wayne's world at st andrews, as rooney hopes to take birmingham city to the next level. and wales cruise past gibraltar in a friendly with a debut for the son of familiar welsh face. rohit sharma's record—breaking century fired india to an 8—wicket victory over afghanistan at the cricket world cup. afghanistan were 63—3 when captain hashmatullah shahidi and azmatullah omarzai put on 121 for the fourth wicket, but jasprit bumrah�*s 4—39 reduced them to 272—8 in delhi. rohit sharma then hit 131 from 84 balls, his 7th world cup ton, a new record, beating the six of the legendary sachin tendulkar. india reached their target with 15 overs to spare. it is a second defeat in two games for afghanistan, two wins from two for india. every team will have batsmen and bowlers. we also have batsmen and bowlers. you are not preparing specially for any special team, we are looking for answers more than special team, we are looking for ourselves more than the others because we realise that if we focus on our team and our strengths, everything else will take care of itself. so we are focu

wayne rooney is back in the english game, he's the new manager at birmingham city.league recognises its best wins the inaugural wheels of steel award. hello there. nine months to go before the start of the paris olympics, team gb have confirmed their first athletes for the games. ten sailors have been named today. sailing is one of great britain's most successful sports, they've won more medals than any other nation. let's speak to our reporter matt graveling, who was at today's announcement. hi, matt. we still seem a long way out, but sailing always go early, tea m team gb i'm naming the sellers because they have already qualified for quite a few of the olympic sports. —— sailors. we have found out the first ten names that will be flying the flag for team gb in paris next year. britain's success on the water has been unmatched by ceiling since itjoined —— —— ceiling since itjoined the olympic movement. there are gold medals unmatched by any other nation but we have now seen a new breed of people coming through saw some of the name that were a was today having the f

he's the new manager at championship side birmingham city.and striker has been coaching in the mls, but stepped down at dc united over the weekend after they failed to reach the play—offs. 0ur correspondent nesta mcgregor is here. nesta, he's been linked with the job at st andrews for a couple of months, but how has this gone down, because it's not as if the club was in massive trouble? no, it's not very often that 11 games into and you sizing —— new season and with the team occupying a play—off spot they let the manager go. apparently the owners and john justice didn't share the same footballing philosophy. wayne rooney comes in, decorated player. apparently, he is the man after a 13 year gap from the premier league, he is the want to take them back there. they said they wanted somebody who would adopt and implement and no fear approach to football. this is theirjob in management. there must be some excitement around the club because he is one of the biggest names in football. he has to maintain their position in the play—off places. excitem

and manchester united star wayen rooney has been linked with the vacant manager's position at birmingham cityead coachjohn eustace this morning. rooney left his role as coach of united states mls side dc united over the weekend after one season in charge. despite a 2—0 victory on saturday, dc failed to qualify for the mls play—offs for a fourth straight season. birmingham have won their last two matches and sit sixth in the championship rachel brown—finnis has described the decision to send off alex greenwood in their women's super league clash with chelsea for time wasting is ridiculous. fara williams said it was shocking. it certainly caused quite a storm. joe, talk us through what happened and why such a reaction. fine through what happened and why such a reaction. ., ., , ., reaction. one of the more unusual afternoons — reaction. one of the more unusual afternoons we _ reaction. one of the more unusual afternoons we have _ reaction. one of the more unusual afternoons we have had _ reaction. one of the more unusual afternoons we have had in - reaction. one of the more unusual afternoons we

he's taken charge of birmingham city.revious boss john eustace, despite guiding them to back—to—back wins and sixth in the championship after 11 games. rooney described it as a project that gives him a sense of purpose and wants to elevate the club to the next level. it's been 12 years since birmingham last played in the premier league. there's good news for ireland ahead of saturday's rugby world cup quarterfinal against new zealand — wing mack hansen will be fit. he hurt his calf win in last week's win over scotland but has recovered in time to start against the all blacks at the stade de france. head coach andy farrell has named an unchanged 15 from last weekends win over the scots. texas rangers are through to what is essentially the semifinals in major league baseball's postseason, completing a clean sweep over the baltimore orioles. home runs for corey seager and adolis garcia with pitchers nathan eovaldi and jose leclerc setting up a first american league championship series since 2011. they'll play either houston

