how i was born in birmingham and got a master's from birmingham, southern, a master's from the university of alabama. he worked for three southern newspapers, joined the times in 1978. as of correspondent in atlanta. he then white house correspondent and then became deputy washington correspondent bureau chief to became then london bureau chief, then became washington bureau chief. as you can see, he was moving up the ladder. then he was editor of the editorial for eight years and. finally, in 2000, one was named executive editor, which is the top job at the times. in his spare time. he won the pulitzer prize for his writing and he's managed to find way to write five books in the process of this. some of you may have attended the appearance of his son ben raines, who participated in open book open mind during the pandemic and it was a virtual appearance. we were doing it remotely at that time and he had done a book on his role in the discovery of the last slave ship. go, hilda. so this this is a second appearance for the raines family in conversation with howell as edward ball, who was an

jack carson is outside birmingham crown court . jack, birmingham crown court.ed the nation and indeed cody's mother, tracy gave an incredibly moving statement. a short while ago. what's the latest ? latest? >> yeah, well, those statements from the family that we've heard outside birmingham crown court upon the sentencing of cody fisher's killers, really driving home, how just how tragic this killing was. of course, cody fisher was a 23 year old semi—professional footballer for local teams here around the birmingham area. he was also a p.e. birmingham area. he was also a pe. teacher at a local school . p.e. teacher at a local school. but on boxing day in 2022, remi gordon and cami carpenter were found by a jury here at birmingham crown court to have killed cody fisher in what was called a pre—planned act of retribution . the court heard retribution. the court heard today meant that the two engaged in significant planning in to order carry out a sustained group attack in which cody fisher was killed after a knife was stabbed into his chest and killed him. after t

i just said nottingham, run birmingham, or indeed slias i just said , nottingham, run birmingham, orun birmingham, or indeed slias i just said , higher crime n, or as i just said, higher crime on average in each labour, police crime commissioner police and crime commissioner area. crystal mr area. it's crystal clear, mr speaken area. it's crystal clear, mr speaker, whenever labour in speaker, that whenever labour in charge it's working. people that pay charge it's working. people that pay the price . pay the price. >> mr speaker, while 64,000 people are on the waiting list for a council house in the west midlands , families are living in midlands, families are living in hotels in cold and damp homes and mouldy flats. the mayor of the west midlands, andy street, has built 46 social homes in eight prime eight years. does the prime minister think is good minister think that is good enough? mr enough? yes, mr >> andy street is >> mr speaker, andy street is absolutely delivering for the west midlands. he's unlike the labour mayor in london. he's delivered on all his housing targets , in f

bbc�*s hit series peaky blinders has described his latest drama, this town, as a love letter to birminghamnd coventry. set in the 1980s, it follows the formation of a band as the two tone music scene was exploding into the pop charts against a backdrop of civil unrest. oliver coates got in touch with us after watching that and recorded his thoughts on video. i was compelled to voice my dissatisfaction with the bbc, given the sheer enormity of events that have occurred over the last few days around the world and the shortness of the bulletin. for some reason, the bbc thought it necessary to insert a three minute piece purporting to bring attention to people that a new broadcaster have become available, at drama called this town. they dressed it up with vox pops. they dressed it up with library footage and made a big point about it being by the creators of the peaky blinders. i really don't think it necessary the bbc to put even more adverts for their own programmes purporting to be news when there's quite clearly enough of other things that need to be discussed. very, very poor. very, very

andrew rogers reports from birmingham.sive event and a chance to see some of the best professional players in the world. if you don't know about it, you think, well, you're still watching people on screen, right? it's like, why can't you do that at home? but it is a completely different ball game if everybody comes together and you have the atmosphere and everything. such a high skill ceiling, l so seeing the best players in the world do it, . what a masterpiece. it�*s heavily crowded, and why not? i mean, people would love events like this. these are full—time gamers competing for serious prize money. here in birmingham, a share of more than £800,000 is on the line and, of course, a very big trophy. events like this one really do pull in the crowds, and they�*re part of a global industry estimated to be worth more than £800 million. when you pick a city or a place, it�*s about more destination, how the experience of the city can be, and birmingham is a great example of what that can be. it doesn�*t have to be a city that

