let's speak to kehinde andrews — who is a professor of black studies at birmingham city university. theywith us. what do you make of what is emerging from this commonwealth meeting? you think the government is going to have to look again at this question reparation? the? this question reparation? they certainly should _ this question reparation? they certainly should look _ this question reparation? tie: certainly should look again, the countries can say, we demand this debt be repaid because slavery in particular generated untold wealth and created podgy and the ravens. the greek dish empire took trillions. when you talk about you don't want to look backwards, we need to look at the poverty that was caused by the poverty that was caused by the british empire. it's a significant debt. is the british empire. it's a significant debt.- the british empire. it's a significant debt. is at the obvious point, _ significant debt. is at the obvious point, though, i significant debt. is at the i obvious point, though, that significant debt. is at the - obvious point, though, that the government is

it is always great to be here in birmingham, a city at the heart notjust of our country, but also ourl create jobs of the future right here. that is a snapshot of the britain we are building this week and beyond. our economy stabilised. the foundation is fixed. hope for the future restored, another step taken on the long, difficult but resolute path towards a britain returned to the service of working people. applause i said on the steps of downing street, the day after the election, that this would be a government for the working people of this country. that when the — people of this country. that when the cameras - people of this country. trust when the cameras stopped rolling, when the black door closed, we would carry their hopes and aspirations with us. that's the basic completely reasonable desire to want a better future for your family would become the driving purpose of this government. i will never stand here and tell you to feel better if you don't. i will never ask you to feel grateful for what you should expect as a given. trust in my project to return britain to the servi

awkward but my son charlie who is an environmentalist conservationist in birmingham, alabama keeping the drinking water for the citybirmingham clean by suing polluters, he as a college student worked summer jobs in the reference division of the company. you could say actually six charles scribners got to know the publishing company and contributed towards the books. the seventh is all of seven years old as we speak. it is too early to rule him in or out. peter: when you look back at your ancestry, who really moved the company forward in your view? charles: i guess the founder has always got to be given first place. of any institution. but i would say largely as a function of longevity as much as anything else, it was his son, the second charles scribner. he took over the company at the ripe age of 25 because his elder brother who was named after the grandfather, john blair scribner, he took over at age 21. he did not graduate from princeton because his dad, the founder, died at age 50 of typhoid fever in switzerland. he was on vacation to recuperate in switzerland. that left a 21-year-old -- he only world the compa

a manager of special projects in the department of innovation and economic opportunity, the city of birmingham, alabama, a team laser focused on facilitating an inclusive economy in one of america's foremost post-industrial cities. a great, great city. it is caleb smith is a doctoral candidate in the department of history at brandeis university. he studies 20th century u.s. political history. his work concentrates on how black in the northern u.s. conceptual ized, practiced and expanded multiracial democracy from the post-new -- of the 1930s through the civil rights movement to the aftermath of the black movement in the 1980s. his research focuses on chicago black politics and neo liberalism. from the 1940s to the 1990s. elizabeth vreeland is an associate professor history at the university of illinois chicago. her research and teaching focus on century u.s., urban and social history, african-american history and the history of education. her political education. black politics. education reform in chicago since the 1960s was published by the university of north carolina press in 2018. todd vr

the problem in in birmingham alabama, the most segregated city in america we generally 90 for theseic african-american activists of the american johannesburg that segregated. in the problem looking back now, in montgomery alabama too often we say, with the public safety commissioner carter bull connor come he was no problem. in birmingham, alabama, just like the dallas county sheriff, jim park, was a problem in selma, alabama. and they were that apples. in a problem with focusing on these individuals these bad apples, if you will, is that it is oversimplified, the obstacles that african-americans were facing has ever fighting for freedom and it overlooks the opposition. in the bad, the bad apples reduces the obstacles that african-americans were facing to the actions of individuals. and he completely ignores the ways in which racial discrimination is institutionalized. and it ignores the law and it ignores the structures and it ignores systemic racism. we focus on the individuals. and it also means that the solution to the problems that african-americans arees facing, becomes israel s

