:00:07. > :00:07.Good evening. for the news where you are.
:00:08. > :00:09.The funeral took place today of Jill Saward,
:00:10. > :00:11.the sexual violence campaigner who used her own experiences
:00:12. > :00:15.to change the law surrounding rape cases.
:00:16. > :00:17.The 51-year-old from Hednesford in Staffordshire was the first
:00:18. > :00:21.person to waive her legal right to anonymity after
:00:22. > :00:23.she survived what became known as the Ealing Vicarage Rape
:00:24. > :00:28.Today's service at Lichfield Cathedral was a celebration
:00:29. > :00:30.of the life of a woman described as
:00:31. > :00:33."very loving, very caring, and absolutely beautiful".
:00:34. > :00:39.Doing what she did best, speaking out.
:00:40. > :00:41.People often say that they feel like they have been raped again
:00:42. > :00:48.Jill Saward was only 21 when she was raped by two men in 1986
:00:49. > :00:51.during a burglary at her father's London vicarage.
:00:52. > :00:55.Incredibly, the perpetrators received much shorter sentences
:00:56. > :00:57.than the man who had committed the burglary.
:00:58. > :01:01.That set in motion what was to become her life's work -
:01:02. > :01:06.campaigning for victims of sexual assault and for changes in the law.
:01:07. > :01:09.Her identical twin sister Sue Lancaster and Jill's
:01:10. > :01:12.husband Gavin Drake knew how special she was and
:01:13. > :01:26.But we have been supported by so many thousands of people
:01:27. > :01:30.She knew she was making a difference but she couldn't take
:01:31. > :01:34.the compliments always because to her she wasn't
:01:35. > :01:40.Sue is not sure if she can never follow in her sister's footsteps.
:01:41. > :01:44.I have thought about whether I should step up and try
:01:45. > :01:51.and take her place but I just don't think I can.
:01:52. > :01:58.Jill was involved with Lichfield Diocese for many years.
:01:59. > :02:01.She was very courageous, she was very humble and she did
:02:02. > :02:06.a great deal and stuck at things with a great deal of determination.
:02:07. > :02:09.As the service got underway, eulogies echoed around
:02:10. > :02:14.I know there are many, many people alive today
:02:15. > :02:19.We looked after each other as best we could over the years
:02:20. > :02:25.Jill was a survivor and used her traumatic
:02:26. > :02:40.Very loving and very caring and very, very beautiful.
:02:41. > :02:42.The Chairman of Staffordshire digger maker JCB
:02:43. > :02:45.is one of the first of our business leaders to give his reaction
:02:46. > :02:48.to the Prime Minister's speech today about leaving the EU.
:02:49. > :02:51.Lord Bamford, who backed the leave campaign, says he was
:02:52. > :02:53."very encouraged" by what he heard today
:02:54. > :02:55.and is now calling on other businesses to
:02:56. > :02:59.But what do smaller businesses feel about the plan
:03:00. > :03:04.At the time of the referendum we talked to a panel of viewers,
:03:05. > :03:06.both leavers and remainers, about their thoughts
:03:07. > :03:10.Joanne Writtle has been back to two of them,
:03:11. > :03:12.to see what they made of the Prime
:03:13. > :03:16.Then you want a ?5 pack of pork chops.
:03:17. > :03:18.Bridgnorth Butchers, Mike and Sarah Pearce,
:03:19. > :03:22.We filmed as they waited for the Prime Minister
:03:23. > :03:27.to explain more about how the country will do that.
:03:28. > :03:28.I voted Conservative for the first time in
:03:29. > :03:32.my life two years ago and then I voted Leave.
:03:33. > :03:35.Then I felt cheated that Cameron gave up his post and
:03:36. > :03:46.now I'm hoping today she gets things straight.
:03:47. > :03:49.I'm hoping we will be off to govern ourselves like we used to
:03:50. > :03:52.As Theresa May spoke the butchers reacted.
:03:53. > :03:54.I want this United Kingdom to emerge from this
:03:55. > :03:56.period of change stronger, fairer, more united.
