ok, simon today, joining us from the west midlands, thank you i from the west midlands, thank you veryodies of 45—year—old emma pattison and her family were found early yesterday morning. police say it was an isolated incident and they don't believe anyone else was involved. sean dilley has this report. 45—year—old emma pattison became head of epsom college five months ago. this was her speaking in 2020, in a video for her previous school. working with them has been quite humbling, they are sensationally dedicated. surrey police say her body was found in a property on school grounds along with her husband george and seven—year—old daughter lettie yesterday morning. detectives have launched what they describe as a thorough investigation. they don't believe anyone else was involved and they're not looking for anyone else. they have reported the deaths to the coroner, which would be usual, but officers will be visible in the coming days to offer reassurance. epsom college has around 850 students. fees are more than £42,000 for those who board here, or £28,000 for day pupils. the college,

here in the west midlands. on strike once again over pay and conditions. i'm joined by unite the regional officer, sue lo. sue how are your members feeling ? they take your members feeling? they take industrial action once again. i think they're more determined than ever. they're asking the negotiation is they that this is their only option to . push for their only option to. push for that negotiation at. the end of the day, that's what our ballot was about. they determined that they're looking after each other, which is what it's all about. and they're very well supported the public. so supported by the public. so they're feeling okay. they're cross , they're disappointed in cross, they're disappointed in the government, but let's see what the government haven't come to the to the table. they haven't started. why do you think that is? we have no idea. it's so it's unusual. if you're the fire brigade, you get to negotiate. and if the if you're the train's unions get a negotiation, the least you can expect is a

the new patients west midlands. after a trawl through old it system were on tv, online and on derby radio. this is gb news. back now to beth . welcome back to bev turner. todayitis welcome back to bev turner. today it is 1137. we have a slightly shorter show on a wednesday because pmqs let me introduce my panel, you for the last time this morning broadcast tonia buxton and former trooper and author phil campion right in mail. tanya, another teacher , mail. tanya, another teacher, the victim of the trans naming culture war. what's happened to this guy ? he's been sacked. he's this guy? he's been sacked. he's sacked for bringing up complete , pletely, commonsensical ds and concerns about what's going on here? he's being called names like transphobic . he's he's he's like transphobic. he's he's he's lost his job he's been forjust asking some questions and. this is where i find big problem because you know i actually grew up someone who was trans in the eighties and i what she went through to become a it's really really

and over the last ten years, a 50% increase here in the west midlands.a 32% increase in the last year. pre—pandemic levels with a 32% increase in the last year . so. increase in the last year. so. so, you know, you can see how much of a serious problem. this is how much both politicians as we're hearing from cooper today trying to get a hold of it from a position of if labour were government. of course the conservatives committing themselves and manifest shadow back in 2019 to 20000 extra police officers on the they say there must be that target by april this year but the west midlands police federation in that and that richard cooke i spoke to him because he believes that there needs to be a new approach on how to solve tougher crime. we've been calling for a long time for a return to policing which embedded in local communities , which then gives us communities, which then gives us the intelligence we need to react and respond spontaneously as opposed to waiting until events happen . and that's that's events happen. and that's that's talking about thin

it was west midlands police . west midlands. midlands police. west midlands. so yes.h, i mean, to be honest with you the attitude , honest with you the attitude, the police that i dealt with throughout the through domestic abuse was just horrific, to be honest. and even after happened to me, you know i'd almost been murdered and i'd sent three text messages asking not to be contacted by my perpetrate to from prison. it was witness intimidation . from prison. it was witness intimidation. he was from prison. it was witness intimidation . he was convicted intimidation. he was convicted for and i got a call from a police saying on a friday evening saying, you're to get in trouble for sending these three text messages to text messages could be up for a harassment charge for asking, you know, my perpetrator , his family to leave perpetrator, his family to leave me alone . i and the call kind of me alone. i and the call kind of like this. it was like, you know, this is a the he caught me on a friday said, you know, you could be looking at a harassment charge. we want you to

