:00:08. > :00:09.Good evening. late news at 10:35.
:00:10. > :00:12.75 years ago today, a massive explosion at a Staffordshire
:00:13. > :00:14.colliery claimed the lives of 57 miners.
:00:15. > :00:16.Those men and their families have been remembered
:00:17. > :00:19.at a special memorial to the New Year's Day
:00:20. > :00:31.At Holy Trinity Church in Burslem, the names of the lost
:00:32. > :00:43.57 men and boys were killed in the Sneyd pit.
:00:44. > :00:45.The youngest was just 15 years of age.
:00:46. > :00:48.The explosion happened at eight o'clock on the morning of January
:00:49. > :00:56.Almost all the miners there were killed immediately.
:00:57. > :01:08.He was the 39th miner they got out and he had
:01:09. > :01:10.an electric light on, which I suppose was
:01:11. > :01:12.a battery-operated light, but some of them hadn't
:01:13. > :01:17.What makes this such a tragedy is these men would never have
:01:18. > :01:19.normally worked on New Year's Day, but they'd been called
:01:20. > :01:23.in on this particular occasion to support the war effort.
:01:24. > :01:26.I did work and made friends with some of the survivors
:01:27. > :01:29.and the stories they gave me were just incredible.
:01:30. > :01:32.Those brave men that went in, the rescue teams that
:01:33. > :01:42.This afternoon, the hymns and prayers here were dedicated
:01:43. > :01:46.to the victims of the disaster and their families.
:01:47. > :01:49.People from my own congregation said they just whispered the name
:01:50. > :01:52.of somebody who was close to them because it was a very major
:01:53. > :01:56.industry in the Potteries for many, many decades.
:01:57. > :01:59.The Sneyd pit, a workhorse of the Staffordshire coalfields,
:02:00. > :02:06.But today, the scars and scale of human suffering in a small
:02:07. > :02:16.Police are appealing for witnesses after a man died following being hit
:02:17. > :02:18.by a car while out celebrating the New Year.
:02:19. > :02:21.The 43-year-old, who hasn't been named, was hit by a car
:02:22. > :02:23.on Wolverhampton Road in Sandwell just before eight
:02:24. > :02:26.A 46-year-old woman driver is assisting officers
:02:27. > :02:32.A 13-year-old schoolboy who died from his injuries
:02:33. > :02:34.after being knocked down in the Black Country last
:02:35. > :02:37.week has been described by his parents as an "amazing,
:02:38. > :02:41.Sean Williams, from Bushbury in Wolverhampton, was hit
:02:42. > :02:45.by a car in Wednesfield last Thursday afternoon.
:02:46. > :02:49.The driver of the car is helping police with their investigations.
:02:50. > :02:51.Coventry has been praised as an example of "Britain
:02:52. > :02:55.at its best" by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
:02:56. > :02:58.In his New Year message, recorded in Coventry,
:02:59. > :03:00.The Most Reverend Justin Welby said the city's response to its
:03:01. > :03:03.devastation in the Second World War set an example of reconciliation.
:03:04. > :03:12.Surrendering to the demands of television lighting,
:03:13. > :03:15.the Archbishop of Canterbury prepares to deliver his New Year's
:03:16. > :03:23.Justin Welby returned to Coventry, the city where he started out
:03:24. > :03:28.as a clergyman, a city whose wartime suffering and forgiveness, he says,
:03:29. > :03:35.The story of this city says so much that is true
:03:36. > :03:39.about Britain at its best, about our courage, our standing up
:03:40. > :03:42.to tyranny, how we stand alongside the suffering and defeated,
:03:43. > :03:46.how we stand for human dignity and hope.
:03:47. > :03:49.The Archbishop visited a drop-in centre for refugees,
:03:50. > :03:55.people he called "a blessing to our way of life".
:03:56. > :03:58.And he drew his message to a close by focusing on an issue that has
:03:59. > :04:02.divided so many parts of the country.
:04:03. > :04:06.The EU referendum was a tough campaign and it has left divisions.
:04:07. > :04:11.But I know that if we look at our roots, our history,
:04:12. > :04:13.our culture and our Christian tradition, if we reach back
:04:14. > :04:16.into what is best in this country, we will find a path
:04:17. > :04:21.towards reconciling the differences that have divided us.
:04:22. > :04:24.From Coventry to Canterbury, the Archbishop believes that looking
:04:25. > :04:32.back can only help us prepare for the future.
:04:33. > :04:34.Four of Worcestershire's minor injury units -
:04:35. > :04:36.at Bromsgrove, Malvern, Evesham and Tenbury -
:04:37. > :04:39.have been closed today to enable staff to help out at the county's
:04:40. > :04:42.Demand for services at the Worcestershire Royal
:04:43. > :04:44.and the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch has been high
:04:45. > :04:47.on what the local NHS describe as "an unusually busy" New Year's
:04:48. > :04:55.Two rugby results from the Premiership today.
:04:56. > :04:57.Gloucester went down 13-12 to Northampton,
:04:58. > :05:02.but a great win for Worcester, who beat Harlequins 24-17.
:05:03. > :05:04.And one football result in the National League -
:05:05. > :05:10.Let's have a look at the weather now with Alex Hamilton.
:05:11. > :05:12.Good evening and a happy new year to you.
:05:13. > :05:15.We are expecting some brighter weather in the new year
:05:16. > :05:18.after all of that wet weather we had earlier today thanks to this area
:05:19. > :05:21.of high pressure that's starting to push in.
:05:22. > :05:24.As we have a look at the detail tonight, that rain clears away
:05:25. > :05:27.to the south and then we're just expecting the odd shower here
:05:28. > :05:33.Dropping very cold, though, with lows of minus three Celsius.
:05:34. > :05:36.We are expecting a bright and frosty start tomorrow morning.
:05:37. > :05:38.Not quite wall-to-wall sunshine, but some decent sunny
:05:39. > :05:42.Feeling very chilly, though, with highs of only around
:05:43. > :05:50.Some bright weather for the next couple of days.
:05:51. > :05:54.I'll be back with our late bulletin just after 10.50pm.
:05:55. > :06:08.Until then, have a good evening and a very Happy New Year.
:06:09. > :06:17.Good evening. Well, to Bake Off 2017, the weather has been fairly
:06:18. > :06:21.mixed, wet and cloudy in the South, colder but clearer further north.
:06:22. > :06:23.This was taken in County Down earlier in the day, plenty of
:06:24. > :06:31.sunshine there, but with clear skies by day, a cold nights tonight. That
:06:32. > :06:35.will fill the south across the country, the cloud and rain clearing
:06:36. > :06:39.through the early hours of Monday morning across that area. This is
:06:40. > :06:42.how it is looking first thing, cold and frosty, colder than this in the
:06:43. > :06:47.countryside, still some wintry showers for northern Scotland into
:06:48. > :06:51.the north-east of England, so a chance of icy stretches first thing
:06:52. > :06:57.on untreated surfaces. Through the day, Monday is looking quite decent,
:06:58. > :06:58.mostly dry with wintry sunshine and light winds, still