:00:00. > :00:00.The headlines tonight: for news where you are.
:00:00. > :00:08.900 pupils told to stay away from school after a group
:00:09. > :00:12.of travellers take over their car park.
:00:13. > :00:15.The children that come into the school have a right to be
:00:16. > :00:17.educated and to be able to get into the school
:00:18. > :00:21.Some of the senior pupils were able to go in,
:00:22. > :00:26.It's called sugaring: how older men help young students pay their debts
:00:27. > :00:33.When I don't see him, I get ?500 per month.
:00:34. > :00:36.But when I do see him, I know, guaranteed, I will get ?1000
:00:37. > :00:42.A spectacularly good day's work, as a Chinese vase valued
:00:43. > :00:48.Aiming high: after passing forty points, Albion
:00:49. > :00:53.set their sights on their best ever Premier League finish.
:00:54. > :00:56.And vibrant colours most likely replaced by monochrome black
:00:57. > :01:01.Grey clouds and a covering of snow, just before
:01:02. > :01:20.Around 900 pupils at a school in Birmingham were told to stay
:01:21. > :01:24.at home this morning after travellers pitched up
:01:25. > :01:29.Around 20 caravans drove onto Shenley Academy in Weoley Castle
:01:30. > :01:35.On Saturday, they were given a 24 hour eviction notice,
:01:36. > :01:41.It meant a large part of the school had to close today.
:01:42. > :01:44.Those pupils that did go in for lessons were given a police
:01:45. > :01:59.This was the view at Shenley Academy this morning on what should have
:02:00. > :02:03.been the first day back after half-time. At 7:30am, police and
:02:04. > :02:08.council bailiffs moved into a Viktor the travellers. By the morning they
:02:09. > :02:13.were on the move but it came too late to prevent the destruction.
:02:14. > :02:17.Much to the dismay of staff and parents. We were hopeful after the
:02:18. > :02:21.eviction notice that they would be gone 24 hours later. The reality is
:02:22. > :02:27.that hasn't been the case. So 800 children have not been able to
:02:28. > :02:32.attend school today. No reason to take over school. People have to go
:02:33. > :02:38.to work. There is no way kids will be up to get education with this on
:02:39. > :02:41.the field. With more than 20 families on the site, including
:02:42. > :02:45.large numbers of children, clearing took some time. There was also
:02:46. > :02:53.frustration among travellers who blame the council for a lack of
:02:54. > :02:56.legal sites. It's your fault. We're not getting any stay anywhere. We
:02:57. > :03:01.asked the council to provide us with the car park for a few weeks. It's
:03:02. > :03:05.not fair on the children either. Not being able to stay based on a school
:03:06. > :03:08.because we'd have to keep moving from country to country. In fact,
:03:09. > :03:16.Birmingham City Council operates just once legal site in the north of
:03:17. > :03:22.the city. It is not open to families. Two new sites are open to
:03:23. > :03:26.discussion. Something that the West Midlands Police and Crime
:03:27. > :03:31.Commissioner says should be a matter of urgency. We need sites for them
:03:32. > :03:34.to go. The local authorities have got to find a common solution to
:03:35. > :03:43.this, working together and not shunting the problem from one place
:03:44. > :03:46.to another. When we arrived this morning, this was full of caravans
:03:47. > :03:50.and vehicle. They have gone and the clear up is going on behind me. But
:03:51. > :03:57.the travellers left something behind them, a gun pony. If they don't come
:03:58. > :04:05.back and collect the school will call the RSPCA -- a young pony.
:04:06. > :04:10.Local people told me they were evicted in this spot two weeks ago.
:04:11. > :04:17.This is a spot that is mobile but not going away.
