it's a cold sunday night back in birmingham.ps are open, the streets are busy and sex workers are already starting their shift. it doesn't surprise me because we've had reports probably seven months ago that it was happening during the day, so we put some additional policing in and that daylight activity has stopped. when i say stopped, it's probably been displaced to probably later on in the evening. but the uniformed officers aren't alone. the local volunteer group, street watch, come out to help. they're local people who patrol the streets of the neighbourhood they know so well. it's overwhelming when you actually do come out and see what's happening. this is not a red light area, this is my home, it's not going to happen. curb crawlers, if you do come to handsworth, we will deal with you. like most big cities, birmingham has had problems with the sex trade for decades. during the 1990s, vice had a grip on balsall heath. it was like a no go zone, even the police would not come here. i remember once on this cornerjust here, a

and play their home games here in birmingham at legion field starting in the fall of 2019. we think this would be a great fit, a great marriage just waiting to happen. we're just awaiting word and we understand that the raider nation is popular and we're ready for them to come home to birmingham." now let's talk some baseball-- the giants starting to make their way to arizona for spring training. --pitchers and catchers in attendance for physicals this afternoon... and one hurler everyone is wondering about is madison bumgarner. ---this offseason, madbum found himself in the center of trade talks... and there were some whispers he may not be with the team. -- however, the 29-year-old is rocking the orange and black... entering his 11th season in the league. --and like many giants fans, he'd also like to see bryce harper in the san francisco lineup...saying it'd be a huge addition for the team. --still no word on when harper is expected to make a decision. finally tonight, warriors about to get underway in less than an hour. their final home game before the all-star brak. --

our correspondent sima kotecha reports from birmingham.murder on english soil of the 20th century. it was 197a. two bombs exploded in central birmingham, tearing through two pubs and killing 21 people. the ira was thought to be responsible, but the individuals behind the bombings have never been brought tojustice. today, a big moment for the families of those killed. the start of the inquests into the murders of their loved ones. what burns our desire is truth, justice and accountability. and nothing and no one can stop that. and until we get that, we will not stop. this afternoon, the coroner sir peter thornton qc told the jury... in the aftermath, these men were wrongly convicted of the bombings. once they were released from prison, the inquests weren't reopened, until today — after the families campaigned consistently for years. the names of those killed are inscribed into the leaves on these artificial trees outside birmingham's iconic new street station. these inquests won't name those behind the attacks, after the court of appeal agr

flights from birmingham and london's heathrow have been suspended. it uses to wrap up the chocolate. lawyers have said the company decided the trademark application is not enforceable after application is not enforceable after a court ruled it was too wide ranging. and with that we end this edition of asia business report. hgppy edition of asia business report. happy lunar new year to all of you. goodbye. this is bbc news. the top stories this hour: a group of latin american countries and canada have called for a change of government in venezuela without force and have urged the army to end its backing for president maduro. and search teams confirm they've sighted a body, in the wreckage of the plane carrying the missing footballer, emiliano sala, and his pilot. bin collectors in birmingham who took part in a three—month strike in 2017 are to stage new walkouts in a row over pay. bob hockenhull? reports. with the prospect of two days of strike action every week, birmingham is facing a return to the bad old days of 2017, when uncollected rubbish piled

kennedy sent the national guard to the outskirts of birmingham in harlem marcom x. gave full voice to his anger we are not integration. and we believe that your little to try and mix with someone who doesn't love you well that doesn't mean that we in any any way condone what those friends are doing in birmingham alabama people should know that it is no accident that long balls were writing negro women negro babies a negro children kennedy said nothing it was only after the negro began to strike that. it was then it was then that kennedy called in the on the don't to be going by kennedy don't you people by the don't go to the grocery just when i don't i think you get that good i get the like you don't. after the events of burning martin luther king and malcolm x. were interviewed a few days apart for a program about the race issue brings us an interpretation it was an opportunity to share their opposing vision was to put the black caucus malcolm x. has said of your philosophy that it plays into the hands of light and practice that they are happy when you talk about l

