adina campbell reports from warwickshire in central england. reports from warwickshire in central enclandral encland. i. ., ._ reports from warwickshire in central encland. ., england. everyone here today can make a difference _ england. everyone here today can make a difference whether - england. everyone here today can make a difference whether you i england. everyone here today can i make a difference whether you have privilege _ make a difference whether you have privilege or— make a difference whether you have privilege or you don't.— privilege or you don't. worlds apart from where — privilege or you don't. worlds apart from where george _ privilege or you don't. worlds apart from where george floyd _ privilege or you don't. worlds apart from where george floyd was - privilege or you don't. worlds apart - from where george floyd was murdered in minneapolis. t from where george floyd was murdered in minneapolis— in minneapolis. i thought about 20 --eole in in minneapolis. i thought about 20 people in a — in minneapolis. i thought about 20 people in a shot — in minneapolis. i thought a

but last summer, people in this leafy warwickshire town came together, calling for change. because it's ourjob to make sure this does not happen again. shianne williams organised the protest. she was 17 at the time. i hadn't seen that many people in leamington coming together for one cause. so, and when you've grown up in a place where you thought people didn't really like you... i have been a victim of racism all my life. i've been spat on, i've been racially abused in the streets, bullied in school. there was an incident where someone threw dirt over me. those things have kind of made me stronger and gave me the power to speak up about black lives matter. chanting. hundreds of thousands of people in the uk took part in anti—racism marches in the aftermath of george floyd's murder, raising questions about policing. less than 2% of officers in england, wales and scotland are black, a disproportionate representation. as a young, black man i was stopped and searched. i know the struggles and difficulties. it's helpful for the community to see police officers that look and sou

adina campbell reports from warwickshire in central england.fference whether you have privilege or you don't. worlds apart from where george floyd was murdered in minneapolis. i thought about 20 people in a shot never 700 so... this community like many others took to the street last summer. united, calling for change. it's ourjob to make this doesn't happen again. cheyenne williams organised the protest. she was 17 at the time. i hadn't seen that many people come together for one cause. when you grown up in a place where you thought people didn't really like you, it can be quite isolating. especially being a young black woman. you don't see a lot of people who look like you. it's a lot of stares, sometimes negative comments. you find yourself feeling like an outsider. i have been a victim of racism all my life. i've been spat on, racially abused in the streets. bullied in school, i had an incident where someone threw dirt on me. those things made me stronger and gave me the power to speak up about black lives matter. no peace, nojustice! hundre

nuneaton and bedworth counselling warwickshire-— warwickshire.ple on the doorsteps have been behind him. abs, people on the doorsteps have been behind him-— behind him. a win too in dudley in the west midlands. _ behind him. a win too in dudley in the west midlands. in _ behind him. a win too in dudley in the west midlands. in harlow- behind him. a win too in dudley in the west midlands. in harlow in i the west midlands. in harlow in essex, where they took the council from labour. the race to count votes early here in northumberland ended with a conservative win too. better news for labour elsewhere in the north—east, where they held onto several councils including newcastle and gateshead and their stronghold of sunderland, although the tories made inroads there too. in london, labour's sadiq khan is seeking a second term. there are 13 city and regional mayors to be elected. doncaster was the first result, a labour mayor elected overnight. ballot boxes have been gathered from all corners of scotland, where the snp are hoping to secure a majority

today's clouds have already been bursting through the skies above nuneaton in warwickshire.eady seeen a few of those. we have an organised feature pushing showers against wales and southwest england, showers will be widespread. then we have another curl of cloud pushing in against southwest england so here more general cloud and heavy outbreaks of rain pushing in through the afternoon. heavy downpours then for south—east england, big thunderstorms too across midlands towards lincolnshire, a greater chance of showers for northern ireland and today's showers in scotland will be quite slow—moving but some areas will dodge the downpours. favoured spots, north wales, north—west england will see fewer showers, so you might get away with a dry afternoon with sunshine here. 0vernight, cloud and rain pushing eastwards across southern counties in england and also thicker cloud in northern scotland bringing rain overnight here. for wednesday, another day of sunshine and showers, but most showers forming across eastern areas and eastern scotland by this trough. furtherwest, pressure bui

