:00:04. > :00:07.Hello and welcome to Midlands Today with Nick Owen and Suzanne Virdee.
:00:07. > :00:15.The headlines tonight: Two arrests as protesters try to
:00:15. > :00:18.disrupt plans for a giant open-cast coal mine. This is a small crime to
:00:18. > :00:20.stop the bigger crime of carrying on destroying and devastating the
:00:20. > :00:26.planet. A turning point in education as
:00:26. > :00:29.more and more schools bid to become independent academies. The freedoms
:00:29. > :00:32.and autonomy you endure as an academy will allow you to do things
:00:32. > :00:34.that you may be haven't thought of before.
:00:34. > :00:37.A leukemia patient demands a rethink on plans to stop
:00:37. > :00:41.prescribing the drugs that saved his life.
:00:41. > :00:51.And one of the world's oldest jet aircraft comes home to a place of
:00:51. > :00:55.
:00:55. > :01:00.honour in the city where it was Good evening and welcome to
:01:00. > :01:02.Tuesday's Midlands Today. Tonight, angry scenes at the site of a huge
:01:02. > :01:08.open-cast coal mine as protesters chain themselves to excavating
:01:08. > :01:11.machines. They're trying to halt the mine on the outskirts of
:01:11. > :01:14.Telford. It could eventually produce up to 900,000 tonnes of
:01:14. > :01:17.coal, but the protesters say it would scar the landscape and the
:01:17. > :01:25.fuel it produces would pollute the atmosphere. Here's our Shropshire
:01:25. > :01:30.This footage shot by protesters at an open-cast mine site shows one of
:01:30. > :01:35.them on machinery, fastened to it by the neck. Other campaigners are
:01:35. > :01:43.seen here on the site run by UK Coal at New Works in Telford. At
:01:43. > :01:48.their protest camp later, a witness described what happened. So we
:01:48. > :01:51.access the site, run down and had the bicycle locks, will not our
:01:51. > :01:56.next arms to the diggers and disposed of the keys so they could
:01:57. > :01:59.not be accessed. And we were there for several hours which stopped the
:02:00. > :02:06.diggers working complete bid. people might say why put yourself
:02:06. > :02:10.in danger by chaining yourself to the machinery? As far as we are
:02:10. > :02:17.concerned, this is a small crime to stop the bigger crime of
:02:17. > :02:21.devastating the planet. Two men were arrested. Clearly whilst we
:02:21. > :02:24.would seek to facilitate lawful, peaceful protest at what has
:02:24. > :02:27.happened here today is not lawful for.
:02:27. > :02:32.Environmental protesters set up camp here in March last year. Today
:02:32. > :02:38.UK Coal said it would now seek a court order to evict them. But
:02:38. > :02:41.protesters have dug tunnels and built tree houses. They can
:02:41. > :02:50.peacefully cut myself out of the tunnel and out of the tree houses
:02:50. > :02:53.but we are not going to fight but I am going to be locked in when I am
:02:53. > :02:56.in my tunnel so they will have to cut me out.
:02:56. > :03:03.Work on the site continued around three hours after the arrests. This
:03:03. > :03:07.the reaction of the company. don't know whether they realise how
:03:07. > :03:12.unsafe and act they carried out. Not only for themselves, they have
:03:12. > :03:15.no proper footwear or anything like that, but also for our operatives.
:03:15. > :03:20.If one of those had to swerve and it caused an accident, that would
:03:20. > :03:25.be a problem we would have to suffer. UK Coal says the 900,000
:03:25. > :03:29.tonnes of coal extracted from this site over 32 months will meet the
:03:29. > :03:31.energy needs of one million homes for one year.
:03:31. > :03:41.Tonight two men remain in custody, arrested on suspicion of aggravated
:03:41. > :03:44.
:03:44. > :03:47.UK Coal said that those involved in illegal activity had had their
:03:47. > :03:51.moment and it was now time for the company to do their job. A
:03:51. > :03:54.spokesman said that once a court order was in place, a specialist
:03:54. > :03:59.eviction team would be employed with the protesters insisting they
:03:59. > :04:09.have no intention of leaving. Later, the sky-high price of gold
:04:09. > :04:10.