sima kotecha, bbc news, birmingham.relationships, keeping safe online, and looking after their mental health. the new lessons will start next year, and at the same time, classes on sex and relationships will be compulsory in all secondary schools. our education editor, branwenjeffreys, has more details. today, what we're going to have a look at is consent... learning to look after their bodies and minds, talking about respect, relationships and sex — part of secondary school for generations. whatever's said in the room, stays in the room. ..with parents still able to opt out children up to the age of 15. one of the concerns with the opt—out is that students go and self—educate go and self—educate and self—inform using things like the internet to help make their decisions. and we know that can often be an unreliable source of information. these guidelines are updated for new challenges — social media, explicit material online, all putting pressure on their mental health. but some parents at this birmingham school are ang

and play their home games here in birmingham at legion field starting in the fall of 2019.think this would be a great fit, a great marriage just waiting to happen. we're just awaiting word and we understand that the raider nation is popular and we're ready for them to come home to birmingham." now to the majors-- the giants starting to make their way to arizona for spring training. --pitchers and catchers in attendance for physicals this afternoon... and one hurler everyone is wondering about is madison bumgarner. ---this offseason, madbum found himself in the center of trade talks... and there were some whispers he may not be with the team. -- however, the 29-year-old is rocking the orange and black... entering his 11th season in the league. --and like many giants fans, he'd also like to see bryce harper in the san francisco lineup...saying it'd be a huge addition for the team. --still no word on when harper is expected to make a decision. coming up on kron4 sports at 10, those full warriors highlights, how utah made it a fight at oracle. until then, more news after the br

king's "letter from a birmingham the first time and the elders of birmingham had written a big editorial, an open letter, urging king and the movement to go slow. don't push. like this with outside people and all because it's going to just -- we don't do things that way around here. wrote this wonderful letter which is just a classic mentions the, he anecdote about his little to ther wanting to go length, and advertised amusement park, there where they lived and the parents, dr. king, as he -- you reallys must read the letter -- he says, tell your daughter she can go to farmland because she's not the right color and you will see why we can't wait. it really struck me. dr. king and i connected. i was immediately jealous that that little girl had parents that went out and protested. my folks said, don't cause any trouble now. you just a nice. we don't want you to get killed. my family remembered emmett till and that tragedy. in till and i were about these same age. that kind of sense in the black community, i feel this, just to give you some background, some context for dr. king's speech.

this and professor ian birmingham yet they regional. problem again is the long. and those between us and turkey redder than saudi arabia and turkey because our initial national security issues is jeopardize not by saudi arabia initially but but. united states foreign policy priorities saying which they're n.b.s. is position in the government inside. is for the next couple of the case will look created in tremendous effect on regional. conflicts because his his attitude and his his pulse is that we obviously be in every area of. creating more conflicts in between countries and not for the for the peace of course but when it comes to american foreign policy making i think. rather than making some new conflicts united states had to persecute for more peace but with the eligible and of course the judgment partners with the cambridge let's pull this all done to you drill a command in manchester mr l.g. be a the saudi foreign minister is being quoted in the washington post as saying the crown prince did not order the killing can i suggest to you that for the trumpet mi

this nhs lab in birmingham carries out genetic testing.d by around ten families across the whole of the west midlands region. the majority of cancers are not due to an identifiable genetic problem. most cancers are due to a mixture of environmental, lifestyle, and minor genetic causes. raj still holds dearly three letters written by his wife to their children before she died. i get really emotional thinking about my son's letters. i haven't the strength to read the other letters. it is hard. really hard. kenry, bbc midlands today, lemington. it's called britbox and it's the bbc and itv‘s answer to netflix, a new on—demand video streaming service that's being planned for the uk. it could cost around £5 a month — and for that you'd have access to some of the most popular programmes ever shown on british television. our media editor amol rajan assesses its chances of success. television has changed more in the past ten years than it had in the previous history, thanks to one company above all. you've probably heard of them. netflix has superc

today, another stabbing in birmingham, this time on a university campus. were doing all they can to keep people safe. the frequency of knife crime along with the decreasing age of the victims poses serious challenges for the authorities, as much as it presents anguish and grief for their families. sima kotecha, bbc news. the president of nigeria, muhammadu buhari, looks set for re—election, according to results from saturday's general election. with results in from most states, he has a lead of more than 3 million votes over his rival, atiku abuba kar. but mr abuba kar‘s people's democratic party has called for a pause in the count, alleging that irregularities have taken place. at least 20 people have been killed and a0 injured after a train crash sparked a large fire at cairo's main railway station. the train hit a buffer stop near the end of a busy platform at ramses station in the city centre. the collision caused the train‘s fuel tank to explode, setting the platform and nearby buildings alight. a woman from surrey is fighting in a landmark domestic a

