:00:00. > :00:00.Hello and welcome to Midlands Today. - so it's goodbye from me -
:00:00. > :00:00.The headlines tonight: The new Labour MP for
:00:07. > :00:09.Stoke-on-Trent Central, Gareth Snell, promises
:00:10. > :00:16.to deliver on Brexit, education and homes.
:00:17. > :00:21.Whatever be doing now as a member of parliament is going around the
:00:22. > :00:24.country and selling Stoke-on-Trent is a wonderful place that it it.
:00:25. > :00:28.But what now for Ukip as they fail in their bid to turn Stoke Central
:00:29. > :00:34.Tributes paid to Tahnie Martin, the 29-year-old died
:00:35. > :00:39.after being hit by falling debris, during storm force
:00:40. > :00:50.If's terrible. She's 29, she has not seen the world or dumb things. You
:00:51. > :00:52.could cry, couldn't you? -- or done things.
:00:53. > :00:55.Tricky times for our Championship clubs, with all four West Midlands
:00:56. > :00:58.The delicate art of embroidery, a world-renowned Warwickshire
:00:59. > :01:01.seamstress encouraging a new generation.
:01:02. > :01:03.And things have been very different today with the weather,
:01:04. > :01:06.but it's a return to wet and windy conditions
:01:07. > :01:25.Standing up for Stoke-on Trent, that's the promise from the City's
:01:26. > :01:28.newest MP, Gareth Snell, who held the Labour seat
:01:29. > :01:31.of Stoke-on-Trent Central with just over 7,800 votes.
:01:32. > :01:37.But the party's majority was cut by almost half, to 2,620 votes.
:01:38. > :01:41.Ukip's leader Paul Nuttall came second with 5,233 votes,
:01:42. > :01:54.just 79 ahead of Conservative candidate Jack Brereton.
:01:55. > :01:57.It was a major blow to Ukip, who hoped the pro-Brexit vote
:01:58. > :01:59.would result in victory and the party's second MP.
:02:00. > :02:01.Our Staffordshire reporter Sian Grzsysck has been getting reaction.
:02:02. > :02:03.Have report contains flashing images.
:02:04. > :02:07.BBC Radio Stoke, if you're waking up, Gareth Snell has won.
:02:08. > :02:10.A new day and a new MP for Stoke central.
:02:11. > :02:14.It was business as usual for most in the city centre,
:02:15. > :02:16.but there was plenty to digest for the winners and losers
:02:17. > :02:19.of what proved to be a tough political fight.
:02:20. > :02:22.And Last night the new Labour MP admitted it hadn't been
:02:23. > :02:33.Feeling very happy about the fact that the Labour Party has been able
:02:34. > :02:38.to hold this seat. It was a tough election, but ultimately the people
:02:39. > :02:44.of Stoke, Stoke-on-Trent made their voice heard and I'm very glad to be
:02:45. > :02:45.going to Parliament to represent them.
:02:46. > :02:47.All Ukip's leader could do was to try and appear positive
:02:48. > :02:50.in the midst of what was clearly a painful failure.
:02:51. > :02:56.We have cut their majority in half. We have unified the party like never
:02:57. > :03:05.before. We will go forward now and we will look. Ukip's time will come.
:03:06. > :03:09.This will happen. This should been a very easy win for Labour. They've
:03:10. > :03:14.helped this seat since it was created back in 1950. A challenging
:03:15. > :03:17.win, but a disastrous results for these guys, Ukip, they thought they
:03:18. > :03:21.would be celebrating here today. Today they are facing tough
:03:22. > :03:24.questions. If they can't win here in appropriate city, where can they
:03:25. > :03:28.win? The fact that is Paul Nuttall thought he could get in and then has
:03:29. > :03:35.the cheek to say it is only 72nd market list, how disrespectful of
:03:36. > :03:40.the local people can you be? -- on our hit list. I'm disappointed. I
:03:41. > :03:48.wanted Ukip in. I wanted change. And so is been a strong Labour seat and
:03:49. > :03:50.his policies like I said are not what I voted for.
