birmingham decided to bowl first. —— birmingham decided to bowl first. —— birmingham havea birmingham decided to bowl first. —— birmingham have a big target of 191. birmingham have a big target of 191. birmingham have a big target of 191. birmingham have just started their chase. they are 12—1. britain's chris froome has a 55 second lead at the vuelta a espana. today's1ath stage was won by poland's rafal maj ka. froome finished in fourth a few seconds behind vincenzo nibali — who is second in the overall standings. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. see you then. thanks very much. the us—led coalition says it has carried out air strikes against more than twenty so—called islamic state vehicles trying to come to the aid of an is convoy trapped for days in the syrian desert. the is fighters recently surrendered an enclave on syria's border with lebanon, and under a deal struck with the lebanese hezbollah movement, they were to be allowed to travel across syria to is held territory in the east. but the us—led coalition is blocking their path. all

is birmingham's bid that you got the nod ? is it birmingham's bid that you got the nod? is it because it was the cheap option? i don't think so. as you heard from the sports minister, part of the reason was that we are able to deliver a strong legacy from hosting the games. we are able to showcase not just birmingham, hosting the games. we are able to showcase notjust birmingham, but the whole of the midlands throughout the whole of the midlands throughout the world as a result of hosting. and we have 95% of the venues already in place. the only additional venues we need to construct an aquatics centre, and enhancing the egg alexander athletic stadium so that it can seat a5,000 people for the athletics and the opening and closing ceremonies. so because we had those facilities already in situ, we are a risk—free games. and that has seen some cities down the years get their fingers burnt. we can't afford to lose money on this. it is around 750 million to get the game is going? these multisport games are not cheap. we have had to convince the treasury that the games repre

only a the birmingham bears this evening. 0nlya win the birmingham bears this evening. only a win will do. that is the warning from the wales manager chris coleman as they prepare to take on austria in a crucial world cup qualifier this evening. more sport later. utility companies could be charged by—the—hour for digging up busy roads in england. the government believes it could force contractors to speed—up repairs reducing delays. the local government association has welcomed the proposals. simonjones reports. misery for motorists in leeds today, costing time and money. now the government is considering making companies pay to do work in peak time. i think that's a good idea, and it may cut the roadworks down and stagger them a bit more. you often come past and they'll nobody here but a lot of the time, and you think, why did you dig it up if you are now working over there, you know, how can you do it? so, yeah, that could make a big, big difference. 2.5 million roadworks are carried out each year. it is estimated to cost the economy £4 billion, as people are l

local children enjoying the facilities at birmingham's alexander stadium. but five years from now this host to some of the world's best athletes. the city's bid to bring the commonwealth games here today receiving government backing. we've never hosted a multisport event here before, we've hosted world championships of lots of individual sports, badminton, gymnastics, athletics, you name it, but this is our time we can show the world we can bring everyone together here and it's all part of the bigger story of the revival of the west midlands. the stadium will undergo a major upgrade of the it is successful. a brand—new aquatics centre will be built and famous local landmarks transformed into sports venues. victoria square here right in the heart of the city centre will provide an historic backdrop to the basketball tournaments. bringing the commonwealth games here to birmingham would cost an estimated £750 million. so is it all worth it? there's always been a boost from the local economy for hosting the event and what you do see is a strong legacy both i

birmingham bears a target they will have to chase —— birmingham won the toss. chris woakes, just seven. but notts have recovered, 143 with just four overs left. police say they have arrested a man suspected of firing an arrow into the oval cricket while a match was under way on thursday. the arrow landed on the outfield during the county championship game between surrey and middlesex. nobody was hurt but the game was abandoned with armed police evacuating the ground. a 35—year—old man been released on bail pending further inquiries. police have asked for any fans who might have video footage of the incident on their mobile phones to come forward. former england cricket captain charlotte edwards has called on every school in the country to make cricket their summer sport for girls. following england's triumph at the women's world cup, interest in the game is ever increasing and edwards says participation through schools would be game changing. i really do feel it is vibrant at the moment. you know, there is a real buzz around the sport. hopefully, so many yo

birmingham's task will now be to build on that reputation, leave a legacy and justify the cost. that's all from sportsday. good night. the quietest and calmest part of the weekend is probably over the next few hours. it will turn wet and windy as the weekend goes on. gaze out into the atlantic and you will see various weather systems. some re m na nts of see various weather systems. some remnants of the former hurricane coming our way. as the tonight, it is fairly quiet. still a few showers across western parts in particular, but the northwest scotland another speu but the northwest scotland another spell of rain moving on. fairly breezy. quite chilly overnight where we are clear. temperatures dipping down into mid single figures. cloud increasing across south—east england later. tomorrow we start with a few showers in the west to begin with. a few outbreaks of rain. some showers further east across england into the afternoon. but for scotland and showers tend to be in the morning. in the afternoon it looks quieter. more in the way of sunshine. largely fine in northern ireland

