:00:00. > :00:00.Hello and welcome to Midlands Today. the BBC News at Six, so it's
:00:07. > :00:10.Hello and welcome to Midlands Today. The headlines tonight. Killed in the
:00:11. > :00:13.Birmingham riots ` now demands for a public inquiry after a report
:00:14. > :00:17.criticises the police investigation. This is a slap in the face from the
:00:18. > :00:21.judicial system. We have not been given justice. We'll be speaking
:00:22. > :00:28.live to Tariq Jahan, Father of Haroon Jahan, who was killed in the
:00:29. > :00:31.riots. Also tonight. Not just women suffering ` how men are also
:00:32. > :00:34.affected by postnatal depression. New sounds coming out of Birmingham
:00:35. > :00:45.as Brit Asian artists make their mark on the music scene.
:00:46. > :00:54.Horse racing is back and we all live at the course. New sounds coming out
:00:55. > :00:57.of Birmingham as Brit Asian artists make their mark on the music scene.
:00:58. > :01:01.And if you managed to dodge the showers today, I have a feeling
:01:02. > :01:04.you'll be caught out tomorrow. Some tricky driving conditions ahead `
:01:05. > :01:16.get the very latest in the forecast still to come. Good evening. There
:01:17. > :01:19.are calls tonight for a public inquiry from the parents of three
:01:20. > :01:23.men killed in rioting in Birmingham. It follows a report into the botched
:01:24. > :01:27.police investigation. On sixth August 2011, riots began in London
:01:28. > :01:30.and spread. Haroon Jahan and brothers Shazad Ali and Abdul
:01:31. > :01:35.Musavir died on August 11 in Birmingham. They were hit by a car
:01:36. > :01:39.as they tried to protect local shops. Eight men were cleared of
:01:40. > :01:45.murder in July 2012, with the judge criticising the police
:01:46. > :01:47.investigation. Today's report said a detective inspector was wrong to
:01:48. > :01:53.offer witnesses immunity from prosecution. He's since retired. But
:01:54. > :02:04.first, here's our special correspondent Peter Wilson. The
:02:05. > :02:07.summer of 2011 burst into flames. Riots and looting spread like a
:02:08. > :02:21.contagion. Chaos and confusion reigned. Then in Birmingham, death
:02:22. > :02:23.entered the frame. Three younger men lost their lives. The community says
:02:24. > :02:31.that they were just trying to protect their homes. Haroon Jahan
:02:32. > :02:35.and to Haroon Jahan and Shazad and Abdul Muzavi were hit by a car.
:02:36. > :02:43.Birmingham could have erupted into violence. Were it not for the pleas
:02:44. > :02:54.of one man. I lost my son. We all live in the same community. Why do
:02:55. > :02:57.we have to kill one another? But for this man, Haroon's father Tariq
:02:58. > :03:03.Jahan, three years on he feels anger and a sense of betrayal. I put my
:03:04. > :03:09.faith in the judicial system but I got a slap in the face. A trial
:03:10. > :03:15.found eight young men not guilty of murder. The judge criticised the
:03:16. > :03:21.police for failing to disclose offers of immunity to witnesses. One
:03:22. > :03:26.senior officer was accused of lying during the trial. And now an
:03:27. > :03:34.investigation has concluded that mistakes were made. the behaviour of
:03:35. > :03:37.Khalid Kiyani was individual. They may have been motivated by train to
:03:38. > :03:40.take people forward but in these circumstances they were reckless and
:03:41. > :03:47.risked jeopardising the prosecution case. Former Detective Inspector
:03:48. > :03:51.Khalid Kiyani seen here had 30 years service. He was one of the first
:03:52. > :03:57.Muslim officers in the force and well regarded by many. Yet the
:03:58. > :04:05.report says he may have forced `` faced misconduct charges had he not
:04:06. > :04:10.retired. For Tariq Jahan he feels left without justice. These other
:04:11. > :04:15.thing people stood by my side and said we will help if we can. I have
:04:16. > :04:21.lost my faith in them as well. I have no love and respect for Prince
:04:22. > :04:25.William who came twice and stood by my side and paid his condolences. I
:04:26. > :04:31.have more respect for that young man than I have for any politician. This
:04:32. > :04:35.was one of the most high`profile police investigations ever carried
:04:36. > :04:42.out. The families of our now calling for a public enquiry. Others are
:04:43. > :04:47.demanding resignations. It is quite clear that the position of the Chief
:04:48. > :04:50.Constable was untenable. Trust is at an all`time low. This just does not
:04:51. > :04:54.bode well for the police. Ultimately, the book stops with him
:04:55. > :04:59.and if you need to be removed from office, so be it. The dust and the
:05:00. > :05:05.ashes from the riots have long since settled. The flowers here are just a
:05:06. > :05:09.sad memento. But today, with the families saying for them justice has
:05:10. > :05:15.not been done, the sense of loss, over the deaths of three younger
:05:16. > :05:26.men, appears today to be even more keenly felt. A little early this
:05:27. > :05:29.afternoon, police excepted that mistakes were made when witnesses
:05:30. > :05:34.were offered immunity. But they say there was no attempt at a cover`up.