wayne rooney has been linked with the vacant manager's position at english championship club, birmingham citys role as coach of mls side dc united over the weekend. seven—time super bowl champion tom brady is a minority owner of the side, who lie sixth in the championship. they sacked head coachjohn eustace on earlier on monday. carlos alcaraz beat britain's dan evans in at the shanghai masters but it was far from straightforward. the world number two came from a break down in the first set to force a tie—break against evans. and after taking the first point of that, with some great defensive work and a cross—court winner, the spaniard stayed in control to edge ahead in their third round match. evans was far from done, though. he broke alcaraz again early in the next set. but he was pegged back and lost the second, while serving to stay in the match. two sets to love, in two and a half hours. alcaraz will play grigor dimitrov in the last 16. there was a shock, with world number six stefanos tsitsipas beaten by france's ugo humbert, 30 places below the greek in the rankings. this one went to t

i just wanted to thank everyone who's helped me get to this point, you know, from birmingham city tod with the national team and most importantly, my family and my mum and dad here tonight, my brother back home and yeah, thank you for all the support. it means a lot, and more to come. former spanish football federation president luis rubiales has been banned from all football—related activities for three years by the sport's world governing body, fifa. rubiales kissed spain forward jenni hermoso on the lips following the women's world cup final win over england. hermoso says it wasn't consensual with rubiales eventually stepping down from his role last month. he denies any wrongdoing. our reporterjo currie explains the latest developments... fifa say the ban related to a breach of article 13, which is the disciplinary code and offensive behaviour and violations of the principles of fair play. in a statement they said that fifa reiterates its absolute commitment to respecting and protecting the integrity of all people and ensuring that the basic rules of decent conduct are upheld. now

wayne's world at st andrew's as rooney hopes to take birmingham city to the next level.f a familiar welsh face. welcome along.

wayne's world at st andrews, as rooney hopes to take birmingham city to the next level.r the son of familiar welsh face. rohit sharma's record—breaking century fired india to an 8—wicket victory over afghanistan at the cricket world cup. afghanistan were 63—3 when captain hashmatullah shahidi and azmatullah 0marzai put on 121 for the fourth wicket, but jasprit bumrah's 4—39 reduced them to 272—8 in delhi. rohit sharma then hit 131 from 84 balls, his 7th world cup ton, a new record, beating the six of the legendary sachin tendulkar. india reached their target with 15 overs to spare.

birmingham. eugene theophilus conner was in power in this city. from 1937 to 1963. there were people that spoke up. there were people that protested. we got the homes bombed. we lost a lot lives in the first two months of 1946. there. six uniform, armed african-american veterans that came back from world war two, charged up with the v campaign. you see african-americans, servicemen and women couldn't settle for one victory. they had to have two. not only were they taking on hitler and nazism, they were taking on crow and racism. when they stood in the of birmingham to encourage people, to register to vote and overcome segregation. six of them were exact looted in birmingham, alabama, in the streets by the birmingham police department. if those young people could not have withstood the with the ring assault that was brought to bear upon them. it would have just did another thing that happened in for decades. so when we hear they endured let's not miss the fact. that the machinery was ready to move on they broke that machinery. they that process. and that's why they a

wayne's world at st andrew's as rooney hopes to take birmingham city to the next level. for son of a familiar welsh face. welcome along. rohit sharma's record breaking century fired india to an eight wicket victory over afghanistan at the cricket world cup.

in birmingham city, and down madrid with the national team and most importantly my family, my mum and brother back home and, yes, thank you for the support. it means a lot and, yes, more to come. it means a lot and, yes, more to come. the ballon d'or itself was given to a man who's now won it a record extending eight times, lionel messi named the best footballer in the world again. david beckham, who brought messi to inter miami in the us earlier this year, awarded him the trophy. yet another trophy for messi who's won the world cup and the copa america in the last year. he saw off competion from manchester city's erling haaland and psg's kylian mbappe. three lionesses were nominated for the women's award which went to spain's aitana bonmati after her world cup win, novak djokovic on presenting duties. england goalkeeper mary earps achieved a fifth place finish while team—mate rachel daly was 10th. south africa have received a heroes welcome as they returned from france after winning the world cup for a record fourth time. captain siya kolisi here with the webb ellis cup leading the c

