what matters here is we'll do what it takes in birmingham to do this. john clancy, leader of birminghamlking to us here on the bbc news channel. we are outside swiss cottage leisure centre with people from the chilcots tower blocks here in camden in north london, they've spent the night here. the council leader says the council staff are urgently working to find accommodation for anyone who's spent the night here so they don't have to spend another night on an air bed. some people have been found accommodation in hotels or have gone to stay with family and friends. the situation is that more than 600 households have been evacuated since the council says the fire service warned them around 5 o'clock yesterday evening that the safety of those people in those blocks couldn't be guaranteed and the council took the decision to order this evacuation. more than 83 households or about 83 households though saying they don't want to leave. the council say they, along with the fire service, will be talking to those people in those households today and trying to persuade them to do so. they don't h

more than 200 tower blocks in birmingham., tom cla ncy to get the update on the situation there. we feel that in all the speculation that has taken place over the last week or so, that one of the things was the importance of sprinklers kept punching out to me asa sprinklers kept punching out to me as a fire suppressant. how many of those blocks of the 213 blocks currently have sprinklers? we have sprinklers in almost all of them in relation to some communal areas and especially where there are ways shirts. but our proposal is to ensure that every flat has those fire suppressant sprinklers and other fire suppressant facilities. we think that that is really important. we think it is incredibly important. we think it is incredibly important to provide reassurance to our tenants in important to provide reassurance to ourtenants in our important to provide reassurance to our tenants in our city. because this is a difficult time for them. it isa this is a difficult time for them. it is a novel event in london. as i have said, there

johana konta is left frustrated as american coco vandeweghe knocks her out of the aegon classic in birminghamond round. and a great day for irish cricket. along with afghanistan, they have been allowed into the elite group of nations that can compete in test match cricket. thanks forjoining us and, first tonight, another great night for england's young footballers after the under—20's won their world cup. the under—21's are now into the semifinals of the european championship after a convincing win over hosts poland. patrick gearey reports. tea m team talks and not always co mforta ble. team talks and not always comfortable. at half—time in their last game with england had out, they had out. the one that won the steamed to still be riding the momentum six minutes ten. 1—0, strikes a good it earned a deflection. any help beating the polish goal was useful for a time, the only one keeping the hosts in their own tournament. time perhaps for their own frank exchange, but it was an done in the time it took england to break from was an done in the time it took england to breakfrom one end was an do

birmingham council say they want a final set up birmingham council say they want a finalset up —— birminghamlers, for example. birmingham council just made for sprinklers, for example. birmingham counciljust made that decision. they haven't approached us with any proposals, but when they do we will work with them. whatever is necessary to keep people safe, that work should happen. it shouldn't be slowed down because of some debate about costs. it should be work that should go on immediately and any council, any housing associations on that needs financial support, we will make sure they get it. there are other buildings now which of course are being checked. i want to ask is you specifically about nhs buildings, specifically high—rise buildings. what do you know about any cladding? has any information come on to your desk about hospitals? that's an important point. the focus has been residential buildings, for obvious reasons. but of course when it comes to other buildings, including hospitals, and there will be private buildings, offices, they are also important. what happened in the wake o

now back to birmingham where theresa may has made herfinal speech now back to birmingham where theresae her final speech of the election campaign. we were bringing you that speech before the sport. now to our political correspondent ben wright. what was her final message to the voters? the same as it has been for weeks. a lot of refrains and phrases were familiar to us all. i think we may have heard about strong and stable leadership. perhaps for the final time. she wa nted perhaps for the final time. she wanted to bring this back and again and again to brexit of course. arguing that there will be this huge political drama that unfolds days after the general election and in her view it is a choice between her and jeremy corbyn as to who the prime minister will be to deal with brussels and get a deal. she is arguing again tonight that only she has a plan for delivering brexit, taking britain out of single market and doing new deals with others. we are familiar with what the conservatives are arguing. boris johnson was the warm up act and he has had a more prominent role, a sign they nee

