certainly applies to birmingham in the west midlands.y need more homes to be built so they have a _ they need more homes to be built so they have a chance if they're not on they have a chance if they're not on the housing — they have a chance if they're not on the housing letter to getting on the housing ladder. it�*s the housing letter to getting on the housing ladder.— housing ladder. it's a big story wherever you _ housing ladder. it's a big story wherever you are _ housing ladder. it's a big story wherever you are for - housing ladder. it's a big story wherever you are for the - housing ladder. it's a big story - wherever you are for the unthinking down in the southwest where two pressures, one is the houses people can't afford whether to rent or buy but also the huge demand from older people who would like to move out of their family homes, people who would like to move out of theirfamily homes, maybe people who would like to move out of their family homes, maybe to a bungalow or something accessible for them as they become less mob

forthe better connected to the west midlands.of that, there is no doubt about it, we're building over 100 miles of high—speed line but we're also improving and separating the commuter network to journey times in the east midlands, in the west midlands and across the whole rest of the country.— rest of the country. you're going to have to make _ rest of the country. you're going to have to make it _ rest of the country. you're going to have to make it so _ rest of the country. you're going to have to make it so that _ rest of the country. you're going to have to make it so that people - rest of the country. you're going to have to make it so that people can| have to make it so that people can afford to travel on it because it's expensive to stop the afford to travel on it because it's expensive to stop— expensive to stop the way to cut costs on train _ expensive to stop the way to cut costs on train travel— expensive to stop the way to cut costs on train travel is _ expensive to stop the way to cut costs on train travel is to - co

west midlands police released a statement appealing for information after the shooting. 0ur west midlands an experienced paramedic who are scenting in scenarios where people are in very sick and in life—threatening situations. we haven�*t had an update on the boy since this morning, but we are expecting something later on. very sadly, this is an area where there has been a lot of incidents like this over the last couple of years and in a city where we have seen a lot of teenagers injured either through stabbings or shootings as well. we don�*t know what is behind this at this stage we would expect to hear something more from west midlands police as the day goes on and they are carrying out investigations at the scene in birmingham, and when we get more, we will bring it to you. two women and two children have been killed in a fire at a house in bexleyheath in south—east london. a man managed to get out of the building and has been taken to hospital. the cause of the fire is under investigation. 0ur reporter tim muffett was at the scene. some desperately sad news from bexleyheath here in s

this west midlands, the whole of the north of the country.— north of the country.ociety, and while we continue to grieve forjacob, we must ask the obvious question — why was zephaniah mcleod, known to so many agencies, allowed to be out and about? the worst ever performance — again — by emergency departments in wales, with record waiting times for an ambulance and at a&e. do it yourself: apple makes spare parts available so that customers can do their own repairs to their devices. sport, and for a full round up, we go over to the bbc sport centre. azeem rafiq has apologised for a historical— azeem rafiq has apologised for a historical post azeem rafiq has apologised for a historical post in he appeared to be anti—semitic. he appeared to be anti-semitic. fox cricket could face the " nuclear option' of an independent regulator if the ecb doesn't act quickly enough in the wake of the racism scandal that's engulfed the sport. the words of the sports minister nigel huddlestone who's been speaking at the dcms select committee. mp�*s have been asking more questions follow

after a break of almost 20 years, this famous motorcycle brand is speeding back into the west midlandsndian ownership. at full capacity, this factory will be building 8000 bikes every year. tvs motors bought the company for £16 million and say they have already had more than 5000 customer inquiries. norton is, for me, one of the most exciting motor brands in the world. it is about dna of racing, it is about innovation, it is about passion, it is about a very special product, and there is a huge commodity outside and customer landscape who are very excited about norton. this factory has created 100 newjobs and staff on the production line want to win back customers who may have been put off by problems with bikes made under the old company. it's changed massively. all the improvements, you can just see the brand getting bigger and bigger and hopefully we will put bikes into production and find some happy customers. the motorcycle industry association say sales of power two wheelers are up more than 10% on last year, but in a competitive market, can norton make up for some of its image p

an iconic motorcycle brand is returning to the west midlands after an absence of twenty years.rted in birmingham, 123 years ago. rob mayor has been to take a look. a new homejust a new home just a stone's throw from where it all began 123 years ago. norton supplied a quarter of all motorcycles to the british army during the second world war, and enjoyed success on the racetrack. in recent years, it fell on hard times, entering administration last year. after a break of almost 20 years, this famous motorcycle brand is speeding back into the west midlands under indian ownership. at full capacity, this factory will be building 8000 bikes every year. tvs motors bought the company for £16 million, and say they have already had more than 5000 customer enquiries. had more than 5000 customer enauiries. ., ., , had more than 5000 customer enquiries-— had more than 5000 customer enauiries. ., ., , ., ., had more than 5000 customer enauiries. ., ., ., ., enquiries. norton is for me one of the most exciting _ enquiries. norton is for me one of the most exciting motor— enquiries. norton is