birmingham gets the government's seal of approval to host the 2022 commonwealth games. and, radio 1, offering up youthful pop music, turns 50. england's cricketing summer draws to a close with the final one—dayer aaginst the west indies in southampton. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the governor of the bank of england has given a strong indication that interest rates could rise, possibly as early as november, affecting millions of people with mortgages and loans. but mark carney told the bbc that any increase would be "limited" and "gradual". the base rate was cut to the current record low of a 0.25%, after the eu referendum last year, but higher inflation, has put pressure on the bank to step in and raise rates. our business editor simonjack reports. great for borrowers, miserable for savers. interest rates are at their lowest level since the bank of england was founded over 300 years ago. but today, the governor of the bank macro sent the strongest signal yet that that might be about to change. what we have said is that if the economy continues on

it is not a completely done deal but birmingham does look ina done deal but birmingham does look in a strong position and a final decision will be made by the end of the year. thank you. 50 years ago, a new bbc radio station — and a new era of pop culture — was born. dj tony blackburn announced "the exciting new sound of radio 1" and played the move's "flowers in the rain" as his opening track. this weekend, the station will celebrate its half—century with a series of special programmes. 0ur arts correspondent, david sillitto, tunes in now to the start of a radio revolution. jingle: the voice of radio 1. and good morning, everyone. welcome to the exciting new sound of radio 1. i didn't suffer from nerves at all on that day. we've even got arnold... there were a lot ofjournalists the other side as i remember, a lot of cameramen the other side of the glass but it was very relaxed, only an hour and a half programme and it went very well, very smoothly. cheering. day one of radio 1 and for a young dj called tony blackburn this was a life changing moment. the djs were as big as the a

local children enjoying the facilities at birmingham's alexander stadium. but five years from now this host to one of the world's best athletes. the city's bid to bring the commonwealth games here today receiving government backing. we've never hosted a multisport event here before, we've hosted world championships of lots of individual sports, badminton, gymnastics, athletics, you name it, but this is oui’ athletics, you name it, but this is ourtime we can athletics, you name it, but this is our time we can show the world we can bring everyone together here and it's all part of the bigger story of the revival of the west midlands. the stadium will undergo a major upgrade of the it is successful. a brand—new aquatics centre will be built and famous local landmarks transformed into sports venues. victoria square here right in the heart of the city centre will provide an historic backdrop to the basketball tournaments. bringing the commonwealth games here to birmingham would cost an estimated £750 billion. so is it all worth it? there's always been a boo

birmingham's bid to host the 2022 commonwealth games has officially been backed by the government. at a cost of at least £750 million, the city council is expected to fund 25% of the bill. the deadline for official bids is tomorrow, but there are no other cities currently in the race, so barring a last minute shock one of the world's biggest sporting events will be heading to the midlands. our sports editor dan roan takes a look now at how the city could benefit. from school sports day to an international showpiece, local children enjoying the facilities at birmingham's alexander stadium. but five years from now theirs could play host to some of the very best athletes in the world. the city's bid to bring the commonwealth games here today receiving government backing. we have never hosted a multi sport eventually before. we have hosted world championships of individual sports, badminton, gymnastics, athletics, you name it. this is our time to show the world we can bring everyone together here and it's all part of the biggest story of the revival of the west midlands. the stadium w

birmingham's task will to be holding on that legacy and justify the cost. that's all from sportsday. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are susie boniface, columnist at the daily mirror and tim stanley, of the telegraph. good evening to you both. you are co—ordinated. tomorrow's front pages starting with the times says foreign secretary boris johnson is under pressure ahead of the conservative party conference. the telegraph leads with a warning from the chief inspector of hospitals that the nhs is not fit for the 21st century. the i leads with a warning about air quality inside airplanes. the guardian claims that supermarkets are suspending deliveries of chickens over alleged food hygiene breaches. the daily mail says that environment secretary michael gove is working to toughen the penalties for cruelty to animals. allegations about keeping migrants ina allegations about keeping migrants in a garden. the mirror claims that a victim of the manchester bombing lost herjob for being off sick. and

birmingham 1 liverpool 0 — could the commonwealth games be on their way to the midlands? and big hits, big touchdowns and big shoulder pads — the nfl is back! at one stage this afternoon, it looked likely that we'd be talking aboutjimmy anderson and his 500th test wicket, as england's bowlers took the third and deciding test against the west indies by the scruff of the neck at lord's. but not for the first time this summer, we're reflecting upon another brilliant performance from all—rounder ben stokes, this time with the ball. 0ur correspondentjoe wilson is there for us. joe, firstly, a pretty decent day for england's bowlers at least? yeah, absolutely. ithink yeah, absolutely. i think they out the about to come off now, because there is drizzle in the air. the floodlights have been on almost all day. we are in september and it has felt really autumnal. there was a concert sunshine this morning, though, and maybe that's why jason holder decided it was a good day to bat. but james anderson, holder decided it was a good day to bat. butjames anderson, with shiny red bal

