that is councillors in birmingham. _ for the reply. that is councillors in birmingham.hey _ for the reply. that is councillors in birmingham. they are - for the reply. that is councillors i in birmingham. they are expected shortly to approve swingeing cuts to their local services as they look to save, as we've been discussing, £300 million. europe's largest local authority declared itself effectively bankrupt and is trying to make those cuts. up to 600 counciljobs could go, and as we heard earlier in the programme, the likes of libraries, parks and cultural projects are all due to be affected. the council tax will rise by 21% over two years, so it is a big amount of money we are talking about, £300 million in cuts. the counsellors there are expected to approve that because they are in such a dire financial situation, and we will go back when that vote comes in birmingham. as we've been discussing, it isn'tjust birmingham facing these financial issues. let's remind ourselves of why we are seeing these cuts happening across the country. tony travers is professor of public

that is the leader of birmingham city - the leader of birmingham city council, who is addressing theouncil there. as we've been saying, councillors are expected to approve swingeing cuts of around £300 million. that debate is going to go on. we expected there to be a vote in the last hour, but they are going to continue debating that. we will continue talking about the issue of funding for councils. speaking to nicky campbell earlier, pawlett, who works in the arts, spoke of her frustration with birmingham city council. ~ ., , frustration with birmingham city council. ~ . , ., , , ., council. what is happening to services. _ council. what is happening to services. as _ council. what is happening to services, as you _ council. what is happening to services, as you know, - council. what is happening to services, as you know, our. council. what is happening to - services, as you know, our citizens in birmingham will have at least a 9.9% increase in our council tax. the frustration for me, because i work within arts organisations in birmingham, is the way that they have cut funding to a

give me the context for this ira attack on two targets in birmingham. what was going on at the time? well, the ira had brought, as they would see it, the campaign to the british mainland, and they were planting bombs in many parts of britain at the time. when you say the campaign, it was their military campaign to get british forces, the british army, out of northern ireland. the army, of course, being there because of strife between the nationalist and unionist communities in northern ireland, which really kicked off in the late �*60s. yes, that's right. the pub bombings were the culmination of a series of about 50 bombings in and around the west midlands, all done by the same group of people and always targeted against property rather than individuals. and in this case, the targets were not the pubs or the people in them. the targets were the tax office in new street, which was above one of the pubs, the tavern in the town, and the rotunda, which was a distinctive round office block in the centre of birmingham. and the other pub was in the base of tha

he is a political columnist and associate professor at birmingham city university.rkers need entire city?— need entire city? good to talk about the workers. — need entire city? good to talk about the workers, that _ need entire city? good to talk about the workers, that there _ need entire city? good to talk about the workers, that there are - need entire city? good to talk about| the workers, that there are rumours, and some improvement in the actual numbers, of 600 staff being last in the redundancy that is going to come, whether it is by compulsory other means. when you lose workers, that means your ability to break the service much diminished. , back to the other question on the effect on local citizens, we hear we'll get fewer in collections, one week to two weeks, which is a problem, and a general sort of production and services at the very time when people need them, in this report, the talk about the huge need that there is in certain communities and deprivation is a big problem. just to rive deprivation is a big problem. just to give some _ deprivation is a

that's birmingham. absolute birmingham.s created shambles they have created for themselves. is going to themselves. but who is going to be left picking up the tab? you guessed it, it's you, the taxpayers within that city, up to 21. uh, over a couple of years . that will be your to 21. uh, over a couple of years. that will be your hike in tax rises. do you think that thatis tax rises. do you think that that is the picture that we're going to be seeing getting rolled out across the country more and more? tell me and i'll see you in two. >> gb news is the home of free speech. we were created to champion it and we deliver it day in, day out. free speech allows us all to explore and debate openly the issues most important to us, our families and of course, the british people having challenging conversations to enlighten each other. which is why we hear all sides of the argument. >> we are the people's channel. >> we are the people's channel. >> will always stand by the >> we will always stand by the freedom to express yourself o