:03:57. > :04:02.We will take back control of our laws and bring
:04:03. > :04:04.an end to the jurisdiction of the European Court
:04:05. > :04:09.She's going for the country wants so it is good.
:04:10. > :04:18.I was much in favour of getting out of Europe.
:04:19. > :04:22.I voted to stay in so I'm not happy about the situation at all.
:04:23. > :04:24.I am very, very worried actually about
:04:25. > :04:29.This family owned engineering company in Shrewsbury
:04:30. > :04:32.is celebrating its 50th year in business this week.
:04:33. > :04:35.In the last five years they have been exporting
:04:36. > :04:41.15% of what they make to Germany and America.
:04:42. > :04:43.Personally, for us, I would like to go over to America,
:04:44. > :04:46.do a trade mission and that is our biggest export opportunity to grow
:04:47. > :04:54.I think they would look at us uncertainty to
:04:55. > :04:59.start with but I think really, again, we have got the chance.
:05:00. > :05:02.We are world-class leaders in manufacturing and they will come to
:05:03. > :05:06.100 people work here making parts for
:05:07. > :05:09.the likes of Nissan and Jaguar Land Rover.
:05:10. > :05:12.It might be little bit of the unknown but I think the
:05:13. > :05:15.opportunities are there for advancement.
:05:16. > :05:19.We will work hard as a country and I think we will be OK.
:05:20. > :05:22.Businesses like this say they want to continue closing deals in
:05:23. > :05:26.Europe and further field and will be watching the twists
:05:27. > :05:36.Two disability-rights campaigners from South Shropshire have failed
:05:37. > :05:39.in their second attempt to persuade judges to reconsider changes
:05:40. > :05:44.Merv and Nikki Kenward, from Aston on Clun, are worried
:05:45. > :05:47.proposed reforms could lead to unscrupulous health-care
:05:48. > :05:53.But they've been refused leave to go to the Court of Appeal.
:05:54. > :05:55.The trust which runs Worcestershire's hospitals
:05:56. > :05:59.has been criticised, for making ?20,000 available for its new chief
:06:00. > :06:05.The Trust is in special measures and has been struggling to keep
:06:06. > :06:09.Michelle McKay is arriving from Australia in March
:06:10. > :06:15.and the money has been set aside to help with relocation costs.
:06:16. > :06:18.More than two years after the Staffordshire based firm
:06:19. > :06:21.Phones4u went bust, around 400 former employees have
:06:22. > :06:27.A group of workers took their case to an employment tribunal
:06:28. > :06:31.because it failed to consult staff before making mass redundancies.
:06:32. > :06:37.Each claimant has received compensation of more than ?3,500.
:06:38. > :06:40.Severn Trent Water has made a stretch of the River Severn
:06:41. > :06:42.from Tewkesbury to Shrewsbury a pollution priority.
:06:43. > :06:45.So it's working with farmers on ways to reduce the impact
:06:46. > :06:47.of water from their farms, when it enters the river.
:06:48. > :06:50.Education sessions, like this one for student farmers
:06:51. > :06:53.from Walford College are being held to show the younger
:06:54. > :06:56.generation how reducing run off from pesticides and fertilizer can
:06:57. > :07:02.Most farmers, especially if they have got riverside land, do love
:07:03. > :07:06.their river and they have noticed the changes over the years.
:07:07. > :07:09.So, slowly, as water quality improves they are noticing
:07:10. > :07:15.fish coming back and other wildlife coming back to the river.
:07:16. > :07:17.A celebrity reception was held in Birmingham this evening,
:07:18. > :07:20.to launch a million pound appeal for the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
:07:21. > :07:24.It's to expand the facilities available to leukaemia patients.
:07:25. > :07:26.Sporting stars have already lent their names to the project
:07:27. > :07:29.to develop and offer new treatments for blood cancer.
:07:30. > :07:32.Our reporter Ben Godfrey is near the hospital for us now.
:07:33. > :07:45.The Centre for Clinical Haemotology opened in 2006 and gave patients
:07:46. > :07:48.access to more than 25 trials not normally available in
:07:49. > :07:55.But success in saving lives has had a big impact,
:07:56. > :07:57.they're running at capacity and need to expand.