english head coach of america's dc united , took over the leadership of the championship team of birmingham city with a three-and-a-half-year contract. to the end of this section we have arrived. thank you for your companion. have a good time . god bless you. in the name of god, the most merciful, the most merciful , we present to you the news of 18:00. in the continuation of the resistance operation, the media of the zionist regime reported shooting at the al-infaq crossing between quds and beit lahem. it is said that a settler was injured in this shooting. there are also pictures of several rockets hitting from the gaza strip

wayne rooney became the first choice to coach birmingham city. today, janist was fired from the reputation of birmgam's head coach, who has a good position in the championship table and was fired in the sixth place. mohammad meshed khabarari. radio and television well, you have seen the world of football close to the royal moments of maghrib call to prayer, we are approaching the horizon of tehran , we will hear the call to prayer and prayer together, if there is a chance , god willing, we will be at your service after the call to prayer , begging to god, god is great, god is great. there is no god but allah, there is no god but allah, there is no god but allah , there is no god but allah, there is muhammad, the messenger of allah. god is the witness of the highest hajjah of god, may god live by peace, may god live by peace . may god live by peace. hai ali khair al-alam hai ali khair al-alam god is great, god is great, we ask for prayers from all of you, dear prayer-givers , and we present a report of jedo to your presence. will be determined he

and manchester united star wayne rooney has been linked with the vacant manager's position at birmingham city mls side dc united over the weekend. seven—time super bowl champion tom brady is a minority owner of the championship side who lie sixth in the table. stephanie frappart will become the first female official to oversee a men's international match at wembley when she takes charge of england's friendly with australia on friday. the french official became the first woman to referee a men's world cup fixture at last year's tournament in qatar. she's also taken charge of second and top tier matches in france — as well as the champions league back in 2020. and that's all the sport for now. live from london. this is bbc news. israel says it will use �*enormous force' against hamas. it orders tanks to the border, for what it calls a �*complete siege' of the gaza strip. reports the death toll in israel has passed 900. 2,500 are injured. the us and uk confirm they have citizens among the dead and missing. gaza is under near constant bombardment with more than 2,400 targets hit today. the health

the former england and manchester united striker is the new birmingham city manager on a three and ayear contract. good afternoon from the israeli border. we are here in southern as welljust a few miles from the gaza strip were tensions continue to rise. wejust heard the sirens going and you can test explosions in the air. the iron dome has been in action for hours this morning and is artillery has continued to fire at targets inside the gaza strip. a few moments ago we were asked to move away from my position closer to the border. and on the first day of this or the death toll continues to climb on both sides of the conflict. last night as well carried out more attacks against gazza heading to other targets for an official said that the death toll is now 1055 there and here in israel so far 1200 are known to have been killed in the attacks by hamas. a group that has been designated as a terrorist organisation by many western governments including the united kingdom. 0n the latest death toll at least 19 of the people are british known to be either dead or missing. we have been seeing

wayne rooney says he wants to take birmingham city to the next level after being named the new manageroney left dc united in the mls at the weekend after they failed to make the play—offs and he replacesjohn eustace, who had guided birmingham to sixth in the championship after 11 games. the former england striker says previous challenging environments have prepared him for the opportunity. it's been 12 years since birmingham last played in the premier league. it's the international football break right now with wales taking on gibraltar in a friendly in wrexham later. aaron ramsey and brennanjohnson are missing, which means reading midfielder charlie savage, son of robbie, could be in line for his debut. england face australia on friday. england defender harry maguire says a phone call from david beckham meant everything after he was jeered by scotland fans last month. maguire scored an own goal in a 3—1 win, but says he's been encouraged by beckham, who suffered plenty of abuse himself after being sent off at the �*98 world cup. about three weeks ago after the scotland game he got in