, which hosts games for uab and the alliance of american football's birmingham iron.....>but let me get back to a more logical destination.....right here in oakland.....>according to executive director of the coliseum authority....scott mckibben.....the raiders have resumed contact wtith the group that oversees the coliseum.....>> so as of now, so as of now, we've heard....las vegas a year early.....reno..... fresno...san francisco....but i am thinking home is where the heart is guys and that they will play in oakland one final year......> (grant) (grant) coming up... we take a look where the pot industry stands now... more than a year since prop 64 passed, allowing adults to legally buy and smoke marijuana. (vicki) and singer katy perry is facing backlash after releasing these shoes. why activists say the design is offensive and racist (grant) taking a look at stormtracker 4 radar... rain is falling in the bay area now-- and it's going to get a lot more intense. we will have more on what to expect as we continue to track the storm. (vicki) another blackface controversy h

ok let's get going let's bring in the panel today joining us on skype from birmingham in the u.k. is scott lucas professor of american studies at the university of birmingham political strategist silva thought is in istanbul and in manchester we come and vice chairman of republicans overseas u.k. welcome to you all drool a common mr donald trump has missed this deadline what does that mean well i think there's two things to note about trent missing the deadline and i want to say i'm someone who's very strong supporter of article one of the constitution congressional powers and presidential powers and i think president trump should respond to the deadline but this government shutdown of well over a month definitely put a dent in time needed to do an actual thorough investigation and the second thing to note is that congress is still the state department political appointments in the state department are still frequently updating congressional leaders democrats and republicans and should hopefully soon have a letter out in who knows what that letter will say maybe we'll say. they sa

sima kotecha, bbc news, birmingham.. after that record—breaking warm afternoon, the temperatures will be dropping like a stone tonight, it is very continental at the moment, a very continental at the moment, a very chilly evening, by late evening temperatures around single figures throughout the country, and early on tuesday morning temperatures will be even lower than that, underneath the clearer skies, we could see a frost. but i think in towns and cities, it will be generally around plus one to four celsius, but some frost around out of town for sure. then tomorrow we do it all over again, it is a sunny day again, no reason for those temperatures to skyrocket into the high teens, who knows, it might even beat tomorrow, the record, once again, buti beat tomorrow, the record, once again, but i think more typically it will be around 17 to 18 degrees. as we head into wednesday again, another fine day, starting to cool off in some areas but by the time we get to the end of the week it really will be a lot cooler, big diff

it is a unique situation specific to birmingham. but if you live in birmingham.and are impacted by the dispute it is very serious. martin, thank you. the headlines on bbc news... theresa may will urge mps to "hold their nerve", when she updates them on the latest developments in the brexit talks. tougher criminal checks for taxi drivers in england — plans to give better protection to vulnerable passengers are set out by the government. nearly two million complaints were made from people across the uk last year, about bins not being collected. in sport, the west indies fast bowler shannon gabriel has been warned for language used following an incident with england captainjoe root on day three of the final test. the british horseracing authority says there will be a managed return to competitive action in the sport from tomorrow. arsenal and wales midfielder aaron ramsey has agreed a move to italian championsjuventus when his contract expires, and he is set to become the highest—paid british player ever. more on those stories in around 20 minutes. the government is

and play their home games here in birmingham at legion field starting in the fall of 2019.ink this would be a great fit, a great marriage just waiting to happen. we're just awaiting word and we understand that the raider nation is popular and we're ready for them to come home to birmingham." now to the majors-- the giants starting to make their way to arizona for spring training. --pitchers and catchers in attendance for physicals this afternoon... and one hurler everyone is wondering about is madison bumgarner. ---this offseason, madbum found himself in the center of trade talks... and there were some whispers he may not be with the team. -- however, the 29-year-old is rocking the orange and black... entering his 11th season in the league. --and like many giants fans, he'd also like to see bryce harper in the san francisco lineup...saying it'd be a huge addition for the team. --still no word on when harper is expected to make a decision. finally out lexus ultimate hioghlight... --this one comes from michael jordan...the greatest of all-time and current owner of the charlot

