:00:00. > :00:00.The headlines tonight: alone.
:00:00. > :00:00.Another arrest and more searches, as Birmingham remains at the heart
:00:07. > :00:10.of the investigation into the Westminster attack.
:00:11. > :00:12.It was really scary at the time because you didn't
:00:13. > :00:15.I looked outside, there were guns everywhere.
:00:16. > :00:17.They were just in my garden, over the fences.
:00:18. > :00:21.I've been talking to the man charged with countering
:00:22. > :00:26.Also tonight, chaos for motorists with the M6 closed for most
:00:27. > :00:29.of the day in Staffordshire due to problems with a bridge.
:00:30. > :00:32.Leading the way - a team of scientists from Birmingham make
:00:33. > :00:34.a major breakthrough in the fight against TB.
:00:35. > :00:42.And after a gloriously sunny day, there's more to come this weekend.
:00:43. > :00:47.These catechins are an unusual sight. Join me later while I'll be
:00:48. > :00:49.explaining why. And after a gloriously sunny day,
:00:50. > :00:51.there's more to come this weekend. Definitely something to smile
:00:52. > :00:54.about - and there are more reasons here as the BBC gears up
:00:55. > :00:57.for Red Nose Day - find out what I'm doing
:00:58. > :01:06.here a little later. A major police investigation
:01:07. > :01:13.is continuing in Birmingham following Wednesday's
:01:14. > :01:16.attack in Westminster. The Metropolitan Police say
:01:17. > :01:20.they made "a significant arrest" in That brings the number of people
:01:21. > :01:25.arrested in the city to eight. But it's still not clear
:01:26. > :01:38.what links these people Another address, another police
:01:39. > :01:41.search. This one in Hockley, in Birmingham, the third of three
:01:42. > :01:45.locations in the city raided by armed officers on Wednesday night
:01:46. > :01:48.and Thursday morning. They were like - get down, get down, it was really
:01:49. > :01:51.scary at the time because you didn't know what was going on. I looked
:01:52. > :01:56.outside, there were guns everywhere. They were in my garden, over the
:01:57. > :02:00.fences, it was just crazy. It was scary because it was right next
:02:01. > :02:05.door. You don't know who you are living next door to. A low loader
:02:06. > :02:11.turned out to remove three vehicles thought to belong to the family that
:02:12. > :02:20.lives here. Someone thought the dad came from Saudi Arabia, another said
:02:21. > :02:25.Morocco. The Mane rested had been living here with his wife and four
:02:26. > :02:29.year for a children. One person told me they saw him in the park, he
:02:30. > :02:33.seemed affable and pleasant. Another said he kept himself to himself
:02:34. > :02:37.Nobody has spoken to him, he is not that social. All of a sudden he is
:02:38. > :02:42.arrested and apparently linked to events at Westminster. A bit mad, a
:02:43. > :02:46.bit mad all on my doorstep. A stone throw away is a property where it is
:02:47. > :02:50.thought the Westminster bomber, Khalid Masood used to live, with
:02:51. > :02:57.another arrest last night described as significant, a at the timal of
:02:58. > :03:03.eight people have been detained in the city, for those who spent years
:03:04. > :03:07.working to prevent extremism, it is a blow I think we've been moving in
:03:08. > :03:11.the right direction, although this individual has clearly set us back
:03:12. > :03:14.with the level of the attack and audacity of t where we have seen a
:03:15. > :03:17.number of people killed and injured and a police officer stabbed in the
:03:18. > :03:20.line of duty. One of Birmingham's Muslim MPs went in front of the
:03:21. > :03:23.cameras today, to reject the notion that the city is a hotbed of
:03:24. > :03:26.extremism but admits some Muslims don't trust the anti-extremism
:03:27. > :03:31.programme known as Prevent Confidence has been lost but can
:03:32. > :03:34.easily be restored if there is greater transparency around Prevent
:03:35. > :03:37.but when it comes to people sharing information where they are worried
:03:38. > :03:42.of an attack I'm confident they are sharing that information with mri.s
:03:43. > :03:46.Questions remain, was Khalid Masood acting alone or were others
:03:47. > :03:50.encourage him or supporting him? In the search for angers this city
:03:51. > :03:55.remains the focus. Well, a number of vigils are being
:03:56. > :03:57.held this evening it bring communities together to express
:03:58. > :04:00.their sympathy for the people affected by the attacks and to show
:04:01. > :04:03.unity against racism. There's one in Wellington
:04:04. > :04:05.in Shropshire and our reporter Kathryn Stanczyszyn attended
:04:06. > :04:14.a Birmingham event. Well, of course the spotlight has
:04:15. > :04:19.fallen on Birmingham in the past few days for all the wrong reasons and
:04:20. > :04:24.with multiple arrests in the city. There has been a lot of speculation.
