. > :03:22.become a special guardian was carried out by an external
:03:23. > :03:30.And the report says Downer was given too much power to control
:03:31. > :03:36.With the benefit of hindsight, that was just
:03:37. > :03:39.not good enough and that wouldn't happen now.
:03:40. > :03:44.I think one of the other things that has changed and that
:03:45. > :03:48.needs to be ensured by this case is that those universal services
:03:49. > :03:50.that would be involving the GP, the
:03:51. > :03:54.health visitor, will absolutely know and that this child is on a special
:03:55. > :03:59.Greater awareness within the wider society is also something
:04:00. > :04:03.that the children's charity, the NSPCC is calling for.
:04:04. > :04:06.I think it is really important that changes have
:04:07. > :04:09.happened, but of course just tragic in this case that it was too late
:04:10. > :04:11.for this individual child, but changes
:04:12. > :04:12.will need to happen for the
:04:13. > :04:17.What is also really important is that any member of the
:04:18. > :04:19.public also helps social services and the police and comes forward
:04:20. > :04:22.Birmingham City Council says it's taken further steps
:04:23. > :04:27.Has anyone been sacked over Keegan's death?
:04:28. > :04:29.Employment action has been taken to the regulator,
:04:30. > :04:31.and those people are no longer working with us.
:04:32. > :04:33.So people have been sacked? Yes.
:04:34. > :04:37.Birmingham Children's Services is to be taken over
:04:38. > :04:44.Amy Cole, BBC Midlands Today, Birmingham.
:04:45. > :04:46.In a moment, we'll be talking to Danielle McKinney.
:04:47. > :04:49.Danielle was taken into care as a child in Birmingham
:04:50. > :04:52.after suffering domestic abuse at home.
:04:53. > :04:54.Altogether, she lived in 39 different care homes,
:04:55. > :04:59.ran away repeatedly and was raped three times as a teenager.
:05:00. > :05:01.She told her story in the BBC documentary A Dangerous
:05:02. > :05:09.I don't think any of us ever felt safe.
:05:10. > :05:17.And Danielle joins me now, good evening, Danielle.
:05:18. > :05:23.What's your reaction to this serious case review about Keegan?
:05:24. > :05:33.Really sad, to be honest. Am I surprised, no. Yet again, it's just
:05:34. > :05:36.another innocent life and to be honest it's just so sad because it
:05:37. > :05:40.could have been avoided. Again we hear, failed by a number of
:05:41. > :05:46.agencies. Well, I have always said it is not just one department or,
:05:47. > :05:54.you know, a specific area in that department it is the whole... The
:05:55. > :06:02.Birmingham City Council need a whole total revamp. This list in six
:06:03. > :06:09.months seen not by one the health worker. What do they expect? Did
:06:10. > :06:15.they even check the relationship between the child and it wasn't her
:06:16. > :06:22.auntie, was it, they won't even blood related. A distant related.
:06:23. > :06:25.Social workers are all caring and committed from what I see, I know
:06:26. > :06:31.some personally, I just don't understand where it all goes wrong.
:06:32. > :06:35.They overwhelmed? Personally, I don't know which social workers you
:06:36. > :06:41.been meeting but... You know, as far as I'm concerned every child isn't
:06:42. > :06:45.like that as individuals, they are looked at as paperwork, and
:06:46. > :06:48.caseload. And the one but I know, you know, they haven't got the best
:06:49. > :06:56.interest of the child at heart. You would probably find one in ten maybe
:06:57. > :07:01.that's... What is the answer? To be honest, the whole of the departments
:07:02. > :07:06.need a total revamp. And it's all right them sacking a view of the
:07:07. > :07:09.little runaround people at the bottom but they were ordered, and
:07:10. > :07:12.then those people were ordered, the whole line of professionals that was
:07:13. > :07:18.involved with Keegan should have been sacked, as far as I'm
:07:19. > :07:23.concerned. And also, personally, I think that the law should be
:07:24. > :07:26.changed, and people, the social workers and the professionals
:07:27. > :07:32.involved that have failed this child and many others, they should be
:07:33. > :07:35.actually... They should be trialled themselves because they have
:07:36. > :07:39.actually somehow facilitated this death as well. It's all right just
:07:40. > :07:43.sacking if you saying "We've done this and bad, you know? It's
:07:44. > :07:49.happened too many times, now. It's too much it too often. They really
:07:50. > :07:51.need a total revamp and we've heard about this trust coming in, you
:07:52. > :07:56.know, because Birmingham City Council know that they've totally
:07:57. > :08:01.failed, so we will have to try and see what happens with this trust. We
:08:02. > :08:02.will leave it there. 20 so much for talking to us about this very, very
:08:03. > :08:13.tragic story. Shropshire Staffordshire and
:08:14. > :08:17.Birmingham have been affected by fly-tipping in the past few years.