but last summer, people in this leafy warwickshire town came together, calling for change.e williams organised the protest. she was 17 at the time. i hadn't seen that many people in leamington coming together for one cause. so, and when you've grown up in a place where you thought people didn't really like you... i have been a victim of racism all my life. i've been spat on, i've been racially abused in the streets, bullied in school. there was an incident where someone threw dirt over me. those things have kind of made me stronger and gave me the power to speak up about black lives matter. chanting hundreds of thousands of people in the uk took part in anti—racism marches in the aftermath of george floyd's murder, raising questions about policing. less than 2% of officers in england, wales and scotland are black, a disproportionate representation. as a young, black man i was stopped and searched. i know the struggles and difficulties. it's helpful for the community to see police officers that look and sound like them. and to acknowledge what the community are saying. in co

but last summer, people in this leafy warwickshire town came together, calling for change.not happen again. shianne williams organised the protest. she was 17 at the time. i hadn't seen that many people in leamington coming together for one cause. so, and then you've grown up in a place where you thought people didn't really like you... i have been a victim of racism all my life. i've been spat on, i've been racially abused in the streets, bullied in school. i had another incident where someone through dirt over me. those things have kind of made me stronger and gave me the power to speak up about black lives matter. hundreds of thousands of people in the uk took part in antiracism marches in the aftermath of george floyd's murder, raising questions about policing. less than 2% of officers in england, wales and scotland are black, a disproportionate representation. as a young, black man was stopped and searched. i know the struggles and difficulties. it's helpful for the community to see police officers that look and sound like them. and to acknowledge what the community ar

surge testing is being carried out in nuneaton in warwickshire, following the detection of the indianhe wembrook and abbey wards of the town is being encouraged to take a pcr test whether or not they are showing symptoms. enhanced contact tracing will be used for those who test positive for the variant. the director of the group which developed the astrazeneca covid vaccine says it seems �*morally wrong' that children in some richer countries are being offered a covid jab before high—risk adults in poorer countries. professor andrew pollard from the oxford vaccine group has been speaking to the all party parliamentary group on coronavirus. when you look at the overall aim of a global vaccination programme in a pandemic, it's to stop people dying. we know who those people are. it is the over 50s, it is those who have got health conditions and to some extent, also health care workers. those are the priority groups as they are initially here in the uk and the world health organisations policy recommendations. yet we are in a situation at the moment, where there are many unvaccinated peop

but last summer, people in this leafy warwickshire town came together, calling for change.iams organised the protest. she was 17 at the time. i hadn't seen that many people in leamington coming together for one cause. so, and then you've grown up in a place where you thought people didn't really like you... i have been a victim of racism all my life. i've been spat on, i've been racially abused in the streets, bullied in school. i had another incident where someone through dirt over me. those things have kind of made me stronger and gave me the power to speak up about black lives matter. hundreds of thousands of people in the uk took part in antiracism marches in the aftermath of george floyd's murder, raising questions about policing. less than 2% of officers in england, wales and scotland are black, a disproportionate representation. as a young, black man was stopped and searched. i know the struggles and difficulties. it's helpful for the community to see police officers that look and sound like them. and to acknowledge what the community are saying. in coventry, campaig

but last summer, people in this leafy warwickshire town came together, calling for change.ed the protest. she was 17 at the time. i hadn't seen that many people in leamington coming together for one cause. so, and when you've grown up in a place where you thought people didn't really like you... i have been a victim of racism all my life. i've been spat on, i've been racially abused in the streets, bullied in school. there was an incident where someone threw dirt over me. those things have kind of made me stronger and gave me the power to speak up about black lives matter. chanting hundreds of thousands of people in the uk took part in antiracism marches in the aftermath of george floyd's murder, raising questions about policing. less than 2% of officers in england, wales and scotland are black, a disproportionate representation. as a young, black man i was stopped and searched. i know the struggles and difficulties. it's helpful for the community to see police officers that look and sound like them. and to acknowledge what the community are saying. in coventry, campaigners