20 between atlanta and birmingham. in terms of the rainfall potential, quite a bit left, 4" in columbia and 2" in atlanta and birmingham, and that will be the main threat. we will come back and talk about hurricane jose and what he could mean next week. >>> right now, hurricane irma has left much of the florida keys under water. mobile homes on their side, roofs gone, no power or water or sewers. the only highway to connect the mainland is closed. the residents trying to get back home have to wait. those who choose to ride it out are thankful it wasn't worse. >> we have the walls up. we can rebuild it. >> i am just upset that all of this stuff keeps happening to people. it's just that. >> the southwestern gulf also bore the brunt of marco island, naples, and fort myers. it could take weeks for electricity to be restored. >>> in miami, cars lined up with people returning to survey the damage to their homes. police checked ids to make sure only people who lived there were allowed back in. this is aerial footage with beac

sima kotecha, bbc news, birmingham. england's footballers take on malta, in a world cup qualifier tonight. and in the squad is the new liverpool player alex 0xlade—chamberlain, who's transfer from arsenal went through on a dramatic final day of the summer transfer window, with premier league clubs spending more than £210 million. well natalie pirks is in the maltese capital valetta. .. the matches taking place in the capital and we've been getting the reaction. it is a fiasco, the tra nsfer reaction. it is a fiasco, the transfer window, every year, the prices go stupid. the money is ridiculous. the transfer window has been one of the best but moneywise, interesting, but i would disagree with the spending and how much you pay for players. with england you don't have the deal with the big—money transfers, for me, personally, it is obscene but i understand that is the way the game is going. the views of some of the england fans. great weather over there. it is up and down. all the details to come. a lot of sunshine in

sophie long is at winson green in birmingham. it's not just it's notjust the piles of rubbish that people have to step over or swerve in their cars to avoid, it's the smell and the rats which have sniffed it out which people here are really fed up with. some of them have been putting up with it for months. for them the lorries cannot come soon enough. weeks of waste festering on street corners across britain's second city. while union leaders and the city council fought it out in the high court, this is what people in birmingham have been living with. rising piles of stinking, rat infested rubbish. when were your bins last emptied? it will be about four weeks now. it needs to be collected now because it's really smelling now. there is too much mess. they've got rat droppings everywhere. cat droppings. and there's maggots going at the rubbish and that. it's not good. it began back injune when the council announced plans to restructure its waste management services. there was a pause in august when it looked like a deal might be re

the next step is for birmingham to demonstrate value for money in their bid. subject to that, i have no doubt that birmingham will continue the uk's rich history of hosting successful sporting events. >> you can find today's entire session with british prime minister theresa may answering questions from members of the house of commons on our website at c-span.org. >>> during thursday's washington journal, we are launching our 50 capitals tour for the c-span bus. join us at 7:00 a.m. eastern to learn more about your plan to visit every u.s. state capital. the 50 capitals tour, celebrating 25 years of the c-span bus program. >>> coming up next here on c-span3 a discussion on the evolution of terrorism since 9/11. nathan sales is the state department's new coordinator for counter-terrorism and he talked about the threat of isis and initiatives to combat terror groups. this is hosts by the bipartisan policy center here in washington, d.c. >>> it's now my pleasure to introduce nathan sales, the newly confirmed and appointed coordinator for counter-terrorism at the

i called my aunt and uncle in birmingham. they would've made their way and i told them you can't come back here and i said the rest of the day was dealing with the reality that american security would never be the same. >> so on afghanistan that's been in the news lately. it's the longest war, 16 years. you see any solutions in the near term? >> i'm worried about afghanistan. i have always said that what the point that we have to get to sometimes in afghanistan is that the afghans were able to prevent the taliban from an existential threat against the afghan government. i've always thought that you were going to have remnants of the taliban with a hit and run terrorist here and there in the country but as we've been able to carry out bolder attacks both to the capitals, even in the international zone, you have to wonder how well we are doing in getting to a place of stability so i think the decision by the president and by secretary maddox to try and really stabilize the military situation is one that i support. but eventuall

