:00:10. > :00:14.An investigation's underway after an eight year old boy died
:00:15. > :00:15.just hours after being discharged from hospital.
:00:16. > :00:22.Health campaigners say it raises questions about safety. I can't help
:00:23. > :00:25.thinking my local hospital can't save my child if they really ill.
:00:26. > :00:27.We'll be speaking live to Worcestershire hospital's interim
:00:28. > :00:31.Jail for the Shropshire man who deliberately
:00:32. > :00:34.Birmingham University reveals its latest recruit
:00:35. > :00:39.in the battle against air pollution: the humble pigeon.
:00:40. > :00:42.Back in the Midlands as a rising star: the Black Country
:00:43. > :00:47.boy playing the lead in Billy Elliott the Musical.
:00:48. > :00:54.It's, like, scary and exciting and, like, just... I get really hyped up
:00:55. > :00:56.and get loads of energy inside and then just release it all in the
:00:57. > :00:57.dance. And soaking up the rays
:00:58. > :00:59.to soaking up the rain. From sunshine to cloudier skies
:01:00. > :01:02.by tomorrow but at least An investigation's been
:01:03. > :01:17.launched into the death of an eight year old boy,
:01:18. > :01:20.who died less than 24 hours after he was sent home
:01:21. > :01:22.from the Worcestershire Callum Cartlidge then
:01:23. > :01:26.suffered a cardiac arrest But when an ambulance was called it
:01:27. > :01:32.had to take him back to Worcester because the children's ward
:01:33. > :01:34.at the Alexandra Callum lived just two minutes
:01:35. > :01:40.from the Redditch Hospital. In a moment, I'll be speaking
:01:41. > :01:43.to the Chief Interim Medical Officer from Worcestershire Hospitals NHS
:01:44. > :01:46.Trust, but first here's our Health Callum Cartlidge was
:01:47. > :01:53.supposed to have had He was sent home from
:01:54. > :01:57.the Worcestershire Royal Hospital Those who campaigned to keep
:01:58. > :02:05.children's and maternity services in Callum's home town
:02:06. > :02:07.of Redditch were shocked. We were constantly assured
:02:08. > :02:09.this would never happen Now, I just can't help thinking
:02:10. > :02:20.that my local hospital can't save my child,
:02:21. > :02:27.if they're really, really ill. West Midlands Ambulance
:02:28. > :02:30.Service arrived on scene Having done advanced life support,
:02:31. > :02:36.at 3:42pm, they left for Worcester. 23 minutes later, at
:02:37. > :02:37.4:05pm, they arrived. The Ambulance Service
:02:38. > :02:39.said it did everything Callum Cartlidge's family live just
:02:40. > :02:43.a mile down this road, that's two minutes by ambulance
:02:44. > :02:47.from the hospital. I understand that a request
:02:48. > :02:50.was put in to bring him So paramedics spent
:02:51. > :02:56.23 minutes, at speed performing chest
:02:57. > :02:59.compressions, but he died. In September, a paramedic
:03:00. > :03:01.voiced his concerns that this If I had a child in cardiac arrest,
:03:02. > :03:08.I would want to get I wouldn't want to drive past
:03:09. > :03:15.an A department to get Because, obviously, we're talking,
:03:16. > :03:20.from Redditch to Wocester, Today, a consultant who used to work
:03:21. > :03:25.at the Alexandra Hospital said the changes in Worcestershire
:03:26. > :03:29.did put lives at risk. There will be cases cropping up
:03:30. > :03:32.where there will be a question of whether the delay could have
:03:33. > :03:34.contributed to a problem, Sometimes, it might be the case,
:03:35. > :03:41.sometimes it might not be the case. But it does seem a pity
:03:42. > :03:47.to have the availability of an A department, and it doesn't
:03:48. > :03:49.take a lot more to be able to take children,
:03:50. > :03:51.if you like. And you need the services anyway,
:03:52. > :03:53.because there isn't enough capacity elsewhere, even
:03:54. > :03:54.for children's services. A postmortem is being carried out
:03:55. > :03:58.to find the cause of Callum's death. Michele Paduano, BBC
:03:59. > :04:07.Mids Today, Redditch. Joining us now from the
:04:08. > :04:17.Worcestershire NHS Hospitals Trust is Chief Interim Medical Officer Dr.
