:00:00. > :00:00.The headlines tonight: so it's goodbye from me
:00:00. > :00:08.Smiling at the English Defence League - how this picture of a young
:00:09. > :00:12.Asian woman in Birmingham sparked international reaction.
:00:13. > :00:18.I wasn't then, I'm not now, and I don't intend to be.
:00:19. > :00:21.Saffiyah Khan says she stepped in to defend a woman during a far-right
:00:22. > :00:26.The Stourbridge woman left with catastrophic injuries
:00:27. > :00:29.after rescuing a child on the Devon coast,
:00:30. > :00:33.and her slow road back to independence.
:00:34. > :00:39.I can clean my teeth and feed myself breakfast now, so obviously I'm
:00:40. > :00:47.The great escape is on - Coventry City stave off
:00:48. > :00:51.relegation for another week, but can it continue?
:00:52. > :00:55.Find out why Dusty here is well and truly in the dog house,
:00:56. > :01:01.and why he's having to go back to school.
:01:02. > :01:03.And after such a stunning weekend, with the best temperatures we've
:01:04. > :01:06.seen so far this year, and likelihood of a cracking Easter,
:01:07. > :01:24."Sometimes it's just the best response - just to smile".
:01:25. > :01:27.The words of a Birmingham woman, whose photo has gone around
:01:28. > :01:30.the world after she was pictured confronting an English Defence
:01:31. > :01:38.Saffiyah Khan says she stepped in to protect a woman who had been
:01:39. > :01:40.surrounded by members of the far-right movement -
:01:41. > :01:42.during their demonstration in the city on Saturday.
:01:43. > :01:45.She says she hopes the picture will allow her to
:01:46. > :01:48."do something positive", and denies EDL claims
:01:49. > :01:50.that she disrupted a minute's silence for terror attack
:01:51. > :01:56.Our reporter Bob Hockenhull is in Birmingham City Centre for us now.
:01:57. > :01:59.So tell us more about the demonstration.
:02:00. > :02:03.About 100 people demonstrated here in Centenary Square.
:02:04. > :02:08.The EDL protest was smaller than other we've seen in the past
:02:09. > :02:12.in Birmingham and other parts of the Midlands,
:02:13. > :02:15.but this one will be remembered for one photograph shared
:02:16. > :02:24.An image that's travelled around the world -
:02:25. > :02:27.today, at home in Acocks Green, Saffiyah Khan was reflecting on her
:02:28. > :02:31.moment of defiance at Saturday's EDL demonstration in Birmingham.
:02:32. > :02:33.She says she stepped in to help a Muslim woman
:02:34. > :02:41.She seemed scared, but regardless of whether or not she felt scared,
:02:42. > :02:43.the fact of the matter is there was a group
:02:44. > :02:51.and I don't think anybody should be in that position.
:02:52. > :02:53.The photograph shows Saffiyah appearing to smile at
:02:54. > :02:59.She says he was poking his finger in her face,
:03:00. > :03:05.I was just looking at the guy, and sometimes just the best
:03:06. > :03:09.Were you actually scared when you intervened?
:03:10. > :03:15.I wasn't then, and I'm not now, and I don't intend to be.
:03:16. > :03:17.Ian Crossland hasn't yet commented today,
:03:18. > :03:22.but he did speak on Saturday before the photograph was taken.
:03:23. > :03:24.It's not a demonstration against Muslims,
:03:25. > :03:27.it's a demonstration against radical Mu...Islam.
:03:28. > :03:30.Around 100 people took part in the rally.
:03:31. > :03:33.The EDL says it moved the protest from Derby to Birmingham
:03:34. > :03:36.because Khalid Masood, the Westminster attacker,
:03:37. > :03:42.On a site claiming to be the EDL's official Facebook page,
:03:43. > :03:45.it said Saffiyah had been "disrespectful, shouting
:03:46. > :03:49.during a minute's silence for victims of terror attacks
:03:50. > :03:56.Saffiyah says there was no "one-minute silence".
:03:57. > :03:58.That's a really hurtful claim, because anyone that knows me,
:03:59. > :04:02.even not particularly well, or has just talk to me once
:04:03. > :04:10.or twice, can vouch for the fact that I would respect a minute's
:04:11. > :04:18.Saffiyah also denies claims she's a member of any anti-fascist group.