birmingham, alabama. the most segregated city in america, which in early 1960s african-american activist dubbed the american johannesburg it was that rigidly segregated. the problem, looking back now in montgomery, alabama, too often we say was the public safety bull. bull connor was the problem in birmingham, alabama just like the dallas county sheriff. jim clark was the problem in selma, alabama. they were bad apples. the problem with focusing on these individuals, these these these these bad apples, if you will, is that it oversimplifies the obstacles that african were facing as were fighting for freedom. and it overlooks the opposition in the bad the bad, the bad apples reduces obstacles that african-americans were facing to the of individuals. and it completely ignores the ways in which racial discriminate nation is institute analyze it ignores the law, it ignores the structure. it ignores systemic racism. when we focus on these individuals, it also means that the solution to the problems that african-americans were facing becomes or is real simple. it will only focusing if we're blaming the problem of

of her five—point to improve things at what is the gateway of course for four of the big uk cities, birminghamhe will know, simon, a big advertising screen isn't the only issue when it comes to sensory overload at euston. the problems go way beyond that. overload at euston. the problems go way beyond that-— way beyond that. certainly, yes. the five- oint way beyond that. certainly, yes. the five-point plan _ way beyond that. certainly, yes. the five-point plan is _ way beyond that. certainly, yes. the five-point plan is trying _ way beyond that. certainly, yes. the five-point plan is trying to _ way beyond that. certainly, yes. the five-point plan is trying to address i five—point plan is trying to address the really serious issues. it's almost a year since the office of rail and road told network rail, you've got to improve things. this is getting really dangerous and we could see a really nasty accident unless you improve things. so, they are going to review how passengers are going to review how passengers are invited to board services and ultimately that just means, are invited to board se

city at the low 40s. we do make it back to the 60s as far as birmingham. you'll see upper 60s, low 60s on tap for lexington. the more summer temperatures are across the southern plains. feeling like late summer in those area. then the gradual warming trend will happen as we get into the weekend for the rest of the east. meanwhile, out west we've got a couple fronts we're going to watch. this is going to leave us with rain chances and additional snowfall in higher elevations across parts of the cascades detroit. plenty of sunshine, too, for detroit. and that's a look at your forecast, jessica, back to you. >> all right, ang, thanks. see you soon. >>> the mets returned home, but it was the dodgers who were the kings of queens on wednesday. >> there is a towering drive, down the line. ohtani's broken through, it is gone! >> l.a. pitched their second shutout of the nlcs in game three while shohei ohtani put the match out of reach with the thre three-run blast in the eighth inning. the amazin's will look to even uh the up the series tonight. >>> the federal tra

birmingham, alabama. >> dunwitty, georgia. >> waco, texas. >> and kansas city, missouri. >> trick or treat!ng. we have been waiting for it. >> oh, and as you just saw, our crowd is so ready to party. a lot of them got here early, dressed up for the occasion, and we are just moments away from getting into costume ourselves. >> can't wait. >> we have spent the last 365 days dreaming up our biggest reveal ever, and the only thing that we're going to tell you is this one, this is going to be real epic. stick around. you don't want to miss. >> it epic. >>> let's get to our news. we begin with the race for the white house with just five days until the election. both candidates crisscrossing the country, courting voters in key swing states. nbc's peter alexander is in studio with us with the very latest from the campaign trail. hey, peter. good morning. >> reporter: nice to see you guys. happy halloween. just got back from wisconsin where former president trump and kamala harris were rallying their supporters last night. that shows just how crucial those blue wall states are going to be right now.

city to. but there are also letters from places like birmingham muscle shoals, gadsden, alabama, colbert, georgia, savannah, georgia. seneca, south carolina. chattanooga, tennessee. port arthur, texas. galveston, texas i could go on and on and on and the queries were all very similar. dear senator, they began, and then each letter outlined complaints about illegal gambling, prostitution and intimidation, sometimes violent intimidation by a small group of racketeers and their employees. but the men and women who wrote these letters also linked those activities to the things i mentioned earlier, to political corruption, to labor racketeering, or to just meddling in local whatever the local business was, and to colbert and security concerns. one person in muscle shoals wrote a letter to key favors, saying that he was certain that communal arts were running the mob in muscle shoals. another person, this person called himself or herself an american, wrote this this rather odd and paranoid sounding note to the committee, saying that that communism was the brother of the black market. another man wrote

