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ah, birmingham had come to be known as bombing ham because of how frequent attacks had grown since the 1950s. but this time, the location and the victims young age shocked the country. ah, the f b i and alabama authorities identified the suspected perpetrators just a few days later. for members of the local k, k. k were questioned, including robert chambliss known as dynamite, bob, very, shortly after the 16th street baptist church bombing of the f. b, i developed information which turned out to be true about who had actually carried out the bombing. they sent this file back to washington up to the f. b, i headquarters of but the head of the f, b i, j edgar hoover refused to forward that file to prosecutors in the department of justice. so it lay there for years and years and years and years. so in, in fact a, f, b i, agents in the field knew who the killers were, knew who the bombers were, but because of the leadership of the f, b i, at the time, none of that information was prosecuted until decades later. robert chambliss who committed the bombing was convicted of possession of dynam

ah, birmingham had come to be known as bombing ham because of how frequent attacks had grown since the 1950s. but this time, the location and the victims young age shocked the country. ah . the f b i and alabama authorities identified the suspected perpetrators just a few days later for members of the local k. k. k were questioned, including robert chambliss known as dynamite, bob, very, shortly after the 16th street baptist church bombing, the f. b. i developed information which turned out to be true about who had actually carried out the bombing. they sent this file back to washington up to the f. b, i headquarters of but the head of the f, b i, j edgar hoover refused to forward that file to prosecutors in the department of justice. so it lay there for years and years and years and years. so in, in fact a, f, b i, agents in the field knew who the killers were, knew who the bombers were, but because of the leadership of the f, b i, at the time, none of that information was prosecuted until decades later. robert chambliss who committed the bombing was convicted of possession of dynamit

this church in birmingham, alabama was bombed, and 4 black girls were killed in the explosion. now 14 years later, a criminal indictment has been returned and the case and the white man indicted his 73 years old. bill baxley managed to get robert chambliss sentenced to life in prison in 1977, 14 years after the crime. ah certainly we know we know cameras what any by well we know who else was in a to have like a one step at a time, but we will go back and get new and i'm also going to the other people and i will have all the trial families of the victims of a little girl or ever able to say, it was a good day. it couldn't bring back their children, but it was at least some french that finally finally. justice may have been delayed but it wasn't denied. ah, everybody from all over the country here stand up for a moment by the 1970s, the klan had tried to a 2000 members and white people are most often they were people who are marginalized or excluded from the system. money was tight, a charismatic new leader managed to give the k k. k. a fresh start. david duke found at his own gr

and he decided to reopen the investigation into the bombing of the 16th street church in birmingham. soon after, he began receiving threats or a slave letters threads in last, the letters from the clam and la groups like them from all over the country. i did get one lasted letter shayla washed, persecuting white patriot church. about doing this investigation? they demanded an answer to this letter. they sent me the klan and ashley. my reply is. dish ma blank, blank, blank. so if i didn't put blanks, ah, ah, despite the threats, bill baxley continued the investigation. after j edgar hoover died a few classified files. finally resurfaced and the attorney general got back on the case of robert chambliss or dynamite bob. to convict him the attorney general manager to track down a key witness. curtis glenn, a woman who was in birmingham the evening before the explosion. 2 o'clock in the morning and she saw a car in that alley. and she saw for white man. and she knew shelton one right. and so she wrote down the tag. none of that core in the next morning when the bomb went off, she call lef

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birmingham city are holding the champions, 0—0 in that one. manchester city beat west ham 3—0. o'sullivan leadsjudd trump 5—4 at the world snooker championships in sheffield after the first frame of the evening session. however, the world number one was given a formal warning by referee olivier marteel for a gesture that o'sullivan made in the final frame of the afternoon session, after he had snookered himself.trump went on to win the frame, snookered himself. he looked a bit frustrated. trump went on to win the frame, but also appeared to be annoyed at the interruption in play. they're now into the evening session at the crucible. these are live pictures. trump won the first frame to reduce o'sullivan's lead to 5—4. o'sullivan is on the table at the moment. nice shot. you can follow all the action on bbc two and on the bbc sport website and app. emma raducanu produced arguably her best performance since winning the us open to surge past marta kostyuk and into the third round of the madrid open. raducanu lost to kostyuk at an event last october, but this time looked a differen

