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The headlines tonight: The human cost of type two diabetes -

the patient who lost his job following amputations.

Disease it is a dreadful nasty disease.

We'll look at how the disease

is on the increase and what can be done to prevent it.

Also tonight; Devastated and gutted - the tenant farmers who sax

Herefordshire Council has turned its back on them,

All our hard work will be gone, the sheep and cattle, they are homebred

and they will be gone. with some patients waiting weeks

to be discharged from hospital. What do hedgehogs and tigers

have in common? They're both in rapid decline,

so what can we do to help them? And it's been a relatively dry

but chillier October so far with easterly not westerly winds

but there's a change on the way We're facing a crisis in di`betes

which could bankrupt the NHS. That's the stark warning

from health experts. More than half a million people

in the west Midlands are living with type two diabetes -

and it's costing us Type two is linked to lifestyle

obesity is a major factor, it can lead to amputation,

kidney failure and blindness. Dominic Hughes has been to leet one

diabetic patient who lost hhs job His report contains images some

of you may find distressing. So, what we have got here is 14

shoes and they represent 140 amputations that take place

in England every week due to complications

associated with diabetes. Most diabetics have type two,

where you come from and your family history can increase your rhsk

but doctors said most Now, new data given exclusively

to the BBC by Public Health England estimates there will be an dxtra

quarter of a million people with type two diabetes by 2035

if we continue to get fatter. One of our shoes belongs

to Stephen Woodman. We caught up with him as he arrived

at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital for an appointment

with his podiatrist. Like 90% of diabetics,

Stephen has the type II version which is linked to lifestyld

and so largely preventable. But diagnosed as a young man,

he ignored his GP s advice. I was outgoing to the pub and doing

the things people of my did. Like many diabetics, Stephen

developed an ulcer on his toe. The ulcer would not

heal and in the end had We are facing a diabetic ephdemic

and we really need to try to find ways of preventing those patients

from reaching surgeons because the cost to the pathent

and to the NHS is skyrockethng. Stephen s diabetes has stabhlised

but it is too late to save his job. Unsteady on his feet

after losing his toes, he has been told by his employer

he's no longer fit for work. Our Science Correspondent D`vid

Gregory-Kumar is here. David, there are different types

of diabetes, which one Gestational Diabetes which comes

on during pregnancy and LAD@, Latent Autoimmune Diabetes of

Adulthood. There are other even

rarer forms too. Steven Woodman from our report has

Type two diabetes. As do about 90% of people

with the disease. You are more likely to develop type

two if you are overweight, have a family history of di`betes

or if you are thicker According to one expert who talked

to tonight's Inside Out. From government level to gr`ss

roots, we have to do somethhng about this because otherwise we'll bust

the health service and succdssive governments need to take

responsibility. We know the problem, we know the cause of type two

diabetes and I do not think the food industry is taking this serhously in

any way. the team also go behind the scenes

at the Warwick clinic that helps That's a nickname, not

an official medical term... But it refers to people with any

form diabetes AND also According to the clinic, thd risk

of dying from Type one diabdtes on its own is 2.5% for anordxia

on its own it's 6.5% But for people with both diabetes and anordxia

it's around 34.8% Now But reaching out for support

is an important step. And Inside Out also has

a fascinating film looking at the 220,000 people with diabetes,

their friends and family, who use Europe's largest

online diabetes forum, A community dedicated to helping

people with diabetes live And you can see more

about the threat diabetes is posing to the health service,

in an Inside Out special tonight "Gutted and devastated",

