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That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
Hello and welcome to Midlands Today. The headlines tonight: Counting the | :00:00. | :00:10. | |
cost: 400 insurance claims from the region's farmers after the winter | :00:11. | :00:17. | |
floods. I think it's safe to say that we have probably lost 25% of | :00:18. | :00:21. | |
our yield potential through late trilling and waterlogging. We'll be | :00:22. | :00:25. | |
reporting live from a farm hn Shropshire. Also tonight, R`ise your | :00:26. | :00:30. | |
game: a call to headteachers from the best after secondary schools in | :00:31. | :00:33. | |
Stoke`on`Trent are ranked along the worst in the country. | :00:34. | :00:36. | |
The villagers angry over a ledieval law that makes them responshble for | :00:37. | :00:41. | |
repairs to the local church. Life as a basketball star in | :00:42. | :00:44. | |
Worcester after escaping thd civil war in Libya. It was 16 days, it was | :00:45. | :00:53. | |
a living hell. I am a Christian man, I lost a lot of faith. And ht's the | :00:54. | :00:58. | |
first day of spring ` reason enough you might think to be happy, so why | :00:59. | :01:01. | |
is it then that I have bad news Good evening. As farmers struggle to | :01:02. | :01:14. | |
recover after the extreme wdt weather and flooding, the l`rgest | :01:15. | :01:17. | |
insurer of farms and rural properties has revealed it's dealing | :01:18. | :01:20. | |
with an estimated two million pounds worth of claims across the West | :01:21. | :01:28. | |
Midlands. NFU Mutual, which is based in Stratford upon Avon, is currently | :01:29. | :01:31. | |
handling 431 cases in the rdgion, and says it could have to p`y out | :01:32. | :01:35. | |
more than 90 million pounds across the UK ` almost as much as `fter the | :01:36. | :01:41. | |
floods of 2007. But what about the impact on individual farms `ffected | :01:42. | :01:47. | |
by the bad weather? David Gregory`Kumar's at a farm in | :01:48. | :01:50. | |
Shropshire for us now. How have they been coping? All our farmers are | :01:51. | :02:00. | |
coping, to an extent, and they are having very different experhences | :02:01. | :02:04. | |
with this weather. But they are all having to deal with what is | :02:05. | :02:08. | |
increasingly weird weather. There are still plenty of water about on | :02:09. | :02:12. | |
this farm in Herefordshire, but nowhere near the levels thex have | :02:13. | :02:18. | |
seen recently. At its height, it would have been up to our hdad | :02:19. | :02:22. | |
level. As you can see from the floor, killed the crop completely. | :02:23. | :02:29. | |
About 30 acres of land is ott of action because of flooding `t wet | :02:30. | :02:32. | |
weather. In terms of crops that means they're ?15,000 down on any | :02:33. | :02:37. | |
potential harvest. So they won't be growing anything on these fhelds for | :02:38. | :02:42. | |
the next 12 months, but even if your farm wasn't directly affectdd by | :02:43. | :02:45. | |
flooding and floodwater, all that wet weather is still having an | :02:46. | :02:50. | |
impact on how you farm. We didn t have a very good year last xear and | :02:51. | :02:55. | |
2007 was very wet, we are still playing catch up from this series of | :02:56. | :02:59. | |
strange weather patterns, they have gone from very wet to very dry, very | :03:00. | :03:06. | |
cold, very wet. We are used to our temperate climate and we haven't | :03:07. | :03:09. | |
seen it. On this sheep farm near Worcester things are getting back to | :03:10. | :03:12. | |
normal. The sheep are insidd because their usual grazing was swallowed up | :03:13. | :03:16. | |
by the flood waters around the city. This lamb was a little tricky. But | :03:17. | :03:20. | |
despite the rising waters and being kept inside far longer than usual | :03:21. | :03:25. | |
lambing has been a success. Not that farmer Steve Page wasn't worried. A | :03:26. | :03:32. | |
few sleepless nights before we started, but it's gone really well. | :03:33. | :03:39. | |
We have had 500 lambs in ten days, it's gone very well, better than I | :03:40. | :03:44. | |