and 50 years ago today, a birmingham landmark was officially opened.s farmly part of the city's landscape. as it celebrates a milestone birthday our midland correspondent has been finding out who it is still so important. the view that reveals why the gravelly hill interchange is better known as spaghetti junction. over the course of half a century, the sprawling concrete arteries atjunction six of the m6 motorway have become part of the birmingham blood stream. and beneath the traffic, occasionally there is tranquillity. well, the reference cells look like they're working. helping to make things run smoothly for the 200,000 vehicles that use it every day, are this father and son. lewis, is there anybody who loves spaghetti junction as much as your dad? i don't think i can say i can. i think it's only him! mike has helped to maintain spaghettijunction for more than 30 years. lewis, the last seven. when you go back to the designer, sir owen williams, who had the foresight to design it, and then contractors to build it, and now here i am, 50 odd years la

when you see the way we can see the good of course you have regrets. birmingham again arsenal what heavy favorites. but with the scores at 11 and the 89th minute, some slapstick defending. so them concede, and another trophy slipped out of their grasp. oh, frank dad, we lost it in these ridiculous search stances a mess up between the goalkeeper and am i learned to shalley central defender? all of those things just playing into the idea that the fates were conspiring against arsole. nobody gets that failure from the jaws of success quite like ours now. and there were plenty more embarrassments. think about the 82 at old trafford and all you can think of is like, remember when we went to old trafford in one the tight. why did it not become a dennis thing? a thing the stadium money wasn't available in 2 years. we nearly lost the events sivilton. we were losing players every single year after that. and it wasn't a symptom minimal young. claire's not particularly expensive signings bringing players in banks selling them all and for quite a lot of money. yeah, i really do have an impact on, on

let's get the latest from our correspondent in birmingham. what more can you tell us about this?ails about this incident are limited but what we - this? details about this incident are limited but what we know . this? details about this incident| are limited but what we know so this? details about this incident - are limited but what we know so far is that the child was being treated here at birmingham children's hospital paediatric intensive care unit and died on thursday. that same evening a 27—year—old woman, a health worker here, was arrested at a property in the west midlands on suspicion of administering poison with the intent to endanger life. she has since been released as investigations continue and forensic tests are examined. she has also been suspended from her role by the nhs trust responsible for the hospital and that trust has also issued a statement in which it said it was supporting the infant's family at this distressing time and has asked privacy is respected during the process. the age and six of the child haven't been revealed. this place cares for tens of th

when you see the way we can see the good of course you have regrets. birmingham again asked noah heavy favorites, but with the scores at $11.00 and the 89th minute and slapstick defending saw them concede, and another trophy slipped out of their grasp. oh, the fact that we lost it in these ridiculous circumstances. a mess up between the goalkeeper and i longed to shyly, central defender, all of those things just playing into the idea that the fates were conspiring against ourselves. no vinny, it's not a failure from the jaws of success, quite like oz no. and there were plenty more embarrassments. think about the 82 at old trafford and all you can think of is like remember when we went to old trafford and won the title. why did it not become a dentist offing? the stadium money wasn't available in 2 years, we nearly lost the events sivilton. we were losing players every single year after that. and it wasn't a symptom minimal young. claire's not particularly expensive signings bringing players in banks selling them all and for quite a lot of money. yeah, i really did have an impact on, on

when you see the way we can cheese a good of course yet regrets birmingham again arsenal a heavy favorites. but with the scores at 11 and the 89th minute and slapstick defending. so them concede, and another trophy slipped out of their grasp the flank, dad, we lost it in these ridiculous circumstances a mess up between the goalkeeper and am i lawrence, shall we, central defender, all of those things just playing into the idea that the fights were conspiring against ourselves, nobody gets that failure from the jaws of success quite like oz. and there were 20 more embarrassments. think about the 82 at old trafford and all you can think of is like, remember when we went to old trafford and won the title? why did it not become a dentist offing? the stadium money wasn't available in 2 years when nearly lost then when sivilton, we were losing players every single year after that. and it wasn't a symptom minimal young. claire's not particularly expensive signings bringing flyers in then selling them all and for quite a lot of money. yeah, i really do have an impact on, on the way that the the tea

