>> guest: the most important thing was birmingham, alabama. that's where dr. king centralized this activity, birmingham was considered the most segregated city in america also that point, and dr. king had a birmingham campaign, and during that year, the beginning of the year, just every turned 13, we had this governor george wallace, announced segregation today, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever and set a tone that i thought just declared war women were talking but war anyway, and i was like, is this another form of war, but set the country up to understand what our battle was, and that was like a battle cry for us and dr. king had organized in birmingham, alabama, after coming out awful albany, georgia and they were marching -- they sort of learn from albany, georgia, not to be as broad in what they're marching for and expectations. and they had been organizing with adults but by april they weren't able to mobilize enough adults any longer and they turned to children. so for me the whole inspiration of this book was the children's march because as a c

>> guest: birmingham alabama. that's where doctor king had centralized his activities birmingham is considered the most segregated in america at that point. it sets the tone that he just declared war. it also set the country up to understand what ourr battle was and that was like a battle cry for us. doctor king organized in birmingham alabama after coming from albany georgia they were marching and learned not to be as broad in what they were marchingn for and what their expectations were and they didth organizing with adults and by april they were not t able to mobilize so they turn to children. for me the whole inspiration for the buck was the children's march because as a child watching it on television every night and having my dad go down chto birmingham, i wanted to mah with the children and join the movement in a more substantial way and not just the sort of isolated in stamford connecticut so my dad found a way to bring us into the civil rights movement. back then it wasn't the baseball players thatat trav

. >> reporter: birmingham police chief patrick smith. >> in my heart, i believe that she is in and around the area red we are hoping to bring her home safely. >> reporter: a near-week-long search continues as this community bands together in prayer. ♪ ♪ charmella williams says it feels like kamille is one of her own. >> but seeing how the birmingham community is all coming together to find this little girl, she's owke our kid now. >> reporter: the chief said police are working with the heb.i. to help solve the case, and authorities have put out a call for anyone in the community to join in a massive search for kamille this sunday. >> o'donnell: all right, michelle, thank you so much for that update. coming up, meghan markle is close to tears. what she revealed in an incredibly candid moment. candid moment. traveling to the darkest depths of the ocean. pushing beyond the known horizon. passing through... "hey mom," "can we get fro-yo?", >>"yeah, fro-yo." "yes." the all-new 2020 ford explorer st. with intelligent 4wd and terrain management system. it's the greatest exploration vehicle of al

alabama in an effort to desegregate from birmingham alabama in the future can be remembered as heroesof the united states of america for what king characterizes as bringing all back to those deep founding fathers. and the thing about 63 is a 63 is what's going to push john f. kennedy to really have his finest moment as far as i'm concerned as president of the united states. june 11th 1963, kennedy does a 20-minute live addressed the united states about the crisis in america. it's about racial justice and racial equality and that governor and george wallace is to learn from president for over 10 million votes and in his infamous stand at a school house store outside university of alabama right to step aside so that lucy and folks could go in and desegregate the university of alabama. kennedy talks about that but kennedy also in that speech talks about race of black babies die compared to why babies. he talks about racial justice and civil rights movements being a moral issue. he's using the language of martin luther king and civil rights activists and this is extraordinary. can me does

alex forsyth, bbc news, birmingham. it from westminster. on the day that mps insisted on a further delay in the brexit process, but boris johnson insisting he is still intending brexit to happen on 31st october. so from all of the bbc team at westminster, thanks for watching and good night. good evening. many of us have been playing the weather lottery today. some have seen blue skies and sunshine, some isolated showers like this weather watcher pictures sent in from london but for others it has been grey, wet and dismal. on the scottish borders we have some flood alerts out due to the intensity of the rainfall that has been stubbornly sitting across the scottish borders for much of the day and north—east england. scattered showers further west, some have moved inland as we have gone through the afternoon. behind that weather front, these strong winds driving showers overnight but that weather front weakens and eases through into the north sea. they are a skies overnight. light winds and temperatures in sheltered rural

phil, thank you very much in birmingham.k from westminster at the end of the bulletin but for now, back to you in the studio. simon, thank you. now today's other main stories. the london fire brigade has been condemned for systemic failures in its response to the grenfell tower fire. the bbc has seen the conclusions of an inquiry into the tragedy that claimed 72 lives which says fewer people would have died if the building had been evacuated sooner. the full report will be published tomorrow. sarah corker reports. the grenfell inquiry was set up to get to the truth about what happened, how a small kitchen fire turned into one of britain's worst modern disasters. this report sharply criticises the london fire brigade. it concludes with an earlier decision was made to evacuate instead of telling families to stay put inside, it's likely more lives would have been saved. while the report praised the courage of firefighters on the night, it found there were serious deficiencies in command and control, inadequate training, problem