:04:18. > :04:19.With me now is the West Midlands Police and Crime
:04:20. > :04:30.They did move on fairly quickly so that must be a relief to you because
:04:31. > :04:33.you said there is not enough sites? It is truly disgraceful that those
:04:34. > :04:38.travellers can take over a school site like that and stop children's
:04:39. > :04:43.education, the inconvenience to dead parents and the cost. What we need
:04:44. > :04:46.are enough sites across the West Midlands and particularly in
:04:47. > :04:53.Birmingham, where the police can direct people to go if they start
:04:54. > :04:59.going onto sites. Like Shenley Academy. Has anything come out of
:05:00. > :05:05.this? Just a fortnight ago I had a summit. Two things came out of that.
:05:06. > :05:07.Firstly, all local authorities, possibly through a combined
:05:08. > :05:11.authority, to look how to join together and stop Timea stopped
:05:12. > :05:20.shunting the problem from one place to another. They maybe move on
:05:21. > :05:25.Walsall all Coventry. Finding sites is easier said than done. People
:05:26. > :05:32.don't want the sites. But the is enormous. People are paying the
:05:33. > :05:38.costs out of taxpayers' money. We need to move people on. We need the
:05:39. > :05:42.proper sites and look if any change in the law need to take place to
:05:43. > :05:50.give the police more power. How would you be sure people, that
:05:51. > :05:54.travellers could be in a field near them tomorrow? The police always
:05:55. > :05:58.take action. The police will always step in in legal action. But this is
:05:59. > :06:02.a matter for councils to deal with. It is not a police matter in that
:06:03. > :06:09.sense. The police will deal any breach of the law. What is that? If
:06:10. > :06:12.they damage property or get rowdy. Somewhere on Saturday night some
:06:13. > :06:17.were arrested for offences on the street. Police will deal with that
:06:18. > :06:22.but the real long term issue lies with the local council. I would say
:06:23. > :06:26.to local people, get onto your local councils and say, just what are you
:06:27. > :06:31.doing about this issue? Are you providing the proper sites and the
:06:32. > :06:35.alternative places, proper hygiene, proper waste disposal and also where
:06:36. > :06:37.you can pay rent to use the site? It's so it's not a loss to the
:06:38. > :06:39.taxpayer. Thanks for joining us. A BBC investigation has found
:06:40. > :06:41.an increasing number of students in Gloucestershire are turning
:06:42. > :06:44.to sex work to pay their debts. "Sugaring" is an American phenomenon
:06:45. > :06:47.where young women find older men online who'll fund their education
:06:48. > :06:51.in return for sexual It's a world where the women
:06:52. > :07:02.are called sugar babies, Look online and you will find dozens
:07:03. > :07:07.of students posting adverts It is like online dating,
:07:08. > :07:12.but with one big difference: the man Coco has been doing
:07:13. > :07:17.this for two years. She lives in a bedsit
:07:18. > :07:20.in Gloucester and dropped out of her college course last year
:07:21. > :07:22.because she couldn't Is there an expectation that
:07:23. > :07:27.you will have sex at some point I mean, it's just, for me, it's just
:07:28. > :07:35.like a normal relationship. Coco is one of a growing
:07:36. > :07:39.number of young people who are funding their education
:07:40. > :07:41.in this way. When I don't see him,
:07:42. > :07:44.I get ?500 per month. But when I do see him, I know,
:07:45. > :07:47.guaranteed, I will get ?1000 A recent study by Swansea University
:07:48. > :07:55.found that 4.8% of UK students So who would pay someone for a sugar
:07:56. > :08:03.relationship, and why? I have spent months trawling
