i am joined by professor roy harrison from the university of birmingham. what is going on? giving us the same impression of the pollution. and this is where the fun begins. let's look at our first device. this is the atmo tube. jono it is looking at 0.22 ppm of which is saying it is good at quality. 93 out of 100 so things are pretty clean, this one says. this will be mostly coming from traffic. indoors, there are other sources but now we are outdoors. comparing that to your readings, are they on track?” outdoors. comparing that to your readings, are they on track? i would say that our reason it —— our reading is different pollutant but rather more polluted than the 93 out of 100. rather more polluted than the 93 out of100. i rather more polluted than the 93 out of 100. i wouldn't call it good, i would call the air quality average. this one is reading carbon monoxide. it is giving us concentrations that appeared to be a little bit above 1.5 parts per million. that would be consistent with what we are seeing in the nitrogen. —— nitrous dioxide. thatin in the nitrogen. —— nitr

i am joined by professor roy harrison from the university of birmingham. what is going on here? ving us the same impression of the pollution. and this is where the fun begins. let's look at our first device. this is the atmo tube. it's giving us a level of 0.22 ppm which, it's telling us, is good air quality. 93 out of 100, so telling us things are pretty clean. in this environment, that would be a pollutant coming mostly from traffic. indoors, there are other sources but now we are outdoors. comparing that to your readings, are they on track? i would say our reading is different pollutant but telling us it's rather more polluted than this 93 out of 100. i wouldn't call the air quality good, i'd call it average. we have the cleanspace device next with their tag. this one is reading carbon monoxide. it is giving us concentrations that appeared to be a little bit above 1.5 parts per million. that would be consistent with what we are seeing in the nitrogen dioxide. a moderate level of traffic pollution, as we might expect. that in a sense is a more predictable sense than the ones de

i am joined by professor roy harrison from the university of birmingham. what is going on here? the same impression of the pollution. and this is where the fun begins. let's look at our first device. this is the atmo tube. it is giving us a level of 0.22 ppm which, it's telling us, is good at quality. 93 out of 100, so telling us things are pretty clean. in this environment, that would be a pollutant coming mostly from traffic. indoors, there are other sources but now we are outdoors. comparing that to your readings, are they on track? i would say our reading is different pollutant but telling us it's rather more polluted than this 93 out of 100. i wouldn't call the air quality good, i would call it average. we have the cleanspace device next with their tag. this one is reading carbon monoxide. it is giving us concentrations that appeared to be a little bit above 1.5 parts per million. that would be consistent with what we are seeing in the nitrogen dioxide. a moderate level of traffic pollution, as we might expect. that in a sense is a more predictable sense than the ones depend

i am joined here by professor roy harrison from the university of birmingham. different readings on them, but they should all be giving us very much the same impression of the pollution. and this is where the fun begins. there is the atmo tube. it is giving as 0.22 ppm, which is telling us is good air quality. 93 out of 100. it is telling us things are pretty clean and in this environment that would be a pollutant mostly coming from traffic. if you go indoors, there are other sources. ok, comparing that to your readings, do they seem like they are on track? i would say our reading is a different pollutant, but it is telling us it is rather more polluted than this 93 out of 100. i would not call the air quality good, i would call it average. we have got the cleanspace device next with their tag. this is reading carbon monoxide. it is giving us concentrations that appear to be a little above 1.5 ppm, which i would say is very consistent with what we are seeing in the nitrogen dioxide. it is giving as a moderate level of traffic pollution as we might expect. i thin

dr michael gray has been trialling the device at the university of birmingham and he has brought it alongen. really. the club doctor is not concussed, but a concussed player would be more off—balance in comparison to their baseline test. you will have players that say, "no, i am fine, i want to go on". you do this test, or one like it, i think those questions go away. do you think this could have a place in football? i think we are looking for functional tasks that allow us to make a quick decision and technologies that could potentially be very helpful. with our virtual reality balance test we are having the brain do one thing, then we challenge them by tilting the room. thing, then we challenge it by tilting the room. it is only by doing this that we can see subtle changes that might not show up in the extended neurocognitive tests. for current players and youngsters, just a few hundred pounds on new technology could help to prevent brain injuries in the future. it has been an mild and cloudy weekend for many. it is cold to turn colder than we have seen of late. the site of the country

