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Hello and welcome to Midlands Today. the BBC News at Six, so it's

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Hello and welcome to Midlands Today. The headlines tonight. Killed in the

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Birmingham riots ` now demands for a public inquiry after a report

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criticises the police investigation. This is a slap in the face from the

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judicial system. We have not been given justice. We'll be speaking

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live to Tariq Jahan, Father of Haroon Jahan, who was killed in the

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riots. Also tonight. Not just women suffering ` how men are also

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affected by postnatal depression. New sounds coming out of Birmingham

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as Brit Asian artists make their mark on the music scene.

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Horse racing is back and we all live at the course. New sounds coming out

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of Birmingham as Brit Asian artists make their mark on the music scene.

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And if you managed to dodge the showers today, I have a feeling

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you'll be caught out tomorrow. Some tricky driving conditions ahead `

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get the very latest in the forecast still to come. Good evening. There

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are calls tonight for a public inquiry from the parents of three

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men killed in rioting in Birmingham. It follows a report into the botched

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police investigation. On sixth August 2011, riots began in London

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and spread. Haroon Jahan and brothers Shazad Ali and Abdul

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Musavir died on August 11 in Birmingham. They were hit by a car

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as they tried to protect local shops. Eight men were cleared of

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murder in July 2012, with the judge criticising the police

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investigation. Today's report said a detective inspector was wrong to

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offer witnesses immunity from prosecution. He's since retired. But

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first, here's our special correspondent Peter Wilson. The

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summer of 2011 burst into flames. Riots and looting spread like a

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contagion. Chaos and confusion reigned. Then in Birmingham, death

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entered the frame. Three younger men lost their lives. The community says

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that they were just trying to protect their homes. Haroon Jahan

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and to Haroon Jahan and Shazad and Abdul Muzavi were hit by a car.

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Birmingham could have erupted into violence. Were it not for the pleas

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of one man. I lost my son. We all live in the same community. Why do

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we have to kill one another? But for this man, Haroon's father Tariq

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Jahan, three years on he feels anger and a sense of betrayal. I put my

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faith in the judicial system but I got a slap in the face. A trial

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found eight young men not guilty of murder. The judge criticised the

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police for failing to disclose offers of immunity to witnesses. One

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senior officer was accused of lying during the trial. And now an

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investigation has concluded that mistakes were made. the behaviour of

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Khalid Kiyani was individual. They may have been motivated by train to

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take people forward but in these circumstances they were reckless and

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risked jeopardising the prosecution case. Former Detective Inspector

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Khalid Kiyani seen here had 30 years service. He was one of the first

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Muslim officers in the force and well regarded by many. Yet the

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report says he may have forced `` faced misconduct charges had he not

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retired. For Tariq Jahan he feels left without justice. These other

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thing people stood by my side and said we will help if we can. I have

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lost my faith in them as well. I have no love and respect for Prince

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William who came twice and stood by my side and paid his condolences. I

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have more respect for that young man than I have for any politician. This

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was one of the most high`profile police investigations ever carried

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out. The families of our now calling for a public enquiry. Others are

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demanding resignations. It is quite clear that the position of the Chief

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Constable was untenable. Trust is at an all`time low. This just does not

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bode well for the police. Ultimately, the book stops with him

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and if you need to be removed from office, so be it. The dust and the

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ashes from the riots have long since settled. The flowers here are just a

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sad memento. But today, with the families saying for them justice has

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not been done, the sense of loss, over the deaths of three younger

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men, appears today to be even more keenly felt. A little early this

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afternoon, police excepted that mistakes were made when witnesses

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were offered immunity. But they say there was no attempt at a cover`up.

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as soon as we became aware of that situation, far from setting out to

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conceal it deceive anybody or cover it up, we did the opposite. We fully

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acknowledged it, we referred it immediately to the police complaints

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commission so it could be investigated properly and convince

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an early. We have supported them throughout it has been detailed

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thoroughly. Now they have published their conclusions we readily except

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them. I'm joined now by Tariq Jahan, who lost his son Haroon Jahan in the

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rioting three years ago in Birmingham. What do you make of what

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the police as to say? It means nothing to me. We still left high

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and dry. What questions do you want answered? I want held accountable.