:05:35. > :05:37.as soon as we became aware of that situation, far from setting out to
:05:38. > :05:42.conceal it deceive anybody or cover it up, we did the opposite. We fully
:05:43. > :05:46.acknowledged it, we referred it immediately to the police complaints
:05:47. > :05:51.commission so it could be investigated properly and convince
:05:52. > :05:56.an early. We have supported them throughout it has been detailed
:05:57. > :06:09.thoroughly. Now they have published their conclusions we readily except
:06:10. > :06:12.them. I'm joined now by Tariq Jahan, who lost his son Haroon Jahan in the
:06:13. > :06:15.rioting three years ago in Birmingham. What do you make of what
:06:16. > :06:22.the police as to say? It means nothing to me. We still left high
:06:23. > :06:28.and dry. What questions do you want answered? I want held accountable.
:06:29. > :06:40.Those have been accused in the report stating that Khalid Kiyani
:06:41. > :06:44.gave immunity... In my eyes the police force rallied around him and
:06:45. > :06:50.because he is now retired, nothing can be done about this. I am looking
:06:51. > :06:54.at legal aspects of what we can do and where we go from here. But
:06:55. > :06:58.because the report has just been released, the information as just
:06:59. > :07:05.come out, I am still waiting to speak to lawyers. Early days. Bob
:07:06. > :07:09.Jones appears to be supporting your call for a public enquiry. Who else
:07:10. > :07:16.will you be looking to for support? Anybody and everybody. First and
:07:17. > :07:19.foremost, I'm hoping that Doreen Lawrence, who is experienced a
:07:20. > :07:23.similar thing and is a time going through, I'm hoping because she is
:07:24. > :07:26.now a baroness and is sitting in the House of Commons, she can put our
:07:27. > :07:30.case forward. Also, the Home Secretary Teresa May, I want to look
:07:31. > :07:34.into this case and see whether shortcomings are and see what can be
:07:35. > :07:39.done. Hopefully, this will bring some people to account. You played a
:07:40. > :07:44.key part in calling attention back in 2011. And you said you felt as
:07:45. > :07:49.though you have had a slap in the face. How do you look back on that
:07:50. > :07:52.time and the role you play? I'm quite happy in the role that I
:07:53. > :08:01.played. I would do it all over again. The community showed
:08:02. > :08:06.fantastic support and they stayed within what we asked of them. Two
:08:07. > :08:15.years on nobody has done anything out of order. I am happy, but
:08:16. > :08:20.saddened. My heart is broken as a father. I keep returning to the same
:08:21. > :08:25.issues. To find your son lying on the streets, dying, to go through
:08:26. > :08:31.all this after two and a half years, I put all my faith, we all
:08:32. > :08:35.put our faith into the West Midlands police to be able to get justice and
:08:36. > :08:41.it is so easy for the police to turn around and say we are sorry. And
:08:42. > :08:44.that is it. We did ask the Chief Constable to come into the
:08:45. > :08:51.programme. He declined. What would you say to him? get your house in
:08:52. > :08:57.order. This happens way too often. People come out and say all sorts of
:08:58. > :09:01.things about it should not happen again and suchlike, but it keeps
:09:02. > :09:13.happening again and again. Thank you for speaking to us this evening.