mark easton, bbc news, birmingham.benjamin netanyahu for bribery and breach of trust. it's just six weeks until the country's general election, when mr netanyahu will attempt to win a fifth term of office. his likud party had tried to block the announcement, describing it as political persecution. leading technology giants including facebook, twitter and google have written to the government to try to influence the way the internet will be regulated in future on issues such as privacy and illegal or harmful content. it comes after calls for tougher regulations for social media companies following the death of 14—year—old molly russell, who took her own life. her family believe instagram was partly responsible for her death. here's our media editor, amol rajan. the appalling circumstances of molly russell's death led to renewed calls here in britain for better regulation of the internet. this is an area fraught with practical and philosophical difficulties. but now leading tech companies have pre—emptively written to th

deja vu in birmingham.strike for three hours every day, for three months. and today, it starts again. i'm appalled that they're not coming to collect the bins because it's going to cause rats, we have rats already here. can you imagine the pile—up on this road? but this time, they'll be walking out for two days every week, for five weeks. it stems from the last strike. unite union workers took action overjob losses and changes to shift patterns. the dispute was resolved after the council decided not to cut all jobs. then, late last year, tension grew again after gmb workers were given a payment. unite union workers believe they've been blacklisted for striking and that's why, they say, they weren't given the same payment. unite and its members never wanted this dispute. we never wanted secret payments to be made to people who had not taken industrial action. and we have tried to make our industrial action as proportionate as possible — to leave the council with an opportunity to settle this dispute. but, un

birmingham resource center executive director bob dickerson reflecting on days gone by at the a.g. gaston motel. dr. gaston hired dickerson to work at his bank, citizens federal, in 1984.bob dickerson/hired by a.g. gaston: i wasn't an important part of his life and his business but he was such a vital part of mineit was a time, of deep segregation in the south.when gaston opened the motel in 1954, it was the only place black entertainers and black visitors could stay in birmingham.bob: this was the place you think about history, world history was made here.nat sound: art franklin. when you look inside of here you've got to think abou the conversations that were held. bob dickerson. yeah, you've got to think about the meetings there, you've got to think about the courage folks had when they were in these rooms and knowing folks that day didn't have a problem setting off a few of dynamitenat sounda pair of bombs exploded here on may 11th, 1963, destroying part of the motel.it happened just two days after the big three, dr. martin luther king jr, fred shuttlesworth and ralph abernathy

mark easton, bbc news, birmingham.vast areas of syria and iraq, will suffer its final defeat within a week, according to kurdish forces, backed by the united states, who are preparing a final onslaught on the group's last enclave. the remaining is fighters are surrounded in a tiny patch of territory at baghuz in south—east syria. in the past few days, more than 6,000 have surrendered. among them are large numbers of women, orphans of is fighters, and children who'd been enslaved by the group. from the desert outside baghuz, our middle wast correspondent our middle east correspondent quentin sommerville reports. out of the darkness and into the light. the islamic state group makes a slow and miserable surrender, carrying everything they own. these are the last of the true believers. and now their orders are to submit to their enemies, the kurds. many of their husbands are still inside their baghuz holdout. even the children are searched. young and old, they are dazed by defeat. a group that showed no mercy now pleads fo

proves she's ready to win more medals as she breaks the national indoor record for the mile in birmingham we'll meet the sprinter who's determined to compete at next year's olympics just two years after a serious motorbike accident. we start with football newport county's dream run in the fa cup is over, beaten 4—1 by manchester city tonight. it was good while it lasted... having defeated leicester and middlesbrough in previous rounds, manager mike flynn said it would be the biggest upset in cup history if they could pull off the unthinkable. and as patrick gearey reports there were moments when you thought they mightjust do it. a bare pitch in a bear pit, newport isa a bare pitch in a bear pit, newport is a long way off the beaten track for manchester city, this is the fa cup at its purest. dragging millionaires into the mud, and then hurling things at them. not subtle, but sensational. this is the momentary reek moment, brutally snatched from him by edison in manchester city. his colleagues weren't moving as well as struggling fire them on a pitch by hosting by, fire them on a pitch by