:04:25. > :04:33.Does Birmingham have a problem with radicalisation? Tonight Unity Vigil
:04:34. > :04:35.on New Street, by Stand up to Race imand the Birmingham Muslim
:04:36. > :04:40.Engagement Network said it was for two reasons. They said it was partly
:04:41. > :04:46.to pay tribute to those who died and those who were injured but, also, it
:04:47. > :04:50.was to actually show that communities do stand together in br.
:04:51. > :04:55.Some short speeches were given and candles were lit during the vigil.
:04:56. > :04:58.There was lot of passionate speaking and people who felt very strongly
:04:59. > :05:02.about being there, including this woman who explain idea she came.
:05:03. > :05:11.Nobody should pay the price for other people's crime. So I'm
:05:12. > :05:15.standing now with in Birmingham, proud, across race, cultures and
:05:16. > :05:21.religion. We all unite for humanity and against crime S -- against
:05:22. > :05:24.crime. Today a former counter-terrorism advisor said
:05:25. > :05:27.Birmingham must do more to tackle extremism but the Birmingham faith
:05:28. > :05:31.leaders network put out a statement saying they will not let the actions
:05:32. > :05:35.of one individual taint the city. Thank you.
:05:36. > :05:37.A minute's silence for the victims of Wednesday's attack was held
:05:38. > :05:42.at a number of locations across Birmingham today including
:05:43. > :05:44.mosques, as worshippers gathered for Friday prayers.
:05:45. > :05:46.But many Muslims are fearful that there could be a blacklash
:05:47. > :05:52.against the community, despite condemning the attack
:05:53. > :06:08.After the events of the past two days, Friday's prayers seemed to
:06:09. > :06:11.have a deeper significance today. At this moss income Small Heath,
:06:12. > :06:14.worshippers were struggling to understand how a Muslim man, living
:06:15. > :06:18.in Birmingham could carry out such an atrocity Everyone here, we can't
:06:19. > :06:23.understand T if there was an explanation to the reason why, maybe
:06:24. > :06:28.you could have a discussion, but no reason. It is blind madness. Islam
:06:29. > :06:33.does not allow killing, ever on any innocent people. Whatever they have
:06:34. > :06:39.done is wrong and not Islamic. Do you really think that our we are
:06:40. > :06:42.allowed to be extreme... In a speech before the prayers started, the
:06:43. > :06:48.imam, Dr Ather Hussain announced all forms of extremism. A booklet
:06:49. > :06:52.condemning the faithless propaganda of the so-called Islamic State was
:06:53. > :06:57.also handed out. I want Muslims today to go away with a positive
:06:58. > :07:02.message a stance, a disposition which shows we are proud to be puss
:07:03. > :07:06.limbs and equally we are proud to live on beautiful shores. #234r0s
:07:07. > :07:11.noe contradiction in being a Muslim and British. Across the Midlands
:07:12. > :07:14.there is an increased visible police presence today but despite that,
:07:15. > :07:19.some Muslim still fear possible revenge attacks. I can't go
:07:20. > :07:31.somewhere far away, alone, I'm irskad maybe be someone will attack
:07:32. > :07:37.me, you know, because I know some people all Muslims,y, we are worried
:07:38. > :07:39.about it. Tomorrow's Muslim community will once again show
:07:40. > :07:44.solidarity with their city by holding a rally against terrorism.
:07:45. > :07:46.After this week's events, some newspapers are referring to
:07:47. > :07:52.Birmingham as a Jihadi heartland. but for the past
:07:53. > :07:54.10 years there's been a battle to counter Islamic radicalisation
:07:55. > :07:56.in Birmingham through a council-run It works in partnership
:07:57. > :08:00.with communities to try to encourage Its manager is Waqar Ahmed,
:08:01. > :08:03.and I began by asking him, why Birmingham seems to have
:08:04. > :08:11.such a problem? There are chalence in Birmingham, as
:08:12. > :08:15.there are elsewhere. -- challenges. I would say that Birmingham is
:08:16. > :08:18.probably also known as knotted a good place for terrorists, the fact
:08:19. > :08:24.that people are being convicted from the city. -- not. It demonstrates
:08:25. > :08:28.great partnership working with the police and local communities.
