:00:00. > :00:00.Good evening. me to find out more now
:00:00. > :00:08.Pioneering technology being trialled at the University
:00:09. > :00:10.of Birmingham could revolutionise safety in football.
:00:11. > :00:12.Experts there are hoping that concussion could be identified
:00:13. > :00:16.in a matter of seconds they believe players who'd suffered
:00:17. > :00:20.a head injury could therefore be prevented from rejoining the game
:00:21. > :00:25.The technology's now being looked at by at least one
:00:26. > :00:32.COMMENTATOR: Both appear, certainly in Dawson's
:00:33. > :00:36.Injuries are part and parcel of the game,
:00:37. > :00:44.Evidence is mounting it can affect the brain.
:00:45. > :00:47.This virtual reality device is called an Oculus Rift,
:00:48. > :00:51.and something similar is currently being trialled at some college
:00:52. > :00:55.soccer games in America with a neurosurgeon pitchside.
:00:56. > :00:59.And along with clinical assessments, it can help to detect
:01:00. > :01:06.Dr Michael Grey has been conducting a trial with the device
:01:07. > :01:10.for the last three years, and he's brought it along to show
:01:11. > :01:17.The idea of the test is getting the brain to do two
:01:18. > :01:29.With our virtual reality balance test, we're having
:01:30. > :01:32.the brain do one thing, and then we challenge it
:01:33. > :01:37.And it's only by doing this that we can see subtle changes that
:01:38. > :01:40.might not show up in a standard neurocognitive test.
:01:41. > :01:46.I think we're looking for functional task to allow us to make a quick
:01:47. > :01:48.decision and technologies such as that could potentially be
:01:49. > :01:57.So, could football learn from other sports?
:01:58. > :02:01.New rule changes have been introduced to reduce head injuries,
:02:02. > :02:06.and every player now receives concussion training.
:02:07. > :02:10.The challenge is when we allow players to get back out on the pitch
:02:11. > :02:18.Because the next one, the same blow, may cause a more serious injury.
:02:19. > :02:21.For current players and youngsters, just a few hundred pounds
:02:22. > :02:23.on new technology could help to prevent
:02:24. > :02:31.Laura May McMullan, BBC Midlands Today.
:02:32. > :02:34.Four people walked away with only minor injuries after a bus
:02:35. > :02:37.ploughed into a house in Coventry this morning.
:02:38. > :02:41.The bus failed to negotiate a roundabout and collided with a car
:02:42. > :02:44.before smashing into the property on Keresley Road.
:02:45. > :02:50.It hit the outer wall of the owner's children's bedroom.
:02:51. > :02:54.Fortunately, they were sleeping elsewhere.
:02:55. > :03:07.We heard a banging noise and I said what happened, and he said somebody
:03:08. > :03:11.said there was a car outside and he opened the curtain and he saw next
:03:12. > :03:14.door there was a bus inside the house and we were really shocked.
:03:15. > :03:17.A pensioner's been jailed for four years after knocking down
:03:18. > :03:19.and killing a three-year-old girl on a pedestrian crossing.
:03:20. > :03:21.Poppy-Arabella Rose Clarke was walking across Chester Road
:03:22. > :03:23.in Boldmere in Sutton Coldfield last July.
:03:24. > :03:28.Poppy died in hospital - her mother Rachel was seriously injured.
:03:29. > :03:34.72-year-old John Place admitted causing death by dangerous driving.
:03:35. > :03:37.The funeral's taken place of Brenda Procter, a leading
:03:38. > :03:40.campaigner during the 1984 Miners Strike in Stoke-on-Trent.
:03:41. > :03:44.Trade unionists, including former NUM leader Arthur Scargill, turned
:03:45. > :03:48.out in force to pay their respects to the 66-year-old.
:03:49. > :03:51.Mrs Procter was secretary of the North Staffordshire Miners'
:03:52. > :03:56.Wives Action Group and later became a city councillor.
:03:57. > :03:59.House prices are on the rise and, according to research by the online
:04:00. > :04:03.Estate Agents Rightmove, the growth's now being driven not
:04:04. > :04:07.The company says the increase reflects growing interest
:04:08. > :04:12.in the region, but also a shortage of properties in some price ranges.