sima kotecha, bbc news, birmingham.y stabbed at a south london youth club. 23—year—old glendon spence was killed on thursday evening. the boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, will appear before magistrates in bromley on monday. the uk's cyber—security agency has issued a warning about the potential threat to britain's national security of allowing chinese tech firms to become involved in britain's telecoms network. the head of gchq has said it is a "hugely complex strategic challenge" and emphasised the importance of the uk having better cyber—security practises. it comes as america pressures its allies not to use chinese firm huawei's technology to build new 5g networks. a brand new news programme begins tonight, on the newly launched bbc scotland channel. it's called the nine, and will be presented by rebecca curran and martin geissler. the hour—long programme will present news from around the world from a scottish perspective. the duke and duchess of sussex have taken part in a horse grooming session as part o

this and professor ian birmingham yet they regional. problem gang is a long. and those between us and turkey redder than saudi arabia and turkey because our initial national security issues is jeopardize not by saudi arabia initially but but. united states foreign policy priorities saying which there n.b.s. is position in the government inside. is for the next couple of the kates will look created in tremendous effect on regional. conflicts because his his attitude and his his pulse is that we obviously be in every area of. creating more conflicts in between countries and not for the for the peace of course but when it comes to american foreign policy making i think. rather than making some new conflicts united states had to persecute for more peace but with the eligible and of course their judgment partners with cambridge let's pull this all down to you to look a man in manchester mr l.g. beer the saudi foreign minister is being quoted in the washington post as saying the crown prince did not order the killing can i suggest to you that for the trumpet ministr

ok let's get going let's bring in the panel today joining us on sco from birmingham in the u.k. is scott lucas professor of american studies at the university of birmingham political strategist silva thought is in istanbul and in manchester we truly come and vice chairman of republicans overseas u.k. welcome to you all drew look i'm in mr donald trump has missed this deadline what does that mean well i think there's two things to note about transmitting the dad one and i want to say i'm someone who's very strong supporter of article one of the constitution congressional powers and presidential powers and i think president trump should respond to the deadline but this government shutdown of well over a month definitely put a dent in time needed to do an actual thorough investigation and the second thing to note is that congress is still the state department political appointments in the state department are still frequently updating congressional leaders democrats and republicans and should hopefully soon have a letter out in who knows what that letter will say maybe we'll say. t

and play their home games here in birmingham at legion field starting in the fall of 2019.hink this would be a great fit, a great marriage just waiting to happen. we're just awaiting happen. we're waiting to marriage just great fit, a great this would be a of 2019. we think this would be a great fit, a great marriage just waiting to happen. we're just awaiting word and we understand that the raider nation is popular and we're ready for them to come home to birmingham." now to the majors-- the giants, are already in arizona, but for spring training. --pitchers and catchers in attendance for physicals this afternoon... and one hurler everyone is wondering about is madison bumgarner. ---this offseason, madbum found himself in the center of trade talks... and there were some whispers he may not be with the team. -- however, the 29-year-old is rocking the orange and black... entering his 11th season in the league. --and like many giants fans, he'd also like to see bryce harper in the san francisco lineup...saying it'd be a huge addition for the team. --still no word on when harp

proves she's ready to win more medals as she breaks the national indoor record for the mile in birminghamnd we'll meet the sprinter who's determined to compete at next year's olympics just two years after a serious motorbike accident. plenty to get there tonight.

the trade minister, mr birmingham, denied that australia has been unduly treated over fears the move after australia rescinded the visa of a prominent chinese businessman in relation to theissue chinese businessman in relation to the issue of huawei borrowing equipment for its five g network. the australian dollar recovered after a ll the australian dollar recovered after all these comments from various dismissing these claims but stocks continue to trade lower, stocks continue to trade lower, stocks like woodside continuing to trade 4% lower. ford says it has hired outside experts to investigate its fuel economy and emissions testing procedures — after a group of employees raised concerns. the auto giant points out it hasn't found any inaccurate fuel economy ratings as yet and that the probe doesn't involve looking for emissions test cheating devices as used by volkswagen shares of kraft heinz slumped ii% in after—hours trading after the food giant revealed disappointing results and warned of a tough year to come. it's also making a $15 billion write—off because of a fall in the val