:04:10. > :04:14.and how it's being blamed for a The quiet revolution that's taking
:04:14. > :04:17.place in our classrooms now - what it could mean for the future of our
:04:17. > :04:22.children's and grandchildren's education? It was under Labour back
:04:22. > :04:25.in 2002 that the first academy school opened. It was free of local
:04:25. > :04:31.authority control and directly funded by the Government. There are
:04:31. > :04:34.now 801 across the country But since June last year, and the
:04:34. > :04:36.new coalition government, applications have soared. A third
:04:36. > :04:38.of secondary schools are now bidding to become academies,
:04:38. > :04:47.including 122 here in this region. But opinions remain bitterly
:04:47. > :04:50.divided, as Giles Latcham has been A public meeting in Walsall for
:04:50. > :04:54.parents of children at two schools planning to break away from local
:04:54. > :05:03.authority control and take charge of their own finances. But there
:05:03. > :05:09.are plenty of sceptics. You have got no local authority help. Prices
:05:09. > :05:13.of everything will go up. Uniforms, meals, school trips, everything. In
:05:13. > :05:17.my eyes, it is not a very good idea at all.
:05:17. > :05:19.The idea is for Hatherton Primary to merge with a nearby College to
:05:19. > :05:25.create a single high-performing academy and the governors say the
:05:25. > :05:29.uniforms will be supplied free. But teachers aren't convinced either.
:05:29. > :05:33.There's of this a lot of scare stories around the country of of
:05:33. > :05:36.academies where people have lost their jobs and have been facing
:05:36. > :05:39.difficulties. What they want his assurances and they are not getting
:05:39. > :05:46.them at the moment. At this school in Sutton Coldfield,
:05:46. > :05:53.teachers opposed to academy status walked out in protest. But
:05:53. > :05:57.elsewhere it has worked. It is a well-known place now and the
:05:57. > :06:01.opportunities and exam results and everything has been so improved.
:06:01. > :06:06.The people look forward to coming to school here because the place,
:06:06. > :06:08.the building we have got, to look at it is amazing.
:06:08. > :06:17.This academy in Tipton replaced a struggling secondary and three
:06:17. > :06:21.years on, results are vastly improved. So supporters of
:06:21. > :06:24.academies so they are all about freedom. To change the curriculum,
:06:24. > :06:29.freedom to restructure the school year, they have five terms here
:06:29. > :06:33.instead of three. Freedom to pay teachers more and here they do.
:06:33. > :06:36.Freedoms and autonomy that he enjoyed as an academy will allow
:06:36. > :06:41.you to do things that you have not thought of before. And as long as
:06:41. > :06:44.that makes a difference to young people and their learning and the
:06:44. > :06:47.outcomes and ultimately how they are with in the community, it can
:06:47. > :06:50.only be a good thing. Bournville in Birmingham and
:06:50. > :06:56.another school planning to convert to an academy. But here, parents
:06:56. > :07:00.are still doubtful. Some of them ask where the accountability is.
:07:00. > :07:03.I had a problem that the school could not resolve, I could go to my
:07:03. > :07:07.local councillor who has been elected to represent me and I could
:07:07. > :07:10.take it up with them. But I will not be able to do them when the
:07:10. > :07:13.school becomes an academy. A decade on from the first academy,
:07:13. > :07:20.they're still controversial for many people. But for many others,
:07:20. > :07:25.it's a simple equation. Academy Joining us now is Professor Stephen
:07:25. > :07:35.Gorard, an education expert from Birmingham University. Do you think
:07:35. > :07:38.