:04:19. > :04:21.People we spoke to seemed happy the photograph had been circulated
:04:22. > :04:27.I think it's a brave act, especially because they are quite,
:04:28. > :04:30.you know, they are a lot more aggressive and physically taller
:04:31. > :04:35.When she stayed calm, I think it brought more
:04:36. > :04:37.awareness to it rather than causing an argument.
:04:38. > :04:40.Saffiyah says she finds it strange the picture has
:04:41. > :04:42.attracted such notoriety, but hopes it'll motivate
:04:43. > :04:59.The picture has attracted numerous comments. The broadcaster Piers
:05:00. > :05:05.Morgan described it as the photo of the week, and the brand-new Yardley
:05:06. > :05:11.MP Jess Phillips from burning said the picture was a beacon of hope.
:05:12. > :05:17.The lady that Saffiyah Khan stepped in to defend has thanked her and the
:05:18. > :05:20.pair are due to meet later. A former EDL leader Tommy Robinson said, I
:05:21. > :05:22.don't care how many people don't like me saying it, the truth is the
:05:23. > :05:24.truth than the picture is embarrassing.
:05:25. > :05:26.Now imagine this - you're body-boarding off the coast,
:05:27. > :05:29.on holiday, when you realise a child has got into
:05:30. > :05:32.You go to his rescue - the next thing you know
:05:33. > :05:36.is when you wake up to be told you have suffered severe injuries.
:05:37. > :05:38.That's what happened to Deb Drew, from Stourbridge, in 2014.
:05:39. > :05:41.Now friends and family are fundraising, so she can
:05:42. > :05:51.Kisses for a dear friend whom they rarely get to see these days.
:05:52. > :05:56.A chance for Deb Drew to get out of her rehabilitation centre
:05:57. > :05:59.where she now spends all of her time.
:06:00. > :06:01.Back in 2014 she was holidaying in Woolacombe off
:06:02. > :06:06.Deb saw a young boy get into difficulties in the sea
:06:07. > :06:11.Both had to be rescued by the coastguard, but Deb suffered
:06:12. > :06:21.I can't move, so I can't wash myself or...
:06:22. > :06:28.I can now clean my teeth and feed myself breakfast now, so, obviously,
:06:29. > :06:41.She's a mother of two boys, who are now in their teens,
:06:42. > :06:44.and her dream is to spend this Christmas at home with them -
:06:45. > :06:46.she's not been back there since the accident.
:06:47. > :06:48.But she needs a very expensive wheelchair that
:06:49. > :06:52.can help her stand up, so friends from her old tennis club
:06:53. > :06:55.are cycling, pumping iron and getting fit fast
:06:56. > :06:59.for a three-day fundraising challenge.
:07:00. > :07:02.We are going to run up and down Snowdon in
:07:03. > :07:05.a fell race style challenge, and then we are going to swim
:07:06. > :07:08.on Lake Bala, which I understand in May is pretty cold,
:07:09. > :07:11.so we are all quite excited about that, and then
:07:12. > :07:14.we are going to do a 60-mile bike dash, a relay bike dash
:07:15. > :07:17.from the centre of Wales, mid-Wales, to our finish point,
:07:18. > :07:27.They need to raise ?25,000, and Deb couldn't be more grateful.
:07:28. > :07:35.Her mother Beryl is also a constant support.
:07:36. > :07:40.She says enabling her daughter to go home would be a huge relief.
:07:41. > :07:46.Her mind is healing quicker than her body is healing, which makes it...
:07:47. > :07:49.In one way it's good, but in another way it's not so good,
:07:50. > :07:59.because she's got time to think and wonder what's going to happen.
:08:00. > :08:02.Deb knows the boy survived but has never heard from his family.
:08:03. > :08:04.Her friends say she is truly selfless.
:08:05. > :08:17.A 26-year-old man's appeared in court charged with murdering
:08:18. > :08:19.a father of four, at a tram stop in Birmingham.
:08:20. > :08:21.Anthony Banting died after being stabbed a number
:08:22. > :08:23.of times in Winson Green on March 31.
:08:24. > :08:27.A father of four, and a loving granddad -
:08:28. > :08:29.Anthony Banting, known to many as Tony -
:08:30. > :08:32.was a fan of horse racing and crown green bowls.