i saw that against birmingham, they had to win and the others _ birmingham, they had to win and the others, windy evening _ ground it out and on a wet, windy evening in— ground it out and on a wet, windy evening in birmingham and then, obviously. — evening in birmingham and then, obviously, going two goals behind, manchester united in the last game of the _ manchester united in the last game of the season, for them to come back and win— of the season, for them to come back and win 4-2, — of the season, for them to come back and wind-2, it— of the season, for them to come back and win 4—2, itjust shows of the season, for them to come back and win 4—2, it just shows what character— and win 4—2, it just shows what character they have, they have a good _ character they have, they have a good strength in depth in their squad. — good strength in depth in their squad, and their manager has done a fantastic— squad, and their manager has done a fantasticjob. you squad, and their manager has done a fantastic job-— fantastic 'ob. you mentioned emma ha es, fantasticjob. you mentioned emma hayes. thoug

a female health worker at birmingham children's hospital is arrested, on suspicion of poisoning, afterld in intensive care dies. 36 new cases of monkeypox are detected in england, and the first case in scotland. and the queen makes an appearance in a new form of transport, as she arrives at this year's chelsea flower show. and coming up on the bbc news channel: the celebrations continue for manchester city. they're parading the premier league trophy in front of the fans, following that stunning comeback to beat aston villa. good evening. photographs have emerged — said to be of a party held in downing street in november 2020, when the country was in lockdown — showing the prime minister with a drink, toasting and addressing a group of people who appear to be standing closely together. labour says the images, obtained by itv news, prove that borisjohnson lied in his repeated claims that he was not aware of gatherings in number 10 which breached covid rules. last week, the metropolitan police concluded their investigation into lockdown breaches in downing street and whitehall. 126 fines

he is now attracting attention of birmingham's top cops and prosecutors. his friend dana marsh. >> what would you tell a young police officer who may be encountering the same situation today? >> you've got to have compassion and if we don't, things won't change. >> we've learned that from each other. his compassion toward me translated to compassion toward others from me. >> i was a violent criminal and to think that this is what redemption looks like. sitting at this table with the police officer that arrested you . miracles are real and so a toast to miracles. >> i'm glad to call you my friend. >> thank you. >> reporter: in fayetteville, georgia for matter-of-fact, i am jessica gomez. >>> now to an update on the story. recently that montgomery county board of parole pardoned jarrell jones and his friendship with dana marsh is still ongoing. >>> what you refugees start over in america. >>> stay up-to-date with matter- of-fact and sign up for our newsletter at matter of fact tv . tttter. soledad: welcome back to "matter of fact." last week in afghanistan,

grabbing seats in - cities hall and birmingham put up cities hall and birmingham put up the tories inrset and pockets of affluent london. the message from some green suburbs will cause terry's nerves. , . suburbs will cause terry's nerves-— suburbs will cause terry's nerves. , . f nerves. they are saying they've had enough _ nerves. they are saying they've had enough of _ nerves. they are saying they've had enough of this _ nerves. they are saying they've had enough of this prime - had enough of this prime minister. and i think the tectonic_ minister. and i think the tectonic plates of british politics are shifting. and now it's up— politics are shifting. and now it's up to _ politics are shifting. and now it's up to conservative mps to show— it's up to conservative mps to show the _ it's up to conservative mps to show the prime minister into the abyss. show the prime minister into the aim-— show the prime minister into the ab ss. , i. the abyss. remember, your boat stitched together _ the abyss. remember, your boat stitched together a _ the abyss. remember, your boat stitched togethe

elsewhere, one of the founding members of the wsl, birmingham city are relegated.. georgia stanway with two of their goals. birmingham finish bottom, but for city, that win lifts them back up to third and into the champions league places. british billionaire sirjim ratcliffe says he is "not giving up" on taking over chelsea despite reports today that his bid had been rejected out of hand. ratcliffe, who is the majority shareholder of the chemical group ineos, made a late offer of £a.25 billion for the premier league club on friday. a consortium led by la dodgers owner todd boehly is understood to be the preferred bidderfor chelsea. our sports editor dan roan spoke to ratcliffe today. there's been no communication. so, it's a shame, i think. i would've expected at least the courtesy of a call. but we didn't get that. do you think that might mean that you are still alive in this bid, then, there's still hope? if you haven't been told you are 100% out? i don't know the correct answer the question. at the end of the day, whoever buys chelsea has to get the approval of

