:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to Midlands Today. so it's goodbye from me,
:00:07. > :00:08.The headlines this lunchtime: As the Prime Minister pledges
:00:09. > :00:11.new support for industry across the region, we will be
:00:12. > :00:14.getting reaction from staff at a manufacturing firm.
:00:15. > :00:21.What's important for us is to make sure they have cross-bench support
:00:22. > :00:24.with Labour and it doesn't change every four years when we
:00:25. > :00:26.More than 1,000 miles across Antarctica.
:00:27. > :00:28.A group of army reservists from the Midlands finally
:00:29. > :00:34.Birmingham tennis player Dan Evans could be top 50
:00:35. > :00:45.As soon as I lost, thoughts turned to home and getting back.
:00:46. > :00:48.It's been a long time out here and I'm ready to go home now.
:00:49. > :01:02.The Prime Minister and her cabinet are meeting in Cheshire this
:01:03. > :01:03.lunchtime, discussing proposals for a new industrial
:01:04. > :01:08.strategy after Britain leaves the European Union.
:01:09. > :01:11.They want to tailor policies to suit different sectors of the economy,
:01:12. > :01:13.with a focus on boosting training in technical skills,
:01:14. > :01:21.The industrail stategy we will be committing to driving very hard,
:01:22. > :01:24.to spread the opportunities right across the country, and to drive not
:01:25. > :01:26.just jobs but really good, well-paying jobs in all part
:01:27. > :01:37.It's going to be a big part of our strategy.
:01:38. > :01:39.Our Business Correspondent Peter Plisner is at a company
:01:40. > :01:41.in Birmingham that has already expanded and is looking
:01:42. > :01:51.ahead to further growth under the new strategy.
:01:52. > :02:00.Here, they make warning lights and sirens. They have expanded taking on
:02:01. > :02:04.new workers and moving into a new factory. Will the strategy help or
:02:05. > :02:11.hinder? What do you think of the strategy we have seen? As far as it
:02:12. > :02:17.goes, it is great. We need crossbench support. 15 or 20 years,
:02:18. > :02:21.otherwise we can't plan on that. It allows us to invest long-term.
:02:22. > :02:26.Hundreds of thousands of pounds for plant and machinery. If we know very
:02:27. > :02:31.far in ten years' time, we will commit to it. Would you expect the
:02:32. > :02:40.industrial strategy to deliver grants for companies? It would be a
:02:41. > :02:42.great help. We are all a bit worried about Brexit and what happens after
:02:43. > :02:49.believe the European Union. Do you think an industrial strategy is the
:02:50. > :03:01.right way to go? Essential. It needs to include the whole country, all
:03:02. > :03:05.the nations and regions. Does the strategy help the country? It is
:03:06. > :03:12.planning for equipment, capacity, if we know when we are going to be in
:03:13. > :03:19.ten years, we can invest to sit at and hit those targets. Thank you.
:03:20. > :03:24.Many feel something like this is needed. And developing more skills
:03:25. > :03:28.to close that so-called skills gap. Tasers were used by police
:03:29. > :03:30.in the West Midlands more than anywhere outside
:03:31. > :03:32.of London in 2015. Official figures show that
:03:33. > :03:34.officers deployed the weapon The devices have been found to have
:03:35. > :03:38.played a part in the deaths of two men in England,
:03:39. > :03:40.with ongoing investigations Officers in Staffordshire
:03:41. > :03:43.and the West Midlands force now wear Rail services on a busy commuter
:03:44. > :03:47.line were badly affected this morning after an articulated lorry
:03:48. > :03:50.smashed into a bridge, The crash happened at around half
:03:51. > :03:54.past seven near Blake Street station, in the Sutton Coldfield
:03:55. > :03:56.area, disrupting services on the Cross City line,
:03:57. > :03:58.causing delays and some It has taken 66 days,
:03:59. > :04:07.crossing the most inhospitable Six army reservists
:04:08. > :04:10.from the Midlands have completed a 1,100 mile traverse of Antarctica,
:04:11. > :04:13.a feat only ever achieved This morning, one of the team
:04:14. > :04:16.managed to call his Facing temperatures of minus 50,
:04:17. > :04:31.a team from the Midlands has conquered the snowy splendour
:04:32. > :04:35.of the Antarctic. Among them, Doctor Jamie Facer-
:04:36. > :04:37.Childs based at Queen Elizabeth This morning, his sister
:04:38. > :04:52.in Selly Oak was able to congratulate her brother
:04:53. > :05:07.as she received a call How is your body feeling? It is