:09:14. > :09:17.You're watching Midlands Today, good to have you with us this evening.
:09:18. > :09:20.Coming up later in the programme. Weighed down by expectation ` we
:09:21. > :09:32.meet the Commonwealth Games medal hopeful. And the festival showcasing
:09:33. > :09:35.burning's thriving music scene. Many new mums experience what's often
:09:36. > :09:38.called the baby blues, or post`natal depression to give it its proper
:09:39. > :09:41.name. Latest figures show in the year after their baby is born, 13%
:09:42. > :09:45.of women suffer from the condition, that's about one in eight. But
:09:46. > :09:48.what's less well known is that 3% of men also suffer from post`natal
:09:49. > :09:51.depression. And researchers in Birmingham say new dads can find it
:09:52. > :09:55.hard to seek help, Kevin Reide reports. It's supposed to be a time
:09:56. > :09:58.of utmost joy, but for Lee Plummer and his wife Becky, having their
:09:59. > :10:02.first born was anything but. Within months, their lives at their home in
:10:03. > :10:07.Telford were in turmoil. Becky had slid into post`natal depression. She
:10:08. > :10:10.attempted suicide and ended up in a psychiatric hospital ` and it became
:10:11. > :10:14.all too much for Lee.A lady asked me a question, a very simple question
:10:15. > :10:17.about how I was doing, and the emotion just came flooding out,
:10:18. > :10:20.which was really unusual. And that's when I realised I was really
:10:21. > :10:23.struggling.Lee was also diagnosed with post`natal depression and by
:10:24. > :10:26.chance he learned of a Birmingham charity Acacia. It normally treats
:10:27. > :10:29.new mothers, but over the last three years has pioneered treatment for
:10:30. > :10:33.men like Lee We found a very poor awareness of men's mental health
:10:34. > :10:37.needs in the first few years of fatherhood. With women, we have had
:10:38. > :10:41.30 to 40 years of research, but very little for men so far.It's thought
:10:42. > :10:43.there are around 1,000 men in the Birmingham and Solihull area
:10:44. > :10:46.suffering post`natal depression at any one time. In the most serious
:10:47. > :10:49.cases it can adversely affect children and lead to suicide which
:10:50. > :10:55.is why Acacia are holding a conference for health professionals
:10:56. > :10:58.here at Birmingham University. One of the speakers is Paul Ramchandani,
:10:59. > :11:01.a consultant psychiatrist from Imperial College in London who's
:11:02. > :11:04.researching post natal depression in men.Some of the things that happen
:11:05. > :11:09.around the birth of a child are obviously very unique to women, they
:11:10. > :11:12.actually give birth. As for the other changes, the changes to the
:11:13. > :11:16.relationship the parents have, the disturbed sleep for weeks on end,
:11:17. > :11:19.the changes in job that people sometimes have, people go from
:11:20. > :11:24.working to not working to being at home with a baby, constantly giving
:11:25. > :11:27.care. Those are the kind of factors that can lead to anybody getting
:11:28. > :11:31.depressed.Lee was able to share his story today. Meanwhile, back at
:11:32. > :11:40.home, after years of struggling, life is falling back into place.
:11:41. > :11:46.They have another young child and so far, so good. The fact that he has
:11:47. > :11:50.reached one and I'm well and we both feel well is good. We feel we are in
:11:51. > :12:02.a good place at the moment. Tired, but positive. Yes, tired but
:12:03. > :12:05.positive! New footage of a white supremacist practicing making bombs
:12:06. > :12:08.in his native Ukraine has been released by West Midlands Police.
:12:09. > :12:11.Pavlo Lapshyn was jailed for a minimum of 40 years after a campaign
:12:12. > :12:14.of terror. He murdered 82`year`old Mohammed Saleem as he walked home
:12:15. > :12:16.from Green Lane Mosque in Birmingham. Lapshyn also left
:12:17. > :12:25.homemade bombs outside mosques in Walsall, Tipton and Wolverhampton.