the weekend's football action started tonight at the st andrews where birmingham city beat strugglingodin bailey got the winner with his first goal for the club in the 90th minute. the win sees birmingham jump to 12th in the table while boro stay in 20th, just four points off the drop zone. plenty of prmeier league action tomorrow ahead of the international break next week and for brendan rogers, well it'll be a return to some familiar ground as the former liverpool boss heads to anfield, this time heading up third—placed leicester city. liverpool are unbeaten in the league, but rogers has been praised for his side's form so far this season. rogers admits he has fond memories of his time at liverpool and the experience helped develop his skills. i'm looking forward to going back. had the great privilege of managing one of the iconic clubs in the world. such a good place for me to learn it liverpool and like i said, i have not been back since i left as manager. i'm looking forward to seeing good friends there and like i say looking forward to the game. once my time was finished there,

little girl has changed the landscape of the city of birmingham.ve that? >> yes. >> she made us stop and check ourselves. >> the girl's remains were found in a dumpster on tuesday. two people were arrested days after she vanished. so far, a cause of death has not been released. >>> our cbs baltimore station, wjz, says two former president will speak at congressman elijah cummings' funeral. barack obama and bill clinton are to speak at the services tomorrow in ltimore. other speakers include former secretary of state hillary clinton and house speaker nancy pelosi. cummings' sister said he touched many lives. >> when we say he was a man of the people. we mean that. you could see him in the grocery store, he would stop and talk to you. he wasn't in too much of a rush to talk to constituents. a lot of politicians in particular don't necessarily do that. when he was walking down the street or jogging or at a concert, you couldn't go anywhere without him with -- without people approaching him. and for that reason, baltimore knows him as elijah. >> cummin

aston, birmingham.ed the area looking for the signs of county lines dealing — drugs, money. lloking for cars previously identified as involved. there is intelligence on the vehicle linking to drug dealing in the local area. suddenly, up ahead, a pursuit begins. when they find the suspect‘s car, it's crashed into a gas main. turn around, go the other way. we can hear it. the gas escaping. they have to clear the street, but what about the suspect? he's run out of the vehicle into that premises and slammed the door. cue a helpful firefighter. go, go, go! but the suspect has disappeared. by his actions, we've had to evacuate the entire street, in the rain, small babies, mothers, the elderly. but the harm goes further. the dealers have created supply networks on rail and road and they've recruited vulnerable young people to carry the drugs. it's called a county line not because of trains but because urban dealers set up mobile phone lines to sell drugs in rural areas like worcestershire. it's the county bit

nearly 16,000 people have ducked out the birmingham arena for this event. event after an artist was slashed backstage with an unknown weapon and police have made no arrests. the artist in question is krept from the rap duo krept. they went down to perform but i1 of the biggest act in music. he was treated on the scene. in his instagram page, krept thanked his fans and said: it is understood there were security concerns ahead of last night's gig and double the amount of security was put in place. the artist and their entourage went through the same airport stop security checks the defensive. there are occasions depending on the artists again for security personal reasons and keeping out of the way of other people. in a statement from the bbc said it remains in close contact with the mand will continue to offer its full support. a murder investigation has been launched after three men were found dead at an address in colchester in essex. police were called to the property last night following concerns for the welfare of two men. officers found two people dead

aston, birmingham.ed the area looking for the signs of county lines dealing — drugs, money. looking for cars previously identified as involved. there is intelligence on the vehicle linking to drug dealing in the local area. suddenly, up ahead, a pursuit begins. when they find the suspect‘s car, it's crashed into a gas main. turn around, go the other way. we can hear it. the gas escaping. they have to clear the street, but what about the suspect? he's run out of the vehicle into that premises and slammed the door. cue a helpful firefighter. go, go, go! but the suspect has disappeared. by his actions, we've had to evacuate the entire street, in the rain, small babies, mothers, the elderly. but the harm goes further. the dealers have created supply networks on rail and road and they've recruited vulnerable young people to carry the drugs. it's called a county line not because of trains but because urban dealers set up mobile phone lines to sell drugs in rural areas like worcestershire. it's the county bit

