:00:00. > :00:09.Drayton Manor Theme Park in Staffordshire will be closed
:00:10. > :00:12.for a third day while a health and safety investigation
:00:13. > :00:18.continues into the death of a schoolgirl from Leicester.
:00:19. > :00:20.11-year-old Evha Janneth was on the Splash Canyon Rapids ride
:00:21. > :00:22.on Tuesday when she fell into the water.
:00:23. > :00:24.The park closed yesterday as a mark of respect
:00:25. > :00:28.Our Staffordshire reporter Liz Copper's been
:00:29. > :00:35.Drayton Manor has confirmed that the gates behind me will be
:00:36. > :00:38.closed to visitors tomorrow and that is to allow the Health
:00:39. > :00:42.and Safety Executive to continue their work on the ride.
:00:43. > :00:46.Staffordshire police will also be here tomorrow.
:00:47. > :00:50.This closure is unprecedented in the park's 67 year history
:00:51. > :00:54.and the park's owners say their thoughts remain
:00:55. > :00:57.with Evha's family and everyone he was affected by the incidents
:00:58. > :01:04.Throughout today, flowers have continued to be laid at the entrance
:01:05. > :01:12.to the park and Evha's family who spoke so movingly yesterday
:01:13. > :01:15.about how their world had been torn apart by her death are now preparing
:01:16. > :01:19.That is expected to take place sometime next week in Leicester
:01:20. > :01:21.and the family say the whole community has been deeply
:01:22. > :01:29.As for the investigation, it is expected that a postmortem
:01:30. > :01:31.examination will be conducted on Monday and then an inquest is
:01:32. > :01:40.Today, we heard that theme parks across Europe closed similar rides
:01:41. > :01:44.but this evening we have heard from Merlin entertainment
:01:45. > :01:47.who own a number of theme parks including Alton Towers and they say
:01:48. > :01:51.they have conducted their own safety and risk assessment and spoken
:01:52. > :01:55.to the Health and Safety Executive but as a result, they are confident
:01:56. > :02:00.they can reopen those rides tomorrow and I think that is an indication
:02:01. > :02:05.any wider safety concerns have been allayed fairly swiftly
:02:06. > :02:15.but when things will reopen here it Drayton Manor isn't yet clear.
:02:16. > :02:17.A man's been charged with using drones to fly
:02:18. > :02:19.drugs and mobile phones into Birmingham Prison -
:02:20. > :02:21.the first prosecution of its kind secured by West Midlands Police.
:02:22. > :02:24.Drones were allegedly used to drop contraband into an exercise yard
:02:25. > :02:28.at the jail in October and November last year.
:02:29. > :02:30.27-year-old Michael Tovey, from Erdington, is set to appear
:02:31. > :02:36.before Birmingham magistrates on the 7th of June.
:02:37. > :02:40.The inquest into the death of a woman struck by debris in high
:02:41. > :02:43.winds during storm Doris in February is to be held in October.
:02:44. > :02:47.Further investigations need to be made into how 29-year-old
:02:48. > :02:50.Tahnie Martin came to be hit by a piece of timber outside
:02:51. > :03:00.Exactly four weeks to go now until polling day and nominations
:03:01. > :03:02.have closed for candidates standing in the General Election.
:03:03. > :03:06.So, in the run-up to June eighth, today was always going to be a big
:03:07. > :03:08.moment for those seats where there are slim majorities.
:03:09. > :03:11.That's why we sent our reporter Ben Godfrey to one tightly fought
:03:12. > :03:15.West Midlands constituency to find out what issues are on the minds
:03:16. > :03:21.It's a beautiful day in Dudley North, the seat held
:03:22. > :03:24.by Labour since its creation in 1997 but high up on the list
:03:25. > :03:30.We have come to Corbyn Road to see what people are thinking.
:03:31. > :03:33.First we met Mandy Yerster, an undecided voter who wants
:03:34. > :03:39.the next Government to champion social care.
:03:40. > :03:43.Giving single parents more leeway, childcare because my son
:03:44. > :03:49.is autistic, a little bit more help regarding autism and stuff.
:03:50. > :03:52.With support for Labour, the Conservatives and Ukip in this
:03:53. > :03:54.area - it's no surprise the big hitters have been
:03:55. > :03:59.Far from getting ready for the next politician to visit -
:04:00. > :04:02.Lyndon Corbett - just to clear it up he's the Corbyn Road beekeeper -
:04:03. > :04:06.would welcome a ban on zero hours contract hours.