and a once in a decade sight as this rare flower from the children andes blooms in birmingham.. reaction as a muslim student on newsnight at 10:30pm... it seems the prime minister will get his smoking and vape ban, but only because the opposition rode to the rescue. what does it tell us that a senior cabinet minister, five other ministers and two tory former prime ministers refused to support rishi sunak? the vote in the commons was overwelming and never destined to be a close—run thing, with labour backing the government's plans to ban anyone born after 2009 from buying cigarettes. 57 conservative mps did vote against the bill, including the business secretary kemi badenoch, arguing it was an attack on personal freedoms. but the health secretary victoria atkins said, "there's no liberty in addiction." in a moment, hugh pym will look at the implications of any new law for the nhs, but first, chris mason is at westminster. good evening. this is a place normally associated with tribal and noisy party politics but there was less of that today because there was widespread agreement

and it is chris in birmingham.nd just so i don't get lonely in here, i'm joined by some friends of the podcast. ailbhe rea is associate editor at bloomberg. hello, ailbhe. hello, thank you for having me. and nick watt is political editor of newsnight. hello, nick. hello, adam. this means we've got bbc one and bbc two sewn up tonight. genius move. very clever move. right, the first story we're going to talk about is about the mp mark menzies, who represents a seat in the north—west of england and, until wednesday night, he was a conservative mp. he's now been stripped of the whip and is an independent and the claims were made in the times newspaper on wednesday night. the newspaper is alleging that, in the recent past, he made a phone call at 3:15am to his former campaign manager, who is 78 years old. and the allegation is that mark menzies said, "i am locked in a flat and i need £5,000 of money to be let out." and then the paper goes on to allege that that money was paid, but then it was reimbursed, the paper claim

phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham.rthplace of the olympics, in olympia. stay with us here on bbc news. hello, there. it's not been as windy today. there's still a number of showers around. if we look out in the atlantic, this is where we've got high pressure at the moment. and around that, there is some cloud coming in. we'll get some of that later tonight and into tomorrow. but ahead of that, we've still got these north to north westerly winds. they are feeding in this colder air and a mixture of sunshine and showers, some of which could be heavy, had some threatening clouds already. and we're going to find some heavier showers pushing into the south east of england later on in the day. these are the temperatures, so we're still below average. could make double figures, though, across the central belt and 1a perhaps in south wales. but there will be some heavier showers as we head towards the end of the afternoon. those in the south east will move away. we'll see another band of showers pushing across northern england

birmingham's dudley road mosque. as they passed a caribbean food store. there's a confrontation between the two. a 70 year old riaz pushes abkar back in an attempt to get him to leave him alone. like his previous attack, abkar takes a clear plastic bottle from a rucksack , pours petrol on his rucksack, pours petrol on his coat and sets it on fire in this photo released by the riaz family, the extent of the injuries can be seen just 24 hours after the attack. evidence collected by west midlands police shows how badly his clothes were burnt. chief inspector haroon chugtai, of birmingham police describes the attacks. >> these were horrific, unprovoked attacks on men in their 705 and 805. >> the two men who had left their mosques after their prayers very close to ramadan. starting so you can understand the tensions and the fears in the tensions and the fears in the wider muslim community. >> you can see from the cctv that these attacks were planned. >> you can hear from the screams of mr riaz, which were caught on cctv ,