krept, who's 29, suffered a slash wound at 1extra live in birmingham. ended early. the bbc says its cooperating with the police to establish how it happened. chi chi izundu reports. nearly 16,000 people packed out the birmingham arena for the bbc radio1 extra live music show. but the gig was abandoned mid event after an artist was slashed backstage with an unknown weapon and police had made no arrests. the artist in question is krept from the rap duo krept & konan. they weren't down to perform but are one of the biggest acts in music. he was treated on the scene. on his instagram page, krept thanked his fans and said: it is understood there were security concerns ahead of last night's gig and double the amount of security was put in place. the artist and their entourage went through the same airport stop security checks the defensive. there are occasions depending on the artists again for security personal reasons and keeping out of the way of other people. and a statement from the bbc said it remains in close contact with them and will continue to offe

aston, birmingham.signs of county lines dealing — drugs, money. lloking for cars previously identified as involved. looking for cars previously identified as involved. there is intelligence on the vehicle linking to drug dealing in the local area. suddenly, up ahead, a pursuit begins. when they find the suspect‘s car, it's crashed into a gas main. turn around, go the other way. we can hear it. the gas escaping. they have to clear the street, but what about the suspect? he's run out of the vehicle into that premises and slammed the door. cue a helpful firefighter. go, go, go! but the suspect has disappeared. by his actions, we've had to evacuate the entire street, in the rain, small babies, mothers, the elderly. but the harm goes further. the dealers have created supply networks on rail and road and they've recruited vulnerable young people to carry the drugs. it's called a county line not because of trains but because urban dealers set up mobile phone lines to sell drugs in rural areas like worcestershi

i imagine birmingham will be celebrating this day tomorrow.ho makes the ultimate call on something like this? there is a great deal of investigation that goes on, looking at a person's life and the person's writing, seeking all kinds of evidence. but the catholic church also requires there to be miracles for somebody to have prayed, asking this potential saint to pray for them. to intercede for them and to enable them to be cured of a particular illness. there was one miracle for cardinal newman which led to his beatification, which is the state before full canonisation. then there was another one which caused the pope to decide he should bea caused the pope to decide he should be a saint. there are many people in rome conducting these studies. you mentioned what people in birmingham might think but more broadly when a decision like this is taken and i refer to the modern age, what does it mean to catholics here? i think that there is celebration that cardinal newman, a brit, has been made a saint. it is the first brit to be canonised for near

defeat for birmingham leaves them bottom of the table.re fixtures in the lower leagues in england and scotland — all the results can we found on the bbc sport website. still to come on sportsday: you remember the jamaican bobsleigh team who had no snow to train on? well, now the ice—free nation of nigeria have a cold weather team to be reckoned with. we tell folks to watch out because we are the rocky balboas of curling. and the biggest names in horse racing have got together to celebrate the opening of a new rehabilitation centre for injured jockeys. st helens are playing salford red devils in superleague's grand final at old trafford. st helens finished top of the regular season as runaway leaders, salford were unexpected finalists. as half time approaches st helens have scored two tries to salford's one. there has been british success at the world gymnastics championships today with olympic champion max whitlock regaining his title in the pommel horse event after an impressive routine in stuggart. ireland's rhys mcclenaghan finished th

—— a cardinal administered to the pauland birmingham.o two have revealed the list of the biggest albums in the 21st century. compiled by the official charts company, the chart is based on physical sales, downloads and streams since the beginning over the past 19 years. earlier, i spoke to radio two's paul gambaccini who said the album still had its place in the modern music industry. it used to be that artists liked to present a complete programme, a work of art, like a concert programme, on disc. thus, you would have them concerned with the running order. nowadays, thanks to the many conveniences we have, people like to listen on—demand to the songs they want to hear, and they don't have the patience to listen to a ito—minute programme. thus, works like abbey road — which we have just celebrated in the last fortnight — seem like classical music. how could people have done this? of course, it was the way people used to do it. but, really, the last band that does this, presents their work in the order in which they want you to hear it is

aston, birmingham.oking for cars previously identified as involved. there is intelligence on the vehicle linking to drug dealing in the local area. suddenly, up ahead, a pursuit begins. when they find the suspect‘s car, it has crashed into a gas main. turn around, go the other way. we can hear it. the gas is escaping. they have to clear the street, but what about the suspect? he's run out of the vehicle into that premises and slammed the door. cue a helpful firefighter. but the suspect has disappeared. by his actions, we've had to evacuate the entire street, in the rain, small babies, mothers, the elderly. but the harm goes further. the dealers have created supply networks on rail and road and they've recruited vulnerable young people to carry the drugs. it's called a county line not because of trains but because urban dealers set up mobile phone lines to sell drugs in rural areas like worcestershire. it's the county bit of county lines, it's where the drugs are being taken and the police have told us t

