king's letter, while confined here in birmingham in the birmingham city jail, i came across your recent statement calling my recent activities unwise and untimely, a quote. seldom do i pause to answer critics of my ideals. if i sought to answer all the criticism that crossed my desk, my secretaries would have little time for anything except correspondence in the course of the day, and i would have no time for constructive work, but since i feel that you are men of genuine goodwill and that your criticisms are sincerely set forth, i want to try to answer your statement in what i hope will be patient and reasonable terms. dr. king's letter went on to say, i think i should indicate why i am here in birmingham since you've been influenced by the view which argues against, quote, outsiders coming in, unquote. i have the honor as serving as president of the southern christian leadership conference, an organization operating in every southern state with headquarters in atlanta, georgia. we have some 85 affiliated organizations across the south, and one of them is the alabama christian movement

king's letter from the birmingham jail. senator jones has standing to do this not just because he is from alabama, but because of his work as a united states attorney prosecuting klansmen. senator jones said all of this was not too long ago it was not too long ago for me. i remember a day on august 28, 1963, i was a student at that time at new york university law school with an internship in the united states department of justice, and it was a hot summer day and the streets were filled with a march on washington, and it was about lunchtime, i believe, that i went outside into that crowed and i heard a booming voice from a man who was standing on the steps of the lincoln memorial, and i heard the words that he hoped that his four little children one day to live in a nation where they'll not be judged by the color of their skin. i'm not sure at that time at that age i understood fully what i was seeing and hearing, but i was hearing dr. king with his "i have a dream" speech. a year earlier, in 1962, i had been a senior at na

the birmingham civil rights monument. it was created by president barack obama, january 12th, 2017. you may wonder is there anything significant about that? well, it was one week before he left office. we literally then, we challenged to stand up the national monument in a different political environment shall i say. it is a collaborative partnership between the nasdatil parks service to restore the a.g. gaston hotel. its purpose is to preserve and interpret the stories and events and the places associated with the 1963 struggle for civil rights and ultimately propel civil rights to the forefront of the american conscious. and so now we are going through the restoration of the a.g. gaston motel. these are just some of the pictures of -- we did a mock up in january through june. that was to look at the historic treatment and to help us understand, we started the restoration effective september but we talk about equity a lot and you may heard somebody throughout the conference, i am sure you heard equity. what is equity loo

a struggle for civil rights took place in segregated birmingham. we envision the gaston hotel gaston motel as a place of reflection, restoration, and renewal. before we talk about the motel, who was this a.g. gaston? who was he? we have to understand the significance of this man to understand the significance of the motel. he was born in alabama on july 4, 1892. he had a 10th grade education. his father died when he was young and he was raised by his mother, who was a domestic. now, some of you may not know what that means. that means his mother cooked and cleaned in white people's homes. she happens to work in one of the most affluent couples in birmingham's home. so a.g. gaston served in world war i, and when he came back, he did what most people did in birmingham, which was being fueled by iron and steel mills. he went to work in the mind. he noticed a few things early on first of all, his mother was a really good cook. she would prepare lunches for him and the guys that he worked with did not have a lunch, so they would say, i will pay you if i

london to birmingham is the first one but given that boris johnson birmingham is the first one but givenborisjohnson has birmingham is the first one but given that boris johnson has focused so given that boris johnson has focused so much on his level up agenda, the fa ct so much on his level up agenda, the fact that he wants to the midlands... you could prioritise the second part going into other parts on the north end up instead. i think that the sense of speaking to figures is that phase one will happen. london to birmingham is important andl happen. london to birmingham is important and i think if you look at the economic value that is coming from this, one of the things the treasury has struck by was terms of capacity in the first stage they think is crucial to the whole project. is it a shot that it looks like it is going ahead? number ten have been paving the groundwork for this for sometime. i think the fact that stephen the shadow—boxing secretary... and anthony which had been —— the shadow brexit secretary... they're not completely... it is not a shock that sajid javid has come