administration with a frequent guest, scott lucas, professor of international politics at the university of birminghamn england. how are you? >> doing well glchlt is ni. >> nice to see you. the big headline brought the trump administration firing dozens of u.s. attorneys. the story we just brought of preet bharara, who kind of forced trump to fire him. is this really any big deal sm. >> on the surface, there have been other administrations when they come into office for the resignations of u.s. attorneys. they do so in a very well-ordered process so you can replace those attorneys and not leave a giant vacancy. as has been common with the trump administration, it acted suddenly in this case. all of the sudden, it just told 46 u.s. attorneys, all of whom are from the obama era, that's it, you are out. bharara was getting the headlines because he refused to go. there is a wire context. the trump administration has been in a running battle with the judiciary and with the staff of the justice department since it took office. you may remember in january, that trump dismissed the acting attorney general, sa

on monday's upcoming hearing with scott lucas, professor of international politics at the university of birmingham in england. always a pleasure to have you with us. clearly, this could be a telling moment whether we see the fbi director speak publicly about whether there was any sort of connection between russia and the election. >> i think it is just opening. we have a long play ahead of us. while the fbi director will come out and say there is substance, he has to be careful. you don't go in with all guns blazing unless you have all the evidence assembled. that's going to take some time. i expect him to say, first of all, look, there is no truth to the allegations that the obama administration wiretapped the trump campaign, thus clearing away this diversion and emphasizing, yes, we do have a serious situation with which the fbi is justly engaged and, therefore, giving substance to those who say there has to be a significant independent investigation of these claims. >> director comey has come under fire in the past. how he handled issues like the clinton e-mail situation for one is his credibil

of justice con occurs or not. i'm not sure who would. >> that's a take from tom. joining us live from birmingham, england is scott lucas, professor of international politics at the university of birmingham and the founder and editor of ea world view. a pleasure to have you with us this hour. talk first about the president and these claims that he was wiretapped by the former president of the united states, barack obama. he's offered no evidence. at least publicly to back that up and be is now calling on legislators to investigate. >> well, not only the president but his aides calling on congress to investigate. let's be honest, they're trying to divert from the core story which is the on going investigation of whether the trump administration and trump campaign had or still have links with russia. now, trump himself simply was motivated by anger. he was in florida on saturday morning upset that jeff sessions recused himself from the investigation when he hears this report from breitbart news formerly edited by steve bannon that you know, obama's got this supposedly deep state that was investigating trump and continues to try to undermine him. he hit the keyboard. what happ

scott lucas is a professor of international politics at the university of birmingham in england. hank you, scott, for joining us. candidate trump said it over and over and over again on the campaign trailing. and as you've heard, this had been a promise of republicans for so long to repeal obamacare and it failed. who do you point to for that? >> you point to the people who tried to put the legislation through. let's strip away any mostly cloudy screens. that it's the democrats, that it's little green men from mars. the gop leadership pushed this bill through very quickly because they expected they would get an easy ride in the house of representatives. remember, they have a 43 seat majority. but when they crafted it, they did not anticipate the reaction not from moderates, i think they not they could ram it through and didn't anticipate that conservatives would want an entougher bill. so when that started to mobilize and even clear that the conservatives could defeat this, then they made concessions to that hard line wing including stripping things like maternity care. but then t

researchers at the university of birmingham have created specialised meteorological sensors for the birdsart of our series on tackling air pollution, called so i can breathe, our correspondent graham satchell reports on their research. can pigeons help us in the battle against air pollution? it sounds far—fetched, but academics at birmingham university are convinced it can. everybody i brought into it, they at first give me the look that maybe you're giving me. it's sort of, "is this for real? is this actually going to work?" we have a superfast temperature sensor... climate scientist rick thomas will attach these tiny sensor packs to the backs of pigeons. if we know the temperatures above the rooftops, we can test the models of urban pollution. time for the test flight. fitting the sensors is a delicate operation. hello, my little friend. they are tiny, just 5% of the pigeon's weight, to protect the welfare of the birds. 0ne pigeon has a tiny camera fitted to record the flight. much is resting on the next few minutes. i feel nervous. this is the first time we've done this. it's the culmi

