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systems. That is all from us. Hello, and welcome | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
to Midlands Today. Cadbury unveils their multi million | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
pound investment at the Bournville We've invested ?200 million overall | :00:00. | :00:08. | |
in the UK - ?75 million in I'm live at Bournville where it's | :00:09. | :00:16. | |
out with the old and in with new Also tonight, turning | :00:17. | :00:26. | |
ambulances away from A Worcestershire hospitals | :00:27. | :00:32. | |
the second worst in England - for diverting emergencies | :00:33. | :00:34. | |
this winter. I'll have the latest from police | :00:35. | :00:45. | |
exactly a week after a man was stabbed to death in a random attack | :00:46. | :00:47. | |
here in Birmingham. Looking to repeat family history - | :00:48. | :00:48. | |
Herefordshire jockey Tom Scudamore on his hopes of a winner | :00:49. | :00:50. | |
in the Grand National. And it's been a lovely day | :00:51. | :00:53. | |
to end the working week - more good news to come | :00:54. | :00:56. | |
with this weekend's weather. Find out why with me | :00:57. | :00:58. | |
in the forecast later. Details of a multi-million pound | :00:59. | :01:10. | |
investment at the Cadbury plant New state-of-the-art production | :01:11. | :01:13. | |
lines will help boost efficiency - and ensure the factory remains | :01:14. | :01:19. | |
competitive with The investment comes seven years | :01:20. | :01:21. | |
after a controversial take-over Now renamed Mondelez International, | :01:22. | :01:26. | |
bosses say it's an investment Here's our business | :01:27. | :01:38. | |
correspondent, Peter Plisner: Cadbury workers protesting back | :01:39. | :01:40. | |
in 2009 against the Kraft takeover. Their main concern was | :01:41. | :01:44. | |
the future of Bournville - a site that's made chocolate | :01:45. | :01:47. | |
for more than a century. But far from winding it down | :01:48. | :01:51. | |
the factory has just got a ?75 million boost with these | :01:52. | :01:53. | |
ultra-modern new production lines. It means that daily output | :01:54. | :02:02. | |
at Bournville has now increased to over a million Creme Eggs, | :02:03. | :02:04. | |
five million bars of chocolate and a staggering 400 | :02:05. | :02:07. | |
million chocolate buttons. The bosses of Mondelez maintains | :02:08. | :02:11. | |
that it's long-term investment. We've invested ?200 million | :02:12. | :02:14. | |
overall in the UK, For employees securing these | :02:15. | :02:17. | |
investments was not easy. Almost 240 people have left | :02:18. | :02:49. | |
Bournville as a result of the new production lines - | :02:50. | :02:51. | |
union's say it's been a tough Now that we are increasing our | :02:52. | :02:54. | |
efficiencies, it makes us more competitive, so when we get | :02:55. | :02:58. | |
new models or new varieties of different chocolate that come | :02:59. | :03:00. | |
out, we will be up there in the pecking order | :03:01. | :03:03. | |
to try and gain some The changes have also left some | :03:04. | :03:05. | |
buildings at the Bournville site empty and according the Modelez that | :03:06. | :03:09. | |
could mean additional space for it's highly popular chocolate attraction, | :03:10. | :03:12. | |
Cadbury World. Part of the Cadbury World | :03:13. | :03:14. | |
attraction is an insight into manufacturing and we want to make | :03:15. | :03:17. | |
sure that's part of the experience in the long term and we are looking | :03:18. | :03:20. | |
at plans in that space And something else that's been | :03:21. | :03:23. | |
popular is the company's annual chocolate Egg Hunt although this | :03:24. | :03:29. | |
year dropping the word Easter It seems like a couple of people | :03:30. | :03:32. | |
have latched onto a specific But seen in the round, | :03:33. | :03:37. | |
