:00:00. > :00:10.100 firefighters tackle a major incident at a warehouse
:00:11. > :00:11.on an industrial estate in Worcester.
:00:12. > :00:18.I've never seen so much smoke in my whole life.
:00:19. > :00:30.No one in the Worcester area can have missed the huge fire here
:00:31. > :00:33.today. Thankfully, no one was hurt. Targetting the tippers,
:00:34. > :00:35.a series of raids across to find those responsible
:00:36. > :00:38.for illegally dumping waste. Looking at the evidence, really
:00:39. > :00:41.looking for financial records, other information that will further our
:00:42. > :00:43.own investigation and really make sure that we can hold
:00:44. > :00:47.these people to account. Join me in Birmingham as the city
:00:48. > :00:52.honours the bravest of the brave. One man's mission to track
:00:53. > :00:57.and record the snakes which are disappearing
:00:58. > :00:59.from our countryside. And the cloud
:01:00. > :01:01.hasn't hampered temperatures today but the northwesterly wind
:01:02. > :01:02.will by the weekend. Who would have thought
:01:03. > :01:04.it was spring? But some of you could with some rain
:01:05. > :01:14.- all the details later. A major fire has
:01:15. > :01:18.destroyed a delivery company's Black smoke could be seen billowing,
:01:19. > :01:24.as far as away as Malvern. More than 100 firefighters
:01:25. > :01:26.were needed to bring the blaze under control,
:01:27. > :01:29.luckily no one was injured. Sarah Bishop has been
:01:30. > :01:41.speaking to those affected. The smoke was unreal, thick, black
:01:42. > :01:49.smoke. It was towering high in the sky. Never seen that much smoke in
:01:50. > :01:54.my whole life. Pretty scared. It could be seen from 30 miles away. A
:01:55. > :01:59.warehouse is the size of four football pitches up in smoke. When a
:02:00. > :02:03.fire crews arrived at 8:30am, they knew they had a fight on their
:02:04. > :02:10.hands. The first challenge was getting close to the building. With
:02:11. > :02:15.the amount of heat. We have had to rotate crews working in these
:02:16. > :02:18.arduous conditions. A member of staff initially spotted the
:02:19. > :02:28.beginnings of the fire and tried to but it -- put it out with a fire
:02:29. > :02:32.extinguisher. 150 staff were clear sorting and delivering bulky
:02:33. > :02:39.furniture. The only thing that matters is that there has been no
:02:40. > :02:44.loss of life. Stock can be replaced. Operations can resume. There is no
:02:45. > :02:49.loss of life. With the estate evacuated, the fire was the talk of
:02:50. > :02:56.Worcester. I could see flames from where I was. I got a bit of video on
:02:57. > :03:00.my phone. Shortly after, I saw a gas bottle explode and shoot into the
:03:01. > :03:05.sky. I wondered if we were going to get close down temporarily while
:03:06. > :03:10.they put the fire out. There are no immediate clues as to what caused
:03:11. > :03:11.the fire, an investigation is underway.
:03:12. > :03:14.And Sarah is at the warehouse this evening, so, Sarah,
:03:15. > :03:25.Things have scaled back quite a lot in the last few hours. Still quite a
:03:26. > :03:33.lot of activity with police and fire crews. Into the warehouse, you can
:03:34. > :03:37.see the tangled mass of steel. It buckles at 600 Celsius. It's still
:03:38. > :03:43.likely to be a couple of hundred degrees Celsius inside the warehouse
:03:44. > :03:47.tonight. Richard Jordan Watts, what will be happening tonight? We had a
:03:48. > :03:51.very severe fire and operations are now scaled back but crews will stay
:03:52. > :03:55.back damping down small pockets of fire to make sure the building is
:03:56. > :04:01.fully extinguished. What about the investigation. You've had
:04:02. > :04:05.investigators in today. How'd you go about finding the cause of the fire?