heather watson is out of the aegon classic in birmingham at the first round stage.ng set to ukraine's elina svitolina, but battled back to level and force the match into a decider. svitolina, the world numberfive, broke early in the third set though and eventually came through 6—2, 5—7, 6—3 for her first win at this tournament. naomi broady is on court now — she's playing alize cornet of france. she was broken in herfirst service game but has fought back. is going currently going with serve in the first set. so naomi broady in action in birmingham and we'll hear from her shortly because a bbc sport study has found that the gap in prize money between men and women at the top of professional sport is closing. the survey was carried out as part of women's sport week, and all this week on sportsday, we'll be hearing from women about the challenges they face and the importance of sport in their lives. tonight, two—time olympic cycling champion joanna rowsell shand reports on the closing gender pay 93p- asa as a sports person, you are there to compete in the best of your

and some of the movements and actions in birmingham were rather extreme. in earlier days he probably wouldn't have gotten along with such as having children as young as six and seven being part of the protest. and first he was much opposed to this, but they had meetings and discussions and he realized things were not happening fast enough and now thing things havo happen he was willing to take that extra step. so, what i was trying to portray in the book is how both men were working on each other pushing kennedy alone in a strange way by his ambivalence kennedy pushing king to be more aggressive. >> you talked about the earning him in particular. >> they were put into that position by his inability to get the kennedy administration to lift any pressure on the other side. >> and he didn't do that lightly. the thing about martin luther king when he was trying to decide if he would defy against marching in whether he should go out with everyone else and get arrested or hold back and continue to be the leader in the backroom and asked himself what is the moral

in birmingham? absolutely. he made an appointment and they didn't turn up. effort to wake up early, which was unusualfor him, effort to wake up early, which was unusual for him, and effort to wake up early, which was unusualfor him, and they didn't turn up and that really disappointed him and he felt sort of demoralised about it. i think then the recruiters came in and they gave him something else to make a difference and that was in syria. so i could have actually at that point, if i had known at the time how important it was, i knew it was something he wa nted it was, i knew it was something he wanted to do, but i didn't know how significant it was, i could have gone with him and said, right, we will do this together, let's look foran will do this together, let's look for an alternative. but i missed the opportunity, unfortunately. this talk about islam in all of this. you are committed muslim, i think you converted yourself when you were 19... converted yourself when you were 19. . . that's converted yourself when you were 19... that's correct. you were b

there are three other candidates standing in birmingham edgbaston, and here's a full list.st of the bbc‘s special question time programmes featuring the party leaders. tim farron and nicola sturgen are in the hot seat, before a studio audience in edinburgh. it had originally been scheduled for yesterday, but was postponed after the london bridge terror attack. it has been a busy day for the parties and are scotland's editor has been giving is a rundown ahead of tonight's event. it has been a busy couple of days of campaigning and two or three days until the election. theresa may on about trust again, who do you trust to get the best deal on brexit? herself or jeremy corbyn. conservative asked of —— activists gave a round of applause to her. she characterised herself as a passionate unionist, again making a point between brexit and the union. nicola sturgeon saying the own way to stop the tories who have had a damaging impact on this economy in scotland, the way to bring them in was to stop the way to bring them in was to stop the snp. kezia dugdale said only labour, onlyjer

johanna konta is playing for a place in the last eight in birmingham.t week before a surprise defeat to donna beckett. she has made a poor start today, broken twice the american leads 4—0 in the first set. the man who beat andy murray in the first round at queens this week has now been beaten himself. australia‘s jordan thompson lost in three sets to american sam querrey in the second round. japan‘s kei nishikori could be a doubt for wimbledon which starts a week on monday after suffering a back injury against russia‘s karen katchenov in halle. nishikori needed a medical time out but played on for a few points before retiring at 3—2 down in the first set. day three of royal ascot and the ascot gold cup producer a new champion in big orange who defeated last year‘s winner order of st george in the best finish of the meeting so far. here‘s our sports news correspondent richard conway. well, the ascot gold cup was first run back in 1807 and what we have witnessed today was a race for the ages, a thrilling finish contest is between big orange and order of s

one twister across birmingham, alabama. this strip mall. children in baseball helmets sheltering in bathtubs. 30 million people are in flood watches over 1,000 miles. and steve osunsami north of atlanta tonight. >> reporter: tornado warnings are up tonight. and there are twisters in the areas of alabama. >> it was really big. >> reporter: just outside birmingham, a torrent hit and from a mile away, people recording on their phones could see the debris. authorities say three or four people are hurt. 12,000 people lost power. >> we want to make sure everybody's okay right. >> reporter: north of atlanta tonight, forecasters are warning more than a million people here to watch out. cindy made landfall and a soaker on the gulf coast. more than 10 inches of rain. and the fire ants trying to esca escape. eva ill grim is there. >> the water, surrounding the houses. >> reporter: we are learning more tonight as the boy kill d.m.d. the middle of the storm. 10-year-old nolan mckab was on vacation with his family when he was struck and killed by a log.