sophie long, birmingham. tata steel and its german rival, thyssenkrupp, have agreed to merge their european operations, in a move that threatens thousands of jobs. the two companies have been in negotiations since last year, when tata abandoned plans to sell its uk operations. the deal includes britain's biggest steel works at port talbot in south wales. our correspondent brian neetham is in port talbot. it has been a turbulent few years for the workers here in port talbot. there was an abandoned sales process and they had to take a reduction in pension benefits. this merger shows some certainty for them. however, pension benefits. this merger shows some certainty forthem. however, it does mean they will have to look to the long—term as well. that is why the long—term as well. that is why the unions are calling for investment here including the refurbishment of one of the blast furnaces, to show a long—term commitment from this new merger. they want to see that workers will have jobs they want to see th

it came to light when the unsuspecting mp raised in birmingham's bids to host the commonwealth games in 2022. last week in the face of stiff competition, birmingham defeated the brilliant liverpool approach and won the award for the commonwealth games in the west midlands, which is excellent news for the economy, not only for birmingham but also for the greater west midlands including lichfield. would my right honourable friend speak, and i see she's sitting next to him, to the chancellor to ensure he backs the bid as well and then that's for britain to ensure that birmingham win the commonwealth games over kuala lumpur? can i say to my honourable friend and gretel forrest question, —— i am grateful for his question. ido... i have noticed my honourable friend apparently is shortly to appear on a channel a programme called celebrity first dates. mr speaker, what i'm not sure about is whether my honourable friend is the celebrity or the first date. another recipient of mrs may's humour was the liberal democrat leader sir vince cable. it was his first question at prime minister's qu

they have been recorded by geoff elliott who was a locksmith in birmingham and recorded in the 1950s on first broadcast. did it start at ten o'clock this morning? yes, we have an event in birmingham which includes missing, presumed wiped episodes of not only hancock but a broad range of television. what has the reaction been like? fantastic. it is absolutely classic comedy and all of the audience were absolutely nothing right through the broadcast. does it match anything like his famous, the blood donor? yes, this is interesting because he didn't normally have guest stars appearing on the show. usually there was a small group of players who supported hancock, but for this particular episode, the italian actressjoined the show for just the one episode, the italian actressjoined the show forjust the one episode. i think for that reason alone, it is a particularly special episode for us to have recovered. he was described as the comedian's comedian. he was something of a tortured soul. how much of an appetite is there still out there for his brand of comedy?” think there is a huge app

still heavy rain in the southeast and south carolina and much of georgia and birmingham with

birmingham began to change. again, the story of democracy. that same constitution would be used by the naacp and thurgood marshall and others starting back -- i describe it in the book with the marlowe report from 1937, and they would sit there on friday morning and they would decide what cases they would take to try and break down segregation and inequality, and and that would eventually end up in the civil rights act of 1964, the voting rights act of 1965, and the first time that my parents and i could go to a restaurant, two days after the sift rights act passed my father says, let's go out to dinner. we went to a hotel for dinner and the people sort of looking up from their food and then maybe realizing, now it was okay, we had dinner. >> host: so in your book you point out that we have had a birth defect slavery, but when slavery was ended in 1865, we went to jim crow laws. so how do you as an african-american woman rationalize what our country did after the civil rights amendments occurred in the constitution? we still went for 100 year

the threat, a good band through atlanta and birmingham and through south carolina. a bit of a storm surge along the georgia and south carolina coast. anywhere from a 4 to 6-foot storm surge with flood warnings in effect through georgia and charleston. charleston getting hit hard with severe weather and heavy rain. the rainfall potential will take you into tuesday and then wednesday, and another 2" in atlanta before it's over and 2" in charleston and 3 to 4 in columbia, and in birmingham, a couple of inches are possible, the main threat in the next 24 to 36 hours. we will come back and talk about why irma is not as been and look at hurricane jose. >>> many of you may have questions about irma in the coming days, so we want to help. thewusa9 help desk will be here until 8:00, 202-895-5560 or you can reach out to us on facebook and on twitter. >>> today marks the 16th anniversary of the september 11th terrorist attack. more than 2700 people were killed when two passenger planes crashed into new york city's twin towers. >> survives, relatives, and dignitaries met for a

it is an 22% the image of birmingham to the whole of the world. look what the commonwealth games dipped from manchester in 2002, and glasgow in 2014. we want a similar success for this region, to bring the world to the region and the city. other uk cities have hosted the commonwealth games, we have seen a strong legacy from them. there has always been a boost to the local economy, and you see a strong legacy in terms of participation, and use of the venues after. this is a real opportunity for birmingham and the west midlands and for the uk to showcase itself as hosting these major international events, across the world. it hasn't gone too well for lewis hamilton in the practice rounds of the malaysian grand prix. the championship leader slid off the track in the second round leaving him in sixth place. title rival sebastian vettel was quickest. but the session came to an early end after a major crash involving haas driver romain grosjean. and heavyweights tony bellew and david haye have announced the date for their rematch. it's the 17th december