:04:06. > :04:10.It's a very competitive process because much of the building has
:04:11. > :04:14.been destroyed by fire. We will be talking to witnesses and looking at
:04:15. > :04:21.CCTV to establish the cause. Will take several days to establish what
:04:22. > :04:28.has happened today. A major incident. 150 staff safely evacuated
:04:29. > :04:29.and over 100 Hereford and Worcester firefighters safe tonight. Sarah,
:04:30. > :04:32.thank you for the update. More than
:04:33. > :04:35.40 police officers and officials from the environment agency,
:04:36. > :04:38.have carried out a series of raids - targeting people suspected
:04:39. > :04:40.of dumping waste illegally. Three addresses
:04:41. > :04:42.were searched in Staffordshire and another in Herefordshire,
:04:43. > :04:45.where a man was arrested. In the past twelve months,
:04:46. > :04:48.there's been a steep increase in illegal dumping in old factories
:04:49. > :04:51.and warehouses in the West Midlands - leading to big clean up costs
:04:52. > :04:54.and health hazards for locals. On an industrial estate
:04:55. > :04:57.in Staffordshire months of investigation lead
:04:58. > :05:08.to a swoop on a haulage yard. Police looking at the site, it seems
:05:09. > :05:10.as though there is nobody here at the moment. We are forcing entry to
:05:11. > :05:13.get in and seize evidence. This one of
:05:14. > :05:16.two raids on the Moorlands, there was a third in Stoke-on-Trent
:05:17. > :05:18.and a fourth in Ledbury in Herefordshire
:05:19. > :05:28.where a man was taken into custody. Today's raids are connected to
:05:29. > :05:31.illegal dumping of waste at 20 sites, waste amounting to in excess
:05:32. > :05:33.of 25,000 tonnes. Part of an operation
:05:34. > :05:36.intended to protect people and the places where they live
:05:37. > :05:46.from an increasingly common crime. It is a blight on the landscape. We
:05:47. > :05:51.are working closely with other agencies to limit it and manage
:05:52. > :05:55.ongoing sites to make sure any risks are mitigated. I can understand how
:05:56. > :06:00.the public feel, it is not nice to have near you. We are working with
:06:01. > :06:04.the Environment Agency to get on top of it as quickly as we can.
:06:05. > :06:07.Bales of rubbish wrapped in plastic lifted into place by unscrupulous
:06:08. > :06:09.gangs, paid by individuals or businesses,
:06:10. > :06:14.simply to get rid - no questions asked.
:06:15. > :06:19.Criminals can fill a warehouse just like this in a matter of days, even
:06:20. > :06:21.hours, with this type of waste. It's one of the biggest challenges
:06:22. > :06:25.facing the environment agency, they've described waste
:06:26. > :06:27.crime as the new narcotics and one they're urging all of us
:06:28. > :06:36.to play a part in tackling. Any business that produces waste,
:06:37. > :06:40.you need to know where it's going. Any landowner that is being
:06:41. > :06:46.approached to rent land, if it seems too good to be true, it almost
:06:47. > :06:50.certainly is. Take your responsibilities seriously. Culprits
:06:51. > :06:54.face a jail term of five years. Rewards can be lucrative but
:06:55. > :06:56.investigators say they will follow the money and where they can recover
:06:57. > :06:59.it. A jury's been sent out to consider
:07:00. > :07:01.verdicts in the trial accused of carrying out
:07:02. > :07:04."completely unnecessary" operations, Ian Paterson denies 20 counts
:07:05. > :07:09.of wounding with intent - against nine women and one man -
:07:10. > :07:14.between 1997 and 2011. The trial heard his alleged
:07:15. > :07:17.motive might have been Gerard Coyne, who's challenging
:07:18. > :07:22.Len McCluskey to lead Unite, as the union's
:07:23. > :07:27.West Midlands Regional Secretary. It's understood an email
:07:28. > :07:31.was sent to Unite members and staff informing them
:07:32. > :07:35.of Mr Coyne's suspension. The move comes as counting
:07:36. > :07:38.is about to get under way, DNA results have confirmed
:07:39. > :07:43.that a body found in woods, who went missing
:07:44. > :07:48.from near Bridgnorth last year. The 33-year-old
:07:49. > :07:50.was last seen leaving his home A man's body was discovered
:07:51. > :07:55.in woodland area, by a member An inquest into his death
:07:56. > :08:01.will open on Monday. The train company, London Midland,
:08:02. > :08:04.has been forced to lay on buses - after experiencing overcrowding
:08:05. > :08:06.on some services at Bromsgrove The company maintains that the
:08:07. > :08:13.bus service is a temporary measure, because of increased off-peak travel
:08:14. > :08:15.during the Easter holiday - but passengers using