:08:33. > :08:34.He was attacked at the Soho Benson Road tram stop,
:08:35. > :08:41.on a Friday afternoon as he walked to meet his son at a local pub.
:08:42. > :08:44.Stabbed multiple times, he never recovered from his injuries,
:08:45. > :08:48.and police launched a major investigation.
:08:49. > :08:50.Today, a 26-year-old man, Alaeldien Ahmed,
:08:51. > :08:54.appeared before magistrates charged with his murder.
:08:55. > :08:57.With the help of an Arabic interpreter, he spoke only
:08:58. > :09:01.to confirm his name, age and address.
:09:02. > :09:07.There was no application for bail and he was remanded in custody.
:09:08. > :09:09.Today's proceedings mark a first step in what could be
:09:10. > :09:14.On Friday, Anthony Banting's four sons laid flowers
:09:15. > :09:18.at the site of his attack, describing their Dad as a simple man
:09:19. > :09:21.of simple pleasures, who loved nothing more than spending
:09:22. > :09:26.The man accused of his murder is now due to appear at
:09:27. > :09:34.Elizabeth Glinka, BBC Midlands Today, Birmingham.
:09:35. > :09:37.A mum drunk on vodka, who lost control of her car
:09:38. > :09:40.in a high-speed crash as her toddler son sat in the back seat,
:09:41. > :09:44.32-year-old Tania Chikwature from Coventry was more than three
:09:45. > :09:47.times over the drink-drive limit when she lost control
:09:48. > :09:50.of her Nissan Qashqai as she drove to a wake
:09:51. > :09:57.Despite the crash, her 20-month-old son was unhurt,
:09:58. > :10:00.although she sustained minor injuries.
:10:01. > :10:02.Union leaders have been meeting managers at
:10:03. > :10:04.the 2 Sisters Food Group in Smethwick.
:10:05. > :10:06.It's after the company announced plans to close their
:10:07. > :10:08.poultry-processing site, putting 600 jobs at risk.
:10:09. > :10:13.The firm says it understands the impact the closure could have,
:10:14. > :10:16.and will offer up to 200 permanent roles at their other
:10:17. > :10:21.West Midlands Police were among the forces paying tribute
:10:22. > :10:23.to PC Keith Palmer today, the officer killed during
:10:24. > :10:29.Flags at force headquarters have been flying at half mast,
:10:30. > :10:31.and a two-minute silence was observed by police forces
:10:32. > :10:37.across the country at the start of PC Palmer's funeral.
:10:38. > :10:39.A controversial plan to award a ?690 million contract,
:10:40. > :10:43.covering all cancer care in Staffordshire, has been scrapped.
:10:44. > :10:46.Health bosses have decided it was too financially risky to go
:10:47. > :10:51.Our health correspondent Michele Paduano has been looking
:10:52. > :10:53.into the details and joins me from Staffordshire now.
:10:54. > :11:09.In a nutshell, nobody could actually make the numbers stack up. This
:11:10. > :11:14.contract was being led by inter-server with Phillips and two
:11:15. > :11:16.University hospitals, North Midlands and Royal Wolverhampton hospital.
:11:17. > :11:20.But they wanted them to do 10% more work over the next ten years with no
:11:21. > :11:21.extra money, and nobody was prepared to take that risk.
:11:22. > :11:24.In simple terms, they couldn't demonstrate that they were able
:11:25. > :11:28.We wanted them to increase the number of people
:11:29. > :11:29.who were diagnosed with cancer, and actually ensure
:11:30. > :11:32.that they were treated, but within the same money
:11:33. > :11:45.This idea was controversial from the start?
:11:46. > :11:51.It was. It was conceived four years ago and the idea was that cancer
:11:52. > :11:55.services were disjointed and this would bring them together, but from
:11:56. > :12:01.the start there were concerns this was privatisation through the back
:12:02. > :12:05.door. Was a 70,000 signature petition against this, and going
:12:06. > :12:10.forward there were concerns that two partners fell out of the
:12:11. > :12:14.partnership. Then we had a hedging Brooke experiment, which went foul.
:12:15. > :12:17.As a result, they had to pause this for a year, now we have reached this
:12:18. > :12:24.stage. What happens now?