that this area of birmingham is protests. imminently muslim and being gay is forbidden in islam the school's reading program uses books about l. g.b.t. issues this one is a story about a family with two moms another a fairy tale about a prince falling in love with another prince the parents may not like it but the government's own watchdog has classified this school outstanding as the top marks a school can get and much of the praises for the way the children here are taught about the ukase equality laws which could be why the school says it will not by now so parents pressure deputy head andrew more fat who's openly gay himself had to resign from a previous job after a similar route with christian parents at his former school despite the controversy the teacher says his diversity program is not going away we have to ensure we safeguard and protect them from all possible forms of harm including homophobic or transgender bullying we have no plans to change their curriculum and no outsiders remains in integrity part of the driv

he is racing at 1249 in birmingham today. as he reappeared on that short?ort, it is always fascinating to see the real contrast. he is our hero this morning. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. aren't we grateful you are in the studio are not doing that? exactly. charlie was worried about my flailing arms earlier. a very good morning to you, a good weekend so far. this is the view most of you have three yesterday, this is the co nwy valley have three yesterday, this is the conwy valley in north wilds. blue skies dominated the vast majority and we saw the highest of the temperatures, 17 degrees recorded, way above where we should be at this stage in february. not quite as high as at today, but still on the mild side. we have a bit more crowd around that will produce a bit of light rain and drizzle. you saw the ground is a tad tab there in salford quays but for most the dry weather will dominate through much of the weekend. a grey weekend for getting into the outdoors. this area of cloud will spilling through the night, just thick enough, still

a 16—year—old boy stabbed to death in a park in birmingham has been named.e second teenager to be stabbed to death in the city in a week. the american film director stanley donen has died at the age of 94. his work included the 1952 musical singing in the rain, starring cyd charisse, and the film seven brides for seven brothers. he also worked as a dancer and choreographer and told vanity fair that watching fred astaire when he was nine had changed his life. first—time buyers now make up the majority of home purchases bought with a mortgage in the uk, according to new figures. the last time that happened was 1995. according to the halifax, pendle in lancashire and copeland in cumbria are the most affordable areas for first time buyers. here's colin campbell. the number of first—time buyers has nearly doubled over the past decade, but with surging property prices it remains an uphill struggle for those trying to get on the property ladder. according to the halifax, the average price paid for a typical first home hasjumped by 39%, from £153,000 in 2008 to more

in his birmingham studio, artist harley davies is painting a unique work that is much, much more than

away from manchester united, betting against birmingham, two big hitting teams.like? bedding went through the last round, most convincingly of all teams to go through in the last round. they really need a bit of a springboard the season. their form has been stuttering, they've picked up the eye catching result but i think they have failed to carry any momentum through the season but birmingham are a very confident outfit. they did the same thing week in, week out, and that has biggest results. gotta ask you both, the fa cup wouldn't be the fa cup without an upset, we did? huddersfield, the lowest ranked team, left in the competition, busy and upset when they face west ham? west ham will when that one but huddersfield, they did well in the last round, they beat a woman championship side but it will be tough work if they do. you're coming up against a fully professional internationally loaded team in west ham who are getting better and better. ithink team in west ham who are getting better and better. i think that will better and better. i think that will be one hu

a 16—year—old boy stabbed to death in a park in birmingham has been named.ea on wednesday evening. he's the second teenager to be stabbed to death in the city, in a week. about 4000 people joined former english defence league leader tommy robinson in a protest in salford against the bbc. mr robinson, whose real name is stephen yaxley—lennon, criticised a forthcoming panorama programme about him. the bbc said it rejected any suggestion itsjournalism was faked or biased, and the episode would follow its "strict editorial guidelines". the american film director, stanley donen has died at the age of 94. his work included the 1952 musical singing in the rain, starring cyd charisse, and the film seven brides for seven brothers. he also worked as a dancer and choreographer, and told vanity fair that watching fred astaire when he was nine had changed his life. first—time buyers now make up the majority of home purchases bought with a mortgage in the uk, according to new figures. the last time that happened was 1995. according to the halifax, pendle in lancashire and