digital, culture, media and sport has described it as "devasting news for rugby fans across the west midlandswomen comfortably secured victory against estonia in the first of two must—win fixtures, as they look to seal qualification for the eurobasket finals. there was no repeat of the loss suffered to the same opponents in november 2021, as team gb hammered estonia by 55 points. temi fagbenle led the way with 23. great britain must now beat portugal on sunday to have any chance of qualification. that's all the sport for now. this is bbc news, we'll have the headlines and all the news, straight after this programme. across the uk, people are on strike. in england... there is a growing anger in this country. ..scotland... the workers united will never be defeated! ..northern ireland... horns sound ..and wales. how are people going to pay these bills? i workers spent more days on strike in 2022 than at any time since the 1980s. unions and bosses are further apart than ever. so why are they striking and is there an end in sight? these strikes are completely unnecessary. i'm finding it really har

camilla was forced to postpone a visit to the west midlands earlier today. visit to the west midlandser today . you're up to date earlier today. you're up to date on tv , online and dab, plus on tv, online and dab, plus radio. this is gb news, the people's channel, where now it's time for . time for. farage good evening. while the scene was knowsley on merseyside, it was knowsley on merseyside, it was friday evening . and what was friday evening. and what happened? there had been away for months and it was to do with young men and a migrant hotel. parents of a school , girl school parents of a school, girl school just down the road , becoming just down the road, becoming increasingly concerned . now, of increasingly concerned. now, of course, mainstream media will tell you there is no hard evidence but a strong belief in that community that young men living in that hotel were talking to girls , often underage talking to girls, often underage girls. and a video emerged and that seemed to light the blue touch paper. as far as the community was concerned. they announced they'd be holding

camilla was forced to postpone a visit to the west midlands earlier today. visit to the west midlandser today . you're up to date earlier today. you're up to date on tv , online and dab, plus on tv, online and dab, plus radio. this is gb news, the people's channel, where now it's time for . time for. farage good evening. while the scene was knowsley on merseyside, it was knowsley on merseyside, it was friday evening . and what was friday evening. and what happened? there had been away for months and it was to do with young men and a migrant hotel. parents of a school , girl school parents of a school, girl school just down the road , becoming just down the road, becoming increasingly concerned . now, of increasingly concerned. now, of course, mainstream media will tell you there is no hard evidence but a strong belief in that community that young men living in that hotel were talking to girls , often underage talking to girls, often underage girls. and a video emerged and that seemed to light the blue touch paper. as far as the community was concerned. they announced they'd be holding

long—term deal after an impressive start as west brom manager — his side have been beaten 2—0 in the west midlands at st andrews. a first senior goal for hannibal. the on—loan manchester united man scoring with a clever free kick. they are 10 points clear of the bottom three now while west brom missed the chance to go fifth. in scotland it's fifth round weekend in the scottish cup and hearts are into the quarter finals with a 2—0 win at championship strugglers hamilton. stephen humphrys capping off a nice team move here to make it 1—0 before cammy devlin wrapped up the win in the second half. holders rangers play partick thistle on sunday. england captain owen farrell will wear the number ten shirt in their second six nations match against italy at twickenham on sunday. it means harlequins fly—half marcus smith drops to the bench. before that there are two matches tomorrow scotland host wales at murrayfield, and before that — there's a game in dublin that could have a big say in where the title is heading this year. the favourites ireland face the grand slam champions france. patrick gearey has mo

weather on thursday, with lots of sunshine and certainly was a stunning end to the day across the west midlandsoldfield. now, it wasn't like that everywhere. after a sunny start to the day in scotland, the clouds gathered through the afternoon and it did turn quite wet and quite windy. have seen gusts of wind as strong as about 48 miles an hour across northern scotland. but those winds beginning to ease away at the moment. a little bit of rain trickling southwards as our cold front moves across scotland to bring some patches of rain into northern ireland and northern england over the next few hours. although there is a frost, that tends to become confined to southernmost areas as we head into the first part of friday morning. so, for some, quite a chilly start to the day, but for many it's going to be quite cloudy on account of this weather front that will continue to push its way southwards. so, a bit of patchy rain possible for northern ireland, northern england through the morning, and that will tend to push its way into parts of wales, the midlands, east anglia. after a sunny start across t