:04:18. > :04:25.Andrew Short good evening. Such a tragic case, what can you
:04:26. > :04:30.tell us about what happened? The first thing I would like to say is
:04:31. > :04:32.any death of a child is a tragedy. My sincerest condolences go to the
:04:33. > :04:37.family and our thoughts are with them. And also with the members of
:04:38. > :04:44.our staff and other NHS staff who were involved in the events of last
:04:45. > :04:48.Friday. We know that Callum was being treated by his GP and he was
:04:49. > :04:55.referred into our services to be assessed on Thursday evening. He was
:04:56. > :04:58.seen by our trained children's nurses and doctors. He was observed
:04:59. > :05:04.for several hours and thought to be well enough to be discharged home on
:05:05. > :05:10.the Thursday evening. Tragically, on the Friday afternoon, a cardiac
:05:11. > :05:13.arrest call went out for the ambulance crew and rapid response
:05:14. > :05:23.team. They responded very quickly. They commenced resuscitation. They
:05:24. > :05:29.transferred Callum over to A where the full team of anaesthetists and
:05:30. > :05:32.consultants and paediatricians were on stand-by. Resuscitation continued
:05:33. > :05:37.but despite everyone's efforts, sadly, Callum didn't response. --
:05:38. > :05:44.didn't respond. The fact that he couldn't go to Redditch seems crazy,
:05:45. > :05:48.two minutes away. The evidence is very clear that what is important is
:05:49. > :05:51.that you get highly trained paramedics onto the scene to
:05:52. > :05:55.commenced resuscitation as soon as possible. You then need to take the
:05:56. > :05:58.patient to where they have the greatest chance of survival. That is
:05:59. > :06:04.the hospital where you have the expertise present on-site. As a
:06:05. > :06:08.result of staff shortages, we have made the decision to centralise
:06:09. > :06:10.paediatric services on the Worcestershire Royal site and we
:06:11. > :06:16.have done that in the interest the interest of our patients. To provide
:06:17. > :06:20.the safest possible care for them. Save the Alex campaigners and
:06:21. > :06:24.paramedics had warned last September that lives could be at risk under
:06:25. > :06:30.the new arrangements. Do you feel their worst fears have now been
:06:31. > :06:35.realised? I don't. It is absolutely wrong to link Callum Cartlidge's
:06:36. > :06:40.death to the centralisation of services. As with any unexpected
:06:41. > :06:44.death in children, there will be a full investigation. We will do an
:06:45. > :06:48.internal investigation. We have reported this death externally to
:06:49. > :06:51.the corner. When we find more information, we will share that with
:06:52. > :06:56.the family and make it clear to them exactly what has happened. Are there
:06:57. > :07:02.enough beds in Worcester for children? There are enough beds.
:07:03. > :07:07.That was absolutely nothing to do with the decision to send Callum
:07:08. > :07:10.home on Thursday evening. He was assessed in the assessment unit. Had
:07:11. > :07:13.he needed to have been admitted there were beds available. We have
:07:14. > :07:19.had beds available since the decision to centralise, in autumn
:07:20. > :07:25.last year. Thank you for talking to us.
:07:26. > :07:28.And there'll be more on this on BBC Hereford and Worcester's breakfast
:07:29. > :07:34.A "Walter Mitty character" who poisoned his wife with laxatives
:07:35. > :07:37.has been jailed for three and a half years.
:07:38. > :07:40.David Smith from Telford, who was described as a fantasist
:07:41. > :07:43.and claimed he was an ex-SAS hero, made Elizabeth Smith so ill
:07:44. > :07:55.Elizabeth Smith left court shaken, but satisfied.
:07:56. > :07:58.She had just seen her husband jailed.
:07:59. > :08:01.This man, David Smith, claimed to be an SAS war hero and a
:08:02. > :08:10.In reality, he was a poisoner, a liar and a thief.
:08:11. > :08:13.When I first met Dave, he was the kindest...
