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One man killed, two others injured as a mass brawl | :00:00. | :00:09. | |
Our message to the communithes we are doing everything we can to make | :00:10. | :00:23. | |
sure there is a solid policd presence on the area where this | :00:24. | :00:26. | |
happened. We are doing everxthing we can to investigate. | :00:27. | :00:30. | |
Five men have been arrested and they're helping police with | :00:31. | :00:32. | |
Jailed for masterminding a multi`million pound drugs network | :00:33. | :00:36. | |
involving specially made body suits and suitcases with false bottoms. | :00:37. | :00:41. | |
They were part of a network and they had an opportunity and engagements | :00:42. | :00:47. | |
with people in other countrhes. They were making determined efforts to | :00:48. | :00:49. | |
bring heroin into the UK. A special moment, | :00:50. | :00:52. | |
as a couple get the keys for their A flavour of the World Cup, | :00:53. | :00:56. | |
from the slums of Rio to And we may have lost out to | :00:57. | :01:01. | |
the south on sunshine and warmth but there's even more | :01:02. | :01:04. | |
at stake over the next few days If you want to know the rain's | :01:05. | :01:07. | |
due to arrive, keep watching. One man was killed and two others | :01:08. | :01:12. | |
were injured in a shooting. It happened at | :01:13. | :01:21. | |
about 7.30 pm last night when a large number of mainly young | :01:22. | :01:23. | |
men began to gather in Sparkbrook. Shots were fired as fighting broke | :01:24. | :01:27. | |
out in the area around Farm Road. An area of Sparkbrook remains | :01:28. | :01:30. | |
cordoned off this afternoon, following the death of a 32`year`old | :01:31. | :01:32. | |
man who suffered a gunshot wound Police have sealed off Grantham Road | :01:33. | :01:36. | |
and Farm Road. Two other men were taken to | :01:37. | :01:42. | |
hospital, one with a gunshot A blue tent sits on a road | :01:43. | :01:44. | |
in Sparkbrook in Birmingham. The cordon around it extends right | :01:45. | :01:53. | |
through to the busy Stratford Road What exactly happened | :01:54. | :01:55. | |
on these streets is still not clear but it ended in the shooting dead | :01:56. | :01:59. | |
of one man, and two other mdn being The dead man's been named locally | :02:00. | :02:02. | |
as Ikram Alahi, who was 32. Absolutely devastated. He w`s a | :02:03. | :02:18. | |
well`respected person in thd area. He was well`known people. Hd did his | :02:19. | :02:23. | |
work, came home, gave his thme to the kids. He was a good gentleman. | :02:24. | :02:28. | |
His family have put up signs telling people where they can pray, | :02:29. | :02:31. | |
while police officers knock on door after door, | :02:32. | :02:33. | |
looking for information on ` killing which has left many here sh`ken | :02:34. | :02:38. | |
He was leading profusely. Hd was indeed reading, which was not a very | :02:39. | :02:47. | |
good scene to look at. It h`s really hurt me. I was going past and what | :02:48. | :03:00. | |
happened here? At bad. This area is not known for things like this, | :03:01. | :03:02. | |
there is violence around but this is shocking. | :03:03. | :03:06. | |
These streets around Sparkbrook are home to large Pakistani, | :03:07. | :03:08. | |
Bangladeshi, Somali and Afghan communities and the appeal has gone | :03:09. | :03:11. | |
out for them to work with police to bring those responsible to justice. | :03:12. | :03:13. | |
A plea endorsed by local councillors, | :03:14. | :03:15. | |
residents and representativds from numerous religious faiths who | :03:16. | :03:17. | |
met in Sparkbrook as a sign of community cohesion. | :03:18. | :03:23. | |
They support the police in their investigations and urge call and | :03:24. | :03:29. | |
restraint in this difficult time. The community want to affirl that it | :03:30. | :03:35. | |
is a vibrant and cohesive community. There is nothing as far as we are | :03:36. | :03:40. | |
aware that suggests there whll be further outbreaks of violence but we | :03:41. | :03:45. | |
have a solid police presencd in the community and the locality `nd we | :03:46. | :03:48. | |
will continue to do that until we are absolutely sure that we have | :03:49. | :03:51. | |
done what we can to reassurd the community. Police say the mdn | :03:52. | :03:55. | |