:04:13. > :04:14.Elizabeth Glinka has been taking a closer look
:04:15. > :04:18.So Elizabeth, this sounds like good news for the Midlands,
:04:19. > :04:23.The increase reflects a buoyant market, people
:04:24. > :04:26.are feeling confident, people are moving to the region
:04:27. > :04:31.As we heard in the past, the Midlands is now the number one
:04:32. > :04:34.location for 30 and 40 somethings relocating from London.
:04:35. > :04:41.Price rises can also reflect a shortage of supply.
:04:42. > :04:44.Let's have a look at the figures that Rightmove have put out today.
:04:45. > :04:47.The average house price in England and Wales this month
:04:48. > :04:53.Just a few hundred pounds under the previous record,
:04:54. > :04:56.which was recorded in June last year.
:04:57. > :05:05.The average hearing the Midlands is, as you'd expect, lower.
:05:06. > :05:10.The prices here going up faster than almost anywhere else.
:05:11. > :05:14.We have the second highest growth rate in the country
:05:15. > :05:19.And while we know London is very expensive, their averages
:05:20. > :05:24.just under ?650,000 and, the prices are going up at a much
:05:25. > :05:35.So why do the experts think this is happening?
:05:36. > :05:37.There's an increase in investment from businesses
:05:38. > :05:41.There is an increase in confidence among buyers
:05:42. > :05:45.and there is an increase in confidence among sellers and also
:05:46. > :05:48.in terms of mortgages, mortgages for those people who can
:05:49. > :05:54.get them either the bit easier to get than they used to be years ago.
:05:55. > :05:58.get them are a bit easier to get than they used to be years ago.
:05:59. > :06:01.Now, perhaps they would say this as their living depends on it,
:06:02. > :06:03.but estate agents from the Midlands told Rightmove they expect prices
:06:04. > :06:07.to continue to rise in our region by between 4% and 5% over
:06:08. > :06:10.The most expensive part of our region is Warwickshire,
:06:11. > :06:13.where the average property price is now ?286,000.
:06:14. > :06:19.Now, we don't know what's going to happen with Brexit
:06:20. > :06:22.But at the moment it remains pretty competitive out there.
:06:23. > :06:26.Great if you own your own home, not so good you are trying to get
:06:27. > :06:29.A multi-million pound plant's opened in West Bromwich to recycle nappies,
:06:30. > :06:33.The company running it says it's the first if its kind.
:06:34. > :06:36.It'll stop thousands of tonnes of waste ending up in landfill
:06:37. > :06:40.and instead turn it into fuel for power stations.
:06:41. > :06:44.The company brings its waste from all around the country.
:06:45. > :06:47.It comes in at one end of the plant and there it goes through process
:06:48. > :06:50.which helps us to break it apart and take the moisture
:06:51. > :06:54.We can then return that moisture to the sewage system where it
:06:55. > :06:58.would ideally have gone to start with and what we're left with is dry
:06:59. > :07:02.product and that dry product is bailed and it creates something
:07:03. > :07:08.that can be used to recover energy as fuel and power stations.
:07:09. > :07:11.It's a tale of tempestuous love set in the wilds of the Yorkshire Moors.
:07:12. > :07:14.But this new film adaptation of 'Wuthering Heights' is actually
:07:15. > :07:17.being shot in the Midlands - with scenes in Herefordshire,
:07:18. > :07:22.The director sold her house to realise her dream
:07:23. > :07:24.of making the film, as our Arts Reporter Satnam Rana
:07:25. > :07:30.About five miles from the Welsh border lies the village
:07:31. > :07:37.the village and I'm coming into the churchyard now,
:07:38. > :07:45.The Church of St Mary and St David today, a film set for the adaptation
:07:46. > :07:47.of literary classic Wuthering Heights.
:07:48. > :07:55.Here because of director Elisaveta Abrahall,
:07:56. > :07:59.But isn't Emily Bronte's novel based in the Yorkshire Moors?
