:00:00. > :00:15.200 emergency staff staged a simulated siege at the RSC
:00:16. > :00:18.The scenario, where gunmen started shooting inside,
:00:19. > :00:21.was being used to test the skills of the emergency services
:00:22. > :00:31.It was a drama like none seen before at the RSC Theatre in Stratford -
:00:32. > :00:34.fire crews rescuing fleeing hostages from the roof as part
:00:35. > :00:43.The scenario, gunmen opening fire inside.
:00:44. > :00:46.While this is not a counterterrorist exercise, a number of the resources
:00:47. > :00:49.and the skill sets being used would be transferable in the highly
:00:50. > :00:55.unlikely event that an incident like that should occur.
:00:56. > :01:01.90 people were killed at the Bataclan in Paris 14 months ago.
:01:02. > :01:03.Mercifully, there have been no such attacks on theatres since,
:01:04. > :01:09.but Friday's shootings at Fort Lauderdale airport serve
:01:10. > :01:17.as a reminder that public places are vulnerable.
:01:18. > :01:19.This exercise has not only benefited the police, fire
:01:20. > :01:22.and ambulance services, it has allowed the RSC
:01:23. > :01:25.Of course, you know everything is entirely made up and everything
:01:26. > :01:29.It gets increasingly tense and you find yourself really getting
:01:30. > :01:32.involved with it as though it is for real.
:01:33. > :01:36.Extra security measures at this year's German Christmas market
:01:37. > :01:41.in Birmingham show how seriously public safety is taken
:01:42. > :01:46.It is hoped today's exercise, three months in the planning,
:01:47. > :01:48.will leave the emergency services even better prepared
:01:49. > :01:56.West Midlands Police have discovered a cannabis factory
:01:57. > :02:02.The property in the Handsworth area of the city was cleared and secured
:02:03. > :02:11.The finals of Europe's largest Elvis Championships are taking place
:02:12. > :02:16.Tribute acts of the King of Rock and Roll have spent the last three
:02:17. > :02:19.days battling it out for the coveted title.
:02:20. > :02:21.Sian Grzeszczyk has been to watch them.
:02:22. > :02:25.Her report does contain flash photography.
:02:26. > :02:28.# Caught in a trap, I can't walk out...
:02:29. > :02:51.They're all shook up for the European Elvis Championships,
:02:52. > :02:55.which are held in Birmingham every year, and today is a special one -
:02:56. > :02:57.it would have been the King's 82nd birthday.
:02:58. > :02:59.So what would he have made of all of this?
:03:00. > :03:01.I think he'd have found it quite amusing.
:03:02. > :03:05.I think he'd just have enjoyed the fact that we're
:03:06. > :03:09.This house today, Elvis is in the whole room.
:03:10. > :03:20.My first cassette tape was Elvis, so his music captured me.
:03:21. > :03:24.Nearly 100 people have performed at the contest and at 11:30 tonight,
:03:25. > :03:30.A little less conversation, because it's time for
:03:31. > :03:35.Norweigan Elvis to take to the stage.
:03:36. > :03:42.# Yet when I face that chilling hand of death
:03:43. > :03:48.The audience clearly can't help falling in love.
:03:49. > :04:00.Let's have a look at the weather forecast now.
:04:01. > :04:08.Plenty of cloud around today and mild temperatures and as we move
:04:09. > :04:11.through this evening and overnight, it's looking much the same -
:04:12. > :04:13.plenty of cloud around, thickening up just to be just
:04:14. > :04:16.the odd spot of rain and drizzle and we could see mist
:04:17. > :04:19.Temperatures a minimum between five and seven Celsius.
:04:20. > :04:22.We start tomorrow with plenty of cloud before this band of rain
:04:23. > :04:30.It could contain heavy bursts and the breeze will pick up.
:04:31. > :04:32.Behind it, clear skies and slightly cooler, temperatures,
:04:33. > :04:34.tomorrow a maximum of nine or 10 Celsius.
:04:35. > :04:37.I'll leave you with the outlook - quite unsettled through the week,
:04:38. > :04:40.cooler and windier by the time we get to the weekend.
:04:41. > :04:44.On tomorrow's programme, we're reporting on a rare collection
:04:45. > :04:46.of more than 200 well-preserved Hollywood film posters.
:04:47. > :04:49.They are expected to fetch thousands when they're auctioned later this
:04:50. > :04:59.Join us for that the rest of the day's news just before 6:30.
:05:00. > :05:18.Good evening. Rain around for all of us over the next 24-hour. Then it
:05:19. > :05:23.will turn colder later on this week. There will be frost and some snow
:05:24. > :05:26.around. I must stress this cold spell will be nothing out of the
:05:27. > :05:30.ordinary and nothing in comparison to the severe cold that other parts
:05:31. > :05:35.of Europe have experienced over the last few days. A wet start today for
:05:36. > :05:39.Northern Ireland and Scotland. Wet and windy. The rain will head its
:05:40. > :05:44.way southwards and eastwards across the UK during the course of the day.
:05:45. > :05:51.Turning up across the southern and eastern areas. Not a nice end to the
:05:52. > :05:54.day. Heavy bursts of rain in the south-east and east Anglia in the
:05:55. > :05:58.afternoon that this is three o'clock. Still relatively mild.
:05:59. > :06:03.Further north and west it will brighten up but it will turn
:06:04. > :06:04.chillier as well. Some school a shower