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chilly old week, George. Rais thank you. That's all from the BBC | :00:00. | :00:10. | |
We are victims of a witchhunt, says a governor over claims his school | :00:11. | :00:17. | |
has been infiltrated by Muslim radicals. This is a completdly | :00:18. | :00:24. | |
anonymous document which maligns my good work and my good name. The | :00:25. | :00:30. | |
chair of governors speaks to us exclusively after the alleg`tions | :00:31. | :00:34. | |
earlier this month. Under trial in Birmingham, ` new | :00:35. | :00:38. | |
prosthetic limb that could transform the lives of thousands of alputees. | :00:39. | :00:44. | |
Although I was active beford, I am even more active now. All aboard the | :00:45. | :00:51. | |
heritage railway clocking up record numbers across the Cotswolds. | :00:52. | :00:56. | |
It is the biggest game in the club's history. Join me livd at | :00:57. | :01:01. | |
Saint Andrews, where Birmingham city ladies play in a Champions League | :01:02. | :01:13. | |
clash. And all of the weather detahls for | :01:14. | :01:28. | |
you later. Good evening. A school governor says | :01:29. | :01:32. | |
allegations that he is behind a radical Muslim plot aimed at making | :01:33. | :01:35. | |
schools work to more Islamic principles are a witchhunt. | :01:36. | :01:38. | |
Birmingham City Council is currently investigating a letter which claims | :01:39. | :01:41. | |
the plan, known as Operation Trojan Horse, has already affected | :01:42. | :01:43. | |
leadership at four schools. The letter names Tahir Alam, ch`irman of | :01:44. | :01:48. | |
governors at Park View Acaddmy. Officials from the Department for | :01:49. | :01:50. | |
Education are currently at school, saying they are monitoring serious | :01:51. | :01:53. | |
allegations. School watchdog Ofsted is also carrying out an inspection. | :01:54. | :01:56. | |
Our special correspondent Pdter Wilson has this exclusive rdport. | :01:57. | :02:05. | |
Business as usual at Park vhew, the start of a new school week, but | :02:06. | :02:10. | |
every weekend stories in thd national papers full of alldgations | :02:11. | :02:16. | |
and accusations. But teachers, although polite, were making no | :02:17. | :02:20. | |
comment. I am sure if you make an appointment | :02:21. | :02:24. | |
they will be happy to talk to you. An unsigned letter known as the | :02:25. | :02:28. | |
Trojan Horse plot prompted ` series of investigations. It may bd a hoax | :02:29. | :02:31. | |
but it includes a five`point plan to install radical Muslim governors. | :02:32. | :02:34. | |
One of the few names mentioned is Tahir Alam. Today he spoke out for | :02:35. | :02:40. | |
the first time. This document is an signed, undated, | :02:41. | :02:47. | |
completely anonymous and it maligns my good name and my good work that I | :02:48. | :02:51. | |
have done in education for lany many years. I do not subscrhbe to | :02:52. | :02:56. | |
the strategy outlined in thdre so I reject that totally. Are yot an | :02:57. | :03:03. | |
extremist? That is how you have been painted in some parts of thd media. | :03:04. | :03:08. | |
I am far from that. I find that amusing because I have a tr`ck | :03:09. | :03:12. | |
record of working with lots of different organisations and we are | :03:13. | :03:16. | |
very open and transparent in the way that we do things. If the | :03:17. | :03:20. | |
authorities were to force you out, what would be lost? It is an | :03:21. | :03:27. | |
example, it is a trend making institution in that it is a very | :03:28. | :03:30. | |
deprived area and we have ghven these children hope and opportunity. | :03:31. | :03:35. | |
The exam results a decade ago where amongst the worst in the cotntry. | :03:36. | :03:39. | |
Now they are one of the best in the city, with a pass rate of 70%. But | :03:40. | :03:43. | |
Ofsted are looking closely `t the management of the school, and one MP | :03:44. | :03:46. | |
believes the authorities should be lifting the lid on how the school is | :03:47. | :03:56. | |
run. I think we have to wait for the | :03:57. | :04:01. | |
enquiry, the inspection to take but there are serious concerns that need | :04:02. | :04:04. | |
to be dealt with before we love forward. | :04:05. | :04:08. | |
Alum Rock is one of the most deprived areas in Britain. Three | :04:09. | :04:11. | |
quarters of the pupils recehve free school meals. So what do thd parents | :04:12. | :04:14. | |
make of the controversy surrounding their children's school? | :04:15. | :04:21. | |
A lot of kids coming out of this school am aware they are ending up | :04:22. | :04:25. | |
now, colleges, universities, into decent jobs, compared to whdre they | :04:26. | :04:29. | |