:07:58. > :07:59.It will cost ?3.5 million, two thirds of which is coming
:08:00. > :08:03.So they still need a drive for ?1 million.
:08:04. > :08:06.I say drive but really we should say cycle because one of their patrons,
:08:07. > :08:08.the former Wolves and England footballer Geoff Thomas,
:08:09. > :08:12.will cycle more than 6,000 miles later this year to raise money.
:08:13. > :08:17.The NHS has always been lambasted for bad things
:08:18. > :08:20.and we want to celebrate what's happening on the good side.
:08:21. > :08:23.The haematology centre with Charlie Craddock and his team
:08:24. > :08:26.are leaders in their field and we want to support them
:08:27. > :08:29.to accelarate the good work they're doing.
:08:30. > :08:36.The expansion would double the centre's space and double
:08:37. > :08:39.the number of drug trials they can do, creating around 100 jobs
:08:40. > :08:42.Helping people like Jaymz Goodman from Telford, who was treated
:08:43. > :08:45.at the centre after a 14cm tumour was detected in his lungs.
:08:46. > :08:54.I value everything that was given to me because it saved my life.
:08:55. > :08:58.Without the clinical trial I was on, without the Centre for Haematology,
:08:59. > :09:05.Others supporting the fundraising campaign are the broadcaster
:09:06. > :09:07.Adrian Chiles, cricketer Jonathan Trott and business
:09:08. > :09:14.Worcester City council has put forward plans
:09:15. > :09:19.The city held its first 10k race in 2014
:09:20. > :09:21.and hosting a half marathon would put it on a par
:09:22. > :09:24.with cities including Cardiff, Leeds and Birmingham.
:09:25. > :09:28.The council is hoping the event will help attract more visitors.
:09:29. > :09:30.Finally, Warwick and its surrounding districts have bee
:09:31. > :09:33.declared the most vibrant place in the Midlands in a survey
:09:34. > :09:35.carried out by the accountantcy firm Grant Thornton.
:09:36. > :09:38.The area was singled out because of its high employment,
:09:39. > :09:41.low crime rate and good GSCE results.
:09:42. > :09:44.Stratford-upon-Avon also ranked highly.
:09:45. > :09:46.That's all from me, have a good night.
:09:47. > :09:53.I'll leave you with the weather from Shefali.
:09:54. > :09:59.Good evening. It was another day that can seriously drag down your
:10:00. > :10:03.mood but we had the weather watchers pictures to offer aid burst of
:10:04. > :10:07.colour on what was eight grade date with the fairer amount of rain
:10:08. > :10:12.around. You will see from this picture in Dudley just the couple of
:10:13. > :10:17.hours ago committed looking drier we've got dry weather to come. This
:10:18. > :10:22.is after tonight and tomorrow. It will remain cloudy and that is
:10:23. > :10:24.because once this friend that is producing although it might rain and
:10:25. > :10:29.drizzle slips out of that it is going to leave us with high pressure
:10:30. > :10:40.across us. Not Owain to stir up the clan break it up, but unfortunately.
:10:41. > :10:45.-- not Owain. It is going to be fairly mild as with lows of around
:10:46. > :10:50.3-5 C with the few spots of rain tonight which should die away. It is
:10:51. > :10:54.going to be cloudy day, allows lastly died with temperatures rising
:10:55. > :10:59.to eight Celsius so it is going to be little milder than today. Better
:11:00. > :11:02.brightness as that cloud thins. The national forecast is next.
:11:03. > :11:07.from time to time. Staying settled still. Nick has the national
:11:08. > :11:12.forecast this evening. Hello. If you are watching the
:11:13. > :11:16.football earlier it turned out to be an evening for football fans in
:11:17. > :11:20.Lincolnshire. This is how it looked at the start of the day. No idea
:11:21. > :11:25.whether this weather watcher is a football fan, it's a fan of weather
:11:26. > :11:28.that matters here. All sorts of weather, from 13 in Aberdeenshire to
:11:29. > :11:29.two, despite the sunshine in Kent. I wonder if