citizens in birmingham have been targeted by birmingham have been targeted by birmingham city councilghting this equal pay award. which goes way back. it goes way - fighting this equal pay award. which goes way back. it goes way back. i fighting this equal pay award. which i goes way back. it goes way back. but the have goes way back. it goes way back. but they have not — goes way back. it goes way back. but they have not managed _ goes way back. it goes way back. but they have not managed finances i they have not managed finances effectively. they have a computer system that is very poor. you try to go on to your so—called brom account, you are not given instructions on how to sort out your council tax. they made poor investments, it's a poor way of investing and we asked the citizens of birmingham are having to pay for it. that's not fair at all. you think, how can they get away with it. there are other ways and means for them to be doing things other than hitting the arts and culture in our city. as you know, birmingham did a wonderful commonwealth games. we have great, historical

the the same issues that nottingham and birmingham have had?— birmingham have had?ht across the country of all political persuasions that are up against it. they— persuasions that are up against it. they have — persuasions that are up against it. they have set budgets this year predicated on significant savings or cuts in _ predicated on significant savings or cuts in their budgets and if they don't _ cuts in their budgets and if they don't maintain those cuts cost savings — don't maintain those cuts cost savings and they don't manage the increasing — savings and they don't manage the increasing amount they will be in the same — increasing amount they will be in the same situation, knocking on the door of— the same situation, knocking on the door of the — the same situation, knocking on the door of the government for support or if not— door of the government for support or if not issuing the 114 this is unprecedented. before the last two or three _ unprecedented. before the last two or three years it was unheard of for a council— or three years it was unheard of for

.— areas of birmingham.e _ areas of birmingham. outside the council, there was _ areas of birmingham. outside the council, there was real _ areas of birmingham. outside the council, there was real anger- areas of birmingham. outside the council, there was real anger as l council, there was real anger as they met to vote on extensive cuts across the board and council tax going up more than 20% over two years. inside, there was a blame game. fingers pointed at the council over failings with equal pay and it systemles and at the government. address problems for which for which i apologise, but who will apologise for the national neglect? b, i apologise, but who will apologise for the national neglect? a handful of other councils _ for the national neglect? a handful of other councils have _ for the national neglect? a handful of other councils have found - of other councils have found themselves in the same situation as birmingham where they are effectively bankrupt. but many more warn funding isn't keeping up

birmingham is the last few years. birmingham is the largest local authority in europe. itself effectively bankrupt and need to make £300 million in saving. that wave of cuts and a 21% rise in council tax over the next two years. let's go to birmingham in this report. at this food bank they know all about need. run by a local mosque, they're packing food parcels ahead of ramadan. we get approximatelt 30 to a0 users, families every week. most are referrals from schools and social workers and they're having to choose between heating and food. as well as the food bank, the mosque runs you services. as well as the food bank, the mosque runs youth services — all things will be under strain as birmingham council cuts back. it's the youth that we're really concerned about because his is a generational thing. if our youth aren't getting what they need, what impact will it have on them when they apply forjobs? we need to have a priority system for these deprived areas of birmingham. outside the council, there was real anger as they met to vote on extensive cuts across the board a

and also we understand that birmingham. _ city. and also we understand that birmingham, you _ city.hat birmingham, you know, 25 out. city. and also we understand that birmingham, you know, 25 out ofj city. and also we understand that i birmingham, you know, 25 out of 36 libraries face the possibility of closure, which in itself is, you know it is part of the culture of the community. so these are really straightened times kwame and is it a different story in a way the young vic? because in the young vic you have the outreach and so forth you have the outreach and so forth you have your multiplicity of funding but you are likely, aren't you to have richer benefactors. yes, but the idea we _ have richer benefactors. yes, but the idea we have _ have richer benefactors. yes, but the idea we have to _ have richer benefactors. yes, but the idea we have to rely - have richer benefactors. yes, but the idea we have to rely on - have richer benefactors. yes, but i the idea we have to rely on us-style the idea we have to rely on us—style philanthropy at this point is crazy. it's philanthropy a

