The recent freezing weather is affecting the region's tourist industry. Visitor numbers are down on what should be the first busy weekend of the year. Many attractions are also having to repair damage caused by the snow and ice.
The snow and ice may have melted but the impact of the arctic conditions are still being felt.
Some of the biggest tourist attractions in the Midlands were forced to close as the big freeze set in.
One says it has lost £750,000 and has seen a fifty per cent fall in visitor numbers compared to the same time last year. Deborah Hadfield reports.
Krissoni Henderson from Birmingham was handed a 24 month community sentence which will address his anger issues and a six month curfew.
Six Polish men were found at the two businesses, some living at sites, they are thought to have been paid around £1 an hour.
Tahir Mahmood was detained by Police as he was attempting to climb into the roof space of an out-building at his family’s home.