birmingham? was it the integration of the city of birmingham? yes it was. to integrate the most racist, segregated city in the nation was a huge part of it, that there were bigger things. a much bigger gain that they were playing. for 100 years, they've been trying to get some form of civil rights legislation. martin luther king jr. had even gone in late november, 1962, to try to say jack and bobby kennedy, please, now is the time, 100 years after the emancipation, let's write a second emancipation. jack and bobby wanted nothing to do with it. the civil rights bill might harm the re-election bid in 1964. so what was birmingham really about? here is what birmingham was really about. birmingham was really about, let's turn our bodies into metaphors of the black experience itself. if we can do that and if a new york times reporter knows that that happens, or of walter cronkite's camera crew is filming when that happens, then perhaps, just maybe, we can get the audience we really want. the men at 1600 pennsylvania avenue, if we can convince them that this is ame

it's been 12 years since birmingham last played in the premier league. glasgow city, some decent build up play releasing rakel engesvik who tapped in after rounding the keeper. glasgow city were soon 2—0 down, before engesvik would get on the scoresheet once again with this bit of ingenuity in the area. it leaves the scottish champions with work to do in next week's second leg. and that's all the sport for now. hello there. for those parts of the uk where it has been exceptionally warm over the last few days, there is something more autumnal on the way. that cooler feel already in evidence across northern areas. further south today we've had more in the way of cloud. that cloud has been producing some outbreaks of rain. you can see the division between that warm and actually rather humid air in the south with south—westerly winds, and the north—westerly winds bringing something cooler and more autumnal in the north. this weather front lies between those two air masses. it's been bringing quite a lot of rain for some of us during today. that front tending to slip its

wayne rooney held his first new conference at birmingham city this afternoon..5 year contract at the championship side. he stood down at dc united in the mls over the weekend and replacesjohn eustace who was sacked by city on monday. for myself, firstly, to get back into english football is great. it is what i wanted to do. i have had opportunities over the last 4—6 week at other clubs to do that, but i think since speaking to birmingham and send the ambitions of the club, where they want to go, where they want to get to. for myself, for the club, the goal is to get back to the premier league. i love the fact that we are in a good position. i love the challenge, i love the pressure of its and that is something i have dealt with since a young kid, coming through at 16. that is nothing new to me. that is nothing new to me. liam williams and dan biggar have been passed fit for their rugby world cup quarterfinal against argentina on saturday. that means wales are close to full strength, just missing their first choice number eight, talupe faletau, who is out of the

i don't know birmingham city. i don't know whether he calls them birmingham . he probably does.oes. he probably does. but anyway, it will probably all fit. big name, so fit. it's a big name, so hopefully will work for wayne hopefully it will work for wayne because to work. because he needs this to work. because this doesn't work, because if this doesn't work, then nowhere he can then there's nowhere else he can go after that. >> it really has the whole >> so it really has the whole managerial side just hasn't worked out for him, has it? >> but he has had >> exactly. but he has had things contend with, things to contend with, especially we'll especially with derby. but we'll see with birmingham. see how it goes with birmingham. should to spend. should have the money to spend. >> can talk scotland? yes. >> can we talk scotland? yes. and espana? yes >> game for scotland >> huge game for scotland tonight because scotland and although were beaten by england in couple of in that friendly a couple of weeks when it comes to the weeks ago when it comes to the euro qualifying they're just

but the thing is, if well, let's say you're a birmingham city fan.ere's no money. it's been a disaster. been badly disaster. it's been really badly run far as the club's going run as far as the club's going and team's going. and far as the team's going. it's just going down and down. then someone comes with then someone comes in with a huge of money and say, huge amount of money and say, we're going in the we're going to invest in the team they make us start. team and they make us start. you're really going to you're not really going to be turning win winners. >> getting >> brownite they're getting experience with dc united as well. >> and well, he has well, john eustace, i talked about john eustace, i talked about john eustace yesterday. eustace eustace yesterday. john eustace is manager was is the current manager or was the manager until the current manager until yesterday birmingham yesterday of being at birmingham city. been through a lot of city. he's been through a lot of the problems he'd been there for 15 and he's done pretty 15 months and he