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Those have been accused in the report stating that Khalid Kiyani

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gave immunity... In my eyes the police force rallied around him and

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because he is now retired, nothing can be done about this. I am looking

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at legal aspects of what we can do and where we go from here. But

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because the report has just been released, the information as just

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come out, I am still waiting to speak to lawyers. Early days. Bob

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Jones appears to be supporting your call for a public enquiry. Who else

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will you be looking to for support? Anybody and everybody. First and

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foremost, I'm hoping that Doreen Lawrence, who is experienced a

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similar thing and is a time going through, I'm hoping because she is

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now a baroness and is sitting in the House of Commons, she can put our

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case forward. Also, the Home Secretary Teresa May, I want to look

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into this case and see whether shortcomings are and see what can be

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done. Hopefully, this will bring some people to account. You played a

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key part in calling attention back in 2011. And you said you felt as

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though you have had a slap in the face. How do you look back on that

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time and the role you play? I'm quite happy in the role that I

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played. I would do it all over again. The community showed

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fantastic support and they stayed within what we asked of them. Two

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years on nobody has done anything out of order. I am happy, but

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saddened. My heart is broken as a father. I keep returning to the same

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issues. To find your son lying on the streets, dying, to go through

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all this after two and a half years, I put all my faith, we all

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put our faith into the West Midlands police to be able to get justice and

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it is so easy for the police to turn around and say we are sorry. And

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that is it. We did ask the Chief Constable to come into the

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programme. He declined. What would you say to him? get your house in

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order. This happens way too often. People come out and say all sorts of

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things about it should not happen again and suchlike, but it keeps

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happening again and again. Thank you for speaking to us this evening.

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You're watching Midlands Today, good to have you with us this evening.

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Coming up later in the programme. Weighed down by expectation ` we

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meet the Commonwealth Games medal hopeful. And the festival showcasing

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burning's thriving music scene. Many new mums experience what's often

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called the baby blues, or post`natal depression to give it its proper

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name. Latest figures show in the year after their baby is born, 13%

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of women suffer from the condition, that's about one in eight. But

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what's less well known is that 3% of men also suffer from post`natal

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depression. And researchers in Birmingham say new dads can find it

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hard to seek help, Kevin Reide reports. It's supposed to be a time

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of utmost joy, but for Lee Plummer and his wife Becky, having their

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first born was anything but. Within months, their lives at their home in

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Telford were in turmoil. Becky had slid into post`natal depression. She

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attempted suicide and ended up in a psychiatric hospital ` and it became

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all too much for Lee.A lady asked me a question, a very simple question

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about how I was doing, and the emotion just came flooding out,

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which was really unusual. And that's when I realised I was really

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struggling.Lee was also diagnosed with post`natal depression and by

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chance he learned of a Birmingham charity Acacia. It normally treats

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new mothers, but over the last three years has pioneered treatment for

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men like Lee We found a very poor awareness of men's mental health

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needs in the first few years of fatherhood. With women, we have had

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30 to 40 years of research, but very little for men so far.It's thought

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there are around 1,000 men in the Birmingham and Solihull area

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suffering post`natal depression at any one time. In the most serious

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cases it can adversely affect children and lead to suicide which

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is why Acacia are holding a conference for health professionals

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here at Birmingham University. One of the speakers is Paul Ramchandani,

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a consultant psychiatrist from Imperial College in London who's

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researching post natal depression in men.Some of the things that happen

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around the birth of a child are obviously very unique to women, they

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actually give birth. As for the other changes, the changes to the

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relationship the parents have, the disturbed sleep for weeks on end,

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the changes in job that people sometimes have, people go from

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working to not working to being at home with a baby, constantly giving

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care. Those are the kind of factors that can lead to anybody getting

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depressed.Lee was able to share his story today. Meanwhile, back at

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home, after years of struggling, life is falling back into place.

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They have another young child and so far, so good. The fact that he has

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reached one and I'm well and we both feel well is good. We feel we are in

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a good place at the moment. Tired, but positive. Yes, tired but

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positive! New footage of a white supremacist practicing making bombs

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in his native Ukraine has been released by West Midlands Police.

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Pavlo Lapshyn was jailed for a minimum of 40 years after a campaign

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of terror. He murdered 82`year`old Mohammed Saleem as he walked home

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from Green Lane Mosque in Birmingham. Lapshyn also left

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homemade bombs outside mosques in Walsall, Tipton and Wolverhampton.