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 you'll be going by kennedy don't you people by the don't go down negro bridges when i don't i think you get that 2 legged dog like you know. 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 the light of fact that they are happy where you have love fo

so india have proposed that they host both of those events, some 6000 kilometres away from birminghamer the capital, new delhi, or the city of chandigarh, four months before the actual games begin. and india have agreed to pay for the hosting of them, but obviously would create a whole host of logistical changes still. ones that a lot of federations previously, of course, wouldn't have planned for. however, christian schofield, who was the team leader for england shooting at the last commonwealth games, he told me it is manageable. i think we have seen other sporting events now that have taken place, sort of the european games where they had two venues — berlin and in glasgow, in scotland. so i think there is a precedent being set by that type of sporting event and we are also used to competing all over the world so i think these are not problems that are insurmountable. the change will be considered by the commonwealth games federation over the next few weeks. if it's accepted, it will be put to a full vote of all 71 member associationas. nothing is confirmed just yet but we should h

but birmingham said they're foccused on trying to attract a younger and more diverse audience.lion as well — the most expensive event in the uk since the 2012 olympics. they're supposed to be an advert for britian post—brexit and an opportunity to facilitate trade deals. but india heard the news about shooting and archery and they threatend to pull out of the entire games. and that's all because of their rich history in the sports. in shooting alone, india won 16 medals in gold coast and overall they've won 134 — 63 of them gold.

from here in birmingham, back to you. thank you.ea leadsom, the mp for the family of harry dunn who's been extensively involved in the efforts to get and it's a from the united states. the united states announcing it will not extradite the wife of the intelligence officer at the heart of this tragedy. the road traffic accident. andrea leadsom this morning has said, responding to the news about the refusal to extradite, she says this is clearly wrong, decision must be changed, at its heart this winter road traffic accident were a lovely young man with his life ahead of them died. diplomatic immunity should not be at play here. the person who's been charged by the cps must be brought back to the uk to stand trial, we stand shoulder to shoulder with harry ‘s family to get justice stand shoulder to shoulder with harry ‘s family to getjustice done. that story not over. that, from the for the family who is also a member of the cabinet. the headlines on bbc news... chinese authorities confirm the coronavirus deathtoll has climbed to 26 peo

the benefits of hs2 for birmingham and not just west midlands benefits of hs2 for birmingham and notjust just west midlands but the whole country are significant. we have been involved with hs2 for almost a decade here in birmingham, nearly £9 billion has already been spent. thousands of people are already employed. it is not what is going to comic, it is what has been happening. anyone who has been into the birmingham city centre for the last four or five years has seen transformation. we talk about a renaissance in birmingham and all of that has been underpinned by work done on hs2 and also the promise of what hs2 is going to bring when the grey away is completed. what is it going to bring? you have said there will be many benefits, but what exactly a re will be many benefits, but what exactly are they? if you have managed... what it has done is act asa managed... what it has done is act as a catalyst for investment into the region. it has brought a huge number ofjobs, the region. it has brought a huge number of jobs, companies are relocating. bt will be bringing close to 5000 newjobs

is a luxury thatis to london or birmingham is a luxury that is only preserved for the rich. a sensible economic strategy and certainly not how any other major developed economy is approaching its transport needs. at some times, it's billed as shaving a few minutes off of travelling to birmingham or manchester. you have mentioned capacity. talk to us about the wider benefits the north and the midlands would see. at the moment, manchester and leeds are creaking because they are having to compete with freight and high sport trains. in stockport, the number of trains you can get into manchester and the number of seats is constrained that there are a lot of people going to london who are on the line. the same is true for going from leeds to wheatfield and doncaster. by building a new your unlock capacity to support the most deprived parts of the country that would benefit from improved connectivity to their major city. and also for freight. people talk about this has been an environmentally negative project. there are benefits for regional economies. you also find that you are ab