:08:14. > :08:18.They were married, but he lived in England.
:08:19. > :08:20.They saw each other every couple of weeks.
:08:21. > :08:24.The plan was to buy a place together, eventually.
:08:25. > :08:28.He told her he'd been in the SAS and involved in the siege
:08:29. > :08:31.He seemed loving and attentive, making spaghetti
:08:32. > :08:36.One day, while at work at her hairdressing business,
:08:37. > :08:44.I would be working away and chatting and all of a sudden I would feel
:08:45. > :08:47.really dizzy and think, "oh no, God", thinking it was my head.
:08:48. > :08:57.This will supposedly him with cancer.
:08:58. > :09:00.He was finally caught after faking a break-in at Elizabeth's home.
:09:01. > :09:03.Thousands of pounds of her money was found in his car.
:09:04. > :09:06.For me, there were no signs of anything.
:09:07. > :09:08.I mean, even about the SAS, and everything, that part
:09:09. > :09:12.of his life, the only time at one point I did say to him,
:09:13. > :09:16."Dave, I haven't seen anything about your past"...
:09:17. > :09:20.On sentencing him to three and a half years in prison,
:09:21. > :09:22.Sheriff Montgomery told David Smith he'd embarked on a prolonged,
:09:23. > :09:32.That caused mental and physical anguish to his victim.
:09:33. > :09:33.Suzanne Allen, BBC Midlands Today, Ayr.
:09:34. > :09:37.A man accused of murdering his ex partner and hiding her body today
:09:38. > :09:39.told a jury he didn't kill the mother of his two children.
:09:40. > :09:42.Osmond Bell claimed he'd been assaulted and racially abused
:09:43. > :09:45.by the police when questioned about the killing in 1981.
:09:46. > :09:47.Nova Welsh was 24 years old when she went
:09:48. > :09:50.Her body was eventually discovered in a cupboard
:09:51. > :09:54.Her former partner said he felt broken and numb
:09:55. > :09:59.Police are treating the death of a man who fell
:10:00. > :10:01.from the window of a flat in Birmingham as unexplained.
:10:02. > :10:04.Emergency services were called to an address on the Stratford Road,
:10:05. > :10:07.in Sparkbrook, last night, but the man, who was in his 50s,
:10:08. > :10:11.Officers are examining CCTV footage and carrying out house-to-house
:10:12. > :10:24.enquiries to try to work out what happened.
:10:25. > :10:26.Investigation are underway after the recovery of a man's body
:10:27. > :10:29.Emergency services went to Spring Lane around seven-thirty
:10:30. > :10:32.after a passer-by reported seeing a body in the water.
:10:33. > :10:34.West Mercia Police are asking anyone who saw anything
:10:35. > :10:38.More than a dozen sheds have been destroyed by arsonists
:10:39. > :10:42.Police say they're planning extra patrols in the area after the spate
:10:43. > :10:45.of attacks on the Brownshill Green allotments in the Kersley
:10:46. > :10:49.Some people have started dismantling their sheds to avoid
:10:50. > :11:00.attacks and others say they're considering moving.
:11:01. > :11:06.You come up here, you, sort of, work for five years and get it
:11:07. > :11:09.for some idiots to come and do this is...
:11:10. > :11:12.Beggars, cyclists, buskers and street traders escaped
:11:13. > :11:14.an outright ban today, as Coventry City Council
:11:15. > :11:16.try to make the city centre a better place for shoppers.
:11:17. > :11:19.But they'll have to watch their step as officials can punish
:11:20. > :11:29.More than 300,000 people live in Coventry.
:11:30. > :11:32.Now, the city centre has become one of the first areas in the
:11:33. > :11:34.region to introduce a public spaces protection order, designed to
:11:35. > :11:37.encourage all of us to share the streets respectfully with each
:11:38. > :11:41.It's an answer to issues that residents and shoppers have raised
:11:42. > :11:43.with cyclists going too fast, skateboarders causing problems and
:11:44. > :11:46.making a lot of noise by residential properties within the ring road.
