:00:00. > :00:08.It's feared thousands of fish may have been killed
:00:09. > :00:11.after chemicals were found in the River Morda, near Oswestry.
:00:12. > :00:14.The water company, United Utilities, say there's been an issue
:00:15. > :00:17.at its nearby water treatment works and is investigating.
:00:18. > :00:25.It may look beautiful in the winter sun, but last night local people
:00:26. > :00:29.were sickened to see hundreds of fish gasping
:00:30. > :00:36.Acid from a nearby water treatment works flowed into the Morda,
:00:37. > :00:42.Staff at Western Pools Fishery witnessed the river
:00:43. > :00:48.They fear it'll take years for the habitat to recover.
:00:49. > :00:51.The river was white and there was evidence of dead and dying fish.
:00:52. > :00:54.The length of time it's taken to build up this system,
:00:55. > :00:57.plus four or five generations of trout
:00:58. > :01:01.which spawned after the original, all wiped out.
:01:02. > :01:05.By this afternoon, the dead fish had been washed downstream after water
:01:06. > :01:08.levels were raised to flush the pollution out.
:01:09. > :01:11.The Environment Agency has launched an investigation and is working
:01:12. > :01:16.There's acid that has gone into this river.
:01:17. > :01:19.Even for our staff that are working here today
:01:20. > :01:21.and the work that we're doing, we have to be exceptionally
:01:22. > :01:25.I advise people to keep their pets, themselves out of the water and,
:01:26. > :01:27.where possible, keep livestock out of the water
:01:28. > :01:32.Fortunately, the pollution doesn't appear to have got
:01:33. > :01:39.But the owners fear it'll be a long time before the River Morda is once
:01:40. > :01:50.As Donald Trump settles into his new life in the White House,
:01:51. > :01:52.it's not just in America that his Presidential inauguration
:01:53. > :01:57.Here in the Midlands opinion is equally divided,
:01:58. > :02:04.As Donald Trump became the 45th president of the
:02:05. > :02:11.a peaceful protest had taken place in the unlikely setting
:02:12. > :02:14.of historic Ironbridge - birthplace of the
:02:15. > :02:18.It was one of a hundred such demonstations by
:02:19. > :02:24.I think there's a lot of suspicion and fear,
:02:25. > :02:32.Trump is, from his personality, a president which we have
:02:33. > :02:35.never experienced before and we don't actually know.
:02:36. > :02:39.In the summer, Ironbridge is packed with tourists and today's winter
:02:40. > :02:41.sunshine brought out the visitors too, all with views
:02:42. > :02:48.I have my doubts about whether he's wired up right.
:02:49. > :02:51.Some of the things he says are excellent, but some
:02:52. > :02:53.of the other things, I think he's just gone
:02:54. > :02:58.My view is to give him a bit of time and just see how it goes.
:02:59. > :03:00.Many experts say Pennsylvania was the state that swung it
:03:01. > :03:03.for Trump, an area suffering from a decline in industry.
:03:04. > :03:06.It's where mum of two Cathy Wardius is from.
:03:07. > :03:12.I think, like most Americans, we're apprehneisve because we don't
:03:13. > :03:16.know what the next four years are going to bring.
:03:17. > :03:19.But then, like I said, I know a lot of really good hard
:03:20. > :03:21.working people who had voted for him, who are optimistic.
:03:22. > :03:24.I wonder how they're feeling at the White House right now.
:03:25. > :03:33.I think it's the most scariest thing that I've ever heard of.
:03:34. > :03:37.I think if anybody's going to push the button, he's going to be the one
:03:38. > :03:41.He may have his sceptics, but President Trump gave this message:
:03:42. > :03:50.Together, we will make America great again.
:03:51. > :03:52.The date has been announced for the Stoke-on-Trent
:03:53. > :03:56.The vacancy has been created by Tristram Hunt's
:03:57. > :03:58.resignation to become Director of London's Victoria
:03:59. > :04:05.Voters will go to the polls on the 23rd of February.
:04:06. > :04:08.So called Shared Spaces, where roads have their markings
:04:09. > :04:10.and kerbs removed, are now a common sight
:04:11. > :04:13.They're designed to make drivers more cautious,
:04:14. > :04:16.but can also make life difficult for blind people.
:04:17. > :04:20.Here's our transport correspondent Peter Plisner.