hardwick from our presenter, who took part in that indoor championship in birmingham. 60 metre race against 20 days. amazing, he has been doing a lot of training for this moment. he is against future stars of the sport, it was fascinating to see. and he gets across, and apparently that is not a bad time in considering his age. amazing stuff, amazing to see it. later on in his potential career, amazing stuff. that is all from sprite state, we are back at half past seven. bye for now. hello, after a couple of days of hitting temperatures in the 16 — 17 celsius, on the nif 14 today it isn't that horrible for the stage of winter? it's well above average for this time of year, we are staying mild, but more of us have cloud compared to the last fee days, rather grey and misty view into... we will get to see some sunshine, and sums to age into our sunday, but there is a chance of rain. the weather system out into the atlantic, it's this area of low pressure, i read this area of cloud, without a bit of patchy rain, that is going to be across the uk and through our sunday. for

this was in birmingham. around 2000 kids marched and sang songs like this little light of mine, i'm going to let it shine. they were marching and singing for justice. in some people were not too happy about that. john: no, this is the ku klux klan. they were not interested in racial justice. they were interested in whites only. up toment had to rise oppose that. so we are happy they did. mary: we are happy young people stood up and opposed it. you were part of speaking up. well the ku klux klan had a plan . they planted a bomb in it church on sunday morning. headquarters was at a baptist church. i was 10 years old. john was 12. four little girls bodies were found in the church. cynthia, addie mae, carol, and denise. we were so sad about that. today that's driving a lot of young people to speak up. was a feeling that the world wasn't the way it could be and that we could do better. a des moines, a group started congress of racial equality. people around the country had services to mourn for the little girls.

in 1963 birmingham alabama is literally and figuratively on fire the prospect of public accommodations being desegregated. martin luther king jr. is going to be one of the leaders of the birmingham movement and is going to be local leaders like fred shuttlesworth, king famously is incarcerated and while he is in a birmingham prison, is going to write his famous letter from a birmingham jail, where answers critics who charge that the civil-rights movement is accelerating at a pace that is too fast. king is going to argued that black people can't afford to wait on the goodwill of white americans because waiting for full citizenship actually distorts and defames american democracy. in 1964 we see the passage of the civil-rights act and on august 6, 1965, the voting rights act is signed into legislation by lyndon baines johnson. that is the arc of the heroic period of the civil-rights movement. five days after the passage of the voting rights act, south central los angeles, the watts neighborhood in south-central los angeles, erupts. from august 11 to august 18th, there will be a week-long

our reporter bob hockenhull is in birmingham. just tell us the background to this.ember the 29th, because they are not happy about alleged secret payments made to a rival union, the gmb, following the end of that strike you referred to in 2017. they say their members should get the same payment. it has been in deadlock for the last six weeks and today unite has decided it will now go on strike two days a week from february the 19th, which will cause a real disruption to the bin service here and we are likely to return to the scenes we saw in the summer of 2017. the first strike day will be the tuesday, then strike again on the tuesday, then strike again on the friday, then they will rotate those days. talks have been going on to try to resolve this dispute but have so far failed. birmingham city council says it did make a reasonable offer last week but unite has failed to take that up. unite has failed to take that up. unite has also accused the council of blackmailing some of the unite workers, but the council totally denies this and says that the state m e nts den

a 16—year—old boy stabbed to death in a park in birmingham has been named.'s the second teenager to be stabbed to death in the city, in a week. a murder investigation is under way but no arrests have been made. at least 84 people have died and 200 others have been taken to hospital after drinking bootleg alcohol in north east india. 12 people have been arrested in connection with making the drink in assam state. the deaths come less than a fortnight after more than 100 people died elsewhere in the country from drinking lethal spirits. alasdair pal, a correspondent at reuters news agency in delhi, said incidents like this are not uncommon in india. india is still, you know, a developing country. there are very high taxes on international alcohol, it is beyond the reaches of lots of people and domestically brewed alcohol is very expensive so that is really whether bootleggers come in. we are told by officials in this case that some of these small boxes about alcohol being sold, for as little as ten rupees, which is just less than 20 us cents, and so that puts