:08:18. > :08:19.On Monday evening council waste enforcement officers were called
:08:20. > :08:20.waste enforcement officers were called
:08:21. > :08:24.to a lane in Kings Norton after more than a hundred fridges were dumped .
:08:25. > :08:26.Today, officers started the work to remove them and investigations
:08:27. > :08:28.are now underway to identify who those responsible.
:08:29. > :08:32.The clear up begins 110 fridges were dumped in this lane
:08:33. > :08:41.The council says people should avoid unwittingly fuelling their business.
:08:42. > :08:46.While we would say to people is don't put your fridges and freezers
:08:47. > :08:47.out into the street for the metal collectors because this is what
:08:48. > :08:49.happens to them. We would say either get the retailer
:08:50. > :08:54.to put them away put them in your car and take them
:08:55. > :08:57.to the recycling or if you can't do Birmingham City Council's
:08:58. > :09:06.being called out to fly-tipping in North Staffordshire....despite
:09:07. > :09:16.a padlocked gate - around 500 tonnes of waste
:09:17. > :09:27.was dumped almost a month ago This is an ocean of devastation, I
:09:28. > :09:30.am appalled and I hate it. I'm actually hating the fact that these
:09:31. > :09:36.people, whoever has done this, right the way round down to our first
:09:37. > :09:38.commission. People use this on a daily basis.
:09:39. > :09:44.with information to help solve this crime
:09:45. > :09:47.The fridges now will be forensically tested to try to find the culprits,
:09:48. > :09:49.who could face an unlimited fine or a prison sentence
:09:50. > :10:00.You've been sending us emails and commenting
:10:01. > :10:02.on facebook and Twitter about this
:10:03. > :10:04.Brum @bordesleygreen tweeted "every day something is fly-tipped,
:10:05. > :10:05.it's removed then something else gets dumped"
:10:06. > :10:07.Peter Styles emailed "There are two problems -
:10:08. > :10:10."it now costs over ?80 a tonne to tip waste
:10:11. > :10:14."the lack of co-ordination between the agencies concerned.
:10:15. > :10:16.Jane Moore posted on facebook: "This is commercial waste dumped
:10:17. > :10:21."by companies that have been paid to process but don't want to pay
:10:22. > :10:25."Make no mistake we are all paying for these scumbag's dirty deeds,
:10:26. > :10:33."money that could well be spent on social care.
:10:34. > :10:37.Thank you to all for getting in touch.
:10:38. > :10:42.Two men have been sentenced to a total of 22 years in prison
:10:43. > :10:43.for sexually exploiting a teenager in Coventry.
:10:44. > :10:45.24-year-old Martin Cantle and 26-year-old Thomas Entwistle
:10:46. > :10:47.were sentenced to 11 years each after being found guilty
:10:48. > :10:49.of controlling child prostitution and supplying controlled drugs.
:10:50. > :10:52.The charges relate to a 17-year-old girl who was groomed
:10:53. > :10:58.Police searching for missing man Dean Jones from Birmingham have
:10:59. > :11:01.Brenda Proctor, who rose to prominence during the Miners
:11:02. > :11:05.Brenda who was from Sneyd Green ran the North Staffordshire
:11:06. > :11:07.Miners Wives' Action Group and was an active member
:11:08. > :11:12.of Women Against Pit closures for more than 30 years.
:11:13. > :11:16.In a little over twelve hours' time, the polls will open after what's
:11:17. > :11:17.been the Midlands' hardest-fought by-election for nearly
:11:18. > :11:22.Stoke Central has been a Labour seat for 67 years.
:11:23. > :11:24.This time, though, the outcome is anything
:11:25. > :11:27.Our political editor Patrick Burns is here.
:11:28. > :11:34.Why exactly is there so much riding on this?