:12:25. > :12:27.Basically, there is a plan B, that they go back to an NHS five-year
:12:28. > :12:32.plan, but clearly, with no extra money in the system, it will be
:12:33. > :12:33.difficult, very difficult to improve cancer care and those circumstances.
:12:34. > :12:35.Thank you. Thanks for joining us
:12:36. > :12:37.on Midlands Today. This is our top story
:12:38. > :12:38.tonight: Smiling at the English Defence
:12:39. > :12:42.League - how this picture of a young Asian woman in Birmingham
:12:43. > :12:44.sparked international reaction. Also in tonight's programme,
:12:45. > :12:46.a vote of confidence - despite another defeat
:12:47. > :12:48.at the weekend for Birmingham City, the club say they have no plans
:12:49. > :13:05.to replace manager Gianfranco Zola. After a scorching weekend, will be
:13:06. > :13:10.same be true for Easter? These were sun-drenched scenes over the weekend
:13:11. > :13:13.for a country retreat in the countryside. Temperatures soared to
:13:14. > :13:15.22 Celsius in Birmingham and Shropshire, but what is in store
:13:16. > :13:19.this week? Find out later. Now, how often do you sit
:13:20. > :13:22.down and actually write Because that's one
:13:23. > :13:25.of the ideas behind It's been organised
:13:26. > :13:27.by Jodi Ann Bickley, who is also the creator
:13:28. > :13:31.of the "One Million Lovely Letters" project, offering hope
:13:32. > :13:33.and inspiration through They start off as just a few words
:13:34. > :13:44.on a piece of paper, but these letters may end up
:13:45. > :13:54.changing people's lives. After suffering serious illness and
:13:55. > :13:58.depression, Jodi Ann Bickley decided to start the One Million Lovely
:13:59. > :14:04.Letters project in 2013 to try and help others feeling the way she was.
:14:05. > :14:07.People e-mail me with their darkest moments and their darkest times,
:14:08. > :14:12.because people feel like... We are all very... We all do it. With the
:14:13. > :14:17.light we will burden our family and friends are worried if we talk about
:14:18. > :14:21.problems. -- we feel like this. Because they are telling me so much
:14:22. > :14:25.about them it is like a letter from somebody they know.
:14:26. > :14:29.Tonight she is opening an exhibition of letters written by herself and
:14:30. > :14:33.others at the gallery in Birmingham. Where this exhibition is different
:14:34. > :14:37.is the letters are not just for show. If we find a special one that
:14:38. > :14:43.speaks to you, you can take it and keep it. The only deal is, you have
:14:44. > :14:45.to replace it with a letter you write, yourself, for somebody else.
:14:46. > :14:48.Jodi Ann's still a long way off from her 1 million lovely letters.
:14:49. > :14:51.Over the past four years, she's sent 4,000 letters,
:14:52. > :14:54.and currently has a waiting list of 8,000 requests.
:14:55. > :14:56.With so much demand, Jodi Ann's taken on ten
:14:57. > :15:10.To you, the one filled with doubt and the one who tells us how she
:15:11. > :15:11.can't do this and is not good enough.
:15:12. > :15:15...including Hannah Young, a mum of two from Nuneaton.
:15:16. > :15:22.Just because it could be making someone's day is lovely.
:15:23. > :15:26.With letter writing fast becoming a dying art, the hope is the
:15:27. > :15:28.exhibition, which until Sunday, urges far more of us to pick up a
:15:29. > :15:31.pen and paper. Time for sport -
:15:32. > :15:34.Dan Pallet has joined me. A stay of execution
:15:35. > :15:42.for Coventry City, Dan. Surprising because we looked at one
:15:43. > :15:44.point as if we would be relegated before the Wembley trip.
:15:45. > :15:47.The Sky Blues are like a spider, clinging onto their League One
:15:48. > :15:51.That's the view of their former manager John Sillett who led
:15:52. > :15:54.the Sky Blues to their finest hour at Wembley 30 years ago.
:15:55. > :15:56.With relegation looming for his old club, Ian Winter
:15:57. > :16:00.Dancing for joy with the FA Cup - John Sillett is one football's
:16:01. > :16:05.30 years ago next month, his Wembley jig delighted millions
:16:06. > :16:10.It's bringing tears to my eyes already.
:16:11. > :16:16.I feel like crying every time I look at it.