max gorden joins us live from birmingham, alabama. what's it like?. >> reporter: hey, good morning from beautiful birmingham. we've got some gorgeous weather on tap. your temperatures in the 70s, lots of sunshine for killoff at 6 p.m. local are time -- kickoff, 7 p.m. eastern as the stallions take on the memphis showboats. if you haven't watched the ufl before, it is a really cool experience. for fans here e in the stadium, really intimate, really close to the players. and if you're watching on tv, that is neat as well. a lot of technology is being used to broadcast these games on fox sports. we talked to a producer with fobs sports about all the a tech they're using. take a listen. >> oh, we've got a lot of toys that we like to play with. one of the best ones is we have the helmet cams. they work, we took players, one of the offense and and up one from the if defense, and they give us a unique look at the huddle. other ones we have is the hine of game pylons that follow the play on the first and 10 down lean -- line, and they give you unique if look

as you said, the esl one event is in birmingham. know dota 2, the game they are playing here, it's a multiplayer online battle arena and it's a serious staff, professional players going for big sums of money. potentially. sums of money. what professional players going for big sums of money.— professional players going for big sums of mone . ~ ., ., , , ., sums of money. what does this mean, bein: in sums of money. what does this mean, being in the — sums of money. what does this mean, being in the uk? _ sums of money. what does this mean, being in the uk? what _ sums of money. what does this mean, being in the uk? what is _ sums of money. what does this mean, being in the uk? what is the _ sums of money. what does this mean, being in the uk? what is the uk- sums of money. what does this mean, being in the uk? what is the uk role i being in the uk? what is the uk role in all of this? aha, being in the uk? what is the uk role in all of this?— in all of this? a lot of local authorities _ in all of this? a lot of local authorities have

this town is set in 1980s birmingham, and follows the formation of a band and the rise of the two toneost famous sounds of the 80s with bands such as the specials and the selecter, and it all started in the west midlands. 0ur reporter ben sidwell can tell us more. i don't think we were a political party, we were a pop group, but we had this political message. what i thought was odd at the time was if somebody could have a record out in that period and not mention what was going on outside in the street. # i bought my baby a red radio. # he played it all. day, go—go a—go—go. i've always felt very, very strongly that the two—tone movement was bigger than all of us. that's why it survives. it was that moment in time, at the time nobody saw, but it was unique. coventry, 1979. a backdrop of rising unemployment, social unrest and racial tension that gave birth to a genre of music that seemed to sum up the feel of the city and the country — two—tone. it was the only reason i wanted to write songs was the enormities that were going on. we were only singing about what was being talked about in

mixed views in the centre of birmingham. i might vote for him.ot a conservative vote, i've never voted conservative, ever. but he is an independent person, as far as i can understand. i will probably vote labour, to be honest. would you always vote labour? not always. but i probably will this time. why do you think you will vote this time? i don't like the direction of the conservatives in the past eight years. are you tempted to give an indication of who you might vote for? no! not even my husband knows who i'm going to vote for! we've been married for. 40 years, and i still don't know who she votes for! that's quite something! so do you go to the polling station together? yes. and you enter the booth, and that's a private matter? yes. that's it, yes. discretion in a crucial battleground. there are 26 parliamentary constituencies wholly within the west midlands combined authority area. many will be fought on new boundaries. calculations suggest that the tories would have won 13 of them in 2019. current opinion polls suggest a national swing of b

and, thousands of people gather in birmingham for the grand final of one of the biggest gaming contestse to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we start in the us and the white house has confirmed that president biden has spoken to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyuahu about the situation in gaza. in a statement — the white house said that the president reaffirmed his ironclad commitment to israel's security. it referenced what it said was a �*successful defence against iran's unprecedented missile and drone attack earlier this month. the two leaders reviewed ongoing talks to secure the release of hostages together with an immediate ceasefire in gaza. and they also discussed increases in the delivery of humanitarian assistance into gaza — through preparations to open new northern crossings, starting this week. the statement concludes that �*the leaders discussed rafah — and the president reiterated his clear position�* — although it didn't give details of what that is. in the last few hours it's also been announced that us secretary of state, antony b

