:00:05. > :00:08.Hello and welcome to Midlands Today. The headlines tonight:
:00:08. > :00:17.Shocking claims of physical abuse at a hospital for people with
:00:17. > :00:20.learning disabilities. We need is see in Inspectorate so that this
:00:20. > :00:24.does not happen The district where anti-social
:00:24. > :00:33.behaviour fell by a third after a pilot scheme that could be copied
:00:33. > :00:36.around the world. Has the service addressed your problem?
:00:36. > :00:38.Behind the scenes at Britain's busiest military air base as it is
:00:38. > :00:41.praised for training pilots for Afghanistan.
:00:41. > :00:51.Hundreds turn out to pay tribute to a living legend of Coventry City
:00:51. > :00:57.
:00:57. > :01:00.Football Club. Good evening and welcome to
:01:00. > :01:03.Midlands Today. Tonight, shocking cases of physical abuse are
:01:03. > :01:08.revealed at a residential hospital dedicated to caring for people with
:01:08. > :01:13.learning difficulties. The father of one patient told how his grown
:01:13. > :01:16.up son was dragged across a carpet causing burns to his back. The
:01:16. > :01:20.health regulator also announced serious concerns about Arden Vale
:01:20. > :01:23.near Solihull. It is run by Castlebeck, the firm at the centre
:01:23. > :01:33.of an abuse scandal in Bristol revealed by an undercover team from
:01:33. > :01:33.
:01:34. > :01:37.the BBC Panorama programme. More from our health correspondent.
:01:37. > :01:44.Arden Vale Hospital in Meriden looks after adults with challenging
:01:44. > :01:50.behaviour but places are -- faces a police investigation. We know that
:01:50. > :01:55.eight members of staff and were suspended. This father's had a son
:01:55. > :02:00.there. I knew something was wrong with him. Bass said -- he said,
:02:00. > :02:09.they keep dragging me around the run up, Dad. I had never seen
:02:09. > :02:14.anything like it. It was these so it -- scenes in another home in
:02:14. > :02:17.Bristol that caused outrage after a BBC Panorama programme. While the
:02:17. > :02:24.failings at Arden Vale Hospital are not a serious, the company could be
:02:24. > :02:29.punished. We are taking enforcement actions. We cannot go into that for
:02:29. > :02:33.legal reasons. We are taking the findings seriously. The Quality
:02:33. > :02:38.Care Commission found that people were not protected from physical or
:02:38. > :02:43.emotional harm and that the management of medicine's was unsafe.
:02:43. > :02:47.It is a question of what sort of society we want to see. The care of
:02:47. > :02:51.the vulnerable, there is nothing more important. We must funded
:02:51. > :02:55.properly and give the training and insure inspections take place.
:02:55. > :03:00.Before the programme was broadcast, a whistle blow at Arden Vale
:03:00. > :03:05.Hospital told the police of serious abuse. We would hope the police
:03:05. > :03:09.would let us know about these things. We hope to strengthen our
:03:09. > :03:15.relationship so that in the future they would share them. Did they?
:03:15. > :03:18.Not on this occasion. Castlebeck says it will bring in a new
:03:18. > :03:25.whistle-blowing policy and promises a root-and-branch review of
:03:25. > :03:30.services. You have spoken to a number of
:03:30. > :03:35.staff who have worked at the hospital. Some appalling cases of
:03:35. > :03:39.abuse came to light. A I have to stress they are
:03:39. > :03:47.accusations made to the police. Things like patience being rugby-
:03:47. > :03:50.tackled, and one person had his fingers and pulled back to drag him
:03:50. > :03:56.into the centre of the room and people being appalled by their hair.
:03:56. > :04:04.And problems with the staff going absent at night or going to sleep
:04:04. > :04:08.on the job. How could it go on for so long? I understand that there
:04:08. > :04:13.were a group of people who could get away with things that the rest
:04:13. > :04:16.of the staff could not. The issue was that when they complained about
:04:16. > :04:20.those individuals, those things seem to come back on those who made
:04:20. > :04:25.the complaints. We are talking about a climate of fear, do you
:04:25. > :04:31.think? Absolutely. In many cases these people needed their jobs.
:04:31. > :04:39.They just got on with it. But, people did make complaints.