:11:47. > :12:00.Not leaving people alone, standing at car park payment machines,
:12:01. > :12:02.demanding money. Begging is already a punishable
:12:03. > :12:05.offence in the law but now The council say they'll ask people
:12:06. > :12:13.to move on and offer them help rather than fine them immediately
:12:14. > :12:27.but for some forced to beg it's I got a fine two weeks ago. I was in
:12:28. > :12:34.court. It's nothing new, really. Yeah, how much was that fine for? 30
:12:35. > :12:38.quid. I paid it that why they find me...
:12:39. > :12:40.Council officials and police will enforce the order
:12:41. > :12:42.which includes asking speeding cyclists and skateboarders to show
:12:43. > :12:44.consideration to those around them before they're issued with a fine
:12:45. > :12:53.but today there was a mixed response to the changes.
:12:54. > :12:59.If they are begging for food Wall a bit of money, how are they going to
:13:00. > :13:03.pay the fine? -- or a bit of money. They were back at fines. The council
:13:04. > :13:07.are trying to make the city a better place. The council say they don't
:13:08. > :13:11.want to criminalise people and say cyclists are welcome in the city
:13:12. > :13:12.centre but what they are asking for is a little bit of respect for all
:13:13. > :13:17.members of the community. Joan Cummins, BBC
:13:18. > :13:19.Midlands Today, Coventry. Well this has certainly got you
:13:20. > :13:23.talking on our facebook page today Yes, it's a pain being hassled
:13:24. > :13:28.for cash, but it's worse when you're starving and people turn their nose
:13:29. > :13:31.up because they think they're Rea Verdon asked "Will
:13:32. > :13:34.they be offered help and support or just chased
:13:35. > :13:36.out of town?" And Jacqueline Johnson points out
:13:37. > :13:41.that London licensed buskers many years ago and now the Underground
:13:42. > :13:49.is alive with talented Thanks to all of you for getting in
:13:50. > :13:50.touch, we always like to hear from you.
:13:51. > :13:52.Four people have been arrested in simultaneous raids in London this
:13:53. > :13:55.morning in connection with the supply of class A drugs
:13:56. > :13:58.The arrests, in Lewisham and Peckham, were part
:13:59. > :14:00.of an operation to target dangerous drugs networks working
:14:01. > :14:06.This is the culmination of a long investigation.
:14:07. > :14:14.30 police officers from Gloucestershire carry out
:14:15. > :14:16.simultaneous strikes on four buildings, to arrest four people
:14:17. > :14:22.they believe are heavily involved in supplying drugs into the county.
:14:23. > :14:25.Within minutes, all four targets are arrested,
:14:26. > :14:31.all on suspicion of supplying class A drugs.
:14:32. > :14:33.All, apart from one of them, are also suspected
:14:34. > :14:42.With suspects in custody, specialist search teams and scenes
:14:43. > :14:45.of crimes officers then moved in, looking in every nook
:14:46. > :14:48.At the moment, we've seized a quantity of cash
:14:49. > :14:49.various mobile phones, documentation regarding
:14:50. > :14:57.We will arrest them and we will search...
:14:58. > :14:59.These arrests were part of Operation Side Swipe,
:15:00. > :15:00.aimed at targeting so-called Dangerous Drugs Networks.
:15:01. > :15:02.Effectively, gangs who prey on vulnerable users
:15:03. > :15:05.They'll often take over someone's house to deal from,
:15:06. > :15:07.so called cuckooing, all under threat
:15:08. > :15:11.This is one of the most significant operations launched
:15:12. > :15:14.by Gloucestershire constabulary in recent years.
:15:15. > :15:16.It's the result of many months of gathering intelligence
:15:17. > :15:18.and analysing that intelligence and detectives say it
:15:19. > :15:20.proves their determination to show that Gloucestershire isn't an easy
:15:21. > :15:23.target for those who want to deal drugs, wherever they come from.
:15:24. > :15:26.These people think they can come in to Gloucester and commit
:15:27. > :15:28.the crimes they're doing, selling drugs to our
:15:29. > :15:29.young vulnerable people, and exploiting people,
:15:30. > :15:34.you know, there's a consequence in that.
:15:35. > :15:38.This is why it's important that we do take the fight back to them.
