:00:00. > :00:09.Police are warning drivers to be extra vigilant after a spate
:00:10. > :00:14.19 people have been arrested including a boy of 13.
:00:15. > :00:17.Amy Cole has been talking to one woman who was robbed
:00:18. > :00:28.Two years ago, Nikki Law-Priddey was dragged into the road
:00:29. > :00:32.when a thief jumped into her car and drove off.
:00:33. > :00:35.And last year, Anthony Mathers fought off an armed gang who tried
:00:36. > :00:40.Sarah is now using her husband's car after their top-of-the-range Kia
:00:41. > :00:44.estate was stolen in Moseley one morning last week.
:00:45. > :00:48.She's still so traumatised we've agreed not to show her face.
:00:49. > :00:52.Sarah was accosted by two men - one of whom was on the driver's side
:00:53. > :00:57.I was just holding on to the steering wheel, I don't know why.
:00:58. > :01:00.It was my natural instinct to protect the car.
:01:01. > :01:10.somebody was trying to get into the passenger door.
:01:11. > :01:25.Sarah screamed out the window for help which caused both men
:01:26. > :01:29.So they backed off but then came back and it was worse.
:01:30. > :01:31.Yes, that's when he got the knife out.
:01:32. > :01:34.All I remember is him looking me straight in the eye and saying,
:01:35. > :01:37."Get out of the car," and then this knife came towards me
:01:38. > :01:41.cannot do this, I have a two-year-old son
:01:42. > :01:47.West Midlands Police says today they've arrested 11 people
:01:48. > :01:51.and charged five in connection with a spate of car jackings
:01:52. > :01:59.The arrests have been young males from the age of 13 to late teens.
:02:00. > :02:03.There is the suspicion that young males are being
:02:04. > :02:06.encouraged to get involved by those who have already done it which is
:02:07. > :02:16.As for Sarah, she's scared now when she goes out driving
:02:17. > :02:25.Senior Church of England leaders have criticised Cadbury over
:02:26. > :02:28.a decision to drop the word 'Easter' from its annual egg hunt.
:02:29. > :02:32.300 events - called the Cadbury Great British Egg Hunt -
:02:33. > :02:36.are taking place at National Trust properties across the country.
:02:37. > :02:39.Even the Prime Minister has intervened, calling
:02:40. > :02:43.Laura May McMullan is at Cadbury in Birmingham for us tonight.
:02:44. > :02:48.Laura, what's been the reaction today?
:02:49. > :02:51.Well, who would have thought - the humble Easter egg
:02:52. > :02:56.It's actually caused a huge national furore and all sparked off
:02:57. > :03:03.The Archbishop of York has said by not including the word "Easter"
:03:04. > :03:06.in the company's egg hunts, it's like "spitting in the face"
:03:07. > :03:10.of Cadbury's religious founder, John Cadbury.
:03:11. > :03:15.And local religious leaders are also infuriated.
:03:16. > :03:20.They are making money from selling eggs at a time of Easter celebration
:03:21. > :03:26.without referencing, without name-checking, Easter,
:03:27. > :03:30.Christianity or faith, and I think that is taking advantage
:03:31. > :03:40.Well, annual egg hunts at National Trust properties have
:03:41. > :03:43.been taking place for more than ten years now and in the past they've
:03:44. > :03:52.Well, for one the Prime Minister has called it "ridiculous" and people
:03:53. > :03:54.we've spoken to today are not happy.
:03:55. > :03:57.I think people are getting a bit too politically correct.
:03:58. > :04:03.Being a Sikh myself, I think it is important to remember
:04:04. > :04:09.We live in a Christian country and they are
:04:10. > :04:12.supposed to be Christian people. No.
:04:13. > :04:16.And, Laura, what has Cadbury had to say?
:04:17. > :04:23.They say Easter is referred to on much of its packaging and marketing.
:04:24. > :04:27.Also the National Trust has denied downplaying
:04:28. > :04:33.the significance of Easter and says there are thousands of references
:04:34. > :04:37.Some business leaders are saying it's just been blown out
:04:38. > :04:40.of all proportion and others say it's nothing but a storm
:04:41. > :04:46.The family of a man who was murdered at a tram stop last Friday,
:04:47. > :04:49.57-year-old Anthony Banting was stabbed several times
:04:50. > :04:53.after getting off a tram at Soho Benson Road in Birmingham.
:04:54. > :04:56.The father of four had been on his way to meet one of his sons.
:04:57. > :04:58.His family are urging anyone with information
:04:59. > :05:05.It was an eyesore that infuriated local residents and now
:05:06. > :05:08.Staffordshire County Council has started clearing up more
:05:09. > :05:11.than 300 tonnes of waste which was dumped in a wood.
:05:12. > :05:14.The rubbish was fly-tipped in Madeley Heath in January,
:05:15. > :05:16.blocking a car park and a public footpath.
:05:17. > :05:20.Here's our Staffordshire reporter, Liz Copper.
:05:21. > :05:23.300 tonnes of waste, a serious environmental
:05:24. > :05:28.The clean-up has begun in Walton's Wood in Madeley Heath.
:05:29. > :05:31.Contractors have been called in to shift the mounds
:05:32. > :05:37.This is fly-tipping on an industrial scale and this sort of activity
:05:38. > :05:40.has been preplanned, I would suggest.
:05:41. > :05:44.It takes a lot of organisation to get trucks in here,
:05:45. > :05:47.so unfortunately it is considerable environmental damage.
:05:48. > :05:50.The waste includes shredded paper and bandages.