:04:39. > :04:46.Unfortunately, the complaint was not shared in the wider community.
:04:46. > :04:51.Later, an historic night in the Potteries.
:04:51. > :04:56.I am at Britannia Stadium where big crowd is expected for the first
:04:56. > :05:00.time Stoke City plays European football in over 30 years.
:05:00. > :05:06.Anti-social behaviour in part of Birmingham has fallen by one-third.
:05:06. > :05:09.It came about after the introduction of a scheme involving
:05:09. > :05:12.dedicating police teams called ASB Patrols. The experiment is being
:05:12. > :05:19.monitored by Cambridge University and could be copied by forces
:05:19. > :05:23.around the world. A group of 12-year olds to 16 year
:05:23. > :05:29.olds in Billesley South Birmingham. They like to see themselves as a
:05:29. > :05:33.gang. They are drunk. No doubt they would frighten some people. They
:05:33. > :05:39.spell out there going to name in beer bottles. Issues like this are
:05:39. > :05:44.being tackled by the ASB Patrols. Because you have been drinking we
:05:44. > :05:50.will take your details. They covered the South Birmingham area.
:05:50. > :05:54.The map shows the red anti-social behaviour hot spot areas. The
:05:54. > :06:00.circles denote where police officers are. If the team needs to
:06:00. > :06:04.see a real time view of what is going on, there are CCTV pictures.
:06:05. > :06:10.The teams go out in three cars, responding to calls about anti-
:06:10. > :06:17.social behaviour. It has been judged a success. Incidents are
:06:17. > :06:23.down by 30%. You have not been in trouble? The idea is to act quickly.
:06:23. > :06:29.Alcohol fuels much of the problems they are responding to. Youth's and
:06:29. > :06:33.alcohol, it is a mixture of danger and trouble for communities. It is
:06:33. > :06:38.something we need to address. get a call from Amanda who is
:06:38. > :06:44.distressed. The police have been here many times. She has a long-
:06:44. > :06:49.running dispute with her neighbour. Today, she is packing up and moving
:06:50. > :06:59.home. Her family are leaving Birmingham. This is packing I
:06:59. > :07:04.should not have to be doing, and I would not, it is something we have
:07:04. > :07:08.to do, the quality of life. neighbour did not want to go on
:07:08. > :07:13.camera. She said she was looking forward to her new life without her
:07:13. > :07:23.neighbours. She said she was very happy with West Midlands Police.
:07:23. > :07:26.
:07:26. > :07:33.There is often no quick fix to anti-social behaviour.
:07:33. > :07:39.We are joined by the Chief Constable of West Midlands Police.
:07:39. > :07:45.It seems that the ease teams are working. Why are they not in all
:07:45. > :07:51.areas? I am proud of what they are doing. It is work that is being
:07:51. > :07:55.rolled out across the West Midlands. It has shown its worth in terms of
:07:55. > :08:01.reducing anti-social behaviour. They are part of a bigger set of
:08:01. > :08:06.changes we are making. It will be happening very soon. Earlier in the
:08:06. > :08:10.week, we saw police officers being taken out of secondary schools.
:08:10. > :08:18.Everybody thought that was a detrimental thing. Why are you
:08:18. > :08:22.doing that? I want to talk about cuts. There is a sense of
:08:22. > :08:27.frustration with my colleagues and I suspect every public servant in
:08:27. > :08:33.the West Midlands that every single story about policing is being seen
:08:33. > :08:42.it through the lens of the cuts. We have got to lose 2500 staff. It is
:08:42. > :08:45.a lot of people. Half of them have already gone. You are seeing the
:08:45. > :08:50.initiative you featured in South Birmingham. You are seeing crime
:08:50. > :08:56.falling sharply. How long can it go on for? The cuts are not complete.
:08:56. > :09:01.We have a lot of work to do. We have to make a lot of changes to
:09:01. > :09:07.accommodate the cuts. We are open for business. We are doing the
:09:07. > :09:12.quality work you have seen. We will continue to cope with cuts. We have
:09:12. > :09:18.seen that, granted. We are hearing about senior officers, very
:09:18. > :09:22.experienced officers, being forced to retire. That is part of our need
:09:22. > :09:28.to reduce the number of people in West Midlands Police. At the same
:09:28. > :09:31.time, we are transforming the organisation and introducing new
:09:31. > :09:38.technology and new approaches. We are able to continue to improve the
:09:38. > :09:44.service. This is not a field day for criminals. Crime is falling and
:09:44. > :09:48.service is improving, despite the cuts.
