they are able to exercise the but they are able to exercise the huge amount of street power that the mainstream political parties and in particular the incumbent government, is always very afraid of. let's get a look at the weather now. a pretty mixed picture this saturday night, plenty of dry fireworks displays and the odd damp squib. sunday, it will stay mild, some rain in places but many places will stay dry. going through what is left of this evening and tonight, there was a band of rain continuing to move further south and east across england and wales but the rain will fizzle away. for much and scotland and northern ireland, dry with clear spells. a bit chilly in the south—east but for many a mild night and i'll start tomorrow morning. we will have this cloud and some rain in some central areas through the morning and that is likely to pep up in the afternoon, particularly in parts of the south—west and maybe wales and the west midlands.

sunshine elsewhere, still breezy but not as much as today, temperatures of 11-13d. not as much as today, temperatures of ii—isd. into the new week, the wettest weather in the west, prized in the east and for all of us, it will stay mild. —— driest. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines... leicester city players and fans observe a minute's silence to honour the club's chairman and four others, who died in a helicopter crash outside the club's stadium a week ago. in bangkok, a week—long buddhist funeral is underway at a royal temple, to honour the billionaire businessman and owner of leicester city football club, vichai srivaddhanaprabha. more than 70 business people have written to the sunday times demanding another referendum on brexit and for a public vote on whether to accept the terms of the uk's departure from the eu. broadcaster paul gambaccini receives a payout from the crown prosecution service — over its handling of

unfounded sexual assault allegations against him. now on bbc news, it's time for inside out. tonight, the moment that violent car thieves drove off with a baby on the back seat. stand back. we are taking the car. i remember being run over and then i realised that they had taken my baby and the car and i screamed. battling the tide of illegal prescription drugs ordered online for doorstep delivery. it is a legal product entering the uk. it might have diazepam on the label but the reality, you don't really know what product it is. and not all plain sailing in their seaside home for the new arrivals from the midlands. she does not appear to necessarily understand this little one is not a threat because she never grew up with any little ones around.

this is inside out west midlands. tonight, we are in birmingham, where there has been a rise of terrifying type of car crime. in one case of carjacking, the thieves did not even care that there was a baby on the back—seat. eliza o'neill was not harmed but in her first interview, her mother claire tells us something must be done. cars are more secure than ever before but there remains one simple way for thieves to get in — with your keys. and it seems they will do almost anything to get them. in a series of violent carjackings across the west midlands, drivers have been attacked with knives, iron bars and baseball bats. so, why are criminals going to such extreme lengths and could a simple

change in the law help solve the problem? to find out, we will hear from the victim of one of the most frightening attacks. i remember being run over and then i realised they had taken my baby and the car. and ijoin the police as they try to tackle the problem. can raids like this really prevent carjackings? yes, definitely. these cctv images showjust how determined car thieves in the west midlands have become. in this brutal attack in kings heath, thieves punched and kicked a man in an attempt to steal the keys to his audi. masked thieves in solihull attacked this driver with metal poles, as they tried to take his bmw. here, a stunned motorist in castle bromwich is hit with an iron

bar before thieves drive off in his audi. and this video in walsall shows a car thief trying to grab the keys to a mini from an off—duty policeman. the officer is stabbed in the chest. but one recent carjacking made national headlines. it happened on the afternoon ofjuly 19th. new mum clare o'neill left this supermarket in birmingham and drove home with herfour—week—old baby daughter eliza asleep in the car seat. what happened next so traumatised claire that she still feels unable to do a television interview. but she has agreed for us to use her voice and photos taken after the attack. we have used an actress to reconstruct what happened. i parked the car in the shared parking area of our cul—de—sac and had taken the baby bag out of the boot of the car and was taking eliza's car seat out of the back of the car when

suddenly, i realised there were two, maybe three men running towards me. so, at that point, i started to scream because i felt like they were going to kidnap the baby, was my gut reaction. he looked inside the car and he saw my baby in the car and he ran away to the car, they came in, and he was told to finish the job and i said, "you've got my baby. you are not taking my car." so, i threw myself over her and the car seat as the car started reversing and i fell to the floor outside of the car. and i remember being run over, the front tyre driving over my right elbow, and i realised they had taken my baby and the car. and i screamed. i am told it was about 45 minutes that she was missing for.