you can't possibly say anything other than Cadbury | :03:38. | :03:43. | |
and the National Trust Proud too of the investment | :03:44. | :03:45. | |
at Bournville which also includes a further ?6 million to set up | :03:46. | :03:50. | |
the Centre for Chocolate Exellence - the company's global | :03:51. | :03:55. | |
research headquarters. And Peter joins us from outside | :03:56. | :04:01. | |
the Bournville factory now - so Bournville has had a big | :04:02. | :04:03. | |
investment, but what about other Mondelez described their facilities | :04:04. | :04:19. | |
as the chocolate triangle, including Bournville in Birmingham, factory in | :04:20. | :04:29. | |
Shropshire and one in Herefordshire. They've spent around ?2 million | :04:30. | :04:33. | |
modernising equipment. It's part of a ?200 million investment across the | :04:34. | :04:38. | |
UK. ?75 million of that has been spent at Bournville. Of course they | :04:39. | :04:42. | |
are committed to the continuation of supply from UK suppliers including | :04:43. | :04:43. | |
milk farmers in Herefordshire. And with greater efficiency | :04:44. | :04:45. | |
at Bournville, does that mean that part of the production | :04:46. | :04:47. | |
of the Dairy Milk bar, transferred to a factory in Poland, | :04:48. | :04:49. | |
will be coming back Yes, well, this bar is made here at | :04:50. | :05:03. | |
Bournville, this is made in Poland. Macro Mondelez hit controversy when | :05:04. | :05:09. | |
it was found out that things are being made in Poland. He said it was | :05:10. | :05:15. | |
a temporary measure and he says a lot of dairy milk production will be | :05:16. | :05:17. | |
coming back to Bournville. But not good news tonight | :05:18. | :05:18. | |
for workers at one of the two They have announced they are | :05:19. | :05:30. | |
consulting workers on ceasing production of a poultry processing | :05:31. | :05:35. | |
site employing 630 people. These they say the equivalent is ageing | :05:36. | :05:38. | |
and they have significant challenges meeting standards required by both | :05:39. | :05:42. | |
customers and themselves. They say it is a decision they had not taken | :05:43. | :05:45. | |
lightly, they fully understand the impact should the proposal go ahead | :05:46. | :05:50. | |
they are offering 200 workers in other sites across the wets Midlands | :05:51. | :05:53. | |
and other employment opportunities. They say of possible options are | :05:54. | :05:59. | |
being explored before a final decision is made. | :06:00. | :06:00. | |
The Trust which runs Worcestershire's hospitals turned | :06:01. | :06:01. | |
away more ambulances this Winter than any other in England - bar one. | :06:02. | :06:05. | |
Figures from the Nuffield Trust show the organisation closed its doors | :06:06. | :06:07. | |
Making it the second worst performing in England. | :06:08. | :06:14. | |
Amy Cole has been looking into this for us, this result is certainly | :06:15. | :06:17. | |
an indicator of a Trust which was struggling. | :06:18. | :06:21. | |
Yes, I think this report highlights the immense pressure that A | :06:22. | :06:24. | |
departments were under during the winter months. | :06:25. | :06:26. | |
Closing them only happens in "exceptional circumstances" | :06:27. | :06:30. | |
and for patients trying to get treatment in Worcestershire, | :06:31. | :06:33. | |
it meant they had to be taken to other hospitals outside the area. | :06:34. | :06:37. | |
The Nuffield Trust says there's a complex sequence of events that | :06:38. | :06:44. | |
We know beds are scarce, bed occupancy very high, so people going | :06:45. | :06:48. | |
in for elective work and so on, and treatment... | :06:49. | :06:51. | |
People go to A, some of them need to go to the hospital but | :06:52. | :06:55. | |
can't get in, that backs up within A, then in turn that backs up onto | :06:56. | :06:58. | |
the Ambulance Service as well who are affected by the diverts, so it | :06:59. | :07:02. | |
