Message from Peter Wilson

Sadly some heart breaking news to share, Colin Pemberton passed away on Thursday night peacefully at his home beside his wife Lynne. He simply closed his eyes and never woke up, apparently he suffered a heart attack.
It's come as a huge shock for their family and I've been asked to let everyone know. No easy task as all who worked or met Colin loved and respected him.
Pembers was an old school journalist learning his craft on the Hinckley Times and Leicester Mercury, the tools of his trade always a pencil and notebook.
He later joined BBC Radio Leicester becoming news editor at BBC WM before starting a life in television at Midlands Today in 1989.
He taught many of us the importance of journalism getting the facts right as well as the colour of any story.
He was always an enthusiast, passionate about people and issues shown with his coverage of many long running stories, such as the demise of the Midlands coal industry and his fearless reporting of Birmingham's gangland shootings.
Camera crews were introduced to his favourite watering holes in Staffordshire and Stoke and especially the Oatcake Corral.
He was a twinkly eyed charmer but no less steely, a stickler for doing things right and standing up for others as befitting a "Union Man".
In retirement his passion was barbershop singing and village life. He often wrote up the causes and cares of his community for the Worcestershire papers, who published them unedited.
He first met Lynne while reporting on the Beaujolais Nouveau wine run from France to Leicester. They've shared a life full of music, wine and laughter...children and grand children, while living in one of the most beautiful places in England nestling in sight of the Malvern Hills.