that we see right across the nation. just to give you an example, in one of our poorest areas in birminghamhildren who are overweight or who have obesity. 75% ? 7596. it is a significant challenge for us, but the problem of obesity is multifactorial, it is extremely complex, it is not remedied with a quick fix. we have been carrying out work at aston university to work with computer modellers to try and get computer models of the complexity of the influences on eating behaviour, particularly in children, to try and identify some of the most effective changes that we can make to the obeseogenic society in which we live, to try and have effective behaviour changes for individuals, but also for us as a society. reading through what you have been doing, i think you have said to date the focus on individual responsibility for weight control leads to stigma, to blame, and rather than focusing on that, because you argue that children cannot be expected to do that themselves, we have got to look at systemwide changes. does that link through to what dame sally has been talking about, and the idea of

defeat for birmingham leaves them bottom of the table.land and scotland — all the results can we found on the bbc sport website. still to come on sportsday: on the bbc sport website. you remember the jamaican bobsleigh team who had no snow to train on? well, now the ice—free nation of nigeria have a cold weather team to be reckoned with. we tell folks to watch out because we're the rocky balboas of curling. and the biggest names in horse racing have joined up to celebrate the opening of a new rehabilitation centre for injured jockeys. st helens are heading for victory over salford red devils in super league's grand final at old trafford. st helens finished top of the regular season as runaway leaders, salford are the underdogs tonight. 12—6 to saints at half—time they added to their lead when mark percival found a way through, and it's now 22—6 to st helens with a few minutes remaining for many, have produced a magical campaign of their own with an eye—catching style built on gutsy togetherness. over to the world gymnastics championships

alex forsyth, bbc news, birmingham. much more about brexit on the bbc news website.velopments around a lot. catalan separatist leaders have called on the spanish government to start independence talks after days of violence on the streets of barcelona. more protests are taking place now, the 6th day of demonstrations to follow the jailing of some separatist leaders by spain's supreme court. guy hedgecoe reports from barcelona. i'm at the plateau which is a central square year in barcelona, dozens central square year in barcelona, d oze ns of central square year in barcelona, dozens of people have been gathering this area for the last couple of hours. and the roads next to me leads down to the headquarters of the spanish national police which has been very much a focus of demonstrations over the last week or so. demonstrations over the last week or so. as you can see there is a very heavy police presence here guarding it, stopping demonstrators from going down that road to the national police headquarters. so far, things have been relatively peaceful. there have been

alex forsyth, bbc news, birmingham.duced in the capital, santiago. we are on the line from maria inez. it is late into the night, what is going on? from my apartment all i can hear is some sirens, sounds from the police and people still protesting, despite the cu rfew. people still protesting, despite the curfew. everyone should be at home but not all of them are home. they are still protesting. it sounds like most people are still awake? yes, they. i do not think people are going to get to bed anytime soon. you are playing some videos and it showed people banging so spends. this is what we do here. -- banging saucepans. it means we are all fed up. it does not really matter what your political position, we really wa nt your political position, we really want the government to post a solution other than taking the military out to the street. it is very unusual, i would say, that protests of that song, like around 2011, when the same president was in charge and he was also sending police to the students. that was a very h

just to give you an example, in one of our poorest areas in birmingham, we have around 75% of childrencant challenge for us, but the problem of obesity is multifactorial and extremely complex. it is not remedied with a quick fix. we have been carrying out work at aston university to work with computer modellers to try and get computer models of the complexity of the influences on eating behaviour, particularly in children, to try and identify some of the most effective changes we can make to the obese society in which we live, to have effective behaviour change for individuals, but also as a society. reading through what you have been doing, i think you said that until today the focus on individual responsibility for weight control leads to stigma and blame and actually, rather than focusing on that, because you argue that children can‘t be expected to do that themselves, we have to look at systemwide changes. does that link through to what dame sally has been talking about and the idea of a ban on eating and drinking on public transport. that is absolutely right. the whole premise of

will be joined by alex the router the director of the center for breakfast studies at birmingham city university welcome to you all do make or in dublin 1st so the e.u. is open but not convinced what has to change to convince the european union. well essentially disposal has been ruled out as the basis for a final agreement what is lacking is these details it's again aspirational it speaks of you know again a fictionalise order which is what we've had for the last quarter century now in ireland and maintaining that despite the wishes united kingdom to leave it to customs union a single market but it lacks the detail on how that can be reconciled and more worrying perhaps is that it it has this mechanism whereby in trying to create the illusion of sense of north america by saying that if if northern ireland doesn't want to be in. the same regions as the rest united kingdom it can you can opt out but the thing is is that northern ireland doesn't have a sovereign government it has a regional assembly which hasn't met now for almost 3 years and you know it's a comp it's an exercise in con

