:00:00. > :00:09.what it says about the president and his administration.
:00:10. > :00:13.A puppy farmer's been jailed for six months after dozens of dogs
:00:14. > :00:16.were rescued from filthy conditions on a farm near Solihull.
:00:17. > :00:18.A judge described Sean Kerr as devious and said he'd been
:00:19. > :00:23.A warning: you may find some of the pictures in Bob Hockenhull's
:00:24. > :00:36.Kept in the darkness - undernourished, covered
:00:37. > :00:39.37 puppies - many cross-bred so-called designer dogs -
:00:40. > :00:42.seized by horrified RSPCA inspectors at Pastures Farm in Bickenhill.
:00:43. > :00:45.One puppy was found dead in a plastic bag.
:00:46. > :00:49.Customer Anita D'Souza paid ?350 for Riley.
:00:50. > :01:09.It turned from a joyous moment, getting a puppy, and all excited, to
:01:10. > :01:12.a bit of a risk that would risk. It was horrible, and in her last few
:01:13. > :01:15.moments, she was looking at me. It still gives me a real lump in my
:01:16. > :01:16.throat. It still makes my stomach churn.
:01:17. > :01:19.Jailed for six months, the puppy farm owner Sean Kerr
:01:20. > :01:21.was also banned from keeping dogs for life.
:01:22. > :01:23.Many of the puppies he sold, like Riley,
:01:24. > :01:24.had contracted parvovirus, a highly contagious disease.
:01:25. > :01:38.The district judge told Kerr was sad to see someone who had once cared
:01:39. > :01:44.for horses and had been a jockey had now turned to this horrible trade.
:01:45. > :01:48.He said he believed Kerr had made a substantial fortune from dealing in
:01:49. > :01:50.puppies, and he ordered him to pay ?30,000 towards prosecution costs.
:01:51. > :01:51.The puppies were many different breeds, some
:01:52. > :02:05.The trade in puppies is huge. If you look on the internet, you will see
:02:06. > :02:08.thousands and thousands of dogs for sale, and that is why it is
:02:09. > :02:13.extremely important for the public to be vigilant about where they
:02:14. > :02:16.purchase a puppy from. For one charity, today's prison
:02:17. > :02:20.sentence was not long enough. Six months for this amount of
:02:21. > :02:23.would like to see sentencing would like to see sentencing
:02:24. > :02:25.increased so that the punishments are fitting the crime is committed.
:02:26. > :02:28.One of the seized dogs, he's now being looked
:02:29. > :02:32.after by veterinary nurse Jemma Jennings.
:02:33. > :02:36.He was subdued, quiet, not really interacting
:02:37. > :02:49.From when he came, he's a lot more outgoing,
:02:50. > :02:52.Nine of the seized animals were pregnant.
:02:53. > :02:54.27 puppies have since been born, leaving 64 dogs
:02:55. > :02:57.But at least this operation has brought one unscrupulous
:02:58. > :03:03.More than 500 black cabs and nearly 1,500 private hire taxis could be
:03:04. > :03:07.forced off Birmingham's roads by the end of the year.
:03:08. > :03:10.The City Council says it's part of their efforts
:03:11. > :03:14.Amy Cole is in Birmingham city centre.
:03:15. > :03:20.So the council's facing pressure from the EU, Amy?
:03:21. > :03:23.The European Union has told the City Council that they must
:03:24. > :03:26.improve Birmingham's air quality or else they'll be slapped with a
:03:27. > :03:33.Now the council is pointing the finger at black cab drivers
:03:34. > :03:36.and private hire taxis whose vehicles are old and
:03:37. > :03:48.I'm joined now by Raja Amin from the RMT Union.
:03:49. > :03:53.How do your members feel about this? Why can't they get a green are
:03:54. > :03:56.vehicles? First of all, the proposal they have
:03:57. > :04:00.put forward such a radical one that we totally object to it. And
:04:01. > :04:06.secondly, for the prices they have to pay, 40- ?50,000 for each
:04:07. > :04:10.vehicle, there is no incentive there, there is no grant as such.