is a whole series of stages and connections between different | :07:03. | :07:05. | |
Well, as Professor Appleby mentioned there, the Ambulance Service | :07:06. | :07:12. | |
is affected by the divert - what does that mean in real terms? | :07:13. | :07:16. | |
It means that paramedics are unable to handover | :07:17. | :07:18. | |
their patients and are forced to record longer delays. | :07:19. | :07:22. | |
You also end up with a lot of ambulances out of position | :07:23. | :07:25. | |
so they're not able to react as swiftly as they might. | :07:26. | :07:29. | |
However, West Midlands Ambulance Service is keen to stress that's | :07:30. | :07:32. | |
it's very much involved in the decision to divert, | :07:33. | :07:35. | |
This is a really complex issue - it's not simply a case | :07:36. | :07:41. | |
of the ambulance having to drive a few miles further. | :07:42. | :07:44. | |
It does, from an operational point of view, put big pressures on us. | :07:45. | :07:48. | |
But the important thing is that we do these things to | :07:49. | :07:51. | |
make sure that patients are safe in the system, so we don't agree | :07:52. | :07:57. | |
We are consulted when diverts are requested, and if | :07:58. | :08:00. | |
we think it is unsafe for patients we will raise that as a concern. | :08:01. | :08:07. | |
And Mr Doherty's words are reiterated by the Worcestershire | :08:08. | :08:09. | |
It says, "On the rare occasions ambulances are diverted away - | :08:10. | :08:15. | |
this is done with the full support of the Ambulance Service | :08:16. | :08:17. | |
and patient safety is at always at the forefront of such decisions." | :08:18. | :08:26. | |
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder, | :08:27. | :08:28. | |
following a stabbing near a tram stop in Birmingham. | :08:29. | :08:30. | |
It's a week since 57-year-old Anthony Banting was stabbed several | :08:31. | :08:33. | |
times, after getting off a tram at Soho Benson Road. | :08:34. | :08:36. | |
This afternoon his family laid flowers at the scene. | :08:37. | :08:40. | |
Louisa Currie is there for us this evening - | :08:41. | :08:42. | |
Well, most poignantly Mr Bantings family, | :08:43. | :08:52. | |
including his four grown-up sons, have visited the tram stop this | :08:53. | :08:54. | |
afternoon, where he died this time last week, to lay flowers | :08:55. | :08:57. | |
and read the other floral tributes to their father. | :08:58. | :08:59. | |
Earlier this week, they released a statement in tribute to him - | :09:00. | :09:03. | |
describing him as "a simple man who loved nothing more than spending | :09:04. | :09:06. | |
He was on his way to meet one of his sons in a nearby pub, | :09:07. | :09:12. | |
Their flowers join lots of others left by other family members and | :09:13. | :09:27. | |
members of the community, all keen to express their condolences. | :09:28. | :09:28. | |
It's quite shocking what has happened here. | :09:29. | :09:30. | |
Every time it happens it does send shock waves through the community. | :09:31. | :09:33. | |
And, importantly, what we need are answers - | :09:34. | :09:36. | |
Are the police any nearing to understanding what happened - | :09:37. | :09:40. | |
British Transport Police are leading the investigation and the have been | :09:41. | :09:48. | |
carrying out anniversary checks this afternoon - in the hope of finding | :09:49. | :09:51. | |
They revealed this afternoon they have arrested one man from the area. | :09:52. | :10:04. | |
But they are keen to stress this is just one of many different lines of | :10:05. | :10:06. | |
enquiry they are looking into. This is a protracted | :10:07. | :10:07. | |
investigation, there are numerous lines of enquiries ongoing, | :10:08. | :10:09. | |
and we still would like to speak to anybody who might have been | :10:10. | :10:12. | |
in this area of Benson Road between four o'clock | :10:13. | :10:14. | |