before wimbledon to boost her confidence again after a second—round defeat at the aegon classic in birmingham

sanchez mcgregor pleaded guilty at birmingham crown court to killing his partner's son jeremiah birminghamd in a statement issued after the guilty plea, west midlands police said jeremiah died after collapsing at his home in wolverhampton on november 20 last year. more on that from birmingham crown court during the afternoon. the headlines? police are considering manslaughter charges as part of their investigation into the grenfell tower fire. they said insulation and tiles on the block failed safety tests, and confirmed that the fire started in a faulty fridge freezer. this announcement comes as 11 other high—rise buildings across england are found with cladding which raises safety concerns. theresa may defends her proposals on the status of eu citizens in the uk after brexit — after they were criticised by the european council president. he said the proposals were "below expectations". we have made a fair and serious offer to all those confirming in giving reassurance to all those these citizens living here in the uk. my first impression is the offer is below expectations and that it ris

in parts of eastern louisiana all the way to birmingham. and yes, still even -- sorry, in parts of georgia. now approaching front. you have a front, that the cold front is going to squeeze out moisture and over from paducah, kentucky to pittsburgh, pennsylvania, has a potential for flash flooding. >> we will see you in the morning, ginger. >>> in the meantime, next tonight, saying good-bye to otto warmbier, the college student who died with severe brain damage just days of returning from captivity in north korea. an overcrowded several thousand there for the funeral. we hear from his roommate, the last to see him when he was taken away. abc's linzie janis is in ohio tonight. >> reporter: tonight a small town, and an entire nation mourning otto warmbier. the 22-year-old's young friends carrying his casket. thousands paying their respects at his former high school. so many, somhad to be rned away. >> i think he is a gift to all of us. heas a one of a kind. but he inspired us all. >> reporter: items from warmbier's trip to north korea on displ

they were ahead of the duckworth—lewis as play stopped in birmingham because of rain.erica's cup semifinal after heavy winds prevented sailing in bermuda to date. trailing 3—1, winds of 2a knots meant races were pushed back. sir ben ainslie's team hopes to build momentum after winning the last race in tuesday after team new zealand capsized. that is all the sport. sunshine finally coming out on wednesday after the deluge, and the gale force winds disrupted in some areas. now the weather going back down the hill. not going to be as bad, but expecting cloud and rain on thursday. a short spell of settled, much better weather. cloud increasing western areas. bringing some rain. this is the weather, rather elongated. a weather front sliding across the uk. the winds will not be a problem. damp for many of us. heavy rain across eastern areas. mild in the south. 13, 1a degrees. damp and mild for many of us. degrees. damp and mild for many of us. this is where the heaviest of the rain will be across wales. particularly across their bills. much of the midlands, east anglia and t

birmingham was one of the most divided cities in the uk when it comes to brexit. people here agree on the best course of action for britain?” best course of action for britain?|j know best course of action for britain?” know what will happen with jobs. i want to know how much it will cost. i want to know what will happen with immigration and migration. this area had the highest number of leave voters in last year's eu referendum. what are the big issues for you? since brexit was introduced, our business has declined. since all the confusion, people are holding back money, and our main clients are not spending. imports and exports. unless we get the right deal. that is what theresa may has to fight for. i don't understand what brexit actually entails. i don't think many people understand what happens. the general election was meant to make the course for brexit clearer. with theresa may firstly having to make a deal with dup, who have ruled out a hard brexit, a deal with brussels is unclear. mosley, where people overwhelmingly voted to remain in the european union.