no carjourneys through the centre of birmingham.nts to stop private vehicles driving through the tunnels under the city. cars will be restricted to a ring—road around the centre with only buses and bicycles being allowed to criss cross the city. transport correspondent peter pilsner reports. birmingham's always been billed as the motor city and back in the 1960s, drivers were positively encouraged to get behind the wheel. with the construction of a network of ring roads, underpasses, and flyovers, the car was definitely king. but 60 years on and with congestion, pollution, and climate change worries, we're now being urged to find other ways of getting around. that's where today's launch of birmingham's new transport plan comes in, with its radical proposals designed to end our love affair with the car. birmingham is transforming into a fantastic international city, and we need a fitful purpose transport system here, and today, we've laid the foundations to what we'll see his massive improvements in the way that people can move acros

so they've proposed to host shooting and archery events 4,000 miles away from birmingham. events would take place in either new delhi or chandigar — four months before the actual games. and india have agreed to pay for the hosting of them, but still this obviously would create a whole host of logistical changes — ones that a lot federations previously wouldn't have planned for — but christian schofield, who was the team leader for england shooting at the last commonwealth games, told me it's definitely manageable. i think we have seen other sporting events taking place, the european games, in berlin and glasgow, scotland. i think there is a precedent set by that sporting event and we are also used to competing all over the world. so i think these are not problems that are insurmountable. there may be difficulties but i am sure we can ove i’co m e difficulties but i am sure we can overcome them. well, we've already seen events moved to different locations with the olympics. surfing will be part of the france games in 2024, but it'll take place over 9,000 miles away in tahit

the first stretch of the railway links london and birmingham. birmingham to manchester and leeds — is at a much earlier phase. costings on that are so uncertain that the overall budget of hs2 is hard to predict. some conservatives have urged the prime minister to rethink, but other seniorfigures in the party say hs2 has to go ahead. this part of the country, the north, turned decisively to the conservative party. the prime minister's talked about levelling up. this is literally the investment that will level up the economy. lots of what you see on the skyline here didn't exist four years ago. hsz has already driven the economy of the west midlands, and that's why i say it would be unthinkable that my party would turn its back on this investment. today's report warns that if the construction work on the railway doesn't begin here by march, there'll be further delays. tom burridge, bbc news, in birmingham. the time isjust 13:17. our top story this lunchtime: the death toll in china from the coronavirus rises to 26 — with hundreds more people infec

tom burridge, bbc news, in birmingham. this is the briefing from bbc news.re taking drastic action to try to stop the spread of the coronavirus, which has now claimed 25 lives. spain's prime minister is due to hold an emergency meeting to discuss the government's response to a storm which has killed 13 people so far. now it's time to look at the stories that are making the headlines in the media across the world. we begin with the daily mail, which asks if the deadly coronavirus has arrived in the uk. according to authorities, the death toll in china currently stands at 25, with 830 confirmed cases, with another 13 cases being detected in other countries. in the new york times, the trump administration has

tom burridge, bbc news, in birmingham.r annabella sciorra has testified in harvey weinstein's trial that he raped her at her home 25 years ago. she's the first accuser to take the stand against the former hollywood producer. she told the court he forced himself into her apartment and attacked her. weinstein denies all charges, including rape and sexual assault. an nhs trust being investigated for at least seven preventable baby deaths was paid a bonus £1.5 million pounds for claiming it provided good maternity care. east kent hospitals nhs trust said it had met all required safety standards to receive the money. this week it was subject to an unannounced inspection by the care quality commission. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. sheuey shelley russell lost her daughter following a maternity error. her baby was stillborn after a midwife failed to act on a suspicious heart rate reading. they came in, said to me, yes, herfeet looks ok, are you happy, she said to me, and i said to her, if you're happy

in my eyes there is no justification at all for doing one thing between london and birmingham and thenh arejumping at the bit. —— chomping at the bit for better connections, and already planning for extra spending. in many respects it could be better for some of the other cities as opposed to manchester. leeds, sheffield, liverpool probably have more to gain than manchester does. the connection between london and manchester is already good, and manchester has been a massive su ccess story over the last ten years. i think leeds, sheffield and others will benefit from the opening up of the north to very short train journeys into the capital. but the prime minister is under pressure. many of his own mps think their money would be better spent ——the money would be better spent on quicker and smaller projects. it drags more economic activity down to london, more people, work projects, it feeds london and the places left behind will be even further left behind. the argument to push on with the project isn't really about the speed of the connections to london. it is about taking pressure off