birmingham city council really did have a diversity grove.men, they are up bankruptcy avenue . from what up bankruptcy avenue. from what we do know of labour's plans for the uk, the entire country would go the same way. labour's plan for energy we lovingly crafted by just stop oil would leave us gasping for energy imports from unfriendly foreign powers. their plan for immigration action would see the numbers coming into this country decided not by us, but by brussels and their plan for the economy has already signed the uk up to £90 billion of uncosted funding commitments before putting money on the credit card. didn't work out so well for them last time. now you could probably work out where this is going. dear chief secretary , no money left . left . secretary, no money left. left. and that reminder, ladies and gentlemen , should tell us that gentlemen, should tell us that we need to work to stop labour getting back in. we cannot let them do to the uk what they have done to wales, what they have done to wales, what they have done to wales,

sunok announced today the abandonment of one of the scale lines between the two largest cities, birmingham manchester. taxes will remain high until inflation is brought under control. sunok considers this task a priority. enemies openly oppose him on the sidelines of the conference. former prime minister lys tras crashed the british economy a year ago, but has not lost her ambitions. we need a free hand for businesses across britain. we need people who want to invest in our country, we need to recognize that our government is too big, our taxes are too high, and we we spend too much. the founder of the brexit party, nigel farage, another critic of the current cabinet, was seen surrounded by the tracks. at a karaoke party they teamed up with former minister of internal affairs pritipotel. farage was suspected of planning to return to the conservative party, which he left. let's see what happens, they will lose the next elections, then the most ambitious battle for ideas will begin. last summer faraji, as they say, was debanked here, his bank accounts were closed, he claims that he suffered

birmingham? was it the integration, the city of birmingham? yes, it was to integrate the most racist segregated city in the nation was a huge part of that. there was a bigger game. there was a much bigger game. they were playing for 100 years. they've been trying to get some form of civil legislation. numerous people in this country, martin luther king junior, had even gone in late. november 1962 to try to say jack and kennedy, please, now's the time. 100 years after, emancipate nation, let's write a second emancipation. let's offer no jack and bobby, nothing to do with that. they wanted to do with that because civil rights bill might harm jfk's bid in. 1964. so what birmingham really about here's what birmingham was really about. birmingham was really let's turn our bodies into metaphors of the black experience itself because if we can do that and if a new york times reporter is scribbling as that happens or, if walter cronkite's camera crew is as that happens, then just maybe we can get the audience that we really want the two men sitting at

the professor of black studies at birmingham city university claimed that university wants claimed thatnumber one white supremacy . one symbol of white supremacy. but doesn't say that's but it doesn't say that's actually was accessed actually what was being accessed in newsround piece that in the newsround piece that we're about. and we're talking about. and he wouldn't empire wouldn't said that the empire was worse than the. yeah, i mean, he's something that is a but what they're actually kind of talking about to try and explain what they've tried to do, i think perhaps it is in do, i think and perhaps it is in a kind of very heavy handed way is talk about what white privilege if you hear that phrase, means. so i phrase, what it means. so i think in some ways, explanations are a bad thing , but it are not a bad thing, but it depends on how you frame it. >> right. so. so you're from >> all right. so. so you're from the country? i'm from the west country? i'm from nottingham . yeah. nottingham midlands. yeah. west midlands, i'm from midlands, right. i'm from nottingham. we're both white.

west in west midlands police in partnership birmingham partnership with birmingham city council, successfully obtained psp and the order obtained the psp and the order is well publicised. failure to comply with the pspo is a criminal offence and further breaches will lead to a fixed penalty notice with a fine of up to £100 or prosecution via a court summons . well, there we go court summons. well, there we go . most bureaucratic thought thought policing that you could possibly have. it's very frustrating in a free country coming up next, the britain's britain hating critical race theory has yet again crept its way into another funded way into another taxpayer funded institute. as i said earlier, the bbc. plus, what would a jacob rees—mogg humanoid look like? our friends in artificial intelligence have the answer intelligence may have the answer radio. welcome back. >> i'm still jacob rees—mogg and this is state of the nation. you've been getting in touch with your thoughts. robert says the uk, the situation in the uk, especially will especially in london, will only get worse police carry on g