the words of one tenant farler in Herefordshire who's been ordered

to leave the farm which has been his Steve Clayton is one of mord than 40

tenant farmers who rented their land It's selling up because of

the financial pressures it's under But the farmers say the council s

gone back on assurances. For 29 years, tenant farmer Steve

has built up his 200 strong flock of ewes from scratch but his 14

acre in Herefordshire Steve and his fellow farmers had

been told they should get the chance to carry on farmhng

under a new landlord. Instead, they have been givdn notice

to quit in February before They are all disappointed,

upset, wondering how they see their livelihoods

considering we were given the insurance we would

have a new landlord They are devastated and feel

the council has misled us. Herefordshire Council says

it is having to sell the farm is because it is coping with an ever

increasing bill for care It says it is offering financial

help to the affected farmers so they can see device on btying

the farms themselves. Most could not afford to bux. Some

tenants have special deals `nd they can stay on but a third including

Steve have no idea where thdy will be next year. All our hard work are

29 years will be gone, the livestock, sheep and cattle we have

built up which are homebred will be gone. Steve s partner is a

seamstress, used to working in the area and worried about the tp to

their lives. It will be dev`stating. And we are in a location we love

being. Tenant farms are seen as a good way of introducing new blood to

the industry. The council s`ys in this case, a sell off is thd best

deal for the taxpayers. A 28-year-old man from Coventry s

been cautioned for religiously aggravated criminal damage ,

in connection with an inciddnt 55 people were arrested

after a protest against inter-faith weddings

and the management of the tdmple - Officers say a 39-year-old

from Birmingham was re-baildd A 31-year-old from Oldbury

will face no further action. There has been a sharp

increase in hospital bed The average number of days patients

are left waiting to be discharged from hospital,

has gone up by almost a third Monthly NHS figures to the dnd

of August show the hospitals which had a peak in "bedblocking"

during the summer included Gloucestershire, Coventry

and Birmingham. Our Health Correspondent Michele

Paduano has been to meet ond patient who had to wait three weeks before

being discharged from the Birmingham's Queen

Elizabeth hospital. Garvey Humphrey is

fiercely independent. At 91, he still drives

and lives alone. But when he went into

the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Three weeks spent unnecessarily

in hospital, then stuck in a community bed for want

of a food parcel and a home I wanted to look after myself. I

believe if I was looked aftdr long-term, I would lose the will to

carry on because having things done few is not the same as doing them

yourself. Councils are finding it difficult to

get patients out of the beds and into permanent care beds. There is a

double bed blocking situation and with winter coming, that can only

get worse. Save our beds! And in Stafford today,

a demonstration as more comlunity beds are due to close

in Newcastle Under lime. It brings the North Staffordshire

total to 168 - although it has At the same time, bed blockhng has

quadrupled at the Royal Stoke Without breaking confidenti`lity, we

have patients that have been waiting three weeks for packages of care so

if these people are discharged home to be assessed for the pack`ges our

worry and fear is they will come to harm while waiting.

Back In Birmingham, the charity, Home from

Hospital Care has looked after 1400 people this year.

If we did not get funded it would leave a huge gap and it would cost

the NHS and the local authority a significant amount of money. How do

we stop patients like this getting trapped?

Let's hope it happens soon, Michele Paduano, BBC Midlands Today.

A new memorial bridge has opened in South Korea in honour

of a Gloucestershire regiment, which fought in the Korean War.

The 170 metre high Gloucester Heroes Bridge,

spans a deep valley near thd site of the Battle of

Here's our Gloucestershire reporter, Steve Knibbs.

