:00:00. > 3:59:59to you. There's more throughout the evening on the BBC News Channel I'm
:00:00. > :00:18.Good evening. back with
:00:19. > :00:22.Good evening. A tower block has been blown up in
:00:23. > :00:25.Birmingham City Centre in what demolition experts have called one
:00:26. > :00:27.of the most challenging jobs they've done. The former student
:00:28. > :00:30.accommodation tower was just six metres from the nearest building.
:00:31. > :00:33.Engineers have spent almost a year working on how to bring it down
:00:34. > :00:37.safely. Cath Mackie reports. It's 21 storeys high, it's hn a
:00:38. > :00:40.built up area and it's about to be blown up. The 1970s student
:00:41. > :00:43.accommodation block at Aston University in Birmingham pltnged to
:00:44. > :00:47.the ground. There was a nervous moment as clouds of dust filled the
:00:48. > :00:58.air. But they soon cleared to reveal all had gone to plan. How rdlieved I
:00:59. > :01:02.you, on a scale of one to tdn? 2. It is a complex job in a tight space
:01:03. > :01:06.and it has been 100% successful It was an early start for hundreds of
:01:07. > :01:12.students as nearby buildings were evacuated for safety. The fhre
:01:13. > :01:16.alarms went off so it was a start to wake up at that. It was quite
:01:17. > :01:20.impressive. Everyone like the explosion, I do not think anyone was
:01:21. > :01:28.buried about `` worried abott the building. The precision of this
:01:29. > :01:32.explosion is quite extraordhnary. We were told we'd be left with a two
:01:33. > :01:35.storey high pile of rubble, and that's what we've got. It'll take
:01:36. > :01:38.about eight weeks to clear ht. It's another dramatic change to the
:01:39. > :01:42.Birmingham skyline and it'll make way for a five acre green open space
:01:43. > :01:43.at the centre of the university Cath Mackie, BBC Midlands Today
:01:44. > :01:48.Birmingham. And
:01:49. > :01:52.`` The police officer at thd centre of the so`called plebgate row is
:01:53. > :01:56.seeking libel damages from former Chief Whip and Sutton Coldfheld MP
:01:57. > :01:59.Andrew Mitchell of up to ?200,0 0, according to court papers. The
:02:00. > :02:02.Metropolitan Police Officer, PC Toby Rowland, is suing Mr Mitchell for
:02:03. > :02:05.suggesting he was not telling the truth about the dispute at the gates
:02:06. > :02:09.of Downing Street in 2012. Lr Mitchell was accused of swe`ring at
:02:10. > :02:11.police and calling them plebs ` allegations he has denied.
:02:12. > :02:14.Hundreds of people took to the stre.ets in Gloucester this
:02:15. > :02:16.afternoon to remember Hollid Gazzard. `` took to the strdets The
:02:17. > :02:19.20`year`old hairdresser died in February after being stabbed while
:02:20. > :02:27.working in a salon in the chty. Today a charity walk brought family
:02:28. > :02:30.and friends together. Hollie Gazzard was well`known in the
:02:31. > :02:34.pub where she used to work `nd customers and staff remember her
:02:35. > :02:37.smile. Today it was beaming out from hundreds of tea search as hdr
:02:38. > :02:40.friends, family and people who just wanted to show their support
:02:41. > :02:47.gathered for a charity work in her honour. `` T`shirts. There `re so
:02:48. > :02:54.many people. Not everybody knew her but everybody is a supporter. She
:02:55. > :02:59.was really, really good. We had friends from a few years ago, we
:03:00. > :03:03.used to go out with her. Evdryone has pulled together to support her.