with radicalisation, some of the press describing birmingham as a terror hotspot this morning. of course, the vast majority of muslims say this is not even in the same universebirmingham faith leaders network has put out a statement saying, we completely reject any opportunity to blame any faith in the city for the perverted actions of one individual, and indeed a special unity pigem is going to be held in birmingham on the high street at 5pm today, that has been organised by the muslim engagement network and stand up to racism jointly, they say they want to pay tribute to the victims of the attack but also show all communities in birmingham are standing together. thank you very much indeed. last night, police said a 75—year—old man had died after being hit by the car. it takes the number of victims to four. in terms of casualties, police said 50 people were injured in all and two are still in a critical condition. let's get the latest on those casualties. my colleague fiona lamdin is at kings college hospital in central london. yes, iam yes, i am about three miles from where the attack took place, you can see the police still here regarding the hospital, ve

birmingham university are convinced it can. everybody i brought into it, they first give me the look that maybe you're giving me. it's sort of packs to the backs of pigeons. if we know the temperature above the rooftops, we can test the models of urban air pollution. time for the test flight. fitting the sensors is a delicate operation. hello, my little friend. they are tiny, just 5% of the pigeon's weight, to protect the welfare of the birds. one pigeon has a tiny camera fitted to record the flight. much is resting on the next few minutes. i feel nervous. this is the first time we've done this. it's the culmination of many months of work to get to this stage. i think they'lljust take off and find their way home. i'll cross my fingers for that. it is the moment of truth. they look happy enough. they look like pigeons flying to me. did they to you? they will flyjust over a mile. this is the disorienting view from the pigeon—cam. but what is it scientists are trying to discover? they already know that nitrous oxide, the pollution that comes out of diesel engines, rises with the heat coming from roads to rooftop level. but what

birmingham university are convinced it can. people give you the look like you are giving me. it is sort of... is this for real?s above the rooftops, we can test the levels of urban pollution. time for the test flight. urban pollution. time for the test flight. fitting the sensors is a delicate operation. hello, my little friend. they are tiny, just 596 of the pigeon's weight, to protect the welfare of the birds. it has a tiny camera to record the flight. much is resting on the next few minutes i feel nervous. this is the first time we have done this. it is the of many hours of work to get to this stage. i think they will just take off hours of work to get to this stage. i think they willjust take off and find their way home. it is the moment of truth. they looked happy enough. they looked like pidgins flying to meet. did they do you? they will fly just over a flying to meet. did they do you? they will flyjust over a mile. this is the disoriented view from the pigeon cam. what is it scientists are trying to discover? they already know that nitrous oxide, the pollution that comes out of diesel engines, rises with

birmingham university are convinced it can. everybody i brought into it, they first give me the look that maybe you are giving me. it is sort ofd. they are tiny, just 5% of the pigeon's weight, to protect the welfare of the birds. 0ne pigeon has a tiny camera to record the flight. much is resting on the next few minutes. i feel nervous. this is the first time we have done this. it is the culmination of many months of work to get to this stage. i think they will just take off and find their way home. i'll cross my fingers for that. it is the moment of truth. they look happy enough. they look like pigeons flying to me. did they to you? they will flyjust over a mile. this is the disoriented view from the pigeon—cam. what is it scientists are trying to discover? they already know that nitrous oxide, the pollution that comes out of diesel engines, rises with the heat coming from roads to rooftop level. but what happens to the pollution? where does it go? to model it, they need accurate data in this climate. but how do you get the data? i thought, well, ithought, well, birds, they i thought, well, birds, they fly everywhere. they co