he should have the freedom of the city of birmingham, birmingham and the aston villa, probably, as youlso the other one, john duran . john the other one, john duran. john duran is a young player who is like your super sub and he comes on and makes a difference. he's desperate to start these games, but he's not. he's played nine games. he's only started one, scored six goals, scored a fantastic goal yesterday 79th minute and it was a lot. fantastic goal yesterday 79th minute and it was a lot . and it minute and it was a lot. and it was expected that there was a lot of bayern munich there going forward and aston villa soaked it up, hit them and it is. honestly everybody went crazy and it was to celebrate also the 82. they had the old team there as well, apart from gary shaw who sadly passed away just a couple of weeks ago, who would have been there, but a great night for aston villa and that's what the champions league is all about. it's all about the excitement. >> prince william was there, prince william was there. >> he had a lovely time as well, getting very, very excited. >> good on

birmingham. he said that there were some people concerned that the government might get rid of a cap the government put on bus fares, which is great for people who use buses outside of major cities said he will keep the cap, it will go up and people will pay a pound more on their bus fares and he announced more money to get people back into work when they are suffering from long—term illness or disability. two more things that are normally given to us in public during the budget given to us in advance, preparing the ground for what is going to happen.— preparing the ground for what is going to happen. thank you very much- — if you live in america — particularly in any one of the seven swing states — you will be bombarded with political ads right now from billboards along the road, to campaign adverts — like these — blazing on tvs and computer screens. donald trump and kamala harris are locked in a dead heat — so this advertising is more important than ever. more than 10 billion us dollars is expected to be spent on political advertising this election. that is up more than twenty per cent from the last us election. the information they show is not necessarily true but do they wor

birmingham. second warmest for places like philadelphia, boston or new york city.ekend. let's get >> george: the blue hour by paula hawkins, who wrote "the girl on the train." elizabeth schulze sat down to talk with her. >> she told us that she wrote it with the the intention of surprising readers along the way. she didn't disappoint. it is a true thriller with dark twists and turns, and an ending that will leave you shivering. a mystery is unfolding on paris island. paula hawkins "the blue hour." >> the island is cut off from the main land when the tide comes in. such a fantastic location for a novel. you could get trapped there. you could want to get there and not be able to. i was really intrigued by what kind of person would choose to live in a house on an island like that. >> reporter: a bone has been discovered by the late artist vanessa chapman and only her journals and long time companion grace hadwell, hold the answers art expert james becker is searching for. >> the blue hour is that time of day when the sun is set but there's still that light in the sky,

most in big cities the hotspots west midlands, birmingham, 660, coventry 135. 372.e? slum landlords who are just trying to game the system ? is trying to game the system? is there a pattern to the rag bags who are doing this? >> you know there isn't. i think we're finding it much more broad based. there isn't anything from as i said, it's quite small numbers. so in reality it's a, it's a relatively broad, broad church. martin. the key thing and i guess what the purpose of wanting to really send this message today that, you know, steel and glass will put people's lives at risk is, is really to ask everyone to be vigilant. it's in it's in all towns and cities and it is potentially in your street . so potentially in your street. so there is an opportunity to report this. there's a there's an anonymous telephone number for which , if you believe you for which, if you believe you have observed or are aware of people tampering with the metre and or bypassing the metre, you can you can contact the number which is stay energy safe, which is our 800 0232777. that's an anonym

cities. the size of birmingham coming in every year.wants it to happen. somebody wants it to happen . is it big business happen. is it big business pulling the strings? >> cheap labour drives wages down too, doesn't it? drives wages down. >> okay. and obviously you'll be focusing on the tory party leadership. >> you were telling us. >> you were telling us. >> i don't know if i can say this, but you spoke to robert jenrick last week or was it? no. tom tugendhat. >> tom tugendhat told me, well, ispoke >> tom tugendhat told me, well, i spoke to his people again yesterday that he said if every mp told me they support me, i'm comfortably through to the last two. i said, tom, they've lied to you because tory mps lie. it is a duplicitous electorate. tom came last. poor tom. and i think what will happen today we've got badenoch in second place. so long the front runner. i think there'll be some jiggery jiggery pokery. and i think we might end up with generic versus cleverly. and i think cleverly is going to win. >> do you think the membership w