:03:51. > :03:53.Stoke saw a lot of the labour leader in the run up to this by-election
:03:54. > :03:56.and today he returned, clearly relieved to have hung
:03:57. > :03:58.on here, after a bruising defeat in the other by-election
:03:59. > :04:05.I tell you what happened yesterday, people came out, worked, knocked on
:04:06. > :04:09.doors. They delivered a message. It is a message about the economy. It
:04:10. > :04:11.is the message about gods. It is a message -- jobs. It is a message
:04:12. > :04:13.about this country. Of course, many people today
:04:14. > :04:15.were just focussed on enjoying the rest of half term with the kids,
:04:16. > :04:18.but the by election was still on their minds
:04:19. > :04:26.at stoke's ski centre. It would have been a shock had they
:04:27. > :04:30.not one. What they need to do now is work on pulling everyone together.
:04:31. > :04:31.Need to do some things to get the majority back up, I think. Get some
:04:32. > :04:35.trust back on the people. And, like the whole campaign,
:04:36. > :04:37.doing that might continue to be I spoke to Stoke Central's new MP,
:04:38. > :04:42.Gareth Snell, a little earlier. I asked him what his priorities
:04:43. > :04:48.are for his constituents. As I said during the election
:04:49. > :04:51.campaign, my priorities will be to make sure that we get
:04:52. > :05:04.the Brexit deal. For Stone-onTrent that we
:05:05. > :05:06.need and we deserve, such as education,
:05:07. > :05:09.homes, we have got lots of Brownfield sites
:05:10. > :05:10.in Stoke-on-Trent that are ripe
:05:11. > :05:12.for development, but also challenging the Government to make
:05:13. > :05:13.sure we get A voter turnout of just
:05:14. > :05:17.a little over 36%, why do you think the voters
:05:18. > :05:20.were so apathetic? I think the storm Doris had
:05:21. > :05:22.a little bit to do with But this has historically
:05:23. > :05:30.had a low turnout and that is not something that I am
:05:31. > :05:32.content to let lie now. One of the issues that
:05:33. > :05:35.I will be taking forward over the next three
:05:36. > :05:37.years is looking at how we can really engage
:05:38. > :05:38.with civil society, how
:05:39. > :05:40.we can give a clear, Labour Party which means in 2020
:05:41. > :05:44.at the general election people are actually coming out
:05:45. > :05:46.to support the Labour Party. How are you going to do that
:05:47. > :05:53.because you got quite a big bit What we showed in this campaign
:05:54. > :05:59.is that when the Labour Party campaigns on issues that matters
:06:00. > :06:01.to local people, some of which are outside our comfort
:06:02. > :06:03.zone, we can resonate. this process over the next three
:06:04. > :06:08.years, we can increase the Labour share of the vote, but also we can
:06:09. > :06:15.increase turnout overall. What about that
:06:16. > :06:18.share of the vote? Is it that Labour won
:06:19. > :06:25.or that Ukip lost? I think the fact that I'll
:06:26. > :06:28.be going to London on Monday to represent Stoke-on-Trent
:06:29. > :06:31.in Parliament is a clear sign that Ukip through the kitchen sink
:06:32. > :06:36.at this election, they threw money, they had a flash, slick
:06:37. > :06:38.campaign, they had national leaders up and down the country
:06:39. > :06:40.campaigning for them here in Stoke-on-Trent
:06:41. > :06:41.and they only increased their vote here
:06:42. > :06:44.in Stoke-on-Trent by just over 2%. For me, what that shows is
:06:45. > :06:47.that the politics that Ukip offer to You spent some time
:06:48. > :06:50.with Jeremy Corbyn this afternoon Does he have your 100%
:06:51. > :06:54.backing as Labour leader? Jeremy is the leader of the party
:06:55. > :06:58.and I will be working as hard as I can now to make sure we win
:06:59. > :07:01.the general election in 2020 Does he have your 100%
:07:02. > :07:05.backing as Labour leader? I'm not going to put percentages on,
:07:06. > :07:08.but Jeremy is the leader. He has my support and I want to see
:07:09. > :07:11.him as Prime Minister in 2020 He is somebody that you have
:07:12. > :07:14.previously described Previously, I was making comment
:07:15. > :07:18.on the fact that the Labour Party was in danger of eating itself alive
:07:19. > :07:21.during the leadership election. Jeremy was elected with a clear
:07:22. > :07:28.mandate by the people And as I said, he came
:07:29. > :07:32.and campaigned for me yesterday in Stoke-on-Trent and now
:07:33. > :07:36.it is my job to campaign for Jeremy to be
:07:37. > :07:37.prime ministers the next general election.