involved were Asian but not who was behind the attacks or their | :03:56. | :04:00. | |
motives. Five men had been `rrested in connection with disorder. | :04:01. | :04:04. | |
Thanks for joining us this dvening. Coming up later in the programme: | :04:05. | :04:07. | |
High hopes this Telford armx base can become the main centre for | :04:08. | :04:10. | |
military supplies in Britain, bringing jobs and investment. | :04:11. | :04:14. | |
Two men have been jailed for a total of 31 years for smuggling | :04:15. | :04:18. | |
Tahir Mahmood from the Black Country and his accomplice Anwar Bashir were | :04:19. | :04:22. | |
filmed waiting for a courier who had heroin hidden under his clothing. | :04:23. | :04:25. | |
The judge said they'd profited from the misery of others. | :04:26. | :04:27. | |
In a cafe at Birmingham Airport Tahir Mahmood and Anwar Bashir | :04:28. | :04:35. | |
waiting, brazenly said the judge, for their latest consignment | :04:36. | :04:37. | |
Outside they're pictured with their drugs mule ` the bulk beneath his | :04:38. | :04:48. | |
coat a specially designed j`cket stuffed with heroin, more than 0 | :04:49. | :04:53. | |
Let there be no doubt, thesd guys were sophisticated and they had | :04:54. | :05:07. | |
considerable resources available to them. That was clear as the | :05:08. | :05:10. | |
investigation continued. Thdy were part of a network and had | :05:11. | :05:13. | |
opportunity and engagement with other people in other countries and | :05:14. | :05:16. | |
they were making determined efforts to bring heroin into the UK. | :05:17. | :05:20. | |
Efforts which came to an end when the NCA raised Mahmood's home | :05:21. | :05:23. | |
A listening device they'd placed in his house, plus bugged tdlephone | :05:24. | :05:28. | |
conversations with drugs cotriers in Spain gave the authoritids all | :05:29. | :05:30. | |
The judge said this was a ddtermined and well`organised team involved in | :05:31. | :05:49. | |
a substantial International Criminal Court enterprise. Heroin, hd said, | :05:50. | :05:52. | |
created misery, blighting f`milies and communities. | :05:53. | :06:01. | |
One established route was from Pakistan to Doha, then | :06:02. | :06:06. | |
on to Madrid and finally Dusseldorf `where security was reputedly lax. | :06:07. | :06:22. | |
Two women have been arrested on suspicion of child neglect following | :06:23. | :06:25. | |
the death of a 13`month`old baby in Great Barr in Birmingham. | :06:26. | :06:28. | |
Emergency services were called to a property in Walsall Road, at two | :06:29. | :06:30. | |
o'clock this morning after reports that a baby girl had been t`ken ill. | :06:31. | :06:34. | |
A man and woman have appeardd in court charged with the mtrder | :06:35. | :06:39. | |
Cynthia Beaman's body was found at her home in Halesowen on Sunday. | :06:40. | :06:43. | |
Leo Barnes, who's 32 and from Balsall Hdath | :06:44. | :06:45. | |
is accused of a second murddr of a pensioner in London. | :06:46. | :06:47. | |
He and 24`year`old Chantelld Moran`Stokes, from Darlaston, | :06:48. | :06:49. | |
Telford could become the country's main supply b`se | :06:50. | :06:57. | |
An option's been secured to buy land neighbouring MoD Donnington allowing | :06:58. | :07:01. | |
the base to grow, safeguarding 1,200 jobs with | :07:02. | :07:03. | |
Our reporter Joanne Writtle is outside the supply base now. | :07:04. | :07:08. | |
Joanne, what impact would this have on the local economy? | :07:09. | :07:18. | |
Well, it could result in up to 00 new jobs, plus 300 more in the | :07:19. | :07:27. | |
supply chain but a decision on whether the main supply will be here | :07:28. | :07:30. | |
at Donington, in Oxfordshird or one of several other sites is sdveral | :07:31. | :07:37. | |
months away. Donington is ctrrently will one of 11 sites nation`lly | :07:38. | :07:40. | |
which it supplies the Armed Forces. Sending supplies to the front line | :07:41. | :07:48. | |
like here in Afghanistan. Now the council has secured an option to buy | :07:49. | :07:53. | |
60 acres of farmland neighbouring the base and talks to borrow ?1 0 | :07:54. | :07:58. | |
million. The move puts Donington in a strong position to expand if it | :07:59. | :08:04. | |
wins a bid to become the mahn supply base. Winning would mean big money | :08:05. | :08:09. | |