now now the people's panel, which we know and is in birmingham . and and love is in birmingham.get, birmingham is in trouble the council, the trouble because the council, the labour run council, has just announced bankrupt. announced it's going bankrupt. so speak so i'm very intrigued to speak to jack carson's, who's there in birmingham the people's birmingham with the people's panel morning find out panel this morning to find out what the main topic of conversation it's a conversation is. and it's not a no go is it? i know paul no go zone is it? i know paul scully described birmingham or parts that in parts of birmingham like that in the week, but how are the good folk jack folk there? jack >> well, it's certainly been a very friendly welcome this morning here, camilla at the cherry reds cafe right in the city centre of birmingham. cherry reds cafe right in the citybutitre of birmingham. cherry reds cafe right in the citybut of of birmingham. cherry reds cafe right in the citybut of course,1ingham. cherry reds cafe right in the citybut of course, asgham. cherry reds cafe right

birmingham city council approves a wave of cuts to services and a big rise in council tax — describeds unprecedented in scale. also tonight — it's super tuesday in america — 15 us states are choosing their candidate for president — will be it be trump versus biden again? we'll be weighing up their chances of returning to the white house. don't take anymore photos outside, i'm telling you now. the pictures we've not been allowed to show you for 20 years — this is stakeknife — the man who went into hiding after being exposed as the army's most important agent during the troubles. and that moment — and that shirt — it went under the hammer today — we'll be telling you for how much. and on newsnight at 10:30pm, we'll go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on today's big stories. plus, we take a first look at what's on tomorrow's front pages. good evening. the chancellor has been putting his final touches to his budget as he prepares to unveil it tomorrow — it could well be the last one before the general election. what is now expected is a 2p cut to national insuranc

and first birmingham.nel . >> 2024 a battleground year is the year the nation decides , as the year the nation decides, as the year the nation decides, as the parties gear up their campaigns for the next general election. >> who will be left standing when the british people make one of the biggest decisions of their lives? >> who will rise and who will fall? >> let's m- fall? >> let's out together. >> let's find out together. >> let's find out together. >> every moment, the highs , >> for every moment, the highs, the lows, the twists and turns . the lows, the twists and turns. >> we'll be with you for every step of this journey. >> in 2024. >> in 2024. >> gb news is britain's election . channel >> welcome back. it's 426. you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news now. after all the rumours are speculation, i've got some big news about the princess of wales. a little later this hour andifs wales. a little later this hour and it's a good news story, but before that , birmingham city before tha

jack carson there, our west midlands reporter from birmingham. an utter birmingham.bles. and it's everyone else who's living there who's everyone living there who's everyone living there who's to have to pay the who's going to have to pay the cost mismanaged it. it's cost of this mismanaged it. it's quite lots people quite incredible. lots of people getting please keep getting in touch. please do keep your in. gb views your views coming in. gb views at to at gb news. com will come to some little later on. some a little later on. >> i just wonder what will happen at the local elections because lot of these because so often a lot of these councils will keep voting councils will just keep voting in people who mismanage in the same people who mismanage everything you're saying. >> the people of birmingham only have themselves to blame? >> not that at all. >> i'm not saying that at all. i'm perhaps the of i'm saying perhaps the people of birmingham good birmingham don't have a good enough choice. >> there is that. >> yeah, there is that. now coming up, pubs they coming up

a nurturing atmosphere at a music class in birmingham.re are well aware they're bringing up babies in a city with an effectively bankrupt council. people face a 10% council tax rise this year and next year. that's double what many elsewhere in the country will get. it's far from ideal when you're on maternity leave and then facing huge childcare costs in a few months' time. but i'm more concerned about the vulnerable people that i work with normally. i think it's going to be disastrous for them when other sources of support are being cut for them. aislinn's a teacher, and she's looking to move out of birmingham with seven—month—old cecilia. i don't mind paying money into the council, but what worries me is where that money is going. you know, if it's going into the community, into the roads, then that's fine. but actually, it seems that it's going to be going to pay back a bill that's not our fault. and how will it affect you? well, actually, we're considering moving house soon, and we're looking to move outside of birmingham. and that wo

