every station in birmingham _ music. every station in birmingham said - music. every station in birmingham said to . music. every station in l birmingham said to have music. every station in - birmingham said to have one of these maps so that when you are next on the train, keep an eye out because you never know which part the city's musical heritage you mayjust discover. and that is it from me for now. you can find me on twitter but thank you for watching and stay tuned to bbc news. hello. storm are one more wind gusts close to 100 miles an hour across northumberland and it is now pulled away and with pressure building from the west the wind will continue to ease but sunday will be another cold day with further wintry showers. an area of rain sleet and snow clipping northern ireland will move into the north of england, middle and smiles by the end of the afternoon. on either side of this there will be some good spells of sunshine that further wintry showers are just clipping the eastern coast and more cloud pushing into northern ireland. we should see some late

every station in birmingham - area. every station in birmingham is - area. every station in birmingham is set. area. every station in birmingham is set to| area. every station in - birmingham is set to have one of these maps so when you're next on the train, keep an eye out as you never know which part of the city is musical heritage you mightjust discover! in men's football, palmeiras of brazil have won south america's biggest competition, the copa libertadores, for the second successive year. they beat another brazilian side, flamengo, 2—1 after extra time. the match was played in neighbouring uruguay, causing logistical problems for fans of both clubs. the cost of air tickets and hotels had rocketed because of high demand and the pandemic. finally... the christmas season is really getting underway with the start of advent. this was the scene in vilnius earlier and the unveiling of the world famous christmas tree. it's described as one of the most stunning christmas trees in the world. it's located in the centre of cathedral square in vilnius's historic

phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham. new virtual reality technology is being used for the first time by surgeons at great 0rmond street hospital in london to help families facing agonising decisions about agreeing to surgery on their children. the first to benefit are parents of babies who have a condition which affects the way their child's skull develops as bbc click�*s lara lewington explains. you're a lovely boy, aren't you? archie was born with sagital sinistosis, which, although not life—threatening, left his parents faced with a difficult decision, whether to risk surgery or leave nature to take its course, with the physical and psychological impacts that would follow. obviously, there is always that worry about what he's going to have done. virtual reality is helping them decide. parents amanda and judd can interact along with the surgeon in this immersive illustration of the procedure. from all angles, they can see exactly how archie's head can be reshaped with surgery. so here, the grey is the head shape as

there we will meet a member of birmingham�*s reggae royalty. this man has been the bassist in the birmingham band steel pulse for the past 17 years. linking birmingham with all the musicians and bands and musical heritage, it�*s an amazing project that young people, visitors to the country, can all gain knowledge by scanning the qr code and listening to the music of the people of the area. every station in birmingham is set to have one of these maps so when you�*re next on the train, keep an eye out as you never know which part of the city�*s musical heritage you might just discover! ben sidwell, bbc news. a vigil has been held on the beach in folkestone in kent to mark the 27 lives lost in the channel on wednesday. many of those present were calling for safe and legal routes to be established for asylum seekers, to avoid further tragedies at sea. simonjones was there. people have gathered on the beach in folkestone to mark the lives lost in the channel on wednesday. the bell was rung 27 times to remember the 17 men, seven women and three

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we will meet a member of birmingham's reggae royalty. amlak tafari has been a bassist in steel pulse for the past 17 years. linking birmingham throughout all the different musicians and bands and musical heritage, the historical context in this way is an amazing project that young people and visitors to the country, they can all have a bit of knowledge by scanning a qr code and listening to music. every station in birmingham is set to have one of these maps so that when you are next on the train, keep an eye out because you never know which part the city's musical heritage you mayjust discover. that's just about it from us for now. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @sipusey. you can also get the news on our website. you can also get the news on ourwebsite. but you can also get the news on our website. but for now, thanks for watching. i will see you soon. hello. storm arwen brought wind gusts close to 100mph across northumberland. the storm has now pulled away south and eastwards and with pressure building from the west, the winds will

