:00:00. > 3:59:59That's it from us. They will be continuing coverage throughout the
:00:00. > :00:08.night on Firefighters will be working
:00:09. > :00:12.throughout the night, At its height,
:00:13. > :00:19.100 firefighters were needed on the
:00:20. > :00:22.Blackpole East Trading estate. Around 150 people were at work,
:00:23. > :00:25.when the alarm was raised - Sarah Bishop's been speaking
:00:26. > :00:28.to some of those affected. The smoke was unreal,
:00:29. > :00:31.thick, black smoke. Never seen that much
:00:32. > :00:36.smoke in my whole life. A warehouse the size of four
:00:37. > :00:47.football pitches up in smoke. When a fire crews arrived
:00:48. > :00:50.at 8:30am, they knew they had The first challenge was getting
:00:51. > :00:54.close to the building. We have had to rotate crews
:00:55. > :01:02.working in these arduous conditions. A member of staff initially spotted
:01:03. > :01:06.the beginnings of the fire and tried to put it out
:01:07. > :01:21.with a fire extinguisher. 150 staff work here sorting
:01:22. > :01:23.and delivering bulky furniture. The only thing that
:01:24. > :01:25.matters is that there has Stock can be replaced.
:01:26. > :01:29.Operations can resume. With the estate evacuated,
:01:30. > :01:35.the fire was the talk of Worcester. Shortly after, I saw a gas bottle
:01:36. > :01:47.explode and shoot into the sky. I wondered if we were going to get
:01:48. > :01:52.close down temporarily There are no immediate clues
:01:53. > :01:58.as to what caused the fire, A series of raids were carried out
:01:59. > :02:07.across Staffordshire and Herefordshire today,
:02:08. > :02:09.targeting people who've In the past twelve months,
:02:10. > :02:15.there's been a steep increase in illegal dumping
:02:16. > :02:18.across the West Midlands, leading to big clean up costs
:02:19. > :02:21.and health hazards for locals. On an industrial estate
:02:22. > :02:25.in Staffordshire months of investigation lead to a swoop
:02:26. > :02:28.on a haulage yard. Police looking at the site,
:02:29. > :02:31.it seems as though there We are forcing entry to get
:02:32. > :02:37.in and seize evidence. This one of two raids
:02:38. > :02:41.on the Moorlands, there was a third in Stoke-on-Trent and a fourth
:02:42. > :02:44.in Ledbury in Herefordshire Today's raids are connected
:02:45. > :02:52.to illegal dumping of waste at 20 sites, waste amounting to in excess
:02:53. > :02:55.of 25,000 tonnes. Part of an operation
:02:56. > :03:00.intended to protect people and the places where they live
:03:01. > :03:05.from an increasingly common crime. We are working closely with other
:03:06. > :03:12.agencies to limit it and manage ongoing sites to make sure any
:03:13. > :03:15.risks are mitigated. I can understand how
:03:16. > :03:18.the public feel, it is not We are working with the Environment
:03:19. > :03:23.Agency to get on top of it Industrial waste on an industrial
:03:24. > :03:32.scale. Bales of rubbish wrapped
:03:33. > :03:35.in plastic lifted into place by unscrupulous gangs,
:03:36. > :03:37.paid by individuals or businesses, simply to get rid -
:03:38. > :03:39.no questions asked. Criminals can fill a warehouse just
:03:40. > :03:42.like this in a matter of days, It's one of the biggest challenges
:03:43. > :03:48.facing the environment agency, they've described waste crime
:03:49. > :03:52.as the new narcotics and one they're urging all of us
:03:53. > :03:55.to play a part in tackling. Any business that produces waste,
:03:56. > :03:58.you need to know where it's going. Any landowner that is being
:03:59. > :04:01.approached to rent land, if it seems too good to be true,
:04:02. > :04:06.it almost certainly is. Take your responsibilities
:04:07. > :04:09.seriously. Culprits face a jail