taking place across the united kingdom and throughout the common of world into the common world, in birmingham the summer. members of the house of commerce, estimates of the public will be laid before you, my lord's, and the members of the house of commons, and other measures will be laid before you. her majesty prays that the blessings of almighty god, may rest upon your counsel. [background sounds]. [background sounds]. [background sounds]. [background sounds]. [background sounds]. tweets. >> treasury secretary jenny warned that overturning abortion rights will have damaging effects on the u.s. economy as you testified before the senate committee by the state of the u.s. financial system the banking committee and also asked about changes against russia and rising inflation. and this is two and half hours.

taking place across the united kingdom and throughout the common of world into the common world, in birmingham the summer. members of the house of commerce, estimates of the public will be laid before you, my lord's, and the members of the house of commons, and other measures will be laid before you. her majesty prays that the blessings of almighty god, may rest upon your counsel. [background sounds]. [background sounds]. [background sounds]. [background sounds]. [background sounds]. ♪ ♪♪ cspan's washington journal every day we take your calls come alive on the here come up on the news of the day, we discussed policy issues that impact you, and coming up on wednesday morning, we will discuss the latest on wednesdays vote in the senate to codify roe versus wade and the draft of the supreme court opinion that would overturn with political all state and committee president, and also joining us will be something, republican senator graham, new york democratic senator, pierce and

when you see the way we can see the good, of course you have regrets. birmingham again, aust, know a heavy favorites, but with the scores at $11.00 and the 89th minute and slapstick defending saw them concede and another trophy slipped out of their grasp. the fact that we lost it in these ridiculous circumstances, a mess up between the goalkeeper and lauren cash, only central defender. all of those things just playing into the idea that the fights were conspiring against ourselves. nobody gets that failure from the jaws of success quite like hostile and there were 20 more embarrassments. think about the 82 at old trafford and all you can think of is i remember when we went to old trafford and won the title. why did it not become a dentist offing? the stadium money wasn't available in 2 years. we nearly lost the end of an civil to him. we were losing players every single year after that. and he wasn't a symptom anymore. young players not particularly expensive signings bringing players in then selling them on for quite a lot of money. yeah, i really did have an impact on, on the way t

dina shines at the diamond league meeting in birmingham, but she was just one of the british winnersoday. and leclerc has put himself in the best possible place to win the spanish grand prix — he's on pole in barcelona. good evening. three days after rangers were beaten on penalties in the europa league final, they were taken to extra time again in the scottish cup final, but it was there that they came good, beating hearts 2—0, to lift the trophy for the 34th time in their history. jane dougall reports from hampden park. a last chance for rangers to win a trophy, after missing out on the league and losing out on penalties in the europa league final two days ago. are you guys over the disappointment?— ago. are you guys over the disappointment? ago. are you guys over the disauointment? ., , , disappointment? no, probably i will never aet disappointment? no, probably i will never get over _ disappointment? no, probably i will never get over the _ disappointment? no, probably i will never get over the disappointment, | never get over the disappointment, no. . , never get over the disapp

win awards continued in the story of the 400-meter hurdles at the stage of the diamond league in birminghamrainians viktoriya tkachuk and anna ryzhikova kachuk were sixth at half the distance, but later started to play one position after another on the last bend, she rose to third place and crossed the finish line with the second time of 55.25 seconds . at the key moment, ryzhikova also gave out acceleration from fifth place. the ukrainian broke away to the final third result of 55.37 seconds, the olympic champion won the race tokyo american overcomes lemukhamat victoria tkachuk, for whom it was the debut performance of the season, shared her emotions at the stadium, the crazy support was and is, helped to cope with emotions and really show that i'm ready now, although with mistakes, but a pretty good result and a good place. i'm satisfied and determined to give more and run even faster and prepare for the main competitions of the summer season. maryna beh romanchuk won awards at both starting stages of the diamond league this season, but if so far she excelled in the required jump , then i

