:00:00. > :00:08.The village of Eastham in Worcestershire is a step closer
:00:09. > :00:10.to having its own bridge again this evening.
:00:11. > :00:13.The Grade II listed Eastham bridge collapsed in May last year,
:00:14. > :00:17.from the main Worcester to Tenbury Wells road.
:00:18. > :00:19.Today, though, steel beams were lowered into place
:00:20. > :00:38.Today is the first time a structure has crossed this part of the river
:00:39. > :00:45.since the sudden and dramatic collapse of Eastham Bridge last May.
:00:46. > :00:48.These 33 metre, 84 tonne steel beams are the backbone of the long-awaited
:00:49. > :00:52.new bridge. Major milestone in the project today. It is the left of two
:00:53. > :00:55.braced appears obscure beams across the river. -- steel beams. It is the
:00:56. > :00:57.first step to getting the bridge as we know it up and running. Once the
:00:58. > :01:34.beams are in possession, we are able to building up the bridge deck
:01:35. > :01:37.and then the access roads, so in a couple of months we should have it
:01:38. > :01:40.open to traffic. It is welcome news for the villagers. We farm either
:01:41. > :01:42.side of the river so we have had a tremendous detours for months,
:01:43. > :01:45.to the other side unless we do the to the other side unless we do the
:01:46. > :01:48.ten mile detour through either temporary or Stanford. What matters
:01:49. > :01:50.is the cold and rainy day here but people have gathered and the
:01:51. > :01:52.atmosphere is one of excitement as they see the first steps of bringing
:01:53. > :01:56.the community back together. It has been a long road. We have had ten
:01:57. > :01:58.miles round up as a beach towns of today we are very excited and
:01:59. > :02:01.looking forward to seeing it happen. I am excited because it is going to
:02:02. > :02:02.be shorter journey to school night. No excuses for being late!
:02:03. > :02:04.Residents of a small village affected by HS2
:02:05. > :02:06.say they're planning to fight it all the way.
:02:07. > :02:08.Dozens turned out to show their opposition to the plans.
:02:09. > :02:11.The village of Packington on the edge of North Warwickshire
:02:12. > :02:13.of the proposed high speed rail line.
:02:14. > :02:16.Today, the sound of trains was blasted through speakers
:02:17. > :02:18.and tall flags showed the height of the line.
:02:19. > :02:23.It is going to go up the sides of two double-decker buses with a rain
:02:24. > :02:26.on top, so it is going to be very high. And it is the whole of this
:02:27. > :02:28.particular street that we live in, Millstreet, we are going to get a
:02:29. > :02:30.rain every three minutes and that is going to be from six o'clock in the
:02:31. > :02:33.morning to 11 o'clock at night. West Mercia Police
:02:34. > :02:35.have begun an investigation after two bodies were found in
:02:36. > :02:37.a disused building in Oswestry. Police were called to the building
:02:38. > :02:40.on Maesbury Road in the town yesterday evening, and found
:02:41. > :02:43.the bodies of a man and a woman. The deaths are being
:02:44. > :02:45.treated as unexplained. In the Premier League,
:02:46. > :02:49.goals from Craig Dawson and Gareth McAuley gave West Brom
:02:50. > :02:54.a 2-1 victory against Bournemouth. In the Championship, Aston Villa
:02:55. > :02:56.have won for the first time since Boxing Day, to ease
:02:57. > :02:59.their relegation fears. They beat Derby 1-0 with a goal
:03:00. > :03:03.from James Chester. It's a sad story in League One,
:03:04. > :03:06.where there were defeats for Walsall, Coventry,
:03:07. > :03:09.Shrewsbury and Port Vale. And at the bottom of League Two,
:03:10. > :03:12.Cheltenham have boosted their chances of avoiding relegation
:03:13. > :03:16.by beating Leyton Orient. In the National League,
:03:17. > :03:18.Solihull Moors were beaten Worcester were beaten at Northampton
:03:19. > :03:24.in Rugby Union's Premiership. The West Midlands' two
:03:25. > :03:29.Netball Super League teams are playing in a Super Ten event
:03:30. > :03:33.at the Genting Arena in Birmingham. Earlier, Severn Stars were beaten
:03:34. > :03:44.by Loughborough Lightning. Now, before the weather,
:03:45. > :03:46.have a look at this. It's probably the oldest
:03:47. > :03:48.building in the world Parts of the building in Shrewsbury
:03:49. > :03:53.date back to the 12th Century. It's been rather a dull day
:03:54. > :04:15.across the Midlands today. Good evening. Well, it has certainly
:04:16. > :04:20.been windy today. We saw gusts up to 33 mph in parts of the region today.
:04:21. > :04:23.As we head to enter tomorrow, we will keep that breeze. It will ease
:04:24. > :04:29.for a time tonight. Still some showers working our way across us.
:04:30. > :04:32.At times, heavy downpours. With the cloud, and a few holes in it through
:04:33. > :04:46.into the early hours of tomorrow morning, we could see some mist
:04:47. > :04:49.patches. We start on a mild and not tomorrow but it is not going to last
:04:50. > :04:52.for too long. Plenty of cloud in the next. There might be the odd bright
:04:53. > :04:54.spell before the next area of rain works and from the West. Double
:04:55. > :04:55.figures. Temperatures up to 11 Celsius. Breezy and turning colder
:04:56. > :04:55.enter next week. Before we go, a reminder that
:04:56. > :04:58.Patrick Burns will be here with the Sunday Politics
:04:59. > :05:00.tomorrow from 11 o'clock. Patrick will be joined by the winner
:05:01. > :05:15.of the Stoke Central Good evening. Starting with a quick
:05:16. > :05:20.look at the satellite sequence from earlier. We started under a big
:05:21. > :05:24.blanket of cloud but Scotland and Northern Ireland brightened up as
:05:25. > :05:28.the day went off. Underneath the cloud in England and Wales, quite a
:05:29. > :05:33.bit of rain at the moment, drifting southwards and East. It will
:05:34. > :05:37.continue to do so. In the small hours the rain will become patchy,
:05:38. > :05:42.and most will give way to the continent. There will be some
:05:43. > :05:47.breaks, particularly to the East of Scotland, where there could be a
:05:48. > :05:50.touch of frost. Next batch of rain into the western side of Scotland
:05:51. > :05:54.first thing, moving east with a little snow over higher ground.
:05:55. > :05:59.Another pulse of rain coming towards the Irish Sea area and with that
:06:00. > :06:05.comes really strong winds, blowing a gale, and into Scotland it could get
:06:06. > :06:10.to 50, 60 mph. A lot of rain to go with that but not too much for East
:06:11. > :06:12.Anglia and the south-east, relatively mild. Double digits