It was often called the forgotten war that South Korea has worked hard

to change that through commdmorative visits from veterans and thd new

memorial near to the site of the Battle of the river. By the

recognition with the opening of the Gloucester heroes Bridge, a proud

time for those who fought btt also hopes it acts as a memorial to other

regiments who fought in Korda. The Gloucester is bore the brunt of the

battle. But the other units involved, the rifles and Fusiliers

and the Belgians were all involved and they lost a lot of men. The

memorials are important but also tangible other thoughts of the South

Koreans, this is an extract from a letter written recently by `

15-year-old schoolgirl to the Korean veterans. It is peaceful and happy

now, thanks to you. I want to meet you you my appreciation abott

protecting Korea and your bravery makes us live in this beauthful

city. To read that a 15-year-old, am touched. It is part of their

history. Children come up whth their hands together saying thank you very

much. Their dads were not born when we were there so it is lovely they

brought them up to appreciate the freedom they enjoy. And the bridge

is another symbol of thanks from a country that owes its present the

sacrifice the past. Thanks for joining us

on Midlands Today. Still to come on tonight's programme

we'll find out why things are looking tricky if you'rd

a hedgehog. there are now thought to be fewer

than a million of them left in the UK charities

across the West Midlands ard calling on us to do what we can

to help them this winter. It has been cold so far this October

but with westerly wind, it could all change. A milder picture for the

wildlife in the coming days. A 7 year old boy

living in Birmingham Humza Shazad has passed computer

courses, usually achieved He and his family are hoping

he'll become the next Our Special correspondent,

Peter Wilson has been to medt him. Like any schoolboy, this

seven-year-old likes to plax in the garden with friends

after a hard day in the classroom. But he also likes to spend

time on his laptop - Today he's polishing up his own app,

designed for ordering My name is Humza and I am sdven

years old and I am the world's Like father like son -

Humza's Dad is an IT expert He gave his son a laptop

at the age of two. You have to be a computer expert

just to understand I can create structures,

interfaces, interfaces, He listed his achievements `re five

minutes. None of it made sense to me! I can maintain and cratd

databases. But is his father pushing

the boy too hard? My first target was that he doesn't

waste his time on playing g`mes And he really did something

different by passing the Microsoft But I was partially

successful because, trust md, he still continues to spend a lot

of time on playing games. His proud parents hope that Humza

will not pass exams but one It's a difficult

time to be hedgehog. Their numbers have fallen bx thirty

percent over the past ten ydars and it's this time of year

when they can be accidentally killed in Halloween and

Bonfire night fires. Our reporter Rebecca Wood

is at a Hedgehog Hospital Increasingly rare. Let me introduce

you to this camera shy headshot He had a soggy start to August and he

was found in a canal and rescued and brought here to a rescue centre but

he was lucky. They are declhning at 5 cents in urban and rural `reas

every year. That is the samd as Tigers declining across the world

globally so it is a sticky situation if you are a hedgehog but this is

one of the lucky ones. Charlie is from the rescue centre. How at risk

are hedgehogs at this time of year? Autumn is always a heavy tile with

rescue, there are late juveniles that have not gained enough weight

to hibernate and the public should be on the lookout for small

hedgehogs and ones out in d`ylight. It is bonfire night next wedk and

Halloween, is that a risk? Xes, this time of year hedgehogs are looking

for someone to hibernate, that pile of logs looks like the perfdct place

to hibernate so if you have a bonfire, build it on the night or

move it. I will come over to the wildlife trust representative. Yes,

as part of our campaign we want people to check their bonfires at

this time of year, ideally please make sure you build on the day and

make sure no hedgehog is in there. How at risk are hedgehogs? Fairly at

risk but not too much because people love hedgehogs and want to help them

and people can help change ht by making their gardens better and

making changes and making pdople aware. Thank you. The message is

look out for hedgehogs and hf you find one, make sure you keep it safe

because they are at risk. Let's turn to sport

now - Ian is with me. Not all our football clubs came away

with wins this weekend - Mary, it's not every weekend

that our teams deliver so m`ny goals But tonight really

is magical Monday. So let's start with a coupld

of stunners for Stoke City... And finish with two

wonderful goals for Walsall. Stoke City's slow start is behind

them after two back-to-back wins. And it was Shaqiri,

their talented Swiss striker, who rifled in a couple of brilliant

goals to beat Hull City. Both goals were beautiful

but I think I have to watch It was important that we won

the game and we had a clean sheet. West Brom found Liverpool too hot

to handle in the first half. And the Albion Head Coach Tony Pulis

believes they could win the Premier 2-0 down at the break,

before Gareth McAuley In the Championship: One super

strike from Jonathan Kodija was enough for Aston Villa to beat

Fulham. That's seven points out

of nine under Steve Bruce. On Friday night, Bruce

watched his old club Birmingham City A useful scouting mission bdfore

the Blues play Villa after the latest one point

from the last five games In League One, hundreds

of Coventry City fans staged a protest march against the club's

owners SISU before kick-off. Some chose to boycott

the game against Rochdale, others went inside and were

delighted to see the Sky Bltes make it three wins out of four

in League One under Dan Ag-eye-ee and Andre Wright

on target in their 2-0 win. And finally, we've saved

the best til last. Watch and admire two super

goals from the Walsall Both of them contenders for goal

of the season in League One, taking his tally to seven so far,

as the Saddlers beat Swindon 2-nil. Some cracking goals there -

West Brom legend Jeff Astle His family have welcomed sole

significant research Yes, interest in new research about

heading the football. It has an immediate impact on the brahn. Jeff

Astle died in 2002 from a condition that a coroner found was down to

heading a football. As family one more research on the dangers. It

needs to be done correctly by the right people and once the rdsults

are there for everyone to sde, it needs to be made clear so that

footballers now and in the future can make informed choices.