this is a weather watcher picture from the west midlands earlier on this morning., this area of rain, sleet and snow will track very slowly eastwards across england, much of the snow over higher ground, mainly rain to low levels. brightening up towards the west. northern ireland and scotland having a mix of sunny spells and showers, but though showers wintry even to a quite low levels in scotland. it stays windy. the winds ease a little bit in those places where it has been so blustery so far, but it is still going to be blustery out there this afternoon. so when we factor in the strength of the wind, it is going to feel really cold, even on the thermometer temperatures no better than 3—8 degrees. tonight, some wet and wintry weather will continue across parts of eastern england. cloud will bring some rain into western parts of northern ireland, some more snow fall into parts of north—west scotland. but in between with clear skies temperatures will plummet. —6 or —7 likely in places, so with wet surfaces and still some lying snow, ice could be a problem tomorrow mo

after a break of almost 20 years, this famous motorcycle brand is speeding back into the west midlandser indian ownership. at full capacity, this factory will be building 8000 bikes every year. tvs motors bought the company for £16 million and say they have already had more than 5000 customer inquiries. norton is, for me, one of the most exciting motor brands in the world. it is about dna of racing, it is about innovation, it is about passion, it is about a very special product, and there is a huge commodity outside and customer landscape who are very excited about norton. this factory has created 100 newjobs and staff on the production line want to win back customers who may have been put off by problems with bikes made under the old company. it's changed massively. all the improvements, you can just see the brand getting bigger and bigger and hopefully we will put bikes into production and find some happy customers. the motorcycle industry association say sales of power two wheelers are up more than 10% on last year, but in a competitive market, can norton make up for some of its ima

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with you jonathan, do you have a sense yet of how this is playing in birmingham and maybe in the west midlandsturned in 2019, we talk a lot about the red wall in the north of england but there was some in the midlands. i think of a place like dudley when announced they would back, conservative. nota constituency that back, conservative. not a constituency that you back, conservative. nota constituency that you would not have thought of his tory leaning in the past. thought of his tory leaning in the ast. �* , ,., , thought of his tory leaning in the ast. ~,, , .,�* thought of his tory leaning in the ast. , , ., �* ., thought of his tory leaning in the ast, �* , , ., �* ., ., ., past. absolutely. you've heard a lot of marginal — past. absolutely. you've heard a lot of marginal seats _ past. absolutely. you've heard a lot of marginal seats which _ past. absolutely. you've heard a lot of marginal seats which have - past. absolutely. you've heard a lot of marginal seats which have been l of marginal seats which have been changing _ of marginal seats which have been changing hands. not all of a sud

after a break of almost 20 years, this famous motorcycle brand is speeding back into the west midlandser indian ownership. at full capacity, this factory will be building 8000 bikes every year. tvs motors bought the company for £16 million and say they have already had more than 5000 customer inquiries. norton is, for me, one of the most exciting motor brands in the world. it is about dna of racing, it is about innovation, it is about passion, it is about a very special product, and there is a huge commodity outside and customer landscape who are very excited about norton. this factory has created 100 newjobs and staff on the production line want to win back customers who may have been put off by problems with bikes made under the old company. it's changed massively. all the improvements, you can just see the brand getting bigger and bigger and hopefully we will put bikes into production and find some happy customers. the motorcycle industry association say sales of power two wheelers are up more than 10% on last year, but in a competitive market, can norton make up for some of its ima

that hasn't changed, but west midlands police say he may well have suffered life changing injuries as, referring it to being a high—level team that involves a specialist trauma doctor and a specialist trauma doctor and a specialist paramedic because he was so seriously injured. i've been speaking to an eyewitness, a shopkeeper, the speaking to an eyewitness, a shopkeeper, ...— speaking to an eyewitness, a shopkeeper, the police activity is windin: shopkeeper, the police activity is winding down _ shopkeeper, the police activity is winding down here. _ shopkeeper, the police activity is winding down here. it _ shopkeeper, the police activity is winding down here. it is - shopkeeper, the police activity is winding down here. it is an - is winding down here. it is an onauoin is winding down here. it is an ongoing investigation, - is winding down here. it is an ongoing investigation, they l is winding down here. it is an i ongoing investigation, they say. is winding down here. it is an - ongoing investigation, they say. the tragedy is that here is another teenager whose life has been seve