phil mackie bbc news, birmingham. a few moments ago michael callaghan came at and described zephaniah mcleod as a murderer and a killer and we also heard from keith billington, jacob's father, who said they had been assured that zephaniah mcleod would never see the light of day again. and reflecting onjacob leach —— jo blinken saying she wanted answers, in sentencing, the judge said, "given your medical history it's a matter of considerable concern you were simply lost in the system." referring to the period when he was released from prison after the first lockdown last year. thank you very much. it is a 17 minutes past one. our top story this lunchtime... the government confirms it's scrapping a key part of the high speed hs2 rail link — the leg running between the east midlands and leeds will not now be built. also on the programme — 30 years on from his release, terry waite recalls his years as a hostage in beirut. coming up on the bbc news channel... england's ashes test against australia in melbourne and

link between birmingham and leeds. instead the new track will stop in the east midlands. the rest of the route will be upgraded. the government insists the changes mean it will be able to deliver major improvements much more quickly. it will offer for young people commuting in the midlands and the north the same type of confidence about their daily lives, their commute, as people have been used to for a century in the south. it's a huge investment, costing £96 billion, though not all of it is new money. it includes plans to spend £360 million on introducing contactless payment systems to help commuters and there will be price caps for trains, trams and buses. there will also be a new mass transit system for leeds but labour says promises have been broken. we set out a compressive plan for hs2 and northern powerhouse rail and we stick by that. that's the big difference between us and the government. when we set out promises we stick to them for top the government makes promises and then rips them up, which is what it

i think we would be letting down the midlands and the north of the h52 stopped in birmingham. now the government has woken up to the spiralling costs, so the dream stops at east midlands parkway. people keep saying we're not doing hs2, and ijust don't see where that comes from, because we are getting high speed line, new line from birmingham to east midlands parkway, 42 miles of track. that's nearly a £10 billion of investment on its own. and the toten transport hub, which is where hs2 was due to stop in the original plan, will still be built, and the hs2 line may still be extended through there in the future. most of the options to go north from here include toten as well. but we are also going to get a package of transport links, road, tram and rail to link toten into places like mansfield and ashfield, as well as nottingham and the surrounding area to access those jobs. and that is absolutely massive for our communities. so now, we know the government rail plan doesn't mean the end of hs2 in the east midlands. and for those living in hs2's path, that means uncertainty will

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certainly applies to birmingham in the _ to. certainly applies to birmingham in the west midlands. people feel they need more homes to be built so they need more homes to be built so they have _ they need more homes to be built so they have a _ they need more homes to be built so they have a chance if they're not on they have a chance if they're not on the housing — they have a chance if they're not on the housing letter to getting on the housing ladder. it�*s the housing letter to getting on the housing ladder.— housing ladder. it's a big story wherever you _ housing ladder. it's a big story wherever you are _ housing ladder. it's a big story wherever you are for - housing ladder. it's a big story wherever you are for the - housing ladder. it's a big story - wherever you are for the unthinking down in the southwest where two pressures, one is the houses people can't afford whether to rent or buy but also the huge demand from older people who would like to move out of their family homes, people who would like to move out of theirfamily homes, maybe people who would like to mo

ben sidwell, bbc midlands today, birmingham. purfect. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen. good evening. despite a little bit of a ground frost here and there this morning, temperatures have recovered, and actually it's been very mild across the board. and it's going to stay that way tonight and tomorrow, and also mostly dry. the reason for the mild air is because we've got this flow off the atlantic, this wind flow off the atlantic. and the high pressure in the south is keeping our weather fronts at bay. that said, we've still got some rain to come across northern and western parts of scotland, some drizzle with thicker cloud in many other areas, but where we've seen the breaks in the cloud through the day, those will tend to fill in with misty low cloud overnight. so, hill and coastal fog. and it should be milder because we'll have more cloud, which also means we won't have as much sunshine as we start tomorrow morning. it won't be cloudy all the way. there could be some brief brighter breaks, some sunshine coming throug

birmingham and nottingham. birmingham is currently one hour 40 minutes away from nottingham. it will be 26 minutes away under these plans. the times from london to derby and nottingham will be shaved from an hour and a half or so, maybe more to enter an hour. so, these are massive gains and what they will also produce is the commuter benefits that we went to see, so we are notjust digging huge swathes of new rail across virgin countryside through peaceful villages, which is what some of the critics say that we should be doing more of what we are doing a bit of that, there is no doubt about it, we're building over 100 miles of high—speed line but we're also improving and separating the commuter network to journey times in the east midlands, in the west midlands and across the whole rest of the country.— rest of the country. you're going to have to make _ rest of the country. you're going to have to make it _ rest of the country. you're going to have to make it so _ rest of the country. you're going to have to make it so that _ rest of the country. you're going to have to m