:07:38. > :07:47.academy schools are good for our It is not a question of what I
:07:47. > :07:54.think, the evidence shows -- there is no evidence that they do better
:07:54. > :07:56.with equivalent children. They were intended to circumvent the ban on
:07:56. > :08:01.schools in failing circumstances becoming specialist schools. But
:08:01. > :08:05.has disappeared. Looking at the new academies, do you think they are a
:08:05. > :08:09.good thing? Will they provide better education long term? Many
:08:09. > :08:14.schools want to become them. Yes, and some reasons are financial why
:08:15. > :08:20.they become academies. This is not a choice for an individual school,
:08:20. > :08:26.but many of the schools have become academies will have seen through an
:08:26. > :08:32.entire cohort of students... What I think they have done is change the
:08:32. > :08:39.intake to schools. Were they have been in disadvantaged areas. They
:08:39. > :08:43.have prevented schools from getting into a spiral of decline. Do you
:08:43. > :08:48.think generally too much has been made of talk of academies against
:08:48. > :08:53.Lea schools. All any parent wants is for their child to go to school
:08:53. > :09:03.to do well and be happy. Of course. If they clearly worked or clearly
:09:03. > :09:09.did not, we would be arguing about whether it is a control. Council
:09:09. > :09:17.control is not an issue here. We have got good data on 50 of the
:09:17. > :09:24.schools now. And all the improvements have been about 50-50.
:09:24. > :09:27.Thank you. A cancer patient is fighting to
:09:27. > :09:30.keep available on the NHS a drug he says saved his life. Kris Griffin
:09:30. > :09:33.has had leukemia for more than three years and he wants other
:09:34. > :09:36.patients to have access to the drug. But it's thought NHS funding will
:09:36. > :09:42.soon be withdrawn after a recent review decided it was too expensive
:09:42. > :09:45.and not always effective. Cath Two pills which Kris Griffin says
:09:45. > :09:52.are keeping him alive. He takes them every morning at his home in
:09:52. > :09:55.Kidderminster to fight his chronic myeloid leukemia or CML. They have
:09:55. > :10:03.eradicated the majority of the leukaemia in my system. The feeling
:10:03. > :10:06.I have when I take them is utterly thankful of the system, it makes me
:10:06. > :10:09.very humble and it is very very surreal.
:10:09. > :10:12.Kris is taking dasatinib, one of three drugs that CML patients are
:10:12. > :10:17.offered as a second line of attack against the disease. The other two
:10:17. > :10:20.are high-dose imatinib and nilotinib. The cost is over �30,000
:10:20. > :10:28.per patient per year. And it's these three drugs which could lose
:10:28. > :10:32.NHS funding under a proposal from NICE, the drug advisory body. They
:10:32. > :10:35.are questioning not only because if -- cost effectiveness but the
:10:35. > :10:41.clinical effectiveness of this. What would you say to this? I would
:10:41. > :10:45.love to sit and debate with them and get them to put a price on my
:10:45. > :10:49.life. In 10 years, we have progressed on to the second and
:10:49. > :10:51.third generation drugs. What is the point in developing them if we
:10:51. > :10:54.cannot use them? Needless to say, it's emotive.
:10:54. > :10:58.Leukemia patients protested at a meeting of NICE in Manchester last
:10:58. > :11:06.month. MPs too are being petitioned. Kris Griffin's MP says if funding
:11:06. > :11:10.is withdrawn, there are other ways. There is money available and if
:11:10. > :11:14.consultants and patience think that NICE may have got it wrong, there
:11:14. > :11:22.is a route through that through the cancer drugs fund.
:11:22. > :11:27.Kris is in remission and about to become a father. It is madness.
:11:27. > :11:30.Lovely, though? Yes. Lovely. NICE say the guidance doesn't mean
:11:30. > :11:40.that people currently taking the drugs will stop receiving them. A
:11:40. > :11:45.final ruling on funding will be Detectives have offered a fresh
:11:45. > :11:48.appeal for information. Richard Deakin, who was 27, died
:11:48. > :11:51.after he was shot while in bed at his home in Chasetown. It's
:11:51. > :11:55.believed a black Corsa, found abandoned less than a mile away,
:11:55. > :12:01.had been used as a getaway car. A �20,000 reward has been offered for
:12:01. > :12:05.information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible.