:08:29. > :08:33.Pre-investigate has been sent -- prevent is set up to sprent this
:08:34. > :08:36.happening. Is it failing? I don't think Prevent is failing. It is not
:08:37. > :08:43.without its challenges, we can do more. Fws safeguarding individuals
:08:44. > :08:47.from radicalisation of all forms. In Birmingham, we are here at Kick T
:08:48. > :08:51.which have prevented people travelling and have supported a
:08:52. > :08:56.former member of the farmed force who was being radicalised by far
:08:57. > :08:59.right groups and they were trying to utilise his skills to attack faith
:09:00. > :09:04.institutions in the city. Now I would argue that people are being
:09:05. > :09:08.prevented from Syria to r has saved lives. How much of a problem is it
:09:09. > :09:12.with people being scared, if that's the right word, to come forward?
:09:13. > :09:16.There are issues in terms of people trying to create fear and suspicion
:09:17. > :09:19.amongst people in terms of - if you come forward what would happen. I
:09:20. > :09:22.would argue, on the contrary, there are actually people who have come
:09:23. > :09:25.forward and have assisted the authorities in investigations. And
:09:26. > :09:29.that is not often heard. Can I ask you, from a personal point of view,
:09:30. > :09:34.what did you think when you heard about the events in Westminster? I
:09:35. > :09:38.was devastated. It was tragic. It's been something that we've probably
:09:39. > :09:43.anticipated, but wished wouldn't happen and for me, the police
:09:44. > :09:46.officer is, for me, also a colleague, somebody who works on the
:09:47. > :09:50.counter-terrorism agenda, somebody who was there, trying to defend
:09:51. > :09:54.people, trying to defend our dome crass sane values. You are a
:09:55. > :09:57.Birmingham ma'am -- our democracy. You are a Birmingham man, how did
:09:58. > :10:02.you feel there was a big Birmingham connection? It is always a pity
:10:03. > :10:06.because communities in Birmingham stand up regularly, there are faith
:10:07. > :10:08.communities coming together, the Muslim community has consistently
:10:09. > :10:12.come out and tried to challenge these issues. So it is always, you
:10:13. > :10:17.know, disheartedening to hear that once again the city comes into
:10:18. > :10:21.focus. Can you understand non-Muslims being fearful at the
:10:22. > :10:25.moment? I think now is the time to come together. I think now is the
:10:26. > :10:28.time to show the unity. Now is the time to support each other. Think
:10:29. > :10:32.about the Muslims you do work with and the people you have come across
:10:33. > :10:37.and suddenly you realise that this isn't necessarily an epidemic
:10:38. > :10:40.problem with Muslims. So I would say - let's not retreat into fear and
:10:41. > :10:44.suspicion. That's exactly what they want and not what we want. Waqar
:10:45. > :10:47.Ahmed there from Prevent. Paul Dadge's photograph was sent
:10:48. > :10:50.around the world following the 7/7 A retained firefighter,
:10:51. > :10:53.originally from Staffordshire, he was hailed as a hero
:10:54. > :10:55.after helping a woman who received He's been speaking to our
:10:56. > :10:59.Staffordshire reporter Liz Copper about the impact of living
:11:00. > :11:08.through a terrorist atrocity. His was the image which encapsulated
:11:09. > :11:11.courage and compassion in the wake More than a decade on,
:11:12. > :11:15.and Paul Dadge has been reflecting on the acts of bravery
:11:16. > :11:18.seen at Westminster. I think there will always be people
:11:19. > :11:22.who will run in the other direction, but I think the majority of people,
:11:23. > :11:25.whether they've got the skills or not, have got this in-built
:11:26. > :11:30.need to want to help. And I think that was really
:11:31. > :11:36.noticeable, specifically on the Westminster Bridge
:11:37. > :11:39.where you had a lot of people running towards and helping
:11:40. > :11:42.those who were injured. Paul now runs an IT company
:11:43. > :11:44.based near Cannock. He's also involved in a network
:11:45. > :11:47.of support offered to I imagine over the last few days,
:11:48. > :11:52.people will have been running on adrenaline,
:11:53. > :11:54.really, and it's this kind of period after the attack
:11:55. > :11:56.where people start to suffer, and they need to be
:11:57. > :11:58.able to seek help. And that help may be
:11:59. > :12:00.needed for many years. Paul Dadge, though, speaks