phil mackie alive at birmingham crown court.s due to hear from the deputy prime minister about cyber security threats to the uk from china. oliver dowden is expected to announce sanctions on certain individuals linked to hacking, including on the electoral commission's database as well as several mps. the government says its time to "call out" the attackers. the chinese embassy has been contacted for comment. damian grammaticus is live at westminster with all the details for us. it is always a huge question for the uk and other western countries, how to deal with a china that is growing in economic, political and military powers. it is also a market for investment, but it is also a potential threat. investment, but it is also a potentialthreat. it investment, but it is also a potential threat. it sees its system as a two hours. we are going to hear about two very specific things, the potential threat and the electoral system itself. the chinese have already put out a response from the foreign ministry today, saying other countri

but city centre of birmingham.were of course, as you were mentioning, really week. mentioning, a really big week. not, course, just for the not, of course, just for the country with budget, country with the budget, but also council in also the council here in birmingham are to vote on birmingham are going to vote on their budget. of course, their new budget. of course, with hundreds of with all these hundreds of millions pounds worth of cuts millions of pounds worth of cuts coming because of that bankruptcy, got bankruptcy, we've got our people's morning people's panel here this morning with dennis, steve with sabrina, dennis, steve hardiman and andrew goodacre with sabrina, with us this morning, sabrina, we're come you we're going to come to you first. run youth charity first. you run a youth charity here the city. of course, here in the city. of course, we've also got bridget we've also got a bridget phillipson on the panel phillipson on the on the panel on the show today. kind of on the show today. what kind of

we can speak to our correspondent who is in birmingham.oint. this is a big moment for the city council. they have known about this for a few months ever

growing up in birmingham you're kind of exposed _ growing up in birmingham you're kind of exposed toou know it through your parents and through— know it through your parents and throughjust going to know it through your parents and through just going to the know it through your parents and throughjust going to the pub. of course what they really hope is that this will be as successful as the last programme that the same people made set here in birmingham and that was peaky blinders. the man behind both that and this is stephen knight, he has also bought a news film studio in his home city. i want this to be a — film studio in his home city. i want this to be a city — film studio in his home city. i want this to be a city of _ film studio in his home city. i want this to be a city of choice - film studio in his home city. i want this to be a city of choice for - this to be a city of choice for people making anything, it's very much birmingham and coventry are characters in it, if you like. so we're shooting it here, shooting what's left of what was there then. the west midlands has ch

we're going to be joined by one of birmingham's so of birmingham's labour mps.m council has signed off on a wave of cuts to services and it's. it's authorised a 21% rise in council tax over the next two years. >> well, joining us now is the labour mp for birmingham selly oak steve mccabe. steve are you hanging your in this hanging your head in shame this morning. is a disaster for morning. this is a disaster for the people of birmingham 21. huge services , huge cuts in services, restrictions on refuse collections. how have you got it? so badly wrong? >> well i haven't got it badly wrong at all. >> andre, this is a budget that was produced under the supervision of michael gove's commissioners. i admit i am terribly concerned about the impact of it and i don't see that the councillors in birmingham are blameless. but of course, there's another 6 or 8 councils going bust at this very moment. and in fact, the commissioners are costing over £1 million a year. so that's adding to birmingham's debts. >> steve, are you just saying a year ago the streets of birmingham we

birmingham are only out of the relegation zone on goal difference.op of the championship looks now. a great opportunity for ipswich and leeds in the late kick—offs. although leicester will still have a game in hand. saints dropping points has pretty much put paid to their title challenge, although they do have a couple of games in hand. coventry and preston are still knocking on the play—offs. the bottom is so tight. defeats for plymouth, huddersfield and birmingham, who went down at qpr in injury time, rangers the big winners today in the bottom half of the table wednesday could have moved out of trouble but conceded late against swansea. rotherham losing again. they may be be reelagted in the next round of fixtures. wrexham have tightened their grip on one of the three automatic promotion spots in league 2 with with a 2—0 win over mansfield, who've now dropped from top to second behind stockport. paul mullin, as he has so often for wrexham, scoring the opener. they were awarded a penalty for this challenge in the second half — looked debatable — bu