that is why i believe he got birmingham and some of the movement's actions in birmingham for rather extreme. in earlier days, king wouldn'tli have gone along with such as having children as young as six and seven being part of the protest.e at first he was much opposed to this, but they had meetings and discussions and realize thingsed weren't happening fast enough. now is the time things had to happen. he was willing to take thats extra step. what i was trying to portray the book was how both men were really working on each other. keep pushing kennedy along and in a strange way by his ambivalence, kennedy pushing king to be more aggressive. >> that is really interesting and you talk about irving had been particular setting up a chemical out there and get arrested. he didn't want to go out there. and get arrested at all. but you are right, he's put in that position by the students on one side and his inability to get the kennedy administration to lift any pressure on the other side. >> and he didn't do that lately. the thing about martin luther king when he was trying to decide whether he s

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, birmingham.ces on offer from labour and the conservatives in tomorrow's election? the conservatives' number one goal is to deliver the best brexit dealfor britain. they plan to increase the nhs budget in england by £8 billion pounds over the next five years. they've restated their pledge to cut immigration to the tens of thousands. and they say they will achieve a balanced budget by 2025. labour have a brexit deal in mind too, putting the economy and living standards first. they promise to end austerity and invest in public services and they'll increase taxes on business and the highest paid. they say they will nationalise a number of companies, and abolish tuition fees for university students in england. 0ur deputy political editor, john pienaar, reports. it may feel like a long march, this election, but then britain is deciding its future, choosing between candidates to run the country. whether you havejoined the battle like the labour faithful here in runcorn today, all you had other pressing

alex forsyth in birmingham.tion. politicians from the seven main parties will face questions from a young audience, on topics ranging from security and health, to brexit and jobs. earlier i spoke to the bbc newsbeat‘s political editor, jonathan blake, about young people's engagement in politics. what you've seen during this election campaign is definitely, perhaps, more engagement than usual from younger voters in terms of the issues that have been discussed. coming so soon as it did after that brexit referendum that you mentioned, where turnout among under 25s was unusually high. i think what you will hear from the audience here in manchester tonight is a lot of passion. we talk about young voters a lot of the time as being apathetic, i can tell you having gone around the uk in this election campaign and talking to mainly under 25s about how they will vote and why they are not, a lot of them, at least, they care about the issues. they care about low wages, they care about their chances of going to university, t

in birmingham christians and muslims have come together to prepare and eat the meal taken at the endramadan. birmingham itself is a really diverse city but we don't often create opportunities to cross paths or integrate, that's the word i'm looking for, so this isjust an opportunity for people from different walks of life to get together and hopefully have some conversations. that's the plan. how come, i'm not helping with this meal. because i am a veteran, as i've said, and you're not! the great get together in its simplest form is a celebration both of the life ofjo cox and the lives of our local communities. i think it's really important in a city like birmingham that we don't just live side—by—side but we are connected and know our neighbours a deep way, that we can talk about things, understand each other‘s points of view. and although we are not trying to be the same we have lots in common asjo so famously said. it is just a way of understanding each other better and when you know each other well those prejudices and fears can't flourish because you know the reality of each oth

iamat i am at the hagley road retirement village in edgbaston in birmingham.ostly pensioners in 240 flats. some of them are owned, some are rented. amongst those people most of them will have reached state pension age at 60 for women and 65 for men and thatis at 60 for women and 65 for men and that is all changing. there is talk about it being 70, as you say, for today's young people. i've been around birmingham looking at the state pension age issue and it has involved looking at the very beginnings of pensions. this was the first time people picked up the state pension, 1909. it was just £27 in today's money. we're not going back to that, but the talk is we will return to anotherfeature, you had to be much older. we've managed to track down, in the west midlands, a very rare example of an old—age pension orderfrom 1909, the first year. you take this in each week to the post office, and cash in your five shillings. but you'd only qualify if you were over 70 years of age. that's what we could be going back to. so, could people now in their 20s, and their kids

birmingham, alabama tv show this week. mixes up two cities, not even a state it is okay. >> we will move on now, mr. cosby wants to get back to work. we are planning town halls. >> well that was worth the wait. >> and andrew wyatt the pr dude, offered new details but the town halls would presumably feature bill cosby talking about mens behavior toward women and how it can lead to sexual assault allegations, legal abe public relations experts we talked to were quick to say not a good idea. >> this is an opened matter, this matter will be retried as the d.a. said and any pun statements the defendant makes could come back to haunt him. >> if you are add veiing him what do you say about the speaking tour. >> sit down, shut up, and don't come out of your house. >> those are strong word. >> tmz live did talk to andrew wyatt the spokesperson who said this and they said listen we know there will be another trial. we have talk to our attorneys. they say the attorneys have approved this and they say that they will make sure they wil