kn john kennedy this is easter weekend during the protest of birmingham. em co pay is arrested -- kennedy is arrested wrote this tremendous piece called the letter from birmingham from the civil rights or civil disobedience and it was a beautiful piece of work but of mass a weekend is kennedy with his weekend and wife going to you church , celebrating easter sunday. with such difficulty coming to an agreement so those events that push kennedy over the edge when they were blocking the schoolhouse door blocking them from registering defederalize the national guard and was appalled by all the other things that occurred. been done that very night of june 11 you can see kennedy was eager to go on television live. he didn't have a speech prepared he put something together denounced -- and announced he wanted to do civil-rights legislation but this is the first time the president spoke about it in moral terms. defining that moral crisis that after the of speech they could finally make kennedy come around from two 1/2 years earlier. >> they give for introducing yo

birmingham are at their third finals day in four years. this catch for the final wicket ensured they beat glamorgan in front of a mainly home crowd to book their place in the final. and theyr will face nottinghamshire in around about an hour's time after they beat hampshire. notts took the important wicket of big hitter shahid afridi with the very first ball of the hampshire innings. that restricted them and they fell short by 23 runs of notts first innings total of 169. it's 50 years since cricket's first trade union — the professional cricketers association — was set up. it was an important step for the sport. 0ur sports correspondentjoe wilson has been to meet one of the men who changed the modern game. a sitting and worcestershire talking cricket history with a man who changed the game. formed last night, cricket's first trade union. there in the front row, the instigator, fred ramsey. he looked happy there, fred. i was young. fred ramsey. he looked happy there, fred. iwas young. ididn't fred ramsey. he looked happy there, fred. i

in birmingham fora in birmingham for a live radio one debate. faces —— this is newsbeat, we're live on radio one and the bbc news channel for a different bbc news debate programme. all day 16—22 —year—olds have taken no telling us about the biggest issues in their life, hopes for the future, to whether other generations have got them wrong. hello, i'm a musician, social media is integral to my career, but some people think it is a bad thing. without it i could not pursue my dream. i'm 16, without it i could not pursue my dream. i'm16, i feel like without it i could not pursue my dream. i'm16, ifeel like society is making it ten times harder for oui’ is making it ten times harder for our generation by forcing us to follow a mapped out route. our generation by forcing us to follow a mapped out routei our generation by forcing us to follow a mapped out route. i am katie, i9, and told that if work experience to get a work experience placement, nobody is willing to give us placement, nobody is willing to give usa placement, nobody is will

birmingham began to change. again, the story of democracy. that same constitution would be used by the naacp and thurgood marshall and others starting on the way back and i described in the book from 1937. they would sit there on friday morning and they would decide what cases they would take to try and break down segregation and inequality. that would eventually end up in the civil rights act of 1954, wrote voting rights act of 1965 and the first-time appearance and i could go to a restaurant to days after the civil rights act passed my father said let's go out to dinner so we got dressed up and went to this hotel and i remember that people just looking up from their food and maybe realizing it was okay. we had dinner. >> in your book you point out that we had a birth defect, slavery. when slavery ended in 1865, we went to jim crow laws, so how do you as an african-american women rationalize what our country did after the civil rights amendment occurred in the constitution we still went through a hundred years or so of discrimination, how do

sima kotecha, bbc news, birmingham. sales of the noisiest and most powerful vacuum cleaner are from today, restricted under eu rules. machines using more than 900 watts of power, and emitting more than 80 decibels, will be banned from sale when the existing stocks run out. 0ur environment analyst roger harrabin explains. what used to happen to carpets. until london's hoover factory in 193a applied technology to cleaning. voiceover: and at last, the lady can make light of her housework... even men used them, sometimes. a lifetime later, and we have other worries. we're trying to cut emissions from electricity, and keep bills down. so, new eu rules are forcing the most energy—hungry of these machines off the market. cleaners like this sebo automatic gobble 1100 watts. that's too high to meet new european standards, so this model is on its way out. anti—eu campaigners say europe should have no say in the sort of vacuum cleaner that you buy. but experts say households can save a small fortune on electricity bills if onl

last week in the face of stiff competition, birmingham defeated the brilliant liverpool approach one the award for the commonwealth games in the west midland which is excellent news for the economy, not only for birmingham but also for the greater west midland. with my right honorable friend speak and i think she's sitting next to him to the chancellor to ensure that he backs it as well and backs for britain to enjoy that birmingham when the commonwealth games over kuala lumpur? >> i say to my honorable friends for this question. i haven't noticed in my honorable friend is surely to appear on the channel all program called celebrity first date. [laughter] mr. speaker, what i'm not sure about is that if my honorable friend is the celebrity or the first date but he raised the issue of the game. honestly, the commonwealth games being hosted in the uk 2022 in birmingham will present a unique opportunity for west midland and would of course promote britain across the commonwealth. [inaudible] >> involving mopeds and bikes has sort across the country in recent years. given yesterday's unde