weather on thursday, with lots of sunshine and certainly was a stunning end to the day across the west midlandsat everywhere. after a sunny start to the day in scotland, the clouds gathered through the afternoon and it did turn quite wet and quite windy. have seen gusts of wind as strong as about 48 miles an hour across northern scotland. but those winds beginning to ease away at the moment. a little bit of rain trickling southwards as our cold front moves across scotland to bring some patches of rain into northern ireland and northern england over the next few hours. although, there is a frost that tends to become confined to southern most areas as we head into the first part of friday morning. so, for some quite a chilly start to the day, but for many it's going to be quite cloudy on account of this weather front that will continue to push its way southwards. so, a bit of patchy rain possible for northern ireland, northern england through the morning, and that will tend to push its way into parts of wales, the midlands, east anglia. after a sunny start across the far south, it will tend to tu

weather on thursday, with lots of sunshine, and certainly was a stunning end to the day across the west midlandsfter a sunny start to the day in scotland, the clouds gathered through the afternoon and it did turn quite wet and quite windy. have seen gusts of wind as strong as about 48 miles an hour across northern scotland. but those winds beginning to ease away at the moment. a little bit of rain trickling southwards as our cold front moves across scotland to bring some patches of rain into northern ireland and northern england over the next few hours. although there is a frost that tends to become confined to southernmost areas as we head into the first part of friday morning. so, for some quite a chilly start to the day, but for many it's going to be quite cloudy on account of this weather front that will continue to push its way southwards. so, a bit of patchy rain possible for northern ireland, northern england through the morning, and that will tend to push its way into parts of wales, the midlands, east anglia. after a sunny start across the far south, it will tend to turn cloudier with a

this was the west midlands, birmingham, sutton coldfield, with the setting sun as you can see over theetting sun as you can see over the slate. it was like that everywhere. after a sunny morning in scotland the cloud limit clouds gathered through the afternoon, and a rather dark and moody scene with the wind picking up on rain from these weather fronts. moving southwards at the minute. rain getting across scotland and eventually moving into parts of northern england, northern ireland as well. most of the rain quite light and patchy. it will increasingly leave any frost limited towards southern parts of both england and wales where you might get off to quite a nice sunrise tomorrow morning before cloud tends tomorrow morning before cloud tends to spread southwards as this front continues its journey south across england and wales as well. a lot of cloud around. the rain light and patchy. notice the skies across scotland and northern england. plenty of sunshine here. just a few show is coming in off the north sea. some cold north—easterly winds affecting north—eastern parts of scotland,

digital, culture, media and sport has described it as "devasting news for rugby fans across the west midlandsn comfortably secured victory against estonia in the first of two must—win fixtures, as they look to seal qualification for the eurobasket finals. there was no repeat of the loss suffered to the same opponents in november 2021, as team gb hammered estonia by 55 points. temi fagbenle led the way with 23. great britain must now beat portugal on sunday to have any chance of qualification. that's all the sport for now. this is bbc news, we'll have the headlines and all the news, straight after this programme. we face a massive dilemma. last year was officially the uk's warmest year on record. london was burning. california's fuel—choked, highly flammable forests combined with drier conditions linked to climate change. swathes of land across - southern pakistan have been turned into islands. national records have been broken in eight countries and regional records in three others. climate change is making extreme weather more likely, so tackling it is more urgent than ever, but... prices ar

camilla was forced to postpone a visit to the west midlands earlier on today. visit to the west midlands earlier on today . let's just earlier on today. let's just bnng earlier on today. let's just bring you a bit of breaking news we've received within the last few moments from uefa . uefa says few moments from uefa. uefa says it does now bear primary responsibility for failures which almost led to the champions league final in may becoming a mass fatality catastrophe. that's according an independent report into the scenes . fans were penned independent report into the scenes. fans were penned in and teargassed outside paris officials as kick off between liverpool and real madrid. was by 36 minutes. that news just in confirmation that bears primary for failures in that instance. more news on that in our next hour of news. here's . hour of news. here's. patrick okay, people is a big one. okay. so 15 arrests have been made following at the weekend outside a hotel housing migrants and asylum seekers in knowsley. now it's , violence. we all, of it's, violence. we all, of course, absolute con