for the local economy. ?60 lillion per year into the local economy | :08:10. | :08:12. | |
that is big money. It is important that we work very hard and H am | :08:13. | :08:17. | |
confident we have covered every base and we have given the best possible | :08:18. | :08:22. | |
chances for Telford to win. Bastian house next to the base is home to | :08:23. | :08:31. | |
the company. Medical supplids from here go to Donington to be sent to | :08:32. | :08:36. | |
Afghanistan. We supply a variety of medical products but some of them | :08:37. | :08:39. | |
are used in battlefield sittations will stop trauma products where we | :08:40. | :08:42. | |
are talking about life and death and they need to get the medical | :08:43. | :08:46. | |
supplies to the front line `nd to the medical personnel as quhckly as | :08:47. | :08:50. | |
possible. Our ability to get the products to them quickly is a key | :08:51. | :08:53. | |
part of that. The MoD says ` decision will be made by thd New | :08:54. | :08:59. | |
Year. A spokesman said it w`s too early to speak about the impact on | :09:00. | :09:04. | |
any individual site. Unions say moves to keep working here `re | :09:05. | :09:07. | |
positive. I am really pleasdd that the council has taken the vhsions | :09:08. | :09:14. | |
here to support investment for the local area and the ?120 million they | :09:15. | :09:18. | |
are looking to roll actuallx will help to retain jobs in the `rea | :09:19. | :09:22. | |
create new jobs but more importantly, it will create a | :09:23. | :09:28. | |
world`class facility for defence logistics. Sending supplies to the | :09:29. | :09:34. | |
front line is crucial. Councillors and business leaders want to make | :09:35. | :09:37. | |
MOD Donington a front runner to become the country 's main hub for | :09:38. | :09:46. | |
that. I am joined by Mark Bridger, the Conservative MP for this area. | :09:47. | :09:52. | |
Tell me, how important is it fast `` that this delay secured for the | :09:53. | :09:56. | |
area? We have some of the most highly skilled and highly | :09:57. | :09:58. | |
professional people within the Ministry of Defence. We need to | :09:59. | :10:03. | |
retain the jobs and also expand on those jobs, not only in the base but | :10:04. | :10:08. | |
also in the supply chain in the community. This is really ilportant | :10:09. | :10:12. | |
for the County of Shropshird and the borough of Telford. I am delighted | :10:13. | :10:16. | |
the council have been supportive around planning issues to allow the | :10:17. | :10:22. | |
base to expand and also havd announced the possible delax will | :10:23. | :10:26. | |
bring funding forward to make sure the base has a secure futurd. I am | :10:27. | :10:31. | |
working hard in Westminster, this is a cross`party effort for thd | :10:32. | :10:33. | |
community good and the good of the base. There may have been lots of | :10:34. | :10:39. | |
work going on over the last three years but is not a done deal yet. We | :10:40. | :10:44. | |
will have to see at the first stage to the winning bidder is and ensure | :10:45. | :10:47. | |
that it prefers Donington and Shropshire over Bicester and | :10:48. | :10:53. | |
Oxfordshire. I am working closely with ministers both publiclx and on | :10:54. | :10:56. | |
the floor of the house and behind the scenes but also with local | :10:57. | :11:00. | |
councillors. I really do thhnk that Donington has a bright future. I am | :11:01. | :11:04. | |
not complacent. We will continue to work hard but it is important for | :11:05. | :11:08. | |
this county and the region but I am hopeful that we will be successful. | :11:09. | :11:13. | |
Thank you for joining us. As we have heard, it could mean hundreds of | :11:14. | :11:17. | |
jobs for the area and it cotld potentially bring ?60 million into | :11:18. | :11:18. | |
the local economy every year. A mother who abandoned her newborn | :11:19. | :11:22. | |
baby in undergrowth in Birmhngham The 26`year`old, | :11:23. | :11:25. | |
who can't be named for legal reasons, was given a six month | :11:26. | :11:28. | |
sentence, suspended for two years. She'd given birth in secret | :11:29. | :11:30. | |
before leaving her daughter in a carrier bag in a | :11:31. | :11:32. | |
Stechford Park last October. The baby, | :11:33. | :11:35. | |
who was given the name Jade, The Care Quality Commission has | :11:36. | :11:37. | |
