they are set to play birmingham city in front ofa set to play birmingham city in front of a record crowd that match will be taking place. jessica, i have picked up taking place. jessica, i have picked up on all the excitement on twitter, tell us more about the teams. manchester city are certainly the favourites going into this one, chasing the domestic travel, having already tied up the league title and the league cup title. —— the domestic treble. this would be the third trophy and just eight months if they were to win today. it is a tea m if they were to win today. it is a team with so much quality throughout, with a whole host of england internationals, and also the world's best player, carli lloyd. but in birmingham city, they face tough opposition. birmingham city might not be doing as well in the league as they want to, but they have had an impressive cup run, beating last year's winners, arsenal, in the quarterfinals, and then in the semifinals, they beat last yea r‘s then in the semifinals, they beat last year's finalists, chelsea. birmingham city are certainly considered the und

we are not going to take part, we are going to win and come back to birmingham.hey met in the league last week. tomorrow will be on another scale. birmingham city ladies won the fa cup in 2012 but that was before the finals played at wembley. a record crowd is expected. that makes it extra special for the blues's german goalkeeper. everyone who plays football clu bs goalkeeper. everyone who plays football clubs to play at wembley. for me, a little dream came true, because i think not every international player can say they played in wembley. i cannot wait to see the stadium and i can't wait for the game. there is another potential matchwinner in ellen white. she was a losing finalist with notts county last season. should it come to penalties, does your uncle? of course it does. as a striker you have got to put your hand up. i want to do anything to help the team. we don't want it go to penalties, but of course i'd put my hand up. they are after wembley, but they wanted to return as winners. the premiership side were aiming to win this trophy for a third time and

in a baptist church on the edge of birmingham, the pews are filling for an election hustings.o do with the national or the local campaigns, though. they're coming to scrutinise candidates for something entirely new — a mayor for the west midlands. thank you to our candidates, who must be all husting—ed out by now. whoever gets the job will oversee the lives of 3 million people and an economy worth £120 billion, inheriting powers currently held in westminster. oversight of the region's transport, housing and economic development. a good idea? we gave each candidate ten seconds to explain why the west midlands needs a mayor. we need to take back control of the west midlands from london. we've been run directly by london politicians for a0 years and they have let us down. people here voted against having a mayor, it's really clear from the campaign so far, they don't want an mayor at all, still. the reason we're having one is the government says to have more money, we have to have one. we need a west midlands mayor as a champion and advocate, as a social entrepreneur, to deliver

they beat birmingham city 4-1 to cup final.ble 12 months. jessica is at wembley for us. months. jessica is at wembley for us. the stars willie delivered or four city today. yes, i think manchester city women really outclassed birmingham today. i think birmingham relatively inexperienced in comparison to the might of manchester city winning and you just wonder whether they might have been slightly overawed by the sense of occasion. a record number of fans in the stadium, over 35,000, occasion. a record number of fans in the stadium, over35,000, but occasion. a record number of fans in the stadium, over 35,000, but city just too strong and far too clinical in front of goal. this is football's showpiece season and the women's game has earned its place at the home of the sport. at wembley more people other than their way here to witness the fa cup final. almost 40,000 mark of progress. manchester city fast becoming this nation's superpower, choosing more silverware they turned to bronze. in towards lucy bronze, that is in, manchest

birmingham's most famous mayor, liberaljoseph chamberlain, ran the city at the height of its municipaleatness. he controlled the supply of water, electricity, gas. he controlled the police service and the fire service, and for some, the new metro—mayor is a welcome return of power to the west midlands. as well as birmingham, the mayor's constituency includes coventry and walsall, dudley and sandwell, solihull and wolverhampton. so what do the passengers on the wolverhampton tram think? the worry is that the smaller conurbations around the west midlands won't get as much as everywhere else. as long as it's a fair crack for everybody then, yeah, go for it. i think it's yet another layer of very expensive bureaucracy, when in essence the country is controlled by central government. they hold the main purse strings. i don't know anything about it, to be honest. have you not been hearing anything about it? no. i watch a lot of reality programmes. i've not listened to the normal news! watched over by chamberlain's ghost, the regeneration of birmingham's city centre symbolises what a metro—ma

