:00:00. > :00:17.Hello and welcome to Midlands Today. The headlines tonight: He died after
:00:18. > :00:22.a scuffle on a night out. It has destroyed the family. Our lives will
:00:23. > :00:26.never be the same again. Now, his family win the right to a review of
:00:27. > :00:29.the case. Policing on the cheap? Ten years
:00:30. > :00:33.after their introduction, our biggest force is taking on more
:00:34. > :00:40.PCSOs. We find out why West Midlands Police are recruiting when other
:00:41. > :00:43.forces are getting rid of them. People have accepted us as the
:00:44. > :00:46.police family and that we are here to stay.
:00:47. > :00:49.An appetite for fast cars, and now fast trains ` the growing China
:00:50. > :00:50.connection with Midlands manufacturing.
:00:51. > :00:53.Join me live at Villa Park where we'll celebrate all that's good
:00:54. > :00:57.about Midlands sport and look ahead to the crowning of our unsung
:00:58. > :01:00.sporting hero. And from no warnings yesterday to
:01:01. > :01:04.now yellow and amber alerts for strong winds tomorrow. More details
:01:05. > :01:19.on the worst affected areas in the forecast later.
:01:20. > :01:24.Good evening. The family of a man who died after being restrained by
:01:25. > :01:28.bouncers have won the right to a review of the case. Two men were
:01:29. > :01:31.arrested on suspicion of murder but no`one's ever been prosecuted over
:01:32. > :01:34.the death of Julian Webster four years ago. On 10th April 2009 he'd
:01:35. > :01:37.been out in Manchester with friends from Birmingham. After a
:01:38. > :01:42.disagreement, he was restrained by bouncers outside a bar and was
:01:43. > :01:44.unconscious when police arrived. In July 2010, the Crown Prosecution
:01:45. > :01:48.Service said there was insufficient evidence to prosecute anyone. Then
:01:49. > :01:50.in November last year, an inquest heard that although he had an
:01:51. > :01:55.undetected heart condition, restraint played a significant part
:01:56. > :02:03.in his death. This report from Lindsay Doyle.
:02:04. > :02:06.Four years and a mother still waiting for justice but finally
:02:07. > :02:10.today a glimmer of hope ` the right to challenge the Crown Prosecution
:02:11. > :02:18.Service decision not to take anyone to court over her son's death
:02:19. > :02:23.outside a Manchester bar. There was more than enough evidence. I don't
:02:24. > :02:29.know what more they wanted. Did they want to witness it themselves or
:02:30. > :02:32.something? I don't know. But there was more than enough evidence.
:02:33. > :02:35.Julian Webster, who was 24 and from Edgbaston in Birmingham, died on
:02:36. > :02:38.Easter Sunday in April 2009, after he'd returned to the Pitcher and
:02:39. > :02:45.Piano in Manchester City centre to retrieve a mobile phone and was
:02:46. > :02:51.allegedly restrained by door staff. Someone had him in a headlock. That
:02:52. > :02:56.is assault. Someone accuses you or intimidates you all lays a hand on
:02:57. > :03:05.you, that is assault. But someone can have my son in a headlock. They
:03:06. > :03:09.caused his death. And that is fine by the CPS. The family's last throw
:03:10. > :03:13.of the legal dice ` an application in the High Court to challenge the
:03:14. > :03:21.CPS decision. Today's ruling in their favour means the CPS must look
:03:22. > :03:30.again at the evidence. the file will be looked at again. There is now ``
:03:31. > :03:33.there is now a better or more realistic chance of prosecution.
:03:34. > :03:37.Julian Webster was fit and healthy and keen on sport. But he had an
:03:38. > :03:40.undetected heart condition, a blocked valve. When he struggled for
:03:41. > :03:47.breath, it brought on a cardiac arrest. He was held for eight
:03:48. > :03:51.minutes and that significantly under beauty to his death. And hence, this
:03:52. > :03:58.is one of the reasons why the High Court has granted permission to go
:03:59. > :04:14.ahead opt the CPS said: what really hurts me more is knowing
:04:15. > :04:15.that he died on his own. There was not a familiar face, nobody around
:04:16. > :04:24.him. Coming up later in the programme:
:04:25. > :04:28.What the future holds for the region's last deep`seam pit and the
:04:29. > :04:36.millions of tonnes of coal still beneath it.