:05:08. > :05:13.holding up, that is the main thing. Not how I felt before we started. We
:05:14. > :05:15.have got something right in what we have got something right in what we
:05:16. > :05:18.have done. In just over two months,
:05:19. > :05:21.Jamie and his five fellow army reservists have crossed
:05:22. > :05:22.Antarctica on foot. Their team Spear 17 often having
:05:23. > :05:34.to endure whiteout conditions. What did you find the hardest? Just
:05:35. > :05:42.how cold it got sometimes. You're going along and your hands start to
:05:43. > :05:44.get freezing cold. You have your warmest gloves on and they are still
:05:45. > :05:51.called. Before going to Antarctica,
:05:52. > :05:55.Jamie and the team hoping their expedition
:05:56. > :06:07.will raise ?100,000 for ABF, Tennis, and Birmingham's Dan Evans
:06:08. > :06:10.will return home tomorrow from Australia heading for a place
:06:11. > :06:12.in the world's top 50. The 26-year-old achieved his first
:06:13. > :06:15.ever tour Final in Sydney. And then reached the fourth
:06:16. > :06:17.round of the Australian Open Evans' best ever run
:06:18. > :06:21.in the Grand Slam was ended in four sets by the Frenchman Jo Wilfried
:06:22. > :06:23.Tsonga. Can you please welcome,
:06:24. > :06:27.from Great Britain, Dan Evans. The rise of Birmingham's Dan Evans
:06:28. > :06:36.has been one of the stories of this His French opponent
:06:37. > :06:43.Jo Wilfried Tsonga is the 12th seed and regularly reaches the latter
:06:44. > :06:45.stages of Grand Slams. The first set went to
:06:46. > :06:53.a tiebreak and Evans won it. The opening game of
:06:54. > :06:58.the second set was an epic. But Tsonga finally broke
:06:59. > :07:01.the Evans serve and with it The Frenchman soon
:07:02. > :07:04.levelled the match, Although Evans continued
:07:05. > :07:11.to fight hard, he said That the efforts of the past
:07:12. > :07:17.fortnight were catching up with him. Evans just couldn't break
:07:18. > :07:22.the Frenchman's serve, and after nearly three hours
:07:23. > :07:24.of tennis, Tsonga was So Evans didn't quite reach
:07:25. > :07:27.the quarter-finals but he's enjoyed What's happened here has
:07:28. > :07:31.been a hell of a ride. As soon as I lost, thoughts turned
:07:32. > :07:34.to home and getting back. It's been a long time out
:07:35. > :07:37.here and I'm ready to go home now. Dan Evans has savoured his time
:07:38. > :07:40.in Australia, even taking in some big bash cricket with free tickets
:07:41. > :07:44.from Kevin Pieterson, He is still only 26 and he will now
:07:45. > :07:50.get invitations to the best Life may never be
:07:51. > :07:57.the same for Dan Evans. Plenty of cloud around as we make
:07:58. > :08:04.our way through the next few hours. That is kind of a theme
:08:05. > :08:10.for early on this week. Some fog thrown into the mix as well
:08:11. > :08:13.certainly as we make our way But generally dry and
:08:14. > :08:21.occasionally bright as well. So it's actually an
:08:22. > :08:23.improvement on last week. As far as this afternoon goes,
:08:24. > :08:26.you can see a lot of cloud around. At times, the cloud will
:08:27. > :08:29.thin and break to allow Temperatures, four or five,
:08:30. > :08:38.maybe 6 degrees at absolute best. Overnight tonight and into the early
:08:39. > :08:41.hours of Tuesday morning, an awful lot of fog building
:08:42. > :08:44.into the picture. First thing tomorrow morning,
:08:45. > :08:46.visibility on the roads Some freezing fog patches thrown
:08:47. > :08:58.into the mix as well. Keep across your local BBC radio
:08:59. > :09:00.stations for the latest on the travel situation
:09:01. > :09:02.in the morning. The fog could take a while to clear,
:09:03. > :09:05.but once it does we are in for a generally fine,
:09:06. > :09:07.dry and cloudy afternoon. Temperatures again around
:09:08. > :09:09.five or 6 degrees. That is very much the way
:09:10. > :09:11.on Wednesday as well. Albeit with probably more sunshine
:09:12. > :09:16.and blue sky thrown into the mix. There is all that nasty wet
:09:17. > :09:20.and windy stuff they are. There is all that nasty wet
:09:21. > :09:22.and windy stuff there. It looks like we will stay away
:09:23. > :09:25.from the wet stuff this week, Finally, do you fancy becoming
:09:26. > :09:29.a lock-keeper on the regions canals? If you do, you need to watch
:09:30. > :09:33.Midlands Today at 6:30pm on BBC One. Have a good afternoon
:09:34. > :09:47.and thanks for watching. a free five-a-side tournament
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