:07:38. > :07:40.Our Political Editor Patrick Burns is in Stoke for us now.
:07:41. > :07:42.Patrick Gareth Snell was evasive about giving his full backing
:07:43. > :07:48.in Copeland by election, what does this say about the state
:07:49. > :07:59.Very interesting, those comments that you drew from him there. Yes
:08:00. > :08:02.this result here in Stoke Central was much better for Labour than that
:08:03. > :08:07.one up there in Copeland, but you could put them both together and
:08:08. > :08:10.they have one thing in common. After seven years of Tory led Government
:08:11. > :08:19.in which Labour preserve the relentless focus of... The
:08:20. > :08:23.Conservative's evidence is actually strengthening rather than weakening.
:08:24. > :08:27.I can tell you that the disquiet over the Jeremy Corbyn leadership is
:08:28. > :08:31.not just amongst the usual suspects on the so-called moderate Labour
:08:32. > :08:34.benches who triggered that leadership challenge last summer, it
:08:35. > :08:38.extends to those on the left who would be his natural sympathisers.
:08:39. > :08:45.They are in a very sad mood at the moment. You will have seen a few by
:08:46. > :08:49.elections. Have you seen so much attention on the party who came
:08:50. > :08:54.second? How much of a problem is this for Ukip? Remarkable. If they
:08:55. > :09:01.can't win here, Brexit Central, where can they win? Now they are
:09:02. > :09:05.saying it was only 72nd on their list. It is very serious and two by
:09:06. > :09:11.the recriminations begin. The MEP is saying that Paul Nuttall's advisors
:09:12. > :09:14.behind this campaign should be sacked. Labour concentrated their
:09:15. > :09:20.campaign on the health service. Do you think that Brexit is beginning
:09:21. > :09:24.to fade away as a major political issue in Stoke? On the contrary. If
:09:25. > :09:31.you can buy me Tory and Ukip votes, you will get 10,500, which is way
:09:32. > :09:34.more than Labour got. I think this is another worry for Ukip.
:09:35. > :09:42.Conservatives are saying that we other party a project now, drawing
:09:43. > :09:44.further support for the Conservatives.
:09:45. > :09:46.And Patrick will have more on the election
:09:47. > :09:48.result on Sunday Politics, at the usual time of
:09:49. > :09:58.The woman who was killed by falling debris in storm force winds
:09:59. > :10:00.in Wolverhampton yesterday, has been named as Tahnie Martin.
:10:01. > :10:03.The 29-year-old was struck on the head in the City Centre.
:10:04. > :10:05.Staff at Wolverhampton University, where she worked, described her
:10:06. > :10:07.as irrepressibly optimistic, kind and full of ideas.
:10:08. > :10:18.At the spot where she collapsed, passers by genuinely shocked,
:10:19. > :10:21.bewildered by the death so sudden and violent at a moment
:10:22. > :10:26.so simple and commonplace, walking along a street with friends.
:10:27. > :10:32.It is a shame for her and her family.
:10:33. > :10:38.Just looking at her face, you could cry, couldn't you?
:10:39. > :10:42.There is a lot of community spirit and more the Hampton and she is
:10:43. > :10:47.You can see by all the flowers there.
:10:48. > :10:49.29-year-old Tahnie Lee Martin from Stafford was killed instantly,
:10:50. > :10:52.struck on the head by a wooden panel whipped from a building
:10:53. > :10:56.Tahnie was on with two colleagues from the university
:10:57. > :10:59.of Wolverhampton where she worked, they were treated in hospital
:11:00. > :11:22.In Smethwick destruction but relief no-one was hurt when a poplar tree
:11:23. > :11:24.80-feet tall crashed into the roof of a leisure centre.
:11:25. > :11:29.Six people using the gym at the time were at the other end of the room.
:11:30. > :11:37.It is almost certain we're going to have to crane
:11:38. > :11:39.that off and it'll take some time to sort that out.
:11:40. > :11:42.We also had some trees come down in the borough yesterday alone,
:11:43. > :11:46.so we will need to prioritise the ones that we need to sort first.