:04:37. > :04:41.More community support officers are to be recruited by West Midlands
:04:42. > :04:44.Police. It's ten years since the first PCSOs began to pound the beat
:04:45. > :04:48.and most forces are reducing their numbers in the wake of budget cuts.
:04:49. > :04:50.PCSOs were initially dismissed by some as so`called plastic police
:04:51. > :04:53.officers without real powers. Our special correspondent Peter Wilson
:04:54. > :05:03.has been out on the streets to find out what their job is really about.
:05:04. > :05:11.I am lucky to have this role. They have recently recruited 50 more
:05:12. > :05:16.people. Recruitment was frozen for a while. It ticks all the boxes, I am
:05:17. > :05:19.out in the community, I love what I do.
:05:20. > :05:22.Vicky Rogers was the first of the first. Dudley had the first police
:05:23. > :05:26.community support officers and she was one of them. Ten years on and
:05:27. > :05:29.she's still doing the job. That job mainly means walking the streets
:05:30. > :05:32.around Brierley Hill, ten miles a day in heavy leather boots. But can
:05:33. > :05:42.PCSOs really gain useful intelligence about what's going on
:05:43. > :05:49.in their communities? Have you reported? He has recently had his
:05:50. > :05:54.catalytic convert a stolen. Unfortunately, he hasn't reported
:05:55. > :05:58.this. That is something we will have to look into because we cannot do
:05:59. > :06:02.anything unless we are informed of these crimes. Community support
:06:03. > :06:07.officers are increasingly dealing with traffic offences. They were
:06:08. > :06:09.first used to counter anti`social behaviour problems, now it's more
:06:10. > :06:21.about community reassurance and neighbourhood policing. We did have
:06:22. > :06:26.a lot of anti`social behaviour, fighting at 12 o'clock, one o'clock
:06:27. > :06:32.in the morning. All of that has disappeared. It is very, very quiet.
:06:33. > :06:36.The police are always on hand which is greatly appreciated by us all. We
:06:37. > :06:41.do speak to people, children speak to us. We're out there in the
:06:42. > :06:44.community and we are available for people to approach us and give us
:06:45. > :06:48.information. Officers like Vicky Rogers don't have the full police
:06:49. > :06:51.powers of detention. They've only recently been given stab proof vests
:06:52. > :06:55.and they don't carry batons. Ten years ago, their reduced powers
:06:56. > :07:06.meant they were criticised as cheap ` plastic police officers, not the
:07:07. > :07:10.real thing. We have had many aims `` name is aimed at us. I think people
:07:11. > :07:16.have now accepted us as part of the police family. We are here to stay.
:07:17. > :07:18.And we are making a difference to the communities. Vicky Rogers has
:07:19. > :07:22.stayed as a community support officer because she does love the
:07:23. > :07:26.job. For many people on her beat, she is the face of the force.
:07:27. > :07:37.Peter joins me now from Digbeth in Birmingham. Peter, what's happening
:07:38. > :07:42.there? I am at the police station with the city centre neighbourhood
:07:43. > :07:49.team. The man in charge is Sergeant David Francis. The officers will
:07:50. > :07:57.join the rest of the colleagues. We have plainclothes officers on the
:07:58. > :08:06.ground. We will keep the market say. so, a busy team here. We saw in your
:08:07. > :08:12.report the positive part that PCSOs play what is the bigger picture? we
:08:13. > :08:19.have seen big police cuts in the last two years. Almost more than
:08:20. > :08:22.1,300 police officers have left the West Midlands force, many through
:08:23. > :08:28.retirement. That's almost the equivalent of a small force in it's
:08:29. > :08:33.own right. The top brass have addressed that and have started
:08:34. > :08:46.recruiting again. They are looking for 450 police officers and 50 extra
:08:47. > :08:51.PCSOs. the best decision by the crime commission up Jones about the
:08:52. > :08:56.top job, Chris Sims's contract was coming up for review in the summer
:08:57. > :09:03.and he has been guaranteed staying as Chief Constable for the next
:09:04. > :09:11.three years. It sounds as if PCSOs are here to stay top yes, but as you
:09:12. > :09:17.have seen in my report with BT Rogers, the community trust them.