:12:05. > :12:13.Duran Duran have -- postponed their tour because of the lead singer's
:12:14. > :12:17.for his problems. Simon Le Bon has been told to get physiotherapy
:12:18. > :12:24.treatment. The ban so they hope to my schedule as many of the
:12:24. > :12:29.performances as possible. The Shropshire Hills have been put
:12:29. > :12:32.on a map of Countryside Under Threat. It's been produced by the
:12:32. > :12:35.Campaign For The Protection Of Rural England which says plans to
:12:35. > :12:38.run power lines through the county could spoil an Area of Outstanding
:12:38. > :12:40.Natural Beauty. They're worried the Government is making it easier for
:12:40. > :12:42.developers to carry out projects which harm the countryside by
:12:42. > :12:45.reducing the powers of local authorities.
:12:45. > :12:47.The NHS in Gloucestershire has started using reminiscence pods to
:12:47. > :12:53.help dementia patients. The pioneering therapy allows patients
:12:53. > :12:55.to talk about a specific era with the help of a portable living room.
:12:55. > :12:58.Talking about the radio or TV programmes they remember, for
:12:58. > :13:03.example, can help jog patient's memories and reconnect them with
:13:03. > :13:06.their past. A heart specialist who was
:13:06. > :13:10.dismissed after a nine-year dispute with a hospital trust has been in
:13:10. > :13:13.court today to try to get a ruling that his sacking was illegal. Dr
:13:13. > :13:16.Raj Mattu blew the whistle about patients dying in overcrowded bays
:13:16. > :13:26.in Coventry in 2001. Our health correspondent, Michele Paduano,
:13:26. > :13:30.reports from the High Court in London. He was then suspended in
:13:30. > :13:34.bullying allegations, it has cost the system �6 million. He was
:13:34. > :13:39.eventually sacked last year. Our reporter reports from the High
:13:39. > :13:44.Court in London. October last year. Dr Raj Mattu
:13:44. > :13:47.lying seriously ill in hospital bed. His GP, Dr David Buckley and a
:13:47. > :13:50.medical specialist, wrote to university hospitals in
:13:50. > :13:56.Warwickshire asking to delay a disciplinary hearing in November
:13:56. > :13:59.because of his illness and distress making his illness worse. The
:13:59. > :14:04.chief-executive of the hospital disregarded the letters and sacked
:14:04. > :14:08.Dr Raj Mattu without him giving evidence in his defence. The
:14:08. > :14:11.barrister told the court that this was unfair and so but the trust
:14:11. > :14:14.knew that Dr Raj Mattu was unfit to attend and should not have gone
:14:15. > :14:18.ahead. He argued that the human rights had been breached because Dr
:14:18. > :14:20.Raj Mattu was not afforded an independent inquiry and because
:14:20. > :14:24.effectively his career as a doctor had ended.
:14:24. > :14:34.Dr Raj Mattu seemed here with his wife will undergo cross-examination
:14:34. > :14:45.
:14:45. > :14:48.tomorrow. -- seemed here with his Thanks for joining us this evening.
:14:48. > :14:58.Still to come, whisper it quietly, but the football season's just
:14:58. > :15:01.
:15:01. > :15:03.around the corner with some of our David Cameron will tomorrow outline
:15:03. > :15:07.plans to reduce Britain's military presence in Afghanistan by the end
:15:07. > :15:10.of next year. The Prime Minister, who's on a visit to Kabul, is
:15:10. > :15:12.expected to bring the number of British troops in the country below
:15:12. > :15:15.9,000. That could affect the Mercian Regiment which recruits
:15:15. > :15:19.largely from the Midlands and is serving in Afghanistan. With them
:15:19. > :15:25.is BBC WM reporter, Louise Brierley. I spoke to her earlier in Camp
:15:25. > :15:29.Bastion and asked her about the conditions she'd found there.