:05:51. > :05:53.It will be taken away to be incinerated.
:05:54. > :05:56.The ground will also have to be scoured by litter pickers to make
:05:57. > :06:02.This waste was dumped overnight but it will take days to clear up
:06:03. > :06:09.Sharing that cost will be the Forestry Commission,
:06:10. > :06:17.It is just totally and utterly unacceptable.
:06:18. > :06:21.You can hear the birdsong in the background.
:06:22. > :06:30.This is something that is increasing recently and certainly on a big
:06:31. > :06:35.Already a criminal investigation is well under way.
:06:36. > :06:37.The maximum penalty for anyone convicted of this is an unlimited
:06:38. > :06:49.A portrait of the man who built a dizzyingly high monument
:06:50. > :06:52.in Shropshire has been discovered in Australia -
:06:53. > :07:00.Distant relatives of John Straphen - who built Lord Hill's Column
:07:01. > :07:03.in Shrewsbury - have donated the painting to the town's
:07:04. > :07:07.And today they saw the famous statue for the first time.
:07:08. > :07:10.Lord Hill's kept watch over Shrewsbury and beyond for 200 years.
:07:11. > :07:12.Standing 130 feet up, he's higher than Nelson's Column,
:07:13. > :07:17.But the man who built the column in 1815 is not so familiar.
:07:18. > :07:19.Warwick Horsfall is a distant relation of builder John Straphen,
:07:20. > :07:26.and he's travelled here with his wife from home
:07:27. > :07:31.in Australia to see the column for the first time.
:07:32. > :07:34.I'm not much of a fan of heights so I don't think I can get
:07:35. > :07:40.to the top but it is a dominant part of the skyline.
:07:41. > :07:52.He learnt his ancestor took over building the column
:07:53. > :07:56.when the original contractor died and he donated the spiral staircase.
:07:57. > :08:05.Warwick has brought a gift from halfway across the world.
:08:06. > :08:09.The portrait's been passed through generations of Warwick's
:08:10. > :08:12.family in Australia, though no-one knows
:08:13. > :08:17.So today Warwick gave the portrait to Shrewsbury.
:08:18. > :08:20.The painting has been hanging on the wall of our family home
:08:21. > :08:24.where I grew up and a few generations before
:08:25. > :08:27.that, in the corner of the dining room,
:08:28. > :08:35.I must admit I didn't pay it too much attention.
:08:36. > :08:42.The portrait's in the museum and art gallery.
:08:43. > :08:45.As for Lord Hill, five years ago surveyors said
:08:46. > :08:50.so the Friends of Lord Hill's Column are trying to raise half a million
:08:51. > :08:58.A busy night of football so let's get stuck into the results.
:08:59. > :09:01.In the Premier League, Stoke City lost 1-0 at Burnley,
:09:02. > :09:05.while West Bromwich Albion were also beaten - at Watford by 2-0.
:09:06. > :09:09.In the Championship, Jonathan Kodjia was on the scoresheet again,
:09:10. > :09:11.as Aston Villa beat Queen's Park Rangers by 1-0.
:09:12. > :09:18.Birmingham lost 3-1 at Brighton, while Wolves made it five
:09:19. > :09:20.wins in a row by beating Nottingham Forest 1-0 at Molineux.
:09:21. > :09:26.And in League One, Port Vale had Danny Pugh sent off
:09:27. > :09:30.And Shrewsbury stay in the relegation zone
:09:31. > :09:32.after suffering their fourth consecutive defeat -
:09:33. > :09:38.I'll be back with Midlands Today at six-thirty tomorrow
:09:39. > :09:43.Until then, I'll leave you with the weather from Shefali.
:09:44. > :10:01.After a cloudy start, what a glorious day. Plenty of spring
:10:02. > :10:08.sunshine for most but not all. The cloud hung around in parts of
:10:09. > :10:12.Warwickshire. But temperatures still reached 15 Celsius. That was despite
:10:13. > :10:17.a northerly breeze. We are looking to get into the high teens by the
:10:18. > :10:22.end of the week. That's because the wind is going to change to a
:10:23. > :10:29.southerly. It is settled tonight. Clear skies across the region. In
:10:30. > :10:34.rural spots, temperatures may fall just enough for a touch of frost.
:10:35. > :10:40.The winds are becoming later through the night. It is going to be a sunny
:10:41. > :10:46.start to the day but gradually we will see this cloud sync southwards.
:10:47. > :10:55.It is mainly high to medium level cloud. The maximum tomorrow will be
:10:56. > :10:59.13 Celsius in the south west with the moderate north-westerly wind.
:11:00. > :10:59.That's it. The national forecast is next and
:11:00. > :11:02.bit from the south, so we could get to 18 or higher on Sunday. Now the
:11:03. > :11:13.national focus. Good evening, things are looking good in the next
:11:14. > :11:16.few days, some pressure drifting in from the Atlantic, bringing some
:11:17. > :11:20.finance settled with it. Just some questions about the amount of cloud
:11:21. > :11:24.we will see under that. The cloud we saw the sea links gave rise to a
:11:25. > :11:28.lovely sunsets are many areas. This is the view from one of our weather
:11:29. > :11:31.watchers in Cornwall. Look at the tones in the sky in Warwickshire
:11:32. > :11:40.this evening. Here is the satellite sequence which
:11:41. > :11:42.shows it was pretty gloomy on the eastern side of England. Not much
:11:43. > :11:44.rain, but a good swathe of sunshine for many early on. In the
:11:45. > :11:45.north-west, showers. Gusty