:11:47. > :11:47.Here is another of those downed trees.
:11:48. > :11:49.This time on top of a daycare centre.
:11:50. > :11:52.It was half term, but there were four children inside.
:11:53. > :11:56.In Birmingham's jewellery quarter another casualty of Doris,
:11:57. > :11:59.the top of this Victorian building caught on CCTV crashing
:12:00. > :12:07.It was halfway through either repair or
:12:08. > :12:10.refurbishment, but to see that the winds have taken it, I'm
:12:11. > :12:15.A bit of history just lost to the wind.
:12:16. > :12:17.In Wolverhampton, the investigation into Tahnie Martin's
:12:18. > :12:20.The police, the council and health and safety
:12:21. > :12:22.officials working together to establish who owns
:12:23. > :12:32.Storm Doris continued to cause problems for commuters today,
:12:33. > :12:35.as Birmingham's cross city line was suspended all day.
:12:36. > :12:36.It meant replacement bus services for many,
:12:37. > :12:45.Bob Hockenhull reports on the impact.
:12:46. > :12:48.Battling to land at Birmingham Airport at the height of the storm.
:12:49. > :12:51.80-mile-per hour winds testing the nerves of pilot and passengers.
:12:52. > :12:54.Once the winds subsided, it was trains not planes
:12:55. > :12:59.still suffering in the aftermath of Storm Doris.
:13:00. > :13:01.The Redditch to Lichfield line through Birmingham completely
:13:02. > :13:04.shut for a second day, engineers still carrying out repairs
:13:05. > :13:12.at multiple locations along the track.
:13:13. > :13:14.We've got 14 trapped trains on the line.
:13:15. > :13:17.Network Rail have to get out and repair
:13:18. > :13:19.Network Rail have to get out and repair the overhead lines
:13:20. > :13:24.We need to get the trains out of the way and then they
:13:25. > :13:27.need to go back again to assess the rest of the damage, make those
:13:28. > :13:30.One of those stranded trains still stuck in Selly Oak
:13:31. > :13:33.Unsuspecting passengers were still turning up to find any
:13:34. > :13:37.hopes of travelling along the line dashed.
:13:38. > :13:43.I'm trying to get to Durham to visit my sister and obviously
:13:44. > :13:46.there are no trains here, so I will have to get an Uber
:13:47. > :13:50.as opposed to ?1.60 which usually it would be to New Street.
:13:51. > :13:54.I checked this morning, it had no problems.
:13:55. > :14:06.Well there is a train parked on the platform.
:14:07. > :14:19.In the past half-hour, it has been announced that they have finished
:14:20. > :14:20.work sooner than expected. It is now open.
:14:21. > :14:23.But one group of children had a narrow escape after the roof
:14:24. > :14:25.of the clubhouse at Knowle FC was ripped off,
:14:26. > :14:28.Luckily no one was hurt, but it's left the club
:14:29. > :14:31.Nicola Beckford is there this evening, Nicola,
:14:32. > :14:36.It was terrifying. I spoke to some of the young people who were here
:14:37. > :14:39.yesterday. About 11 o'clock and 35 of them were inside the clubhouse.
:14:40. > :14:45.You can see it behind me. Some are outside putting on their football
:14:46. > :14:50.boots. Huge gust of wind ripped the roof. Ali is but Albee. This is what
:14:51. > :14:54.he told me. Was like talking to my friend and it was like, what is
:14:55. > :14:56.happening? I don't know what is happening! It is the end of the
:14:57. > :15:09.world expect we are doomed expect! happening! It is the end of the
:15:10. > :15:12.world expect we are doomed You're from the club, tummy more about what
:15:13. > :15:17.happened? I got a call round about 11 o'clock and write it was in a
:15:18. > :15:25.devastation. There were children, some sobbing, somewhat excitable.
:15:26. > :15:29.They were all very well looked after by the coaches who were here. The
:15:30. > :15:36.code should actually had to bring the children out, escort them out of
:15:37. > :15:41.the building here. Without those, Ronnie, Kerry and Nicole, there
:15:42. > :15:46.could well have been a terrible tragedy here. They did to refit job.