:15:29. > :15:32.has been another hot day here in Afghanistan, up to 42 degrees
:15:32. > :15:36.Celsius, that is not too bad here in Camp Bastion with air-
:15:36. > :15:40.conditioning but on the front line, they are living in very basic
:15:40. > :15:44.conditions. They are living on rations with no air conditioning
:15:44. > :15:50.and carrying 80 kilograms on their backs, that is more than I way. And
:15:50. > :15:54.they do not have tea breaks here. They work seven days a week, out
:15:54. > :15:58.for six months at a time and only go home for two weeks during that
:15:58. > :16:02.period. David Cameron has been there talking about the security
:16:02. > :16:09.handover, I believe the three Mercians have been helping with
:16:09. > :16:12.that? Yes, the Afghan national police and Afghan army taking over
:16:12. > :16:16.their own security. That is something that three Mercian are
:16:16. > :16:19.involved with. They have been training the army to use everything
:16:19. > :16:24.from metal detectors to reading maps. That is something you would
:16:24. > :16:30.not have seen here a few months ago. They are also getting Leeds on
:16:30. > :16:34.operations. But people I spoke to say there is still a lot to do here.
:16:34. > :16:38.Can you give us an idea what we will be seeing on your report on
:16:38. > :16:42.Midlands Today next week was Mike we would -- we will be talking
:16:42. > :16:45.about the Mercians involvement with the Afghan national army. I have
:16:45. > :16:48.been talking to young soldiers who served with Private Gareth
:16:48. > :16:51.Bellingham who sadly died three weeks ago and may have been paying
:16:51. > :16:55.their tributes but on a lighter note, we will also be looking at
:16:55. > :17:00.life back at base here et Camp Bastion, what people do to chill
:17:00. > :17:07.out, everything from going to the gym to Pizza Hut, things you might
:17:07. > :17:15.not expect to see here in Afghanistan. Louise Brierley art in
:17:15. > :17:18.Afghanistan with the Mercians. The sky-high price of gold is being
:17:18. > :17:20.blamed for a spate of muggings targeting Asian women. Thieves are
:17:20. > :17:23.snatching valuable gold necklaces and even earrings from victims.
:17:23. > :17:26.Andy Newman reports. Indian gold. High quality, high
:17:26. > :17:32.value, and in high demand in the criminal underworld. Some of these
:17:32. > :17:35.necklaces are worth �5,000 each. In recent weeks on the streets of
:17:35. > :17:37.Handsworth and Sandwell there have been a series of jewellery snatches
:17:37. > :17:47.mainly targeting middle-aged Asian women. Four took place in the last
:17:47. > :17:48.
:17:48. > :17:51.In one typical incident, a 16-year- old woman was walking on a street
:17:51. > :17:55.in Handsworth when she was tapped on the shoulder. As she looked
:17:55. > :17:57.round, the robber grabbed her necklace and ran off.
:17:57. > :18:02.The police say because the robberies are opportunist they
:18:02. > :18:07.could be avoided if women wore their jewellery less prominently.
:18:07. > :18:13.It is a case of covering up, not wearing a jury overtly. Don't
:18:13. > :18:15.advertise the jury if you are wearing. -- jewellery.
:18:15. > :18:19.Jewellers confirm that the record price of gold is probably
:18:19. > :18:25.contributing to the trend. They say they're trying to do their bit to
:18:25. > :18:28.thwart the thieves. We tell customers to be careful with what
:18:28. > :18:32.they show. We are also working with the police to operate a radio
:18:33. > :18:36.scheme whereby we can liaise with the police and local traders about
:18:36. > :18:39.what is going on on the street. With immediate effect.
:18:39. > :18:42.As the message for increased vigilance goes out, the advice to
:18:42. > :18:52.people who own expensive jewellery seems to be that you can still wear
:18:52. > :18:56.
:18:56. > :19:00.it with pride, but wear it with They are beautiful.
:19:00. > :19:02.And you can hear more about those street robberies in Phil Upton at
:19:02. > :19:06.Breakfast on BBC WM tomorrow morning.
:19:06. > :19:09.It may only be 5th July, many of us have yet to enjoy our main summer
:19:09. > :19:11.holiday, but the new football season is already upon us.
:19:11. > :19:15.Birmingham City and Walsall were back in training this morning. And,
:19:15. > :19:18.as Dan Pallett found out, for many the season never really went away.
:19:18. > :19:22.Oh, no. That's the last thing a player wants to see at pre-season
:19:22. > :19:26.training. Footballs in the bag and a mini-assault laid out on the
:19:26. > :19:33.pitch instead. The hard work starts here for League One Walsall. In
:19:33. > :19:36.fact, it hardly ever ends. Especially if you're a new signing.