:09:48. > :09:58.Have you been affected by anti- social behaviour? If so, we would
:09:58. > :10:03.
:10:03. > :10:07.One of the most bizarre cases to come before a British judge was
:10:07. > :10:12.thrown out of court today. It involved the body of a teenager, a
:10:12. > :10:17.mother's last wishes and a Polish Catholic priest. The boy had been
:10:17. > :10:23.treated by some almost as a saint after his death in the Second World
:10:23. > :10:27.War. A priest was accused of illegally exhuming his body.
:10:27. > :10:34.Father Wojciech Jasinski walks free. The case against him dropped. His
:10:34. > :10:40.response was succinct. I feel relieved. Witold Orlowski is the
:10:40. > :10:46.14-year-old whose net -- remains he was accused of removing at St
:10:46. > :10:51.Raphael's Convent in Bullingham, Herefordshire. He said -- it was
:10:51. > :10:55.said he took them to be with his mother. Hemmed in by Nazis and
:10:55. > :10:59.Soviets in Poland, the boy and mother fled. The mother did not
:10:59. > :11:05.know when they would see each other again but they got safely to Mexico.
:11:05. > :11:09.The boy prayed for his life to be taken rather than a sick priest
:11:09. > :11:14.called Jozef Jarzebowski. The boy died and was hailed a hero. The
:11:14. > :11:18.priest moved to Herefordshire. The mother came here to work after the
:11:18. > :11:25.war. She brought the remains with her. Years later she moved to
:11:25. > :11:29.Henley on Thames. Father Wojciech Jasinski said he was asked by
:11:29. > :11:34.another priest are to remove the remains. It was to fulfil the
:11:34. > :11:39.wishes of the mother. Do you think you did the right thing? Morally,
:11:39. > :11:44.in my heart, yes. It was one of the most unusual cases to come before
:11:44. > :11:48.the courts. There was legal argument about whether it was in
:11:48. > :11:53.the public interest to prosecute the father. In the end, they
:11:53. > :12:03.decided there was insufficient evidence to convict him. He left
:12:03. > :12:03.
:12:03. > :12:07.the court freed to return to Rome, Five people have been found guilty
:12:07. > :12:13.of murdering a woman whose body was found on a disused railway a year
:12:13. > :12:16.ago. Gemma Hayter was found last August. This CCTV footage shows her
:12:16. > :12:20.in the town centre with the people who killed her. The three men and
:12:20. > :12:23.two women will be sentenced at a later date.
:12:23. > :12:27.The sight of Birmingham's enterprise zone has been unveiled
:12:27. > :12:33.by George Osborne. He was in the City today to look at the plans for
:12:33. > :12:38.the zone which is hoped will create 4000 jobs by 2015 and many more
:12:38. > :12:43.over the next few decades. It will benefit from relaxed planning laws
:12:43. > :12:47.and lower taxes. Other cities including Stoke-on-Trent and
:12:47. > :12:55.Coventry are waiting to hear if they will get one. The Enterprise
:12:55. > :12:59.Zone will be based in the city centre. It is going to allow the
:12:59. > :13:03.local council to attract businesses where central government money and
:13:03. > :13:06.that is going to mean that the jobs here in the centre of Birmingham
:13:06. > :13:09.and jobs for people who live across Birmingham who come to the centre
:13:09. > :13:13.to work. The Hay-on-Wye literary festival
:13:13. > :13:17.pulls in a record number of visitors this year. 225,000 people
:13:18. > :13:24.went to more than 700 events at the Festival on the Hereford to-Wales
:13:24. > :13:31.border. Next year will be the 25th anniversary.
:13:31. > :13:36.Still to come, goodbye to the old soldier who made his Tam planus for
:13:36. > :13:39.his Armistice Day parades. And it has been another find it day
:13:39. > :13:49.but tonight brings a few splashes of rain. What does that mean for
:13:49. > :13:53.