:04:10. > :04:13.term of five years. Rewards can be lucrative
:04:14. > :04:17.but investigators say they will follow the money
:04:18. > :04:24.and where they can recover it. A jury's been sent out to consider
:04:25. > :04:26.verdicts in the trial of a breast surgeon,
:04:27. > :04:30.accused of carrying out "completely unnecessary" operations,
:04:31. > :04:34.at hospitals in the West Midlands. Ian Paterson denies 20 counts
:04:35. > :04:36.of wounding with intent - against nine women and one man -
:04:37. > :04:41.between 1997 and 2011. The trial heard his alleged motive
:04:42. > :04:47.might have been to make extra money. Gerard Coyne, who's challenging
:04:48. > :04:50.Len McCluskey to lead Unite, has been suspended from his post
:04:51. > :04:53.as the union's West Midlands It's understood an email was sent
:04:54. > :05:00.to Unite members and staff in the region this afternoon,
:05:01. > :05:02.informing them The move comes as counting
:05:03. > :05:07.is about to get under way, Twelve awards have been given out
:05:08. > :05:11.tonight, to members of the public who have shown courage,
:05:12. > :05:12.care, compassion Among those taking
:05:13. > :05:18.a Pride of Birmingham award home, is Moin Younis, who was born
:05:19. > :05:21.with a rare skin condition - as an young ambassador
:05:22. > :05:25.for Acorns Hospice. Our reporter Ben Godfrey has been
:05:26. > :05:28.at the awards, and joins me now. So some incredible
:05:29. > :05:38.stories being rewarded. The great Hall here is fizzing with
:05:39. > :05:44.emotion here tonight. Amazing stories of courage and celebrities
:05:45. > :05:51.in attendance, the likes of noddy Holder, Ross Kemp, the presenter
:05:52. > :05:58.Katie Piper. This young lad has captured people's imaginations. He's
:05:59. > :06:03.the only person in the world with this skin condition. He has been an
:06:04. > :06:05.ambassador for the hospice and he got a round of applause.
:06:06. > :06:11.I just hope to inspire other people out there by winning this award
:06:12. > :06:14.and I feel great in myself and I just everyone else who wins
:06:15. > :06:19.awards tonight to also feel good and enjoy the night.
:06:20. > :06:28.I'm delighted to introduce the fundraiser of the year. A man you
:06:29. > :06:37.might recognise Ben it's David Healy. This is the pride of
:06:38. > :06:42.Birmingham, you've been nominated, I went, thank you very much. I'm told
:06:43. > :06:49.you've raised ?3 million. You've done the equivalent of two laps
:06:50. > :06:54.around the planet. What planet are you from? I keep asking myself the
:06:55. > :06:57.same question. I'm on this planet and I hope I'm staying on this
:06:58. > :07:04.planet. It's been an incredible few years. Really incredible. What have
:07:05. > :07:10.you done next? We've just did our latest challenge which is to attempt
:07:11. > :07:16.all the great runs. We kicked off in Edinburgh in January and the hope is
:07:17. > :07:21.we will compete in 27 runs throughout the year finishing in
:07:22. > :07:23.Ethiopia in November. I could talk to you all night. But we've got to
:07:24. > :07:28.finish the news! Wonderful stuff. The largest hoard
:07:29. > :07:30.of gold coins ever found, has now been declared treasure -
:07:31. > :07:33.after it was discovered hidden The sovereigns could be worth up
:07:34. > :07:38.to a quarter of a million pounds, with any reward being divided
:07:39. > :07:40.between the man who found the coins, and the college
:07:41. > :07:42.which owns the piano. A piano which was donated
:07:43. > :07:52.to a college in Shropshire but just before Christmas this man discovered
:07:53. > :07:56.hundreds of coins in dusty, hand-stitched packages
:07:57. > :08:00.underneath its keyboard. I'd been called in
:08:01. > :08:02.to tune and repair this piano, so I took out