:08:16. > :08:18.the new multi-million pound station I suppose, you come to a train
:08:19. > :08:26.station expecting a service that you're going to be getting
:08:27. > :08:29.on the train. We've got a fantastic
:08:30. > :08:31.new station and no trains. I mean, they are very
:08:32. > :08:33.short trains, at that. To be fair, it's been
:08:34. > :08:37.going a long time. We've got a lovely station
:08:38. > :08:39.but we don't appear people living in seven areas
:08:40. > :08:44.of the West Midlands will go to the polls, to select
:08:45. > :08:47.the West Midlands metro mayor. There's no gold chain and it's not
:08:48. > :08:58.about opening school fetes. This mayor will be
:08:59. > :09:00.a directly elected politician making decisions
:09:01. > :09:02.that impact the lives Think Giuliani, think BoJo,
:09:03. > :09:10.this person will represent us to the rest of the country
:09:11. > :09:17.and even the rest of the world. And you can watch Elizabeth Glinka's
:09:18. > :09:25.special report in full, on our Facebook page -
:09:26. > :09:26.facebook.com/midlandstoday But this afternoon
:09:27. > :09:28.all six candidates - actual size, have been
:09:29. > :09:30.facing our Political Editor, Patrick Burns, in a special debate
:09:31. > :09:39.programme, and Patrick joins me now. I know you don't want to give too
:09:40. > :09:44.much away but what can you tell us about it? A unique event. All six
:09:45. > :09:49.contenders are therefore it. The only televised debate of this kind
:09:50. > :09:54.coming at a unique moment even the backdrop of Brexit and all that
:09:55. > :09:58.follows and the general election as well. Inevitably, the candidates for
:09:59. > :10:01.the two biggest parties in this contest were vying with each other
:10:02. > :10:06.from the start over which of them is best placed to lead through this
:10:07. > :10:08.period of leaving the European Union.
:10:09. > :10:11.The government are looking particularly at areas like this that
:10:12. > :10:13.have got a manufacturing future and were thinking with them...
:10:14. > :10:17.That might be what they tell you that, if you read
:10:18. > :10:19.what they are doing, it's all about defending financial
:10:20. > :10:21.services, they don't say a word about manufacturing.
:10:22. > :10:24.They've invested in the London taxi company.
:10:25. > :10:26.They've invested in electric vehicles they're investing
:10:27. > :10:40.It's the Lib Dems who have made a signature issue of Brexit, or
:10:41. > :10:45.anti-Brexit, they have a clear anti-Brexit message. Their candidate
:10:46. > :10:50.who has staged a number of expositions at manufacturing parts
:10:51. > :10:53.of the country said she would be keen to give strong and clear
:10:54. > :10:56.leadership during this period. It isn't just about Birmingham
:10:57. > :10:59.alone, it's about the whole of the West Midlands,
:11:00. > :11:01.how, by coming together, we are Yeah, we've got lots of nice, glitzy
:11:02. > :11:06.stores and statues in the city centre but the districts,
:11:07. > :11:22.the outlying districts Plenty of subjects to cover but one
:11:23. > :11:27.of the mayor's major responsibilities is transport. What
:11:28. > :11:33.have they said about that? One of the main subjects is whether the M6
:11:34. > :11:38.toll road should be brought into public ownership. That is the policy
:11:39. > :11:41.of the cob unit candidate and the Labour candidate. But many have said
:11:42. > :11:45.that you cannot do that without considerable cost.
:11:46. > :11:50.For example, there's 115 kilometres of railway lines disused
:11:51. > :11:55.Bluntly speaking, round about the peak times,
:11:56. > :11:57.90-95% of HGVs already use the M6 toll.
:11:58. > :12:00.It will have a unfit but it is not going to solve
:12:01. > :12:14.I asked about voter fatigue but they said, we come first. What about
:12:15. > :12:16.political editor fatty? No rest for the wicked.
:12:17. > :12:19.And you can watch the full debate in a special programme
:12:20. > :12:22.A Mayor For The Midlands at 10.45 tonight, here on BBC1.
:12:23. > :12:24.Thanks for joining us on BBC Midlands Today.
:12:25. > :12:26.Also in tonight's programme - a chip off the old block,
:12:27. > :12:29.preparing for the European judo championships -
:12:30. > :12:32.coached by his Dad, a former Olympic medallist.
:12:33. > :12:34.We're tracking adders at a secret location
:12:35. > :12:44.in Herefordshire and this is the first one we found.
:12:45. > :12:48.A Midlands Air Ambulance aircrew, who saved the life of a pregnant
:12:49. > :12:52.woman after she'd been stabbed, are to receive a special award.