alex to return in birmingham would you agree with that analysis in as much as the good friday agreement i mean donna has got it right surely the good friday agreement was never about trade it was about in effect respect it's the people who live in ireland respecting the autonomy and the the wishes of the people who live in northern ireland and vice versa but project fear quotes kind of says are boris johnson is endangering the good friday agreement but you can only in danger of the good friday agreement if those political paymasters who had alliances in allegiances with the paramilitaries actually say to those self same people take up arms again and go back to the troubles of the seventy's and the eighty's but in reality that is never ever going to happen shortly. but i believe couldn't come into america you can never be sure as to what impact the return to our border would have but the moment you start contemplating any kind of installations even if you talk about customs possibly talk about placing a border with drones as some technological fantasies have been prone to doing you provi

will be joined by alex the router that director of the center for breakfast studies at birmingham city university welcome to your alternator in dublin 1st so the e.u. is open but not convinced what has to change to convince the european union. well essentially disposal has been ruled out as a basis for a final agreement what is lacking is detail it's again aspirational it speaks of you know again a frictionless order which is what we've had for the last quarter century now in ireland and maintaining doubt despite the wish of the united kingdom to leave it to customs in a single market but it lacks the detail and how that can be reconciled and more worrying perhaps is that it it has this mechanism whereby in trying to create the illusion of people sense of north america by saying that if if northern ireland doesn't want to be in. the same regions as the rest united kingdom it can it can opt out but the thing is is that northern ireland doesn't have a sovereign government it has a regional assembly which hasn't met now for almost 3 years and you know it's a comp it's an exercise in confl

fair in thessaloniki this year scott lucas is professor of american studies at the university of birmingham and joins us now via skype from birmingham scott i'm a being too cynical had it to say that this agreement is only happening because to is drifting out or away from us influence i don't think you're being cynical enough i think you've mentioned quite well in your correspondent spoke about the leverage that both sides are trying to get against turkey but i think you can go beyond it i think the trumpet ministration is trying to project of course strength versus china and russia but it is notable that the trumpet ministration is doing this not by going through nato we're turkey is also a member they're going on a bilateral basis why do they go into the light bilateral basis in part because donald trump and his advisors are quite notable in terms of their hostility to multilateral approaches you clothing nato and the european union and if you want to carry on the sentences in just a bit there's an awful lot of money to be made in expanding those u.s. bases both for the greeks and for us

two of the mayors who wrote that letter are joining me, mayor randall woodfen of birmingham, alabama,hakwe momboma from jackson, mississippi. mayors, thank you for being with me. outcast stands at the podium and announces, the south has something to say. i'll start with you, mayor woodfunny. >> good morning. i'm happy to stand with the other mayors. along with the city of birmingham, we represent millions of americans across america and 345,000 of us are democrats. that's about 196 democratic delegates. we do have something to say. we know the importance of iowa, new hampshire. but this election, for the democratic primary, will be won through the south. in these municipalities and urban areas in these southern states, it's important that these presidential candidates listen to our concerns as it relates to our constituent bases and who we represent. >> mayor, was this letter written in part because you guys feel like democratic presidential candidates are not giving some of these major southern metropolitan areas their due? >> i think that that has historically been the case. off you

the biggest music store in europe opens today in birmingham.an hmv the size of a supermarket. its called the vault — more like a cavern — with 80,000 cds and 24,000 vinyl albums. it's a brave move at a time when many retailers are closing & online streaming batters sales of physical entertainment products. dyson gives up on the all electric dream. the billionaire businessman will no longer try to make an electric car. it's already cost them too much and they can't make money from them. they'd put £2.5 billion aside to develop the car and battery technology here & build them abroad. the 500 people who were involved in the project will be moved to other dyson ventures. the ritz hotel in mayfair, london might be up for sale. the famous barclay brothers are reported to be thinking of selling it after receiving a number of offers from foreign buyers in the region of £800 million, which would make it the world's most expensive hotel. naga, the royal mint called. they we re naga, the royal mint called. they were watching one hour ago and they saw that

also founder and editor of ea world video you live in birmingham, england. good to have you with us. >> thank you, george. . >> let's talk about this rift in the state department. several current and former staffers say they worry the department is being politicized, that it undermines their ability to be effective and that the secretary of state mike pompeo lacks the backbone to push back against the president. as an ex-pat yourself, how do you see it? . >> well, i think there's two clear incidents have have brought about this report that you have done within the state department. the first is last week, mike pompeo effectively told state department staff don't testify before the house impeachment inquiry. he preface thad with don't bully staff members. he said, look, we have the right to subpoena people who are involved in this affair. it sent a signal to the state department, do you side with your secretary of state, which is to try to stonewall the inquiry or do you obey a subpoena? and the second matter which you have referred to is this matter in which