:16:17. > :16:18.Such a wonderful, wonderful occasion.
:16:19. > :16:20.A wonderful day. The best day of my life.
:16:21. > :16:22.In the past 12 months, John's recovered from major heart surgery,
:16:23. > :16:27.He'll celebrate his 81st birthday in July, and he'd love to celebrate
:16:28. > :16:34.Coventry's survival in League One, but he knows that's highly unlikely.
:16:35. > :16:36.12 months before John won the FA Cup, Coventry managed
:16:37. > :16:39.to win their last three games to survive in the old First
:16:40. > :16:43.Division, but now they need an even bigger miracle if they are to avoid
:16:44. > :16:47.relegation to the fourth tier of English football.
:16:48. > :16:49.At least Coventry aren't going down without a fight.
:16:50. > :16:52.Lee Burge saved a Peterborough penalty, before Ruben Lameiras
:16:53. > :16:58.Now the Sky Blues must win their last four games and pray
:16:59. > :17:01.that April is a pointless month for all their rivals.
:17:02. > :17:07.I don't think so, as much as I'd love it to.
:17:08. > :17:13.Let's hope the spider can go climbing up,
:17:14. > :17:17.Another goal will surely seal their fate...
:17:18. > :17:20.Ever since Paul Merson's goal condemned Coventry to relegation
:17:21. > :17:23.at Villa Park back in May 2001, it's been 16 years of
:17:24. > :17:29.Farewell to the Premier League after 34 years in the top flight,
:17:30. > :17:32.followed by 11 seasons in the championship,
:17:33. > :17:35.relegated to League 1 in 2012, and now teetering on the brink
:17:36. > :17:41.I grew up watching us play Liverpool and Manchester United
:17:42. > :17:44.and Arsenal and Chelsea, and next season I'll be watching
:17:45. > :17:46.them play Accrington Stanley, Morecambe, Lincoln City
:17:47. > :17:49.or Forest Green Rovers, teams like that, and it's
:17:50. > :17:54.Just like John Sillett, lifelong Coventry fan Moz Baker
:17:55. > :17:57.will always have his memories of Coventry's FA Cup win,
:17:58. > :18:01.but if relegation becomes reality against Charlton on Good Friday,
:18:02. > :18:04.then both men are hoping it won't be long before they are back.
:18:05. > :18:14.Ian Winter, BBC Midlands Today, Warwickshire.
:18:15. > :18:18.The Birmingham City manager Gianfranco Zola has been given
:18:19. > :18:21.a vote of confidence by the club's board after they were beaten
:18:22. > :18:25.Blues have lost 12 of their 20 games since the Italian took over
:18:26. > :18:27.in December and the fans have become increasingly frustrated.
:18:28. > :18:30.Gary Rowett's return to St Andrews on Saturday was always
:18:31. > :18:33.going to increase the pressure on the man who replaced him.
:18:34. > :18:37.Zola has seen a playoff challenge turn into a relegation fight since.
:18:38. > :18:39.Blues deserved a point after fighting back to equalise
:18:40. > :18:43.through Che Adams, but, in the last minute, one long
:18:44. > :18:46.clearance allowed Tom Ince to win it for the away side.
:18:47. > :18:48.The response from Birmingham's owners today
:18:49. > :19:00.The curse of the manager of the month proved enough
:19:01. > :19:04.but, after five straight victories, Paul Lambert said he couldn't be too
:19:05. > :19:06.critical of his side after defeat at Bristol City.
:19:07. > :19:08.Burton Albion boosted their own survival hopes and almost certainly
:19:09. > :19:13.ended Aston Villa's faint playoff chances.
:19:14. > :19:14.Jonathan Kodjia's 19th of the season cancelled out
:19:15. > :19:19.Port Vale and Shrewsbury changed places again
:19:20. > :19:25.Stefan Payne's goal saw the Shrews move out of the bottom four.
:19:26. > :19:27.Vale are back in the drop zone again, though,
:19:28. > :19:32.Walsall's season is drifting to a conclusion, but at least
:19:33. > :19:36.the fans could enjoy a first goal from record signing Andreas Makris.