:08:03. > :08:05.a couple of the keys and opened the top
:08:06. > :08:07.here and, hey presto! There were some
:08:08. > :08:09.interesting packages. So, I quickly got my
:08:10. > :08:12.penknife and bonded one of the ends and I thought,
:08:13. > :08:18."Oh, that's gold!" Experts say it's the largest
:08:19. > :08:20.gold sovereign horde It consists of more than 900 coins,
:08:21. > :08:30.most of which were made Out of all these coins,
:08:31. > :08:35.this one is the This one, however,
:08:36. > :08:40.was made in 1915 and that suggests the coins
:08:41. > :08:42.were hidden around that time. We know that there is no
:08:43. > :08:46.hundred and 13 gold coins there and that's more than six
:08:47. > :08:48.kilos worth of gold. Back in the day when it was hidden,
:08:49. > :08:54.in 1915, you could have bought a four bed town house
:08:55. > :08:57.with that which is the equivalent of An inquest ruled it was unclear
:08:58. > :09:05.who the treasure Now, any reward will go
:09:06. > :09:13.to the college and the tuner. I was actually dancing up and down
:09:14. > :09:21.so I do have emotions In a fortnight, two million
:09:22. > :09:24.people living across parts of the West Midlands will have had
:09:25. > :09:28.the chance to vote for the first All six candidates have been taking
:09:29. > :09:31.part in a special TV debate. The new mayor will have extensive
:09:32. > :09:34.powers over transport, housing and job creation
:09:35. > :09:36.in the newly formed You can see the debate
:09:37. > :09:42.straight after the weather. I'll leave you with
:09:43. > :09:48.the forecast from Rebecca. There's plenty of cloud
:09:49. > :09:55.around tonight and that cloud is going to stick with us
:09:56. > :09:58.until tomorrow morning. Not a sunny day but plenty
:09:59. > :10:00.of dry weather to come. At times, that cloud might be thick
:10:01. > :10:04.enough to give the odd spot of rain and that will be as we head
:10:05. > :10:06.through tonight as well. It is associated with a cold front
:10:07. > :10:09.which will see tomorrow. For tonight, a cloudy
:10:10. > :10:11.night and milder night Temperatures holding up
:10:12. > :10:16.between eight and 10 Celsius. Into tomorrow, we have that cold
:10:17. > :10:18.front working its way High pressure still in charge,
:10:19. > :10:24.keeping it largely at bay but the cloud will thicken up
:10:25. > :10:27.as we had through the overnight Tomorrow, a cloudy start to the day
:10:28. > :10:31.and then we will at times seemed that cloud thick enough to give
:10:32. > :10:34.the odd spot of rain but also some holes in that cloud which will make
:10:35. > :10:37.things attach brighter in that brightness
:10:38. > :10:39.we could push up to 16 Celsius. So, it will be a cloudy end
:10:40. > :10:43.to the day that it is going to be a largely dry end to the day and dry
:10:44. > :10:46.start to our weekend with temperatures, again,
:10:47. > :10:48.overnight holding up between eight and 10 Celsius but,
:10:49. > :10:52.as we head into Saturday we're going to keep that cloud,
:10:53. > :10:54.keep that high-pressure, Helen Willetts will have
:10:55. > :10:57.more information on that I'll leave you with an outlook
:10:58. > :11:06.for the next few days. week for much of the UK and for more
:11:07. > :11:11.about that and the UK outlook, Helen Willetts.
:11:12. > :11:17.The sunshine make such a difference this time of year, only 12 or so
:11:18. > :11:22.degrees under the cloud today but 19 in eastern Scotland not far away
:11:23. > :11:26.from St Andrews. Also in north-east England, where we had the majority
:11:27. > :11:32.of the decent sunshine. Even under cloud it was dry for the most part.
:11:33. > :11:33.We have this week whether forgiving showers in the south. This weather