we could see a little bit of snow and this area of wet and wintry weather through parts of the west midlandsugh this evening and tonight we'll keep some of those showers for eastern parts of england and it will bring this band of cloud and patchy rain into northern ireland and into western scotland, a bit of snow on the leading edge of that because it is running into some cold air. many of us having a frosty start to monday morning. it will be a milder start to the morning for parts of northern ireland and western scotland because as this band of cloud and patchy rain sinks south—eastwards, and notice a lot of the snow turning back to rain through the day, the wind direction will turn round to a westerly and that will bring milder conditions. so by the afternoon belfast, glasgow, stornoway ten degrees. compare that with just four or five for hull, for norwich, and for london. but that's where we will see some of the best of the sunshine through monday afternoon. but it is the milder conditions that will win out as we get on into tuesday. this frontal system will bring some outbreaks of rain,

people from hong kong have been describing their difficulty resettling in the west midlands.isa to live, study and work the uk. but many say they re struggling to secure employment and accommodation. yvonne brissett reports. she has been looking forward to this for months. she says finding somewhere to live has been difficult since moving to solihull from hong kong with her husband injune, she left a good career in banking and now the lives off her savings while struggling to find a job. we don't have any employment history, we do not have any bank accounts here and so, the cannot have any reference track of ourselves. despite this, she says staying in hong kong was not an option. the atmosphere is very tense and everything has changed. we cannot talk freely in the office, in the schools, on the street. hong kong saw protests early this year after china introduced the new security law. as a former british colony, the uk government criticised the restrictions on people's rights and freedoms. it went on to create a new british national overseas visa, allowing hong kong citizens

we could see a little bit of snow and this area of wet and wintry weather through parts of the west midlandsesterday, still quite breezy for those eastern coasts. as we go through this evening and tonight we'll keep some of those showers for eastern parts of england and it will bring this band of cloud and patchy rain into northern ireland and into western scotland, a bit of snow on the leading edge of that because it is running into some cold air. many of us having a frosty start to monday morning. it will be a milder start to the morning for parts of northern ireland and western scotland because as this band of cloud and patchy rain sinks south—eastwards, and notice a lot of the snow turning back to rain through the day, the wind direction will turn round to a westerly and that will bring milder conditions. so by the afternoon belfast, glasgow, stornoway, ten degrees. compare that with just four or five for hull, for norwich, and for london. but that's where we will see some of the best of the sunshine through monday afternoon. but it is the milder conditions that will win out as we get on

we could see a little bit of snow and this area of wet and wintry weather through parts of the west midlandsnot as windy as it was yesterday, still quite breezy for those eastern coasts. as we go through this evening and tonight we'll keep some of those showers for eastern parts of england and it will bring this band of cloud and patchy rain into northern ireland and into western scotland, a bit of snow on the leading edge of that because it is running into some cold air. many of us having a frosty start to monday morning. it will be a milder start to the morning for parts of northern ireland and western scotland because as this band of cloud and patchy rain sinks south—eastwards, and notice a lot of the snow turning back to rain through the day, the wind direction will turn round to a westerly and that will bring milder conditions. so by the afternoon belfast, glasgow, stornoway ten degrees. compare that with just four or five for hull, for norwich, and for london. but that's where we will see some of the best of the sunshine through monday afternoon. but it is the milder conditions that wi

west midlands metro is to suspend all its tram services through birmingham and the black country fromthis afternoon, - explain morris. absolutely. this news broke this afternoon, so l explain morris. absolutely. this - news broke this afternoon, so people travelling on the trans—tonight will be the lastjourney for at least four weeks according to west midlands metro. 8 million passenger journeys that were in the final year before the pandemic, so up to the beginning of 2020. obviously things have been quieter since then, but they are returning to those kinds of levels at the moment. it was cracks in the trams themselves that had been discovered. there were a few earlier this year. they took a couple of their 21 trams for repairs, but upon further inspection, the problem is not only more widespread commits far more serious, and that is resulting in this action being taken this evening, suspending operations from tomorrow morning. they say for at least four weeks, and that takes up until the middle of december. it could even last longer than that and beyond christmas. remember that publ

we argue that the east—west links for the more important, particularly the east midlands.e that. one of the ma ors i would welcome that. one of the mayors has _ i would welcome that. one of the mayors has said _ i would welcome that. one of the mayors has said this _ i would welcome that. one of the mayors has said this is _ i would welcome that. one of the mayors has said this is a - i would welcome that. one of the mayors has said this is a 20th - mayors has said this is a 20th century a grade to 19th—century infrastructure. in other words, century a grade to 19th—century infrastructure. in otherwords, it is toying around with old infrastructure. you're not revolutionising it. it infrastructure. you're not revolutionising it.- infrastructure. you're not revolutionising it. it not all of it. revolutionising it. it not all of it- there _ revolutionising it. it not all of it. there are _ revolutionising it. it not all of it. there are about _ revolutionising it. it not all of it. there are about 100 - revolutionising it. it not all of it. there are about 100 miles| revoluti