:13:53. > :13:58.the weekend? I will be a with the Their commander of British
:13:58. > :14:00.helicopter forces in Britain -- in Afghanistan has paid tribute to the
:14:00. > :14:05.base in Shropshire where all military helicopter pilots are
:14:05. > :14:10.trained. It comes as a senior officer from the base heads to
:14:10. > :14:16.Afghanistan to oversee helicopter operations there. We have been
:14:16. > :14:19.behind-the-scenes at RAF Shawbury. At the controls of a flight
:14:19. > :14:22.simulator at RAF Shawbury. The viewers over the skies of
:14:22. > :14:27.Shropshire but Group Captain Jock Brown will soon be taking control
:14:27. > :14:32.of flights in Afghanistan. He will be heading here to Helmand province,
:14:32. > :14:38.where he will oversee or helicopter flights at in and out of military
:14:38. > :14:42.bases. It is a large air base that is there. We are there to support
:14:42. > :14:50.the ground element and everything we do is in support of the ground
:14:50. > :14:55.forces. Our effort and and a hold reason for being in the helicopters
:14:55. > :14:58.is to insure that the ground movement can move forward.
:14:58. > :15:02.Just returned from Afghanistan is Captain Paul Shawcross. He will be
:15:02. > :15:08.taking charge at Shawbury. Conditions here are different from
:15:08. > :15:11.Afghanistan. The challenge in Afghanistan is perhaps peculiar to
:15:11. > :15:17.Afghanistan and that is the dust and the temperature and the
:15:17. > :15:21.altitude, they are demanding from man and machine. Shawbury is the
:15:21. > :15:25.base where pilots from all three forces are trained to deal with
:15:25. > :15:31.those challenges. This is Britain's busy as military airfield. It is
:15:31. > :15:36.the only one that -- the any busier for UK forces is Camp Bastion.
:15:36. > :15:39.Flying out from Shawbury is the commander, accompanied by the Air
:15:39. > :15:45.Vice-Marshal responsible for helicopter flights. The
:15:45. > :15:49.contribution of pilots trained here is seen as vital for the success of
:15:49. > :15:53.operations against the Taliban. This is the lifeblood. RAF Shawbury
:15:53. > :15:59.has always been the focus for helicopter training for defence.
:15:59. > :16:03.Every soldier who is working in Afghanistan is intimately
:16:03. > :16:08.associated with the helicopter operation. They all speak highly of
:16:08. > :16:11.helicopter contributions. It is a very important thing to fly
:16:11. > :16:15.accurately around that the theatre and the soldiers could not do what
:16:15. > :16:20.they do without us. It will be six months before Group Captain Jock
:16:20. > :16:29.Brown returns to the UK. In that time, he will have been responsible
:16:29. > :16:32.for air space that is just as busy A proud day for everyone at RAF
:16:32. > :16:38.Shawbury. Jimmy Hill, the Coventry City
:16:38. > :16:42.legend has been back to the city to unveil a statue of himself. Fans
:16:42. > :16:46.raised �100,000 for the tribute to one of the club's greatest servants.
:16:46. > :16:49.We went along to have a look and find out what that the living
:16:49. > :16:53.legend made of it. They turned out in their hundreds
:16:53. > :16:57.to pay tribute to one of their heroes. The summit was their first
:16:57. > :17:00.innings but for others it was a rare chance to say thank you for
:17:00. > :17:04.transforming the Sky Blues 50 years ago.
:17:04. > :17:11.Before we came along, no one knew us. When he arrived, everybody knew
:17:11. > :17:17.us. Beneath the large sheet, you could almost imagine his bronze was
:17:17. > :17:22.bursting to get free. This is one of 21 white doves that will bring
:17:22. > :17:30.good luck to Coventry City and the new statue of Jimmy Hill. Britain's
:17:30. > :17:40.today viewers -- Midlands Today's viewers are already had a good idea
:17:40. > :17:48.
:17:48. > :17:53.of what to expect when we met the Applause macro. APPLAUSE. I have
:17:53. > :17:59.not had many of those done! To have a statue is one of those things
:17:59. > :18:04.that is out of this world. A thing it is his proudest moment and Mein
:18:04. > :18:09.too. I am very proud of the man and honoured to be here today. I think
:18:09. > :18:15.it is a great honour and a deserved one. For me, you was the man that
:18:15. > :18:19.made this club. A wonderful day, Coventry City is much more
:18:19. > :18:25.important than Jimmy Hill, much more important. But you are the man
:18:25. > :18:31.who made the club what it is today? I did my very best to help. One
:18:31. > :18:36.onto of the things that I did, I have just realised, they are OK!