it a black are of fire in birmingham. -- there was a fire in birmingham. this context mentions that other indians were left behind. were left right here. i know you can't see the full text, we are going to have to cut it short. please a mail me, i will send you the transcript. anyways, i would like to content -- mexican jails show london,joe's show in washis involvement important. thank you ladies and gentlemen. [applause] >> fascinating. never underestimate the value of the? . [laughter] i just learned -- but his father -- our next guest father. is the author of several newspaper plays and buffalo bill paper. his presentation is entitled, after hours, buffalo bill in london. [applause] >> thanks, bob. from 1966-1970 two, my father was in charge of the buffalo bill foundation. -- the buffalo bill enterprise. i'm wondering if anybody else in the room was there for specific event. wow. there you go, ok. i would like to say just how to be an editor of the papers of william f cody. fellowship changed my life. want to thank jeremy and frank ,nd doug for includi

birmingham's bid to host the 2022 commonwealth games has officially been backed by the government. at a cost of at least 750 million pounds, the city council is expected to fund 25 per cent of the bill. the deadline for official bids is tomorrow, but there are no other cities currently in the race, so barring a last minute shock, one of the world's biggest sporting events will be heading it isa it is a real opportunity to regenerate part of the city and using the games village to provide regeneration. it is an opportunity proves that the image of birmingham and the region to the wall of the world and if you look at what the commonwealth games that the mightiest in 2002 and for glasgow in 2014, we want to have a similar success here for birmingham, an opportunity to bring the world to the regional city. there are six races left in the f1 season. it is between vettel and hamilton. the german looks in better shape. he was 1.5 seconds quicker than hamilton in second practice. the session was overshadowed by a crash involving romain grosjean. the frenchman was not hurt after his car cli

sophie long, bbc news, birmingham. two people have been taken to hospital with serious injuries following an incident at a recycling plant in nottingham. the emergency services were called to the bio dynamic site, which recycles food waste and turns it into electricity, on the collick industrial estate this morning. the fire service says the blast was caused by a gas tanker which collapsed. nearly a quarter of 1a year old girls in the uk have felt symptoms of depression — according to a study. it looked at data from more than 10 thousand young people. our health correspondent, dominic hughes, reports. down and lonely and a little bit hopeless. i couldn't see a future. this is how catherine perrin describes her 1a—year—old self, struggling with anxiety and depression, and desperately trying to hold her life together. you have to pretend you're 0k every day. the only reason you have to do that is because you don't really know why you are sad and it's easier than making an excuse. but you get caught in a web of lies

as some of discontent for birmingham's binmen. almost two months off an emptied bins is causing chaos for residents. last night they got the new city set to continue. i think it's disgusting how long it has gone on. there's got to bea how long it has gone on. there's got to be a resolution that they can come too quickly. i think it's a service that's underappreciated and i think they do a great job and i think the cuts are necessary, really. the streets have been smelling very badly and somehow there's got to be a way of reaching a compromise. a council statement confirmed that all great read in staff would be issued with redundancy notices today. the council's leader in sis staff will be offered alternative roles of the same pay. united says this move is deeply provocative and members will return to the picket lines today. they can't screw the agreement up. we honour —— honoured our side and we wa nt we honour —— honoured our side and we want the industrial action to stop permanently. if a ballot of union members approves

a summer of discontent for birmingham's binmen. almost two months of unlimited bins has caused chaos for residents. last night they got the news it is set to continue. i think it is disgusting how long it has gone on. there has to bea how long it has gone on. there has to be a resolution quite quickly.” think it is a service that is quite unappreciated and they do a great job and the cuts are unnecessary. the streets have been smelling very badly. somehow there has to be a way of comprising. a council statement confirmed all grade three bin staff will be issued redundancy notices today. the council leader insists staff have been offered alternative roles on the same pay. unite says this move is deeply provocative and that their members will return to picket lines today. we honoured are side of the agreement. we opposed industrial action and wanted it to stop. if a ballot of union members approved said the strike could continue until christmas. nearly half of low—paid parents are struggling tojuggle half of low—paid parents ar