:19:37. > :19:38.And drifting could also describe the state of play for our
:19:39. > :19:43.West Bromwich Albion have failed to score in five
:19:44. > :19:46.Stoke's form is worse, though, with four straight
:19:47. > :19:51.So, let's finish with the most dramatic game
:19:52. > :19:54.Cheltenham went from 2-0 up to 3-2 down at Wycombe,
:19:55. > :19:57.before rescuing a vital point at the end through
:19:58. > :20:07.So the dreaded vote of confidence for Zola, then, Dan.
:20:08. > :20:10.With Birmingham City worrying close to the relegation zone,
:20:11. > :20:12.how important could their Easter fixtures be?
:20:13. > :20:15.They look season-defining - and not just for the Blues.
:20:16. > :20:17.On Good Friday they're away to the bottom club Rotherham.
:20:18. > :20:23.Rotherham have lost 14 of their last 15 games and lost the other one,
:20:24. > :20:25.and on Easter Monday they're at home to Burton Albion.
:20:26. > :20:41.That's pretty tense. It was tense at the Ricoh Arena, watching Wasps.
:20:42. > :20:43.They left it late. A remarkably exciting game from
:20:44. > :20:44.Wasps. This last-minute try from prop
:20:45. > :20:47.Matt Mullan plus Jimmy Gopperth's conversion game them
:20:48. > :20:48.victory by 32-30. The game was a nine-try thriller,
:20:49. > :20:51.and it leaves top of the table with three games left
:20:52. > :20:57.before the play-offs. They don't make it easy for
:20:58. > :20:58.themselves. It's 27 years since the last Super
:20:59. > :21:01.Prix on the streets of Birmingham. Could motor racing
:21:02. > :21:03.be on the way back? Well, a window of opportunity has
:21:04. > :21:06.opened ever so slightly. There was Formula 3000 racing
:21:07. > :21:10.in Birmingham in the late '80s. It ended after complaints
:21:11. > :21:12.from people saying their lives but new rules mean that promoters
:21:13. > :21:16.can apply for permission The final decision would rest
:21:17. > :21:22.with the relevant council. Thanks very much for that, Dan. We
:21:23. > :21:26.return to the football pitch now. Now, do you remember
:21:27. > :21:28.the dog who created chaos Pictures of Dusty the beagle's
:21:29. > :21:32.overeager attempt to join in play at a Halesown Town match
:21:33. > :21:35.earlier this month. Well, after his poor
:21:36. > :21:40.behaviour, his owner, the Halesowen player Asa Charlton,
:21:41. > :21:43.decided to accept the offer of some dog obedience
:21:44. > :21:49.training for his beagle. They had a one-to-one
:21:50. > :21:53.session this afternoon - and are now with our reporter
:21:54. > :21:56.Laura May McMcmullan at the Dog's Well, Dusty here has had
:21:57. > :22:04.a quite a day of it, and it's hoped his naughty antics
:22:05. > :22:08.will soon be a thing of the past. He may have been able
:22:09. > :22:10.to dodge several players on the pitch last weekend,
:22:11. > :22:13.but, as we've seen today, he's not going to be able to get
:22:14. > :22:19.away with it for much longer. Man's best friend or not, Dusty
:22:20. > :22:29.is definitely not in the good books. Dusty!
:22:30. > :22:32.Come here, Dusty! It seems the one-year-old beagle
:22:33. > :22:36.has a bit of trouble when it comes to obeying instructions,
:22:37. > :22:39.and that was certainly evident during a Halesowen
:22:40. > :22:45.football match last weekend. I saw the dog coming on and I
:22:46. > :22:51.thought, that can't be my dog. And then I saw my mum,
:22:52. > :22:54.and my wife and my daughter running on the pitch,
:22:55. > :22:56.and it was just like, Not only did he carry
:22:57. > :23:00.out a pitch invasion, he managed to side-step several
:23:01. > :23:04.players and stop the match for several minutes,
:23:05. > :23:09.so it's time for him to come to "dog school" to end his
:23:10. > :23:14.disruptive behaviour. Dusty, as you will have seen
:23:15. > :23:17.on the field, was chasing a lot, so we have said to him,
:23:18. > :23:20.no more chasing. It's a big game for Dusty,
:23:21. > :23:22.basically - he's really enjoying that chase -
:23:23. > :23:25.but what we want to teach him Well, his mischievous manoeuvres
:23:26. > :23:34.certainly livened up the match, and he's been dubbed
:23:35. > :23:40."Britain's most disruptive dog", and with me now is Dusty's
:23:41. > :23:43.owner Asa Charlton. Asa, it might be for the wrong
:23:44. > :23:55.reasons, but can you believe What has the reaction been like?