and five o'clock on Friday, or anybody who may be of help | :10:15. | :10:16. | |
in identifying the You can see now this is the image of | :10:17. | :10:29. | |
the man they want to trace. It is a CCTV still, and they want to trace | :10:30. | :10:33. | |
and speak to him as soon as possible. Also, this afternoon, they | :10:34. | :10:36. | |
have been stopping motorists and people as they come and go using the | :10:37. | :10:40. | |
tram network to see if they were here last week, if they saw | :10:41. | :10:47. | |
anything. At this stage people say they still believe the attack was | :10:48. | :10:51. | |
random and that the victim did not know his attacker. Thank you. | :10:52. | :10:53. | |
Two men have been charged with murder after a man was hit by a car | :10:54. | :10:57. | |
26-year-old Gregory Kelly was struck by the black Audi then attacked | :10:58. | :11:00. | |
He was taken to hospital with head injuries and died five days later. | :11:01. | :11:08. | |
55-year-old Phillip Picken and 33-year-old Neil Barnes | :11:09. | :11:10. | |
will appear at Warwick Crown Court next week. | :11:11. | :11:13. | |
The Warwickshire-born actor Tim Pigott-Smith has | :11:14. | :11:15. | |
Born in Rugby, the classically trained actor attended | :11:16. | :11:21. | |
King Edward XI School in Stratford-upon-Avon | :11:22. | :11:22. | |
and performed numerous times for the Royal Shakespeare Company | :11:23. | :11:25. | |
He was also known for his film and television roles, including | :11:26. | :11:30. | |
The Jewel in the Crown and The Remains of the Day. | :11:31. | :11:35. | |
A woman has escaped serious injury, after her car fell more | :11:36. | :11:37. | |
than 50 feet down a steep hillside in Herefordshire. | :11:38. | :11:41. | |
It happened this morning on Jubillee Drive in Upper Colwall, | :11:42. | :11:44. | |
The driver was given treatment at the scene | :11:45. | :11:48. | |
and taken to hospital for further checks. | :11:49. | :11:51. | |
The Green Party launched their local elections campaign this | :11:52. | :11:56. | |
Police in Malvern are to be the first in the West Mercia Force | :11:57. | :11:59. | |
From today, 46 officers are being equipped with the technology, | :12:00. | :12:03. | |
with plans to roll it out to all front line staff | :12:04. | :12:05. | |
More than ?1 million has been invested in the cameras, | :12:06. | :12:09. | |
which police say reduces the number of complaints and provides evidence. | :12:10. | :12:14. | |
A Birmingham mosque has been praised after it managed to raise a record | :12:15. | :12:17. | |
breaking ?1.2 million to supply bread to starving Syrian refugees. | :12:18. | :12:22. | |
An appeal was launched after staff from Green Lane Mosque | :12:23. | :12:25. | |
in Small Heath travelled to refugee camps on a fact-finding mission. | :12:26. | :12:27. | |
The money, raised in just eight months, will provide | :12:28. | :12:31. | |
The charity Human Appeal says it has never known such generosity. | :12:32. | :12:41. | |
This afternoon it was presented with a cheque for more than ?1.2 million. | :12:42. | :12:46. | |
All the money was raised at Green Lane Mosque | :12:47. | :12:48. | |
through gala nights, food stalls and donations. | :12:49. | :12:57. | |
In eight months than the Muslim community of burning and has raised | :12:58. | :13:03. | |
over ?1 million for the Syrian refugees. | :13:04. | :13:05. | |
The cash will be used to supply displaced Syrians | :13:06. | :13:07. | |
Mosque staff visited camps to ask refugees what they needed the most. | :13:08. | :13:11. | |
It was absolutely apparent they weren't | :13:12. | :13:16. | |
told to tell us that they just wanted to eat bread, | :13:17. | :13:18. | |
that's all they needed because, from eating dirt and | :13:19. | :13:21. | |
whatever else they were getting, whatever else they had access to, | :13:22. | :13:23. | |
bread is a luxury for them, even now. | :13:24. | :13:25. | |