:08:04. > :08:07.the internet, contacting dozens of men who advertise themselves
:08:08. > :08:10.online as sugar daddies. Finally, one of them has agreed
:08:11. > :08:13.to meet me, on the condition This is Darren, that
:08:14. > :08:18.is not his real name. Something along the lines of,
:08:19. > :08:30.40-something businessmen with his own hair and teeth
:08:31. > :08:33.would like to meet female for sugar If there was money being exchanged,
:08:34. > :08:40.and sex, did you see it Because is that not,
:08:41. > :08:50.in a sense, exploiting women I wouldn't actually
:08:51. > :08:58.know where else to go. For the students, there is no
:08:59. > :09:01.anticipated sexual relationship. Ron Roberts is a psychologist who is
:09:02. > :09:06.concerned about the impact of this. As debt has mushroomed,
:09:07. > :09:08.so has the proportion of people who can now openly admit to working
:09:09. > :09:11.in the sex industry. What's the response been
:09:12. > :09:16.from the universities? I wouldn't even has go as far to say
:09:17. > :09:19.they have ignored it, Take no notice of it,
:09:20. > :09:23.deny there was a problem. With the average student debt
:09:24. > :09:26.now running at ?44,000, it is easy to see why some turn
:09:27. > :09:29.to sugar dating as An elderly man has become another
:09:30. > :09:38.victim to die as a result of Storm Doris after the car
:09:39. > :09:41.he was travelling in was crushed High winds brought the tree down
:09:42. > :09:47.on the car on the A49 near Church Stretton
:09:48. > :09:49.on Thursday morning. The man, who was in his 80s,
:09:50. > :09:52.was taken to North Staffordshire A High Court injunction order's been
:09:53. > :09:59.served on two operatives of an unlawful waste site
:10:00. > :10:01.near Rugeley preventing them from importing
:10:02. > :10:05.or processing materials there. The order relates to Denis Ward
:10:06. > :10:08.and Steven Reeves-Morgan who had been bringing waste
:10:09. > :10:11.onto Oak Tree Farm at Slitting Mill. Some of the material has
:10:12. > :10:14.been burning on the site Chicken farmers in Shropshire say
:10:15. > :10:20.they're unhappy with new rules to tackle bird flu because they vary
:10:21. > :10:24.between England and Wales. Farmers on the English side
:10:25. > :10:29.of the River Severn say they have to keep their birds locked up,thus
:10:30. > :10:32.losing their free range status. No such restrictions apply just
:10:33. > :10:37.across the ater in Wales. Our Rural Affairs Correspondent
:10:38. > :10:39.David Gregory Kumar has This week, strict new rules
:10:40. > :10:45.to deal with the bird flu But this Shropshire chicken farmer
:10:46. > :10:50.has spotted something strange about the government's new "high
:10:51. > :10:52.risk areas" designed So what did you think
:10:53. > :10:57.when you saw the map? There was the high risk area,
:10:58. > :11:03.outlined there, there was a huge And Melverly in Shropshire
:11:04. > :11:07.is at the heart of the problem. So the high risk areas are based
:11:08. > :11:11.around a bit of water where migratory waterfowl might come
:11:12. > :11:15.in and bring in disease with them. And here is one near Telford,
:11:16. > :11:17.and as you can see, But look at this one that is not
:11:18. > :11:22.far from Shrewsbury, As you can see, there is an enormous
:11:23. > :11:26.chunk that has been taken out of it. The end result is that in this high
:11:27. > :11:31.risk area, chickens, turkeys and geese must stay locked
:11:32. > :11:34.up on the English side of the river, The thing is that this
:11:35. > :11:43.is England and this is where you have the enhanced extra
:11:44. > :11:45.bio-security measure and the birds all covered,
:11:46. > :11:48.where was just up the river there is Wales, where they can