:12:26. > :12:27.The Green Party chose Solihull today to launch its local election
:12:28. > :12:30.campaign. Natalie Bennett, the party's national leader, said they
:12:31. > :12:34.wanted to highlight council housing waiting lists and private landlord
:12:35. > :12:37.rent increases. Market traders in Bilston are threatening to withhold
:12:38. > :12:39.their rent increase for another month, after a scheduled meeting
:12:40. > :12:45.with Wolverhampton Council was postponed until next month. Rents
:12:46. > :12:51.have been raised by 5% for the second year running. A former
:12:52. > :12:53.soldier has appeared in court charged with unlawful possession of
:12:54. > :12:56.explosives and ammunition. Joanne Morris from Bloxwich pleaded guilty
:12:57. > :13:08.to ten charges following a firearms warrant at her home last November.
:13:09. > :13:10.It's a big day for lovers of horse racing with the first meeting at
:13:11. > :13:13.Worcester since the course disappeared under flood waters. Our
:13:14. > :13:16.reporter Ian Winter is there. Ian, they're used to flooding in
:13:17. > :13:19.Worcester but this year it was pretty bad wasn't it? Absolutely
:13:20. > :13:23.right. Spring is in the air, as you say National Hunt racing is back
:13:24. > :13:27.here at Worcester. But a few months ago, that seemed almost impossible
:13:28. > :13:32.as the rain fell here like never before. The racecourse was
:13:33. > :13:35.transformed into a huge lake. How things have changed. Now the green,
:13:36. > :13:43.green grass is bike and so too is racing. They are often jumping in
:13:44. > :13:47.the first chase of the first meeting of the new season. That means
:13:48. > :13:51.National Hunt racing is back at Worcester after the wettest winter
:13:52. > :13:57.on record. Five months ago, canoe paddled along the same course were
:13:58. > :14:01.now gallop. The official going was deep, very deep in places. The
:14:02. > :14:04.resistance to the ground or the pressure that I'm putting on this
:14:05. > :14:13.stick. Today it is a very different picture. This is Keith's first
:14:14. > :14:18.meeting the new clerk of the course. He's impressed by the work of a
:14:19. > :14:21.ground staff. One of my primary roles is to advertise the trainers
:14:22. > :14:25.and owners of a horse is what the condition of the ground is. If it is
:14:26. > :14:27.too firm, we have to apply irrigation, which is ironic
:14:28. > :14:35.considering we were under so much. What we have is very safe ground, it
:14:36. > :14:39.is not firm, it is safe for the horses to gallop on. This was
:14:40. > :14:45.totally submerged five months ago. Now it is ready to welcome the next
:14:46. > :14:47.string of jockeys. When you see all the floodwater this course attracts
:14:48. > :14:52.in the winter, do you sometimes think it will never return in the
:14:53. > :14:57.spring? You do certainly. You see the photographs and you think, my
:14:58. > :15:05.God, it is amazing that it comes back so well. It is great to be
:15:06. > :15:08.back. Many horses are competing here this evening and they will never
:15:09. > :15:11.know how many gallons of floodwater have been swallowed up by the
:15:12. > :15:16.green, green grass beneath their hooves. But even by Worcester's
:15:17. > :15:21.exceptional standards, last year was quite remarkable. David Roberts is
:15:22. > :15:26.the managing director. Does your heart sing of the floodwater rises?
