:00:09. > :00:11.There's been disruption to road and rail traffic in Herefordshire,
:00:12. > :00:15.after a lorry loaded with 28 tonnes of grain CRASHED into a house
:00:16. > :00:22.No one was injured in this morning's accident near Lemster,
:00:23. > :00:25.but train services were badly affected and the road had to be
:00:26. > :00:34.The lorry crashed into the house next to a level crossing
:00:35. > :00:36.in Leominster in freezing conditions just before 6am.
:00:37. > :00:39.It was stuck on its side, embedded into the brickwork
:00:40. > :00:44.The man who lives there, who does not want to be named,
:00:45. > :00:46.spoke to BBC Hereford and Worcester earlier.
:00:47. > :00:51.I guessed something had gone into the house.
:00:52. > :00:54.I knew it wouldn't be a train because it wouldn't be
:00:55. > :00:58.I jumped out of bed, put on some trainers and came
:00:59. > :01:01.As you can see, the lorry won't go anywhere.
:01:02. > :01:05.The lorry was carrying 28 tonnes of grain.
:01:06. > :01:09.The recovery operation took all morning as a structural engineer
:01:10. > :01:13.advised crews on the ground, and power lines were taken down.
:01:14. > :01:16.We first wanted to make sure everyone was all right and not
:01:17. > :01:20.injured which I am happy to confirm is the case.
:01:21. > :01:23.Next, it was about how do we recover the situation as safely as possible.
:01:24. > :01:26.Unfortunately it has had a big effect on the railway network
:01:27. > :01:29.and roads, inconveniencing people quite a bit.
:01:30. > :01:36.Slowly, steadily, the lorry was winched away revealing damaged
:01:37. > :01:41.A friend of the owner gave his reaction.
:01:42. > :01:44.I was delighted to see it was standing.
:01:45. > :01:47.It doesn't seem to be too badly damaged.
:01:48. > :01:51.You must be worried about your friend?
:01:52. > :01:56.Oh, yes, very worried, quite a shock.
:01:57. > :01:59.As you can see, after several hours, the lorry has now been moved,
:02:00. > :02:04.the clear-up operation is going on, and the bricks that were damaged
:02:05. > :02:07.Trains between Shrewsbury and Hereford were cancelled
:02:08. > :02:12.By early afternoon, things were getting back to normal.
:02:13. > :02:16.Joanne Writtle, BBC Midlands Today, Leominster.
:02:17. > :02:18.A 75-year-old man has died following a serious
:02:19. > :02:30.It happened at a property on City Road, in Edgbaston, just after 4.30.
:02:31. > :02:32.West Midlands Police said nothing could be done to save the man,
:02:33. > :02:34.who was pronounced dead at the scene.
:02:35. > :02:36.His Death Is Not Being Treated As Suspicious.
:02:37. > :02:38.People in a remote part of Herefordshire say they'll be
:02:39. > :02:41.forced to travel at least 14 miles to their nearest bank,
:02:42. > :02:44.after their last local branch closed it's doors for good.
:02:45. > :02:47.One customer in Kington was SO frustrated he decided
:02:48. > :02:54.to ride his horse to deposit his last cheque.
:02:55. > :02:57.It's one of 62 branches being closed by HSBC this year.
:02:58. > :03:00.The bank says 93% of customer contact at that branch was done
:03:01. > :03:03.on the internet or the phone, and not in person.
:03:04. > :03:05.Now, it's a moment 30 years in the making -
:03:06. > :03:07.a Staffordshire father has finally met the daughter
:03:08. > :03:13.A DNA test confirmed that John Duncan was indeed the father
:03:14. > :03:17.And incredibly, it seems they spent years going to the same pub
:03:18. > :03:18.without knowing they were father and daughter.
:03:19. > :03:26.Many an extraordinary story has been told in pubs.
:03:27. > :03:34.A 52-year-old psychological coach from Stone, happy married,
:03:35. > :03:40.This is Fifi who, approaching her 30th birthday last year,
:03:41. > :03:42.decided now is the time to find her father,
:03:43. > :03:48.Two strangers who were frequenting the same pub.
:03:49. > :03:54.I went on holiday to a very beautiful place, sat on the edge
:03:55. > :03:58.of a loch with some writing paper and decided to go for it and do it.