nick watt there in birmingham.ancashire, south wales and glasgow. these were the places they used to weigh the labour vote, so certain were they of their heartland support. this map, from the guardian, shows the labour gains. and this one shows the tory gains — they are everywhere. so where does labour think they'll win the general election? campaign manager, andrew gwynne, joins me now from salford. nice of you to join us, andrew gwynne. based on what you have seen today, do you still believe you can win the general election? well, of course we fight elections to win because we are in this game to change britain for the better. so, before a single vote has been cast for the general election, of course we are fighting for every single labour vote in every part of the united kingdom that we will be contesting. do you believe you can win it on this result? of course, you have to believe in politics that you can win. i do believe that we can win if we get our message across, our policies across. if labour candidates,

i think that is what is best for the tournament in birmingham, buti best for the tournament in birmingham put a lot of opinion. i am sure discussions were long and there were some disagreements, that they have done what they think it's right for that event. they may be having thought as much about the wider implications, though. the tour de france champion chris froome has been knocked off his bike while training near his home in monaco. the british rider, who was unhurt, posted this picture on social media, writing: "just got rammed on purpose by an impatient driver who followed me onto the pavement!" "thankfully i'm okay. bike totalled. driver kept going!" he has reported the incident to local police. well, froome isn't involved in the giro d'italia, but there have been some thrills and spills on today's fourth stage. the first involved another team sky rider, diego rosa, who appeared to be on the receiving end of something approaching road rage from javier moreno. then with just 11 miles to go the overall leader at the start of the stage fernando gaviria rather misjudged his speed at a

chance to continue her controversial comeback from a doping ban at the pre—wimbledon tournament in birminghamk to the scottish footballer who has tried to take his life three times and wants more to be done to help players with mental health problems. icame off i came off with ten minutes to go and was standing in the dugout. and there were shouts of, do it right this time. and gareth thomas surges to second overall in the standings for the giro d'italia after the fourth stage today. good evening. maria sharapova will be offered a wildcard into the birmingham tournament next month, despite the controversy generated by her comeback from a doping ban. the russian recently returned to the sport after her is—month suspension with some players vocal in their opposition to her receiving wildcards into major tournament. none more so than the woman who beat sharapova in madrid last night — eugenie bouchard. our tennis correspondent russell fuller has more. it does seem that this decision has been taken purely on commercial grounds and it is taken, i'm sure, with thought at least given to the oppositi

in a baptist church on the edge of birmingham, the pews are filling for an election hustings.e candidates for something entirely new, a mayor for the west midlands. thank you to our candidates, who must be all husting—ed out by now. whoever gets the job will oversee the lives of 3 million people and an economy worth £120 billion, inheriting powers currently held in westminster. oversight of the region's transport, housing and economic development. a good idea? we gave each candidate ten seconds to explain why the west midlands needs a mayor. we need to take back control of the west midlands from london. we've been run directly by london politicians for a0 years, and they have let us down. people here voted against having a mayor, it's really clear from the campaign so far, they don't want an mayor at all still. the reason we're having one is the government says to have more money, we have to have one. we need a west midlands mayor as a champion and advocate, as a social entrepreneur, to deliver a self—made place. and as a consensus builder. that person's got to speak up for us

birmingham and liverpool councils both announced in march they intended to put their names forward tond practice is underway now in barcelona ahead of this weekend's spanish grand prix. lewis hamilton was fastest in the first session. the briton was more than a second quicker in barcelona than the current leader in the drivers' standings — sebastian vettel. hamilton's mercedes team mate valteri bottas was second fastest. but mclaren‘s fernando alonso‘s session was cut short by an oil leakfrom his car — he posted on social media that it enabled him to spend the morning playing tennis instead! jonny brownlee says he's hungry to put the hurt of last year's world series behind him. he missed out on the world title in the heat of mexico, in the the last race of the season...as brother alistair famously helped him over the line. he's back in action in yokohama tomorrow and if it's going to be hot there, brownlee will be prepared for it, after working on preparing himself for the expected humidity. . .. i have to spend more time in hot and humid conditions so that might have converted my con

in birmingham, been arrested. they came to him and said you are wrong, you're wrong about segregation. we are right, your demonstrations are wrong. doctor king, let me ask you one