the high school, build up birmingham, is founded on a radical idea. it pays students to go to school, offers after school job training, and puts them to work fixing up rundown homes in their own neighborhood. then, perhaps the biggest incentive, a chance at home ownership if they succeed in school. our correspondent, jessica gomez, takes us to ensley, a neighborhood in birmingham, to see the idea at work. >> more than likely, if you are passing through for the first time, you will see messed up roads, rundown buildings, a lot of blight in the neighborhood. jessica: 19-year-old torrey washington, hitching a ride to work from his mom, passing through the streets of ensley, alabama. >> i feel like this city could be better. jessica: once a booming steel mill town, ensley was home to more than 40,000 people. then, the plants moved away, and there was white flight. about 10% of the population remains today. it's a place that feels forgotten. >> i go home by 2:30 for my college classes. jessica: torrey, a community college student working as an apprentice a

phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham. the pharmaceutical manufacturer, pfizer, has said that a clinical trial of a new pill to treat covid—19 shows that the drug is highly effective. the product is called paxlovid, and it is reported to have achieved an 89% reduction in the risk of hospitalization or death — that's among adult patients with coronavirus who are at high risk of progressing to severe illness. with me now is our health correspondent, jim reed. we're starting to see the same thing this year but this time it's not vaccines, it's treatments. so it's aimed at people who have already caught covid who might be vulnerable, elderly, have underlying health conditions — so we had the uk drugs regulator approving the first pill to treat covid in that way and today clinical trial results for a different pill, this time developed by the us drug company pfizer, and, again, they're very, very strong. so this one, if you give this pill in the trial within three to five days of catching covid, then it cuts the risk of h

phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham. the trial of three men accused of murdering a black man while he was outjogging has begun today in the us state of georgia. the death of 25—year—old ahmaud arbery in february last yearsparked protests across the us. there's been more controversy after a nearly—all white jury was selected for the trial — in which the defendants have pleaded not guilty. 0ur north america correspondent aleem maqbool sent this update from outside the courthouse in brunswick, georgia... it is called a modern day linking headlines notjust because this was three white men who decided that this young man look like a burglary suspect, they said, and they felt that give them the right to call him, should him and kill him. it was notjust that it later emerged that one of them used a racial slur as the man lay dying but it was also the man lay dying but it was also the fact that the police did not make an arrest in this case for more than ten weeks and only then once a video of the killing went viral and

the birmingham teenager, keon lincoln, who was shot and stabbed outside his home in birmingham — a fifth teenager has been convicted of his killing. an experimental pill to treat covid — new trial results show it can cut the risk of hospitalisation or death by nearly 90% in vulnerable adults. and gimme, gimme, gimme — new music that's been a long time coming. we speak to abba, on the day they release their first studio album in a0 years. and coming up on the bbc news channel — england captain owen farrell has tested positive for covid—i9 on the eve of his side's test against tonga. he'll take more tests later today. hello, good afternoon. let's start our bulletin this lunchtime with the latest at the cop26 climate summit. thousands of people, including many schoolchildren, are protesting on the streets of glasgow, calling on world leaders at the summit to take action to tackle global warming. the campaigner greta thunberg is among them, on the day that debate at cop is focused on younger people. the education secretary will later set out a new strategy for schools in england, inc

phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham. the number of coronavirus infections could be flattening out — with experts saying we may have reached another peak. the latest figures suggest1 in 55 people in the uk tested positive for covid last week that's more than 1.2 million people. it comes as the drug company pfizer said its developed a new covid pill to be taken at the first sign of symptoms — that is eighty— nine per cent effective at preventing hospital treatment or death. here's our health editor hugh pym. are we going to go in the left or the right arm, sir? as people come forward for boosterjabs, here in marlow in buckinghamshire, and here at st helens rugby league ground, the hope is that the spread of the virus can be slowed down. there are very tentative views among expert modellers that there may be a downward trend for infections. it's very possible that cases may continue to go down over the next few weeks, but i'm also very aware that we saw this in september and then we did see a climb in cases again. so