. >> reporter: birmingham mayor randall woodfin talked about kamille mckinney, the little girl with a winning smile. this community now mourns for her family. >> your grief, your tears, your pain is not ignored. >> reporter: kamille was last seen at this apartment complex october 12. surveillance video shows her playing with a friend. as you can see, they followed a man, and kamille vanished. police zeroed in on this toyota sequoia, spotted the same day by security cameras at this nearby gas station. its driver, 39-year-old patrick stallworth, and his girlfriend, derick brown, were initially arrested on other charges, stalled worth for possessing child pornography on his phone. police found kamille's body in the local landfill yesterday after tracking trash from her neighborhood. the couple now faces capital murder charges. birmingham police chief patrick smith: >> this is something that they thought about, and they saw an opportunity to take a young child, which they did. >> reporter: there is no known motive, only bewilderment and outrage, and at city hall, people here who never met

by marianne a research on violence and boarders at the university of birmingham welcome to you here on the program we've kind of established in the past 25 minutes or so that this is a a domino a chain of responsibility to make this draft deal work and function properly within that chain which country or which countries reaction is the weakest link for you it's a bit complicated but a thing this reaction is that the west wing because they don't seem to have an actual plan that a way respect human rights. but at the end of the day it's the e.u.'s responsibility to takes to take some action and actually something how can it be made to work. her. i'm not sure that it can work if we're speaking about they get their kid there then it's not going to work it's not working because all the responsibility has fallen on gray's agrees is incapable of doing anything and i'm not sure it's willing to do anything and they you at the same time they do the same still and are willing to do something and we have seen this with. the agreement that they have made with italy and libya their grandmother th

but sandwiched between manchester in the north and birmingham in the south, there can be a perception is overlooked, so we asked some of the people living here about the issues that matter to them. welcome to the potteries museum and art gallery in stoke—on—trent. this is our third in the we are series, we've had we are middlesbrough, we've had we are bradford. and it's really attempts by bbc news to get out of london, to properly cover the regions of england as well as the nations of the united kingdom. but really, it's about the audience talking to us about how we should be covering what is important to them and this will be a week of special coverage from stoke—on—trent, guided by these fabulous guests we've brought together in the potteries museum, about what they think is important, how they would like to see their city, the places they live, the places they work, how they want those issues to be covered. i think there's a great degree of fear in the city. we are scared of ourselves and our schizophrenic six towns nature. something beautifully crazy mad about the fact that's the

the win sees birmingham jump to 12th in the table while middlesborough stay in 20th, just four pointsecond consecutive pro14 bonus—point win against a threadbare ospreys side. ronan kelleher was the star of the show for the irish, the hooker scoring a hat—trick of tries as they thrashed the welsh side by 53—5. scarlets held off a late fightback from glasgow warriors to win 25—21 at scotstoun. they were leading 25—9, but the hosts ran in two tries to set up a nervy finish. the welsh side held on though to claim their second win of the season. that's all the sport for now. this week i am in greece with a team of archaeologists uncovering the long—lost city. plus i'm going into battle, finding out what it was like for the crew of an ancient athenian warship. we are heading to athens to uncover greece ‘5 ancient treasures, and the more modern ones. for more than two millennia, the temple of the parthenon has towered over what has become the bustling capital city of greece. nestled at the bottom of its slopes, the modernist acropolis museum houses most of the ancient a rtefa cts museum hou

phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham. no trace of bitterness as she set out her "remarkable account" of how she lost two husbands who died after being treated with contaminated blood. they were two among 3000 people who lost their lives after being given infected blood in the 1970s and 1980s. hugh pym heard liz hooper‘s evidence. heroes they are both. never got the chance to tell their stories under oath. two good men in every sense of the word. taken away so cruelly before they could be heard. today liz was heard, as she read out a poem at the inquiry about her late husbands, one of them the father of her son lewis. jeremy was liz's first love. they were married for two decades, but his treatment for haemophilia had left him with hepatitis c, and he died a catastrophic death in intensive care. paul got me out of an extremely dark place. we saved one another. by chance, she met paul, her soulmate, she said. he'd contracted hiv after his treatment. he lost his sight, and then didn't recover after a stroke. i don't regret o

phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham.facing a perfect storm with increasing demand, staff shortages, and patients with learning disabilities stuck in unsuitable hospitals. the care quality commission also says more than half of accident and emergency departments are not good enough. but the government insists it's making record investments in the nhs and plans to reform social care. our social affairs correspondent, alison holt, reports. this is the house that adele green hopes will one day be home to her 20—year—old son eddie, but shortage of support locally means after seven years he's still in a specialist mental health hospital nearly 200 miles from home. eddie has learning disabilities and other complex problems. when he had a crisis, he ended up in a series of secure hospitals. today's report warns of deteriorating quality, a lack of skilled staff in such places, familiar concerns for eddie's family. we... we knew of a time when he was locked away in a seclusion room for about four months, fed through a hatch, not g

our political correspondent, alex forsyth spent the day with voters in birmingham.moseley rugby club this morning, people were certainly poised for a big result. the country on tenterhooks, many hoping for a decisive outcome. but while the sport was settled, the wrangling in westminster goes on. as does, for some, the frustration. it's not about whether we're going to leave or not. it's shall we have a deal that they won't vote for, therefore we'll have no brexit, but it's not our fault, therefore we'll have to have an election, and then they'll say, well, you didn't back us up, so you shouldn't vote for them. it's childish politics, and they‘ re playing with people's economic futures. in birmingham city centre, despite diwali celebrations, there was a weariness at the brexit state of play. itjust seems that itjust keeps going round and round without getting anywhere. the economy is stagnant, because of brexit. because of the delay. that view is just what boris johnson had hoped might convince mps to back his deal, the desire among some to get it done. come on, mosl

our home affars correspondent, tom symonds, joined police in birmingham and worcester.science of county lines dealing. drugs. money. looking fora science of county lines dealing. drugs. money. looking for a car is previously identified as involved. there is intelligence on the vehicle is related to drug dealing in the local area. suddenly, upper head, a pursuit begins. when they find the suspect was my car, it is crashed into a gas main. turnaround time to go the other way. they have to clear the street. but what about the suspect? he has run out of the vehicle into those premises and slammed the door. cue a helpful firefighter. but the suspect has disappeared. by his actions we have had to evacuate an entire straight in the rain with small babies and mothers and the elderly. but the harm goes further. the dealers have created supply networks on rail and road and they have recruited vulnerable young people to carry the drugs. they use vulnerable adults and children, they exploit them and the people of the top of the chain make a lot of money and those at the bottom are

he was treated by staff at the arena birmingham — and didn't need hospital treatment.d says it's working with the police to find out what happened. west midlands police have launched an investigation. here's what some of those attending the concert said afterwards. i was getting a drink. there was music after music and all of a sudden, everyone was running out of the building. it was just finished. they didn't actually tell us what happened. it was just finished. i think seani b drew the short straw. he came onstage and said because of circumstances it was finished. and then we were just told to leave the venue for safety. it was good until then. now i'm just freezing cold and soaking wet. i am absolutely devastated, i'm not going to lie. i'm devastated from tonight because i understand the actions and i understand why they had to clear the venue. that's not my beef. you know, it's not, i get it. earlier i spoke to our correspondent simonjones, who said the event is known as bringing together some of the biggest names in grime and rap. it was completely sold out. the v

young it's a really interesting story about hmv opening hmv vault in birmingham, a massive store withs. bucking the trend on a sector where physical materials are in decline. but this isn'tjust physical materials are in decline. but this isn't just selling products, it's about the experience they are trying to create and how they are trying to create and how they are trying to create and how they are setting up in the local community, hiring people, making a big play about paying their taxes. it seems to be about the way they are doing business, notjust what they are selling. they have the advantage of a heritage brand that has been around a long time. that gives them a strength that perhaps others may not have or benefit from if they did try to open up a small time record store that wasn't having it pushed behind it. they do have that brand recognition. they will have to work hard to overcome what some would see as a tainted brand. but you have another injulian richer, richer sounds have a legacy and they are doing business very responsibly. there is something about legacy, brand, be

nearly 16,000 people have packed out birmingham arena to see some of the biggest artists perform at theed backstage with an unknown weapon, and police have made no arrests. the artist in question is krept, from the rap duo first and konan —— krept in and konan. 0n instagram, krept thanked his fans and said, cannot keep a good man down. could have been a lot worse. it is understood there were security concerns ahead of last night's good, and double the amount of security as usual was put in place. it is thought nobody was given preferential treatment, and artists and entourages went through the same airport style security checks that fa ns airport style security checks that fans did. artists and their entourage should be subject to the same security as of the body else, but there are occasions depending on the artist and their entourage that choose to enter through different doors for personal security reasons 01’ doors for personal security reasons or reasons to keep out of the way of other people in that particular area. in a statement, the bbc said it remained in close contact with th