:11:49. > :11:55.free-range their birds. This is why we have the high risk
:11:56. > :12:00.area here, because of this river. This very nasty form of bird flu
:12:01. > :12:03.poses no risk to humans, but it can kill 80% of a flock
:12:04. > :12:07.of farm birds in a matter of days. The man in charge in England
:12:08. > :12:09.insists the two different I can't speak for Wales,
:12:10. > :12:15.Wales have made it very clear to their farmers that they need
:12:16. > :12:18.to consider very carefully their risks and take whatever
:12:19. > :12:21.action is appropriate. And that includes housing
:12:22. > :12:23.if they are at high-risk. But this difference could cost
:12:24. > :12:29.English farmers money. Those who have to keep their birds
:12:30. > :12:32.inside like this will lose There are no such problems for Welsh
:12:33. > :12:41.farmers just over the border. What would you say to somebody
:12:42. > :12:44.who has got birds on this side of the river compared to somebody
:12:45. > :12:47.who's got them over there? I'd be inclined to move my birds
:12:48. > :12:50.on to that side of the river, collect my eggs over there then
:12:51. > :12:53.bring them over here and sell them It's the same situation
:12:54. > :12:57.all along the boarder Very different rules
:12:58. > :13:01.to tackle the same disease. And you can read much more
:13:02. > :13:03.about this on David's blog Bidders at an auction house
:13:04. > :13:17.in Birmingham were left stunned today when a Chinese vase,
:13:18. > :13:20.valued at ?1,200, sold for...wait Valuers and the seller had believed
:13:21. > :13:27.it was a twentieth century copy of a style of vase dating back
:13:28. > :13:30.to the 1500s. But several antique hunters realised
:13:31. > :13:33.it was the genuine article. At the start of today this Chinese
:13:34. > :13:39.vase was thought to be worth But in an auction house sale
:13:40. > :13:45.in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter lasting just four minutes,
:13:46. > :13:49.its true worth proved to be closer to a million:
:13:50. > :14:02.?810,000 to be precise. I have never sold anything of this
:14:03. > :14:08.valley before. So it was a moment of excitement for all of us at the
:14:09. > :14:10.auction house. A bid of ?810,000 then.
:14:11. > :14:12.Stephen Whittaker was in the chair as seven bidders-
:14:13. > :14:15.three in the auction room, three on the telephone and one
:14:16. > :14:17.on the Internet sent the price of the vase soaring.
:14:18. > :14:20.Fellows Auctioneers first suspected they might have undervalued
:14:21. > :14:24.the porcelain antique when one bidder flew in from Japan.
:14:25. > :14:28.But it was a buyer from China on the telephone who made
:14:29. > :14:38.It proves that you can come if you've photograph something well and
:14:39. > :14:43.describe it well, even if you don't get the date right, people will come
:14:44. > :14:46.and find. The Internet is a great tool, it allows people to reach into
:14:47. > :14:50.the darkest corners of the West Midlands and find what they are
:14:51. > :14:56.looking for. So why it was the vase valued so cheaply? The head of
:14:57. > :15:00.antiques says he took advice from two expert, including the seller
:15:01. > :15:05.based in Germany. They were adamant it was the 20th century copy worth
:15:06. > :15:10.just hundreds of pounds. It is one of those situations where you see
:15:11. > :15:21.999 copies and that 1000 will be the right one. So it is a really special
:15:22. > :15:24.day for Fellowes caught, it hasn't happened before. So after a
:15:25. > :15:29.successful bid, this vase will make its way back to the country where it
:15:30. > :15:33.was made. Before it makes that journey, it will be kept securely
:15:34. > :15:38.here in Birmingham enabled. And it's not a bad day's work for the