my body didn't respond well in birmingham. especially my abdomen which the state.ur hand? get his fitness. still some work to go before wimbledon in the gym. try to get back into shape and have some energy back as well. british men's number two. kyle edmund was beaten in the first round of the men's singles at eastbourne by american donald young, ranked 47 in the world. edmund lost the first set but fought back to take the second 6—3 before losing the decider by the same score. there was some success though for marcus willis in the first round of wimbledon qualifying — the briton reached the third roubnd at last year's wimbledon before losing to roger federer on centre court. he still has a chance of making this year's tournament proper after being slovakia's andrey martin, despite being ranked 241 places lower than his opponent. willis now faces fellow briton liam braody — brother of naomi — in the next qualifying round. the first round is always tricky. a bit narrator start and under pressure i served really well and played good games to break. 0bviously happy wi

in birmingham, johanna konta is through to the last 16 at wimbledon warm up event.event. the british1 is attempting to win herfirst event. the british1 is attempting to win her first grass court title. —— the british number one. i will be back with more no stories just after half past, see you then. the government will issue a ruling within nine days, on whether rupert murdoch's proposed takeover of sky needs a comprehensive investigation. the culture and media secretary, karen bradley, has received reports from the independent media regulator ofcom and the competition and markets authority, looking into whether the proposed takeover would give it too much control of the british media. let's talk to our media editor, all rightjohn, who this inside out. what are the reports, first of all? —— amol rajan. what are the reports, first of all? -- amol rajan. the previous attempted takeover sky was derailed by the phone hacking scandal, and karen bradley referred it to the regulator. they looked at three different aspects of this entire deal, the first is whether or not it

maria sharapova will miss the aegon classic in birmingham because of injury. retiring at the italian open with a thigh problem. sharapova returned from a is—month doping ban in april and she'd been offered a wild card for the birmingham event. lewis hamilton ‘s mercedes was fastest in first practice of the canadian grand prix, he beat sebastian vettel who is now 25 points clear in the standings but hamilton was bettered in the second practice by kimi raikkonen in the other ferrari. hull fc moved up to third in the super league with a win at second placed salford red devils. this is the kind of play would see in football as albert kelly kicked his way over the line. hull are now one point behind salford who missed the chance to narrow the gap on leaders castleford. st helens widnes vikings in the other game of the day. that's all was bought for now. keep up with the stories on the bbc sport website, back to jane in westminster. thank you. theresa may is in no westminster. thank you. theresa may isin no 10, westminster. thank you. theresa may is in no 10, we mig

i was still able to have great motivation to win titles for example here in birmingham. sunday. the 18—time grand slam champion was a straight sets winner over germany's alexander zverev in less than an hour. the 35—year—old top seed lost his first match of the grass—court season last week in stuttgart to tommy haas, but was back on track at halle — culminating in this 6—1, 6—3 victory over the home favourite zverev. now to cricket, where south africa beat pakistan by three wickets in their first match of the women's world cup in leicester. pakistan posted their highest ever world cup score with opener nahida khan making 79 as they finished on 206—8. in response south africa slumped from 113 for no loss to 177 for seven with number nine shabnim ismail striking consecutive boundaries in the 49th over to secure a win. not so good for south africa's men, though. they've lost to england 2—1 in their best—of—three t20 series. chasing 182 to win, the proteas came up 19 runs short. the two sides will next contest a four—match test series, which starts on the 6th ofjuly. that's

i'm nomia iqbal, here in the splendid elgar concert hall at the university of birmingham, and on stageere in the concert hall. with me is our audience, people from all different backgrounds, different political allegiances, and with just one week to go before the big vote, they have a lot of questions about a wide range of issues. they will be putting those questions to our panel of guests from different political parties. with us today is shailesh vara from the conservatives, khalid mahmood from labour, baroness sheehan from the liberal democrats, bob dhillon from ukip, and leanne wood from plaid cymru. following the horrific terror attack in manchester last week, campaigning for the election had been suspended. of course it has now resumed. but the events of manchester are still very much on people's minds. i was in the city reporting and i am from manchester. there were a lot of questions being asked in the aftermath. let's begin the debate today with talking about what happened in manchester, looking at some of the issues that came from it. let's go to our first question. in light