improving and upgrading the commuter network to shorten journey times _ in the east midlands, - the west midlandsle north of the country. i guess the crux of this, laura, whether it's rail and the announcement today or anything else at the moment, at this stage in a parliament, between general elections, this is where a government at any time to start turning its rhetoric, its grand promises, into reality, and the point where voters will then come to a judgement. that's right. this government has been very conscious of that in the last few months, i think increasingly conscious of that, because of course the pandemic basically slammed the brakes on anything else that they wanted to do, of course, quite understandably. but it meant pretty much the first two years of the administration, and we are almost at that two—year anniversary, whether you want to celebrate it or commiserate over it, of course, that's up to you, newscasters, but we are almost two years in now, and it is absolutely at the moment, especially when it comes to big projects, if it's not happening now, it's not going to be done bef

we could see a little bit of snow and wintry weather through parts of the west midlands into wales, that low levels. not as windy as it was yesterday, still quite breezy for those eastern coasts. as we go through this evening and tonight we keep some of those showers for eastern parts of england and it will bring this band of cloud and patchy rain into northern ireland and into western scotland, a bit of snow on the leading edge of that because it is running into some cold air. many of us having a frosty start to monday morning. it will be a milder start to the morning for parts of northern ireland and western scotland because as this band of cloud and patchy rain sinks south—eastwards, and notice a lot of the snow turning back to rain through the day, the wind direction will turn round to a westerly and that will bring milder conditions. so by the afternoon belfast, glasgow, stornoway ten degrees. compare that with just four or five for hull, for norwich, and for london. but that's where we will see some of the best of the sunshine through monday afternoon. but it is the milder conditio

monumental programme for rail investment, for commuters, for passengers in the east midlands, the west midlandshole of the north of the country. we'll be getting the reaction of commuters and businesses. also on the programme tonight. ambulance services and a&e departments in wales record their worst ever performance times. victims of the cladding crisis. a new study reveals anxiety, depression and thoughts of self—harm. it's kind of like a crippling depression where you can't get up. i didn't see the point in anything, had a really bleak outlook on life. lady gaga talks to us about channelling her childhood experiences into her new film, house of gucci. and coming up on the bbc news channel, the latest on peng shuai, the tennis player who has not been heard of for two weeks since making sexual assault allegations against a top chinese government official. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the government has scrapped the h52 line between the east midlands and leeds, which was promised a decade ago. instead, as part of the integrated rail plan, the government will increase investm

another rule for everyone else, that's a reference to the mp for halesowen and rowley regis in the west midlandsesterday. he voted with the government. labour seizing on that. yeah, and it has been felt in glasgow, hundreds of miles away because obviously it is a huge news story, you can't ignore it, and there are a lot of conservative mps here because they have interest in what is happening in cop26, and some of them are quite scathing about it, as well, so the westminster gossips have been in their hair. also, you've got ministers here. also, you've got other government business here that is potentially being overshadowed by this, so there was a huge announcement about phasing out coal power today which is one of borisjohnson�*s big cop26 priorities, but alok sharma, at the cop26 president's press conference, iasked him about owen paterson. the business secretary kwasi kwarteng is here and when i bumped into him in the corridor i did not ask him about some nerdy stats, i asked him about some comments he made about the parliamentary commissionerfor standards. do you still stand by your comments

monumental programme for rail investment, for commuters, for passengers, in the east midlands, the west midlands whole of the north of the country. we'll be getting reaction from commuters and businesses. also on the programme tonight... azeem rafiq — who called out racism against him at yorkshire cricket club — apologises for using anti—semitic language on social media ten years ago. the irish taoiseach micheal martin tells the bbc goodwill on all sides can solve the row over trade in northern ireland. the migrants trapped on the edge of the eu — we follow one afghan family who've tried dozens of times to get in. and prince charles visits the pyramids, saying they should inspire us to protect the planet — as egypt prepares to host next year's climate change summit. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, rangers get their man — former player giovanni van bronckhorst is the new manager of the scottish champions. the dutchman replaces steven gerrard. good evening. the government has scrapped the h52 line between the east midlands and leeds which was promised a decade ago. instead, as