:12:01. > :12:02.on the half of those survivors who are determined
:12:03. > :12:06.to defy terrorism. Terrorists, wherever they strike,
:12:07. > :12:10.whether they come from Birmingham or London or anywhere else
:12:11. > :12:13.in the country, will never beat us. The 7/7 attack happened
:12:14. > :12:19.on a Thursday. On that Monday, I was
:12:20. > :12:21.back on a Tube train. And I think it's important
:12:22. > :12:23.to pass that message, The British way of
:12:24. > :12:34.life will continue. In other news, there've been major
:12:35. > :12:36.problems for motorists on the M6 and surrounding roads
:12:37. > :12:44.in Staffordshire all day. The motorway was closed completely
:12:45. > :12:53.between Junction 14 and Junction 15 from 6.00am after problems
:12:54. > :12:55.with a bridge. Our reporter Laura May McMullan
:12:56. > :13:04.joins us now from Stone. Yes I'm pleased to say justing 14 to
:13:05. > :13:06.15 have finally now reopened in both directions after 12 hours of
:13:07. > :13:10.emergency bridge repair work today. As you can see, the congestion along
:13:11. > :13:16.the surrounding route is now starting to ease. But today, along
:13:17. > :13:22.the A34 here there have been horrendous delays. Gridlock,
:13:23. > :13:26.stop-start traffic as well as the A50, A500 adding hours on to
:13:27. > :13:28.people's journey. Speaking to some motorists they've said it has been a
:13:29. > :13:33.very frustrating day. I've had more than three hours now
:13:34. > :13:36.and waiting one hour I was coming from Swindon
:13:37. > :13:42.and I'm going to Preston. It should have taken me
:13:43. > :13:44.three-and-a-half hours, I have been travelling
:13:45. > :13:47.most of the day. I went down to Wednesbury
:13:48. > :13:49.this morning. and getting back home,
:13:50. > :14:00.I have just been on the go Well, highways England has
:14:01. > :14:04.apologised but it said that safety is a top priority and now that
:14:05. > :14:07.things are on the move, it's hoped that people will still be able to
:14:08. > :14:13.enjoy some of what's left of their Friday night.
:14:14. > :14:16.A team of scientists in Birmingham and Oxford have made a major
:14:17. > :14:18.breakthrough in the treatment and diagnosis of tuberculosis.
:14:19. > :14:21.Using Genome Sequencing, they're able to isolate different
:14:22. > :14:23.strains of TB much more quickly, which means patients
:14:24. > :14:32.Our correspondent Phil Mackie reports.
:14:33. > :14:34.The X-ray on left shows a healthy chest.
:14:35. > :14:38.On the right, the latter stages of tuberculosis.
:14:39. > :14:41.100 years ago recuperation meant rest and fresh air.
:14:42. > :14:43.Then as technology advanced came more breakthroughs.
:14:44. > :14:56.The latest scientific step towards the detection of tuberculosis
:14:57. > :15:00.By the 1970s, TB rates in the UK were at an all-time low
:15:01. > :15:03.but as drug resistance grew, the killer disease came back.
:15:04. > :15:05.Now scientists in Oxford and here in Birmingham have made
:15:06. > :15:09.In a world first they've used genome sequencing to give
:15:10. > :15:10.a more precise diagnosis, far more quickly.
:15:11. > :15:13.Well, this is the machine where all the really interesting
:15:14. > :15:17.15 samples goes here and for the next 25 hours it works
:15:18. > :15:19.out the DNA scores of each of those examples.
:15:20. > :15:21.Patients will ultimately get better treatment because it means
:15:22. > :15:24.that the doctors will get those results and the individual
:15:25. > :15:31.We are now using one single test which gives us all the information
:15:32. > :15:35.on the identity of the organism, saying is this TB
:15:36. > :15:38.or some other microbacteria, what are the drug resistance
:15:39. > :15:41.mutations, so what treatment can we use
:15:42. > :15:44.and is this related to other strains and should we be looking
:15:45. > :15:46.for a transmission network, to intervene and prevent further
:15:47. > :15:50.Genome sequencing could be used to treat other diseases with massive
:15:51. > :15:59.Most importantly it'll save lives and if we can show that
:16:00. > :16:04.using the most modern technology can help reduce the time it takes
:16:05. > :16:06.to identify who's got TB, get them on to a treatment
:16:07. > :16:09.programme, then we can move closer to what we all want,
:16:10. > :16:12.which is to eradicate TB from the shores of the country.