birmingham are currently 1—0 in front of bristol city.w the bottom of the championship table looks, and if it all stays the same it'll be forest who go down to league i — -- it —— it will be black burn. there are two matches today in the scottish premiership. second placed aberdeen are at hearts later on but they're into the second half at firhill park in the early kick off. partick thistle took the lead midway through the first half through a great headerfrom kris doolan. the jags have won four of their last five league games. rangers, who are third in the table, are trying to close the gap on aberdeen. it's the second one day international between england and ireland. it's the first time ireland have ever played at lord's. they could have to chase a big total. ireland restricted the home side to 64—2. include... let's look at the exact score. just over... 300 looks impossible. 200—3. scrum half ben youngs has withdrawn from the british and irish lions tour to new zealand. he's staying in england to be with his family after his brother's

of birmingham city, nottingham forest and blackburn rovers is going tojoin them in league one. all matches are at 12 tomorrow, check the website for those fixtures. the league two season finishes tomorrow, hartlepool or newport will drop out of the league, and it's very tight for the play—off places. seven teams looking to make the final two spots...again go to the bbc sport website for all the in and outs the title was wwrapped up in sdcotland a long time ago. the champions celtic face st. johnstone tomorrow. bottom club inverness could get relegated if they lose to hamilton and motrherwell and dundee win their matches. couple of matches on sunday — partick v rangers and hearts face aberdeen england's cricketers have started their busy summer with a big win. seven wickets the margin of victory against ireland in bristol. adil rashid claimed his first wicket

i am at the birmingham botanic gardens, in the birmingham botanic gardens, in the midlands.s we see the exhibition begins. it starts its tour around the uk. more of these dinosaurs corrupt the morning. looking at the details for today, quite a bit of rain across some parts of the country. there is more to come for some of you today, especially in eastern parts of the uk. it's not as —— especially wet here. clouding over quickly towards these. and east and west split. the best of the brightness towards lancashire and cumbria. east of the pennines outbreaks of rain. affecting the midlands, east anglia and the south—east. the heaviest rain further north. towards the south, you overnight rain clears away, with brighter skies developing towards the mid—morning. further west into the sunshine, a chilly start. scotland, parts of south—west england and wales. frost on the grass. maybe a couple of showers in devon and cornwall, but most darting dry and sunny. chilly start in northern ireland. make the most of the morning sunshine. gradually cladding over. a few showers around. the od

last year, scott thuman travelled to birmingham, england, a working class city similar to manchester,re one man not only saw the terrorist threat, but decided to do something about it. [screaming] chief ian hopkins: i can confirm that the man suspected of carrying out last night's atrocity is 22-year-old salman abedi. scott: abedi grew up in a suburb of manchester, a working class city where neighborhoods can be segregated and young, unemployed men congregate, not unlike an area of birmingham, where we visited last year. jahan: where these young men are playing here, that's where i used to run a soccer club. scott: follow jahan mahmood long enough and you are bound to find yourself in, what over the years, has been a breeding ground of aspiring terrorists. jahan: the population here is predominantly muslim, more than 80%. they tend to come from areas of pakistan and kashmir. scott: on this day, he takes us through birmingham, a couple hours hour north of london, and where the former military history professor does most of his work trying to de-radicalize young men. jahan: i mean, in t

the australian can campaign continues in birmingham. the favourites.nues in birminghamlj do campaign continues in birmingham.” do not care what the bookies think, to be honest. i think they are a good side and they play well at home. i think many other teams are very good as well, south africa have a world—class team... india have a world —class tea m a world—class team... india have a world—class team and a few others as well complacent really good cricket. it isa well complacent really good cricket. it is a strong competition and one that we are looking forward to. 2009 world champion says he feels no pressure ahead of his return to formula 1. he retired at the end of last season but he is race, growing this weekend in replace meant for fernando alonso. i'm very excited. to drive the new cars. they are different to what i had been driving. but also to race in monaco, the most prestigious grand prix. that is all we have time for. good morning. wednesday was a dry, settled, sunny day for most of us and we have some weather watchers pictures which help

birmingham, moderate — cropping an image with photoshop elements. two — office, spare bedroom.t card statement on the internet. 2,202 — tv, living room. moderate to strong — detonating an angry bird. 2,203 — tv, living room. moderate — reading amazon reviews by, not about, james ward. 4,703 — kitchen. moderate — vegetarian hotdog—style sandwich is prepared. 11,704 — kitchen. moderate to strong — bins. 4,705. .. good evening. this she really does make all the difference this time of year. light winds, 20 degrees celsius. the couple of weather watchers. shimmering pictures from ireland and scotland, very little cloud in the sky and very similar tomorrow. slightly more cloud but still bright in sx. because the sun is so high. —— sx. slightly more complicated already through the south—west. ahead of it moisture building with cloud thickening. the northern half of the country we keep the clear skies, starry skies and frosty weather first thing in the morning with little bit of fog. more complicated for our saturday and weekend. low cloud to the south—west, drizzly rain. central area