we are talking to jack carson, who is in birmingham . carson, who is in birmingham. afternoon to you. we obviously want to talk to you about the reaction, the outpouring of support from the princess of wales and there's plenty of it in brummie land, i know. and there's also plenty of it in devon. jeff moody is there . good afternoon to you, jeff. let's start with you. you've been talking to plenty of people. what messages have they been sending to the princess of wales ? wales? >> well, as, as in the whole of the country, most people here are very shocked and saddened to hear the news. people had no idea that she was that. that ill. that it has come as a complete shock. a lot of love and support for the princess has been coming out today, but also a general sense that a general sense of anger that she's been put in this position, that she's had to make this announcement. put in this position, that she's had to make this announcement . a had to make this announcement. a lot of people saying to me, look, it really is of look, it really is none of anybody else's busines

phil mackie is in birmingham for us.niversity librarian, a talented musician, had come to the city for a night out with friends. in the early hours of the morning, he was one of eight victims of a paranoid schizophrenic who stabbed those people in the city centre over a 90 minute period. jacob died, his best friend michael callaghan suffered life changing injuries. today, we have the conclusion of the inquest into jacob billington. in which the coroner louise hunt highlighted lots of failures, lots of systemic failures in the release and management of the man when he came out of prison in wales earlier in april, 2020 and he was effectively lost in the system. he should have been carefully monitored because he was considered a high—risk offender who was a danger to the public but forfour who was a danger to the public but for four months they didn't know where he was. he popped up in birmingham just about a month or so before he carried out those attacks but their system had failed and she said she would send one of those

i grew up in birmingham and i didn't rate myseif— i grew up in birmingham and i didn't rate myself ini have only got a few — rate myself in the flag. i have only got a few seconds, _ rate myself in the flag. i have only got a few seconds, so _ rate myself in the flag. i have only got a few seconds, so with - rate myself in the flag. i have only got a few seconds, so with all - got a few seconds, so with all respect, — got a few seconds, so with all respect, it— got a few seconds, so with all respect, it didn't _ got a few seconds, so with all respect, it didn't take - got a few seconds, so with all respect, it didn't take you - got a few seconds, so with alll respect, it didn't take you long got a few seconds, so with all - respect, it didn't take you long to air the _ respect, it didn't take you long to air the core — respect, it didn't take you long to airthe core to— respect, it didn't take you long to air the core to associate - respect, it didn't take you long to air the core to associate the - respect, it didn't take you long to air the core to associate the flag. air the core t

. we're hearing about birmingham.ve shown that they cannot be trusted to use public money effectively . a radical effectively. a radical transformation of our benefit system is needed. we have 5.5 million working age people on out of work benefits, which is £180 billion of taxpayer expenditure . but it's also a expenditure. but it's also a waste of human as well as economic potential . shift in economic potential. shift in incentives is needed to cut into this spending. saving money and enabung this spending. saving money and enabling tax cuts to 20 billion is currently being spent on carbon capture and experimental technology that is yet to be shown to be particularly efficient. when you add all of this to the vast sums of whitehall waste and net zero spending and public sector spending, there's plenty of headroom to be made to afford serious tax cuts. so my advice to jeremy hunt is if we want to win the next election, unleash britain's growth and improve everyone's standard of living. be nigel lawson , not gordon be

but i will look at birmingham, was run birmingham, which was labour run and it system. that they shouldn't have done. were told not to go andy street and not to go for andy street and what done with as what they've done with as i said, manchester mayor. so said, it's manchester mayor. so that taxi bills that were being paid so badly badly run and it's now going to its constituents for a 20% increase in council tax. don't agree with that. and as i said, that's what you get from a badly run council. but times are hard. i get that. and that's the government's that's why the government's handed 600 million to handed out 600 million to support mark. >> i'm sure we've got >> i'm not sure we've got a clear answer on clear answer from either on whether will whether your council tax will fall, just explanations of fall, but just explanations of why it's so high. >> well, it's going up because of what the government have been doing. frank from teesside. listen asked your listen he asked what's your plan? for growth. plan? labour's plan for growth. now back your now you've rolled