:16:13. > :16:20.The UK has some of the highest TB rates in Western Europe.
:16:21. > :16:22.Birmingham is one of the cities cities worst affected.
:16:23. > :16:24.This clinic has been here for more than 80
:16:25. > :16:25.years and these patients now
:16:26. > :16:27.have a better chance of a full recovery.
:16:28. > :16:29.If we can start people on the treatment
:16:30. > :16:33.they will have less lung damage and they'll be cured quicker,
:16:34. > :16:36.back to work quicker and it will be better for them.
:16:37. > :16:40.Instead of spending months in hospital, patients with complex
:16:41. > :16:43.drug resistant cases of TB have been sent home after just a week,
:16:44. > :16:51.with a much better chance of long-term survival.
:16:52. > :16:54.Investigations are continuing into a fire in Gloucester yesterday.
:16:55. > :17:02.Police and fire crews were called to an address on Painswick Road just
:17:03. > :17:06.The body of a man was found at the scene and a woman was taken
:17:07. > :17:10.Both the death and the cause of the fire are being
:17:11. > :17:13.A Herefordshire schoolgirl, who's undergone life changing
:17:14. > :17:16.spinal surgery in America, is due to fly home later today.
:17:17. > :17:19.14-year-old Ella Tomlinson from Leominster had a severe
:17:20. > :17:24.Her family had to raise a hundred and forty thousand pounds to pay
:17:25. > :17:29.for the operation because the NHS wouldn't fund it.
:17:30. > :17:35.In days of old, they called the aspen the tree of of heroes,
:17:36. > :17:38.In days of old, they called the aspen the tree of heroes,
:17:39. > :17:40.endowed with magical qualities, including the power
:17:41. > :17:46.In fact, aspens are one of our most beautiful native trees and there's
:17:47. > :17:48.a huge demand for seeds to grow new ones for planting.
:17:49. > :17:51.Trouble is, the aspen tree itself really doesn't like to produce seeds
:17:52. > :17:53.which makes life very difficult for everyone.
:17:54. > :17:55.But last year our Environment Correspondent David Gregory-Kumar
:17:56. > :17:57.tried out a new method to trick the trees into flowering
:17:58. > :18:03.And now it's time to see if it worked.
:18:04. > :18:06.This is probably something you've never seen before.
:18:07. > :18:09.A small group of Aspen trees and every single one is in flower.
:18:10. > :18:15.In some places this hasn't happened for decades.
:18:16. > :18:17.Aspen trees tend to produce seed very infrequently.
:18:18. > :18:23.The last main crop of aspen in Scotland was probably 20 years
:18:24. > :18:26.ago, so we're always short of seed and there is demand to find a lot
:18:27. > :18:37.of native aspen around forestry plantations.
:18:38. > :18:39.This Shropshire company collects all sorts
:18:40. > :18:41.of wild tree seeds - about a billion a year -
:18:42. > :18:44.to grow new trees for planting, last year I helped Rob cut section
:18:45. > :18:49.trees because he had a theory this would make the tree produce seeds.
:18:50. > :18:52.Hopefully because we have male and female trees here,
:18:53. > :18:55.all have flowered we should be able to produce seed from these
:18:56. > :19:00.The strips we cut are now healing nicely.
:19:01. > :19:03.There's no long-term damage to the aspen's health but how do
:19:04. > :19:06.we know removing this strip of bark did the trick?
:19:07. > :19:11.Well this branch comes from the part of the tree
:19:12. > :19:13.which is underneath the area we ringmarked last year,
:19:14. > :19:16.and there are no catechins, no flowers on it, but this branch
:19:17. > :19:21.see, it's heaving with catechins and if you are wondering,
:19:22. > :19:25.this is how an aspen reproduces without using seeds - it sends up
:19:26. > :19:28.a sucker, each one a clone of the parent tree.