camilla was forced to postpone a visit to the west midlands earlier on today. visit to the west midlandsarlier on today . let's just earlier on today. let's just bnng earlier on today. let's just bring you a bit of breaking news we've received within the last few moments from uefa . uefa says few moments from uefa. uefa says it does now bear primary responsibility for failures which almost led to the champions league final in may becoming a mass fatality catastrophe. that's according an independent report into the scenes . fans were penned independent report into the scenes. fans were penned in and teargassed outside paris officials as kick off between liverpool and real madrid. was by 36 minutes. that news just in confirmation that bears primary for failures in that instance. more news on that in our next hour of news. here's . hour of news. here's. patrick okay, people is a big one. okay. so 15 arrests have been made following at the weekend outside a hotel housing migrants and asylum seekers in knowsley. now it's , violence. we all, of it's, violence. we all, of course, absolute conde

and it's similar to what the chair of the west midlands police federation cooke has been saying.this is what he had to say say . we've been calling for say. we've been calling for a long time for a return to policing which is embedded in local communities, which then gives us the intelligence we need to react and respond as opposed to waiting until the events happen. and that that's talking about things like sexual , sicko, use of section 60, which can be controversial with some. but i think we should be using far more before event. you know, parliament gave us these powers and we're simply not using them the degree that we should . i think this needs to be should. i think this needs to be about really tough enforcement, unapologetic enforcement, particularly around knife possession that can have certainty that if they're found with a knife in public without reasonable excuse, they're going to be arrested . they're going to to be arrested. they're going to be taken to custody and they are going to be looking at a charge and going to court. that hasn't happened by anywhere near en

weather on thursday, with lots of sunshine and certainly was a stunning end to the day across the west midlandsit wasn't like that everywhere. after a sunny start to the day in scotland, the clouds gathered through the afternoon and it did turn quite wet and quite windy. have seen gusts of wind as strong as about 48 miles an hour across northern scotland. but those winds beginning to ease away at the moment. a little bit of rain trickling southwards as our cold front moves across scotland to bring some patches of rain into northern ireland and northern england over the next few hours. although there is a frost, that tends to become confined to southernmost areas as we head into the first part of friday morning. so, for some, quite a chilly start to the day, but for many it's going to be quite cloudy on account of this weather front that will continue to push its way southwards. so, a bit of patchy rain possible for northern ireland, northern england through the morning, and that will tend to push its way into parts of wales, the midlands, east anglia. after a sunny start across the far south, i

weather on thursday, with lots of sunshine and certainly was a stunning end to the day across the west midlandsow, it wasn't like that everywhere. after a sunny start to the day in scotland, the clouds gathered through the afternoon and it did turn quite wet and quite windy. have seen gusts of wind as strong as about 48 miles an hour across northern scotland. but those winds beginning to ease away at the moment. a little bit of rain trickling southwards as our cold front moves across scotland to bring some patches of rain into northern ireland and northern england over the next few hours. although there is a frost, that tends to become confined to southern most areas as we head into the first part of friday morning. so, for some quite a chilly start to the day, but for many it's going to be quite cloudy on account of this weather front that will continue to push its way southwards. so, a bit of patchy rain possible for northern ireland, northern england through the morning, and that will tend to push its way into parts of wales, the midlands, east anglia. after a sunny start across the far sout

this year injanuary alone west midlands police said there were nine incidents of car stripping in thentinue. 21—year—old meg matthews had a vauxhall corsa stripped last november at the same car park what she got the train to london. it november at the same car park what she got the train to london.- she got the train to london. it was uuite she got the train to london. it was quite dark. — she got the train to london. it was quite dark, there _ she got the train to london. it was quite dark, there were _ she got the train to london. it was quite dark, there were no - she got the train to london. it was quite dark, there were no lights. l she got the train to london. it was quite dark, there were no lights. i | quite dark, there were no lights. i got in my car is normal. when i sat down and shut my door i heard glass shatter, look to the sight of me at the window was completely smashed. that is when i look forward and realised my bonnet was missing. her car was taken away by her insurance company and your annual premium has now gone up by about £500. it is company and your annual premi

looking at some of the data we've got from the office of the statistics on thursday, the east and west midlandsby 5.7% compared with a 2.7% increase in the capital in london. how much of a challenge does the government face with its levelling up agenda, even those are the numbers we are seeing? i think it's always a challenge, it's been an ongoing theme for many years in the uk with different performances in different parts of the economy. it's a huge policy challenge but i think thinking about the national picture, we know it's generally the picture isn't great at the moment in the uk and that retail sales fell in december and things like the pmi measures of business service, business over activity, it looks like private sector activity continues to shrink injanuary —— business survey activity. melanie baker. thank you very much. let's get another perspective on that. michael hewson is chief market analyst at cmc markets, which provides online trading and betting services. michael, if you look at the ftse 100 index of top uk shares, you wouldn't think the economy was stagnating — it has hit se

