28/02/2017 Midlands Today

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"The only protection they had was each other."

that's how Suzy Evans describes the last moments of the lives

of her son Joel, brother Adrian and Dad Patrick,

as they were gunned down in hotel in Tunisia.

Her youngest son, Owen, survived the terror attack.

Today the coroner recorded a verdict of unlawful killing at the inquests

into the 30 British holiday makers who died in Sousse in June 2015.

Suzy Evans and her son Owen arrived at the Royal Courts of

Justice for the last day of the inquest,

but as she said afterward, their ordeal is far from final.

For many now, going on holiday will never be the same.

My family placed their trust in their tour operator

to provide them a safe and secure holiday.

But it is clear, I believe, that security was

Owen, the only survivor of the terror attacks which

killed his brother Joel Richards grandfather Pat Evans and uncle

Adrian Evans on a holiday to celebrate the end of his GCSEs

Sitting beside Cheryl Stollery from Retford

who lost her husband John, Suzy described her pain.

People say to me how do I cope and I say, well, you

know, I'm still a mother and I am thankful of that, that I've still

concluded that her son, father and brother were among 30 Britons

unlawfully killed at the hands of an Islamic gunman.

But the judge rejected a finding of neglect

against the travel company and the hotel, which many

They clearly did not put safety before a

This top 5-star hotel was chosen by terrorists because it was

The company said changes had been made

As an industry, we have adapted and we will need to continue

This terrorist incident left its mark on all of us and its

The coroner described the local police response as at best shambolic

It took an hour for the gunman to be shot dead

In a chilling conclusion, the coroner read out the names of

Joel Richards and his grandfather Pat

Evans, shot in the head after fleeing to the indoor pool.

His uncle, Adrian Evans, wounded in the neck

Susanna Davy, a mother of three from Tamworth, and her partner,

Scott Chalkley from Derby, both killed on the beach.

Former Birmingham city football,

Dennis Thwaite and his wife Elaine, who later moved

But for Suzy and Owen, their pain continues.

Inmates at Featherstone Prison near Wolverhampton are choosing

to stay in their cells all day to avoid the violence of other

prisoners, according to Government inspectors.

A report says there has been a shocking worsening

in standards at the jail, with levels of violence

Sian Grzeszczyk has more on this report.

the report go into about conditions for prisoners?

Well, inspectors say that some inmates are "living in fear"

and choosing to stay in their cells 24 hours a day.

The abuse some prisoners suffered included other prisoners urinating

The report follows an unannounced inspection in October which was held

two months after inmates started fires during a week of disturbances.

The Chief inspector of prisons is also very critical

It describes a prison that is beset with drugs, far too much violence,

some prisoners isolating themselves in their cells through fear of other

prisoners and I'm afraid to say, a leadership of the prison that has

not got a grip on what is happening there.

Yes, we've been speaking to a former prisoner Reece Chisholm,

offences and told us he was one of those who feared

It is a shambles. The staff are unreal. The people behind the doors,

left right and centre, it is filthy. There were wrapped in myself. It is

disgusting. I absolutely hated it I could not wait to see the back of

the blaze. at Featherstone was "clear evidence

of poor industrial relations, "staff shortages and some

significant prisoner unrest." Reacting to the report, the chief

executive of the national offender mangement service Michael Spurr said

"The Government have set out a clear "plan for reform in the Prison

and Courts Bill laid before "that the Governor and management

team at Featherstone can turn "things round and achieve

the improvements required." No doubt that the prison will be

monitored very closely now, A group of people from Telford have

been sentenced to almost 80 years in prison, after they spent days

"systematically torturing" Six young men - two

of whom can't be identified - and a young woman all pleaded guilty

to causing grvieous One defendant also pleaded guilty

to false imprisonment. The judge at Stafford Crown Court

said they'd all played a part in an "appalling"

campaign of torture. A court's been told how

a breast surgeon, who worked at hospitals around Midlands,

carried out "completely unnecessary" operations after inventing

or exaggerating cancer risks. Ian Paterson denies 20 counts

of wounding with intent Today the prosecution said

the patients "underwent extensive, "life-changing operations for no

medically justifiable reason". Gold jewellery, thought

to be 2,500 years old has been discovered buried

in a field in Staffordshire. It was found by two metal detector

enthusiasts who'd become so bored with the hobby,

they gave it up. 20 years later they decided

to have another go It's been buried underground

for almost 2,500 years, but this morning, the oldest hoard

of Iron Age gold ever found in Britain was unveiled

at the Potteries Museum Watching on, the two friends

from Leek who made the discovery last December while out metal

detecting in the When I dug it up I knew

it was gold straightaway, you know, I just had

a feeling, you know? I had to pick myself

up off the floor. He said, come on, I'll show you,

the hole is still open. The pair found another three items

and the next day took them to show Teresa Gilmore,

Staffordshire's Finds He rummaged in his bag,

dug out an old duster, put it on the table and went

"You need to see this." He opened it up and

I went, yes, I do. That's quite a significant

find, well done. What they'd found were four

pieces of jewellery dating A find so significant,

it will change how we think What this is telling us

is that 2,500 years ago, so before the Roman conquest,

people in Staffordshire had contact with communities on the continent,

so maybe we need to reframe a little bit how we think all of those

connections worked and really think about Staffordshire being a very

important, dynamic centre Along with archaeologists,

Joe and Mark have spent the past two months searching the rest

of the area near to Leek and are now It will go on display

from tomorrow for three weeks at the Potteries Museum

before being valued. The reward money will

be split between Joe Onto tonight's football results

and in the Championship, it's back-to-back wins for Aston

Villa, beating Bristol City 2-0. In League One, Coventry remain

bottom after losing 2-1 at Bury. Meanwhile, Port Vale's game

at Rochdale and Walsall's match against Chesterfield were both

postponed due to bad weather. In League Two, a third

straight win for Cheltenham, And in the National League,

Solihull Moors game against Torquay was also postponed due

to poor weather. Finally from one ball game

to a rather different one - a tradition that's been

going for more than 800 years. Hundreds of people gathered

in Atherstone to take part in the annual Ball Game,

which is a Shrove Tuesday ritual. Residents fight over the ball

and one of them has to be the last holding it

when the horn sounds. What a fantastic thing to celebrate,

every year, Shrove Tuesday, one of two towns who do

the Shrove Tuesday Ball Game and what an event, the whole town's

alive and ready for action. That's all from me,

have a good night. I'll leave you with

the weather from Shefali. With spring starting tomorrow, we

saw signs is one of its sparkling sunshine across parts of the region.

But then we had heavy rain in the form of rain and showers and an snow

as well across some parts, particularly over the peaks to the

north of the region. But it is a mobile picture over the next few

days. A low pressure dominates and this area of rain and strong winds

come up from the South during the of tomorrow. Then applied pressure for

Thursday the next area of low pressure of heavy rain and strong

winds on Friday. Across the region now, most of the rain has cleared.

Just a future showers left which will also fade into the early hours

leaving clearer spells where temperatures will drop to 2-3 C.

They could be ice in the morning and frost, too. Otherwise, bright and

sunny to start. A fuel showers across the north of the region and

MacLeod thickens up from the south, bringing in light rain toward the

end of the day. Top temperatures of 8- I Celsius. Dry on Thursday. Now

the national forecast. is the nicest day of the next view,

otherwise chilly and unsettled. Good evening. We are about to head

into March, the days are getting longer, but are they getting any

warmer? Not really. We will get there in the end, but we will have

to be patient, not very springlike at the moment. Some showers

scattered around across England and Wales will tend to diminish in

number, a few left behind, wintry showers across the north of

Scotland, snow