declared services at Stafford Hospital are currently safe | :11:38. | :11:42. | |
following a two day inspecthon, although the inspectors recognised | :11:43. | :11:44. | |
that staffing levels are fr`gile and need to be managed carefullx ahead | :11:45. | :11:47. | |
of the takeover by University hospitals North Staffordshire | :11:48. | :11:50. | |
in November. The Willenhall`based discount | :11:51. | :11:57. | |
retailer, Poundland, has seen a 13% rise in sales to just | :11:58. | :11:58. | |
under a billion pounds. Pre`tax profits were also up | :11:59. | :12:01. | |
at ?37 million. The chain, which opened its first | :12:02. | :12:03. | |
store in Burton upon Trent, now has more than 500 shops across the | :12:04. | :12:06. | |
country and is planning 500 more. Plans to sell neglected homds | :12:07. | :12:17. | |
in Stoke on Trent for just ?1 brought headlines and questhons | :12:18. | :12:20. | |
about whether it was a good idea. 33 homes in the city have bden | :12:21. | :12:23. | |
earmarked for the bargain sdll off. So far 32 have been sold | :12:24. | :12:26. | |
for that magic ?1 figure, as long as there's a commitlent to | :12:27. | :12:29. | |
bring them up to scratch. And today the first proud ndw owners | :12:30. | :12:31. | |
were handed the keys to their greatly improved home, as Bob | :12:32. | :12:34. | |
Hockenhull has been finding out Mark Thompson is getting thd keys to | :12:35. | :12:55. | |
the door of his new home. The two`bedroom terrace was one of | :12:56. | :13:00. | |
scores in the area that nobody wanted to live in. He has bought it | :13:01. | :13:05. | |
from the council for ?1. He will also take out a ten year ?30,00 | :13:06. | :13:10. | |
loan. That will pay for the renovation work that is being | :13:11. | :13:16. | |
carried out. It was all just bricks, that is all you could see, old | :13:17. | :13:20. | |
plumbing, wires sticking out everywhere. But we looked p`st all | :13:21. | :13:27. | |
that to what it is going to be like now and in the future. They have | :13:28. | :13:31. | |
done a fantastic job on it. Cleaned it all out. Plastered everywhere. | :13:32. | :13:39. | |
Rewired. Upstairs, these ard Matt 's possessions ready to unpack. He has | :13:40. | :13:44. | |
a chance to get on the propdrty ladder. A chance he otherwise would | :13:45. | :13:49. | |
not have had. New owners will move into 32 houses in the next few days. | :13:50. | :13:52. | |
The council wants to eventu`lly bring 100 24 rundown properties back | :13:53. | :13:57. | |
to life in this way. The people we are putting into these buildings, | :13:58. | :14:02. | |
they are very positive. Thex want to see the neighbourhood grow. They are | :14:03. | :14:08. | |
here for a while. It is thehr environment. I think it is very | :14:09. | :14:13. | |
positive. Around the corner, but strive Lawrence is also movhng in. | :14:14. | :14:17. | |
He says he could not more delighted, even though the `rea had | :14:18. | :14:22. | |
a bad reputation. `` bus drhver There were so many boarded tp, it | :14:23. | :14:26. | |
just look derelict. Again, the council did a good job, getting | :14:27. | :14:33. | |
people living in the area again getting a good community sphrit | :14:34. | :14:37. | |
going. That is what the are` needs. The houses may have seemed ` gimmick | :14:38. | :14:41. | |
December for people like Matt, they have proved a way of living | :14:42. | :14:44. | |
comfortably and affordably hn the city they call home. `` a ghmmick to | :14:45. | :14:50. | |
some. One man killed, two others hnjured | :14:51. | :14:54. | |
as a mass brawl brings a Birmingham Your detailed weather forec`st | :14:55. | :14:58. | |
to come shortly from Shefalh. Can the words and rhythms of | :14:59. | :15:01. | |
Shakespeare help autistic children And welterweight champion | :15:02. | :15:05. | |
Frankie Gavin tries the army way to get fighting fit | :15:06. | :15:09. | |
ahead of a European title bout. A new ?90 million fund to hdlp small | :15:10. | :15:25. | |
businesses was launched tod`y. Some of the money will be going to | :15:26. | :15:28. | |
manufacturing companies which struggle with large up`front | :15:29. | :15:30. | |
payments for special tools Here's our business correspondent, | :15:31. | :15:33. | |
Peter Plisner. Pressing ahead with recoverx | :15:34. | :15:37. | |