a 16—year—old boy stabbed to death in a park in birmingham has been named. wednesday evening. he is the second teenager to be stabbed to death in the city in a week. a murder investigation is under way but no arrests have been made. first—time buyers now make up the majority of home purchases bought with a mortgage in the uk, according to new figures. the last time that happened was 1995. according to the halifax, pendle in lancashire and copeland in cumbria are the most affordable areas for first time buyers. here's colin campbell. the number of first—time buyers has nearly doubled over the past decade, but with surging property prices it remains an uphill struggle for those trying to get on the property ladder. according to the halifax, the average price paid for a typical first home hasjumped by 39%, from £153,000 in 2008 to more than £212,000 in 2018. first—time buyers are putting down an average deposit of more than £32,000, rising to more than £110,000 in london. the figures show a london first—time buyer's deposit could almost buy a home outright in t

a teenager has died two days after being stabbed outside a sixth form college in birmingham. life support since the incident in the highgate area on wednesday. another 16—year—old appeared in court — charged with attempted murder — before the boy died. a 27—year—old man has appeared in court, charged with the murders of three elderly men in exeter. alexander lewis—ra nwell was before city magistrates earlier today. 0ur reporter naomi dymond gave us this update. alexander lewis—ra nwell appeared here at exeter magistrates‘ court this morning during a very short two—minute hearing. during that time, the charges were read to him, he faces five, three of which are charges of murder, and those are of 80—year—old anthony payne, who was found dead at his home in the city earlier this week, and richard and roger carter, 84—year—old twins who were also from the city. the charges relate to incidents between the tenth and the 12th of february. he was also facing a further two charges, that's of grievous bodily harm with intent, and they relate to a further two incidents in goodleigh in

the first deportation flight from the uk to jamaica since the windrush scandal has ta ken offfrom birminghamd hotel booking sites have been warned to end pressure selling, after the watchdog finds evidence of misleading discount claims. and coming up on bbc news... pep guardiola calls on his city side to score plenty of goals, predicting the title race will go down to the wire. good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. the president of the european council, donald tusk, has spoken of a "special place in hell" for those who promoted brexit without a plan to deliver it safely. and he warned of what he called the "possible fiasco" of no deal. speaking in brussels on the eve of talks with theresa may, he said he hoped the prime minister now had a "realistic" plan, to resolve the controversy over the irish ‘backstop‘, the mechanism brussels insists is necessary, to prevent a hard border after brexit, and to secure the peace process. mrs may is visiting stormont today for talks with the main political leaders in the north, to offer reassurance she can secure a deal with brussels, that pr

meanwhile a 16—year—old boy is in hospital after being stabbed in birmingham last night — the latest jon donnison reports. another day, another fatal stabbing in the capital. under this police forensic tent outside ilford train station in east london, the latest victim of a plague of knife crime. police say he was just 20 years old. local people are shocked, but not surprised. the police can't stop it any more. it's too much. it's gone out of control. it's not in one part of the area, it's every corner you go. there were at least three other nonfatal stabbings in the capital just yesterday. in what has been a bloody few weeks. last monday a 22—year—old was knifed to death in a hotel lobby in camden. two days later a 23—year—old died after being stabbed at a youth club in brixton. the following day in wood green a 19—year—old was stabbed and killed in front of a hair salon. and on monday a man believed to be 32 was fatally stabbed in a fight in bethnal green. last night's will attack in ilford means five knife deaths in london, injust nine days. it is the case that violent crime, homi

between the two birmingham and brussels and one side started working here i realised just how important the e.u. is the institutions are the numbers of people that are employed in the related bodies. that was nearly twenty years ago it's increased many times since so i gives you an idea of sort of just how important the e.u. is the as an entity as a source of employment in this city alone back in birmingham for instance a population not dissimilar to brussels by the way about a million there are good comparisons to be made as somebody who has. used the phrase gone native in brussels being a u.k. correspondent for so many publications over the years how do you gauge the the reaction to what's happening with this untamable black suppose as we have of other nationalities in this the capital city of europe of the last kind is it like some intolerably long it's never coming to a conclusion i mean we have our people with that i think should but it's a great question and i ask this question from time to time over this what has been a recession a very an incredibly protracted period now no one