:15:39. > :15:40.So, we're not anonymous, they know who we are,
:15:41. > :15:42.and we look at arresting them and seizing their assets that
:15:43. > :15:46.are obtained through their criminal activity.
:15:47. > :15:48.All four arrested today are still in custody
:15:49. > :15:50.as the investigation into serious drug dealing in Gloucestershire
:15:51. > :15:53.continues in and away from the county.
:15:54. > :16:02.Thanks for joining us on Midlands Today.
:16:03. > :16:05.Another sunny day across the region and I'm getting to like it.
:16:06. > :16:09.Shefali here shortly with the forecast.
:16:10. > :16:13.Also in tonight's programme: We meet the Sky Blue's latest
:16:14. > :16:17.manager Mark Robbins, can he turn the tide
:16:18. > :16:21.And back on home turf as a rising star: 12-year-old Lewis
:16:22. > :16:28.from West Bromwich takes the lead in Billy Elliott the Musical.
:16:29. > :16:30.When you think of reducing air pollution, you probably think
:16:31. > :16:33.of electric cars and energy efficient light bulbs, but academics
:16:34. > :16:38.at Birmingham University believe pigeons are the answer.
:16:39. > :16:40.City Flocks is a new project which sends pigeons
:16:41. > :16:43.with sensors strapped to their backs off into the sky to record more
:16:44. > :16:54.Graham Satchell went to watch their maiden flight.
:16:55. > :16:57.Can pigeons help us in the battle against air pollution?
:16:58. > :17:00.Brilliant, I think this is going to work really well, today.
:17:01. > :17:02.It sounds far-fetched, but academics from Birmingham University
:17:03. > :17:15.It's sort of, first given me the look that maybe you're
:17:16. > :17:17.giving me where, sort of, "is this real, is this
:17:18. > :17:21.We have a superfast temperature sensor.
:17:22. > :17:23.Climate specialist Rick Thomas is planning to strap
:17:24. > :17:25.these tiny sensor packs to the backs of pigeons.
:17:26. > :17:28.If we know the temperature above the rooftops, then we can test
:17:29. > :17:41.Fitting the sensors is a delicate operation.
:17:42. > :17:47.They are tiny, just 5% of the pigeon's weight,
:17:48. > :18:03.We didn't see the devices fall off when they flew off,
:18:04. > :18:07.They looked happy enough, they looked like pigeons flying to me.
:18:08. > :18:13.The pigeons will fly just over a mile.
:18:14. > :18:15.This, the rather disorientating view from pigeon-cam but what exactly
:18:16. > :18:20.is it the scientists are trying to discover?
:18:21. > :18:24.They already know that nitrous oxide, the pollution that comes
:18:25. > :18:26.out of diesel engines, rises with the heat coming
:18:27. > :18:31.from roads and buildings to rooftop level.
:18:32. > :18:32.But what happens to the pollution next?
:18:33. > :18:37.To model it, they need accurate temperature measurements
:18:38. > :18:51.I kind of thought, well, birds, they fly everywhere.
:18:52. > :18:53.If they could carry our sensors and they could be tiny
:18:54. > :18:55.and accurate enough, we could start to understand
:18:56. > :18:57.the dispersion of air pollution around the city.
:18:58. > :19:00.Just six minutes after taking off, the pigeons are back.
:19:01. > :19:04.There is an anxious wait as the sensor is retrieved.
:19:05. > :19:21.This is what the data shows, the route taken by the pigeons
:19:22. > :19:23.and critically the temperature just above the rooftops.
:19:24. > :19:35.It's not a particularly heroic name but pigeon number 80,
:19:36. > :19:38.we salute you and your contribution to the fight against air pollution.
:19:39. > :19:47.Graham Satchell BBC Midlands Today, near Tewkesbury.
:19:48. > :19:55.And now the team you saw there want to fit pollution monitors
:19:56. > :19:58.So if you own racing pigeons and think you could help,
:19:59. > :20:01.then the researchers would love to hear from you.
:20:02. > :20:04.You can find all the contact details on our facebook page at
:20:05. > :20:07.The new Coventry City manager Mark Robins has admitted today
:20:08. > :20:11.he faces a much tougher task in his second spell at the club.