:03:59. > :04:01.Fifi Giannitto wrote this letter to the man
:04:02. > :04:05.she believed to be her father, a man who hadn't seen her
:04:06. > :04:08.grow up because he was unaware she even existed.
:04:09. > :04:17.And I hope you want to be in touch with me.
:04:18. > :04:21.Fifi had done her own detective work, finding her father's address.
:04:22. > :04:24.John Duncan received the letter and struggled to believe
:04:25. > :04:31.I turned up to kind of explain that I wasn't her dad.
:04:32. > :04:34.But John did agree to have a DNA test.
:04:35. > :04:39.The number came up as 99.99% positive, so there is
:04:40. > :04:45.And I just sat there, I don't know how long I sat
:04:46. > :04:51.I can't tell you, I just sat looking at that screen.
:04:52. > :04:56.You have waves of emotion of anger, happiness.
:04:57. > :04:59.John had a relationship with Fifi's mother in the 1980s,
:05:00. > :05:09.Why, after 30 years, were you not aware that John was your dad?
:05:10. > :05:13.She had her reasons, we don't really want to focus on that part.
:05:14. > :05:19.We are just happy that we've found each other now
:05:20. > :05:24.I think he is wonderful. Amazing.
:05:25. > :05:31.I am so happy he wants me in his life.
:05:32. > :05:33.She is kind, she's intelligent,
:05:34. > :05:36.she's beautiful. She's caring.
:05:37. > :05:37.She's everything you could want in a daughter.
:05:38. > :05:40.As if this story couldn't be any more extraordinary,
:05:41. > :05:42.Fifi and John's paths have probably crossed before.
:05:43. > :05:48.So, we could have been standing at the bar next to each other,
:05:49. > :05:54.Proving that some surprises are worth the wait.
:05:55. > :06:02.Ben Godfrey, BBC Midlands Today, Stone.
:06:03. > :06:05.In football, Birmingham City fell to a 3-nil
:06:06. > :06:10.The home side took the lead early in the first half
:06:11. > :06:15.Birmingham's best chance came when Craig Gardner hit
:06:16. > :06:20.But moments later Sam Winall extended Sheffield's lead before
:06:21. > :06:24.the result was put beyond doubt through Adam Reach's late goal.
:06:25. > :06:27.We'll be back tomorrow afternoon at 4.05pm.
:06:28. > :06:31.I'll leave you now with the weather from Rebecca Wood.
:06:32. > :06:39.Good evening. We have had some wintry flurries today but also some
:06:40. > :06:47.signs of spring arriving at there. They will be chilly and this weekend
:06:48. > :06:51.will continue to stay cold, and plenty more cloud to climb, thick
:06:52. > :06:55.enough to squeeze out and showers at times. This evening and overnight we
:06:56. > :07:00.have clear spells and where we get those temperatures fall, seeing them
:07:01. > :07:04.dipping down to a possible -3, but also wintry flurries, pushing their
:07:05. > :07:07.way in from the east, so we are not quite out of the woods just yet and
:07:08. > :07:11.into tomorrow that north-easterly breeze is going to continue to bring
:07:12. > :07:15.some showers right away, and at times they will fall as something
:07:16. > :07:19.sleety, snowy, and they wintry mix out there so it will be a cold start
:07:20. > :07:22.to tomorrow with the showers blowing through eventually there will start
:07:23. > :07:27.to turn more to rain, and temperatures will left up to a
:07:28. > :07:28.possible 2-3 Celsius. Think of this weekend, and here is the national
:07:29. > :07:36.forecast. exception to that rule probably over
:07:37. > :07:38.the hills where again there could be a bit of snow, but not accumulating.
:07:39. > :07:47.Another cold However I paint this weekend's
:07:48. > :07:51.picture, I'll need a palette of grey. Thereby a a lot of cloud
:07:52. > :07:57.around but I managed to find some sunshine. I don't know how but there
:07:58. > :08:00.was a couple of hours towards the south-west in Cornwall, a beautiful
:08:01. > :08:05.day. The south-west saw glimpses of sunshine. Further east, cloudy, cold
:08:06. > :08:10.and grey with winds off the North seep and a scattering of wintry
:08:11. > :08:14.showers. Yes, rain sleet and snow, a dusting at lower levels through the
:08:15. > :08:23.day. It brought this beautiful picture on the outskirts of
:08:24. > :08:25.Aberdeenshire. But enough of the sun, let's get