city owner team. was he the commissioner or what was he? well, he had a lot of roles really important, too. he was part owner of the birmingham black barons, and he but mostly he was most famous, important for being promoter of the -- leagues and setting up a lot of their barnstorming games, non-league games that made them money, that kept solvent. a lot of these -- league teams were just barely making it in those those barnstorming games were how stayed in business and abe said a lot of them up above also promoted one of the biggest all-star games in -- leagues history, which took place at comiskey park in chicago, just filled comiskey park in abe god like a 5% cut for promoting that and any is worth it. i mean he got he got he filled the park, you know and he was a he and paige were kind of a team at one point in time. satchel paige was was making more than any other pitcher in baseball wider and that was because partly because was was setting up a lot of barnstorming games for him so so when the cleveland indians were owned by bill back to chicago in when they were at 80 really good team in 1948 but their bullpen was terri

. >> 100,000 across this city will start receiving the support in partnership with birmingham communityhief officer for strategy and partnerships at the trust, says the team is vital for supporting the health of those struggling. >> it's both physical and mental health, so obviously people can be worrying about the cost of energy. they can be worrying about how are they going to be able to have a hot meal, and they can be perhaps neglecting their health. a bit because that's not the biggest priority for them. and ultimately, if you're living in a cold home, it can actually make you unwell. and sadly, we do sometimes see people going into hospital because of the situation that they're living in. >> energy secretary ed miliband says the government's mission for clean home—grown power is the way to get bills down. but with prices going up now, more people will be looking for support. jack carson gb news. >> yeah, it could be quite a tough few months for people who are struggling with their electricity and gas bills. those pnces electricity and gas bills. those prices only seem to be going

city departments that will be presenting before the board this evening. tina tam, the deputy zoning administrator representing the planning department, and kevin birmingham, acting chief building inspector with dbi. both are sitting up front. the board meeting guidelines are as follows. the board requests that you turn off or silence all phones and other electronic devices so they will not disturb the proceedings. no eating or drinking in the hearing room. the rules of presentation are as follows. appellant's permit holders and department respondents each are given seven minutes to present their case, and three minutes for rebuttal. people affiliated with these parties must include their comments within the 7 or 3 minute periods. members of the public who are not affiliated with the parties have up to three minutes each to address the board and no rebuttal. mr. longway, our legal assistant, will give you a verbal warning 30s before your time is up. since the board has a vacancy, only three votes are required to grant an appeal or to modify a permit or determination. if you have questions about requesting a rehearing, the board rules or hearing schedules,

cities and think they don't feel that they're in britain anymore. >> yeah. well, i've travelled up and down the country this year. i've been to sheffield, i've been to birminghamwns in the north of england. and some of these places. look, it looks like we've lost a war. quite frankly. they are. the buildings are run down. there's graffiti everywhere, litter everywhere. and you walk the streets and you don't see any english people. >> yeah, they could, but they could be english born. but perhaps they're. that doesn't make them english . parents were make them english. parents were from another country. they could be british born. you don't think that does make them english? >> well, english and british are two separate things. english is an ethnic identity. you can't become english. it's not. it's not a thing. in the same way that you can't become. if i was born in india, i wouldn't think of myself as indian. i'm english, right? okay. and this is. >> but that's, that's rather that's quite controversial because some people who were who have parents perhaps who don't know from bangladesh but were born here would consider themselves to be english. >> well, maybe s

birmingham is the second uk chartered plane to arrive. so far, more than 150 uk nationals have already left beirut and troops are on standby in cyprus for a potential military led emergency evacuation if the city'scloses . it comes evacuation if the city's airport closes. it comes as g7 leaders are urging restraint and condemning iran for destabilising the region . the destabilising the region. the government is being warned that its deal to return the chagos islands to mauritius could put more overseas territories at risk. it comes as argentina is now pledging to gain full sovereignty over the falkland islands. however, britain insists its commitment to the falklands is unwavering. former prime minister boris johnson told us he thinks the chagos dealis told us he thinks the chagos deal is crazy, but islands being given back to mauritius. >> your reaction? >> your reaction? >> crazy. i mean, do i urge viewers of gb news to get out your maps, get out your atlases, check out the chagos islands, see where they are, and see where mauritius is a long way away. yes. what is this claim? it's nonsense . it's total it's nonsense. it's total nonsense. why are we doing this sheer political correctness . sh

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