i go back to birmingham because i feel like if i don't, nobody else will. most people who are not from the crib, y'all disregard us. y'all blow us off. i think a lot of people make a mistake of thinking that the news that comes out of alabama represents all of the people that are in alabama, and that's not the truth. i just know that i've been blessed enough to have a career where for if i chose to, to try and do something decent in the city, i can't change everything. i can't change all the laws. i can't go down to montgomery and tell them to stop gerrymandering. but if i can make sure these couple of black kids play a sport and stay dedicated to it, then maybe they'll have a future in that sport. more than a quarter of alabama's residents are black, but of your seven members of congress, only only one is black. the supreme court now has stepped in. right. so i guess i'm curious if you think the tide is changing at all when it comes to power for african american voters in alabama. we'll see if the tide is changing. i think that depends on how the state of

phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham.as today shone the spotlight on the gender pay gap in the film industry — saying she knows said she would be paid "a lot more" for herfilms if she was a man. in an interview promoting her new film, wicked little letters, the star confirmed that despite her accolades, she has been paid significantly less than her male counterparts in the past. she believes if her name were "oliver" instead of "olivia", the case would be different. let's speak to gender pay gap expert and senior lecturer in economics, dr sofia izquierdo sanchez, from the university of manchester. thank you very much indeed for being with us. how big a problem do you think the pay gap, the gender pay gap still is in the world of acting? weill. pay gap, the gender pay gap still is in the world of acting?— in the world of acting? well, it's a roblem in the world of acting? well, it's a problem that _ in the world of acting? well, it's a problem that has _ in the world of acting? well, it's a problem that has been _ in the w

john cadbury opened a grocery shop in birmingham city centre selling drinking chocolate.e of bournville around the factory just outside garden village of bournville around the factoryjust outside the city. since then, cadbury has gone from humble beginnings to a household name around the globe, global willy wonka. our reporterjames bovill has been finding out more. here is bournville, the creation of two brothers, industrialists who hated industrial ugliness. it was known as the — hated industrial ugliness. it was known as the factory _ hated industrial ugliness. it was known as the factory in - hated industrial ugliness. it was known as the factory in a - hated industrial ugliness. it was. known as the factory in a garden, that for decades cadbury�*s bournville plant was the largest of its kind in the world, employing more than 8000 people when this film was made in 1953.— was made in 1953. when you went around the _ was made in 1953. when you went around the factory _ was made in 1953. when you went around the factory you _ was made in 1953. when you went around the fac

phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham.any, after the deputy prime minister told the commons that people "affiliated to the chinese state" were responsible for a cyberattack on parliamentary email accounts, and another attack in 2021 which targetted the electoral register. beijing denies the attacks and has accused the government of malicious slanders. 0ur political editor, chris mason, reports. who is watching? who is listening? china, an economic powerhouse, a one—party state, a world view a world away from our own. right honourable 0liver dowden... beijing spying and meddling, a cyberattack on the elections watchdog — the electoral commission. this is the latest in a clear pattern of hostile activity originating in china. two people and a company linked to the chinese state are to face sanctions, banned from travelling to the uk and their assets here frozen. we will support the government in efforts to counter attempts by china or any other state to interfere with or undermine the democratic process. america is accusing

more industrial action against amazon as workers in birmingham in the uk strike over pay and union rightswelcome to world business report. we start in the new york — where sam bankman—fried — the former cryptocurrency tycoon convicted of stealing billions of dollars from customers — is due to be sentenced for his crimes. the 32—year old founder of the collapsed crypto exchange ftx could face decades in prison. our cyber correspondentjoe tidy was the last person to interview bankman—fried before he was arrested in december 2022. and he takes a look back at the rise and fall of the man behind one of the biggest financial crimes in us history. one interesting thing that's been happening pretty recently is that the bitmex bitcoin perpetual futures ran up a lot in price. this was sam bankman—fried in his element — at his desk, talking crypto and making incredible profits. his hair and shabby look were all part of the appeal and brand. sbf, as he was known by legions of fans online, portrayed himself as a maths genius who wasn't interested in personal wealth. it was all about developing the cry