universities as white british kids and that is quite an achievement. what is to be done when we look at birmingham and say there is a problem and we can see sources of extremism what is the solution? we need to identify exactly what the problem is and do different things, in birmingham we have sparkbrook or different cases where there are significant numbers of arrests of people who have been accused of terrorism but if you remove one of those rates, resulting in 14 people arrested, the percentage is similar to the rest of the country so we have to be careful but —— careful about looking at figures and when it comes to birmingham, the people on the ground, the grassroots community, they are the people we need to look at to search for the right brain. there is very little that can be done about somebody with a knife who comes into parliament. —— the right way. the opinion poll a few months ago showed that most muslims have the same political worries as the rest of the population, there is not a huge gap but we have quite large parts of the muslim leadership in this country who do paint a very negative picture of the country, particularly those from an islamist

university. i'm going to try and get a good buy from everyone, can we say goodbye everyone, 123! chanting and is it from us. that is steph mcgovern from birmingham. there has been a lot ofenerally about that issue and the nhs, richard humphreys is with me, senior fellow for social care at the fund. good morning to you. it is something that a lot of people campaign on, they want to see philip hammond do something, what would you like to see, what does the king ‘s fund think is necessary in this crisis? we have been one of a number of organisations who says that the government needs to address some of the short—term pressures are sailing our social care system. local councils, care providers, charities, and old people and disabled people themselves have all said that we can't get one like this. it does appear, if reports are correct that the chancellor is going to announce some short—term funding. but as ever, the problems will be in the detail. what we need to look out for, is how much and would it be enough to stave off some of the more immediate pressures of the system. over what timescale will the money be provided, what strings might be attached? and be provided, wha

birmingham university are convinced they can. everybody i brought into it first gave me the book that maybe you are giving me, sort of...apped these tiny sensor packs to the backs of pigeons. if we know the temperature above the rooftops, we can test the models of urban air pollution. time for the test flight. fitting the sensors is delicate. hello, my little friend. they are tiny, just 5% of the pigeon's weight, to protect the welfare of the birds. 0ne weight, to protect the welfare of the birds. one of the pigeons is fitted with a tiny camera to record the flight. much rests on the next few minutes. i feel nervous, the flight. much rests on the next few minutes. ifeel nervous, it is the first time we have done this. it isa the first time we have done this. it is a culmination of many months of work to get to this stage, and i think they will take off and find their way home. crossing my fingers. the moment of truth. they looked like happy enough, like pigeons flying, to me. the pigeons will flyjust over a mile, this is the rather disorientating view from the pigeon camera. but what other scientists trying to discover?

birmingham university are convinced it can. everybody i've brought into it, first they give me the look that maybe you're giving me where it's sort ofse sensor packs to the backs of pigeons. if we know the temperatures above the rooftops, we can test the levels of urban pollution. time for the test flight. fitting the sensors is a delicate operation. hello, my little friend. they are tiny, just 5% of the pigeon's weight, to protect the welfare of the birds. one of the pigeons is fitted with a tiny camera to record the flight. much is resting on the next few minutes. i feel nervous. this is the first time we have done this. it's a culmination of many months of work to get to this stage. i think they're going to just take off and find their way home. i'm going to cross my fingers for that. it is the moment of truth. 0h, oh, yeah. that's them. that is them, yeah. oh, wow. we didn't see the devices fall off, when they flew off. they were still on them. they looked happy enough. they looked like pigeons flying to me, did they to you? the pigeons will flyjust over a mile. this the rather disorientating view from pigeon cam. but what are t

birmingham city university. amal akasha is in leeds and helps sudanese refugees who are waiting to access english classes. steven hale is the ceo ofng english, it‘s the most important thing for them, to speak english. and, when you came here, did you feel a personal responsibility to learn english? yes, because when i came here, i came with my dreams. how could i achieve those without speaking english? the first thing i did was made a plan for myself to start studying english with classes, teaching myself english. at home. you had government funded classes to teach you? yes. steven, refugee action says that all classes should be paid for, it would cost £42 million, why should the government pay for that? one could say that every person who has fled war and persecution needs the opportunity to rebuild their lives. i would say thatis rebuild their lives. i would say that is important and in itself, that is important and in itself, that should be a sufficient reason for them to utilise their talents, because we should be a country that gives people those opportunities. but also, there is real self—interest for the uk, if we do not gi