:09:18. > :09:22.These officers are just about to go out to the German market. Seeing
:09:23. > :09:26.these officers, the high visibility, that stops crime.
:09:27. > :09:29.The police officer at the centre of the Plebgate row is to sue the
:09:30. > :09:32.Sutton Coldfield MP Andrew Mitchell for libel. It follows an accusation
:09:33. > :09:36.from the former Conservative Chief Whip that officers hadn't told the
:09:37. > :09:39.truth about what happened in Downing Street in September 2012. PC Toby
:09:40. > :09:42.Rowland says he stands by his version of events.
:09:43. > :09:45.Police have begun naming drivers charged with being over the drink
:09:46. > :09:48.driving limit during the festive period. West Midlands Police say
:09:49. > :09:51.they'll keep it up until January in the hope that publicity will deter
:09:52. > :10:00.offenders. The names of 13 drivers arrested and charged appeared on
:10:01. > :10:03.their website this morning. Police have arrested two men over a
:10:04. > :10:06.series of hypodermic needle attacks in Birmingham City Centre. They were
:10:07. > :10:09.arrested after their CCTV images were circulated following assaults
:10:10. > :10:11.on women in Broad Street last month. Officers in Walsall are
:10:12. > :10:21.investigating two similar attacks in a bar.
:10:22. > :10:23.Refugee workers in Coventry say they're liaising with the
:10:24. > :10:27.authorities to help identify a man who says he doesn't know his own
:10:28. > :10:31.name. He's become known as Mr X. He came into the country illegally as a
:10:32. > :10:40.child and says he 's been living on the streets since 2008. Joan Cummins
:10:41. > :10:46.has been looking into the case. It sounds an unusual case. How old was
:10:47. > :10:52.he when he came here rushed and Mark it is every bizarre. He claims he
:10:53. > :10:57.was around six or maybe eight. He doesn't actually know. He admits he
:10:58. > :11:02.came in illegally in the back of a van and then went to live with a
:11:03. > :11:08.woman in London. The day, speaking to the city, they told me that this
:11:09. > :11:16.woman, although she, in one respect, cared for the boy, also threatened
:11:17. > :11:21.to break his legs if he escaped. He has mentioned that the woman
:11:22. > :11:28.consonant to threaten him on a number of occasions when he was
:11:29. > :11:33.younger if he tried to escape. He is the only client who has ever
:11:34. > :11:39.presented in the history of the charity as saying he doesn't know
:11:40. > :11:45.his name. How did he arrived in Coventry? He had been living on the
:11:46. > :11:50.streets, he had been kicked out by this woman, he had been living on
:11:51. > :11:55.the streets in London with cash in hand jobs, he came to Coventry to
:11:56. > :11:59.the bus station behind me and simply asked somebody to look after him.
:12:00. > :12:02.They took him in, they since referred him to a solicitor, the
:12:03. > :12:09.police have been informed and also now the Home Office. The refugee
:12:10. > :12:16.centre say it is highly unusual for somebody like this now seeking
:12:17. > :12:19.asylum who is described as status to actually say he has no idea of his
:12:20. > :12:22.real name. Birmingham's been named as the
:12:23. > :12:25.fastest growing Christmas destination in the world. Figures
:12:26. > :12:28.from travel website Expedia say bookings for trips to the city have
:12:29. > :12:30.increased by 118%. It's thought attractions like the Frankfurt
:12:31. > :12:40.Christmas Market are part of the reason.
:12:41. > :12:47.Coventry's considering bidding to become the UK City of Culture. The
:12:48. > :12:50.Council has agreed to commission a report looking at the potential
:12:51. > :12:54.benefits. Hull, which recently won the title for 2017, is expecting to
:12:55. > :12:57.enjoy a ?60 million boost to its economy. Coventry, which could also
:12:58. > :13:02.bid for the European Capital of Culture could be entered for either
:13:03. > :13:07.2021 or 2023. Our top story tonight: He died on a
:13:08. > :13:12.night out. His mother winds the right to a review of the case.
