. is a multicultural place than sandwell and in wolverhampton.— and in wolverhampton. a big moment for the city _ and in wolverhampton. is a big moment for the city and - and in wolverhampton. is a big moment for the city and the i and in wolverhampton. is a big - moment for the city and the region which often feels overlooked and a bit disparaged put it this is really big event to get and i got it at the last minute and it's a good chance i think for birmingham and the region to showcase the transformation of the city had undergone put it is undergoing a renaissance, there has been a bit of a problem with the pandemic but things are coming back to light at the moment but people had not been there for a long time and i don't think they would recognise it now. this is what they want to get across, its a great opportunity to notjust highlight the city but the people who live there and to showcase birmingham and there and to showcase birmingham and the west midlands to the rest of the world. ~ . , the west midlands to the rest of the world. a , . «a the west midlands to t

testing has been suspended at a private laboratory in wolverhampton, while possible technical problemsre investigated. about 43,000 people are affected, and were given a negative result between september 8th and october 12th. most of the affected cases are in the south west of england, with some in the south east and wales. people who've been affected are being contacted by test and trace. 0ur health correspondent katharine da costa has the latest. graeme loaderfrom berkshire, his wife and his 11—year—old son all had positive lateral flow test results, but then received negative pcr test results in the last fortnight. because we had had the negative result back, that said to me, just go about my daily business. i haven't got the virus, i'm perfectly safe to continue as normal. so it is a worry because i was out there, socialising, seeing people as normal, possibly spreading the virus without even realising. investigations into the accuracy of some pcr tests have singled out a private lab on this science park in wolverhampton. testing on site has been suspended. the precise cause is sti

mark easton, bbc news, wolverhampton.ns. there's an increase to scottish government funding in each year of an average of £4.6 billion. there's an extra £2.5 billion for the welsh government. and an extra £1.6 billion for the northern ireland executive. in a moment, we will hear from hywel griffith in cardiff and emma vardy in belfast, but first our scotland editor sarah smith in glasgow. that's £4.6 billion a year on top of what the scottish government was already expecting in the form of the block grant, and unusually, it includes direct treasury funding for projects in scotland, like upgrading some town centres, even an electric car grand prix in the western isles. and the chancellor specifically said this budget shows the financial value to scotland of remaining in the united kingdom. well, the snp say it was a missed opportunity, the money should have been spent on green projects, like a carbon capture and storage facility near aberdeen, and that the uk government's missing out on green economic opportunities, especi

may have been wrongly told their covid pcr test was negative, after being processed at a lab in wolverhampton. travellers returning to england will be able to take private lateral flow tests, instead of more expensive pcr tests, from 24th october, in time for the half term holidays. a day of mourning in lebanon, after violence broke out in beirut leaving six people dead. foreign lorry drivers will be allowed to make more deliveries in the uk — with unlimited trips within a fortnight — to tackle supply chain problems. and... adele is back — herfirst new music for six years released at midnight. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the queen has appeared to suggest she's irritated by a lack of action in tackling the climate crisis. her remarks were picked up in clips of a conversation at the opening of the welsh parliament the senedd in cardiff — reported in this morning's daily mail. the queen was talking to the duchess of cornwall and the parliament's presiding officer, and seemed to be referring to the forthcoming cop26 climate conference. she can be heard sayi

the wolverhampton lab at the centre of the faulty tests enquiry it was awarded a government contracts of people who received a false negative test are living with the knowledge they may have inadvertently infected someone. really cross with the system, and also, i wanted to do the right thing. i wanted not to go out into society and spread something, you know, make people poorly. but i was being told that's what i should do. but also, over the course of the last week, i've had five pcr tests. the expense and the waste of money, as well, that doesn't sit easily with me either. some campaigners say that this episode has exposed a lack of regulation of testing providers. they're outside of the health system and outside of any quality control by health professionals. we've seen this a lot with companies who don't really know what it is they're existing to do, but need some form of revenue while they're working it out, and that's what this company started as, and during the pandemic, because they could do some testing, they started doing covid testing as well and they scaled up very rapid

the problems have been traced to a private laboratory on a science park in wolverhampton.. work at the lab has been suspended. suspicions had been raised in recent weeks, including tweets by this academic. he says the consequences are potentially serious. tens of thousands of people have been given false negative results, thinking they maybe don't have covid even though they've had symptoms and a positive lateral flow device, they've been going into school and work and potentially infecting other people. public health leaders say after they were alerted they needed time to work out which lab might be at fault. why could you not have intervened sooner? we have been looking over that time i period and we do listen and in factl we welcome feedback. i want to make sure that - if there are any further problems with other laboratories, we can spot them - as quickly as possiblel so i will be conducting a serious incident investigation . within the health security agency. the latest revelations come at a time of rising covid cases, highlighted by the latest office for national sta

testing has now been suspended at the private lab in wolverhampton, and an investigation has been orderedhe centre of the faulty tests enquiry is run by a company called immensa health clinic limited. it was awarded a government contract worth £119 million to carry out pcr tests just a few months after being set up, one of a number of lucrative government contracts the company has won. but now thousands of people who received a false negative test are living with the knowledge they may have inadvertently infected someone. really cross with the system, and also, i wanted to do the right thing. i wanted not to go out into society and spread something, you know, make people poorly. but i was being told that�*s what i should do. but also, over the course of the last week, i�*ve had five pcr tests. the expense and the waste of money, as well, that doesn�*t sit easily with me either. some campaigners say that this episode has exposed a lack of regulation of testing providers. they're outside of the health system and outside of any quality control by health professionals. we've seen this a lot w