in birmingham, for example, they said £31 million has been put aside to fit sprinklers to a number ofks, and they are also calling on the government to help them meet those costs, so clearly costs are going to mount, and as we've seen, only 3a out of 600 of these concerned buildings have so far been tested. thank you. parliament has been hit by a cyber—security attack. officials have described it as a sustained and determined operation and say it now looks like it's been contained. i spoke to cyber security specialist professor alan woodward and i asked him whether using stronger passwords could prevent attacks like this. in essence, yes. however, the best password is the one you can't remember, certainly in my case, and i don't know about anyone else, but i have dozens of accounts so i can't remember them all, and if you asked me the passwords to those, i couldn't tell you, so a user password manager where i only have to remember the one password, and it's very complicated, and that lets me into my password manager, which i have iphone, my ipad, whatever, and that generates strong pa

there, the children's march, there was only one place a black could live in birmingham, and that was the a.g. gaston motel. so we both lived there. i hung out with king and andy young and james bevel and all of his assistance. it was a fantastic experience for a young kid just out of law school. >> let's fast forward a little bit. 1980, president jimmy carter and his final year in office, names you to the federal bench. obviously you were confirmed. >> right. >> do you think today somebody like you could be confirmed to the federal bench? >> no. i don't think i could be confirmed today. i don't think i would be confirmed today. the politics have changed of judicial appointments, both at the district court level and at the supreme court level. in the hearing itself, it wasn't controversial. we were all in a room before the committee. the judiciary committee. and they pretty much lobbed softballs at us, you know. well, mr. smith, what kind of temperament do you think a judge ought to have? oh, i think he ought to have a nice, even -- it was that kind of -- >> even republicans were sayi

birmingham, one of the most divided cities in the uk when it comes to brexit.to know what is happening withjobs. britain? i want to know what is happening with jobs. how much is go to cost? i want to know what is go to cost? i want to know what is go to happen with immigration and migration. first off, this area had the highest number of leave voters in the referendum. what are the issues to you? to be honest, brexit was introduced and our business decline. because of the confusion, people are holding back money, and many are not spending the money they did. imports and exports are hard. that is what theresa may will fight for. i do really understand what brexit actually entails. i don't think many people really understand what happens. next up, moseley, where people overwhelmingly voted to remain. they are quite sensible in this is that they all want hospitals and schools and hospitals, roads in northern ireland. —— hospitals and schools and roads in northern ireland. it is made the right person for the negotiation?” ireland. it is made the right person for th

. —— birmingham. which is a bit more tighter than normal. -- birmingham.still some work to go in the gym?‘ hand? it is the fitness thing. still some work to go in the gym? a lot of treatment to get back to the shape and to have some injury back as well. usain bolt has made it absolutely clear he'll retire after this years world championships. the olympic champion was speaking ahead of his ninth and final appearance at the 0strava golden spike meet — but the quotation gestures which a reporter used at him to suggest his retirement talk wasn't genuine, annoyed the sprinter. but when he wasn't mocking reporters, he was offering support to iaaf president sebastian coe and speaking about the challenges facing athletics. you have to go to worst time to get the best. seb coe is doing good job. they are trying to make track and field as good as possible. the fact is, the competition is getting better. the only problem we really haveis better. the only problem we really have is doping so if we can control that problem then track and field will be in the right neck

in birmingham yesterday, heather watson lost.karachi after they beat india to win the icc champions trophy at the oval on saturday. he is in that car, i promise you! ever even after the special convoy from the airport, it took then the skipper nearly half an hour to get from his vehicle to his house, he was surrounded by his adoring fans, many of whom waited through the night to welcome home their hero which led their country to that win against their rivals and the odds too. just before i go, time to tell you that frankie dettori will miss the whole of royal ascot which starts today after a fall at great yarmouth last week. he has an arm injury and will miss out on a number of well—fancied rides. that's it for now. let's talk more about the mosque attack in london. the impact is still very raw for those caught up in the attack. raqia's husband was injured and we can talk to her now. thank you very much forjoining us. tell us how your husband is first of all? my husband's doing a lot better than yesterday. he's great and he's got