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link between birmingham and leeds. instead the new track will stop in the east midlands. the rest of the route will be upgraded. the government insists the changes mean it will be able to deliver major improvements much more quickly. it will offer for young people commuting in the midlands and the north the same type of confidence about their daily lives, their commute, as people have been used to for a century in the south. it's a huge investment, costing £96 billion, though not all of it is new money. it includes plans to spend £360 million on introducing contactless payment systems to help commuters and there will be price caps for trains, trams and buses. there will also be a new mass transit system for leeds but labour says promises have been broken. we set out a compressive plan for h52 and northern powerhouse rail and we stick by that. that's the big difference between us and the government. when we set out promises we stick to them. the government makes promises and then rips them up, which is what it has don

will mackie, bbc news, birmingham. in the last hour, the pharmaceutical manufacturer pfizer, has said that a clinical trial of a pill to treat covid—19, shows that the drug is highly effective. the product is called paxlovid, and it is reported to have achieved an 89% reduction in the risk of hospitalization or death — that's among adult patients with coronavirus who are at high risk of progressing to severe illness. we are starting to see the same thing this year but this time it's not vaccines, it is treatments, so it's aimed at people who have already caught covid who might be vulnerable, elderly, have underlying health conditions so we had the uk drugs regulator approving the first pill to treat covid in that way and today clinical trial results for a different pill this time developed by the us drug company pfizer, company pfizer, and, again, they're very, very strong, so this one, if you give this pill in the trial within three to five days of catching covid, then it cuts the risk of hospitalisation in that v

here was the original plan, in which hs2 connects london with birmingham, manchester and leeds. but as of today, it's been confirmed that the leg between the east midlands and leeds will now be scrapped. and it's also ditching a planned new high—speed rail link between manchester and leeds. instead the government says it's come up with an alternative rail package priced at £96 billion. it promises to upgrade existing train links and build new, but shorter stretches of high—speed track. katy austin reports. this south yorkshire logistics business has been on its own fast journey of expansion, and it's not done yet. the boss hoped hs2 stretching up to leeds would free up much more space on the railways for freight and ease road congestion. i really think that the country needs more rail, more rail infrastructure, to reduce carbon, take more wagons off the road and improve on supply chain demands. the government insists its new plan will still produce faster journey times and add capacity, but deliver improvements sooner. that's not enough for some. if hsz is not going to be a

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birmingham and when we get more, we will bring it to you.— will bring it to you. phil, for the moment. _ will bring it to you. phil, for the moment, thank— will bring it to you. phil, for the moment, thank you. _ now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. another incredibly mild day out there today with winds coming in from the south—west off the atlantic. bringing with it lots of cloud, we'll see a few cloud breaks to the east of higher ground, best of which parts of eastern scotland, down through eastern england. bit of sunshine too in shetland, but here has been incredibly windy so far, those winds slowly starting to ease down. the south of that, 0rkney, down in towards the north of mainland and across the western isles, this is where we'll see outbreaks of rain throughout the day. temperatures at the highest aberdeenshire, potentially 16, 17 degrees. this evening and overnight, the rain continues in northern scotland, inching a little bit further southwards. elsewhere, plenty of cloud with the odd spot of drizzle. most places will be

a woman at this property in birmingham has been advertised on vivastreet. men queue up outside the door. i'm just hiding in the back of the van. in half an hour, at least five or six men have entered that property. business is good, but who's benefiting? vivastreet is owned by a french businessman, yannick pons. he's made millions from the sex ads. his website�*s name comes up time and time again in pinging and sex trafficking cases. also on your phone is a screenshot. a female on vivastreet. did you screenshot that image? yes. this sex trafficker spent £25,000 on ads on vivastreet. he was even given his own personal account manager. she had been asked how she advertised her services and she says vivastreet only. she's been asked who set up her website profile, and her answer was you. vivastreet is a magnet for sex traffickers and that's because vivastreet makes it so quick and so easy to advertise women to sex buyers. the website has the effect of concentrating and centralising demand from men across the country who are willing to sexually exploit women

phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham. around a million more children in england should be eligible for free school meals and would benefit from a hot meal a day — that's according to a leading food charity. the food foundation says there s an urgent need to expand the criteria of who qualifies by raising the earnings threshold to 20 thousand pounds a year before benefits. 0ur education correspondent elaine dunkley reports. you feel like you are a failure. you are not a failure. my business has lost in the 150 customers through covid. i've got about £18,000 this year. steve worries about putting food on the table for his three children. he also worries about feeding dozens of families across the town. he set up this food bank to help others. the town. he set up this food bank to help others-— the town. he set up this food bank to help others. these are people who have worked — to help others. these are people who have worked and _ to help others. these are people who have worked and they _ to help others. these are

work on the controversial new high—speed line has already begun in the south from london to birmingham. but rather than continuing hs2's eastern leg, instead the department for transport is expected to announce that the line will be upgraded rather than replaced. local labour and tory mps are accusing the government of reneging on its promises. our transport correspondent katy austin reports. this west yorkshire businesswoman often finds that driving is the only option. she would rather get about by train so is disappointed by reports that major rail projects are set to be scaled back. i would have the ability to get to more places by public transport, and not having to drive and find parking, which is very expensive, and also the added benefit that on a train, or public transport, i can do work. the london to birmingham phase of hs2, the new high—speed railway, is already being built, but what comes next? the government is due to release a plan later this week setting out how it will improve rail connections across the north of england and the midlands, with nearly £100 billion of

we already know they are building the bit between london and birmingham. and then there will be this new northern powerhouse rail line between warrington, where i happened to be earlier on, manchester and marsden in west yorkshire. the government making the argument that it's cracking on with stuff quicker and more cheaply, but plenty of people saying it's a sell—out and plenty of people in the north of england reckoning they are not getting what they hoped to get. shall we hear from somebody in the north of england? yeah, one of those people who's a little bit annoyed is the labour mayor of west yorkshire, tracy brabin. it is a betrayal of the north and it's a betrayal of the people i represent in west yorkshire. only what feels like months ago, the prime minister stood in front of stevenson's rocket in manchester and promised a new rail line, northern powerhouse rail. the interesting thing about this from a political point of view is that boris johnson and the tories made such a feature of making these big promises to the north of england, and i will a

work on the controversial high-speed line had already begun from london to birmingham. the is also expected to be abandoned in favor of upgrades to existing lines. accusing the government of reneging on promises. reporter: there is real disappntment to see the scrapping of the plans of that final chunk of hs to coming up the east coast of the country. they are missing out on the trumpeted benefits and is not just necessarily about faster connections but faster intercity connections between leeds and sheffield in birmingham along the way. and of course easing of the congestion on existing lines by building a separate parallel line, you would have moved a lot of that passenger transport onto that different line which frees up the existing network for smaller journeys and for transporting goods. >> this is "outside source." our lead story is the european union is to step on sanctions in response to the escalating migrant crisis on the border with poland. and the u.k. terror threat raise to seve after an explosion in liverpool which is being treated as a terrorist incident.

and talk about— maybe that's birmingham and talk about this — maybe that's birmingham and talk about this not delivering for you is bizarre _ about this not delivering for you is bizarre we — about this not delivering for you is bizarre. we are delivering one hour and a _ bizarre. we are delivering one hour and a quarterjourneys from london to where _ and a quarterjourneys from london to where we — and a quarterjourneys from london to where we are set right now in manchester. to where we are set right now in manchester-— to where we are set right now in manchester. . , ., �* , manchester. that is the government's - itch. manchester. that is the government's nitch. it manchester. that is the government's itch. it is manchester. that is the government's pitch. it is interesting _ manchester. that is the government's pitch. it is interesting because - manchester. that is the government's pitch. it is interesting because it - pitch. it is interesting because it kind of feeds into one of the things i've heard a lot in parliament recently which is that borisjohnson promises quite a