cities, notjust birmingham, but coventry, wolverhampton and stroke.could play a very big part in all this. the liberal democrats have been hoping, as we know, for brexit, should i say anti—brexit balance. cheltenham is their key target. they held it until the last general election. look at the shire county elections, the lib dems had 1a seats in gloucestershire going into them, coming out they have 1a seats, so that bounce looks flat at this stage. we are still a region of marginal seats, it's just where those margins are that seems to be changing. thank you very much. girls are being repeatedly trafficked to scotland by east european organised crime gangs. one slovakian girl was discovered to have been trafficked to glasgow three times. others have been sold to asian crime gangs and forced into sham marriages. the pursuit of profit has opened up diverse forms of trafficking. what you're watching ea rs of trafficking. what you're watching ears and illegal organ deal. how much do you want? 45. thousand euros or sterling? this remaining is selling the k

, buti what's best for the tournament in birmingham, but i am sure it has split a lot of opinionatedussions about whether to give it or not will law and i'm sure there we re or not will law and i'm sure there were disagreements, but they've obviously done what they think is right for that event and maybe haven't thought as much about the wider issues of it. that was world number one andy murray speaking after he beat romanian marius copil 6—4, 6—3 to reach the third round of the madrid 0pen. the scot made a slow start against an opponent 103 places below him, in the world rankings. but he finished off the big—serving romanian in 83 minutes, without having faced a break point. murray was the runner up in madrid last year to novak djokovic. anything less than a final berth this year though will reduce his overall ranking points and threaten his world number one status. that's it from sport today. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. goodbye. hi there. we had some glorious sunshine yesterday across western parts of the country once again. these w

birmingham will have to ove rco m e five o'clock.ingham will have to overcome a side aiming to seal a domestic triple—macro. to overcome a side aiming to seal a domestic triple-macro. this is the third year that the women's fa cup final has been at wembley and they wa nt to final has been at wembley and they want to put on a great performance, we are not just want to put on a great performance, we are notjust going there to be another team that has been in the fa cup final, we want to go one better, showcase what we are about, we are footballing team, we show well and we cannot wait to go and play at wembley. you always dream of playing at wembley and being the captain of your side. ever since i havejoined the side, it is all about trying to win the fa cup. definitely up there with the stuff that i have achieved so with the stuff that i have achieved so far. qualifying for the spanish grand prix begins at the next half an hourand grand prix begins at the next half an hour and ferrari were first and second quickest in the final practi

there was a vigil in birmingham for the victim, and in and round birmingham's victoria square, police ass we look at this footage, what can you tell us about what unfolded? we were at one of these vigils, it was held outside the town hall, and a vigil which would be similar to all of the vigil, i imagine, that is being held up and down the country. there was a loud scream about 7.00, iran there was a loud scream about 7.00, i ran away from the vigil, round the side of the town hall, and when i got there, i saw a bag being searched by officers initially and asi searched by officers initially and as i walked further round the corner, i saw a as i walked further round the corner, i saw a man as i walked further round the corner, i saw a man being arrested. he was being handcuffed, hands behind his back. two officers is we re behind his back. two officers is were struggling, i suppose to restrain him but they were successful, and as they walked away with him, that i were dragging him by his arm, one officer on each arm and they were dragging him towards the road. the sort of significance

birmingham now have a mountain to climb. big deal football, really enjoying that at the moment.r biggest prize in european by their biggest prize in european rugby for seconds consecutive year. saracens are hoping to win the biggest prize in european rugby for a second consecutive year — they're defending their european champions cup title against clermont—auvergne. the double—double is still on you can follow the action on bbc radio 5live and the bbc sport website. they made the perfect start, chris ashton calendricalfor they made the perfect start, chris ashton calendrical for most tries scored in the competition. the french side having a better second half thanks to make a better —— nick abendanon. ten minutes to go there. just 0.051 of a second — that's all that separates lewis hamilton and sebastian vettel on the grid in barcelona tomorrow. yes hamilton claimed pole position for the spanish grand prix by less than a tenth of a second, after a mistake by vettel on the final corner. tom clarkson reports: the formula i circus rolled into barcelona for this week spanish grand p