birmingham — one of the most divided cities in the uk when it comes to brexit.here agree on the best course of action for britain? i want to know what's happening withjobs. how much is it going to cost? i want to know what is going to happen with immigration and migration. first stop, shard end. this area had the highest number of leave voters in last year's eu referendum. what are the big issues for you? to be honest, since brexit was introduced, our business has declined. and since all the confusion, people are holding back the money. our main clients are not spending the money like they did. imports and exports will be harder, unless we get the right deals. that is what may has got to fight for. to be honest, i don't really understand what brexit actually entails. i don't think many people really understand what happens. next stop moseley, where people overwhelmingly voted to remain in the european union. with regards to the dup, they are quite sensible in the sense that they will want hospitals, schools and roads in northern ireland, which they can get as a

i was lucky to grow up in segregated birmingham alabama. my parents had me believing that i couldn't have a hamburger the counter but i could be anything i wanted including president, secretary of state, whatever now the way they did that was interesting. they had two important mantras and i now repeat these to my students. one is you have to be twice as good. they met this is armor against present prejudice. but if you work hard enough to think you might be twice as good you're going to be confident. nobody can throw you off your horse. secondly they said there are no victims. because the minute you describe yourself as a victim you've given control of your life to someone else. you might not control your circumstances you can control your response. then they would say, your armor is going to be a high-quality education and they had several others, my father was a 70 doesn't want to sit next to you because you're black, that doesn't matter. as long as they move. [applause] and what he was saying is don't let somebody else's prejudice bring

he had lived most recently in birmingham. but in this particular case, these arrests do seem to indicate that perhaps these three attackers did come from london. but the police are not providing any information about that. which is quite normal. i've spoken with a local one who came here today and i was asking him specifically what about theresa may has said that in our communities she laid out her four ways to tackle this change in the terror threat in britain. she had said that there was too much tolerance of extremism in the communities and the one i spoke to said look, you cannot continue to blame and point the finger at muslim communities here because he said we have been talking about this for years. we are trying to stop this. we're doing our best in our communities. this is about everyone trying to work together. and interestingly, he like the prime minister pointed the finger of blame at recruitment not on mosques, but on the internet, the way that isis and other groups recruit on the internet. of course perhaps the

you are moving a big operation to birmingham. that pa rt a big operation to birmingham.g that talent is not out of the south—east. can you get the right people?” think we are doing very well with recruitment activity in birmingham. iam recruitment activity in birmingham. i am hugely excited by it. it is a brand—new building coming out of the ground. it is well on its way. we will move into it early january into february. all of the plans are on track. do you have to incentivise people to go there? we have! we are making it easier to come with us. 63% of the roles are filled. we are down to the last 300. plans are on their way. i am very confident we will be 85% by the end of the year. that is where we thought we would be. we will be ready go on line. 60 or more you have set to close. people worry about branch is. yes. —— branches. we have committed to 625 branches. we are investing in them. the branches of the future will be different to the date. i am happy with the 625 and we will keep investing in them. thank you. we know all about relocating, as part of the bbc is mo

well it is not going to work here, in birmingham, in leicester, manchester, it is not going to work anywherebecause we will not allow it to work anywhere. jeremy corbyn they're speaking in his constituency finsbury park in north london. part of his constituency, saying the local community must stick together. this is after that terror attack. on sunday night. they must stick together against those trying to divide it. he said it was a time of sadness and gear but we must all be child, treat each other with respect and dignity, challenge races and live together and respect each other. jeremy corbyn in his constituency there responding to the terror attack on sunday evening. talks between the democratic unionists — and the conservatives — on supporting theresa may's minority government are not going as expected, according to the dup. they want the government to give ‘greater focus' to the negotiations and they warn that the dup can't be ‘taken for granted'. the already delayed queen's speech, outlining the government's legislative programme, takes place at westminster tomorrow. well our northe

birmingham says the government must help pay for it.klers should be one of our responses here, and when your chief fire officer of your region tells you that, clearly as the leader of a city you have to listen to that so we started to look at the figures and it comes to around £31 million. manchester, plymouth, hounslow and portsmouth are many others are also facing huge bills. the government insists it will help on a case by case basis. if they need financial support, not all will need it, but if they need it we will work with them to make sure they have the resources to do this necessary work, absolutely. that will not be put at risk. the grenfell fire was reflected today, at glastonbury, where jeremy corbyn appeared on the pyramid stage pressing for what he calls a national government response. is it right that so many people are frightened of where they live at the moment, having seen the horrors of what happened in grenfell tower? away from the crowds in west london, the fire continues to draw people to reflect on the disaster, and