some 6000 kilometres away from birmingham.her the capital, new delhi or in another city. india have agreed to pay but this would create agreed to pay but this would create a whole host of logistical changes but christian schofield, the team leaderfor england but christian schofield, the team leader for england shooting at the last commonwealth games told me it is manageable. i think we have seen other sporting events taking place where they had two venues. i think there is a precedent set by other sporting events and we are used to having teams compete all over the world so i think these are not problems that are insurmountable. the changes will be considered over the next few weeks. if accepted, it will be put to a full vote of 71 member association. nothing is confirmed just yet but we should hear more in the next month or so. great britain secured their place in the quarter—finals of the atp cup where they'll face hosts australia. dan evans secured a 6—2, 6—2 win over moldova's radu albot in sydney to seal their place in th

they threatened to boycott birmingham 2022 as a result.eatly worried the british government because they want to this event which by the way will be the costliest a nd event which by the way will be the costliest and biggest sports event britain has hosted since london 2012, a £10 million it will cost, to be an advert for britain post brexit. they hope to secure trade deals and the idea that the commonwealths biggest country, india, might not be there, alarmed them greatly, so they encouraged the commonwealth games federation and applied pressure to find a compromise, a solution to this row and there were crisis talks held a couple of months ago in india and 110w couple of months ago in india and now i understand that the indian government has written a proposal to the federation is adjusting this ground—breaking idea that either new delhi or chandigarh stages of the shooting and archery petitions for birmingham for months before the opening ceremony and the medals won will actually count as part of the official medals tally, so i can't th

senator birmingham. >> i do not feel elective christmas spirit and those comments either.n terms of our commitment -- >> government's detailed claims to make a 2030 target in regards to climate action. that is what the package does. senator waters knows that. stop misleading in the sense that australia has exceeded the target today. our plans are ensuring we continue to do so in the future. >> order. senator waters, a final question. >> if you want to manage the pressure on the reef in the 64,000 jobs it supports, it would provoke federal approval for the coal mine. not improve any call in australia. it does not disclose the millions intonation from big oil , big coal, and big guest to your party over the last four years. when will you band donations from the fossil fuel industry? an industry which benefits nicely from your government's lack of policy. >> i remind of supplementary question. the coal on the minister to respond as far as the policy represents. senator billingham. >> the supplementary question highlights the misleading rubbish we get from the australian grain

gathered in birmingham for the first citizens assembly on climate change.the naturalist and broadcaster sir david attenborough. our environment a nalyst attenborough. our environment analyst explains. this assembly has been called by mps who really need to know what the public thinks about climate change so they may read the newspapers, they may read opinion polls but they want to know what the public voice really is on climate change and in particular how the uk can reach its 2050 targets of eliminating virtually all carbon emissions from the economy. obviously some people are going to find this expensive, some people are going to find some measures more unpalatable than others and the mps really want to know what the people here convened, 110 people as you said, convened in birmingham, what they really think about the best way ahead towards tackling emissions. as you also mentioned, david attenborough was here, brought the house down, as usual. what a star act he is. and he was full of praise for the people who have given up four weekends to come to birmi

‘s assembly. weekends to come to birmingham for this people's assembly.t shows that you could put pressure on members of parliament to take this seriously. so you are —— your very existence he mensa members of parliament are taking this seriously. that is point number one. put number two is that i am perpetually asked by people what is it that i can do to help with the populace? i suspect that one way or another, during your deliberations, all kinds of solutions to that particular question with a curse you and that what they will be spreading through the community. so i truly think because i believe that the question we are facing is of utmost importance. i truly think that the fa ct importance. i truly think that the fact that you have given up time to come here and take this seriously is of the greatest importance. and the rest of the people in this country ought to be extremely grateful to you is indeed. mps will be hoping that this will be something of a breakthrough in terms of their understanding of public opinion. i guess the people he will be cons