the district attorney in birmingham, the lead prosecutor for mr. johnson's 1998 case, support a new trial. the former alabama attorney general came out against johnson's conviction in an op-ed, where he writes as a lifelong defender of the death penalty i do not lightly say what follows. an innocent man is trapped by alabama's death row. three jurors who voted to convict johnson have also called for the jefferson county circuit court to throw out johnson's conviction. they publicly expressed disappointment in the trial. one said quote, when you look back at all of the stuff the jury did not know, i feel like we were used like pawns in a chess game, not even know week were being used, all very disturbing to read this now. johnson's defense has ten witnesses who put him in a different part of town at the time of the murder and yet justice is not any closer. this week, the alabama court of criminal appeals rejected johnson's claim that prosecutors committed misconduct and so the court upheld his conviction. despite that setback, johnson still stands a

taking place across the united kingdom and throughout the common of world into the common world, in birmingham the summer. members of the house of commerce, estimates of the public will be laid before you, my lord's, and the members of the house of commons, and other measures will be laid before you. her majesty prays that the blessings of almighty god, may rest upon your counsel. [background sounds]. [background sounds]. [background sounds]. [background sounds]. [background sounds]. >> c-span's "washington journal." every day we take your calls live on the air on the news of the day and discuss policy issues that impact you. coming up saturday morning, they discussed camping 2022 and then and our spotlight on podcast segment, matt lewis talks about his podcast. watch "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern saturday morning on c-span and c-span now, our free mobile app. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. >> on saturday, abortion rights activists and supporters will rally in washington, d.c. in an effort to prevent a possible supreme c

when you see the way we can see the good, of course you had regrets. birmingham, again asked noah heavy favorites but with the scores at 11 and the 89th minute, some slapstick defending. so them concede, and another trophy slipped out of their grasp the fact that we lost it in these ridiculous circumstances a mess up between the goalkeeper and am i learned to shalley central defender? all of those things just playing into the idea that the fates were conspiring against arsole. nobody gets that failure from the jaws of success quite like ours. no. and there were 20 more embarrassments. think about the 82 at old trafford and all you can think of is like remember when we went to old trafford and won the title. why did it not become a dentist? ah thing, the stadium money wasn't available in 2 years when nearly lost the invent sivilton . we were losing players every single year after that. and it wasn't a symptom minimal young. claire's not particularly expensive signings bringing players in then selling them on for quite a lot of money. yeah, i really did have an impact. don on the way that

elsewhere, one of the founding members of the wsl, birmingham city are relegated.pite reports today that his bid had been rejected out of hand. ratcliffe, who is the majority shareholder of the chemical group ineos, made a late offer of £4.25 billion for the premier league club on friday. a consortium led by la dodgers owner todd boehly is understood to be the preferred bidderfor chelsea. 0ur sports editor dan roan spoke to ratcliffe today. there's been no communication. so, it's a shame, i think. i would've expected at least the courtesy of a call. but we didn't get that. do you think that might mean that you are still alive in this bid, then, there's still hope? if you haven't been told you are 100% out? i don't know the correct answer the question. at the end of the day, whoever buys chelsea has to get the approval of the government. and i suppose at this moment they don't know whether their consortium will get the approval of the government. if i were them, i wouldn't close all the doors. watford manager roy hodgson has said he will be leaving the club at the e

a teenager has been jailed for 6.5 years for the manslaughter of 14—year—old dea—john reid in birminghameared of murder last month. a statment read in court on behalf of dea—john's mother said her son had been chased down by a "lynch mob" before he was stabbed in the heart. covid infections have fallen across every nation of the uk. around 2 million people are estimated to have had the virus week, according to the 0ns. that's a drop of almost a third. the number of people in hospital with covid has also fallen tojust over 10,000, the lowest number since the end of february. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, daisy mcandrew, who's a talktv presenter, and the columnist for the article ali miraj. that's coming up after the headlines at 11:30pm. now it's time for the weather with helen willetts. hello there. quite a chilly start this morning across the glens of scotland. quite across the glens of scotland. quite a murky grey wrong with that rain around initially drizzly rain and then the cloud breaks up to give a few showers to not entirely drive for the b

temperatures ten in lerwick, 20 pushing to birmingham, birmingham and more. this is bbc news.ates rise to 1% — their highest level since 2009, as the bank of england tries to curb soaring inflation. profits at energy giant shell almost triple to £7.3 billion in the first three months of this year — its highest ever quarterly figure. ukraine says russia is "trying to destroy" the last group of soldiers holding the azovstal steelworks in mariupol. but the kremlin denies it has stormed the complex. the coronavirus pandemic caused 15 million excess deaths around the world. that's according to new research by the world health organization, which reveals the true death toll from covid—19 and scientists monitoring birds in an oxford woodland say they think spring now comes three weeks earlier than it used to in the 1940s.