:11:35. > :11:37.The weather's turning stormy, and Stoke Central has
:11:38. > :11:39.had its own "perfect storm", ever since Tristram Hunt
:11:40. > :11:44.He's triggered the first big test of opinion in one
:11:45. > :11:46.of Labour's 'core' areas, where almost seventy percent defied
:11:47. > :11:53.Their candidate Gareth Snell condemned Brexit in the strongest
:11:54. > :12:05.If he can't hang on here, it begs the question whether there's
:12:06. > :12:08.any such thing as a safe Labour seat outside the big cities.
:12:09. > :12:10.Ukip's Paul Nuttall will hope to capitalise on Brexit.
:12:11. > :12:13.But again, if he can't win, it'll reinforce suspicions that
:12:14. > :12:17.They're no longer the only Brexit party in town: the Conservative,
:12:18. > :12:19.Jack Brereton, is convinced he can make a real three-horse
:12:20. > :12:30.Yes, and Theresa May came to support him in Stoke on Monday. How
:12:31. > :12:32.significant is that? And she wouldn't have come anywhere
:12:33. > :12:39.near Stoke if the Tories didn't think they had enough support,
:12:40. > :12:42.at the very least, to blunt Ukip's challenge sufficiently
:12:43. > :12:43.for Labour to hang on. Cynical as it may sound,
:12:44. > :12:45.anything that helps secure Jeremy Corbyn's position may well
:12:46. > :12:57.suit the Tories' game plan for now. And remember Paul Nuttall
:12:58. > :13:00.and Gareth Snell have both sustained self-inflicted damage
:13:01. > :13:01.during this campaign. Mr Nuttall has said sorry
:13:02. > :13:04.for a false claim that he lost close And Mr Snell has apologised
:13:05. > :13:07.for Tweeting derogatory comments Leaving Jack Brereton enjoying
:13:08. > :13:19.the relative moral high ground. In a fiercely contested campaign
:13:20. > :13:22.such as this one, I would have thought it would be quite difficult
:13:23. > :13:25.for the other party to get their voices heard.
:13:26. > :13:30.But at least the Liberal Democract Dr Zulfiqar Ali
:13:31. > :13:32.is uniquely qualified, as a hospital consultant,
:13:33. > :13:34.to talk about the NHS, in a city whose local hospital
:13:35. > :13:36.recorded some of England's longest trolley waits.
:13:37. > :13:39.And he's hoping some of the thirty percent who did not Vote Leave
:13:40. > :13:42.So too is the Green candidate Adam Colclough.
:13:43. > :13:46.It's been no easy matter for them to get a word in edgeways
:13:47. > :13:53.You can confirm this list on the BBC News website.
:13:54. > :13:57.And there's an election special on BBC Radio Stoke from two o'clock
:13:58. > :14:00.on Friday morning with Tim Wedgwood, as the counting finishes
:14:01. > :14:09.They often say animals can have a calming, positive influence
:14:10. > :14:12.on us and it certainly seems to be working in Staffordshire.
:14:13. > :14:13.Recovering drug and alcohol addicts are receiving
:14:14. > :14:16.help from a farm there, to try to get them back into society
:14:17. > :14:21.Each week they get to work at Whitegate Farm -
:14:22. > :14:26.Our Staffordshire reporter Sian Grzeszczyk's been to meet them.
:14:27. > :14:30.It's an unlikely friendship, but it's clear that the
:14:31. > :14:33.bond between Simon and two-year-old pig Wilber is a special one.
:14:34. > :14:38.Simon spends every Tuesday here at Whitegate farm as part of his
:14:39. > :14:44.He's off the drugs and things are finally looking up.
:14:45. > :14:47.When I was using drugs I was living a day at a time, I would
:14:48. > :14:50.wake up in the morning and watndrugs, I'd want in
:14:51. > :14:53.the afternoon, I'd want in the evening, suffering
:14:54. > :14:57.But today I wake up and I tell myself I'm
:14:58. > :14:59.not going to use today, I can get up,
:15:00. > :15:02.I can have a shower, I can have a wash, I can put clean
:15:03. > :15:06.clothes on and I'm not a scruff, whereas before I was stuck in a
:15:07. > :15:08.So what sort of a difference
:15:09. > :15:13.I can come here on a Tuesday and I know that I'm not
:15:14. > :15:15.getting judged and that he's here to be friendly,
:15:16. > :15:17.he's always at the gate waiting for you.