unnecessary operations in private and nhs hospitals, mainly in private and nhs hospitals, mainly in the west midlandsruling in favour of the homeowners. they�*d complained that visitors to the art gallery could see into their properties from a viewing gallery that opened in 2016. the 0ldham coliseum theatre, which over a century and a quarter has welcomed some of the biggest names in film and theatre to greater manchester, has cancelled all of its events from the end of march following the loss of all of its funding from arts council england. the loss amounts to nearly £2 million over three years, despite the fact that 0ldham is a priority location for the government�*s levelling up fund. the theatre management said that staff, performers and many local people had suffered a massive shock. 0ur north of england correspondent judith moritz reports. the 0ldham coliseum panto played to packed houses, 83 performances seen by 33,000 people. but the theatre can only make ends meet because of public funding. now its grant�*s being removed. managers say it�*ll have to close. it�*s more than just about produci

the west midlands reporterjack conditions get more.mingham. and jacqui was showing us those vans being loaded earlier with lots of material being brought in. it is important, of course, that they have to work what is needed and what might jam up the system . what might jam up the system. that's exactly right. because what you've got, mark, is you've got a mix. of course of people in communities like this , in in communities like this, in smoke in birmingham who have seen the impact of the tragedy, have felt really deeply affected by it and want to do anything they can to any kind of supplies, whether that's bedding. we've seen, of course, woolly hat jumpers . we the woolly hat jumpers. we know the temperatures that it is currently of turkey currently now in parts of turkey and syria, in the and parts syria, in the night—time, in the evening overnight reaching as low as minus six. so this is why we've seen a lot of bedding, a lot of warm clothing out to those warm clothing to go out to those people. what right, people. but what you. rig

but in the west midlands, they've had an extra problem. g to steal almost 200,000 cream eggs. the chocolate treats worth around £40,000 were stolen from a unit in stafford park in telford on saturday. shortly after the theft , police saturday. shortly after the theft, police managed to stop a car on the motorway and arrested a 32 year old man on suspicion of theft. pleased they'd cracked another crime . you would gb news another crime. you would gb news in and out see them . in and out see them. it's tomorrow, as you say. now, in our media bonds , the first in our media bonds, the first front pages are in this really sad story on the front of the metro, which pays tribute to the strong, fearless one of a kind brianna gay after the trans teenager was brutally murdered in warrington investigating officers say there is no evidence that the tragedy was a hate crime. the i leads on the news that can serve of mps uprising. jeremy hunt to increase defence spending or risk failing to deter putin. the chancellor is being told to cough up chancellor

but in the west midlands, they've had an extra problem. g to steal almost 200,000 cream eggs. the chocolate treats worth around £40,000 were stolen from a unit in stafford park in telford on saturday. shortly after the theft , police saturday. shortly after the theft, police managed to stop a car on the motorway and arrested a 32 year old man on suspicion of theft. pleased they'd cracked another crime . you would gb news another crime. you would gb news in and out see them . in and out see them. it's tomorrow, as you say. now, in our media bonds , the first in our media bonds, the first front pages are in this really sad story on the front of the metro, which pays tribute to the strong, fearless one of a kind brianna gay after the trans teenager was brutally murdered in warrington investigating officers say there is no evidence that the tragedy was a hate crime. the i leads on the news that can serve of mps uprising. jeremy hunt to increase defence spending or risk failing to deter putin. the chancellor is being told to cough up chancellor

