:00:08. > :00:08.Good Evening. late news at 11:30.
:00:09. > :00:11.A Staffordshire-based wedding clothing company has gone
:00:12. > :00:14.into administration with the loss of nearly 40 jobs.
:00:15. > :00:15.It's caused heartache for prospective brides
:00:16. > :00:17.who fear they won't get the dresses they've ordered.
:00:18. > :00:25.Laura Sparrow from Tamworth spent months trying to find her dream
:00:26. > :00:28.wedding dress and eventually, she found one.
:00:29. > :00:30.She ordered the outfit from Formal Affair weddings,
:00:31. > :00:34.Now, the company has gone into administration.
:00:35. > :00:36.I just haven't heard anything from them.
:00:37. > :00:40.I don't even know if my dress has been ordered.
:00:41. > :00:43.The dress was paid for in full and I'm totally gutted.
:00:44. > :00:50.Formal Affair weddings is based in Tamworth and
:00:51. > :00:52.has nine branches across the Midlands.
:00:53. > :00:57.Formal Affair weddings say they have worked or to restructure
:00:58. > :00:58.their business to make it more competitive,
:00:59. > :01:00.but changing consumer tastes and spending habits have
:01:01. > :01:14.It is the second time the company has gone into administration.
:01:15. > :01:16.I could have quite easily cancelled Christmas I was that upset.
:01:17. > :01:23.But I've got my granddaughter, who is just
:01:24. > :01:27.getting used to the idea of Christmas.
:01:28. > :01:33.And you just can't, you've got to carry on.
:01:34. > :01:36.Laura paid up front to get a discount.
:01:37. > :01:39.She fears she will not only not get the dress,
:01:40. > :01:44.but will be also severely out of pocket.
:01:45. > :01:48.Robbers threatened to cut off an elderly woman's fingers
:01:49. > :01:51.during an hour-long ordeal at her home in the Billesley area
:01:52. > :01:53.of Birmingham in the early hours of Wednesday.
:01:54. > :01:56.Police have released CCTV footage of a man using her debit card
:01:57. > :02:03.Jewellery and a mobile phone were also taken.
:02:04. > :02:05.The victims of the terrorist attack on the Berlin Christmas Market
:02:06. > :02:07.will be remembered tonight during a live
:02:08. > :02:09.television broadcast of Midnight Mass at St Chad's
:02:10. > :02:13.The service will be shown on BBC One in a programme which starts
:02:14. > :02:24.Three months after shouting at the Prime Minister,
:02:25. > :02:26.a five-year-old from Coventry says she's still determined
:02:27. > :02:30.Brooke Blair's video message to Theresa May was seen by millions.
:02:31. > :02:39.Yesterday night I was out on the street and I saw 100 million
:02:40. > :02:43.This was Brooke earlier this year, dismayed by the
:02:44. > :02:46.rough sleepers she'd seen on the streets.
:02:47. > :02:49.You should be out there, Theresa May!
:02:50. > :02:52.But today, Brooke, mum Holly and sister Texas are visiting
:02:53. > :02:54.the Cyrenians charity in Coventry where they are helping wrap presents
:02:55. > :02:56.for the homeless with other volunteers.
:02:57. > :03:06.Broke's message reached millions of people and the
:03:07. > :03:10.She now refers to it as "When I got a bit famous."
:03:11. > :03:18.More should be done for the homeless and
:03:19. > :03:21.the fact that a five-year-old girl recognises the problem and wants do
:03:22. > :03:24.something about it I think is amazing.
:03:25. > :03:26.Earlier this week, the Government announced ?2.5 million to
:03:27. > :03:29.be spent in Birmingham and Solihull as part of a homeless prevention
:03:30. > :03:32.But Holly remains surprised the family never had a
:03:33. > :03:39.On Christmas Day, the family will be spending part of their time serving
:03:40. > :03:42.Christmas dinner at a homeless shelter and Brooke, well, she's
:03:43. > :03:51.To sport and in rugby, Wasps ended the year
:03:52. > :03:53.with an unbeaten home record after a scintillating match
:03:54. > :03:57.There were to tries from Christian Wade in the first half.
:03:58. > :03:59.He completed his hat-trick after the break, smashing
:04:00. > :04:02.the record for the most tries in a calendar year.
:04:03. > :04:13.Time for the Christmas weather forecast now.
:04:14. > :04:29.Season's greetings. It is not feeling very Christmassy, dull,
:04:30. > :04:37.cloudy and drizzly. Quite windy overnight as well as temperatures do
:04:38. > :04:41.not fall far. As for Christmas Day, largely cloudy, occasionally bright,
:04:42. > :04:52.a bit of drizzle as well. Quite windy. Ten - 14 Celsius. It will be
:04:53. > :04:59.mild, but a lot colder by Boxing Day. A dry, bright and breezy day,
:05:00. > :05:00.but it will be quite windy, this time with storm,.
:05:01. > :05:04.We're back with our next bulletin on Boxing Day.
:05:05. > :05:21.Hello. Nice and toasty both inside and out. It even struggling to snow
:05:22. > :05:27.across the Scottish hills, it's so mild outside, whether you like it or
:05:28. > :05:31.not. It's all thanks to this storm, big windstorm in the North Atlantic.
:05:32. > :05:36.It is drawing up warm air from the southern climes. You can see the
:05:37. > :05:41.Azores, warm air moving in our direction. It's here to stay. Just
:05:42. > :05:45.in time for Christmas. Cloudy with bits of rain in the centre pushing
:05:46. > :05:50.through across parts of Scotland, western part of the UK. It could be
:05:51. > :05:54.quite heavy, that rain, for a time. The real story is how my old tonight
:05:55. > :06:00.and into tomorrow is going to be. First thing in the morning, 10-11d
:06:01. > :06:04.across the South. Strong winds keep blowing from the south-west through
:06:05. > :06:10.the day, tomorrow some gusty showers across the North. Even here, not
:06:11. > :06:12.going to be cold. 13 degrees across decent parts of Scotland.