it's called, in in birmingham . very nice part of birmingham. very nice part of birmingham.rmingham. i say, you know, you've got to have money there, but these people are complaining about it. presumably when they bought their properties, did they not look at the terms and conditions. i don't know. >> that's a very good point. >> that's a very good point. >> neighbours. >> neighbours. >> yeah. yeah. i don't know where it says, it's , calthorpe where it says, it's, calthorpe estates. we've always invested in maintaining the integrity and penod in maintaining the integrity and period charm of the estates to provide a quality environment where people want to live. >> well, it's interesting , i >> well, it's interesting, i mean, expanding from the conversation we've just had about what it means to be, you know, english, the whole sort of englishman's home is his castle is quite sacrosanct. and we don't we don't like to be told what to do, and we don't like to be pushed around. so this seems to be sort of in flying in the face of that. but it's fascinating to me that there is thi

i love being here in birmingham, alabama. i have to go back to los angeles tomorrow.a little bit bummed out. the food here is a lot better than the l.a. it is none of that kale and granola. we have fried chicken and barbecue, good stuff. >> jacqui: enjoy your great assignment today, you are doing a great job. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> before we make this thing official, i thought i would give you guys some advice. you got to fight for your right to party! >> griff: nfl stars, travis and jason kelce kicking off alumni weekend at their alma mater, at the university of cincinnati, in ohio. the two were awarded with their diplomas years ago but missed the commencement ceremonies and didn't get to do the walk. travis danced on stage to instrumental rendition of girlfriend taylor swift's shake it off and chugged a beer. you have to see this. it is unbelievable. you know, i don't know whether taylor swift approved of this, jacqui, or what the swiftie nation feels. one thing is for sure, these kelce brothers know how to chug beer, and that's an okay thing in my bo

birmingham city two points above the drop and middle wall and stoke city are nervously looking over theirtheir shoulders. the championship always - over their shoulders. the championship always gripping, ben croucher, the championship. always gripping. the burnley manager vincent kompany says the standard of refereeing in the premier league hasn't been good enough this season. he was shown a red card over the weekend during their draw at chelsea, after protesting against a penalty decision that saw one of his players sent off. the frustration comes from the fact that is a succession of mistakes, and it's always debatable, so when it's one game and one event and is debatable, just like this case could be debatable, less so than other cases, i think, but you can always debate, but it is the succession of it for us this season, and the effects on points. kompany was speaking ahead of their game against wolves tomorrow night. we've also heard from the west ham manager david moyes today. he's urged the supporters to get behind kalvin phillips. the hammers were leading newcastle 3—1 on saturday

gamers go head to head with £800,000 up for grabs in the grand final of the esl 0ne tournament in birmingham hello, i'm samantha simmonds. in the past hour, the white house said president biden has spoken to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyuahu about the situation in gaza. hours earlier, the palestinian president said only the us could prevent an israeli attack on rafah, where more than a million people have fled. mahmoud abbas is at the world economic forum summit in riyadh. he will be joined there on monday by the us secretary of state, antony blinken. other key international figures are expected in the saudi city and sideline meetings are expected to discuss the war in gaza and the way forward. that could include further ceasefire talks — a hamas delegation is reportedly in cairo for discussions there on monday. this is the appeal from palestinian president mahmoud abbas to the us, urging it convince israel to reconsider any offensive in rafah. translation: and i say here - what's happening now in gaza, | and what will happen in the coming few days, and what israel will do by invadi

exceptions are financially troubled birmingham where council tax will go up 21% over two years and scotlandre its mainly frozen. most broadband and mobile phone providers are currently introducing mid—contract price rises of up to 8.8%. the good news — falling energy prices. the annual energy bill for a household using a typical amount of gas and electricity will fall to £1,690, which is the lowest for two years. let's get more on this from our money and work reporter, peter ruddick. there is a mixed picture there, but a lot of bills going up? yes. there is a mixed picture there, but a lot of bills going up?— a lot of bills going up? yes. you alwa s a lot of bills going up? yes. you always get _ a lot of bills going up? yes. you always get winners _ a lot of bills going up? yes. you always get winners and - a lot of bills going up? yes. you always get winners and losers i a lot of bills going up? yes. you i always get winners and losers at this time of year, the start of the new financial year and we work out what is coming in and what is going out and how those things have changed. i think