rubenstein: you grew up initially in birmingham, alabama, in a segregated south, birmingham, alabama, church bombing. did you ever think that from a segregated-south beginning sethat you would ever p to hold these kind of positions that you held? rice: never occurred to me but more because i thought i was gonna rise up and be a great concert pianist. no. my parents were people who had me convinced that, even if i couldn't have a hamburger of the united states if i wanted to be, so in my family, you were going to achieve. you were going to go to college. david, i'm notthe first phd in my family. rubenstein:ur father ha. rice; my father and my aunt theresa, my father's sister, and i always say, nd you think what i do is of, she wrote books on dickens, of all things. rubenstein: so you were an only child? rice: i was an only child. focused a lot on you... rice: yeah, definitely. rubenstein: and you had all the lessons that youan have. you were a ballerina. rice: every lesson known to humankind, some of which i was good at and some owhich i wasn't, but they kept me going. i had french les

more than a hundred people from all over britain are in birmingham today for the first citizen's assemblyt were the naturalist and broadcaster, sir david attenborough. the aim of the meeting is to give mps recommendations on how to meet the government's emissions target. 0n tackling pollution. well, we can speak now to roger harrabin, who's are environment analyst, and is at the event in birmingham. before we get to what exactly happened today, just to remind us what this assembly is. this assembly has been called by mps who really need to know what the public thinks about climate change, so they may read the newspapers, read opinion polls but they want to know what the public voice really is on climate change and in particular how the uk can reach its 2050 target of eliminating carbon emissions from the economy. some people will find this expensive, some will find some measure is more unpalatable than others and the mps really want to know what the people here convene, 110 people, convened in birmingham, what they really think about the best way ahead towards tackling emissions. as you a

this is "the birmingham news," birmingham, alabama. trial begins with pomp and a bombshell. today the formal summons of the president notifying him that he is on trial arrived at the white house. the white house is expected to make a reply to that in writing by tomorrow evening. also by tomorrow evening, the house, essentially the prosecutors, are expected to file their first trial brief for the president's impeachment trial. the president's side, in effect the defense, will have their first brief due on monday. so this is joined now. this is on. and as noted by those last two front pages we just showed from birmingham, alabama, and new york city, there is this very unusual dynamic at work in this impeachment, which is that the impeachment trial is opening as new evidence emerges as "the times" puts it, or as proverbial bombshells continue to drop. it's ju which is the way "the birmingham news" put it. the fact that new witnesses are coming forward, everyone has noted that puts pressure on the senate in terms whether they're going to consider witness testimony and documentar

why not ditch the london to birmingham bitand for h52. needs to be able to access the regions. that's how it works. it's expensive, of course, but how is it that germany, that france, that japan can deliver these projects? how do we get the figures so wrong? fair point. you've got to be careful with taxpayers money, of course, but nevertheless, we cannot continue to run our railways on victorian infrastructure. that's what we are doing, that's why we are seeing delays and cancellations right across the north because of the growth in population numbers, because we need to invest in the north. we can't just because we need to invest in the north. we can'tjust invest in the north. we can'tjust invest in the north and not the rest of the country. everybody believes that the northern powerhouse rails is a good idea, all the way from east to the west coast, connecting all of the northern cities, but half of that infrastructure is delivered through hs2. infrastructure is delivered through hsz. the infrastructure is delivered through hs2. the two

"the birmingham news," trial begins with pomp and bomb shell. today the former summons of the president notifying him he's on trial, arrived at the white house. the white house is expected to make a reply in writing by tomorrow evening. the house essentially the prosecutors are expected to file their first trial brief for the president's impeachment trial. the president's side, defense will have their first brief due on monday. so this is joined now. this is on. and as noted by though last two front pages we showed from "birmingh birmingham, alabama and new york city. impeachment trial opens as new ed emerges or as a bomb shell continues to drop. just the way the birmingham news puts it. the fact that new witnesses are coming forward. everybody noted that puts pressure on the senate in terms of whether they're going to consider witness testimony or document evidence as new or potential important, witnesses continue to present themselves and new documents continue to pile up. will they actually look at that stuff as part of considering the sc sca