:19:36. > :19:40.This is the first time out of contract so for me personally, I
:19:40. > :19:44.was looking at my phone all the time and waiting for it to ring so
:19:44. > :19:49.I perspired by holiday for as late as I could. And then as soon as I
:19:49. > :19:53.went on holiday, it still happened. So I was on the facts were seen
:19:53. > :19:57.sorting it out from the hotel. -- on the fax machine.
:19:57. > :20:06.Fitness is the early priority. The new season gets under way on 6th
:20:06. > :20:09.August. This exercise are getting the players fit without injuries.
:20:09. > :20:12.At Birmingham City, the manager is among the new boys. His big
:20:12. > :20:15.decisions involve which players will be sold to balance the books
:20:15. > :20:18.now Blues are in the Championship. Will striker Nikola Zigic be
:20:18. > :20:20.binned? Well, he trained on his own this morning. And then there's the
:20:20. > :20:26.recent arrest of part-owner, Carson Yeung, on charges of money
:20:27. > :20:32.laundering. It hasn't affected us in the slightest. We are obviously
:20:32. > :20:36.conscious of it but business goes on as normal. The important side
:20:36. > :20:40.for me is that it is dead like today when the players are back and
:20:40. > :20:48.dealing with the players -- days like today.
:20:48. > :20:58.Yes, football's back - that's if it ever went away! Wives and
:20:58. > :21:05.
:21:05. > :21:10.girlfriends everywhere are saying They don't get much football in
:21:10. > :21:20.between but I think it is great. And we also have the cricket, that
:21:20. > :21:20.
:21:20. > :21:24.is perfect for you. Yes, I love it! Cricket season and we have got
:21:24. > :21:31.showers. For most it was moderate burst of rain but the best is yet
:21:31. > :21:35.to come. It has yet to come. You can see the Kell of rain news in
:21:35. > :21:41.from the West and that is the pattern for all the rest of the
:21:41. > :21:45.week. We have got the rain followed by showers. At least the winds are
:21:45. > :21:49.OK, they pick up and then they come down and the temperatures around
:21:49. > :21:53.average for the time of year. For tonight, we can see that rain will
:21:53. > :21:57.clear away to the east. We have got some late sunshine the seeping and
:21:57. > :22:04.that is an indication that things are drying up. With clear its bells
:22:04. > :22:08.will see temperatures going down to about 13 Celsius. And then we see
:22:08. > :22:12.showers moving in from the West, fairly heavy batch of them in
:22:12. > :22:16.places but it is by tomorrow morning that they really get going.
:22:16. > :22:22.Heavy ones, possibly some thundery ones in places but in between some
:22:22. > :22:26.sunshine. And the showers could join to form longer spells of rain.
:22:26. > :22:30.Temperatures getting up to around 20 Celsius. But the winds will be
:22:30. > :22:33.picking up especially towards the end of the day ahead of the band of
:22:33. > :22:37.rain coming through tomorrow night. A wet night tomorrow night with
:22:37. > :22:39.quite heavy rain, that will be a more active band of rain and then
:22:39. > :22:47.we have got showers through the rest of the week. Temperatures
:22:47. > :22:57.around average for the time of year. Night time temperatures are not too
:22:57. > :22:57.
:22:57. > :23:00.bad. It was a day aviation enthusiasts
:23:00. > :23:03.will never forget, when one of the oldest flying jet aircraft in the
:23:03. > :23:06.world came back home. The Gloster Meteor flew into Coventry Airport
:23:06. > :23:11.close to where it was built, after a painstaking restoration programme.
:23:11. > :23:14.Our reporter Kevin Reide is there. This Gloster Meteor has been
:23:14. > :23:18.grounded since 1969, when it was last in service with the RAF. But
:23:18. > :23:25.over the last 16 years it's been lovingly restored and today it was
:23:25. > :23:30.arriving at its new home, Coventry Airport.
:23:30. > :23:33.ARCHIVE FOOTAGE: the first squadron...