west midlands metro services have been suspended for a second time in five months, after cracks werers on the network, which runs between birmingham and wolverhampton. the work is expected to take at least four weeks to complete. we arejust going we are just going to bring you to cop next, to pictures in glasgow, because we are expecting to bring you the conference plenary, that's where the cop president, alok sharma will be speaking. we expect him to discuss the draft agreement that has been published. we are expecting that any minute now. as you can see, there are people gathering there in glasgow, so we are expecting any minute now for the president, alok sharma, to appear and discuss the draft agreement that negotiators have been working on for a while. we will come back to that as soon as we hear about starting. in an interview with russia's state broadcaster, president putin denied... president denied... vladimir putin has denied moscow's involvement in the migrant crisis on the belarus—poland border. poland and other western countries accused moscow of working with minsk to or

there will be mostly track upgrades between the west midlands and leeds instead of the fast route, although reveal the leads the manchester route under the proposed northern powerhouse rail scheme won't get a whole new line via bradford, but there will be some new track, not high—speed and some upgrades to the existing infrastructure. bradford is counting on better rail connections for regeneration and some see the idea of dialling plans back as unthinkable. i just cannot believe they would do that. itjust does not make any economic sense. we know that bradford is a young workforce. 137,000 people here. 25% of the population under the age of 16. we are the workforce of the future. in 2019 the prime minister said this. i want to be the prime minister who does with northern powerhouse rail, what we did for crossrail in london. campaigners now feel he is in danger of breaking his promise. there were real commitments made to the north of england by the prime minister, in his first week in office, that northern powerhouse rail would be one of his top domestic priorities. he saw it as key to unlo

there will be mostly track upgrades between the west midlands and leeds, instead of a new fast route.oute under the proposed northern powerhouse rail scheme won't get a whole new line via bradford. but there will be some new track — not high—speed — and some upgrades to the existing infrastructure. bradford is counting on better rail connections for regeneration and some see the idea of dialling plans back as unthinkable. i just can't believe they would do that. itjust doesn't make any economic sense. we know that bradford is a young workforce. 537,000 people here, nearly 25% of the population under the age of 16. we are the workforce of the future. in 2019, the prime minister said this... i want to be the prime minister who does with northern powerhouse rail, what we did for crossrail in london. campaigners now feel this promise could be derailed, and, with it, the idea of truly levelling up the country. one conservative nottinghamshire mp, though, says the improvements which are expected shouldn't be overlooked. the key thing is, if there is investment in our transport links, are th

wintry showers giving some snow over higher grounds, reaching relatively low levels in wales, the west midlands mainly dry and bright here, temperatures between 2 and a decrease in most places. tonight we see wintry showers affecting eastern england, at the same time this band of cloud and patchy rain moves in to northern ireland and western scotland, snow on the leading edge as it runs into cold air, most of the starting monday with a frost, northern ireland and western scotland starting milder and as this band of cloud and patchy rain sinks south—eastward through the day, we introduce westerly winds and milder air. temperatures in belfast and glasgow 10 tomorrow afternoon, compared to 4 or five for hull and norwich. hello, this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines... the uk government promises it will be christmas as normal despite the discovery of the omicron variant of coronavirus. from tuesday, people in england will once again have to wear masks in shops and on public transport. israel will ban the entry of all foreigners for two weeks to try to prevent the spread of the new omicron

referring to all the other debts we have seen in birmingham, the west midlands and all over the countryical manufacturer pfizer, has said that a clinical trial of a pill to treat covid—19, shows that the drug is highly effective. the product is called paxlovid, and it is reported to have achieved an 89 % reduction in the risk of hospitalization or death — that's among adult patients with coronavirus who are at high risk of progressing to severe illness. with me now is our health correspondentjim reed: how significant is this? when you think about _ how significant is this? when you think about last _ how significant is this? when you think about last year _ how significant is this? when you think about last year there - how significant is this? when you think about last year there were l think about last year there were lots of companies talking about the effectiveness of vaccines. this year we're talking about treatment instead. these are treatments given to people at high risk of catching and then going on to develop serious disease, so pills taken at home after you have tested positi

a monumental programme for rail investment for commuters, for passengers in the east midlands, west midlandsdown everyone in the north and you can't believe _ everyone in the north and you can't believe a _ everyone in the north and you can't believe a word the prime minister says _ where is this chinese tennis star?