it felt like a lifetime. the carjackers dumped eliza outside a local health centre. remarkably, she was found safe and well. it was probably the best thing i have seen in my life. knowing that she was safe again and my husband and i, we are very pleased to see her safe. clare's attackers have not been caught. police are still hoping someone will come forward to help identify them. my injuries were quite severe initially, so for two to three weeks, just even holding my four—week—old was painful. i am now anxious with her in the car. they have taken so much more from me than a piece of metal. what an ordeal! and right across the west midlands, there has been a sharp increase in the number of car thefts.

in 2014, just over 5000 vehicles were stolen. last year, that figure had doubled to more than 10,000. and west midlands police believe the increase is linked to this — the legitimate trade in cars that had been written off. they are called salvage vehicles. say you have an accident, if it is cheaper to replace your car than fix it, your insurer will write it off. if it is a wreck, it will then be sold for parts. but the insurance company can recoup more of its losses by selling the car at auction as a repairable vehicle. and insurers make six times as many write—offs available for repair as they do for parts. west midlands police say that has created a big demand for second—hand parts, with so few available to fix all those damaged vehicles. and criminals are taking advantage.

typically, criminals buy a legitimate write—off and then order thieves to steal the exact same make, model and even colour of vehicle to use for parts. the repairs are then done in a dodgy garage or chop shop and the vehicle, which appears legitimate, is then sold for profit. why has it become such a problem so quickly? west midlands police noticed the number of car thefts coincided with the change in the law. in october 2015, the government stopped doing mandatory checks on salvage vehicles before they are allowed back on the road. this carjacking took place just four months later. the government decided

the checks were unnecessary because they identified such a small number of illegal vehicles. but police believe they were an important deterrent. we think that the removal of that certification process has contributed to the problem and made it easy for criminals to exploit this market. so, now, both the police and insurers want the government to bring back those mandatory checks. when a car is written off, it can nonetheless end up back on the road without any fresh identity or safety check. that seems to us a really obvious loophole — putting in some sort of test or procedure would be a big deterrent to criminals and would give consumers a lot more reassurance. but in response, the department for transport told us... a warrant being executed today under the scrap metal act... but while the authorities continue to debate the possible long term solutions, the police are targeting the criminals responsible, raiding suspected chop shops.

this morning i am in coventry with officers who have been tipped off about a small industrial unit. the company is known for selling lots of vehicles on well—known auction websites. police. when we arrive, there is no—one around but the officers do find a high—end car that appears to be under repair. police have found quite a lot of car parts, mainly mercedes. they found airbags, gear sticks, all sorts of things. they have just got to verify now whether these parts are stolen. in fact, officers find that some parts are from a car stolen during a burglary in birmingham injuly. and the parts apparently destined to repair the mercedes come from a matching vehicle stolen in yorkshire in august. it is a decent haulfor the regional organised crime disruption team, led by a detective constable.

is this your typical chop shop? this is your typical chop shop. can raids like this really prevent carjackings? yes, definitely. it stops the market being available for the people who steal the cars to bring the cars too for them to be stripped down. meanwhile, the advice for second—hand car buyers is always to of course, no—one but the criminals themselves are to blame for the rise in car thefts but it is clear something needs to be done. and we should all be vigilant. that day has changed my life forever. i am scarred, physically and mentally, for the rest of my life because they wanted my car. something needs to be done about this. next tonight, a different type of crime now because drug dealing has become a bit more sophisticated these days. increasingly, dealers are taking orders for prescription drugs online from an overseas address. jonathan gibson has been following one of the teams, whose job it is to stop this.

i have spent a lot of time investigating the illegal trade in medicines. take this website sending steroids to britain from china. worried about customs, it says? well, we can get past them. i sometimes feel this global trade is out of control. but the fightback is under way. i am on my way to a secret location to find out how the authorities are stopping illegal and counterfeit medicines from getting into the midlands. this international postal hub near coventry deals with thousands of parcels every day. this is where the parcels come in. but it is notjust postal workers sorting through them. maggie carr is part of the customs team permanently based here. today she is showing me around. what are you looking for? anything that might be prohibited or restricted. this is the first point of contact.