our midlands correspondent phil mackie is at birmingham crown court for us.vial incident on christmas eve 2022 when cody fisher and his friends were in a crowded bar in solihull and they walked past a man called remy gordon. gordon took umbrage at this and started arguing. cody fisher refused to be intimidated or bullied and left the club. but remy gordon and left the club. but remy gordon and his friend kami carpente tracked him down and set about taking revenge. and in a nightclub in birmingham, they went with a zombie knife they smuggled in and attacked him on the dance floor. cody fisher died in the arms of his girlfriend. two weeks ago, they were both convicted of murder. today, they are here being sentenced and we have heard victim statements both from cody fisher's girlfriend who said the past 14 months have been horrific, but winning sink in being attacked and holding him as he took his life breath and died in my arms was the most terrific experience of my life —— last breath. tracy fisher acknowledged there are other parents who had to suffer the sam

not desperately cold for example in birmingham, around fouror for example in birmingham, around four for sunday. it starts off with sparkling blue sunshine but through the morning into the afternoon the clouds will bubble up, showers are possible. frequent ones in northern ireland and scotland. the further east and south you are, the drier it will be. temperatures much lower. 15 in london, ten in glasgow. average for the time of year. on monday, the low pressure sweeps in with strong winds and it will be a blustery day, and a day of april showers. some showers will bring hail, thunder, rainbows with big, towering cumulus clouds and the chance of some wintry net across northern hills. it will feel cold with temperatures not reaching double figures across scotland and northern ireland. in the south, below par as well. 10-12 c. is it the south, below par as well. 10—12 c. is it going to stay chilly? it looks as though it will stay chilly through most of the week with april showers but hints of things turning just a little bit milder towards the end of the week. this is bbc news, the hea

phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett.air has slipped in across many parts of europe and at home we have the risk of frost at night in the next couple of frost at night in the next couple of nights. it is

it cost lots of money and cost birmingham some £778 million to put on 2022.e back in terms of the uk economy, particularly in the region where birmingham is, the west midlands, but malaysia and singapore have said no after victoria, and the last six occasions of the games five of those have been by countries in the uk or austria. so there is a narrowing list of countries who are able to and interested in hosting these games. it's a huge multisport event and brings lots of athletes who care about winning gold medals at the commonwealth games, particularly british athletes who get to compete in it an arena and events they don't normally get to do, so there are personal stories and significant moments of history that the commonwealth games can call upon, but whether it is a financial and logistical necessity now for the countries making a decision about hosting,. with two years ago, it's an open question. you hosting,. with two years ago, it's an open question.— hosting,. with two years ago, it's an open question. you need a host, thank ou an open question. you

so we know about birmingham and we know about dynamite hill and birmingham and birmingham. it 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 because atlanta stay far. they were like the governor 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 otherwise? the busses in atlanta were integrated a year after the busses in mo

two men have beenjailed for life for the murder of cody fisher in a birmingham nightclub.n 26 december 2022. remy gordon and kami carpenter were found guilty of murder last month. gordon will have to serve at least 26 years before he's eligible for parole and carpenter must serve a minimum term of 25 years. the court was told mr fisher was targeted for simply brushing past gordon at a busy bar two days before his death. in another developing story... and to the premier league, where everton have been docked a further �*two points' — for a breach of profitability and sustainability rules. in november, everton was hit with its first ten point deduction, for breaking financial rules. on appeal, that was reduced to six points. this latest deduction puts everton 16th in the premier league — just two points above the relegation zone. we'll have much more on this in our sports bulletin, in about 15 minutes. let's return to the us and an issue that will be absolutely key in november's presidential election. in a video posted to social media donald trump has announced that his poli