:23:33. > :23:35.The Gloster was first introduced in 1944 making history as the first
:23:35. > :23:38.jet-powered British fighter. It wasn't renowned for its
:23:38. > :23:41.aerodynamics but did go on to prove itself as an effective fighter for
:23:41. > :23:51.the RAF and other air forces. Today's Meteor was built five years
:23:51. > :23:52.
:23:52. > :24:02.later and piloted by Dan Griffiths. Excellent, it is flying really
:24:02. > :24:04.nicely. Amazingly, it is flying The Meteor is also famous for its
:24:04. > :24:07.engines. They're a direct derivative from the jet engine
:24:07. > :24:09.pioneered by Coventry's most famous son, Sir Frank Whittle. Today
:24:09. > :24:15.though there was a slight scare when immediately after landing, one
:24:15. > :24:19.of the engines began billowing smoke. My opinion is that the
:24:19. > :24:23.lining at the back of the jet pack has come lows and then you get the
:24:24. > :24:27.very hot exhaust gases which have burned a bit of paint off the
:24:28. > :24:31.outside but apart from that, it just needs a bit of lagging and she
:24:31. > :24:34.will be back in the air. The Meteor cost half a million
:24:34. > :24:37.pounds to restore and is one of only four left flying in the world.
:24:37. > :24:47.By chance, another of those four was also at Coventry Airport and
:24:47. > :24:48.
:24:48. > :24:52.left with the same test pilot, en He was very cool about the smoke
:24:52. > :24:56.coming out of the ancient or DUP artists can draw inspiration from
:24:56. > :24:59.all sorts of areas but how many are inspired by a terrible personal
:24:59. > :25:03.trauma? A new exhibition in commentary
:25:03. > :25:09.features a reconstruction of a spine, damaged by the artist
:25:09. > :25:14.herself in a serious car crash. 1997, the year that changed this
:25:14. > :25:19.woman's life foreign a. The last thing I remember his I was driving
:25:19. > :25:23.down the A46 in Coventry, a man cut me up and I somersaulted and the
:25:23. > :25:26.next thing I remember, I woke up in hospital. The doctors were really
:25:26. > :25:32.excited because I was still alive and they said it was a miracle that
:25:32. > :25:38.I have lived. For somebody who once worked as a model, these are done
:25:38. > :25:42.who is now 35 knows she will never walk again. And has devoted her
:25:42. > :25:47.life to coming to terms with their disability. This is an 11 ft
:25:47. > :25:51.sculpture of my spinal column. I cut it by hand. In the centre you
:25:51. > :25:57.can see the damage to vertebrates and there is no disc because my
:25:57. > :26:02.spine does not have a disc above that there to break. And this skin
:26:02. > :26:07.or muscle actually ages over time. And it changes in appearance. It
:26:07. > :26:10.looks a bit different here. inspiration through injury,
:26:10. > :26:20.uplifting those who visit it. is a one-off macro basically to
:26:20. > :26:20.
:26:20. > :26:23.what we have seen before. to see what trauma she has been in. It is
:26:23. > :26:29.great that you can touch it. think every day that I am very,
:26:29. > :26:39.very lucky to be here and alive and this is a celebration of that. And
:26:39. > :26:39.
:26:39. > :26:47.that is why I am so happy to share The an art of a different sort now,
:26:47. > :26:50.look at this. A Warwickshire gardener has picked up an award at
:26:50. > :26:54.the Royal horticulture Society Flower Show. The naked garden used
:26:54. > :27:00.glass containers full of water suspend plans and that showed their
:27:00. > :27:05.roods and means knows so well is used for the plant. As the 28th are
:27:05. > :27:10.just muddle at that. It looks like a laboratory. Let's take a look at
:27:10. > :27:15.the main headlines. The parents of the murdered schoolgirl Holly Wells
:27:15. > :27:20.and Jessica Chapman have been contacted by police investigating
:27:20. > :27:25.the News of the World phone hacking scandal. And here, angry scenes as
:27:25. > :27:31.Eco protesters tried to hold a giant open-cast coalmine