although there is set to be a new high—speed section from birmingham to near nottingham. the plan is also expected to reveal the leeds to manchester route under the proposed northern powerhouse rail scheme won't get a whole new line via bradford. but there will be some new track — not high—speed — and some upgrades to the existing infrastructure. bradford is counting on better rail connections for regeneration and some see the idea of dialling plans back as unthinkable. i just can't believe they would do that. itjust doesn't make any economic sense. we know that bradford is a young workforce. 537,000 people here, nearly 25% of the population under the age of 16. we are the workforce of the future. in 2019, the prime minister said this... i want to be the prime minister who does with northern powerhouse rail, what we did for crossrail in london. campaigners now feel this promise could be derailed, and, with it, the idea of truly levelling up the country. one conservative nottinghamshire mp, though, says the improvements which are expected shouldn't be overlooked. the

of birmingham. welcome to all of you. i will begin this discussion with the kind of question i would normally reserve for the end of inside story. while i do not want it to be entirely self congratulatory, it is our 25th anniversary. i would like to know from each eu. what does al jazeera mean to you personally? why has it become important to you and what impact has it had on people and society where you are from? >> a few years before al jazeera was created in 1996, i was struck by another cable outlet, cnn whose motto at the time of the iraq war was we keep america on top of the world. i have worked with cnn, have a great deal of respect for the bbc. by and large, the international media world for many people was of a prism seen through prisms, u.s. and u.k. outlets. or possibly european outlets. that creation of al jazeera, first in arabic and then in english, opened up the media space. it opened it in part in your introduction because arab communities, where was their voice out to the world? whe

. >>> and the "birmingham news" says hundreds of fedex packages were found tossed in an alabama ravine. authorities say about 300 to 400 boxes were found in the ravine wednesday about 40 miles northeast of birmingham. fedex sent multiple trucks and drivers from all over the south to retrieve the packages. an investigation is under way to determine why the packages ended up in the ravine come is located on private property. >>> and "people" magazine says for the first time ever the same dog won best in show two years if a row at the national dog show. >> best in show this evening will go to the scottish deerhound. >> david, we have first time in 20 years, we have a repeat winner. >> claire, a 4-year-old scottish deerhound from virginia, took top honors at the 20th annual show in philadelphia. she also won last year. claire comes from a line of leading dogs. her grandmother won best in show at the 2021 westminster dog show. >>> still to come, tiny home, tiny price. furniture retailer ikea is renting out a small apartment for just pennies a day. we'll tell you where. ur type 2 diabetes kn

. >>> and "the birmingham news" says an alabama boy weighing less than a pound at birth was officially certified by guinness world records as the most premature baby to survive. curtis means weighed less than 15 ounces when he was delivered at a birmingham hospital in july of last year. his mom went into labor at only 21 weeks. a twin did not survive. curtis is now 16 months old. >> he's very active now. at first, you know, he was moving slow. so he's -- he could slide down, stand up like he want to take off and start walking. he started, you know, babble at the mouth. >> curtis spent three months on a ventilator and 275 days in the hospital before being discharged in april. >>> still ahead, real estate crunch. why house hunters have to move faster than ever to buy their dream home. achoo! probably covered in germs protection lysol to go kills 99.9% of viruses and bacteria ... ... including the covid-19 viru. take trusted lysol protection, now on the go. lysol. what it takes to protect. with clean, fresh ingredients, panera's new chicken sausage and pepperoni flatbread is a mouthwateri

four teenagers have beenjailed for life at birmingham crown court for the killing of 15 —year—old keon lincoln back injanuary. six cases of the omicron coronavirus variant have now been identified in scotland. they bring the total number of known omicron infections, in the uk, to nine. there's a warning it's "very likely" that more will be discovered in the coming days. japan has announced its to close its borders to most foreign visitors, as the world's third largest economy joins israel in responding decisively to the spread of the new variant. here's our tokyo correspondent, rupert wingfield hayes. so, this is a very rapid announcement by the japanese prime minister, mr keshida, after his cabinet meeting today he came out and said that they had decided as an emergency measure to essentially reimpose the border restrictions that were lifted at the beginning of this month. japan has had very tough border restrictions for most of the last two years, because of covid. those began to be lifted on november the 8th and now, just three weeks later, the prime minister has said they are going