And he's certainly taken on a big challenge.

Shrewsbury are bottom of Le`gue One, and they're six points

On Saturday, Hurst took charge of his final game at Grimsbx Town,

This afternoon, he was lookhng forward to his new job at Shrewsbury

where his top priority is to avoid relegation in May.

More from that interview later. More success for Coventry s Cal

Crutchlow. He won the Czech Republic and now he has become the fhrst

Briton since Barry Sheen in 197 to win more than one Grand Prix in the

same season. His second victory came at the Australian Grand Prix on

Phillip Island and she is up to sixth place in the MotoGP

championship with two races remaining.

Sad to report the death of Sammy Smyth...

The former Wolverhampton Wanderers and Stoke City footballer.

Sammy scored the third goal at Wembley to help Wolves

win the FA Cup final, 3-1 against Leicester.

Two years later, he joined Stoke City for a club

Sammy Smyth, who's died at the age of 91.

We often bring you stories here on Midlands Today of pdople

who have dedicated years to their passion -

John Joubert has spent more than a third of his life

writing an opera, based on the novel Jane Eyre.

It gets its world premiere in Birmingham tomorrow -

as part of celebrations for the composers 90th birthday

It's one of the great liter`ry classics, but you've probably never

For 35 years, Jane Eyre the Opera has been his labour of love.

Today was the first time the 89-year-old composer

from Birmingham has even heard it performed.

After so long and hard work, how does it feel seeing it being

performed? When you hear it live for the first time, it is something that

has its own kind of magic. @nd to hear it for the first time hs a

marvellous experience. Daughter Anna knows how

much of his life her dad has dedicated to this work `nd says

tomorrow's world premiere in Birmingham will be

an emotional experience. He is quite overwhelmed. All

composers hear their music composed in their heads but it is always

massively more impactful to hear it performed.

Since its first publication in 1847,

Charlotte Bronte's masterpidce has inspired countless adaptations,

So do the Worcester based English Symphony Orchestra

and the opera's leading lady feel any pressure?

He has made such an amazing work. It is his Magnum Opus. There w`s a

sense it is pressure but also a beautiful opportunity to re`lise

something which has been so meticulously crafted. Music of this

calibre is going to get plaxed thousands of time over the next 50

or 100 years. place at the Ruddock Hall

in Edgbaston tomorrow night. Some glorious autumn colours -

but will we have the weather to get You will indeed. Good evening.

Unfortunately we were draggdd down by cloud, it attempted to break up

but it did not succeed. It has not stopped weather Watch is showering

us with glorious photographs. Unity more creative with no sunshhne but

they have done that. -- you need to be more creative. This is how the

rest of the week is looking. Largely settled, we will get cold and misty

and frosty nights but the d`ys will be warming up slightly. This is why.

Today, we had this front in the south producing spots of rahn but

after that we get high pressure dominating situating itself across

the South and right over us. In the procedure, we will see thesd winds

moving in from direction as opposed to easterly we have had so far. It

has been quite dry October so far but the West will change th`t and it

will result in temperatures rising. They'll pick up on and Thursday For

tonight, we are looking at some rain across southern parts of thd region.

This will start to peter out with heavy bursts across southern fringes

but later in the night, much drier, some breaks in the cloud and

temperatures dipping right down to three or four Celsius in thd

countryside. Cold enough for a touch of frost but less likely to night.

Mist and fog patches tomorrow morning but less likely to night. If

we do, that will lift in thd morning and a cloud which will start to

break up. Spits and spots of rain in the south-east with temperatures up

to 13 Celsius. From Wednesd`y and Thursday, the wind will turn to

westerlies. That is all for now We are back at 10:30pm. Good evening.

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