:04:21. > :04:24.Charlotte Nickson and guide dog Layla navigating their way
:04:25. > :04:30.But for them, shared space doesn't make things very easy.
:04:31. > :04:36.This is where she's stops for this crossing.
:04:37. > :04:38.Here Layla gets confused because there's no kerbs and waits
:04:39. > :04:41.for instruction from Charlotte.
:04:42. > :04:44.And it's not just Layla who doesn't understand the layout.
:04:45. > :04:46.When we filmed, there were cars and other vehicles everywhere,
:04:47. > :04:49.even on what was supposed to be the pavement.
:04:50. > :04:54.They make it harder for me to get to work, and that's just not fair.
:04:55. > :04:57.They make it impossible for a lot of my blind friends to come
:04:58. > :05:00.and visit me and if they do, we have to make sure
:05:01. > :05:05.there is a sighted person there to help us at all times.
:05:06. > :05:08.As you get to this side, Peter, it doesn't lead to anywhere.
:05:09. > :05:11.Sarah Gayton from Staffordshrie campaigns on behalf of the blind
:05:12. > :05:13.and partially sighted and she maintains that shared
:05:14. > :05:21.Today, Sarah and others had the chance to speak directly
:05:22. > :05:23.to MPs on the Women and Equalities Select Committee
:05:24. > :05:25.as it held an outreach meeting in Birmingham.
:05:26. > :05:27.The committee is currently investigating the build environment
:05:28. > :05:33.You can read all the papers you like, but until you have the people
:05:34. > :05:36.sat in front of you telling you exactly how it feels to not be
:05:37. > :05:39.able to move around their city centre or that they can't get
:05:40. > :05:42.a house that's suitable for them to live in,
:05:43. > :05:47.you don't really get the human feeling of it.
:05:48. > :05:50.Coventry City Council maintains that its shared space is safe
:05:51. > :05:53.and that schemes developed in consultation with
:05:54. > :06:00.But despite concerns of some, the use of shared space is growing
:06:01. > :06:02.Football and one big transfer completed this evening -
:06:03. > :06:06.Stoke City have signed Sido Berahino from West Bromwich
:06:07. > :06:15.The fee for the 23-year-old striker could eventually rise to 15 million.
:06:16. > :06:18.And one result tonight in League One - Port Vale have
:06:19. > :06:25.I'll leave you with the weather from Rebecca Wood.
:06:26. > :06:33.It has been a pleasant day today, right the way across the board
:06:34. > :06:35.we had gorgeous sunshine and clear blue skies.
:06:36. > :06:38.As we head through this weekend, more of the same to come.
:06:39. > :06:40.There will be sunny spells, variable amounts of cloud,
:06:41. > :06:43.but it is also feeling very chilly out there and that's because we're
:06:44. > :06:47.It is going to be a cold night tonight
:06:48. > :06:50.Temperatures plummeting, we're looking at them dipping down
:06:51. > :06:53.widely right the way across the board into minus figures.
:06:54. > :06:56.We cuold see them getting a touch lower than -5 in some
:06:57. > :07:00.We could also get a little bit of freezing fog.
:07:01. > :07:03.As we start the day tomorrow with high pressure and very little
:07:04. > :07:07.We could see that fog lingering through the day.
:07:08. > :07:09.It'll be a chilly start with a widespread frost,
:07:10. > :07:12.and there's going to be some sunshine through the day.
:07:13. > :07:14.We start to get cloud filtering in for a time,
:07:15. > :07:17.but it should be largely dry and bright with temperatures ranging
:07:18. > :07:23.More information on all of that in the national forecast next.
:07:24. > :07:25.I'll leave you with an outlook for the next few days.
:07:26. > :07:34.there isn't that much around it will feel cooler. Can we keep it going
:07:35. > :07:38.until the start of the new week? I suspect we can. Unconfirmed about --
:07:39. > :07:44.concerned about the fog around. Here is Helen with the national picture.
:07:45. > :07:50.Good evening. The weather is upon us. The cloud has made all the
:07:51. > :07:54.difference this week in particular. We have had some wonderful weather
:07:55. > :08:00.watcher pictures, this is Marlowe in Buckinghamshire, this was Conwy
:08:01. > :08:02.earlier in the day. Some areas still have the cloud. What