anything that concerns me is the initial phase is to birmingham which is not in the north but in the midlands. you and i know that as non— southerners! midlands. you and i know that as non- southerners! exactly. actually, some of the other infrastructure projects in the north also need to be accelerated because clearly, as a guest from the northern power earlier on was pointing out... the environmental impacts and economic want. making sure the reasonable capacity because, at the moment, it is all locked up. as you know, the trains are not quite like they are here. that's it for the purpose tonight. don't forget you can see the front pages online in the website. seven days a week. if you miss the programme you can watch it later on the bbc iplayer. a huge thank you to you both, don't forget oui’ thank you to you both, don't forget our papers tomorrow. good night. the film review is coming up next. hello and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is, as ever, mark kermode. good to see you, mark, what have you been watching? i

at the time, dev‘s brother neel was critically ill in birmingham children's hospital.stopped on the inside lane. the motorway at the time was being used as a smart motorway, so you have four lanes of live traffic and no hard shoulder. the lorry driver who hit the car has agreed to talk for the first time. he doesn't want to be identified. i was alerted to the fact that there was something wrong by the abruptness of the lorry in front of me going into lane two. and the car was just sort of sat in front of me and it sort of zoomed up into me. i believe if i had, um, if i'd had another second, i wouldn't have had that impact that done all the damage. the car had only been stopped for 45 seconds. dev was killed and his grandad survived. a serious crash on the m6 closed the motorway for several hours overnight. it happened just before 10 o'clock. so i walked back to the car, and i wish i hadn't because there was a, a young boy in the back. and it was just terrible to see. i got the phone call to say something bad has happened. and ijust knew it was the worst, i knew it was

there's an all championship affair, between birmingham and blackburn. birmingham arei—0 up.away at millwall — millwall with the lead there — 1-0. in—form rotherham are up against hull city 1—1. and previews from all of the day's fa cup ties. but from me, bye for now. that's it from me. the next news on bbc one is at 5:10pm. bye for now. they are already facing crippling sanctions. hello, you're watching the bbc news channel. let's get more on our top story. thousands of people have gathered on the streets of baghdad for the funeral procession of iran's most powerful military leader, who was killed by a us drone strike. president trump said he ordered the attack on general qassem suleimani, to stop a war, not start one. the foreign office has warned against all travel to iraq — and all but essential travel to iran. i've been speaking to dr mahjoob zweiri — he's the director of gulf studies at the university of qatar and an expert on iran. there is no doubt that what happened yesterday is evidence that the two countries, washington and tehran, have a load of mistrust and doubt

the wigan mp lisa nandy, and jess phillips, who represents birmingham yardley, both said they wantedback voters in its traditional strongholds. this takes the total contenders to four, with others expected in the next few days. our political correspondent jonathan blake is with me now. we were expecting these names, but what are the likely pitch is going to be? they will be relatively similar. they are surviving backbench mps from the heartlands in the midlands and the north west of england. jess phillips, the somewhat outspoken mp for birmingham yardley, a former campaigner, has made a lot of our working—class upbringing, and what she has described as the need for honesty, and the need to regain voters' trust. she has been talking about how she will be able to take on borisjohnson about how she will be able to take on boris johnson directly, about how she will be able to take on borisjohnson directly, with a passion as well as a prize. and she said that the party needs to change direction and stop trying to please everyone, and end up pleasing no one. jess phillips, as you say, one

but i am against some sort of two tier system where london to birmingham is built in one way and birmingham those five candidates. do you have a view on who you would like to see and the direction of the party? not yet. i am watching and listening very carefully. i said at the beginning of the contest that i would give my vote to the person who makes the most convincing case for devolution, taking power out of westminster and putting it in the hands of north england. i have not heard anyone speaking with a convincing vision but i want to also address directly why my former constituency of leeds was lost. i was proud of my labour town and i wa nt to was proud of my labour town and i want to see people addressing the reason why. in my view it was in that change in the referendum position stop the voters felt disrespected and labour needs to work hard to win that trust back and i want work hard to win that trust back and iwanta work hard to win that trust back and i want a leader to do that. does it need to be a woman? it needs to be the best person. i think there is a strong case for there to