:12:53. > :12:55.12 Pride of Birmingham awards are being given out tonight,
:12:56. > :12:58.to recognise acts of bravery and compassion in the second city.
:12:59. > :13:02.There's a glitzy red carpet event at the University of Birmingham -
:13:03. > :13:17.Plenty to celebrate tonight. There is. Indeed. Plenty of excitable
:13:18. > :13:24.faces going into the beautiful great Hall at Birmingham University. It's
:13:25. > :13:28.a box of tissues they need with the courageous, inspiring stories of
:13:29. > :13:33.people from aged nine up to 80 winning a pride of Birmingham award,
:13:34. > :13:37.in its fourth year, going from strength to strength. Albee hearing
:13:38. > :13:43.about some of those inspirational stories celebrated here tonight.
:13:44. > :13:48.March 2016 and the Midlands air ambulance received a call to visit a
:13:49. > :13:51.woman who has been repeatedly stabbed.
:13:52. > :13:54.40-year-old Natalie Querioz, who was eight months pregnant,
:13:55. > :13:59.was attacked by her partner in Sutton Coldfield.
:14:00. > :14:04.We suddenly have not one life that was in danger but too.
:14:05. > :14:07.Thanks to the swift response of the air crew based at Cosford,
:14:08. > :14:13.The medical team are honoured tonight
:14:14. > :14:24.I wouldn't be here and my daughter wouldn't be here if it wasn't for
:14:25. > :14:28.the air ambulance and that's a fact. I ran up to the tunnel and there was
:14:29. > :14:30.a chap standing in the middle of the road.
:14:31. > :14:35.For outstanding bravery, great granddad Anthony Mathers
:14:36. > :14:37.who fended off a car jacking gang armed
:14:38. > :14:39.with a gun and knife in Acocks Green last November.
:14:40. > :14:54.I had blood running down my arm. I didn't feel scared at all.
:14:55. > :14:56.Bradley Addison was a promising footballer,
:14:57. > :14:58.who played with Aston Villa's youth academy,
:14:59. > :15:01.But he was diagnosed with the life-limiting condition,
:15:02. > :15:06.He took up powerchair football and has gone on to raise
:15:07. > :15:09.tens of thousands of pounds to help other sufferers.
:15:10. > :15:16.I would like to play for England but I don't know if that will happen. I
:15:17. > :15:23.would like to win, either a cup or a leak soon. Bradley, you are amazing.
:15:24. > :15:25.Mummy loves you and you are the best.
:15:26. > :15:28.Facing fear in whatever guise - but all showing immense
:15:29. > :15:40.We have noddy Holder, Ross Kemp and others walking the red carpet but it
:15:41. > :15:45.is really all about people like this man here. Founder of the Langerak
:15:46. > :15:56.Association here in Birmingham tonight. Unexpected, no doubt? Of
:15:57. > :16:02.course. One thing you have done is provide 5000 meals a week for
:16:03. > :16:09.homeless people. That's right. To be honest, I didn't expect it at all.
:16:10. > :16:15.Absolutely overwhelmed. You looked gobsmacked. Have good awards
:16:16. > :16:20.ceremony. Let's talk to the editor of the Birmingham mail. Mark, what
:16:21. > :16:25.is it about this event that makes it so special to people in the eyes of
:16:26. > :16:30.the city now? It is something that Birmingham doesn't do often enough
:16:31. > :16:33.which is to celebrate ordinary me is doing extraordinary things. This
:16:34. > :16:42.year, we've taken the award to the next level Cosby want to do even
:16:43. > :16:48.more to celebrate those heroes. How on earth do you select the bravest
:16:49. > :16:53.of the brave? How do you deny someone an award and give someone
:16:54. > :17:00.another? It is not about denying people awards, it is about telling
:17:01. > :17:04.stories. These are the very best stories we can find, told in the
:17:05. > :17:08.best way. In the Birmingham mail we've been telling their stories for
:17:09. > :17:14.a long time. Thank you very much indeed. Enjoy your evening. The 12
:17:15. > :17:16.winners will be short listed for the daily Mirror pride of Britain awards
:17:17. > :17:18.later in the year. Some sad news
:17:19. > :17:20.from the world of athletics. The Olympic high jump
:17:21. > :17:22.silver medallist, Germaine Mason, has died in a motorbike
:17:23. > :17:24.crash in Jamaica. 34-year-old Mason
:17:25. > :17:26.spent much of his sporting after switching nationality
:17:27. > :17:31.to represent Great Britain. He was competing for
:17:32. > :17:33.the Birchfield Harriers club at the time he won the silver
:17:34. > :17:38.in Beijing in 2008. The Staffordshire swimmer,
:17:39. > :17:42.Adam Peaty, says he was frustrated as he won the 50 metre breast stroke
:17:43. > :17:54.title at the British Championships. He finished six hundredths of a
:17:55. > :17:58.second outside the record in the final. It was his second gold medal
:17:59. > :18:00.after the 100 metres title on Tuesday.