:03:04. > :03:08.Absolutely bowled over by the amount of people that have turned out
:03:09. > :03:17.today, fantastic. She is well`known for doing self these, and it is a
:03:18. > :03:24.proud day. Hollie Gazzard dhed in February when she was stoppdd by
:03:25. > :03:26.working at this beauty salon. And ex`boyfriend has been chargdd with
:03:27. > :03:33.murder and will stand trial the autumn. Today was about remdmbering
:03:34. > :03:37.happier times with the imagd of Hollie Gazzard the image of the
:03:38. > :03:40.afternoon. Nearly ?3 million has now bden
:03:41. > :03:43.raised for the Teenage Cancdr Trust by Stephen Sutton from
:03:44. > :03:46.Staffordshire. The figure now stands at ?2.8 million pounds is rhsing
:03:47. > :03:49.constantly. A charity comedx gig arranged by Jason Manford whll be
:03:50. > :03:52.held for the 19`year`old cancer patient in the centre of Birmingham
:03:53. > :03:55.this evening. A number of wdll known comedians are expected at the event,
:03:56. > :04:00.which was sold out within four minutes. The venue has alre`dy made
:04:01. > :04:05.ten thousand pounds from ticket sales and expects to add to that
:04:06. > :04:08.during the evening. One of the largest outdoor Vaisakhi
:04:09. > :04:11.celebrations in the world attracted tens of thousands of people to
:04:12. > :04:13.Birmingham today. The annual procession, which marks the
:04:14. > :04:21.formation of the Sikh nation in 1699, converged on Handsworth Park
:04:22. > :04:24.for a day of celebrations. 200 members of the Royal Mercian and
:04:25. > :04:27.Lancastrian Yeomanry marched through Shrewsbury this afternoon. The
:04:28. > :04:30.regiment is being disbanded as part of army reorganisation, and its
:04:31. > :04:41.headquarters in Telford are being moved to Edinburgh.
:04:42. > :04:44.Birmingham City Ladies are out of the Champions League. They lost 3`0
:04:45. > :04:47.to the Swedish side, Tyreso, in this afternoon's semifinal. Afterwards,
:04:48. > :04:58.Captain Karen Carney praised her team's performance. I think everyone
:04:59. > :05:03.gave everything today. Everxone is busy distantly pointed and we do not
:05:04. > :05:07.think we deserved three goals but we have to be big about it and use it
:05:08. > :05:09.as motivation to go on in the league.
:05:10. > :05:11.And just one other football result for you from League Two. Burton
:05:12. > :05:22.Albion lost to Chesterfield by `0. Good evening. Showers were the order
:05:23. > :05:27.of the day but by night it hs going to be drier. The showers will be
:05:28. > :05:31.failing. The cloud will be increasing. There are showers this
:05:32. > :05:34.evening. They will start to fade. We will see the cloud increase with
:05:35. > :05:41.possibly mist and fog in pl`ces too. Not a cold night. Still the
:05:42. > :05:46.risk of showers here and thdre as we head into Monday morning. A great
:05:47. > :05:54.start and drizzly in places, but the cloud should live through the
:05:55. > :05:56.morning. We should see more showers in the afternoon and some could be
:05:57. > :05:59.heavy. Temperatures not doing too badly.
:06:00. > :06:01.That's it from us. I'll be back just after a quarter past ten. Bx for
:06:02. > :06:13.now. Good evening. After an unsettled
:06:14. > :06:17.weekend, the same culprit will be staying with us through the early
:06:18. > :06:23.part of the new week. No pressure is set to continue producing a fair
:06:24. > :06:27.number of showers across England and Wales. Still some hefty ones to come
:06:28. > :06:33.through this evening, particularly across the Midlands, South Wales and
:06:34. > :06:37.south-west England. Rain will spread from the south-west of Scotland into
:06:38. > :06:47.Northern Ireland by dawn. A mild enough night. Monday, after a gloomy
:06:48. > :06:55.start for many of us, the cloud and Risley rain across Northern
:06:56. > :06:59.Ireland. A reasonably dry start across England and Wales but come
:07:00. > :07:03.the afternoon, that low-pressure centre is still close by and it
:07:04. > :07:06.looks like it will start generating some pretty hefty thundery showers.
:07:07. > :07:08.A few for south Wales, certainly across