:00:00. > :00:22.degrees. A bit of cloud and the risk of a few showers. That's
:00:23. > :00:27.Fare dodging on the increase ` unions claim up to 20%
:00:28. > :00:29.of rail passengers are travelling without a ticket.
:00:30. > :00:36.pioneering cancer research at a Birmingham Laboratory.
:00:37. > :00:38.The key role of a Birmingham University professor
:00:39. > :00:43.at the world famous CERN research centre in Geneva.
:00:44. > :00:45.By Royal Approval ` it's gold once again for Birmingham
:00:46. > :00:51.And, there were showers today but at least it was warm,
:00:52. > :00:55.so the build`up to a break down in the weather may be gradual this
:00:56. > :01:13.Fare dodging on the railways is on the rise.
:01:14. > :01:17.Rail unions claim that, on some routes in the West Midlands,
:01:18. > :01:19.a fifth of passengers could be travelling without tickets.
:01:20. > :01:21.Rail operators insist the true figure is lower.
:01:22. > :01:24.It comes as London Midland, one of the worst performing
:01:25. > :01:27.in the country, is cutting the number of ticket inspectors
:01:28. > :01:33.Here's our Transport Correspondent, Peter Plisner.
:01:34. > :01:35.The daily commmute a costly experience, Caroline
:01:36. > :01:39.Hornburger pays ?1,200 a year for her season ticket from Droitwich.
:01:40. > :01:42.But she's concerned that some of her fellow passengers might not
:01:43. > :02:04.There certainly is a lack of visibility of people checking
:02:05. > :02:07.Here's one possible reason ` at Birmingham's New Street station
:02:08. > :02:10.tickets are both on trains and at stations, and that way you will miss
:02:11. > :02:11.people. I've also heard
:02:12. > :02:16.about one train guard who collected more than ?500 in fares in just one
:02:17. > :02:19.day from passengers who'd boarded Rail unions warn that
:02:20. > :02:23.it could get worse. London Midland is reducing
:02:24. > :02:36.the number of ticket inspectors We think it is madness to get rid of
:02:37. > :02:42.so many revenue staff. What is crucial for London Midland and for
:02:43. > :02:42.the railway in this area is to collect as many fares as possible.
:02:43. > :02:47.But London Midland maintains that even with fewer staff it'll still
:02:48. > :02:58.If we can work more flexibly, we can cover more stations, more stations
:02:59. > :03:15.and more hours, and give more benefits than have ever been able to
:03:16. > :03:19.before to our passengers. It could mean that decisions about investment
:03:20. > :03:23.art scaled down because these revenues are not recorded.
:03:24. > :03:28.Satisfaction levels are still below where they should be. Satisfaction
:03:29. > :03:33.scores are at 73%, which is not good enough. Passengers want punctual,
:03:34. > :03:38.reliable services, and we feel that these could be better. Despite that,
:03:39. > :03:41.London Midland still increased fares on some routes yesterday with
:03:42. > :03:46.minimal publicity, something that has further angered passengers.
:03:47. > :03:48.With us now is London Midland's Head of Communications
:03:49. > :03:55.Can we start with that point ` fares went up yesterday and not
:03:56. > :04:06.The only says that went up were the super discounted fares, and the
:04:07. > :04:11.advertise those at the stations where it applied. Regular first did
:04:12. > :04:17.not change. But some passengers will resent this, won't they? We don't
:04:18. > :04:20.like putting up our fares, but we tend to do so and those heavily
:04:21. > :04:24.discounted fares where we think we are getting too many people on some
:04:25. > :04:28.trains. If you travel the route from Stoke to London comedy will seen
:04:29. > :04:35.just how busy some of those off`peak trains are. The unions are selling
:04:36. > :04:40.up to 20% of passengers are going on trains without paying for tickets.
:04:41. > :04:42.That is an astonishing figure. It is an open system, and clearly we need
:04:43. > :04:47.to get better at checking fares, collecting fares, and that is why we
:04:48. > :04:55.are talking to our staff and our trade unions about working more
:04:56. > :04:59.flexibly silly can cover more trains, more stations, more hours.