thought. What farmers want now is a typical spring. Some April showers | :03:45. | :03:50. | |
and a bit of warmth. So we `re now on another farm near Albrighton | :03:51. | :03:56. | |
when lambing is underway, although this farm hasn't been affected by | :03:57. | :04:00. | |
floodwaters, they have been dealing with wet weather so we will be | :04:01. | :04:03. | |
talking about that later in the programme, and also new revdlations | :04:04. | :04:07. | |
from Europe about what kind of identification tags you havd to put | :04:08. | :04:11. | |
on your sheep. Farmers are worried about that because if they get it | :04:12. | :04:14. | |
wrong, they could be in for a hefty fine. We will talk about th`t later. | :04:15. | :04:23. | |
Coming up later in the programme: Upgrading the old grammar school as | :04:24. | :04:26. | |
part of an ?8.5 million rev`mp of Coventry's Transport Museum. | :04:27. | :04:36. | |
A leading head teacher's calling on Stoke`on`Trent to raise its | :04:37. | :04:38. | |
educational aspirations. It follows an annual report by Ofsted which | :04:39. | :04:42. | |
ranked the city as one of the worst areas in England for second`ry | :04:43. | :04:47. | |
education. And another piecd of research has found there ard more | :04:48. | :04:49. | |
people without formal qualifications in Stoke on Trent than almost | :04:50. | :04:54. | |
anywhere else in the UK. Our Staffordshire reporter Liz Copper | :04:55. | :04:57. | |
has been investigating what's being done to turn things around. | :04:58. | :05:06. | |
This is St Joseph's College ` it's the only secondary school in Stoke | :05:07. | :05:10. | |
on Trent rated as "outstandhng" by Ofsted. Today, the head teacher s | :05:11. | :05:13. | |
holding interviews for the posts of head boy and head girl. She believes | :05:14. | :05:16. | |
raising aspiration is the kdy to raising educational attainmdnt. The | :05:17. | :05:24. | |
young people of Stoke`on`Trdnt are outstanding, amazing young people | :05:25. | :05:27. | |
and what we have to do together everybody, people have to work | :05:28. | :05:32. | |
together to be really aspir`tional and not be satisfied with sdcond | :05:33. | :05:35. | |
best. Competition for places here is fierce, because of the school's | :05:36. | :05:38. | |
reputation for excellence. But elsewhere it's a different picture. | :05:39. | :05:41. | |
Ofsted's annual report said 34 per cent of pupils in Stoke on Trent go | :05:42. | :05:46. | |
to a "good" school. The citx was ranked the third lowest loc`l | :05:47. | :05:53. | |
authority in England. In separate research it was found 17 per cent of | :05:54. | :05:57. | |
the population here had no skills ` a proportion ranking it sixty third | :05:58. | :06:02. | |
out of sixty four cities. The question is, how can more schools in | :06:03. | :06:06. | |
the city achieve the outstanding results seen here? St Joseph's has | :06:07. | :06:13. | |
been praised for its wide r`nge of extra curricular activities, | :06:14. | :06:16. | |
including music and drama. Hts staff are helping other schools achieve | :06:17. | :06:23. | |
better results. In one local school, we had a number of our assistant | :06:24. | :06:27. | |
head teachers working in thdre, the headteacher worked in there as well, | :06:28. | :06:31. | |
coaching leaders directly in scenarios that were taking place | :06:32. | :06:33. | |
live in schools. Pupils herd have a keen sense of the importancd of | :06:34. | :06:39. | |
education for their city's future. How can the city progress if the | :06:40. | :06:42. | |
younger pupils on learning the skills they need to get jobs later | :06:43. | :06:48. | |
in life? It does worry me a bit because I think other peoplds in the | :06:49. | :06:51. | |
city may not have the same chance as us and the opportunities. Pdople are | :06:52. | :06:57. | |
going to not want to come to schools in Stoke because they think they're | :06:58. | :07:01. | |
not good but that's not really true. The challenge is to raise standards | :07:02. | :07:05. | |
across this city ` and work's already begun to improve pupils | :07:06. | :07:10. | |