surge testing is being carried out in nuneaton in warwickshire, following the detection of the indian who test positive for the variant. the headlines on bbc news... the prime minister says there is "nothing conclusive" in current data that means england would have to deviate from the road map out of lockdown. police prepare to excavate a cafe in gloucester, searching for mary bastholm — she disappeared in 1968, and it's thought she may have been murdered by the serial killer, fred west. violence between israelis and palestinian militants shows no signs of easing. president biden has nowjoined calls for a ceasefire. excavation work is to begin at a cafe in gloucester tomorrow, as police search for a suspected victim of the serial killer fred west. 15—year—old mary bastholm worked at the clean plate cafe before she went missing in 1968. jon kay is in gloucester. decades after the cromwell street investigation, the name fred west is once again in the minds of people here in gloucester and, yet again, a location which was linked to him — he was a regular customer at this cafe back in the

when the pandemic took hold in the uk, two sisters from warwickshire are set up their own social enterprisehis award. before we talk about that, just tell us about what inspired this idea. i believe your mum? yes. this idea. i believe your mum? yes, so at the age _ this idea. i believe your mum? yes, so at the age of _ this idea. i believe your mum? yes, so at the age of the _ this idea. i believe your mum? use; so at the age of the pandemic, it was apparent that it was so difficult to get hold of ppe, which became essentialfor difficult to get hold of ppe, which became essential for everyday life, and we saw an opportunity to a connection my dad had in northern ireland to get hold of hand sanitiser, and it kind of grew from there. we saw that we had an opportunity to help her mum, our family, and we thought why not extend that to our local community and to the wider community. that is kind of what it all started. wright and your mum is a front line worker. yes, she is a front line worker. you started to — yes, she is a front line worker. you started to manufacture the hand sanitiser, and w

the director of health in warwickshire talking about extra testing on the take—up of the vaccinationid the deaths were in the context of 2.81 million people having been given at least one dose of a vaccine by april 30. just to remind you, we will be giving a coronavirus downing street briefing at 5pm. as soon as it gets under way you will be able to watch it live on bbc news. the health secretary matt hancock will be holding a downing street coronavirus briefing at 5pm today. police are investigating a fire that badly damaged the home of the celtic football club chief executive, peter lawwell. 0ur correspondent lorna gordon sent us this update. police scotland have said they were called to reports of vehicles on fire outside a house in an upmarket area on the outskirts of glasgow at around one o'clock this morning. we know the fire spread to part of the detached two—storey house, and at its height eight appliances were at the scene. pictures taken just a couple of hours ago show the charred remains of what looks to be a converted garage connected to the main house, and some burnt out

but last summer, people in this leafy warwickshire town came together, calling for change.n't really like you... i have been a victim of racism all my life. i've been spat on, i've been racially abused in the streets, bullied in school. i had another incident where someone through dirt over me. those things have kind of made me stronger and gave me the power to speak up about black lives matter. hundreds of thousands of people in the uk took part in antiracism marches in the aftermath of george floyd's murder, raising questions about policing. less than 2% of officers in england, wales and scotland are black, a disproportionate representation. as a young, black man was stopped and searched. i know the struggles and difficulties. it's helpful for the community to see police officers that look and sound like them. and to acknowledge what the community are saying. in coventry, campaigners have been reflecting on the last 12 months. but the conversations are changing. before it wasjust, racism is bad because it's "i hate black people." but now we are beginning to understand tha

the party took control of nuneaton and bedworth council in warwickshire.ndemic. slowly, across england, a renewed political picture is emerging. jonathan blake, bbc news. , ., ., , . news. the beginning of that picture emert int news. the beginning of that picture emerging as — news. the beginning of that picture emerging as hartlepool, _ news. the beginning of that picture emerging as hartlepool, where i news. the beginning of that picture emerging as hartlepool, where we| emerging as hartlepool, where we have had the by—election result. let's speak now to our political correspondent chris mason who is in hartlepool for us this morning. chris, how significant is this defeat for labour in the north east? morning. let's be clear. there is a temptation— morning. let's be clear. there is a temptation for people like me on mornings — temptation for people like me on mornings like this to get dreadfully excited _ mornings like this to get dreadfully excited about a single by—election result— excited about a single by—election result in— excited about a single b