in the mps really want to know what the people here, they convened 110 people, convened in birminghamt way towards tackling emissions. as you mentioned, said david attenborough was here. brought the house down as usual, what a star act he is. he was full of praise for the people who have given up four weekends to come to birmingham for this people's assembly. so the fact that you are here is extremely important because it shows could put pressure on your members of parliament to take this seriously. so that is your very existence here means that members of parliament are taking it seriously. that is the first point. the second point is that i am perpetually asked by people what is it that i can do to help with the problems? i suspect that one way or another during your deliberations, all kinds of solutions to that particular question will occur to you and they will be spreading through the community. sol will be spreading through the community. so i truly think, because i believe that the question we are facing is of utmost importance, i truly think that the effect you have given up t

birmingham city. will play... numberseven. birmingham city. of the women's super league.vision, essentially, in the north. the final tie, number four. this is chelsea. will play... last but not least, number 15. number 15 is liverpool. well, that we have it. those are the ties for the fifth round of the women's fa cup. we will get a graphic coming up so we can run through some of those big ties. looking at some of them that came out there. you are drawn towards the bottom firstly with chelsea versus liverpool. the top three teams all drawn at home, you're welcome! chelsea against liverpool is a huge game, chelsea are rampant at the moment. liverpool have an upturn in form so they will prove to be a tough test for chelsea, i think. when you look at arsenal with such pedigree in the competition, drawn against lewes, it seemed that do lots for the women's game stock that is a great tie and the opportunity to play against some of the best players in the country, if not the world. great chance for them. and also ipswich, lowest ranked team in there, playing against manchester

both sports were dropped by birmingham to make way for other events.ing, had initially threatened to boycott the games. they have offered to pay for the cost of staging the two events and the commonwealth games federation will consider the proposal in the coming weeks. now let's return to the fa cup, and sheffield united's win over fylde yesterday. one of the officials fell ill at half time. an appeal was put out over the tannoy asking if anyone in the stands could help. step up 19—year—old united fan and qualified referee, tyler machin, who carried out fourth official duties in the second half. quite a day for him. did a game in the morning. didn't have time to change, because it was at 2pm kick—off and set up at 3pm kick—off. i literally got on the train going to show field, kick off at 2pm. i had my kit on still, but i went around with a reverie pause ‘s kit and tracksuit on. i sat down and watch the first half, then at half—time, the ten oi announcement that the assistant referee had fallen ill, and could they have a replacement from the crowd, is

tom burridge, bbc news, in birmingham.—bailey and emily thornberry are looking tojoin sir keir starmer and lisa nandy on the ballot to replacejeremy corbyn. the result of the leadership contest will be announced at the beginning of april. our political correspondent, nick eardley is at westminster. i think it is highly likely that they will back rebecca long bailey today. we know that they are pretty left—wing, the leadership of unite are certainly very pro—jeremy corbyn or have been in the past. the expectation is that they will want people to carry on in the same sort of mode asjeremy corbyn. that is definitely being seen as rebecca long bailey. mccluskey, the secretary when he arrived this morning. i think whatjeremy did four years ago, he probably changed british politics forever, and i think he changed the labour party. we now have a clear alternative to a conservative austerity government, a government that actually governs for the rich as opposed to the rest of the people, and whatjeremy corbyn has done with labour,

packed in from birmingham to leeds. a high—speed line would cut thejourney time in half.balance. where i live, we will probably stand to gain in term of property values, so i should be a supporter of it, but i still think it's too much money. who wants to travel at a slower pace when you can get to where you need to go quickly, more efficiently? itjust makes complete sense to me. there is not even a spare seat on this midday service between two major english cities. it tells you why the suggestion that the second phase of hs2 should be put on hold for several months while other options are continued is proving very controversial. that suggestion comes in the latest leak of a government review of the project and it has angered politicians in the midlands and the north of england. we are seeing the benefit in leeds of the promise of hs2 coming here, businesses wanting to relocate here and that greater connectivity not just to london. the idea that this is just about travel to london is absolutely ridiculous and needs nailing right now. at euston, where hotels and office blo