the plan is for birmingham youth services, i is for birmingham youth services, the careers service andredesigned to save money but critics argue it should not be about closing buildings. the city council told us the independent review will allow them to prioritise the most vulnerable young people. staff are being supported by their managers and they add that they are extremely grateful for their ongoing commitment. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you are alive with bbc news. tucked away on the south korean side of the demilitarised zone , the stretch of no—man's land that separates the two koreas , is a tiny village. when the korean peninsular was divided in 1953, two villages on either side of the dmz were allowed to remain.south korean , metres from north korea.soldiers guard.0ur correspondent in seouljean mackenzie. the strip of land separating north and south korea. but beyond the barbed wire sets a deceivingly peaceful village. where a tiny community of south koreans live in the shadow of their enemy. north korea. closely guarded by an elite batt

on this day, 200 years ago, john cadbury opened a grocer�*s on bull street in birmingham city centre. in 1861, turning its fortunes around by selling chocolate to upwardly mobile victorians. by 1879, cadbury had outgrown its cramped city premises. so the brothers, devout quakers, built a new factory in countryside three miles south of birmingham, with green space and spacious homes for workers. they gave it this kind of french lilt to it — the name bournville, ville meaning town in french, and the best chocolate you could buy at the time was from france and belgium. the link between the factory and the garden village that surrounds it remains today. cadbury's came to bournville over 140 years ago. it's worked, and it continues to work. for 145 of its 200 years, cadbury and bournville have been inextricably linked. you can even smell the chocolate in the air if the breeze is blowing in the right direction. but in 2010, a controversial takeover threatened to derail cadbury's place as a much—loved british brand. this is a sad day for britain. a successful british centre of world—class ex

phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham.erry's other dogs, paddy and harry, raised more than £900,000 for charity. max passed away in 2022, but kerry hasn't stopped walking. he's just set out on his latest charity challenge, an 84—mile trek along the length of hadrian's wall. our reporter alison freeman went to meet him before he set off. the power of max. even two years after the springer spaniel passed away, dozens of people and their dogs turned out in his orange colour to see owner kerry start out on his latest fundraising challenge. he's walking the 84—mile length of hadrian's wall from east to west non—stop to raise money for the great north air ambulance service — something that's vital for his community in cumbria. max was great at bringing people together and helping people through difficult times. and the air ambulance is a... the great north air ambulance is a great charity to support. your chances of survival are much greater because trying to get an ambulance to the foot of wastwater or scafell pike, three hours

here in the uk birmingham city council has signed off a wave of cuts to services.aste collections to dimmed street lighting. the measures have been described by those on the labour—led council — john cotton. response ability cuts both ways, and what we haven't heard at any stage this afternoon's acceptance from conservative colleagues that their party bears any responsibility for that national crisis in local government. five hours for birmingham city council to agree a budget that's going to have an impact across the whole community. they need to save £300 million over the course of the next two years. so really almost every service from libraries to arts funding to leisure to parks to social care and some support for the most vulnerable are all in line for cuts. and at the same time, council tax is going to go up by 10% each year over the course of the next two years. now, there was a lot of blame thrown around during the course of this council meeting. the conservative councillors here in birmingham said that the labour administration, which runs the council, is

in birmingham they have effectively bankrupted the largest local bankru pted the largest local authoritynkrupted the largest local authority in europe. they have saddled their constituents with a 21% council tax rise. 21% council 2i% council tax rise. 21% council tax rise! what a ticket for that, hundreds ofjob losses, services slashed, street lights being turned or switched off, making the streets less safe, and they are not even going to collect rubbish as much as they used to and they are going to charge you to take the rats away. that is what you get. in spite of all of that, they still appointed and equality and diversity inclusions are on a 6—figure salary. itjust goes to show labour because my priorities are not the priorities of the british people, my friends. applause.. we - applause. . we have - applause..| we have also applause.. - we have also got applause.. — we have also got incredibly important police and crime commissioner elections on the 2nd of may and these rules are important. there are a big part of the reason we brought crime down by half since 2010 and, always reme

phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham.e cyber threat posed by china. the deputy prime minister has told the commons that people "affiliated to the chinese state" were responsible for a cyber attack on parliamentary email accounts, and another attack in 2021 which targeted the electoral register and gained access to the personal details of millions of voters. beijing denies the attacks and has accused the government of malicious slanders. 0ur political editor chris mason reports. who is watching? who's listening? china, an economic powerhouse, a one—party state, a world view a world away from our own. one-party state, a world view a world away from our own. right honourable _ world away from our own. right honourable oliver _ world away from our own. right honourable oliver dowden. .. i honourable 0liver dowden. .. beijing's honourable 0liver dowden... beijing's buying and meddling. a cyberattack on the elections watchdog the electoral commission. and now the government response... this is the latest in a clear pattern of t

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this year marks the 50th anniversary of those terrible bombings in birmingham in the english midlands

today bringing the games back to the uk to birmingham in 2027. that's almost it for me.d nugget everfound in england. it weighs 65 grams and was found by a metal detectorist in the shropshire hills last year. it's been put up for auction and is expected to fetch between £30,000 and £a0,000. thank you forjoining me. good evening. there have been mixed fortunes across the country once again today for much of central and southern england. it stayed largely fine and dry with glimpses of sunshine, in fact, in london. in fact, in london once again, we had temperatures into the mid—teens so you could get out and enjoy the beautiful cherry blossom that we've got at the moment. it was a different story, however, further north and west, the rain not too heavy, but it was a nuisance, as you can see from lancashire just a few hours ago. now, this weatherfront will continue to sink its way south and east, clearing the southeast during friday and then behind it under this influence of low pressure. a cooler story is set to dominate, so it will be a rather murky start with some light,

phil mackey, bbc news, birmingham. too. but recently, scientists have discovered that the tiny particles we know about make up only 5% of the universe. some scientists think there might be other ghost particles that can't be detected by earthly instruments. if we could detect these ghost particles, it would really transform our understanding of fundamental science. we could really try and start to understand why the universe is the way it is, what the missing matter is, or how some of these properties come about and therefore why we are here at all. researchers have been searching for the missing 95% of the universe deep under the swiss—french border at the large hadron collider. they have been smashing the insides of atoms together harder than they have been smashed before. but so far, they have had no luck. all attention was given to the large hadron collider during the few past decades, and the other possibility was somehow forgotten. then we proposed our experiment, this makes us believe that our chances for succes

so we know about birmingham and we know about dynamite hill and birmingham and birmingham.turns and i'm not the first person to find this one particular fact about burning man. turns out that there was a civil rights organization in the 1960s that looked at resist and to the civil rights movement and looked at terrorist attacks, looked at bombings. it turns out that atlanta had more terrorist bombings in birmingham. did we look at the school system. the reason we don't have the images is because atlanta did not segregate its public school system. we didn't have a ruby bridges. we we'd have a little rock now said, i will close all the schools down before i integrate right. the absence of the images did not mean that there was a presence of justice. right. and so what you have in these distorted narrative was fascinating. i was like, how is it that atlanta has been the city that we hear all the stuff about but the facts on the ground suggest otherwe? the busses in atlanta were integrated a year after the busses in montgomery. in fact, the picture of rosa parks sitting there f

i can joseph say what may come to birmingham the conservatives will never let them do to britain.ks of course mr. speaker this a serious point to be made here. what of the conspiracy which exists between the labour party and the conservative party what comes to 18 billion pounds. just last night the out like the fiscal year rules of the conservative party are in ef id. [inaudible] >> mr. speaker and approaching the effects. there was misleading. the pain is almost certainly coming. mr. speaker. savage budget. here's the reality. growing up down. taxes been cut by the uk government putting them up. the smp or labor and charged ass price.g people that paid the >> thank you mr. speaker. when you have extra time the prime minister of our country but using this and help the country level out. >> in the class honorable friend for raising this important issue. any application will be considered by the at the opportunity when it's been received. i am told there also in place to have key stakeholders to ensure is a rare opportunity to make their view in the future.f make of role. >> think