:05:00. > :05:04.You can understand why some passengers would be angry that some
:05:05. > :05:10.people are getting away without paying. Absolutely. But you are
:05:11. > :05:16.cutting back on numbers, on staff, so surely you will find it more
:05:17. > :05:20.difficult? What we have found is we work in flexible, so the number of
:05:21. > :05:23.people we have got, it is not about having more people. If we could get
:05:24. > :05:29.more revenue back by having more people, we would do it. But we need
:05:30. > :05:33.to be more flexible to cover more stations and more hours. If you are
:05:34. > :05:39.a cheat, you know when we don't check on trains and you can work
:05:40. > :05:45.around that. We penalty fare 1600 people every month at the moment.
:05:46. > :05:52.Let's go to some viewers who got in touch with us. One man says, how can
:05:53. > :05:58.you justify increase on fares when you throw so much money away? The
:05:59. > :06:02.need to make it harder for people to dodge fares, and that is what this
:06:03. > :06:07.discussion with the unions is about. Richard says, "why are you not
:06:08. > :06:14.installing barriers and oyster style cards? ". Barriers are expensive to
:06:15. > :06:17.put in place, so you put them in places where a lot of people pass
:06:18. > :06:29.through. It is about the economic of it. He would not spend ?1.01 to get
:06:30. > :06:32.?1 back in revenue. A small station that doesn't get many passengers,
:06:33. > :06:35.which is also open, you would have to look at the whole structure of
:06:36. > :06:43.the building, it would be expensive to cover and close it. Mike says,
:06:44. > :06:48.why should we pay for a service with similar cancellations and delays
:06:49. > :06:51.when you are cutting staff? On some routes, we have had some of our best
:06:52. > :06:56.performances for over two years. We have been working hard to improve
:06:57. > :06:59.our performance, and that is our main focus. Passengers expect a
:07:00. > :07:01.reliable service and that is what we focus on everyday. Thank you for
:07:02. > :07:03.joining us. Thanks for joining us here
:07:04. > :07:06.on Midlands Today this evening. With two days to the Euro elections,
:07:07. > :07:10.our guide to how your vote counts in picking the
:07:11. > :07:17.West Midlands seven MEPs. The fight
:07:18. > :07:19.against advanced lung cancer is being led here in the Midlands,
:07:20. > :07:22.with a new national clinical trial. It's been launched by
:07:23. > :07:25.Cancer Research UK and the Regional Scientists there say there's been
:07:26. > :07:30.a huge increase in the number of people being tested for family
:07:31. > :07:33.cancer genes following recent high In March 2011, Lyn Barrington,
:07:34. > :07:55.a former nurse from Stafford, I was only in my 40s, I am fit and
:07:56. > :07:56.healthy and have never smoked. I could not believe it was happening
:07:57. > :08:00.to me. She's alive,
:08:01. > :08:10.thanks to medical advances I think we are heading in the
:08:11. > :08:14.direction that you even if you are in an advanced stage like myself, it
:08:15. > :08:19.can become less of a death sentence. And there could be further hope
:08:20. > :08:22.for patients like Lyn, with a new clinical trial targetting
:08:23. > :08:24.advanced lung cancer. Rather than a
:08:25. > :08:27."one drug fits all" approach, researchers at the regional genetics
:08:28. > :08:30.lab in Birmingham will take genes from lung tumours and select drug
:08:31. > :08:38.treatment programmes accordingly. If we can put in place this sort of
:08:39. > :08:42.screening and choose more appropriate drugs, people will get
:08:43. > :08:45.better responses and there will be better patient outcomes.
:08:46. > :08:47.Genetic medicine is expanding rapidly, making treatments available
:08:48. > :08:50.now that even a couple of years would have seemed impossible.