from birmingham city, to dortmund, now madrid, with the national team, and most importantly my family with a world cup win to his name, no surprise lionel messi won his eighth ballon d'or trophy. and look who was there to hand it to him, his boss at inter miami david beckham, where he now plays. he beat several big names, including manchester city's erling haaland and psg's kylian mbappe. haaland didn't miss out completely though, getting the gong for best goal—scorer. three lionesses were nominated for the women's award which went to spain's aitana bonmati after her world cup win. england goalkeeper mary earps achieved a fifth place finish while team—mate rachel daly was tenth. spain's world cup win was mired in the fallout that followed. the former spanish football federation president luis rubiales has been banned from all football—related activities for three years by fifa. the kiss, which hermoso says was not consensual, sparked outcry, with rubiales eventually stepping down from his role in september. hermoso later filed a legal complaint against rubiales who says he intends to

. >> so, so kehinde andrews is a professor of black studies at birmingham city university city, and heed a association. he has released a video which is on newsround. newsround asked him to do a video talking about what white privilege is. he says, white privilege is. he says, white privilege means not having to worry about racism. i would i would contest that slightly. it says for me, white privilege is the benefits that you get from being white. if you're an ethnic minority. there are certain disadvantages you have for example, you're more likely to be unemployed and white privilege is not having to deal with racism , he goes on. there's with racism, he goes on. there's quite a lot of this. do you think there's any truth to that ? think there's any truth to that? >> no, i don't. not not the way that that's formulated. no i mean, you know, the thing about never having to experience racism , um, well, i mean , all i racism, um, well, i mean, all i could just say is , so what as an could just say is, so what as an individual , could just say is, so what as an individual, no one will eve

was it the integration of the city of birmingham? yes it was. integrate the most racist and segregated city in the nation was a huge part of it. there was a much bigger game. for 100 years they had been trying to get some form of civil rights legislation. numerous people in this country . martin luther king had even gone in late november 1962 to ask jack and bobby kennedy. 100 years after emancipation let's write a second emancipation. jack and bobby wanted nothing to do with it. they wanted nothing to do with it because a civil rights bill could harm an election bid. here's what birmingham is really about. it was really about, let's turn our bodies into metaphors of the black experience. if we can do that and if a new york times reporter is scribbling notes as that happens or if walter cronkite's camera crews are filming, then perhaps just maybe we can get the audience that we really want . two men sitting at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. if we can convince them that this is america, maybe just maybe they will say now is the time change america. th

sleeping giant birmingham city. >> look, we'll catch up with the next hour. >> lots to go through. >> lots to go through. >> thank you very much indeed. coming up for you, furry coming up for you, what furry animal has returned to west london years as well? london after 400 years as well? we it. i'm not. what is we can see it. i'm not. what is it? beaver? it? a beaver? >> it's a beaver. >> it's a beaver. >> it's a dog tail. oh, there you go. anyway, we'll find out more the n ext next 744, this is breakfast with stephen and anne or mina , as we stephen and anne or mina, as we like to call it. yeah let's go through the headlines today. our headune through the headlines today. our headline makers this morning, deputy political editor of the mail sunday, anna mikhailova mail on sunday, anna mikhailova and deputy of the and deputy editor of the spectator, freddie grey deputies, all round this morning. good to see you both. >> rub it in. >> rub it in. >> know you'll be there. you'll get there. you'll depose, they'll come

, a city, birmingham, two years or a city, the size manchester every the size of manchesterver government's year, which ever government's in power, party's power, whichever party's in power, whichever party's in power is in sustainable , it power that is in sustainable, it puts on the puts enormous pressure on the country and it's got to stop. carol, i have a lot of sympathy with you're saying. we've with what you're saying. we've all of rhetoric. all heard a lot of rhetoric. we've heard lot of talk. we've all heard a lot of talk. where the action you're where is the action and you're right, had a lot of right, so far we've had a lot of strong words. we've lot of strong words. we've had a lot of strong words. we've had a lot of strong words. we've had a lot of strong words from conservatives. i agree with you, too, rebecca, over the 2010, has over the since 2010, nothing has happened. changed. over the since 2010, nothing has hap|situation changed. over the since 2010, nothing has hap|situation has changed. over the since 2010, nothing has hap|situation has just changed. ove