:15:39. > :15:44.auctioneers either. They will pick up ?100,000 in fees. Memo to self,
:15:45. > :15:47.check the attic tomorrow urgently. Thanks for joining us
:15:48. > :15:49.here on Midlands Today. 900 pupils were told to stay
:15:50. > :15:58.away from school today after a group of travellers took
:15:59. > :16:00.over their car park. Sounds as though
:16:01. > :16:02.we're in for a cold snap, which will bemuse
:16:03. > :16:04.my burgeoning daffodils! We catch up with the adventurer
:16:05. > :16:09.who paddle boarded down a crocodile infested
:16:10. > :16:15.river unscathed. Tomorrow, Birmingham City Council
:16:16. > :16:18.will make the final decision on where the ?70 million
:16:19. > :16:20.worth of cuts will be made in their budget for
:16:21. > :16:24.the forthcoming financial year. which provides help for homeless
:16:25. > :16:29.and disabled people, as well as victims
:16:30. > :16:31.of domestic violence, Today, protestors made a last ditch
:16:32. > :16:36.attempt to try stop the cuts. They came with blankets to make
:16:37. > :16:41.one final, very visual, Today, when we do the flash mob,
:16:42. > :16:49.this is a pretend exercise, but this could easily have become
:16:50. > :16:52.the visual reality for Birmingham More and more people will end up
:16:53. > :16:57.homeless on the streets. Today was the third protest this
:16:58. > :17:00.year in Birmingham against millions of pounds worth of cuts to the city
:17:01. > :17:03.council's Supporting People project, which pays charities and housing
:17:04. > :17:07.associations to provide services for some of the city's
:17:08. > :17:11.most vulnerable people. What we're saying is this
:17:12. > :17:14.is really a false economy. You know, that these are not
:17:15. > :17:16.going to be savings. These services, if they are cut,
:17:17. > :17:19.the costs go elsewhere. That is even more expensive -
:17:20. > :17:21.financially, socially - you know,
:17:22. > :17:24.to individuals and communities. In a statement, Birmingham City
:17:25. > :17:27.Council say they are proposing to halve the cuts planned
:17:28. > :17:29.for the Supporting People budget in 2018/19, and have already
:17:30. > :17:33.significantly reduced the cuts Whether this protest has
:17:34. > :17:38.made any difference, we'll find out tomorrow,
:17:39. > :17:42.when Birmingham City Council While many protestors understood
:17:43. > :17:48.that the council has to save money, they believe they shouldn't
:17:49. > :17:50.cut services that target
:17:51. > :17:53.the vulnerable in the city. They've only got so much money,
:17:54. > :17:57.cuts have to be made, and I would hate to be the person
:17:58. > :18:00.who makes the decision about where those cuts
:18:01. > :18:02.are going to be. I'm here because
:18:03. > :18:07.I'm passionate about St Basil's and what they do
:18:08. > :18:10.for every young person. Every young person that comes
:18:11. > :18:14.into the hub isn't just a statistic, they're a person and they're
:18:15. > :18:18.treated as an individual. Point made, protestors
:18:19. > :18:20.can now only wait until tomorrow for a final decision
:18:21. > :18:29.from the city council. Onto sport, and some worrying
:18:30. > :18:32.financial results Villa made quite a loss in their
:18:33. > :18:38.relegation season last year. Yes, they lost
:18:39. > :18:40.?81 million last season. That's three times greater
:18:41. > :18:42.than the season before. Of course, the club is now
:18:43. > :18:44.in the Championship But certainly shows the big job
:18:45. > :18:50.needed to turn the club around. Betters days for
:18:51. > :18:51.the Baggies, though. So that should mean that
:18:52. > :18:55.West Bromwich Albion have secured another season
:18:56. > :18:57.in the Premier League. But can they now match