monumental programme for rail investment, for commuters, for passengers in the east midlands, the west midlandsthe whole of the north of the country. this was the first test of levelling up this was the first test of levelling up and _ this was the first test of levelling up and the government has completely failed and _ up and the government has completely failed and let down everybody in the north, _ failed and let down everybody in the north, and _ failed and let down everybody in the north, and you can't believe a word the prime — north, and you can't believe a word the prime minister says. we'll have reaction from rail users in the north of england and from westminster. also this lunchtime... where is this chinese tennis star? she disappeared after making sexual assault allegations. now there's an email saying she's safe and well, but is it genuine? a life sentence for zephaniah mcleod, the man who stabbed eight people in birmingham in what the judge called a murderous rampage. the worst ever performance, again, by emergency departments in wales, with record waiting times for an ambulance

no motive has been pinpointed by west midlands police and detectives believe keon may have been "in theve beenjailed for life at birmingham crown court for the killing of 15 —year—old keon lincoln back injanuary. six cases of the omicron coronavirus variant have now been identified in scotland. they bring the total number of known omicron infections, in the uk, to nine. there's a warning it's "very likely" that more will be discovered in the coming days. japan has announced its to close its borders to most foreign visitors, as the world's third largest economy joins israel in responding decisively to the spread of the new variant. here's our tokyo correspondent, rupert wingfield hayes. so, this is a very rapid announcement by the japanese prime minister, mr keshida, after his cabinet meeting today he came out and said that they had decided as an emergency measure to essentially reimpose the border restrictions that were lifted at the beginning of this month. japan has had very tough border restrictions for most of the last two years, because of covid. those began to be lifted on novembe

6iger factory proposalfor coventry in weight behind the 6iger factory proposal for coventry in the west midlandsty? prime minister. i think my _ midlands combined authority? prime minister. i think my honorable - minister. i think my honorable friend. minister. i think my honorable friend- only — minister. i think my honorable friend. only a _ minister. i think my honorable friend. only a couple - minister. i think my honorable friend. only a couple of- minister. i think my honorable friend. only a couple of weeks minister. i think my honorable - friend. only a couple of weeks ago the entire cabinet was in bristol with rolls—royce looking at what they are doing with other companies to go for sustainable aviation, madam deputy speaker. i also can tell him that we are looking actively at what we can do to support a factory in the coventry area. there are commercial discussions under way. area. there are commercial discussions underwa. ., , , , discussions under way. madam deputy s-eaker, discussions under way. madam deputy sieaker, as discussions under way. madam deputy speaker, as chair— discussi

we could see a little bit of snow and this area of wet and wintry weather through parts of the west midlandsat because it is running into some cold air. many of us having a frosty start to monday morning. it will be a milder start to the morning for parts of northern ireland and western scotland because as this band of cloud and patchy rain sinks south—eastwards, and notice a lot of the snow turning back to rain through the day, the wind direction will turn round to a westerly and that will bring milder conditions. so by the afternoon belfast, glasgow, stornoway ten degrees. compare that with just four or five for hull, for norwich, and for london. but that's where we will see some of the best of the sunshine through monday afternoon. but it is the milder conditions that will win out as we get on into tuesday. this frontal system will bring some outbreaks of rain, especially to the north—west of the uk. it will be fairly breezy as well but temperatures topping out at around 12 degrees. it will then turn a little cooler again for the middle part of the week. this is bbc world news, i'm ben br

west. across the midlands, east anglia and the south, though, most places will stay dry and the mist and fogparts of scotland and northern ireland. and then into the week ahead, after a slightly cooler spell midweek, temperatures around the average, it will get much, much milder once again. rain most likely across the north, that's because you are close to these areas of low pressure in iceland, weatherfronts scooting by some windy conditions at times and so if it's not some bands of heavy rain it will be a scattering of showers which will pepper western scotland throughout the week. further south, a little bit of rain northern ireland and maybe northern england but the further south you come still, most places will stay dry with the odd glimmer of sunshine and stay pretty mild, too. bye for now. good morning. there's been a fair bit of cloud around in areas today but equally a little bit of sunshine here and there. quite a few people have seen the sunshine break through the cloud when you have it as we go through the day. just across the board, though, it is a mild day, even after the chill

what you're actually seeing in the west midlands area is mps forming their own similar group.the backcountry area are forming their own sort of midlands group of conservative mps to push investments in the region. and they are talking about often smaller scale projects such as the new rail owner but a local rail line and that sort of thing. they know that they need to show that they are delivering otherwise they are going to get kicked out. i otherwise they are going to get kicked out-— kicked out. i was 'ust going to brin: us kicked out. i was 'ust going to bring us to _ kicked out. i wasjust going to bring us to touching _ kicked out. i wasjust going to bring us to touching on - kicked out. i wasjust going to bring us to touching on the i kicked out. i wasjust going to i bring us to touching on the front of the sun. we've dealt with the sun front page which is not the main story but it is on the front page. a little column on the left of the front page which is 12 mps coin in 3.5 million. we got a print out. i was looking at the story most is on the inside. but it is quite s