i've got salon in birmingham. >> clark, you've many birmingham. >> years. ark, you've many birmingham birmingham. >> years.arwould hope many birmingham. >> years.arwould hope so.any more years. i would hope so. thank joining us. thank thank you for joining us. thank you jacob, you very much indeed. jacob, what coming up on what have you got coming up on your tonight? are you ready your show tonight? are you ready for hairstyle? for a new hairstyle? >> i've not the same >> i've not only had the same hairstyle many, many years, hairstyle for many, many years, i've same barber i've had the same barber for many years, and he's now well into wonderful man who many years, and he's now well into my wonderful man who many years, and he's now well into my father onderful man who many years, and he's now well into my father inderful man who many years, and he's now well into my father in good. man who many years, and he's now well into my father in good order who kept my father in good order before sort of hoping to before me. so sort of hoping to carry that but am carry on that way. but what a

and we'll see the results of that in labour run birmingham.e waited for more than 24 hours in a&e.10,000 people over 65 waiting on hard plastic chairs or in trolleys in our accident and emergency department. the prime minister tells us he has a plan for the nhs, but what people in north shropshire want to know is how long they are going to have to wait for him to get on and fix the issues where we are. mr him to get on and fix the issues where we are.— him to get on and fix the issues where we are. ~ ,,, ., ,, where we are. mr speaker, with the record funding _ where we are. mr speaker, with the record funding we _ where we are. mr speaker, with the record funding we are _ where we are. mr speaker, with the record funding we are putting i where we are. mr speaker, with the record funding we are putting into i record funding we are putting into the nhs, our urgent emergency care plan is delivering more ambulances, more beds and also fast to discharge through our hospitals to speed the flow and that plan is working. of course there is more to do

birmingham counsel had over one billion pounds taken for some of the poorest people. more than 16,000 families wait losing their homes after the mini budget. meanwhile, former prime minister parades around the world in a victory lap saying that the mini budget was her proudest moment. since she won't apologize to those families, >> what the prime minister has done is taken on restoring stability to our economy and taken inflation down to 3% and as a result, in an increasingly dangerous world, the prime minister was able to announce his plan for the biggest strengthening of defense spending in a generation. this should come as no surprise that the party opposite refuses to say whether they back it or not. this comes from the right honorable lady devoted to scrap this and installing in downing street someone who wanted to change the army into a peace corps. there you have it. >> since we all want to see inflation at 5%, we haven't change the situation since napoleon. never mind the secrets of the state, never mind the secretive deep state, it's a state of the tory party

for your perspective today. - scott lucas — professor of american studies at the university of birminghammilitary aid package approved by the us house of representatives will give ukraine a chance of victory in its war against russia. he said it would help it retake the initiative. he pushed back at complaints that the us had spent too much on the war, saying ukraine was protecting freedom and democracy across europe. our correspondent in kyiv, james waterhouse, has the latest. a production line waiting for a presidential sign—off. freshly made artillery shells in this factory in pennsylvania, usa — now almost certain to make their way to a ukrainian battlefield, where there are holes instead of rounds. after america threw its weight back behind ukraine the message here is "you make it, we'll use it." near kupiansk in the north—east it is the russians who are edging closer. translation: it's better now- if we let them attack and we defend but when we get the shells, drones, and whatever else in this package, we can turn things around. it's hoped this us aid will save ukrainian lives and c

hugh pym, bbc news, birmingham.nvestigation by bbc newsnight, on the care of young people unsure of their gender, lifting the lid on problems in nhs services. in recent years, there has been a sharp rise in the number of children and young people, accessing gender services. sophie hutchinson is here with more details. one of the striking factors about the former nhs gender identity service is the exponential growth in the number of referrals over the past 15 years. have a look at this graph — back in 2009, just 51 children and adolescents were referred for treatment. but by 2016, thatjumped to more than 1,700. and when the old service closed last month, there were thousands of young patients on the waiting list. one of the factors that has perplexed experts is the change in the case mix. previously it was mostly boys being referred for gender related problems, but by 2016 that changed and close to 70% of those referred were girls. the review 5 chair said there 5 no clear explanation for the rise in girls but its cle