:04:07. > :04:08.Lyndon also runs a business providing home care
:04:09. > :04:19.It would be beneficial because we don't get paid enough to do these
:04:20. > :04:23.jobs. Basically when you do a 15 minute call for an old-age pension
:04:24. > :04:25.you do not have enough time to communicate with the one that is
:04:26. > :04:27.what some of them the most of all. Retired shop worker Betty had a bee
:04:28. > :04:30.in her bonnet when I caught up There is a lot of men in London,
:04:31. > :04:37.they are not in the real world. My bus is here and I
:04:38. > :04:41.am off, thank you! Some polling experts suggest
:04:42. > :04:45.Dudley North may turn blue in fours weeks' time,
:04:46. > :04:47.but on on Corbyn Road we found many That's for me to know
:04:48. > :05:06.and you not to! People who work or play sport
:05:07. > :05:10.outdoors are being urged to protect their skin now that
:05:11. > :05:15.sunnier weather's around. According to a recent study,
:05:16. > :05:18.working in the sun could lead to one death and five new cases
:05:19. > :05:20.of melanoma every week. Laura May McMullan's been talking
:05:21. > :05:22.to a former beach lifeguard from Shropshire who now
:05:23. > :05:29.has incurable melanoma. First being diagnosed with melanoma
:05:30. > :05:40.22 years ago and again in 2014. This time it's stage
:05:41. > :05:44.4 and incurable. Melanoma is such a cruel
:05:45. > :05:48.and unpredictable disease and I wouldn't want anyone to go
:05:49. > :05:51.through what I've gone through, the surgeries,
:05:52. > :05:58.the shock, the anxiety. In his youth, he spent years
:05:59. > :06:00.working on the beaches Doctors say it's vital
:06:01. > :06:08.for us to apply sun cream BEFORE we go in the sun,
:06:09. > :06:12.and that's because we all have a different burning threshold -
:06:13. > :06:21.when our skin starts to turn pink. Construction workers
:06:22. > :06:23.are at the highest risk of skin cancer, due to long hours
:06:24. > :06:25.of sun exposure. We've brought a UV camera
:06:26. > :06:27.to this Wolverhampton site You can see some sun damage
:06:28. > :06:42.on your cheeks, nose, and forehead. I wasn't surprised to see
:06:43. > :06:46.I have damage to my skin. Without doubt, having seen
:06:47. > :06:49.what has been evident, I've been sunburnt and after seeing
:06:50. > :06:54.this today, I would, He's urging others to stop burning
:06:55. > :07:10.up and instead cover up. If you take a look out
:07:11. > :07:13.of your window you might be lucky enough to spot ivy,
:07:14. > :07:15.hydrangeas, fuschia, magnolia, We have our ancestors
:07:16. > :07:21.to thank for bringing The great explorers of the day
:07:22. > :07:26.travelled the world. Ben Sidwell hasn't been that far,
:07:27. > :07:29.but he did take a trip to the Malvern Spring Festival
:07:30. > :07:33.on the trail of plant history. In the shadow of the Malvern Hills,
:07:34. > :07:38.some of the greatest flora and fauna the world has to offer
:07:39. > :07:41.and for this, we need to thank the Victorians which is what they're
:07:42. > :07:44.doing this year at RHS Spring At the heart of the floral marquee
:07:45. > :07:50.is the plant finder's parlour, It is important to the intrepid
:07:51. > :07:57.explorers who search They would search for months on end,
:07:58. > :08:08.some of them would never come back, some would come back with broken
:08:09. > :08:11.legs and they would go in search for clients and bring them
:08:12. > :08:13.back in Edwardian cases because they couldn't figure out how
:08:14. > :08:16.to get the plans back. You don't have to go far
:08:17. > :08:19.to find species Victorians These carnivorous plants
:08:20. > :08:28.are from Malaysia and Indonesia. It was brought in by the Victorians
:08:29. > :08:34.and remains in cultivation today so if it wasn't for the plant
:08:35. > :08:36.hunters, they wouldn't There was one type of plant that
:08:37. > :08:40.surprisingly got the Victorians more Now grown in abundance
:08:41. > :08:47.in Warwickshire, in the 19th century There was a period known as fern
:08:48. > :08:58.fever and they went mad for building little got
:08:59. > :09:00.was like this where the theories could live
:09:01. > :09:02.and the imagination was amazing. Today we are just as
:09:03. > :09:07.captivated by horticulture. 100,000 people will come
:09:08. > :09:09.to the showground in Malvern, making it the biggest gardening show
:09:10. > :09:15.outside of London. I've been going to
:09:16. > :09:16.Chelsea since 1968. If you were to say to me you can
:09:17. > :09:25.pick one show way you like being, From award-winning show gardens
:09:26. > :09:30.to pupils from local schools who are just
:09:31. > :09:36.beginning their gardening journeys, the Victorians would be
:09:37. > :09:38.amazed that the plants to discover are now common sights
:09:39. > :09:44.in gardens across the country. Before we go, I'll leave you with
:09:45. > :09:48.the weather from Rebecca Wood. Temperatures did very well indeed
:09:49. > :09:55.today helped by the sunshine but through the afternoon we started
:09:56. > :09:58.to see it turning a little more hazy, not quite the blue skies
:09:59. > :10:00.but in Perthshire temperatures As we head through the next few days
:10:01. > :10:06.there was a change on the way, gardens will be grateful for some
:10:07. > :10:08.showers which will build and tomorrow we could get quite
:10:09. > :10:13.a lot of rain through the day. Tonight, a few showers out
:10:14. > :10:16.and about, some are quite lively across the South Midlands containing
:10:17. > :10:19.a rumble of thunder Across the North Midlands,
:10:20. > :10:27.with clear skies temperatures are still will not fall too far,
:10:28. > :10:30.a muggy night, lows Tomorrow, a weather system moves
:10:31. > :10:33.through, low-pressure back in charge and some showers,
:10:34. > :10:36.unstable air so we see the first band of showers clearing
:10:37. > :10:38.the way to the north, we are left with brighter spells
:10:39. > :10:43.and showers star to trigger off with the heat and unstable air
:10:44. > :10:50.so temperatures lower than they have been today,
:10:51. > :10:53.16 to 17 Celsius but the sunshine Saturday, fine and dry,
:10:54. > :10:56.Sunday more rain. More information on
:10:57. > :10:57.the national forecast. We want to see the economy
:10:58. > :11:08.work for everybody, not Now the weather.
:11:09. > :11:19., yes a humid dead. We have had photographs of the