injury for mostly high school kids that join him in a protest in birmingham, but. she knew that i would have an impact. the idea of the social movement being led by teenagers is not new. >> halfway through the book and chapter 13 we need james earl ray. why did you choose this in the first chapter is very much about the background why did you want to devote up to james earl ray? >> i didn't think that you could really understand all of a sudden at the end of the book by hugh at burger king unless you do something about him. it's never been clearly established with his motive was. i think thbut i think the readee to know at least some background so they can judge for himself with thwhat the motive might ha. he came from an extraordinarily poor dysfunctional background and his family that crime everywhere. he went to school and dirty clothing. his mother was an al aqua look t his father was into crime and left the family and so on and so forth. i don't want to draw conclusions from anyone's background but if it may lead to some intelligence so they try to evaluate fo

won the most valuable player, worcester winning 67 points to 59 in front of a record crowd at the birminghamna. sevenoaks won the women's title. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. hello, and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is, as ever, mark kermode. good to see you, mark, what have you been watching? interesting week. we have the personal history of david copperfield, which is a new interpretation by armando iannucci. we have no fathers in kashmir, which is an ambitious political drama. and the horror franchise is back in the grudge. oh, good. yes, i know. let's talk about david copperfield. 0k, fine, so, this is a new adaptation by armando iannucci, which is kind of notable for two reasons, one, for playing up the comedic elements and for finding the kind of modernist, surreal, absurdist comedic elements in the source. and also for its brilliantly inclusive colourblind ensemble cast. at the centre of it all, we have dev patel as copperfield, who recounts his story from a stage. we see him at t

it‘s already behind schedule and ben thompson is at the hs2 site in birmingham.t will form the station at the birmingham end of the first phase of the controversial hs2 project. another damning report this morning, this time from the government spending watchdog, suggesting the project, we will never know how much it will cost, already behind schedule and over budget. a lot of focus on when it will open, if it will open at all. but not much concern at the moment about the impact it could have on the communities at both ends of those lines. maria is with me come she is the director of midland connect. give us a sense of what hs2 would mean to somewhat like this because we talk about the train track and the stations, about the cost. we don‘t often talk about the businesses that probably need this. absolutely and we saw the letter today, the point about what happens today, the point about what happens to places like birmingham, the west midlands and wider midlands, when it's already happening we have been living and breathing hsz for ten years and the transformation

you know, in my mind, there is no justification at all for doing one thing between london and birminghambusiness leaders in the north are chomping at the bit for better connections, and are already planning extra spending. in many respects, it will be better for some of the other cities, as opposed to manchester. if you look at leeds, sheffield, liverpool, they probably have more to gain than manchester. the service to the capitalfrom manchester. the service to the capital from manchester is already good, and manchester has been a massive success good, and manchester has been a massive success story good, and manchester has been a massive success story over good, and manchester has been a massive success story over the last ten years. i think leeds, sheffield and others will benefit from the opening up of the north, very short train journeys into the capital. the prime minister is under pressure. many of his own mps think the money would be better spent on quicker, smaller projects. it drags more economic activity down to london, more people, more commuters, it feeds london and the place

let's talk now to scott lucas, professor of us politcs at the university of birmingham.mpeachment against president trump. just explain the process that is due to happen today. so, the house will vote, with its democratic majority, on two articles of impeachment that have already been adopted. that is the abuse of power by donald trump investigating his political rivals by putting pressure on ukraine, and obstruction of justice by putting pressure on ukraine, and obstruction ofjustice by ordering witnesses not to comply with subpoenas from the house during the hearings. this is pretty much a pro format that sends this to the senate, where they will begin procedures tomorrow and we will get the first important vote next tuesday in the senate, which is not on the actual trial itself but on the rules and the key issue which you just identified, weather, against the wishes of senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, enough republicans defect so there are witnesses and documents allowed, so this is a full trial and not simplya so this is a full trial and not simply a quick pro