:23:56. > :23:59.A fantastic reaction for Dusty and he has become a star. He has been
:24:00. > :24:00.incredibly naughty throughout the week and the game but it has been
:24:01. > :24:01.fantastic. In hindsight, should you have
:24:02. > :24:08.taken him to the match? He just wanted to get stuck in,
:24:09. > :24:13.probably? I'm not taking the blame because my
:24:14. > :24:16.mum took him by mistake. Fully with the help of the dogs trust and the
:24:17. > :24:23.training we will be able to take into a game soon -- hopefully.
:24:24. > :24:28.I wish you the best. Your next home game is against Nantwich town in ten
:24:29. > :24:33.days' time, so hopefully Dusty can be trusted. Otherwise you might just
:24:34. > :24:36.be shown a red card. I don't know, Laura, with that nifty
:24:37. > :24:42.work, I think Hill zone should sign him up.
:24:43. > :24:43.Most definitely. He is a bit of a
:24:44. > :24:49.and he has stolen the show. What a contrast from the weather at the
:24:50. > :24:50.weekend from summer and we have gone back to spring.
:24:51. > :24:55.Any chance of more of that warmth this week?
:24:56. > :25:00.Pushing our luck but not too bad. We could perhaps dream and visualise
:25:01. > :25:06.and reflect on the weekend's weather because these were the sunset
:25:07. > :25:10.scenes. From Worcestershire to Shropshire. The sun was strong
:25:11. > :25:13.enough to send temperatures up to 22 Celsius and staying here in
:25:14. > :25:18.Birmingham as well. The highest dollies across the region, making it
:25:19. > :25:22.the warmest day of the year so far. Incidentally, temperatures reached
:25:23. > :25:27.25.5 Celsius at Cambridge, the hottest place in the country. Today
:25:28. > :25:31.this was the scene in Staffordshire. Not too shabby. 20 blue sky and
:25:32. > :25:36.sunshine. That was not the case everywhere, but crucially it was the
:25:37. > :25:40.temperature that let us down today, by eight or 10 Celsius on
:25:41. > :25:46.yesterday's value, highs of around 11 or 12 Celsius. Considerably
:25:47. > :25:52.lower. However, we're looking at Easter weekend being a fresher, due
:25:53. > :25:57.to a westerly breeze, but plenty dry weather on offer and it will
:25:58. > :26:01.generally be settled this week. Could get some sunshine and showers
:26:02. > :26:04.around as well, but high pressure dominating. You can see it on the
:26:05. > :26:09.pressure chart right now. It will be situated out to the West and moving
:26:10. > :26:12.from west to south-west by the time we get in midweek. Cold front
:26:13. > :26:16.slipping down from the north-west, south-eastwards by the time we get
:26:17. > :26:22.Wednesday. This will be introducing some like outbreaks of rain. Other
:26:23. > :26:25.than that, some showers, as they say, but a mainly untitled picture.
:26:26. > :26:31.Let's take a look at this evening, and clear skies out there right now.
:26:32. > :26:35.Some late sunshine to round off the day, but clear spells continuing to
:26:36. > :26:39.tonight, and a bit of patchy cloud here and there, a dry picture.
:26:40. > :26:42.Through the early hours, cloud melting away, so temperatures could
:26:43. > :26:46.be in the south-west region laws of around five Celsius. A bit colder or
:26:47. > :26:52.cooler than the countryside, so a chilly start to tomorrow. Some
:26:53. > :26:54.sunshine and Fairweather cloud bubbling up from time to time,
:26:55. > :26:59.centring continuing into the afternoon and temperatures up to 14
:27:00. > :27:04.or 15 Celsius. That will be with a moderate westerly breeze. Heading
:27:05. > :27:08.further ahead into the week, looking at dry conditions, as I say,
:27:09. > :27:12.variable cloud on Thursday and the odd spot of rain on Friday. Thank
:27:13. > :27:16.you. Beautiful green shots in that photo. That is all for me and I will
:27:17. > :27:18.be back with your next news at half past ten. Join me then and have a
:27:19. > :27:19.good evening.