:18:01. > :18:03.The British judo team start out on the road to the Olympics
:18:04. > :18:06.in Tokyo in 2020 this week - as they compete at the European
:18:07. > :18:11.They've been preparing for the first major tournament
:18:12. > :18:14.at their performance centre in Walsall.
:18:15. > :18:18.And for one of the team - it will be a real family affair.
:18:19. > :18:21.23-year-old Brummie Max Stewart is preparing for his first European
:18:22. > :18:27.judo championships and he couldn't have a better mentor.
:18:28. > :18:30.Because his coach is dad Dennis, an Olympic bronze
:18:31. > :18:35.medallist at the games in Seoul almost 30 years ago.
:18:36. > :18:43.I don't really look at it like pressure. More of a competition or
:18:44. > :18:48.challenge. If he has a medal somewhere, I want to do the same or
:18:49. > :18:53.better. I always believed he could do it. Seeing him getting there is
:18:54. > :18:56.ticking the box is. I spent him to do it. The other side of me is quite
:18:57. > :18:58.proud and looking forward to it. British Judo have
:18:59. > :19:00.high hopes for Max. He's moved up a weight and is
:19:01. > :19:11.thriving against the bigger men. The 81 kilo category was more
:19:12. > :19:18.tactical and here there are more throws. It is more suited to my
:19:19. > :19:21.style. This could be the first real opportunity to see who will be the
:19:22. > :19:25.big stars of Tokyo 2020. Those promising younger
:19:26. > :19:27.players include 20-year-old Officially she's still a junior
:19:28. > :19:32.but impressive performances have seen her given an opportunity
:19:33. > :19:44.to mix it with the seniors I've done quite a few seniors this
:19:45. > :19:49.year. Getting up to that level before so I can get a feel for it
:19:50. > :19:52.and not chucking me into the deep end straightaway.
:19:53. > :19:55.For all of them the big motivation is the 2020 Olympics.
:19:56. > :19:58.Japan is the spiritual home of judo and no-one wants to miss
:19:59. > :20:00.the opportunity to compete in the Tokyo games.
:20:01. > :20:01.Nick Clitheroe BBC Midlands Today Walsall.
:20:02. > :20:04.A hoard of gold coins found stashed in a old piano in Shropshire,
:20:05. > :20:06.has been officially declared as treasure.
:20:07. > :20:09.The discovery was made before Christmas, when the piano's current
:20:10. > :20:14.The stash hasn't been valued yet - but it's said to be worth
:20:15. > :20:17.The tuner who found the hoard and Bishops Castle Community College,
:20:18. > :20:20.which owns the piano, will share a reward.
:20:21. > :20:28.I can't say that I was not perturbed. It was only when we got
:20:29. > :20:34.back to the office and realise there was a very large quantity of gold
:20:35. > :20:38.that it's sunk in to us all. Oh gosh! What's going on? It's amazing.
:20:39. > :20:41.If snakes aren't your thing, you might want to look away now!
:20:42. > :20:43.Because snakes - and more particularly adders -
:20:44. > :20:45.are an important part of our countryside.
:20:46. > :20:47.But the population has dwindled to such an extent,
:20:48. > :20:50.there are none left in many parts of the country,
:20:51. > :20:55.That's why a reptile ecologist, who adores snakes, is tracking
:20:56. > :21:01.Joanne Writtle joined him at a secret location in Herefordshire.
:21:02. > :21:04.In wild Herefordshire countryside reptile ecologist Nigel Hand
:21:05. > :21:10.and volunteer Nick Saunders search for adders.
:21:11. > :21:30.This is a male. They are smaller with a lighter coloured body.
:21:31. > :21:32.We can't say where we are because adder
:21:33. > :21:37.Nigel's tagging them for a National Trust study.