. >>> and in birmingham, alabama, tonight, the sad vigil just before we came on the air for the little girl, the 3-year-old they had been looking for, with prayers from across the nation. the body of camille mckinney was found more than a week after she was kidnapped from a birthday party while she was playing outside. the police chief tonight there saying he wishes there was more they could have done. here's abc's steve osunsami now. >> reporter: authorities who searched for the missing child for more than a week, say that the entire city of birmingham tonight is in mourning. >> her remains were found inside of a dumpster and they were recovered inside of a land field. >> reporter: 3-year-old kamille mckinney was last seen alive in this video from a security camera, where she's seen playing with another child outside a birthday party saturday, october 12th. police say that this man, who walks up to the children, is a suspect. he walks the children away, and the 3-year-old, known to friends and family as cupcake, is never seen again. >> i really wish there was something more that we co

they were due to meet in birmingham on the 23rd of november which benn said was intended to give him been made longer and will start earlier — allowing players an extra day between games to recover. the timetable is now more like the men's and comes a week after tournament organisers announced that the particpation fees will be the same for all three events. with the wheelchair competition also taking place in england in 2021. jodie cunningham is hoping to be part of the england team in two years time and helped to bring about the change... it just makes everything itjust makes everything much easier for the at the least because most have full—time jobs and therefore have full—time jobs and therefore have to sustain that going through the years, so it is broken and another massive step and again, another massive step and again, another costly step and it shows how really keen they are to make sure that this tournament is inclusive. as soon as it was announced that they will cut was going to be in england, and that all three tournaments well rolled out at the same time, the governing

alex to return in birmingham would you agree with that analysis in as much as the good friday agreement i mean donna has got it right surely the good friday agreement was never about trade it was about in effect respect it's the people who live in ireland respecting the autonomy and the the wishes of the people who live in northern ireland and vice versa but project fear quotes kind of says are boris johnson is endangering the good friday agreement but you can only endanger the good friday agreement if those political paymasters who had alliances in allegiances with the paramilitaries actually say to those self-same people take up arms again and go back to the troubles of the seventy's and the eighty's but in reality that is never ever going to happen shortly. but i mean it couldn't come into america you can never be sure as to what the impact of return to a border would have been the moment you start contemplating any kind of installations if you talk about customs possibly you talk about placing a border with drones as some technological fantasies have been prone to doing you provide

. >> reporter: at a small university near birmingham, alabama, we found a big guy. 6'8", 310-pound seniorineman, george grimwade is a dominating force on the sam ford football team. over the years, the name grimwade has become synonymous with muscle and white. but this story will change that. >> george is a kind person. he has proven that many times. >> reporter: michael is george's step dad. he married george's mom when george was in fifth grade. andhe two have gotten along famously ever since. >> he was a sweet young man. >> reporter: until michael came along, george never had a regular male presence in his life. >> i was trying to win. >> reporter: they bonded, over football, especially. >> you didn't see the game last night. >> it's how we communicated, through sports. >> reporter: is it like -- i love you. >> it's neither of those. i think we talk football. i don't think there's grunting or -- >> safe to say, you never cede it as well as you said it that day. >> yeah. that's the ultimate way to show him i love him, was to do this. >> reporter: earlier this month, george pulled off on

nottingham, birmingham and harrogate are among the worst affected areas.ment. cctv footage shows aida merlano, who is serving 15 years for electoral fraud and other crimes, pulling the rope from her bag and tying it to a desk at the doctor's office in bogota. her daughter has been arrested, but merlano remains at large after being whisked away on a motorcycle. i think it is a sign of the significant of going to come to england by the intensity of the training session may have had that precedes it. the rugby world cup and england... must win. simple as. how do we know the training sessions have been more intense?” do we know the training sessions have been more intense? i read about it! did you? did you do yourjob? he knows his stuff! who would have thought! can i rephrase? john, please tell me how intense the training was. before a big game it will be a light session and yesterday it was a full—blown meaty affair. which is unusual, is it? you wouldn't want to risk injury before a big game and certainly this is the toughest for england so far in the by toug