claims, voters' response to the lib dems was warm in many places, grabbing seats in cities, hulland birmingham tories in kent, tunbridge wells, somerset and pockets of affluent london. the message from some green suburbs will cause tory nerves. they are saying they have had enough of this prime minister, and i think the tectonic plates of british politics are shifting. and now it is up to conservative mps to shove the prime minister into the abyss. remember, your votes stitch together a giant patchwork, not a picture that is the same in every corner of the country. cheering. there was striking labour success in london that will hurt for the tories, who broadly fell back further in the south than in the north of england, their coalition fraying more at its traditional end. but labour's jubilation in the capital wasn't always matched by enthusiasm elsewhere. the greens picking up pace, too, with dozens of gains. but while results in england perhaps confirmed much of the status quo... the scene is set for a genuine moment of change in northern ireland. cheering and applause. look at this — for th

muhammad taimoor is due to appearat birmingham magistrates�* court tomorrow. he�*s been suspended from hisjob. it�*s been revealed that the gunman who killed ten people in a us supermarket was taken into custody a year ago after making threats, but was released after a mental health check. president biden has condemned what he called hate—filled domestic terrorism. the shooting happened in new york state. most of the victims in the city of buffalo were black. an 18—year—old man, who is white, has been charged with first degree murder. 0ur correspondent will grant reports. once again, one man�*s deep—seated racism and easy access to semiautomatic weapons have combined to deadly effect in america. 18—year—old peyton gendron drove for miles to reach this supermarket in a predominantly black neighbourhood of buffalo. heavily armed and dressed in tactical gear, he livestreamed his entire horrific attack. the killing spree began in the car park, where four people were killed, before he entered the building and continued his rampage. a security guard, a retired buffa

a teacher in birmingham has been charged with sexually assaulting four teenage girls. reporter emily unia is here. emily, what can you tell us? west midlands police say the alleged victims were girls aged 14—16 years old, 28—year—old teacher muhammad taimoor named by west midlands police was arrested last monday on suspicion of sexual assault and then released on bail and rearrested yesterday morning. he is now in police custody. he is facing charges involving sexual exploitation, sexual activity while in a position of trust, and trafficking within the uk. those trafficking charges relate to accusations that he drove girls around in his car with the intention of assaulting them. he's been suspended from hisjob of assaulting them. he's been suspended from his job and is appearing at birmingham magistrates' court tomorrow. a police spokesman has said trained officers are supporting pupils at the school involved. , ., ,, , ., supporting pupils at the school involved. , . ~' , ., ., involved. emily, thank you for the u date, involved. emily, thank you for the update. and _

a teacher in birmingham has been charged with sexually assaulting four teenage girls.mily unia told us more west midlands police say these alleged victims were girls aged between 1a and 16 years old. a 28—year—old teacher named by west midlands police was arrested last monday on suspicion of sexual assault. he was released on bail and rearrested yesterday morning. he is now in police custody. he is facing charges of sexual exploitation, sexual activity while in a position of trust and trafficking within the uk. their track charges relate to accusations he drove girls around in his car with the intention of assaulting them. he has been suspended from hisjob assaulting them. he has been suspended from his job and is appearing at birmingham magistrates' court tomorrow. a police spokesman said trained officers are supporting pupils at the school involved. changes to national rail services and timetables have come into effect today. services which were suspended due to covid are being restored and there's a new station opening in the scottish borders. however, there's been

thousands of travellers have faced hours of queues at birmingham and manchester airports, many hopingcided to line up queues for security outside to prevent them becoming tangled up with check—in queues inside. the airport says it has already started recruiting extra staff. a rare and precious find — a tooth from one of the world's largest prehistoric sharks, a megalodon. it was found on the suffolk coast and could be up to 20 million years old. and the amateur fossil hunter who found this rare fossil? he's only six. jo black reports. the tooth of one of the largest prehistoric sharks, extinct for roughly three and a half million years. it's a discovery that any experienced palaeontologist would be thrilled with, but this megalodon tooth was unearthed by a six—year—old, and now sammy and his fossil are the talk of his school. sammy, i like your... i like your fossil. i think the tooth is heavy. it's really big and megalodons are from ages ago. but what does sammy make of it all? so it's, like, so big, i didn't know what it even was. and how did you find out what it was? my daddy told