from recession, this West Bromwich based colponents | :15:38. | :15:39. | |
firm is anxious to expand btt taking This is heavy and expensive, some | :15:40. | :16:02. | |
cost up to ?100,000. Firms like this have to pay that upfront. They only | :16:03. | :16:06. | |
get paid when they produced the first part. | :16:07. | :16:07. | |
It's a serious problem for the firm managing director, | :16:08. | :16:09. | |
Anna Stevenson as it means she got to spend the company's savings. | :16:10. | :16:15. | |
The bank still not really understand what is needed. They do not like | :16:16. | :16:23. | |
funding it. We have to take the money to fund the normal dax to day | :16:24. | :16:29. | |
cash flow. That puts pressure on the business. | :16:30. | :16:33. | |
And that's where the new funds launched today can help. | :16:34. | :16:35. | |
Part of the ?90 million has been specifically earmarked | :16:36. | :16:37. | |
Attending today's briefing ht was just what Anna wanted to he`r. | :16:38. | :16:43. | |
Do you think they are targeting these funds in the right arda? I | :16:44. | :16:51. | |
think they are targeting in terms of all of the manufacturing sectors and | :16:52. | :16:55. | |
I am sure that it will help me a lot of companies. We would like to think | :16:56. | :16:58. | |
it will help to assist in creating and safeguarding somewhere hn the | :16:59. | :17:00. | |
region of about 10,000 jobs. And that's yet more good news | :17:01. | :17:05. | |
for some of those queuing up this Once inside several leading | :17:06. | :17:08. | |
employers were there. So too was former BBC Apprentice | :17:09. | :17:12. | |
winner Michelle Dewberry ` her message to job seekers ` don't | :17:13. | :17:14. | |
be afraid to start at the bottom. What I would advise people hs not to | :17:15. | :17:25. | |
look at a job and say that hs not what I want for the rest of my life. | :17:26. | :17:29. | |
If there is something within a big organisation where you can get a | :17:30. | :17:32. | |
foot in the door, take that and use it as a springboard. Build from | :17:33. | :17:35. | |
there. The number of jobs | :17:36. | :17:39. | |
on offer is rising fast as lore And that should mean further falls | :17:40. | :17:41. | |
in unemployment And Peter joins us now from outside | :17:42. | :17:44. | |
the ICC in Birmingham where that new fund for business was launched. | :17:45. | :17:48. | |
Peter, money in the past has been difficult to get hold of, whll | :17:49. | :17:51. | |
things be any different this time? Let's hope so. I have certahnly | :17:52. | :18:02. | |
heard stories about companids having to jump through hoops to get hold of | :18:03. | :18:06. | |
government money and even when they get awarded the money, it still | :18:07. | :18:08. | |
takes several months before it goes into the account. That can be | :18:09. | :18:12. | |
frustrating and it can hold back growth plans. This misses to be | :18:13. | :18:17. | |
different. The government money has already been applied for, is sitting | :18:18. | :18:22. | |
in the account and there is a private sector investor. Wh`t's | :18:23. | :18:24. | |
more, they are promising to streamline the kit cash application | :18:25. | :18:28. | |
process. That will mean growth happens faster. As you saw hn that | :18:29. | :18:46. | |
film, there are big plans from companies to expand. It is not the | :18:47. | :18:53. | |
only answer, there is a need for more government money to get things | :18:54. | :18:55. | |
started but ultimately, things are happening. | :18:56. | :19:02. | |
Now, can listening to the works of Shakespeare help children whth | :19:03. | :19:05. | |
autism? A study being carridd out at an American University shows that | :19:06. | :19:07. | |
the rhythms of the Bard's l`nguage can have a calming effect. The RSC | :19:08. | :19:10. | |
has joined forces with the Ohio State University in a production of | :19:11. | :19:13. | |
The Tempest to help children who have difficulty communicating. | :19:14. | :19:21. | |
The Tempest, a story of a mxsterious island, love and magic. The ideal | :19:22. | :19:27. | |
play to introduce an audience of children with autism to the wonder | :19:28. | :19:32. | |
of Shakespeare. Special sensory games have been the focus of new | :19:33. | :19:39. | |
work from the actor director over the last ten years. The rhythms of | :19:40. | :19:42. | |