:04:11. > :04:15.What they are offered a 7500, a pebble in the ocean.
:04:16. > :04:20.The City Council says there are 900 deaths a year linked to poor air
:04:21. > :04:28.quality. That is not good. We all sympathise with that, and I
:04:29. > :04:31.firmly believe in having an emission zone in this city, but that's not
:04:32. > :04:35.just target these people who are working hard to earn their living.
:04:36. > :04:39.Surely, there are buses, trucks, lorries and others, which are using
:04:40. > :04:47.the same fuel and causing emissions, not just taxi drivers.
:04:48. > :04:51.Birmingham City Council was looking into leasing system where drivers
:04:52. > :04:54.could lease greener cars. That could work, couldn't it?
:04:55. > :04:57.That will tie them down to another burden on them. I believe they
:04:58. > :05:05.should give a grant like these to give back in the 1970s and 80s. They
:05:06. > :05:07.could save a lot of money. If they don't get a ?60 million fine, surely
:05:08. > :05:08.they can afford to give them a they can afford to give them
:05:09. > :05:12.grant. Thank you for joining us to night.
:05:13. > :05:16.Clearly, the City Council is facing a huge amount of pressure. They are
:05:17. > :05:17.looking at launching a 12 week public consultation.
:05:18. > :05:19.Thank you. A 15-year-old boy and a man aged 21
:05:20. > :05:22.have been arrested in connection They happened in
:05:23. > :05:26.Birmingham last week. Among the victims, a woman jogger
:05:27. > :05:28.who suffered burns as Police say the arrests early
:05:29. > :05:31.this morning are significant. Extra police patrols are continuing
:05:32. > :05:34.in Moseley and Kings Heath. Two West Midlands Police officers
:05:35. > :05:38.have been charged with drug offences, conspiracy to steal
:05:39. > :05:42.and misconduct in public office. The constables, who are based
:05:43. > :05:45.at Perry Barr, were immediately Six other people arrested
:05:46. > :05:50.in early morning raids across the West Midlands on Tuesday
:05:51. > :05:52.morning have also been charged. Plans for a Legoland Discovery
:05:53. > :05:59.Centre in Birmingham, like the one in Manchester,
:06:00. > :06:03.have been approved. It will be the second
:06:04. > :06:05.in the country. It'll be aimed at children under
:06:06. > :06:09.eight and as many as 2,500 people a day are expected
:06:10. > :06:13.to visit in peak season. The Worcestershire batsman
:06:14. > :06:16.Daryl Mitchell says it's a huge honour to have been elected chairman
:06:17. > :06:19.of the players union, the The 33-year-old will link up again
:06:20. > :06:25.with his former county chief executive David Leatherdale who now
:06:26. > :06:29.has the same role at the PCA Mitchell says one of the big
:06:30. > :06:46.issues for players is Hopefully, we can get a good idea of
:06:47. > :06:50.what our views are and then get them across to influence the ECB and get
:06:51. > :06:55.a great deal for the players, and obviously, it is not an easy task
:06:56. > :06:59.for the ECB, with so many stakeholders in cricket, the media,
:07:00. > :07:02.County clubs, counties are porters and members, but I do believe the
:07:03. > :07:03.players have a very important role to play.
:07:04. > :07:06.Hundreds of secret wartime letters have come to light telling the story
:07:07. > :07:09.of two gay soldiers who risked everything for the sake of love.
:07:10. > :07:12.The letters were sent by infantryman Gordon Bowsher to his lover
:07:13. > :07:14.Gunner Gilbert Bradley, who was stationed in Shropshire
:07:15. > :07:17.at a time when gay relationships were still illegal.
:07:18. > :07:30.Darling, I feel sometimes that I shall burst. I am so full of pent-up
:07:31. > :07:35.love for you. Illicit letters between two men when
:07:36. > :07:39.their love would have been illegal. Gunner Gilbert Bradley, former BBC
:07:40. > :07:43.studio assistant from Cheltenham, was stationed in Oswestry from 1939.
:07:44. > :07:44.Again, darling, I love you for ever and ever.