:15:47. > :15:51.They told me earlier that they have been practising for this kind of
:15:52. > :15:58.event. -- terrific event. I have heard that as well. The way the roof
:15:59. > :16:07.came off, it is gone off at the back. It disturbs the pitch over
:16:08. > :16:10.there. What is the future for you? We're hoping to get the roof
:16:11. > :16:14.replaced, but we don't know what is going to happen. We have very
:16:15. > :16:18.limited resources here and we just cannot at the moment say what is
:16:19. > :16:21.going to happen. I will leave it there thank you for talking to us.
:16:22. > :16:25.At least the children are safe. There will not be any matches played
:16:26. > :16:31.here, they are hoping to get back to normal as soon as boss.
:16:32. > :16:34.We had so many pictures and reports from viewers yesterday about damage
:16:35. > :16:36.caused by storm Doris, thank you for those.
:16:37. > :16:39.Rebecca was out in the thick of things, and is here now.
:16:40. > :16:40.What were the strongest recorded gusts?
:16:41. > :16:43.Yes, Mary this was a reading that I took up on the
:16:44. > :16:45.Staffordshire Moorlands, gusts of 77.7 miles per hour.
:16:46. > :16:48.Obviously, I'm not an official weather station.
:16:49. > :16:51.So these are the official readings taken yesterday,
:16:52. > :16:54.the top gust at Leek measured at 71mph, strong enough
:16:55. > :17:07.Calmer today, I'll be back with a forecast later.
:17:08. > :17:10.A woman has died after two bungalows caught fire in Shropshire.
:17:11. > :17:12.The alarm was raised at 5.30 this morning.
:17:13. > :17:14.The emergency services were sent to the development
:17:15. > :17:17.Two people have been treated for breathing in smoke,
:17:18. > :17:18.firefighters are searching the building.
:17:19. > :17:21.A number of animals are thought to have died when a Staffordshire
:17:22. > :17:24.The front window has been blown out of the home
:17:25. > :17:43.Local rivalry won't be the only thing at stake
:17:44. > :17:45.when the players of Wolves and Birmingham City run out
:17:46. > :17:49.Both teams are still in danger of dropping out
:17:50. > :17:51.They're joined in that relegation battle
:17:52. > :17:55.Fair to say, it's not been a great season so far
:17:56. > :18:00.Steve Bruce got off to a flying start when he took over
:18:01. > :18:03.at Aston Villa in October but after 16 weeks the emotions
:18:04. > :18:08.Frustrated, disappointed. I am determined to turn it round. We only
:18:09. > :18:11.do that by a few results and then quietly going about the rebuilding
:18:12. > :18:12.job that obviously the team needs. The lower half of the
:18:13. > :18:14.Championship table makes All four West Midlands sides
:18:15. > :18:18.are in the bottom ten and looking Gianfranco Zola is certainly under
:18:19. > :18:23.pressure at Birmingham City. He's won just once in his first 14
:18:24. > :18:27.games in charge but has been reassured again this week
:18:28. > :18:35.by the owners. We are working together. Not going
:18:36. > :18:42.on direction and another. I think the way that the club assessed the
:18:43. > :18:44.situation shows that there is still unity between us.
:18:45. > :18:45.Zola's next test comes at Wolves this evening.
:18:46. > :18:49.Their start to 2017 has been very lopsided with two FA Cup wins
:18:50. > :18:51.against Premier League opponents stacking up against a run of three
:18:52. > :19:02.There are still a third of the season to go. 45 points. It is
:19:03. > :19:07.incredible how many games still left and how many games to play for. I
:19:08. > :19:08.will not give the play-off up. We will go for it.
:19:09. > :19:11.Burton Albion may be the lowest ranked of our clubs but in many ways
:19:12. > :19:14.Expected to struggle if they beat Blackburn this evening
:19:15. > :19:18.they will be nine points clear of their relegation rivals.
:19:19. > :19:22.And there's full match build up and commentary on Wolves
:19:23. > :19:28.against Birmingham City on BBC West Midlands from 19:00 tonight.
:19:29. > :19:30.against Birmingham City on BBC WM from 19:00 tonight.
:19:31. > :19:32.I'll have the result and any goals for you in
:19:33. > :19:36.The Worcester Warriors centre Ben Te'o will make his full England
:19:37. > :19:38.debut in Sunday's Six-Nations game against Italy.