the new police and crime commission for the west midlands has chosen to cut back on stop and search in, across the region. can the prime minister confirm that whilst stop and searches must be proportionate and not discriminatory, they remain an important part of keeping our streets and our communities safe? boris johnson: yes, mr. speaker, i certainly agree with that. it was a point i raised recently with labour mayor of london. we agreed on many things. he was very much out of line with the current labour policy on lockdowns but he did certainly, i certainly thought that he was wrong about stop and search and we need to make sure stop and search is part of the armory of police options when it comes to stopping knife crime. if it is done sensitively and integrates with all it can be extremely valuable. siobhain mcdonagh: thank you, mr. speaker. prime minister, we can save the u.k. taxpayer 200 million pounds and level up health service. the hospital is set to lose its a&e maturity intensive care, children service renal unit and 62% of beds to healthy, wealthy belmont, at a staggering c

northern and western scotland, northern ireland, north—west england and the odd one for wales, the west midlandss share of the sunshine. it is breezy out there. these are average wind speeds, round the coast of northern scotland you could see gusts around 40—50 mph or so, which is 7 or 8 degrees here. whereas for the bulk of the uk a range of 10—13 celsius. into tonight, cloud continuing to thicken from the west. you may encounter some light rain and drizzle, some more persistent, heavy bursts of rain towards the north and west of scotland. clear spells continue for longest overnight across east anglia in south—east england, so this is where we are going to have the lowest temperatures, into low single figures, whereas tomorrow we start the day at 10 degrees in belfast and glasgow. we are going to get a weather front just bringing some rain for thursday and indeed for friday across parts of north and western scotland, high pressure elsewhere keeping a lot of dry weather, importing the air around it, though, from a long way to the south—west of the uk. that's an mild direction for us so it will b

and western scotland, northern ireland and north west england, one or two for wales, perhaps the west midlandsd coming in from the west with light rain and drizzle, more persistent rain in northern and western scotland, clear spells for longest in east anglia and south—east england, with the lowest temperatures in low single figures. 10 degrees, though, to start our thursday in belfast and glasgow. further rain at times across, particularly north west scotland on thursday, the chance of a bit of light rain and drizzle elsewhere in the west, where we have a lot of cloud. best of any sunny spells in the east. despite all of the cloud, it is much milder tomorrow. hello, this is bbc news. i'm joanna gosling. the headlines: the cost of living soars by more than 4%, with the price of fuel, energy, transport and hospitality all going up. borisjohnson prepares to face questions in parliament over the corruption row which has engulfed westminster. amazon says it will stop accepting payments from visa credit cards in the uk from next year. poland accuses belarus of trying to destabilise the european uni

in this reopened economy businesses like this family hotel group in sutton coldfield in the west midlandsss it is around 20 staff members sought in an industry where vacancies are up by 80% compared with pre—pandemic levels. we have had a challenge with having enough hands to operate, so we are having to shut the restaurant at times. we are having to cut down on the size of the menu. because we don't have enough skills in the kitchen or enough hands in the kitchen. job vacancies are fit any record. —— have hit a new record. up by nearly 4000 compared with before the pandemic to nearly 1.2 million. the latest figures show there are 29.3 million staff on employers payroll is also more than before the pandemic started. the chancellor welcomed the figures. today's jobs figures of the first we have had since furlough ended and what they show is unemployment has consistently and continuously fallen for nine months in a row now and record numbers of people are in work stopped including i can announce today 100,000 young people who have started jobs through our kick—start scheme. with skill short

there will be mostly track upgrades between the west midlands and leeds instead of the fast route, althoughcted to reveal the leeds to the manchester route under the proposed northern powerhouse rail scheme won't get a whole new line via bradford, but there will be some new track, not high—speed and some upgrades to the existing infrastructure. bradford is counting on better rail connections for regeneration and some see the idea of dialling plans back as unthinkable. i just cannot believe they would do that. itjust does not make any economic sense. we know that bradford is a young workforce. 137,000 people here. 25% of the population under the age of 16. we are the workforce of the future. in 2019 the prime minister said this. i want to be the prime minister who does with northern powerhouse rail, what we did for crossrail in london. campaigners now feel he is in danger of breaking his promise. there were real commitments made to the north of england by the prime minister, in his first week in office, that northern powerhouse rail would be one of his top domestic priorities. he saw it as k

west midlands police is appealing for any witnesses.two children have been killed in a fire at a house in bexleyheath in south—east london. a man managed to get out of the building and has been taken to hospital. the cause of the fire is under investigation. 0ur reporter tim muffett is there. good morning. what more can you tell us? , ., ., ., good morning. what more can you tell us? h, ., ., good morning. what more can you tell us? ., ,, ., , us? good morning. some desperately sad news from — us? good morning. some desperately sad news from bexleyheath _ us? good morning. some desperately sad news from bexleyheath in - us? good morning. some desperately sad news from bexleyheath in south l sad news from bexleyheath in south london this morning. the london fire brigade said they first received calls at 8:30pm. they sent six fire engines and around 40 firefighters to the scene. they managed to take four people out of the building, two women and two children but sadly they all died. 0ne women and two children but sadly they all died. one