speaking in birmingham, mr corbyn said the question was settled in the party's manifesto. it clear that the labour party has made a decision, it is committed to trident and we are going to look at the real security needs of the country on other issues such as cyber security which the attack on the nhs proved, there must be a serious re—examination of our defences against those attacks. just to be clear, because there was a different view from emily thornberry saying that it was a review and things could change. i've made it clear, i've included it in the manifesto, a commitment given by the party and by me that we will also pursue multilateral disarmament through the nuclear non—proliferation treaty and thatis nuclear non—proliferation treaty and that is the position that has been held for a long time. you are committed to renewing trident?m held for a long time. you are committed to renewing trident? it is clear what is said in the manifesto. we can speak to our parliamentary correspondent sean curran, who is in birmingham for us now. we could hear the exasperation in his

birmingham are battling it out with nottingham forest and blackburn for survival, and tony mowbray the england women's goalkeeper carly telford hasjoined chelsea ladies, following the liquidation of notts county. telford made her international debut for england 10 years ago and has been part of two world cup squads. she signed for notts county back in 2014 from chelsea. two—time wimbledon champion petra kvitova returned to the tennis court today. more than four months after she was badly injured having fought off an intruder at her home who was armed with a knife. kivitova posted this photo of herself hitting a ball on a practice court in monaco on her facebook account. with the words "hello guys, i hope this picture makes you as happy as it makes me!" rajiv 0useph became the first englishman in 27 years to win the men's singles title at the european badminton championships over the weekend. the success at the euros comes after gb badminton had all its funding cut by uk sport before the 2020 tokyo 0lympics. we were disappointed with the decision about funding but it is something we try

birmingham are battling it out with nottingham forest and blackburn for survival, and tony mowbray, then. england women's goalkeeper carly telford has rejoined chelsea ladies, following the liquidation of notts county. telford made her international debut for england ten years ago and has been part of two world cup squads. she signed for notts county back in 2014 from chelsea. celtic‘s dominance of scottish football has been reflected in the end—of—season player of the year nominations. with the league and league cup already secured, and a scottish cup final to come, some of their top performers have been recognised. but one aberdeen star hopes he and his team can prevent celtic getting a clean sweep, as alasdair lamont reports. have these men been the best four players in scotland this season? their fellow professionals think so, as the nominees for player and young player of the year gathered today, one man stood up from the crowd. jonny hayes and his aberdeen side are all that stand between celtic and total dominance of the season's honours. you like if we can win it, we would be del

and you can see that manchester city versus birmingham match live on the red button and bbc sport websiteill leave athletics with "a deep sense of injustice". the sa—year—old, who won 11 british javelin titles, confirmed her retirement from the sport today, after 20 years, which saw her compete at three olympic games. she is still waiting to receive her bronze medal from the 2008 olympics, where she came fourth behind the russian doping cheat, mariya abakumova, who had won silver. the best moment of my career was stolen, which is incredibly frustrate, and you know, i've been angry about it, but also happy that ican angry about it, but also happy that i can say that potentially i'm an 0lympic medallist. i dread to think how much i have lost financially in responsibilitier ship, how much i have lost financially in responsibilitiership, especially leading into a home 0lympic responsibilitiership, especially leading into a home olympic games. that doesn't matter as much as missing the moment on the olympic podium, having produced such a good performance. i broke the british record and produce

birmingham city's ladies say they will not fear manchester city in tomorrow's women's fa cup final.er city and we a re really challenger manchester city and we are really looking forward to it because we're not just are really looking forward to it because we're notjust going there to ta ke because we're notjust going there to take part, we are looking to go there and try to win the game and bring the cup back to birmingham. well, england captain steph houghton will be leading the stars of manchester city as they try and win the trophy for the first time. you always dream of playing at wembley and captaining your side and ever since ijoined this club, it's about trying to win the fa cup and we are one step closer to doing that, so this is the one we have been trying to get ever since i've been trying to get ever since i've been here. we've come so close to reaching the final. we've been knocked out in the semifinal the last three years, and it's disappointing because you get so close to being at wembley. but that was one of the focuses, along with the spring series, was to try to ge