:13:13. > :13:14.Your detailed weather forecast to come shortly.
:13:15. > :13:22.Also in tonight's programme: I'm live at Villa Park for the first
:13:23. > :13:30.ever Midlands Community Sports Awards. Tonight we'll find out who's
:13:31. > :13:34.won our unsung sporting hero award. And fifty years on, plans to bring
:13:35. > :13:45.back a race around a historic hotel in the Worcestershire countryside.
:13:46. > :14:00.If you have a story you think we should cover, with the glove to hear
:14:01. > :14:03.from you. Deals worth billions of pounds have been signed in China,
:14:04. > :14:06.where the Prime Minister has been on one of this country's biggest ever
:14:07. > :14:09.trade missions. More than 100 British companies went with him,
:14:10. > :14:17.including several from the West Midlands. Among the biggest
:14:18. > :14:20.headlines ` Jaguar Land Rover announced its intention to invest
:14:21. > :14:25.more than ?4 billion in China. Peter Plisner joins us now. China is a
:14:26. > :14:28.force to be reckoned with and the underlying message is that our
:14:29. > :14:36.companies just have to be doing business with them? I don't think we
:14:37. > :14:41.can do without them. China is a growing economy and they are eager
:14:42. > :14:49.to invest. The Chinese firm which owns a Coventry `based taxi company
:14:50. > :14:54.has invested ?30 million. And a further ?50 million on a new hybrid
:14:55. > :15:00.model. They have also announced with `` a ?2 million deal with another
:15:01. > :15:05.company. Another automotive company based in China have put `` have
:15:06. > :15:13.talked about putting a research development centre here. They are
:15:14. > :15:16.spending ?60 million. And Warwickshire `based train maker
:15:17. > :15:24.announced they were providing steam trains to a northern Chinese theme
:15:25. > :15:30.park. That investment in China, what was that all about? we know that
:15:31. > :15:44.they building the fact three China. We now know they will build 100,000
:15:45. > :15:50.cars. I think the opportunity for Jaguar Land Rover in China is
:15:51. > :15:53.immense. Soon, China's middle of us will be 600 million people. That is
:15:54. > :15:58.bigger than the European market put together. Jaguar Land Rover has been
:15:59. > :16:06.one of Britain's's best industrial success Tories. Great brands, great
:16:07. > :16:14.craftsmanship and it is wonderful to see them selling. Also, possible
:16:15. > :16:20.Chinese investment in HS2? They have said they are interested in
:16:21. > :16:24.investing in the line. That'll be good news who are `` for people who
:16:25. > :16:30.are concerned about the use of taxpayers money. Thank you very
:16:31. > :16:34.much. An untapped reserve of 50 million tonnes of coal remains under
:16:35. > :16:37.the ground at the now`disused Daw Mill colliery in North Warwickshire.
:16:38. > :16:40.Demolition is now underway at what was once the country's most
:16:41. > :16:43.productive pit. It shut with the loss of nearly seven hundred jobs
:16:44. > :16:46.after an underground fire in January. As Kevin Reide reports
:16:47. > :16:58.there's still no decision on what will happen to the site. This
:16:59. > :17:04.historic mine has been reduced to rubble. In its heyday, thousands
:17:05. > :17:08.worked here at the last walked out in March as 300 years of mining is
:17:09. > :17:19.to reinvigorate came to an abrupt end. This was the canteen. It is a
:17:20. > :17:24.sad sight for the local minor. We have children today who don't even
:17:25. > :17:31.know what a piece of coal is all by it comes from. In March, I was
:17:32. > :17:38.talking to you and here we are in November, and it is completely go ``
:17:39. > :17:42.gone. Warwickshire's coalmines provided jobs for many people. This
:17:43. > :17:48.is just one of two memorials left in the whole county to this once great
:17:49. > :17:57.industry. Just five years ago, Daw Mill colliery broke the record for
:17:58. > :18:04.the most coal produced at one mind. Now, some like local artist and
:18:05. > :18:10.local Dorian Susan Moore want it to be remembered properly. She believes
:18:11. > :18:15.that the pithead power should be saved. if they take it all down, you
:18:16. > :18:20.cannot do anything, it is lost for ever. It all to be saved, it ought
:18:21. > :18:26.to be there for our children's judgement to see, as a sculpture
:18:27. > :18:30.because it is so iconic. The Calumet become part of the new business park
:18:31. > :18:42.on the site but with BT 6 billion tonnes of coal beneath the surface,
:18:43. > :18:49.some may have other ideas. They might use gasification to extract
:18:50. > :18:53.coal. we have always been told that would not be viable here. That is a
:18:54. > :18:56.matter for the developer to discuss with the County Council but we have
:18:57. > :19:03.heard no plans that that is likely or even viable on this site.