the birmingham that it was really exciting and potentially inspirational. they had to meet a range of criteria including the sports programme, the infrastructure, the venues for the games would take place, the experience of the athletes and a range of aspects which they met perfectly. they also presented some exciting proposals on how the games would benefit, not just exciting proposals on how the games would benefit, notjust the city, but the region of the west midlands but the region of the west midlands but also the uk as a whole and i think it would showcase the commonwealth of movement in a positive light. all those things together made this a strong and exciting bed. the government will assess the budget to make sure that it represents value for money and if that approval comes from the government, we will then present the built to the commonwealth games federation at the end of the month. at that point we are in an international competition against the likes of malaysia and australia and we would expect a decision at the end of the year. we feel we h

to get there birmingham beat glamorgan by 11 runs. this catch sealed it for the bears in front of a mostly home crowd, despite the fielders bumping into each other. this is birmingham's third finals day appearance in four years. notts beat hampshire to seal their place in this evening's finale. they got the important wicket of shahid afridi with the very first ball of the hampshire innings. quick wickets kept the hampshire score down, and they were bowled out falling 23 runs short. you can listen to that match on bbc five live extra. police say they have arrested a man suspected of firing an arrow into the oval cricket while a match was under way on thursday. the arrow landed on the outfield during the county championship game between surrey and middlesex. nobody was hurt but the game was abandoned with armed police evacuating the ground. a 35—year—old man been released on bail pending further inquiries. police have asked for any fans who might have video footage of the incident on their mobile phones to come forward. former engla

the birmingham bin strike is back on — some workers have received redundancy notices, and there are fears the rubbish will mount up again. at last, the lady can make light of the house work. and, customers are told to "suck it up", as the eu bans vacuum cleaners which are too noisy or powerful. and in the sport on bbc news... gordon strachan says it's not a must—win, but that's still how his scotland side will approach tonight's crucial world cup qualifier in lithuania. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the private security company gas has suspended nine employees, following claims of abuse and assaults on detainees at an immigration centre. an undercover investigation by the bbc‘s panorama programme appears to show staff mocking, abusing and threatening violence against detainees at brook house, near gatwick airport. gas says there is "no place for the type of conduct described in the allegations", and that it has immediately begun an investigation. our social affairs correspondent alison holt has the details. just metres from the runway at gatwick airport is brook h

collections in birmingham in in birmingham birmingham resumed this morning — after redundancy notices were issued to some workers. the industrial action was suspended last month after seven weeks — during which time rubbish piled up on many of the city's streets. our midlands correspondent sima kotecha reports. it looks bad and it smells even worse. a bin strike that's been going on for weeks and people here have had enough. itjust smells like a tip. i mean, there's bags dumped everywhere. bags which have opened up and just scattered all across the road and we have to walk through it every single day. it's not on. i don't know what they need to do. they need to sort something out between themselves and move on. that smell, it's so awful that you would rather do this to yourself than smell it, really. the council and the refuse workers are arguing about shift patterns, pay and conditions and job losses. this strike started at the end ofjune. the council claims that it's been costing them around £a0,000 per day to hire agency staff to clean up all this rubbish. then the industrial ac

sophie long, bbc news, birmingham. two people have been taken to hospital with serious injuries following an incident at a recycling plant in nottingham. the emergency services were called to the bio dynamic site, which recycles food waste and turns it into electricity, on the collick industrial estate this morning. the fire service says the blast was caused by a gas tanker which collapsed. nearly a quarter of 1a year old girls in the uk have felt symptoms of depression — according to a study. it looked at data from more than 10 thousand young people. our health correspondent, dominic hughes, reports. down and lonely and a little bit hopeless. i couldn't see a future. this is how catherine perrin describes her 14—year—old self, struggling with anxiety and depression, and desperately trying to hold her life together. you have to pretend you're ok every day. the only reason you have to do that is because you don't really know why you are sad and it's easier than making an excuse. but you get caught in a web of lies

and with overseas rivals yet to submit bids birmingham now looks set to build on that reputation. dan roan, bbc news. the wheel looking into claims from the wheel looking into claims from the rocketing car entrepreneur who said that soon people will be able to fly between cities within minutes. this take a look at the weather forecast first. good afternoon. the rain will continue to clear from eastern areas to give many bright event of the day but the showers are coming in thick and fast towards north and west and heavy once you‘re on a stiff breeze. some showers elsewhere overnight. the most notable feature will be held chariot will be. as we start our saturday morning, compared with recent nights. a bright start but the second part of the weekend looks much wetter. with some gales quite widely as well. the story we have been following all week. it is a day on saturday start. a few showers and they will be tending to push their way eastward most places not seen more than one or two. for northern ireland, scotland much of england, fairly decent day. late one we get this rain in.