opportunities. Stoke on Trent City Council were unable to find a guest | :07:11. | :07:14. | |
to talk to us about this issue but in a statement the Department for | :07:15. | :07:16. | |
Education said: Birmingham City Council has been | :07:17. | :07:33. | |
ordered to pay compensation to the mother of a child with spechal needs | :07:34. | :07:36. | |
who didn't get the support she should have. A report from the Local | :07:37. | :07:46. | |
Government Ombudsman found that in 2006 Childrens Services offdred her | :07:47. | :07:50. | |
ten hours of Care a week, btt then failed to carry out a proper | :07:51. | :07:53. | |
assessment until 2011. The council have now been instructed to give the | :07:54. | :07:56. | |
family the support they are entitled to. The council will do this | :07:57. | :08:00. | |
assessment, I hope in good time they will also make a payment of the | :08:01. | :08:03. | |
family for the distress thex have been caused. I hope the council will | :08:04. | :08:08. | |
learn lessons from this casd to make sure this doesn't happen to any | :08:09. | :08:11. | |
other children in the futurd. Flowers have been laid at the spot | :08:12. | :08:15. | |
where a teenager died in wh`t appeared to be a freak accident in | :08:16. | :08:17. | |
Birmingham. 18`year`old Manny Edwards was running for a bts in | :08:18. | :08:21. | |
Walkers Heath on Monday when he collided with the bus stop. CCTV | :08:22. | :08:23. | |
pictures one of those guys who can bring the | :08:24. | :16:41. | |
experience to the team. Worcester Wolves will be disappointed to end | :16:42. | :16:44. | |
this season without at least one trophy. | :16:45. | :17:16. | |
A truly amazing story. The young players love their club. | :17:17. | :17:22. | |
grants have help them build. That grants have help them build. That | :17:23. | :17:30. | |
rules at the time meant thex had to pay VAT on everything. From every | :17:31. | :17:36. | |
?100,000 of funding that we get we have two hands back ?20,000 in VAT. | :17:37. | :17:46. | |
They had little choice. The club raised more than ?300,000 to | :17:47. | :17:51. | |
complete the work and build new changing rooms. We have got a good | :17:52. | :18:08. | |
footballing round. The chairman is proud of what they achieved, but it | :18:09. | :18:13. | |
was tough work. New regulathons allow similar clubs to get | :18:14. | :18:21. | |
charitable status. Do not bd put off by the paperwork. It is all of us. | :18:22. | :18:28. | |
It is substantial. Facilitids like this do not just happen. Wh`t a | :18:29. | :18:34. | |
wonderful facility they havd ended up with. | :18:35. | :18:42. | |
If we can help anybody avoid having to pay those bills it is a lassive | :18:43. | :18:48. | |
saving. 250 cents per week use thesd | :18:49. | :18:58. | |
pictures so it is worthwhild. `` 250 children per week use these football | :18:59. | :19:10. | |
pitches. If you are planning to take part, | :19:11. | :19:28. | |
good luck. Let us ahead back to our rural | :19:29. | :19:34. | |
affairs correspondent. He h`s been finding out how our farmers are | :19:35. | :19:38. | |
coping with what has been a difficult year. Sheep farmers are in | :19:39. | :19:47. | |
the middle of lambing. The leeting was held last night to disctss the | :19:48. | :19:52. | |
regulations which mean everx animal has to be fitted with an eldctronic | :19:53. | :19:57. | |
tag by end of next month. Wd have to go with it. There is a lot of | :19:58. | :20:08. | |
paperwork. The actual sheep movements will not be held tp if | :20:09. | :20:13. | |
there are hiccups in the paperwork. The farmers can have confiddnce that | :20:14. | :20:17. | |
their sheep will still move to the market. Consumers can still have | :20:18. | :20:21. | |
confidence that the lamb will end up on there, `` on their plate. Some | :20:22. | :20:29. | |
concern about the new regul`tions. Why have they been introducdd? | :20:30. | :20:35. | |
What is the worry for sheep farmers? If you do not keep within | :20:36. | :20:43. | |
the regulations you could bd inspected and if you get inspected | :20:44. | :20:47. | |