:08:51. > :08:54.And the genetics lab, the largest in the country, is under increasing
:08:55. > :08:57.When the actress Angelina Jolie revealed she'd undergone
:08:58. > :09:00.a double mastectomy to reduce her chances of getting cancer,
:09:01. > :09:11.We had more than a doubling in referrals, particularly for breast
:09:12. > :09:17.cancer referrals, from about 200 a month to a peak of 500 in one
:09:18. > :09:18.month. This is part of a DNA sequence
:09:19. > :09:21.from one patient. There are 10,000 letters
:09:22. > :09:24.in just one gene and it's just one of them, that mutation there,
:09:25. > :09:27.that means the patient is She's shopping
:09:28. > :09:38.for her daughter's wedding. I am shopping for a hat or
:09:39. > :09:40.accessories. I never thought I would see this day, so it will be very,
:09:41. > :09:44.very emotional. A 74`year`old man has been arrested
:09:45. > :09:47.on suspicion of murder after an elderly woman was found
:09:48. > :09:50.dead at a house in Market Drayton. A body was found in Millfield Drive
:09:51. > :09:53.this morning. It's believed to be
:09:54. > :09:55.75`year`old Beatrice Bennett. Police say they're not looking
:09:56. > :10:12.for anyone else. The airline Flybe has announced a
:10:13. > :10:16.new routes from Birmingham Airport. It carries 1.5 million passengers
:10:17. > :10:19.every year. It will offer new destinations including Oslo and
:10:20. > :10:23.hamburg, and will introduce year`round flights to a number of
:10:24. > :10:28.destinations currently only available in the summer.
:10:29. > :10:30.The Commonwealth Games baton relay will pass through Birmingham
:10:31. > :10:35.The announcement was celebrated by baton bearers Mimi Cesar,
:10:36. > :10:37.Pritesh Pattni and Adam Ruckwood earlier today.
:10:38. > :10:40.It's now just 64 days to the start of the games in Glasgow.
:10:41. > :10:43.Local elections take place this Thursday and also elections
:10:44. > :10:45.for our European Members of Parliament, MEPs.
:10:46. > :10:51.But there are important differences from the system used in council or
:10:52. > :11:02.Here's BBC WM's Political Reporter Kathryn Stanczyszyn.
:11:03. > :11:10.These are the West Midlands MEPs. We conservatives, one Labour, one Lib
:11:11. > :11:14.Dem and two who were UKIP, but now have their own parties. Unlike your
:11:15. > :11:22.local MP, all of these represent the whole region. In this Birmingham pub
:11:23. > :11:26.there are more than 350 European BS on offer, and a big choice means a
:11:27. > :11:30.big menu, as there will be at the polling booths this Thursday. But do
:11:31. > :11:38.we understand how the Euro voting system works? No. No, I don't know.
:11:39. > :11:45.Not very well. I'm not even going to try actually. It is whoever gets the
:11:46. > :11:51.most votes percentage`wise. Well, the answer is not simple. It doesn't
:11:52. > :11:57.only rely on who gets the most votes. It is a formula devised by a
:11:58. > :12:00.Belgian mathematician. Basically, the system is weighted to give
:12:01. > :12:04.smaller parties a chance, instead of the big hitters like Labour and
:12:05. > :12:07.Conservatives getting all the seats. The most important difference from
:12:08. > :12:13.our other elections is that you vote for a party and not a person. So,
:12:14. > :12:16.why do we have this different system for the Europeans? It is a long
:12:17. > :12:22.established system which is widely used in, including in some domestic
:12:23. > :12:26.elections in Europe. It is complicated and gives a lot of power
:12:27. > :12:30.to the parties. There are 11 party standing in the West Midlands, so a
:12:31. > :12:35.pretty long ballot paper. It might seem congregated, for voters it is
:12:36. > :12:40.one cross in one box. Dash`macro it might seem complicated.
:12:41. > :12:44.Fare dodging on the increase ` unions say up to 20%
:12:45. > :12:46.of rail passengers are travelling without a ticket.
:12:47. > :12:49.Another warm day today ` the forecast for tomorrow to come
:12:50. > :12:54.The glory days of cinema and plans to bring them back
:12:55. > :13:04.And, find out how our teams from the West Midlands have done at the
:13:05. > :13:11.Chelsea Flower Show. I will have the results.
:13:12. > :13:14.I'm sure many of you will have heard of the CERN
:13:15. > :13:17.laboratory in Switzerland, a crucial ingredient in the Dan
:13:18. > :13:21.It's nearly two years since the large hadron collider
:13:22. > :13:25.there discovered the elusive "Higgs Boson", much smaller than an
:13:26. > :13:29.atom ` it's basically the glue which holds everything together.