:19:29. > :19:31.Now in a month we should have an idea of how many
:19:32. > :19:35.Mind you, if it's too many that will cause problems.
:19:36. > :19:38.If it has 1,000 seeds, then it will become
:19:39. > :19:44.But if Rob can keep the birds away, our stocks of seeds and future
:19:45. > :19:56.In rugby, there's a vital game tonight in the battle to avoid
:19:57. > :19:59.Gloucester take on Bristol, who are currently bottom
:20:00. > :20:01.of the table and seven points behind rivals Worcester.
:20:02. > :20:04.It's the first game for Gloucester since their head coach Laurie Fisher
:20:05. > :20:10.left the club at the beginning of the month.
:20:11. > :20:23.And now Ben Smith is heading back to Worcester for more.
:20:24. > :20:25.The famous fundraiser will be taking part in the city's
:20:26. > :20:29.It'll be held alongside a 10k run, which is now in its fourth year.
:20:30. > :20:32.And event organiser Steve Cram hopes that 4,000 runners will take part.
:20:33. > :20:36.Two famous runners, two very different stories.
:20:37. > :20:39.You might recognise Steve Cram from his middle distance
:20:40. > :20:46.Ben Smith is attracted to - well, longer distances and it
:20:47. > :20:51.doesn't get much longer than 401 marathons in 401 days.
:20:52. > :21:03.You know, I didn't run four years ago.
:21:04. > :21:07.If somebody had said to me I would be stood here,
:21:08. > :21:10.in front of you now talking about this, I think I probably
:21:11. > :21:14.would have laughed at you but for me I found so much joy and so much
:21:15. > :21:16.passion in running, it gave me freedom and adventure.
:21:17. > :21:19.You don't have to be a professional runner to run
:21:20. > :21:31.Today he and Steve were part of a luminous green army of runners.
:21:32. > :21:33.They tried out some of the course which thousands
:21:34. > :21:36.With the running bug taking off in Worcester,
:21:37. > :21:44.Keep it up, well done, only 14 miles to go.
:21:45. > :21:46.It doesn't matter which city in the UK I go, any evening,
:21:47. > :21:49.any time of the year, there are people like
:21:50. > :21:59.Which if you said that to me when I was training as a 15
:22:00. > :22:01.or 16-year-old when you used to feel embarrassed running round
:22:02. > :22:04.the streets and you were an odd one out, it's been fantastic
:22:05. > :22:11.4,000 runners are expected, you've got 25 weeks to get training.
:22:12. > :22:14.It's Red Nose Day and people across the Midlands have been
:22:15. > :22:16.involved in multifarious schemes to raise money for Comic Relief.
:22:17. > :22:23.The TV fundraiser kicks off at 7.00 here on BBC One,
:22:24. > :22:26.with Sir Lenny Henry and a host of other TV and music stars.
:22:27. > :22:29.Meanwhile, Rebecca's gone to meet some of the people who'll be
:22:30. > :22:35.answering those fundraising calls throughout the night, Beccy.
:22:36. > :22:42.Yes I'm here tea telephone exchange in shrews bri. I'm taking this off,
:22:43. > :22:46.it's ridiculous. I'm contractually obliged to keep these on. I'm with
:22:47. > :22:50.Emma and Sharon who will taking calls later. There is a team of 80
:22:51. > :22:54.volunteers here, but it is not just them who will be working for Red
:22:55. > :22:55.Nose Day. You have been out doing loads. Let's find out what you have
:22:56. > :22:58.been up to. The Birmingham City university
:22:59. > :23:00.today, there's been Among those involved
:23:01. > :23:03.were Girl Group, Capital B who you may have seen on this year's
:23:04. > :23:05.The Voice. It feels really good to be
:23:06. > :23:08.supporting Red Nose Day. It's always a brilliant day
:23:09. > :23:10.and everyone gets together and does their bit for charity
:23:11. > :23:12.so we're really happy This vicar was collared
:23:13. > :23:20.for a charity head shave at Kidderminster rugby
:23:21. > :23:22.club last night. I think about ?300 last time
:23:23. > :23:28.I looked, so, it's got to be Back in Birmingham, it was easier
:23:29. > :23:32.than ever for shoppers Simply by tapping this red
:23:33. > :23:37.nose with their card. In Burntwood in Staffordshire
:23:38. > :23:40.children and parents at the Busy Bees nursery have been