:15:27. > :15:30.I have become accustomed to it after 15 years. But this winter was one of
:15:31. > :15:34.the longest and deepest floods we have had. It is only nine weeks
:15:35. > :15:38.since a left our boundaries. And here we are today. How much work is
:15:39. > :15:43.involved in putting right the damage caused by the floodwater? It was
:15:44. > :15:48.quite an angry flood this year. It has damaged a lot. We have spent a
:15:49. > :15:52.lot of time putting things back together. But we have had great
:15:53. > :15:55.support from the council, even the fire brigade came down and helped
:15:56. > :16:00.hose down the areas after the flood which is helped get us back on in
:16:01. > :16:04.nine weeks. This is the first 22 meetings between now and in
:16:05. > :16:08.October. How important is Worcester racecourse to the local? We get a
:16:09. > :16:13.lot of visitors to stay the local hotels and I know the city and the
:16:14. > :16:15.shareholders in the racecourse absolutely adore the fact that
:16:16. > :16:20.people have bought into the racecourse and into the city for
:16:21. > :16:25.that reason. The rest rooms are busy on a race night and traffic is busy
:16:26. > :16:30.on a race night. It is just great for the city. It is a great city
:16:31. > :16:33.with a great future. It is a beautiful evening here and the rain
:16:34. > :16:39.has stayed off. I cannot take you any winners, but I can tell you that
:16:40. > :16:53.Aston Villa are 14 to one to win a horse race against Manchester city
:16:54. > :16:56.this evening. When the Commonwealth Games get underway in Glasgow in a
:16:57. > :17:00.few weeks, weightlifter Zoe Smith will be hoping to pick up a gold
:17:01. > :17:03.medal. This weekend she'll put her form to the test at the British
:17:04. > :17:08.championships in Coventry. Nick Clitheroe caught up with her at her
:17:09. > :17:12.new training base in Warwickshire. She weighs just nine stone but come
:17:13. > :17:16.with double that over her head. At only 19 years old, Zoe Smith is
:17:17. > :17:20.ready Commonwealth and European medallist, but she wants to go even
:17:21. > :17:24.better in Glasgow this summer. I have for years stronger now, in a
:17:25. > :17:27.much to position, in the same weight category but putting up much bigger
:17:28. > :17:31.numbers than anybody in a category last time. I'm feeling good. The
:17:32. > :17:37.most fierce competition should be from Wales. It will be a bit of a
:17:38. > :17:43.battle for the gold. But I have feeling confident and may the best
:17:44. > :17:50.man win! This is what they call a tapering week, lifting shorter waits
:17:51. > :17:56.in shorter sessions. So commutes from Bath to train with the club
:17:57. > :17:59.Warwickshire College. When I met some there was no intention of him
:18:00. > :18:03.coaching me. My training was not going very well done it but because
:18:04. > :18:07.I did not have a coach. He offered to help coach me and has ended up
:18:08. > :18:11.writing my programme. Now I'm up here about two days a week and it is
:18:12. > :18:17.going very well. A bit of travel, about two hours on the train, but it
:18:18. > :18:24.is not too bad. It is worth it to get to train with Sam. Very mature,
:18:25. > :18:30.very professional and in terms of a commitment and a drive, it she is
:18:31. > :18:33.genetically gifted. Zoe was in his 16 when she went, while the bronze
:18:34. > :19:02.in Delhi. She went on to break the British record that finished outside
:19:03. > :19:11.Satnam Rana is at a showcase event in Birmingham for us tonight. Tell
:19:12. > :19:15.us more. When we think of Birmingham, we do think of Bollywood
:19:16. > :19:21.and Bhangra music. But have a listen to this. This festival is about in
:19:22. > :19:34.Herne, and the scene and unsigned artists. It is about getting out to
:19:35. > :19:38.a wider audience. British Bhangra and Birmingham ` they go hand in
:19:39. > :20:44.hand. The city is home to British Asians taking on sounds from north
:20:45. > :20:49.and a Soundcloud page has been set up, too. The idea is to reach a wide
:20:50. > :21:48.Amerah just about music.
