29/01/2017 Midlands Today

It's been a fast-moving day with protests here and in America

against president Donald Trump's new immigration policy.

One of the leading critics has been MP for Stratford-on-Avon,

Nadhim Zahawi, who was born in Bhagdad in Iraq.

Earlier, he expressed concerns on the Andrew Marr Show

that he could be banned from visiting his children,

My two sons who are twins are at Princeton University,

Your sons are at university in America.

How does it make you feel that Donald Trump doesn't

Gosh, I don't think I've felt this discriminated against probably

since little school, the kids were very cruel as a young

But in the last hour the Foreign Office has managed

to secure an exemption for anyone travelling from this country

or with a dual nationality of one of the seven named countries.

If you are travelling to the US from anywhere other

than one of those countries, for instance the UK,

In Nadhim Zahawi's case, he is a dual citizen of one of those

countries but travelling to the US from the UK, so the

Nine men have been arrested after hundreds of fans invaded

the pitch during Coventry City's game against Northampton.

The League One fixture was disrupted several times by fans

Police say six arrests were made when Sky Blues fans invaded

the pitch and a further three when flares were let-off.

The police watchdog says it's investigating an officer who pulled

over a Birmingham DJ in his Bentley and told him it was a fact that

black men in gangster clothes commit crimes.

27-year-old DMO Deejay was stopped near Leicester Square

The whole incident was captured on a camera set up in the DJ's car.

A swan that was shot with a crossbow in Cheltenham has "miraculously" not

The bird, known as George, was found with a bolt

embedded in its head in Pittville Park on Tuesday.

Despite fears it had lost its eye, staff at Vale Wildlife Hospital

were amazed to see it was still there after the swelling went down.

More than 30,000 people descended on Birmingham today to celebrate

The event was funded entirely by money raised

And despite the wet weather, organisers say the celebrations

The year of the Rooster starts off with a bang,

Thousands gathered in Birmingham to mark the beginning

The Chinese community encompasses a lot of different cultures as well.

Although it's called Chinese New Year, it's not actually

We count ourselves as one big happy family, coming altogether,

I think it's the perfect thing for a pick me up.

People born under the sign of the Rooster are said to be

hard-working but there are also said to be dreamers and flashy dressers.

Well, they're's plenty of that on offer here today.

More than 12,000 Chinese people live in the city and that's

to see Birmingham as a place that is so multicultural

and having a day that you can come out and celebrate.

Everyone coming along together, that's what humanity is.

It's important, isn't it, because we live in a big city

and different cultures and we need to learn from each other.

A tiger, a snake, an oxen and a rat, so it was good

Packed with colour and atmosphere, it seemed the damp weather was no

match for the high spirits of this truly diverse city.

Audrey Dias, BBC Midlands Today, Birmingham.

It's been a wet and miserable day across the region.

Here's Alex Hamilton with the forecast.

Well, we started on a bit of a frosty note this morning

but it is turning noticeably milder over the next few days and as this

low pressure system starts to move out of the way,

we are getting rid of some of the wet weather.

As for this evening, though, there are still some

We will continue to see some mist and fog patches

Lows tonight of around six Celsius, so we will be staying frost free.

As for tomorrow morning, we will have a little bit

of brightness once that mist and fog starts to clear but then later

in the day, we will start to see this band of showery rain working

across the region with highs of around nine Celsius.

Some milder weather on the way as well.

Midlands Today will be back tomorrow just after 6am.

Until then, enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Good evening. Very soggy down south today. A wash-out of the day for

some of us. Scotland, northern parts of England, had sunshine. It's going

to be cold. Already is. This is what is heading our way for the week

ahead. We need our brollies out and it'll turn Wendy later in the week.

The rain is clearing. I wouldn't say necessarily particularly drying out

after this rain band boost towards the east, it'll stay damp but cloudy

and murky in the north. Maybe freezing fog in places. It will be

cold in the glands of Scotland. It could be down to -10 degrees, it's

already about -5 or 6 degrees right now. Monday we've got another band

of rain heading our way. Most of the West Country, Wales, spots into

Northern Ireland. Most of southern England overcast with some rain.

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