:13:30. > :13:32.But what's happened since and what will CERN do in the future?
:13:33. > :13:36.Well, that's largely down to a scientist from Birmingham.
:13:37. > :13:39.We can cross live to CERN now in Geneva and our science
:13:40. > :13:44.This sounds like a huge honour for the Midlands, David ` one of our
:13:45. > :13:56.It is indeed. Let me explain about where we are. This is the control
:13:57. > :14:03.room. Atlas is the largest experiment here and it is one of the
:14:04. > :14:07.ones that led to the Higgs Boson, as you mention are the first programme
:14:08. > :14:11.to ever broadcast live from this control room. But we have got
:14:12. > :14:14.friends in high places. First of all, we have some computer graphics
:14:15. > :14:24.to show you to explain how things work here. CERN accelerate particles
:14:25. > :14:29.around it and smash them together at certain points. One of those points
:14:30. > :14:36.is here at Atlas. The experiment is deep underground, and Atlas's job is
:14:37. > :14:40.to use it laboratory to understand what happens after its collision.
:14:41. > :14:46.That is what they set out to do. Now they have done it, what are they
:14:47. > :14:49.going to do next? Well, that will be down to the University of Birmingham
:14:50. > :14:54.scientist who has been elected by the 3000 scientists here to decide
:14:55. > :14:59.the future direction of the science that they do here. It will all start
:15:00. > :15:07.right under my feet. 90 metres below the ground. Welcome
:15:08. > :15:11.to the Atlas detector. Professor David Charlton is from the
:15:12. > :15:17.University of Birmingham. He is in charge of the largest experiment at
:15:18. > :15:20.CERN, Atlas. In July 2012 we announced the discovery of the Higgs
:15:21. > :15:26.Boson. They were discovered in the centre of the detector. The whole
:15:27. > :15:30.exam and weighs 7000 tonnes, which means Atlas is slowly sinking over
:15:31. > :15:37.the course of time. They have special jacks to lift it back up.
:15:38. > :15:41.Professor Charlton was elected by his fellow scientists to be the
:15:42. > :15:46.person in charge of Atlas. He is the first British person to head up the
:15:47. > :15:50.expanded, which involves 3000 different researchers. He spends his
:15:51. > :15:53.time down with the experiment, but also in lots of meetings. Having
:15:54. > :15:58.discovered the Higgs Boson, why are they carrying on? What do they still
:15:59. > :16:02.want to discover? We want to understand how the universe is made,
:16:03. > :16:06.what the fundamental components of the universe are. It is read to try
:16:07. > :16:10.to understand what everything is made of and how things work and fit
:16:11. > :16:15.together. It is almost a cultural thing. To continue the search, CERN
:16:16. > :16:20.is being made much more powerful. It is looking for new things, and also
:16:21. > :16:24.to learn more about the Higgs Boson. With such a large experiment, we
:16:25. > :16:29.want to cover the huge range of the physics am so when we come back of
:16:30. > :16:33.the energies of the collisions will be much higher and we will have the
:16:34. > :16:39.capability to see if there are new things starting to show up. We will
:16:40. > :16:44.also look in great detail the Higgs particle that we have discovered. We
:16:45. > :16:49.want to make sure we understand it. Next year, all eyes will be on Atlas
:16:50. > :16:58.and Professor Charlton to see what they find next.