The donation from Birmingham is believed to be a record breaking | :13:26. | :13:28. | |
response by one community to a humanitarian crisis. | :13:29. | :13:31. | |
Those who've benefited have thanked the mosque for its generosity. | :13:32. | :13:45. | |
The formal handing over of the donation came just hours | :13:46. | :13:48. | |
after America launched missiles on a Syrian airbase | :13:49. | :13:50. | |
said to have been used in Tuesday's chemical attack. | :13:51. | :13:54. | |
The charity helping to distribute the aid from Birmingham says | :13:55. | :14:00. | |
the international community must come up with a more | :14:01. | :14:02. | |
There are 3 million under siege and we cannot reach them. None of the | :14:03. | :14:16. | |
charities can reach them. If you add to that the other areas under | :14:17. | :14:21. | |
terrorist groups as well, we cannot reach these people. Meanwhile this | :14:22. | :14:27. | |
mosque will launch a new appeal next month, specifically to help Syrian | :14:28. | :14:29. | |
widows and orphans. Thanks for joining us | :14:30. | :14:30. | |
on Midlands Today, this Cadbury reveal details | :14:31. | :14:34. | |
of their multi million pound investment at the Bournville plant, | :14:35. | :14:37. | |
securing its future. Your detailed weather | :14:38. | :14:40. | |
forecast to come shortly. I'm in Stoke-on-Trent where | :14:41. | :14:56. | |
England's women are warming up for the Euros. | :14:57. | :14:57. | |
And Cheltenham's famous Wishing Fish Clock to be returned, | :14:58. | :14:59. | |
Dan's joined me - starting with the Grand National - | :15:00. | :15:11. | |
plenty of Midlands interest, Dan. | :15:12. | :15:18. | |
There are 13 runners in tomorrow's Grand National | :15:19. | :15:21. | |
Well, four of them are trained by two women trainers in Herefordshire. | :15:22. | :15:28. | |
Venetia Williams won the race with 100-1 shot Mon Mome in 2009. | :15:29. | :15:30. | |
She has Tenor Nivernais and Houblon Des Obeaux this year. | :15:31. | :15:33. | |
In contract Bishops Road and Goodtoknow will be the first | :15:34. | :15:36. | |
And the last two runners-up are trying again. | :15:37. | :15:41. | |
Saint Are was second to Many Clouds in 2015 for trainer Tom George. | :15:42. | :15:45. | |
The Last Samuri was second for Kim Bailey last year. | :15:46. | :15:49. | |
But according to the bookmakers the Herefordshire jockey | :15:50. | :15:51. | |
Tom Scudamore has a favourite's chance on Vieux Lion Rouge. | :15:52. | :15:57. | |
And jockey Tom Scudamore has been lucky to ride a dream horse. | :15:58. | :16:07. | |
For the past 18 months, Tom and Thistlecrack have been | :16:08. | :16:10. | |
the most talked about partnership in jump racing. | :16:11. | :16:13. | |
Thistlecrack was favourite for the Cheltenham Gold Cup | :16:14. | :16:16. | |
but an injury meant he missed the race. | :16:17. | :16:19. | |
It did knock me sideways for a day or two. | :16:20. | :16:23. | |
But you can't get too down about them because there's always | :16:24. | :16:26. | |
horses to ride and always things round the corner. | :16:27. | :16:29. | |
than I was expecting or than ever before. | :16:30. | :16:37. | |
But can Vieux Lion Rouge change his luck? | :16:38. | :16:39. | |
He's trained by David Pipe in Somerset and was seventh last year. | :16:40. | :16:43. | |
The eight-year-old has been impressive in winning | :16:44. | :16:44. | |
And he's been the favourite for months. | :16:45. | :16:50. | |
The only doubt at the beginning of the season with him | :16:51. | :16:52. | |
regarding the Grand National was stamina but I think his last two | :16:53. | :16:57. | |
runs, I have got full confidence in his stamina and way he has | :16:58. | :17:02. | |
ground it out, so to me he just keeps on rolling. | :17:03. | :17:08. | |
There's also some history to rewrite. | :17:09. | :17:10. | |
Tom's Grandfather Michael won the National in 1959 on Oxo. | :17:11. | :17:15. | |