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The Green Party chose Solihull today to launch its local election

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campaign. Natalie Bennett, the party's national leader, said they

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wanted to highlight council housing waiting lists and private landlord

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rent increases. Market traders in Bilston are threatening to withhold

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their rent increase for another month, after a scheduled meeting

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with Wolverhampton Council was postponed until next month. Rents

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have been raised by 5% for the second year running. A former

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soldier has appeared in court charged with unlawful possession of

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explosives and ammunition. Joanne Morris from Bloxwich pleaded guilty

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to ten charges following a firearms warrant at her home last November.

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It's a big day for lovers of horse racing with the first meeting at

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Worcester since the course disappeared under flood waters. Our

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reporter Ian Winter is there. Ian, they're used to flooding in

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Worcester but this year it was pretty bad wasn't it? Absolutely

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right. Spring is in the air, as you say National Hunt racing is back

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here at Worcester. But a few months ago, that seemed almost impossible

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as the rain fell here like never before. The racecourse was

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transformed into a huge lake. How things have changed. Now the green,

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green grass is bike and so too is racing. They are often jumping in

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the first chase of the first meeting of the new season. That means

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National Hunt racing is back at Worcester after the wettest winter

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on record. Five months ago, canoe paddled along the same course were

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now gallop. The official going was deep, very deep in places. The

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resistance to the ground or the pressure that I'm putting on this

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stick. Today it is a very different picture. This is Keith's first

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meeting the new clerk of the course. He's impressed by the work of a

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ground staff. One of my primary roles is to advertise the trainers

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and owners of a horse is what the condition of the ground is. If it is

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too firm, we have to apply irrigation, which is ironic

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considering we were under so much. What we have is very safe ground, it

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is not firm, it is safe for the horses to gallop on. This was

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totally submerged five months ago. Now it is ready to welcome the next

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string of jockeys. When you see all the floodwater this course attracts

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in the winter, do you sometimes think it will never return in the

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spring? You do certainly. You see the photographs and you think, my

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God, it is amazing that it comes back so well. It is great to be

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back. Many horses are competing here this evening and they will never

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know how many gallons of floodwater have been swallowed up by the

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green, green grass beneath their hooves. But even by Worcester's

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exceptional standards, last year was quite remarkable. David Roberts is

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the managing director. Does your heart sing of the floodwater rises?

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I have become accustomed to it after 15 years. But this winter was one of

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the longest and deepest floods we have had. It is only nine weeks

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since a left our boundaries. And here we are today. How much work is

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involved in putting right the damage caused by the floodwater? It was

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quite an angry flood this year. It has damaged a lot. We have spent a

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lot of time putting things back together. But we have had great

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support from the council, even the fire brigade came down and helped

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hose down the areas after the flood which is helped get us back on in

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nine weeks. This is the first 22 meetings between now and in

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October. How important is Worcester racecourse to the local? We get a

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lot of visitors to stay the local hotels and I know the city and the

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shareholders in the racecourse absolutely adore the fact that

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people have bought into the racecourse and into the city for

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that reason. The rest rooms are busy on a race night and traffic is busy

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on a race night. It is just great for the city. It is a great city

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with a great future. It is a beautiful evening here and the rain

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has stayed off. I cannot take you any winners, but I can tell you that

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Aston Villa are 14 to one to win a horse race against Manchester city

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this evening. When the Commonwealth Games get underway in Glasgow in a

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few weeks, weightlifter Zoe Smith will be hoping to pick up a gold

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medal. This weekend she'll put her form to the test at the British

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championships in Coventry. Nick Clitheroe caught up with her at her

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new training base in Warwickshire. She weighs just nine stone but come

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with double that over her head. At only 19 years old, Zoe Smith is

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ready Commonwealth and European medallist, but she wants to go even

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better in Glasgow this summer. I have for years stronger now, in a

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much to position, in the same weight category but putting up much bigger

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numbers than anybody in a category last time. I'm feeling good. The

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most fierce competition should be from Wales. It will be a bit of a

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battle for the gold. But I have feeling confident and may the best

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man win! This is what they call a tapering week, lifting shorter waits

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in shorter sessions. So commutes from Bath to train with the club