when i am working on the children's hospital in birmingham, where _ children's hospital in birmingham, where i_ children's hospital in birmingham, where i used to work, i used to think— where i used to work, i used to think i— where i used to work, i used to think i would have one child in every— think i would have one child in every school. so it will be one child — every school. so it will be one child in — every school. so it will be one child in 600. in the states they assess— child in 600. in the states they assess that 3% of the population have _ assess that 3% of the population have it _ assess that 3% of the population have it there, but they do tend to over— have it there, but they do tend to over diagnose a bit.— have it there, but they do tend to over diagnose a bit. michelle, going back to you. — over diagnose a bit. michelle, going back to you. ava — over diagnose a bit. michelle, going back to you, ava is _ over diagnose a bit. michelle, going back to you, ava is only _ over diagnose a bit. michelle, going back to you, ava is only four, - over diagnos

with me arejonathan walker, political editor of the birmingham post and mail and sam lister, deputy political editor of the daily express. here are the front pages if you are watching at home and want to catch up on what they're going to talk about in a few minutes. the financial times leads on the different approaches any politicians and businesses to try and get them to do more. they warned about the impact different countries approaches were having to the problems. the independent continues to focus on the parliamentary standards row and borisjohnson�*s absence from the commons today. the metro has the same headline having the headline and the prime minister, get me out of here. the guardian splash on keir starmer his criticism of the prime minister. the telegraph has figures suggesting as many as 11,000 people may have died from covid which they caught in hospital while they were there for other treatments. hospital while they were there for othertreatments. nai hospital while they were there for other treatments. nai has a lack of apology for the way that the government has handled. ba

the £96 billion announced today was already allocated to the first stages of hs2, linking london to birmingham and crewe. among the schemes to be funded by the remaining money are the western leg of hs2 to manchester and extensive upgrades to other parts of the rail network. two other sections of high—speed rail will be built, but those sections will be smaller and cheaper than under previous proposals. the prime minister nearly missed his train to yorkshire today. once on board, though, he defended the changes. why should people in the north accept less than they were promised? because they're getting _ an absolutely fantastic new system and, yes, of course... it's not quite what they were promised. people who argue that you're better off spending a long time and tens. of billions more carving. through virgin countryside and building whole new lines - everywhere, but what we're doing is doing something that brings the benefits ten years, - or up to ten years faster and delivers much - shorterjourney times. but labour has accused the government of going back on its word. the north of england

a 13—year—old boy is in a critical condition after being shot in the back in birmingham last night. police believe his injuries are life—changing. and drivers will be banned from scrolling, filming or searching playlists on their mobile phone from next year. good afternoon. cricket chiefs are holding an emergency meeting to discuss racism in the english game. it comes after shocking testimony earlier this week from ex—yorkshire player azeem rafiq about the racism he faced. he had to apologise himself yesterday for anti—jewish comments he wrote on social media ten years ago. and another player, alex hales, has apologised after a photo was published showing him wearing black makeup at a fancy dress party in 2009. laura scott reports. after another turbulent week, cricket�*s latest response to its racism crisis — crisis talks at the 0val today as the game comes together to tackle its discrimination problem, evidence of which continues to emerge. what do you hope to get out of the meeting today? just clarity and togetherness i suppose. does cricket have a racism issue? we have

as that has been being built, _ birmingham as that has been being built, so— birmingham as that has been being built, soa— birmingham as that has been being built, so a lot of people in the north— built, so a lot of people in the north i— built, so a lot of people in the north i guess never really believed they would see those benefits anyway, — they would see those benefits anyway, so not necessarily surprised, definite disappointment across— surprised, definite disappointment across the — surprised, definite disappointment across the north, and yes, as i say, plenty— across the north, and yes, as i say, plenty of— across the north, and yes, as i say, plenty of people felt that this wasn't — plenty of people felt that this wasn't actually what should have been _ wasn't actually what should have been the — wasn't actually what should have been the focus of government policy for rail— been the focus of government policy for rail across the north of england anyway, _ for rail across the north of england anyway, that that manchester to leeds, _ anyway, that that m

scott, you're in birmingham, in the u. k. of course, many people outside of the middle east and north africa will have no idea that al jazeera is this huge media network with, with a whole range of, of different television and internet services. how important do you think the addition of the english landel channel, the english language channel and on websites was to the network and its impact globally? well, it was important for the the channel, but it was more important for those of us who wanted news and information. i can remember in 2003 at the time of year rock war that, of course, at that point it was primarily al jazeera arabic out there, which i think had just started its website, which immediately came under attack. we didn't have alex's or english television at that point, but at least we heard of these reports coming out of the arabic world, even if we couldn't speak arabic. and we saw the images as our guitar mentioned, which brought that war to us, or be it through or outlets. you said, oh look what, what we've g