But his dad Peter never won it as a jockey. | :17:16. | :17:17. | |
Brother Michael went close as a trainer. | :17:18. | :17:21. | |
Another Scudamore victory would be good, wouldn't it? | :17:22. | :17:28. | |
Between Dad, myself, my brother, my brother training | :17:29. | :17:34. | |
and Grandad having a few cracks at it again after he won it, | :17:35. | :17:37. | |
we've probably had 40 goes between us and only got one | :17:38. | :17:42. | |
it would be wonderful to do but it's very difficult. | :17:43. | :17:50. | |
There are no guarantees in the Grand National | :17:51. | :17:52. | |
but Tom Scudamore will have a favourite's chance. | :17:53. | :17:58. | |
And you can listen to the Grand National race tomorrow | :17:59. | :18:00. | |
And you mentioned a Midlands winner at Aintree today - | :18:01. | :18:08. | |
Yes, Gloucestershire trainer Tom George won | :18:09. | :18:13. | |
the Sefton Novices Hurdle over three miles this afternoon. | :18:14. | :18:22. | |
The horse had a disappointing fall in the Cheltenham Festival. | :18:23. | :18:26. | |
And what does it mean to own a winner at Aintree? | :18:27. | :18:28. | |
Well, quite a lot judging by these scenes in the paddock. | :18:29. | :18:35. | |
But it's far from just racing this weekend. | :18:36. | :18:38. | |
We've also got the Davis Cup Tennis and the Masters Golf, | :18:39. | :18:43. | |
Dan Evans is playing for Britain in the Davis Cup | :18:44. | :18:50. | |
Unfortunately it isn't going very well, they are already one match | :18:51. | :19:06. | |
down. Britain are 2-0 down with three to play. | :19:07. | :19:08. | |
And Warwickshire's Andy Sullivan is going well in the Masters. | :19:09. | :19:10. | |
Yes, he began today in a share of fourth place. | :19:11. | :19:13. | |
That was six shots off the leader Charley Hoffman | :19:14. | :19:15. | |
Could be a marvellous weekend for Andy Sullivan. | :19:16. | :19:22. | |
There are plenty of talking points in this weekend's football. | :19:23. | :19:25. | |
England's Women are taking on Italy in a friendly at Vale Park - | :19:26. | :19:28. | |
We'll hear more about their preparation for Euro | :19:29. | :19:32. | |
2017 in a moment Nick - but first we could still have | :19:33. | :19:35. | |
three teams relegated in League One this season, | :19:36. | :19:38. | |
including Port Vale, are the locals a bit worried there? | :19:39. | :19:45. | |
Very worried, Vale are only two points above relegation as they go | :19:46. | :19:54. | |
to Chesterfield tomorrow, and in that relegation zone, Shrewsbury at | :19:55. | :19:58. | |
the top, and Coventry rock bottom. They will be relegated tomorrow | :19:59. | :20:04. | |
unless they win tomorrow. Tonight we are here with England Women taking | :20:05. | :20:08. | |
on Italy in one of their final warm up games. I am joined by a player | :20:09. | :20:16. | |
who was formally with Birmingham. This is great, warm up in front of | :20:17. | :20:21. | |
these fans of euros. It's a lovely ground, great stadium, and we're | :20:22. | :20:24. | |
hoping for a big crowd, to get us into a good mode for the Euros and | :20:25. | :20:29. | |
give us a good sendoff. The last Euros wasn't greater England but | :20:30. | :20:33. | |
since then the bronze medal at the World Cup and things look on the up | :20:34. | :20:37. | |
now. 100%. We have increased in belief and I think every body has | :20:38. | :20:47. | |
enough as well. We're not going to Euros for anything that than to win. | :20:48. | :20:50. | |
Hopefully everyone can get behind us. They sold even more than that of | :20:51. | :20:56. | |
7000 tickets before tonight. Women's football really is growing in this | :20:57. | :21:01. | |
country. Definitely. It needed to. There are great initiatives going on | :21:02. | :21:05. | |
at the moment and it is definitely what we need, more girls playing so | :21:06. | :21:08. | |