we have seen some rain in _ in warwickshire. but we have some showers in the south—west coming through wales into the midlands, northern england. some sunshine _ the midlands, northern england. some sunshine across southern scotland and northern ireland, but still one or two— and northern ireland, but still one or two showers, most across central, northern— or two showers, most across central, northern and — or two showers, most across central, northern and eastern parts of scotland _ northern and eastern parts of scotland this morning. as we go through— scotland this morning. as we go through the day, you will find most of the _ through the day, you will find most of the showers were pushed eastwards, meaning that behind them in the _ eastwards, meaning that behind them in the west— eastwards, meaning that behind them in the west we will see a return to brighter— in the west we will see a return to brighter skies and some sunshine but even so _ brighter skies and some sunshine but even so sunshine could spark off some _ even so

alison wants to thank the staff atjim gillespie house in rugby, warwickshire, who cared so well for hershowers. today, that is the mixture, sunshine and showers, some of them will be heavy with hail and thunder and blustery around showers, particularly in england and wales. showers in the end and west. rain overnight from the south pushing north. it will arrive in the northern isles by this afternoon. between those showers, some bright skies, sunshine, but in scotland, it is probably worth taking an umbrella if you are heading out. same in northern ireland, bright spells and sunshine and showers and the same in north—west england. at this stage something drier in the north—east of england. wales, the midlands, showers here and in southern england. through the day showers develop further. some of them in the east and some of them heavy and thundery with hail. gusty wind, up to 40 mph across parts of england and wales in temperatures today around nine in the north, 17 further south. overnight, showers will fade but some will merge across northern ireland, pushing into scotland. heavy burs

given yesterday�*s revelations, well the secretary of state apologised to warwickshire families for thehomes? i don't i recognise those figures, but i do recognise those figures, but i do recognise the enormous challenge of keeping people safe in care homes in the height of a pandemic in unprecedented circumstances. the other thing i would say is that in the honourable gentleman�*s constituency, we�*re building one of biggest testing laboratories that this country has ever seen. if not the biggest. and the ability to have this huge testing capacity as an asset that this country has which would mean not only tackled a virus now, spot the new variants and make sure that we have an understanding of where it might be popping up, like for instance in bolton, but also that we�*re better prepared for the future and what i would like to do with the honourable gentleman is with him to deliver this brilliant laboratory in leamington spa, and to make sure that it is a model for how we do diagnostics for the future and i think that working together is the best approach we can take and audio onl . h

more celebrations as they took control of several councils, in nuneaton and bedworth council in warwickshireer has done during this pandemic. they think the vaccine roll—out is phenomenal and they think that given all the challenges that we've faced, the conservative government, the prime minister, has done a really good job in difficult circumstances and many of those people on the doorsteps have been right behind him. a win too in dudley in the west midlands, in harlow in essex, where they took the council from labour. the race to count votes early here in northumberland ended with a conservative win too. better news for labour elsewhere in the north—east, where they held onto several councils including newcastle and gateshead and their stronghold of sunderland, although the tories made inroads there too. in london, labour's sadiq khan is seeking a second term. there are 13 city and regional mayors to be elected. doncaster was the first result, a labour mayor elected overnight. ballot boxes have been gathered from all corners of scotland, where the snp are hoping to secure a majority in th

but foremost it is a fine calm start and this was the scene for a weather watcher in warwickshire, at the moment and we are in a pool of rather cool air and that is why we are getting off a cold and frosty start this morning. there are patches around as well and some of that fog down towards the south is quite dense at the moment and should lift and clear. then we see the sunshine but you see the blobs of blue appearing on the chart, that is showing the potential for showers, some of which will be heavy with hail and thunder stop quite widespread. slow—moving as well. if you catch a shower, it could be with you catch a shower, it could be with you for quite some time because the wind will be light and it is a cool feeling day as well. some places will avoid all the showers and stay completely dry. the showers will fade through the evening so it will turn dry with clear spells. again with one or two missed patches. we are into may now but we will see a touch of frost to start tomorrow morning. tomorrow is a repeat performance, sunshine and showers they and most widespread across easte