:19:39. > :19:40.He'll be joined by four players from Wasps, including James Haskell.
:19:41. > :19:44.Three weeks ago, Te'o came off the bench to score a late try
:19:45. > :19:48.at Twickenham to help England beat France by 19 points to 16.
:19:49. > :19:51.50-years-ago tomorrow, a young footballer from Birmingham
:19:52. > :19:54.went off to play in the FA Amateur Cup quarterfinal.
:19:55. > :19:57.It should have been the biggest game of his life,
:19:58. > :20:02.Tony Allden had only been married five months.
:20:03. > :20:05.He was 23 years old, when he was killed by lightning
:20:06. > :20:16.The chances of it happening must be millions to one.
:20:17. > :20:19.50 years on, even now he's still got painful memories.
:20:20. > :20:22.Roy Taylor and his elder brother Eric are sharing an emotional return
:20:23. > :20:27.to their old football club, Highgate United.
:20:28. > :20:31.We didn't have floodlights in those days.
:20:32. > :20:35.And even the stand is a big improvement.
:20:36. > :20:38.It was February 25th 1967 and Highgate were playing Enfield
:20:39. > :20:41.in the quarterfinals of the FA Amateur Cup.
:20:42. > :20:46.A record crowd of more than 3,000 had come to watch.
:20:47. > :20:50.But they had no idea of the tragedy that was about to unfold.
:20:51. > :20:53.As the game progressed, the rain became
:20:54. > :21:00.heavier and heavier and it became eerily dark.
:21:01. > :21:03.The nation settled down to watch the rugby.
:21:04. > :21:05.This afternoon at Twickenham, the French will be
:21:06. > :21:08.seeking what could be only their third victory in over 60
:21:09. > :21:14.Watching TV back home in Kings Heath Birmingham, Roy and
:21:15. > :21:22.Eric's father Harry Taylor, first learnt of the tragic news.
:21:23. > :21:25.A very quick line, an amateur cup game is being
:21:26. > :21:32.played up in Birmingham between Highgate United and Enfield.
:21:33. > :21:34.Lightning up there has stopped the match.
:21:35. > :21:38.Both his sons were taken to hospital and treated for shock.
:21:39. > :21:40.24 hours later, it was announced that their
:21:41. > :21:42.Highgate United team-mate, Tony Allden, had passed away.
:21:43. > :21:44.There was a flash and a lot of the players went
:21:45. > :21:49.One lightning strike and that was it.
:21:50. > :21:53.Ken Barnett will never forget the horror of that fateful
:21:54. > :21:58.He has still got fond memories of playing football
:21:59. > :22:07.A gentle giant of a man who had married his wife, Sue,
:22:08. > :22:16.He was a good mate of mine and he didn't deserve to have his
:22:17. > :22:22.News of the tragedy touched the hearts of the nation and
:22:23. > :22:25.two weeks later, a huge crowd of nearly 30,000 turned out to watch
:22:26. > :22:29.The proceeds went to help Tony's family, but the Highgate players
:22:30. > :22:32.were overwhelmed by the occasion and lost 6-0.
:22:33. > :22:40.And 23 years of age, it was an absolute tragedy.
:22:41. > :22:47.So at two o'clock tomorrow afternoon before their Midlands Premier League
:22:48. > :22:50.game with Long Eaton, the Highgate United stand will be
:22:51. > :22:57.They will unveil a plaque and remember the talented
:22:58. > :23:03.23-year-old who was killed by lightning exactly 50 years ago.
:23:04. > :23:06.And Highgate United say anyone's welcome to attend the unveiling
:23:07. > :23:13.of the renamed Tony Allden Stand tomorrow at 14:00.
:23:14. > :23:16.The name Nicola Jarvis might not be familiar to you,
:23:17. > :23:20.Her beautiful embroidery designs and perfect stitching are known
:23:21. > :23:25.She helped with the exquisite lace detail on Kate
:23:26. > :23:31.The centuries old craft is enjoying something of a revival
:23:32. > :23:33.with the younger generation and Nicola's work has become
:23:34. > :23:37.Sarah Bishop has been to meet her at home in Leamington Spa.
:23:38. > :23:39.You become completely involved with the thread
:23:40. > :23:40.just moving up and down the
:23:41. > :23:42.fabric in a really lovely, rhythmic way.