:07:45. > :07:50.The letters are from Infantryman The letters are from Infantryman
:07:51. > :07:53.Gordon Bowsher from Devon, but no picture of him has yet been found.
:07:54. > :08:00.Most letters like this would have been burned, but they were found in
:08:01. > :08:04.a house clearance and bought online by Oswestry Town Museum.
:08:05. > :08:08.It stunned us, to start with, because we had assumed all letters
:08:09. > :08:11.were from a girlfriend fiance, because of what they talked about,
:08:12. > :08:16.and then the realisation that we had actually uncovered a gold mine of
:08:17. > :08:19.correspondent between the two man. By contrast, Jeff Hardy and Peter
:08:20. > :08:27.Roscoe from Shrewsbury hit headlines 11 years ago, among the first to
:08:28. > :08:30.helping to organise and LGBT history helping to organise and LGBT history
:08:31. > :08:35.festival in Shrewsbury this weekend whether letters will be read.
:08:36. > :08:39.Who would have thought, from 1939, despite Gordon saying, darling,
:08:40. > :08:45.please do one thing for me, destroy all these letters, silly old
:08:46. > :08:49.Gilbert, or good old Gilbert, took no notice, and kept them all.
:08:50. > :08:53.Here we are looking at something so personal, so loving, and so caring,
:08:54. > :08:57.between two guys in the Second World War.
:08:58. > :09:02.Jeff and Peter's relationship was formed in tricky times.
:09:03. > :09:05.Well, we have been together coming up for 38 years, and it was a very
:09:06. > :09:12.different world. 38 actually a! Even for us, back in
:09:13. > :09:18.the late 70s, very different world. You know, still very restrictive,
:09:19. > :09:21.and it was very hard to find a partner for life.
:09:22. > :09:25.1940s Britain was a different place to live, and Gordon and Gilbert did
:09:26. > :09:28.not stay together, but Pete and Geoff feel their letters are
:09:29. > :09:32.priceless. One of them says, one day, maybe we
:09:33. > :09:36.will live in more enlightened times. We won't have to keep hiding and
:09:37. > :09:40.running. It took a long time, but here we are, and in a way, we are
:09:41. > :09:42.the fulfilment of their wishes and dreams.
:09:43. > :09:51.The weather now with Rebecca. From me, goodnight.
:09:52. > :09:56.Good evening. It has been another cloudy day to day. Some breaks in
:09:57. > :10:00.the cloud, particularly through the first half of the day. Temperatures
:10:01. > :10:05.responded nicely to the sunshine. We saw them up to 12 Celsius in parts
:10:06. > :10:10.of the region. Into tomorrow, they will continue to stay mild. Also, so
:10:11. > :10:14.more bright spells, and perhaps some more cloud around. It is thick
:10:15. > :10:19.enough to squeeze out the odd spot of rain. Over the tops of the
:10:20. > :10:24.highest hills, we could see a touch of mist and fog developing, but for
:10:25. > :10:28.the South, we start to see that rain easing, and we might get a view
:10:29. > :10:31.holder Matt cloud across parts of Herefordshire and Gloucestershire.
:10:32. > :10:35.Temperatures will fall away, and mist patches may develop. Or
:10:36. > :10:39.tomorrow, warm front is draped across the West Midlands. It slowly
:10:40. > :10:45.starts to clear is that, and behind that, we will get some brighter
:10:46. > :10:50.spells. Drizzle through the morning, and eventually, we will start to see
:10:51. > :10:56.that marching eastwards. Behind it, things brighten up for the West.
:10:57. > :10:58.West is best sunshine tomorrow. Temperatures, 10-11, though they
:10:59. > :11:02.could get a touch higher. The national forecast is next.
:11:03. > :11:06.of 11. Not too bad for the forthcoming weekend. Here is Nick
:11:07. > :11:11.Miller with a resume of the National weather picture.
:11:12. > :11:14.Hello, rain for some of us today although it won't make much of a
:11:15. > :11:20.dent in the dry winter so far across much of the UK. A few threatening
:11:21. > :11:21.clouds in Cumbria but more than a threat of rain across the