phil mackie joined the over 60s squad training session. young hearts too. walking football only began seven years ago. the idea is to provide a sport for people who struggle with mobility and to get older players back into the game. everyone laughs about walking football. come and play and know what it is really like. everyone makes good friends. and you play with people younger than us, to up to about 80, and it is a great way for them to get out and meet people and be part of the community. and it is a community. it's that good. this is the england over 60s squad, and if you think he looks familiar you might know his older brothers, bobby and jack. to get onto a proper pitch, play with decent players. to be able to hit the ball into the back of the net, oh, the opportunity to do that, surely there isn't anybody in the world who doesn't want to do that. the first ever international walking football match will take place on sunday, and this is the man in charge of england. must be quite nice to say you are the england manager. i can't get

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phil mackie reports. motor—racing fans hope there'll be less of this and more of this. and we go green in rome! britain's second city hopes tojoin rome, paris and new york hosting the all—electric formula e series — perhaps as soon as next year. the man trying to seal the deal was visiting one of the country's biggest electric vehicle makers today. it's all about showcasing electric vehicles. birmingham and the west midlands, the focus of the uk automotive industry, that's changing fast towards electrical, it is a brilliant opportunity for us to demonstrate the progress that we have made. there hasn't been any street racing on this scale in the uk since birmingham hosted the super prix. that was in the late 1980s. it went down well with the crowds, less so with residents. three decades ago, some of the biggest names in motorsport raced along the streets. birmingham will be hoping to attract that kind of attention again. electric cars are quieter, less polluting. and there is a local team to cheer on. and

our correspondent phil mackie is in wolverhampton. another teenage life lost to stabbing.ind me, you can see where the police was standing, around 11 o'clock last night. paramedics tried to save him but he died in hospital. he is the second teenager to have been fatally stabbed in the west midlands this month, ozil pemberton was killed in sutton coldfield a few weeks ago, and there has been a surge in knife crime in the west midlands, just as there has in other cities across the uk. the driver of the taxi which is covered in a blue tarpaulin happened to be picking up affair last night, and he described seeing an altercation between a group of youths who arrived and assaulted keelan, the friend managed to escape on the taxi driver himself was cut. we have scenes of crime officers investigating round here. we have also heard from chief superintendent jamie who is in charge of policing in wolverhampton. she appealed for information about the attack but also had very strong message about knife crime. this isn't unique to wolverhampton or the west midlands. it is happening in c

our correspondent phil mackie is in dudley. bring this up to date. of just 30. constituency where there was a vote for labour ofjust 30. it's one of the most marginal seats in the country, and a key target for the conservatives. last night in the local elections you could see the conservatives have made gains. dudley, the black country, that has been a real stronghold for ukip in recent yea rs been a real stronghold for ukip in recent years which is an area that voted overwhelmingly to leave at the referendum. seven councillors lost their seats to the conservatives, including bill etheridge, a ukip mep and one—time party leader ukip was not completely wiped out but not voted for in the numbers to let them keep the seat. ukip feels like a spent force in its heartland and it's pretty much like the national picture and for the west midlands. the conservatives have made some games that were not well expected. labour has held on and in places like wolverhampton and sandwell increased majorities but has lost ground to the conservatives in other key margina

our correspondent phil mackie is at the national memorial arboretum in staffordshire.he orchestra in the background at the moment. that is because we are getting very close to the moment where the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, will open the service. we will then hear a message of welcome from tobias ellwood, the defence minister whose brotherjonathan died in the bali bombings in 2002. then we will hear from one of the victim's relatives, whose husband john died in tunisia, and then eventually reflections from the prince of wales, who will be here representing the royalfamily. we will also have the foreign secretary and the home secretary and alsojeremy secretary and the home secretary and also jeremy corbyn secretary and the home secretary and alsojeremy corbyn has already taken his seat. you can see behind me. if you can imagine that this rather beautiful memorial in a wood on the national memorial arboretum would be a really tranquil and peaceful place onceit a really tranquil and peaceful place once it has opened. you can see the curved wall here with seat

our correspondent phil mackie is in wolverhampton. this happened at around 11pm last night.s risen any greater rate than anywhere outside london and since those figures were published, this is the second fatality of a teenager, a young man was fatally stabbed in sutton coldfield and now this 15—year—old last night. west midlands police have lost a milder investigation and we are expecting a statement from them within the next hour. —— a murder investigation. statement from them within the next hour. —— a murder investigationm that any expedition finite time in the west midlands has risen fast? you are getting into politics there. the west midlands police and crime commissioner has been saying for a long time that cuts to the number of police officers has been drastically reduced has had a direct impact, neighbourhood policing has suffered and asa neighbourhood policing has suffered and as a result he says that has led toa and as a result he says that has led to a rise in crime. we have problems with gun and knife crime in the early to thousands, a lot of good work went on to