emma simpson, bbc news, birmingham.tions across the uk in england 146 councils are holding elections, including in major cities like sheffield, birmingham and london. in scotland and wales all council areas are holding elections and in northern ireland people have been voting to elect the 90 mlas that sit in the northern ireland assembly. buckingham palace says the queen will miss the royal garden parties this year. a spokesman says she'll be represented by other members of the royal family. now, there was a dramatic finish to the champions league semifinal last night as real madrid stunned manchester city with a late double, before winning the tie in extra time. real madrid will now face liverpool in the final in paris later this month. our sports correspondent olly foster reports from madrid. this is going to hurt manchester city, the night a champions league final didn'tjust slip away, but was ripped from their grasp. real madrid with a come back to rival any in the history of this competition. it's tough for us, we

or so, and the temperatures will range from, say, 18 in aberdeen and belfast up to around 22 in birminghamunday, we think thundering showers will sweep into the south of the uk, but the risk of thunder and lightning is actually higher the further east you are. and those showers could rumble into the morning on sunday as well. but i think eventually, the sun should come out. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. israeli police have beaten mourners at the funeral of the aljazeera reporter shireen abu aqla. we speak to a journalist who was with her when she was killed. the us defense secretary calls for an immediate ceasefire in ukraine in his first conversation with his russian counterpart since the invasion. explosions. a bbc crew runs for cover as russian forces bombard an area near the south—eastern ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia. and drought and devasatation across east africa — the un says more must be done to save lives.

arrested on suspicion of administering poison with intent to endanger life — after an infant died at birminghamn's hospital. people at high risk of developing monkeypox after coming into contact with positive cases are being urged to self—isolate for three weeks. almost 700 trains a day are axed in scotland because of driver shortages and a pay dispute. black and asian women are being harmed by racial discrimination in maternity care, according to an investigation by the charity birthrights. manchester city's premier league victory was marred by a pitch invasion, in which aston villa's goalkeeper was allegedly attacked. good morning. children's social care needs radical change to avoid tens of thousands more youngsters being taken away from theirfamilies — that's the warning following a major review of council—run children's services in england. the report said struggling families needed earlier support before they reached crisis point and calls for a windfall tax on the profits of the biggest privately run children's homes. here's our social affairs editor alison holt. ok, so let me know how i

welcome to birmingham. — bring us up today? welcome to birmingham, the _ bring us up today?m, the count got under bring us up today? welcome to - birmingham, the count got under way about 45 minutes ago. we have been talking about a lot of the big metropolitan boroughs only being five thirds this time, that is not the case in birmingham. we have all elections across city, the biggest council in the city, 101 seats across 69 wards. as you can see behind me, a pretty huge undertaking. we are not expecting results until later into the afternoon. the council has been run ljy afternoon. the council has been run by labour for the last ten years. prior to that, it was a conservative and conservative and lib dem coalition. the labour party are saying 2018 for them was a great year, a high water mark, so they will be satisfied if they hold onto that position here in the city of birmingham. to be honest, we are not expecting big shifts. we expect labour to retain the majority for things to be pretty much as they were. there is some interest in seeing whether there could be, in some pa

it's day one of the british masters golf at the famous belfry course near birmingham. of the leaderboard, with the lead shared by denmark's thorbjoern 0lesen and australian ryan fox. they are both on six under par. england's women lost 4—1 to germany in monchengladbach in theirfinal away fixture of the pro league. the result leaves england in fifth place in the table, eight points behind germany in fourth. england's men also lost to germany in the same competition 3—2 and they lie in seventh. formula i world champion max verstappen took time out of his preparations for this weekend's miami grand prix to throw the first pitch in the mlb game between miami marlins and phoenix diamondbacks. he didn't help miami, as they lost 8—7. and verstappen wasn't the only driver flirting with another sport. lewis hamilton — the man he beat to the fi title last season — has been out playing golf with nfl quarterback tom brady. they were in a team together at a charity event. this weekend's race is the first of two in the states this year. it'll be at the hard rock stadium. there is a