:16:59. > :17:01.As you said, everyone here is focused on getting things back up
:17:02. > :17:04.and running for next. Because everything is not switched on at the
:17:05. > :17:09.moment, it means we can get inside and show you bits of CERN you would
:17:10. > :17:12.not normally see, including the pieces that were made in the
:17:13. > :17:17.Midlands. They turned out to be really vital to the future of this
:17:18. > :17:20.experiment. More on that tomorrow. In the meantime, if you would like
:17:21. > :17:26.to visit CERN you can do so, and it is free to get in. They have
:17:27. > :17:30.thousands of visitors every year. Tomorrow, the King of Belgium will
:17:31. > :17:41.be visiting! I have put all the details on my Facebook page. There
:17:42. > :17:42.is even a local airline with direct flights to Geneva. To have a look at
:17:43. > :17:51.my blog. Over the last seven years,
:17:52. > :17:55.the UK has seen 330 new cinema screens opening and the industry
:17:56. > :17:57.seems in pretty good health. It's a change from the days
:17:58. > :18:01.when cinemas were shutting or being Satnam Rana reports from Shropshire
:18:02. > :18:07.now on plans to revive a former 1930s art deco picture palace and
:18:08. > :18:15.make it the heart of the community. Come here and you can buy shares
:18:16. > :18:29.in the proposed Each person expressing an interest
:18:30. > :18:43.can pledge a minimum of ?10. This is what the initial ?500,000
:18:44. > :18:49.will buy back into the community. The former Clifton cinema and
:18:50. > :18:53.adjoining shop. There is nothing beyond further full`time education.
:18:54. > :18:57.There is no for arts people to gather, to meet, to interact and
:18:58. > :19:00.enjoy each other's work, and there is nowhere for the public to get
:19:01. > :19:06.into the wider arts that they may not experience through the more
:19:07. > :19:15.popular shows that go on in many of the auditoria around here. The
:19:16. > :19:19.Clifton cinema first opened in 1937. The evacuation of the troops from
:19:20. > :19:24.Dunkirk was completed... During World War II, local people watched
:19:25. > :19:31.newsreels here. It finally closed in 1987. Local students could come down
:19:32. > :19:37.to Wellington, instead of travelling far. Dewsbury brought theirs back
:19:38. > :19:44.will stop yes, it would be nice to have the old cinema back.
:19:45. > :19:50.Campaigners are hoping memories rekindled will encourage people to
:19:51. > :19:54.pledge their money. Save far, ?23,000 has been raised, and the
:19:55. > :19:57.community share offer is open until the end of the year. This is an
:19:58. > :20:02.ambitious project, and the Clifton campaigners have a long way to go.
:20:03. > :20:07.But this is a project rooted in community spirit, with a belief that
:20:08. > :20:08.arts and culture needs to be made accessible to the people here and
:20:09. > :20:15.the surrounding areas. For the third successive year,
:20:16. > :20:18.Birmingham City Council has won Its exhibit, developed in
:20:19. > :20:24.partnership with the Royal British Legion, pays tribute to the city's
:20:25. > :20:27.involvement in World War One. The Queen was among those who
:20:28. > :20:30.admired the winning display. And it's not our only garden
:20:31. > :20:33.to get a medal this year. Our reporter Amy Cole is in
:20:34. > :20:36.Kings Heath Park in Birmingham with Our teams have done
:20:37. > :20:43.very well indeed. Now Birmingham City Council is
:20:44. > :20:45.in charge of a number of open spaces so it has a lot
:20:46. > :20:49.of horticultural expertise ` just what you need when you're putting
:20:50. > :20:53.together an exhibit for Chelsea. And they've done it again, another
:20:54. > :20:56.gold for the third year running for their exhibit which is based on
:20:57. > :21:01.the city's links to World War One. Yesterday, it had
:21:02. > :21:06.a very famous visitor, the Queen. She was seen walking through
:21:07. > :21:09.the trenches and Now after Chelsea, the City Council,
:21:10. > :21:19.who's worked with a number of sponsors, says the exhibit will
:21:20. > :21:32.be coming back to Birmingham. We are very lucky to have people who
:21:33. > :21:38.are able to sponsor the city. Every feature that we will use will be
:21:39. > :21:44.used again in Birmingham throughout the summer and the next four years.
:21:45. > :21:48.I've been told that the trench and the planes the Queen saw will be
:21:49. > :21:53.The Council wasn't the only team from our region to triumph.
:21:54. > :21:55.There was a gold for David Austin Roses,
:21:56. > :21:59.What was really lovely is that yesterday there were three
:22:00. > :22:02.generations of the Austin family at Chelsea ` the first time that's
:22:03. > :22:06.They were launching a new variety of rose,
:22:07. > :22:11.which has been named after David Austin junior's daughter, Olivia.