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that's to according office for national statistics areas worst affected were the west midlands, londonhester and cleveland . i am manchester and cleveland. i am delighted to be joined by norman brennan, a former police officer who for over 30 years and a prominent campaigner. issues pertaining to law order. thank you very much indeed , norman, you very much indeed, norman, for joining us this morning forjoining us this morning i mean, these numbers are staggering seeing the number of fatalities at the hands of a knife . what do you think the knife. what do you think the causes are for this rise? what is this many causes ? but the is this many causes? but the first point i'd like to make clear is that these were foreseeable, predictable and preventable . as a serving police preventable. as a serving police officer myself , i was stabbed in officer myself, i was stabbed in the chest by an armed burglar. that devastating effect on my life and i realised devastation of knife crime. so . on 13th of of knife crime. so. on 13th of december 2000 or four, along with people like damilola taylor'

so in london and the west midlands, they have been experimenting with a new way of dealing with callslow a clinical conversation between a nurse, a paramedic or a doctor and the patient, and between them they will be able to decide whether an ambulance is the best response for that patient, or they are better cared for in a different environment. it's really important that people know it does not mean anyone loses their place in the queue. what it does is provide more individualised care for an individual patient. but also allows us to free up the resources for our most vulnerable patients. category two ambulance call—outs make up over half of all emergency calls. they're meant to cover an immediate risk to life, things like a heart attack or stroke, but they also include conditions such as burns, diabetes or headaches, where the severity of the problems can vary enormously and some of which do not always need an immediate response. through having a more detailed conversation with some of those patients, a pilot scheme found around one in five of all category two calls could be better

weather on thursday, with lots of sunshine, and certainly was a stunning end to the day across the west midlandstland, the clouds gathered through the afternoon and it did turn quite wet and quite windy. have seen gusts of wind as strong as about 48 miles an hour across northern scotland. but those winds beginning to ease away at the moment. a little bit of rain trickling southwards as our cold front moves across scotland to bring some patches of rain into northern ireland and northern england over the next few hours. although there is a frost that tends to become confined to southernmost areas as we head into the first part of friday morning. so, for some quite a chilly start to the day, but for many it's going to be quite cloudy on account of this weather front that will continue to push its way southwards. so, a bit of patchy rain possible for northern ireland, northern england through the morning, and that will tend to push its way into parts of wales, the midlands, east anglia. after a sunny start across the far south, it will tend to turn cloudier with a few patches of rain. for scotland a

and he's terrorising a terrorising a town , the west midlands, because town, the west midlands, becausee can't love . and i think he can't find love. and i think that's why he's he's that's why he's now he's attacking owl. he's attacking the owl. he's attacking the owl. he's attacking lots of residents holding them hostage. he how do they his motives , drawing they know his motives, drawing blood think angst and blood and they think angst and the anger is like know how and guys get angry and. they do someone psychoanalyse this owl and that it's about high and confirm that it's about high libido whether creatures are very romantic. have you ever have you ever raised and now have you ever raised and now have a living in your house. i've never had an owl in my house. have i've had my house. i have i've had in my barn the sweet you to feed them live brings closer live mice. it brings you closer , potentially , but they are potentially violent. . they're quite violent. now if. they're quite brutal actually. they're really, really strong. so if you remember the murder of kathleen peterson, th

and he's terrorising a terrorising a town , the west midlands, because town, the west midlands, becausee can't love . and i think he can't find love. and i think that's why he's he's that's why he's now he's attacking owl. he's attacking the owl. he's attacking the owl. he's attacking lots of residents holding them hostage. he how do they motives , drawing they know his motives, drawing blood think angst and blood and they think angst and the anger is like know how and guys get angry and. they do someone psychoanalyse this owl and that it's about high and confirm that it's about high libido whether creatures are very romantic. have you ever have you ever raised and now have you ever raised and now have a living in your house. i've never had an owl in my house. i have i've had my house. i have i've had in my barn the sweet you to feed them live closer live mice. it brings you closer , potentially , but they are potentially violent. . they're quite violent. now if. they're quite brutal actually. they're really, really strong. so if you remember the murder of kathleen peterson, the wife of

and finally, a rehabilitation scheme from west midlands police has reportedly saved local businesses. an estimated businesses. an estimated £800,000 by tackling, shoplifting in the region. so i want to know should criminals be punished or rehabilitated ? i punished or rehabilitated? i myself have a psychic for the first hour of this evening show is author and ella whelan . and is author and ella whelan. and my is author and ella whelan. and my big opinion to strike or to strike that is the question and i'll be giving my view on the pubuc i'll be giving my view on the public walkouts. that's from 9:00 tonight. in the big question , the decision by welsh question, the decision by welsh to ban. tom jones is . i'll be to ban. tom jones is. i'll be asking whether music should be censored and in news agenda with my panel should over 50 is be incentivised to return to work . incentivised to return to work. have we fallen out of love film as well and all you prepare to eat bugs for breakfast. i'm serious. it's not that arcane. we'll talk about it later on. i'll be discussing all those storie