were before, I think they should lay off the school. Three of us have | :04:30. | :04:36. | |
been here, it is brilliant `nd I don't believe any of it. | :04:37. | :04:39. | |
The Education Secretary was in Birmingham last week. It is thought | :04:40. | :04:42. | |
that the pressure on the City Council and Ofsted to investigate | :04:43. | :04:45. | |
Park View has come from concerns within his office. | :04:46. | :04:50. | |
I think it is probably best if we talk about Birmingham on another | :04:51. | :04:53. | |
occasion because there are inevitable sensitivities about it. | :04:54. | :05:00. | |
Ofsted won't comment on the latest reports that the school could be | :05:01. | :05:04. | |
taken over. In a statement the school say they are cooperating | :05:05. | :05:07. | |
fully with the ongoing investigations but they say they are | :05:08. | :05:18. | |
disappointed that any detailed purporting to be part of those | :05:19. | :05:21. | |
investigations is reaching the public before the report is | :05:22. | :05:25. | |
published. The school says ht will not comment any further. | :05:26. | :05:34. | |
In another statement, the ldader of Birmingham City Council say they are | :05:35. | :05:38. | |
reviewing the way schools are run in the city after the anonymous Trojan | :05:39. | :05:41. | |
horse letter. You are watching Midlands Today from | :05:42. | :05:45. | |
the BBC. Good to have you whth us this evening. Still ahead, we are | :05:46. | :05:49. | |
off to the theatre. From Stratford to the west dnd, the | :05:50. | :05:57. | |
1000th performance of Matilda in insurers the success of the RSC `` | :05:58. | :06:11. | |
ensures. And we will be looking at some of | :06:12. | :06:14. | |
the captivating scenes from thousands of pictures of Birmingham | :06:15. | :06:16. | |
taken by you. A Birmingham professor is tdsting a | :06:17. | :06:19. | |
revolutionary new implant for patients who have had an amputation | :06:20. | :06:23. | |
above the knee. If it works and they can control infections, it hs | :06:24. | :06:25. | |
believed it could help amputee soldiers. Here is our health | :06:26. | :06:28. | |
correspondent, Michele Padu`no. Nestled near Kington on the | :06:29. | :06:30. | |
Herefordshire border with W`les there is not much in the wax of | :06:31. | :06:33. | |
disabled access, particularly when you have your own smallholdhng. | :06:34. | :06:36. | |
Michael Lloyd had his leg alputated due to bone cancer at just 21. Given | :06:37. | :06:40. | |
the chance to test a new attachment for an artificial leg, he ldapt at | :06:41. | :06:43. | |
the chance. It is fabulous. It has changed my | :06:44. | :06:45. | |
life completely, it is much easier to do even small, everyday tasks. I | :06:46. | :06:50. | |
can walk as far as I want over hilly ground, nothing stops me. | :06:51. | :06:53. | |
His thighbone was shortened by three quarters of an inch here at | :06:54. | :06:56. | |
Birmingham's Royal Orthopaedic Hospital and the attachment grafted | :06:57. | :06:59. | |
into the bone. Mr Lloyd has antibiotics for infection, but | :07:00. | :07:06. | |
surgeons see real potential. One of the things about people with | :07:07. | :07:10. | |
amputations is that they test their limbs to the limit and I wotld not | :07:11. | :07:14. | |
be surprised if one of thesd did not get into the Paralympics. | :07:15. | :07:18. | |
Since Mr Lloyd's operation, silver technology has been used to reduce | :07:19. | :07:20. | |
infection. Professor Grimer believes in future that this type of implant | :07:21. | :07:24. | |
could combine with limbs th`t move electronically. | :07:25. | :07:32. | |
This is a standard prosthethc leg. It would fit completely over the | :07:33. | :07:38. | |
thigh and suction holds it hn place. Patients say they get chafing, | :07:39. | :07:42. | |
sometimes even pressure sords, and can't wear them for several days. | :07:43. | :07:45. | |
Michael's now has enough sensation to drive with a clutch. | :07:46. | :07:51. | |
The first time for 34 years I have driven a manual vehicle and I can | :07:52. | :08:00. | |
feel the clutch biting. 1960, Massey Ferguson. Almost as old as le but | :08:01. | :08:03. | |
not quite as good condition. But, never mind horsepower, the | :08:04. | :08:06. | |
greatest benefit will always be Shanks's pony. | :08:07. | :08:14. | |
And Michele joins me now. This has clearly helped Michael immensity ` | :08:15. | :08:17. | |
how likely is this to becomd available? | :08:18. | :08:23. | |
It is early days. They have only treated 60 patients worldwide with | :08:24. | :08:26. | |
this and clearly at the beghnning it was not working properly. They have | :08:27. | :08:30. | |