back of the waggon. these have come off the boat, come off the plane. i have been invited here as part of operation pangea to crack down around the globe to seize unlicensed and counterfeit medicines. we are looking for any prescription medicines. we stand here — we have a look to see what... get a lie of the land of what is coming in from the rest of the world. the border force team based here works with the medicines regulator, the mhra, on a regular basis, intercepting illrhsl medicines arriving in the midlands. —— illegal medicines. we are the front line — the first line of defence. we take these things out of the system as a public health and defender issue. you get to know the look of parcels and the shape and the nature of parcels. we can't go into too many details because we don't like to give away our in—house secrets and our ways of doing things. the company that runs this depot has asked to remain anonymous but i am still hoping to persuade maggie

to share a few secrets of her own. these are cages of parcels that have been placed for customs attention — it could be for duty, it could be for further checks because it is from a country we have an interest in. there is one down here that i think could merit some further checks. why has your attention been drawn specifically to that one? it is a country of interest — a country where we have found things before — that we know sends certain products out. we look at certain features of the parcel and that to me immediately says, let's give it another look. we will pass it to the mhra, and they will go and have a look in it and see if it's worth their while or not. the mhra, the medicines regulator, has the power to seize any unlicensed or counterfeit medicines but will her hunch be right? up to 30,000 parcels come through this depot every day,

which makes looking for something suspicious rather like looking for a needle in a haystack. this is five—year—old poppy, she has been specially trained to look for class a drugs and cash. and she seems to like what she is doing. while poppy relies on her nose, instinct often helps maggie. kate mcmahon works for the medicines regulator. we are about to put maggie's hunch to the test. i guess when you go in, you never quite know what you're going to find. it is part of the excitement really, i suppose. what am i going to see? what am i going to come across? it is always handy to have a sharp knife. clearly labelled, diazepam tablets, 10 mg. the 10 mg versions are the strongest you can get. this is a good find. it is also prescription only medication. this particular product, you could say this is substandard,

unlicensed, it is not licensed for the uk market. in terms of quantity, it is certainly not for personal use. highly likely this will be sold on the websites. social media platforms as well. it might have diazepam on the label but, in reality, you don't really know what product it is. while kate and i had been unpacking one illegal shipment, her colleague charlie is dealing with another. these claim to be a treatment for erectile dysfunction but who knows? that's the danger of buying drugs illegally. border force has its own on—site lab. i didn't expect to see that at a parcels depot. what are we going to do now? we have found these tablets and want to establish what the actual content of the tablet is, whether it is what it says on the label or it might be substituted with another form of substance. this is an erectile dysfunction medicine. this type of tablet is among the most frequent finds

as people prefer to self medicate online rather than speak to the family doctor. it is now scanning. the machine uses a laser to compare the sample with thousands of records on its database. within a minute, a positive result. that is confirmation that is what it says on the box. good result. as well as seizing illegal and counterfeit medicines here in coventry, 21 other depots have also been targeted nationwide. and in relation to those medicines that you have intercepted today, what happens next? that will most likely become a full investigation. we will be looking at several different angles. we will also be working very closely with local law enforcement. more than £2 million worth of suspect medicines and medical devices have been seized across the uk as part of this week—long campaign. 0peration pangaea — a battle won but the war goes on.

how big a problem is this to get on top of? it is a huge problem. i won't lie about that. but we have got dedicated resources, staffing. we work with other law enforcement, so we work very closely with border force and other law enforcement agencies, we do a lot of international collaboration, with other health regulators across the globe. what will kate think about the website i have found openly selling steroids? we have a number of different tactics we can use to identify those who are operating those websites. we have a dedicated resource within the agency who will look at taking his website down essentially. —— this website. and also removing the payment mechanism, so they can no longer receive any payments for their goods. but actions speak louder than words and action is happening. since the start of this yea r‘s 0peration pangaea, 123 websites have been taken down already. finally tonight, we head

to blackpool for some sun, sea and elephants. earlier this year, a herd of elephants started moving from the midlands to their new home by the seaside. mike dilger has been to see how they're getting on. back injanuary, when i first visited blackpool zoo, there was just one elephant here. but now, it is home to a herd. four elephants from twycross zoo have moved in. i was lucky enough to join them and their keepers along the way. i'm about three metres away from an asian elephant in a container on the back of a lorry and i am about to go to blackpool. and it was quite a journey. and they all needed to learn to get along. let's turn back the clock to the start of the year. elephant creek at twycross zoo was home to this all—female herd.