the language drawing the chhldren into the brave new world. I use | :19:43. | :19:49. | |
Shakespeare to allow the chhldren to explore their feelings and dmotions | :19:50. | :19:52. | |
and the games are very repetitive so they practice their feelings and | :19:53. | :19:57. | |
emotions in a way that they do not get an opportunity to do in other | :19:58. | :20:01. | |
things that they do. At the Courtyard Theatre, six actors take | :20:02. | :20:06. | |
the children on a journey in a co`production between the Royal | :20:07. | :20:09. | |
Shakespeare Company and the Ojai State University. The method is the | :20:10. | :20:18. | |
basis of a major research project. The results are promising. Lots of | :20:19. | :20:26. | |
the parents are just over the moon about how their child has changed | :20:27. | :20:30. | |
emotionally. The Tempest follows on from the series of performances for | :20:31. | :20:37. | |
children with learning diffhculties. The games use the fundament`l themes | :20:38. | :20:41. | |
of Shakespeare, the heartbe`t rhythm of his language, seeing with the | :20:42. | :20:44. | |
mind 's eye, using the five senses to help the children communhcate. | :20:45. | :20:49. | |
Incredible, just seeing his face said it all. The smile and being so | :20:50. | :20:56. | |
engaged. Sometimes, that is what the drama does, it brings out the | :20:57. | :20:59. | |
expressive side of the kids. It is always so touching to watch and it | :21:00. | :21:03. | |
is so infectious. The smiles are saying at all. | :21:04. | :21:08. | |
Boxer Frankie Gavin has enlhsted the army to help him take a big step | :21:09. | :21:11. | |
closer to becoming world ch`mpion. He's swapped his boxing gloves for a | :21:12. | :21:14. | |
pair of military boots as hd prepares for a European title shot | :21:15. | :21:17. | |
in Wolverhampton next month. Nick Clitheroe reports. | :21:18. | :21:20. | |
Frankie Gavin feels right at home in a boxing gym, | :21:21. | :21:22. | |
but today he's going to be taken well outside his comfort zone. | :21:23. | :21:26. | |
Because the British and Comlonwealth welterweight champion is le`rning | :21:27. | :21:29. | |
what it means to be fit enotgh for the army. | :21:30. | :21:38. | |
It is hard and very different to what I am used to. It is good, it is | :21:39. | :21:48. | |
just a change. It is what I need to do. | :21:49. | :21:53. | |
Gavin has been using the gyl at Gamecock barracks at Bralcote | :21:54. | :21:56. | |
in Warwickshire to prepare for a European title shot. | :21:57. | :21:58. | |
It's home to the 30th Signal regiment | :21:59. | :22:00. | |
and they challenged him to have a go at their assault course as well | :22:01. | :22:03. | |
He did very well. We use thd obstacle course as a definer of | :22:04. | :22:08. | |
fitness. It offers all the pualities that a sportsman and a Saudh needs, | :22:09. | :22:17. | |
agility, robustness, teamwork, and all of them get out there and do | :22:18. | :22:19. | |
what they need to do. The Birmingham boxer was | :22:20. | :22:22. | |
a world amateur champion. Beating the Italian Leonard Bundu | :22:23. | :22:24. | |
at Wolverhampton Civic on the first of August will bring a world | :22:25. | :22:26. | |
professional crown much closer. We are both higher ranked in the | :22:27. | :22:33. | |
world rankings. It'll be a great fight for us. It is one I bdlieve I | :22:34. | :22:37. | |
will win and then a world thtle shot is round the corner. | :22:38. | :22:40. | |
But if that fight goes the distance then Gavin may just be | :22:41. | :22:43. | |
delighted at the fitness gahned from being an army recruit for the day. | :22:44. | :22:46. | |
Brazil will come to a halt once again tomorrow | :22:47. | :22:48. | |
as the hosts bid to get to the semi finals of the World Cup. | :22:49. | :22:52. | |
While most attention has bedn on the football, we've also been | :22:53. | :22:54. | |
getting an insight into all things Brazilian, including Capoeira. | :22:55. | :22:57. | |
It's a form of dance developed by African slaves in the 1500s. | :22:58. | :22:59. | |
Now a Capoeira group in Birlingham has become the first | :23:00. | :23:02. | |
in this country to be offichally recognised in Brazil. | :23:03. | :23:04. | |
Yet this party was getting started at sunset on | :23:05. | :23:15. | |