patrick burns, bbc news, birmingham.et little is known about the disease called alabama rot. first discovered in america in the late 1980s — it causes lesions on dogs‘ legs and paws. but there's still no known cure — which is why vets and animal welfare groups are meeting in reading today for the first time in a bid to tackle it. duncan kennedy reports. it is that time of day. the walk, run, the fun. repeated by 8 million dogs across the united kingdom. but for gabriel williams from monmouthshire those joys came to an end earlier this year. her dog, a family pet for five years, caught alabama rot and died. it is still ha rd to alabama rot and died. it is still hard to get your head around it, she's not here because it happens quickly and she was quite young, just five and a half. it was hard to see. so it has been difficult and very sad. alabama rot was first recorded in the united states in the 19805. recorded in the united states in the 1980s. and recorded in the united states in the 19805. and it recorded in the unite

speaking in birmingham, mr corbyn said the party's manifesto was decisive on the issue.at our decision is committed to trident. we will look at the real security needs of this country in other areas such as cyber security, which i think the attack last week on the nhs proved that there needs to be serious re—examination of our defences of those sort of attacks. to be clear because there was a different view from emily thornbury that perhaps the review could... it was a review so things could change. i have just made it clear. in our manifesto is a commitment given by the party and me that we will also pursue multilateral disarmament through the nuclear non—proliferation treaty and that is a position that has been held for a long time by the party. committed to renewing the full summary? it is clear what is said in the manifesto. earlier i spoke to our parliamentary correspondent sean curran about the labour trident row. this is an issue labour would like to see settled once and for all. they say that their policy is not going to change, but the background to this is that

birmingham will have to ove rco m e five o'clock.e aiming to seal a domestic triple-macro. this is the third year that the women's fa cup final has been at wembley and they wa nt to final has been at wembley and they want to put on a great performance, we are not just want to put on a great performance, we are notjust going there to be another team that has been in the fa cup final, we want to go one better, showcase what we are about, we are footballing team, we

birmingham has one of the highest numbers of 18 to 2a—year—olds in europe.ote, but one facing huge uncertainty about the future. amano is a 21—year—old graphic designer. for him, the big issue in this general election is brexit. i do feel like we are going to be the ones that bear the burden. being in the european union, it kind of subsidised art and music programmes and a lot of the public facilities that we enjoy in birmingham in particular, so that would be kind of one of the things that i'd be looking out for. birmingham has five universities. the cost of studying is a big talking point. second—year art student phoebe says she's undecided about who to vote for, but university fees would be her big issue. it's definitely the fees that are a worry. you're coming in already preparing yourself for that debt. i came into first year like, ok, i'm already nine grand in debt. i think it would definitely be an amazing thing if we followed along the lines of, say, scotland and we did free education and just made sure people have the a—levels and the grades to get

great efforts were made to save the girl, airlifted to birmingham children's hospital.g the girl's family at this difficult time and their thoughts are very much with their family and friends foj following this tragic accident. george. phil, thank you very much. our top story this evening: theresa may defends her pledge to cap energy prices despite criticism from industry and opposition parties. still to come: strictly lines up a newjudge to keep the dancers on their toes. coming up in sportsday on bbc news: team sky's geraint thomas moves into second in the overall standings at the giro d'italia after finishing third in today's fourth stage on mount etna. another british rider, adam yates, is third. the former royal marine, who was jailed for killing a wounded taliban fighter in afghanistan, has given his first broadcast interview since being freed last month. alexander blackman — who was also known as marine a — said he still doesn't know why he opened fire and called it a "moment of madness." he's been speaking to our correspondent, clinton rogers. i don't know why e

they were cold around 2:20pm this afternoon, and that she was airlifted to birmingham children‘s hospital the girl‘s parents. we are not sure whether they were in the park or not. we do not have any updates from drayton manor yet either, but there is going to bea manor yet either, but there is going to be a press conference in the drayton manor complex very shortly, where they say they will give a full update. people who were here today described seeing lots of emergency services, suddenly arriving, saying paramedics were trying to get a path through the crowd here towards that splash canyon ride. they also say they were a lot of fire engines and police. they were very worried because they did not quite know what had happened. we do not have an update on the 11—year—old girl‘s condition as he could, but we are expecting the press conference very shortly. thank you very much. the owner of the dogs that attacked a two—year—old girl in liverpool at the weekend has appeared in court and pleaded guilty. the toddler suffered serious head and body injuries in the "horrific 35—year—old andrew mcg