and finally, a rehabilitation scheme from west midlands police has reportedly saved local businesses. an estimated businesses. an estimated £800,000 by tackling, shoplifting in the region. so i want to know should criminals be punished or rehabilitated ? i punished or rehabilitated? i myself have a psychic for the first hour of this evening show is author and ella whelan . and is author and ella whelan. and my is author and ella whelan. and my big opinion to strike or to strike that is the question and i'll be giving my view on the pubuc i'll be giving my view on the public walkouts. that's from 9:00 tonight. in the big question , the decision by welsh question, the decision by welsh to ban. tom jones is . i'll be to ban. tom jones is. i'll be asking whether music should be censored and in news agenda with my panel should over 50 is be incentivised to return to work . incentivised to return to work. have we fallen out of love film as well and all you prepare to eat bugs for breakfast. i'm serious. it's not that arcane. we'll talk about it later on. i'll be discussing all those storie

west midlands reporter , though.here. and of course, jack, we do reflect that this is very disrupt it for the students. so there are a of them have been supporting their lecturers this industrial action . that's exactly right mark there's been a lot of support from students were walking by the picket line when it was here a little bit earlier on because of course so many of them are there are their lecturers, their professors and they are supportive of them. this industrial action, it looks this action is going to continue . the action is going to continue. the you see the university and union yesterday announced they were going to review 70,000 of their members across 150 university in order to continue this action for the rest of the academic of course we know the strike laws mean that you can only ballot for a period of six months at a time and they're rebalancing to make sure that can go take this industrial action. well on into the summer what they're wanting is a pay rise to the rpi measure of inflation plus 2%

digital, culture, media and sport has described it as "devasting news for rugby fans across the west midlandsthletes compete. the ioc had said it will "explore a pathway" for russian and belarusian athletes to compete as neutrals in paris. ukraine's sports minister who is also president of its olympic committee, responded by saying the country could boycott the games, with several other european nations since also calling for the ban to be upheld. ioc president thomas bach has told ukraine's olympic committee that such threats are "extremely regrettable". here's our sports news corresponent alex capstick. inside of the ioc they have said and he sort of neutrality will have strict conditions much stricter than previous games we talk of and an all—white kit, no emblems, no alternative national emblem as we've had in the past the nip asked the question as well, if russia will accept that. they have said they don't want any conditions they want full delegation. that's all the sport for now. laura mcghee will be here with sportsday at 6.30. president zelensky has addressed the european parliament

meanwhile, ambulance workers in the west midlands have taken to the picket lines today, with patientsacing yet more delays as a result . patients facing yet more delays as a result. members of patients facing yet more delays as a result . members of the patients facing yet more delays as a result. members of the gmb and unions are staging the walkout in a long running dispute over pay and staffing . dispute over pay and staffing. the department for transport has announced a cap on bus fares in england will be extended by three months. th e £2 cap, which three months. the £2 cap, which appues three months. the £2 cap, which applies more than 130 bus companies outside of london , was companies outside of london, was due to end in march . but that's due to end in march. but that's been extended until the end of june.the been extended until the end of june. the aim is to increase passenger numbers, but also to help bus users during the cost of living crisis . people have of living crisis. people have been warned they could be without power for more than 48 hours after storm. otto swept ac

so in london and the west midlands, they have been experimenting with a new way of dealing with callsrsation between a nurse, a paramedic or a doctor and the patient, and between them they will be able to decide whether an ambulance is the best response for that patient, or they are better cared for in a different environment. it does not mean anyone loses their place in the queue. what it does is provide more individualised care for an individual patient. it also allows us to free up the resources for our most vulnerable patients. category two ambulance call—outs make up over half of all emergency calls. they are meant to cover an immediate risk to life, things like a heart attack or stroke, but they also include conditions such as burns, diabetes or headaches, where the severity of the problems can vary enormously and some of which do not always need an immediate response. through having a more detailed conversation with some of those patients, a pilot scheme found around one in five of all category two calls could be better treated elsewhere and did not need an ambulance. i'm just