:18:58. > :18:58.or even better their best
:18:59. > :19:02.Premier League finish of 2013? It's been a while since Albion
:19:03. > :19:08.were aiming so high. 1981, in fact, when they last
:19:09. > :19:12.finished higher than eighth The team, including
:19:13. > :19:16.the likes of Brendan Batsen, a best-ever Premier League
:19:17. > :19:26.finish is still possible. They dealt with adversity
:19:27. > :19:29.against Bournemouth on Saturday, falling behind to Joshua King's
:19:30. > :19:33.fifth minute penalty. Craig Dawson's deflected
:19:34. > :19:36.shot put them level. And, by 21 minutes, a mistake
:19:37. > :19:41.by goalkeeper Artur Boric allowed Gareth McAuley to put in Albion
:19:42. > :19:45.in front, and they stayed there. But Stoke City now look
:19:46. > :19:47.locked in mid-table after losing 4-0
:19:48. > :19:51.at Tottenham yesterday. All four games were scored
:19:52. > :19:54.in the first half. And the Stoke boss, Mark Hughes,
:19:55. > :19:56.said their performance In the Championship
:19:57. > :20:02.the fall-out from Friday night's Birmingham City hope to hear
:20:03. > :20:07.tomorrow if their appeal against Paul Robinson's red card
:20:08. > :20:12.against Wolves is successful. The Blues were successful
:20:13. > :20:14.in grabbing the points. Mikael Keiftenbeld put them in front
:20:15. > :20:18.after Carl Ikeme dropped a cross. And David Davis
:20:19. > :20:21.doubled the advantage Nouha Dicko's second half reply
:20:22. > :20:29.proved to be just a consolation. We'll never know what
:20:30. > :20:30.Villa's James Chester Chester scrambled home
:20:31. > :20:37.the only goal of the game All four of our sides
:20:38. > :20:41.in League One lost. But Cheltenham are showing signs
:20:42. > :20:45.of life in League Two. They won 1-0 at Leyton Orient
:20:46. > :20:48.and back-to-back wins have lifted them six points clear
:20:49. > :20:54.of the relegation zone. And in the last hour, we've heard
:20:55. > :20:57.that Villa's Leondro Bacuna has been charged with violent
:20:58. > :21:00.conduct by the Football Assocation. It follows his red card
:21:01. > :21:02.for his confrontation with referee's assistant
:21:03. > :21:09.Mark Russell. Onto rugby and the Midlands players
:21:10. > :21:12.were to the fore again at Twickenham But only one of our Premiership
:21:13. > :21:16.sides won at the weekend. They beat came from behind
:21:17. > :21:21.to beat Gloucester 35-22. 25 points from Jimmy Gopperth
:21:22. > :21:25.including three tries. Wasps are six points
:21:26. > :21:29.clear at the top. But Worcester lost 24-14
:21:30. > :21:31.at Northampton and are only two points
:21:32. > :21:37.above the bottom club Bristol. Very disappointing news
:21:38. > :21:43.for speedway fans in Coventry? Yes, it looks like the Bees
:21:44. > :21:46.have ridden their final race Last season, they finished
:21:47. > :21:51.seventh out of eight teams But the Speedway Promoters
:21:52. > :21:55.Association say after failing to agree a deal
:21:56. > :22:00.with the Brandon owners. So there'll be no speedway
:22:01. > :22:02.in Coventry for the first
:22:03. > :22:04.time in 70 years. And finally, well done to
:22:05. > :22:09.the Telford Tigers ice hockey team? Yes, for the second time
:22:10. > :22:11.in three years, they've won
:22:12. > :22:15.the English Premiership title. They clinched it with a hard-fought
:22:16. > :22:18.victory over Bracknell. Doug Clarkson scored a hattrick
:22:19. > :22:25.as the Tigers won 7-3. It means they've been
:22:26. > :22:26.crowned champions with three weeks
:22:27. > :22:28.still to go before the play-offs. Coach Tom Watson said
:22:29. > :22:42.it was a remarkable achievement Well done to Telford Tigers. We will
:22:43. > :22:44.resist the urge to say it is going well for the wasps but not the bees!