:21:49. > :21:52.motivated you to put it on? It is important for the scene to be
:21:53. > :21:56.developed. We as creatives and producers need help emerging artists
:21:57. > :22:00.and artists of the future to have development at a time when no
:22:01. > :22:03.funding or signings are happening. The festival here is a progression
:22:04. > :22:12.festival. It is for modern culture and modern sounds, hence the
:22:13. > :22:15.festival was born. It is about putting Birmingham on the
:22:16. > :22:23.international scene two away from Bhangra. What we are failing to
:22:24. > :22:27.embrace is contemporary music and contemporary artists. There is a
:22:28. > :22:32.real confusion, dilemma, as being British Asian and learning to love
:22:33. > :22:36.jazz, drum and bass and dance. But we should be weaving it into the
:22:37. > :22:39.fabric of Birmingham and RM community. When you come and visit
:22:40. > :22:44.our festival, we embrace that. Birmingham would love that,
:22:45. > :22:50.Birmingham needs us and that is why we are here. To push this sound out
:22:51. > :22:54.even further. What is your biggest ambition for the festival? I would
:22:55. > :22:59.hope that there will be a better understanding of what British Asian
:23:00. > :23:04.culture and art is in Birmingham and the UK. I would hope that we release
:23:05. > :23:10.unsigned artists into a mainstream label and have success stories, like
:23:11. > :23:15.Joanne Duran or Apache Indian and I want the festival to be a sounding
:23:16. > :23:22.board for UK talent for British contemporary artists. Huge ambitions
:23:23. > :23:26.for a festival which started three years ago. Tonight, guests will be
:23:27. > :23:29.getting a flavour of some of the new music being featured showing there's
:23:30. > :23:36.a wealth of artistic talent in Birmingham. If you got caught in a
:23:37. > :23:39.shower today, you'll want to know if it's more of the same tomorrow. Well
:23:40. > :23:43.if you have showers you have a fair chance of avoiding them, but not if
:23:44. > :23:45.you have rain. That could be heavy enough to cause an travel disruption
:23:46. > :23:48.and even some tricky driving conditions from the spray on the
:23:49. > :23:53.motorways as well, particularly through the middle of the day. It is
:23:54. > :23:56.this first front, the first of these fronts, the warm front that is going
:23:57. > :24:01.to be creating it and pushing it our way, ushering it in from the West.
:24:02. > :24:04.But it is part of a wider formation it will intersect and give it some
:24:05. > :24:07.added impetus to produce those flashes of green and bright yellow
:24:08. > :24:11.which is where the torrential downpours will occur. But currently,
:24:12. > :24:15.we are going through a lull in today's shower activity. Just a few
:24:16. > :24:20.causing a nuisance across the northern part of the region. For a
:24:21. > :24:23.time, it will be dry and cloudy, then, we see the showers are
:24:24. > :24:28.re`emerging toward the end of the night. They will return with a
:24:29. > :24:32.vengeance in certain parts of the region, particularly the
:24:33. > :24:39.southeastern counties. Temperatures will drop to about nine or 10
:24:40. > :24:42.Celsius, which is not a huge drop. I think we will see similar values,
:24:43. > :24:46.through the course of tomorrow. They will rise to about 14 or 15 Celsius,
:24:47. > :24:51.winds slightly lighter. will rise to about 14 or 15 Celsius,
:24:52. > :24:58.winds You can see this band of heavy rain, and sundry showers, tumbling
:24:59. > :25:02.in from the West through the day. It will be the central part in the
:25:03. > :25:06.northern half of the region that bears the brunt of them.
:25:07. > :25:10.Temperatures up to 15 Celsius, south to south`westerly winds and then
:25:11. > :25:13.tomorrow evening, and overnight, these will start to fade away
:25:14. > :25:16.leaving us with largely dry conditions and a lot of cloud.
:25:17. > :25:22.Unfortunately, the timing of these fronts is not so good this week. The
:25:23. > :25:26.Knights will be drier than the days. Again, showers will re`emerge for
:25:27. > :25:30.Friday and they could contain some hail and thunder. Heavy rain on
:25:31. > :25:41.Saturday, followed by blustery showers on Sunday. A windy weekend,
:25:42. > :25:44.turning over by Sunday, two. How's it looking Shefali? Tonight's
:25:45. > :25:47.headlines from the BBC: Britain is to send military experts into
:25:48. > :25:50.Nigeria to help find over 200 missing schoolgirls. Back in custody
:25:51. > :25:54.` police arrest the armed robber known as the skull cracker following
:25:55. > :25:55.a raid on a building society this morning. I will be back from 10pm.
:25:56. > :26:22.Goodbye. 'This is the story of Nick Clegg -
:26:23. > :26:28.a man entrusted by a nation