earlier, i spoke to birmingham's city councillor, olly armstrong, earlier i spoke to a birmingham labour councillor, olly armstrong, and asked him how many people had been at the climate march in his city we think may be 3,000. it is quite hard to tell when people are kind of marching en mass. definitely the biggest rally i've been part of, and a lot of people said that, there was many of us. and why did you want to march? what is the point of it? we gathered to cry out for notjust climate change but climate justice. we know the powerful and the rich can increasingly make decisions in response to climate and still put the least down and still crush the least well off and the vulnerable, so we are crying out forjustice and action that lifts up those of us who are struggling nationally and internationally. so what does climate justice mean in practical terms? well, in practical terms, it means we avoid a narrow—minded and mean—spirited borderline ego fascism and mean—spirited borderline eco fascism where we have closed borders, where we have a green washed response to climate breakdo

and scott lucas is in birmingham. he's a political analyst and a meritus professor of american studies of the university of bumming of welcome to all of you. i'm going to begin his discussion with the kind of question that i'd normally reserved for the end of inside story and what i don't want it to be entirely self congratulatory. it is our 25th anniversary. so i'd like to know from each of you what al jazeera means to you personally, why is it become important to you at what impact is it had on people and society where you're from scott. well, a few years before i was 0 was created, 1996. i was struck by another cable l. cnn whose motto at the time of the 1991, iraq war was we keep america on top of the world. now, i am a great deal, respect for cnn. i've worked with cnn. have a great deal of respect for the b, b, c. but by and large, the international media world for many people was of a prison seen through prism same through us and u. k. outlets or possibly european outlets that creation of al jazeera 1st alger ar

and scott lucas is in birmingham. he's a political analyst and a meritus professor of american studies of the university of bumming of welcome to all of you. i'm going to begin this discussion with the kind of question that i'd normally reserved for the end of inside story. and what i don't want it to be entirely self congratulates re it is our 25th anniversary. so i'd like to know from each of you what al jazeera means to you personally, why is it become important to you at what impact is it had on, on people and society where you're from scott. well, a few years before al jazeera was created, 1996. i was struck by another cable out cnn whose motto at the time of the 1991, iraq war was we keep america on top of the world. now i have great respect for cnn . i've worked with cnn. have a great deal of respect for the b, b, c. but by and large, the international media world for many people was of a prison seen through prism same through us and u. k outlets or possibly european outlets that creation of al jazeera 1st out

scott, you're in birmingham, in the u. k. of course, many people outside of the middle east and north africa will have no idea that al jazeera is this huge media network with, with a whole range of, of different television and internet services. how important do you think the addition of the english landel channel, the english language channel and on websites was to the network and its impact globally? well, it was important for the channel, but it was more important for those of us who wanted news and information. i can remember in 2003 at the time of year rock war that of course, at that point it was primarily al jazeera arabic out here, english. i think it just started its website, which immediately came under attack. we didn't have al jazeera english television at that point, but at least we heard of these reports coming out of the arabic world, even if we couldn't speak arabic. and we saw the images of our guitar mentioned, which brought that war to us, or be it through our outlets. you said, oh look what, what we've got

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we have not had any other updates other than we can say that here in birmingham we have seen, tragically, a lot of teenagers the victims of violent crime in recent years. one was shot dead a few miles away from here early this year put it we expect updates later and when we get them, we will bring them to you. and when we get them, we will bring them to vow— the bomb used in the explosion outside liverpool women's hospital on sunday could have caused "significant injury or death", if it had gone off as the bomber intended. police said the device had ball bearings attached to it which could have acted as shrapnel. counterterrorism officers still don't know why the device exploded when it did, killing the bomber, but say it could have been triggered by the movement of the taxi he was travelling in. the uk and the european union are holding further talks in brussels today to try to ease the row about customs arrangements in northern ireland. 0ur europe correspondent jessica parker is in brussels for us now. it's their fifth meeting. has there been any progress? as lord frost arrived earli