:19:04. > :19:06.Whatever happens, the scars will make for some time, not just on the
:19:07. > :19:13.surface but agony hearts of the communities who once thrived here.
:19:14. > :19:25.`` but deep in the hearts. This evening, we will be finding out who
:19:26. > :19:30.is this year's unsung sporting hero. Good evening and welcome to the
:19:31. > :19:36.first ever Midlands community sports award. Have a look around, 300 get
:19:37. > :19:40.are starting to arrive to celebrate the very best of sport in our
:19:41. > :19:46.region. The BBC Midlands sports unsung heroes award has been running
:19:47. > :19:50.for 11 years. The standard is as high as it ever was and later on
:19:51. > :19:57.this evening, one of our five finalists will collect this trophy.
:19:58. > :20:00.For almost 30 years, Graham Watkins has been getting on his bike to
:20:01. > :20:04.encourage young cycling and in Shrewsbury. He even persuaded the
:20:05. > :20:09.council to build this cycle track. It made Cricket weather at the
:20:10. > :20:15.doesn't stop Colling, whether it is mowing or coaching, he is the heart
:20:16. > :20:20.of the cricket club. Frankly they set up this that will up 34 years
:20:21. > :20:25.ago and they have never looked back. They have 450 players. Barry
:20:26. > :20:32.Ewington joined Nuneaton Harry and as a 15`year`old runner. Gordon
:20:33. > :20:35.Evans helps run more than 20 teams at Stafford town football up where
:20:36. > :20:43.he is so popular the ground even named after him. They are all heroes
:20:44. > :20:49.to their clubs. Tonight, one of them become the BBC Midlands unsung
:20:50. > :20:55.sporting hero for 2013. Find very worthy finalists and no one knows
:20:56. > :21:04.better than Jenny Price about the Bible work of these and sung heroes.
:21:05. > :21:11.`` about the work. Without these people, grassed breeze would not
:21:12. > :21:18.happen. RB fitter and healthier than we were around 2012? we have been
:21:19. > :21:22.building the participation legacy for seven or eight years now and we
:21:23. > :21:26.are certainly healthier, fitter, playing more sports than we were
:21:27. > :21:33.then. There are 1.4 million extra people playing sport every week
:21:34. > :21:38.since we won the bid for the games. Much was made about the legacy but
:21:39. > :21:42.from what you are saying, there is a tangible legacy to be had. There is,
:21:43. > :21:48.and in many ways, it is a hidden legacy. Look out of your window
:21:49. > :21:52.tomorrow, look at the people you see running, on the bikes, on Saturday,
:21:53. > :22:02.you see young people dying football, that is the legacy of the Game. We
:22:03. > :22:14.will talk to the unsung winner later tonight on our bulletin at 25 `` ten
:22:15. > :22:21.20 5pm. `` 1025 PM. David had, born with one arm, won the inaugural race
:22:22. > :22:27.in 1957. He became the British hill climbing champion. The thrills of
:22:28. > :22:32.motor racing went on for a decade at twitch which in Worcestershire with
:22:33. > :22:41.some of the West known names in hell climbing events taking part. This
:22:42. > :22:45.was the grand venue. This man was driven around because today for the
:22:46. > :22:51.first time in nearly 50 years. David Goode is a former British hill
:22:52. > :22:56.climber champion and one of `` and won the first event here in 1957,
:22:57. > :23:00.despite the one with one arm. yes, it was a challenge and I think that
:23:01. > :23:08.helped me commendably because I was so passionate about the sport but
:23:09. > :23:14.any sport. I have taken part in many different sports, including the
:23:15. > :23:22.two`man bob in St Margaret's. I was the fastest in the year 1964. Soap,
:23:23. > :23:32.you know, one is always trying. I have paid golf, cricket, tennis,
:23:33. > :23:41.squash. I have always wanted to do that much better than anybody else.
