Marked growth in Midlands car production
Car production in both the East and West Midlands increased significantly in 2012.
Car production in both the East and West Midlands increased significantly in 2012.
Jaguar made 40% more cars last year, at its Castle Bromwich plant, than they did in 2012.
More than 78,000 cars, including the F-type Jaguar, rolled off its production lines - Landrover production was also up by 11%.
The news comes after Derby's Toyota factory, in Burnaston, announced the biggest production increase in the whole of the UK; with production up by 60%.
Outbreaks of rain spreading from the west overnight.
Cloudy this evening, with outbreaks of rain moving in from the northwest.
The independent inquiry into the malpractice of breast surgeon, Ian Paterson, who carried out hundreds of botched operations, begins today.