:20:12. > :20:13.Robins first joined Coventry in September 2012 and steered them
:20:14. > :20:16.This time he finds the Sky Blues bottom,
:20:17. > :20:19.they're 13 points from safety with just 11 games to play.
:20:20. > :20:22.And plenty of managers have tried and failed to stop the slide.
:20:23. > :20:38.Think you've seen this before? I reckon you're right. And I don't
:20:39. > :20:43.just mean Mark Robins. There's been a sky-blue sliding door under the
:20:44. > :20:47.current owners. Chris Coleman was their first managerial appointment
:20:48. > :20:53.in February 2008 and there's been a steady stream since. In the nine
:20:54. > :20:56.years and three months since SISU bought the club, they've given the
:20:57. > :21:00.job to nine different managers and now Mark Robins is coming back for
:21:01. > :21:03.more. It wasn't a case of desperation to come back at any
:21:04. > :21:07.cost, it was desperate to come and help this club. Having seen what's
:21:08. > :21:10.been going on for the length of time it has been going on, we've got to
:21:11. > :21:14.try to turn it round. If they sign of how much was the plight is for
:21:15. > :21:18.Mark Robins this time that today's press conference at the training
:21:19. > :21:23.ground. At least, last time the first one was in the Ricoh Arena.
:21:24. > :21:28.The stadium is now four match days only. In 15 months' time, they must
:21:29. > :21:33.find somewhere else. No plush office like last time and no plan for the
:21:34. > :21:39.future. This has happened really quickly so I've had brief, sort of,
:21:40. > :21:42.dialogue. My primary concern and interest was the fact that I have
:21:43. > :21:46.been given the tools to be able to do the job. There remains one source
:21:47. > :21:51.of comfort for sky blues' fans, next month they play at Wembley for just
:21:52. > :21:55.the first time in their history. There are 12 cup finals for us. One
:21:56. > :22:00.of those happens to be at Wembley. It is a day out for everybody to try
:22:01. > :22:04.and enjoy. The key focus for me is trying to get things right on the
:22:05. > :22:07.pitch. Have a real good go at staying in League 1.
:22:08. > :22:10.Pressley to Slade - they've all tried to turn
:22:11. > :22:21.We wish him well. Coventry not playing tonight although a lot of
:22:22. > :22:24.games on. And Mark Robbins first match
:22:25. > :22:26.in charge is on Saturday, when the Sky Blues take
:22:27. > :22:29.on Bradford City at the Ricoh. Gloucestershire's double
:22:30. > :22:30.Olympic dressage champion Charlotte Dujardin has picked up
:22:31. > :22:33.another glittering medal. The Newent-based rider
:22:34. > :22:35.was at Buckingham Palace today to receive her CBE from the Queen
:22:36. > :22:40.for services to equestrianism. Miss Dujardin, with her horse,
:22:41. > :22:42.Valegro, won two gold medals at the 2012 Olympics in London
:22:43. > :22:45.and retained her individual title in Rio last year,
:22:46. > :22:59.to add to the eight gold medals It's a massive honour and a huge
:23:00. > :23:02.privilege to be receiving this award, today. And to be here amongst
:23:03. > :23:10.so many other incredible people as well. It's a really amazing day.
:23:11. > :23:14.Even though Valegro's retired, it's not the end of me. I have 11 up and
:23:15. > :23:18.coming horses. I'm currently really busy training and seeing which one I
:23:19. > :23:22.can have as another future star. Congratulations, Charlotte.
:23:23. > :23:25.Billy Elliot, the hit film which told the story of young boy's
:23:26. > :23:27.fight to become a ballet dancer, against the backdrop
:23:28. > :23:30.of the miners strike, made a star of actor Jamie Bell.
:23:31. > :23:32.Now the stage musical is on tour and local lad Lewis Smallman
:23:33. > :23:35.from West Bromwich is bringing Billy Elliot to the Midlands.
:23:36. > :23:41.Our Arts Reporter Satnam Rana has been to meet him.