:23:41. > :23:42.taking part in a chuckle Lovely to see the children taking
:23:43. > :23:50.part in activities that It's good to raise money,
:23:51. > :23:54.a good cause and there is nothing And the giggles continued
:23:55. > :23:58.at Dudley Leisure Centre with some Before you know what is happening,
:23:59. > :24:02.the whole room is laughing because they are laughing
:24:03. > :24:04.at everybody else laughing Finally, in Coventry,
:24:05. > :24:17.Baggington Field School has been selling red food and drink to pupils
:24:18. > :24:20.and staff today and it's not every day off bouncy castle
:24:21. > :24:29.in your school hall. It's a hive of activity as I'm sure
:24:30. > :24:40.you can see. We haven't had any calls here yet but eagerly poised
:24:41. > :24:43.are our pros, like Tony. I'm usually in ost westry making sure the phone
:24:44. > :24:46.calls get through but tonight I'm here to make money. You have done
:24:47. > :24:52.this brvings any pledges that stick out in the memory? A couple of 500
:24:53. > :24:56.and a couple of 2,000s when we have been in os westry. I'm sure there
:24:57. > :25:00.will be bigger pledges elsewhere but when you get that it gives you a
:25:01. > :25:09.buzz but it doesn't matter, fivers, 10s, 20 are important but that gives
:25:10. > :25:14.you a buzz. You are going to be here until 11.00pm and Alison will be
:25:15. > :25:18.here what will you say? I will say Hello Comic Relief, thank you for
:25:19. > :25:22.donating how much would you like to donate? How are you feeling? Very
:25:23. > :25:27.proud and proud that Shrewsbury will be I can at thatting the points. You
:25:28. > :25:32.have to take your breaks at certain times there is lot going on? Yes we
:25:33. > :25:36.have paint facing, a discoax an entertainer who is doing balloon
:25:37. > :25:41.modelling. So plenty going on. So you might be lucky enough to speak
:25:42. > :25:45.it one of these guys should you make a pledgeton. If you are out and
:25:46. > :25:49.about doing something funny for money you might want to wrap up
:25:50. > :26:05.warm. High pressure is dominating our weather.
:26:06. > :26:12.Oh, I'm hoping we can go back to Becky. Yes, back to her live. Yes,
:26:13. > :26:15.this weekend, high pressure dominating our weather. We have
:26:16. > :26:19.lovely sunshine to could. We also have the breeze dropping out. So
:26:20. > :26:24.when the breeze drops out it'll feel much more pleasant in the sunshine
:26:25. > :26:28.but overnight frosts, gardeners beirwith a. So for tonight, clear
:26:29. > :26:31.spells, temperatures falling away. A little bit of mist and fog will
:26:32. > :26:36.develop without the wind and a wade spread frost. Our temperatures
:26:37. > :26:39.dipping down to between 1 and 3. But that high pressure, not going
:26:40. > :26:42.anywhere just yet. Keeping things nice and settled. Great news for
:26:43. > :26:47.tomorrow because we'll see cloud through the morning, the mist and
:26:48. > :26:48.fog, but it'll lift, thin and break, lots of lovely sunshine 20 come
:26:49. > :26:51.through the day. lots of lovely sunshine 20 come
:26:52. > :26:55.through the day. Temperatures up to around 13 or 14. But we could do
:26:56. > :27:00.better than that, 15 or 16 somewhere not out of the question. A little
:27:01. > :27:03.more cloud through the end of the day, fair weather cloud but it will
:27:04. > :27:08.be with us overnight intop Sunday and that will help our temperatures
:27:09. > :27:11.ever so slightly. So where we have the proud temperatures ranging
:27:12. > :27:16.between 2 and 5. Into Mothering Sunday, more of the same. Lots of
:27:17. > :27:20.lovelishine, dry, settled, temperatures again, up to around 13.
:27:21. > :27:26.Staying settled into the new working week as well. Now, don't forget,
:27:27. > :27:29.this weekend we lose an hour. It is the start of British Summer Time but
:27:30. > :27:32.our clocks are going forward. So set them through Saturday night into
:27:33. > :27:36.Sunday, you will lose an hour but time to pick up the phones and get
:27:37. > :27:43.donating. Thank you very much. That was the Midlands Today. I'll be back
:27:44. > :27:45.at 10.25. Have a great evening and a wild weekend. Goodbye for now.