we can have the best chance of sending under 17 is an under 19 | :21:09. | :21:13. | |
squads to Euros and World Cups and giving us the best chance to win. | :21:14. | :21:18. | |
It's great like to see at a few of the young players getting some | :21:19. | :21:22. | |
experience. Yes, that is vital. They have been playing really well. It | :21:23. | :21:28. | |
just shows, you play well and you impress and you have a chance in the | :21:29. | :21:34. | |
squad. If you want to come down tonight is a beautiful evening and | :21:35. | :21:38. | |
you can still buy tickets at the ticket office, if you live locally | :21:39. | :21:41. | |
and want come-down, a quarter to eight this evening. | :21:42. | :21:45. | |
Sounds like great way to the evening. Beautiful sky, there. We'll | :21:46. | :21:50. | |
have the forecast shortly. It's been confirmed today that | :21:51. | :21:51. | |
a blue plaque is to be put up at Pebble Mill - | :21:52. | :21:53. | |
the former home of BBC The old buildings have | :21:54. | :21:56. | |
long been demolished - and a new hospital is being built | :21:57. | :21:59. | |
on the site. But for decades, Pebble Mill | :22:00. | :22:02. | |
was the home of some of the country's favourite TV shows | :22:03. | :22:04. | |
- including 'Pebble Mill at One', Top Gear, All Creatures Great | :22:05. | :22:07. | |
and Small and radio drama, I think in this country with | :22:08. | :22:09. | |
heritage we look at stately homes and beautiful architecture but | :22:10. | :22:13. | |
because broadcasting is a relatively new phenomenon in historical terms | :22:14. | :22:17. | |
we forget that broadcasting is also It is part of Birmingham's | :22:18. | :22:21. | |
history, it is part of And in order to know | :22:22. | :22:26. | |
where you are going you got to know where you've come from, | :22:27. | :22:32. | |
and that is why it is important. I'm sure many of you will recognise | :22:33. | :22:38. | |
this. Since 1987 Cheltenham's Wishing Fish | :22:39. | :22:40. | |
Clock in the Regent Arcade has been blowing bubbles - | :22:41. | :22:43. | |
and entertaining But earlier this year, | :22:44. | :22:44. | |
much of it was taken away The clock was designed | :22:45. | :22:48. | |
by the Gloucestershire artist, Kit Williams, famous for the Golden | :22:49. | :22:51. | |
Hare. Back in January, the old golden eggs | :22:52. | :22:53. | |
were thrown away and the famous fish blew its last bubbles before | :22:54. | :23:00. | |
being carefully brought down And so in this busy London | :23:01. | :23:03. | |
studio the beloved fish The eyes weren't working, the bubble | :23:04. | :23:09. | |
machine was leaking into the belly of the fish which was then leaking | :23:10. | :23:18. | |
through the wood and stripping the varnish and damaging | :23:19. | :23:21. | |
the wood underneath. So we've flipped it over, | :23:22. | :23:23. | |
sanded it back and re-varnished it, and we've still got | :23:24. | :23:28. | |
another maybe four or five coats to do so that it remains as shiny | :23:29. | :23:32. | |
as the rest of the fish. And one of the challenges | :23:33. | :23:35. | |
of this project has been the lack of original plans, | :23:36. | :23:37. | |
which no longer exist. We had to work out what everything | :23:38. | :23:40. | |
did and why it was done that way, and I think | :23:41. | :23:43. | |
there have been a lot of people over the years | :23:44. | :23:46. | |
adding to it and tweaking it, so trying to trace that back and then | :23:47. | :23:49. | |
revamp it so that it And then they're rather mice who pop | :23:50. | :23:53. | |
out and annoy the snake. A lot of Kit Williams' designs | :23:54. | :23:59. | |
were compromised back in the 80s due to the budget, so now Kit's original | :24:00. | :24:03. | |
vision is finally being realised, and the mice look more mouselike - | :24:04. | :24:08. | |
with some secret features. As the mice get pushed | :24:09. | :24:12. | |