:22:45. > :22:47.Thank you. Just before Christmas,
:22:48. > :22:49.we told you about an intrepid adventurer from Gloucester
:22:50. > :22:51.who was undertaking a challenge that certainly wasn't
:22:52. > :22:53.for the likes of me. Kev Brady was aiming to paddle
:22:54. > :22:55.board down the length of Sri Lanka's longest river,
:22:56. > :22:57.all on his own, avoiding the attention
:22:58. > :23:00.of crocodiles along the way. Well, I'm pleased to say he's done
:23:01. > :23:03.it, but he's not finished yet. I'm picking up some
:23:04. > :23:13.good current out here. Gloucester's Kev Brady is a man
:23:14. > :23:15.not shy of adventure. In 2015, he swam the entire length
:23:16. > :23:19.of the River Severn. Now he's successfully
:23:20. > :23:21.paddleboarded down the Mahaweli
:23:22. > :23:23.river in Sri Lanka - encountering elephants,
:23:24. > :23:28.bears and even crocodiles. There was a crocodile
:23:29. > :23:32.that ran down the bank, and this crocodile
:23:33. > :23:34.was about 13 foot or so, and it just came
:23:35. > :23:36.hurtling down the bank It looked like it was
:23:37. > :23:41.coming straight for me. Not content with just one success,
:23:42. > :23:44.Kev's now trying to make his way around the island, carrying
:23:45. > :23:48.all his belongings on his board. But he's had a few
:23:49. > :23:51.problems on the way. I remember one day
:23:52. > :23:54.when my fin broke, and then I just kept
:23:55. > :23:56.hitting loads of rocks. Over the course of two days,
:23:57. > :24:01.I made it two kilometres. It was just painfully,
:24:02. > :24:03.painfully slow. It was just like,
:24:04. > :24:06."When is this going to end?" Back home in Gloucester,
:24:07. > :24:09.his mum and sister say he hasn't always
:24:10. > :24:11.been the outgoing type. He was quite a shy and quiet kid,
:24:12. > :24:16.he loved being at home. He would just toddle
:24:17. > :24:18.round the garden all day with a little container,
:24:19. > :24:20.looking for bugs and insects, Yeah, he wasn't really
:24:21. > :24:27.adventurous or outgoing. With the monsoon season
:24:28. > :24:31.still active, Kev says he's taking
:24:32. > :24:35.every day as it comes. Just keep paddling the coast until
:24:36. > :24:39.I get to the mouth of the Gin River, And we're going to head
:24:40. > :24:47.50 or 60 K upstream, and hopefully see some more
:24:48. > :24:52.elephants and crocodiles. Kev's out in Sri Lanka until March
:24:53. > :25:00.before planning his next adventure. and, with the cricket season
:25:01. > :25:04.starting six weeks on Friday, there's talk of some
:25:05. > :25:16.wintry weather on the way. It certainly is, but we should get
:25:17. > :25:20.things sorted by then. You never know. It has been a mixed bag today,
:25:21. > :25:31.temperatures between four and nine Celsius today. It has been gusty as
:25:32. > :25:39.well. You can see what we have all of this, hailstones through the
:25:40. > :25:44.Western West Midlands. You can also see it is snowing quite heavily in
:25:45. > :25:49.Staffordshire. We have also had sunshine and showers. Somewhere over
:25:50. > :25:53.that rainbow, we have more showers, because it is a busy picture this
:25:54. > :25:57.week. Low pressure dominating, frontal systems pushing in from the
:25:58. > :26:01.Atlantic. Rain feeding up from the south by Wednesday, but it is moving
:26:02. > :26:05.slowly, so probably moving across the region on Wednesday night, and
:26:06. > :26:08.more rain spilling from the north-west during the course of
:26:09. > :26:14.Thursday. The timings on these fronts are changing all the time, so
:26:15. > :26:20.later in the week is problematic to pin that detailed down. Let's take a
:26:21. > :26:26.closer look. This sums up what the week is like, showers and rain. Cold
:26:27. > :26:33.at times, gusty winds from the south-west, but they will be
:26:34. > :26:36.originating from polar regions. Wintry as well, especially over the
:26:37. > :26:41.higher ground. For this evening, we have showers across the region.
:26:42. > :26:44.These will continue into the first part of tonight, and you can see
:26:45. > :26:53.from those white blobs that they would treat. They will remain as
:26:54. > :26:59.slow as to project tumbles away. The temperatures tumble to one or 2
:27:00. > :27:07.degrees. Possibly below freezing in rural spots. We have a nice on
:27:08. > :27:13.untreated services, and we will have a warning for much of the region.
:27:14. > :27:16.Difficult driving conditions for untreated roads into the morning
:27:17. > :27:17.tomorrow, but a dry start and sunny start with sunshine and showers late
:27:18. > :27:22.in the day. Again, some snow. I'll be back at 10:30pm
:27:23. > :27:25.with your late update. To be in the Lords,
:27:26. > :27:57.you have to be punctual... literally have to slam
:27:58. > :28:01.the door in somebody's face. What right do they have
:28:02. > :28:06.to tell ME about my fashion sense.