found this new silver technhque which seems to be promising from now | :08:31. | :08:34. | |
on but the trial will take `nother year to 18 months to finish and only | :08:35. | :08:40. | |
at that point will the comp`ny, Stanmore implants, know whether they | :08:41. | :08:48. | |
can take it forward. It could revolutionise the lives of xoung | :08:49. | :08:51. | |
servicemen and women? Clearly the younger the patient is, the more | :08:52. | :08:57. | |
they are going to get out of it I believe one of the earliest people | :08:58. | :09:01. | |
treated was a Falklands war veteran. There is also the possibility that | :09:02. | :09:05. | |
Paralympians like Oscar Pistorius could use this in future. | :09:06. | :09:09. | |
It survived two landslides which cost more than ?1.5 million to | :09:10. | :09:13. | |
repair, but today one of our heritage railways is celebr`ting, | :09:14. | :09:15. | |
with a record`breaking year for passengers. 86,000 people travelled | :09:16. | :09:18. | |
on the Gloucestershire Warwhckshire Railway last year, and todax Railway | :09:19. | :09:21. | |
staff stepped up their camp`ign to attract even more visitors. Bob | :09:22. | :09:35. | |
Hockenhull reports. This steam train will represent a | :09:36. | :09:39. | |
renaissance in Cotswold tourism if all goes to plan. The | :09:40. | :09:41. | |
Gloucestershire Warwickshird Railway has been run by volunteers since the | :09:42. | :09:48. | |
line closed in 1979. The tr`ck currently runs 12 miles between | :09:49. | :09:53. | |
Lavant and Cheltenham but today delegates for the tourist industry | :09:54. | :09:57. | |
heard about ambitious plans to extend the line a further two miles | :09:58. | :10:02. | |
to Broadway. We are lucky in that the rahlway | :10:03. | :10:06. | |
corridor has largely been preserved. That is great not just | :10:07. | :10:12. | |
for the community but for local transport links and for bushnesses | :10:13. | :10:16. | |
as a whole. Shares in the lhne are being offered to the public to help | :10:17. | :10:21. | |
pay for the extension. The bridges to Broadway appeal aims to raise | :10:22. | :10:26. | |
half ?1 million by October. It has already raised ?340,000. It will be | :10:27. | :10:34. | |
three years before the railway pulls into Broadway station for the first | :10:35. | :10:39. | |
time since 1960. Before then there is a full schedule is `` of repairs | :10:40. | :10:45. | |
planned, to be carried out by professionals and volunteers. The | :10:46. | :10:50. | |
Heritage line has had its sdtbacks, two landslides led to its p`rtial | :10:51. | :10:56. | |
closure but ?2 million was donated by the public and when it rdopened | :10:57. | :11:01. | |
last year it carried a record 8 ,000 passengers. It is hoped that opening | :11:02. | :11:05. | |
the Rhine to roadway will boost the whole area. `` the line. A steam | :11:06. | :11:14. | |
railway will attract a lot of people and when you get people looking | :11:15. | :11:18. | |
around and travelling on thd line, it will bring business to the | :11:19. | :11:26. | |
villages. Once Broadway is reached, the railway enthusiasts hopd they | :11:27. | :11:33. | |
can extend further to Stratford and then it really will be the | :11:34. | :11:36. | |
Gloucestershire Warwickshird Railway. | :11:37. | :11:41. | |
We are victims of a rare `` a witchhunt says a governor over some | :11:42. | :11:46. | |
claims his school is being infiltrated by Muslim radic`ls. | :11:47. | :11:49. | |
Shefali will be here shortlx with your detailed weather forec`st. And | :11:50. | :11:52. | |
also in tonight's program... A big European night at St @ndrew's, | :11:53. | :11:55. | |
as Birmingham City Ladies t`ke on Arsenal in the Champions Le`gue We | :11:56. | :12:03. | |
are there live. It is the children's story of an | :12:04. | :12:06. | |
extraordinary girl with nasty parents that has now become a | :12:07. | :12:09. | |
massive hit on the West End and Broadway. Matilda the music`l has | :12:10. | :12:12. | |
just celebrated its 1000 performance with sell`out audiences, but it | :12:13. | :12:14. | |
began life in Stratford`upon`Avon and its Midlands origins ard now | :12:15. | :12:17. | |
guaranteeing the success of new projects with the Royal Shakespeare | :12:18. | :12:27. | |
Company. Here is Joan Cummins. Matilda, the adaptation of ` Roald | :12:28. | :12:30. | |
Dahl classic by the Royal Shakespeare Company, is plahn to | :12:31. | :12:32. | |
sell`out audiences across the world and has plans to open in Australia | :12:33. | :12:36. | |
next year, but the musical journey began in the Midlands. | :12:37. | :12:46. | |
Mathilde was born in Stratford`upon`Avon. More than | :12:47. | :12:50. | |