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Warwickshire College. When I met some there was no intention of him

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coaching me. My training was not going very well done it but because

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I did not have a coach. He offered to help coach me and has ended up

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writing my programme. Now I'm up here about two days a week and it is

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going very well. A bit of travel, about two hours on the train, but it

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is not too bad. It is worth it to get to train with Sam. Very mature,

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very professional and in terms of a commitment and a drive, it she is

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genetically gifted. Zoe was in his 16 when she went, while the bronze

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in Delhi. She went on to break the British record that finished outside

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Satnam Rana is at a showcase event in Birmingham for us tonight. Tell

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us more. When we think of Birmingham, we do think of Bollywood

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and Bhangra music. But have a listen to this. This festival is about in

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Herne, and the scene and unsigned artists. It is about getting out to

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a wider audience. British Bhangra and Birmingham ` they go hand in

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hand. The city is home to British Asians taking on sounds from north

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and a Soundcloud page has been set up, too. The idea is to reach a wide

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Amerah just about music.

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motivated you to put it on? It is important for the scene to be

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developed. We as creatives and producers need help emerging artists

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and artists of the future to have development at a time when no

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funding or signings are happening. The festival here is a progression

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festival. It is for modern culture and modern sounds, hence the

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festival was born. It is about putting Birmingham on the

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international scene two away from Bhangra. What we are failing to

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embrace is contemporary music and contemporary artists. There is a

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real confusion, dilemma, as being British Asian and learning to love

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jazz, drum and bass and dance. But we should be weaving it into the

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fabric of Birmingham and RM community. When you come and visit

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our festival, we embrace that. Birmingham would love that,

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Birmingham needs us and that is why we are here. To push this sound out

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even further. What is your biggest ambition for the festival? I would

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hope that there will be a better understanding of what British Asian

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culture and art is in Birmingham and the UK. I would hope that we release

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unsigned artists into a mainstream label and have success stories, like

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Joanne Duran or Apache Indian and I want the festival to be a sounding

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board for UK talent for British contemporary artists. Huge ambitions

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for a festival which started three years ago. Tonight, guests will be

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getting a flavour of some of the new music being featured showing there's

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a wealth of artistic talent in Birmingham. If you got caught in a

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shower today, you'll want to know if it's more of the same tomorrow. Well

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if you have showers you have a fair chance of avoiding them, but not if

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you have rain. That could be heavy enough to cause an travel disruption

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and even some tricky driving conditions from the spray on the

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motorways as well, particularly through the middle of the day. It is

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this first front, the first of these fronts, the warm front that is going

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to be creating it and pushing it our way, ushering it in from the West.

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But it is part of a wider formation it will intersect and give it some

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added impetus to produce those flashes of green and bright yellow

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which is where the torrential downpours will occur. But currently,

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we are going through a lull in today's shower activity. Just a few

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causing a nuisance across the northern part of the region. For a

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time, it will be dry and cloudy, then, we see the showers are

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re`emerging toward the end of the night. They will return with a

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vengeance in certain parts of the region, particularly the

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southeastern counties. Temperatures will drop to about nine or 10

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Celsius, which is not a huge drop. I think we will see similar values,

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through the course of tomorrow. They will rise to about 14 or 15 Celsius,

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winds slightly lighter. will rise to about 14 or 15 Celsius,

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winds You can see this band of heavy rain, and sundry showers, tumbling

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in from the West through the day. It will be the central part in the

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northern half of the region that bears the brunt of them.

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Temperatures up to 15 Celsius, south to south`westerly winds and then

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tomorrow evening, and overnight, these will start to fade away

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leaving us with largely dry conditions and a lot of cloud.

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Unfortunately, the timing of these fronts is not so good this week. The

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Knights will be drier than the days. Again, showers will re`emerge for

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Friday and they could contain some hail and thunder. Heavy rain on

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Saturday, followed by blustery showers on Sunday. A windy weekend,

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turning over by Sunday, two. How's it looking Shefali? Tonight's

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headlines from the BBC: Britain is to send military experts into

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Nigeria to help find over 200 missing schoolgirls. Back in custody

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` police arrest the armed robber known as the skull cracker following

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a raid on a building society this morning. I will be back from 10pm.

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Goodbye. 'This is the story of Nick Clegg -

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a man entrusted by a nation

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