:18:36. > :18:41.What an emotional day. Very emotional. The great thing was that
:18:41. > :18:46.when we came out together, the sun started to shine. That epitomised
:18:47. > :18:52.everything for me, what Jimmy Hill did father's football club.
:18:52. > :18:56.years young and still in fine voice. Jimmy Hill came home today, for
:18:57. > :19:06.ever among friends at Coventry City. These memories will stay with
:19:07. > :19:07.
:19:07. > :19:14.everyone. I hope so, it has been What a moving occasion. Very humble,
:19:14. > :19:18.wasn't he? He was such an innovator. A brilliant day for lots of people.
:19:18. > :19:22.On the pitch, there is a big night of football as Stoke City play
:19:22. > :19:26.their first European match in almost 40 years.
:19:26. > :19:30.They entertain the Croatian side Hajduk Split in the first of two
:19:30. > :19:35.legs. They will play the return game on the Adriatic coastline in
:19:35. > :19:41.seven days' time. We've -- our reporter is at the stadium now.
:19:41. > :19:44.They must be very excited? Absolutely, this is only the third
:19:44. > :19:54.qualifier of the Europa League but there are plenty of fans turning up
:19:54. > :19:54.
:19:54. > :20:03.to seek the Croatian opponents. I thought... The pronunciation is
:20:03. > :20:07.pretty much how they say hello in these parts. Hajduk Split! We are
:20:07. > :20:13.friendly people in the north. However you say their name, they
:20:13. > :20:18.are here and can -- and keen to continue their traditions. They
:20:18. > :20:21.have had a taste of what cities like in the Britannia Stadium but
:20:21. > :20:30.on match days it is very different. They have done their homework on
:20:30. > :20:34.Stoke City's style of play. We have watched DVDs that we are were given.
:20:34. > :20:40.We are familiar with the team. We know it is a very aggressive team
:20:40. > :20:44.and we are aware that it will be hard tonight. Stoke City is
:20:44. > :20:46.certainly an imposing sight, you may say perfect for the rigours of
:20:46. > :20:50.the English Premier League but not so suited to the more technical
:20:50. > :20:56.games of the Europa League. But that approach is simple, they want
:20:56. > :21:00.a success. You want to win the game. It is early for us. We have other
:21:00. > :21:05.objectives and everything else but we want to win the Games. Desperate
:21:05. > :21:13.to win the game. A big crowd his except -- expected and the fans are
:21:13. > :21:17.excited about the club's first European adventures of 37 years.
:21:17. > :21:22.Brilliant. I never thought this could happen to the club. It is
:21:22. > :21:25.fantastic what has happened over the last pre-season is. European
:21:25. > :21:32.stock or is something to be savoured, just like the local
:21:32. > :21:36.delicacy oatcakes. The manager has a famous -- favourite filling.
:21:36. > :21:45.Stoke City fans will hope he has not given any more gifts on the
:21:45. > :21:49.pitch. Let us get the Croatian view on tonight's game. Here is a
:21:49. > :21:58.reporter who follows Hajduk Split readily ifs. How are they going to
:21:58. > :22:05.get on? As we say in Croatia, and so many people think that the match
:22:05. > :22:10.will be very tough, very tight. But I will tell you one secret. I spoke
:22:10. > :22:17.at one hour before the match to the president of Hajduk Split anti
:22:17. > :22:27.Tommy that he predicted the result would be zero to Hajduk Split is.
:22:27. > :22:32.
:22:32. > :22:37.Gull would go to one of their players. How important is beat
:22:37. > :22:45.League Two Hajduk Split? It is very important because it is a big
:22:45. > :22:49.traditions. Hajduk Split has a big ambition every year in Europe.
:22:49. > :22:52.Stoke City are newcomers to the scene but they are playing a team
:22:52. > :23:00.with the big pedigree and they are after the glory.
:23:00. > :23:05.Good luck to the team tonight. I hope that prediction is wrong.