:23:42. > :23:43.It's 16 years since Billy Elliot the film was released
:23:44. > :23:48.and on the back of that success came the musical version.
:23:49. > :23:58.Dancing his way onto stage as Billy Elliot, local lad
:23:59. > :24:08.Sometimes get butterflies if, like, there is, like,
:24:09. > :24:12.a new step in the dance or new notes or something.
:24:13. > :24:16.But it's, like, scary and exciting, like, I get really
:24:17. > :24:18.hyped up and get loads of energy inside.
:24:19. > :24:20.And then just release it all in the dance.
:24:21. > :24:23.At the hippodrome in Birmingham today, his former dance teacher
:24:24. > :24:29.A woman he says encouraged him to audition for this role.
:24:30. > :24:31.He does credit you as an inspiration, so, you're
:24:32. > :24:37.It's very flattering, but he's done all the hard work.
:24:38. > :24:40.But, yeah, it's wonderful, absolutely wonderful.
:24:41. > :24:43.Lewis is one of four child actors taking on the role, but for him,
:24:44. > :24:46.this part of the tour is extra special.
:24:47. > :24:53.I feel, like, a bit more, like, energetic.
:24:54. > :24:56.Because, like, in the other places I wasn't really near to home.
:24:57. > :24:59.I was a bit, like, people can't really get to see me
:25:00. > :25:02.but in Birmingham, loads of people are coming to see me.
:25:03. > :25:04.This is one 12-year-old who is flying high and loving
:25:05. > :25:13.Another beautiful sunny morning and another good walk today.
:25:14. > :25:16.Felt like a breath of fresh air - in fact,
:25:17. > :25:24.There is indeed not immediately. I'm glad you took my advice didn't
:25:25. > :25:30.wasted. Keeping up these sorts
:25:31. > :25:32.of standards is not easy when you have a number of weather
:25:33. > :25:34.fronts But for much of the region,
:25:35. > :25:38.there was no shortage of sunshine perfect weather for ramblers
:25:39. > :25:40.but this is the system that's It's a warm sector so oncethis
:25:41. > :25:49.rain has cleared it'll leave us with a legacy
:25:50. > :25:52.of warmer air and as we lap it up, temperatures are going to be boosted
:25:53. > :26:05.to even higher values than these Here is the rain in technicolour
:26:06. > :26:09.onto night's chart. Dry at the moment. The cloud thickening up from
:26:10. > :26:12.the west but here it comes. Moving in later on tonight and heavy bursts
:26:13. > :26:17.across the region but it will break up in places as the night goes on.
:26:18. > :26:20.Temperatures down to six, seven Celsius, falling to their lowest
:26:21. > :26:28.values were spent a night before the rain. A bit of Mr Mac. Damp start of
:26:29. > :26:34.the day, particularly in Central and southern parts. -- a bit of mist.
:26:35. > :26:38.Some early morning sunshine. In the afternoon, that rain will move away
:26:39. > :26:42.to the east and we will see much drier conditions. Sunshine to the
:26:43. > :26:44.north, cloudy conditions to the south and central parts.
:26:45. > :26:51.Temperatures in the warmer air mass will rise to around 10-12 tomorrow.
:26:52. > :26:55.Tomorrow evening and overnight, we will see the cloudy conditions
:26:56. > :26:58.persist. More cloud starting to gather from the west with a new bout
:26:59. > :27:04.of rain heading into that direction. It doesn't amount to much, just a
:27:05. > :27:07.sprinkling. A dry end to the night. Temperatures are rising even
:27:08. > :27:14.further, falling just to seven, eight Celsius. Further ahead,
:27:15. > :27:20.Thursday is a decent day. One for ramblers. Sunny spells, dry weather
:27:21. > :27:21.and highs of 13 Celsius. Still mild for Friday but cloudy with outbreaks
:27:22. > :27:24.of light rain. Tomorrow on Midlands Today,
:27:25. > :27:27.we'll be finding out what impact the Chancellor's spring
:27:28. > :27:28.budget has here. Will it rev up the Midlands
:27:29. > :27:31.engine, or will it stall I'll be back 10:30pm
:27:32. > :27:42.with your late update, including