:22:12. > :22:14.The company now has 18 gold medals that its won
:22:15. > :22:22.Stoke on Trent City Council got a silver gilt, which I'm told is
:22:23. > :22:27.Its display cost a staggering ?450,000 and took 18
:22:28. > :22:35.And the team from Leamington Spa, which has featured quite heavily
:22:36. > :22:39.on Midlands Today, got a silver for their garden display.
:22:40. > :22:42.Sarah Horne was one of the designers, and she told me it
:22:43. > :22:48.was her first time working on such a large exhibit.
:22:49. > :22:54.So, really good results from some of our teams.
:22:55. > :22:59.Just to let you know that Birmingham City Council's exhibit
:23:00. > :23:03.will feature will as part of the Gardeners World road show at the NEC
:23:04. > :23:07.from 12th June before it's broken up and exhibited around the city.
:23:08. > :23:27.I guess it won't be too long before they start planning for next year.
:23:28. > :23:39.Thank you, Amy. I am glad it has stopped raining. It has been another
:23:40. > :23:42.warm day today, but can it go on? We will see more heavy showers
:23:43. > :23:46.through this evening, but there we could have done with those holding
:23:47. > :23:51.off until tonight, it does look as though tonight is going to be drier
:23:52. > :23:55.and Sarah. If you thought that the showers today were ferocious, we
:23:56. > :24:00.have got more heavy rain to come through Thursday. This will affect
:24:01. > :24:07.parts of Hereford, central parts and the south`east of the region. There
:24:08. > :24:14.is an early warning for that. Tomorrow we will be in between
:24:15. > :24:18.systems, and that means it will be fresher and cooler, and also drier,
:24:19. > :24:24.before this monster moves in from the south`east for Thursday. Right
:24:25. > :24:27.now, for this evening, we see, conditions across southern counties,
:24:28. > :24:36.but these heavier showers are gravitating towards the North. It
:24:37. > :24:40.will be much drier across the region during tomorrow. For towns and
:24:41. > :24:47.cities, temperatures will be a bit lower than last night. The coolest
:24:48. > :24:51.spot of the region is in Herefordshire and Worcestershire
:24:52. > :24:53.with lows of five Celsius. Even cooler than that in the countryside.
:24:54. > :24:59.There could be some pockets of missed developing into the morning.
:25:00. > :25:04.That will disperse very quickly as the sun gets to work. 20 of it
:25:05. > :25:10.around tomorrow. It is a much drier day with the odd isolated shower in
:25:11. > :25:15.places. If you are caught by those showers, they could be on the sharp
:25:16. > :25:23.side. Temperatures will still reach 18 or 19 Celsius. Through tomorrow
:25:24. > :25:27.night we see that area of very heavy rain come a torrential in places,
:25:28. > :25:35.starting to spill up from the south`east. Ahead of that, the cloud
:25:36. > :25:36.will thicken up, and it is going to be warmer tomorrow night, and then
:25:37. > :25:42.very wet for Thursday. The US coastguard agrees to resume
:25:43. > :25:46.its search for four missing British Average houses prices rise by 8%
:25:47. > :25:51.over the last year ` could they be Fare dodging on the increase `
:25:52. > :25:55.unions claim up to 20% of rail passengers are travelling
:25:56. > :25:57.without a ticket. And, the pioneering lung cancer
:25:58. > :26:15.research taking place Just before we go, congratulations
:26:16. > :26:24.to Worcestershire, who have now gone to the top of the tale in the
:26:25. > :26:30.championship. Talking about cricket, Schurrle and care are just of 12.
:26:31. > :26:52.Dash`macro Schuler and cut. Have a great evening. Bye`bye.
:26:53. > :26:57.Some people don't think real change in Europe is possible.
:26:58. > :27:00.Some people don't think real change is necessary.
:27:01. > :27:04.Some people don't think it's worth fighting for.
:27:05. > :27:07.But we want to make Europe work for Britain,
:27:08. > :27:12.and give you the final say with an in-out referendum in 2017.
:27:13. > :27:17.have made Britain's economy stronger and more competitive.
:27:18. > :27:22.a record number of people in work. And we're predicted to be
:27:23. > :27:27.the fastest-growing economy in the G7 this year.