:23:05. > :23:09.For decades, Bedworth was the any town in the country to have its
:23:09. > :23:14.Remembrance Day on Armistice Day and it was all down to the efforts
:23:14. > :23:20.of one man. Today it the town said farewell to be war hero who died
:23:20. > :23:25.last week. Our reporter was that the funeral today of a Frank
:23:25. > :23:30.Parsons. For decades, he made sure that this
:23:30. > :23:38.was a town that never forgot. Today, they were all remembering him.
:23:38. > :23:44.Today, Bedworth salutes Frank Parsons. We say thank you to a man
:23:45. > :23:49.who has done much to make this town proud. Since the 1960s, Frank
:23:49. > :23:56.Parsons had run Bedworth's Armistice Day parade, the only UK
:23:56. > :23:59.town to hold it on the 11th day of the 11th month. It is a great
:23:59. > :24:05.honour. Supported by the people of the town and the people of the
:24:05. > :24:09.country as well. An ex-Royal Marine, he took part in landings in ban and
:24:09. > :24:16.Malaya and was captured by the Japanese in 1943. After a difficult
:24:16. > :24:20.recovery, he devoted his life to remembering the fallen. It did not
:24:20. > :24:26.matter where he went, people saluted him, they donated to them.
:24:26. > :24:30.He was wonderful. What he did in the name of remembrance for this
:24:30. > :24:40.town is absolutely phenomenal. Among his ideas for parade day was
:24:40. > :24:41.
:24:41. > :24:45.a poppy drops from a second world war aircraft. Today, hundreds lined
:24:45. > :24:54.the same streets but to say goodbye. Their brilliant man who looked
:24:54. > :24:57.after Bedworth. He was very much respected. He was. Frank Parsons
:24:57. > :25:02.fought for his country and for the people of his town so that they
:25:02. > :25:07.would ever forget those who had died. He has now thought his final
:25:07. > :25:16.battle and these people will never forget Thames. -- fought his final
:25:16. > :25:20.battle. A fitting tribute. Very emotional.
:25:20. > :25:30.I hope the younger generation remember what he has done. Who is
:25:30. > :25:31.
:25:31. > :25:37.going to carry the mantle? Indeed. It is not a bad evening. Parts of
:25:37. > :25:43.Warwickshire got up to 25 degrees to date. Tonight, a bit of a change.
:25:43. > :25:52.We will see a little bit of rain. It is going to feel quite mild. The
:25:52. > :25:57.reason is a very weak weather front pushing its way in from the West.
:25:57. > :26:01.There is only a little bit of rain with this. We have started to see
:26:01. > :26:07.some rain in Shropshire. They will spread across other parts of the
:26:07. > :26:15.region through this evening. Very light, drizzly. Many of us will
:26:15. > :26:21.actually stay dry. A bit of mist in places. A very mild night. Tamara,
:26:21. > :26:25.we start quite cloudy and damp as well. -- tomorrow. As we go through
:26:25. > :26:29.the day, the rain will be confined to the far south of the regions.
:26:29. > :26:35.The rest of us will see some sunny spells with temperatures up to 22
:26:35. > :26:39.degrees. Pleasant but not as warm as today. Tomorrow evening will be
:26:39. > :26:43.fine and dry. We will see a lot of Meriden overnight but some clear
:26:43. > :26:49.spells. It may be quite a grey start to Saturday but we will again
:26:49. > :26:56.see some sunshine coming through. Temperatures of 22 degrees. It will
:26:56. > :27:01.not feel too bad at all. Sunday, things state similar but we may see
:27:01. > :27:06.a bit of extra cloud. Overall, there will be a fair amount of
:27:06. > :27:10.cloud with temperatures in the mid- twenties. Even the start of next
:27:10. > :27:15.week looks fairly settled. A few splashes of rain tonight but that
:27:15. > :27:21.is a temporary diversion and we go back to some after that.
:27:21. > :27:25.Summer has arrived. It does come in the trunks. It is looking did at
:27:25. > :27:28.the moment. Let us look again at tonight's main
:27:28. > :27:33.headlines. Sara Payne whose daughter was murdered 11 years ago
:27:33. > :27:35.has been told that she may have had her mobile phone hatch by a private