:15:18. > :15:20.It's all been made possible thanks to the owners of the
:15:21. > :15:22.farm who wanted to help addicts and people struggling with their mental
:15:23. > :15:26.They wanted to stay out of the limelight themselves
:15:27. > :15:28.today, but the teams are helping were eager to share just
:15:29. > :15:31.how big a difference their generous offer is making.
:15:32. > :15:38.You've got the fresh air, you've got the sense of unity and
:15:39. > :15:40.the fact that they're helping other people as well.
:15:41. > :15:42.You know, that's giving them their self-worth,
:15:43. > :15:44.self-esteem, they're getting their physical exercise.
:15:45. > :15:48.You know, there's a lot more to it than just
:15:49. > :15:52.Emma and Chrissy are recovering alcoholics.
:15:53. > :15:54.Now they've experienced this, they say
:15:55. > :16:00.If you didn't have something else to come and perk you up, to think
:16:01. > :16:04.about, to get involved in, you'd just go back to where you were.
:16:05. > :16:09.Simon's journey has been a difficult one but
:16:10. > :16:12.he's confident that the path ahead will be far smoother with Wilbur at
:16:13. > :16:23.Thanks for joining us here on Midlands Today this evening.
:16:24. > :16:26.If ever there's a time to batten down the hatches, this is it.
:16:27. > :16:31.Yes, Nick, it looks like we can expect some strong gusts of wind
:16:32. > :16:33.and heavy rain tomorrow as Storm Doris moves in
:16:34. > :16:39.We have a Met Office Amber, be prepared, warning in place
:16:40. > :16:41.with gusts of up to 80mph possible over higher ground like
:16:42. > :16:44.With winds picking up during the rush hour,
:16:45. > :16:47.and peaking by lunchtime there's scope to cause travel disruption
:16:48. > :16:58.I'll be back with the latest details later in the programme.
:16:59. > :17:01.Now, I wonder what the bard would have made of this -
:17:02. > :17:03.budding actors 1,600 miles apart have been performing
:17:04. > :17:07.It's all thanks to virtual reality, which one university is using to run
:17:08. > :17:09.courses in two countries at the same time.
:17:10. > :17:19.Kevin Reide's been finding out more.
:17:20. > :17:23.Lauren and Jack are in Coventry, Niklas and Heli are in Finland,
:17:24. > :17:25.and they're rehearsing Shakespeare together.
:17:26. > :17:27.This virtual learning is a joint project between Coventry University
:17:28. > :17:29.and the university of Tampere in Finland, and it's
:17:30. > :17:43.It's been wonderful and my teacher can also teach us and tell us the
:17:44. > :17:47.information but with universities over there it helps a lot.
:17:48. > :17:49.information but with universities over there it helps a
:17:50. > :17:54.The university is using the latest video conferencing technology to
:17:55. > :17:57.make this all happen, but instead of a laptop screen it is on a large
:17:58. > :18:00.screen and that enables the students as lifelike as possible. It do you
:18:01. > :18:03.keep 100 nights and Squires. And that means the students
:18:04. > :18:06.build bonds and relate to each other far more,
:18:07. > :18:09.as experienced in an experiment last year when nobody wanted
:18:10. > :18:17.the lessons to end. People were crying on both sides
:18:18. > :18:20.when I first turned it off. Nobody wanted it turned off. After a bit
:18:21. > :18:26.just kind of feels natural. You completely forget that there is this
:18:27. > :18:35.1000 mile gap. You are delivering uncomfortable truths. I don't know
:18:36. > :18:40.what the truth is, is it the fact that we aren't in the same room, but
:18:41. > :18:47.it is very interesting. I thought with being British, sarcasm was a
:18:48. > :18:50.big thing for us, but they get it straightaway and I was surprised,
:18:51. > :18:52.their English is really good, it puts us do same. We need to learn
:18:53. > :18:54.some finish. The rehearsals will continue
:18:55. > :18:58.for the next few weeks but in March the Coventry students will go
:18:59. > :19:00.to Finland and perform on stage Kevin Reide, BBC
:19:01. > :19:07.Midlands Today, Coventry. Onto football now and Burton Albion
:19:08. > :19:13.improved their chances of Championship survival
:19:14. > :19:15.with a point at Derby Burton's best chance fell
:19:16. > :19:19.to Luke Varney but a goalless draw still represented a good evening's