reading's1—1 draw with sunderland moved them above birmingham into sixth.lissa lawley‘s stunning strike was the pick of the goals in their 3—1 win over liverpool. let's bring you up to date with some of the other stories today. and former wba lightweight world champion anthony crolla has told the bbc he wants to fight again at manchester arena, which remains closed following last month's suicide bombing. the mancunian is expected to fight again in october and says having the event at his local venue would be "about showing people we're not going to be put off by what's happened." england's chris wood will take a narrow lead into the final day of the nordea masters in malmo. wood began the day four shots off the lead, but moved to nine—under after seven birdies and two bogies, ahead of france's benjamin herbert and italy's renato paratore. maverick vinales has qualified on pole for tomorrow's italian moto gp. the 22—year—old spaniard leads the way in the world championship. home favourite and team—mate valentino rossi starts from second on the grid, but vina

earlier, the leader of birmingham council, john clancy explained why they've decided to do this.uncil leaders said they did not know that some but the priority for them was to get people out if there was any risk at all. as for the costs involved in moving people out and providing them with accommodation, we do not know if the government will cover those costs what that bill may eventually be. but the sums we are talking about here are large indeed. that is that further moment from camden. back to you, chris the studio. there is much more on the bbc website about the situation in london and indeed other cities across the uk. some other news for you today. today is armed forces day. more than 300 events are taking place across the country to celebrate the work of our armed forces. a strong turnout is expected at the main event in liverpool where the prime minister is expected to attend. let's join our correspondent danielle hewson, who's in liverpool. as always, we have a lot to thank our armed forces for, particularly for the role they played after the manchester bombing, showing

chelsea ladies have won the first spring series after beating birmingham 2—0.. they managed 32 goals in total. manchester city missed out on goal difference. arsenalfinished third missed out on goal difference. arsenal finished third and unbeaten after beating bristol city 5—0. andy murray produced some of his best tennis of the year so far to reach the last 16 of the french open, beating juan martin del potro in straight sets. he took the second set 7—5 then didn't drop a game in the third as he booked his place in the third as he booked his place in the fourth round againstjohn isner. it isa the fourth round againstjohn isner. it is a big win for me. it was never going to be easy today. he is a really tough guy to play against, especially this early in a major stop he came out playing very aggressive, serving very well at the beginning. it was tough, but i managed to turn it around and played some really good stuff at the end, so some really good stuff at the end, so it was a very positive win for me. kyle edmund took his match against kevin anderson of south

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, birmingham.mind you there are 650 seats or constituencies around the country. the number required for an absolute majority is 326. in 2015 the conservatives won 331 seats. rob watson has steered us through the campaign these past weeks, he is in westminster for us tonight. good evening. the final line in that report was that this is a decision that will affect our lifetimes. and this time around it is that profound because of brexit and the direction the parties want to take us in. that is one strange thing about this rather strange election. that the sta kes rather strange election. that the stakes could not possibly be higher. after a ll stakes could not possibly be higher. after all whoever wins the election gets to decide the path in the world of the uk after being a member of the eu for more than a0 years. that affects the place in the world, security arrangements, diplomacy, economics, everything. but yet despite the stakes being so high it is difficult to imagine a campaign that feels less

cities under consideration include birmingham, chicago and detroit. >>> north korea denying a torturednd american student who died days after the country released him. north korea held warmbier captive nearly a year and a half for allegedly stealing a poster. north korea sent him home in a coma and he died days later. he was lay to rest in his hometown. they wrapped polls in his town with these colors. the jacket he wore was on display. >>> i'm erika martin. we are tracking cindy moving in our droeirection. seeing a couple of breaks out there. also seeing increasing wind gusts. currently satellite seeing a couple of breaks here. a lot of rain is already offshore. we are not done yet. a wider perspective for the evening kplut acommute and earl tomorrow morning. we could see the center of the low to the southwest here. it will start to drive more energy into our direction and it could trigger isolated thunderstorms. i do have a few pause points. it is really important for you to understand. right now we are seeing plenty of dlouclouds with temperatures mainly in the 70s and dew points al