:21:38. > :21:49.I've been passionate about them since I was a small boy. They are
:21:50. > :21:52.important in the countryside. They are predators and they are hunted
:21:53. > :21:56.themselves. filmed two males fighting over
:21:57. > :21:59.a female at the start Despite tracking 60 adders
:22:00. > :22:05.nationally for six years it's the first time they've
:22:06. > :22:13.seen this behaviour. I'm very proud to see this. It's one
:22:14. > :22:17.of the top ten wildlife spectacles, in my opinion.
:22:18. > :22:21.And later we find one of the two males who were fighting
:22:22. > :22:28.There's still no sign of females though.
:22:29. > :22:33.But within hours, patience pays dividends...
:22:34. > :22:40.This is only the third female snake they've managed to tag in this area.
:22:41. > :22:47.I think she's about 15 years old, they can live till about 30.
:22:48. > :22:55.Adder numbers are falling due to factors like urbanisation.
:22:56. > :22:59.But this female is a strong healthy half metre long.
:23:00. > :23:08.This is significant. This is a breeding female. We know there is a
:23:09. > :23:13.male in the area as well. Superb. This is a nice finish to the day. He
:23:14. > :23:21.seems happy in his work. If you've not been with us this
:23:22. > :23:24.week, you may be wondering why we have a new backdrop -
:23:25. > :23:27.we're in the process So for the next couple
:23:28. > :23:30.of weeks Shefali will be on the balcony,
:23:31. > :23:32.with the forecast. So you'll be hoping
:23:33. > :23:33.for a dry fortnight. Absolutely, a calm one too -
:23:34. > :23:38.we've done well so far and that's in spite
:23:39. > :23:43.of the cloud today - All it took was a bit of blue
:23:44. > :23:59.sky to raise our hopes We could even see some
:24:00. > :24:01.sunshine by the weekend - but Saturday's the best day
:24:02. > :24:03.for that, I reckon. A cooler feel to things
:24:04. > :24:09.over the weekend as well and the change in wind direction
:24:10. > :24:14.is all down to this cold front across the north starting
:24:15. > :24:15.to drift southwards. Not much rain along it,
:24:16. > :24:18.all because of the high pressure but once it's cleared which won't be
:24:19. > :24:21.until the end of tomorrow, we'll see temperatures drop
:24:22. > :24:23.and a touch of frost - a few mist patches into
:24:24. > :24:25.the start of Saturday. So this evening through
:24:26. > :24:27.to tonight then - the odd clearer spells
:24:28. > :24:31.here and there but a predominantly cloudy picture with some
:24:32. > :24:34.splashes of rain, otherwise dry. And with that blanket of cloud
:24:35. > :24:37.across trapping the heat, a really mild night with most places
:24:38. > :24:40.seeing temperatures But a lot of cloud
:24:41. > :24:48.lingers through tomorrow - a bit of sunshine at times
:24:49. > :24:55.but generally dull and mostly dry - even less likelihood of rain
:24:56. > :25:03.than today but as warm in the southwest with a top
:25:04. > :25:09.temperature of 16 Celsius the winds already beginning to swing
:25:10. > :25:15.around to the northwest. So this is the outlook
:25:16. > :25:20.for the next few days then - clearer skies into the start
:25:21. > :25:23.of Saturday with some sunny spells. Chilly with a touch of frost
:25:24. > :25:27.and some fog but dry through much of the weekend with more in the way
:25:28. > :25:31.of cloud through Sunday And on tomorrow's Midlands Today
:25:32. > :25:35.we'll be talking wine. Rebecca Wood has been
:25:36. > :25:38.to a local vineyard, to find out about one of the fastest
:25:39. > :25:41.growing agricultural sectors - and how last year's weather
:25:42. > :25:57.helped make it a vintage year Some news just reaching us. The
:25:58. > :26:00.former Ukip Aleida Nigel Farage has said he will not stand in the
:26:01. > :26:22.general election. That's all from us. We'll be back
:26:23. > :26:27.NEWSREADER: 'The UK has voted to leave the European Union
:26:28. > :26:33.'Ukip leader Nigel Farage celebrated the result,
:26:34. > :26:36.'declaring that dawn was breaking on an independent nation.'
:26:37. > :26:41.'Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to resign
:26:42. > :26:53.'The pound fell sharply as the referendum result became apparent,
:26:54. > :26:59.'and traders are bracing themselves for panic when the markets open.'
:27:00. > :27:03.'And England are confident of advancing to the next stage