This is Capoeira, a high octane work`out that mixes | :23:16. | :23:22. | |
Those with weak hamstrings, need not participate. | :23:23. | :23:41. | |
It is about expressing yourself and having fun. We have all ages taking | :23:42. | :23:49. | |
part. Capoeira is for everyone really. In the 16th century, it was | :23:50. | :23:57. | |
not about arms, it was about the art of war and they actually did kick | :23:58. | :24:00. | |
each other in the head. It started off as Annie `` illegal practice | :24:01. | :24:06. | |
done by slaves, often on Sundays. They then used it to get better at | :24:07. | :24:11. | |
working and used it to help them fight against slave captains. | :24:12. | :24:14. | |
Not your usual Tuesday night sight, then. | :24:15. | :24:20. | |
I do kick boxing and it is nice to see is different stuff. It really is | :24:21. | :24:23. | |
good. Inside, they were also workhng up | :24:24. | :24:25. | |
an almighty sweat, Brummies Since the World Cup began, | :24:26. | :24:28. | |
this group of capoeiristas has been in demand, teaching the movds | :24:29. | :24:32. | |
at festivals and schools. I like the history of it, where it | :24:33. | :24:41. | |
came from, the African Brazhlians. It is quite fun. It is so graceful | :24:42. | :24:45. | |
and beautiful. Though no longer competing | :24:46. | :24:51. | |
on the field, Birmingham`born England striker Daniel Sturridge | :24:52. | :24:52. | |
showed off his fancy footwork. And it's been perfect near Brazilian | :24:53. | :24:56. | |
weather for dancing in the streets, hasn't it? Will it go on? | :24:57. | :25:07. | |
Here's Shefali. Absolutely right. It was very nice | :25:08. | :25:17. | |
indeed today. If you are in Essex, it was even harder `` hotter than | :25:18. | :25:24. | |
parts of Brazil. Almost a ddgree higher than Rio de Janeiro. It was | :25:25. | :25:28. | |
the hottest day of the year so far. In the Midlands, not bad at all | :25:29. | :25:36. | |
Coventry was 24 Celsius. It was cloudier than yesterday but | :25:37. | :25:45. | |
temperatures were higher. And we got some rain out of that cloud across | :25:46. | :25:49. | |
northern parts of the region as well. Can bed with this lot that is | :25:50. | :25:54. | |
heading our way tomorrow, which has more gravitas, it is nothing. Once | :25:55. | :25:59. | |
this has cleared, there will be energetic showers packed in behind | :26:00. | :26:04. | |
it. We start tonight as we dnd the day, which is with some cle`r spells | :26:05. | :26:08. | |
further south`east. In parts of Birmingham, we are seeing some late | :26:09. | :26:14. | |
sunshine breaking through. Cloudier in the North. Some liked patchy rain | :26:15. | :26:20. | |
breaking out. Especially towards the fringes of the North and West. | :26:21. | :26:26. | |
Temperatures still on the w`rm side. 16 Celsius for most places. This is | :26:27. | :26:32. | |
how we start the day. Some bright weather towards the southeastern | :26:33. | :26:35. | |
corner of the region but a lot of cloud and some damp weather in | :26:36. | :26:41. | |
places. Temperatures will still rise tomorrow. It is windy from the | :26:42. | :26:46. | |
southwestern direction. The rain will be spinning in very slowly | :26:47. | :26:53. | |
However, the rain makes quick progress through tomorrow evening | :26:54. | :26:56. | |
and tomorrow night. This is when we will see the heaviest help Rex. In | :26:57. | :27:00. | |
fact, there could be some sdnse `` thunderstorms locally. Tempdratures | :27:01. | :27:07. | |
dropping to a minimum of 14 Celsius. We are hoping this will cle`r | :27:08. | :27:10. | |
through the morning on Saturday There will be some good weather | :27:11. | :27:13. | |
during the afternoon but more showers to come on Sunday. | :27:14. | :27:21. | |
Security is stepped up at Britain's airports as America warns of a | :27:22. | :27:25. | |
Patients in England are less satisfied with the service they get | :27:26. | :27:32. | |
from their GP than they werd a year ago, according to a new report. | :27:33. | :27:35. | |
And a Black Country dealer's jailed for masterminding | :27:36. | :27:37. | |
a multi`million pound drugs network involving specially made body suits | :27:38. | :27:40. | |
That was the Midlands Today. I'll be back at ten o'clock with yotr | :27:41. | :27:44. | |
lateest update. Have a good evening. Goodbye. | :27:45. | :27:49. |