80,000 people saw it in its three`month run and it was | :12:51. | :12:54. | |
transferred to the West End and New York and more than 1.75 million | :12:55. | :12:59. | |
people have now seen it, ensuring the success of the RSC. | :13:00. | :13:06. | |
Everything we put on stage hs made in the area around Stratford. | :13:07. | :13:16. | |
And RSC adaptation of Les Mhs was transferred in the 80s before it | :13:17. | :13:20. | |
gained success but the RSC hs determined to hold on to its made in | :13:21. | :13:27. | |
Stratford production of Mathlda with production profits funding | :13:28. | :13:31. | |
community RSC projects. The income lets us do things we have `` we | :13:32. | :13:36. | |
would not be able to do othdrwise, like streaming which had thd second | :13:37. | :13:45. | |
into schools. `` Richard thd second. The 1000 performance was marked with | :13:46. | :13:49. | |
a preshow cake for the cast and praise from the delighted atdience. | :13:50. | :13:54. | |
You cannot watch that and kdep your mouth shut, it is hysterical, I | :13:55. | :14:00. | |
filled up with tears. There is a great mix of adult and youth, it is | :14:01. | :14:06. | |
a great mixture. Best thing I have ever seen. | :14:07. | :14:09. | |
Roald Dahl's widow has watched Matilda's journey and emotionally | :14:10. | :14:12. | |
told us her husband would h`ve been proud of the RSC's version. | :14:13. | :14:20. | |
It is a miracle. I mean, yot know, it was the first interpretation of | :14:21. | :14:27. | |
his works that I think he would be thrilled. | :14:28. | :14:36. | |
Fabulous, and congratulations. Time for sport, and a big nhght for | :14:37. | :14:40. | |
Birmingham City Ladies. Dan Pallett is live for us now at St Andrew s. | :14:41. | :14:44. | |
Yes, European football is b`ck at the home of the Blues. Birmhngham | :14:45. | :14:50. | |
City Ladies are taking on Arsenal in the first leg of their Champions | :14:51. | :14:56. | |
League quarterfinal. You can see the girls warming up here. Kick`off is | :14:57. | :15:00. | |
at 7pm. It is the second tile they have played at St Andrew's `nd | :15:01. | :15:03. | |
reflects the rising profile of the women's game. Nick Clitherod | :15:04. | :15:05. | |
reports. It is their moment in the St | :15:06. | :15:08. | |
Andrew's spotlight, and Birlingham City Ladies are determined to seize | :15:09. | :15:11. | |
it. Because tonight's game `gainst Arsenal is the biggest the club has | :15:12. | :15:16. | |
ever faced. I don't think I can explain it. Up | :15:17. | :15:20. | |
to now it is the furthest wd have got in this competition and to go | :15:21. | :15:24. | |
further would just be a dre`m come true for people. | :15:25. | :15:27. | |
Back in November they celebrated their first ever game at St Andrew's | :15:28. | :15:30. | |
with victory against Zorky Krasnogorsk from Russia. It was a | :15:31. | :15:37. | |
wonderful night for the plaxers But in the months since Birmingham city | :15:38. | :15:41. | |
have lost some of their top players to other clubs, while Arsen`l have | :15:42. | :15:46. | |
brought in other players from Japan. Blues have even lost goalkedper Mary | :15:47. | :15:49. | |
Earps, who was only modelling their new kit last month. At least Karen | :15:50. | :15:53. | |
Carney, who joined the club at 1, is still with the Blues. Shd may | :15:54. | :15:58. | |
have won 85 England caps but right now nothing would give her lore | :15:59. | :16:00. | |
satisfaction than beating Arsenal, over two legs. | :16:01. | :16:06. | |
We are not a high spending team but we produce young players and when we | :16:07. | :16:10. | |
do produce we don't half produce. The team we have got, the | :16:11. | :16:14. | |
youngsters, in a couple of xears or even one year, the big teams will be | :16:15. | :16:19. | |
trying to tap them because H know they are that good. | :16:20. | :16:22. | |
So tonight in true Blues tr`dition Karen and Emily will be aimhng to | :16:23. | :16:26. | |
keep right on to the end of the road, a road which ends with the | :16:27. | :16:29. | |
Champions League final in Lhsbon in May. | :16:30. | :16:40. | |
Let's speak to the proud cltb chair chairman `` chairman. It dods not | :16:41. | :16:49. | |
get much bigger than this. @re the girls confident? I think we are the | :16:50. | :16:55. | |
underdogs obviously but over the last three years the top two clubs | :16:56. | :17:02. | |
are Arsenal and Birmingham. There have been some changes in the | :17:03. | :17:06. | |
playing staff but we are confident. The first test is tonight. @ few | :17:07. | :17:12. | |
scores to settle, they just beat you to the league title a coupld of | :17:13. | :17:15. |