:19:20. > :19:21.work for Nigel Clough's side. They are now five points clear
:19:22. > :19:23.of the relegation zone. The new Wasps netball team,
:19:24. > :19:26.based in Coventry, got off to a winning start
:19:27. > :19:28.in the Superleague last night. They beat the Sirens 57-43 in front
:19:29. > :19:31.of a sell out crowd of more All ten teams in the league play
:19:32. > :19:35.next at a special event Tonight comedian Sir Lenny Henry
:19:36. > :19:49.is returning to his roots by hosting a stand-up night
:19:50. > :19:52.at the Glee Club in Birmingham. It's raising money for Comic Relief
:19:53. > :19:55.and it's already sold out. Lenny will be introducing a number
:19:56. > :19:57.of aspiring comedians and we'll be talking to him live
:19:58. > :20:00.in just a moment. First, a brief reminder
:20:01. > :20:02.of his remarkable and varied career spanning some 40 years
:20:03. > :20:03.in showbusiness. Ladies and gentlemen it's
:20:04. > :20:08.got to be Lenny Henry! 12 or 12 million
:20:09. > :20:14.people saw this black kid doing the sort
:20:15. > :20:16.of half funny jokes. But the hook was wow, he's black
:20:17. > :20:21.he's really young, and he's... Maybe he's got something,
:20:22. > :20:25.maybe this kid's got something! There's nothing I can
:20:26. > :20:33.do, I mean, yesterday 8 nothing, that's 80,
:20:34. > :20:38.triple 19, seven, 88. I keep thinking of, you know,
:20:39. > :20:44.myself as a 16-year-old kid, And Sir Lenny joins us
:20:45. > :21:16.now from the Glee Club Hello, how are you? I'm very well. I
:21:17. > :21:20.like the big gap as we think that's going to be great as I'm only in
:21:21. > :21:30.Birmingham Dominick, surely we can get voices close together. No, it's
:21:31. > :21:35.the satellite, sorry. Right. Pardon? This is the best television I've
:21:36. > :21:39.ever seen in my life. Tell us about tonight! Is going to be brilliant,
:21:40. > :21:44.we sold out, it sold out in minutes, my brother had some extra tickets so
:21:45. > :21:50.they have gone to, we have some of the best new comedy, the new
:21:51. > :21:54.comedians, funny people in the business. We've got a veritable
:21:55. > :21:59.musical feast on legs, Rhys James who is very funny, we've got Jack
:22:00. > :22:07.Cole who was on Britain's got talent, a very funny young man. Can
:22:08. > :22:12.you give these guys advice? Bearing in mind your experience. Just be
:22:13. > :22:16.funny and don't bump into the furniture, that's what you've got to
:22:17. > :22:20.do. It's a really good, joyous night. We are in Brum, it's a home
:22:21. > :22:25.crowd, we'll have a fantastic time it's packed to the rafters, there's
:22:26. > :22:29.sticky Dyfi pudding, what could go wrong? Bearing in mind will be other
:22:30. > :22:31.things you've done, the various aspects of your career, and you feel
:22:32. > :22:36.these days about doing stand-up yourself? Well, I love stand-up, I
:22:37. > :22:42.never stops doing stand-up, I just started doing acting dumb and it's
:22:43. > :22:46.taken quite a lot of my career space. I'm in broad church, starting
:22:47. > :22:52.on the 27th of that and I'm really enjoyed making that. I did something
:22:53. > :22:59.with K Miller last year. Acting will be a big part of what I do come in
:23:00. > :23:02.the future, I hope, and I am in London ended April, so it feels good
:23:03. > :23:07.acting, but I still love being funny, so don't worry about that.
:23:08. > :23:16.Still like that. Sur Lenny Henry, thank you very much for talking to
:23:17. > :23:18.us. Good luck tonight. Turner are! Bye-bye, Nick.
:23:19. > :23:21.70 years ago, three little old Austin motor cars
:23:22. > :23:23.made a pioneering trip across the continent
:23:24. > :23:31.It took in seven capitals in seven days, a then breathtaking total
:23:32. > :23:36.Well, now a similar old Austin is being lovingly restored
:23:37. > :23:42.Our transport correspondent Peter Plisner reports.
:23:43. > :23:49.Coming back to where it was born, an early version of the famous model
:23:50. > :23:53.that crossed Europe 70 years ago. This car has been meticulously
:23:54. > :23:56.restored by motoring historian by Loveridge who is searched for more
:23:57. > :24:04.than a year for to find the right car for the trip. I saw I think in
:24:05. > :24:10.total 14 16 is to be cross site that her slightly awkward about this.