aqib khan, who is from birmingham , told who is from birmingham, told students that those who supportat he sent topless pictures of himself to messaging groups that included students, the teaching regulation agency says mr khan engagedin regulation agency says mr khan engaged in serious misconduct and undermined what were described as fundamental british values . a third of people who values. a third of people who have tried to book an appointment with a gp in the last month say that they've struggled to speak to someone, a major new survey found. more than 31% found it either very difficult or difficult to contact a gp practice. the figures were roughly the same across people with disabilities or low incomes, with the or on low incomes, with the north—west of england reporting the worst results. and among those who eventually did book an appointment , 20% report having those who eventually did book an appointment, 20% report having a poor experience . and the royal poor experience. and the royal mail is pushing the postal regulator to speed up reforms, including cutting back on secon

there was the story of a five—a—side footballer from birmingham who was said to have a bruise on histher funny this. tom, you tweeted about this. i wonder what purposeit tweeted about this. i wonder what purpose it serves. it shows that media newsrooms are useless and incompetent and allow these to slip by, but is it damaging? this incompetent and allow these to slip by, but is it damaging?— by, but is it damaging? this is the thin. it's by, but is it damaging? this is the thing- it's a _ by, but is it damaging? this is the thing. it's a prank, _ by, but is it damaging? this is the thing. it's a prank, right? - thing. it's a prank, right? conning newspapers publishing stories that aren't true is one of the oldest pranks going. it's hundreds of years old, quite literally. that's what he's doing. this idea that he's therefore pushing hateful news out by doing and morally unpleasant thing is our a weak point. i don't think he's shedding any light on the problem of fake news. he'sjust doing a prank, and he's caught between a not funny prank and an unspecific piece of satire. it's a sophi

a big win for birmingham, a point clear of the bottom three, after a 3—0 victory over coventry.portsmouth, who drew i—all with bolton. but playing in league one next season will be stockport county, who've beaten morecambe 2—0 to win promotion from league two at edgeley park. and ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney have delivered the sequel — having jumped from the national league last season, wrexham are now promoted to league one, after a 6—0 win over forest green rovers. much more reaction to that, and the rest of the day's football, on the bbc sport website. time now for some of the day's other sport stories. england bowler liam livingstone took one wicket, and all—rounder sam curran two for punjab kings, but their contributions weren't enough to avoid a three—wicket defeat to rajastan royals in the indian premier league. it will be an all—spanish front row for moto gp�*s grand prix of the americas this weekend. maverick vinales smashed the lap record at the circuit of the americas by half a second, beating pedro acosta and marc marquez to pole. great britain won men's and wome

here in birmingham, a share of more than £800,000 is on the line and, of course, a very big trophy.part of a global industry estimated to be worth more than £800 million. when you pick a city or a place, it's about more destination, how the experience of the city can be, and birmingham is a great example of what that can be. it doesn't have to be a city that everyone is dying to visit and there's a bunch of tourism, that's not necessarily the point. it's about how the community brings together, how the people want to welcome you. this is just the first event in a bumper yearfor uk e—sports, culminating in the league of legends world series. tonight, though, it's all about the winners, team falcon. i've dedicated a large portion of my life to this game. it is my craft that i've chosen, and i'm very pleased to be able to have such great success. quite literally at the top of his game. andrew rogers, bbc news. let me show you the most—watched video on the bbc news website and app. a plane full of toy giraffes has taken to the skies over the uk. 500 of the cuddly toys were on board the