in this reopened economy businesses like this from a hotel group in sutton coldfield in the west midlands-pandemic levels. we have had a challenge with _ with pre-pandemic levels. we have had a challenge with having - with pre-pandemic levels. we havej had a challenge with having enough hands to operate, so we are having to shut the restaurant at times. we are having to cut down on the size of the menu. because we don't have enough skills in the kitchen or enough skills in the kitchen or enough hands in the kitchen. lip enough skills in the kitchen or enough hands in the kitchen. up by nearly 4000 _ enough hands in the kitchen. up by nearly 4000 compared _ enough hands in the kitchen. up by nearly 4000 compared with - enough hands in the kitchen. up by nearly 4000 compared with before the pandemic to nearly 1.2 million. the latest figures show there are 29.3 million staff on employers payroll is also more than before the pandemic started. the chancellor welcomed the figures. to pandemic started. the chancellor welcomed the figures.— pandemic started. the chancellor welcomed the figures. t

there was a group in the west midlands, he seemed to be in amongst that group.sitting in the house of lords, who lives in torphins in aberdeenshire. i asked him about what he's experiencing following storm arwen. the power went off at around six o'clock— the power went off at around six o'clock on — the power went off at around six o'clock on friday night and it is still not — o'clock on friday night and it is still not back on. people haven't fully realised not only were we without — fully realised not only were we without power but all the mobile phone _ without power but all the mobile phone signals went down so people have no— phone signals went down so people have no mobile phone or internet connection — have no mobile phone or internet connection. in addition to which, bt were _ connection. in addition to which, bt were in_ connection. in addition to which, bt were in the — connection. in addition to which, bt were in the process of switching away _ were in the process of switching away from — were in the process of switching away from analog to bt voice w

monumental programme for rail investment, for commuters, for passengers in the east midlands, the west midlands whole of the north of the country. former yorkshire cricketer azeem rafiq has apologised for anti—semitic messages he sent ten years ago. it comes just days after he gave powerful testimony to mps about the racist abuse he faced himself while a professional player. a life sentence for zephaniah mcleod, the man who stabbed eight people in birmingham in what the judge called a "murderous rampage". a new report reveals the mental health problems suffered by people living in blocks of flats with unsafe cladding. and the prince of wales and duchess of cornwall visit egypt's ancient and iconic giza pyramids as part of a two—day tour of the country. good evening. the government has scrapped the h52 line between the east midlands and leeds which was promised a decade ago. instead, as part of the integrated rail plan, the government will increase investment in existing lines which they say will deliver faster journeys sooner. but labour has called the scaling back of the high—speed rail line a

chief superintendent kenny bell is from west midlands police.hat he's been the co—founder, the architect, the leader of that group. and how much of an influence did he have on neo—nazis who became involved in serious terrorism plots? yeah, well, our evidence has shown that he's had a lot of contact with people who've then got on to commit the violent acts, both in terms of either hate crime or violent crime or acts of terrorism. 0ur evidence has shown that he has gad significant contact with them and he's been able to influence them. a volcano on the spanish island of la palma, which has been erupting for more than ten weeks, is showing no signs of abating. a new vent has just opened, triggering a new lava stream and sending huge clouds of smoke into the sky. tania dendrinos reports. for more than 70 days, the cumbre vieja volcano has been spewing lava, swallowing homes, businesses and farmland. it's destroyed almost 3000 buildings, decimated the banana—growing industry and forced the evacuation of thousands of residents. this video released on

chief superintendent kenny bell is from west midlands police. we've done an immense investigation.being member of that prescribed group. in all the evidence we've reviewed from those investigations has led us to conclude and the jury has accepted that he is been the co—founder and the architect and leader of that group. and how much influence did he have on neo—nazis who became involved in serious terrorism plots? our evidence has shown that he's had a lot of contact the editor of gone on to commit the violent acts both in terms of either head crime or violent crime or acts of terrorism for evidence has shown that he has had significant contact with them and he's been able to influence them. it is not often the head of m16 gives a broadcast interview. but today the new boss, richard moore, known in spy cricles as c, stepped out of the shadows to speak to the bbc. his job is to analyse the risk side of the ledger, to inform the government what he views as the biggest threats. and currently his sights are fixed firmly on china. the chief believe that technologically, the chinese migh