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the uk health security agency says testing at the immensa health clinic in wolverhampton has been suspendedults following a positive lateral flow test. it's thought those affected were tested between 8th september and 12th october. hugh pym joins me. what more do we know about this, this is quite alarming. we what more do we know about this, this is quite alarming.— what more do we know about this, this is quite alarming. we had heard about this for— this is quite alarming. we had heard about this for the _ this is quite alarming. we had heard about this for the last _ this is quite alarming. we had heard about this for the last couple - this is quite alarming. we had heard about this for the last couple of - about this for the last couple of weeks anecdotally from gps who reported they had patients getting in touch saying that they were unwelcome that they had all the symptoms, they tested positive on a lateral flow, symptoms, they tested positive on a lateralflow, then had gone to get the confirmatory pcr and it was negative. and gps were rather suspicious of this. it seems to be largely

the problems have been traced to a private laboratory on a science park in wolverhampton.eeks, including tweets by this academic. he says the consequences are potentially serious. tens of thousands of people have been given false negative results, thinking they maybe don't have covid even though they've had symptoms and a positive lateral flow device, they've been going into school, they've been going into work and potentially infecting other people. public health leaders say after they were alerted, they needed time to work out which lab might be at fault. why could you not have intervened sooner? we have been looking over that time i period and we do listen and in factl we welcome feedback. i want to make sure that - if there are any further problems with other laboratories, - we can absolutely spot them as quickly as possible. so i'll be conducting a serious incident investigation - within the health security agency. the latest revelations come at a time of rising covid cases, highlighted by the latest office for national statistics release on community infections. the

mark easton, bbc news, wolverhampton.ra £4] billion promised by 2024 to 2025. 0ur education editor branwenjeffries has been getting reaction from a school in leicester. well, i've gotjane gadsby, the head teacher here, with me. what's your overall reaction, first of all, to that financial offer to schools when you look at your bills and your rising costs? additionalfunding, of course, is always really, really welcome, but it will be interesting to see, when we get to 2025 and we've done all the calculations, whether it has had a real benefit on where we stand. as you know, there's going to be rises in salaries. that's got to be paid for. is that going to come out of that amount that we are going to be given? or are we going to get extra to fund that? so, yes, i think we wait to see how much we do benefit from extra funding. there was also a bit of extra money for creating more places, more school places, for children with special needs and disabilities, an important issue, i know, here in leicester. looking at the figures

our home editor mark easton has been talking to people in wolverhampton.n poverty. so what do the chancellor's repeated promises to level up the mean for those on low incomes in places like wolverhampton? giovanni nursed his mum until her death last april. now living alone, depression and stress have stopped him working. having seen the £20 covid benefits uplift removed, he is left with 60 quid a week to cover everything, as the cost—of—living soars. it's very, very hard. you know, i don't even put the heating on. i have to sit like this with my fleece on every day. you know, you're frightened to even put the water, run the water in the tap. low paid workers will now keep more of their universal credit, but that won't help giovanni, with the chancellor resisting calls to remove vat from fuel bills. the chancellor needs to address these things. why are you doing this? why are you making people suffer? for those on low incomes, this budget is relatively good news if you're working. there's changes to universal credit and the national living wage. but for tho

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an investigation has singled out a lab in wolverhampton, and some scientists have questioned how thisd. i cannot fathom the failings that would lead to the level of a false negative result. rules for overseas lorry drivers are due to be relaxed to try to ease continuing problems in the supply chain. a bbc investigation finds nearly 13,000 domestic abuse cases have been dropped by police in england and wales in the last five years. from today, shoppers can spend up to £100 per transaction using their contactless card. 18 months ago i could have bought and paid for these on my contactless card, but from today, well, i can buy this much, up to £100, without putting in my pin. a man's been arrested after a stabbing at a constituency surgery of conservative mp sir david amess. let's get more from our political from our political correspondent, pete saull. what correspondent, pete saull. more do we know at th very what more do we know at this stage? very limited information at the nine learnt but we now according to his westminster office, a stabbing has had a dent in his constituency. sir

coventry, sandwell, and you could not imagine a more cultural, multicultural place than sandwell and wolverhamptonhe moment. if people have not been there for a long time, i don't think they would recognise and this is what they want to get across, it's a great opportunity to notjust i the city about the people who live there. and to showcase birmingham and the west midlands for the rest of the world. and the west midlands for the rest of the world-— of the world. many thanks. that's the start of _ of the world. many thanks. that's the start of the _ of the world. many thanks. that's the start of the queen's - of the world. many thanks. that's the start of the queen's bat - of the world. many thanks. that's the start of the queen's bat on i the start of the queen's bat on relay in 294 days' time, it will arrive in birmingham and its arrival will signal the start of the 2022 commonwealth games. now it's time for a look at the weather. we've had a weather transformation which makes us think about what sort of autumn weather we prefer. it may have felt quite fresh out there but this shows there was p