18/12/2016

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:00:08. > :00:14.Police are investigating whether a number of recent violent

:00:15. > :00:18.In the latest incident, an 84-year-old man was out jogging

:00:19. > :00:20.when he had his car stolen by robbers who took his

:00:21. > :00:28.84-year-old Michael Sheehan has been using this Moseley park

:00:29. > :00:33.Last Thursday, he was attacked by four men hell-bent on

:00:34. > :00:39.One of them said, get the knife, and they produced a

:00:40. > :00:43.long knife and put it to my throat and said give me the

:00:44. > :00:47.keys, or whatever it was.

:00:48. > :00:54.As they kicked him, Michael did what he could to shield his face.

:00:55. > :00:56.The immediate thing was to try and protect myself.

:00:57. > :00:59.I did not want my eyes or my teeth to be smashed in.

:01:00. > :01:02.I was trying to go into some sort of a ball.

:01:03. > :01:10.Police say there has been a spate of similar

:01:11. > :01:14.Recently a 75-year-old man fought off a gang who tried to steal his

:01:15. > :01:22.He was thrown to the ground and suffered cuts and bruises.

:01:23. > :01:27.Then last Sunday these men ran off after attacking a pregnant woman

:01:28. > :01:31.Peter Leadbetter is the chairman of the residents association

:01:32. > :01:34.There is an amount of fear and imitation.

:01:35. > :01:36.We are a very supportive community and we're not going to

:01:37. > :01:41.We are going to have to be very careful and

:01:42. > :01:44.supportive, particularly of those folk who are on their own.

:01:45. > :01:47.West Midlands Police were out in force today.

:01:48. > :01:56.It's understood there's been some minor disorder at Hull

:01:57. > :01:58.prison after the transfer of inmates from Birmingham.

:01:59. > :02:01.15 prisoners were moved to Hull following Friday's riot

:02:02. > :02:05.It's understood one wing was closed for a short time,

:02:06. > :02:10.with the prisoners unhappy about being moved.

:02:11. > :02:13.A leading businessmen says that Brexit is harming

:02:14. > :02:15.the region's economy - six months after the EU referendum.

:02:16. > :02:18.Sir Peter Rigby says the weak pound and rising inflation means

:02:19. > :02:28.One European market that is here to stay,

:02:29. > :02:31.Birmingham's Frankfurt Christmas market.

:02:32. > :02:34.The West Midlands voted strongly to leave the European Union but now one

:02:35. > :02:36.of the region's biggest business owners and a key

:02:37. > :02:47.that that decision is damaging business.

:02:48. > :02:50.The views and warnings, if you will, of people who wanted

:02:51. > :02:54.The fall in the value of the pound, the inflation that is

:02:55. > :02:55.being introduced as a result of that.

:02:56. > :02:57.Importantly, this lack of understanding of what the

:02:58. > :03:01.alternative is to being a part of Europe.

:03:02. > :03:03.In business, one man's loss is another man's gain.

:03:04. > :03:05.A gold rush is underway at this jewellery shop.

:03:06. > :03:09.Thanks to a fall in the pound, the rise of gold measured

:03:10. > :03:12.It's owner never doubted that Brexit would be

:03:13. > :03:15.anything other than a success and with plans to expand, they're

:03:16. > :03:23.Certainly with the more expensive items, gold,

:03:24. > :03:41.Are voters showing any signs of buyers remorse?

:03:42. > :03:50.People who have to compete for jobs, council

:03:51. > :03:52.housing, education and other things like that don't.

:03:53. > :03:55.With the question of how the UK start the business of

:03:56. > :03:58.leaving the EU stuck in the Supreme Court

:03:59. > :04:03.will get will carry on going round in circles.

:04:04. > :04:06.Time for a look at the weather now with Alex Hamilton.

:04:07. > :04:10.A yellow weather warning for fog in force through tonight and

:04:11. > :04:12.into around ten o'clock tomorrow morning.

:04:13. > :04:15.Some patches will be dense in places.

:04:16. > :04:17.It could cause some tricky driving conditions.

:04:18. > :04:19.We're expecting some drizzle as well tomorrow thanks to

:04:20. > :04:22.this occluded front that is working its way across the region.

:04:23. > :04:24.As well as the patches of fog tonight where

:04:25. > :04:28.in the cloud, and may see a sparkle of frost, especially in

:04:29. > :04:33.Tomorrow morning, we will start off on a grey note.

:04:34. > :04:37.It might take a while for some of those patches of mist and fog

:04:38. > :04:40.Some drizzly conditions as well at times.

:04:41. > :04:43.Highs of around eight Celsius with more cloudy weather on the way.

:04:44. > :04:51.We'll be back in Breakfast from six tomorrow morning here on BBC One.

:04:52. > :04:53.Until then, have a very good evening.

:04:54. > :05:13.Good evening. It's a big week for pre-Christmas travel plans and the

:05:14. > :05:15.weather can be quite challenging at times,