:23:42. > :23:47.Rots pollen is the director and wants to bring the event back. The
:23:48. > :23:53.length `` the courses doubled the length of the first one. He says the
:23:54. > :23:59.original hill climb was hugely popular. at that time, there were
:24:00. > :24:02.far less clear line between the amateur racing driver and the
:24:03. > :24:08.professional drivers of the day. There were some hundred competitors
:24:09. > :24:14.at every vent. It was always oversubscribed. All of the major
:24:15. > :24:19.British hill climb contenders attended the event. Standing on the
:24:20. > :24:25.bridge that was once the original starting line for the help climb,
:24:26. > :24:29.and one of the leading motorsport magazines back in the 1950s
:24:30. > :24:34.described this as the most hit `` picturesque hill climb location in
:24:35. > :24:42.the country. This place was built in the eight team hundreds by John
:24:43. > :24:47.Corbett. It later became a hotel and of course, a venue for the kill
:24:48. > :25:00.climb. It is something that is hoped will return here by 2015.
:25:01. > :25:06.This was built by the salt of the poet which and I think we will
:25:07. > :25:11.doubly need more salt on the roads. Yes, it is always the way, you say
:25:12. > :25:15.something will not be bad and all of the sudden it is. Yesterday, we had
:25:16. > :25:21.no warnings across the region. Winds but now we have yellow and ample
:25:22. > :25:26.warnings. The amber warning only applies to the north of the region,
:25:27. > :25:30.Staffordshire. The yellow will apply to the rest of us. Both represent
:25:31. > :25:33.the likelihood of the event occurring and also your level of
:25:34. > :25:41.response. So, do take precautions with the strong winds. We are
:25:42. > :25:44.looking at us of up to 70 mph tomorrow but this is the beast that
:25:45. > :25:47.is going to be steering it all up, and intense area of low pressure
:25:48. > :25:52.that will be sitting to the North East and that is ripping the winds
:25:53. > :25:56.into a frenzy. By the time they reach the Midlands, they will be
:25:57. > :25:59.veering around to the north`west and West. Right now out there, it is
:26:00. > :26:03.looking fairly quiet across the region and with clear skies and
:26:04. > :26:10.falling temperatures, tempered is down to below zero. The
:26:11. > :26:17.authenticated festival, ground and air frost but as the crowd opens up
:26:18. > :26:20.and the winds start to pick up, the cold will ease and the temperatures
:26:21. > :26:25.will gradually rise. We're into a windy day tomorrow, writes through
:26:26. > :26:32.the morning and the afternoon. The winds could peek at 70 mph. It will
:26:33. > :26:37.also be fairly cloudy but also miles. Temperatures will rise in
:26:38. > :26:40.some places to 11 Celsius. Some of the cloud could produce rain to the
:26:41. > :26:46.north initially and will gradually slipped southwards towards tomorrow
:26:47. > :26:49.night. It'll be largely patchy rain with the odd heavy burst here and
:26:50. > :26:54.there. Tomorrow night as the temperatures tumble, we could see a
:26:55. > :27:02.little bit of snow across higher ground. It'll be a cold on Friday
:27:03. > :27:08.with highs of 45 Celsius Fahrenheit. `` 4th`5dC. The headlines: My
:27:09. > :27:13.journals and admits she has taken cocaine though she denies being an
:27:14. > :27:19.addict. Photographs of the Queen and her sister onstage in pantomime are
:27:20. > :27:25.being put up for auction in Gloucestershire. The images were
:27:26. > :27:30.taken between 1940 and 194044. There were 60 big as in total. Some of
:27:31. > :27:40.them are actually bearing royal signatures. They are all part of the
:27:41. > :27:44.collection. That was the Midlands today. I will be back at ten
:27:45. > :27:47.o'clock, I hope to have your company there. Goodbye.