i went to a college called birmingham southern. i can remember it suddenly occurred to me walking across the campus, maybe everything my father had been telling me about race and religion, maybe all of this is to be questioned. as soon as i could get away from home, i would be out there experiencing all kinds of wonderful, new things. anybody strange, anybody dierent, anybody who was not a ite southern presbyterian, let me have them. my mother had three brothers, all of whom had moved to latin america and so periodically she would receive letters with strange exotic foreign stamps and so i was used to the idea that outside of presbyterianism there existed a big wide wonderful world. ♪ hearts are gay in costa rica ♪ there's music night and day in costa rica ♪ an aunt and uncle invited me to come down and spend a summer. he had been a banker. ♪ all the cares you know and when it was time to retire, he deced that the best place would be costa rica. ♪ if you're looking for a thing we call amore ♪ ♪ you'll find it here si si senor. ♪ ♪

back to kataryna wolczuk from birmingham university. very pacifist, they hate war, because if they were the battleground of the second world war, so the war against ukraine is very unpopular, and lukashenko has to be very careful about antagonising the people, because that faces the possibility they will see protests. again. said as he wrestled in france asking, is it unrealistic to assume that whatever the outcome of the were here in ukraine, putin will legal process and held accountable for the were crimes committed in ukraine. john simpson, d think putin orany ukraine. john simpson, d think putin or any of his people, any of his generals or anybody on the russian will ever be held accountable or will ever be held accountable or will ever be held accountable or will ever face justice are the allegations of war crimes? i think putin is strong and empowered and has the support of the russian people, which he seems to have this at the moment, and of course he is very strong at present, there is no question of anything like that happening

. —— birmingham. thank you forjoining us.ly in that package is that there is nothing to panic about but people need to be aware and conscious and they need to seek help if they are concerned. talk to me about where this may have come from and how we are seeing so many cases? yes. this may have come from and how we are seeing so many cases?— are seeing so many cases? yes, it is really unusual. _ are seeing so many cases? yes, it is really unusual, obviously, _ are seeing so many cases? yes, it is really unusual, obviously, to - are seeing so many cases? yes, it is really unusual, obviously, to see - are seeing so many cases? yes, it is really unusual, obviously, to see a l really unusual, obviously, to see a cluster of cases like this. it seems like it is probably imported from an individual who travelled to west africa. it seems genetically like it is the west african strain that is circulating. so now it is circulating. so now it is circulating within particular pockets of populations, particularly in urban areas which is di

navteonhal, bbc news, birmingham. our top story this evening.ne. and 14 new monkeypox cases are detected in the uk. we will get the latest on this unusual outbreak. coming up, an emotionalfarewell to jo—wilfried tsonga. he ends his 18 year career in front of a home crowd at roland garros as he is knocked out in the first round of the french open. a huge collection of data, including these photographs, which are linked to china's treatment of uighurs and other minorities has been handed to the bbc. they shed more light on china's highly secretive system of mass incarceration of uighur people in the country's xinjang region. the information was hacked from police computers servers, and it includes evidence of a shoot to kill policy for anyone who tried to escape. the foreign secretary liz truss has called the revelations "shocking". here is our correspondent john sudworth. camera shutter click. these are the faces china never intended us to see from inside its system of mass incarceration in xinjiang. the government has long denied it is running d

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navteonhal, bbc news, birmingham. the time is 13:18... our top story this lunchtime.after video emerged last year of him kicking his cat. and coming up on the bbc news channel: the government's set to approve chelsea's sale today, although there are still major hurdles to overcome, according to a source close to the deal. the uk's withdrawal from afghanistan last year was a catastrophic failure and a betrayal of britain's allies, according to an inquiry by mps. the foreign affairs committee says there was a fundamental lack of planning or leadership before and during the taliban's takeover of kabul. 0ur correspondent paul adams has this report. the west's withdrawal from kabul was chaotic and, for vast numbers of afghans desperate to leave, profoundly traumatic. it was also, mps say, a betrayal of britain's allies, a catastrophic failure of intelligence, diplomacy and planning. knowing that american forces were soon going to leave, the report says the government failed to respond. well, it's clear that what we could have done, really from 18 months out when the warnin