there is a leader, teenager, and mother and daughter. but things are about to change for these girls. they did not know it but they were going to be packing their trunks to move to a new state—of—the—art home. as keepers, we know it is the right decision. we want them to be able to enjoy this brand—new facility that they have got at blackpool zoo and also have a male elephant there and continue to live out their lives in a more natural herd. wild asian elephants live in family groups and the zoo wanted their elephants to live in a more natural setup with a bull elephant to breed with. but the enclosure here was not big or strong enough to house a bull. the decision was taken to send the girls to blackpool. elephants are sensitive creatures that have been

known to die in transit. they weren't going to be sedated and forced into transport crates. instead the trainers trained them with practice, patience and persuasion. ultimately it was up to the elephants to decide whether or not they got into those crates on move day. we can do all we can do with them but at the end of the day, if the elephants don't want to go in there, they don't want to go in there. move day was going to be a nervous one for everyone. but over at blackpool, they were concentrating on getting everything ready for the new arrivals. that is a massive door! it certainly is. it is. this new facility was built to house a herd with the needs and welfare in mind. in the wild, it would not be the same every day. there environment would be endlessly variable. within a captive environment,

we cannot put the wild in their everyday. but we can change the habitat, so it is different for them every day. there was just one elephant at blackpool back then and she had lived at the zoo most of her life. she is an incredible animal. she is 49 years old. she is in her geriatric years, if you will. when you are younger, you go to the park and play around. but when you are older, you have a sit on the bench and she is at that stage. i can relate to that! tara was first moved back in and after a few initial nerves, she took the journey in her stride. she arrived safely in her new seaside home and settled in quickly. the matriarchjoined her next with a move in march. but it wasn't till the end of the summer that the final two were ready to move and the twycross

herd were all together in their new home. it is great to be back up in blackpool. this time with all four of the girls joining kate. adam, you have five elephants. and don't we know it! let's go back to one! 0nlyjoking. five times the work. there is so much work. behavioural changes. more individuals, more characters, more dynamic. and those dynamics to pay bit of working. —— took a bit. elephant herds have complex social structures and need to settle on a pecking order when they meet. it is all natural behaviour but huge animals like this can cause a lot of damage if it is not managed carefully. this is tara and kate's first full on meeting. she is swinging her trunk. kate wanted to show her new housemate she was the boss lady in blackpool. tara was happy to give way immediately but it was a different

story with another standing her ground but eventually had to submit to kate. you can almost see it in her eyes that she made the wrong decision. she did not back down straightaway. but slowly, kate turned her around and got the submissive behaviour from her. but it was the arrival over the summer of the youngest elephant that has had the biggest impact on this herd. kate, at the moment, is separate from the rest. yes, she has been introduced. kate actually grew up without a family. all those social skills of a tight—knit family, she has not redeveloped. —— not really developed. from her position, everybody is nice, she is the centre of attention. and everybody knows that. but kate had different ideas, as this mobile phone footage shows. as boss of the herd, she expects

submission from the others. they show this by turning their back when she approaches but the naivete meant she faced up to kate, which didn't go down well. kate didn't grow up with any little ones around her. and didn't realise the little one wasn't a threat — unfortunately. none of the other elephants intervened as kate continued to pursue her. and although she is a tough little animal and can take some discipline, her age meant they had to be separated. she could be susceptible to elephant herpesvirus, which is a virus that can lead to disease whereby the blood vessels can rupture and ultimately, it could be fatal for the animal. the virus is present in all asian animals

but is politically dangerous for those aged under ten years old. for now, they are getting used to each other through the bars. the design means all the elephants still have access to every area but just at different times. and the search for the right mail to breed with them is under way. it is key we get the right individual, who is wise and has a lot of sort of experience in dealing with females and even if they have not met a mail before. —— a male. if all goes to plan, the bull will be here next year and the pitter patter of baby elephant feet will following 2021. you can also contact us on twitter. see you next week. have a good one. goodbye. good evening. a mixed picture out

there on saturday night. plenty of drive fireworks displays. sunday is mild for all of us with rain in places. many spots will stay dry. as we go through this evening and tonight our band of rain continues tonight our band of rain continues to sink further south and east across england and wales with the rain fizzling away. in scotland and ireland be dry with clear spells. more chilly in the south—east corner but for many a mild night and a mild start tomorrow. some outbreaks of

rain in some central areas and the rain in some central areas and the rain likely to pep up in the afternoon. sunshine elsewhere. still breezy but not as windy as today. temperatures of 11 to 13. the wettest weather in the west, driest in the east. for all of us it stays mild. this is bbc world news today. our top stories... the rhetoric heats up ahead of next week's midterm elections. president trump makes a false claim on the american economy in an effort to boost republican votes. and a blistering attack on donald trump from iran's supreme leader as the us prepares to reimpose sanctions on the country. the irish prime minister says the decision by britain to leave the european union is fraying relations between the uk and ireland. and a minute's silence as leicester city play their first game since the death of the club's owner last saturday. hello and welcome

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