out of the clock by a piston, the tips of their | :24:13. | :24:14. | |
noses open the door. So the fibreglass will wear down | :24:15. | :24:17. | |
over time, so what we have done is we have made | :24:18. | :24:20. | |
a little removable nose and we are going to cast this | :24:21. | :24:23. | |
in rubber so that it And that master mouse is then used | :24:24. | :24:26. | |
to make a new silicone mould from which all the new mice | :24:27. | :24:30. | |
are being cast in fibreglass, so I'm pleased with that. It's a whiz | :24:31. | :24:49. | |
slightly hairy thing when you take it out of the mould for the first | :24:50. | :24:52. | |
time but I'm pleased with that. They won't let you show us -- ask show | :24:53. | :25:00. | |
you all of the work because they want one they lived later. There is | :25:01. | :25:07. | |
plenty more to do, including a new Sane our hands and the old snake | :25:08. | :25:08. | |
will get a new skin. there will be plenty to see | :25:09. | :25:11. | |
in the fullness of time. Steve Knibbs, BBC | :25:12. | :25:14. | |
Midlands Today, London. Rumours of a glorious weekend ahead | :25:15. | :25:17. | |
- Rebecca can bring us the details, her alfresco weekend | :25:18. | :25:21. | |
has already begun. I think I'm just missing a glass of | :25:22. | :25:29. | |
something nice and chilled. It has been lovely and warm today. It's | :25:30. | :25:34. | |
still lovely on the balcony. Lots of people enjoying it. We saw | :25:35. | :25:38. | |
temperatures today making it up to 15 Celsius in some parts of the West | :25:39. | :25:42. | |
Midlands. Widely up into the mid-teens. But the good news is it | :25:43. | :25:45. | |
will continue into the weekend. We have more in the way of sunshine to | :25:46. | :25:50. | |
come and our temperatures are going to start to rise as well. We could | :25:51. | :25:55. | |
see them pushing to 20 Celsius. Chilly nights to come as well, | :25:56. | :26:00. | |
though. Tonight it all starts. Clear spells tonight. Temperatures will | :26:01. | :26:04. | |
fall away and we could see them dipping to around two Celsius across | :26:05. | :26:08. | |
parts of Herefordshire. We could have a touch of grass frost. A | :26:09. | :26:13. | |
chilly night and some mist or fog but high pressure still driving our | :26:14. | :26:17. | |
weather this weekend. It starts to draw up some much milder air and | :26:18. | :26:22. | |
will feel very warm as we had through tomorrow. It will be a cold | :26:23. | :26:26. | |
start, some mist and fog, but it will burn off readily through the | :26:27. | :26:30. | |
morning, and a fine, dry day to come. Some places kept the cloud | :26:31. | :26:33. | |
today about limited temperatures. Much better news for them tomorrow. | :26:34. | :26:37. | |
Temperatures buzzing to around 19 Celsius. At the end of the day | :26:38. | :26:42. | |
tomorrow we will see clear skies again. Temperatures will fall away | :26:43. | :26:46. | |
but the milder air will keep them up a little. We should be at around six | :26:47. | :26:52. | |
to nine Celsius as we had through into Sunday. Sunday will be another | :26:53. | :26:58. | |
fine and dry day with milder air sitting right over the top, | :26:59. | :27:02. | |
temperatures could eat even better. We are likely to see them up into | :27:03. | :27:06. | |
the 20s. In the East they might be higher. On Monday a change as a cold | :27:07. | :27:12. | |
front sinks southwards. That will introduce much colder air, so it | :27:13. | :27:17. | |
will feel much different. Around 80 degrees different. So make the most | :27:18. | :27:19. | |
of this weekend. Do you think we could get higher | :27:20. | :27:30. | |
than 20? I think we could. I'll put my neck on the line and say 22. | :27:31. | :27:33. | |
Sounds great to me. Amy Cole will be here with your late | :27:34. | :27:34. | |
news just before 10:30pm. From all of us at Midlands Today, | :27:35. | :27:39. | |
have a great weekend. | :27:40. | :27:47. |