one of those could be sonja from birmingham.st. she then opted to go private. hopefully with the review and its findings, the young trans people of today and the next generations can have a more human and a more respectful transition. nhs england says there will be an implementation plan. for sonja, it's the detail and delivery which will count. hugh pym, bbc news, birmingham. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. former president donald trump has said that arizona went "too far" on abortion — after the state's high court issued a ruling outlawing abortion unless the mothers life is in danger. the law revives a near—total ban on abortion that dates back 160 years — making a termination or helping a woman to obtain an abortion punishable by two to five years in prison. the ruling in arizona came a day after mr trump said abortion should be left for individual states to decide — not the federal government. let's speak to dr alison norris, professorat ohio state university and co—chair of wecount — a us abortion dat

no response in 63, right after birmingham. but he really he came into office he'd been a playboy in congress in the in the senate. he'd never pursued a serious bill. he wasn't respected at all. he was viewed as a playboy, handsome, charismatic, wealthy pulitzer prize winning historian. profiles in courage which, of course, was written by ted sorenson. and he got it because his father manipulated the pulitzer panel that that as it may he didn't know anything about economic policy or fiscal policy but he knew, my god, i'm president now better learn this stuff. so he surrounded himself. the top economic thinkers study hard, learned it and could come up with a good policy in a short period of time. same with foreign policy. he'd been i mean, he fought in world war famous 109. but he learned early on with the bay of pigs he didn't know much about foreign policy at all. originally he deferred to the military brass and that was disastrous in the bay of pigs. and one lesson learned was, no, you can't just accept all these things, guy.

foden scored a hat-trick, birmingham were defeated 4:1.re third, but have caught up with liverpool in the championship table, however, jurgen klopp's team has a game in hand. arsenal achieved a 2:0 victory over luten town. who is currently the leader of the championship. however, in terms of lost points, liverpool is higher than the gunners here too. odegaard and hasioka scored for luton. baer is close to the trophy not only in the bundesliga. the day before, the team, transformed by xabi alonso, reached the german cup final. leverkusen defeated fortuna with a score of 4:00. the scoring was opened in the seventh minute by frimpong. in the twentieth, amin adli doubled the lead. finally, the same wirtz scored a double, converting a penalty in the sixtieth minute. 4:0. bayern will meet in the final with kaiser-slautern, which is stronger than sahr brücken in the semi-finals. 2:0. the meeting will take place on may 25 at the olympia stadion in berlin. a goal from the main french star paris saint-germain quellano mbappe brought the team to the

clearly birmingham airport are working on the scenario.gain to these passengers. but of course , what you always then of course, what you always then get is a build up, a bottleneck of both passengers and flights that were supposed to take off, that were supposed to take off, that will take off late, and then flights that have been stacking up , waiting to land stacking up, waiting to land that will probably be diverted to other airports. and that causes all kinds of problems in terms of scheduling of flights and inconvenience to passengers. but for the moment it is a security incident, a suspicious package found on an aircraft, the an aer lingus flight that was bound for belfast. that aircraft has returned to birmingham and all emergency services are at the scene. after the aircraft landed safely on the aircraft landed safely on the scene. >> thank you, mark wyatt, for that update on the incident at birmingham airport. now plenty more to bring you in our action packed a muslim students challenge at the high court against a london school's

birmingham city council, labour run, is a shambles, isn't it?'s be clear, birmingham has had many issues and mistakes have been made. but we can't avoid the fact that the government have taken £1 billion out of the budgets of the city council, and that has done a lot of damage. from the contest here to the wider landscape. north yorkshire and the east midlands are electing mayors for the first time in a fortnight. elsewhere, it's still fairly new. what you think should happen next with mayors, and what would you say to the person who says, it'sjust yet more politicians? in many places, mayors are only being elected for the second or third time. so it's a relatively new kind of governance we are seeing. i think there is quite a strong case, both from an economic and social point of view, but also from a fairness and democratic point of view for evening of that and completing the map of english devolution. that will be a call for whoever governs after the general election. firstly it is local, mayoral and police and crime commissioner elections in