something we have in birmingham with the muslims in the uk network.they want to discuss with people, a lot of issues of radicalisation comes through that as well. one thing feeds into another. i want to pick up feeds into another. i want to pick up on all those points with you but ijust want up on all those points with you but i just want to pause for a moment from this conversation just to bring the very sad news that another victim of the manchester bombing has just been named. it is a cheshire police officer, helene macgyver. her family have herfamily have her family have said she would want us her family have said she would want us to carry on regardless and not be frightened. a brief statement has been put out saying that elaine was a much loved daughter, sister and colleague. she was everyone's friend, thoughtful beyond belief with an effervescent and outgoing personality. she would have been devastated by the injuries sustained by her partner, paul. elaine loved life and had a major love of music. despite what has happened to her she would want

this is the largest, birmingham.ajor metropolitan council areas in this part of the country. they are bringing these votes together on the first round to see if they need to go through to the second preference votes under the supplementary vote system. a rather complicated thing to explain. essentially what we now know is andy street for the conservatives, sean simon goes through to the second round. 0n the counter so far, sean simon has his nose ahead, if we're heading towards that photo finish. if you factor in the votes potentially from the other candidates now eliminated, second preference votes, there are enough there to tilt the final result one way 0r another. i'm sorry i couldn't make it any more simple for you, it's a rather complex procedure. we recommend is probably another three hours or so left in this. both sides say labour say the battle is in play, the conservatives say it is too close to call. it confirms the impression i've had during the course of this day, talking to people in the two principal pa

if you know anything about the freedom ride, you know that core ended the freedom rides in birminghamabama, after the burning of the bus in aniston alabama and the beating of the people in birmingham. the students in nashville called james farmer, who was the director of core, the congress for racial equality, to ask him if he could have permission to restart the freedom ride. of course he said you saw what happened with the burning of the bus, you saw what happened in birmingham, you're going to get somebody killed. our attitude in nashville was, we cannot let violence overall nonviolence. if you give us your permission to restart the freedom rides, we will do that. john was very instrumental in restarting the freedom rides from nashville to birmingham, montgomery and on in to jackson, mississippi. later on, after that in 1963, he was the organizer and the march on washington. he was also one of the key speakers. one of the things that you may not know is that they asked john to tone his speech down, to not give the speech that he had written, so he had to tone his speech down becaus

there‘s no such thing as healthy obesity according to a team of scientists at birmingham university.at you have contributed to this report, haven‘t you? it is an enormous amount of people to have studied. tell us what you think are the most important things to come out of it? the most important thing is we are still on the pendulum swing of the debate about fat and fitness. what scientists like to do is put things into boxes. u nfortu nately is put things into boxes. unfortunately people don‘t live in boxes. when you put things into boxes. when you put things into boxes and you compare them with another, you, with a conclusion. when you take obese people and you try to define the term healthy, and then you compare them with someone who is fitter, the comparison is difficult. the reality is if you ta ke difficult. the reality is if you take an obese person and they become active, they will improve health. they might not become as healthy as a normal weight person. so, the boxes are obese and normal weight with the exercise being the pendulum swing. i think that is the point people hav

it has been confirmed an 11—year—old girl from the leicester area died after being airlifted to birminghamen at drayton manor on a school trip. she was hurt after falling off this ride, the splash canyon. it is hugely popular. designed to make you feel you are travelling through fast flowing rapids. those at the park at the time described the confusion after what had happened. we were in the cinema when we saw the ambulances come racing past. at first nobody knew what was going on. there was a bit of a panic as to why the police were there. as we got told, somebody fell out of the rapids, the splash canyon. i'm not sure how serious it was. many of the staff members were very upset. the splash canyon is described as a wild ride, unpredictable and thrilling. opened in 1993. it has 21 votes, each one holding a maximum of six people. those people need to be at least three feet tall. after the incident, the area around the ride was closed off to the public. although the park remained open. the health and safety executive has been informed of the incident, and says they are making enquiries. it