meanwhile, ambulance workers in the west midlands have taken to the picket lines today, with patientsacing yet more delays as a result . patients facing yet more delays as a result. members of patients facing yet more delays as a result . members of the patients facing yet more delays as a result. members of the gmb and unions are staging the walkout in a long running dispute over pay and staffing . dispute over pay and staffing. the department for transport has announced a cap on bus fares in england will be extended by three months. th e £2 cap, which three months. the £2 cap, which appues three months. the £2 cap, which applies more than 130 bus companies outside of london , was companies outside of london, was due to end in march . but that's due to end in march. but that's been extended until the end of june.the been extended until the end of june. the aim is to increase passenger numbers, but also to help bus users during the cost of living crisis . people have of living crisis. people have been warned they could be without power for more than 48 hours after storm. otto swept ac

one example we looked after a guy, a trained driver for west midlands trains .on freedom day, july 19 seven. his personal facebook account. thank god the pubs are reopening. i didn't want to live in alcohol free muslim caliphate for the rest of my life . one of his colleagues, my life. one of his colleagues, even that was on his facebook account, said that he was offended by that reported to him , reported him to his bosses . he , reported him to his bosses. he was placed under investigation and fired for gross misconduct . and fired for gross misconduct. and we looked after him, took the case to the employment tribunal got finding tribunal and got a finding of unfair dismissal and a five figure sum damages. but figure sum in damages. but that's the kind of thing we achieved with toby and also paypal. success you had with paypal. the success you had with paypal, you were on the show at the time. was yeah, that the time. that was yeah, that turned out be a in disguise. turned out to be a in disguise. i they they cancelled the i mean they they cancelled the free s

meanwhile in the west midlands are facing more delays as ambulance workers are on the picket lines todayare on the picket lines today. members of the gmb and unite unions are staging a walkout in their long running dispute over and staffing. the unions say they're waiting for a decent pay offer . the government says it offer. the government says it continues talks with the unions . edf energy made a £1.1 billion worth of profit last year. that's up from a loss of worth of profit last year. that's up from a loss 0 worth of profit last year. that's up from a loss of £21 million the year before at uk consumer energy supplier. however lost more than £200 million. edf has blamed those losses on the energy price . losses on the energy price. yesterday, there an announcement by british gas that its profits had decreased by almost 40% in the year . the had decreased by almost 40% in the year. the home had decreased by almost 40% in the year . the home secretary had decreased by almost 40% in the year. the home secretary has asked an explanation over nicola private life being disclosed to the pub

meanwhile patients in the west midlands are facing more delays as ambulance workers join the picket todaymbers of the and unite unions are staging a walkout in their long running dispute . overpaying staffing. dispute. overpaying staffing. the unions say they're waiting for a decent offer. the government says it continues talks with the unions . the home talks with the unions. the home secretary has asked for an explanation over the disclosure of nicola belly's private life. suella braverman has questioned why lancashire police disclosed the details . at a press the details. at a press conference, the force says there's barely suffered significant issues with alcohol in past and was struggling with the perimenopause . lancashire the perimenopause. lancashire police have referred themselves to the police watchdog, the shadow justice steve reid says it's right thing to do. the should not be sharing an extremely private personal information about individual without the consent of that individual . without the consent of that individual. they are available to give it and if not then without t

meanwhile, ambulance workers in the west midlands have taken to the picket lines today with patientsing yet more delays as a result. members of the gmb and unite unions are staging a walkout in a long running dispute over pay and staffing . the department for staffing. the department for transport has announced a cap on bus fares in england will be extended by three months. th e £2 extended by three months. the £2 cap, which applies to more than 130 bus companies outside of london, was due to end in march, but that's now been extended until the end of june. the aim is to increase passenger numbers, but also to help bus users during the cost of living crisis . officials in users during the cost of living crisis. officials in bulgaria say at least 18 people include one child being found dead in an abandoned trunk . 34 migrants abandoned trunk. 34 migrants include five children were taken to hospitals in the capital, sofia, after being found in a compartment of the truck, which had been carrying wood at least ten are still in a critical condition due to a lack of oxygen in the vehicle.