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hejoins me from our birmingham studio. thank you for being with us. i don't know if you heard what was coming in from the report, that the government says there is no shortage and no problem. it is strange that you have carried out this survey and i have been on 1a different radio stations across the country today talking about this story and that is not the picture i see. it is not the story that i hear from the regions. surveys can prove one thing but in practical terms, a lot of these patients are not able to access nhs care, it is something the bda are very unhappy with, we want to provide care for patients struggling to get a nhs dentist. why is that server is not provided? the money that nhs england have commissioned for dentistry has dried up in relative years and the problem with queueing around the block for a dental practice, ten years ago, was supposed to be solved by the contract they introduced in 2006 and here we are, ten years later, talking about a problem with nhs dental contracts were good practices are not allowed to expand and take

. -- a birmingham came .anchester racecourse opening 1887. -- the morning of friday, fourth may, 1888. the statement that the -- taking was a prolonged one, for each member of the trip, including the indians, seem to have friends from whom they were worlds apart. a certain conspicuous absentee -- this was the start of blackouts great misadventures, where he and his friends failed to rejoin the company. --h narratives agreed that managed to lose themselves. a -- with twos of other lakota's. men -- the trains took on sunday --- making the point that the world needs accountants. this very institution holds the counting plans outlining arrangements that with the -- two squadshe and one baby boy. this is a total of 71 indians expected to travel. -- actuallyr list did make the crossing, 52 women and a four-year-old boy, leaving for adult males unaccounted for. this in particular is confirmed 1888, buffalo- bill. -- beforelist disembarking two days later. beyond all -- the idea is very much enlarged by the visit to england. -- did not answer the rollcall. they did not turn up as i thought th

gavin ramjean for cbs news, birmingham, england. >> people lost an average of 33 pounds in the trial. >>> we have had an action packed morning. things are calming down in time for lunch. this is our early-morning loop about 4:30 a.m. when we saw lightning coming through. you can see how they moves from the east to the west between 4:30 this morning and 9 a.m. then things started to settle down a lot. right now, what we're seeing is high clouds out there, a little drizzle along the coastline which we can definitely see from the golden gate. look at that. there were a few accidents along the golden gate this morning as a strong rain cell came on through. that area in sausalito. here's a look at mount diablo. you can see high clouds looking pretty out there. there's a little bit of a breeze out there, as well. wind gusts are expected to pick up today. concord right now 72. oakland you are at 69. livermore 74. a cool 66 in san francisco. 76 in san jose. so let's take a look at those wind speeds. hayward 14-mile-per-hour winds coming out of the west. sfo picking up at 14 right now coming o

but no we stayed there in birmingham began to change. again it is a story oftu democracy that same constitution would be used by the naacp starting on the way back to describe it in the book. from 1937. and they would sit there on friday morning and they would decide what cases they were going to take to try to break down segregation and inequality. and that would eventually end up in a civil rights act of 1964. in the first time that my parents and i could go to a restaurant. we have all dressed up. and we went to this hotel for dinner and i remember thee people kind of looking up from their food and then maybe realizing that now it was okay. and we have dinner. you point out that we have a birth defect of slavery but when slavery was ended in 1865 we went to jim crow law so how do you as an african-american woman rationalize what our country did after the civil rights amendments occurred in the constitution. we went through a hundred years or so of discrimination. system how do heidi say it's such a wonderful system. howdy rationalize

the birmingham bid was really exciting and potentially inspirational. they had to meet a range of criteria, including the sports programme, the infrastructure, the venues that the game would take place, by athletes experience and a range of other aspects, which they met absolutely perfectly. they also presented some really exciting proposals on how the game would benefit notjust the city and the region of the west midlands, but also the uk as a whole. it would showcase the commonwealth movement ina very showcase the commonwealth movement in a very positive light. all those things together made this a really, really strong and exciting bit. fabulous. what's the process now that you have to go through if you're going to take on other cities involved in this bidding process? the process now is that the government will assess the budget to make sure that it represents value for money. if that approval comes from the government, we in association with the government will then present the bid to the commonwealth games federation at the end of the month. at th

filmed in birmingham, the soap opera regularly drew audiences of up to 15 million people. it's jill chance. for fans of the programme jane ro55ington is a very familiar face having played the character jill throughout almost all of cro55roads 4,928 epi5ode5. so who better to bring to birmingham city university to watch part of the programme not seen for more than 50 years. i can't believe it all. i'm still not convinced that i wasn't at that wedding. i seem to remember quite a lot about it. i think it was the first wedding we'd ever done. de5pite recording five epi5ode5 a week, the majority of the early programmes were destroyed. it was too expensive the tape. so they used to wipe the tape and just reuse it which is probably why these odd bit5 ju5t get left behind. but now a team of birmingham archive hunter5 led by chris perry have managed to track down some of the earliest 5urviving programmes, believed to have been lost forever. yeah, in many ways this is a quite a holy grail for cro55roads fans. some of the footage was very mixed up. some cans would have footage from t