:24:11. > :24:13.Founded in Manchester, laid up since 1965. This was the cover for the
:24:14. > :24:17.restoration started although mine is its engine today, hence the reason
:24:18. > :24:21.it is on a trailer and it is now as good as new but Guy is still quite
:24:22. > :24:25.worried about driving on some of Europe's fastest roads. For the bits
:24:26. > :24:30.of Germany we do with the autobahn, theoretically no speed limit
:24:31. > :24:36.whatever, we could be going 100 miles an hour slower than the guy
:24:37. > :24:39.who wants to pass. The original trip was the subject of a book called
:24:40. > :24:43.gullible travels and inside its pages there are pictures showing the
:24:44. > :24:48.three cards that made the trip. -- cars. It finished in Geneva, where
:24:49. > :24:52.the Austin 16 was being launched. Millions of cars were made here at
:24:53. > :24:55.Longbridge over the years but this car has a special place in the
:24:56. > :24:59.factory history. It was an Austin 16 that became the millionth vehicle
:25:00. > :25:06.that rolled off the production line here in 1948. If we have a water
:25:07. > :25:12.issue, or forget it. Guy won't be alone when he sets of commerce
:25:13. > :25:17.setting off with former top gear presenter Steve Berry, who's a of
:25:18. > :25:23.old cars. Any chance to drive them, I take. What surprising about this
:25:24. > :25:28.car is how well is. And above all, how well it breaks. Those breaks it
:25:29. > :25:33.will come in handy when the car hits the road. The trip begins on March
:25:34. > :25:36.the 8th, 17th -- 70 years to the 81st was produced. Good luck to
:25:37. > :25:36.them! This McDonald's restaurant
:25:37. > :25:41.in Shrewsbury has been based Right, Move Over Darling, tonight's
:25:42. > :25:50.weather is all about Doris Day. In all seriousness we have some
:25:51. > :25:55.serious weather is condemn the tomorrow. This amber weather warning
:25:56. > :25:58.is in place, the second most serious, be prepared warning, some
:25:59. > :26:04.very strong gusts of wind comes tomorrow. 60-70 gusts, Gus is
:26:05. > :26:08.locally up to 80. Some train routes are cancelled already, likely to
:26:09. > :26:11.cause travel disruption and disruption to buildings and it is
:26:12. > :26:17.intensifying as it crosses us so this is the warning area. Amber cos
:26:18. > :26:21.as much as us -- covers much of us, even south there is a yellow weather
:26:22. > :26:25.warning in place. A windy day tomorrow. This is a storm Doris
:26:26. > :26:28.tracking invalid and developing with isobars squeezing together a runner
:26:29. > :26:32.at lunchtime. That is when we will see the strongest winds across our
:26:33. > :26:36.region, starting to pep up through the day tomorrow, but as for today
:26:37. > :26:44.it was, quite out of there. Quite a miserable day, slate grace lies --
:26:45. > :26:48.skies everywhere, rain also. The precursor to storm Doris. As that
:26:49. > :26:52.pulls away to the north, and clears, the wind strengthens, through the
:26:53. > :26:57.latter part of today and into tomorrow. Overnight holding up,
:26:58. > :27:03.still mild, but that changes a storm Doris works her way in. Winds
:27:04. > :27:08.strengthened throughout the morning and by lunchtime really strong gusts
:27:09. > :27:11.of wind expected. And showers behind that. Once it starts to pull away we
:27:12. > :27:17.are left with something a touch cooler so our temperatures will
:27:18. > :27:19.start to fall -- fall away as well, heading overnight with skies
:27:20. > :27:25.clearing and temperatures falling away, showers start you become one
:27:26. > :27:32.tree and on the ground, starting to form some icy stretches. A chilly
:27:33. > :27:35.start to Friday but calmer. Lots of sunshine, but we are back into a
:27:36. > :27:39.very changeable resume, so once Friday is out of the way it gets
:27:40. > :27:40.mild about the rain is back on Saturday, so stay tuned to the
:27:41. > :27:42.forecast for tomorrow. Good job, guys.
:27:43. > :27:55.We totally nailed it. This year, fundraising kits are
:27:56. > :28:00.going to be sent through the post.