when they searched his birmingham home, police found books on gorilla warfare.ina they also found a home—made bomb built in a pressure cooker, filled with hundreds of nails and screws, and fairy lights modified by hussain to act as improvised igniters. the prosecution said he had rebuilt and electronic doorbell in the hope of using it to detonate another bomb. radicalised online, images of the boston bombers who used a similar device, were found on his computer. the court was told mistakes in the building of the pressure cooker ied meant it would not explode but it had been built to cause devastation. he was convicted of preparing for a cts he was convicted of preparing for acts of terrorism. he is due to be sentenced later. in a moment, a look at how the financial markets in europe closed today, but first the headlines at exactly a quarter to five. the queen visits royal manchester children's hospital, she met children caught in the manchester attack and the staff who worked to save them. a minute's silence is held across the uk in memory of the 22 people who w

primary school in birmingham, of a sikh ethos. developed in the country. she moved on to stoke—on—trent, travelling from birmingham to stoke—on—trent, where she came to the screwfix factory and took questions from workers on things like immigration, low turnout and why she's not going to be debating jeremy corbyn. and with inflation up today, one worker wa nted inflation up today, one worker wanted to know how theresa may and the conservatives were going to be helping with the rising costs of living. the cost of lighting has got high since brexit. i am from a family of seven. what are you going to do to bring the cost of living down? you are right. we are saying inflation has gone up slightly, the impact of what has happened to the currency is partly about that, but there are things we can do. i see too many people paying over the odds for their energy, which is an important fundamental for you if you have family and looking after your family, so doing something on something like that is important, but longer term, it is about act

birmingham. nikita: birmingham, alabama. steve: that's my city there. nikita: roll tide.teve: well, introduce everybody, nikita. nikita: ok, steve. of course right next to me is my fine and good-looking husband, none other than rufus lewis of 28 years and 4 beautiful children. whoo! steve: let's go win yourself some money. let's get it on. give me nikita, give me jeremy. top 6 answers on the board. we asked 100 women, when flirting with a guy, name a part of his body you should lightly touch. jeremy: his shoulder. steve: his shoulder.

we have no information from the hospital, birmingham children's hospital, as to the girl's condition.ance attending the scene. the crews we re ambulance attending the scene. the crews were called at 2. 18 to reports of a patient in the water on the splash canyon ride and it's been closed since that incident took place. this is a still photo obviously that has been sent to us bya obviously that has been sent to us by a viewer in the last little while as well. at this stage it's just that one ride that's closed. the theme park as a whole, last we heard, was still open. splash canyon is the ride in question. the ambulance service saying that they we re ambulance service saying that they were called a little after 2. 15 and the police saying they were called at 2. 25. an 11—year—old girl, the police are telling us, airlifted to hospital. we'll keep you up—to—date with anything further that we hear there from that ride and from that theme park in staffordshire. we'll return to the political story dominating here today. the latest lines on the general election campaign. particularly we are

the girl died after being airlifted to birmingham's children hospital. expressed his condolences. so it is with great sadness we have to report a young girl has passed away at birmingham children's hospital after falling onto one of our rights this afternoon. staff reported an 11—year—old girl fell into the water. park staff were immediately on the scene, tending to the patient, west midlands air ambulance arrived to edit her to hospital. we are truly shocked and devastated, i'm sorry, our thoughts are with her friends and family at this difficult time. we live in the bbc newsroom. our lead story comes from south korea, the liberal human rights lawyer moon jae—in is claiming victory in the election. he has asked for cooperation with north korea, and the deployment of us missal defence system. some of the main stories from bbc world service. china is not president is vowing to protect the climate agreement. that deal is to slow climate change, curb fossil fuel emissions. the promise was made ina fuel emissions. the promise was made in a phone call with th

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but if you go to the midlands, birmingham and beyond, you see pretty big increases.%, it is now 8.4%. leicester, nottingham, birmingham, also edinburgh, all of the city showing an increase in price growth and the reason is that in the southern cities where growth has been strong up cities where growth has been strong up to now, there is an affordability problem, people are being priced out of the market. there is also a question of investors becoming less keen on buy to let property because of changes to the stamp duty regime, so you have this real difference between london, the home counties, the south of england, and the rest of the united kingdom. 0k, thank you very much indeed for that. let's see what is on the business live page. the biggest uk tech flotation for two years, a british softwa re flotation for two years, a british software developer valued at nearly £1 billion, which would make it the biggest uk tech firm. it is called alfa financial software. software for the financial industry, i don't quite understand it! this is quite a good job, professor of p