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after a successful first run in the band's home city, birmingham royal ballet say more than 60% of the heavy metal meets ballet, this is the electrifying result. black sabbath the ballet has just opened at the birmingham hippodrome to rave reviews. one man who's been blown away is the band's co—founder and guitarist, tony iommi. what do you make of the show? i think it's fantastic. i mean, it really is. actually seeing it, the final thing itjust blew me away. because they are two massive genres heavy metal music, ballet. did you ever think in your wildest dreams that they could be merged? no, never really did. but, you know, i've heard it in different things. i've heard it on accordions and orchestras and all sorts of different things. but i never thought of ballet. no. the director of birmingham royal ballet is a man who likes to challenge perception and take risks. carlos acosta admits there were a lot of raised eyebrows when he mentioned sabbath. you know, a lot of people thought that it's not for them. but the reality is that, you know, that's where the creativity is when you bring

it's just really bad financial mismanagement, i'm afraid, as far as labour birmingham city council is they want know how money is want to know how their money is being spent . want to know how their money is beiiyes pent . want to know how their money is beiiyes .ent . want to know how their money is beiiyes . and they're more than >> yes. and they're more than entitled to ask that question. obviously i don't know how how it's the situation has risen in other councils, but as far as birmingham is concerned , i've birmingham is concerned, i've seen ten years of terrible waste and mismanagement. i mean, these last two things, the oracle accounting system and the equal pay accounting system and the equal pay have been two very bad examples, bills that have brought the city to what is reported as being bankruptcy . a reported as being bankruptcy. a city council can't actually go bankrupt in the uk, but it's a good way to think of it. so those are the two things that have brought birmingham to the edge bankruptcy. but there edge of bankruptcy. but there have other have been numerous other

wayne rooney says he can handle the expectations after taking over at birmingham ity. —— city. yeah. i spoke to tom. yeah. i think it's great to have him at the football club, and he's very ambitious, the same way he was as a player. i think he's very ambitious to move this club forward as well. and it's great to have him here. and it's very clear that tom brady is fully involved in the club and developing the club also. australia are in big trouble at the cricket world cup, after losing their second match to south africa. the aussies won the toss and put south africa into bat. opener quinton de kock hit five sixes as he made 109 and that helped set a target of 312. australia, who lost to india in their opening game, didn't get close. they were bowled out for 177, losing by 134 runs and now face a real struggle to reach the semi finals. some big changes to the grand national have been announced. the number of horses entering the famous race will be reduced from 40 to 34, as part of measures to improve safety and give the runners more room. the race at aintree will also start ea

the equivalent of evacuating the city of birmingham underfire in less than 11 hours' time now, so thisrable children. this is a children's crisis, over 500 children killed in gaza alone over the last less than a week. it really is a moment where cooler heads and adults need to prevail on the behalf of children. irate need to prevail on the behalf of children. ~ ., need to prevail on the behalf of children. ~ . ., ., children. we heard earlier from another organisation _ children. we heard earlier from another organisation that - children. we heard earlier from another organisation that they l children. we heard earlier from i another organisation that they are actually having to pull their workers out due to safety implications in gaza at the moment. our save the children able to stay there? obviously you will have concerns for members of staff as well. �* , , ., concerns for members of staff as well. �* , ,., , concerns for members of staff as well. �* , , ., well. are members of staff are thankfully _ well. are members of staff are thankfully accounted _ well. are members of staff ar

condemnation of the israeli actions, absolutely, there were big. demonstrations in london, birmingham, manchester and and other cities, which showed the disconnect, the total separation between. the elites, the governing elites, the politicians, all the major parties, not just the ruling conservative party, but also the so-called opposition parties of labor and the liberal democrat, they all support israel 100%, but the people, the people voted with their feet on saturday, and the numbers speak for themselves, i i was there in london, i believe there were at least 200,000 people, um, however, even the some of the political parties, the elite are feeling the pressure of this public opinion, the labor party is starting to see resignations now, over 20, local politicians have have resigned and beginning to be lot of discussion about the the racism involved in the position of the british government and of the leader of the labor party, so this country britain um is in a very dangerous position socially, i did not find it difficult to imagine riot, because if the police, and this is what the government say they want to se