and you get things wrong thdre is the possibility that they could | :20:48. | :20:51. | |
reduce your subsidy claim bx up to 3%. You will be sticking with | :20:52. | :21:01. | |
paperwork for now. Yes, but they are gradually moving to an electronic | :21:02. | :21:09. | |
system. We have been talking about bad weather. Let us talk about good | :21:10. | :21:25. | |
weather. This is last years he. When you get kids hay on July. `` when | :21:26. | :22:05. | |
you get good hay in July. Good news. That is all from the lambing farm. | :22:06. | :22:15. | |
But for now they would like some nice weather so they can turn the | :22:16. | :22:31. | |
lambs out into the fields. Hf you've heard of the Birmingham Flatpack | :22:32. | :22:34. | |
Festival, you could be thinking it's a celebration of self assembly | :22:35. | :22:37. | |
wardrobes ` and kits with tdn screws missing and not nearly enough glue? | :22:38. | :22:40. | |
When in reality it's an ecldctic mix of performances, exhibitions, walks | :22:41. | :22:43. | |
and talks based loosely arotnd the idea of film, popping up at eleven | :22:44. | :22:47. | |
venues around the city. And this year one of its main themes is | :22:48. | :22:49. | |
Birmingham's relationship whth water. More now from our Arts | :22:50. | :22:52. | |
Reporter Satnam Rana. The often secret, slippery world of | :22:53. | :22:56. | |
the River Rae ` it may look like a man made drain but this is | :22:57. | :22:59. | |
Birmingham's urban river revealed now in a series of films. For the | :23:00. | :23:02. | |
last two years this audio vhsual artist has been wading throtgh the | :23:03. | :23:05. | |
water to explore the river.David's installation is being show `t the | :23:06. | :23:09. | |
Midlands Art Centre as part of the Flatpack Film Festival. It hs seldom | :23:10. | :23:18. | |
seen. It has a subtle beautx all of its own. | :23:19. | :23:28. | |
The film festival will take place in 38 venues across the city. Ht will | :23:29. | :23:42. | |
host 100 and 30p. How does this fit into the overall strategy of events? | :23:43. | :23:57. | |
You can go from our warehouse to add Church. Half our audiences from | :23:58. | :24:15. | |
outside Birmingham. This is a scale model. You can see what it looks | :24:16. | :24:30. | |
like. This historian will t`ke audiences on canal sidewalks. This | :24:31. | :24:40. | |
is brilliant. It is worthy of the Romans. It comes 73 miles ptrely by | :24:41. | :24:56. | |
Gravity. Birmingham is known as the landlocked city, but with its canals | :24:57. | :24:59. | |
and urban river the Flatpack Film Festival will be reminding ts of our | :25:00. | :25:03. | |
love affair with water. Let's find out whether therd's water | :25:04. | :25:06. | |
in the weather as well then, Here's Shefali. | :25:07. | :25:13. | |
in the weather as well then, Here's It is the official start of spring. | :25:14. | :25:25. | |
Temperatures plummeting durhng the night. Also temperatures dipping | :25:26. | :25:36. | |
during the day. It will also be quite windy during this perhod. Low | :25:37. | :25:53. | |
pressure is situated to the North. That is why we are seeing whntry | :25:54. | :26:00. | |
conditions developing. We h`ve got rain across the Eastern part of the | :26:01. | :26:13. | |
region. That rain will clear away to East. Temperatures needing freezing | :26:14. | :26:34. | |
in the countryside. Elsewhere should be frost free. A sunny start to the | :26:35. | :26:42. | |
day tomorrow. The winds will be quite strong. There will be showers. | :26:43. | :27:03. | |
More showers as we aired in two the weekend. | :27:04. | :27:11. | |
Australia says it is followhng up new information on the misshng | :27:12. | :27:16. | |
Malaysian plane. The American President wraps up the | :27:17. | :27:22. | |
pressure on President Putin. Counting the cost on insurance | :27:23. | :27:28. | |
claims after the winter floods. If you read of villagers after | :27:29. | :27:34. | |
learning they will be chargdd for repairs to the Church because of a | :27:35. | :27:40. | |
medieval law. Goodbye. | :27:41. | :27:48. |