:08:00. > :08:02.The locality around here really does lend itself
:08:03. > :08:08.We have a fantastic amount of Shropshire hills -
:08:09. > :08:11.Cleehill is desolate at the best of times - and it really has
:08:12. > :08:14.so we hope that Yorkshire will forgive us for that.
:08:15. > :08:17.What's more, this director has raised the ?100,000 budget
:08:18. > :08:22.You can't always get the job you want, can you?
:08:23. > :08:24.So you've got to make the job you want sometimes,
:08:25. > :08:28.Filming has also taken place across Shropshire,
:08:29. > :08:31.Worcstershire and Gloucestershire - this, Chanvenage House.
:08:32. > :08:34.Opportunities have bene created for local orgaisations -
:08:35. > :08:38.today, KC Horse Rescue and, of course, locals
:08:39. > :08:44.It's nice to have something like this going on in the village.
:08:45. > :08:47.It's totally different to what we usually have going on here.
:08:48. > :08:50.And Cathy is played by a Herefordshire actress too,
:08:51. > :08:57.It's been really relaxing, oddly - I haven't had to do a thing.
:08:58. > :09:00.I fell asleep at one point, so that was pretty good.
:09:01. > :09:04.Expect a host of emotions in this film, which will be released in time
:09:05. > :09:15.for Emily Bronte's 200th birth anniverary in July 2018.
:09:16. > :09:19.I'll leave you with the weather from Rebecca.
:09:20. > :09:31.Thank you very much. Good evening. Today was the Equinox say that is
:09:32. > :09:36.when daytime and night-time becomes the same length and it was the start
:09:37. > :09:40.of spring for many people. It didn't really feel springlike as the start
:09:41. > :09:44.of the day. Lots of rain and cloud but through this afternoon we
:09:45. > :09:48.started to see the clouds breaking and we got some glorious sunshine.
:09:49. > :09:53.It was a glorious end to the day, lovely sunset. This week, very mixed
:09:54. > :09:56.picture. We start off with that breeze which we had today. That will
:09:57. > :10:00.blow through plenty of scratched showers. The speeding college as
:10:01. > :10:06.well but it should settle down by the time we get to the end of the
:10:07. > :10:09.week. We have clear skies tonight, the showers rattling through. As
:10:10. > :10:13.they need to cold air over the higher ground it could be a bit
:10:14. > :10:16.wintry because our temperatures are dropping to freezing. A chilly but
:10:17. > :10:20.bright start to the day tomorrow. Continuing to see those showers,
:10:21. > :10:24.some could be wintry as they touch cold air and ice through the
:10:25. > :10:30.morning, some thunder in there as well. It is also windy, the
:10:31. > :10:34.temperature is not doing well. As we continue to head through the week we
:10:35. > :10:38.start to get a little more unsettled. More rain than the swathe
:10:39. > :10:40.through into Wednesday. Winds will start to ease, the temperatures are
:10:41. > :10:46.finally starting to lift a little bit but it is a very messy picture.
:10:47. > :10:50.The low pressure, that wind dropping out, lots of weather systems. A wet
:10:51. > :10:54.day on Wednesday, something right behind that at our temperatures
:10:55. > :10:57.finally starting to recover. As to the end of the week, we are seeing
:10:58. > :10:59.high pressure finally start to take charge. I'll leave you with a look
:11:00. > :11:03.ahead at the end of outlook for Saturday and Sunday is
:11:04. > :11:12.for something dry and settled, sunny spells but a bit on the cool side.
:11:13. > :11:19.This week we are starting off with a taste of winter. This is Paul and
:11:20. > :11:24.maritime air, it has come from a long way north and will push in lots
:11:25. > :11:28.of showers. The last of any mild air gets swept away with the cloud.
:11:29. > :11:36.Tonight we have showers mostly across the northern half of the UK,
:11:37. > :11:39.which will turn wintry and that means more snow, particularly across
:11:40. > :11:46.Scotland and Northern Ireland, perhaps northern England. With those
:11:47. > :11:47.temperatures it is not just snow that is a