:23:43. > :23:44.It takes you into a place where you can
:23:45. > :23:46.start to think about things, your life.
:23:47. > :23:48.It's the perfect antidote to the stresses of modern times.
:23:49. > :23:51.And Nicola Jarvis is so accomplished in the craft of embroidery,
:23:52. > :23:57.she helped with the most famous dress of the decade.
:23:58. > :24:08.The lace on Kate Middleton's wedding gown was the result of hours of work
:24:09. > :24:10.by a team from the Royal School of Needlecraft where Nicola teaches.
:24:11. > :24:14.Right up until the last minute, no one knew for sure it was for
:24:15. > :24:18.I was watching the ceremony on TV because of course the whole
:24:19. > :24:20.nation was gripped by this fabulous event.
:24:21. > :24:27.And then it was announced, there was on my little settee with
:24:28. > :24:30.And then when it was announced that we had
:24:31. > :24:33.been involved and it actually was the dress I'd worked on, I just
:24:34. > :24:42.It's been giving common garden birds something of a royal makeover that's
:24:43. > :24:48.Her feathered friends with posh plummage came about by chance.
:24:49. > :24:51.I was working on a William Morris exhibition and I
:24:52. > :24:54.thought, well, it would be very appropriate to use some of his
:24:55. > :25:00.And so I started to Carlos William Morris patterns onto the birds.
:25:01. > :25:09.The high-street giant John Lewis loved the William Morris
:25:10. > :25:11.inspired birds so much, they now stock Nicola's designs
:25:12. > :25:15.Not that everyone can stitch to Nicola's exacting standards,
:25:16. > :25:18.it's taken 25 years for her to get this good.
:25:19. > :25:20.In her mid twenties she was one of the royal school's
:25:21. > :25:29.The key to it all, she says, practice and rhythm.
:25:30. > :25:41.To lose yourself in the intricacies of an ancient art.
:25:42. > :25:44.After the storm force winds, some calm and even sunshine.
:25:45. > :25:47.Rebecca is here with the forecast - anything spring like to look
:25:48. > :25:56.What a difference a day makes. This picture was taken today in Leak
:25:57. > :25:59.looking over the hills where that reading was taken yesterday. Let me
:26:00. > :26:03.tell you it looks very different to that yesterday. The signs of storm
:26:04. > :26:08.Doris are still there to be seen despite the blue skies. 20 damage
:26:09. > :26:12.left behind. It has been a pleasant end to the day, right away across
:26:13. > :26:18.the region. Look close enough, and you will see the of change. The
:26:19. > :26:23.change tomorrow will be a something a little wet and windy. Not quite as
:26:24. > :26:27.wet and windy as it will be yesterday. We have weather systems
:26:28. > :26:34.lined up waiting to get in. See how tightly packed boat is a buzzing...
:26:35. > :26:40.R. We have got changeable weather to come. Images will fall away
:26:41. > :26:43.initially, but then we will start to see cloud, wind and rain working
:26:44. > :26:50.their way in. Temperatures will lift. Five to seven Celsius,
:26:51. > :26:54.tomorrow morning. Cloudy note early, the rain threatening to work its way
:26:55. > :27:03.in. Trips and drugs of rain. Plenty of cloud, -- a bit of rain.
:27:04. > :27:09.Temperatures coming up to 10 Celsius. As we had through the
:27:10. > :27:14.remainder of tomorrow, you will see that rain band working its way in.
:27:15. > :27:18.It is taking its time. Some mist patches. That breeze will slowly
:27:19. > :27:24.drop out. Temperatures getting down to five to again. By contrast to
:27:25. > :27:28.tomorrow, Sunday is looking good. The best of any brightness is
:27:29. > :27:34.further east. That rain band threatening to work its way down
:27:35. > :27:37.from the north. It is likely we set. We will continue with this pattern
:27:38. > :27:41.with the new working week. Some heavy showers to come, but some
:27:42. > :27:46.brightness. Cake-a-bake? Yeah.
:27:47. > :27:56.What is that? It's like bake a cake,
:27:57. > :27:58.but we flipped it. Oh, my God, we love flipping.
:27:59. > :28:00.Cake-a-bake. Cake-a-baking. I love it.
:28:01. > :28:05.I so love it when this happens.